Watership Down
Movie • 1978 • Adventure
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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A rabbit goes to antagonize a dog in the end to save his warren. He does not die in this instance but he expects to die and has made peace with it beforehand.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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After the rabbits stop to rest in a shed, there's a silent few seconds before the sudden screeching of a rat, which might startle viewers.
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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bricker
Woundwart gets his officers to trail and spy on other rabbits
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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Animal
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Moominland
Many rabbits die
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Are animals abused?
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GhostDog
Graphic depiction of rabbits dying from poisoning when farmers block all the exits to their burrows and pump it full of poison gas. A rabbit is also killed in a wire neck snare.
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QuintusHazard
There is no fight scene between the dog and Woundwort. The dog kills several Efrafan rabbits, but the furthest it goes on-screen between it and Woundwort is the two of them leaping at each other in slow motion and the scene ending.
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Is there a dead animal?
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spirochaete
Numerous dead rabbits and one dead hedgehog.
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Is an animal sad?
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RockyFennek
The rabbits pray sadly for Bigwig after he is strangled in a snare, but he soon reveals he had only passed out.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Pantalones
Though this is animated, the many rabbit deaths still come across as extremely graphic and disturbing. Rabbits are poisoned en masse in their warren. Another rabbit is strangled by a snare. Rabbits also fight each other and there is a dog attack.
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Does a cat die?
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A cat is briefly seen attempting to eat Hazel, but the cat is never harmed in any way.
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Are there spiders?
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I personally don’t recall spiders specifically but I’m assuming this comes up when the bird is eating bugs. It’s not creepy or scary at all.
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Are there bugs?
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A bird eats bugs fairly often. They aren’t shown in that much detail and it’s not a focus.
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Is someone restrained?
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Yes, the snare catches a rabbit’s neck, damaging him internally and restricting his breath, nearly killing him. He chokes for a significant amount of time.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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bricker
several animals get into fights and scratch each other up with their claws and teeth
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Rubies3
It’s not completely clear but there is an implied case of “crowd crush.” The ultimate cause of death for most was poison gas, but when the bodies build up trying to escape, many likely die being crushed in the mob.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Yes during the tunnel escape scene
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Is someone buried alive?
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A warren has its entrances filled in and is pumped full of poison gas. The scene is very graphic and disturbing. Later, a rabbit is covered in a thin layer of dirt to hide him. He can move and breathe fine.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Many of the rabbits bite each other, but that's all.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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stikimiki
Rabbits wound each others' eyes, although it is not a close up and only shown for a second.
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Is someone choked?
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A rabbit is caught in a wire snare around the throat. He doesn't die, but there is blood.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Many rabbits are shown very graphically suffocating to death onscreen.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Bigwig gets trapped in a snare, which loops around his neck and makes it difficult for him to breathe, to the point of him passing out briefly.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Bigwig falls unconscious briefly after he is freed from the snare, and the other rabbits think he has died. He regains consciousness shortly after.
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Is someone tortured?
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A rabbit named Blackavar is beaten and has his ears shredded for trying to leave his warren. He is then paraded in front of his peers as an example.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Fiver's visions are often accompanied by convulsing.
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Is there a hanging?
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Bigwig gets strangled in a snare by the neck, but he gets free.
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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The film ends with the (peaceful) death of a major character.
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Family
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Fear
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When the rabbits are hiding in the barn at the farm, there is a mild jumpscare when the rats attack them.
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Is someone possessed?
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One rabbit sees visions, while another acts entranced when he thinks he hears the Black Rabbit.
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Are there ghosts?
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Rabbit ghosts though
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Some characters foam at the mouth.
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Blood and saliva come out of characters' mouths at various points.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Fiver goes into a shaky, trance-like state at one point.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Not PSTD exactly but the one of the main characters has future visions
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Animated, Holly describes the Sandleford Warren's destruction. Men fill some of the warren's holes up, and use a gas to poison the air in the warren. The rabbits inside try to escape but many cannot due to the crowding of the few unblocked tunnels.
This scene is very unsettling, due to the detailed anguish and fear on the rabbits' faces; and like many graphic scenes in Watership, the animation of the animals is more detailed here. It comes right after Bigwig finds Holly, and Bigwig asks Holly what happened. It takes about 59 seconds for the scene to finish.
This scene is very unsettling, due to the detailed anguish and fear on the rabbits' faces; and like many graphic scenes in Watership, the animation of the animals is more detailed here. It comes right after Bigwig finds Holly, and Bigwig asks Holly what happened. It takes about 59 seconds for the scene to finish.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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shroomoss
When the rabbits find the injured bird, the bird says "piss off" but it can be hard to tell with the way he yells it, its very obvious with subtitles though.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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spirochaete
There's an unsettling sequence where the rabbits at Cowslip's warren are shown secretly observing the main rabbits while they eat.
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Pregnancy
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No miscarriages occur on-screen, but Hyzenthlay tells Woundwort that does in Efrafa miscarry their litters due to the warren being overcrowded.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Not a specific person, but the movie has criticism for presenting the female characters solely as a means of reproduction to support the more important quest of the male main characters. In one scene, the leader of a militaristic warren lets an officer know he can choose to mate with any female he likes due to his rank.
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Is someone homeless?
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The plot revolves around a group of rabbits being casted out of their home and going to a supposed promised Land where they cal live in peace. The Rabbits struggle a lot and are homeless throught most of the film
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Does it have a sad ending?
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stikimiki
The ending is bittersweet but generally happy.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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two rabbits are run over by a train
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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No, but the noise of a car whooshing past is played while a rabbit narrowly avoids getting hit by it.
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Is there blood/gore?
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bricker
There is, in fact, A LOT of blood and gore which I found intensely disturbing to watch when I was a young child.
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Is there gun violence?
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obligateAnthrovore
A farmer shoots a rabbit with a shotgun. The rabbit is wounded but survives.
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