Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV Show
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Is there pedophilia?
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HoppipHarvest
In the fictional play “Daddy’s Boy”, which seems to be about a father sexually abusing his son. The songs from this play appear in more than one episode. It’s a pretty dark running joke.
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Is someone stalked?
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haynesrebecca
Titus is briefly stalked by someone he believed to be a fan.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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devoralie
There is SO much gaslighting (mostly in flashbacks sporadically) but especially heavy in the episodes having to do with the Reverend’s trial, 1x11-12. Deeply uncomfortable.
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Addiction
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haynesrebecca
Another character does heroin and spends the remaining duration of the episode high.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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atlasjude
Kimmys therapist Andrea is an alcoholic, and repeatedly oversteps very obvious client/clinician boundaries. Drinks during sessions, and is regularly in contact with Kimmy while heavily intoxicated.
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Anonymous
A dolphin is mentioned to have died out of water. It is seen while it is alive but you don’t see it happen and don’t see its body. Totally unnecessary.
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Are animals abused?
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MKBrown
A dolphin is kept out of water and dies.
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Does a cat die?
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ImpossibleRavenclaw
In season 4, Lillian says she goes into a bed full of dead cats. It isn't shown on-screen and is probably a joke, but worth noting just in case.
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Are there bugs?
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MKBrown
There are silverfish shown in the show and they get in the characters' hair while they kiss - it was a fairly gross detail.
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MaxineImogene
There are no graphic scenes of it, but it is an underlying plot point and is eventually mentioned outright.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Moomin
Someone thinks they have done this but it turned out they hadn’t
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Is someone buried alive?
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AutumnLane
Not in the traditional sense, but the plot does revolve around a woman who was kept (alongside 3 other women) in an underground bunker against her will for several years.
In a later episode a robot with a semi-human personality is presumed "dead" and buried, but turns out to still be operational.
In a later episode a robot with a semi-human personality is presumed "dead" and buried, but turns out to still be operational.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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MKBrown
There is a whole plot of one episode where a main character's tooth gets broken and she glues a fake nail onto it and it becomes infected (it's been a while since I watched the particular episode because I found it very upsetting). It made me cringe as I find teeth injury very disturbing.
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Is someone tortured?
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Kenzbee
Kimmy along with several other women were kidnapped and eat in a bunker. This is mostly seen in the opening and occasional flashbacks. This is played for humor and is not dark, but it references dar things.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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MKBrown
The main character of a show was kidnapped for 15 years and it is mentioned several times in EVERY episode
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Fear
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Are there ghosts?
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Nazetel
Lilian sees ghosts but not scary ghosts
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Anonymous
One reoccurring character in later seasons is an alcoholic and is usually seen drunk. She vomits on-screen in a couple episodes.
In one episode, a scene is described in which an entire cruise ship contracts an airborne illness. During this verbal description, on-screen clips are shown of groups of people projectile vomiting. The scene is not brief and exceedingly graphic.
In one episode, a scene is described in which an entire cruise ship contracts an airborne illness. During this verbal description, on-screen clips are shown of groups of people projectile vomiting. The scene is not brief and exceedingly graphic.
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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AudreyBabb
A character is prompted to do heroin, but nothing is shown
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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MayaBrown
One character goes to therapy in a therapist's office
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Is autism misrepresented?
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HoppipHarvest
One character is implied to be autistic. The only indications that he’s autistic are that he claims to say phrases from Paw Patrol to comfort himself (it’s only brought up once), and he alludes to liking trains (the stereotypical autistic special interest) a few times. As an autistic person myself, I felt that this was a very stereotypical and disrespectful portrayal.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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atlasjude
Various examples, but s3e5 sticks out to me. Gretchen (one of Kimmys former bunker mates) is very affected by the kidnapping & cult indoctrination, tries to start her own cult, and has a closet full of guns and bomb making supplies. She threatens to make a bomb and blow up the house she holds the cult in.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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AudreyBabb
A character mentions how she doesn’t eat but it’s mostly comedic
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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MayaBrown
There is mention of Kimmy's birth at least once
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haynesrebecca
The reverend expresses distaste for Jews and uses them as a scapegoat for many things. Jewish suffering is the butt of many jokes, and Jewish people are portrayed in the show as greedy, rich, powerful, and often responsible for the plight of the main characters, especially Jacqueline. A Jewish family is accused of stealing an expensive painting from Jacqueline, even though it's revealed that the painting belonged to them in the first place but was stolen by Nazis during the holocaust. The family is portrayed as greedy for wanting it back. Overall, the Jewish characters and the roles they play in the show are poorly and offensively written.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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AutumnLane
A major character, played by a white actress, is revealed to be Native American and this begins to feature prominently in her character in season 2.
As is unfortunately common in Tina Fey's work, Asian people are especially disrespected, and in the case of one particular episode are mocked for expressing any kind of frustration at having their culture appropriated by Titus, who claims to have been a geisha in a past life and dresses as such in a way that is presumably meant to be humorous. Additionally, the portrayal of Kimmy's Vietnamese love-interest, Dong, also has some real issues.
Titus himself is essentially a fairly reductive stereotype of a black gay man, although there is just enough importance and nuance given to his character that many black gay men have reported that they don't mind this so much. That said, the way the show portrays the struggle for gay rights as a whole can dip into some fairly offensive territory on occasion, and there's even one brief joke in which the idea of a man being capable of becoming pregnant is played as a joke, which is pretty cisnormative.
Lillian the landlord is portrayed in some very antisemitic ways, and, as mentioned in another answer, there is antisemitism throughout the show.
As is unfortunately common in Tina Fey's work, Asian people are especially disrespected, and in the case of one particular episode are mocked for expressing any kind of frustration at having their culture appropriated by Titus, who claims to have been a geisha in a past life and dresses as such in a way that is presumably meant to be humorous. Additionally, the portrayal of Kimmy's Vietnamese love-interest, Dong, also has some real issues.
Titus himself is essentially a fairly reductive stereotype of a black gay man, although there is just enough importance and nuance given to his character that many black gay men have reported that they don't mind this so much. That said, the way the show portrays the struggle for gay rights as a whole can dip into some fairly offensive territory on occasion, and there's even one brief joke in which the idea of a man being capable of becoming pregnant is played as a joke, which is pretty cisnormative.
Lillian the landlord is portrayed in some very antisemitic ways, and, as mentioned in another answer, there is antisemitism throughout the show.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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AutumnLane
Not by the show itself, but characters sometimes objectify one another.
The main character was kidnapped and assaulted.
Lillian the landlord sometimes talks about men she is attracted to in an objectifying way.
The main character was kidnapped and assaulted.
Lillian the landlord sometimes talks about men she is attracted to in an objectifying way.
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AudreyBabb
It is mentioned that twins are marrying each other but it is not relevant
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Is someone hit by a car?
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AudreyBabb
A character is slowly smooshed by a car, but there is no blood/gore. He is put in a coma-like state
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Moomin
No but characters are made to believe the world has ended
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Is there blood/gore?
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MKBrown
They have a whole scene in an episode that I found downright disturbing because of the amount of blood and gore in it. This isn't the usual trend in Kimmy Schmidt, however, but I find myself having to close my eyes and cover my ears in this one particular scene because it is so bad.
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Is there gun violence?
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atlasjude
A character in season three has a whole closet full of guns with the intention of causing harm with them. She never does.
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