The Big Bang Theory
TV Show
ReportThis tv show contains 48 potentially triggering events.
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venus.theplanet_
its mentioned that the leonard's dog died (S3E11)
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alonelylion
Penny's childhood pet, a pig named Moondance, is revealed in one episode to have been killed. This happens off-screen
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Katla
There is animal testing, which I consider being animal abuse.
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Anonymous
Sheldon's tells a story about cat diyng in his childhood
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sarahtollemache
Penny’s goldfish dies - can’t remember what episode but I will update when I watch again
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Season 3 episode 2, season 4 episode 10
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ejscanlan
S5E7
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Season3 episode 2
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saste12
Several times throughout the series, it is mentioned that Howard's father left him and his mother when he was young. It's a traumatic memory for Howard and features in many episodes.
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saste12
Characters frequently lie to get out of someone being mad at them or to get something they want. Though I wouldn't call it gaslighting because it's never a case of trying to make someone doubt their perception of reality, the characters can be very manipulative in their lying sometimes, so it could still be a trigger for some.
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SilverWarriorWolf2
It’s implied the Leonard was emotionally and psychologically abused and neglected by his mother.
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Beans_on_toast
In S6 E10 "The Fish Guts Displacement" Sheldon spanks Amy. While it is implied that she secretly enjoys this, he does this to her under the impression that it is non-consensual or at least not wanted.
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SilverWarriorWolf2
Penny is implied to be a functional alcoholic, but it’s played for laughs.
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alonelylion
In one episode, Leonard, Raj, and Howard are all unknowingly fed edible marijuana.
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SilverWarriorWolf2
Penny is implied to be a functional alcoholic, but it’s played for laughs.
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LesbianTakko
one of the main characters frequently tries to flirt, and in one episode, he tries getting a robot to look up a womans skirt, many times played for laughs
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DeenGray
No, but in one episode, Sheldon innocently tries to make friends with a little girl, but Leonard stops him because he could be mistaken for a pedo.
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Anonymous
Almost everyone besides Penny talks about their experiences of being bullied multiple times.
On time Leonard even meets one of his bully to confront him with specific examples
On time Leonard even meets one of his bully to confront him with specific examples
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Liromala
Howard gets his thing stuck in a robotic hand and later on gets a sterilization (he wanted it)
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saste12
In the episode where Sheldon assists Amy in her neuroscience lab, he accidentally cuts his thumb with a scalpel and faints at the sight of the blood.
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Liromala
At some point almost everyone in the group gets an eye infection if that counts
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Liromala
Leonard has asthma
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saste12
Characters sometimes pass out from drinking too much or from fainting (such as Sheldon when he sees his own blood).
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saste12
Characters walking up and down stairs is a common theme in the series. Characters are not actually shown falling down the stairs, but the sounds of characters falling down the stairs can be heard off-screen a couple times in the series.
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Liromala
Howard's mum
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zuurtje
leonard also made out with someone while he was in a relationship with priya, and when he calls her to tell her she reveals that she slept with someone else
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Liromala
They once kidnap Sheldon but it's played off as a joke
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ejscanlan
S5E7
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Liromala
Sheldon talks to professor Proton, who died, in his dreams but he ain't a ghost
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zuurtje
happens three times in s7 e11
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fivepotatoeshigh
In S2 Ep 9 Leonard v***ts in the sink after cutting his finger with glass after trying to open a jar. There is audio but no visual. When he shows the stitches he got to Howard, Howard g*gs.
In S3 Ep 2, Leonard v***ts in Penny's toilet after drinking too much. Although we see him in the shot, we do not see any v***t. A few lines after, Penny v***ts into her sink. Again, we see it happen and hear audio but we do not see any v***t.
In S3 Ep 15, we hear Penny v***t just before the 18-minute mark, after we see her blowing her nose. This lasts for around a minute, no visuals. Sheldon then does the same, lasts for around another minute, triggering audio.
In S3 Ep 2, Leonard v***ts in Penny's toilet after drinking too much. Although we see him in the shot, we do not see any v***t. A few lines after, Penny v***ts into her sink. Again, we see it happen and hear audio but we do not see any v***t.
In S3 Ep 15, we hear Penny v***t just before the 18-minute mark, after we see her blowing her nose. This lasts for around a minute, no visuals. Sheldon then does the same, lasts for around another minute, triggering audio.
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saste12
Maybe not technically since the character is never specifically confirmed to be bisexual and the flirting is played for jokes, but Amy often has a (creepy and unrequited) attraction to Penny that goes beyond friendship, even though she is dating Sheldon.
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Drag queen / trans person is being called transvestite
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Anonymous
at some point, they talk about eliott page but due to not being out at that time they use his deadname
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Season 5 episode 7 when Sheldon goes to shock Wolowitz
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itsliz
Yes, multiple times throughout the film, but no gore or surgery is showed. They just show a waiting room, and once or twice a hospital room. There is a scene or two where a character is in an isolated room because they might’ve been exposed to a bacteria, but yet again, no gore.
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Sushii
Sheldon Cooper is an autistic person. When he shows caracteristics of autism,everybody laugh at him.
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Raj often talks about watching his weight. He also says he got fat in one episode.
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Paci
It's kinda hinted that Wolowitz's mom eats a lot, but she's never shown on camera
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zuurtje
sheldon has claustrophobia and goes in the university steam pipe tunnels and gets very scared, he can get out at any moment though and got in voluntarily, i dont know if that helps.
they also play dungeons and dragons and at one point leonard describes how the walls are closing in on them.
they also play dungeons and dragons and at one point leonard describes how the walls are closing in on them.
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Mention in season 4 episode 14
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zuurtje
howard says to his mother "you make me want to kill myself"
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zuurtje
in the intro has a lot of flashing lights
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It happened 2 or 3 times across all seasons and only for a quick moment.
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Yulia
Mentioned, but happened off screen
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DeenGray
Racist stereotypes against Indians, antisemitic stereotypes, etc
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DeenGray
Constant jokes about Howard’s Judaism and his mom embodies the “pushy Jewish mom” stereotype
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alonelylion
Nearly all jokes revolve around racist and antisemitic stereotypes, especially of Raj, Howard, and their families. Constant sexism, homophobia, and transphobia.
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Rory_John14
Sheldon’s friends constantly make fun of autism traits he displays. A cast member has said the majority of the main characters are neurodivergent in some way, and since it is a sitcom, all of them are mocked for their personalities and quirks often.
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Sushii
Howard's mom is fat and they make jokes about her everytime
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Anonymous
No slurs, but there is a running joke about Raj and Howard's friendship supposedly being a gay relationship.
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alonelylion
Raj's friends consistently refer to him as a woman, as well as making jokes about Penny's "mannish" features. A character once says he's glad he doesn't have to wonder if Penny is "really a man down there". A trans woman used to live across the hall from Leonard and Sheldon that they both refer to as a man.
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saste12
Characters constantly make fun of Sheldon's lack of sexual attraction to anyone throughout the series. Amy, Sheldon's girlfriend, constantly complains how he won't have sex with her.
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saste12
Leonard sleeps with an older woman in one episode, and the other characters make fun of him for it.
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Anonymous
Nothing graphic is shown, just kissing and talk about sex.
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alonelylion
A character reveals that as a teenager, he lost his virginity to his cousin.
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Anonymous
Howard does this a lot in the first couple of seasons. Especially towards Penny, but also other women.
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saste12
An episode's plot revolves around Sheldon and Kripke fighting for an office after a minor character at the university is forced to retire due to his advanced dementia. He appears briefly in the episode and behaves in a way consistent with dementia (or at least the way a TV show depicts it).
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BeeGhost
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In a episode where the characters wonder where'd they'd all be if they never met Sheldon, there is an imaginary scenario where Leonard and Raj are living together and are fat. Stuart inserts himself into the fantasy, also fat. The actors are shown in fat suits.
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Stuart is kind of homeless for a while. He stays with other people, so he's not on the street, but he doesn't have his own home.
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Season 12 episode 14 after Leonard cuts open the meteorite. It’s a dream where the meteorite makes him bite Burt, Raj and Penny
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