The Nightmare Before Christmas

Movie • 1993 • Animation  

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Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
This movie contains 40 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
169 supporters
Yes
9
No
52
24
Christina Bowling
Jack's dog Zero is a ghost. But he starts out as a ghost and we don't ever see him harmed.
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Unanswered Triggers
Abandonment
Yes
5
No
1
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
16 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Is an animal abandoned?
45 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Abuse
Yes
3
No
8
1
HoppipHarvest
No, but Dr. Finklestein is a very controlling parent.
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Yes
0
No
10
Is someone stalked?
12 supporters
Yes
2
No
37
5
RowanOakley
I mean, some viewers interpret Sally's behavior toward Jack in the beginning of the movie as romantic stalking, but it's never addressed.
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5
Anonymous
Sally is held hostage by her creator.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
37 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
13
Yes
34
No
12
9
ArcherDevon
Dr. Finklestein is abusive towards Sally. I cannot remember if there's explicit gaslighting but I know that if parental abuse is a trigger it is best to skip those scenes.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
7 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Is a child abused?
59 supporters
Yes
0
No
48
11
ArcherDevon
Not a child, no, but Sally's maker is abusive (not physically) and may hit close to home in this category.
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Addiction
12
gothbeetle
there is an implication that the films love interest uses some sort of drug in somebodys food
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Is there addiction?
6 supporters
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Yes
1
No
47
Does someone abuse alcohol?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
55
Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
61 supporters
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0
No
11
Does a horse die?
49 supporters
Yes
1
No
55
8
ProfessorProcyon
There are no horses in this movie.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
87 supporters
Yes
53
No
3
7
Anonymous
A caged cartoon insect/grasshopper is eaten by the movie's villian. A quick close up on the cage afterwards shows some green slime (presumably guts) in the cage.
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Are animals abused?
101 supporters
Yes
16
No
30
10
ProfessorProcyon
The Easter Bunny is kidnapped in one scene. In the "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" number, a bug is also seen being tormented (and eventually eaten off-screen), but there's nothing too far beyond this.
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0
No
49
Yes
47
No
0
7
Lynxwithaharpn
There are skeletons/spirits of several different animals, as well as depictions of a dead turtle, bat, and rat. Not very graphic at all.
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Is an animal sad?
39 supporters
Yes
8
No
0
2
UnagioLucio
Zero the ghost dog tends to mirror Jack's emotions. There are several scenes where Jack is distraught and Zero looks sad in response. However, Zero is never sad for an extended period of time, and he has plenty of happy moments too.
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Are rabbits harmed?
35 supporters
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Yes
1
No
8
Does a cat die?
91 supporters
Yes
0
No
55
6
Lynxwithaharpn
A cat is launched from the lid of a trash can, but it survives and is seen again in later scenes.
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Does a pet die?
79 supporters
Yes
1
No
15
1
UnagioLucio
Zero, Jack's pet dog, is a ghost. However, we never see him as a non-ghost, and it's possible that he was never a living dog at all.
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Does a dragon die?
16 supporters
Yes
3
No
55
9
ProfessorProcyon
Dragons are not seen.
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Are there spiders?
26 supporters
Yes
67
No
1
9
UnagioLucio
Spiders are among Oogie Boogie's animal familiars. Residents of Halloween Town are shown using spiders as decorative bows.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
2 supporters
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Yes
0
No
8
Are there snakes?
10 supporters
Yes
64
No
0
7
UnagioLucio
The villain has many small animal minions or familiars, including snakes. There is also a large boa constrictor-like snake that lives in Halloween Town and has an indiscriminate appetite.
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Are there sharks?
5 supporters
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0
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8
Are there bugs?
16 supporters
Yes
66
No
0
8
UnagioLucio
The villain is filled with live insects, among other creepy crawlies
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
8 supporters
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0
No
7
Is someone drugged?
13 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
0
UnagioLucio
Sally escapes from Dr. Finkelstein (her creator) by drugging his soup to make him fall asleep.
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Is there pedophilia?
57 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Is someone held under water?
8 supporters
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Yes
0
No
12
Is rape mentioned?
39 supporters
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Yes
0
No
10
Is someone beaten up by a bully?
8 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Is someone restrained?
9 supporters
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Yes
22
No
0
Is someone sexually assaulted?
93 supporters
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Yes
2
No
47
Yes
7
No
0
2
Virallia
Santa's mouth is covered during the scene where he has been kidnapped.
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Yes
0
No
9
Bodily Harm
Yes
8
No
43
5
Anonymous
A teddy bear is sliced open with a scalpel
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Yes
1
No
5
2
Hands come off but they aren’t damaged, sally can just sew them back on.
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Are there dislocations?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Is there throat mutilation?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Yes
15
No
18
7
ProfessorProcyon
Twice. The first instance is when Sally is making soup, and wheezes after adding one of the ingredients. The second instance is played for laughs; Shock gets mad at Lock for not listening to her, and begins strangling him. He starts choking for a few seconds, and they get in a fight. Both of the instances are very brief, and have no lasting damage/are fairly easy to miss.
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Yes
4
No
2
3
silencesilence
Jack takes his head off sometimes but it doesn't hurt him as he's a skeleton.
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Is there cannibalism?
21 supporters
Yes
4
No
30
6
Wowowo
Not exactly. If you count the film’s main antagonist, Oogie Boogie, he is a scary bag creature filled with bugs inside him. There are scenes that feature him consuming other insects.
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Yes
15
No
2
4
Anonymous
Arguably yes. The villain turns into a bug and the bug is stepped on. It's not clear if the character is actually dead or just temporarily gotten out of the way, since the Halloween characters are already dead for the most part.
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Is someone choked?
11 supporters
Yes
8
No
1
2
spindleclown
Shock briefly chokes Lock, but it's cartoonish and brief and part of their scuffle.
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Yes
41
No
10
11
chaelim.deep.within
Well technically, yes but it's only in the opening musical number and he immediately puts himself out in the town square fountain.
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Yes
1
No
36
9
IrateTeddyBears
No, but in the song “Kidnap the Santa Claus” there are mentions of burying Santa alive
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Is there body horror?
25 supporters
Yes
9
No
1
1
UnagioLucio
The residents of Halloween Town provide plenty of body horror, most of it mild and comedic. A monster clown takes off his face, revealing a black void underneath. A ragdoll stuffed with leaves can detach her limbs and sew them back on. A vampire briefly pulls his eye out of its socket. If there's one example that's actually disturbing, it's Oogie Boogie getting his burlap skin ripped off, exposing the writhing mass of bugs underneath.
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Is there amputation?
11 supporters
Yes
36
No
6
10
Lynxwithaharpn
Undead characters (especially Sally) take off their limbs/body parts at times.
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Yes
1
No
47
6
ProfessorProcyon
No, but Jack takes off his own head at one point.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
16
Is there a hanging?
18 supporters
Yes
37
No
9
10
.
In the opening scene several skeletons are seen hanging from a tree
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Does someone asphyxiate?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
16
Are any teeth damaged?
21 supporters
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Yes
0
No
44
0
UnagioLucio
Dr. Finkelstein falls asleep after drinking soup that had been drugged.
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Yes
15
No
30
7
UnagioLucio
Jack, a living skeleton, gets his jaw knocked off at one point, but easily pops it back into place. He also uses one of his own ribs to play fetch with his dog.
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Does someone have a seizure?
2 supporters
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0
No
45
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
40 supporters
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Yes
0
No
29
Is there finger/toe mutilation?
26 supporters
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Yes
1
No
44
Is someone tortured?
52 supporters
Yes
53
No
2
8
Wowowo
Santa Claws is tortured by Oogie Boogie in his chamber, but is later rescued by Sally.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
2 supporters
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Yes
12
No
1
10
ProfessorProcyon
In this scene, we don't see the impact of Sally hitting the ground, but we do hear it. There are also a few falls from high places, such as in the scene where Jack's sleigh crashes, but there are no deaths from falling.
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Yes
23
No
23
7
.
A vampire pulls out his eye before quickly putting it back in again
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Is someone stabbed?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
Is there excessive gore?
44 supporters
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Yes
0
No
22
Children
Is an infant abducted?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
17
Does a kid die?
24 supporters
Yes
7
No
40
9
whiteraven4661
There are several dead children, but we don't see them die, they're dead from the beginning.
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Is a minor sexualized?
56 supporters
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Yes
0
No
16
Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
7 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
6 supporters
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Yes
1
No
12
Does a major character die?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Does a non-human character die?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
10
No
0
Does someone die?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
6
No
1
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
24
Yes
0
No
8
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Family
Yes
53
No
0
12
UnagioLucio
Santa gets kidnapped, but he makes it out okay
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Does a parent die?
6 supporters
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Yes
1
No
49
Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
41
Yes
36
No
3
9
ProfessorProcyon
Some toys are damaged, but no explicit destruction and they don't have much sentimental value as far as I know.
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Does a family member die?
8 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Fear
Are there jumpscares?
27 supporters
Yes
35
No
15
6
ProfessorProcyon
The scene where Jack scares Lock, Shock, and Barrel is mostly played for laughs, but it is rather sudden. I tend to be easily startled and I've always thought that part was more funny than scary, but I understand why it can be considered a jumpscare.
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Yes
2
No
44
2
Lynxwithaharpn
There are demons and spirits seen (as well as demon-like characters), but they never possess anyone.
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Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
Yes
53
No
0
7
ProfessorProcyon
It's a Halloween-themed movie, so yes, there are some ghosts. They're very cartoony (and there's even a ghost dog that's pretty cute), so they're probably not going to be that scary unless you have a severe phobia of ghosts.
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Are there clowns?
8 supporters
Yes
56
No
0
6
UnagioLucio
One of the residents of Halloween Town is a clown who can remove his own face (his head is completely hollow underneath). He isn't malicious though.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
0 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Is trypophobic content shown?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Are there razors?
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4 supporters
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Yes
6
No
1
Yes
0
No
47
5
ProfessorProcyon
No showering or bath taking, but Lock, Shock, and Barrel have a walking bathtub that they often use as transportation.
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Are there mannequins?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
24
Does someone vomit?
54 supporters
Yes
0
No
52
6
EmilyHurley
Technically - no one v*
BUT the fountain in the center or Halloween Town...kinda is? It's like a lizard creature holding its throat and has green water that flows through its mouth because it's a fountain. It has never bothered me, but I figured I'd put this up.
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Is someone eaten?
15 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
4
spindleclown
A character is swallowed by a (friendly) snake, but emerges unharmed off-screen. Oogie Boogie eats a frightened bug off-screen and burps out the cage it was in.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
19 supporters
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0
No
7
Does someone spit?
7 supporters
Yes
32
No
15
7
ProfessorProcyon
Oogie Boogie briefly spits something out at one point, I believe.
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Is there audio gore?
26 supporters
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Yes
0
No
32
Is there farting?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
10
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
No
17
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
8 supporters
Yes
0
No
25
1
spindleclown
Cops appear briefly at one point (though only the bust of one answering a phone), but are antagonistic.
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Is there incarceration?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
17 supporters
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Yes
0
No
10
Are there transphobic slurs?
22 supporters
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Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
7
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Is there bisexual cheating?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
2 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Medical
Yes
0
No
45
9
ProfessorProcyon
Jack turns on an electric chair in one scene, but nobody is in it.
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Yes
36
No
6
7
AudreyBabb
Sewing needles, but still needles
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9
ProfessorProcyon
Santa briefly refers to Halloween Town as an "insane asylum", but there are no explicit visuals of any mental institutions.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
46
4
ProfessorProcyon
There is a laboratory, though, but it doesn't closely resemble a hospital.
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Is there menstruation?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Does someone have cancer?
9 supporters
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Yes
0
No
48
Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
23 supporters
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Yes
0
No
20
Does someone have a mental illness?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
Does someone self harm?
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34 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
45
Is autism misrepresented?
16 supporters
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Yes
0
No
7
Is a mentally ill person violent?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
16
0
Anonymous
Multidimensional stuff
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Does someone have a meltdown?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
Is there misophonia?
21 supporters
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Yes
3
No
14
Is there ABA therapy?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
8
Is there body dysphoria?
8 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Is there body dysmorphia?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
39
Yes
0
No
21
Are there anxiety attacks?
15 supporters
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Yes
0
No
37
Yes
41
No
0
5
ProfessorProcyon
There's a scene where Lock, Shock, and Barrel shove Santa down a narrow chute, which I can see being pretty intense for those who are claustrophobic. This scene is about a minute long, and we see some visuals from inside the chute as well.
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Yes
0
No
43
Is there autism specific abuse?
26 supporters
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Yes
0
No
31
9
ProfessorProcyon
Sally intentionally jumps from a high place in one scene, though she has no suicidal intentions; she is simply trying to leave a building. See "does someone fall to their death?" for more details.
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
16 supporters
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Yes
6
No
0
Are there underwater scenes?
5 supporters
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Yes
0
No
6
Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
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Yes
1
No
17
Is there shakey cam?
22 supporters
Yes
3
No
37
4
Lynxwithaharpn
Two blurry shots, however; one when Jack crashes into a sign and becomes slightly dazed, and another when Santa is let out of a bag. Both of these visuals only last a few seconds and are not very intense.
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Is there screaming?
6 supporters
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Yes
6
No
0
Is there obscene language/gestures?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
No
14
2
IrateTeddyBears
In one sequence, Jack covers an electric chair with christmas lights and turns it on, causing many of the bulbs to burst in flashes
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Paranoia
0
redwingwren
Jack Skellington is watched by Sally in the graveyard scene, however it is cartoonish and reasonable because Jack is singing. Another scene is when Jack is in the Christmas world and he goes into the children’s bedroom and watches them sleep, which can be more distressing because it’s an adult watching children sleep.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
4 supporters
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Yes
1
No
15
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
22
Is there childbirth?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
38
Are there abortions?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
37
Are there babies or unborn children?
8 supporters
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Yes
2
No
15
Does someone miscarry?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
42
Does a pregnant person die?
8 supporters
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Yes
0
No
39
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
24 supporters
Yes
31
No
8
6
ProfessorProcyon
In the scene where Santa is being brought to Halloween Town, his captors briefly refer to him as large and heavy. There are also a few other characters who are fairly rotund in shape and their body types are used as a mild visual gag (the Mayor has a few brief instances of this), but there is nothing too bad.
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Lynxwithaharpn
No, but Lock, Shock, and Barrel are sometimes collectively referred to as "Oogie's Boys", despite Shock being female. It is not done maliciously at all.
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Yes
1
No
35
8
ProfessorProcyon
Most characters in this movie are monsters/creatures, so they don't really have races. The closest thing I can think of is a character with a black voice actor who is the only known death in the movie, but this was likely a coincidence.
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Yes
0
No
31
9
ProfessorProcyon
No, though there is a non-derogatory usage of the word "queer" in one of the songs.
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Yes
0
No
29
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
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25
Is there hate speech?
14 supporters
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Yes
1
No
40
Is a minority is misrepresented?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
45
5
ProfessorProcyon
There are no known LGBT+ characters in the movie.
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ProfessorProcyon
Barrel is sometimes made fun of for being unintelligent, but there aren't really any ableist references.
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Are there n-words?
13 supporters
Yes
1
No
30
5
kazpberry
Who said yes wtf 💀
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Is there aphobia?
10 supporters
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0
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9
Race
Is there blackface?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
20 supporters
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0
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17
Religious
Is religion discussed?
8 supporters
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Yes
1
No
6
Are there demons or Hell?
8 supporters
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Yes
5
No
1
Sex
Yes
12
No
35
9
Wowowo
In one scene, Oogie Boogie tries to get somewhat sexual with Sally as he finds her leg sticking out, but it’s one of her removed limbs in which she used as a decoy distraction to rescue Sandy Claws. Oogie Boogie is shown to tickle her leg and make weird noises that indicate that he’s into her.
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16
No
0
10
Multifandomgirl5
Sally does this to herself to distract Oogie at a key moment.
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Are there nude scenes?
17 supporters
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0
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17
Is there bestiality?
44 supporters
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Yes
0
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8
Is there BDSM?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
Does someone lose their virginity?
6 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Are there incestuous relationships?
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43 supporters
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Yes
1
No
37
Sexism
Yes
0
No
17
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
4 supporters
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Yes
0
No
16
2
Dr Frankenstein is wheelchair bound
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
12
Is someone terminally ill?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
8
Social
Is someone homeless?
3 supporters
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Yes
0
No
16
Are there anti-abortion themes?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Are there fat suits?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Is existentialism debated?
6 supporters
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Yes
0
No
5
Spoiler
Yes
0
No
48
15
UnagioLucio
In the setting of this movie, Santa Claus and other popular elements of Christmas (e.g. flying reindeer, Santa's elves, Santa's workshop, Santa's Sleigh) are all real.
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Are there end credit scenes?
12 supporters
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0
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5
Does it have a sad ending?
21 supporters
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0
No
41
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
3 supporters
Yes
1
No
42
7
AudreyBabb
A sleigh does, though
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
4 supporters
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0
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15
Does a plane crash?
4 supporters
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9
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30
8
UnagioLucio
No planes, but a flying sleigh does crash
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0
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37
0
spindleclown
The Mayor is knocked over by a snowcat, but it's harmless and not at all graphic. It's extremely brief.
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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38
Is there blood/gore?
26 supporters
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5
No
36
5
Anonymous
The movie is animated rather than live action, and there is no realistic gore. A character loses some of her limbs on two occasions, but she is a Frankenstein's monster-esque/rag doll-like character, and none of this causes her any pain or distress. Her limbs are sewn back on. There is no blood because she is made of leaves.
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Does someone drown?
9 supporters
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0
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40
2
ProfessorProcyon
"I'm drowning in my tears" is a lyric to one of the songs, but nobody drowns.
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16
No
23
7
ProfessorProcyon
Unless you count cannons.
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