Does the dog die?
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TV Show • 2009 • Comedy
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Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
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Your Triggers
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They talk about killing dogs as a mental exercise towards end of season 3.
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
162 supporters
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E21
Troy's monkey, named "Annie's B***s appears in episode 21 season 1 before being forgotten by the main cast and living in the vents.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Jeff's father ran away from him and his mother when he was 8, it is mentioned, but at the time of the show it has been ~25 years, however, he is still dealing with trauma
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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S4
Yes, Spoiler for season 4
Pierce dies without saying goodbye to the crew
Pierce dies without saying goodbye to the crew
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Abuse
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it is heavily alluded to that Britta was molested. Never explictly stated in the show. Dan Harmon confirms she was molested and her father did not believe her. Her relationship with her parents is very strained.
In season 3 Chang has a bunch of preteen boys under his control as police officers in order to take over Greendale
In season 3 Chang has a bunch of preteen boys under his control as police officers in order to take over Greendale
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Are there abusive parents?
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Talked about
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Pierce has an over-bearing, verbally abusive and manipulative father whom he does not forgive.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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S3E19
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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E1
No, but Jeff beats up an old rival with his own tie in a similar manner to how one would beat someone with a belt.
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Not really, but Jeff’s defensiveness and emotional unavailability that make him a bad friend sometimes are due to having had a bad father.
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Is someone stalked?
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In season 6, convicts are allowed to attend the school through remote controlled iPads on sticks. One follows and taunts Jeff before trying to push him down the staircase, however, he fails. Played for laughs.
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Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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jeff is described as a "functioning alcoholic."
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Starburns is a known meth user and pierce pops painkillers like tic-tacs in season 2
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Is there addiction?
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a character becomes addicted to prescribed painkillers and ultimately overdoses (and lives).
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Animal
Are animals abused?
313 supporters
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S03E03 (Comparative Ecology) a flaming piece of paper is accidentally dropped onto a turtle, while out of view. The turtle is assumed to be fine afterward.
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Does a cat die?
280 supporters
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All zombies were cured, so if the cat became zombified, I'm sure it was too.
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Britta accidentally steps on a frog in S01E20, it is not shown but a squelching sound is heard.
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Does a pet die?
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britta talks about her cats dying
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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in one epsiode, a clearly real mouse is held by its tail, in another a real turtle is kept in a trash can which is so small that its head is being squished, later on a character puts a burning piece of paper in the trash can forgetting the turtle, i’m not sure if they used a prop turtle for that moment
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In S01E11, the dean mistakes an emergency code for one of dog-fighting rings
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Is there a dead animal?
191 supporters
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Theres a dead frog that causes a lot of problems, but it's never shown on screen.
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Are there spiders?
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to add to the above comment, fake spiders and pictures of spiders, then in Advanced Advanced Dungeons and Dragons spiders are mentioned but I'm pretty sure none are shown (watched the episode like a week ago)
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Assault
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E22
Pierce pants Shirley in one episode. Nothing is shown and he is expelled by the group for doing so. The pantsing itself wasn't sexual in nature but is still treated as something horrifying to do to a woman.
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Troy fabricates being molested by a relative.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Not intentionally but Jeff texts Britta’s underage nephew some gross stuff he thinks is from her in the season three episode with the drug play, as he thinks hes helping britta flirt with a potential boyfriend, but it is her nephew, who is really into it and his aunt and its really gross
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Is rape mentioned?
121 supporters
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S2
E14
Pierce says his ingame DND character r*pes Neil’s character’s entire family a couple times which sucks. this episode was taken off the air though so if you don’t pirate it you don’t have to watch it
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
71 supporters
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E20
Pierce makes a joke about being "corn-holed" by the engagement party guests if they order expensive food, right before Britta says that Troy had been molested.
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Is someone drugged?
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There is a moment Annie is mentioned to have drugged the study group in an effort to get them to stay up with her and finish a project
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Is someone held under water?
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S4
E1
No but Brittany and Troy wrestle in a fountain
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
24 supporters
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S1
E12
When Jeff tells the Bully he doesn’t want to fight, the Bully responds by punching him.
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Is someone restrained?
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A few episodes depict some characters in straitjackets
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
146 supporters
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Not really eye mutilation, but in S01E20 Annie accidentally sprays herself in the eyes with tear gas.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Not really visually, but in the episode Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps Annie briefly regales her horror story with gore at the end of it
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Is someone tortured?
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In S01E20, Jeff’s head is slammed against the table twice in an interrogation.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Chang purposely tases himself in the crotch in a flashback-sequence in “Curriculum Unavailable” (S3E19)
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Is there body horror?
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E5
In S3e5, two characters are sewn together by their arms. The process of the stitching is not shown, but the end result is. It is played as a parody of horror movies and played for laughs (for instance, it gives them mind powers). In the same episode, a different character's hands and feet are swapped (by being cut off and sewn) and his butt is attached to his chest. Again, it is played as a joke.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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No, but one character decides to replace all his teeth with diamonds in one episode 😂
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Is someone burned alive?
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A character is said to have died in a meth lab explosion (presumably burned alive) but later turns out to have faked his death.
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Is there a hanging?
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No, however there is a hangman drawing (the game) in the intro/ opening of every episode. The opening song also says 'we could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year'. This may sound ridiculous but it can be jarring and triggering for someone affected by hanging, specifically.
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Is there decapitation?
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E18
In the outro there‘s a cartononish scene of starburns hitting someones head off with a stream of blood coming out, might be triggering to some
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Is there cannibalism?
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In the Halloween episode “Epidemiology” (S2E6) people turn into “zombies” because of a virus and start biting each other’s flesh.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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No but in one episode a safety checker discusses how many safety checkers die from being crushed by vending machines and proceeds to shake it violently to try and get it to fall, but it doesn’t so he lives.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Jeff and Pierce spend time at a barbershop where they are shown being shaved.
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Is there amputation?
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Technically yes; one of the characters' "darkest timeline" selves loses an arm. It is not shown being amputated but the lack of arm is shown afterwards several times.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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In the first episode in Season 2, Jeff is being choked by his Anthropology teacher and passes out from it.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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E1
A professor uses a weapon to choke a student near the end of the episode
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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S2
E6
Rich, the character in the banana costume, is bitten by a zombie near the Achille's Tendon. This injury prompts him to become a zombie.
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Does someone break a bone?
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In S02E07, Pierce gets catapulted into a bin and breaks both his legs. You see him land into the bin, and then hear him yell in pain.
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Are any hands damaged?
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E2
a man is shown with a big hole in his hand. Obviously CGI and made for laughs. No blood. Just a cartoonish hole
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Is someone choked?
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Jeff is choked in anthropology class by the teacher who is then suspended, and later in season six Jeff chokes Abed during ‘Intro to Recycled Filmmaking’ after cutting his role in his crappy movie. In the finale of season six, he also imagines choking many clones of Abed. It’s a bad out of character season for Jeff
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Is someone stabbed?
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Pierce gets stabbed in the face with a pencil, only the aftermath is shown
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Does someone have a seizure?
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There are a lot of faked - and one real - heartattacks.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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An already deceased cadaver falls out of a window
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Does someone become unconscious?
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in s2e02, accounting for lawyers, annie uses chloroform on a janitor
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Technically no, but a character pretends to have been pushed down the stairs in season 6 in order sue the school.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
137 supporters
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annie in multiple episodes, especially the glee/christmas one, she is over 18 but barely, and her youth is notably the focus -played for laughs
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Is an infant abducted?
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No, but at the end of Virtual Estate Planning Troy and Abed discuss having to raise an infant together that they believe was left in the study room, but it is revealed that the mother was there the whole time
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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S2
E21
In a flashback scene, Jeff gives a speech about bed bugs while the group is itching themselves outside a cabin
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Death
Does a major character die?
39 supporters
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Pierce in season five
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Does someone die?
25 supporters
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Pierce’s dad in Advanced Gay, Pierce in season five
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Does a non-human character die?
1 supporters
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Not a character but Britta accidentally kills a frog in season one. Nothing graphic is shown.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Yeah, but, not really. The stakes are low, it’s a paint ball fight. It’s just dramatized like an actual self-sacrifice.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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No, but a character confuses (and then uses) the word “tardy” as the R-word.
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
32 supporters
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Abed is heavily implied to be autistic and is played by a neurotypical actor. Although created by a (self-diagnosed ,but still) autistic person so there’s some slight grey areas
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
26 supporters
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A character is seen lying on a park bench after overdosing on painkillers.
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
41 supporters
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“Evil” Abed pops a young girl’s balloon in the hallway. (“Introduction to Finality” S3E22)
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Does a parent die?
41 supporters
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Jeff inadvertently causes Pierce's dad to have a heart attack in the "Advanced Gay" episode.
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Does a family member die?
32 supporters
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Pierce’s mother (off screen) and father (on screen) die
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Does someone cheat?
30 supporters
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Shirley's husband had an affair that is spoken about plenty.
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Is someone kidnapped?
19 supporters
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Chang mistakes two children for Shirley’s children, and inadvertently kidnaps them. Both children are fine.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
95 supporters
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There’s a scene in Season 2 Episode 6 where Abed approaches the window that could be classed as a small jumpscare.
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Is someone possessed?
22 supporters
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kind of but not really. in one episode abed and troy pretend to switch bodies (doing a freaky friday homage) so abed can break up with troy's girlfriend for him. it wasn't real but they did it pretty convincingly and most of the cast played along. in the same episode the dean pretends to switch bodies with jeff but it's much more obvious
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Are there clowns?
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S2
E2
A character is wearing a clown wig.
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Is there a shower scene?
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E5
Sort’ve.
Chang and Duncan argue in a men’s shower room (both clothed) while a nude man (seen from waist up) showers nearby. Scene is played for laughs.
Chang and Duncan argue in a men’s shower room (both clothed) while a nude man (seen from waist up) showers nearby. Scene is played for laughs.
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Are there ghosts?
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In S03 Halloween episode, Pierce pretends to be the ghost of his father and scares his friends.
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Are there mannequins?
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chang briefly has a pretend romantic relationship with a mannequin leg, i believe at the beginning of season 3. it's brought up a few times later in the show. the school mascot, the greendale human being, somewhat resembles a mannequin. it is creepy on purpose for comedic effect. it appears regularly throughout the show
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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a lake is briefly shown, the aftermath of a raft popping is shown (the characters are just wet) and characters are pretending to be drowning (think dnd) on two occasions
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
173 supporters
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So far... Season 2, Episode 22 Britta goes to deliver a baby, makes a face, and runs to a garbage can. This one is easy to see coming.
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Is there audio gore?
71 supporters
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Also in “Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” (S5E10) the we hear the sound of someone being impaled on a sword, though this doesn’t actually happen outside their imagination, it’s still an unpleasant sound
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Is someone eaten?
50 supporters
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S3
E5
At some point in Annie's story, Jeff reveals himself to be a vampire and opens up a closet, in which Britta, full of bites, falls in his arms. Vampire Jeff sucks Britta's blood once more.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
33 supporters
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One story is told where a boy pees his pants (“Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism” S3E9,) and another story is told where a man poops his pants (“Critical Film Studies” S2E18.) The latter is revealed to be made up.
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Does someone spit?
21 supporters
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Chang farts a lot, especially in the last episode of season 6
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Is there farting?
20 supporters
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E13
"Community Season 2 Episode 13: Celebrity Pharmacology 212" - While they are putting on the drug education play, Pierce bends over with his butt in the direction of Jeff's coffin and acts like he's farting on top of him
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
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S1
E1
No depiction, however it is referenced.
~1:46 - The 9/11 attacks are referenced early in the episode when Jeff is talking to Professor Ian Duncan - "I still cannot figure out how you got a jury to connect September the 11th with my DUI, let alone why that helped."
~1:46 - The 9/11 attacks are referenced early in the episode when Jeff is talking to Professor Ian Duncan - "I still cannot figure out how you got a jury to connect September the 11th with my DUI, let alone why that helped."
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
51 supporters
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This site's definition of copaganda is strictly about cops breaking the law, which I don't believe happens (and is a broken premise), but there are definitely cops portrayed as sympathetic, necessary and generally good guys.
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Is there incarceration?
8 supporters
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0
S6
E5
The Colorado DOC pays Greendale to enroll inmates virtually.
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
96 supporters
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4
No
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the dean isn’t trans but is gender non- conforming (and gay) and there are occasional “jokes” or references to those things as an umbrella as him being a “pervert” or them being a “lifestyle choice”- all pretty lighthearted though
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Are there transphobic slurs?
73 supporters
Yes
20
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S1
E25
The T slur is HEAVILY featured in this episode.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
48 supporters
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0
No
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There's no deadnaming, although characters keep calling Neil ''Fat Neil'', which leads to his depression and suicidal thoughts in s02e14. (Netflix's removed episode)
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
38 supporters
Yes
3
No
9
2
S6
E4
No, but the Dean is told he has to “officially” come out in order to be on the school board.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
0 supporters
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4
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0
S3
Annie accidentally steps on Troy and Abed’s rare Batman DVD and cracks it
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
55 supporters
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27
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2
3
In a flashback, Pierce is shown giving himself another flu shot claiming he'll be a "living god" while the group tries to stop him
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Is there a mental institution scene?
41 supporters
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60
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3
10
once where the characters are pictured briefly in straightjackets spewing nonsense, and another when a psychiatrist is trying to convince them that theyve been in a mental institution and were collectively hallucinating Greendale and all of their journeys in the college
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Is electro-therapy used?
34 supporters
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6
No
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No but actually a lot of taser scene, an accident while working on a wall caused a shock too, there's plenty of them
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Is there menstruation?
4 supporters
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0
No
6
1
Menstrual cycles are mentioned, nothing is shown
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Is there a hospital scene?
0 supporters
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59
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2
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There is an entire episode in which Pierce is hospitalized.
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Mental Health
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No
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No, but it’s implied that Jeff tried to commit suicide in 5x11 by pills.
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S5
E11
Though he denies that it was a suicide attempt, Jeff drinks a lot of scotch and overdoses on pills in this episode and hallucinates being in G.I. Joe, then wakes up in the hospital, having lived from his overdose. He claims it was an accident and he just didn’t want to be older. This has concerning implications however, because Jeff as a character makes a lot of jokes about suicide notes and killing himself and it can easily be seen as an actual suicide attempt, even though he says it isn’t. Jeff Winger is also not known for telling the truth, so idk. just be careful with this episode if this is something that bothers you.
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14
It's not shown on screen, but in S4 E5, Jeff tells his estranged father about a time when he self harmed as a child. He does show the scar (and it is just one), but it doesn't look like a "typical" self harm scar.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
64 supporters
Yes
77
No
1
16
People make unkind comments about Abed many times throughout the show.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
52 supporters
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23
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No, but in "Advanced dungeons and dragons" Neil is harassed over his weight and it could be triggering for some. Jeff winger is shown to have an unhealthy relationship with food and his weight. Annie and britta are referred to as "skinny b*****s and "anorexic jezebels", which could possibly be triggering. Shirely is told that she needs to "check the door before she goes through it", reffering to her weight.
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Is autism misrepresented?
49 supporters
Yes
3
No
13
4
Abed is heavily implied to be autistic. Some traits are played for laughs but it’s mostly to enchance his character rather than mock him (even if it occasionally still happens mind you)
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Is there misophonia?
48 supporters
Yes
15
No
2
1
Alot of kissing and other mouth related sounds
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
47 supporters
Yes
30
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3
6
The character Chang often threatens and commits acts of (minor) violence that are chalked up to him “just being crazy”. He is used to conflate mental illness and violence throughout the show
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
42 supporters
Yes
35
No
3
2
In “introduction to statistics” (S1E7) Pierce is high on drugs and says “I’m going to crush myself to death with these tables and chairs.”
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Yes
12
No
4
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
35 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
2
S2
E11
Abed thinks that everything is in stop motion animation
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Is there body dysmorphia?
34 supporters
Yes
22
No
17
5
Jeff has an unhealthy relationship with his body and it is mentioned in multiple occasions throughout the series. They never seriously adress it though (in some episodes things relating to that problem are minor plot points and while the episode itself "resolves" it in a way but problem never goes away or is implied to be getting better and actually gets worse) and the character is reluctant to admit it most of the time
3 comments | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
32 supporters
Yes
44
No
2
6
They go into the airvents the lot. There are other claustrophobic situations as well.
5 comments | Add comment
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
31 supporters
Yes
4
No
8
1
Not really, as it is only mentioned once in one episode where Troy mistakenly says he ‘hopes he gets multiple personality disorder, because he gets lonely in the shower’ and mpd is a term that used to be used for did but is largely inaccurate and many people dislike
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
1
0
S4
E1
abed is arguably in a dissociative state in this episode
1 comment | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
29 supporters
Yes
41
No
2
5
Mostly Abed
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
0
No
5
Does someone have a meltdown?
12 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
1
Throughout the series, every character from the study group has at least 2 or more meltdowns per season.
Most are played for comedic effect, but a few are particularly uncomfortable and serious.
Most are played for comedic effect, but a few are particularly uncomfortable and serious.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
5
No
1
Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
66 supporters
Yes
26
No
10
2
There's some shaky cam in the documentary episodes
2 comments | Add comment
Are there flashing lights or images?
63 supporters
Yes
30
No
3
3
02x06 Hallucination Sequence
2 comments | Add comment
Are there sudden loud noises?
54 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
1
S3
The Halloween episode in season 3 has some thunder sounds that are a little startling
1 comment | Add comment
Does a baby cry?
27 supporters
Yes
15
No
3
2
S1
E3
Abed adds a short crying baby sound in his film project.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
6
No
0
Yes
0
No
5
Is there obscene language/gestures?
13 supporters
Yes
5
No
6
0
Leonard gives the middle finger in the season 6 grifting episode (season 6 wasn’t aired on normal cable so they can get away with not censoring it)
2 comments | Add comment
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
21 supporters
Yes
8
No
2
0
S1
E1
Several times throughout the show.
In season 1, episode 1 ~1:14-1:45 minutes in Jeff is watching Britta from afar while trying to get information about her to pursue her romantically/ sexually.
In season 1, episode 1 ~1:14-1:45 minutes in Jeff is watching Britta from afar while trying to get information about her to pursue her romantically/ sexually.
1 comment | Add comment
Is the fourth wall broken?
0 supporters
Yes
29
No
3
2
most episodes, extremely meta show, would NOT watch if this triggers you at all
3 comments | Add comment
Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
18
Yes
0
No
45
Yes
0
No
43
Is there childbirth?
37 supporters
Yes
50
No
3
8
At the end of season 2.
4 comments | Add comment
Are there abortions?
24 supporters
Yes
0
No
34
1
Mentioned briefly that a character is part of a “pro-life” organisation. (“Cooperative Polygraphy” S5E4)
1 comment | Add comment
Are there babies or unborn children?
21 supporters
Yes
14
No
3
0
S2
E22
Shirley’s gets to hold her baby at the end.
1 comment | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
64 supporters
Yes
61
No
2
7
Particularly in the "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" episode featuring a character known as "F*t Neil"
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
25
No
17
4
Bit confused why people are saying there is. I don't think so?
3 comments | Add comment
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
55 supporters
Yes
48
No
3
6
The dean often wears feminine clothes and is made fun of for it. There are also a few other comments by characters that imply they only see supporting trans people as a way to earn brownie points rather than a legitimate issue. Troy and Pierce are manipulated into wearing “lady’s pantsuits” for laughs as well.
5 comments | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
52 supporters
Yes
65
No
4
14
There is a lot of discrimination against the autistic character by other characters, as well as references to him being severely bullied in the past. Most of the jokes about autism are written by an autistic writer, however may be mistakenly interpreted as ableist if the viewer is not aware of this. Some of the ableism is the show is addressed, some is not.
5 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
43 supporters
Yes
1
No
45
0
S3
E19
The dean is fictionally shot and insulted by pierce
1 comment | Add comment
Are there usages of the n-word?
41 supporters
Yes
4
No
35
8
A nonblack character refers to his friends as “n-bombs.” The actual word is not said.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
40 supporters
Yes
65
No
3
11
there is a n**i in season 2 who keeps a secret trampoline in season 2
11 comments | Add comment
Is a minority is misrepresented?
40 supporters
Yes
4
No
6
2
S1
E1
~1:00 - Abed describes his dad as Palestinian and promptly clarifies that he is not a threat to National Security, which people want to know as he has 'angry energy'.
~9:20 - Pierce calls Abed 'Abed the Arab' pronounced 'Ay-bed' the 'Ay-rab', possibly in reference to the 1962 racially stereotyping song, 'Ahab, The Arab'.
'I was raised on TV, and I was conditioned to believe that every black woman over 50 is a cosmic mentor.' - Jeff to the study group (including Shirley, a middle aged black woman).
~10:18 Shirley becomes angry and describes an act of violence (grabbing the back of someone's head and pushing it through a jukebox). It is later confirmed in the same episode that this almost certainly occured, and later in the show is definitively confirmed. This is the first instance of violence described/ referenced in the show and plays into the 'angry black woman' stereotype/ trope.
~10:18 - Shirley references grabbing the back of someone's head and pushing it through a jukebox. This particular act is referenced throughout the show, as Shirley did this to a sex worker ('stripper').
~9:20 - Pierce calls Abed 'Abed the Arab' pronounced 'Ay-bed' the 'Ay-rab', possibly in reference to the 1962 racially stereotyping song, 'Ahab, The Arab'.
'I was raised on TV, and I was conditioned to believe that every black woman over 50 is a cosmic mentor.' - Jeff to the study group (including Shirley, a middle aged black woman).
~10:18 Shirley becomes angry and describes an act of violence (grabbing the back of someone's head and pushing it through a jukebox). It is later confirmed in the same episode that this almost certainly occured, and later in the show is definitively confirmed. This is the first instance of violence described/ referenced in the show and plays into the 'angry black woman' stereotype/ trope.
~10:18 - Shirley references grabbing the back of someone's head and pushing it through a jukebox. This particular act is referenced throughout the show, as Shirley did this to a sex worker ('stripper').
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
63
No
4
8
there is a janitor with a swastika tattoo
6 comments | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
28 supporters
Yes
2
No
44
12
They mention the idea in Epidemiology but specifically it is a subversion on the trope
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Are there homophobic slurs?
1 supporters
Yes
70
No
4
28
Pierce.
6 comments | Add comment
Race
Is there blackface?
46 supporters
Yes
16
No
10
2
S3
E21
there's the dnd episode with dark-elf-face, but there's also what I believe is brownface in the fist chang dynasty. Pierce dresses up in a swami outfit and I'm pretty sure his skin is darkened. It's not too noticable tho.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
46 supporters
Yes
34
No
2
8
romantic tension is shown between jeff and annie, annie is 18 when the series starts and jeff is presumably in his late twenties or early thirties. troy and britta also date for a while with troy being 19 at the beginning of the show and britta being around jeffs age
4 comments | Add comment
Religious
Is religion discussed?
16 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
3
An important part of Shirley’s character is her being a devout Christian
5 comments | Add comment
Are there demons or Hell?
15 supporters
Yes
5
No
0
1
S3
E5
Shirley’s Chick Tract-esque story that involves the rapture and the Devil represented by the Dean in drag
2 comments | Add comment
Sex
Yes
0
No
13
Yes
40
No
4
10
S6E12 a M/F couple learn that they are cousins and decide to stay together anyway. It's played up as humorous and the term incest is used. At the end of the episode there's a sort of PSA from that episode's writer about misconceptions re: offspring of incest between cousins.
5 comments | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
85 supporters
Yes
51
No
2
6
innuedos and adult-humor
8 comments | Add comment
Are there nude scenes?
70 supporters
Yes
1
No
17
-1
S1
E17
Jeff and a teacher are nude, but no genitals are shown :(
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone sexually objectified?
54 supporters
Yes
20
No
2
7
annie’s pretty young they try not to sexualize her (except that they do)
4 comments | Add comment
Is there BDSM?
38 supporters
Yes
6
No
1
2
S4
E2
Troy finds Pierces BDSM room. The scene is played for comedic effect.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
27 supporters
Yes
12
No
5
3
he’s not exactly ridiculed but a character is frequently quite emotional and it’s used for comedic effect
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
42 supporters
Yes
8
No
3
0
There is one episode where characters pretend to have dementia and at the end of the episode it turns out one of the characters does have it. Mostly played for laughs
3 comments | Add comment
Is someone terminally ill?
29 supporters
Yes
0
No
4
0
S2
E15
Pierce starts the episode faking his overdose killing him, which prompts the documentary format as he plays the group with ''bequeathings''.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have a stroke?
21 supporters
Yes
1
No
14
1
no stroke but there are a couple heart attacks (all faked but one, comedic)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
44 supporters
Yes
0
No
11
2
One of the characters is very religious and occasionally makes off-handed comments about abortion in a negative tone (though it’s treated humorously by the show)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
5
No
1
Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
Yes
19
No
2
2
a character has no place to stay for a while and crashes at the houses of other characters. in s4 he is found at a fish farm and is used for free labor for a little bit (not shown)
3 comments | Add comment
Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
89 supporters
Yes
8
No
30
7
The show has a bittersweet ending. While it’s a happy ending for Annie and Abed as they leave hopeful about their characters, it’s a pretty sad ending for Jeff. He’s left behind by his friends, still struggling with alcoholism, and in a job he hates.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there end credit scenes?
74 supporters
Yes
5
No
1
0
Like a lot of TV shows of this era, scenes happen while the credits are rolling due to time slot limitations
1 comment | Add comment
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
10 supporters
Yes
42
No
3
16
The period fairy definitely is
1 comment | Add comment
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
33 supporters
Yes
40
No
3
7
there is mentions of a bus crash that killed the entire glee club
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
24
No
5
Does a plane crash?
23 supporters
Yes
15
No
8
1
not necessarily a plane, but a hot air balloon
1 comment | Add comment
Does a car honk or tires screech?
16 supporters
Yes
12
No
3
1
S6
E11
car alarms go off in one of the opening scenes
2 comments | Add comment
Violence
Is there blood/gore?
80 supporters
Yes
42
No
2
3
Mostly from Epidemiology when students in the school are biting each other after a zombie outbreak. A couple wounds are shown and star burns bites someone graphically as well as the whole cast being taken out one by one.
Chang at some point gets bitten by a cat and it swells disturbingly.
Pierce gets shot in the leg in Remedial Chaos Theory and blood comically shoots out of it.
In the episode where they tell scary stories a couple of the scenes have gore or body horror.
In the first paintball episode Jeff gets a splatter of blood on his shirt but it just looks like paint. That’s all I could think of
Chang at some point gets bitten by a cat and it swells disturbingly.
Pierce gets shot in the leg in Remedial Chaos Theory and blood comically shoots out of it.
In the episode where they tell scary stories a couple of the scenes have gore or body horror.
In the first paintball episode Jeff gets a splatter of blood on his shirt but it just looks like paint. That’s all I could think of
3 comments | Add comment
Does someone drown?
46 supporters
Yes
1
No
37
0
Two characters act out drowning, once in a parking lot and once during dnd
2 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
41 supporters
Yes
48
No
2
10
Mainly paintball fighting, but it is shown in an authentic gun-fight way, so if someone is bothered by that it could be triggering.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
27
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