The Mighty Boosh
TV Show • 2004 • Comedy
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The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television show created by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and others. The Mighty Boosh is a comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short a cappella songs which are present throughout all three series. Julian Barratt wrote the music within the show, and performs it with Noel Fielding. Fielding also designed many of the show's graphics and artwork.
The TV series has many animated sequences, puppets and special effects. Barratt has said that he approached Fielding with the idea of doing a show like The Goodies, as if it were a complete "world" rather than simply a sketch show. Barratt and Fielding play many of the recurring and one-off characters themselves, with other characters being played by other Boosh members Rich Fulcher, Dave Brown, and Michael Fielding.
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Is an animal sad?
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Bollo, a gorilla, believes he will die soon. He does not.
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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howard displays stalker tendencies towards mrs gideon
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Howard is abused by his coconut girlfriend
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you do not see the alcohol abuse take place. however, in s2, ep3 (nanageddon) Naboo comes home drunk and passes out on the sofa.
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the shamans devel in drug use
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an evil crack addicted fox is thrown into a garbage disposal and crushed
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Is there a dead animal?
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There is a taxidermy fox and it is implied that a gorilla head is real. You never see an animal die, though.
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Are there spiders?
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In ‘The Priest and the Beast’
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Are there snakes?
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Does a pet die?
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Bollo, a gorilla, comes close to dying and it is confirmed that he was supposed to die but the grim reaper killed the wrong person. Bollo is not a pet, at that point he is a zoo animal and is later a shaman’s familiar, but his role is sometimes that of a pet.
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Are animals abused?
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Howard has a fight with a kangaroo in a boxing ring.
(the kangaroo is not real, it is a model of some sort)
(the kangaroo is not real, it is a model of some sort)
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There is no pedophilia, but a character played by a child (6-8 years old) is described as a ‘sexually deranged being’, but it is clear that the character is an adult and an alien.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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sexual assault in the show is generally not taken very seriously
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Lester Corncrake’s sentient, decapitated head is raped by Tony Harrison on screen. There is no nudity and it is entirely absurd since neither one has genitals or hands. They also never actually touch.
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Is rape mentioned?
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The Hitcher consistently threatens to rape Howard. It is also implied that the characters Old Gregg and Eleanor rape or attempt to rape Howard.
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Vince gets many unwanted advances and is threatened with rape numerous times
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Does a head get squashed?
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someone gets decapitated in the party episode though, its cartoonish and entirely played for laughs
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Is someone burned alive?
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extreme sunburn
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Is there cannibalism?
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howard brings up the idea of eating vince in the milky joe episode, nothing comes from it though and its a brief scene
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Is someone buried alive?
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Howard's me Vince are buried to their necks in the desert to be killed
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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In the first episode, a kangaroos large testicles are shown being squeezed on screen causing agony to win a fight.
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Is there amputation?
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in s2, ep4 (fountain of youth) a character is shown to cut his own hand off. it is not gory however as you would expect, he is pretty distressed with the pain he is in.
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Is there decapitation?
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The character Lester Corncrake is decapitated, though it is unrealistic and his head remains alive and sentient.
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Is someone tortured?
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unless you count Howard on the daily
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Is the r-slur used?
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used two or three times through the course of the show, the first time is when vince and howard are doing a training montage in season one, second time is when saboo and the little pink guy are flying on a carpet
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Does someone cheat?
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In addition - It is clear that Dennis regularly cheats on his wife and it’s discussed multiple times throughout the episode.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Howard pretty much every episode
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Is there a shower scene?
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The fountain of youth is a shower
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Are there ghosts?
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an entire episode where the character Howard moon dies and comes back as a ghost
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Is someone possessed?
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Naboo possesses somebody to talk to vince
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Does someone vomit?
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I didn’t see it, but there’s a scene when the main character who isn’t Vince is with the creatures in parkas, after one of them says he has to try their local cuisine. There’s barely any audio and from what I could tell it only lasts a second. I’m not sure if the vomit appears again.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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when Vince mentions Black Lake to the fishermen, one of them can be seen to wet himself.
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Is there farting?
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The Crack Fox audibly farts and the smell knocks Vince unconscious.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Howard gets a very expensive, rare record. however Vince is peer pressured into biting into the record causing it to smash.
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a mini submarine is injected into Vince when he is infected with a jazz cell
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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not canonically, but howard (who i read as very autistic) is sometimes mocked for what i view as autistic traits, in the episode where vince becomes a punk for example his punk friends make fun of howards stationary village, and purposefully mess up the organization of it. shouldnt be too upsetting if you dont personally view the character as autistic though !
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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this is a very fantastical show, much of it is very unrealistic and pretty wild. not in a scary way though, in more of an imaginative way. definitely worth watching, it is a firm favourite of mine. just wonderful <3
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Howard is on occasion shown to be insecure about his face
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Howard gives himself a Chinese burn
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There is a brief joke in Nanageddon that implies Howard’s friend Horace shot himself. It’s only over the phone and is never addressed.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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howard and vince looking directly into the camera in the party episode, happens when theyre talking about how old they are. there are frequent fourth wall breaks in the first season as well
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Vince is commonly referred to as a woman but is played for laughs and no one minds
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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the entire old greg episode
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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the r word is used at least twice
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Does an LGBT person die?
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vince and howard both face situations where they might die but never do, never because of their sexualities (howard is ambigously bi and vince is overtly bi)
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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some trans people have expressed discomfort with old gregg as a character
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Is there blackface?
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first in the jungle episode, after howard and vince seperate. and basically the entire spider and the priest episode. old gregg also kind of looks like hes in blackface but hes just green and its the lighting
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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talked about, howard has his first kiss in the party episode, but does not lose his virginity
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Is there bestiality?
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there is a scene where it’s suggested that Howard has been bumming a fox however nothing is actually shown or confirmed.
in S1 E2, Vince goes on a date with a panda but nothing really comes of it.
in S1 E2, Vince goes on a date with a panda but nothing really comes of it.
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Social
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Does it have a sad ending?
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every episode ends on a relatively good note
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Does a car crash?
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It is implied in a credits scene that Naboo and Bollo hit Bryan Ferry with a car. There is no serious injury.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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It is implied in a credits scene that Naboo and Bollo hit Bryan Ferry with a car. There is no serious injury.
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Is there gun violence?
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Someone is shot, but is not injured because he has a bulletproof elbow patch in his pocket.
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