PEN15
TV Show • 2019 • Comedy
ReportMiddle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult comedy, playing versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts in the year 2000, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds, where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen.
This tv show contains 61 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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EmmaDilemma
In Season 2, Anna and Maya begin stalking some of the guys they like. Which includes hiding their own hair in their lockers and constantly following them around. The stalking plot line is most evident in the third episode of Season 2, but it is very distressing and disturbing.
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No, but Anna’s parents fight and scream at each other which could be distressing to some audiences
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Maura gaslights characters in S2 Pt. 1, and the high school boyfriends gaslight Anna and Maya in S2 Pt. 2
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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lianaluvsyou
S2E4, Maya calls her mom ugly and a bitch in the thrift store. Maya's mom proceeds to hit her on the butt with a belt right in the middle of the store.
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Doctorpepper
Scene in a store where child is hit
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Addiction
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TheCassandraComplex
Heavy plot element in the late episodes of season 2 where a highschooler is taking advantage of a middler schooler and making her give him her ADHD meds.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Underage drinking.
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Animal
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eaksoy
S2E14 hamster gets eaten by a dog. Happens on screen.
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Are animals abused?
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RosabelleHoudin
s2e14 thinking it would be cute, they put a pet hamster on a dog's head. The dog attacks and kills it.
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Is there a dead animal?
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RosabelleHoudin
s2e14 pet hamster is killed by dog. They put the body in a box and there is a shot of the hamster body in the box.
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Does a pet die?
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A hamster is killed by a dog in S2 Pt. 2 E14
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone drugged?
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littlemissmoviegoer
S1
E2
main characters are peer pressured into doing drugs
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Is there pedophilia?
134 supporters
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icanhelp
S2
E13
No pedophilia but there is a pedophilia mention
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Is someone restrained?
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In “Sleepover”, Maura has a tantrum that could have gotten somewhat violent, so her mother holds her back and restrains her to allow the victim to get away.
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TheCassandraComplex
In addition to the SA in the series finale, there is a coercive situation in S2E13. Basically, the girls are pressured to kiss a boy who has cancer, they are clearly uncomfortable and do it only out of guilt.
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LadyLavender
Final episode of the show. Underage character is pressured into giving a much older character a blowjob. Even though nothing graphic is shown visually, the scene is drawn out and we can hear sounds as it happens
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
32 supporters
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Annaw8thegr8
The two main characters, Maya and Anna, shave their legs. Not sure if this counts, but it's pretty close up.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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loneshroom
S1
E2
In S1E2 while hanging out with the popular girls in their garage, maya inhales WD-40 or something and almost immediately blacks out. when she comes to, they say she was out for about 10 seconds and "looked scary"
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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In the episode “Anna Ishii-Peters”, shut your eyes/fast forward to the following scene when you see Anna start repeatedly hitting a stapler. She ends up accidentally stapling her finger and it’s a bit graphic. The following scene in which Maya’s mom is bandaging her wound is safe to watch and not graphic as you don’t see the wound in that scene.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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A LOT throughout the series, but shown in a generally negative light. The two main characters are middle schoolers but portrayed by adults, and whenever they have a kissing/sexual scene with a minor, the camera shots never show both characters onscreen at the same time because the minor is always swapped out for an adult double. The series focuses heavily on middle schoolers dealing with puberty and sexual desire. Characters who are minors have sexual experiences with one another, and in S2 Pt. 2 the two main characters date predatory high schoolers who sexually and emotionally take advantage of them. In the same season, a main character is also scammed by a fake modeling agency who just want to take inappopriate photos of her in a bra/bikini. Don’t watch this series if sexualization of minors is a big trigger for you, but note that it is never made to seem like it’s a wholly positive thing, it’s either neutral/comical or negative.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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lianaluvsyou
S2E14, Anna's pet hamster named "Daddy" is eaten by a dog. Very graphic, Daddy is shown flung around and in a box.
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Does someone die?
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S2
spoilers, anna’s grandmother dies
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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IndieNameth111
S2
E12
Ana’s grandmother dies - shows hee dead
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Does a parent die?
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dirtmerd
Anna's grandmother dies in S05E12. Anna's mother finds her and screams. Her body is shown in this scene and at her funeral.
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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Scene where Anna and Maya shave their legs in the bathtub. There are also scenes of Maya and her mother in the bathtub
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Is someone possessed?
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no but there are ghost themed episodes like the sleepover episode
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StanNCT
Just regular shaving razors, no one gets hurt
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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StanNCT
(Will update as I watch)
Season 1:
Episode 1- safe
Episode 2 - safe
Episode 3 - Safe
Episode 4 - not safe. someone said about 23 minutes in. Maya gets sick on her drums
Episode 5 - safe
Episode 6 - not safe. Around 21 minutes in when mayas with her brother and his friends using an Apple bong
Episode 7 - Safe
Episode 8 - safe
Episode 9 - Safe
Episode 10 - Safe
Season 2:
episode 1- safe
Episode 2- I’m pretty sure it’s safe, though to be extra precautious i would skip from 14:35 to maybe 20 seconds after. Maya spits out an egg after trying to bulk up with Anna.
Episode 3- safe
Episode 4 - safe
Episode 5 - safe
Episode 6 - safe
Episode 7- safe
Episode 8(animated special)- safe!! Another comment says Anna gets sick. Anna says she’s going to get sick, she doesn’t.
Episode 9 - safe
Episode 10 - Safe
Episode 11 - Safe
Episode 12 - safe
Episode 13 - safe
Episode 14 - safe. Maya spits, around 13:54 but I didn’t find it triggering
Episode 15 - i think Maya just spits alot into the sink but I could be wrong. I skipped when she goes into the bathroom. After She talks with Anna, she puts water in her mouth and spits It out.
Season 1:
Episode 1- safe
Episode 2 - safe
Episode 3 - Safe
Episode 4 - not safe. someone said about 23 minutes in. Maya gets sick on her drums
Episode 5 - safe
Episode 6 - not safe. Around 21 minutes in when mayas with her brother and his friends using an Apple bong
Episode 7 - Safe
Episode 8 - safe
Episode 9 - Safe
Episode 10 - Safe
Season 2:
episode 1- safe
Episode 2- I’m pretty sure it’s safe, though to be extra precautious i would skip from 14:35 to maybe 20 seconds after. Maya spits out an egg after trying to bulk up with Anna.
Episode 3- safe
Episode 4 - safe
Episode 5 - safe
Episode 6 - safe
Episode 7- safe
Episode 8(animated special)- safe!! Another comment says Anna gets sick. Anna says she’s going to get sick, she doesn’t.
Episode 9 - safe
Episode 10 - Safe
Episode 11 - Safe
Episode 12 - safe
Episode 13 - safe
Episode 14 - safe. Maya spits, around 13:54 but I didn’t find it triggering
Episode 15 - i think Maya just spits alot into the sink but I could be wrong. I skipped when she goes into the bathroom. After She talks with Anna, she puts water in her mouth and spits It out.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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TheCassandraComplex
Menstrual bleeding through clothes.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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lianaluvsyou
Multiple scenes where Maya is using the bathroom, but mostly to change her pad.
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Does someone spit?
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Shuji farts a few times in an episode, I remember some spitting in the series but I can’t recall when exactly.
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Is there audio gore?
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a character staples her finger
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Takes place a year before 9/11, so 9/11 hasn’t even occurred yet within the series.
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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Calofisteri
Am I missing something? Where is the predatory trans character??
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there menstruation?
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lianaluvsyou
There is a plot point where Maya gets her period. In the episode "Sleepover", Maya's pad seems to fall out of her pants and all the girls start to throw it around and scream "ew!!'
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Does someone have cancer?
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TheCassandraComplex
The girls go on Cancer Walk in S2E13, some of the people there have/had cancer.
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Mental Health
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twitchywitch
s2e3: Anna cuts her arm by her elbow when doing a spell
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
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S2E6 “Play”: Maya can’t focus when she is rehearsing for the play because Gabe is chewing very loudly. His chewing progressively gets louder as the scene goes on to pair with Maya’s anxiety rising. If you have misophonia, I’d recommend just skipping minutes 11-12:40.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Maya has an anxiety attack before/during her school band performance.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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lianaluvsyou
In the episode "Jacuzzi", Maya and Anna buy a portrait of themselves. When they see the finished product, they start freaking out and saying how ugly they are. Anna says her nose is huge and Maya says her face is like the moon.
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twitchywitch
no, but Anna performs a spell with the intent to "disappear"
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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The intro/theme song to each episode is a sequence of fast-moving images, which could count as flashing lights. I don’t have epilepsy, but the intro does give me a headache so I always skip through it.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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lianaluvsyou
For the whole beginning of season 2, Maya stalks Brandt without his knowledge and it gets really creepy to the point of her practicing witchcraft to get with him.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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F Slur
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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punkrotte
S1
E1
they use the m-slur(the slur for ppl with dwarfism) multiple times in s1ep1
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No, however in the first episode of S2 Pt. 2 “Bat Mitzvah”, the characters are learning about the Holocaust in school and one character gets extremely distressed from learning about it.
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MiaRamz
first episode the teacher mistakes Maya for a boy, the teacher is then corrected
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Maya deals with casual racism the whole series, both by her peers, and the adults around her
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Is there hate speech?
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icanhelp
S2
E13
Two teenage boys don’t wanna sleep next to each other because they say it’s “gay”
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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S2 Pt. 2 the two main characters date high schoolers who are predatory towards them. Although it is only a two-year age difference, 7th and 9th graders are in very different developmental stages, so the high schoolers have a power advantage over them.
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Religious
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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lianaluvsyou
In S2E6, Anna asks maya "You want milk?" and pulls out her boob.
S1E3, After the end credits, Shuji is seen loading up a picture of boobs on his computer.
S1E3, After the end credits, Shuji is seen loading up a picture of boobs on his computer.
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the sleepover episode mentions incest when kids spread a rumor that a girl cheated on her boyfriend with her cousin
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Is there sexual content?
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Masturbation, breast fondling, exposed breast S2E6, general sexual themes
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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lianaluvsyou
Anna's grandma is seen to be very sick and dies later in the episode.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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TheCassandraComplex
Ending is kinda bittersweet but I think it’s more on the optimistic side.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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lianaluvsyou
Anna's grandma is seen honking repeatedly
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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A character accidentally staples her finger. There is blood.
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