Parks and Recreation
TV Show • 2009 • Comedy
ReportThis tv show contains 42 potentially triggering events.
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theanonymouswhisperer
A horse dies off screen
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hyperandrogenism
Birds and raccoons (off screen), they talk about euthanizing a possum
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jamieblazej
S2
E10
Leslie holds up a dead quail that she just shot, and there are stuffed heads all over the walls of the hunting cabin.
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Lil Sebastian dies
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AHuman
S1
The Show has no Dragons or other Mythical Animals Therfore none can Technically Die.
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Anonymous
S7E10 has a dangerous spider get loose in the studio. It's shown in pictures early on and shown live at the very end of the episode after the credits.
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Jade37
There's a scene where bees hidden behind a fence attack civilians
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Anonymous
Jerry gets gaslit sometimes, mostly getting blamed for things he didn't do until he takes responsibility. It's played for laughs. In S6E17 April briefly mentions in high school that she spent her time "hiding mops so the janitor would think he was going insane."
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JessAndSky
Leslie stalks Ann on a date with Mark
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Anonymous
It's mentioned that Ron's first wife knew him since he was born and started dating him when he was fifteen, which has implications of child grooming.
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eyesinthehills
One character violently verbally and sometimes physically assaults her ex-husband in an attempt to get him to sleep with her/return to her. It is heavily played for laughs but could still be upsetting to some viewers
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jamieblazej
Two men who work at animal control are stoned pretty much constantly throughout the show.
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eyesinthehills
Some characters drink frequently but are never implied to abuse or have an alcoholism issue.
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There are characters in jail
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hyperandrogenism
Milton grabs Leslie's chest when he has a heart attack and falls, and in another episode he tries to convince Leslie to kiss him. Tom sexually harasses women.
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There are a few references that Ron’s first wife was also his preschool teacher and groomed him in the past, but no flashbacks or on screen.
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Moomin
No, however two of the actors in the show- aziz anzari and Louis ck have since been accused of sexual misconduct
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Anonymous
S7E9 shows a character's head in a vice with the intent to make his eyes bulge. It's played for laughs and he doesn't appear to be in pain.
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Anonymous
S3E16: A large fireball from a torch blows up in Ron's face. We see Ron and the fire from behind at a distance and without any detail; we later see he's fine except for some facial hair burning off.
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mikahwber
in just one episode, ann briefly tells her coworkers a gross story about what happened at work. at the end of this story, she mentions a toe that is implied to have been cut off in some way.
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mikahwber
in one episode, a homeless character is (very briefly) stuck in his tent with a lot of dirt poured over him. this is meant to be very lighthearted.
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Somewhat.
Jerry is seen choking on a cracker when Chris and Ann are trying to have an emotional moment.
He doesn’t incur any injury from it and it is played comically
Jerry is seen choking on a cracker when Chris and Ann are trying to have an emotional moment.
He doesn’t incur any injury from it and it is played comically
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Jade37
If you count being out of breath from running, yes.
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hyperandrogenism
Andy breaks his nose on screen
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Jade37
No but in one episode April plays footage of knee surgeries.
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Jade37
To clarify, he doesn't really pull his tooth out but makes it seem that way to disgust his coworkers. It was already a removed tooth.
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AHuman
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Andy falls down a construction pit. Which is pretty close to stairs but still.
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alexajeanette
S7
E11
The mayor of Pawnee dies & has an open casket funeral. In the same episode, there is another funeral for Ron's barber. Both minor characters, but the episode mentions it often & depicts Ron experiencing grief.
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mikahwber
Leslie’s father was implied to have died when she was young. He is never shown on screen, but her and her mother mention him every so often.
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MalsE
no actual cheating, but Ann thinks Chris is cheating on her
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andrewkreiss
Girl’s tiara gets broken by Ron during a halloween episode. The girl starts crying.
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mikahwber
in one episode (either called Ted Day or Article Two), a man name Ted is forced to go to a lake and be pushed in. like most things in this show, it’s depicted as very lighthearted and meant to be funny
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Jjjjjj
However there is a scene in S4E16 where they find Jerry in the bath (no nudity)
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Jade37
April dresses up as a clown at one point.
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Anonymous
A low-quality animation during a news show in "Harvest Festival" depicts Leslie getting possessed by "the curse" and shows her with a creepy face afterwards.
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Jade37
In "Pie-Mary", Harris and Brett claim they saw a ghost, which was not true
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jabb
Gary/Jerry/Larry/Terry is constantly farting. It is played up for laughs
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jabb
There is vomiting in a few episodes. One is when Leslie drinks a giant soda. There is one vomit shown on screen when Andy is extremely hungover in the Snakejuice episode. No other vomit is shown besides that
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Jade37
Cops are typically portrayed in a positive light. Leslie also dates one in an earlier season.
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auburnfan2014
S4 Ep17 - Ben assumes a character is dying of cancer and vocalizes his concern but the character does not actually have cancer.
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Anonymous
Ann gives Leslie a cholesterol test in S3E10, we see the whole preparation process and Leslie's reactions.
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eyesinthehills
Numerous characters become pregnant/require medical procedures, more often towards the end of the series.
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Kimberli
Usually played off as comedy. There is a scene in season 2 where a character hyperventilates into a purse.
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Moomin
I would say chris has orthorexia
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S7E2 does have a character's abusive girlfriend force him to only eat steak and drink whisky in order to make him more like her ex-husband, even though it makes him sick. This might be triggering to some people.
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Aliena
In S2E13 The Set Up a character gets an MRI. She’s shown in the MRI machine and in the MRI camera for a while
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Jade37
Craig says this at one point, but does not mean so literally and regularly speaks in exaggerations.
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Anonymous
The show is filmed in handheld documentary-style, so the camera is always slightly moving, only a few scenes have the camera move rapidly though.
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hyperandrogenism
Tom does two light shows with flashing lights, as well as a presentation with lasers
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If someone does swear, it’s always blurred and/ or bleeped out like in reality tv.
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Jade37
A child almost cries when lost in City Hall.
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alexajeanette
S2
E2
Leslie spies on a date of Mark and Ann.
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Jjjjjj
It’s a mockumentary, so there are many cuts to characters talking to the camera like an interview. There are also scenes where characters (mostly Ben) glance towards the camera for comedic effect
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Lydz
last episode, there is a character shown just before giving birth in the hospital room
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A comedic theme in the show is the misunderstanding and subsequent misrepresentation of various minority groups by the main characters. The jokes are generally at the expense of the characters making the misrepresentations.
There is some odd ‘representation’ of queer and polyamorous relationships early in the show when April is apparently dating a gay guy who himself is dating another man. It’s seems to be joking about the absurdity of the relationship in relation to the characters’ sexualities.
There is some odd ‘representation’ of queer and polyamorous relationships early in the show when April is apparently dating a gay guy who himself is dating another man. It’s seems to be joking about the absurdity of the relationship in relation to the characters’ sexualities.
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Anonymous
Crazy Ira and the Douche call their sound effects guy "Jewish Greg."
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hyperandrogenism
On the radio show "Crazy Ira and the Douche" they make racist and sexist jokes. Many people assume Tom is an immigrant because he isn't white. Milton asks Tom if he is Chinese as if he thinks it's a bad thing. Leslie does a racist thing to the local Native American people (the Wamapoke) but is forgiven by the chief, Ken. There are also lots of stereotypes about Native Americans, including that they're violent, the "built on an Indian burial ground" trope, and Ken owns the Wamapoke Casino.
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quinnalec
in season 6 episode 12, “farmer’s market,” someone at the chard stand says “let’s get ‘re-charded’ in here,” which is a pun on the r slur. it’s at approximately 3 minutes in
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Jade37
Pawnee's obesity rate is regularly mentioned and played off for laughs
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quinnalec
crazy ira and the douche call leslie knope l*sbo knope occasionally. not technically a slur but an offensive term
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Aliena
Not as a consistent theme but there is an offhand insult in 5x09
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One regular couple on the show starts dating at ages 20 and 29. The older man is worried about this and the woman states that she doesn’t care. The younger woman is usually the more dominant one in the relationship. Another older character mentions that one of his ex wives started dating him when he was 15 after having helped deliver him the hospital and been his babysitter. This relationship was stated to be abusive, and she later returns to harass him onscreen
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jamieblazej
There is a married couple (Marcia and Marshall Langman) who regularly protest things in Pawnee that they view as “sinful” and are borderline religious zealots.
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theanonymouswhisperer
Any nudity is censored and sexual content happens off screen.
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claricestarbuck
In 4x14, there's a gag where a guy implies he is attracted to his sister. Otherwise, there isn't tho
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Dorianaz9
several characters (especially Andy) can be naked at times however everything is censored.
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Jjjjjj
Tom’s finger gets hit by a bowling ball (not graphic and barely even seen), and he reacts exaggeratedly. I don’t think he actually cries, but Ann and Ron comment about his reaction. Ann says that he is acting like a “female bird” aka Tweety Bird
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Tom gets into a crash off screen but the car is shown after, Donna hits vans with her car
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andrewkreiss
paintings shown at city hall have slight gore in them, blood shown on rare occasions
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hyperandrogenism
There is one episode where they go hunting and Ron is shot on accident, and in two other episodes they go hunting but nothing is shown being shot.
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