The Adventure Zone: Balance

Podcast • 2014 • Comedy  

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Does the dog die?
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3catsinatrenchcoat
The wolf that was thrown into the fire died not die.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Is there body horror?
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HarlanJenkins
Very mild in descriptions of the main villain at times
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Are there abusive parents?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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BelieveMeMaizey
Non-maliciously, but characters are monitored prior to the campaign.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Wackd
Memories are erased from our lead characters and information is withheld based on this in a manner that is treated as comparable to gaslighting. The lead characters also gaslight minor and unimportant characters with casual disregard for their wellbeing for trivial and selfish reasons; this is played for comedy.
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Is a child abused?
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piesandfalcs
Not onscreen or technically abuse, but Lup and Taako's childhood could be interpreted as abusive.
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Addiction
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Possumpaints
pringles (the thbs roommate) is a stoner-type guy and he offers the boys 'potions' a few times. theres also a few weed jokes/vape jokes
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Is there addiction?
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Woodpelt
The character Avi is often associated with alcohol but does not abuse it
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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ectopi
In the first episode of the series, 2 horses are found dead, but are not described in the act of dying.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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vallraiene
It's mentioned at one point that Magnus saved an animal (a dog, i believe) that some kids were beating on.
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FrogInHat
I'm not sure what is considered an animal in dungeons and dragons but many monsters die and (MEDIUM SPOILERS) they eventually visit places entirely inhabited by animals with human-like intelligence and that place is destroyed, the animals die off screen but there is a description of their home destroyed (first episode of stolen century aka episode 60 of balance)
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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HarlanJenkins
At the very end it is mentioned that a pet has died
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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lostmyhalo
One of the first big battles is with a very large spider.
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Are there snakes?
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littlemissodd
There's a repeated joke about chambers filling with snakes in the Crystal Kingdom arc.
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Are there bugs?
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yardsards
spiders and cockroaches
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Kris
There is a scene in Petals to the Metal where Merle suggests eating a body to get rid of it. The other characters react with disgust and nothing takes place.
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piesandfalcs
The entire town of Phandolin is burned alive at the end of the first chapter.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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mistersandman
A character loses their arm in the Crystal Kingdom arc.
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HeadphonesCinderella
In petals to the metal, a minor character is compelled to hit their partner in the head with a hammer. There’s some detail regarding the act.
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Is there a hanging?
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smudgerkat
Angus McDonald loses one or two teeth near the end of the 'Murder on the Rockport Limited' arc.
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Anonymous
No explicit breaking of bones, but some characters are seriously injured to the point where they probably broke something
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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smudgerkat
In the Wonderland arc, a character loses a finger, but they get it back later on.
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Is someone tortured?
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Anonymous
You could say there is some psychological torture in the Wonderland arc, but the episodes are kept pretty light
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Anonymous
In Wonderland, a character’s eye is magically removed.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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ihatekenbranagh
SPOILERS FOR CRYSTAL KINGDOM: Well.......kinda. There is a robot named Noelle, or NO-3113, and it turns out that she is inhabited by the spirit of a young girl who was killed in the burning of Phandalin, but it is not super in detail. BIGGER SPOILERS FOR STORY AND SONG: The robot version of Noelle also ultimately dies.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Family
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Kris
Here There be Gerblins has a plot line around rescuing the kidnapped and injured Barry Bluejeans.
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Does a parent die?
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yeehawmcgeehaw
(slight crystal kingdom spoilers) Maureen Miller, Lucas Miller’s mother, is canonly dead. I don’t think it mentions her death in detail, but she is indeed dead.
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Does someone cheat?
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Kris
The main characters tease a young boy by taking his book from him, but he gets this back. The stolen items mentioned in another comment was the boy's grandfather's silverware, which we also gets back much later in the show.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Anonymous
Wonderland arc, Episodes 56/57.
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Are there ghosts?
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ectopi
[SPOILERS SPOILERS FOR CRYSTAL KINGDOM]
One of the bosses the main characters fight, Legion, is a literal pile of ghosts which escape from the Astral Plane.

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Are there clowns?
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spindleclown
No, but a character (a talking elevator) is described as having clown-like features, specifically a bright red nose. The character also speaks in a goofy, Ed Wynn voice.
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Is there a shower scene?
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yardsards
yes (in the suffering game arc) and some are puppeted by spirits, which may be considered extra creepy.
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Kris
Jokes are made about wetting oneself every now and then.
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Does someone vomit?
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rabbit
at one point in the suffering game arc, Taako vomits blood after a tough fight.
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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autonomousTirade
gore is described but iirc there are no accompanying sound effects
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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yardsards
there are cop characters in the petals to the metal arc, but the police force is shown to have corruption in it
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LGBTQ+
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HarlanJenkins
No! There is a canonical trans character who is treated with great respect
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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yardsards
characters undergo traumatic events and are permanently emotionally impacted by them, but it's not explicitly described as ptsd
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Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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yardsards
kind of: a character deliberately ends their own life knowing that they will be resurrected and not intended to die permanently
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Is there misophonia?
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Peach_Cheesecake
They clear their throats pretty often
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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piesandfalcs
A character initiates his own death several times to become a lich in order not to forget events and people. Several other characters actions result in their own and many other people's deaths, but the intent is not suicide.
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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piesandfalcs
It is a podcast.
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yardsards
many swear words and innuendos
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ectopi
TAZ is a podcast, so... No visual medium to use strobe effects.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Anonymous
No in-game misgendering but there are a couple times when someone accidentally uses the wrong pronouns for a character in The Eleventh Hour (Roswell) and then corrects themselves
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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yardsards
a male character wears skirts and dresses as part of his regular wardrobe and is not mocked for it
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Is there hate speech?
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Anonymous
(SPOILERS FOR STORY AND SONG) the audience is led to believe that lup, a trans character, is dead, but it’s revealed that she’s still alive
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Are there n-words?
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Sex
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vallraiene
Lots of jokes, but no actual sex.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Anonymous
Not exactly a car crash, but there is a battle wagon race in Petals to the Metal where lots of battle wagons crash
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Does a plane crash?
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Anonymous
Not a plane, but there are two instances of an air transport vehicle crashing
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rosencrantz
In Balance Petals to the Metal, people are run over/hit by cars but they have safety vests that deploy bubbles to minimize injury. Keep in mind that this is auditory media and so there are only passing descriptions.
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Violence
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piesandfalcs
No, but the effects of the Phoenix Fire Gauntlet are fairly devastating and could be categorized as a weapon of mass-destruction.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
No visual blood and gore but there are some descriptions of gore
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Does someone drown?
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piesandfalcs
The other comment refers to another arc of this podcast, not Balance.
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CassiePeele
[spoilers for The Eleventh Hour ch. 3]
After learning that the characters are in a time loop, one of them says "I pull out a gun, and I shoot the two of them, and shoot myself." This is played as a joke (about "resetting" the loop) since the characters know they won't actually die.
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