Game of Thrones

TV Show • 2011 • Fantasy  

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This tv show contains 136 potentially triggering events.
Season
Episode
38
Christina Bowling
YES. A lot of animals die on this show, from random animals to beloved pets.
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21
Anonymous
Specifically, I think one gets beheaded. It's considered in poor taste by the onlookers, but it happens.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
Yes
244
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15
Anonymous
Someone breaks a pigeon's neck with the intent of selling it as meat.
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42
embromator
A rat is placed into a pan against someones belly and heat is applied to the pan. Also, some dogs are left in starvation, but they later eat their owner, which is nice.
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7
UnagioLucio
Several direwolves fight people or monsters in battles, but the direwolves don't fight each other.
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hayleywhoa
many.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Anonymous
A cat's death from the hands of one of the character's psychopaths is discussed and described, but not shown. The description is quite graphic, however.
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Shaebae
All the direwolves are killed except Ghost, with Robb Stark's direwolf being beheaded and set atop his dead body
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asas35
Two dragons die. Both very graphically. In episode 7x06 a dragon is killed by a spear and crashes through ice, sinking to the bottom. He is later resurrected as a zombie only to be finally die in 8x03. He explodes into pieces.

In episode 8x04 a dragon is shot three times with the final shot through the neck. Lots of blood. He falls into the ocean, sinking to the bottom.

SPOILERS
The final dragon survives the series but is left alone without his mother or brothers.
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marj
well there’s varys /hj
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3
CharlotteIsobelWallans
There are numerous snakes, but a statue of one is used as a jump scare in a box opened by Jaime and Cersei.
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Yes
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Yes
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oracleofdewphi
The costumes worn in Qarth are inspired by bugs.

In season 4 episode 8, two main characters have a long conversation about a man who used to kill beetles for fun.
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dandyCur
S1
Arya is forced to abandon her pet wolf.
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3
Shaebae
Unintentionally, but yes, Arya and Sansa Stark are left by Ned stark's death. Also Craster abandons his sons in the woods to die or be taken by the White Walkers
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2
Penji
S8
A character credits her abusers for making her a stronger person
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5
Mandycandyland
Theon is gaslit (along with other psychological and physical torture) by Ramsay to the point of almost forgetting who he is.
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5
jojolavendar
Two characters chase young girls through forests with the goal to capture and kill them
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0
echoevemorrow
Tywin Lannister is repeatedly shown to be a horrible father, especially to Tyrion
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11
bumbumhead
It is shown, actually. Season 5 episode 10 (SPOILERS) while Arya is training as a faceless man, she disguises herself as a young girl in a brothel knowing that Ser Meryn Trant is a pedophile and will choose her to use. He then beats her on screen, and she takes off the face she's wearing and stabs him to death.
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3
MazesEnd
King Robert slaps the Queen, then threatens to do it again
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1
TheCassandraComplex
People are whipped with actual whips, mostly in the context of battles. I can’t recall if there was whipping, but slaves are physically abused.
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7
Anonymous
Multiple alcoholics, for a start
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2
marj
mainly wine; almost every episode
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9
flamegrove
Cersei Lannister, Tyrion Lannister, and Robert Baratheon all drink excessively.
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2
People are tied up and burned at the stake, someone is tied up and tortured.
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StartouchMage
Many characters, many times, sometimes on-screen.
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Yes
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0
Yes
16
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0
Sodashrimp
daenerys is married as a child, iirc 14 or in that age range
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Yes
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Yes
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marekon
She gets forcefully married to someone who rapes her during their wedding night. She later implies that he does so every night after that until she flees. Don't remember the exact season, about 5, 6 or 7
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3
johnatwi
Throats are cut.
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Yes
25
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2
17
flamegrove
Oberyn Martell's head is crushed by the Mountain.
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10
aris
Several characters have been castrated prior to the start of the show. In s3ep7 there is a scene in which a character (who is fully conscious - at least to begin with) is violently castrated. The camera blurs and cuts away as he is pinned down. In s3ep10 the character is shown again as he regains consciousness, with bloodied trousers. He is mocked for this several times.
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Misty Dawn Hunt
Most of an army is burned alive in the season 6 finale and episode four of season 7. A little girl is burned alive in season 5 episode 8. Dothraki are burned alive in some episode of season 6, I wanna say five. In episode two of season 9, wildfire (similar to historical Greek fire) was used to burn a whole fleet of ships and its inhabitants.

It's a show with dragons and religions based around burning people alive. If you don't like fire, avoid.
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7
Anonymous
Yes. There are multiple scenes of vivid and gruesome torture depicted, including flaying, cutting off of fingers and genitalia, and a characters hand is cut off.
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Yes
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0
8
Madi
Not exactly buried, but two characters get crushed under a falling building.
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Yes
1
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0
6
CharlotteIsobelWallans
Multiple scenes with the wildlings contain references to or imagery surrounding cannibalism. Also multiple characters discuss experiences during sieges/long winters where they’ve resorted to cannibalism, other characters are told they should be first, rumours are spread about certain races being cannibals.
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UnagioLucio
There are very graphic scenes of characters screaming while their eyes are crushed, with blood gushing from their eye sockets.
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Yes
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3
Multiple instances of gore but there’s one scene in particular where a man’s skull is crushed by the hands of another. Highly disturbing and visual. His eyes are gouged out.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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jeeped
an especially gruesome asphyxiation by poison scene season 4, episode 2
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Dudebro42069
S1
 E10
Sansa faints in the season 1 finale
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Yes
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4
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Anonymous
One particular character is tortured, both physically and psychologically, to a point where they essentially become an entirely different person & end up entirely submissive to their captor.
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1
Pantalones
Jaime's hand is cut off.
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OutOfTune
S3E3: Jaime Lannister, a main character, is led to a chopping block, where his dominant hand is amputated by a bandit. It is done cleanly, though gore is shown. Jaime then carries the hand with him on a rope around his neck. Later, he gets an artificial gold hand as replacement. A major part of his character arc is learning to live without his hand.
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Jacob Taloricco
Oberyn Martel has his teeth knocked out shortly before he dies in The Mountain and The Viper
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8
UnagioLucio
A child dies by suicide in this manner
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3
Pantalones
A very major character is executed this way at the end of Season 1.
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8
Nate2020
Jojen Reed has seizures whilst seeing visions. This happens multiple times several episodes. At one point he has a seizure whilst kidnapped.
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6
hc98
Multiple hangings throughout the series. In the later seasons (not sure about first few) you're even shown the facial expressions of the people that are hanged and you see them struggle
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Yes
18
No
5
0
Some young girls are married to older men
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flamegrove
Small children are murdered for being the dead king's bastards, a little girl is burned alive, a little girl is poisoned, a boy jumps out of a window, a little boy is shot to death with arrows, another baby is murdered by his half-brother, a teenage boy is poisoned, a boy is killed by his cousins, and a little boy is hanged.
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Yes
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No
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Yes
15
No
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Pantalones
The show is pretty infamous for killing off major characters. Many seasons see at least one MC killed, often brutally. Season 8 has multiple MC die, often in stupid ways like a building falls on them. One MC is killed but does come back to life via magic, but most of the dead stay dead.
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daniezombre
Yes. Just yes.
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TheCassandraComplex
Equivalent era-appropriate insults, like “simple-minded.”
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Yes
1
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15
flamegrove
Ned Stark is beheaded in front of his daughters, Tywin Lannister is shot with a crossbow by his son, Catelyn Stark is killed leaving her living children orphans, Lyanna Stark dies in childbirth leaving her son Jon an orphan, Walder Frey is killed by Arya Stark, Roose Bolton is killed by his son.
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3
PoeDameron
A main character cheats on her husband for their entire marriage with her brother as passes off the children borne from it as legitimate.
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5
A wooden toy deer is burned up with a child
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Yes
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No
0
8
UnagioLucio
Someone is captured and tortured for several seasons
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5
Happytoreview
Only one or 2 throughout the series, not a jump scare aimed series though
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Yes
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Mandycandyland
Not in the strictest sense (showers don't exist yet in Westeros) but definitely a lot of baths and the pouring of water over heads.
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Astrid
There are some dwarf clowns at the wedding of Joffrey and Margaery.
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Are there razors?
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Yes
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hc98
Not sure if this counts, but some characters (called wargs) are able to possess the mind of animals, and when they do so, their eyes rolled back into their head
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KathyT154
Yes, there‘s a shadowy ghostlike figure killing a king in season 2 (?)
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Yes
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Yes
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1
May
Hot pie wets himself in Harrenhal
Jaime Lannister talks about soiling himself when he is held captive by the Starks
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Yes
7
No
1
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Anonymous
From Tumblr:

Game of Thrones Season 1 - 6 Warnings (NOT SPOILER FREE)
This is a complete list of all v* scenes in Game of Thrones from season 1 through season 6. I watched the show on HBONow, so all the times will correspond to that. If you watch on other sites, I believe the scenes are two minutes earlier but I am not sure.

This list is not completely spoiler free, but I did my best to be vague about plot events. The scenes are not very central to the plot.

Every scene has video and audio, and to be completely safe you should mute and look away!

Season 1 Episode 6 (15:50 - 23:15)
Daenerys is going through a ritual to make sure the baby is strong, and she has to eat a horse heart. Technically not v* but it’s gross and she gags a few times. She names the baby Rhaego and the Dothraki start whooping. Even if you are very sensitive, you will probably be ok, but better safe than sorry. :)

Season 2 Episode 1 (5:20 - 6:30)
A knight shows up drunk, and Joffrey sentences him to drink an entire barrel of wine. Eventually Sansa gets Joffrey to stop, and the man’s life is saved. It’s a long, graphic scene. After 6:30 it is completely safe to keep watching.

Season 2 Episode 9 (4:05 - 4:30)
While on the ship, it goes down a line of people and someone gets seasick. It takes a few seconds to get to it, so it’s best to just skip ahead. The scene is not central to the plot.

Season 3 Episode 1 (36:30 - 37:00)
Daenerys and Jorah are talking, and one of the Dothraki gets sick. It was very triggering for me. When Jorah mentions the Iron Throne, that is when you should skip ahead. The conversation will continue with no more incidents.

Season 3 Episode 4 (3:00 - 3:30)
Jaime Lannister collapses, and asks for water. Someone hands him a flask and he drinks it, then they tell him it’s actually horsepiss. He v* and they all laugh. It’s a short scene, and not central to the plot.

Season 4 Episode 2 (49:10 - end)
Unfortunately, this scene is very central to the plot and also very triggering. I am not going to say spoilers, unfortunately. When Joffrey coughs after drinking, the triggering part starts.

Season 5 Episode 1 (15:00 - 15:48)
Tyrion is talking to Varys and he is drinking. When he says, ‘The future is shit.’ It is about to happen. He v* and then continues drinking. Then the scene changes.

Season 5 Episode 8 (54:47 - 55:00)
While in battle, Jon will be dragging himself away from a burning building. He will collapse, it will cut away, and at 54:50 exactly it will cut back to him spitting out blood. You only need to look away for 3 seconds. I found this scene mildly triggering, but others might not.

Season 6 Episode 3 (12:08 - 15:38)
Sam and Gilly are on a ship and Sam tells her he’s taking her to his home where he grew up. He’s v* because he’s seasick. He v* multiple times as well. I did not watch any of this scene and I was not confused later in the show.

Season 6 Episode 5 (28:50 - 29:30)
They will lie him on the shore. When it goes quiet, mute and look away for about 30 seconds. He wakes, v*, and is king. If he is standing when you look back, he will not v* again. He will cough a bit, but the scene will be safe.

Happy watching! :-)
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Yes
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Yes
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MazesEnd
Not cops per se, but there are several main characters whose jobs are upholding the law
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Anonymous
Lord Hoster Tully dies from cancer. The death is not shown, but his funeral is. The disease is not specifically identified as cancer on the show but is heavily implied to be cancer in the books.
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9
Anonymous
In Season 5, Qyburn uses what is basically the GoT-universe equalivent of syringes and IV-tubes on Gregor Clegane.
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Yes
5
No
0
5
Wesnr
There is some battle side medicine without adequate pain relief.
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cassandrasaurus
The character Hodor has autistic traits and he is mistreated occasionally because of those traits.
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aris
A severely traumatised and brainwashed character is violent in one scene in particular - when someone attempts to forcibly rescue him from where he has been held captive, he resists as much as possible, at first screaming and struggling and ultimately resorting to biting.
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jeeped
Rarely, chewing and slurping during eating scenes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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TheCassandraComplex
The character Hodor has autistic traits, although he is not autistic. He is very much autistic-coded with repetative behaviors, stress-induced meltdowns, and difficulties with verbal speech.* (MAJOR SPOILERS) If the “neurodiversity is supernatural” trope bothers you, his neurodivergent traits turn out to have a supernatural cause in the canon.

*Just a friendly reminder that autism is a non-linear spectrum and many of us do have speech apraxia, expressive aphasia and other speech-language disorders as a comorbidity.
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Anonymous
Jaime's hand was cut off and he had a lot of issues with that
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ZacZacharias
S6
 E10
One of the main character’s child commits suicide by jumping.
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Wesnr
A teenager dies after allowing himself to fall from a window. The collision with the ground is not shown.
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2
TheCassandraComplex
No but Tywin mentions that he forced Jaime to work on his reading for four hours every day as a child because of his dyslexia and that Jaime hated him for it for a long time.
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5
aris
No characters have an eating disorder as such, but at one point a major character refuses to eat out of grief and another character is held captive without food or water for the better part of season three.
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aris
A main character suffers from severe ptsd. It is triggered a few times, in relatively minor instances, but it appears majorly in s7ep2. He is later mocked for being a coward.
An important character has ptsd in relation to fire - this is mentioned a few times and appears most notably in s2ep9.
Another main character has ptsd but is not majorly triggered at any point.
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Megan Lucy Harrison
Battle of the Bastards has a claustrophobic scene.
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Yes
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Anonymous
Not intentional but the cam is a bit off in the style of the early 2010s....
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Yes
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0
3
May
Craster's baby sons cry, two are abandoned to die
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Yes
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Anonymous
A pregnant woman is stabbed in the gut, resulting in her and the unborn childs death
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jeeped
mentioned, but not shown, season 1.
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Wesnr
It’s not shown on screen but it is heavily implied the a character is asking for and consuming potions or medicines with the intention of causing miscarriages.
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Wesnr
A woman is shown in the early stages of labor while fully clothed. Neither the actual birth or (stillborn) child is shown. A woman gives birth to a shadow.
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megamyrte
In S03E09 a pregnant woman is repeatedly stabbed in the stomach and dies as a result.
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Anonymous
I can think of at least 3 LGBT characters who are killed in the show. All of their deaths are graphic, which is in keeping with the graphic nature of the show.
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Mandycandyland
Probably at some point with the theatre troupe.
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Yes
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MartinGardner
Lots of dwarf jokes for one
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May
Samwell Tarly is often insulted
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Only because it hadn't been invented/anachronistic. Literally every offensive term conceivable is used.
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jeeped
It is clear only the "bad guys" are homophobic. Some families and societies are totally fine with gay ppl
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Anonymous
Someone has to pretend to be a boy, someone isn't comfortable acting like a girl, someone gets castrated. A lot of people are already castrated.
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ALittleBitKinder
No, but in Season 8, a Black side character is fridged to push a white main character towards turning evil.
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Anonymous
At least once an episode.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Yes
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Poisonaplez
Yes, right from episode 1.
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4
A racist remark is made at a Dornish man insinuating that he should have sex with a shaved goat.
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Zombie5kyFlower
S2
 E4
Sadism by proxy. When Joffrey is with the two whores. It gets nasty.
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There are many nude scenes throughout the whole entire series
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MerlinMagician
Prostitutes are shot to death with crossbow bolts for entertainment of the little king.
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ZacZacharias
S6
No but a seizure is shown in a flashback in season 6
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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fluxbunnies
arya stark, in her time with the faceless gods and the house of black and white, punished with the loss of her sight, was thrown out of the house of black and white and was forced to fend for herself for about 6 episodes. (season 5 finale, the first couple episodes of season 6)
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Yes
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TheCassandraComplex
There’s a segment which automatically plays after the credits where the creators discuss the episode.
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ProfessorProcyon
Anyone who's young enough to believe in Santa shouldn't even be watching this show.
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Francis
No, but it was awful
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embromator
Does a dragon crash count?
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AsterLewis
There are no cars at all in this series
Horses? yes
Dragons? yes
Cars? No
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fluxbunnies
there are no cars. dragons screech tho!
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LucyOranges
There are literally no cars whatsoever in the entire show.
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aris
One culture upholds a religious tradition of ritual drowning, after which the drowned person is resuscitated.
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UnagioLucio
The series has lots and lots of graphic violence: dismemberment, disfigurement, beheading, gruesome dead bodies, stabbing, flaying, throat slashing, burning alive, eye gouging, physical torture...
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FuuBar
No guns, just fists, swords, clubs, claws, axes, arrows, incendiaries, catapults, whips, tramples, pliers ... pretty much any way to hurt someone using medieval tools.
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Happytoreview
It's not nuclear but it's a big boom
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