Tuca & Bertie
TV Show • 2019 • Animation
ReportFree-spirited toucan Tuca and self-doubting song thrush Bertie are best friends -- and birds -- who guide each other through life's ups and downs.
This tv show contains 43 potentially triggering events.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Are there abusive parents?
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floatingant
The parents of the main character are not abusive, but they also do not provide her with the support that she needs with her anxiety and PTSD. There is a scene in which she recounts that after her sexual assault, her parents sent her to one school counselling session and that was all.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Anonymous
Tucas mother died in a car accident and is leaving several children behind. Tucas abandonment issues from this are discussed respectfully.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
15 supporters
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Anonymous
In S3E6 there's flashbacks of Bertie stalking her friend at the mall, and she gets called a stalker later.
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Anonymous
Season 2 has a subplot about an emotionally abusive relationship.
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Is someone gaslighted?
26 supporters
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Anonymous
Kara's behavior in Season 2 might count. She often insults Tuca and then makes fun of her for being "too sensitive" by claiming she was joking, and generally manipulates Tuca to always listen to Kara and not trust her own instincts.
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16Dork01
It's revealed that one of the main characters was a victim of some sort of sexual harassment when she was a little girl.
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Addiction
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series_of_unfortunate_events
In S1E8, someone is briefly shown experiencing a (benign) hallucination while tripping on mushrooms. Two DJs are shown snorting a drug.
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Is there addiction?
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series_of_unfortunate_events
Tuca sober now but discusses her alcoholism. There is a brief flashback to her being taken away in an ambulance after drinking too much (S1E7).
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Rebecca27
tuca has been shown to have an alcohol problem before the show began but stays clean the duration of the show however her aunt is a major alcoholic and is shown on screen as such
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Animal
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SheepShape
Mention of characters having deceased relative(s).
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Are animals abused?
111 supporters
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Note that most characters are highly anthropomorphized animals.
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Is there a dead animal?
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cha0ticneutralsystem
A dead fish (the food kind, not a character) is shown Breifly
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Are there spiders?
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Cartoon spiders in ep 1 are shown briefly in a flashback
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Are there snakes?
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WeLoveDogs
The subway system looks like a snake
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Are there bugs?
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SheepShape
Anthropomorphized bugs and insects (including unspecified "sex bugs", snails, and others)
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
63 supporters
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S1
An adult man sexually assaults a young character.
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Is rape mentioned?
43 supporters
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floatingant
Not explicitly stated, but a character recounts her story of childhood sexual assault. It is also depicted vaguely and metaphorically.
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Is someone restrained?
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cha0ticneutralsystem
A child is tied up for a joke, see “is a child abused” for more info
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SheepShape
One of the main topics of the show is how women are sexually assaulted and harassed in the workplace. There is also a scene where it's heavily implied that a character was sexually assaulted as a child, as they are recounting their experience.
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There is a rape, but it's portrayed very metophorically and abstract.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there cannibalism?
23 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
In ep 1 A cake gets accidentally made with human ashes of speckles’ grandma and the cake comes to like with her face and voice, she then asks speckles to eat her so she can pass on and says she’s in a limbo between dead and alive, speckles then eats the cake while crying and his grandma talks to him through his stomach until she is digested
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Is someone buried alive?
13 supporters
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Mulu
S03 EP02 : Her head is not burried, but the period pain Tuca feels in this episode is symbolised by her body being burried under a patch of soil on several occurences
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Is there body horror?
27 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Not exactly, there is a cartoony shot of inside speckles’ stomach in ep 1 which might disturb some
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Is there amputation?
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Anonymous
A running gag in Season 2 has Bertie's limbs fall off. It's very cartoony though, and more representative of her anxiety than literal.
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Does a head get squashed?
33 supporters
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Aheartmforever
In episode 5 off screen and then later in the episode it shows the character with a mushy face
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Does someone break a bone?
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S2E4 a character is shown having fallen out of a tree. The character’s limbs are at odd angles
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Is there excessive gore?
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Mulu
S03 EP10 : At some point there"s blood splatters everywhere on the walls, furniture and people. It's mostly used as the set up for a joke.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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CatGeck
A character recalls her being sexually assaulted as a kid
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
8 supporters
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There are mentions of Tuca being hospitalised for her alcoholism
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Family
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Does a parent die?
6 supporters
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series_of_unfortunate_events
Tuca's mom died but was never depicted in the show
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Does someone cheat?
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FishMan
No cheating but a character in a relationship fantasizes about being with another person for a while.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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mlle_leah
There's a quick reference to The exorcist in the final episode, with an owl slowly turning its head 360°, but its not possessed, just doing owl stuff
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Are there ghosts?
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mlle_leah
A dead character is brought back to life and called a "ghost", but has no "ghost" form (no floating or translucent effect)
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Speckles put his razor in a cupboard while moving in
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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S2E1 towards the end
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Does someone vomit?
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TaroD
There are retching noises, but the character ducks offscreen so no actual vomit is shown.
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Does someone spit?
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S2E3: a bunch of characters spit in a cup and Bertie pours the spit into the batter of a rival baker
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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hornedlilith
tnb makes it pretty clear theyre anti cop in s02
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
19 supporters
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Mulu
S03 EP10 : Kara injects an anesthetic to Tuca
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Is there a hospital scene?
7 supporters
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SheepShape
A character is taken to the hospital to have an egg surgically removed, and they also have a flashback to being in a waiting room while a parent is in the ER.
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
27 supporters
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Anonymous
Bertie has sexual trauma and discusses it with a therapist in Season 2.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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hornedlilith
tuca breaks some things at a mans house in a flashback to before she was sober, but she never attacks anyone
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Is there misophonia?
23 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Squelching noises when eating or making food. Bone crunching noises happen sometimes
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Is there body dysmorphia?
17 supporters
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series_of_unfortunate_events
While looking in a mirror, Tuca's reflection brings up her biggest insecurities. She considers chopping off her beak but instead puts makeup on it.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
1 supporters
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In S2E8 an unnamed character says he hopes to be dead before the next yum or yell holiday
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Are there anxiety attacks?
17 supporters
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mlle_leah
One of the characters has an anxiety attack in a supermarket (and eventually manage to handle it)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Mulu
S03 EP02 : Tuca briefly undergoes CAT scan
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
54 supporters
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
In e2 Bertie’s boob comes to life and has an audio flashback of the time she came to life at a swimming pool, various parents make comments and children are heard crying
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
4 supporters
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CatGeck
Middle fingers
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Are there flashing lights or images?
23 supporters
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series_of_unfortunate_events
Near beginning of episode 1
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
9 supporters
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TorreyPetersfan
S1
E5
There's a scene in which characters sneak around a house full of secret passageways and watch people
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
13 supporters
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Anonymous
Not particularly but there is a plot point where one of the characters (birds) has an egg and its not viable/fertile
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Is there childbirth?
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SheepShape
Somewhat; a character has an egg surgically removed, but other than being put under anesthetic, the process isn't shown or discussed much.
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Does someone miscarry?
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SheepShape
Arguable; a bird character has an egg surgically removed. She does cooks and consumes it later, and isn't shown to be very upset by the ordeal.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
26 supporters
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SheepShape
A character's elderly relative makes frequent comments about their weight and body frame.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
20 supporters
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hornedlilith
there are drag queens but it's not portrayed as a joke
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Is there hate speech?
19 supporters
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hornedlilith
misogyny is heavily discussed, and the audience is shown examples through both seasons
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
25 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
In the first episode, a bully child says “empathy is over” which implies he bullies people and animals because he has no empathy which adds to the already rampant stigma that having no empathy means you are abusive which is constantly used to villainize neurodivergent ppl or armchair diagnose abusive people as neurodivergent (especially ASPD and NPD). “Dumb” “crazy” etc are also used in negative context or without reclaimation
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
23 supporters
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Anonymous
A character heavily implies being groomed/SA'd as a child by an adult in her life
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
33 supporters
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SheepShape
Sex in various positions is shown onscreen (although no actual penetration shown), a character masturbates in a bathroom, there are often lewd conversations.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
25 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Creepy men objectify the main characters
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Are there nude scenes?
22 supporters
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7
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Nudity is shown a lot, especially breasts.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
49 supporters
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
8 supporters
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11
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series_of_unfortunate_events
Tuca watches a video of two cars sliding gently across ice and lightly bumping one another (S1E2). It is suggested that Tuca's mom died in a car crash, which is never shown (S1E7).
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
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SheepShape
A character is mauled offscreen, and "blood" appears to spatter on the wall although it's later shown to be sauce. The character is still mauled, though.
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Does someone drown?
11 supporters
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SheepShape
A character comes close to drowning.
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Is there gun violence?
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hornedlilith
s2 tuca and bertie are held at gunpoint and robbed
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