Empire Records

Movie • 1995 • Music  

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The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.
This movie contains 11 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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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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Is rape mentioned?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Anonymous
lucas gets thrown around a little by his boss but he stole a lot of money
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Addiction
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kiraceraslut
one character has an amphetamine addiction and there’s an argument abt it and a scene kf her taking a pill
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Is there addiction?
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Anonymous
a character is addicted to focus enhancement pills (most likely adderall as it's described as "speed" and "diet pills")
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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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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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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echoevemorrow1
Statutory rape, technically. But all parties were verbally consenting.
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theficus
Statutory but consentual
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Bodily Harm
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queerscum
a character references trying to kill themselves via cutting, and shaves their head with clippers earlier in the movie
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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wh4tw4sm1ss1ng
an older man tries to/has sex with two implied minor girls. while the girls do both make the first move, it’s still an uncomfortable and possibly triggering situation
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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iisobel
1 character is nude (or at least shirtless) but she is wearing an apron that covers chest but is very short.
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone vomit?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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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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not on screen but a character used a lady-bic to try to commit suicide. she does show the scars on her wrist during her "funeral" scene
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Anonymous
Liv Tyler’s character has a scene where she is screaming and knocking things over, and then is picked up by other characters and she is actively fighting against them
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wh4tw4sm1ss1ng
not shown on screen but a character references their earlier suicide attempt and shows cuts on their wrist
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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
Sirens
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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fraisierdesbois
No, but someone says she'd rather die than meet another character
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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it's stated that one of the uses for the pills a character is addicted to is for stunting appetite.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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but a character tried to kill herself off-screen
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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fraisierdesbois
There's a scene where several photographs are taken with a flash
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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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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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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grace__c
there's one comment about the incident of homosexuality so that could count
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there n-words?
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Relationships
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A middle aged man has sex with a high schooler
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Sex
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Anonymous
two characters have sex in one of the rooms in the back of the store
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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And a man with a shirt off, and a few characters wearing only underwear and an apron
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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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echoevemorrow1
At the end of the credits, while Mark and Eddie are sitting on the curb outside, you see a car drive offscreen and hear it crash.
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
Only small cuts on a couple characters, but not actively bleeding
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Does someone drown?
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Anonymous
nobody is killed via gun but they are threatened with one
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