Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice
Video Game • 2016
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Needs More Answers
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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A major character is sent off to another country by his adoptive father. He is only 9 years old when this happens, and it’s unclear who cares for him as he grows up.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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A major character disappears and is pronounced dead before he can officially say goodbye to his sons.
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Abuse
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A mother is shown to be emotionally abusive to her young daughter
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An aunt is emotionally abusive toward her niece.
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Are there abusive parents?
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The queen is emotionally abusive toward her niece.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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"Turnabout Time Traveler":
The premise of this case is that the defendant believes that she traveled through time. This turns out to be the result of a scheme orchestrated by multiple people in order to cover up the murder at hand.
A character who is unable to form new memories keeps a notebook that acts as a substitution for his memories. It is later revealed that the culprit of the case tampered with the notebook in order to manipulate his memory of the events.
The premise of this case is that the defendant believes that she traveled through time. This turns out to be the result of a scheme orchestrated by multiple people in order to cover up the murder at hand.
A character who is unable to form new memories keeps a notebook that acts as a substitution for his memories. It is later revealed that the culprit of the case tampered with the notebook in order to manipulate his memory of the events.
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Debatably, yes. A character who was blackmailed into doing so becomes increasingly verbally abusive towards the main character(s) at the instruction of his abuser/captor (in a sense). However it is not considered 'abused becoming the abuser' by the narrative.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
32 supporters
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A character is often depicted with a cigar
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
26 supporters
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The defendant of case 4 is drunk for the majority of the case.
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Animal
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Are there spiders?
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A spider comes down from the ceiling every so often in the background of the rebel hideout.
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Does a dragon die?
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It's part of a stage show, though.
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Are there bugs?
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There are bugs and spiders in a rebel hideout.
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
167 supporters
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Kind of. A character (45) treats & refers to a 17 year old girl fairly inappropriately -- calling her a 'suitable marriage candidate' etc. to his 23 y/o son, for example.
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Is someone drugged?
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A witness is given food with alcohol in it to make him go unconscious.
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Dhurke wears an eyepatch, but it's never addressed nor is it ever removed.
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Is someone burned alive?
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It’s said that Queen Amara and Jove Justice died in a house fire, and later on we see Jove’s final moments before his tragic demise
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Is someone crushed to death?
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// SPOILERS (no names mentioned but critical plot points discussed) //
The murder of someone in Case 3 involves them being crushed by a large stone and pushed onto a sharp object by said stone, largely by accident. It's not quite 'crushing to death' but the image of the murder in particular may still evoke claustrophobic feelings etc. This is discussed at length.
The murder of someone in Case 3 involves them being crushed by a large stone and pushed onto a sharp object by said stone, largely by accident. It's not quite 'crushing to death' but the image of the murder in particular may still evoke claustrophobic feelings etc. This is discussed at length.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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A main character gets lost in a flooding cave at one point in the story, and almost drowns because he can't swim. He lives, though.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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One of the victims is murdered by asphyxiation.
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Are any hands damaged?
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A character's 'damage' sprite involves them slamming their hand against a table and their fake nails flying off. Not quite hands, but there is no suitable category for fingernails.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Multiple victims are stabbed.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Multiple characters go unconscious or faint.
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Children
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Is an infant abducted?
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// SPOILERS (no names mentioned but critical plot twists discussed) //
A girl as a baby was taken from her birth family by other relatives to be used as blackmail against them. She is not aware of this fact.
A girl as a baby was taken from her birth family by other relatives to be used as blackmail against them. She is not aware of this fact.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a major character die?
41 supporters
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A major character of this game dies in the final chapter.
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Does someone die?
27 supporters
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This series is about murder mysteries.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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A character risks his life to save someone being held hostage and gets fatally shot three times.
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Disability
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Kind of...????? In case 5 a little girl sits in a wheechair for the majority of the case only to reveal at the end that she has been able to walk (and 'does not need a wheelchair' etc.) the entire time.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a family member die?
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Multiple parents die
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Is someone kidnapped?
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SPOILER: Queen Ga'ran holds both her sister and niece hostage and uses their safety to blackmail her nephew.
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Does a parent die?
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Lots of parents die in this game
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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The game is centered around spirit channeling. While one version of the spirit channeling in-game only calls upon the deceased's last memories, the other version is possession. However, the possession is not malicious and is voluntary on the part of the person doing the channeling.
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Are there clowns?
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Geiru Toneido is dressed reminiscent of a clown.
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Are there ghosts?
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The game is centered around spirit channeling. Ghosts exists, but outside of being channeled, they cannot interact with the world.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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There is a scene where a cave floods and two characters almost drown, but they survive. This game also involves traveling back and forth between two countries, so oceans are quickly hinted at.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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The actual vomiting is never shown on screen though, all you see is him holding it in and then darting off screen.
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Is there audio gore?
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Some audible wet crunching noises.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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There is frequent talk of it along with characters being shown in detention centers.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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An archaeologist takes artifacts that don’t belong to him, however.
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Medical
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Mental Health
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One of the victims’ deaths is revealed to have been a suicide.
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Yes -- and they succeed. This is discussed.
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Is there misophonia?
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In case 4, Turnabout Storyteller, the defendant has a sprite in which he holds back vomit and then vanishes offscreen. You can hear a 'gulping' noise accompany it. It was very triggering for me, someone w/ misophonia, and I generally played that case with my volume down.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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The possibility is raised that a character with dissociative identity disorder is behind one of the murders, but they are later revealed to have been framed.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Athena Cykes
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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You go into a cramped cave at point point full of water
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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At one point, a character suffers an anxiety attack before collapsing.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Several characters are hinted to be traumatized and/or mentally ill.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Characters have over-the-top breakdowns at the witness stand when exposed for their crimes.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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There is a character with DID, but they're written accurately enough and it's not something I found offensive personally. However it is uncomfortable that their disorder is revealed on the stand so if you're bothered by people being exposed as systems like that then be cautious.
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Not on the part of the player character, but there is a character with a dissociative disorder.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
66 supporters
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The shaky cam can be disabled in the options menu. Note that this option is only in Spirit of Justice if you're playing the games on the 3DS, but if you're playing the Apollo Justice Trilogy, you can disable shaky cam for all games.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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There are frequent flashing lights throughout the series
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Does a baby cry?
28 supporters
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Yes visually, no audibly. There is a short cutscene that shows a crying baby, but there's no crying audio at all.
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Is there screaming?
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Not audibly, but characters are shown to visually scream.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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While one character is pregnant and has their child by the end of the game, the childbirth itself happens off-screen.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Yes, one character is briefly shown as a very little baby.
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Prejudice
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
55 supporters
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A male character has DID, and one of his alters is a woman. This is never commented on negatively.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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No, and in fact, there's a surprisingly accurate and respectful portrayal of a person (a system) with Dissociative Identity Disorder. There's a meta twist on the "murderous alter" trope.
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Is there hate speech?
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Being a lawyer is treated like being a terrorist in Khura'in, with slander and death treats frequently being thrown their way.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Khura'in is said to be a mockery of South Asian culture
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Does the black guy die first?
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No, but a character of color does die.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Apollo is mocked for being out of shape a few times, but he's by no means fat.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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In case 2, a young 19-year old is implied(?) to be in some kind of relationship with a man over 30. The girl thinks she is in control, though it is actually later revealed that the man is.
Also, kind of-not really..? The difference between a couple in Case 3 is ten years, which is also the same age gap between the young woman in this pairing and their son figure. They are both adults. A nineteen year old and a twenty nine year old (Case 4) are kinda hinted at, but it's more vague fan-service-y ship content than anything actually canonical.
Also, kind of-not really..? The difference between a couple in Case 3 is ten years, which is also the same age gap between the young woman in this pairing and their son figure. They are both adults. A nineteen year old and a twenty nine year old (Case 4) are kinda hinted at, but it's more vague fan-service-y ship content than anything actually canonical.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
16 supporters
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It’s rather a fictitious religion practiced by the people of Khura'in.
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Are there demons or Hell?
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The main character(s) are consistently threatened with being sent to hell by a religious opposition. Some of these are described in detail with made-up Khura'inese words to fill in the blanks -- but they are only described.
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Sex
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No, but a joke is made about two characters,who do not know they are siblings, getting married; the elder sibling expresses discomfort with the idea.
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Is there sexual content?
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Nothing beyond the typical jokes. One character pulls on her suspenders, making them snap in a way that makes her breasts jiggle, but it's later revealed she has balloons on her chest.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
55 supporters
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There is a point in which you have to examine a central female character's breasts in order to progress.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Almost. Maya channels a spirit and her body takes the form of the spirit possessing her. The spirit rips off Maya’s kimono, exposing his entire gaunt torso.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is someone terminally ill?
29 supporters
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Dhurke mentions he has a terminal illness and has a very short time left, but this turns out to be a lie.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
33 supporters
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The DLC case involves a car crash in which one individual dies and another is left with memory issues.
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Does a plane crash?
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We see characters on a plane, but it does not crash
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
82 supporters
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There is blood, but no gore.
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Does someone drown?
48 supporters
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At one point a character nearly drowns, but is saved.
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Is there gun violence?
42 supporters
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There are two characters being shot on-screen, one fatally and the other survived.
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