The corgi apparently dies and is turned into a monster, but is returned to his original form later... as of the end of season 1, the dog is alive and well
[SPOILERS] Khaki Bottoms, a sentient stuffed rabbit, disappears during the Steward's destruction of his car and is later seen alive but missing an ear.
There’s never a full-on scene after the credits, but I recommend looking at the clappers at the end of each episode for Books 3 and 4 since they change with every episode.
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!
-A major character, Tuba, gets killed by Simon. Tuba is step-mom/adoptive mother of Hazel, that was rescued a few moments before Tuba got killed
One of the main characters is abandoned by an individual implied to be his guardian at the time, leaving him to die. This is briefly referenced in episode 3, discussed heavily in episodes 4 and 7, and a flashback is shown in episode 9. This character has developed abandonment issues as a result and has had to face the individual who left him twice in the season.
Grace’s parents are shown in S3E9 and are neglectful towards her. Ryan states several times throughout Book 4 that his parents don’t care about him. In Book 1, Tulip’s parents are going through a divorce and are seen arguing in flashbacks. They fail to bring her to a camp they promised to take her to. While the last case is not quite abusive, this may remind viewers of abusive parental relationships.
Tulip is stalked by the Steward (and possibly the Cat) throughout the train. Oftentimes you can see the shadow of the Steward pass by in the background of certain scenes. Not a traditionally triggering portrayal of stalking, but something to be aware of.
[SPOILERS!!!] In Book 3, a character who is a victim of abuse and is involved in an unhealthy co-dependent relationship, acts extremely abusive in the later half of the season, becoming the season’s antagonist.
Someone is shown to have accidentally killed their pet lizard in the past. The scene is very brief, but it does show the lizards dead body in the foreground (season 2). A personified animal also dies in the 3rd season
There is no dog fighting as in two dogs being made to fight each other, but one of the main characters is a sentient corgi who does get into battle to protect his friends. He is not forced to do this and does not permanently die doing so.
An attempt is made to kill a recurring cat character in episode eight, and at the end of the episode their fate is left ambiguous, but they are ultimately shown to have survived in the next episode.
in season 3, a character is not literally drugged, but is put into a catatonic state by another character via sci-fi technology against her consent, and this scene may remind many viewers of a drugging
[SEASON 1] - - a main character is travelling in a water creature (randall) and had to keep afloat to breath, she doesnt pass out or drown but there are parts where she has to hold her breath. [SEASON 3] - - a (different) main character is reminded of a traumatic event by a certain room. it causes him to panic and hyperventilate
Idk if this counts but a mirror police guy gets shoved against the moving wheels of the train and dies quite graphically (his blood is more like metallic goo though), and an ape gets thrown under the wheels of the train, although it cuts away before she hits the wheels
A central character in Season 2 is a shapeshifter who sometimes morphs into disturbing and body-horror like forms, although this does not cause the character pain nor is it gory/bloody.
During Book 2, Jesse's little brother is injured while riding a bike down a hill as part of a "man test." Though not explicitly stated as being broken, he is later shown with his arm in a cast.
there is no finger or toe mutilation. the "non-consensual hand tattoo in question" is a cartoony neon number displayed on characters' palms, and it is not a point of physical distress or pain.
no characters are tortured in the traditional sense, nor is there any torture-based gore. however, all seasons depict characters being forced to confront things that are extremely upsetting to them. frankly put, there's at least one mental breakdown a season.
A character is thrown off the train in season 3 the camera shows it briefly right before that character hits the wheel. then the camera cuts
also in season 3 another character is thrown off the train and it’s shown fully however they survive
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In season 2 the two mirror police guys die quite brutal deaths. One gets cut in half and then pushed against the moving train wheels until he dies and the other one explodes. However, they are metallic and non-human so their blood is more like gray goo and there are no organs or stuff like that.
In season 3 Simon also dies quite a brutal death with his skin turning waxy and melting off his body and then his skeleton melting too. Again no blood though.
In S3E5, a main character loses a parental figure after she was murdered. Throughout the near entirety of “The Campfire Car” (S3E6), this death is frequently brought up, and a funeral is held for her.
The whole premise of the show involves characters boarding a train and then being kept on the train against their will. The train is never shown physically forcing anyone to board, however it does use deception to trick people into boarding.
No. However, in book 3, there is an ambiguously romantic couple and those two lying to and hiding things from one another is a big recurring plot point. None of these lies have anything to do with infidelity and some of the lies are even justified, but the themes of broken trust may indirectly remind you of cheating if you are extremely sensitive to that subject.
A castle in season 4 appears to be haunted, with objects moving around with nobody to move them. Technically, it's not really a ghost, but the effect is similar enough to consider it.
There is one in Book 1 episode 5 (The Cat’s Car), where [SPOILERS] Tulip is observing a memory of herself alone in her family’s living room. Not considered a traditional jumpscare, but still startled me.
S1E2 takes place in a beach environment, with the characters going on the ocean floor (through supernatural means) for part of the episode. There is a paper sea in S2E3. S3E3 starts off with the characters underwater on an ocean floor, although they can breathe normally.
In Book Two, Alan Dracula, the deer, is taken over by a parasite in Episode 5 and the deer is shown trying to get the parasite out from its body, because the parasite has control of them.
There are cops in the second and fourth season but they're all depicted as villains. A character's glowing hand-number flashes 1312 at one point.
(Spoiler)
And the cops all end up dead.
At one point electric shock is used to stop characters from solving a puzzle that wasn't meant for them. Not medical in nature, and doesn't cause lasting damage.
A brief scene at the beginning of book 4 shows two newborn babies in a hospital nursery while their fathers talk outside the window. The babies are perfectly healthy and their births are not shown on screen. In book 1 episode 7, two minor characters are given shock blankets and picked up by an ambulance. This is played for comedic effect, as neither character is at all injured or in distress.
A major character in Book 3 suffers from trauma and likely another mental illness. It’s never specified but implied to be Borderline Personality Disorder. Their mental health progressively gets worse as the season goes on.
As previous commenters mentioned with the show revolving around mental instability in general, one of the protags is a man with what looks to be borderline personality disorder and [SPOILERS] is very violent and dies in the end without any healing.
We see a character going to a high place after losing a loved one. Many viewers believe they were about to attempt, but as they do not go through with it, this is never confirmed.
In “Le Chat Chalet Car” (S3E4), a character suffers from extreme anxiety related to being surrounded by triggers that remind them of a traumatic incident. This lasts for a good portion of the episode.
Not in the traditional sense, but a child begins transforming into a humanoid turtle and is extremely distressed by this, attempting to pull the shell off her back and scratching at her scales.
There is an episode that partially takes place in a children's indoor playground (like the ones you see at some fast food restaurants such as McDonalds) and involves crawling through the plastic tubes, but I'm not sure if that counts.
Simon is heavily implied to suffer from PTSD, which is vaguely referenced throughout Book 3 but most prevalent in Le Chat Chalet Car (S3E4). Another character in Book 2 is also shown to be suffering from trauma and is on-edge because of it.
The opening scene of book 4 shows two newborn babies in the nursery/maternity ward; the sounds of other babies crying/cooing can be heard in the background. There is a character called "Pig Baby" (a giant anthromorphic piglet, who is capable of speech) who cries and throws tantrums, but it doesn't sound like a real baby's cries. In book 3, a young child (though not a baby) cries multiple times from extreme distress/grief.
no--the only depiction of a male character in a dress is cute/neutrally positive. additionally, the show is narratively supportive of its canonically gender non-conforming/transcoded character
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in season 3, Grace finds out that Amelia was a woman after her and the Apex believed Amelia was a man. Grace calls Amelia a "he" but fixes her mistake immediately. This isnt brought up again, and the mistake doesnt happen again
There's a character named pig baby (which is a literal giant pig) who is depicted as being fat, and is written as gluttonous and gross. It's very much a fatphobic stereotype, but it's the only instance of fatphobia in the series I can think of.
There are no black male major characters. A black girl, a Native American boy, and two Asian men face danger, but all survive. The only characters that die are either non-human or white.
There's been no hate speech against groups of people that exist in real life. (Vague spoilers for season 2 and onward). The Passengers and Residents of the train are not always seen as equals for various reasons. The consequences of this are a focus of seasons 2 and 3, although most of what I would consider hate speech is confined to book 3.
A human flirts with a cat in order to convince her to do a favor for him and his group, going so far as to unbutton his shirt, but that’s as far as the scene goes. Later, two characters comment about the incident.
Not really. In book 1, a character willingly goes under water and has some trouble holding her breath for that long, but this is brief and she is perfectly okay. In book 2, a character with a metal body fears falling off a raft and sinking to the bottom of the sea, but this doesn't happen (also, it's unclear if she even needs to breathe in the first place).
In the 2nd season, a train resident is badly hurt. The blood is cartoony (if you could even call it blood), but this scene would have been very graphic if it had featured a human.
Somewhat. There are lazers shot at Tulip multiple times and the misses appear like bullet holes. Plus, Atticus' transformation is caused by a sci-fi sort of gun.
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