Derry Girls

TV Show • 2018 • Comedy  

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Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five high school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.
This tv show contains 35 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Anonymous
episode three opens with erin talking about her dead dog and a lot of the episode talks about him being dead, but it's revealed at the end that he's alive.
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Abandonment
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James is left by his mother to stay with cousin and aunt.
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Not abandoned but given away
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Abuse
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theficus
Plenty of poor parenting, but no abuse.
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Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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rainbowtoast
Granda bullies the dad a lot, and in S1E5 the grandpa convinces the dad to be rude to someone, which makes them cry, then everyone blames the dad even though the grandpa was the instigator.
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theficus
Getting beaten with a spoon is threatened on one occasion, though.
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Is a child abused?
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KiaraAlonz
Arguably James gets a lot of emotional abuse from his family as he is English.
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Addiction
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Tffr
“Blow” is baked into some scones and people eat them. There is also other drug use.
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Is there addiction?
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Rimbaud
One of the characters frequently has alcohol or is drunk
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Rimbaud
One of the main characters is addicted
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Upbum
Dead rabbit s03 ep01.
Running plot throughout about hiding the body
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Are animals abused?
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photographydawson
In season 3 episode 1 the "new cat" brings in a dead rabbit BUT it does look like a stuffed toy
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Seamus the cat kills a neighbor's pet rabbit
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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emsdog28
S3
 E1
9:50-10:00 and 14:02-14:20 a pet bunny dies and it is shown, it does look like a stuffed animal and there's no blood.
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
27 supporters
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just_here_for_the_cake
S2
 E4
Not intentionally, but weed scones that were made for a group of friends are accidentally distributed to an entire wake, leading to the drugged people behaving differently.
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Is there pedophilia?
91 supporters
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theficus
A couple of jokes where a teenager says something that could be misconstrued as an adult being abusive to a child, only for there to be relief to find that it wasn’t the case.
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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just_here_for_the_cake
Brief mention of a teacher that was sexually assaulted by students.
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BuzzyMcGee
No, but Michelle threatens to beat up a younger student on the bus. She is, in turned, threatened by the other student's older sister, Big Mandy.
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Arthur_the_bee
S1
Uncle Colm talks about being tied to his radiator by burglars and the girls get tied up to pretend they were robbed too
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canis_latrans
In episode one there is an offhand comment about a student teacher being assaulted by some of the girls at the school.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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BethRushbrook
i’m episode one 13:07 they mention a male teacher got cabled tied and dry humped (in consensually)

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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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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 Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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DragonSavesDogs
S3
 E4
James is knocked unconscious and remains out for several minutes as the girls express concern
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Mulu
No but S2 EP1 might be triggering as Clare is forced to abseil with a boy who is supposed to belay her and that she can't trust.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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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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onehorseopenslay
only older teens (16-17), and only by people their own age
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
1 supporters
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
A nun dies while the students are in detention. The girls attend a family member's funeral.
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Does a parent die?
17 supporters
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Mulu
S3 EP6 Clare's dad has an aneurysm and dies pretty suddenly. You see the girls all together in the hospital, supporting Clare, and later, accompanying her as she walks behind the coffin
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
1 supporters
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Rimbaud
One of the main characters mum got a divorce because she cheated on his stepdad
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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DragonSavesDogs
S3
 E4
The kids stay overnight in a spooky house and they get freaked out a bit but there aren’t ghosts
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DragonSavesDogs
S3
 E4
Extremely mild once or twice
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Rimbaud
Not a shower but in Season 2 Episode 1 One of the characters is in the bath
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Mulu
S3 EP6 is full of clowns starting from 17:13 till 22:33

** SPOILERS**

What happens during this lapse of time is : Clare goes to find Laurie who told her she'd be wearing a clown costume but when she gets there it turns out everyone is dressed as a clown. The gang begins to unmask everyone in the room, until James unsmasks a scary clown who turns out to be the man he was supposed to fight, who got in by taping the tickets back together. While trying to escape him, people realise James has been faking his broken leg and Fifi calls security on them. As they're getting thrown out, Laurie runs into Clare and tell her she was planning to kiss her that night. They kiss, and then agree to take it slow and see where it goes. The gang is taken out, and Laurie goes back to the show
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Is someone possessed?
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DragonSavesDogs
S3
 E4
A joke is made about it though
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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DragonSavesDogs
S3
 E4
An electric razor is mentioned a few times and shown at the end but that’s it
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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RichelleNextStep
No there isn’t any however in season 2 at around 18:40 they're crumbling up scones and putting them in the toilet and shows a shot of it and it looks a bit like sick, just be cautious (idk if this is triggering or not but just making sure)
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Lilyyy
James urinates in a bucket in the first episode because he couldn't find the toilets but no one wets themselves.
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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oreoicecrem
erin spits her bonbon out s1 e3, its breif
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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1
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
The girls are interrogated at a police station but never actually arrested.
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LGBTQ+
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10
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
There are several times when James is assumed to be a girl.
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7
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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9
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Yes
5
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theficus
S1
 E6
A lesbian character is outed anonymously and reveals themselves after the fact.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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6
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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40
Is there a mental institution scene?
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Yes
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Mulu
S3 EP6 The girls are waiting in an hospital hallway from 23:19 to 24:19
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Is there menstruation?
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6
Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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5
Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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6
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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17
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Yes
5
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oreoicecrem
orla doesn't officially have autism, but many people think she is. everyone thinks she's a weirdo and she gets made fun of sometimes
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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2
Is there misophonia?
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Yes
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KiaraAlonz
Clare can get very anxious, clear during the exam episode.
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Arthur_V
Someone says ‘please kill me’
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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30
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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oreoicecrem
claire fasts and talks about symptoms of low blood sugar in episode 1
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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6
Are there sudden loud noises?
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7
Is there shakey cam?
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29
Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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just_here_for_the_cake
Plenty of language.
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Anonymous
s1E4 there is a party
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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6
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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17
Does someone miscarry?
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just_here_for_the_cake
Erin has a younger sister who is a baby in the first season, but gets older as the show goes on.
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Rimbaud
No but in the very first episode it is revealed that one of the main characters was supposed to be aborted
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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4
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Rimmybaud
The d word is used
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punkrotte
people mock orla for being "weird" and in the third episode someone mocks her by saying she has "delusional personality disorder"
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Yes
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punkrotte
not specifically, but they do make jokes about the guy in the friend group, like how he's "not a man," gay, feminine, etc. so if you're sensitive to those kind of jokes, bear that in mind
EDIT: nevermind, there is a scene in season 3 episode 2 where they perform as the spice girls, the guy wears a dress and a wig to perform. i cant tell if its supposed to be a joke or not though lol
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Rimbaud
In the very first episode, one of the main characters was misgendered to be a girl as he goes to an all girls school
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mad_melody
No, but in S3E6, Clare (a main lesbian character) finally meets another lesbian, and when they kiss, literally ~30 seconds later Clare is told her dad is in the hospital, who dies offscreen the next scene. The death didn't even have an emotional impact (the dad had practically zero screentime throughout the show, and Clare's grief is only briefly shown), so it just felt like a punishment for Clare, in a way very akin to an immediate 'bury your gays.' This is compounded by the fact that Claire spends nearly all of S3E7 (the show finale!) separate from the friend group, and no other reference is made to LGBTQ+ topics.
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Are there fat jokes?
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KiaraAlonz
Big Mandy is half f*cking Gorilla
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Is there aphobia?
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9
Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Anonymous
RELIGION: The Troubles were a religious conflict between Catholic and Protestant groups. S2E1 particularly has direct verbal conflict between the two groups, but all instances are pretty minor and meant to be played as comedy.
HOMOSEXUALITY: low spoiler version - James is teased throughout the show for being an effeminate, straight man. S1E8 is about an anonymous gay person. Some under-informed comments are made, but not with hatred in mind. Throughout S2, comments are made that are meant to be humorously uninformed and not hateful. High spoiler version: S1E8 is about the gang wanting to run a story about a closeted lesbian classmate in the school newspaper. The school objects on religious grounds, and the gang stands by the story just to stick it to the school. Nothing really hateful is said by either side, but both are rather ignorant. When Clare comes out to Erin by revealing that she wrote the story, Erin initially reacts negatively. They make up by the end of the episode. Season 2 continues with comments that are ignorant but well meaning and generally played for laughs. Most often, any queer person is referred to as “one of Clare’s kind” despite her having never met another queer person.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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onehorseopenslay
only talks about it
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0
just_here_for_the_cake
Boys. By the girls. Especially in 2x01.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Tchotchke
Non graphic but discussed sexual content throughout the show.
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Is there BDSM?
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theficus
S3
A background character carries on a conversation in earshot of the others discussing how another couple likes to tie one another up.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Yes
7
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DragonSavesDogs
S3
 E6
It’s unclear; Clare’s father has an aneurysm and dies but we aren’t told whether it’s a cerebral aneurysm or occurred elsewhere in the circulatory system
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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10
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2
DragonSavesDogs
S3
 E3
A character jokes about having it
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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8
Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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3
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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32
Are there end credit scenes?
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Yes
4
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cass2004
S3E6 has a sad ending
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Vehicular
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Smiliey
Tire Gets deflated S3 E4
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Does a car crash?
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31
Does a plane crash?
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Yes
21
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Xander
S3E4 - James is knocked over by a reversing van and unconscious for part of the episode as a result
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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32
Is there blood/gore?
52 supporters
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1
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theficus
There are occasional instances of news footage intercut into the story where brief moments blood or gore is shown.
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ChrisSunHwa
Not exactly, but there is talk of the Chernobyl accident and several Ukrainian students come to Derry for refuge. This could be triggering for some people.
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Anonymous
The show takes place during The Troubles, which was an armed conflict. There are descriptions and news clips of street occupation, but no overt shooting.
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