Glee
TV Show • 2009
ReportThis tv show contains 85 potentially triggering events.
| Season | |
| Episode |
Yes
0
No
69
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
1
No
64
Yes
68
No
5
15
Emmy
A bird dies in season 2
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
5
No
57
6
thesensitivenihilist
A cat is kept in a bag in a locker. It is fine.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
54
Yes
44
No
3
7
arii
Yes, a bird but it's not graphic at all.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
0
No
2
Yes
0
No
65
Yes
10
No
2
2
LauraMarcy
S2
E16
Kurts pet bird dies on screen.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
73
Yes
37
No
6
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
63
No
5
7
GretchenRoberts
In S2 E2 7:20-9:20
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
42
No
17
8
Emmy
In season 5 there's one scene where characters panic because there are bedbugs in their furniture.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
1
1
sbtuarry
Technically, Rachel was put up for adoption by her mother Shelby when she was very young, but not like abandoned on the street or anything.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
0
Yes
63
No
1
9
greencow
A lot of the characters on the show frequently gaslight each other. The most significant example is probably Terri’s behaviour.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
46
No
4
2
greencow
Sue is obsessed with Kurt and Blaine’s relationship and basically stalks them
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
1
Yes
12
No
42
4
autisticstasis
Quinn is kicked out of her home for being pregnant at 16. There is a line where Blaine implies his father tried to make him straight with hard/"manly" work. Sue Sylvester constantly emotionally and psychologically abuses the children. She later locks two young people in an elevator and refuses to let them out until they resume their romantic relationship. Not "children" exactly but they were 18/19-ish which is close enough for some people, and worth noting. Someone also attempts to frame someone for abuse of an infant so abuse is discussed in some detail. There's also a handful of shitty parents who are neglectful which kind of falls under abuse.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
81
No
1
11
Tarar
Coach Beiste's husband beats her in Season 3 and some of the girls make jokes about it before they realise that it really did happen. She leaves him but then goes back to him.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
50
No
7
4
Delaney.cohenn
There are many references to Finn's dad having some sort of an addiction. Santana makes a joke in season 2 that Will is addicted to vests.
1 comment | Add comment
7
mad_melody
A recurring character (frequently showing up in the first two seasons) is a weed dealer, and is seen giving paper packets of weed to multiple people, including students.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
77
No
1
7
Teens drink before a performance in one episode
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
0
Yes
7
No
5
0
Anonymous
S1
E12
A man confronts his wife over a fake pregnancy, pushing her back into a corner as he reaches for her fake stomach
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
67
No
2
14
Emmy
1. A boy is cornered by his bully and forcefully kissed, against his will. Later, the bully threatens to kill him if he tells someone. The bully keeps following him until the boy eventually changes schools.
2. A girl says someone snuck into her tent during a camp and rape/assault is implied.
3. A boy admits he was molested by his babysitter when he was young and people make fun of him for it. A classmate later confides in him that she was molested too.
The last two situations are never referenced again, the first is a big plot point in that season and is referenced in later seasons.
2. A girl says someone snuck into her tent during a camp and rape/assault is implied.
3. A boy admits he was molested by his babysitter when he was young and people make fun of him for it. A classmate later confides in him that she was molested too.
The last two situations are never referenced again, the first is a big plot point in that season and is referenced in later seasons.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
4
0
remythetherat
there is a recurring joke that sue makes about being waterboarded
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
3
No
1
0
remythetherat
S4
ryder and kitty both discuss experiences with sexual assault/rape, ryder is met with remarks about how he should be proud of this by two members of the glee club
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
5
No
1
0
CMster
The show opens with a teacher being inappropriate with a student. The teacher becomes a character in the show and his pedophilia is joked about/played for laughs.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
2
0
Anonymous
S1
E9
During a bake sale, the brownies unknowingly have a little weed in them to give people the munchies and buy more
1 comment | Add comment
1
Emgoesmooo
Not beaten up but Kurt is pushed into lockers by his bully Dave Karofsky
2 comments | Add comment
1
CMster
A character discloses that he was SAed by an older woman as a kid and and other male characters laughs about it and treat it like he's lucky
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
50
No
1
3
greencow
Mostly scenes of Will shaving in his bathroom
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Yes
0
No
56
Yes
0
No
28
Yes
0
No
56
Yes
2
No
48
Yes
1
No
2
Yes
0
No
43
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
40
Yes
62
No
8
9
Flor
someone gets a slushie with rock salt thrown to their face and almost loses an eye because of it
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
0
No
21
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
1
No
11
3
mad_melody
In Season 2 one character imagines another character choking on a gumball and almost dying. There are also multiple scenes throughout the show of characters coughing from being sick.
1 comment | Add comment
0
sbtuarry
S3
Quite a few times, the main one I can think of now is in season 3 near the end of the season when Tina fell into the fountain at the mall. She has a whole fever dream sequence where all the characters are swapped appearance wise.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
46
No
6
4
greencow
Rachel’s nose is accidentally broken by Finn during Booty Camp
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
55
7
Anonymous
in the junior prom episode Sue catches Artie spiking the punch bowl, and there's a fake interrogation scene where she threatens to pull teeth, and she almost starts "cleaning them" but is interrupted
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
1
No
40
Yes
5
No
45
7
Anonymous
in the junior prom episode Sue catches Artie spiking the punch bowl, and there's a fake interrogation scene where she threatens to pull teeth, and she almost starts "cleaning them" but is interrupted
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
19
No
2
1
jvne
Sue pushes people down the stairs at least twice but there is no real injury shown or any damage, they just fall.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
52
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
52
Yes
66
No
2
9
Flor
yes but it's unsuccessful
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
6
No
1
0
LauraMarcy
Quinn has a story in season three where she tries to get her daughter she gave up for adoption and implies she was stolen from her, in an attempt to get the child back she tries to frame the other mother of child abuse by planting things in her apartment and calling CPS.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
16
No
0
1
sbtuarry
It's a young adult show set in a high school, almost every student is sexualized, especially the Cheerios.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
79
No
0
14
Emmy
A teenager dies offscreen. There is an episode dedicated to his memory and a few small references in the remainder of the series.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
6
No
0
Yes
8
No
0
1
CMster
S5
E3
Actor Cory Montheith passed away prior to the fifth season of the show. The third episode, The Quarterback, is a tribut to him/the character Finn. It is extremely emotional, many of the character reactions feel more like actor reactions.
Finn is mentioned throughout the rest of the series.
Finn is mentioned throughout the rest of the series.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Yes
20
No
1
1
jvne
Used against two different people with down syndrome but not while they are in the room or directly to them, just while referring to them in a mostly well intended way.
1 comment | Add comment
2
averyanderson2018
Artie is played by Kevin McHale, who is not disabled in real life.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
12
No
2
2
LauraMarcy
it’s found out that a characters dad died of an overdose years before the start of the show, it’s never shown on screen at all but circumstances around the cast member might be triggering.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
67
No
7
15
elizabeth.r.vanscoy
One of the character's father and another one of the character's mother dies, but it is before the show starts and not mentioned that often.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
77
No
0
13
Marley93
Everyone cheats on everyone, basically.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
32
Yes
5
No
0
0
CMster
SPOILERS
Sue's sister Jeanne dies
Finn dies and he's related to three major characters
Sue's sister Jeanne dies
Finn dies and he's related to three major characters
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
14
No
26
4
greencow
Kurt and Blaine are technically kidnapped by Sue and trapped in a fake elevator.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
56
Yes
5
No
3
0
sbtuarry
Only very briefly at store scenes.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
75
No
0
10
Tarar
There's a shot of Finn singing in the shower in Season 1 and Mr Schuester is watching. You only see his face, ankles, and a bit of chest.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
55
No
1
5
averyanderson2018
One of the judges of a competition in S3 is a clown.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
3
No
3
Yes
1
No
49
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
2
No
54
Yes
47
No
2
Yes
1
No
1
Yes
19
No
2
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
112
No
0
37
averyanderson2018
1x02 - Showmance - One scene cuts to Emma in the bathroom. Rachel is trying to make herself v* in a stall but she doesn’t. Mild auditory trigger. Mentions of p* and having b* in the next scene.
1x03 - Acafellas - When the club members are approaching the studio to talk to Dakota Stanley, there is a girl v* in a garbage bin. Audio only. Once she talks there is no more v*.
1x05 - The Rhodes Not Taken - Right after Emma stops Kurt in the hallway, he v*. Audio only. Mention in the following scene.
2x14 - Blame it on the Alcohol - Graphic v* scene at the end of singing Tik Tok. Visual and minor audio. Mentions afterwards.
2x22 - New York - Cuts to Rachel in the bathroom. Sunshine is in a stall v* but no visual and audio just sounds like two coughs. Mentions afterwards but no more v*.
4x06 - Glease - There is a scene that involves Marley forcing herself to throw up. It happens just after Blaine finishes singing Beauty School Drop out. You first see Ryder entering the bathroom looking for her before you ever see her in the bathroom stall.
4x10 - Glee, Actually - There is a scene where Puck is on the phone with Jake. Right after Puck says “That’s how I bagged Teri Hatcher” there’s a scene where a homeless guy v* on the street. You can see a little bit of v* and hear him cough.
6x11 - We Built This Glee Club - Sam v* on Will’s shoes after Sue glitter bombs the piano and then the entire staff of WMHS is shown v* in the staff room.
1x03 - Acafellas - When the club members are approaching the studio to talk to Dakota Stanley, there is a girl v* in a garbage bin. Audio only. Once she talks there is no more v*.
1x05 - The Rhodes Not Taken - Right after Emma stops Kurt in the hallway, he v*. Audio only. Mention in the following scene.
2x14 - Blame it on the Alcohol - Graphic v* scene at the end of singing Tik Tok. Visual and minor audio. Mentions afterwards.
2x22 - New York - Cuts to Rachel in the bathroom. Sunshine is in a stall v* but no visual and audio just sounds like two coughs. Mentions afterwards but no more v*.
4x06 - Glease - There is a scene that involves Marley forcing herself to throw up. It happens just after Blaine finishes singing Beauty School Drop out. You first see Ryder entering the bathroom looking for her before you ever see her in the bathroom stall.
4x10 - Glee, Actually - There is a scene where Puck is on the phone with Jake. Right after Puck says “That’s how I bagged Teri Hatcher” there’s a scene where a homeless guy v* on the street. You can see a little bit of v* and hear him cough.
6x11 - We Built This Glee Club - Sam v* on Will’s shoes after Sue glitter bombs the piano and then the entire staff of WMHS is shown v* in the staff room.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
2
No
27
3
pix3lphoenix
if you can count some of the singing (blurred lines)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
0
No
19
Yes
7
No
2
2
100gecs
there is bisexual cheating
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
6
No
1
1
quinnalec
S2
E5
in the episode “rocky horror glee show,” mike chang tells mr. schue that he can’t play frank n furter because his parents don’t want him to play a t*****
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
3
No
1
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
0
No
47
Yes
71
No
0
5
Anonymous
Kurt's father gets testicular cancer in season 4
2 comments | Add comment
2
Lcmars321
Not exactly a mental institution but mention of a 72hr hold
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
55
No
5
3
Emmathehelper
In season 5 a nurse injects both a sausage and a guys bottom (after he asks her to)
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
72
No
0
7
averyanderson2018
Hospital scene when Quinn gives birth, and hospital scene when Kurt’s dad goes into a coma.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
38
0
KatKat
A character that is implied to be mentally ill bullies Kurt and later on in the show, almost k*lls himself.
2 comments | Add comment
1
CMster
Some of the music sequences are unclear if they're real or not. It can feel really disorienting.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
18
Yes
51
No
1
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
3
No
0
Yes
1
No
0
Yes
77
No
2
8
Anonymous
literally filled with jokes about eating disorders and sue forcing her cheerleaders into unhealthy diets and CONSTANT fatphobia so don't watch this if it bothers you
s4 dance teacher is especially bad
s4 dance teacher is especially bad
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
19
No
0
1
CMster
S3
E14
A prolonged intense scene of a character attempting to hang himself. It's set to an extremely emotional song.
It's very intense and hard to watch, can definitely be triggering.
It's very intense and hard to watch, can definitely be triggering.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
14
No
47
21
Emmy
A character attempts suicide by hanging, mostly on screen, but is saved in time.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
1
No
0
Yes
1
No
0
21
Tarar
Marley suffers from bulimia in Season 4, set off by having an obese parent and another girl secretly taking in her costumes so she thought she was gaining weight. She throws up on-screen, carries laxatives in her purse, and finally passes out while performing in Thanksgiving.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
12
Yes
50
No
4
6
Emmy
There are two episodes where characters are stuck in a fake elevator.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
64
No
2
9
valkyrie_cain
Someone attempts suicide in Season 3 episode On My Way. It is fairly explicit in showing the character hang themselves. The character survives the attempt.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
18
No
0
2
Anonymous
Jane jokes about killing themselves.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
51
No
0
6
mad_melody
Most scenes are shot with handheld video cameras and are thus very shaky. The cameras also frequently spin and pan very quickly to different characters.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
5
mad_melody
Singing performances frequently feature bright flashing/sparking lights.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
7
No
2
Yes
1
No
0
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
18
No
0
Yes
3
No
0
Yes
18
No
0
Yes
3
No
46
6
Anonymous
There is a fake pregnancy because someone wasn't pregnant but thought they were
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
18
No
1
Yes
1
No
44
8
mad_melody
Abortion is discussed in relation to a teen pregnancy, but the teen decides to give birth.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
77
No
0
6
arii
In season 1 Quinn gives birth during Jesse's performance of Bohemian Rhapsody. It cuts back and forth between those two scenes. There is a lot of screaming, however nothing graphic is shown.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
47
Yes
6
No
52
8
Anonymous
None of them die but in the earlier seasons theres homophobia and bullying and in season 5 the beat up a gay dude
4 comments | Add comment
6
Delaney.cohenn
In either season 2 or 3, Puck comes in dressed in a wig and dress which is played for laughs.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
12
No
0
6
mad_melody
Two Jewish characters are bullied, though not because they are Jewish. There is no mention of their heritages, or of Judaism. There is also a plotline around a Jewish teenage girl wanting to get plastic surgery to make her nose smaller, but doesn't go through with it.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
74
No
1
7
mad_melody
Countless people on countless occasions are insulted based on/in relation to their appearances, ethnicities, sexualities, religions, mental health, emotional states, voices, social statuses, economic statuses, intelligence, physical disabilities, and much more. Sue Sylvester (a major character) in particular is a horrible person (relentlessly harassing marginalized and mentally ill people in ways tailored to their personal insecurities and traumas, admitting to killing homeless people for fun, on countless occasions verbally using past bullying she received for having a sister with down syndrome as an excuse for everything she does, etc.), yet frequently has mini redemption arcs where people temporarily believe she's a good person.
5 comments | Add comment
7
averyanderson2018
Bullying to Artie because he is in a wheelchair, and some to Becky because of her down syndrome, but with her Cheerios status it doesn’t happen much.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
85
No
0
8
valkyrie_cain
Some characters repeatedly make fat jokes about other characters. An example is Santana making fat jokes about Finn.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
35
6
csbyron1
Not sure where to comment this, but the entire show has a lot of racism against Asians played for laughs. A LOT.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
58
No
2
5
averyanderson2018
Huge plot point of S2 is Kurt’s bullying from Karofsky. Slurs are used a lot, even outside the context of Kurt being bullied.
3 comments | Add comment
13
Tarar
Kurt, a gay male, is called "Lady" in Season 1 and Unique, a trans woman, is called a number of transphobic words throughout Seasons 4 and 5, and she is harassed in the bathroom by males with her wig snatched. They say "we're all guys here".
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
42
2
greencow
He doesn’t die, but one of the only black characters does suddenly disappear after S1 and is written off as having transferred schools
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
2
0
sbtuarry
Borderline yeah, in season 3 Artie says that Rachel and Blaine need to lose their virginity and 'grow up' to become the best actor they can be or something along those lines.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
12
No
0
4
dorian1234
yes, puck has relationships with multiple older women while he’s a teenager and they don’t ever address in much detail how creepy it is, and none of the women ever face consequences.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
0
Yes
5
No
0
Yes
71
No
1
7
mad_melody
Many times characters make out and the scenes fade to black after the characters agree to have sex. There are many scenes of characters together in bed after having sex. On multiple occasions characters become close to completion (or actually reach completion, on one occasion) from fully clothed sexual activities. Almost every character talks about desiring sex at some point in the show.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
54
12
Invisiblegurl
In season 6 there are a set of twins repeatedly referred to as “the incest twins” but they are not actually incestuous.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
12
0
sbtuarry
Rachel has to get talked out of doing a nude scene for a student film, but no actual scene ever.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
14
No
0
Yes
13
No
0
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
8
No
2
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
16
No
0
0
Anonymous
The character Sam is revealed to be homeless with his family, with it being referred back to throughout the rest of the show
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
1
Yes
85
No
0
15
minecrafttorturer
brittany still believes in santa and the rest of them help to keep it that way
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
45
2
Delaney.cohenn
Bittersweet. One of the main characters dies halfway through the show, and knowing they could've been in the finale is a real gut punch.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
48
Yes
61
No
0
9
Tarar
A girl texts while driving and is hit by a truck at the end of On My Way.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
16
No
0
Yes
72
No
0
9
valkyrie_cain
A car crash occurs in the Season 3 episode On My Way.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
48
Yes
2
No
41
1
Emmathehelper
There is no on screen blood or gore but there are some slight off screen mentions
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
55
No
0
9
valkyrie_cain
In the Season 4 episode Shooting Star, a school shooting situation occurs. It ends up being a false alarm and no one is harmed, but the characters in lock down believe it is real.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
49