Does the dog die?
468 supporters
Bones
TV Show • 2005 • Action
ReportDr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
This tv show contains 17 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
5 supporters
Yes
15
No
43
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MentallyFine
Temperance’s parents left her at age 15 without saying goodbye, leaving her to asume they were dead.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
35 supporters
Yes
39
No
51
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StaleOrchid
Brennan was abandoned by her parents and older brother in her childhood. Several of the victims were also abandoned children
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Yes
0
No
62
Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
56 supporters
Yes
25
No
60
3
StaleOrchid
Booth, Brennan, and Sweets (all main characters) were abused by their parents. Many instances of child abuse as a backstory or cause of death for the victim of the episode.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
1 supporters
Yes
11
No
59
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csbyron1
S1
E12
Wife of an abuser defends him
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Is someone stalked?
22 supporters
Yes
45
No
58
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StaleOrchid
Several reoccurring serial killers and murders stalk the cast throughout various seasons of the show
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Yes
44
No
61
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liminalstars
It's off screen / in the past / talked about that booth and his brother were physically abused by their father
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Yes
8
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39
Yes
9
No
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Fernfire
S9
E11
SPOILER ALERT: A daughter is hurt by her father and she in turn attacks and kills her friend
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Is someone gaslighted?
33 supporters
Yes
26
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moonbasket
S1
E8
Dr. Brennan's ex is a manipulative asshole. He definitely tries to gaslight Tempe.
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52
Yes
55
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DepressoEspresso2000
Sweets mentions that before he was adopted, he suffered emotional (and possibly physical) abuse with the foster families he was placed with. Bones also suffered emotional abuse in her foster placements as a child and was once even locked in the boot of a car for ‘misbehaving’, which allows her to empathise with others who went through the same thing.
In Season 9 Episode 3 “El Carnicero en el Conche” the victim’s murderer, a teenage boy named Javier Alvarado is slapped quite hard by his mother Maria, the victim’s girlfriend after she learns the truth. Maria is arrested for child abuse and gang related activities.
In Season 9 Episode 3 “El Carnicero en el Conche” the victim’s murderer, a teenage boy named Javier Alvarado is slapped quite hard by his mother Maria, the victim’s girlfriend after she learns the truth. Maria is arrested for child abuse and gang related activities.
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Addiction
Yes
59
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csbyron1
S2
E1
Victim was a heroin addict, and did fentanyl-laced heroin
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Is there addiction?
22 supporters
Yes
52
No
56
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csbyron1
S2
E1
Victim was a heroin addict and we interview others
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
19 supporters
Yes
38
No
60
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csbyron1
S1
E18
There is a scene where two characters are drinking
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Animal
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80
Yes
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101
Yes
58
No
65
4
amespin
In season 1 episode 4, the first scene shows a dead bear laying flat on its back, with a woman examining the contents of its open stomach
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Are animals abused?
210 supporters
Yes
44
No
69
4
S4
E4
The whole episode is about illegal dog fights to death so some details are pretty graphic
Most of the dogs are really nice and wouldn’t be violent if their owners didn’t force them
Most of the dogs are really nice and wouldn’t be violent if their owners didn’t force them
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Yes
58
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3
S4
E4
The whole episode is mainly based on dog fights to death
No graphic scenes but some photos are shown to illustrate the situation
No graphic scenes but some photos are shown to illustrate the situation
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Is there a dead animal?
117 supporters
Yes
47
No
59
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csbyron1
S1
E4
A bear, very first shot
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Is an animal sad?
93 supporters
Yes
9
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56
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csbyron1
S2
E4
Booth threatens a dog with a gun :(
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Yes
1
No
76
Does a cat die?
187 supporters
Yes
35
No
77
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JElle
Season 8 Episode 4 they find the remains of a Tiger that was killed shortly before they arrived.
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Does a pet die?
172 supporters
Yes
16
No
67
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moonbasket
S1
E2
Zack thinks of the beetles as pets and is very sad when some need to be killed for science
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Yes
0
No
115
Are there spiders?
53 supporters
Yes
54
No
66
2
All kinds of bugs actually. A major point of many episodes is when they identify how long someone has been dead for by seeing what stage of life the bugs on it are in.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
3 supporters
Yes
15
No
63
1
SkateLouis
S2
E13
An alligator eats parts of a body and they have to sacrifice it and do a necropsy to access the proof.
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Are there snakes?
17 supporters
Yes
55
No
62
3
Anonymous
Yes, they're used as a torture method in season 3 episode 5 The Mummy In The Maze especially
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Yes
2
No
72
Are there bugs?
39 supporters
Yes
80
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40
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gretchen.roberts
Yes there is bugs in most episodes they are normally seen in with the character Jack
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
7
No
67
Is someone drugged?
33 supporters
Yes
27
No
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0
moonbasket
S1
E21
Off screen
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Is there pedophilia?
135 supporters
Yes
15
No
66
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csbyron1
S1
E3
A mother sleeps with a 15 year old
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Is someone held under water?
26 supporters
Yes
18
No
61
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csbyron1
S1
E18
While Hodgins is scuba diving, the killer holds a knife against the oxygen line to threaten Brennan and Booth. He is unaware of the situation but very much stuck there and threatened with drowning
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Is rape mentioned?
94 supporters
Yes
33
No
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csbyron1
S1
E5
The victim is determined to have been sexually assaulted
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
1 supporters
Yes
7
No
66
1
csbyron1
S1
E3
Not beaten up, but lots of discussion of the bullying the victim went through
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Is someone restrained?
30 supporters
Yes
41
No
45
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csbyron1
S1
E16
Handcuffs
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
46
No
63
0
csbyron1
S1
E14
Jesse tries to kiss Brennan twice and she swerves him uncomfortably both times, Angela however encourages her to hook up with him
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Is someone's mouth covered?
14 supporters
Yes
15
No
42
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csbyron1
S1
E15
Brennan is gagged when in the warehouse
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
57 supporters
Yes
4
No
67
0
Squiid
S8
E5
At the very last few minutes, Booth seemingly makes light of male genital mutilation.
"Ugh, you're not talking about circumcision are you." When Bones says something about a man's choice if I remember correctly.
"Ugh, you're not talking about circumcision are you." When Bones says something about a man's choice if I remember correctly.
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BlakeALeg
S1
E3
Now is a good time to remember that if someone is under the age of consent... they can't consent. Both parties can't be consenting as the other comment tries to state. The sex-tape scene is shown at around 31 minutes in and though they are only making out from what is shown, it can be distressing if this is a trigger for you.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
33 supporters
Yes
27
No
60
0
moonbasket
S1
E1
Hologram of the victim being stabbed and her fingertips cut off
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Are any hands damaged?
19 supporters
Yes
28
No
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csbyron1
S1
E10
One girl is missing a fingernail, it is healed over
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Are there dislocations?
11 supporters
Yes
8
No
46
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SkateLouis
Mentioned multiple shoulder and other body parts dislocated. Sometimes they show a 3d recriation of the wound in the Angelanator to investigate the murder. Usually no blood is shown, but exaggerated sounds and imagery of inside bones cracking are common
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Is there throat mutilation?
40 supporters
Yes
13
No
44
1
SnapperDoc
depicted mostly on cadavers.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
29 supporters
Yes
38
No
61
2
postermug
Any episode related to the Grave Digger. Victims are buried alive and slowly run out of oxygen.
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Is there decapitation?
41 supporters
Yes
21
No
61
1
csbyron1
S1
E3
A dead body's head falls off after decomposing in scene 1, quite graphic
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Is there cannibalism?
37 supporters
Yes
39
No
68
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postermug
Season 3's main bad guy is a cannibal.
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Is someone crushed to death?
32 supporters
Yes
17
No
62
0
csbyron1
S2
E1
Run over by a train
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Is someone choked?
18 supporters
Yes
15
No
61
0
moonbasket
S2
E1
Booth chokes drug dealer
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Is someone burned alive?
46 supporters
Yes
41
No
65
1
csbyron1
S1
E21
Victim was burned after death, we see the charred remains in graphic detail
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Is someone buried alive?
32 supporters
Yes
46
No
69
5
ElizabethZ
There is a long running arc with a killer who burries people alive. There is an entire episode set inside a car that has been buried with it's occupants still alive. The show continues to talk about the trauma caused by the events even after they occur.
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Is there body horror?
1 supporters
Yes
64
No
18
0
Sebastian_Barton
Maybe not specifically body horror but the corpses are often incredibly mutilated, or decomposed to the point of becoming soup.
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Is there amputation?
28 supporters
Yes
26
No
63
0
csbyron1
S1
E11
A finger is cut off offscreen - when Booth receives an envelope that says "BACK OFF," the finger is shown in a box and is analyzed in the lab in the next scene
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Does a head get squashed?
58 supporters
Yes
42
No
61
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csbyron1
S1
E3
Head falls off of body in scene 1, quite graphic
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Yes
1
No
77
Is there a hanging?
32 supporters
Yes
44
No
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0
SkateLouis
S1
E3
A boy is hanged to uncover a homicide pretending is a suicide.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
25 supporters
Yes
20
No
63
0
Fernfire
S9
E11
Not shown on screen but the victim is strangled.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
92 supporters
Yes
14
No
74
0
SkateLouis
Never fully showned, just mentioned or showned through wounds in the bones.
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Does someone become unconscious?
5 supporters
Yes
29
No
52
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csbyron1
S1
E3
Man is punched three times and knocked unconscious, he is fine in the next scene with just a black eye
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Does someone break a bone?
22 supporters
Yes
84
No
30
4
Anonymous
Trigger warning
In almost all the episodes, the bones examined by the doctors are cracked, dented, snapped or fractured in some way
In almost all the episodes, the bones examined by the doctors are cracked, dented, snapped or fractured in some way
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Does someone have a seizure?
10 supporters
Yes
33
No
69
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gretchen.roberts
In one of the cases, Cam is pressured to cut into a head, a powder comes out and causes her to have a seizure
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Are any teeth damaged?
55 supporters
Yes
49
No
58
0
csbyron1
S1
E1
Some teeth are missing from the victim's skull
6 comments | Add comment
Is there finger/toe mutilation?
58 supporters
Yes
49
No
49
1
csbyron1
S1
E1
Discussion and holographic depiction of victim's fingertips being cut off after death
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Is someone tortured?
93 supporters
Yes
46
No
61
0
Fernfire
S9
E11
The victim is strangled but it is only mentioned.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone fall down stairs?
8 supporters
Yes
7
No
68
0
Fernfire
S9
E11
Not shown on screen but father admits to pushing daughter down stairs.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone fall to their death?
11 supporters
Yes
44
No
64
6
Anonymous
SPOILERS
There is a character that Booth and Brennan tried to save but couldn't, and he fell to his death. He deserved it though.
There is a character that Booth and Brennan tried to save but couldn't, and he fell to his death. He deserved it though.
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Is there eye mutilation?
103 supporters
Yes
31
No
69
1
csbyron1
S1
E15
Lots of description of eyes being gouged out
4 comments | Add comment
Is someone stabbed?
16 supporters
Yes
28
No
42
0
moonbasket
S1
E21
Off screen. The victim is killed by being stabbed in the ear with something.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there excessive gore?
104 supporters
Yes
63
No
31
3
Mortilix
It depends on your definition of gore. There are always bodies shown, that could be considered gore. However normally you only see the aftermath, not the actions that result in the bloody mess.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
29 supporters
Yes
16
No
69
0
OneirosDream
S2
A baby is stolen from his mother when she is murdered in a season 2 episode.
3 comments | Add comment
Does a kid die?
63 supporters
Yes
79
No
38
2
DepressoEspresso2000
There are a few episodes where the victims are children under the age of 17
16 comments | Add comment
Is a minor sexualized?
114 supporters
Yes
19
No
64
3
There is a whole episode covering child beauty pageants.
2 comments | Add comment
Creepy Crawly
Yes
2
No
62
Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
11 supporters
Yes
22
No
57
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csbyron1
S1
E18
Not to the death, but one character shows a scar he has from trying to save the victim's life a few years prior
6 comments | Add comment
Does a major character die?
24 supporters
Yes
13
No
68
1
Spoilers, obviously.
Most of the major serial killers die at the end of their arcs.
Brennan's mom is the victim in s1e22, but she wasn't shown before this point.
I believe the first really major character, that wasn't a killer, to die was Vincent Nigel-Murray, s6e22.
Sweets dies in s10e1 and e2 is all about his death and catching his killer
Jared Booth, is killed in s11e1 and is misidentified as his brother, Seeley Booth, one of the most main characters in the show.
Max Keenan, Brennan's father, is killed in s12e7
Most of the major serial killers die at the end of their arcs.
Brennan's mom is the victim in s1e22, but she wasn't shown before this point.
I believe the first really major character, that wasn't a killer, to die was Vincent Nigel-Murray, s6e22.
Sweets dies in s10e1 and e2 is all about his death and catching his killer
Jared Booth, is killed in s11e1 and is misidentified as his brother, Seeley Booth, one of the most main characters in the show.
Max Keenan, Brennan's father, is killed in s12e7
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Yes
2
No
73
Does someone die?
13 supporters
Yes
83
No
0
2
csbyron1
Every episode
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
25 supporters
Yes
10
No
53
0
moonbasket
S1
E21
Hank Luttrell in a wheelchair played by an actor that uses a wheelchair.
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Is the r-slur used?
30 supporters
Yes
23
No
69
2
csbyron1
S1
E3
One person says that it's a word people used to talk about the victim, but he isn't saying it maliciously
5 comments | Add comment
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
16 supporters
Yes
20
No
65
1
liminalstars
Not any main character, but a few victims of the week / episode
4 comments | Add comment
Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
Yes
66
No
15
1
csbyron1
S1
E1
We meet the victim's parents
14 comments | Add comment
Does a parent die?
23 supporters
Yes
67
No
53
0
DepressoEspresso2000
Dr. Brennan’s mother died prior to the show beginning, but her murder investigation is the season 1 finale and season 2 prologue. Later in Season 12 Brennan’s father Max dies in surgery after being mortally wounded defending his grandchildren from Assassins sent to kill them for revenge against Booth.
Booth’s father also dies during the show’s runtime, though this is off screen
Booth’s father also dies during the show’s runtime, though this is off screen
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Yes
11
No
73
Is someone kidnapped?
7 supporters
Yes
51
No
58
1
DepressoEspresso2000
In Season 2 Episode 9, Bones and Hodgins are kidnapped by the Gravedigger and buried alive in a car. They manage to escape by using the car’s airbags to create an explosion to loosen the sediment above them
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Does someone cheat?
22 supporters
Yes
54
No
45
0
csbyron1
S1
E10
The victim was a prostitute and didn't tell her boyfriend, and later a girl thinks that she is after her man for being hired by him
3 comments | Add comment
Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
Yes
30
No
71
3
ElizabethZ
On a few occasions one of the main characters, Booth, sees ghosts, however it is unclear if the ghosts are real or due to a brain injury that is revealed later in the series.
5 comments | Add comment
Are there jump scares?
68 supporters
Yes
27
No
73
0
moonbasket
S3
E8
One right at the end. A guy with a knife jumps out of the lobbyist's closet at him.
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Is there a shower scene?
8 supporters
Yes
23
No
69
0
csbyron1
S1
E9
We see Hodgins and Zack run to the decontamination shower and in the next scene see them in towels, but we don't see them actually in the shower
2 comments | Add comment
Are there natural bodies of water?
2 supporters
Yes
24
No
52
0
csbyron1
S1
E10
A few scenes at the beach
3 comments | Add comment
Are there clowns?
15 supporters
Yes
43
No
67
4
gretchen.roberts
Yes in 'Mummy in the Maze' episode there is a clown with a gun
4 comments | Add comment
Is someone possessed?
14 supporters
Yes
1
No
98
0
PoisonInsect
Season 2 Episode 10
It is alluded to that the killer of the episode was possessed to commit the murder
It is alluded to that the killer of the episode was possessed to commit the murder
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Is trypophobic content shown?
24 supporters
Yes
18
No
53
1
moonbasket
S1
E2
The beetles eating the flesh off the bones and the beetles in the jars is just on the edge of triggering. Did not personally both me, but was close.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
14
No
59
0
csbyron1
S1
E10
Many surgical supplies
4 comments | Add comment
Are there mannequins?
0 supporters
Yes
8
No
65
0
csbyron1
S1
E22
In the background in the bone room for some reason, completely irrelevant
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
113 supporters
Yes
50
No
69
4
gretchen.roberts
One of the cases, Bones makes someone vomit because they swallowed evidence but you can see it coming because fingers go down his throat.
Also a science guy for children comes in and he vomits quite early in the episode
Also a science guy for children comes in and he vomits quite early in the episode
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
25 supporters
Yes
8
No
70
1
liminalstars
In one episode a character says she "messed herself" it's never shown or made fun of
4 comments | Add comment
Is there farting?
11 supporters
Yes
1
No
70
0
moonbasket
S1
E3
Hodgins burps many times, but no farting.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone eaten?
36 supporters
Yes
36
No
44
1
csbyron1
S1
E16
By rats
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
65
Does someone spit?
11 supporters
Yes
26
No
61
0
csbyron1
S2
E3
After Brennan tackles a boy in a hoodie, he spits in the direction of the camera
1 comment | Add comment
Is there audio gore?
1 supporters
Yes
47
No
44
0
moonbasket
S2
E1
Snapping bones. And sizzling flesh
5 comments | Add comment
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
6 supporters
Yes
10
No
70
1
phoenixmartinez
S8
E6
Victim of the week is revealed as a 9/11 victim who rescued other victims from the pentagon building and later died as a result of injuries.
Major characters talk about their experiences on 9/11. Some talk about having lost family in the attacks and some talk about identifying bodies in the aftermath
Major characters talk about their experiences on 9/11. Some talk about having lost family in the attacks and some talk about identifying bodies in the aftermath
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
32 supporters
Yes
102
No
7
7
OneirosDream
Basically, any time Booth gets mad at a suspect the audience is supposed to loathe and want to see hit.
6 comments | Add comment
Is there incarceration?
4 supporters
Yes
24
No
44
0
csbyron1
S1
E22
Talk of Russ being on parole
5 comments | Add comment
LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
49 supporters
Yes
6
No
69
0
groeta
S4
E7
A trans person is not taken seriously in their gender. They use the wrong pronouns and refer to „real women“ and more
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
62
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
39 supporters
Yes
13
No
61
5
StaleOrchid
The episode's victim is trans, time is spent finding her "real" identity, both her chosen and dead name are used
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
73
Yes
2
No
42
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
7 supporters
Yes
6
No
61
0
csbyron1
S1
E10
Dr. Goodman and Hodgins are working on authenticating a 1500-year-old skeleton, and Goodman insists they don't dismantle it
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
20 supporters
Yes
3
No
83
1
Sebastian_Barton
S4
In s4 e5 or e6 Booth tells Sweets that if anyone asks why Zach was out of the facility, he should tell them he took Zach for electro-therapy.
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Are needles/syringes used?
32 supporters
Yes
51
No
55
1
csbyron1
S1
E5
Margaret describes finding someone dead with a needle in their arm
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Is there a mental institution scene?
29 supporters
Yes
43
No
67
2
Anonymous
One of the main characters gets sent to a mental institution, (he's fine though) and there's some scenes in it.
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Is there a hospital scene?
13 supporters
Yes
52
No
54
1
lasanyadetofu
There are some scenes where (usually) secondary characters are in hospital, such as:
- The child of one f Booth's superiors appears in a hospital room.
- One of Russ' stepdaughters is sick and he comes back to see her.
- SPOILER!
Zack Addy ends up in hospital after an accident in the lab, and the team spends time with him in hospital, so there are different scenes that take place in the hospital room.
There maybe other apparitions, but usually these chapters do not take place fully at hospital, and medical interventions are not seen on screen.
- The child of one f Booth's superiors appears in a hospital room.
- One of Russ' stepdaughters is sick and he comes back to see her.
- SPOILER!
Zack Addy ends up in hospital after an accident in the lab, and the team spends time with him in hospital, so there are different scenes that take place in the hospital room.
There maybe other apparitions, but usually these chapters do not take place fully at hospital, and medical interventions are not seen on screen.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
58
Does someone have cancer?
19 supporters
Yes
46
No
58
1
rockyrock
*spoiler* In season 9, Wendell Bray (a squintern) is diagnosed with Ewings-Sarcoma after Dr. Brennan looks at his x-rays after he broke his arm. He, after some debate, decides to go through chemo. He ultimately survives.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
10 supporters
Yes
25
No
49
0
csbyron1
S1
E11
Someone is said to have Oppositional Defiant Disorder and paranoia
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
16
No
71
0
Ricky
Someone cuts her hand to find out if a man has vasovagal syncope
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
64
Is a mentally ill person violent?
34 supporters
Yes
28
No
55
1
PoisonInsect
Throughout the show there are multiple people who can be deemed mentally ill due to their reasonings to do a murder and their overall personality.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
40
0
S8
E9
I'm not sure if this technically fits, but in 'the ghost in the machine' the entire episode is from the perspective of a young murder victim whose soul is trapped in his body, with the characters talking about him in front of him, and even directly to him.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
68
Is there autism specific abuse?
54 supporters
Yes
14
No
74
2
mackthompson5
autistic-coded characters sometimes get playfully picked on for their “quirks” (which are actually traits of autism), but it’s typically out of a place of love and i wouldn’t consider it abuse
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
7
No
70
0
csbyron1
S1
E3
Lots of discussion on reasons the victim may or may not have wanted to kill himself
1 comment | Add comment
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
26 supporters
Yes
1
No
69
0
moonbasket
S1
E17
Angela sees a "ghost" of Dani out in the desert and the camera and filters make things seem unreal for a moment.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
10
No
56
Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
Yes
13
No
59
2
Every time the Angelator is used it emits a high pitched noise that is painful.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
23 supporters
Yes
24
No
62
0
GentleZacharias
Many of the main characters are socially uncomfortable enough to react with panic to occasional extreme social/professional situations, and footage of crime victims and perpetrators often features panic and anxiety reactions.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
72
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
30 supporters
Yes
11
No
68
1
mysterysaturn
S4
E4
Not directly but Hodgins mentions that he'd rather drive off a bridge than talk to Sweets.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
70
Is there body dysmorphia?
28 supporters
Yes
16
No
66
1
SkateLouis
This episode focus on kids beauty contests and mention in details horrible procedures little girls take to reach adult beauty standards. If those topics disturb you, I recommend you skip this one.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
18 supporters
Yes
44
No
57
4
postermug
A serial killer called the Grave Digger buries people alive, you might want to avoid any episodes related to that. s2e9, s4e14, s4e26, s5e21, s6e11, s6e11.
6 comments | Add comment
Does someone have an eating disorder?
42 supporters
Yes
22
No
72
1
SkateLouis
S2
E7
A little girl has a very restricted diet and later on the episode her mother says the girl was the one who wanted to do that in order to win beauty contests.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
35
No
68
1
csbyron1
S2
E1
Death is originally ruled a suicide
7 comments | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
32 supporters
Yes
24
No
54
1
csbyron1
S1
E21
The victim's sister describes his symptoms after returning from war, it isn't named but implied. Lots of soldiers are interviewed about a moment of battle. Booth also is very upset throughout the case.
3 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
8 supporters
Yes
9
No
53
2
csbyron1
S1
E18
Hodgins goes scuba diving multiple times
1 comment | Add comment
Are there sudden loud noises?
43 supporters
Yes
13
No
56
1
csbyron1
S1
E15
Bomb explodes after Booth goes into Brennan's kitchen for a drink
2 comments | Add comment
Is there shakey cam?
48 supporters
Yes
41
No
47
3
SzonKlin
S08e09 is shown almost entirely from the POV of the victim's skull that the team takes to carrying around because some of them believe that the boy's soul is still there. The picture is sometime shakey due to this
11 comments | Add comment
Does a baby cry?
19 supporters
Yes
23
No
63
0
csbyron1
S1
E11
Toddler cries
2 comments | Add comment
Is there screaming?
16 supporters
Yes
22
No
33
0
lasanyadetofu
There are several episodes where people that find the victims scream for a short time, as they are scared. Usually, this just happens at the start of the episodes.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
5
No
65
Are there flashing lights or images?
48 supporters
Yes
70
No
30
2
gonzogm
S3
E5
Yes, both when they are in the thousand dead bodies Halloween attraction and when Brennan and Booth go underground near the end of the episode.
7 comments | Add comment
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
14 supporters
Yes
17
No
55
0
moonbasket
S1
E2
-Angela watches Booth's girlfriend from a distance before walking up to talk to her.
- Booth and Brennan watch Farid from a distance before Brennan calls his name.
- Booth and Brennan watch Farid from a distance before Brennan calls his name.
3 comments | Add comment
Is the fourth wall broken?
10 supporters
Yes
5
No
76
1
S8 Episode 5: the entire cast speaks to a skull of a victim as if he were still alive. The audience sees from the perspective of the skull so it seems the characters are talking to the viewer. Could potentially be triggering
1 comment | Add comment
Pregnancy
Yes
1
No
80
Does someone miscarry?
27 supporters
Yes
1
No
86
2
SzonKlin
No, but in the final episode there's a while where they don't know if the baby inside Angela is still alive
1 comment | Add comment
Are there babies or unborn children?
17 supporters
Yes
20
No
62
0
moonbasket
S1
E1
The bones of the victim's fetus are shown on camera.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there childbirth?
27 supporters
Yes
33
No
68
3
SzonKlin
Several characters give birth during the series, three of those happen more-or-less onscreen. SPOILERS:: the most explicit one is when Bones gives birth in s07e07. Her upperbody is shown throughout as well as her legs and the freshly born baby. Angela gives birth in s06e23 in a hospital, she is shown several time during labor and her upper body is shown during delivery but it is clean. The freshly born baby is shown. Daisy gives birth in s10e08. She is shown several times during labor and her cries can be heard during delivery
4 comments | Add comment
Are there abortions?
18 supporters
Yes
1
No
85
2
Kelseygirl326
There is mention of abortion.
3 comments | Add comment
Does a pregnant person die?
27 supporters
Yes
33
No
61
1
csbyron1
S1
E16
Not onscreen, but Harold describes killing a pregnant person in detail
3 comments | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
48 supporters
Yes
13
No
70
-1
postermug
Booth says f****t. Can't find the episode number but it's at the end of the episode where the victim was a gay guy. The murderer called the victim this.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
41 supporters
Yes
56
No
37
2
SkateLouis
S2
E6
There is a man who has dwarfism and Dr. Brennan is very ableist with him through out the entire episode. It is played as a joke more than a prejudice she needs to get over.
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
89
Yes
3
No
80
Yes
9
No
72
Yes
35
No
72
6
SzonKlin
In s04e07 the victim is a transgender woman who is at first identified as male based on her skeleton. Her wife (who she was married to before she came out or transitioned) refuses to acknowledge her identity. Booth purposefully misgenders her several times while interrogating suspects to manipulate them (either to placate them, or to get a rise out of them). The majority of the main cast as well as the people in the victim's life re supportive.
In s04e23 one of the people assisting on the case "identifies with a subset of an urban Japanese aesthetic known as kei [...] It glorifies androgyny", but the squints spend the episode trying to guess their "real gender". At the end of the episode Angela hugs them and later tells the squints that they are a guy.
In s09e23 the victim is a drag queen and there are several drag queens interviewed during the investigation. There are a few instances that might qualify as misgendering and also where Booth deliberately does t to get a rise out of someone
In s04e23 one of the people assisting on the case "identifies with a subset of an urban Japanese aesthetic known as kei [...] It glorifies androgyny", but the squints spend the episode trying to guess their "real gender". At the end of the episode Angela hugs them and later tells the squints that they are a guy.
In s09e23 the victim is a drag queen and there are several drag queens interviewed during the investigation. There are a few instances that might qualify as misgendering and also where Booth deliberately does t to get a rise out of someone
5 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
35 supporters
Yes
38
No
67
6
GentleZacharias
The episode features transphobic jokes from several of the main characters, and doesn't take much care about the language they use, but overall the episode's tone is very positive - the transphobes in the episode are depicted as criminals and villains. Booth makes one transphobic comment, to which someone responds, "Don't say she 'used to be' a man, that makes you sound ignorant." Thereafter, when the rest of the team is having trouble with the victim's pronouns, Booth asserts firmly, "From now on, 'he' is always 'she'. She was a she when she died, so she deserves the respect due to him or her... okay, person!" While this is not the most "optimal" way to be an ally, Booth unmistakably is one, and the overall tone of the episode attempts to be respectful.
4 comments | Add comment
Are there fat jokes?
55 supporters
Yes
34
No
60
1
liminalstars
Especially the early seasons
5 comments | Add comment
Is there aphobia?
21 supporters
Yes
8
No
67
3
csbyron1
S2
E5
Brennan talks a lot about sex being a biological need
2 comments | Add comment
Is a minority is misrepresented?
25 supporters
Yes
19
No
54
1
csbyron1
S1
E2
Not explicitly, but there is a lot of stereotyping about the Arabic family
7 comments | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
22 supporters
Yes
13
No
72
1
csbyron1
S1
E16
Doesn't die first, but is the first person Brennan accuses despite hardly seeing the face of the suspect
6 comments | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
31 supporters
Yes
25
No
69
4
postermug
Someone says several very Islamophobic things to a Muslim intern. This happens in the first few episodes the intern appears in but stops.
8 comments | Add comment
Race
Yes
0
No
75
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
1 supporters
Yes
12
No
62
1
csbyron1
S1
E8
Dr Brennan hooks up with her former professor
2 comments | Add comment
Religious
Is religion discussed?
13 supporters
Yes
28
No
39
1
StaleOrchid
Booth is a Christian man, and a frequent topic of discussion he has with Bones involves her dismissing and/or criticizing religion while Booth argues for his ideals. Bones is often subtly portrayed as being unreasonable and/or strange for being an atheist. Many other religions are discussed as well with varying degrees of delicacy.
9 comments | Add comment
Are there demons or Hell?
13 supporters
Yes
3
No
42
1
lasanyadetofu
S5
E14
The whole episode talks about hell and its depictions. From a summary of the episode: "Brennan and Booth investigate a set of uniquely disfigured remains allegorizing biblical text. As they acquire more information about the victim, a former patient of Dr. Adam Copeland at Havenhurst Sanitarium, they are confronted with suspects who are hard to characterize as either good or evil." (from the Bones WIki page on this chapter).
1 comment | Add comment
Sex
Are there nude scenes?
53 supporters
Yes
16
No
63
1
JGlasser5
There is semi-frequent implied nudity, but nothing is ever shown
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
78
Yes
2
No
65
Is someone sexually objectified?
47 supporters
Yes
34
No
43
1
StaleOrchid
Usually the women and especially Angela
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
9
No
87
0
Sebastian_Barton
S3
E1
I could be wrong but I’m fairly sure Yanks in the UK ends up with the victim and her boyfriend actually having been related (with the same father), though neither finds out.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
64 supporters
Yes
59
No
48
1
csbyron1
S1
E2
Booth and Tessa are seen getting dressed, presumably just having slept together
5 comments | Add comment
Is there BDSM?
28 supporters
Yes
5
No
48
1
SkateLouis
A couple is known for doing BDSM. They use the BDSM equipment to constrain someone without their consent. No sex imagery is shown, only the equipment and the person tied up. The entire episode portrays BDSM as a morally negative thing and the people who enjoy it as unstable.
1 comment | Add comment
Sexism
Yes
5
No
71
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
19 supporters
Yes
16
No
55
0
SkateLouis
S1
E20
A girl has terminal cancer. The episode is very emotional and bittersweet, as the entire crew tries to help her and make her dreams come true. She doesn't die in the episode, but it is implied she did later.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
70
Does someone have a chronic illness?
1 supporters
Yes
14
No
57
0
csbyron1
S1
E8
Thyroid disorder that caused the victim's bones to become more brittle. Very important part of the case
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
69
Social
Are there fat suits?
32 supporters
Yes
1
No
71
0
S9
E2
There's a scene where characters wear a fat suit for an obstacle course in the tagged episode, but there's no character played by someone wearing one
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
13
No
65
Is existentialism debated?
15 supporters
Yes
8
No
61
0
csbyron1
S1
E2
Religion is briefly discussed
2 comments | Add comment
Are there anti-abortion themes?
32 supporters
Yes
6
No
65
3
csbyron1
S2
E2
The killer felt like the victim not wanting her baby meant she should die
2 comments | Add comment
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
6 supporters
Yes
25
No
70
1
DepressoEspresso2000
Every Christmas episode has Bones rebuffing Santa, and the Season 5 Christmas Special “The Goop on the Girl” had a man dressed as Santa as the victim.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
67
Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
Yes
27
No
62
1
ElizabethZ
Though most episodes end happy, some don't although the series overall has a positive ending.
3 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
10 supporters
Yes
35
No
45
0
csbyron1
S2
E1
First scene, Booth is driving recklessly
3 comments | Add comment
Does a car crash?
20 supporters
Yes
45
No
58
1
csbyron1
S1
E1
Drivers don't watch the road but it's fine
4 comments | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
16 supporters
Yes
30
No
66
2
csbyron1
S1
E14
Offscreen, we see the debris in graphic detail
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
Yes
30
No
66
1
SzonKlin
Several victims and in s02e09 Hodgins is hit by a car but survives
4 comments | Add comment
Violence
Does someone drown?
24 supporters
Yes
37
No
65
0
csbyron1
S1
E19
The episode begins by examining hundreds of bodies recovered from Hurricane Katrina, many of whom drowned
3 comments | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
57 supporters
Yes
91
No
21
4
LJKS
The entire show could be considered blood and gore. Every episode contains a body, usually far along in decomposition
7 comments | Add comment
Is there a nuclear explosion?
9 supporters
Yes
1
No
89
2
Ricky
Not nuclear but many explosions
1 comment | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
1 supporters
Yes
64
No
37
1
csbyron1
S1
E18
The gun is fired at a computer
14 comments | Add comment
The dog is part of an illegal dog fighting ring and his master commanded him to kill someone. Because of this, the dog is put down.