The Young Ones
TV Show • 1982
ReportThe Young Ones is a British sitcom, broadcast in Great Britain from 1982 to 1984 in two six-part series. Shown on BBC2, it featured anarchic, offbeat humour which helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers. In 1985, it was shown on MTV, one of the first non-music television shows on the fledgling channel.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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sp00k3t0ast
in fact, Vyvyan (who is implied to have been abused by his mother as a child) refuses to forgive his mother for abusing him.
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Vyvyan is implied to have been abused as a child.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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NakNakNak
Vyvyan's mum grabs his groin when he makes a sexist comment, and it's shown to pain him greatly.
She is stated to have given him two gifts in his lifetime--the first was a book of matches when he was eight weeks old. The second, in his University years, is an empty bottle of vodka--she flips him off and cackles while she yells "Up yours, ugly!" before disappearing for the rest of the series.
She is stated to have given him two gifts in his lifetime--the first was a book of matches when he was eight weeks old. The second, in his University years, is an empty bottle of vodka--she flips him off and cackles while she yells "Up yours, ugly!" before disappearing for the rest of the series.
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weed.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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All of the animals in the show are puppets except for this one elephant in the episode "Bambi", and I can't find anything about the treatment of it on the set, so I assume nothing happened to it.
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Are animals abused?
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S2
E6
Vyv accidentally crushes the hamster with a car in the series finale.
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Does a pet die?
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In the finale, SPG--Vyvyan's hamster--dies by means of sleeping on a car radiator when the vehicle gets into a crash. Vyvyan is visibly upset by this.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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BobBob
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E4
Rick says he cannot go to prison as he'll get r*ped- played for laughs
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Is rape mentioned?
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sp00k3t0ast
Rick worries about going to prison and getting raped. This is a joke.
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Bodily Harm
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Onamura
They hit eachother in the groins an awful lot.
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Is someone burned alive?
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NakNakNak
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E2
Neil mentions the possibility in "Oil," stating that he would have gone to sleep and burned up if Vyvyan hadn't told him the bedroom was on fire. Played for laughs, and no one actually burns.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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BobBob
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Vyv accidentally cuts off his finger
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Is there cannibalism?
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BobBob
S1
E1
a rat is killed by rick and is then promptedly eaten by another rat
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Does someone become unconscious?
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BobBob
people are knocked unconscious repeatedly- always played for laughs and they recover quickly
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Is there decapitation?
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gothiccobweb
S2
E1
Vyvyan sticks his head out of the train window, causing his head to be cut off.
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Is there a hanging?
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A main character tries to hang himself in the first episode
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Children
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Death
Does a major character die?
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GazKing
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E6
A bus falls down from a cliff and explodes, all of the main characters (except the landlord) are on the bus but it is revealed they survived until the bus explodes. If media like the Neil concept album and the Living Doll single are cannon in the show then that means all of the characters somehow survived
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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No r-slur, but Rick sometimes uses the British equivalent of "spaz" or "spazzy".
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Off screen, but in the last episode one protagonist gets a call saying his parents are dead
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Rick tries to OD on laxative pills in "Boring", but only succeeds in soiling his trousers. Nothing is seen, but the look of panic on Rick's face coupled with the fart sounds paints a picture.
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Is there farting?
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"Demolition"-- SPG the hamster has been fed curry for a while and thus looks like a furry balloon. He releases this gas buildup by flying around the room, farting all the way.
"Cash" ends with Vyvyan revealing he was faking a pregnancy to avoid work, and his distended stomach is the result of much pent-up gas--the resulting fart nearly blows up the house.
Rick tries to OD on laxative pills in "Boring", but only succeeds in soiling his trousers with lots of sound effects.
"Cash" ends with Vyvyan revealing he was faking a pregnancy to avoid work, and his distended stomach is the result of much pent-up gas--the resulting fart nearly blows up the house.
Rick tries to OD on laxative pills in "Boring", but only succeeds in soiling his trousers with lots of sound effects.
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Does someone vomit?
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S1E1 "Demolition" - safe
S1E2 "Oil" - NOT safe - Near the end of the episode, Vyvyan gets a pick axe in his head while in the cellar. He collapses and soon after that he v*. Audio and visual.
S1E3 "Boring" - safe BUT in the Goldilocks sequence, she spits lentils out, might be triggering for some.
S1E4 "Bomb" - safe
S1E5 "Interesting" - NOT safe - near the end of the episode a guy comes in and Belowski grabs him and says ‘Between you and me, I think I’m going to be s*’ then sticks his head behind him. No visual, cuts to another scene. There’s audio but done for comedic effect. Next time we see the other guy, he has v* on his back.
S1E6 "Flood" - safe
S2E1 “Bambi” - mostly safe, although a washing machine at the launderette groans and expels water, which may be triggering for some.
S2E2 “Cash” - safe
S2E3 “Nasty” - mostly safe, but reference to being s* after Rik asks Vyvyan why he’s not in his room.
S2E4 “Time” - when Neil starts questioning Rik about him spending the night with the girl, Vyvyan goes into detail about being s*, and a few moments later he v*. Audio and visual. When Rik starts to say “I took off my dungarees”, mute and look away for a few seconds. Also when Rik introduces everyone to Helen he says Vyvyan is being s*, but you don’t see or hear anything.
S2E5 “S***” - NOT safe, but also not what it seems, it’s a cold, lots of snot, very gross.
At the beginning, Vyvyan leans over the side of his bed, but he’s coughing. Might be triggering.
After Mike comes in *without* the fish, Neil projectile snots and does this a few more times, including out of the window which hits a guy and sparks a street riot.
Brian Damage pulls the bin bag off Neil’s head and it looks gross but no more projectile snot.
When Vyvyan introduces himself to Neil’s mum, she says “I think I’m going to be s*”, but she isn’t.
S2E6 “Summer Holiday” - NOT safe. As Rik comes out of the door singing, Vyvyan bends over and v*. No audio, but visual.
S1E2 "Oil" - NOT safe - Near the end of the episode, Vyvyan gets a pick axe in his head while in the cellar. He collapses and soon after that he v*. Audio and visual.
S1E3 "Boring" - safe BUT in the Goldilocks sequence, she spits lentils out, might be triggering for some.
S1E4 "Bomb" - safe
S1E5 "Interesting" - NOT safe - near the end of the episode a guy comes in and Belowski grabs him and says ‘Between you and me, I think I’m going to be s*’ then sticks his head behind him. No visual, cuts to another scene. There’s audio but done for comedic effect. Next time we see the other guy, he has v* on his back.
S1E6 "Flood" - safe
S2E1 “Bambi” - mostly safe, although a washing machine at the launderette groans and expels water, which may be triggering for some.
S2E2 “Cash” - safe
S2E3 “Nasty” - mostly safe, but reference to being s* after Rik asks Vyvyan why he’s not in his room.
S2E4 “Time” - when Neil starts questioning Rik about him spending the night with the girl, Vyvyan goes into detail about being s*, and a few moments later he v*. Audio and visual. When Rik starts to say “I took off my dungarees”, mute and look away for a few seconds. Also when Rik introduces everyone to Helen he says Vyvyan is being s*, but you don’t see or hear anything.
S2E5 “S***” - NOT safe, but also not what it seems, it’s a cold, lots of snot, very gross.
At the beginning, Vyvyan leans over the side of his bed, but he’s coughing. Might be triggering.
After Mike comes in *without* the fish, Neil projectile snots and does this a few more times, including out of the window which hits a guy and sparks a street riot.
Brian Damage pulls the bin bag off Neil’s head and it looks gross but no more projectile snot.
When Vyvyan introduces himself to Neil’s mum, she says “I think I’m going to be s*”, but she isn’t.
S2E6 “Summer Holiday” - NOT safe. As Rik comes out of the door singing, Vyvyan bends over and v*. No audio, but visual.
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Is there audio gore?
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BobBob
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E3
Neil pulls a skewer out of his head and it makes a squelchy sound, grossed me out a bit
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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NakNakNak
In "Demolition," Vyvyan bursts in on Neil sitting on the toilet.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Mister
The show ended 17 years before 9/11.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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sp00k3t0ast
This show hates cops. Hell yeah!
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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sp00k3t0ast
the characters are transphobic for their time period and use derogatory words towards transgender people, but no slurs.
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Medical
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alan001
One of the main characters attempts to commit suicide multiple times.
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FracturedImages
Nobody dies but one of the protagonists attempts suicide twice in the first episode and more of his suicide attempts are often alluded to
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sp00k3t0ast
Rick attempts to overdose on pills, but these turn out to be laxatives. This is a gag and it is not taken seriously. I'm pretty sure there are other bits where characters purposefully injure themselves, but they are not graphic and usually not involving knives or cutting.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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gothiccobweb
S2
E1
Rick says to his friends, “hands up who likes me”. however when nobody puts their hand up, he says he is going to kill himself.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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sp00k3t0ast
The Young Ones is very absurdist and very cartoonish despite being live-action. Events occur that are not possible in real life.
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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sp00k3t0ast
There is a sudden bang. Mike then says "Sorry about the sudden bang, I just fired a gun." There's also plenty of sudden loud noises that happen throughout the series besides this.
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Is there screaming?
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NakNakNak
The first minute of "Sick" is basically all yelling. Vyvyan looks into a mirror and yells at himself to feel better, and Rick and Neil shout at each other through a shared bedroom wall. At one point, Rick shouts as loudly and obnoxiously as possible to "prove" he wasn't shouting before ("I am NOT shouting, matey! THIS is SHOUTING! AHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHH!")
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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alan001
S1
There is some subliminal messaging in the form of flashing images.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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NakNakNak
In "Oil," Mike looks directly to camera until some subtitles appear onscreen, at which point he says "Thank you," and moves on.
In "Sick," Vyvyan talks to camera when he says that being sick has made him lose his "tolerant" approach to communal living.
In "Nasty," Mike chides the guys for not taking a situation with gravitas. He says "This is very serious!", and the housemates (minus Vyvyan) stare intently into camera.
Alexei Sayles' characters, all members of the Balovski family, are fond of giving monologues to the camera at least once an episode.
In "Sick," Vyvyan talks to camera when he says that being sick has made him lose his "tolerant" approach to communal living.
In "Nasty," Mike chides the guys for not taking a situation with gravitas. He says "This is very serious!", and the housemates (minus Vyvyan) stare intently into camera.
Alexei Sayles' characters, all members of the Balovski family, are fond of giving monologues to the camera at least once an episode.
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Mister
S2
E1
A scientist observes the lads, who are, to him, microscopic beings.
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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NakNakNak
Vyvyan pretends to be pregnant to avoid having to get a job. When the "labour" stsrts, it turns out Vyvyan's gut was just full of gas.
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NakNakNak
No one is actually misgendered, but Vyvyan (and once Rick-as-Vyvyan) is known to call the others "girly" if their behaviour seems off to him.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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sp00k3t0ast
Because this is british television they don't say the f-slur (and they don't say the t-slur either) but they basically say all of the other ones.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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sp00k3t0ast
constant use of the s-slur, and other derogatory language.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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NakNakNak
Neil, having come downstairs after a bath in "Nasty," is wearing a dress. He states he found it in Rick's room, and Rick panics, vehemently denying ownership.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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jnoj
In (I believe) season 1, episode 3, a cop wearing sunglasses (which make everything appear darker) tells someone "I thought you was a [n-word]." The intent of the joke is to highlight police's incompetence and doesn't seem to be out of any malice, but it's very unnecessary.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Are there demons or Hell?
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BobBob
S1
E3
two demons are shown torturing a man in Hell, one later gets summoned to the house and attempts to inflict pain on the boys
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Is religion discussed?
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sp00k3t0ast
In episode "Interesting", a woman breaks in and starts talking about religion.
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Sex
Does someone lose their virginity?
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NakNakNak
In "Time," Rick thinks this has happened. However, it turns out a woman broke into the house and fell asleep in his bed without either of them noticing--explicitly nothing actually happens.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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jnoj
Neil is very often yelled at for displaying any sign of vulnerability or emotion as the entire dynamic of the household is extremely abusive, especially towards him.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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BobBob
S2
E6
the boys are kicked out of their house and have to live on the street
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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BobBob
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E1
SPOILERS
at the end of the episode, a plane crashes into the house. it is obvious when this is about to happen, because we see the pilot saying "I hope we don't crash"
at the end of the episode, a plane crashes into the house. it is obvious when this is about to happen, because we see the pilot saying "I hope we don't crash"
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