Dance Moms
TV Show • 2011 • Reality
ReportThis tv show contains 36 potentially triggering events.
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aninterestingusername
Abby’s dog dies in season 2
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catmeres
taxidermied
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Molllieeeeee
Abby’s dog dies
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BrielleBryson
Kalani's dragon dies
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Molllieeeeee
Some of the dads aren’t as involved as they should be
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Emma777
Abby and the moms are shown to gaslight several kids throughout the series.
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
There are definitely some toxic stage mothers
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Abby's verbal tirades are arguably abusive
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Drug abuse is portrayed artistically in musical numbers
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lavenderdame
Some of the moms drink alcohol in the show and Abby makes some offhanded remarks to Christi in reference to her drinking at a competition, but alcohol is not being abused
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Molllieeeeee
In the amber alert dance number and also there’s a solo done by lily called straight escape where she’s in a straight jacket
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
No, but there are multiple dances that involve depicting bullies and violence.
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Lilac
During a performance one of the girls imitates somebody cutting their wrists, there are also jokes about doing this every once in a while
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aninterestingusername
Someone has a broken finger and someone else does a backflip and breaks her foot in season 2. In season 8 someone got her toe caught on some tape and rips her toenail
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Lilac
There is a dance about this.
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
No, but there are a few dances where one or more of the girls mime choking
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aninterestingusername
Children as young as 8 are shown having panic attacks
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aninterestingusername
In season 2 a girl from another studio falls out of an aerial and breaks her ankle, someone has a broken finger and someone else does a backflip and breaks her foot
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Lilac
This is subjective to personal definitions of torture but child labor laws are broken and there are multiple scenes of children being physically abused
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Molllieeeeee
Abby says to the girls before going on stage “what if she fell 15 stories down and died huh” and they also mention falling down stairs in a competition but can’t remember which episode sorry
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Lilac
No, but a story about this happening is told in detail.
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Molllieeeeee
Dnace about this
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onehorseopenslay
yes, there are a few dances where young girls wear revealing costumes and do inappropriate choreography
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Family members' deaths are discussed but not shown on-screen
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Abby Lee Miller's mother dies
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rowantree_
It's mentioned several times that Melissa cheated on her husband by sleeping with her boss
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Lilac
There is an artistic piece about kidnappings but no real-life kidnappings
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
The girls portray clowns in a dance number
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onehorseopenslay
only in a dance
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
The girls portray ghosts in a dance number
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Lilac
Jojo farts in season 6, episode 13.
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dylk
S1
E1
Nothing happens but there is talk about it in season 1 episode 1 when Maddie isn't feeling well.
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
There are dances depicting it
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Abby's battle with cancer is portrayed throughout the series
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Beardifulbeans
Jojo wears a straight jacket in one of the dances
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dylk
S6
E8
JoJo Dances with a fake needle
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dylk
They show Abby's mother in the hospital
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Not in real life, but there are dances where the girls are supposed to depict people suffering from mental illness and they depict acts of violence
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Panic attacks are so frequent on the show that there are compilations on YouTube
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Body image issues are addressed in dance numbers
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Molllieeeeee
Suicide related routines
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
There is a suicide-themed dance
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Depicted in dance routines
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Portrayed in a dance number
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
The mothers discuss their daughters struggling with PTSD after dealing with the verbal abuse they receive
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Beardifulbeans
Maddie starts pulling out her hair because she’s frustrated
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BridgetHoule
Maddie says in the very first episode (i think) that if she didn’t dance, she would kill herself.
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Anonymous
It’s a reality show so people talk to the camera in confessionals
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Lilac
Abby constantly shames girls for their anxiety (especially season 8) and she mocks girls for their eye/ear conditions
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Abby is frequently mocked for her weight
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
There are numerous dances that depict racial stereotypes and have costumes including props like afros.
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onehorseopenslay
in one dance, yes
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WesAndersonRocksMySocks
Many of the dances the young girls do are very mature and arguably sexual in nature. Plenty of skimpy costumes, including burlesque routines and one number where the girls wore flesh-colored outfits to appear nude
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Anonymous
Not a complete nude science but in season 1 they do a dance called fan-tastic and they are portrayed to look nude but they aren’t
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Molllieeeeee
Dance about it
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Anonymous
They do a few dances about being homeless
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Beardifulbeans
Various parking lot scenes where the moms or Abby drive away in anger
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Natalie705
There is a dance about a car crash.
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Lilac
I do not know why people pressed no, there is so much blood and gore. It is fake, but still gory and believable, several times each season
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dylk
No actual gun violence but there is a dance where they dance with fake guns
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