Does the dog die?
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Dance Moms
TV Show • 2011 • Reality
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Abby’s dog dies in season 2
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Some of the dads aren’t as involved as they should be
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Abuse
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Abby's verbal tirades are arguably abusive
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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There are definitely some toxic stage mothers
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Abby and the moms are shown to gaslight several kids throughout the series.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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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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Drug abuse is portrayed artistically in musical numbers
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Does a pet die?
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Abby’s dog dies
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Does a dragon die?
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Kalani's dragon dies
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Is there a dead animal?
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taxidermied
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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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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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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No, but there are multiple dances that involve depicting bullies and violence.
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone tortured?
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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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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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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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Is there shaving/cutting?
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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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Is someone buried alive?
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There is a dance about this.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Children as young as 8 are shown having panic attacks
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Does someone break a bone?
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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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Is someone choked?
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No, but there are a few dances where one or more of the girls mime choking
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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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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Does someone fall to their death?
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No, but a story about this happening is told in detail.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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yes, there are a few dances where young girls wear revealing costumes and do inappropriate choreography
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Does a kid die?
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it is talked about that a girl from another studio killed themselves and the girls do a tribute dance for her
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Is an infant abducted?
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Dnace about this
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Death
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Does someone die?
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Family members' deaths are discussed but not shown on-screen
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Disability
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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There are performances where able-bodied dancers portray disabled characters.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Abby Lee Miller's mother dies
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Does someone cheat?
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It's mentioned several times that Melissa cheated on her husband by sleeping with her boss
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Is someone kidnapped?
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There is an artistic piece about kidnappings but no real-life kidnappings
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Is someone possessed?
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only in a dance
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Are there clowns?
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The girls portray clowns in a dance number
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Are there ghosts?
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The girls portray ghosts in a dance number
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Nothing happens but there is talk about it in season 1 episode 1 when Maddie isn't feeling well.
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Is there farting?
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jojo farts in s5 i think
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Does someone spit?
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Jojo farts in season 6, episode 13.
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Law Enforcement
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Loss
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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JoJo Dances with a fake needle
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Jojo wears a straight jacket in one of the dances
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Does someone have cancer?
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Abby's battle with cancer is portrayed throughout the series
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Is there a hospital scene?
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They show Abby's mother in the hospital
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Mental Health
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There is a suicide-themed dance
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Suicide related routines
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Maddie starts pulling out her hair because she’s frustrated
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Portrayed in a dance number
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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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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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Maddie says in the very first episode (i think) that if she didn’t dance, she would kill herself.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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The mothers discuss their daughters struggling with PTSD after dealing with the verbal abuse they receive
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Panic attacks are so frequent on the show that there are compilations on YouTube
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Depicted in dance routines
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Body image issues are addressed in dance numbers
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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yes but it is blurred/bleeped out in post production
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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It’s a reality show so people talk to the camera in confessionals
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Are there fat jokes?
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Abby is frequently mocked for her weight
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Abby constantly shames girls for their anxiety (especially season 8) and she mocks girls for their eye/ear conditions
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Race
Is there blackface?
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There are numerous dances that depict racial stereotypes and have costumes including props like afros.
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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in one dance, yes
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Are there nude scenes?
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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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Is there sexual content?
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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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Sexism
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Dance about it
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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They do a few dances about being homeless
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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There is a dance about a car crash.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Various parking lot scenes where the moms or Abby drive away in anger
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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No actual gun violence but there is a dance where they dance with fake guns
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Is there blood/gore?
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fake blood, yes. used as a prop in multiple dance routines
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