Does the dog die?
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Your Triggers
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681
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S4
Victor mentions finding mutilated animals including dogs when he is telling his story in episode 4. No dogs are shown though.
Kfish148
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
165 supporters
Yes
32
No
79
6
S5
E1
Dustin's snake is left with bullies and gets killed
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
45 supporters
Yes
142
No
13
6
S3
E6
Billy’s mother walked out of the family in order to escape her abusive situation
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
10 supporters
Yes
97
No
9
1
S5
E8
A main character is believed to have died. The idea of her dying when the Upside Down is destroyed was discussed with two characters, although she only truly gets a chance to say goodbye to one. It is later debated whether or not her death was faked, but she will never be in any of their lives ever again.
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Abuse
Yes
531
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18
There's child abuse.
TRIGGER
A child yells a word word you say you say you word you the say you you Uh the th
17
S3E6: a brief memory around minute 49 of a father being verbally abusive and pushing his son out of the way in order to hit his wife. These same memories are shown quickly in the middle of S3E8.
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Yes
425
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S3E6: a brief memory around minute 49. A husband is shown yelling at his wife accusing her of cheating. The wife throws plates, and a child tries to intervene. The husband is verbally abusive toward the wife, pushes the child out of the way, and punches his wife in the face. These same memories are shown quickly in the middle of S3E8.
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Are there abusive parents?
69 supporters
Yes
133
No
9
7
Billeys dad is physically and mentally abusive
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
54 supporters
Yes
99
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16
13
S3
one of the characters like really sucks and sucks even more when he gets possessed but he “sacrifices” himself after one of the main characters exposes his old memories. they kinda like gloss over how awful he was for the whole season and his sister who he abuses for a lot of the show like forgives him for like everything for whatever reason. even for literally trying to kill her boyfriend
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Is someone gaslighted?
43 supporters
Yes
386
No
68
21
Season one a kid's mother keeps being told she is crazy by the community, and in season three, a woman is repeatedly told she's imagining things by the men at her workplace and her boyfriend
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Yes
3
No
88
Yes
153
No
8
9
Billy, Max's brother, abuses her, after being abused by his own father. This is shown in season 2, and then referenced in season 4 quite a bit
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Is someone stalked?
30 supporters
Yes
405
No
12
18
A character happens upon a pool party and takes some voyeuristic photos of other characters at the party.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
29 supporters
Yes
405
No
27
14
Hopper is shown abusing alcohol and has a history of abusing the drug Tuinal (depicted in previous seasons but not this one).
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
24 supporters
Yes
473
No
8
Alcohol abuse.
TRIGGER
A man plays gol say word didn't Uh magic the you word magic didn't word word say
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A boys father is an alcoholic, and it’s hinted at that one of the characters is as well
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Yes
418
No
85
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There's an allusion to Hopper's former drug addiction. S3E6 involves two characters being injected with drugs while captured. They end up vomiting in a bathroom but are ultimately fine.
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Animal Death
Does a cat die?
286 supporters
Yes
966
No
127
31
Just adding that there is a very distressing scene where the cat’s owner is tearfully calling for the cat outside because she can’t find him. It was even worse for me than the actual death scene.
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Yes
834
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27
An animal dies.
TRIGGER
At a cemetery s you word word magic word magic the Uh Uh Uh Uh Uh say Uh the the
4
30 minutes into episode 2, when we view a rat in a cage, mute and look away for 45 seconds
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Does a pet die?
273 supporters
Yes
243
No
24
6
S5
E1
Jake the snake is killed by bullies in front of eddies grave and his blood is used to vandalize it…
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Is there a dead animal?
197 supporters
Yes
532
No
13
There's a dead animal.
TRIGGER
At a cemetery s Uh you Uh didn't you magic magic word you Uh you say you say mag
3
S5
E1
A corn snake is killed off camera. You see part of his body and the people who killed it comment on it. It is during the cemetery scene.
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Does a horse die?
168 supporters
Yes
11
No
564
0
S5
E8
No horses are seen
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Yes
5
No
516
Animal Distress
Are animals abused?
322 supporters
Yes
580
No
98
0
S4
E7
A boy tortures a rabbit and you hear it shrieking. It's pretty distressing. Happens within about the last 15 min of the episode.
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Yes
6
No
110
Yes
13
No
458
Is an animal sad?
156 supporters
Yes
42
No
57
0
S1
Theres an ANGRY cat at some point, if that counts. Nothing actually happens to it, it's just mad and scared
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Are rabbits harmed?
129 supporters
Yes
92
No
19
0
S4
E7
At Season 4 you can see a rabbit being killed by a kid using his telekinesis in a flashback.
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Animal Phobia
Are there spiders?
78 supporters
Yes
662
No
79
7
S4
I did some non-spoiler spider alerts for my friend. I don't have them with me but I'll try to do what I remember. He said they were good.
Ep 1, about 45 min
Tick tock big clock stop looking. If it cracks you're too late
Close to end
Buzz buzz big feast, you have less than two seconds
Ep 2
Kid falls backward into hole? Stop looking. Now!
Ep 4 -- this first one is pretty bad
(I can't remember the time, I'll have to look at my sheet later)
Rabbit? Be ready.
Bathtub problems? Quick, now!
Organ, rocking chair, close your eyes
"What are you doing here"
Ep 5
Sherlock Holmes (1st instance)
That's as far as I got and I can't remember the time stamps but I have them written down.
Afaik ep 3 is spider-free
Ep 1, about 45 min
Tick tock big clock stop looking. If it cracks you're too late
Close to end
Buzz buzz big feast, you have less than two seconds
Ep 2
Kid falls backward into hole? Stop looking. Now!
Ep 4 -- this first one is pretty bad
(I can't remember the time, I'll have to look at my sheet later)
Rabbit? Be ready.
Bathtub problems? Quick, now!
Organ, rocking chair, close your eyes
"What are you doing here"
Ep 5
Sherlock Holmes (1st instance)
That's as far as I got and I can't remember the time stamps but I have them written down.
Afaik ep 3 is spider-free
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Are there bugs?
52 supporters
Yes
558
No
22
3
S4
Many instances of spiders coming out of bathtubs, clocks, etc. A table of rotting food shows flies and bugs.
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Are there snakes?
27 supporters
Yes
124
No
337
3
S5
E1
Around 23:00 - 23:16 minutes, you'll see Dustin open a door to a classroom that has a poster with some snakes and lizards (clearly some sort of biology/science classroom). The camera will then pan directly to a snake and is on screen for about 15 seconds.
Then at 37:35 after Hop is seen putting the plank back, the very next scene cuts to about 4 seconds of black screen. Then a locker is opened with a snake inside of it.
Last one is about 45:02 - 45:06, once Dustin kneels down at Eddie's gravestone. ***Spoiler***
He'll look down to realize that the snake has been decapitated and the blood has been used to graffiti Eddie's resting place.
Then at 37:35 after Hop is seen putting the plank back, the very next scene cuts to about 4 seconds of black screen. Then a locker is opened with a snake inside of it.
Last one is about 45:02 - 45:06, once Dustin kneels down at Eddie's gravestone. ***Spoiler***
He'll look down to realize that the snake has been decapitated and the blood has been used to graffiti Eddie's resting place.
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Are there sharks?
13 supporters
Yes
5
No
79
1
S1
An illustration of one is seen in season 1 and sharks are discussed, but no actual live sharks.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
7 supporters
Yes
1
No
79
0
S5
E8
nope.
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Appendages
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
119 supporters
Yes
26
No
243
3
S5
E3
Mentioned but it’s not a legitimate threat, it’s a facetious comment at a heated moment.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
83 supporters
Yes
355
No
66
15
Steve almost has his fingernail pulled out by a Russian doctor.
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Is there amputation?
54 supporters
Yes
74
No
172
4
S4
A disembodied hand is shown laying in the snow in episode 5
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
44 supporters
Yes
5
No
72
3
S4
although it’s not specifically an achilles tendon injury, one character in prison breaks his ankle on purpose to be able to escape his shackles. this is shown mostly off screen but heard clearly, as well as we see him take off the shackles while manipulating his broken ankle
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Does someone break a bone?
41 supporters
Yes
457
No
10
Someone breaks a bone.
TRIGGER
Some monsters s didn't word magic magic you word didn't the Uh the word the say
Someone breaks a bone.
TRIGGER
A monster is el word Uh word the say say word you word say say word word word th
Someone breaks a bone.
TRIGGER
A boy's eyes tu you Uh you the word magic you didn't say didn't didn't say word
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Eleven breaks a kids arm in season one, because he was bullying Mike and Dustin. It is not that graphic, he just screams Ah! She broke my arm! Let's get out of here!"
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Are any hands damaged?
32 supporters
Yes
33
No
22
3
S5
E6
Character is shot in the hand
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Are there dislocations?
27 supporters
Yes
44
No
11
-1
Season 4 episode 1
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
41 supporters
Yes
121
No
4
Someone is drugged.
TRIGGER
After people ea didn't you magic Uh didn't didn't say the say you you the word d
3
In Season 4, Episode 4, at around 46:50, Joyce and Murray are drugged by the pilot, they pass out and wake up in the plane in the next episode
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Is someone held under water?
40 supporters
Yes
76
No
16
2
S3
E3
in 11's dreamscape, she sees heather in abathtub begging for help. when 11 reaches for her, heather is yanked into the floor and the tub dissapears, showing heather screaming as she sinks to the bottom
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Is someone restrained?
37 supporters
Yes
196
No
1
Someone is restrained.
TRIGGER
A solider is ti you say Uh the didn't magic magic word the word you say the you
Someone is restrained.
TRIGGER
Someone gets th you magic the Uh magic word the magic magic you magic the say di
Someone is restrained.
TRIGGER
A girl is chase word magic didn't Uh Uh you say Uh magic magic Uh didn't you Uh
Someone is restrained.
TRIGGER
A monster is ho word didn't word say you you you Uh Uh say you magic Uh you didn
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Will is restrained a few times in Season 2 in order to prevent the Mind Flayer from causing damage. In Season 3, Steve and Robin are tied back-to-back in chairs while being held captive by the Russians.
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Yes
48
No
30
1
S4
Yes, Eleven gets thrown across a room by Vecna, same as Max.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
26 supporters
Yes
114
No
2
Someone is beaten up by a bully.
TRIGGER
At a cemetery a you the didn't magic the didn't you didn't word didn't the say t
0
S2
E8
There are racist implications to Billy's violence towards Lucas, too.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
19 supporters
Yes
76
No
4
0
S5
SPOILER
in a flashback, will is shown with a tentacle thing over his mouth pumping stuff into him as he struggles
in a flashback, will is shown with a tentacle thing over his mouth pumping stuff into him as he struggles
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Children
Does a kid die?
110 supporters
Yes
585
No
43
24
Barbara is a teenager, who is killed and harvested by the Demogorgan
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Is an infant abducted?
37 supporters
Yes
98
No
11
3
Yes, in Season Two, it is revealed that Jane (Eleven) was abducted as a child.
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Does a baby cry?
25 supporters
Yes
201
No
10
1
S4
Ep4 53 min mark then again at 56 - it's in a nightmare flashback, still very disturbing. (Description next -> a cradle is seen lit on fire with a cry coming from inside)
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Creepy Crawly
Yes
2
No
50
Death
Does a non-human character die?
59 supporters
Yes
87
No
5
1
Multiple monsters are shown to die, the ones i can think of is the first demogorgon in season 1, dart and multiple other demodogs in season 2, in season 3 meat monsters are destroyed, in season 4 a demogorgons head gets chopped off and a demodog gets electrocuted
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Does a major character die?
39 supporters
Yes
76
No
9
4
Major instances of this in all seasons
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Does someone die?
26 supporters
Yes
93
No
1
1
All the time
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
18 supporters
Yes
105
No
7
3
Mike attempts to sacrifice himself to save Dustin but is saved
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
43 supporters
Yes
4
No
136
10
Surprisingly, it’s never used, despite the 1980s setting and themes/undertones of autism-specific abuse.
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
35 supporters
Yes
3
No
47
4
Nope, Gaten Mattarazzo has the same disability as Dustin.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
23 supporters
Yes
3
No
93
0
Steve asks if Robin has OD'd, in return Robin asks the same question in a joking mannor
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Family
Does a parent die?
38 supporters
Yes
477
No
27
A parent dies.
TRIGGER
After defending magic the the the the the you Uh you magic word word Uh word you
17
A character named Bob who's introduced in the second season dies in episode 8 of the same season. He was dating Joyce, so he acted as a pseudo-father for Will and Jonathon. The death is graphically shown on screen.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
38 supporters
Yes
106
No
93
19
Not exactly a toy, and it's the owner of the item that chooses to destroy it, but early in season 3 Will destroys his "Castle Byers" fort. Also, Joyce smashes a porcelain doll in season 4, but it didn't belong to anyone.
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Does a family member die?
31 supporters
Yes
69
No
6
0
S5
Flashbacks to Hopper's daughter's death
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Does someone cheat?
28 supporters
Yes
247
No
62
24
She thinks about it, but backs out.
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Is someone kidnapped?
18 supporters
Yes
306
No
6
Someone is kidnapped.
TRIGGER
After her mom a word didn't magic say say Uh say say magic magic the Uh word say
Someone is kidnapped.
TRIGGER
A girl eats pop you the didn't you the you Uh word Uh you word word didn't didn'
Someone is kidnapped.
TRIGGER
A bunch of kids say magic Uh didn't word magic say word magic the magic the word
Someone is kidnapped.
TRIGGER
The kids that w word you Uh Uh didn't say magic didn't the word word magic the U
Someone is kidnapped.
TRIGGER
A monster carri Uh magic Uh word didn't the magic didn't word Uh word say the wo
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the russian base sequence might be a bit much if you have trouble with kidnapping/being caught and trapped
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
99 supporters
Yes
604
No
27
There are jump scares.
TRIGGER
A boy sings in didn't word you say magic magic word say say the didn't Uh Uh di
There are jump scares.
TRIGGER
Two people walk say you magic Uh you didn't say didn't say word the magic say th
There are jump scares.
TRIGGER
A boy wanders t didn't you didn't didn't Uh the the say Uh the the word Uh didn'
There are jump scares.
TRIGGER
A girl looks th magic magic magic you word say magic Uh say you didn't word didn
There are jump scares.
TRIGGER
The team talks word say you the Uh didn't magic didn't the you you word say the
There are jump scares.
TRIGGER
Barrels of pois magic word the you Uh say didn't word magic Uh didn't didn't you
There are jump scares.
TRIGGER
A man walk thro Uh Uh Uh Uh Uh say Uh magic say magic word word Uh you word didn
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There are MANY jumpscares ALL through the entire series. Sometimes mere scene-transitions are jumpscares simply because the 'from' scene is quiet and the 'to' scene is loud and abrupt.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
42 supporters
Yes
36
No
11
2
S2
E8
At the second to last episode of Season two, Bob Newby, boyfriend to Joyce Byers gets eaten by the demogorgons and since the way the teeth on a demogorgon is, there is a scene where Bob's chest is covered in holes, but you can only see half his chest, but it is still incredibly disturbing for me.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
32 supporters
Yes
305
No
30
6
Season 3 has kids crawling through air vents
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Yes
54
No
10
2
S4
Victor Creel tries to cut his eyeballs out with a razor blade
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Is someone possessed?
21 supporters
Yes
423
No
12
8
This is a major theme in season two and even more in season three.
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Are there clowns?
16 supporters
Yes
202
No
248
19
season 3, at the fourth of july fair
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Is there a shower scene?
13 supporters
Yes
336
No
80
8
In season 1, Nancy is in the shower after her crawl though a slimy space; nothing violent happens. In season 2, three teenage boys are showering after basketball practice; there is verbal bullying but no violence.
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Are there ghosts?
9 supporters
Yes
29
No
316
5
No ghosts of the dead, but a kid is possessed by another living entity in season 2
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Are there mannequins?
6 supporters
Yes
56
No
7
0
Yes, but only as decorations at a shopping mall, not used for any creepy purposes
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Are there natural bodies of water?
4 supporters
Yes
58
No
5
0
S1
A quarry and a lake are shown
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
182 supporters
Yes
1033
No
151
Someone vomits.
TRIGGER
A girl wakes up Uh the word magic Uh Uh magic didn't say say the didn't you didn
Someone vomits.
TRIGGER
A girl is glued magic say magic you say say didn't say say didn't the word say y
Someone vomits.
TRIGGER
A girl is take magic word Uh word the you say you you magic didn't the Uh didn'
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season 1
ep3: (:07)barbra is sick
ep8: (2:49-2:55) hopper tortured in lab
season 2
ep2: (0:16-21) eleven is sick
ep2: (41:21-41:27) someone runs onto driveway
ep5: (9:31-9:45) hopper is sick in upside down
ep6: (13:10-13:19) hopper is sick in bucket
season 3
ep4: (5:54-6:07) hopper in bucket
ep4: (45:10) billy in sauna; looks like water
ep7: (25:00-25:08) robin and steve after being drugged (flushes at 28:26-28:28)
season 4
ep1: (32:55-33:15)girl being sick on the toilet (just audio)
ep2: (9:54-10:04)skip twice after "benny's burger" (VERY GRAPHIC)
ep3: (:07)barbra is sick
ep8: (2:49-2:55) hopper tortured in lab
season 2
ep2: (0:16-21) eleven is sick
ep2: (41:21-41:27) someone runs onto driveway
ep5: (9:31-9:45) hopper is sick in upside down
ep6: (13:10-13:19) hopper is sick in bucket
season 3
ep4: (5:54-6:07) hopper in bucket
ep4: (45:10) billy in sauna; looks like water
ep7: (25:00-25:08) robin and steve after being drugged (flushes at 28:26-28:28)
season 4
ep1: (32:55-33:15)girl being sick on the toilet (just audio)
ep2: (9:54-10:04)skip twice after "benny's burger" (VERY GRAPHIC)
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Is there audio gore?
73 supporters
Yes
285
No
6
5
spoiler:
in season 4 when the vecna kills people, you can hear their bones breaking. you can also see it. in my opinion, it’s not that bad because it looks and sounds fake but it could be triggering to some. also, there is a lot of squishing sounds bc of the demogorgon things in the upside down. but that’s it for season 4
in season 4 when the vecna kills people, you can hear their bones breaking. you can also see it. in my opinion, it’s not that bad because it looks and sounds fake but it could be triggering to some. also, there is a lot of squishing sounds bc of the demogorgon things in the upside down. but that’s it for season 4
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Is there defecation?
62 supporters
Yes
0
No
51
0
no..?
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Is someone eaten?
51 supporters
Yes
71
No
12
7
Demogorgon does this a lot
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
33 supporters
Yes
231
No
39
13
In season one, Eleven uses her mind powers to make a boy wet himself.
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Is there farting?
20 supporters
Yes
54
No
10
0
S1
i cant remember any more scenes but i know lucus makes farting noise when jonathen walks in when they are playing dnd its in the last episode of season one
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Does someone spit?
17 supporters
Yes
402
No
19
10
At the end of season 1 in the basement Lucas sings a tune about how Dustin farted
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Head
Is there eye mutilation?
151 supporters
Yes
334
No
138
There's eye mutilation.
TRIGGER
During a fight say magic didn't Uh you Uh didn't didn't Uh the word you Uh didn
There's eye mutilation.
TRIGGER
Two monsters co magic you Uh say magic the say say Uh word you you didn't the ma
There's eye mutilation.
TRIGGER
A boy is tackle say the magic you say didn't magic the you magic the say word th
There's eye mutilation.
TRIGGER
A monster raise Uh say Uh word didn't word you the didn't the magic word the say
There's eye mutilation.
TRIGGER
Two people talk didn't Uh the magic the Uh didn't say word the magic say you Uh
There's eye mutilation.
TRIGGER
Eleven asks Wil Uh the Uh didn't you you Uh Uh didn't Uh you word say word didn'
There's eye mutilation.
TRIGGER
A monster talks you word Uh the you you Uh didn't didn't Uh say magic you Uh the
There's eye mutilation.
TRIGGER
A bunch of kids you Uh word Uh magic you word word the the the the say didn't di
There's eye mutilation.
TRIGGER
A rock is absor say word Uh word word Uh didn't Uh you say didn't the say the Uh
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Steve is beaten and sustains some facial injuries. He develops a nasty black eye, and his eyeballs end up pretty bloodshot. His eyes are never stabbed, etc.
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Are any teeth damaged?
81 supporters
Yes
160
No
208
15
broken teeth are seen when a villain's face is bashed in
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Does a head get squashed?
80 supporters
Yes
130
No
226
Heads get squashed.
TRIGGER
A man and boy w word word word didn't you the you didn't you the say say you Uh
20
Brains are exploded. The head(s) remains in tact.
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Is there decapitation?
64 supporters
Yes
48
No
17
There's decapitation.
TRIGGER
Someone with an word you the you didn't say word word Uh didn't the magic magic
1
S5
E8
SPOILER:
The crew brings Vecna down during the big fight. He's fatally injured and falls to the ground while sputtering blood. Joyce picks up an axe and there's a series of flashbacks. The decapitation is shown, as is the aftermath. The flashbacks make the scene powerful, but the only context you'll miss is that they successfully killed Vecna.
The crew brings Vecna down during the big fight. He's fatally injured and falls to the ground while sputtering blood. Joyce picks up an axe and there's a series of flashbacks. The decapitation is shown, as is the aftermath. The flashbacks make the scene powerful, but the only context you'll miss is that they successfully killed Vecna.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
Yes
2
No
96
1
Wrong decade
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
51 supporters
Yes
144
No
85
34
While the show does not focus on it, there are some scenes where the chief of police is misusing its power and it is not clearly framed in a critical way and maybe even more for laughs.
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Yes
35
No
8
LGBTQ+
Yes
1
No
52
Are there transphobic slurs?
77 supporters
Yes
4
No
63
1
not transphobic but Billy’s dad calls him the f slur
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Yes
0
No
61
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
35 supporters
Yes
16
No
42
3
S5
will sees robin and Vickie but he doesn’t tell anyone else
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Is there bisexual cheating?
31 supporters
Yes
3
No
62
0
While the show fails to properly address it, a significantly large chunk of viewers consider one character as having emotionally cheated on his girlfriend multiple times with his male best friend. If this has happened to you, then you may very well pick up on the same subtext and be triggered by it.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
5 supporters
Yes
5
No
43
1
S5
E8
A custom miniature made for Holly is taken from her when her necklace breaks. It's never shown being retrieved, so it's implied that it's lost for good. It's not priceless monetarily, but the paint job was custom-made by Mike, so it can never truly be replaced.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
53 supporters
Yes
465
No
15
Needles/syringes are used.
TRIGGER
After people ea the say word Uh Uh word say say Uh say the word didn't say say U
19
Near the end of season 2 a needle is jammed into the neck of a character in self defense. The character is knocked out but does not die.
27 comments | Add comment
Is there a mental institution scene?
42 supporters
Yes
342
No
39
17
Not a mental institution, but a schizophrenic person is taken by ambulance and hospitalized
13 comments | Add comment
Is electro-therapy used?
35 supporters
Yes
369
No
38
21
El’s mother is shown to have been tortured with electro-therapy to the point of being permanently catatonic
8 comments | Add comment
Does someone have cancer?
26 supporters
Yes
336
No
70
21
I would add to the other comment that in the final episode, a child is shown, via flashbacks, in the final stages of cancer and going into cardiac arrest in the hospital.
16 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Is there a hospital scene?
22 supporters
Yes
429
No
4
The first scene word the magic you magic word magic you word magic the didn't ma
"Hospital scenes" trope used 5+ times.
There's a hospital scene.
TRIGGER
Two characters you didn't the word magic you the magic word word magic word you
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10
multiple times throughout the three seasons
12 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
47
Mental Health
Is there autism specific abuse?
69 supporters
Yes
30
No
207
18
You could somewhat argue that characters like Will are bullied for autism-related traits despite not being canonically on the spectrum but other than that not really
5 comments | Add comment
Is autism misrepresented?
53 supporters
Yes
0
No
58
6
It’s not confirmed or stated, but Robin is heavily implied to be autistic (she struggles with social cues, has “no filter”, is sensitive to loud noises and uncomfortable clothing, and took longer to learn to walk than average as a child), and I consider her to be good representation. It’s rare to see an adult autistic woman who’s funny, confident, and capable in a TV show.
3 comments | Add comment
Does someone have an eating disorder?
50 supporters
Yes
272
No
176
25
Season 4:
Episode 1- 33 minutes Chrissy vomits before being ridiculed by her "mother" for her weight, implied ED
Episode 1- 33 minutes Chrissy vomits before being ridiculed by her "mother" for her weight, implied ED
21 comments | Add comment
Is there misophonia?
50 supporters
Yes
160
No
16
11
There is some disgusting chewing in season 4 episode 6.
16 comments | Add comment
Is a mentally ill person violent?
44 supporters
Yes
92
No
95
7
in season 4 ep 4 nancy and robyn go to a mental hospital and you see many mentally ill patients but they are never violent
4 comments | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
36 supporters
Yes
254
No
2
8
Hopper, a vet, suffers from PTSD. Will and Eleven also seem to suffer from it after their involvement with the upside-down. In S4, the main villain, Vecna, uses teenagers’ trauma to kill them and open gates— primarily seen with Max.
12 comments | Add comment
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
35 supporters
Yes
63
No
2
1
S3
major plot in the entire series, any charecters travel too and from the upside down
1 comment | Add comment
Is there body dysmorphia?
34 supporters
Yes
150
No
163
3
in the first episode of season 4 a girl has flashbacks from her mom saying negative things about her body. it is heavily implied that she has bullimia even tho it’s never said. there’s not any body dysmorphia after episode 1.
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
54
Yes
20
No
15
0
S5
E6
someone says “disassociate” while referring to dissociation. They are not the same thing. DisASSociate is to stop associating with someone or something. To Dissociate is to zone out in a heavy, disordered way where you become detached from reality, identity, feelings, thoughts and/or your body. Everyone dissociates to some degree, aka zoning out, but it becomes a disorder when it impacts your ability to live life.
3 comments | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
27 supporters
Yes
325
No
11
17
Eleven appears to be having anxiety attacks several times after she rips off her blindfold
7 comments | Add comment
Is there ABA therapy?
24 supporters
Yes
0
No
39
0
There is ABBA therapy though, which consists in Karen coping by blasting Fernando while enjoying a bath with candles and foam.. (my appologies this is a dumb joke)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
45
Does someone have a mental illness?
14 supporters
Yes
60
No
4
4
S2
eleven's mother
7 comments | Add comment
Does someone have a meltdown?
12 supporters
Yes
20
No
22
0
S2
E4
idk if this counts but eleven has a fight with hopper after the intro. they both shout at eachother and it ends with her destroying the cabin and screaming and crying
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Natural Disasters
Are there tsunamis?
9 supporters
Yes
0
No
27
0
There's earthquakes though
1 comment | Add comment
Neck
Is there a hanging?
68 supporters
Yes
45
No
283
4
No actual hanging, but one of the journalists teases Nancy and Johnathan by miming hanging himself by his tie in Season 3, Episode 4
12 comments | Add comment
Is there throat mutilation?
57 supporters
Yes
61
No
9
4
S5
BIG BIG SPOILER!!!!
Nancys mother is attacked by a demagorgan and it mutilates her throat.
Nancys mother is attacked by a demagorgan and it mutilates her throat.
6 comments | Add comment
Does someone struggle to breathe?
46 supporters
Yes
305
No
5
Someone struggles to breathe.
TRIGGER
A monster that Uh word the you Uh you say you didn't magic word word say Uh you
9
Billy holds Eleven into the air by the neck in S3E6, which causes her to choke
16 comments | Add comment
Does someone asphyxiate?
44 supporters
Yes
11
No
47
2
There is some choking but people don’t die (very close)
3 comments | Add comment
Is someone choked?
32 supporters
Yes
79
No
3
Somebody is choked.
TRIGGER
After a fight b the Uh the the the word magic Uh you Uh Uh didn't magic word the
Somebody is choked.
TRIGGER
Someone breaks Uh word the say say you Uh word the the you say the didn't say s
Somebody is choked.
TRIGGER
A person's eye say you you the say the magic magic the didn't magic word the wo
Somebody is choked.
TRIGGER
Some kids chase magic didn't say say say you you word word word magic Uh magic s
Somebody is choked.
TRIGGER
A man walks thr Uh magic say say Uh didn't word say the word didn't word word Uh
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2
S3
E4
Billy chokes eleven and vice versa in The Sauna Test
5 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Are there flashing lights or images?
63 supporters
Yes
503
No
30
"Flashing lights or images" trope used 5+ times.
"Flashing lights or images" trope used 5+ times.
"Flashing lights or images" trope used 5+ times.
There's flashing lights or images.
TRIGGER
Two soldiers wa didn't you magic you magic the word word magic didn't magic you
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40
literally almost every episode
20 comments | Add comment
Is there shakey cam?
62 supporters
Yes
228
No
85
11
in episode 2 billy has a fairly lengthy scene with shakey cam
6 comments | Add comment
Are there sudden loud noises?
53 supporters
Yes
61
No
0
2
ALL the time
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
68
No
0
Are there underwater scenes?
14 supporters
Yes
46
No
2
0
S1
E2
Brief part where some of the characters are pushed in to and playing in a pool at a party
2 comments | Add comment
Is there obscene language/gestures?
13 supporters
Yes
63
No
2
1
A lot of “ass/asshole” and “shit/bullshit/dipshit”, and a couple of uses of b***h and f**k A homophobic slur is also used a few times.
3 comments | Add comment
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
22 supporters
Yes
62
No
2
1
S1
E3
Images are taken of a teenage girl changing, without her consent.
2 comments | Add comment
Is the fourth wall broken?
14 supporters
Yes
8
No
169
0
S5
E3
When lucas, mike and nancy are in the hospital after the wheeler parents are attacked, lucas is talking to mike and nancy about the dates season 5 takes place. the dates that the final season takes place is the same dates as the series starts. lucas points this out and looks at the camera and says ‘i don’t know about you, but i don’t believe in coincidences. not anymore’
1 comment | Add comment
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
49 supporters
Yes
13
No
132
3
S4
No but it gets mentioned in Episode 5
6 comments | Add comment
Does someone miscarry?
40 supporters
Yes
45
No
230
1
It is thought that someone miscarried however that was not the case
7 comments | Add comment
Is there childbirth?
38 supporters
Yes
201
No
79
2
S4
At the very end of the show, we see childbirth from the point of view of the child. It is not graphic and is partly obscured, but the sounds of labor can be heard.
6 comments | Add comment
Does a pregnant person die?
35 supporters
Yes
11
No
250
A pregnant person dies.
TRIGGER
A girl is chase the word the magic didn't Uh you word Uh magic didn't you the th
11
She doesn't die, but does end up being permanently catatonic sometime after she has had her baby.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there abortions?
26 supporters
Yes
2
No
258
0
^ adding onto opencastings comment, i believe the baby was born but the doctors claimed she “wasn’t breathing”, which is false as she was crying so no i don’t think there was any abortion talk
2 comments | Add comment
Are there babies or unborn children?
22 supporters
Yes
173
No
12
9
In season 4 episode 4, there are two brief but gruesome scenes of a baby on fire in a crib.
5 comments | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
66 supporters
Yes
277
No
29
12
The f slur is used twice- once in S1E1 when a character is quoting someone else, and once in S2 when a boy's father is berating him.
18 comments | Add comment
Are there fat jokes?
61 supporters
Yes
321
No
38
26
Episode 1 Season 3 around 19 minutes, the lifeguard yells and calls a kid lard ass
21 comments | Add comment
Yes
123
No
172
39
sorta, initially eleven is thought to be a boy by several people. it's never malicious though
10 comments | Add comment
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
56 supporters
Yes
5
No
165
2
S3
E3
Not a man in a dress but there’s a joke where a guy mistaken for a Soviet spy is actually a feminine jazzercise instructor with a pink shirt under his coat. It felt adjacent but not particularly egregious.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
53 supporters
Yes
211
No
36
15
there are multiple uses of the ableist slur "ps*cho", and ableism towards a woman alleged to be schizophrenic
8 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
43 supporters
Yes
38
No
297
44
Even though she's not confirmed gay, Barb was a huge lesbian. Rest in peace queen. You're missed.
15 comments | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
39 supporters
Yes
334
No
20
39
billy's dad calls him a f*ggot. there are also racist implications in his actions; he tries to keep max away from lucas, and no reason is given other than the implication that it's because he's dark-skinned. (props to the brothers for making a realistic central indiana from the 80's, i guess.) not to mention that in the very first episode, the bullies make fun of lucas's race by calling him midnight.
16 comments | Add comment
Is there Aphobia?
25 supporters
Yes
2
No
37
0
Will, while not aromantic, does face aphobia for his lack of open interest in relationships.
1 comment | Add comment
Race
Yes
0
No
51
Is a minority misrepresented?
40 supporters
Yes
9
No
37
2
Most Russians in the show are portrayed as evil, but not all of them.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there usages of the n-word?
39 supporters
Yes
10
No
197
37
^ Lucas is also called midnight.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
27
No
159
20
There isn't antisemitism, but a character who is experimented on has a shaved head and a tattoo of a number on her arm, which are very likely allusions to Josef Mengele's experiments during the Holocaust.
8 comments | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
27 supporters
Yes
5
No
298
29
they better not hurt my boy Lucas
10 comments | Add comment
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
46 supporters
Yes
80
No
25
11
Karen Wheeler and other women who look to be late 30s(maybe early 40s) have an interest towards Billy, who I believe is 19, in season 3. Billy asks out Karen for "swimming lessons" which she at first accepts but then changes her mind. Sure he is above 18 but still a pretty big maturity difference.
4 comments | Add comment
Religious
Are there demons or Hell?
15 supporters
Yes
34
No
12
2
Kinda? The demogorgons/demodogs/demobats could be interpreted as demons, and the upside down is basically cold hell.
2 comments | Add comment
Is religion discussed?
15 supporters
Yes
24
No
20
3
S4
Jason goes on a tangent about Christianity
5 comments | Add comment
Self Harm
Yes
92
No
322
17
Fake suicide - although the characters believe somebody killed themself, the audience knows it was murder
21 comments | Add comment
Yes
69
No
36
2
In season 4 a character described how he tried to gouge out his eyes and that he wanted to die but was stopped
15 comments | Add comment
Yes
299
No
259
27
A few characters in season one cut, but not for self harm. They are using blood to attract a creature
12 comments | Add comment
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
40 supporters
Yes
192
No
26
17
In season 2 episode 2, while trick or treating, Lucas says “If I get another 3 Musketeers (chocolate bar) I’m gonna kill myself” though it is clearly in a joking manner.
17 comments | Add comment
Sex
Is a minor sexualized?
139 supporters
Yes
13
No
79
5
Dr. Brenner doesn't sexualize the children at the lab per se, but some of the language that he uses could be pretty unsettling for someone who's experienced that.
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
69
Yes
47
No
373
39
I don't understand the 'yes' votes here.
8 comments | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
80 supporters
Yes
297
No
50
12
Kind of. There is kissing and undressing down to a girl's bra. Nothing further is shown, but implied.
14 comments | Add comment
Are there nude scenes?
67 supporters
Yes
11
No
77
0
Billy and Steve in the showers in S2. Though not much is shown, you can tell that they are naked
4 comments | Add comment
Is someone sexually objectified?
54 supporters
Yes
70
No
15
2
Many women come to the pool just to see Billy in a rather stalkerish way
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
39
Does someone lose their virginity?
21 supporters
Yes
49
No
11
1
Nancy, season 1
6 comments | Add comment
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
25 supporters
Yes
109
No
21
13
Billy had toxic masculinity forced on him after his parents divorced and his father verbally abuses him for crying. Jonathan details a time where he cried after his dad shot a rabbit, it’s not confirmed if he was ridiculed over it but it’s an easy inference to make and there’s talk of the dad being insensitive to Will’s emotions. El is ridiculed for crying but she's a girl and eventually kicks the ass of the main bully anyways.
4 comments | Add comment
Sexual Assault
Yes
19
No
130
2
S5
Yeah, the imagery of the bad guy with children is extremely disturbing. To be clear, in the context of the show, this is portrayed as terrifying and traumatic, but it is NOT portrayed as sexual. However, as a survivor, it triggered me enough for me to realize I probably should go back and get a touch up on my EMDR.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
113
No
258
18
Nearly. A young man (teenaged) is ogled by a group of adult women repeatedly and one almost sleeps with him, which is statutory rape whether or not he initiated it.
22 comments | Add comment
Yes
34
No
88
Yes
1
No
89
Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
70 supporters
Yes
2
No
76
1
SA is not joked about.
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
42 supporters
Yes
4
No
53
3
No dementia, but I don't know if this could be triggering: In season 2 a woman (who does not have dementia) is stuck for years in a continuous cycle of flashbacks where she sees the same memories repeated. She only says the same few words over and over. Her flashback cycle is shown in S2 Ep 5 and again at the very start of episode 7, but it's an important part of the plot
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone terminally ill?
31 supporters
Yes
52
No
6
3
Hopper's daughter, shown in flashbacks, died from terminal cancer
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
64
Does someone have a chronic illness?
18 supporters
Yes
19
No
37
-2
Dustin has an illness that causes him to not have collarbones and certain teeth
1 comment | Add comment
Social
Yes
2
No
47
Are there fat suits?
37 supporters
Yes
34
No
15
-1
S4
Yes but only when Hopper looses weight after being in Russian prison and they do a flashback.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
37
Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
Yes
116
No
25
6
Eleven more or less becomes this after escaping Hawkins Labs, it’s not until Season 2 where she finds somewhat stable housing in the form of Hopper
5 comments | Add comment
Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
86 supporters
Yes
209
No
71
7
the ending had me crying even in the parts that were supposed to make you feel acceptance over what had happened so if you really cant deal with sad endings(i usually never cry at movies/tv) then id say it isnt for you
21 comments | Add comment
Are there end credit scenes?
76 supporters
Yes
13
No
32
1
S5
No post-credit scenes for the finale.
4 comments | Add comment
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
9 supporters
Yes
71
No
215
28
S2:E1
Hopper claims a story is fake by comparing it to the story about 'the fat man with the beard who climbs down chimneys'
Hopper claims a story is fake by comparing it to the story about 'the fat man with the beard who climbs down chimneys'
6 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
31 supporters
Yes
103
No
150
18
Technically. Eleven uses her powers to lift a parked vehicle into the air and throw it at several enemies.
10 comments | Add comment
Does a car crash?
30 supporters
Yes
383
No
34
A car crashes.
TRIGGER
The gang is fol the magic word word Uh magic didn't word magic say say magic say
10
S4E2 there is a theme of a car accident throughout. You see a memory of the aftermath of a horrible car accident at the very end, while the group tells Eddie about Hawkins. Fred starts walking towards a car that is on fire. Very triggering for people with car accident trauma/ aversion
17 comments | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
21 supporters
Yes
145
No
180
10
4 season episode 5
13 comments | Add comment
Does a car honk or tires screech?
12 supporters
Yes
140
No
1
0
S2
Tires screech all the time
3 comments | Add comment
Violence
Is there blood/gore?
85 supporters
Yes
469
No
1
"Blood or gore" trope used 5+ times.
28
The main monster of season 3 is almost literally made out of gore. Also, several rats and humans explode. It’s extremely nasty
25 comments | Add comment
Does someone drown?
46 supporters
Yes
224
No
89
No drownings.
TRIGGER
A monster rampa the Uh word the the magic didn't magic word magic magic you the
8
S3E3: A character is shown gasping for air after her head shoots up from a bathtub. S3E6: The character in the bathtub is shown again. A character is thrown back onto the beach by a wave and coughs out water.
11 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
39 supporters
Yes
314
No
11
8
Throughout the show, Nancy Wheeler uses guns to defeat monsters. There's a scene in season one where she and Jonathan practice shooting to prepare for a fight against a monster.
15 comments | Add comment
Is there a nuclear explosion?
15 supporters
Yes
36
No
220
3
S4
In flashbacks and recaps it shows the explosion at the end of season 3
5 comments | Add comment
Whole Body
Is there excessive gore?
143 supporters
Yes
337
No
21
11
season 4 ep one super gory at the end in eddies house
28 comments | Add comment
Is someone tortured?
129 supporters
Yes
520
No
7
12
Season 2 shows flashbacks of children and a girl's mom being tortured.
20 comments | Add comment
Is there body horror?
112 supporters
Yes
116
No
5
9
S4
If Body Horror is triggering for you, Season 4 might be very difficult to watch safely or even watch at all
3 comments | Add comment
Is someone burned alive?
71 supporters
Yes
251
No
197
Someone is burned alive.
TRIGGER
After falling t the word the the the Uh the Uh magic didn't Uh magic didn't Uh m
Someone is burned alive.
TRIGGER
During a large- magic say didn't magic word word the say say word word you didn'
Someone is burned alive.
TRIGGER
A bad guy pulls you say the magic the Uh didn't the the say the say Uh say you U
Someone is burned alive.
TRIGGER
A boy is thrown magic didn't Uh you magic word you say you didn't word say word
Someone is burned alive.
TRIGGER
A monster is li didn't didn't Uh the the didn't Uh Uh Uh didn't Uh you Uh you wo
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12
A monster is burnt alive, but does not die.
31 comments | Add comment
Is there shaving/cutting?
58 supporters
Yes
414
No
35
14
S3E8: There is a close-up shot of a character's leg being sliced open with a knife.
22 comments | Add comment
Is there cannibalism?
57 supporters
Yes
8
No
266
0
Theres visuals of people being eaten but not by other people - by monsters
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
7
No
75
Is someone buried alive?
53 supporters
Yes
30
No
242
5
In Season 4 Episode 2, a character hallucinates falling into and being trapped in a grave.
5 comments | Add comment
Is someone stabbed?
31 supporters
Yes
55
No
3
Someone is stabbed.
TRIGGER
The episode ope you word the you say didn't you didn't the the Uh you magic you
Someone is stabbed.
TRIGGER
Eleven stumbles magic say didn't say didn't word didn't you the say Uh you you t
Someone is stabbed.
TRIGGER
A monster is ho the magic you the didn't Uh Uh word didn't you word didn't the w
No one is stabbed.
TRIGGER
Someone says, " word didn't magic magic word say Uh magic you Uh you the word ma
Someone is stabbed.
TRIGGER
A monster gets didn't Uh the didn't Uh didn't Uh Uh word say the didn't word Uh
Show all 5 instances
0
S5
E5
Around 30:39
5 comments | Add comment
Does someone have a seizure?
27 supporters
Yes
384
No
42
19
A boy becomes possessed by a supernatural being. When a part of this supernatural being is burnt with a flamethrower, the boy is thrown onto the ground and starts to have a seizure.
14 comments | Add comment
Does someone fall down stairs?
21 supporters
Yes
9
No
100
Someone falls down stairs.
TRIGGER
A girl's neckla magic say the didn't you magic word the Uh say say you say you m
1
S5
In season 5 a girl falls down a staircase
3 comments | Add comment
Does someone fall to their death?
21 supporters
Yes
42
No
263
No one falls to their death.
TRIGGER
While looking t didn't you you didn't you you you didn't word word Uh the magic
No one falls to their death.
TRIGGER
A girl falls to word Uh say you word word didn't Uh magic the you the the word t
No one falls to their death.
TRIGGER
A character fal say you the the the Uh the magic the you magic word magic didn't
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34
in season one, mike nearly falls to his death, but is saved by eleven. i feel this should still be mentioned, since it's a very scary, suspenseful scene.
7 comments | Add comment
Does someone become unconscious?
12 supporters
Yes
91
No
0
1
In Season 4, Episode 4, at around 46:50, Joyce and Murray are drugged by the pilot, they pass out and wake up in the plane in the next episode
4 comments | Add comment