It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV Show • 2005 • Comedy  

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Does the dog die?
10 supporters
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1
Dead dog comes out of a casket. Very bloody and raw. Super distressing.

In another episode, a dog dies due to forgetting to feed it.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is rape mentioned?
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Does a major character die?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Abandonment
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HalJacks
S6
 E12
The gang tried to find the father of Dee’s baby assuming they father doesn’t know. It turns out that Dee has been hired as a surrogate
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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johnny
A character stalks another character for most seasons. Follows them, harasses them, goes through their trash etc.
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Is there domestic violence?
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hyperkineticrabbitything
kind of, the main characters all had some kind of semi abusive childhood and are now all abusers towards the people in their life, dennis was raped as a teen (not shown just mentioned) and he later goes on to become a borderline rapist
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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3
It is heavily implied/referenced throughout the show that Charlie was frequently molested by his uncle as a child
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
0 supporters
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16
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2
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dirtwater
dennis and dee develop a crack addiction and charlie is addicted to inhalants
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18
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1
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Colson
That’s pretty much the entire show
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3
Crack, inhalants, cocaine, heroin, LSD, weed, etc. are used throughout the series.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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5
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
3 supporters
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15
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HalJacks
S6
 E11
Plans are made to kill a rabbit that are not followed through on. The plans are mildly graphic. When the rabbit is released it is caught and presumably eaten by a hawk
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Are animals abused?
4 supporters
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14
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johnny
A dog is neglected in Mac and Dennis Move to the Suburbs. The neglect leads to its’ death.
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6
Yes
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HalJacks
S6
 E11
They find a dead crow that is given a funeral. It is later eaten by Frank offscreen
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Does a cat die?
3 supporters
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9
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5
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FartsMcgee
Edit: I said no but I now remember Multiple boxes of kittens set on fire and violently thrown in the air, those cats likely would have died.
OP: A car explodes with a cat in it but then the cat jumps out of the wreckage unharmed.
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Does a pet die?
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4
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hughbrandity
S11
 E5
Pet dog is neglected and dies of starvation.
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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3
Assault
Is someone drugged?
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2
Yes
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wallflowers
Uncle Jack is heavily heavily implied to be a pedophile
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Is someone held under water?
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3
Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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HalJacks
S6
 E11
After the cold open it is revealed charlie is tied up with a bag over his head in the trunk. He is immediately released
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johnny
A character frequently manipulates and coerces women into having sex with them. They talk about “the implication” of being trapped on a boat and not being able to say no to sexual advances. A main character assaults another main character off screen, and it is described in detail in Times Up for the Gang. In that episode a character calls their old secretaries and it’s heavily implied they assaulted/harassed them.
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5
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3
Bodily Harm
Yes
9
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7
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dirtwater
charlie and dee think they’re becoming cannibals in one episode, but they don’t actually eat anyone
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Is there body horror?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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5
Is someone choked?
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Yes
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FartsMcgee
Multiple people. The gang traps their thanksgiving guests in a burning apartment and seal the only door shut , one character is left badly scarred for the rest of series. Dennis starts a fake cult that leads to a man burning himself alive in self sacrifice, the gang again seals the others inside the burning apartment.
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Is there amputation?
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Nivag
Blows to the groin in fights
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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johnny
In The Great Recession a character attempts to hang themself. They are shown hanging, but they are conscious and do not come close to dying.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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hughbrandity
S8
 E7
In s8 episode 7 a man’s finger is cut off. another character consistently injures their toe with a knife throughout the whole show.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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johnny
In Mac and Charlie Pt. 1 a character pulls out their teeth painlessly. A minor character loses teeth (not on screen) as part of their life going downhill and is missing them in all the episodes they’re in after that.
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6
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3
1
johnny
A character is missing an eye, but the losing of the eye was off screen. He wears an eyepatch with an eye drawn on it. It is described that another character stabbed his eye, but then is revealed a bird pecked it out. Another character’s eye seems to have a cataract or something similar after having his face burned in a fire off screen. A main character attempts to give himself plastic surgery and his eye becomes red and swollen.
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johnny
In The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis, Frank graphically waterboards Dee. In the Chardee Macdennis episodes they are all emotionally tortured, plus a character gets a dart in their hand and another cuts a chip out of their arm.
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rainyjay
There is an episode titled “Frank Falls Out the Window”. Where Frank falls out of a window.
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WellButtered
In making dennis a killer, dennis is under criminal investigation due to his ex wife falling from a rooftop and dying. a later episode i believe is called paddy’s has a jumper has a man on their roof attempting suicide, but he comes down safely in the end
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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3
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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6
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graywolf2010
Description only, in “The Gang Gets Analyzed”
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
1 supporters
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5
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HalJacks
S6
 E12
They assume an old man is dead and do a “weekend at Bernie’s” to try to sneak him into another room. It turns out the man is alive.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
1 supporters
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graywolf2010
“I’m a recovering crack addict and this is my retarded sister. We’d like some welfare please”
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
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johnny
A family is held hostage, and a man is kidnapped.
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Does a parent die?
0 supporters
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16
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2
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johnny
A character’s mother dies off screen. In s8e6 they exhume her body and see her skeleton, which is distressing to the characters.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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11
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2
Does a family member die?
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3
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2
Does someone cheat?
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13
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2
Fear
Is someone possessed?
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13
Are there jumpscares?
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12
Is there a shower scene?
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4
Are there clowns?
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1
WellButtered
a main character dresses as a clown in one episode while they stalk someone. consists of wig, party-city looking costume, and big squeaky shoes
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Are there mannequins?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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3
Are there ghosts?
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WellButtered
No ghosts, but the character’s have hallucinated that they were seeing ghosts a few times. Specifically in the Boggs episode and Charlie’s Home Alone, although it’s always specified they are hallucinations and not real ghosts
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Gross
Does someone spit?
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Does someone vomit?
5 supporters
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23
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1
johnny
Vomiting and gagging frequently occur. Notably in The Gang Beats Boggs Ladies Reboot, but it happens throughout the show occasionally.
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WellButtered
Charlie pees himself in a few episodes, Dee poops herself in a few episodes, and in the zoo episode characters pee on each other
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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8
LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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3
Is there bisexual cheating?
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4
Are there transphobic slurs?
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8
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1
Medical
Yes
1
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dirtwater
charlie and his mother both claim to have cancer in separate episodes, but both admit to making it up
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Are needles/syringes used?
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johnny
A character has flashbacks to his childhood in a mental institution.
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johnny
A few episodes feature characters in the hospital for various reasons.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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7
Mental Health
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WellButtered
Yes, and Frank attempts to do it on screen a few times
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Does someone self harm?
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graywolf2010
Dennis, who was diagnosed with BPD in “Psycho Pete Returns”
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3
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HattieB
In season 3 episode 9 the gang thinks Dee is dating an autistic person, throughout the episode they use the r slur and try to figure out if he is autistic or not. The r slur is used throughout the show.
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johnny
A character is described as not eating enough for their physique. Another character mentions fasting for a week so they can look gaunt. Characters binge on food once in a while.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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3
Yes
3
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jewtism
S13
 E2
LOTS of gum chewing in “the gang escapes” and it was super annoying for me
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2
Are there anxiety attacks?
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Yes
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2
Is there body dysphoria?
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4
Yes
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2
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WellButtered
Main character Dennis is shown as having reoccurring body images in which he sometimes starves himself and gets weird treatments done in order to look more “beautiful”. Mac also deals with a lot of weight gain/weight loss throughout the series, like a LOT. And in the gang goes to therapy episode his body dysmorphia is discussed
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In “The Gang Gets Held Hostage,” Frank and Charlie are crawling through the vents. In both parts of “The Gang Goes to Hell” (but particularly part 2), the gang is in “boat jail” which basically looks like a metal box with no windows and a locked door. The boat rocks/tips over and the door ends up on the ceiling, so they get stuck. Then the room starts to fill with water and they drown. SPOILER: they do not actually die. This scene could be very stressful to claustrophobic people. In “The Gang Goes to a Water Park”, several people get stuck in a water slide.
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rainyjay
S2
Mac mentions to Dennis and Charlie that one of their friends committed suicide a couple years before.
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Yes
6
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2
0
graywolf2010
Frank has PTSD from his time in the “nitwit school”
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Noxious
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HalJacks
S6
 E11
Swearing
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Is there shakey cam?
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1
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6
Does a baby cry?
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4
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graywolf2010
In “The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre”
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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2
Is the fourth wall broken?
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6
Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Yes
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2
Is a baby stillborn?
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8
1
graywolf2010
“The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby”
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johnny
In Dee Gives Birth... a character... gives birth.
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Does someone miscarry?
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10
Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Yes
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2
3
T slur, R slur, K slur, G slur, N slur, D slur, etc.
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johnny
A main character’s grandfather was a nazi, and there are videos of them as children unknowingly giving the nazi salute. Someone puts on an old nazi uniform, but it seems it was not malicious. There are arguments about whether calling someone a jew instead of jewish is antisemetic. A character is referred to as a “jew lawyer”.
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Is there aphobia?
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3
Are there n-words?
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Yes
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2
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Yes
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2
Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Yes
1
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4
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Yes
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2
Yes
14
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2
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graywolf2010
The entirety of season 7
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R slur, Dee is teased for having had a back brace in school, etc.
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Does the black guy die first?
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johnny
In the first seasons a trans woman is called a “dude” and he/him. A cis character dates her and tries to keep it secret, and is later teased for being in a relationship with her. In Mac Fights Gay Marriage someone says the trans woman’s marriage to a man is gay. The trans woman is asked insensitive and invasive questions by a couple characters.
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johnny
In Mac Day, Mac’s gay cousin crashes his motorcycle and dies at the end.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Yes
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0
Relationships
Yes
4
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HalJacks
S6
 E11
Dennis and charlie have a conversation about a hickey Dennis has received from a younger woman in a movie theater
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Sex
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HalJacks
S6
 E11
A trucker makes comments on Dennis and Charlie’s appearance and assumes they are sex workers
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Is there sexual content?
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Yes
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2
Are there nude scenes?
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3
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
2 supporters
Yes
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johnny
A family of minor characters are shown to have incestuous relations and are the product of generations of incest. In Who Got Dee Pregnant episode a brother is led to believe he accidentally hooked up with his sister, but that’s later shown to be untrue.
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hughbrandity
In “A Cricket’s Tale” a man falls in love and goes on dates with a dog.
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Sexism
Yes
2
No
3
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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4
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Yes
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5
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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1
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3
Is someone terminally ill?
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Yes
2
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1
Social
Yes
7
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2
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graywolf2010
And his life gets worse with every appearance he makes
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Are there fat suits?
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4
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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No
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graywolf2010
“Reynolds vs Reynolds: The Cereal Defense”
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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1
Is someone hit by a car?
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Yes
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No
2
Does a plane crash?
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Yes
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9
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Yes
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No
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2
Severed heads in fridge S3E10, lots of other other blood/gore throughout series
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Does someone drown?
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3
In “The Gang Goes to Hell, Part 2” when the boat tips over and the “boat jail” room starts to fill with water and they drown. SPOILER: they do not actually die.
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aworriedhorrorlover
Not really but one character pulls a gun frequently
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