Does the dog die?
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Batteries Not Included
Movie • 1987 • Comedy
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In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
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There is a minor, background dog character that does not die or get hurt.
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in the opening a woman is repeatedly hit on and harassed by a group of men. They break open her door and he grabs her by the ankle saying “why dont you move in with me”
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There are no child characters in this movie. However, when referring to the past, the father is said to "have a temper" and that he and the son "didn't get along."
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Is an animal abandoned?
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There is one scene where a dog is left outside while somebody goes to the roof to blow a dog whistle, and it is distressed. The dog sticks around for the rest of the film. It is unclear where the dog came from, so it's possible it was a street dog.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Characters hit and punch each other, but nothing gory is shown except maybe a little blood on someone's face. A robot character is hit with an axe and is shown damaged on screen, if that counts for you.
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Is an animal sad?
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thoopsy
A character is blowing a dog whistle to call the aliens, and the dog doesn't like this. As well, the character blowing the dog whistle goes to a roof where the dog can't get to him, and the dog is shown at the door looking sad. In the end, the dog does get to hang out with the character it wanted to.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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At one point, an old man yells at his wife and shakes her. She has dementia/alzheimer's, which makes this especially not okay.
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Does a kid die?
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it's off screen / in the past.
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Is someone burned alive?
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There is a fire and Carlos burns his hands. No one dies.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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A lot of them. The aliens plug into sockets, and eat electricity, and every time they do, lights flash. There's also a scene in which a bunch of Christmas Lights explode. I would either watch this in a well-lit room or avoid watching it, if you're sensitive to flashing lights.
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Is a baby stillborn?
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One of the alien babies.
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Does a non-human character die?
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One of the aliens is stillborn. It gets better, but they hold a funeral for it.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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There are no stated or implied LGBT characters in this movie.
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Is there hate speech?
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There are racist caricatures of violent hispanic men in a gang
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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A character is pregnant, her boyfriend is not supportive, but while there is no discussion of abortion being an option there's also no abortion-bashing.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there childbirth?
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Sort of? The robot alien gives birth. No humans do.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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One of the characters in the older couple does. It's not named specifically which, but she has memory issues, consistently mistakes someone to be her son, has forgotten her son is dead, etc. She is often shown to be "out of it," but she's the first one who makes friends with the aliens. The other characters, her husband especially, does NOT do a good job of accommodating her, including accusing her of lying to her face, yelling at her, and shaking her, and even at one point telling her to her face that her son is dead and not just "elsewhere." Obviously, this is not how you treat someone with memory loss.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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The pregnant character is fine throughout the whole film.
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Does a baby cry?
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thoopsy
There are baby UFOs, but they do not cry like human infants. As well, the pregnant lady does not have her child before the film ends.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Technically, no, however when two characters are in a fight one of them Claims to have a broken leg to get the other one to stop the fight. When the one who claimed to be injured is alone, he runs away perfectly fine.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Does the black guy die first?
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thoopsy
The black guy survives the entire movie. However: he is pushed down the stairs. The black character is also primarily nonverbal, and not really included when the talking members of the cast do things.
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Does a family member die?
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thoopsy
A family member is revealed to have died in the past, and when the character with Dementia/Alzheimer's remembers this she becomes very distressed.
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Does a plane crash?
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No, however: the aliens are like little UFOs and they fly around, including a scene where they're learning to fly for the first time (baby bird style) as well as wooshing past people's heads in ways some may find distressing.
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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When the aliens first arrive, they observe the human characters while they sleep. As well, later in the film one of the villains is watching with binoculars the building where all the people live. This is played for humor, as one of the residents is watching back and waves happily.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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One of the human characters is visibly pregnant through the film. As well, the aliens give birth to alien babies.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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One of the main characters is pushed down a flight of stairs. He's okay. As well, one of the aliens falls down the stairs, this one is played for humor.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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During one of the later scenes, a villain covers one of the character's mouths and then pushes him down the stairs. When his mouth is covered, he screams, and it may be distressing to watch because he sounds really scared.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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There's a scene in which little UFOs learn to fly like baby birds, but none of them die.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Brief, towards the end.
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Is religion discussed?
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Just background things. One of the characters has a virgin mary figure that she cares about, and when the ghosts arrive one of the villains crosses himself and thinks they're spirits.
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Is there a shower scene?
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A couple of people hide behind shower curtains.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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The old lady in the film has Dementia/Alzheimer adjacent symptoms. She forgets things, mistakes one of the villains for her son, etc, etc. Her husband loves her, but does not model supporting someone with memory loss very well.
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Are there ghosts?
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There are no ghosts. The aliens are, at one point, mistaken for "ghosts, or spirits, or something!" but they don't do anything ghostly.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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