Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

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Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle, this biopic takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.
This movie contains 31 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Abandonment
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SiRenfield
A teenager is excommunicated by his church which includes his entire family by extension
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Abuse
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SiRenfield
If it’s any consolation this is one of the film’s biggest liberties, Al’s parents were pretty lovely and supportive people in real life and are dearly missed
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SiRenfield
Al makes peace with his father
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Is someone stalked?
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LusaW
Not towards the family but the family witnesses.
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SiRenfield
This version of Al was emotionally abused as a child and later goes on to emotionally abuse other people
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SiRenfield
Not exactly gaslighting, but the movie itself is kind of a huge meta-joke in that the film gives the audience blatantly false information. Hell the opening contradicts the ending with how [MAJOR SPOILERS] Al supposedly dies in 1985 ,but the pre-movie intro shows the real Al very much alive
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Anonymous
Someone is given LSD without their knowledge, and there is a drug trip scene
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Is there addiction?
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hanasaseru
There aren't any drawn out addiction plotlines, though the alcohol abuse could arguably be interpreted as having an addiction component
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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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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yes! there is a very noteworthy large snake at the pool party on an alice cooper type parody - very large and triggering
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Jadespade
When Al takes LSD, he hallucinates himself tied to a chair.

Madonna is kidnapped and we see her tied and gagged to a chair.
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Early in the movie, Al’s father beats up a salesman and he struggles to breathe afterwards
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Is there cannibalism?
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LusaW
Someone gets caught in the shredder at the factory. No clear visual, just implied.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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SiRenfield
Briefly during a drug trip scene
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Is there amputation?
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Locketship
The main character's father lost his hand before the movie starts
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ze
Not super severely or completely but Al puts a man’s head in a panini press and burns it a bit
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Wolfman jack gets tazed at dr demento's party and it looks like he is having a seizure. Very sudden but only last a few seconds.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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hanasaseru
One scene of an LSD hallucination of a face melting that is fairly be graphic, but the gore level in the action scenes is relatively low
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
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(Trying not to spoil): someone Al cares about is kidnapped in the 3rd act
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Beardifulbeans
His dad destroys his accordion when he finds out about it
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Are there razors?
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Locketship
There's a bathtub scene, does that count?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
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Anonymous
At the end, protagonist wets himself onstage while being televised. He does not seem to notice or care. It is played for laughs, but it’s not really remarked upon much
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Does someone vomit?
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One of the record execs makes a gagging noise (approx 30 mins in), but nobody gets sick. There is also reference to a band named "Skunk B*rf"
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Does someone spit?
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Locketship
Somebody spits up blood. Later, people make fart noises with their hands and with a Whoopi cushion.
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Is there audio gore?
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LusaW
Very mild.
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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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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Jadespade
The very first scene is a hospital scene, and we see it again later in the film.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Does someone self harm?
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Al’s father is abusive, but mental illness isn’t mentioned as a cause
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there misophonia?
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Misophonia1234
Madonna audibly chews gum and blows bubbles in almost all of her scenes
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Al starts to panic when he realizes he's been given LSD.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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No, but one character does wear a fat suit and mention having gained weight
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Reds
In a later act, during the Amish Paradise song, the flashing is at its most intense.
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Paranoia
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Anonymous
The whole thing is satire of biopics, and there are a lot of jokes that make it seem like the movie is aware it is a movie. Making fun of common movie scenes, information that is comically different from well-known reality, even the actual Weird Al appearing to make fun of the actor playing himself. There is also narration. But the characters do not directly address the audience like in Dora
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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hanasaseru
His mother gains some weight and it's a bit of a meta joke about his song 'Fat', but in the context of the movie the characters are supportive/positive about it and the song isn't actually in the movie.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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Hard to answer since Pablo Escobar was a real person although it might still be slightly iffy that the only Latinos in the movie are criminals even if no offense was intended obviously
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Reds
Pablo Escobar makes a joke about "hearing voices" while talking about how loud the music is.
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Are there n-words?
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Is there aphobia?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
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hanasaseru
Several on screen makeout scenes, both participants are fully clothed but they get a little hot and heavy
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
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[SPOILERS] You could argue this in a subtle way seeing as how a character’s backstory involves being excommunicated from his religion and having to take any kind of work to make ends meets
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Are there fat suits?
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prosthetics are used to make his mother look like she has gained weight
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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hanasaseru
That is a surprisingly difficult question to answer, but since the whole movie is parody I went with no
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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SiRenfield
Involves drunk driving too
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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hanasaseru
A surprising amount, though other than one brief scene on a television it doesn't really start until after the kidnapping scene
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