Does the dog die?
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Back to the Future
Movie • 1985 • Adventure
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Your Triggers
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There's a scene where a dog is sent back in time and is briefly believed to have disintegrated, but he later returns completely unharmed.
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Abandonment
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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A teenage boy several times leaves while the other boy he is with is distracted.
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Abuse
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Not in the first movie, but Biff beat his wife in the second movie.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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In the 50s, a boy assaults a girl and bullies a boy, in the 80s they remember this fondly for some reason.
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Not equating the two because what Biff does is way worse but Lorraine harasses Marty and she is harassed and later almost r***d by Biff.
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Is someone stalked?
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George tries to watch Lorraine through her bedroom window.
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Are there abusive parents?
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No, though in the initial timeline Lorraine is a depressed alcoholic and implied to be neglectful
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Not exactly but there is a joke about a toddler crying whenever he is let out of his crib so he is left in there all the time. We know he grows up to be in jail.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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It is part of a plan to pretend assault a teenage girl.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Lorraine is an alcoholic in the beginning.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Marty's mom in the beginning has a drinking problem.
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The band are smoking cannabis in their car which is referred to in the dialogue, but we only see smoke.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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A dog is used as a test subject but is okay
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Assault
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Biff attempts to assault Lorraine in the car before the dance. It is not graphic and he is stopped, but we see her struggling and it goes on for a while.
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Is rape mentioned?
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There is an attempted rape. The victim struggles against the perpetrator but is rescued.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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Marty is groped by Lorraine and kissed, and his discomfort is played for laughs.
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Is someone restrained?
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Not with ropes, but a character is physically held down
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Not exactly a slap, but close. A man puts his hand in a woman's face and pushes her away.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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George is constantly teased and bullied by biff, at some scenes punches were thrown, and George is tripped. At one scene a bully tapes a kick me sign to George’s back and he was being kicked.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Biff covers Lorraine's face and mouth with his hand
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The main character is sexually harrased by another character, which makes him visibly uncomfortable throughout the movie. Later there is an attempted rape in a car, but it is interrupted and the character is saved.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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One of the jazz players cuts his hand while trying to open the trunk of their car after Marty gets locked inside.
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Is someone buried alive?
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No, but a car does get an entire truck load of manure poured on to it, which does temporarily bury the four occupants, and the soil goes in their mouths.
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Does someone break a bone?
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No, but Biff almost breaks George's arm at one point.
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Are any hands damaged?
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The band leader cuts his hand while helping Marty out of the trunk of his car. It is not serious or graphic, but is bad enough that he can't play guitar that evening.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Marty hits his head on the ground when hit by a car. It cuts straight to him waking up several hours later.
George knocks Biff unconscious before the dance and he and Lorraine leave him on the ground. Other students come to his aid.
Upon returning to 1985 we see Doc seemingly shot by terrorists again - this time he is knocked out momentarily before coming round.
George knocks Biff unconscious before the dance and he and Lorraine leave him on the ground. Other students come to his aid.
Upon returning to 1985 we see Doc seemingly shot by terrorists again - this time he is knocked out momentarily before coming round.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
1 supporters
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A teenager sexually objectifies another teenager
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Does a kid die?
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However, Marty and his siblings are faced with the threat of never having existed, and in one scene Marty nearly fades from existence. He's very quickly brought back, though.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
41 supporters
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Technically yes but this is undone due to time travel.
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Does someone die?
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A main character dies on screen in the original timeline. They are alive in the final timeline however.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Biff's goons bodily grab Marty and run off with him, locking him in the boot of a car.
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Fear
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
176 supporters
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whole trilogy is 100% safe, no tiggers for me as a fairly severe emetaphobe :)
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Does someone spit?
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Yes! The protagonist takes a swig of alcohol and does a spit take while in the car on a date in the final act.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
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Not on screen. However this is discussion of a character who is in prison and not received parole and we see a cake related to this.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Marty is locked in the boot of a car. We only see this from the outside.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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A newspaper mentions a man declared legally insane and put in a mental ward. No other mental illness is shown
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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could be argued that George is autistic
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
64 supporters
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When watching the recording of Doc, the camera is a little shaky as Marty is not a professional filmographer. :)
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Whenever the dolorian travels into time there are flashes of light and loud sound effects, there is a lightning storm at one point as well where there are some flashing lights
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Does a baby cry?
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Safe, though it is mentioned that a baby cries when taken out of his crib.
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Is there screaming?
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A man screams a couple of times
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Not that obscene, but Doc says the phrase "serious s**t Marty also says "Holy s**t
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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George watches Lorraine changing through her bedroom window
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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A baby/toddler in a crib in an early scene.
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Prejudice
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Are there fat jokes?
66 supporters
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Not exactly but Lorraine is shown to be heavier at the start when she is a depressed alcoholic and slim and fit at the end when she is happy, and Marty notes how good she looks, which does imply that having weight is negative.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
53 supporters
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Doc Brown is treated like he is insane and the principal tells Marty he should stay away from him.
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Is there hate speech?
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Most of the movie is set in the 50s and has a bit of racism in it. as i can recall right now there is about two racist sentences in the entire movie
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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The n-word is not said, but it should be noted that a rather outdated derogatory term for POC is briefly said in one scene.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
41 supporters
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The only Arab characters in the movie are terrorists. They're only in one scene (the end of which is seen again towards the end of the film.)
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Race
Is there blackface?
47 supporters
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I believe the Libyan terrorists are portrayed by white guys in brownface.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
1 supporters
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A teenage girl unknowingly tries to hook up with her son from the future (they’re the same age due to time travel though) but nothing more than that and the plot hinges on trying to prevent it from happening
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Religious
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Sex
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Unintentionally. When Marty goes back in time and meets his mom as a teenager, she falls for him, flirts with him, and kisses him at one point. Marty is visibly uncomfortable with this.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
55 supporters
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A teenage boy ogles some women on the street. A different teenage boy spies on a teenage girl getting changed.
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Is there sexual content?
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There are references to high school students having sex. Biff forces himself on Lorraine at one point but it is mostly unseen and stopped by another character.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Are there fat suits?
36 supporters
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Several actors wear age make up for the 80s scenes and one of these actors is made to look bigger than her natural size.
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Is existentialism debated?
16 supporters
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Doc Brown watches on repeat a videotape that shows the moment before he dies in the future.
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Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
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We see a homeless man on a bench at the end.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
90 supporters
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Though it does get very tense at some points, to the point in which one may be worried that it will end on a sad note.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
33 supporters
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The DeLorean crashes into a barn, and again into a church, but the car is not damaged and Marty survives. Additionally, the Libyan terrorists crash their van into a kiosk. Biff wrecks a car in the beginning. The wrecked car is shown, but not the crash itself. In 1955, Biff crashes his car into a manure truck.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Yes, but they suffer no serious damage and no blood is shown.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
15 supporters
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When Marty arrives in 1955, he walks in front of a car that honks at him. Later on he is hit by another car which screeches to a halt. There are several car chase scenes which include tire screeches.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
83 supporters
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Characters suffer injury throughout the film, but most of the time there is no blood- only in minor instances. In the beginning of the film, a man gets shot but there is no blood. Later on, in the past, Doc has a small scabby-looking wound on his head from hitting it on a sink. And during the dance scenes, one of the musicians slices his hand (though the extent that the wound is shown is just a bloody patch on a gauze wrap).
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Is there gun violence?
43 supporters
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(spoiler free) In the beginning of the film, a character is shot (repeatedly). Guns do not appear throughout the rest of the film-until the end when this beginning scene is revisited.
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