Does the dog die?
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie • 2004 • Sci-Fi
ReportJoel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
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Anonymous
The dog itself doesn't appear in the movie. We only see a woman in the background, grieving for her late pet and holding its picture and toys.
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Is someone stalked?
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sagesaria
Patrick uses the personal items taken from Joel and Clementine's procedures to seduce Clementine with Joel's words and gifts. It's also revealed that Patrick stole a pair of Clementine's panties the night they did her procedure.
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Silod
Male and female lead verbally fight, but there is no dynamic of abuse/control.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Anonymous
A boy is being forced by his peers to bludgeon a bird's corpse. The corpse can be seen before and after the action, but the bludgeoning is offscreened.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Silod
Some depiction of drunkenness.
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Anonymous
A boy is being forced by his peers to bludgeon a bird's corpse. The corpse can be seen before and after the action, but the bludgeoning is offscreened.
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Are animals abused?
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sagesaria
A boy is forced to bludgeon a dead or wounded bird with a hammer. The action itself is offscreen, but before and after the incident are shown on camera and the sound of the hammer can be heard.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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MingaLei
Voluntarily as part of the procedure
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One character steals another character's underwear without her knowledge or consent while she's unconscious. It may not fit everyone's definition of assault but it's creepy and uncomfortable.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Kylie85
Joel slits his throat.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Bumblefluff
There is a game between 2 characters where they place a pillow over each other's faces and pretend to die.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Mamobman93
People are seen half-covered in sand.
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Is there body horror?
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SiMcClure
People are erased from existence, and some appear with distorted facial features, as the memory of them are erased.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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For the memory erasure, the person is given a pill that makes them unconscious.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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clownish
no but worth the mention during one point of the erasing jim carreys character (joel) shakes for a sec in a seize like way but you'd probably miss it if your not paying a attention, but for the people who do it might be scaring for a sec
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Death
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Disability
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Does someone cheat?
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Only confirmed cheating is not by the primary characters (if that matters).
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Yes, but it’s frozen.
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clownish
pretty sure it's just a lone ketchup packet but at one point he pretends to sl1t his throat w it as if it were him using a razor to commit s*
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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clownish
no but at the scene think it was 1:08 after it shows baby joel taking a bath and starts to drown, back at the procedure it shows him make some choking sounds which kinda bothered me just a little, just sounds like coughing and gagging for 2 seconds
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Are needles/syringes used?
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feckhead
You do see a syringe filled with a liquid sedative but you don’t see the insertion
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Silod
However, a clinic is depicted. Minimal medical equipment.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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HoppipHarvest
Clementine is implied to have an emotional disorder of some sort.
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RedScarf
A character pretends to slit his own throat
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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HoppipHarvest
Much of the film takes place inside Joel’s mind, in which reality is very unstable.
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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 body dysmorphia?
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LaurieBo
Clementine voices disgust at her own body and is very upset thinking she's ugly
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Silod
Brief scene with male lead crawling through the dark between layers of blankets.
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MingaLei
There seems to be some confusion about that scene - Joel just pretends to slit his throat and smears ketchup or something across his throat to try and get his girlfriend’s attention. Not an actual suicide attempt
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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sagesaria
Clementine uses a homophobic slur during one argument.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Trying2Help
Every single character is white
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Is there hate speech?
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sagesaria
Clementine calls Joel a homophobic slur during a fight.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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HoppipHarvest
A relationship/desire for a relationship between two of the medical staff is a subplot, and they seem to be quite far apart in age.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Bbanane
Joel in a memory of childhood is ridiculed for crying by some other children
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Anonymous
Widely debated, but it can be interpreted as a happy ending.
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Does a car crash?
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There are two (maybe three if you include inundation by sand) instances of car damage in the movie. None imply human injury or death in my mind.
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Does a plane crash?
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Okayobi
Discussions of crashing a toy plane can be heard during one scene towards the end. There are no plane crashes involving a real plane or passengers
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Trying2Help
One character is rushing and nearly hit by a car. The driver stops just in time. Very brief scene
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Does someone drown?
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sagesaria
There is one scene where Joel as a baby is dropped into the sink where he is being bathed. He is depicted soaking wet and gasping for air in the next scene.
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Is there blood/gore?
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MingaLei
There seems to be some confusion about that scene - Joel just pretends to slit his throat and smears ketchup or something across his throat to try and get his girlfriend’s attention. It’s not blood.
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