Critical Role

TV Show • 2015 • Sci-Fi  

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Voice actor Matthew Mercer leads a group of fellow voice actors on epic Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. These familiar voices bring the audience into the full experience of D&D, allowing imaginations to soar as the characters embark on adventures.
This tv show contains 68 potentially triggering events.
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Season
Episode
Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
168 supporters
Yes
0
No
36
3
ursamajors
Second season: the party adopts a magical dog in episode 32, and while he is occasionally in peril by the combat that takes place around him, he is never killed or injured.
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Unanswered Triggers
Are rabbits harmed?
35 supporters
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Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Does someone asphyxiate?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
0
Is someone drugged?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
0
Is someone crushed to death?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
0
Are there end credit scenes?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
0
0
uru63
non-exploitative/appropriated depictions of multiple characters who are physically disabled due to injury or abuse played by able bodied actors (or actors who ARE physically disabled but not in the same way as the character) the nature of the ttrpg as a storytelling medium means there is no fake or 'put-on' physicality from the actors in their portrayals
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Is there decapitation?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
0
Is there blackface?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
0
Are there fat suits?
11 supporters
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Yes
0
No
0
Abandonment
1
JayceJohnson
S2
Kiri the kenku was abandoned by her family.
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Yes
5
No
0
0
uru63
several times across both campaigns the main characters abandon whatever pack animals they happen to be using at the time, often with the implication of them meeting a horrible end. while the characters often find this distressing, it is usually a source of dark(ish) comedy for the players
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Abuse
Yes
5
No
0
0
uru63
multiple cases of emotionally abusive and/or neglectful parents amongst the main characters of all 3 campaigns


1 comment | Add comment
Yes
3
No
1
Is someone stalked?
12 supporters
Yes
18
No
4
5
Nobody
Campaign 2: A party member's mother has a borderline stalker harassing her. The party deals with him when he turns out to be involved in some big bad stuff.
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0
Nemision
While it doesn't get played out, during the second campaign Beau mentions getting hit/slapped by her father.

During campaign 1, the twins father is emotionally abusive towards them.

During campaign 3, Imogen's mother is one of the major villains.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
37 supporters
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Yes
2
No
1
Yes
30
No
1
4
rabbitwarren
Campaign 2: a main character's backstory heavily involves being manipulated and abused by a powerful man teaching them magic.
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Is a child abused?
59 supporters
Yes
23
No
6
5
Anonymous
season 1: there is a scene where a character is disguised as a child and jokes that a party member disguised as his father was abusive towards him (no abuse occurs and the person isn’t actually a child). also some rough relationships between the twins and their father, and it could be interpreted that their father was abusive.
Season 2: one character has a very bad relationship with their parents and some of their backstory and comments about their parents make it seem like their parents were probably abusive. This is all in backstory though.
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Addiction
6
Anonymous
Second season: the group buys drugs and two members recreationally use the drug once
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Is there addiction?
6 supporters
Yes
45
No
0
3
StellaHoshiPalmqvist
Campaign 1: (spoiler latter half of series) the character Scanlan is shown to abuse a fictional drug that causes tension in the group.
Campaign 2: The character Nott is shown to abuse alcohol throughout the beginning of the series and other references to drug use occurs such as Beau and Molly partaking in some kind of magic fungus.
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Yes
42
No
1
4
Anonymous
Lots of heavy drinking in both campaigns. C1: a character is constantly drinking alcohol but does not appear to be dependent/addicted. campaign 2: there is an alcoholic character (nott)
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
61 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Does a horse die?
49 supporters
Yes
46
No
0
5
Anonymous
First season: It's mentioned that the party's horses die in the first season when left unattended in the wild mountains.
Second season: The party's horses are attacked and killed by monsters in a battle.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
87 supporters
Yes
47
No
1
5
ursamajors
In campaign two: As the pet is technically a fey creature that takes on the appearance of a cat, it can’t die or feel pain, but it is “killed” a few times while it is in the form of other animals.
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Are animals abused?
101 supporters
Yes
38
No
1
4
the_burger_queen_03
Second season: The pet of a character is kicked at by a townsguard, killing it. However, the pet is quickly revived from the feywild.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
33
Yes
26
No
0
3
icecreamchick45
One of the main characters in the second campaign does have an animal companion that dies, but it is a fae creature that can be brought back to life with a ritual.
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Is an animal sad?
1 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
1
uru63
campaign two has an ongoing joke about a main character's pet weasel living in a pretty much constant state of terror/misery/pain ect.
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Does a cat die?
1 supporters
Yes
48
No
1
6
Anonymous
Caleb (campaign 2)'s cat is a fay creature so while it does go to 0 hit points, it never really dies" just goes to a different plane of existence and gets summoned back.
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Does a pet die?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
1
Does a dragon die?
16 supporters
Yes
50
No
0
5
Anonymous
First season: The party is charged with killing an adult white dragon for a bounty hunting guild.
-The Chroma Conclave arc is entirely devoted to killing 4 evil ancient chromatic dragons.
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Are there spiders?
26 supporters
Yes
42
No
1
5
Anonymous
Second season: The party fights a Phase Spider in the sewers.
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Are there snakes?
10 supporters
Yes
34
No
0
7
Anonymous
First season: Vax'ildan has a belt that can turn into a snake. It's his pet, and he calls it Simon.
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Are there bugs?
0 supporters
Yes
40
No
0
3
Anonymous
Yep, second season alongside the giant spider, half the crew fight enourmous burrowing insectiod monsters.
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
57 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Is rape mentioned?
39 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
1
uru63
a main character in campaign two very vaguely implies that part of the abuse he endured as a young man involved being sexually coerced/manipulated in the form of training for 'honey-pot' missions, but it really is so vague as to almost be subtext (at least in-universe. the player has spoken more explicitly about some of his character's trauma around sexual exploitation)
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Yes
7
No
0
2
BenPhantomhive
In all seasons theres spells or objects that restrain someome, sometimes during combat and sometimes as in-party jokes or arguments
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
5
No
20
5
Anonymous
Campaign 1: While there is no sexual assault, there are a couple mentions of a pre-stream incident where a monster intended to reproduce with a disguised party member, but they were killed by the party before any action could be taken
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
1
Bodily Harm
Yes
34
No
0
3
Anonymous
First season: A party member shaves another party member in their sleep as a prank, and shaves half of their beard off.
Second season: A party member asks another to give them a shave with their sword.
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Yes
20
No
0
2
JoelMills
there are multiple occurrences in both the first and second season where the environment makes breathing difficult, such as toxic air, or being underwater, though this is usually quickly solved by magical effects and items
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Is there cannibalism?
21 supporters
Yes
3
No
11
2
BenPhantomhive
Theres a mention of cannibal dwarves towards the end of the first season but nothing shown on screen
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
41
No
0
5
Anonymous
First season: People die to falling in lava, burned with fire magic, and killed with dragon flame.
Second season: A character's backstory involves burning people alive, and they use fire magic to burn people to death.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
7
No
13
3
RainWolfheart
Not technically, but a character describes being reanimated while buried
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Is there body horror?
25 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
0
JayceJohnson
S3
Many times when Chetney transforms, there's a high level of descriptive body horror.
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Is there amputation?
11 supporters
Yes
22
No
0
2
KatyBechnkov
Campaign 1: An NPC has their arm broken off in episode 48 and is present in episode 49. The description is very graphic and emotional.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
31
No
0
4
Anonymous
Fights can get very graphic, and the party is often descriptive or asked to describe how they kill their enemies.
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Is there a hanging?
18 supporters
Yes
30
No
0
4
the_burger_queen_03
First season: The heroes are threatened by the big bad to not try and stop them by the hanging of innocent townspeople (and bear) that are made to look like them.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
33
No
0
6
LaddyOLake
Second campaign: a character discusses damaging his own teeth/tusks
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
30
No
0
4
Anonymous
During combat, descriptive tones are used to describe death and injury.
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Does someone have a seizure?
2 supporters
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Yes
0
No
26
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
40 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
29
No
0
2
JoelMills
earl in campaign 1 a character's foot is submerged in lava and depicted as being severely damaged for an extended period of time, as well as being submerged in lava again during the final arc of the first season. there are also multiple references to mangled appendages in and an enemy is shot in the foot
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Is someone tortured?
52 supporters
Yes
40
No
0
3
Nobody
Campaign 1: An npc is tortured and found naked and bloody in the torture chamber.
Campaign 2: Three characters get kidnapped by slave traders and it is implied that torture might have happened, especially for one of the characters who was separated from the other two. A child npc (son of a guest character) is tortured by the same slave traders.
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4
Anonymous
First season: Keyleth jumps off a cliff and transforms herself into a goldfish, underestimating the damage that falling off a giant cliff would do to her. It's very much joked about, and not tragic at all. She's brought back to life shortly after.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
33
No
0
3
JoelMills
cultists in the first season are described as missing their left eye, implied to have removed it themselves.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
1
0
uru63
descriptions during battle sequences/final kills can get pretty evocative in terms of gore.
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Children
Does a kid die?
24 supporters
Yes
40
No
0
5
gaymee
Second season: Half the party plane shifts and fights a fire elemental creature. A child is killed while hiding from the creature and subsequently revived.
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Is a minor sexualized?
56 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
3
Death
Does a non-human character die?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Does someone die?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
19 supporters
Yes
1
No
5
0
CryTheFurred
S2
 E40
In "Dubious Pursuits" (2x40), Nott (played by Sam Riegel) calls a group of pursuing enemies "fucktards" while attempting to draw their attention. Considering the show and Sam's usually progressive attitudes, this was an isolated slip up and has thankfully not been repeated since.
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Family
Yes
32
No
0
6
Courf
There is a scene at the end of episode 25 of campaign 2 that comes out of nowhere and could be particularly triggering, especially since the story is told in first and second person. The following arc is all about human trafficking.
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Does a parent die?
6 supporters
Yes
39
No
0
5
Anonymous
Just wanted to add that there are also some descriptions of the actual deaths of the parents in campaign 2 (ep 18)
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
Yes
2
No
17
0
Nemision
S2
Nobody cheats during the campaigns, but Beau mentions intentionally ruining a marriage.
1 comment | Add comment
Is a child's toy destroyed?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
7
Fear
Are there jumpscares?
27 supporters
Yes
9
No
20
2
Anonymous
One jumpscare in C2E64, though it's not particularly sudden or loud.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
33
No
1
5
rabbitwarren
Campaign 2: a main character is mind controlled by a monster for a significant period of time, and made to do awful things.
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Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
Yes
36
No
0
3
Anonymous
Lots of ghosts/undead enemies in both campaigns. In campaign 2, there are a few ghosts/spirits that the party sees but doesn’t interact with.
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Are there clowns?
8 supporters
Yes
0
No
29
4
rayisharakhel
No, although there is a carnival.
1 comment | Add comment
Is trypophobic content shown?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
25
No
0
2
Anonymous
First season: The party gets cleaned up, and have casual and funny conversations with each other. Two party members have a bath together, but the circumstance is very humorous and heart-warming.
Second season: Two party members go to a bathhouse together. They both have private baths.
-The party go to a bath house and all bathe together in a public bath. It's taken as a cool-down moment for all of the excitement.
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
7
No
0
Does someone vomit?
54 supporters
Yes
33
No
0
3
the_burger_queen_03
Second season: One of the characters sometimes throws up after extremely unpleasant or shocking events happen.
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Is someone eaten?
15 supporters
Yes
4
No
0
0
CryTheFurred
There are multiple instances of the protagonists being eaten alive by enemies in usual D&D fashion, there are plenty examples of bodies implied to have been eaten by monsters or predators and Thordak, the draconic second-last villain of season 1, swallowed dissenters and critics whole in front of a crowd as an intimidation tactic.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
0
uru63
again, the definition of "on-screen" is a little hazy for something like critical role, but yes there are multiple instances (especially in campaign 1) of players informing the table while out of character and/or roleplaying in character a scene in which they are pooping
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Does someone spit?
7 supporters
Yes
29
No
0
3
Anonymous
First and second season: Lots of fart jokes are made. Childish humor.
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Is there audio gore?
26 supporters
Yes
9
No
4
2
Pickleweasel
Some of the sound effects made by the DM can be considered audio gore (bones/joints cracking, squelching sounds, etc)
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
10
LGBTQ+
1
FiMi
S2
While there is none explicitly, there was a prominent discussion regarding the names of certain characters in which many considered the use of older names 'deadnaming'. YMMV.
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Are there transphobic slurs?
22 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
No
4
Is there bisexual cheating?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
28
Yes
11
No
16
2
AJFreyley
Campaign 2: characters both receive and apply tattoos (on one occasion to an unwilling recipient), though there is no detailed description of the process.
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5
Anonymous
Second season: A character's backstory involves going insane and being at an asylum for an indeterminate amount of time. This has been mentioned only once so far.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
27
No
1
4
Anonymous
C2: party members create distractions and try to sneak into a hospital. Takes place in a hospital but there aren’t really any typical hospital scenarios that happen
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Does someone have cancer?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
31
Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
8
No
0
Yes
39
No
0
5
fia99
In campaign 2 there is a Bloodhunter character who cuts himself in order to activate certain class abilities
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Is autism misrepresented?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
2
BenPhantomhive
Not constantly but in campaign 2 a character named Caleb,who suffers from anxiety and ptsd,sometimes gets pretty violent during combat
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
4
Is there misophonia?
21 supporters
Yes
6
No
0
3
beastintheomlet
Yes, while not constant by any means the cast does eat during the game and there are moments where it is very audible and uncomfortable. This was more noticeable in the second season where the audio fidelity is much higher.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
29
No
2
4
ursamajors
While it’s never explicitly labeled as such in game, one of the characters speaks extremely negatively about her appearance. The DM (who has body dysmorphia himself) has referred to it as such out of game.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
4
Yes
32
No
0
7
ursamajors
Second season: the character Caleb suffers from anxiety and ptsd, and occasionally has bouts of anxiety. He is typically guided through them by his friends.

The character Caduceus also has an anxiety attack in episode 36 but he isn’t talked through it by his friends.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
26
No
1
3
Em578
In season 1 episode 54, there is a scene where two characters use magic to teleport inside a dragon (on purpose) while fighting it and end up trapped inside, unable to move
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Is there autism specific abuse?
26 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
2
APLovecraft
Campaign 1 - an enemy drowns himself after a party member uses vicious mockery, it's played as a joke
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Noxious
Yes
3
No
0
0
uru63
there are times when the DM will startle the players with a sudden loud noise, but it is only his voice. no sudden loud music or sound effects
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Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
Yes
4
No
2
2
oatmeal
second season: in the end of episode 118 there is a giant baby monster that does make sounds like a crying baby, but of lower register.
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Is there shakey cam?
22 supporters
Yes
0
No
26
3
Anonymous
The whole show is filmed in a studio. The camera work is professional and steady, and even more so in the second season. There are one or two instances where a camera drops, but it's very rare.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
6
No
0
2
nochiquinn
Campaign 3 has new set effects that occasionally contain lightning effects or moving lights, but it's in the background behind the characters and only especially dramatic during one character's dream sequences (steady but intense red light, dust storm effects)
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is there childbirth?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Are there abortions?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Does someone miscarry?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
27
Yes
2
No
16
1
BenPhantomhive
During one of the one shots one of the PCs is unknowingly pregnant and shes killed but quickly revived. Its only at the end that she talks about how shes experiencing symbols of being pregnant. No harm happens to the baby
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
24 supporters
Yes
5
No
18
1
APLovecraft
Campaign 2 - there are a couple of jokes here and there about Travis putting on weight after his baby is born
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11
Anonymous
There are a couple incidents where a player accidentally misgenders an npc and are corrected (jmon sa’ord in c1, Bryce in c2)
C2: There is a cis female character played by a man, and sometimes the players will accidentally refer to the character using he/him pronouns because those are the player’s pronouns, instead of the characrer’s pronouns
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Does the black guy die first?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Are there homophobic slurs?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
17
Yes
1
No
21
0
uru63
the show is very positive/celebratory about gender non-conformity in general. The DM makes an effort to include a variety of gender identities when creating minor/background characters.

A main character in EXU:Unlimited dresses in drag as a disguise, and while the situation is comedic, the fact that he is wearing a dress is never the target of the jokes; it's actually depicted as joyful and empowering
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Is there hate speech?
14 supporters
Yes
1
No
27
5
Anonymous
The cast and crew are very aware of their audience. They fully support the LGBT+ community, POC and other marginalized groups, and are extremely accepting and supportive.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
46
No
1
7
RainWolfheart
Permanent death: 1x115, 2x26, The Return of Liam. Non-permanent death: 1x44, 1x80, 1x83, 1x88, 1x97 (questioning character), 1x102, 1x112, Dalen's Closet. Following 2x14, a character mentions that he apparently died and was resurrected in the past. Following 2x26, a main character's death is often referenced. Following 2x46, it is revealed that a character died as part of someone's backstory, and that death is referenced occasionally.
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0
uru63
occasionally, especially in the earlier years when the cast was less savvy about public perception. that being said, the cast has always been receptive to (legitimate) criticism, willing to educate themselves, and quick to change harmful language and/or behavouir.
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Are there n-words?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Relationships
Yes
5
No
0
2
BenPhantomhive
Technically there is, but is between an adult human and an adult elf. The age gap doesn't influence their relationship
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Sex
Yes
29
No
0
7
Anonymous
First season: Two party members go to brothels, but there is no description of what happens in them.
-Two other party members become romantically involved and there are side jokes and banter about their s*x life.
Second season: The party stays at a fancy hotel and one of the members organizes two entertainers" to come into their room. They later come out draped in only a cloth serving fruits.
-One of the party members and a guest star's character sleep with each other.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Are there nude scenes?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Is there bestiality?
44 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Are there incestuous relationships?
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0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
26
Sickness
Yes
0
No
4
0
Nemision
S3
No, though many jokes are made at Chetney (and by Chetney) about the possibility of him having one.
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0
DitisEmile
Ashton in CR3 suffers from chronic pain.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Social
Yes
6
No
0
2
BenPhantomhive
At the beggining of season 2,two of the PCs are homeless
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Spoiler
Yes
3
No
17
2
RainWolfheart
I can't recall for sure, but there may be mention of it in the Christmas one-shots because this media is aimed at adults.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
22
5
Anonymous
I wouldn’t exactly say it’s an unhappy ending, but there are some serious sad elements to an otherwise happy ending for campaign 1 (death of loved ones, etc)
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
3 supporters
Yes
1
No
24
0
McGirlGal
There are no cars, but there are carriages, and there have probably been a few carriages that crashed.
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Does a plane crash?
4 supporters
Yes
2
No
25
2
BenPhantomhive
There's no airplanes,but in c1 theres a skyship that crashes during a fight
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Is someone hit by a car?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
27
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
25
Is there blood/gore?
26 supporters
Yes
33
No
0
3
Anonymous
Both seasons: Fights can get very graphic and violent. Descriptions of injury and death are descriptive.
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Does someone drown?
9 supporters
Yes
34
No
1
4
Emil
Second Season: Multiple character backstories involve drowning or near drowning.
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Yes
28
No
0
1
Emil
A character in the first season uses almost exclusively guns to fight. Few others have them.
In the second season guns are seen occasionally and rarely used.
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