Is the r-slur used?
Browse movies, tv shows, books and more where the r-slur is used.
This is a common and deeply upsetting trigger for developmentally disabled and autistic people, and can cause major panic attacks and meltdowns.
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Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
84
No
0
9
MeteorMeadow
A child's drawing is described in this way.
TV Show • 2008 Report
Yes
79
No
2
8
ellaur
The son of the main characters has cerebral palsy, and there are scenes of him being addressed as such by bullies and antagonists. One more intense example is a group of boys mocking him in a store but (spoilers) the main bully gets his ass beat. Characters generally react negatively to the slurs use.
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
77
No
0
7
Reesekat54
Yes, very frequently by the main antagonist.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
67
No
5
2
Yes, throughout a season a Down syndrome baby is born to a teen mom. He is referred to as the R-word, and the grandmother joins a group trying to “reclaim” the R-word and regularly uses it.
After Liam (toddler) is exposed to cocaine and overdoses, children in his brothers school taunt him that his little brother is a R-word now. Carl reguraly uses it in that episode trying to “figure out” if his brother “is a R-word” and takes a test for it online. This episode (S4 Ep7) even has the R-word in the title.
This word is also just in general regularly used throughout the show and there’s never any regency to it being wrong, besides the ~reclaiming the word~ episode
After Liam (toddler) is exposed to cocaine and overdoses, children in his brothers school taunt him that his little brother is a R-word now. Carl reguraly uses it in that episode trying to “figure out” if his brother “is a R-word” and takes a test for it online. This episode (S4 Ep7) even has the R-word in the title.
This word is also just in general regularly used throughout the show and there’s never any regency to it being wrong, besides the ~reclaiming the word~ episode
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
64
No
2
6
pinkwhale
YES. (So far) it's in S01E01, S01E07, S02E02, S02E04. Mostly used by Maddy and few other characters who are pretty flawed
TV Show • 1997 Report
Yes
57
No
1
4
jdpamv
Too many instances to count but mostly in the episodes where the disabled boy Timmy is involved, he is referred to it directly as a slur.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
57
No
0
10
In the beginning of the movie, a character refers to Bella as a, "Beautiful r*****"
Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
52
No
0
8
ashercries
Eddie uses it near the start of the film, when Richie chucks sewer garbage on him, luckily its not used excessively
Movie • 2016 Report
Yes
51
No
2
7
Anonymous
One of the girls uses this word in reference to Art’s behavior
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
48
No
2
11
Littleolme
Blitzo calls Moxxie "r****ded" in the pilot.
Movie • 2009 Report
Yes
42
No
1
9
damalojo
Yes, multiple times. A student insults a classmate by saying "that's why they're in r*tard math," somebody calls something "freaktarded," etc.
Movie • 2001 Report
Yes
41
No
0
11
TheCassandraComplex
The phrase used is “men are big fat r***rds” … it’s brief and easy to miss because the character is interrupted mid-sentence.
Movie Report
Yes
39
No
0
4
weezburger
Written in a poem and said outloud
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
38
No
4
4
Burgerkingcomputers
Christina says she’s not “socially r****ed” somewhere in the end of the second season or beginning of the third. Haven’t gotten past S3 to inform on later episodes
TV Show • 1994 Report
Yes
38
No
1
8
zuurtje
in the last season i think, phoebe says joey is 'a little bit r*tarded' to someone else in french so joey cant hear it
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
38
No
2
3
c0mradeolive
A few minutes from the end the last episode of season 3, when homelander is in a crowd of his supporters, a protestor is called a variation of the r slur. mute & turn off captions from 57:22-57:24 and you won't see/hear it. the dialogue isn't important so you won't miss anything. (SPOILERS)
if you wanna be extra safe and skip it, a protestor calls homelander a fascist and throws a can at his kid, so homelander lasers the guy's head off and everyone cheers.
if you wanna be extra safe and skip it, a protestor calls homelander a fascist and throws a can at his kid, so homelander lasers the guy's head off and everyone cheers.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
37
No
1
2
brake4bimbos
Constantly, in many episodes
Book Report
Yes
35
No
0
7
trans
there is a lot of ableist language yes
Movie • 2014 Report
Yes
35
No
0
4
Tall_Goth_Queen
During a scene where the protagonist loses a music folder they are compared to and described using the phrase “give a calculator to a f**king r****d and he’s gonna try to turn on a TV with it”
Movie • 2009 Report
Yes
33
No
2
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
32
No
22
1
emsdog28
S6
E6
6 episode 12 at 16:23 minutes Dr. Reid says "those lost years r word behavioral age."
Movie • 1995 Report
Yes
30
No
0
8
SophieN
cher says “god i’m such a ___” to mr. hall because she “accidentally” (purposely) took her dads coffee instead of her snapple in the morning.
Movie • 1994 Report
Yes
30
No
0
3
Sid
There’s an exchange between Butch and Fabienne where Butch calls her a retard and does what she describes as a “mongoloid voice”
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
28
No
0
4
howdywrites
Yes when Toby McGuire's character is on screen towards the end
Movie • 2010 Report
Yes
27
No
0
6
ProfessorProcyon
Very briefly in one scene.
Video Game • 2019 Report
Yes
26
No
0
4
flowerclown
Never by otherwise likable characters though. To avoid: don't tell your tie you don't want to drink. Don't tell Evrart you're ultraliberal. If (SPOILER) your companion is shot, the option to say it also has a chance to appear in a conversation with Cuno, the chance increasing the higher your Rhetoric is; the only definite way to avoid it appearing afaik is savescumming if Kim gets shot.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
26
No
0
5
Anonymous
Season 3 episode 1
Season 4 episode 14
Season 4 episode 14
TV Show • 2004 Report
Yes
25
No
10
2
used at the start of s2 ep1 around one minute In
Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
25
No
1
7
marylisbonsoven
at around 15:30, bianca says to kat ‘can’t you just find some blind, dead, r*tard to take you to the movies so i can have one date?’ during an argument. if this is triggering to you i’d recommend stopping when kat walks up the stairs, and replaying when she starts talking again.
Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
25
No
0
3
tbarak21
repeatedly in the episode "Petarded"