The Boxtrolls
Movie • 2014 • Animation
ReportAn orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
This movie contains 13 potentially triggering events.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is there a dead animal?
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manaphy
There's a dead fish in a trash can at the beginning of the movie, it still has its face.
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Are there bugs?
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teaz
the trolls are shown eating bugs, some have bugs crawling on them at points.
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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manaphy
Characters are held physically, characters are tied up, there's a lot of kidnapping and abduction so there's a lot of grabbing. A character is restrained and they attempt to kill him around the climax of the movie.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there cannibalism?
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manaphy
There is no cannibalism, there is a LOT of discussion of cannibalism. Specifically, Boxtrolls eating humans. One character likes to be very graphic with her descriptions.
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Is someone burned alive?
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teaz
[spoilers] no, but near the end a character is nearly burned alive.
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Does a head get squashed?
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teaz
[spoilers] near the end, a large machine falls on a character, crushing them. it's not graphic, though.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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manaphy
Somebody has a very very bad food allergy and is shown swelling, including tongue etc. He doesn't die of breath issues.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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manaphy
Some characters have crooked teeth because they're British, but teeth aren't damaged on screen.
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Is someone tortured?
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manaphy
Someone is kept captive for 10 years, held upside down the whole time.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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manaphy
For most of the movie you believe that one has been. There's a lot of talk about baby snatching, etc, a festival celebrating it. It's most of the plot.
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Does a kid die?
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manaphy
Children are threatened explicitly with death, and the villains attempt to kill a child, but the kids survive. Infant death is mentioned over and over, however.
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Disability
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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teaz
throughout the movie, boxtrolls are shown getting kidnapped.
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Does a parent die?
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It's implied that the main characters father is dead and there's a pretty dramatic flashback that implies it too but at the end it's shown that that dad isn't dead
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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OliveTheTiger
The head is ripped off of a teddy bear by the child
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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DylanKapp
It’s unlikely that Snatcher is trans, given that he never objects to or shows discomfort from his underlings referring to him as male. The Madame Frou Frou persona feels more like a manipulation tactic to further anti-boxtroll propaganda.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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manaphy
No, however, leeches are used which might be similarly important if needles and syringes bother you.
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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OliveTheTiger
There are a few scenes with loud chewing and mouth closeups
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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manaphy
There is an after credits scene where the characters ponder being stop motion.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Savy
I'm surprised that people are saying no to this. Just because they're not outright saying fat jokes doesn't mean there isn't any, they're just visual gags. (spoilers below)
Example of this is, The villain is a fat person, he's supposed to be seen as disgusting and comedic to the viewer. He's allergic to cheese, which makes parts of his body swell up, exposing parts of his body. The allergic reaction is especially bad at the end, his stomach out to view. The townspeople look at him in disgust when they witness his allergic reaction.
Example of this is, The villain is a fat person, he's supposed to be seen as disgusting and comedic to the viewer. He's allergic to cheese, which makes parts of his body swell up, exposing parts of his body. The allergic reaction is especially bad at the end, his stomach out to view. The townspeople look at him in disgust when they witness his allergic reaction.
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ptsdean
No, but the depiction of the villain is transphobic ("evil" cross-dresser trope).
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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henny
Snatcher dresses as a woman to trick the people of Cheesebridge, most prominently Portley-Rind. It's not shown in a flattering or sympathetic light.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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manaphy
I would say yes. A drag queen dies. The drag queen is the villain, which doesn't necessarily make it better. Just more information.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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manaphy
Men discuss the beauty of a woman saying she has "cheese on her bones" etc, which read as "locker talk" to me.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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manaphy
I would say yes. A character explodes near the end, it's just yellow primarily but it's alarming. As well, gore is frequently discussed and described in detail by the characters. And, again, there are leeches.
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