Does the dog die?
185 supporters
The Lion King
Movie • 1994 • Animation
ReportA young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an outcast or face his demons and become what he needs to be?
This movie contains 29 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Leigh Ann Kesler
An animal dies, along with your innocence.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
15 supporters
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AnnaMcDermott
The chameleon was stalked by Simba.
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Anonymous
Scar hits sarabi during his reign
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
42 supporters
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QuintusHazard
Near the climax of the movie, Scar hits Sarabi and knocks her down for comparing him to Mufasa, which is meant to be seen as shocking.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
26 supporters
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UnagioLucio
Scar convinces Simba that his father's death was his own fault, and guilts Simba further by asking what his mother will think when she finds out. Simba continues to blame himself well into adulthood, until he learns the truth.
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Anonymous
The villain manipulates the child in one important scene, but there is no direct abuse from him during childhood.
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Addiction
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
52 supporters
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SirDerpymister
Though its status of a horse is debatable, a zebra is presumed to have been killed by Scar.
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UnagioLucio
Several live insects (presumably non-sentient) are eaten onscreen. The hyenas are shown eating a zebra leg, but nothing else of the zebra is shown. Numerous animal bones and skulls are shown, especially in the elephant graveyard, but nothing graphic.
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Are animals abused?
109 supporters
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JohnCena
Animals fight, but there are no humans in the movie to abuse any animals.
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ProfessorProcyon
There are fights between animals, but not for human entertainment.
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Is there a dead animal?
59 supporters
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ProfessorProcyon
Even though Mufasa is not seen dying, we do see him shortly after his death (no blood, though). Several skeletons/bones of animals are also seen.
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Is an animal sad?
42 supporters
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AnnaMcDermott
Simba cried when his father died.
Nala was upset about what happened to Simba.
Nala was upset about what happened to Simba.
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Does a cat die?
96 supporters
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Anonymous
Both Mufasa and Scar die
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Does a dragon die?
17 supporters
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ProfessorProcyon
Dragons are not seen in the movie.
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Are there spiders?
26 supporters
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MrsCyberlife
There are ants, but not spiders, they're two different species entirely
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
3 supporters
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DeenGray
Crocodiles in "I Just Can’t Wait to Be King"
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Are there bugs?
17 supporters
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Anonymous
They're very colorful and cartoony and as a kid I wanted to eat them.
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Assault
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SiRenfield
Sarabi is struck by Scar
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Is someone restrained?
11 supporters
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SiRenfield
A bird is put in an improvised cage
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ImIschIWatchMovies
Not in the movie, but in a certain deleted scene and Broadway scene, there is a moment where the villain wants one of the main characters to be his queen and bear cubs. And technically. they're his niece.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
17 supporters
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ProfessorProcyon
Some scratches from fighting.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
13 supporters
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bearnormous
Simba pushes on Scar's throat, choking him and he does gasp/gag
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Is there cannibalism?
22 supporters
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JesusIsMyZoloft
It’s not shown, or even mentioned, but Disney recently confirmed that the hyenas survived by eating each other.
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Is someone choked?
12 supporters
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QuintusHazard
Simba chokes Scar to get him to confess to killing Mufasa.
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Is someone burned alive?
20 supporters
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Anonymous
Actually, Scar was mauled to death by a horde of angry animals. The fire was just in the background.
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Does someone become unconscious?
3 supporters
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AnnaMcDermott
When Simba ran away from home he fainted.
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Is someone tortured?
54 supporters
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UnagioLucio
Played for laughs: Zazu is caught by hyenas and, while protesting, is slowly marched into a scalding geyser that launches him comically into the air like a firework. He shows up again unharmed.
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Does someone fall to their death?
6 supporters
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Dimplz
Mufasa falls off a cliff into a gorge and is trampled to death by a stampede.
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Is there eye mutilation?
54 supporters
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Anonymous
Not shown on screen, but Scar is named after a scar that crosses his face over his eye. Not mentioned how it was there
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Is there excessive gore?
49 supporters
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BoomBasher
There's a cartoony zebra leg and Scar is mauled to death offscreen, but nothing at all graphic.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
25 supporters
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SweetSuperNova
The other lions are told Simba has died as a child by Scar and are shown mourning him, with emphasis on the tragedy of losing someone so young.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
14 supporters
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JesusIsMyZoloft
Only if you count being an animal as a disability. All animals are played by human voice actors.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
5 supporters
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Alyssa5
Zazu is taken and held captive by Scar. If you consider that kidnapping then, yes
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Does a parent die?
6 supporters
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.
Simbas dad dies about 30 minutes in to the movie
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Does a family member die?
10 supporters
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SiRenfield
[SPOILERS for the two people that have never seen Lion King] Mufasa infamously so, Simba’s Uncle Scar later dies but he’s the bad guy and had it coming
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Fear
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Are there ghosts?
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Anonymous
There is technically a ghost but it is not aggressive and gives advice to the protagonist.
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Is there a shower scene?
5 supporters
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JesusIsMyZoloft
Simba tries to talk to Nala while she’s getting a bath. This “bath” consists of her mother licking her all over.
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Gross
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Is someone eaten?
18 supporters
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AnnaMcDermott
Scar is eaten by the hyenas.
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Does someone spit?
8 supporters
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UnagioLucio
Pumbaa the warthog is heavily implied to be notoriously flatulent, but he isn't shown or heard farting onscreen.
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Is there farting?
5 supporters
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AnnaMcDermott
Pumbaa farts.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
4 supporters
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AnnaMcDermott
Simba and Scar have a fight, Pumbaa, Timon and Rafiki fight the hyenas.
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
48 supporters
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
15 supporters
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
14 supporters
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KatanaNovaCat
There is a brief scene with Simba running through a very dense forest with low-hanging vines and branches.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
18 supporters
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AnnaMcDermott
There was the wildebeests running.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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KatanaNovaCat
There is some lightning, but nothing extreme.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
9 supporters
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QuintusHazard
When Simba and Nala head into the elephant graveyard and are saved from the hyenas by Mufasa, Scar had been watching them.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
5 supporters
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seatbelttruck
Very briefly, during the song "Hakuna Matata." Timon says "not in front of the kids," plural, when Simba is the only child present, implying that he is referring to the audience.
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
10 supporters
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BoomBasher
At the start of the movie we see baby Simba
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
27 supporters
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ProfessorProcyon
Mild jokes are made towards Pumbaa, a warthog.
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Does the black guy die first?
13 supporters
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Anonymous
Xenofiction with no human characters.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
21 supporters
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ProfessorProcyon
During the "You want me to dress in drag and do the hula?" scene, a male character wears a hula dress as a diversion, which is played for laughs. The fact that he's wearing a dress isn't really the main joke though, so whether or not this counts is debatable.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
21 supporters
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SiRenfield
Not in the movie but in the broadway adaptation Scar tries to court Nala, who is around the same age as his nephew Simba, into being his mate
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Religious
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
33 supporters
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UnagioLucio
It is implied with a lingering gaze that Simba and Nala got up to something during the song, Can You Feel The Love Tonight, but nothing explicit is said or shown. The implication will probably go over most kids' heads, but older audiences will notice it.
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Are there nude scenes?
19 supporters
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JesusIsMyZoloft
The entire cast is animals. Animals do not wear clothes by default. So it’s hard to say.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
8 supporters
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QuintusHazard
There's the one scene where Nala looks at Simba seductively during Can You Feel The Love Tonight which suggests that the two lions got up to something, but since this is a kids' movie I'll say no.
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RowanOakley
There is no direct confirmation that Simba and Nala are related.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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8
Yes
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7
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Social
Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
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julesandthesea
simba is kind of homeless after running away because Scar told him to do so. But Timon and Pumba adopt him und give him a new home.
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Yes
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Spoiler
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Yes
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Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
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Alyssa5
I don't know why people said yes. It's most certainly a happy ending.
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Vehicular
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Yes
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
30 supporters
Yes
6
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UnagioLucio
The closest things to gore are shots of insects being bitten in half and of hyenas devouring a zebra leg. A hyena is scratched across the face, leaving red claw marks, but that's the closest thing we see to blood. A character is eaten alive offscreen. Another character is trampled to death, but their dead body is not visibly bloody or injured at all.
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Is there gun violence?
9 supporters
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0
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BoomBasher
The characters are all animals
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