Does the dog die?
197 supporters
The Truman Show
Movie • 1998 • Comedy
ReportTruman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.
This movie contains 32 potentially triggering events.
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
There are three dogs (and maybe more); none of them dies or suffers in any way.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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ponyonemo
(Spoiler) The Truman Show in universe exists as the result of an unwanted pregnancy.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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cephaloncas
Truman's mom gaslights her son throughout the entire movie, although there is no physical abuse as far as we know.
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Is someone stalked?
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Jadespade
Truman is constantly being watched and/or followed without his knowledge.
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takver
Truman and his wife have a physical fight. She lies to him, he gets aggressive, she wards him off with a knife, but he overpowers her and holds the knife to her throat before the fight is interrupted.
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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?
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Corellon
Whenever Truman discovers evidence that there's something strange about his life, a character will swoop in and make him think it's perfectly normal and he's just delusional.
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Jadespade
Truman since childhood has been lied to and gaslighted.
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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doestheferbdie
there is sometimes alcohol consumed but not in a big addictive way
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Animal
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No animal dies or suffers.
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's an aggressive dog. It doesn't physically harm anybody.
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Does a cat die?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
I don't think there are any cats.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone restrained?
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Undata
Truman restrains his wife with his arm while holding her at knife point briefly
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RowanOakley
Tricky; it's implied that Truman is still continuously recorded, even when having sex and using the bathroom. The hypothetical conceiving of a child onscreen is discussed.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Meowmeowiemeow
A small cut during a fake surgery
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Near-drowning.
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Is there cannibalism?
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The main character mentions it
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Is someone choked?
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ponyonemo
Truman chokes after nearly drowning, a result of the director.
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Is someone burned alive?
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takver
There is a brief scene where someone drives through fire.
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Is there amputation?
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supernintendo64
Amputation is mentioned, and there is a scene where a bunch of actors pretending to be surgeons have to pretend to amputate a leg when Truman is watching them, but no actual amputation is carried out.
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Is someone tortured?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
One might argue that Truman is subjected to psychological torture through deceit and gaslighting.
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Is someone stabbed?
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ponyonemo
No, but someone is threatened to be stabbed.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Insertnamehere
Truman is taken as a baby for a TV show.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone die?
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Insertnamehere
In the show, yes. In real life, no.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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takver
A woman is pulled into a car against her will. She is not physically harmed or imprisoned, but she is taken away when she doesn't want to go.
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Does a parent die?
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Steven S.
There is a flashback scene where Truman's father appears to drown in a storm. Although the father is later revealed to be alive, the scene of his apparent death may still be traumatic for some viewers.
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Does someone cheat?
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MichaelOttinger
Truman looks at some old photos of his wedding and sees that his wife (or, rather, the woman playing his wife) crossed her fingers at their wedding, meaning that she didn't really mean any of her vows.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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ttoobbyy
truman almost gets hit by a bus and it’s a bit startling
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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DaniBabi
SPOILER: technically no natural bodies of water as he lives on set, so everything is man made
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Is there a shower scene?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's a man sitting in a full tub; we see him there several times.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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Monica Johnson
There's a small scene on the boat where he vomits slightly
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Does someone spit?
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ponyonemo
Yeah Truman spits out some water.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Anonymous
mentions of it, a character is made out to be schizophrenic, and her "father" says they tried everything including shock therapy.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Steven S.
Doctors are seen about to perform surgery on a man, though the surgery is stopped before it can begin.
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Does someone have cancer?
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rubyfire77
There is a brief mention that Truman's mom got sick, but nothing explicit about cancer
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Tffr
Truman is purposefully traumatized so that he will have flash backs and fear to stop him from leaving
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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3
no one is actually mentally ill, but the main character is gaslighted into believing he’s losing his mind and schizophrenia is mentioned once
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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rubyfire77
a character being told he's delusional (though he is not) acts violently out of fear
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Very much so
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Rory_John14
The main character has a phobia and is constantly gaslighted, so experiences a lot of anxiety
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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leh
Some light POV camera action occasionally when the character is running or on a boat
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
There are a few lightning bolts toward the end.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Julian_Fawcett
That’s the plot
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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puppydog
it’s not explicitly shown, but there’s a scene of him in the womb where they discuss his birth, at 1:05
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Boopers
Truman’s (very legitimate) concerns are constantly explained by others as a form of paranoia. He is also manipulated into developing mental illnesses and phobias so he won’t ever leave the island. Finally, someone tries to explain the truth to Truman, but they are constantly interrupted by another character and told that they’re crazy.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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will0w
Mentions of sex but nothing shown
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's reckless driving.
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Does a plane crash?
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Undata
A stage light falls from the sky, but Truman is told via radio that it was a plane losing parts mid-flight. No plane crash actually occurs or depicted outside of this.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but it comes extremely close.
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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There is scene where a fake nuclear radiation leak occurs
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Does someone drown?
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Jadespade
Truman almost drowns in the end in an intense scene.
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