Modern Family
TV Show • 2009 • Comedy Report
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LauraMcG
Season 2, Episode 10, a man in the mall starts crying on Jay's shoulder because he just had to put his dog to sleep. We don't see the dog.
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0
Yes
0
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32
5
LunaandLacey
Gloria very briefly mentions she has the ashes of her dead horse
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41
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2
4
BelleMongey
Yes, in season 5 episode 4 Phil accidentally knocked a birds nest out of a gutter and kills all the birds in it. You don’t see anything you just here it smack on the ground and Hailey and Alex start screaming.
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Yes
7
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28
1
Dislauname
The shock collar is not seen or known put on Stella but bought for her, we see it on Phil though
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35
Yes
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2
3
Several small animals die, most offscreen. In S8E7 a goat gets panicked and runs into a wall and dies. It happens in a POV shot, so we don’t see it die, but a couple minutes later we see his legs sticking out of a blanket which was used to wrap his corpse.
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1
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37
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LauraMcG
No. In season 5 ep 3, Cam and Mitchell think their cat has died, but the cat is fine. Cam later ends up hosting a funeral for a nonexistent cat.
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Yes
12
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1
1
Mannys pet turtle dies
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38
Yes
30
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3
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LauraMcG
Season 10, Episode 10, Gloria's family in Columbia sends a Christmas package that is accidentally full of "banana spiders." You don't actually see them.
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41
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2
3
SandraSabrina
In the first season, on Luke's birthday party there's a snake on Dylan's shoulders. And there's also a scorpion on this same episode, if someone has trouble with those.
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Yes
30
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2
1
AudreyPitc
in the episode Fizbo, in series 1, at Luke's birthday party there is a tarantula and a scorpion
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1
Manny’s biological father is not the best and abandons him on an occasion or 2. But Gloria and jay are always there for him.
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1
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2
Yes
4
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29
-1
In episode 1x11 Mitchell and Cameron try to train Lily into sleeping alone. Mitchell uses the Ferber method, which is clearly abusive and negletful.
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4
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25
2
StaySafeFriends
In one episode, a Gloria slaps her husband Jay hard across the face (for secretly sleeping in a hotel to avoid her snoring, not that it matters hitting your spouse is unacceptable)
On a further note, Gloria frequently "casually" acts in physically and emotionally aggressive behaviors towards Jay.
Also, in one episode. Jay recalls memories of his toxic relationship with his ex wife Dede. He describes an incident where she threw a video cassete at him.
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24
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9
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LauraMcG
Lots of little examples of it throughout the show, but namely: S1 E10 Haley and Alex gaslight Luke.
S7 E19 Claire makes Phil think that he's done something wrong, and he continually tries to make up for it, even though he hasn't, and she's just trying to hide something from him. It's not cute.
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Yes
19
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6
2
little_dovah
mitchell believes to have a stalker that is an escaped convict that he helped to convict. it’s later discovered that he is mistaken.
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1
bowlfrontpartyback
S2
E15
Gloria takes a Xanax with alcohol and acts inebriated
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25
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15
3
LunaandLacey
The characters drink and especially claire enjoys one but she doesnt abuse it.
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2
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29
Yes
8
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3
2
cec
S6
E6
The street the Dunphy’s live on is having a scariest haunted house competition and Alex is strapped to a hospital bed.
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0
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10
Yes
0
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3
0
bowlfrontpartyback
Phil does a magic trick where a tank fills with water and he struggles briefly
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1
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3
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0
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0
Yes
20
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16
5
StaySafeFriends2
Gloria is touched inappropriately by a man at the dude ranch who is coming onto her while they are both alone, it's not a long scene before her husband comes.
Alex was In a sexual relationship with a boy in high school while she herself was in college
There is an entire episode about Mitchell being uncomfortable with cams mother touching him a lot, inappropriately, without permission - including on his butt and upper thigh, and kissing him on the lips. He is very uncomfortable.
Alex is kissed without permission by another tween boy while she's on vacation. Later in the episode she kisses him back, and they develop young crush like feelings. Which doesn't excuse the act, but may make it a little less triggering if you choose to finish the episode.
Mitchell is kissed without permission during a play in front of a crowd.
In a busy cake shop, cam (adult) is on the phone with Manny (12 year old family member) helping him figure out what to say to his crush while he's nervous on a date. He them says out loud something like "I know you're only 11 years old, but I've had so much fun talking to you online, I think we should be boyfriend and girlfriend" - suggesting Manny says that to his crush. Everyone in the store turns around looks at him, thinking he is a predator. The scene ends, and Jay picks up the phone and and hears cam crying and "how did you get kicked out a cake store" then "well that'll do it". So not assault, but a joke relating to it.
Phil is kissed on the lips without permission by a friend he has over to watch the game with, who mistakenly thought they were on a date.
There is an episode where Claire keeps getting kissed without permission by a man who Phil is working with in real estate. As a hello/goodbye. Phil doesn't seem to take her seriously the whole episode despite her telling him "you don't think that's weird?" Soon in the episode we see this man kissing everyone on the lips, including his kids, and an older female relative, implying that it's not sexual in nature to Claire and it's just a part of his culture. Doesn't excuse it, but we realize he's not coming onto to her.
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0
Yes
0
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Yes
1
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30
Yes
0
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23
0
There is mention of it for a hunted house but that is it and there was no actual hanging they just talk about it
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17
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1
Yes
0
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17
Yes
26
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4
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LunaandLacey
He didnt shoot him in the eye but a guitar string snaps into Luke's eye, no blood or gore
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10
Yes
0
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5
Yes
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1
2
.
Season 11 Episode 4. One of the main characters disguises himself as a barber to talk to his nemesis. Short scene
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3
Yes
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Yes
35
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2
1
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Season 1 episode 9, Luke breaks his arm
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Yes
3
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24
1
cec
S7
E2
gloria shoots jay in the foot with a BB gun.
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1
Yes
21
No
7
1
LunaandLacey
Claires tooth falls out but theres no blood
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Yes
17
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0
3
Jjjjjj
A running joke is that Phil will “fix that step” I think he does fall down the stairs at some point, but most of the time he just slips down one or two steps
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24
Yes
2
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LauraMcG
No, though Gloria mentions how effective lighting someone's head on fire is for getting them to do what you want. Also Haley's hair catches fire, but she's totally fine. You don't even see flames.
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8
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22
4
LauraMcG
No, but Phil gets zapped with a stun gun, and the electric shock causes his body to convulse. s3 e10
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0
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26
2
LauraMcG
No, but while getting an MRI (s8 e14), Cam accidentally listens to a podcast talking about someone who was buried alive.
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Yes
5
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20
1
LauraMcG
Halloween prank S2 E6
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28
Yes
1
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25
0
LauraMcG
S9 E13 Alex and Haley briefly talk about a woman accused of cannibalism.
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4
Yes
9
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2
Yes
0
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7
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bowlfrontpartyback
S1
E23
No however Cam and Mitch lose Lily in an elevator in Hawaii. It's an extended scene
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34
Yes
0
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6
0
It’s only mentioned.
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2
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0
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Kunothyca
(Spoilers)
Some characters we don’t get to know (eg Phil’s mom) are mentioned to die.
Iirc there are three known characters that die: Dede (Mitch and Claire’s mum), Phil’s dad and Walt (Luke’s friend and neighbor).
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0
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11
Yes
0
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11
Yes
20
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9
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summer.grace2
lilly's teddy bunny is lost then found with a homeless man asleep who then violently coughs all over it so they decide not to get it back
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Yes
2
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0
0
Kunothyca
See “Does someone die” question.
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Yes
37
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5
3
sahar12hsh
It's not one of the main characters but 3 of the main character's parant die
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Yes
18
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7
1
little_dovah
gloria’s sister briefly kidnaps manny
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Yes
37
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0
4
aliefication
andy sleeps with haley despite being engaged to beth. in a later episode, beth admits she was cheating on him before he gets to confess.
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Yes
16
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10
2
jessiea
There is a scene when Mitchell is in the bath in S2, E2, a scene when Jay is in the shower in 25, E6, a scene when it is mentioned Haley was in a bathtub, and in the same episode (S7, E7) her and Andy fall into the bathtub.
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0
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1
Yes
4
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24
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LauraMcG
S9 E10, Phil is trying to sell a house to a spiritual woman who believes the house is full of evil spirits. Gloria comes to cleanse the house, and she and Phil discover there's actually a hive of bees in the wall, not evil spirits.
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25
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8
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LauraMcG
S1 E10 Manny and Jay are watching Miracle on 34th St but it’s a prank version with a screaming face edited into the scene. This happens twice in the episode.
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Yes
4
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1
Yes
3
No
0
0
Cavalier_Avocado
Luke learns to shave.
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0
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26
Yes
61
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1
6
KeiraOlssen
Cam is a professional clown named Fizbo, but not a scary one. He’s a very upbeat, good clown. He isn’t dressed up as a clown 🤡 most of the time, but every once in a while, there’s an episode where he dresses up as Fizbo. He’s a nice, happy clown.
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Yes
2
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8
Yes
12
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8
3
LauraMcG
Season 10, episode 14 Haley accidentally hits the tv remote when she falls asleep and it switches to a horror movie offscreen with a LOT of audio gore.
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59
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3
10
SmithH
S3 E20, Alex v* at 17.25. Audio but no visual. Just skip until 17.40 to be clear.
S1 E23, Haley gets drunk and they talk about her v* but you never actually see or hear it.
S2 E22, Luke eats a lot of food and then asks for a bag (to v* into). You don't see or hear anything but Claire says he threw up in the car.
S3 E17, Luke uses a lot of fake blood as a prank and Alex says "I'm going to be sick" but she isn't.
S4 E22, the cleaner at the skate rink says to Claire he needs to clean up the rink as someone 'yakked' up on it and then Luke comes to Claire and says he just v*. He also groans after but no audio or visual.
S5 E7: Claire says she is going to throw up and is feeling queasy but it's all an excuse so nothing happens.
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0
2
SmithH
S1 E18 at the end Phil washes his mouth out over the sink and spits into the sink.
S4 E7: Luke spits out fake bacon as it is made from soy which he is allergic to.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
26
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2
1
LunaandLacey
Jay's brother has it but it was just mentioned in one episode
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64_Zoo_Lane
Sort of. In one episode - season 6, episode 6 (I think) - the house is dressed up to look like a mental institute, but there are only props there.
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Yes
7
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17
4
LauraMcG
There's a lot of scenes in the hospital, and various times people are hooked up to IVs. Not graphic though.
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Yes
39
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0
1
Dndjjdndnsnsjjxn
There is multiple hospital scenes
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18
Yes
0
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0
Yes
27
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3
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LauraMcG
S8 E2, Phil has anxiety from being trapped in a walk in closet for 18 hours. S8 E14, Cam has a panic attack while getting an MRI.
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2
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1
Yes
7
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2
2
In addition to crunching/chewing sounds throughout the series, the end of S7E12 triggered my misophonia. An old toy makes a very annoying/obnoxious sound over and over again until Phil takes it into another room and smashes the sound box
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0
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28
2
oreoicecrem
In S3 E13 Jay and Gloria think their dog is trying to kill herself. It's all a joke but it might be triggering
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cec
phil briefly shows symptoms of PTSD after he gets stuck in a closet for 18 hours
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AudreyPitc
In season 1 episode 17 ("truth be told") Alex remarks to Haley "don't you have an eating disorder you need to attend to?" it's very quick and easy to miss, and this supposed "eating disorder" is never mentioned again.
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11
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8
3
TimeLordClaudia
Claire, who is very thin and athletic, is jealous of Gloria's "skinniness," even though she is actually thinner than the curvy Gloria. This could be triggering for some viewers.
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1
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27
4
summer.grace2
no but in s8 ep4 jay mentions something about a group of people slitting their wrists because of watching manny's application video to juliard. don't know if that would trigger anyone but just letting ppl know:)
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1
2
There are jokes about it. For example. “Gun to your head which do you choose” (referring to two ugly pairs of shoes) followed by “gun to my head? Pull the trigger” but no one is actual suicidal.
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0
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LauraMcG
S8 E14 Cam gets an MRI scan, and it reminds him of being stuck in a well as a kid, and he listens to a podcast that talks about a man being buried alive. S9 Ep17 Mitchell has anxiety about a sensory deprivation tank.
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Yes
0
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11
Yes
26
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2
1
Shakey cam in various POV shots
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Yes
1
No
16
1
Dorianaz9
It's pretty rare but it does happen a few times.
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15
No
1
Yes
13
No
0
3
Characters frequently looking straight down the camera
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0
Yes
10
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Yes
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Yes
3
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
0
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20
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mad_melody
S2
E1
Halfway through S2E1, Cam says to the viewer that if he were to be injured by Mitchell's careless/dangerous usage of power tools, Cam would rather die (from a fatal injury) than live with a physical disability, as he feels he wouldn't be "an inspiring disabled person"
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20
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7
Yes
0
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Yes
0
No
2
Yes
0
No
25
9
FreyaRoRoDo
male gay characters are often referred to as she/her
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19
Yes
33
No
2
2
oreoicecrem
lots of fat jokes, especially towards cam
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24
Yes
34
No
3
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LauraMcG
Lots of homophobic jokes, and name calling from many different characters. Cam and Mitch frequently degrade other members of the LGBTQ+ community, especially anyone who isn’t a gay male. They make a lot of derogatory remarks about lesbians.
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2
S5 E16 when Phik is on stage he changes into a dress and wig while the crowd laughs at him
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bowlfrontpartyback
Not sure why this hasn't been said but Mitch and Cam (mostly Cam) say things and act in ways that are incredibly insensitive surrounding Lily and her ethnicity. Examples include interactions with their Asian paediatrician, Cam taking Lily to a commercial that involves white voice actors doing 'asian voices', as well as frequent racist remarks about Lily being a Panda or liking rice.
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0
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0
Yes
14
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0
Yes
1
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0
Yes
2
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LauraMcG
No, but a few of the cousins occasionally have crushes on other members of the family. Nothing ever comes of it, but there are a lot of jokes about it.
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3
Yes
2
No
5
1
Dorianaz9
it happens sometimes but everything is censored
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Yes
8
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1
Yes
27
No
2
2
cec
claire and phil’s kids walk in on them having sex
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9
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0
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
3
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1
Yes
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4
Yes
0
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0
Yes
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No
1
Yes
3
No
1
Yes
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7
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LauraMcG
Mall Santas are spoiled, I don't think Santa as a concept is.
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Yes
4
No
15
Yes
8
No
0
Yes
26
No
1
2
AudreyPitc
In the episode "Manny's Birthday" in season 2, the families' 4 cars very nearly crash, no one is hurt.
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1
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20
Yes
34
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0
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Lilly89
Claire hits Phil with the car while he is power walking. He is not hurt.
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Yes
16
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6
0
AmitaBose
S1
E3
phil gets hit in the face with a plane and just for like 20 seconds you see a lot of blood on his face
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0
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21
Yes
20
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3
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LauraMcG
The family also goes to a Dude Ranch and shoots clay pigeons. Mitchell accidentally swings his loaded gun around towards everyone, and they all duck and scream, but the gun gets taken away from him and everyone is fine.
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Yes
0
No
20
0
therobyn
S9
E1
No, but while out on the lake on a boat, there is a misunderstanding about a "boy" in the water, which causes a character to briefly be concerned. The "boy" is actually a "buoy".
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