Does the dog die?
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Malcolm in the Middle
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JessH
Season 1 episode 10 python eats dog at military school. Don’t see just hear.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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silencesilence
Dewey's hamster. He believed he did it for its own good.
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Is rape mentioned?
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MaxWeber89
S5
E11
It's implied that Ida had sex with her fiancé while he was drugged without his knowledge.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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MaxWeber89
S5
E11
(implied) between Ida and her fiancé
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oreoicecrem
lois is kind of emotionally abusive
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Addiction
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rondleman
Reese abuses experimental pharmaceutical drugs in the Season 6 episode "Stilts" in order to make money.
Many characters smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol throughout the series. There are references to drugs like marijuana, meth and LSD in a couple of episodes.
Many characters smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol throughout the series. There are references to drugs like marijuana, meth and LSD in a couple of episodes.
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Is there addiction?
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Mulu
Hal has a lot of addiction tendancies that are mostly treated as jokes (in S4 EP4 he gets addicted to flattening things with a steamroller)
This includes gambling (S5 EP1, S5 EP6)
This includes gambling (S5 EP1, S5 EP6)
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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loothgoose
season 3 episode 17 commandant spangler is fired for being drunk at work and is shown to be too drunk to stand. he also binge drinks and blacks out in season 2 episode 13
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JessH
A rat is fed to a python in season 1 episode 10. You don’t see the death but hear a squeak as eaten.
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Are animals abused?
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Mayy
There is also a real pigeon in series 2 ep 1, I think, that is stuck in a plastic beer ring thing. It's a real pigeon really stuck and is viewed rolling around which is kinda distressing but only for a few seconds. The father then frees it (now a fake bird prop) and the bird gets attack by a dog off screen.
There is an episode where a swam of bats get into the house and the whole episode is them killing and getting rid of the bats. There is a mixture of props and real bats filmed.
There is an episode where a swam of bats get into the house and the whole episode is them killing and getting rid of the bats. There is a mixture of props and real bats filmed.
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Does a cat die?
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rondleman
Craig's cat Jellybean dies offscreen.
:'(
:'(
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Are there spiders?
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Audon
Episode 1 of season 4.
Painful to watch. I skipped the entire episode because it was zoomed on it on the previews picture.
Be careful with streaming.
Anywho.. If someone as the time stamp, please comment so people know when to skip. Thanks.
Painful to watch. I skipped the entire episode because it was zoomed on it on the previews picture.
Be careful with streaming.
Anywho.. If someone as the time stamp, please comment so people know when to skip. Thanks.
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Are there snakes?
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JessH
Season 1 episode 10
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Are there bugs?
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rondleman
In s1 e14 "The Bots and the Bees", Hal is covered in a suit of bees.
s6 e17 "Butterflies" prominently features caterpillars and butterflies.
s6 e17 "Butterflies" prominently features caterpillars and butterflies.
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Assault
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In season 3 episode 14 Reese gropes Cynthia after spending the whole episode lying to her and trying to manipulate her into taking her top off.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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MaxWeber89
S5
E11
a pierced tongue gets infected
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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rondleman
Stevie has severe asthma and pauses for breath between words.
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Is someone buried alive?
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loothgoose
i cant remember which episode because its the beginning clip but its sometime in season 3 dewey hides under the sand in the sandbox to avoid the dentist but he is fine
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Is there amputation?
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rondleman
Commandant Spangler's other hand is amputated by a sword in the cold open for the Season 3 episode "Emancipation"
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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loothgoose
if you consider being hit in the balls as genital trauma, then yes. several times
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Does someone break a bone?
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Mulu
S02 EP22: Reese breaks a bone and there's several close shots showing his twisted leg (14:43-14:48, 14:55-14:57, 15:13-15:17, 15:21-15:25)
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Are any teeth damaged?
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JessH
Season 3 episode 6 Frances fights his boss and one of her teeth is punched out and lands on a table.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Zephyr3
S3
E11
in the montage of Hal's bad first impressions with previous bosses, the last one is him tripping when going to shake someone's hand and pulling her onto a table. She's screaming and her and onlookers are describing the injury, but it isn't shown.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Zephyr3
S3
E14
the main plot of the episode is how Reese is trying to get Cynthia to take her top off, and the episode ends with him groping her. (this is all portrayed negatively, and ends with Cynthia beating Reese up)
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Family
Does a parent die?
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loothgoose
its briefly mentioned that lois's dad passed away in season 3 episode 7
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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HeyElliott
Can't remember any specific episodes but Lois will take away the boys toys, or Dewey's older siblings will take his. Only alluded to, but in the episode with the blond babysitter, when Dewey is sleeping in bed with her, Malcolm and Reese hold a lighter up to his stuffed bear.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Zephyr3
S2
E21
someone isn't actually kidnapped, but at the end of the episode Malcolm and Reese frame Francis to make it look like he kidnapped them by tying themselves up and hiding in the trunk of his car and alerting the police that the car is stolen.
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Is there a shower scene?
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MaxWeber89
S5
E11
Lois is surprised by her mother while getting out of the shower
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Are there clowns?
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Mulu
S6 EP12: There is a snake strangling a clown from 1:31 to 1:46
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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S1 E2- Mention Only... Boys spin around with baseball bats and say they feel sick but nothing happens.
S1 E3- Mention only.... In hospital Francis says Dewey can eat icecream until he p*. But that's all. Nothing happens.
S1 E6- Mention only... Malcolm is pushing Stevie down the street in a tyre (14mins) when Stevie asks him to stop or else he's gonna p* but he doesn't.
S1 E8- At 2mins in Malcolm says he has a way of getting out of going to the family picnic and then it cuts to him with his head over the toilet faking being sick. Noises only. A can of soup is also shown in Lois's hands as what Malcolm was going to use to pretend he was sick. A bunch of kids gag & spit around 13mins in when they realise they just ate meat.
S1 E9- Mention Only... About 2/3rds of the way into the episode Hal is seen eating out of a can that was donated by a food Drive. He is then in hospital for food poisoning. You don't see or hear anything but it is stated that he needed his stomach pumped.
S1 E16- At 12mins in there is a scene of gross things being done in a public pool when Hal surfaces from the water he gags on a bandaid. It was quite triggering for me.
S2 E1- Francis at 15mins had all the marshmallows he ate "ooze" out of his mouth. It's quite gross. Goes for a few minutes.
S2 E2- Opening sequence the boys are daring each other to eat expired food. No one is sick but they gag A LOT and the entire scene is gross, I recommend skipping through it past the opening credits.
S2 E5- As soon as it's past the opening credits you see the family driving in a car with Dewey's head in a bucket. Mention that he might p* and Hal says he's already thrown up 4 times but nothing happens. Not too triggering.
S2 E6- About 17mins into the show the blonde lady sitting at the dinner table @ the convention says she fels sick. Cuts to Dewey faking a nightmare then cuts back to the same lady throwing up into a pot plant. No visuals but you hear her once then again a moment later.
S2 E12- Opening sequence... Malcolm makes himself a gross piece of toast and Reece steals it and runs to the window gagging to spit it out once he realises that it tastes bad.
S2 E15- At about 11mins Frances is hoisted onto the shoulders of his commrades in the New Orleans motel room. He throws up around the point where they say his name over & over again. Audio only (though the visuals are implied).
S2 E18- Mention Only.....Towards the end of the episode immediately after the teacher takes a bite of the female student's food she makes a face and asks how much salt is in it. Then all the other students start covering their mouths and making faces and some muffled gagging noises and comments of being sick. Nothing happens though.
S3 E3- Dewy says he feels sick at about 13mins 40 after eating icecream and then doing star jumps. Cuts to Hal moping the floor. Floor is clean (just soap suds). No visuals or audio.
S1 E3- Mention only.... In hospital Francis says Dewey can eat icecream until he p*. But that's all. Nothing happens.
S1 E6- Mention only... Malcolm is pushing Stevie down the street in a tyre (14mins) when Stevie asks him to stop or else he's gonna p* but he doesn't.
S1 E8- At 2mins in Malcolm says he has a way of getting out of going to the family picnic and then it cuts to him with his head over the toilet faking being sick. Noises only. A can of soup is also shown in Lois's hands as what Malcolm was going to use to pretend he was sick. A bunch of kids gag & spit around 13mins in when they realise they just ate meat.
S1 E9- Mention Only... About 2/3rds of the way into the episode Hal is seen eating out of a can that was donated by a food Drive. He is then in hospital for food poisoning. You don't see or hear anything but it is stated that he needed his stomach pumped.
S1 E16- At 12mins in there is a scene of gross things being done in a public pool when Hal surfaces from the water he gags on a bandaid. It was quite triggering for me.
S2 E1- Francis at 15mins had all the marshmallows he ate "ooze" out of his mouth. It's quite gross. Goes for a few minutes.
S2 E2- Opening sequence the boys are daring each other to eat expired food. No one is sick but they gag A LOT and the entire scene is gross, I recommend skipping through it past the opening credits.
S2 E5- As soon as it's past the opening credits you see the family driving in a car with Dewey's head in a bucket. Mention that he might p* and Hal says he's already thrown up 4 times but nothing happens. Not too triggering.
S2 E6- About 17mins into the show the blonde lady sitting at the dinner table @ the convention says she fels sick. Cuts to Dewey faking a nightmare then cuts back to the same lady throwing up into a pot plant. No visuals but you hear her once then again a moment later.
S2 E12- Opening sequence... Malcolm makes himself a gross piece of toast and Reece steals it and runs to the window gagging to spit it out once he realises that it tastes bad.
S2 E15- At about 11mins Frances is hoisted onto the shoulders of his commrades in the New Orleans motel room. He throws up around the point where they say his name over & over again. Audio only (though the visuals are implied).
S2 E18- Mention Only.....Towards the end of the episode immediately after the teacher takes a bite of the female student's food she makes a face and asks how much salt is in it. Then all the other students start covering their mouths and making faces and some muffled gagging noises and comments of being sick. Nothing happens though.
S3 E3- Dewy says he feels sick at about 13mins 40 after eating icecream and then doing star jumps. Cuts to Hal moping the floor. Floor is clean (just soap suds). No visuals or audio.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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rondleman
The show is very anti-cop in most instances. Lois hates cops.
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Audon
Season 4 Episode 19
TimeStamp approx: 12:30 to 12:45 depending on the way you're watching it.
It not medical, tho; Hal fills food with melted butter.
TimeStamp approx: 12:30 to 12:45 depending on the way you're watching it.
It not medical, tho; Hal fills food with melted butter.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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rondleman
The boys are frequent visitors of the hospital and are on a first-name basis with the staff.
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Does someone have cancer?
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rondleman
No, but the Season 3 episode "Health Scare" alludes to the possibility of Hal having cancer or some other life-threatening disease.
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Mental Health
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oreoicecrem
reece wants to fight a boy who is in a wheelchair so he puts his legs in ice so he has no control of them, making the fight even. he stabs his leg to prove he can't feel anything
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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emsdog28
Honestly, some of the characters could be autistic coded and treated harshly because of it. Especially some of the Krelboynes and later Dewey's class.
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Is there misophonia?
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loothgoose
theres dramatic chewing at times since its a show about teenage boys. theres also regular chewing
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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emsdog28
Malcolm has anxiety.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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oreoicecrem
lois mentions stuffing her bra as a teen
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Mulu
S6 EP9, Malcolm is stuck in his car while in a garage, and the room slowly fills with smoke, putting him at risk to suffocate to death
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loothgoose
season 3 episode 16 a virtual video game version of malcolm is claimed to have commited suicide by knife but nothing is shown except a very pixel-ly body and animated knife and blood
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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E6
Very mild flickering candlelight around 17mins.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Dorianaz9
throughout the show, Malcolm breaks the 4th wall
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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rondleman
Season 4 Episode 21, "Baby Part 2"
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Mayy
It's an early 2000 series so there is a lot of general homophobic type jokes. Like in the first series Malcolm was good at acting so Stevie calls him 'homoeo' (Romeo) the grandmother is quite bigoted and thinks malcolm is gay
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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dirtmerd
dewey is wrongfully put into a special needs class, which is referred to as a class for the “emotionally disturbed”. his classmates are exaggerated depictions of neurodivergent children. he stays for about 2 seasons.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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loothgoose
hal is recurringly subtly transphobic as dewey pretended to be having a tea party withh his stuffed animals and hal offered to buy him the toy that he wanted. there are other subtle instances of hal being transphobic. also dewey makes malcolm, reese, and craig wear dresses and exaggerated makeup to humiliate them
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Are there fat jokes?
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Zephyr3
a decent number of throwaway jokes about fat people, usually made by Reese and occasionally Malcolm or others.
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Is there hate speech?
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emsdog28
There is ableist language, racist, fat-phobic, and transphobic language throughout the show.
Season 1 episode 1 use I slur for indigenous people.
Transphobia Season 2 episode 17Season 3 episode 21 opening is transphobic
Season 1 episode 1 use I slur for indigenous people.
Transphobia Season 2 episode 17Season 3 episode 21 opening is transphobic
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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amy1
S7
E1
Malcolm loses his virginity at 17 to a woman in her 40s.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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rondleman
Hal and Lois have a very carnal relationship.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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topiary
S3E7 Reese says “this is the last year Dewey will believe in Santa Claus”
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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twitchywitchygirl
S2E16: centers around an almost accident, a car screeches to a halt. nobody is hurt.
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Does a car crash?
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Mulu
In S6 EP6, Lois and a woman on a parking lot successively crash into each other's cars, each time more violent and severe than the last
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Mulu
S06 EP14 : Ida (Lois' mom) jumps in front of a truck to save Dewey, and loses a leg. There's nothing graphic, except with the montage when the scene cuts to Hal serving a red mushy paste to the boys, suggesting what the accident might have looked like.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
60 supporters
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loothgoose
characters are seen spitting up blood from both external and internal injuries and several characters have bloody noses. also there are pretty poor makeup effects done to make malcolm have a swollen face (it startled me tbh despite how fake it looked) and hal has a comically large spider bite on one cheek
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Is there gun violence?
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loothgoose
season 2 episode 7 lois and her coworkers are held at gunpoint during a robbery at the store she works out but the gun doesnt fire and nobody is hurt also im not sure if this is considered violence but just to be safe season 3 episode 18 a girl brings a gun into their home so malcolm hides it from her and in an attempt to destroy it he sets it off and it fires, almost hitting people but missing
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