Arrested Development
TV Show • 2003 • Comedy
ReportThe story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
This tv show contains 76 potentially triggering events.
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Abuse
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MayaBrown
Lucille hits her son over the head with several items, Maeby hits Stan (who she is kind of dating and living with at the time) over the head with objects as well. Both are done with the intent of causing harm so that they will be concussed basically and forget things.
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
It could be argued that the adult Bluth children play out their parents' abuse in their poor treatment of their children.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Memebird
Lucille attempts to convince Michael that a car crash was his fault, which he believes because he has memory loss from it. She also hits him on the head with things when he starts to figure out that she's lying, to make sure that he doesn't remember.
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Memebird
The treatment that Michael, Gob, Lindsay, and Buster experienced as children could be counted as abusive or at least neglectful. Specifically Buster, who is put on a leash against his will due to overprotective parenting on Lucille and George Sr.'s part.
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Addiction
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Maktopus
One of the main characters is an alcoholic throughout the show. Two of the main characters take roofies intentionally. There is also a character who frequently smokes marijuana.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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clevernapkin
Lucille is heavily implied to be an alcoholic and then later goes to rehab.
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Animal
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Memebird
In season 1 episode 2, Gob buys a dove form the pet store. He then immediately walks into a glass door and it's implied that he crushed the dove to death. There's also a bag that Michael finds in the freezer labelled "dead dove, do not eat" and obviously, it contains a dead dove. Do not eat.
Note: no dead doves are shown in this episode.
Note: no dead doves are shown in this episode.
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Are animals abused?
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Animals used for magic tricks
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Is there a dead animal?
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Dead dove onscreen
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Does a cat die?
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MayaBrown
A cat gets eaten alive by a seal
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Does a dragon die?
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There are no Dragons in this show.
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Are there spiders?
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comedownmachine
why doesn’t anyone say where the spiders are ffs….
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Are there bugs?
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Bees
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone held under water?
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Anonymous
Someone gets stuck in a current. They don’t drown and it’s only shown for a second.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Lucille has a rape horn.
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It is implied since GOB drugs a lot of his sexual partners to make them forget they slept together
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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bonkersbinch
S3
E11
Buster's lawyer assaults him while Buster is faking a coma
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bonkersbinch
S3
E11
Buster's lawyer assaults him while Buster is faking a coma
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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punqdoq
a character has scans on his head from hair implants and he has to shave for a magic trick. The act is not shown but it cuts away before anything can be shown. He screams. (Made for comedy)
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Are any hands damaged?
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BuzzyMcGee
A seal eats Buster's hand
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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clevernapkin
Buster suffers from panic attacks
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Is someone buried alive?
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punqdoq
Gob’s magic trick goes wrong and he falls in a grave hole
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Is there amputation?
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Matthew
There is no amputation, however, one character loses a hand
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Does a head get squashed?
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MKBrown
A fossilized skull does get broken right in the center with a pick axe
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Is there a hanging?
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damalojo
No but in S2 E5, a character starts to attempt to hang himself by his belt but is interrupted and stops
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Are any teeth damaged?
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punqdoq
Gob bites into an apple and his tooth chips and he speaks with a whistle (made for laughs)
This happens again when he gets hit with a baseball
This happens again when he gets hit with a baseball
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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MayaBrown
Character loses a hand, it gets eaten by a seal
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Skiddicat
S5
Yes, it's a heavy theme toward the end of the series.
In a flashback in one of the final episodes, Buster (as a child) pushes his grandma down the stairs, taking her life.
In the final episode, a flashback shows Michael falling down the stairs of the stair car at the Cinco de Mayo festival. He is unharmed.
It's implied at the end of Season 5 that Buster killed Lucille 2 by pushing down the stair car at the Cinco de Mayo festival.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Skiddicat
S5
In a flashback, Mimi (Lucille's mum) is killed by being pushed down the stairs. It's also implied that Lucille 2 was killed by being pushed down the stairs.
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Death
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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BuzzyMcGee
Charlize Theron plays a cognitively impaired woman
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Is the r-slur used?
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kiyolux
S3
Yes, multiple times in season 3. See the comment under “Is there ableist language or behavior?” Additionally, the character’s name (Rita) is meant as a joke for sounding similar to the R-slur.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Memebird
George Michael's mom is dead, though her death is never shown, and in the later seasons the death of Lucille's mom is kind of shown.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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punqdoq
Rita is kidnapped and drugged with a roofie
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Does someone cheat?
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8BitMonkey
cheating is frequent and treated a bit casually and comedically throughout, but it's also made clear the characters doing it are not good people. cheating is very touchy for me, and i'm able to tolerate it.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Maktopus
There is a brief scene of Tobias taking a shower in shorts. There is another scene of Tobias and Lindsay hiding in the shower fully clothed.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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punqdoq
For those with emetophobia, I have it and I can handle it. It just looks like regular spit and it barely shows at all. It’s the episode titled Ready, Aim, Marry Me
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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crustiie
no, but george michael briefly misunderstands his father saying that his grandmother “had an accident” after he slips in some liquid on the floor (she had actually spilled her drink).
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Is someone eaten?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Buster's hand is eaten by a seal.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Not quite??? The cops are the butt of the joke but Michael tries to teach Maeby to respect them
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Is there incarceration?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
George Bluth spends much of the series in prison and other family members join him over the course of the series.
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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The slur tranny is used, and being trans is depicted as something negative, though the receiver is not a trans person
She-male appears printed on a shirt, but this time not referencing a trans person, but an affeminate man
She-male appears printed on a shirt, but this time not referencing a trans person, but an affeminate man
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Are needles/syringes used?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Medical and dental students work on Buster while he is pretending to be in a coma.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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MayaBrown
Characters are seen in rehab more than once (different characters and different times) and they see a therapist and go to group therapy sessions and things like that. It is heavily touched upon, especially in the later seasons.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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clevernapkin
There are multiple hospital scenes but the situations are always played for laughs
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Does someone have cancer?
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Memebird
While it isn't explicitly shown, George Michael's mom dies of ovarian cancer before the events of the show.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Maktopus
There is a character who is developmentally disabled. The disability is treated like a joke and she is personified as being childlike. The character is referred to with the r-slur.
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Skiddicat
S5
George struggles in season 5 and attempts suicide multiple times. Could be really triggering.
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Is there misophonia?
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Occasional loud eating
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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clevernapkin
Buster Bluth experiences crippling panic attacks but these are usually played for laughs
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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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Memebird
Lindsay is repeatedly led to believe that she is overweight by Lucille.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Maktopus
Gob often gets trapped in his own contraptions during escape artist magic tricks, but he is only ever shown from the outside.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Memebird
Lindsay is implied to have an eating disorder throughout the seasons due to Lucille's consistent comments about her weight.
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clevernapkin
In season 5 a character expresses suicidal thoughts and tries to kill himself but is rescued.
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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punqdoq
the show is filmed as a mockumentary so it looks as if someone’s recording it without a stand/tripod to give it that “live documentary” style look
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Dorianaz9
S1
E13
towards the end of the episode, the judge says that the cameras are forbidden in court and the cameraman of the show leaves the room
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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bento
There is a picture shown of Lindsay and Tobias during Maybe's birth. Lots of blood in a tub.
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Are there abortions?
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MayaBrown
There is mention of abortion but only a statistic of how many abortions there are a year and then a joke about how the failed play that Tobias put on was "an abortion".
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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AddyMairLowery
at one point maeby pretends her mother is a trans woman and refers to her as a tr*nny, she also buys her a shirt that says sh*m*le. also a lot of homophobic stuff throughout the show
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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8BitMonkey
the entire character of rita from season 3 is a joke at the expense of mentally disabled people. throughout her first few episodes, her mannerisms are intentionally represented in a way meant to convince the audience that she's a secret agent, although it's fairly obvious from the start what her "big twist" is, being that she was disabled the whole time. various ableist hints at her disability include her attending a preschool called "slowbrooke", laughing loudly, wearing mismatched clothes, being called stupid by her uncle and the narrator, eating improperly, playing with dirt, frequent mentions that she doesn't "seem" disabled because she's attractive, and "r*t*rd" and "r*t*rded" are used multiple times after her "reveal". she's featured quite heavily between episodes 2-6 of season 3, so unfortunately if you want to avoid all the ableism, skipping these episodes might be necessary.
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Anonymous
In the first season, George Sr. has a vision in the form of a Star of David, which he interprets as a sign from God. However, he’s not particularly interested in studying, to the annoyance of those around him. He plays on whatever Jewish thing he can think of, but none of them are harmful stereotypes. Mostly just getting out of conversations or duties by claiming it’s a holiday, or “the Sabbath”, even in the middle of the week. No anti-semitism, just that George Sr. is supposed to be lazy and inattentive at everything he does.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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S1E17: The closeted gay Bluth family lawyer, Barry Zuckercorn, goes to the red light district to pick up a prostitute. He pulls up to a woman and asks: “Hey, you’re not one of those silly men that’s dressed like a woman, as you?” When she says she’s the “real thing”, he drives away since he is not attracted to cis women.
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series_of_unfortunate_events
LOTS of transphobia
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Does an LGBT person die?
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MKBrown
We are led to believe this but it is revealed to not be true
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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BuzzyMcGee
Franklin, I'm looking at you...
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Is there hate speech?
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CapnJack
The Bluth family lawyer, Barry Zuckerkorn, repeatedly tries to peddle disparaging remarks about “homos”, disguised as ordinary humorous banter.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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FleetwoodMacNCheez
Not exactly, but Gob's puppet Franklin acts out numerous stereotypes.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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CrunchySugar2
Near the end of season 3 a character who is meant to be around 30 years old starts dating someone who has very recently turned 18. The comes off like it is acknowledging that this is wrong.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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BuzzyMcGee
Egg's family is very religious.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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CrunchySugar2
There are nude scenes but they either don't show any sensitive areas, or the subject is wearing short jeans.
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Memebird
Yes, if you're triggered by incestuous relationships I definitely wouldn't recommend this show. George Michael fake dates, and then eventually real dates, his cousin Maeby throughout the course of the show. It starts off as a prank relationship to bother their parents and turns into something more.
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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
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Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
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punqdoq
Yes but nothing is shown and it’s for a comedic effect
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Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
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MKBrown
Buster drowns but is resuscitated
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Is there blood/gore?
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schadd
don't remember the episode but as the characters walk by a baseball game at the prison there's blood that splatters from a fight
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Gemini
No, mentions on WMD’s 2x6, everything is fine
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Is there gun violence?
25 supporters
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lvndrdame
Tobias and some of the Hot Cops challenge a street gang to a rap battle and one of the Hot Cops gets shot. No gun is shown.
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