American Horror Story: Freakshow
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icyvveins
Dell is abusive towards his wife Desiree and several other women
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Is someone gaslighted?
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icyvveins
Dandy Mott gaslights Bette
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Around 24 minutes into episode 2, the bald guy screams at a kid to shut up and then tries to kill it (if this is triggering, i would skip as soon as the bearded woman says "stay away from my jimmy" Around 30 mins into episode 1, they're adults so I don't know if it counts but the twins mother slaps them in a flashback.
All scenes with Penny's Dad *even though she's an adult*
All scenes with Penny's Dad *even though she's an adult*
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Anonymous
Ethel Darking abuses alcohol to the point of cirrhosis of the liver. Alcoholism of other characters is menotioned several times.
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Animal
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kysterj
“Meep the Geek” bites the heads off of some poultry in the first couple episodes. Very graphic.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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clownish
S4
E7
jimmy mentions killing and skinning a rabbit to make a coat for ma petite around 24 minutes
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Does a cat die?
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Misanthrope
Season 4 Episode 8
At 1:20 min or 43.00 min left they show a black and white cat already dead on the ground in pool of blood showing Dandy killed him.
At 1:20 min or 43.00 min left they show a black and white cat already dead on the ground in pool of blood showing Dandy killed him.
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Does a pet die?
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it doesn’t really show it happening but there is a dead cat shown during dally’s backstory
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Are there bugs?
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icyvveins
The bugs are extremely minor though
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Assault
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Forest_rat
S4
E1
Sort off at 16:25min a woman gets knocked with a bowling pin
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Is there pedophilia?
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• 25-30 minutes into s4 episode 4, two men with dwarfism say that they're jealous of the clowns job because kids get to sit on his lap. They then, invite the clown (twisty) to smoke with them at a bonfire and tell him that they know he liked to do things with kids and that the police are coming. (Twisty didn't do anything)
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Around 40 minutes into episode one, a blonde woman comes out, freaking out and trying to leave. It's revealed that Elsa drugged her and set her up to be raped. I had to fassforward for my own ptsd so I don't know how graphic it is but she's shown on a big projector screen what happened to her. Elsa then tells her she enjoyed it.
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I would argue yes but I'm not sure. About 40 mins into season 4 episode 1, it's revealed that a woman was drugged and "used" by men, its then shown on a projector screen? For a pretty long time too so if this is triggering I would definitely skip, I had to.
20ish minutes into season 4 episode 4 Elsa is drugged and it feels very similar to rape so I would just skip, but they don't have sex with her they chop off her leg.
20ish minutes into season 4 episode 4 Elsa is drugged and it feels very similar to rape so I would just skip, but they don't have sex with her they chop off her leg.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Forest_rat
S4
E1
Women found dead with blood around her and what looks like line around her throat
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Is there cannibalism?
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Dandy briefly talks about cannibalism during his first trip to the psychiatrist
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Is there amputation?
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thesunandtherainfall
It is revealed that a characters legs were cut off and another character gets his hands cut off.
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Is there a hanging?
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barrettgeorgia_
episode 3, 13th minute
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Does someone break a bone?
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Anonymous
Surgeon/doctors hand bones are broken by Dell Toledo
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Is there excessive gore?
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thesunandtherainfall
i wouldn't say excessive as much as realistic, but be aware there is A LOT of gore through out the season.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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JakeParker
there is one case with a baby in episode 10
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Death
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Disability
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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CielMarie
It’s almost, Dessi who is married to dell fools around with jimmy while dell is away. They ended up not going far but the intent was there.
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Fear
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Are there clowns?
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sailorvenus69
There's Twisty the Clown, Dandy wore a clown mask in an episode.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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nati
episode 12: jimmy throws up when being introduced to the crowd by ethel. Look away after chester cries over marjorie.
episode 11: jimmy throws up after being handed a bottle by stanley at the beginning of the episode.
episode 9: jimmy throws up when caught with barbara drunk.
episode 7: jimmy throws up outside of a bar after drinking with dell.
episode 1: at the beginning a nurse throws up into a green trash can.
episode 11: jimmy throws up after being handed a bottle by stanley at the beginning of the episode.
episode 9: jimmy throws up when caught with barbara drunk.
episode 7: jimmy throws up outside of a bar after drinking with dell.
episode 1: at the beginning a nurse throws up into a green trash can.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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SodaButt
It's mentioned off screen someone used to soil the bed
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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JakeParker
no, cops are portrayed as very incompetent and antagonistic throughout the season
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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icyvveins
but it is mentioned
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Are needles/syringes used?
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CielMarie
Someone shoots poison in a cupcake with a needle and syringe but no one uses it on skin
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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icyvveins
Pepper is committed to the same Asylum that is used in season 2
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Is there a hospital scene?
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twentytwo
Episode 11, after an ambulance picks Jimmy up
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Does someone have cancer?
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oofmachine36
No one has cancer but Ethel darling does have a health issue that would kill her (liver issue)
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Mental Health
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icyvveins
The only self-harm is substance abuse not cutting
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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thesunandtherainfall
it is implied that a few characters are mentally ill.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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I would say that twisty the clown shows symptoms of autism or another mental disability and this is taken advantage of by his physically disabled colleagues. 30 ish minutes into S4 ep 4, the two men with dwarfism invite the clown around the fire, they then make fun of him and trick him into thinking the police are after him because "they know he did things to little kids" which he didn't do. His whole backstory focuses on his mental disability and trauma around his backstory.
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Ethel attempts to kill Elsa and then herself after she hears Elsa talking about killing the twin sisters
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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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JakeParker
a main theme of this season is people who are oppressed for how they look and are presented for the "freak show"
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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oofmachine36
At the end of the series someone is trapped in a rather small box that fills with water as he struggles till drowning as well as a man in a small cage
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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icyvveins
There is excessive eating by Ima Wiggles
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icyvveins
it is mentioned in passing and never shown on screen
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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thesunandtherainfall
Elsa frequently gets flash backs to her trauma.
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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thesunandtherainfall
not very often but it does happen towards the end.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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icyvveins
There are two scenes where an old movie reel is used that does have flashing imagery
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does someone miscarry?
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Anonymous
Desiree Dupree has a miscarriage
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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twentytwo
SPOILER //// Episode 10 - people talk about killing a young baby. We don’t see any violence but water with blood is shown after the death is implied.
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Is there childbirth?
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Miki2727
Not graphic, but Ethel giving birth to jimmy is shown and seen as a “spectacle” by onlookers
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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icyvveins
era-appropriate usages of "queer, poof, fruit, etc"
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Throughout the whole show.
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oofmachine36
A character is intersex (unsure) and is raised as a boy till puberty in her back story, but develops as a female and her husband says she isn't fully woman until a doctor confirms it. Misgendering is mostly centered around backstory of being mistaken as a boy when she is fully woman with abnormal parts
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Are there fat jokes?
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There is fatphobia. In S4 ep 8, a fat woman is introduced and she talks about how bad her mother treated her and how she feels being fat. Elsa invites her to the circus.
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Is there hate speech?
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icyvveins
there is homophobic language used
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Sex
Is someone sexually objectified?
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Barbara (the fat lady) is horribly objectified.
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oofmachine36
I dont think its explicitly incest but Jimmy does have a sexual moment with a woman who is technically his step mother yet he does not know at the time
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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thesunandtherainfall
the ending is very bittersweet, but mainly sweet, while most characters die they end up in the same afterlife together again.
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Vehicular
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Violence
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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JakeParker
no, but there are BRIEF mentions of nuclear bomb testing
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