Star Trek: The Original Series

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Does the dog die?
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proadmin1
Episode 5 - "The Enemy Within" - Horned Space Dog does in fact die in the end.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Enemy_Within_(episode)
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
Not really; there are some points at which a music cue is played that is surprisingly loud but nothing bad.
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Is there body horror?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Abandonment
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jenniespennies
S3
 E4
The episode revolves around a group of children rescued from a planet where all of their parents and community were dead.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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jenniespennies
S3
 E4
Crew members responsible for caring for children grab the children in rough ways.
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StaleOrchid
S1
 E22
Kahn's relationship with Lt. McGivers is extremely reminiscent of domestic abuse and abusive relationships
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StaleOrchid
It is not uncommon for various women to be mildly accosted and/or brutalized to establish that the villain is truly evil
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StaleOrchid
S1
 E9
A mind control device is used to override and replace the memories of people, the episode's antagonist functionally gaslights his entire facility with this method
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Is a child abused?
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jenniespennies
S3
 E4
Children are verbally threatened, misled, and grabbed throughout the episode by various characters.
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Addiction
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Nance
It isn't intentional, and it is not addictive, but McCoy accidentally injects a psychoactive drug into himself in The City on The Edge of Forever.
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SisLas
A character is split into two copies of himself. The bad one abuses alcohol. ("The enemy within," s01)
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Nebulacat
In one episode, several Tribbles (little furry creatures) die from eating poisoned grain.
In another episode, a doglike alien dies.
Humanoid aliens also die in several episodes.
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Are animals abused?
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quietpoem
S2
 E15
Many dead tribbles.
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Assault
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TheDreammweaver
It happens a few times, Uhura gets slapped when Kahn takes over the enterprise, a pregnant woman is slapped in Friday's Child and it's portrayed as the only way of getting her to accept medical care, Janice is slapped on the rear in Charlie X. Those are the ones I can remember.
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Is someone drugged?
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
A character is sedated by a doctor against his will because he becomes violent.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
A man is held down by two others to prevent him from becoming violent.
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Jules923
There are several episodes where it’s implied or intended, namely Charlie X, The Enemy Within, and Day of the Dove. Plato’s Stepchildren, while generally not overtly sexual, has some undertones that could possibly be triggering as well.
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jenniespennies
S3
 E5
Someone is kissed without their consent in their quarters. It goes no further than the kiss
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Bodily Harm
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Nance
No, although people get simply stabbed a few times.
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
Van Gelder appears to be choking at times during the episode.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone burned alive?
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TheDreammweaver
S2
 E5
A fruit is used to symbolize a head and an alien smashes it. No actual heads are smashed.
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Is there a hanging?
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SisLas
No, but a noose is shown. ("The squire of Gothos," s01)
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
Several people are knocked out, and a man is sedated.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is someone tortured?
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Nance
Whipped, mental, agonizer beams, telekinesis. It isn't written to horrify, usually, but is definitely there.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Gelatinous_Pile
The episode "What Are Little Girls Made of?" features several people being pushed off a cliff to their deaths. Also, the episode "The Alternative Factor" features a character who repeatedly falls off of cliffs but does not die from any of the falls.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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TheDreammweaver
S1
 E8
They keep talking about how a teenage girl is becoming a woman, discussing a disease that affects people as soon as they hit puberty. She has a crush on Captain Kirk. It was kind of uncomfortable with the way they talk about her/Kirk talks to her. Not too sinister but made me raise a brow so mentioning it here.
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Death
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jenniespennies
S3
 E6
It is perceived that a main character dies, but we find out that they are okay at the end of the episode.
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Does someone die?
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Disability
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jenniespennies
S3
 E5
A blind person is played by a sighted person.
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Is the r-slur used?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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jules
In the episode Operation: Annihilate! Kirk’s brother and his family are attacked by aliens. Kirk’s nephew loses both his parents.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Gelatinous_Pile
In the episode "Catspaw" ghosts appear and wail a threatening message. This is played to comedic effect.
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gelatinous_Pile
In the episode "Wolf in the Fold" several characters are possessed by an evil being.
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TheDreammweaver
In the episode Shore Leave, one is shown.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
The episode centers around a "penal colony," a cross between a prison and a mental institution. That said, it's noted that prisons in the 23rd century are much more humane than modern ones.
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Medical
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SisLas
No but something resembling it still happens. ("Dagger of the mind," s01)
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
Needle-like instruments are used, though no needles are shown onscreen in any detail; the doctor uses a futuristic device that seems to function like a needle to sedate a patient.
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SisLas
A character is held and treated against his own will. ("Dagger of the mind," s01)
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Nebulacat
Several scenes in the ship's infirmary.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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jenniespennies
S3
 E4
People act violently while under mind control. Offscreen suicide from mind control is referred to.
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jenniespennies
S3
 E4
Themes of suicide/violence induced by mind control
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jenniespennies
S3
 E4
People act violently while under mind control.
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jenniespennies
S3
 E4
People act violently while under mind control. Offscreen suicide from mind control is referred to.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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TheDreammweaver
At some points they deal with entities that can alter reality.
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Chimericat
In s3e4, several characters have what appear to be anxiety attacks caused by visions made by an alien life form.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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StaleOrchid
S1
 E4
A character goes space mad and kills himself
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Noxious
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
Some loud music cues.
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Is there shakey cam?
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jenniespennies
S3
 E5
There are wide-angle perspectives that change quickly and can be disorienting towards the end of the episode
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Does a baby cry?
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jenniespennies
S3
 E6
Around 40 minutes in there are bright green flashing lights to show a force field
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Pregnancy
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SisLas
Not literally, but a pregnant woman is killed. ("The paradise syndrome," s03)
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Is there childbirth?
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Gelatinous_Pile
In the episode "Friday's Child" a woman gives birth off screen.
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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TheDreammweaver
A physically disabled character is called an invalid in part 1 or 2 of The Menagerie. I can't remember exactly.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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majorcomet
No specific antisemitism, but s2e21 contains depictions of space nazi's - with imagery and all.
Also s1e22 contains discussions surrounding eugenics, though none of the main enterprise crew agree with the practice.
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TheDreammweaver
S2
 E16
A man dressed as a woman alien flirting with Chekov is played as funny and uncomfortable, Chekov even calls her miss with uncertainty.
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
It's the 60s, there were no openly queer people in the show.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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CheSnailTheAbomination
S2
 E9
The episode The Apple focuses on a planet where the people don't date, have sex, or have children, which Kirk and Bones express is "wrong" and that they need to "fix" the people of that planet. Spock argues that they should not interfere and that the people are happy, but his opinion is quickly shot down.
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Fishofthewoods
S1
 E10
The mentally ill are definitely misrepresented a little in this one. Period-typical for the 60s. The episode is centered on a mental institution that is portrayed as unethical.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Gelatinous_Pile
There is no real-world hate speech. That said, Spock is a member of the Vulcan species and is occasionally subjected to poor treatment or bigotted remarks on the basis of his being Vulcan. Most notably, in the episode "This Side of Paradise" Kirk intentionally enrages Spock with a flurry of hateful comments about Vulcans. In the context of the episode, it is clear that these comments do not reflect Kirk's genuine opinions about Spock or about Vulcans.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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StaleOrchid
Not all out blackface, but brownface is not uncommon when depicting alien races or individuals. Most notably the klingons and Kahn.
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Religious
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jenniespennies
S3
 E7
“Go to the devil” is said
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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StaleOrchid
Pretty much every woman on the show is treated as a sex object at one point or another
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Nebulacat
Nobody makes love onscreen, but it's mentioned. There's also an attempted rape scene by a villain in one episode.
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Nebulacat
While there are exceptions, most episodes have a happy ending, and even the ones that don't have one end happily for the Enterprise crew.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Gelatinous_Pile
The episode "A Piece of the Action" features Kirk accidentally backing a car into the one parked behind him. This is played for comedic effect.
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Does a plane crash?
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scmnz
Spaceships crash, damaged/destroyed spaceships are found, and the enterprise experiences technical difficulties and fears that it may crash in several episodes. So if spaceship/starships = plane, yes.
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Gelatinous_Pile
In the episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" a character is struck and killed by a car.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Gelatinous_Pile
In the episode "The Man Trap," Spock is wounded and bleeds a minor amount. His blood is green.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Gelatinous_Pile
Many episodes feature combat utilizing phasers, a kind of laser pistol. In the episode "A Piece of the Action," there is extensive violence with machine guns and pistols.
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