Catfish: The TV Show
TV Show • 2012 • Reality
ReportIn each episode, with the guidance and help of Nev Schulman and Max Joseph, a hopeful romantic partner will go on an emotional journey to discover the truth about their significant other. Has that object of affection been telling the truth?
This tv show contains 3 potentially triggering events.
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E14
The catfish in this episode (who is a lesbian woman) claims to have tricked straight women into sleeping with her under the pretence that she is a man, which can be considered “rape by deception”. This is laughed off and no one challenges her on it. The same catfish appears again in S8E35.
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Abuse
Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Some of the victims getting Catfished forgive the person who Catfished them
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Assault
Is rape mentioned?
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Some of the Catfish victims/Catfish themselves have stated that they have gotten sexually assulted by someone in the past
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Is there a hanging?
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tadyr
In an early episode there is discussion of a man who hanged himself
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Family
Does someone cheat?
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tadyr
often. it's never really treated as cheating though
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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I mean..it’s complicated. Cuz like this show is non scripted, so whatever predatory behavior a trans person is showing, it’s intentional. In this show, people (trans or not) who have predatory behaviors are often really…proud about it.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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The show has multiple episodes where they say someone’s dead name but the hosts then say “we won’t use that name again, so let’s move on”
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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tadyr
mentioned in a few episodes
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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kzg632
Very common, in alot of the episodes people admit to having mental health issues and open up about their past/trauma.
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Rory_John14
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A woman discusses her ex-partner committing suicide. She discusses the last conversation they had, how his death impacted her emotionally, and briefly the method of his suicide. There are other episodes where suicide is discussed too, not sure which ones.
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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tadyr
S1E1 the d slur is used
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tadyr
S1E6: a trans man is repeatedly misgendered and called "a girl who identifies as a man" by Nev
S1E9: centers around a guy and his trans gf. the fact that she is transgender is treated as if she was lying, she's frequently called a "dude", and there are a lot of generally really invalidating comments made about her.
cannot speak past these episodes, havent watched much of the show yet tbh
S1E9: centers around a guy and his trans gf. the fact that she is transgender is treated as if she was lying, she's frequently called a "dude", and there are a lot of generally really invalidating comments made about her.
cannot speak past these episodes, havent watched much of the show yet tbh
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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I cant think of the episode but there’s a specific one where this 20 something year old dude is talking to a 40 year old lady..it’s real creepy.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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tadyr
Most of the episodes end in the couple breaking up, with the one who was lied to often dejected and upset by it. There are always "one month later" vignettes though, and those are often very uplifting
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