Does the dog die?
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The Magicians
TV Show • 2015 • Drama
ReportBrakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.
This tv show contains 114 potentially triggering events.
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amc
S1E5, is not shown on screen but you can hear the dog cry
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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TBN1994
Penny’s mother abandoned him as a child for magical reasons, discussed in season 5
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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Silverr1
Reynard stalks Julia
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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wallflowers
The main villain of season 1 was abused as a child
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Ocelian
A spell is used against a character, making him believe that he was in a mental institution the whole time
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kingofmeebs
The main villain of the first season was abused as a child
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Addiction
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KiddoNumber3
Most characters do. Outside of the significant amount of recreational drug use, there are also times when drugs (such as Archie) are required to enter into mystical realms.
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Is there addiction?
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KiddoNumber3
There is a lot of this... Especially from Elliot.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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EliotWaugh
Eliot is often seen drinking, sometimes binge drinking
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Animal
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Anonymous
There is a rabbit that is murdered and it is very gory :(
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Are animals abused?
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AlisonEmmert
Season 1, episode 8, fast forward when you see the bunny. Season 2, episode 3, fast forward when Reynaud picks up the cat until the next scene.
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Is there a dead animal?
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WillowFae
s1 e2 a dead rat is shown/stepped over on a warehouse floor.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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E8
A rabbit is brutally killed to retrieve a knife hidden inside it.
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Does a cat die?
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Charlie Valentine Thompson-Bard
A cat is also killed in season 2 episode 3. It’s bloody and the cat is turned inside out while still alive before it is killed.
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Does a pet die?
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GameCats
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E2
A cat becomes aware of some paranormal entity and hisses at it, so the "entity" kills it. It happens at the 33:12 mark.
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Are there spiders?
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jackalriot
A tarantula in a glass jar on a table, at around 17:33 to 17:34 in episode 7 of season 1, when Mayakovsky talks about the students learning mind control.
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Are there bugs?
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Anonymous
The season one antagonist is often covered in moths, a character is attacked by moths once, and well... they're everywhere
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
28 supporters
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TBN1994
Multiple people are “truth-ied” throughout the show, a potion is slipped into their drink that forces them to tell the truth
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
21 supporters
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tddog
S4
E5
A young Eliot is beaten up by his classmates in a flashback.
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Is someone restrained?
24 supporters
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Kids restrained by someone who’s abusing them, and women restrained in chains.
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Nims
Season 1 episode 13 contains a somewhat graphic onscreen rape scene. The scene is shown in part during recaps and flashbacks throughout the second season
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Season 1, Episode 13
A main character is raped and it is shown through flashbacks. There's no nudity, but a graphic depiction of the victim's face during the assault.
A main character is raped and it is shown through flashbacks. There's no nudity, but a graphic depiction of the victim's face during the assault.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
33 supporters
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McPicklebreath
It happens occasionally, usually for another purpose than to kill themselves but it is still upsetting. Times i remember are the first episode julia cuts into her forearm so she will remember what has happened earlier in the episode. In season 3 e8 a character has to cut into her arm to keep a spell up this is the most graphic because its shown on screen repeatedly and we see many more cuts on her arm. And in season 4 a main character slits her wrists open it is not shown on screen but we see the aftermath and its very bloody. that scene is also shown on the recap the next episode. she has another purpose to her actions but still
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Are any hands damaged?
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tddog
S1 E13: A character has both hands cut off by magic.
S2 E3: A character has a finger bitten off.
S2 E4: A character has both hands cut off again with a hatchet.
S2 E3: A character has a finger bitten off.
S2 E4: A character has both hands cut off again with a hatchet.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
28 supporters
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AlisonEmmert
In season 2, episode 7, someone is locked in a vault that is running out of air. In the same episode, a girl is choked and rendered unconscious.
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Is there decapitation?
34 supporters
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GoblinPrince
S3
E5
During a wedding ceremony someone is decapitated. We don’t see the cut itself but we see the blood splatter, the head roll off the body (from an over shoulder view, if that makes any sense), and the body collapsing.
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Is there cannibalism?
33 supporters
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Crisses
Someone eats someone's heart at the end of Season 1.
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Is someone burned alive?
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tddog
The process of becoming a niffin looks like being consumed by blue fire, with screaming. Seen in S1 E3 and S2 E3.
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Is someone buried alive?
26 supporters
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Ocelian
When astral projecting, a character is trapped in a coffin underground
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Is there amputation?
26 supporters
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A character has both hands cut off
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Does a head get squashed?
52 supporters
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robynpan
Elizas Head gets exploded by force to the throat in Episode 8 Season 1
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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TBN1994
Can’t remember the precise episode but in season 5 there’s a fighting tournament and a main character slices her opponents ankle.
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Is there a hanging?
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tddog
S5
A character's death by hanging is shown both as a ghost echo that speaks to other characters, and in effigy for entertainment.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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TBN1994
Julia is choked by an invisible monster on two separate occasions. The second time she passes out after being released
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Does someone have a seizure?
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_____
It happens to one of the main characters as a byproduct of over using someone else magic that that person gave them. it happens while trying to create a new body for another main character who cant return to their own.
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Are any teeth damaged?
52 supporters
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Anonymous
There is a scene where someone has a tooth pulled out with magic, but you can't see anything
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
51 supporters
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AlisonEmmert
It is not shown, but in season 2, episode 13, it is said that a woman has given her toes away.
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Is someone tortured?
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AlisonEmmert
In season 1, there are several flashes to a woman in shackles in a dungeon being kept presumably to be tortured.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Anonymous
Someone's eyes are ripped out and another person stabs themself through the eye
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Is there excessive gore?
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GhostAddict
The show doesn’t shy away from gore at all. There’s a lot of it, and it can be pretty gruesome
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
22 supporters
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Cephalate
S2
Baby is abducted "legitimately" via a sort of fey pact not explicitly agreed upon by the parents
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Does a kid die?
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AlisonEmmert
Season 1, episode 9, two children die in ghost flashbacks. Fast forward when the woman grabs the boy to drag him to the "quiet place" and when the little girl drinks the tea. Season 2, episode 3, there is a monster that looks like a child. It doesn't show the killing, but it shows the aftermath from far away.
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Death
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
20 supporters
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tddog
S1
E9
A minor character is implied to have some kind of motor neuron disease, but is able-bodied when another character astral projects into her mind.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
25 supporters
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AltheaRodriguez
S4E4 - Q’s dad
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Is someone kidnapped?
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AlisonEmmert
In season 2, episode 9, a senator is kidnapped and put in a closet.
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Does someone cheat?
19 supporters
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Scarsacrifices
Quentin cheats on Alice with Eliot and Margo
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Madison Kuehn
An alternate timeline shown in season 3 features two of the main character's counterparts as ghosts, both normal-looking and then mutilated/covered in blood
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Are there jump scares?
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_____
There are a few instances where things happen suddenly which might jumpscare someone. The only example that comes to mind at the moment is when julia and josh travel to timeline 23 and they must search the library for the spell that can kill the beast which 'some stundents' attempted but it got them killed and they have become ghosts. While searching, the ghost of one of said students suddenly appears in front of julia and marina 23 which julia realises is the ghost of eliot (the ghosts are eliot and margo), which is full of blood and looks very creepy as it appears (if i remember correctly he was smiling)
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Is there a shower scene?
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AlisonEmmert
Season 2, episode 5, there is a sexual shower scene in Emily's apartment.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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tddog
Fillory has many ponds and lakes and significant time is spent at sea in season 3.
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Is someone possessed?
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Dewdropsintheriver
Season 4 includes a possession arc.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
93 supporters
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Silverr1
for sure in s4e3 and s4e4
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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tddog
S4
Alice is kept in a cell for awhile.
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LGBTQ+
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Is there bisexual cheating?
22 supporters
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amy1
S1
E11
Under the influence of alcohol and emotion magic, a character cheats on his girlfriend with two of their other friends.
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
21 supporters
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AlisonEmmert
In season 1, episode 4, there is the threat of ECT (stereotypical version), but he escapes beforehand. Season 1, episode 7, there is a sort of electrode attached to foreheads.
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Are needles/syringes used?
30 supporters
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McPicklebreath
they are used a couple of times with a few skin to needle shots but they are fast.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
25 supporters
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_____
the first episode starts with a main character getting checked out of said mental instituiton. in ep 4 he is back inside during a very realistic dream that he gets stuck inside of
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Is there menstruation?
6 supporters
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Anonymous
S4
Blood is needed to unlock a page in a book and Margo uses her bloody tampon.
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Does someone have cancer?
18 supporters
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Madison Kuehn
Quentin's dad is diagnosed with brain cancer.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
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tddog
S1
E1
Quentin is being treated for depression at the start of the series.
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Anonymous
Multiple instances of people cutting themselves, starting in episode 1, but usually is for a purpose other than self-harm, such as a spell requirement
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Is autism misrepresented?
29 supporters
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GameCats
Two of the main characters, Quentin and Alice, seem to be coded autistic. I don't think it's a misrepresentation at all; think it was well done, in fact.
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tddog
S3
A character jumps from the deck of a ship under the influence of depression magic.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
19 supporters
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8
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tddog
S1
E4
Quentin is trapped in a spell that makes him believe he never left the mental hospital.
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Is there misophonia?
32 supporters
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20llux
There are multiple points where there are intense high-pitched noises
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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 a claustrophobic scene?
18 supporters
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Ocelian
When astral projecting, a character is trapped in a coffin underground
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Anonymous
A character dies by suicide in season 3, episode 6. The death involves the character jumping overboard a ship, no blood or injury is shown.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
38 supporters
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Violetpet43Pet
Multiple characters have PTSD symptoms, but it is especially apparent with Julia.
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
43 supporters
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JefferySchwarz
They go to a number of parties that literally have strobes or flashing colorful lights.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
13 supporters
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tddog
A young child hides while watching an older child be abused by an adult. There are several location spells that involve watching someone without their knowledge.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
12 supporters
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TBN1994
Ember does a “previously on” directed to the audience (s02e13)
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
27 supporters
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7
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TBN1994
Not shown but alluded to that fen/Elliot’s baby was stillborn
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Does someone miscarry?
22 supporters
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JefferySchwarz
a child dies in birth but there isn't a miscarriage.
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Is there childbirth?
20 supporters
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KiddoNumber3
Season 5; Episode 13- Nothing graphic is shown. There is no screaming nor obvious pain from the mother.
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Are there abortions?
1 supporters
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ijustsettheworldonfire
One of the characters actively seeks and ultimately terminates her pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
41 supporters
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16
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Ocelian
The slurs aren't normalized, but shown as "bad"
There are violences specifically against LGBT people tho
There are violences specifically against LGBT people tho
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AlisonEmmert
Not that I've noticed, but there is mention of "eugenics" books destroying a "Jewish" author's book in the school's library and having to be locked up in a restricted section afterward. (The books are alive) I assume it was more a dig at the antisemitics.
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Phoenix59
After being elected King, Margo (a female) is referred to as male a couple of times by Ember in dreams, in a sexist “you look like a girl but there’s no way a king could be a girl” kind of way
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Does an LGBT person die?
31 supporters
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83
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2
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vipertooth
This show does not treat their LGBT characters well. Many spoilers ahead:
- Eliot's boyfriend Mike is possessed and he is forced to kill him
- One of Julia's friends played by a trans actress is killed
- Marina 40 is tortured and killed
- Martin Chatwin (queer coded) is sexually abused as a child and must be killed as it turns him into a villain
- Side lesbian in vegetable state has Julia kill her
- A mlm ghost is shown to have been choked to death by his dad
- The fairy queen, played by a trans actress, sacrifices herself
- Eliot & Quentin die in an alternate timeline, albeit of old age
- Eliot 23 & Margo 23 are dead and appear as ghosts in that timeline
- Quentin kills himself in the timeline where he lost his shade
- Quentin sacrifices himself in the s4 finale
- Eliot's boyfriend Mike is possessed and he is forced to kill him
- One of Julia's friends played by a trans actress is killed
- Marina 40 is tortured and killed
- Martin Chatwin (queer coded) is sexually abused as a child and must be killed as it turns him into a villain
- Side lesbian in vegetable state has Julia kill her
- A mlm ghost is shown to have been choked to death by his dad
- The fairy queen, played by a trans actress, sacrifices herself
- Eliot & Quentin die in an alternate timeline, albeit of old age
- Eliot 23 & Margo 23 are dead and appear as ghosts in that timeline
- Quentin kills himself in the timeline where he lost his shade
- Quentin sacrifices himself in the s4 finale
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Are there fat jokes?
51 supporters
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6
No
16
1
AlisonEmmert
Margo at one point makes a fat joke, but it is not in reference to a particular character. There have been no plus-size main characters that I've seen. The joke is in season 2, episode 3 and is made to Quentin while he is aiming an arrow. He does give a chiding look.
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Yes
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3
Does the black guy die first?
17 supporters
Yes
1
No
30
8
Crisses
No, but the first person to get horribly assaulted on camera in the show is black.
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Is there hate speech?
29 supporters
Yes
6
No
18
2
Anonymous
There is a kind of dream sequence where the main character unconsciously gives his friend a stereotypical indian accent.
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Race
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0
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3
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
39 supporters
Yes
6
No
1
2
Not an age gap relationship but there is child sa
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Religious
Yes
3
No
0
Yes
2
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1
Sex
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9
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0
Is there bestiality?
80 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
2
amy1
Sort of. Alice and Quentin have sex with each other while shapeshifted into foxes in 1x07. Multiple references are made throughout the series, starting in 1x12, to humans and Fillorian animals having sexual relationships. All consensual, as they have human level intelligence, but they are physically animals.
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1
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
83 supporters
Add comment
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8
No
19
Is there sexual content?
54 supporters
Yes
68
No
1
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AlisonEmmert
This show has a lot of sexual content. I will return with more instances, but I would not watch if you are a minor or around children. Or if sexual content is triggering. There is also sexual assault, and a lot of talk about sexual assault. There are also many sexual innuendos and jokes.
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Sexism
Yes
4
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0
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
19 supporters
Yes
8
No
0
0
tddog
Quentin's dad is diagnosed with brain cancer.
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2
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1
Yes
2
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2
Social
Yes
6
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0
Are there anti-abortion themes?
31 supporters
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0
No
4
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TBN1994
Not at all. Julia becomes pregnant twice, the first is conceived via rape and she terminates it. All characters support her (even the ones who have legitimate reason to be angry with her state they’ll put it aside to help her seek the magical abortion she needs).
The second time she is pregnant, she’s worried because of her first pregnancy and is wondering about whether to keep it. Another character (who very much enjoyed being pregnant but lost her baby) discusses the pregnancy and encourages her to just make a choice and they’ll be supported, she doesn’t try to impose her wish for a baby on her (she ultimately keeps the baby but note it wasn’t wholly her choice… through magical schenanigans her pregnancy is sped-up but I believe she would have chose to keep it)
The second time she is pregnant, she’s worried because of her first pregnancy and is wondering about whether to keep it. Another character (who very much enjoyed being pregnant but lost her baby) discusses the pregnancy and encourages her to just make a choice and they’ll be supported, she doesn’t try to impose her wish for a baby on her (she ultimately keeps the baby but note it wasn’t wholly her choice… through magical schenanigans her pregnancy is sped-up but I believe she would have chose to keep it)
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
5 supporters
Yes
4
No
23
8
Silverr1
in S4 Santa is a prisoner of the library, though the rest of Santa's mythology is incorporated.
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Does it have a sad ending?
53 supporters
Yes
34
No
2
2
KiddoNumber3
Plot points are resolved and the series is still ongoing. Although most parts are sad as fuck, some people have their happy ending.
(Updated after watching Season 5)
(Updated after watching Season 5)
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Vehicular
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0
Yes
1
No
19
Yes
0
No
22
Is someone hit by a car?
21 supporters
Yes
29
No
4
2
McPicklebreath
a minor character gets hit by a bus.
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Violence
Yes
25
No
1
Is there blood/gore?
1 supporters
Yes
57
No
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S1E1 at the end of the episode the dean's eyes get pulled out and placed on a desk
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Is there gun violence?
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In season 1, episode twelve, there is a scene where the main characters are attempting to sneak through somewhere they shouldn't be, and they are found. Margo pulls out a gun and shoots the person that found them. In season 3, episode 13, the main characters are in a castle that is home to a god-like monster, and Eliot attempts to kill it using a god-killing bullet, but instead it leaves the body it was in and possesses another person.
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