Does the dog die?
365 supporters
Stranger Things
TV Show • 2016 • Drama
ReportWhen a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
This tv show contains 108 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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MelissaJasper
No DOG dies, a cat does, and there is a different space for that on this list.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
7 supporters
Yes
32
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0
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lianaluvsyou
S1
E1
Will goes missing without saying anything
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
26 supporters
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SiRenfield
S3
E6
Billy’s mother walked out of the family in order to escape her abusive situation
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Is an animal abandoned?
82 supporters
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4
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StrangerThings82910
S2
No, but someone's cat gets eaten. Quite graphic in my opinion, also sad to watch.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
44 supporters
Yes
55
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MasonEarl
Billeys dad is physically and mentally abusive
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
36 supporters
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SamanthaBattaglia
S3
one of the characters like really sucks and sucks even more when he gets possessed but he “sacrifices” himself after one of the main characters exposes his old memories. they kinda like gloss over how awful he was for the whole season and his sister who he abuses for a lot of the show like forgives him for like everything for whatever reason. even for literally trying to kill her boyfriend
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Is someone stalked?
23 supporters
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292
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Gryffindorable
A character happens upon a pool party and takes some voyeuristic photos of other characters at the party.
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series_of_unfortunate_events
S3E6: a brief memory around minute 49. A husband is shown yelling at his wife accusing her of cheating. The wife throws plates, and a child tries to intervene. The husband is verbally abusive toward the wife, pushes the child out of the way, and punches his wife in the face. These same memories are shown quickly in the middle of S3E8.
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thesco
Billy, Max's brother, abuses her, after being abused by his own father. This is shown in season 2, and then referenced in season 4 quite a bit
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Is someone gaslighted?
36 supporters
Yes
297
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acetraightupmess
Season one a kid's mother keeps being told she is crazy by the community, and in season three, a woman is repeatedly told she's imagining things by the men at her workplace and her boyfriend
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series_of_unfortunate_events
S3E6: a brief memory around minute 49 of a father being verbally abusive and pushing his son out of the way in order to hit his wife. These same memories are shown quickly in the middle of S3E8.
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Addiction
Yes
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series_of_unfortunate_events
There's an allusion to Hopper's former drug addiction. S3E6 involves two characters being injected with drugs while captured. They end up vomiting in a bathroom but are ultimately fine.
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Is there addiction?
16 supporters
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series_of_unfortunate_events
Hopper is shown abusing alcohol and has a history of abusing the drug Tuinal (depicted in previous seasons but not this one).
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
15 supporters
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AudreyBabb
A boys father is an alcoholic, and it’s hinted at that one of the characters is as well
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
83 supporters
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10
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ProfessorProcyon
No horses are seen, as far as I know. There is a deer that is seen injured, however, and it is grabbed by a creature. We later see the creature eating something, which is presumably the deer.
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junk6i
near the end of s1ep5 there's a dying deer crying out it seems it was hit by a car and left to agonize, they were gonna shoot it to put the poor thing out of its misery but something quickly snatches it away, it's obviously computerized but still realist and painful to watch. Highkey upset that no one mentioned this before and that I had to see it myself
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Are animals abused?
174 supporters
Yes
398
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83
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Toxik
In the first season, episode three Eleven has a flashback from when she was in a laboratory, where she is asked to kill a cat in a cage with her powers. The cat is obviously scared and Eleven can't bring herself to hurt it.
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Yes
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347
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RisingMoon
do demodogs count?
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Is there a dead animal?
96 supporters
Yes
349
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Ace14
s2e4 around 41:25 there is a dead cat being eaten by a monster. it is graphic.
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Is an animal sad?
71 supporters
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7
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20
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muffinbeloved
Theres an ANGRY cat at some point, if that counts. Nothing actually happens to it, it's just mad and scared
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Are rabbits harmed?
56 supporters
Yes
38
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6
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TheNitpickyCat
S4
At Season 4 you can see a rabbit being killed by a man using his telepathy in a flashback.
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Does a cat die?
149 supporters
Yes
818
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corinacarolrios
In episode 4 season 2 it shows a cat being eaten
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Does a pet die?
140 supporters
Yes
126
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4
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Valko
S2
Mews the cat died (Dustin's cat) he/she got eaten by "Dart"
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Does a dragon die?
28 supporters
Yes
4
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Anonymous
Not a dragon but a monster.
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Are there spiders?
42 supporters
Yes
489
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65
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Yeethaw12
Yes. When Axel is threatening Eleven, Kali makes him see spiders
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Are there snakes?
16 supporters
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21
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Ellie_red
No actual snakes, but snake like things that are a cross between moving limbs and vines, in final episode of season one, one of these is pulled from someone's throat. More are seen in later seasons
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Are there bugs?
27 supporters
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422
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Toxik
Spiders and a butterfly in season 2 episode 7.
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Assault
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5
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StrangerThings82910
S4
Yes, Eleven gets thrown across a room by Vecna, same as Max.
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Is someone drugged?
26 supporters
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60
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Fenris
S4
E4
In Episode 4, at around 46:50, Joyce and Murray are drugged by the pilot, they pass out and wake up in the plane in the next episode
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Is there pedophilia?
107 supporters
Yes
14
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Ellie_red
The teenage lifeguard is 18 in season 3 when he is flirted with (although this has been established as canon outside of the show and I don't think is mentioned onscreen). So not pedophilia, but a big age gap.
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Is someone held under water?
19 supporters
Yes
34
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11
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RisingMoon
S3
E3
in 11's dreamscape, she sees heather in abathtub begging for help. when 11 reaches for her, heather is yanked into the floor and the tub dissapears, showing heather screaming as she sinks to the bottom
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
19 supporters
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51
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thesco
Steve is beaten up trying to defend Lucas from Billy. Jonathan and Steve get into a fight, that is started by Steve, who had been bullying Jonathan at the time. Lucas is pinned against a wall by Billy, who looks as though he is about to beat him up. Mike is shoved to the ground by a bully in season 1/2
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Is someone restrained?
23 supporters
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119
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mistersandman
Will is restrained a few times in Season 2 in order to prevent the Mind Flayer from causing damage. In Season 3, Steve and Robin are tied back-to-back in chairs while being held captive by the Russians.
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TaylorJa
While no one is outright sexually assaulted, there is a scene near the end of episode 2 which greatly resembles sexual assault, using common stock phrases used in sexual assault scenes. People who are triggered by this may be just as bothered by this imagery
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Is someone's mouth covered?
11 supporters
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26
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white_witch_winnie
S3
E2
It was either episode 2 or 3, but a possessed Billy kidnaps Heather and her mouth is taped.
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Yes
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liliko
S2
End of episode 3, a monster "enters" a character. While it may be a vivid portrayal of a mental thing, this scene may be unsettling. In episode 4, it's also described in a way that could be uncomfortable for victims.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
30 supporters
Yes
334
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series_of_unfortunate_events
S3E8: There is a close-up shot of a character's leg being sliced open with a knife.
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Are any hands damaged?
16 supporters
Yes
4
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DaniiBananii135
S1
Two characters in season one (episode 8 maybe?) cut their hands because the blood will lure in a monster they are trying to kill. It leaves a scar.
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Are there dislocations?
9 supporters
Yes
15
No
4
1
Anonymous
Season 4 episode 1
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Is there throat mutilation?
33 supporters
Yes
18
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Ermer
A man gets stabbed directly in the throat with a scissor blade, but this wouldn't be mutilation. Another man is grabbed by the throat and has it crushed, brutal but not graphic.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
27 supporters
Yes
200
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4
10
karkat
Billy holds Eleven into the air by the neck in S3E6, which causes her to choke
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Yes
18
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2
Is there cannibalism?
30 supporters
Yes
4
No
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ProfessorProcyon
There's no cannibalism in the sense of eating members of the same species, but some monsters eat people.
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Yes
2
No
44
Is someone choked?
15 supporters
Yes
33
No
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TinyWatermelon2
S3
E4
Billy chokes eleven and vice versa in The Sauna Test
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Is someone burned alive?
37 supporters
Yes
167
No
186
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Anonymous
A monster is burnt alive, but does not die.
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Is someone buried alive?
25 supporters
Yes
15
No
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5
KnightWhoSaysNi
In Season 4 Episode 2, a character hallucinates falling into and being trapped in a grave.
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Is there body horror?
47 supporters
Yes
51
No
1
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Fenris
S4
If Body Horror is triggering for you, Season 4 might be very difficult to watch safely or even watch at all
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Is there amputation?
25 supporters
Yes
32
No
150
4
A monsters arm is cut off
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Does a head get squashed?
49 supporters
Yes
63
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Anonymous
Brains are exploded. The head(s) remains in tact.
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Yes
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45
Is there a hanging?
32 supporters
Yes
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JJbean
No but in season 4, many characters levitate - if seeing bodies with feet off the ground is triggering for you, then do not watch.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
24 supporters
Yes
4
No
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therealduckk
There is some choking but people don’t die (very close)
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
74 supporters
Yes
13
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KnightWhoSaysNi
Season 4 Episode 9 a character gets kicked in the groin.
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Does someone become unconscious?
6 supporters
Yes
43
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0
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Fenris
S4
E4
In Season 4, Episode 4, at around 46:50, Joyce and Murray are drugged by the pilot, they pass out and wake up in the plane in the next episode
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Does someone break a bone?
21 supporters
Yes
338
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4
18
webs230
Eleven breaks a kids arm in season one, because he was bullying Mike and Dustin. It is not that graphic, he just screams Ah! She broke my arm! Let's get out of here!"
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Does someone have a seizure?
6 supporters
Yes
306
No
37
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Anonymous
A boy becomes possessed by a supernatural being. When a part of this supernatural being is burnt with a flamethrower, the boy is thrown onto the ground and starts to have a seizure.
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Are any teeth damaged?
48 supporters
Yes
125
No
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djryde
broken teeth are seen when a villain's face is bashed in
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
48 supporters
Yes
291
No
48
16
knhuff
Steve almost has his fingernail pulled out by a Russian doctor.
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Is someone tortured?
72 supporters
Yes
384
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Anonymous
Season 2 shows flashbacks of children and a girl's mom being tortured.
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Yes
0
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78
Does someone fall to their death?
10 supporters
Yes
33
No
219
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Anonymous
in season one, mike nearly falls to his death, but is saved by eleven. i feel this should still be mentioned, since it's a very scary, suspenseful scene.
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Is there eye mutilation?
87 supporters
Yes
205
No
131
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pixiebb
Season 4
A couple of teenagers are found dead with their missing and bloody
S4E4
The prisoner is seen with scars over his eyelids, his eyelids remain closed showing these scars
A couple of teenagers are found dead with their missing and bloody
S4E4
The prisoner is seen with scars over his eyelids, his eyelids remain closed showing these scars
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Yes
19
No
2
Is there excessive gore?
81 supporters
Yes
197
No
14
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lolhii
season 4 ep one super gory at the end in eddies house
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
18 supporters
Yes
58
No
5
3
therealduckk
Yes, in Season Two, it is revealed that Jane (Eleven) was abducted as a child.
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Does a kid die?
44 supporters
Yes
458
No
31
26
Holly May Marshall
Barbara is a teenager, who is killed and harvested by the Demogorgan
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Is a minor sexualized?
97 supporters
Yes
9
No
44
2
Insert.clever.username
Dr. Brenner doesn't sexualize the children at the lab per se, but some of the language that he uses could be pretty unsettling for someone who's experienced that.
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Creepy Crawly
Yes
0
No
16
Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
11 supporters
Yes
62
No
1
3
Mike attempts to sacrifice himself to save Dustin but is saved
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Does a major character die?
22 supporters
Yes
36
No
1
3
TinyWatermelon2
Major instances of this in all seasons
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Does a non-human character die?
22 supporters
Yes
42
No
1
1
Areatrix
Multiple monsters are shown to die, the ones i can think of is the first demogorgon in season 1, dart and multiple other demodogs in season 2, in season 3 meat monsters are destroyed, in season 4 a demogorgons head gets chopped off and a demodog gets electrocuted
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Does someone die?
12 supporters
Yes
37
No
0
2
TinyWatermelon2
All the time
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Disability
Yes
0
No
19
Is the r-slur used?
29 supporters
Yes
3
No
97
6
jdpamv
Surprisingly, it’s never used, no less as a slur.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
3
No
61
Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
Yes
31
No
0
1
muffinbeloved
Sadly :(
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Does a parent die?
20 supporters
Yes
413
No
16
16
user15268
A character named Bob who's introduced in the second season dies in episode 8 of the same season. He was dating Joyce, so he acted as a pseudo-father for Will and Jonathon. The death is graphically shown on screen.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
26 supporters
Yes
56
No
84
19
ProfessorProcyon
Not exactly a toy, and it's the owner of the item that chooses to destroy it, but early in season 3 Will destroys his "Castle Byers" fort. Also, Joyce smashes a porcelain doll in season 4, but it didn't belong to anyone.
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Is someone kidnapped?
7 supporters
Yes
230
No
3
14
Anonymous
the russian base sequence might be a bit much if you have trouble with kidnapping/being caught and trapped
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Does someone cheat?
16 supporters
Yes
219
No
25
25
knhuff
She thinks about it, but backs out.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
Yes
23
No
265
6
AhoAko
No ghosts of the dead, but a kid is possessed by another living entity in season 2
3 comments | Add comment
Are there jump scares?
53 supporters
Yes
501
No
23
15
HayleyMosteller
There are MANY jumpscares ALL through the entire series. Sometimes mere scene-transitions are jumpscares simply because the 'from' scene is quiet and the 'to' scene is loud and abrupt.
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Is there a shower scene?
10 supporters
Yes
300
No
48
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HayleyMosteller
In season 1, Nancy is in the shower after her crawl though a slimy space; nothing violent happens. In season 2, three teenage boys are showering after basketball practice; there is verbal bullying but no violence.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
1 supporters
Yes
31
No
0
1
DaniiBananii135
S1
A lake, forgot which episode. Its shown when El breaks one of the bully's arm and also outside Hoppers house
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Are there clowns?
10 supporters
Yes
188
No
195
20
Anonymous
season 3, at the fourth of july fair
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Is someone possessed?
10 supporters
Yes
326
No
7
9
BlueDragon
This is a major theme in season two and even more in season three.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
23 supporters
Yes
16
No
3
0
as someone with severe trypophobia this show is not bad at all with the trypophobic content just some of the stuff in the upside down that can be easily avoided by moving your eyes to somewhere else on the screen it's definitely there in the show but not too bad and won't stay in your mind
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Yes
36
No
2
2
Lzg
S4
Victor Creel tries to cut his eyeballs out with a razor blade
1 comment | Add comment
Are there mannequins?
5 supporters
Yes
33
No
3
1
Insert.clever.username
Yes, but only as decorations at a shopping mall, not used for any creepy purposes
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
89 supporters
Yes
670
No
47
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Y0kale
SEASON FOUR WARNINGS!!!
- ep1 - NOT SAFE! at 33 minutes, max is in the restroom and chrissy vomits, you can hear it and you see her over the toilet, no visual -
- ep2 - NOT SAFE! lucas vomits in the toilet at between 9 and 10 minutes, right after you see the benny's burgers sign, with visual -
- ep3 - SAFE! at 26 minutes, for a brief moment we see the same scene of chrissy from ep1, this time we only see her kneeling near a toilet, no audio or visual -
- ep4 - SAFE! -
- ep5 - SAFE! -
- ep6 - SAFE! -
- ep7 - SAFE! at 1 hour and 16 minutes, nancy gets closer to a body, which has slimy stuff coming out of her mouth -
- ep8 - SAFE! -
- ep9 - SAFE! steve spits quite a bit at 1 hour and 36 minutes -
- ep1 - NOT SAFE! at 33 minutes, max is in the restroom and chrissy vomits, you can hear it and you see her over the toilet, no visual -
- ep2 - NOT SAFE! lucas vomits in the toilet at between 9 and 10 minutes, right after you see the benny's burgers sign, with visual -
- ep3 - SAFE! at 26 minutes, for a brief moment we see the same scene of chrissy from ep1, this time we only see her kneeling near a toilet, no audio or visual -
- ep4 - SAFE! -
- ep5 - SAFE! -
- ep6 - SAFE! -
- ep7 - SAFE! at 1 hour and 16 minutes, nancy gets closer to a body, which has slimy stuff coming out of her mouth -
- ep8 - SAFE! -
- ep9 - SAFE! steve spits quite a bit at 1 hour and 36 minutes -
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
20 supporters
Yes
199
No
2
12
Anonymous
In season one, Eleven uses her mind powers to make a boy wet himself.
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Is there farting?
10 supporters
Yes
32
No
3
2
S1
i cant remember any more scenes but i know lucus makes farting noise when jonathen walks in when they are playing dnd its in the last episode of season one
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Is someone eaten?
29 supporters
Yes
31
No
1
4
TinyWatermelon2
Demogorgon does this a lot
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Does someone spit?
10 supporters
Yes
330
No
12
11
Anonymous
At the end of season 1 in the basement Lucas sings a tune about how Dustin farted
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Is there audio gore?
39 supporters
Yes
192
No
4
7
meredithgreyslover
spoiler:
in season 4 when the vecna kills people, you can hear their bones breaking. you can also see it. in my opinion, it’s not that bad because it looks and sounds fake but it could be triggering to some. also, there is a lot of squishing sounds bc of the demogorgon things in the upside down. but that’s it for season 4
in season 4 when the vecna kills people, you can hear their bones breaking. you can also see it. in my opinion, it’s not that bad because it looks and sounds fake but it could be triggering to some. also, there is a lot of squishing sounds bc of the demogorgon things in the upside down. but that’s it for season 4
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Large-scale Violence
Yes
0
No
57
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
26 supporters
Yes
115
No
50
33
BizarrePenguin
While the show does not focus on it, there are some scenes where the chief of police is misusing its power and it is not clearly framed in a critical way and maybe even more for laughs.
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
19
No
1
LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
43 supporters
Yes
1
No
28
0
awesomeunicornsigma26
not transphobic but Billy’s dad calls him the f slur
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Yes
0
No
20
Yes
0
No
30
Yes
1
No
32
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
20 supporters
Yes
1
No
16
1
StrangerThings82910
S4
Not 'outed' but I'm pretty sure Jonathan realised Will's crush on mike in s4 'The Piggyback' and I'm not sure if Will wanted him to. I might be overthinking though.
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Loss
Yes
0
No
21
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
18 supporters
Yes
305
No
29
21
Anonymous
El’s mother is shown to have been tortured with electro-therapy to the point of being permanently catatonic
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Are needles/syringes used?
29 supporters
Yes
371
No
7
19
Anonymous
Near the end of season 2 a needle is jammed into the neck of a character in self defense. The character is knocked out but does not die.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
25 supporters
Yes
263
No
30
15
Paxton
Not a mental institution, but a schizophrenic person is taken by ambulance and hospitalized
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Is there a hospital scene?
11 supporters
Yes
341
No
3
12
FreyaRosheen
multiple times throughout the three seasons
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Yes
0
No
19
Does someone have cancer?
1 supporters
Yes
276
No
47
20
Anonymous
I would add to the other comment that in the final episode, a child is shown, via flashbacks, in the final stages of cancer and going into cardiac arrest in the hospital.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
Yes
28
No
0
1
onehorseopenslay
S2
eleven's mother
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
213
No
234
31
AhoAko
A few characters in season one cut, but not for self harm. They are using blood to attract a creature
4 comments | Add comment
Is autism misrepresented?
30 supporters
Yes
0
No
28
5
HoppipHarvest
It’s not confirmed or stated, but Robin is heavily implied to be autistic (she struggles with social cues, has “no filter”, is sensitive to loud noises and uncomfortable clothing, and took longer to learn to walk than average as a child), and I consider her to be good representation. It’s rare to see an adult autistic woman who’s funny, confident, and capable in a TV show.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
31 supporters
Yes
32
No
90
7
sydneylewis
in season 4 ep 4 nancy and robyn go to a mental hospital and you see many mentally ill patients but they are never violent
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Yes
3
No
8
1
Zombi3
S3
Many times l is in a out of body experience in her mind in all seasons.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
33
Is there autism specific abuse?
38 supporters
Yes
13
No
158
16
SiRenfield
You could somewhat argue that characters like Will are bullied for autism-related traits despite not being canonically on the spectrum but other than that not really
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Yes
36
No
23
3
Anonymous24
In season 4 a character described how he tried to gouge out his eyes and that he wanted to die but was stopped
6 comments | Add comment
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
19 supporters
Yes
31
No
0
1
RisingMoon
S3
major plot in the entire series, any charecters travel too and from the upside down
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Does someone have a meltdown?
8 supporters
Yes
5
No
15
0
StrangerThings82910
Will screamed at Joyce and cried quite a lot, also has some seizures or 'episodes' I don't know if they can be considered as meltdowns though.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
Yes
102
No
12
12
quietpoem
There is some disgusting chewing in season 4 episode 6.
6 comments | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
23 supporters
Yes
261
No
6
18
series_of_unfortunate_events
Eleven appears to be having anxiety attacks several times after she rips off her blindfold
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
29 supporters
Yes
144
No
8
18
Novalunosis_
In season 2 episode 2, while trick or treating, Lucas says “If I get another 3 Musketeers (chocolate bar) I’m gonna kill myself” though it is clearly in a joking manner.
7 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
30
Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
Yes
90
No
149
16
lolzerslolzers
in s4, a character has a mother who constantly comments on her weight. this obviously discomforts her
7 comments | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
16 supporters
Yes
255
No
24
21
five
in s1 episode two eleven is show being put in a confined space and crying, and also in a closet. i feel like those count...
10 comments | Add comment
Does someone have an eating disorder?
35 supporters
Yes
176
No
165
26
Max87
Season 4:
Episode 1- 33 minutes Chrissy vomits before being ridiculed by her "mother" for her weight, implied ED
Episode 1- 33 minutes Chrissy vomits before being ridiculed by her "mother" for her weight, implied ED
12 comments | Add comment
Yes
70
No
264
18
Gryffindorable
Fake suicide - although the characters believe somebody killed themself, the audience knows it was murder
10 comments | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
38 supporters
Yes
160
No
2
9
wallflowers
Hopper, a vet, suffers from PTSD. Will and Eleven also seem to suffer from it after their involvement with the upside-down. In S4, the main villain, Vecna, uses teenagers’ trauma to kill them and open gates— primarily seen with Max.
5 comments | Add comment
Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
7 supporters
Yes
20
No
0
0
Areatrix
In season 4 when Eddie, Robin, Steve and Nancy go on the boat characters can be seen swimming into deep bodies of water, one of them gets quickly pulled back under by a vine and struggles to swim back up
2 comments | Add comment
Are there sudden loud noises?
29 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
1
muffinbeloved
ALL the time
2 comments | Add comment
Is there shakey cam?
35 supporters
Yes
165
No
82
12
BeckLiberatore
in episode 2 billy has a fairly lengthy scene with shakey cam
4 comments | Add comment
Does a baby cry?
13 supporters
Yes
141
No
2
9
keiraell
!!SPOILERS!! in s4 ep4 victor creel’s “vecna curse” includes a baby burned alive and crying, skip when you see him sat in his armchair 👍
3 comments | Add comment
Is there screaming?
12 supporters
Yes
27
No
0
1
muffinbeloved
Pretty often, mostly by El
1 comment | Add comment
Is there obscene language/gestures?
5 supporters
Yes
38
No
1
1
Areatrix
Yes, i think the main one is the S word, i do not remember hearing the C word or the F word at all
4 comments | Add comment
Are there flashing lights or images?
42 supporters
Yes
402
No
25
36
Anonymous
literally almost every episode
11 comments | Add comment
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
13 supporters
Yes
31
No
0
3
thesco
Yes, Jonathan takes photos of Nancy in season 1 when she isn't looking, and the mindflayer/demodogs are often shown in a stalker-ish way
2 comments | Add comment
Is the fourth wall broken?
12 supporters
Yes
7
No
114
1
thesco
dustin stares straight into the camera in season 4
4 comments | Add comment
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
23 supporters
Yes
13
No
80
7
friendlydemon
Season 4 has a mention of stillborn children, but it is never shown on screen.
4 comments | Add comment
Does someone miscarry?
21 supporters
Yes
44
No
178
14
webs230
Terry Ives (A.K.A Eleven's mother), introduced mostly in season 2, is told to have had a miscarriage, when really they stole Eleven/Jane from her because of Eleven's mind powers.
5 comments | Add comment
Are there babies or unborn children?
13 supporters
Yes
121
No
2
10
OzzyJones
In season 4 episode 4, there are two brief but gruesome scenes of a baby on fire in a crib.
3 comments | Add comment
Is there childbirth?
18 supporters
Yes
175
No
40
3
Anonymous
There is childbirth in season 2
4 comments | Add comment
Are there abortions?
14 supporters
Yes
2
No
208
1
Areatrix
^ adding onto opencastings comment, i believe the baby was born but the doctors claimed she “wasn’t breathing”, which is false as she was crying so no i don’t think there was any abortion talk
1 comment | Add comment
Does a pregnant person die?
16 supporters
Yes
8
No
197
12
ProfessorProcyon
She doesn't die, but does end up being permanently catatonic sometime after she has had her baby.
2 comments | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
39 supporters
Yes
232
No
4
12
jdpamv
One f-word in each of the first two seasons, the first one also has many uses of fairy and queer by the evil kids because they think Will is gay. Arguably the worst instance is in episode four or five when they talk about Will “going to fairyland with all the other fairies” when it’s believed he has died.
11 comments | Add comment
Is there ableist language or behavior?
39 supporters
Yes
176
No
9
14
CozmoGarden
there are multiple uses of the ableist slur "ps*cho", and ableism towards a woman alleged to be schizophrenic
5 comments | Add comment
Are there usages of the n-word?
30 supporters
Yes
7
No
142
37
groobled
^ Lucas is also called midnight.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
21
No
116
18
KnightWhoSaysNi
There isn't antisemitism, but a character who is experimented on has a shaved head and a tattoo of a number on her arm, which are very likely allusions to Josef Mengele's experiments during the Holocaust.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
112
Yes
115
No
125
41
five
sorta, initially eleven is thought to be a boy by several people. it's never malicious though
9 comments | Add comment
Does an LGBT person die?
28 supporters
Yes
33
No
246
46
Anonymous
Even though she's not confirmed gay, Barb was a huge lesbian. Rest in peace queen. You're missed.
8 comments | Add comment
Are there fat jokes?
50 supporters
Yes
257
No
23
26
JulieRaven
Episode 1 Season 3 around 19 minutes, the lifeguard yells and calls a kid lard ass
11 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Yes
2
No
23
Does the black guy die first?
18 supporters
Yes
3
No
238
28
RedCyro
they better not hurt my boy Lucas
6 comments | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
26 supporters
Yes
281
No
15
40
Anonymous
billy's dad calls him a f*ggot. there are also racist implications in his actions; he tries to keep max away from lucas, and no reason is given other than the implication that it's because he's dark-skinned. (props to the brothers for making a realistic central indiana from the 80's, i guess.) not to mention that in the very first episode, the bullies make fun of lucas's race by calling him midnight.
13 comments | Add comment
Race
Yes
0
No
25
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
34 supporters
Yes
57
No
13
10
officialhongseok
Karen Wheeler and other women who look to be late 30s(maybe early 40s) have an interest towards Billy, who I believe is 19, in season 3. Billy asks out Karen for "swimming lessons" which she at first accepts but then changes her mind. Sure he is above 18 but still a pretty big maturity difference.
1 comment | Add comment
Religious
Is religion discussed?
11 supporters
Yes
7
No
9
1
S4
Jason goes on a tangent about Christianity
1 comment | Add comment
Are there demons or Hell?
12 supporters
Yes
16
No
2
2
MuffinCriesOverDumbStuff
Kinda? The demogorgons/demodogs/demobats could be interpreted as demons, and the upside down is basically cold hell.
2 comments | Add comment
Sex
Are there nude scenes?
40 supporters
Yes
4
No
52
1
thesco
Billy and Steve in the showers in S2. Though not much is shown, you can tell that they are naked
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
29
Does someone lose their virginity?
11 supporters
Yes
28
No
1
2
thesco
Nancy, season 1
5 comments | Add comment
Is someone sexually objectified?
41 supporters
Yes
50
No
1
1
Anonymous
Many characters are ogled at in a sexual manner. Close up camera angle shots and slow motion of men and women for sexual purposes.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
33
No
299
40
haloblues
I don't understand the 'yes' votes here.
5 comments | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
52 supporters
Yes
260
No
11
13
AhoAko
Kind of. There is kissing and undressing down to a girl's bra. Nothing further is shown, but implied.
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
19 supporters
Yes
84
No
7
12
jdpamv
Billy had toxic masculinity forced on him after his parents divorced and his father verbally abuses him for crying. Jonathan details a time where he cried after his dad shot a rabbit, it’s not confirmed if he was ridiculed over it but it’s an easy inference to make and there’s talk of the dad being insensitive to Will’s emotions. El is ridiculed for crying but she's a girl and eventually kicks the ass of the main bully anyways.
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
16 supporters
Yes
24
No
2
3
thesco
Hopper's daughter, shown in flashbacks, died from terminal cancer
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
44
Does someone have a chronic illness?
8 supporters
Yes
5
No
25
1
Insert.clever.username
Dustin has an illness that causes him to not have collarbones and certain teeth
1 comment | Add comment
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
23 supporters
Yes
2
No
34
4
Ellie_red
No dementia, but I don't know if this could be triggering: In season 2 a woman (who does not have dementia) is stuck for years in a continuous cycle of flashbacks where she sees the same memories repeated. She only says the same few words over and over. Her flashback cycle is shown in S2 Ep 5 and again at the very start of episode 7, but it's an important part of the plot
1 comment | Add comment
Social
Are there fat suits?
28 supporters
Yes
24
No
3
1
Lzg
S4
Yes but only when Hopper looses weight after being in Russian prison and they do a flashback.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
Yes
98
No
2
7
SiRenfield
Eleven more or less becomes this after escaping Hawkins Labs, it’s not until Season 2 where she finds somewhat stable housing in the form of Hopper
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Yes
0
No
21
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
3 supporters
Yes
67
No
170
29
LexMusler
S2:E1
Hopper claims a story is fake by comparing it to the story about 'the fat man with the beard who climbs down chimneys'
Hopper claims a story is fake by comparing it to the story about 'the fat man with the beard who climbs down chimneys'
4 comments | Add comment
Are there end credit scenes?
35 supporters
Yes
2
No
16
1
Areatrix
Idk why people are saying no, at the end of season 3 there is a post credits scene
2 comments | Add comment
Does it have a sad ending?
50 supporters
Yes
161
No
67
7
electr1cFantasy
The ending is bittersweet - the characters are alright and happy, mostly, but sad about certain things that have happened / are happening. Also, certain plot elements are left open (a few bad-ending-like things), presumably because the series will continue.
15 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
13 supporters
Yes
93
No
1
1
EliseYankah
in season 2 episode 1 the police cars chasing the van crash
2 comments | Add comment
Does a car crash?
19 supporters
Yes
311
No
27
11
S4E2 there is a theme of a car accident throughout. You see a memory of the aftermath of a horrible car accident at the very end, while the group tells Eddie about Hawkins. Fred starts walking towards a car that is on fire. Very triggering for people with car accident trauma/ aversion
9 comments | Add comment
Does a plane crash?
10 supporters
Yes
93
No
170
11
motherofhunnybunnies
4 season episode 5
7 comments | Add comment
Is someone hit by a car?
18 supporters
Yes
71
No
131
17
series_of_unfortunate_events
Technically. Eleven uses her powers to lift a parked vehicle into the air and throw it at several enemies.
6 comments | Add comment
Violence
Does someone drown?
16 supporters
Yes
203
No
54
9
series_of_unfortunate_events
S3E3: A character is shown gasping for air after her head shoots up from a bathtub. S3E6: The character in the bathtub is shown again. A character is thrown back onto the beach by a wave and coughs out water.
6 comments | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
53 supporters
Yes
366
No
1
29
Anonymous
The main monster of season 3 is almost literally made out of gore. Also, several rats and humans explode. It’s extremely nasty
19 comments | Add comment
Yes
6
No
193
Is there gun violence?
23 supporters
Yes
241
No
8
9
vinylzombie
Throughout the show, Nancy Wheeler uses guns to defeat monsters. There's a scene in season one where she and Jonathan practice shooting to prepare for a fight against a monster.
8 comments | Add comment