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In several scenes someone is run through with a bloody sword or stabbed with a knife. Several people have their necks broken, either physically or by magic.

Many, many times a person's "heart" is painfully ripped out of his/her chest. It is not a "graphic" heart, no blood, not beating... more like an internally-lit plastic heart. Still some viewers (especially younger ones) may find this disturbing.

Crashes, bloody sword fights, explosions, murder. People's hearts are removed from their chests in a non-gory (but startling) way. Frightening creatures like trolls and eerie monsters. A man is attacked by wolves, a dragon burns people alive. One character is impaled, and dead bodies can be seen after a town is destroyed. Most graphic acts take place off-screen. Arguments/conflict. Characters disguise themselves as other characters to trick people into having sex with them.

There are shootings and stabbings (occasionally with bloody aftermath), an assault by a masked attacker, an implied neck break and an attempted drowning. There are also scenes of moderate fantasy violence including humans being attacked by invisible forces and magic spells.

Injury detail includes sight of old scars on a wrist, a sewn up eye socket and milder cuts and bruises.

Blood is kept at a minimum; there isn't that much. In a few episodes, there are larger amounts, as a character bleeds out and such.

There are multiple birth scenes where you do not see anything, but the mother is screaming in pain.

Season 1 Episode 15: a wolf attacks a group of men. The attack is off-camera, however the bloody aftermath of the attack is seen from a distance detailing bloody bodies and in one case a severed hand and several legs. There is A LOT of blood in this scene. Before we see this Red pulls a bucket of blood red water out of a well. Also during this episode a wolf eats a man alive. You can't see anything you can just hear growls and muffled screams. The wolf turns into a human and looks at the bloody aftermath of what had just happened. There is some flesh and a couple of bones in the distance for about a millisecond.

Season 1 Episode 17: A man is decapitated and his head is held by his hair. His body falls to the floor but his head is still moving. A lacerated wound around his neck is shown but not graphically bloody.

Season 1 Episode 6: There is a dragon who burns the knights to death. There is one knight scene who looses his legs from the dragon, but is not killed. Mostly no blood, just skeletons and burns are seen.

Bastard and bitch are used alongside lesser profanity like crap and ass.

Alcohol and unspecified injections ( tranquilization effect ) are used along with potions that have intoxicating effects.

Several characters have a love interest who is murdered or otherwise dies. Some love again, but this takes many episodes, and some, especially Regina and Killian Jones, seek revenge on those responsible for the death of their lover.

The show deals with more realistic versions of the fairy tales we grew up with. They can tend to be darker and even sadder, with final consequences of death. There is also a constant theme of children being separated from their parents for one reason or another (Emma, Rumple, Henry, Neil, Gepetto, Snow White, Prince Charming, Zelena, Regina, Anna & Elsa, Hansel & Gretel, Grace, Lily, etc. ). This could be a touchy subject for anyone who may have had similar home life situations.