History Main / AfraidOfBlood

* ''Series/TheFullMonty'': Having reached his DespairEventHorizon at the welfare office, [[spoiler:a suicidal Horse]] snatches a knife from a guy who is laying carpet in the waiting room. He nicks himself in the neck, and the blood makes the carpetlayer faint. Twice.

%%* Donkey in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''.

* [[ThoseWackyNazis Heinrich Himmler]] allegedly suffered from this. Ironic, considering the {{Hellhole Prison}}s led by the Nazis. The Nazis generally acknowledged this trope. They ordered the gas chambers to the death camps for the sake of being more humane -- to the guards, [[DidntSeeThatComing who were suffering from various types of traumas and stress disorders for shooting defenseless civilians by the thousands at that point]].

* Bella from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' gets sick from seeing a tiny bit of blood in the first book. It's actually the smell that gets her. She can watch an extremely gory action movie with no problems. This trait of hers seems to turn into a forgotten trait by the time of the fourth book - she certainly sees no problem with [[spoiler:having to drink blood to stop herself from dying [[WackyCravings during the pregnancy]]]].

* Kala from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' gets startled of seeing [[CatsAreMean Sabor]]'s bloody pawprints from Tarzan's parents shortly before accidently stepping on the family portrait in the treehouse.

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%%* Donkey in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''.
* Chicken Joe from ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' faints at the ''thought'' of the sight of blood.
* Kala from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' gets startled of seeing [[CatsAreMean Sabor]]'s bloody pawprints from Tarzan's parents shortly before accidently stepping on the family portrait in the treehouse.

* In ''LightNovel/ApocalypseAlice'', Gunjou, when [[spoiler:afflicted by the Labyrinth Disease, is weak to blood]]. It's implied that it's because she hates watching people die.

* Naga from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', [[spoiler:as a result of watching her mother get killed before her eyes, so the bloodshed she saw gives her post-traumatic stress disorder as a result.]]

* Ben Paul in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''. He faints even when it's not his blood.

* On ''Series/AllMyChildren'', Natalie was kidnapped by her sister Janet, who imprisoned her in a well, assumed her identity, and took over her life. The first hint to anyone that something was amiss was Janet freaking out at the sight of blood when her housekeeper cut her hand--Natalie was a nurse and would have been completely unfazed by this.

* In ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' episode "Living Hell", protagonist Ben Kohler faints at the sight of blood. This is what convinces his doctor that he's unlikely to be the vicious killer whose visions he's been inadvertently receiving.

** In the episode "Tuesday the 17th" Shawn was able to figure out he was being tricked by Gus when his friend casually wiped blood on his pants (which was actually fake blood) instead of the expected reaction to run screaming from the room.
** In "This Episode Sucks" Shawn accidentally squirts the contents of a blood bag on Gus, leading to Gus going into a catatonic state for a short time.
* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episide "Out of Time", when Lister is injured, Kryten suggests Rimmer should look away since he hates the sight of blood. Rimmer replies "Don't worry, Kryten; it's okay when it's Lister's."

* An episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'' called "Blood" contained a man with this phobia. Which makes it amusing and concerning that he's more afraid of the person coming to his house to collect a blood sample for a "cholesterol test" than the appliances in his house that are telling him to kill people.

* [[ThoseWackyNazis Heinrich Himmler]] allegedly suffered from this. Ironic, considering, [[HellholePrison well]] -- [[KillEmAll you know]]. The Nazis generally acknowledged this trope. They ordered the gas chambers to the death camps for the sake of being more humane -- to the guards, [[DidntSeeThatComing who were suffering from various types of traumas and stress disorders for shooting defenseless civilians by the thousands at that point]].

* Ironically enough, [[KnightTemplar Maximilien Robespierre]], despite [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized instigating the Reign of Terror]], was incredibly hemophobic.

%%* Inspector Misao Yamamura from ''Manga/DetectiveConan''.

* Being avatars of peace and harmony, the kirin in ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' aren't just afraid of blood (becoming faint or woozy just from the sight or smell of it,) they're physically weakened by it. Even suffering a tiny cut will incapacitate one from contact with its own blood.

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* Ryuhi Kin from ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'', [[spoiler:due to an horrifying incident in the Korean War where he killed his long-lost father by mistake]], gained this phobia and as a result he becomes weak at the sight of it.

* Seiya, the sidekick of ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'', is a male example but is still PlayedForLaughs. He's lived his whole life in a hospital, but can't stomach the sight of the stuff.

* In episode 49 of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Ranma suffers a hit on the head while falling into the Tendo dojo's pond which not only turns him into his female form, but also makes him think he is actually an extremely feminine woman (unlike his more boyish fiance, Akane). The episode plays Ranma's hyper femininity for laughs, and at one point Ranma sees Akane get a minor cut while cooking dinner and almost faints, saying he "can't stand the sight of blood."

* Kurthnaga, the Dragon Prince in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', can't stand the sight of blood. This is more or less used as an excuse to justify him not becoming playable as soon as he joins the party, and he (mostly) gets over it by the end of the game. It also has the effect of rendering him AwesomeButImpractical, however, because by the time he does join the other characters are so much [[CantCatchUp stronger than he is]] so there's little reason to use him.

* Creator/EliRoth, believe it or not. In fact, many horror directors known for putting large amounts of gore in their movies are actually hemophobic.

%%* Curie from ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl''. Is it any wonder why her father considered her a failure as a vampire?

* Ako Izumi from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' is an example of this trope being PlayedForLaughs: the class health representative and an aspiring nurse, yet deathly afraid of blood. In the original manga it's not played for laughs; it's implied to be an emotional scar from some sort of accident in her past (that also left her with a large scar across her back). At one point, she gets a small scrape on her forehead and when she realizes she's bleeding, she goes lightheaded and faints.

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* In ''FanFic/TheAwkwardAdventuresOfMeghanWhimblesby'', blood triggers nausea in Meghan. She may vomit, or cry tears. For comedy, blood appears several times. In chapter 1, Meghan sees too much blood and faints. She wakes inside ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', not a peaceful setting. Injured fighters, dead corpses, and Meghan's own period all bring blood.

* ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'' has fan-favorite villain Heart, will flies into a rage screaming "ITEYO!" any time he sees his own blood.

* In ''Film/GrimPrairieTales'', TheGunslinger Martin hates getting blood on him. After rival gunslinger Colochez--whom he had shot throw the throat--collapses on top of him and bleeds all over his face and clothes, he undergoes a VillainousBSOD. That night he has a nightmare of Colochez bleeding on him, and when he wakes up and finds blood on his face and hands, he panics. When he discovers that the blood had come from the SoiledDove he spent the night with who had started her period during the night, he becomes furious and throws her out of the room and starts stripping all of the bedclothes.

* In ''Film/TheDarwinAwards'', Joseph Fiennes's character gets demoted from his detective position as he faints at the sight of blood.