History Main / BandageBabe

* {{Sarashi}}: A long bandage or strip of cloth wrapped tightly around the midriff and chest.

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In short, wearing gauze, casts, eyepatches and similar items for {{Fanservice}} purposes, or seeing it as such.

Particularly well-entrenched as a {{Moe}} trait in anime/manga circles, and featured in the cosplay style/fashion trend called [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Kegadoru kegadoru]] ("injured idol"). The basic psychology isn't difficult: the appearance of injury implies the need to be protected, which inspires a desire to [[HurtComfortFic approach and comfort the injured person.]] And if they're wearing ''only'' bandages, then it also satisfies the TheissTitillationTheory.

Alternatively, characters wearing Bandages may satisfy the RuleOfCool too, as a stronger, more involved character who wears bandages but doesn't stop taking part in whatever needs to be done is a sign that they're [[TheDeterminator dedicated to helping carry out the plan in spite of their injuries]].

A more extreme version of this fetish is abasiophilia, a sexual obsession with disability or the appearance of disability. Amputations, prosthetics, parapalegia, and the like fall under this category.

Unsurprisingly, this is a feature of the SeductiveMummy. {{Sarashi}} is a similar concept that predates this one. See also TheFlorenceNightingaleEffect, which is when a nurse or doctor falls in love with a Bandage Babe. Usually involves a BandagedFace. Overlaps with GoodScarsEvilScars.

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Hannah Anasfeloz of ''Manga/BlackButler'' starts wearing a bandage over the left side of her face after Alois [[EyeScream stabs out her left eye]] in the first episode.
* Ruthlessly subverted with Balalaika in ''Manga/BlackLagoon''. One of her flashbacks involves her sitting in a vehicle with bandages covering her burns and wounds from a recent battle. [[FanDisservice There was nothing remotely sexy about that scene]] as she looked exactly what you'd expect from someone coming from a war zone. She also retains a large number of scars over her body because of those wounds.
* Rather common on ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' since everyone spends so much time having been nearly slashed, stabbed and chopped to pieces. Ichigo takes it so far that even his ''sword'' is wrapped in bandages!
* Jessie, protagonist of ''Manga/BlueRamun'', is often shown bandaging her arms and hands after daily bloodlettings. Her role as a Blue Doctor means she uses the [[HealingHands super-curative properties]] [[ThePowerOfBlood of her own blood]] to treat patients, and while her injuries heal at an [[HealingFactor accelerated rate]] they still need to be wrapped up to protect them from the desert sands.
* Osamu Dazai from ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'' wears gauze bandages over most of his body. No reason is given, though since he specializes in manipulation and getting information out of people, invoking this trope is a definite possibility. Due to his massive suicidal tendencies, another interpretation is that the bandages are meant to cover scars from his various attempts.
* Chii in ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' when first discovered, wrapped in what looks like bandaging.
* Takatsu Aoba from ''Manga/CodeBreaker'' has her right arm all bandaged up and wears it in a sling after [[spoiler: Ogami sliced it off]].
** [[spoiler: Kagerou/Mishiru]] from the same series,is bandaged to the point hers gender is unnoticed if you're familiar to her.
* Suzaku from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' to [[http://www.narutocommunity.net/gallery/img12276.htm the]] [[http://www.narutocommunity.net/gallery/img12277.htm fangirls.]]
* [[MeaningfulName Mummy Maker]] from ''LightNovel/CubeXCursedXCurious'' is covered in many bandages that not only hides her many scars and burns but also seems to be alive.
* Allen Walker from ''Manga/DGrayMan'' is a {{Moe}} ''male'' version of this trope. Seriously, though--he's [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/d_gray_man/c184/11.html so incredibly pretty,]] and has such an [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/d_gray_man/c184/8.html effeminate, slender figure,]] he fits pretty darn well with all the other examples.
* After almost dying in the battle against Merak in the ''Anime/DevilSurvivor2'' anime the already {{Stripperiffic}} Hinako spends the rest of the series with a bandaged eye and arm.
* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSteelTroops'' the Movie #7 and #31 has the RobotGirl Riruru, [[GirlOfTheWeek a girl of the movie]], getting bandaged up by Shizuka after she's critically hurt from an explosion.
%%* Yayoi Schwael in ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure''.
* Rokujo Chikage from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}''. Evidently, having his face violently rearranged by [[TheBerserker Shizuo]] has done ''nothing'' to hinder his chick magnet status.
* Lucy and other Diclonius in ''Manga/ElfenLied'' are actually a case of BeamMeUpScotty, aside from some of the box art, Lucy as a child in a hallucination,[[note]]the one where the bandages fall down to show Lucy the voice talking to her has her own face,[[/note]] and Mariko in her first appearance, the diclonii don't wear bandages, or usually anything else for that matter.
* In ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' manga volume 18, Elgala is injured by a bomb, and is shown with bandages like Rei Ayanami's ones. She even says "[[ShoutOut Maybe I'm the third one]]".
* Subverted by Adorea of ''Manga/FrankenFran''. A female servant of Fran's covered in bandages like a mummy. Her [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/franken_fran/v03/c016/7.html striking figure, beautiful hair, and selfless willingness to give her organs]] certainly made her look like a bandage babe, and the [[CoversAlwaysLie volume cover that has her story]] even made it look like that underneath those bandages was a naked, classic beautiful girl. Then, when a terrorist who was smitten with her asked to see her face, she removes the bandages around her head [[spoiler:and we're treated to a frame filled with nothing but tentacles surrounding a gaping maw that she uses to swallow the terrorist whole]].
** [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/franken_fran/v03/c016/21.html High Octane Nightmare Fuel.]] '''You have been warned.'''
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' Lan Fan is [[spoiler: injured and cuts off her own arm after an attack from King Bradley]] and for the majority of her appearances before [[spoiler: she leaves to get a replacement arm]] she's pretty much topless except of the bandages around her chest.
* ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has a {{fanservice}}y male version of this with Sousuke, in the later parts of the story. Nicely illustrated in the ''Sigma'' manga. After being [[spoiler: in a coma for a month]], Sousuke was rendered ''very'' weak and helpless in bed, being half naked and having his bare chest and arms wrapped in bandages. (Of course, "helpless" for him means only being able to [[spoiler: bomb the hell out of the enemies that try to ambush him]].)
* ''Manga/GameXRush'' gives us two male examples in the last chapter, as well as a single-panel flashback of [[spoiler: Miyuki]] as a Bandage Babe.
* Mikaila from ''[[Manga/CountCain Godchild]]'' is completely covered with bandages (except for her head) under her clothes, due to the fact that she is [[spoiler: literally rotting away underneath due to a bad case of clone degeneration.]]
* Tomoko gets put in a bandage bikini as part of a side story in ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka''.
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. A flashback scene shows Henrietta like this before she became a cyborg, when she was in hospital after a brutal attack. Becomes {{squick}} when a full-body view shows that one of her legs has been amputated. Triela is also shown this way after her fight with Pinnochio (it's more of a fanservice version as Triela has only got her skirt and bandages on under the blanket, and she gets a CoolDownHug from her male handler). Due to the nature of the cyborgs she gets better after a quick operation.
* Ryomou Shimei of ''Manga/IkkiTousen'' always wears an EyepatchOfPower, [[spoiler:which, in the anime, is a PowerLimiter]], and many times she gets so badly beaten up that she needs actual bandages on her injuries.
* A male example is Zange Natsume of ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'', who wears bandages over his right eye. [[spoiler: Not because he can't see out of it though, as we later learn.]]
* Sango from ''Manga/InuYasha,'' since she's a warrior, sometimes gets gravely injured having to be bandaged.
** Inuyasha himself gets this on occasion.
* Mizho from ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'' whose bandages even double as ZettaiRyouiki. She also uses a crutch as weapon.
* Seems to be an instance of AuthorAppeal in the manga ''Manga/{{Karneval}}'', as characters commonly appear on the volume covers in bandages. Karoku is a notable example in that he wears bandages around his head and torso for most of his in-story appearances, for reasons that are currently unknown.
* Rikka primarily in ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', including EyepatchOfPower and bandaged arms. Other characters, including Yuuta, sometimes show this style when in Chuni-mode.
* Another male example in ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'' with Soubi, who wears bandages around his neck because the carvings on it bleed when he fights.
* After [[spoiler:Nanoha's]] NearDeathExperience in the SnowMeansDeath FlashBack of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', we are shown a picture of her connected to several life-support units, her upper torso clad only in bandages.
* Given the number of battles and bad-until-magically-healed injuries sustained in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', there's a definite element to this. Mind you, this is a Creator/KenAkamatsu series...
** Oddly, this seems to apply to [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Negi]] more than it applies to any of the girls...
** Although Evangeline is briefly like this in the aftermath of her fight with Setsuna during the first TournamentArc.
* [[http://www.imagebam.com/image/dfe660341128069 Rei]] from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', in the first episode.
** Subverted in Episode 23: Rei is in bandages AGAIN due to injuries sustained from Unit 00 self-destructing against Armisael. [[spoiler: She goes home and discards the bandages, revealing she is injury-free]].
** Asuka ends up as such by the end. The doujinshi ''Manga/ReTake'' uses that visual of her [[http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/BornIn1142/AsukaReTake.jpg for all its worth.]] (Slightly NSFW)
* Another male example: Kuranosuke Shiraishi from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', who wears bandages all over his left arm. There's a RunningGag of him either starting to take them off or threatening to do so, but it never happens. [[spoiler: The manga and the OAV's reveals that the bandages actually hide a heavy bracelet/arm guard that acts as his PowerLimiter.]]
* In ''Manga/PrivateActress'', [[spoiler: Shiho's friend Mariko]] is seen covered in bandages after [[spoiler: she gets ''doused with acid'' by the AlphaBitch Satoka.]]
* Hayato Gokudera of ''Manga/Reborn2004'' wore a bandage-centric outfit to his [[TournamentArc Ring Conflict]] battle, having nothing on under his gauze shirt, but wearing [[{{Fanservice}} impractical]] [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes skinny jeans and single-buttoned, almost non-existant jacket-y thing]] in spite of his other injuries. Makes ''perfect'' [[FridgeLogic sense]], right?
* Milkit from ''LightNovel/RollOverAndDie'' has to wear bandages on her face after her previous master poisoned her because she was jealous of Milkit’s natural beauty. After Flum and Eterna cure Milkit of her poisoning, she prefers to keep her bandages on and only takes them off when she is alone with Flum.
%%* Crane Yuzuriha of ''Manga/SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas''.
* Abiru Kobushi in ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''. At one point [[{{Troll}} Abusive Email Girl]] Meru sends her a text message that "Bandage characters are no longer popular" and she protests that she really needs them.
** Especially noticeable when Abiru is used by Chiri as an example of perfectly ''half-naked''. Yeah.
*** She's really a parody of this trope, since the bandages cover injuries she brought upon herself by repeatedly bothering rather dangerous animals due to her tail fetish. Also she even admits she just puts them on even when she isn't injured as she likes the attention.
*** Although in the final OVA, Bangaichi, she does get labeled as "Ayanami" in a scrolling screen gag.
* Shana from ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', in the flashback of her first fight as a Flame Haze.
** Happens again when [[spoiler: she is [[TakingTheBullet unintentionally]] stabbed by [[NinjaMaid Wilhelmina]]]].
* ''Manga/SnowWhiteAndSevenDwarfs'' ''loves'' this trope, to the point where it'd be easier to name the characters who ''don't'' wear or end up in bandages at some point.
* [[http://souleater.wikia.com/wiki/Mira_Nygus Mira Nygus]] from ''Manga/SoulEater'', most of the time.
* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' has taken to injuring Kotetsu/Wild Tiger for the purposes of getting him [[ShirtlessScene out of his shirt]] and into bandages.
* Yamai from ''Manga/WastefulDaysOfHighSchoolGirls'' always wears copious amounts of bandages on her body and limbs at all times, even while ''sleeping'', not because she's injured, but because she's, well, ''[[{{Chuunibyou}} Yamai]]''.
* Shizuka/Serenity from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' is going blind for a period early in the series, and wears bandages that completely cover her eyes after her eye surgery.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': [[spoiler: Mukuro double subverts this as her bandages conceal a face covered in horrific burns and scars, over but she still has plenty of ship tease with Hiei in the anime and a clear bond with him in both adaptations. ]]
* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'', in order from least to most bandaged: Sakura (ankle, thigh, and upper arm), Saki (chest, right leg and elbow, and left arm), Tae (everything below her neck except her hands), and Ai (literally everything but a small gap she can see through). Of course, they're all zombies, so this isn't exactly played for cuteness.
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* Nara Kilday from Josh Howard's ''ComicBook/DeadAt17: Afterbirth''.
* [[MoralGuardians Laura]] [[AxCrazy Lochs]], in her [[spoiler: second appearance]] from ''ComicBook/HackSlash''.
* ''ComicBook/NewGods'': The Female Furies leader Lashina, who, sometimes wears a black jumpsuit underneath, sometimes doesn't.
* Cierra of ''ComicBook/OrangeCrows'' is covered in bandages when the S.W.S. find her in the Wilderness. Five years of hard living in the desolate landscape, battling with monstrous Fairies, and fighting other criminals to survive have left her scarred up (on top of the injuries she received during the illicit experiment that led to her banishment in the first place). Even after healers fix up most of her injuries, Cierra continues to wear bandages as a [[EyepatchOfPower makeshift eyepatch]] to cover her disturbing MagicalEye.
* ''ComicBook/PainkillerJane'''s 'costume' includes bandages wrapped around her legs, midriff and head.
* Rebecca, the main character's love interest in ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' is a CuteGhostGirl initially introduced wrapped in bandages.
* ''ComicBook/WynonnaEarp'' got this treatment (especially on the cover) in the issue where someone attempted to mummify her.
* ''Comicbook/XMen'': Lady Mastermind had a scene where she was clad only in bandages and a slipping hospital gown after the X-Men rescued her from a hospital.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Manga/ReTake'' uses that visual of Asuka [[http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/BornIn1142/AsukaReTake.jpg for all its worth]] (slightly NSFW).
* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'':
** {{Subverted}} in Chapter 4 of the original. Hugh's head is wrapped in a bandage all the way down... to a [[EyeScream freshly bleeding left eye]]. There's also how thin and malnourished he is... oh, and the [[SlashedThroat wounds on his throat]] are exposed as well. Nothing [[{{Fanservice}} fanservice-y]] about that.
** [[DoubleSubversion Double Subverted]] in Chapter 18 -- Hugh pulling off his eye-patch to reveal his ruined eye to Sanakan leads to [[spoiler:the two of them [[PuppyLove making]] [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex out]]]].
* ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'': In chapter 2 "Survive", set after [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Third Impact]], Asuka's nearly whole body is wrapped in bandages -and one of her her eyes covered by a patch- for a good portion of the chapter, and Shinji can not help feel a greater than usual urge to protect her and help her.
* Though not uncommon in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' universe for shinobi, Ume from ''Fanfic/SugarPlums'' takes it to a bit of an extreme. Under her clothing she is from the neck down covered in bandages because it actually looks more innocuous than people seeing all the [[ScarsAreForever scars]] she's accumulated over her relatively short (three years) career as a shinobi so far.
* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': [[spoiler: Thanks to Enel's ElectricTorture,]] Cross's forearms and lower legs were flash-cooked inside his armor, [[BodyHorror leaving them looking like melted wax]]. Although he can still use his limbs and hands, they are now perpetually bandaged to preserve his exposed nerves.
** [[spoiler:Hattori]] slashing open his face means he'll be keeping his face bandaged as well.
** Given that [[spoiler: his future-self]] was covered in enough bandages to resemble a mummy, it's likely this trend will continue.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/{{Brazil}},'' Jill wears a bandage on one of her hands. According to WordOfGod, it was added to give her "more personality."
* Gabrielle in Creator/DavidCronenberg's ''Literature/{{Crash}}'' straddled the line (metaphorically and literally) between abaisophilia and bondage, using chrome and leather/vinyl full leg braces.
* Leeloo in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' wears a "[[{{Stripperific}} costume]]" pretty much made out of strategic "thermal bandages" as her first outfit.
* Julia covers her [[FlayingAlive raw flesh]] with bandages in ''Film/HellboundHellraiserII''; Doctor Channard finds the look attractive.
* Arguably the leads in ''Film/TheHumanCentipede''.
* Ahkmenrah as a {{Mummy}} in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', especially in [[http://devils-trap.tumblr.com/post/626875309/sup-adorable-boy-pharaoh this picture.]]
* In ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', both Vickers and Shaw wear bandage-like undergarments, although Shaw spends more time wearing them (notably during the [[spoiler:Cesarean section scene]]).
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[[folder:Magazines]]
* One Hallowe'en ''Magazine/DragonMagazine'' cover featured a sexy [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] {{Mummy}}.
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[[folder:Music]]
* The Music/{{Vocaloid}} fandom has its own [[SpearCounterpart male example]] in Oliver.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* All the [[BandageMummy mummies]] from ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' count, mainly the [=DeNiles=] and the Ptolemies. In case of the [=DeNiles=], it is explained that they have to wear bandages at all times to avoid being reduced to dust. Extrapolation and off-hand comments, like the ''Ghoulfriends'' books calling a mummy's wrappings as innate as a werewolf's fur, makes it seem like this is the case for all mummies. However, they don't have to wear full-body wrappings, as much as one strip is enough, and RuleOfSexy is enforced almost constantly.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has the Sisters Repentia, members of the [[AmazonBrigade Adepta Sororitas]] who have forgone their armour and firearms in order to undergo penance for their sins, and charge into battle wearing nothing but ragged strips of cloth and wielding chainsaw-swords almost as tall as themselves.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' of all things lets you purchase and wear a post-op patch over an eye. There's also headgear called "Dressing" that covers your ''entire head'' except one eye in bandages.
* [[MrFanservice Ezio]] is briefly bandaged at the beginning of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'''s second sequence.
* Ellie in ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' after [[spoiler: Nolas Stross takes out her eye with a screwdriver]].
* Xelors in ''VideoGame/{{Dofus}}'' are covered in bandages. Probably for good reason, as WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}} reveals that they aren't even strictly ''organic''...
* Burn victim and all around badass Joshua Graham from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', [[BandageMummy fully bandaged]] from head to toe apart from his IcyBlueEyes, sometimes receives this treatment at the hands of the {{Fangirl}}s.
* Yoimiya from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' uses this for modesty's sake, covering her chest and waist, as well as a set wrapped around her arm.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': Can [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9LW-m0qyTQg/0.jpg Snow Villiers]] count? He is bandaged, and he is a (male) babe...
* A.B.A. from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' has bandages as most of her clothing, only wearing a miniskirt and very strange top besides. She also cuts herself open and uses her own blood to fuel several attacks, so those bandages get put to good use.
* Alyx Vance in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has bandages on her right wrist, probably after [[ActionGirl being injured in a fight]] or [[WrenchWench cutting herself on some machinery]]. Given that she uses her hand freely, the injury must be minor and/or mostly healed.
* Official artwork of Eriko Christy (and her super-rare action figure) from ''VideoGame/{{Illbleed}}'' shows her with bloody bandages wrapped around one arm and both legs. Fulfilling certain conditions in a NewGamePlus can cause her to suffer such severe ClothingDamage that she's wearing practically nothing ''except'' a few bandages by the end.
* In the ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', Mature makes her comeback in ''XII'' as one.
* Litty from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDarkWitch2'' regularly wraps several parts of her body in bandages, including her otherwise-bare chest. (Exposing tons of {{Underboobs}} in the process.) Her excuse is that she "gets hurt a lot."
* Alta, the heroine of ''VideoGame/MightyFlipChamps'', has the bandages-replacing-underwear variety.
* Mileena's secret third outfit in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', reproducing how she looked when she came out of the Flesh Pits - you also fight her like this in Story Mode, after Kitana discovers her existence. Crosses well over into {{Stripperiffic}} territory.
* Female (and male) stars in ''VideoGame/TheMovies'' recovering from chest augmentations wear these on top, and pajama pants on the bottom. The same set is available as a costume option for use in movies.
* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'', when you first meet Aribeth, she is scar free, and her army is shiny and at %100. However, [[spoiler: When she turns to the bad guys, she gets new armor, a new model, and a new portrait. You can see a heavy bloodstained bandage around her waist through the part of the armor that normally would have shown some skin]]
* Kainé in ''VideoGame/NieR'' keeps her left arm and leg covered by bandages constantly. It's never revealed what's under them, but it's implied they were scarred in a Shade attack. Also, her bandages cover more skin [[{{Stripperiffic}} than her actual clothes.]]
* Ada Wong in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'' is covered in bandages during her short scenario Death's Door.
* Ursula from ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' is not hurt, but her attire can be described as "bandage that floats around and loosely covers her body." The same is true for the HalfIdenticalTwins Blue Fool and Red Sage.
* Beating the Ultimate Bass Challenge in ''VideoGame/RockBand 2'' unlocks an all-bandages outfit for your created character.
* Alessa Gillespie appears briefly in bandages during the game start animation of ''VideoGame/SilentHill1''. This scene never appears again in the game.
* In ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur 4'', female custom characters have the option to choose a layer of bandages as their underwear.
* Bandage Girl in ''[[VideoGame/MeatBoy Super Meat Boy]]'' can be seen as this taken to ridiculous extremes.
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': [[Manga/TouhouIbarakasenWildAndHornedHermit Kasen Ibara]]'s entire right arm is covered in bandages. [[spoiler:Or rather [[ArtificialLimbs is made of bandages]]]].
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' players can invoke this trope with either of two [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44693 expensive]] [[http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44694 "shirts"]] available in ''Wrath'' and otherwise stripping down to the waist.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* From the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series:
** Viola Cadaverini from case three of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Trials and Tribulations]]''. She considers herself the "lover" of Furio Tigre, although it's debatable as to exactly what they've been up to. [[spoiler: Given that he's flat-out terrified of her (or rather, [[TheDon her mobster grandfather]]), the answer's probably 'whatever she wants'. That bandage is the reason Furio Tigre had a debt himself.]]
** Defendant Lana Skye cut her hand, supposedly while she was attacking the victim with a knife. You find out about this when the otherwise stern Lana holds up her bandaged hand to cover her mouth when she gasps in surprise at something said.
** [[spoiler: Kay Faraday]] also ends up covered in bandages after she gets attacked in case four of ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations 2]]''
** In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', Apollo Justice sports [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130513225635/aceattorney/images/a/a9/Apollo_GS5.png this look]] himself after he's injured in the bombing of Courtroom No. 4, though it's later revealed that [[spoiler:he's wearing the eye patch for a different reason altogether]].
* ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'' indirectly mentions this trope. In Heart World, the heroine is wearing bandages over her injuries. Waka mentions that she should keep wearing them, even after healing up, because the look has attracted more customers to the café. Similarly, Ikki looks at her and admits that he never thought about it, but that bandages can be rather sexy.
--> '''Ikki:''' Makes me want to unwrap them.
* Mikan Tsumiki of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' is a strange example of a [[TheMedic nurse]] who also does double duty as a Bandage Babe, having her entire right leg and left arm covered in bandages. She's [[CuteClumsyGirl extremely clumsy]] as a ploy for attention, which may explain some.
** [[spoiler: It is revealed during her Free Time Events that her injuries are from the physical abuse and bullying she suffers from her peers.]]
* Chihiro's eyepatch in ''VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo''.
* Caren from ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', not visible in her usual clothing (the most you see is some wrapped around her hands), however underneath most of her body is covered with bandages.
** [[spoiler: Caren's MissingMom Claudia wore an eyepatch and bandages, due to being a mixture of IllGirl and BlessedWithSuck.]]
* Anghel Higure's [[http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1444888 human design]] in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend''. The one on his chest makes sense-- he's actually a bleeding-heart dove--but the eyepatch and arm bandaging is probably just for this trope.
** He does talk about having a "Demonic Red Eye". ...Anghel is confusing.
* Hanako from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' may count, due to an artist pin-up found for her evolution over the years.
* Downplayed example with Sachi Usui from ''Love At First Sight''/''Hitomebore'': she's not covered in bandages but, more realistically, "just" full of plasters, bruises, scars and has gauze around her head. Of course, the most noticeable thing about her is that she's a {{cyclops}}. The game's creator actually has a fetish for both scars and cyclopes.
* The attractive {{ojou}} Katja in ''VisualNovel/MissingStars'' wears a medical bandage over one eye. Much more hidden are the [[SelfHarm bandages she wears on her wrists]], which can be seen underneath her school uniform. Eric internally comments on both when he meets her.
* The SecretCharacter from ''VisualNovel/{{Nameless}}'' has a bandage patch over his right eye [[spoiler:to symbolize how beaten-up he became from Eri's constant playing with his teddy bear form before she forgot him]].
* Hazuki Azuma from ''VisualNovel/YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito'' sports some bandages, if only for the aesthetic appeal. Though it [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic may symbolize]] the mental injury that Hatsumi/Eve's disappearance has inflicted upon her...
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Knell from ''Webcomic/AntiBunny'', frequently wears varying amounts of bandages. When she's introduced she has them around her wrists, suggesting suicidal tendencies, but later it's revealed that her alter ego is getting in frequent fights. By the end she's down to wearing a bandage headband as a symbol of her past.
* The [[NoNameGiven female protagonist]] of ''Webcomic/BloodIsMine'' starts out in such situation, which gets further accented in the [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/blood-is-drawn/wake-up/viewer?title_no=120617&episode_no=1 anime‑style redraw]].
* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': Frigg, when held prisoner. It seems to be her underwear though, making it more of a western {{Sarashi}}.
* Kano from ''Webcomic/{{Kagerou}}'' on [[http://www.electric-manga.com/16/kageroumenu.html the cover of Chapter 16.]] Just be warned, though: [[UnsettlingGenderReveal That's a guy.]]
** [[spoiler:The armpit hair]] was a bit of a giveaway, though.
** To split hairs: that's actually electrical tape he's wearing. Though [[http://www.electric-manga.com/09/01.html examples]] [[http://www.electric-manga.com/18/25.html with]] [[http://www.electric-manga.com/35/08.html actual bandages]] do show up.
* Karen from ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation''.
* In ''Webcomic/LifeSketch'', Zenith is a male example of this, wearing a thin bandage around his head at all times [[note]] except in one issue, where [[ClothingSwitch he and his partner, Jandoe, switched outfits.]][[/note]]
* Hank, Sanford and Deimos in ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'' all wear bandages, (Hank to the point where he's almost a BandageMummy) These seem to be used both to make them look badass and to distinguish them from other {{mooks}}.
* ''Webcomic/NerfNow'': Poor [[CaptainErsatz Engie-]] [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/222 Tan...]]
* ''FanWorks/NuzlockeComics'': In "Hale's Emerald Nuzlocke", [[spoiler:May, after her suicide attempt. Doubly so considering her sex scene is a take off from a VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo meme.]]
* Iris Kolrick from ''Webcomic/{{Shadownova}}'' gets a small degree of this while she patches herself up after her first fight with Cam.
* Tom from ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'' is a fitting male example with a large eye bandage for much of the story.
* There are [[http://www.tektek.org/avatar/34630031 a great deal of items]] on ''Website/GaiaOnline'' that will give your avatar this look.
* ''Webcomic/WintersInLavelle'': Ashton's arms and neck are covered with them. He even has extras for when someone gets hurt, or so that another character can hide something [[ClingyMacGuffin stuck to her neck.]]
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* [[MrFanservice Zuko]] in the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' GrandFinale. He shows up with his eye bandaged in a flashback from his banishment, too.
* Nefertina in ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive''. She's a mummy!
* Helena Saint Tessero of ''WesternAnimation/NeoYokio'' spends all of the first season in bandages and a hospital gown. At first it's because of the injuries sustained while being possessed by a demon, but she later keeps the look as a statement against her perceived evils of fashion and consumerism. Both the gown and the bandages are quickly adopted by other girls as trendy fashion statements.
* Disco Mummy in ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'''s ''[=The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show=]'' [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ec_bXQZWE2E/Sx8OdPDpIqI/AAAAAAAAFyU/NnVrXvMQlqk/s1600-h/pmcapture009.JPG looks like this.]]
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[[folder:Film -- Live Action]]

[[folder:Webcomics / Web Original]]

* The [[NoNameGiven female protagonist]] of ''WebComic/BloodIsMine'' starts out in such situation, which gets further accented in the [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/blood-is-drawn/wake-up/viewer?title_no=120617&episode_no=1 anime‑style redraw]].

* Iris Kolrick from Webcomic/{{Shadownova}} gets a small degree of this while she patches herself up after her first fight with Cam.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': {{Subverted}} in Chapter 4 of the original. Hugh's head is wrapped in a bandage all the way down... to a [[EyeScream freshly bleeding left eye]]. There's also how thin and malnourished he is... oh, and the [[SlashedThroat wounds on his throat]] are exposed as well. Nothing [[{{Fanservice}} fanservice-y]] about that.

* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' the Movie #7 and #31 ([[InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha Steel Troops]]) spot Riruru, [[GirlOfTheWeek a girl of the movie]], getting bandaged up by Shizuka after she's critically hurt from an explosion.

Unsurprisingly, this is a feature of the SeductiveMummy. {{Sarashi}} is a similiar concept that predates this one. See also TheFlorenceNightingaleEffect, which is when a nurse or doctor falls in love with a Bandage Babe. Usually involves a BandagedFace. Overlaps with GoodScarsEvilScars.

* Ryomou Shimei of ''Manga/IkkiTousen'' always wears an EyepatchOfPower, [[spoiler:which, in the anime, is a PowerLimiter]], and many times she gets so badly beaten up that she needs actual bandages ohn her injuries.

* In ''Webcomic/LifeSketch'', Zenith is a male example of this, wearing a thin bandage around his head at all times [[note]] except in one issue, where [[ClothingSwitch he and his partner, Jandoe, switched outfits.]][[/note]]
* Hank, Sanford and Deimos in ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'' all wear bandages, (Hank to the point where he's almost a BandageMummy) These seem to be used both to make them look badass and to distinguish them from other {{mooks}}

* In [[FanWorks/NuzlockeComics Hale's Emerald Nuzlocke]], [[spoiler:May, after her suicide attempt. Doubly so considering her sex scene is a take off from a VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo meme.]]
* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': Frigg, when held prisoner. It seems to be her underwear though, making it more of a western {{Sarashi}}.
* The [[NoNameGiven female protagonist]] of ''WebComic/BloodIsMine'' starts out in such situation, which gets further accented in the [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/blood-is-drawn/wake-up/viewer?title_no=120617&episode_no=1 anime‑style redraw]]

* [[MrFanservice Zuko]] in the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' GrandFinale. He shows up with his eye bandaged in a flashback from his banishment, too.
* Disco Mummy in ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'''s ''[=The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show=]'' [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ec_bXQZWE2E/Sx8OdPDpIqI/AAAAAAAAFyU/NnVrXvMQlqk/s1600-h/pmcapture009.JPG looks like this.]]

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%%* ''ComicBook/PainkillerJane''.
* ''ComicBook/WynonnaEarp'' got this treatment (especially on the cover) in the issue where someone attempted to mummify her.

* Lady Mastermind had a scene where she was clad only in bandages and a slipping hospital gown after the [[Comicbook/XMen X-Men]] rescued her from a hospital.
* The [[ComicBook/NewGods Female Furies]] leader Lashina, who, sometimes wears a black jumpsuit underneath, sometimes doesn't.

* Rebecca, the main character's love interest in ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' is a CuteGhostGirl initially introduced wrapped in bandages.

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* Though not uncommon in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' universe for shinobi, Ume from ''Fanfic/SugarPlums'' takes it to a bit of an extreme. Under her clothing she is from the neck down covered in bandages because it actually looks more innocuous than people seeing all the [[ScarsAreForever scars]] she's accumulated over her relatively short (three years) career as a shinobi so far.

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* Gabrielle in Creator/DavidCronenberg's ''Literature/{{Crash}}'' straddled the line (metaphorically and literally) between abaisophilia and bondage, using chrome and leather/vinyl full leg braces.
* Ahkmenrah as a {{Mummy}} in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', especially in [[http://devils-trap.tumblr.com/post/626875309/sup-adorable-boy-pharaoh this picture.]]

* In ''Film/{{Brazil}},'' Jill wears a bandage on one of her hands. According to WordOfGod, it was added to give her "more personality."

* One Hallowe'en ''Dragon Magazine'' cover featured a sexy [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] {{Mummy}}.

* Hazuki Azuma from ''VisualNovel/YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito'' sports some bandages, if only for the aesthetic appeal. Though it [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic may symbolize]] the mental injury that Hatsumi/Eve's disappearance has inflicted upon her...

* Mikan Tsumiki of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' is a strange example of a [[TheMedic nurse]] who also does double duty as a Bandage Babe, having her entire right leg and left arm covered in bandages. She's [[CuteClumsyGirl extremely clumsy]] as a ploy for attention, which may explain some.
** [[spoiler: It is revealed during her Free Time Events that her injuries are from the physical abuse and bullying she suffers from her peers.]]
* Anghel Higure's [[http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1444888 human design]] in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend''. The one on his chest makes sense-- he's actually a bleeding-heart dove--but the eyepatch and arm bandaging is probably just for this trope.
** He does talk about having a "Demonic Red Eye". ...Anghel is confusing.
* Caren from ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', not visible in her usual clothing (the most you see is some wrapped around her hands), however underneath most of her body is covered with bandages.
** [[spoiler: Caren's MissingMom Claudia wore an eyepatch and bandages, due to being a mixture of IllGirl and BlessedWithSuck.]]
* From the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series:
** Viola Cadaverini from case three of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Trials and Tribulations]]''. She considers herself the "lover" of Furio Tigre, although it's debatable as to exactly what they've been up to. [[spoiler: Given that he's flat-out terrified of her (or rather, [[TheDon her mobster grandfather]]), the answer's probably 'whatever she wants'. That bandage is the reason Furio Tigre had a debt himself.]]
** Defendant Lana Skye cut her hand, supposedly while she was attacking the victim with a knife. You find out about this when the otherwise stern Lana holds up her bandaged hand to cover her mouth when she gasps in surprise at something said.
** [[spoiler: Kay Faraday]] also ends up covered in bandages after she gets attacked in case four of ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations 2]]''
** In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', Apollo Justice sports [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130513225635/aceattorney/images/a/a9/Apollo_GS5.png this look]] himself after he's injured in the bombing of Courtroom No. 4, though it's later revealed that [[spoiler:he's wearing the eye patch for a different reason altogether]].

* The attractive {{ojou}} Katja in ''VisualNovel/MissingStars'' wears a medical bandage over one eye. Much more hidden are the [[SelfHarm bandages she wears on her wrists]], which can be seen underneath her school uniform. Eric internally comments on both when he meets her.

%%* A.B.A. from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''

* In ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', both Vickers and Shaw wear bandage-like undergarments, although Shaw spends more time wearing them (notably during the [[spoiler: Cesarean section scene]]).

* In ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', both Vickers and Shaw wear bandage-like undergarments, although Shaw spends more time wearing them (notably during the [[spoiler: Cesarean section scene]].)

* Ryomou Shimei of ''Manga/IkkiTousen'' always wears an EyepatchOfPower ([[spoiler: which, in the anime, is a PowerLimiter]]) and many times she gets so badly beaten up that she needs actual bandages ohn her injuries.

[[quoteright:300:[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rei_bandanged.png]]]]

Unsurprisingly, this is a feature of the SeductiveMummy. {{Sarashi}} is a sister trope. [[OlderThanTheyThink An older sister trope]], actually. See also TheFlorenceNightingaleEffect, which is when a nurse or doctor falls in love with a Bandage Babe. Usually involves a BandagedFace. Overlaps with GoodScarsEvilScars.

* Ruthlessly subverted with Balalaika in ''Manga/BlackLagoon''. One of her flashbacks involves her sitting in a vehicle with bandages covering her burns and wounds from a recent battle. [[FanDisservice There was nothing remotely sexy about that scen]]e as she looked exactly what you'd expect from someone coming from a war zone. She also retains a large number of scars over her body because of those wounds.

* Osamu Dazai from ''Manga/BungouStrayDogs'' wears gauze bandages over most of his body. No reason is given, though since he specializes in manipulation and getting information out of people, invoking this trope is a definite possibility. Due to his massive suicidal tendencies, another interpretation is that the bandages are meant to cover scars from his various attempts.

* Hayato Gokudera of ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' wore a bandage-centric outfit to his [[TournamentArc Ring Conflict]] battle, having nothing on under his gauze shirt, but wearing [[{{Fanservice}} impractical]] [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes skinny jeans and single-buttoned, almost non-existant jacket-y thing]] in spite of his other injuries. Makes ''perfect'' [[FridgeLogic sense]], right?

* Given the number of battles and bad-until-magically-healed injuries sustained in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', there's a definite element to this. Mind you, this is a Creator/KenAkamatsu series...

** Although [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v12/c109/12.html Evangeline]] is briefly like this in the aftermath of her fight with Setsuna during the first TournamentArc.

* ''FanFic/ThisBites'': [[spoiler: Thanks to Enel's ElectricTorture,]] Cross's forearms and lower legs were flash-cooked inside his armor, [[BodyHorror leaving them looking like melted wax]]. Although he can still use his limbs and hands, they are now perpetually bandaged to preserve his exposed nerves.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': [[Manga/TouhouIbarakasenWildAndHornedHermit Kasen Ibara]]'s entire right arm is covered in bandages. [[spoiler:Or rather [[ArtificialLimbs is made of bandages]]]].

** Viola Cadaverini from case three of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Trials and Tribulations]]''. She considers herself the "lover" of Furio Tigre, although it's debatable as to exactly what they've been up to. [[spoiler: Given that he's flat-out terrified of her, the answer's probably 'whatever she wants'. That bandage is the reason Furio Tigre had a debt himself.]]

Alternatively, characters wearing Bandages may satisfy the RuleOfCool too, as a stronger, more involved character who wears bandages but doesn't stop taking part in whatever needs to be done is a sign that they're dedicated to the plan in spite of their injuries.