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* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' and ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' are both considerably more violent than most versions of the series, but they lack any blood whatsoever. Several characters are caught in explosions, but appear only bruised - one example is when Antoine is caught in an explosion and goes into a coma. We only see his limp hand in the last panel, and later on, there are lots of bandages covering up his injuries. In the ''Sonic Universe'' arc "Total Eclipse", Shadow is beaten almost to death, but only takes ''scratches''.

* The ''Literature/WarriorCats'' [[Manga/WarriorCatsManga graphic novels]], which is very odd because of the huge amount of [[HighPressureBlood blood]] and [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence violence]] in the original novels. There is some blood in ''[[ComicBook/WarriorCatsTheRiseOfScourge Rise of Scourge]]'' when Scourge kills [[spoiler:Tigerstar]], but it goes over the scene so quickly, and there is little blood (especially considering the original version where [[spoiler:Scourge rips Tigerstar open, causing him to bleed to death nine times]]). Even one of the illustrators, Don Hudson, thought this was odd. In the first ''Tigerstar and Sasha'' volume, rabbits, squirrels, and frogs are killed onscreen without a drop of blood, but apparently, the editors didn't even like a ''clean'' dead rabbit:
-->I am working on the Cat book for Tokyopop and I am at an interesting point in the story. The story involves Feral cats and life in the wild. A Feral cat stops and kills a wild hare as described in the script. I drew the layout and it was approved, but at a certain point, the powers that be wanted a change. The dead rabbit looks too creepy. I understand that the pre-teen market may not be into dead rabbits, but why write it into the script? They wanted me to change the angle to obscure the hare, messing up the storytelling. My compromise was to turn the rabbit around and closing his eyes. It's not dead, just sleeping! No trauma, just a sleepy, knocked out bunny. ([[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_s0GsnDo9fJI/R1mEOA3z2lI/AAAAAAAAAvg/wEE_Fyub6l4/s1600-h/cat+layout.jpg Comparison of original and revised sketches]])
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]'s adamantium claws ''should'' reduce most normal humans or living creatures to bloody ribbons, but this is almost never the case in any of the comics or related media.

* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Princess Monster Wife" has the [[AnIcePerson Ice King]] stealing body parts from various princesses in order to make his wife, including the heart and intestines. Granted, all the princesses are non-human, some being made of things like clouds or candy.

* While ''ComicBook/NthManTheUltimateNinja'', as a [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode Comics Code]]-approved title, avoided graphic depictions of blood or gore, it never hesitated to show the brutality of combat or the senseless deaths of war, including the aftermath of a mass execution.

* ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' downplays it, blood existed but not to the point of bloodbaths, even blood pools appear far less often than they should. Bafflingly, the UsefulNotes/{{E|ntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard}}SRB gave it an M rating while other bloody games such as ''Franchise/StarCraft'' and ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'' (partly justified due to most of the blood being either droid oil or AlienBlood) got away with T rating.

* Neither of the ''VideoGame/PlanetSide'' [=MMOFPS=] games have any sort of blood despite soldiers being repeatedly run over, falling to their death, and being shot at by 150mm high-explosive cannons. The first game's [[UsefulNotes/BetaTest alpha]] screenshots had blood which was removed from release, and the [[NeverTrustATrailer second game's trailer had copious amounts of blood]].

** This also applies to ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'', even in scenes where [[spoiler:the Riddler bludgeons Mayor Mitchell and severs his thumb from his corpse, forces a rat trap on Commissioner Savage's head, and shoves a neck bomb on DA Colson's neck, which explodes at Mitchell's funeral]]. With the exception of the first murder in question [[spoiler:and use of a ''severed thumb'' as the Riddler's calling card]], there's very little blood, despite the mood being even bleaker than ''The Dark Knight''.

* ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' avoids showing blood even when characters have lacerations and compound fractures from being hit by a car, get their heads bitten off, die by FlechetteStorm, or are ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice.

* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', Link slices the Gyorg into pieces without leaving behind any visible blood.

* ''Film/Robocop2014'' got flak for this. Due to the PG-13 rating, the ED-209 rating shooting someone, Murphy's accident and the gun battles with criminals are all bloodless in stark contrast to the original 1978 film where thanks to its R-rating these moments were extremely bloody and gory. Though with that said the BodyHorror scene where Murphy sees what's left of his body does manages to be actually ''more'' distrubing than the original film.

* Manga/DragonBall'':

* ''Anime/DeltoraQuest'': despite all three of the main characters having bladed weapons and there being more fighting going on than in the books, there's pretty much not a drop of blood to be seen throughout. The Grey Guards in particular turn to ash when they are slain. The only time we see a character bleed is in episode 39 where a flashback shows Doom fighting a Vraal and he gets clawed in the face, albeit his blood is [[BlackBlood colored black]]. [[spoiler:Dain's death is another marginal exception with him exploding into brownish red goo.]]

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', when Raditz blows Piccolo's arm off. There's a couple of reddish-orange drops, but that's it.

** This is enforced in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' due to the new censorship laws in Japan, a few notable examples are when Beerus stabs Goku in the chest with his claws and when Frieza tortures Gohan by repeatedly blasting his limbs and non-vital organs, in both instances neither bleeds, the only time blood is shown is flashbacks to scenes from ''Dragon Ball Z'' and in VERY few other occasions.

** ''Manga/DragonBall'' was this up until the King Piccolo arc, with the most violent injuries being red or purple bruises. The only time blood was shown on screen was during Master Roshi's nosebleed moments, but once Piccolo shows up there's a sudden spike in bloody, gory injuries (with a notable example being Piccolo Jr.'s arm gushing blood when he tears it off during his fight with Goku). Compare this to when General Blue's men get hit with a barrage of arrows after walking into a trap; it's PlayedForLaughs, and to very cartoony effect, with the men even joking about the screw-up (Blue isn't amused).

** Natsu is hit by [[SinisterScythe Erigor's]] [[BlowYouAway Emera]] [[RazorWind Baram]] wind magic, which is supposed to shred him to ribbons. It doesn't even scratch his clothes.

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' generally averts this by merit of [[NonLethalWarfare people not getting killed at all]], but when [[spoiler: minor character starts [[AnyoneCanDie getting erased from existence]], they go in a bloodless fashion, seemingly turning into CherryBlossoms. It's arguably even more disturbing than if they would just have gotten stabbed or something]]. That said, there's plenty of blood flying around when non-lethal blows are involved, especially once the cast makes it to the Magical World.

** Speaking of which, a similar fate befalls Ursula herself when Prince Eric rams the prow of his ship through her. You don't actually see her fall apart, but you do see small chunks, including a couple of pieces of tentacles, sinking in the ocean in the next few shots before crumbling away.

** This also applies to ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'', even in scenes where [[spoiler:the Riddler bludgeons Mayor Mitchell and severs his thumb from his corpse, forces a rat trap on Commissioner Savage’s head, and shoves a neck bomb on DA Colson's neck, which explodes at Mitchell’s funeral]]. With the exception of the first murder in question [[spoiler:and use of a ''severed thumb'' as the Riddler's calling card]], there's very little blood, despite the mood arguably being even bleaker than ''The Dark Knight''.

* ''Film/{{Zulu}}'' is pretty much made of this. There are hundreds of bayonettings and large-caliber bullet wounds on bare-chested Zulu extras, yet no blood is shown from this (except on the spearheads and bayonets).

* While the purposefully cartoonish and low-detail graphics may have something to do with it, the deaths in ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' are extremely clean. You never see any bleeding from gunshots or crushed bones from having something heavy fall on them. [[spoiler: Cabanela's death]] in particular, since [[spoiler: between the explosion that leaves him nearly incapacitated and being shot in the chest (or the NonstandardGameOver if you swap the hard hat and smash in his face)]], you'd think he'd at least get a stain or two on that white coat.

* ''VideoGame/GodHand'': Despite having the classic Capcom Content Warning screen ("This game contains scenes of violence and gore") when booting up the game, there's absolutely no blood in this game, despite being a beat 'em up game where you use weapons like swords and rocket launchers. Not to mention, there are several scenes where mutilation is involved (the protagonist gets his arm cut off and can behead enemies with a special move), and none of them have a single drop of blood.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'': {{Exaggerated|Trope}} at the end of the game, in which [[spoiler:Ganondorf doesn't shed so much as a drop when Link drives the Master Sword into his skull.]]

* Would you believe ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' is ''less'' graphic than the original MK? On consoles that have the processing power to handle real-time gore, there is never any visible sign of damage. Even the fatalities are mostly bloodless. This is due to ExecutiveMeddling by Creator/DCComics, as they refused to allow their superheroes like Batman and Superman to be killed in gruesome ways. Interestingly, even in the ''goriest'' game of the series, ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', the Story Mode not only doesn't allow fatalities (since killing people would create quite a few paradoxes with the cutscenes immediately after) but the battle scars that fighters accumulate in the other modes do not appear. The fighters finish the fights as dapper as when the first round started.
** There's also the SNES port of the very first game, which ran afoul of Nintendo's then-strict censorship policies; as a result, the blood was replaced with "sweat" and many of the fatalities were {{bowdlerise}}d to the point [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdeJ4B1Dwwg it's very unclear as to how you killed your opponent]].

* Played straight with most of WebVideo/TedCrusty's videos, most of them consist of Joe being killed in ways that would be particularly gruesome [[SpecialEffectFailure if they were made professionally]], [[SoBadItsGood not that it's]] [[StylisticSuck a bad thing.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', pretty much anyone who gets injured or killed will almost never bleed. As stated above, usually {{justified|Trope}} since lightsabers and blasters cauterize the wounds before they can bleed, and droids don't have any blood in them so they can be sliced in two or ripped to pieces regardless. Even in the cases where an actual bladed weapon is used on flesh-and-blood, expect the struck foe to fall at an angle that conveniently hides the wounds, but even then there isn't even a blood spray.

* ''Literature/SamuraiSanta'': When the [[SnowballFight snowball war]] really gets underway, a lot of {{Snowlems}} end up getting mutilated in ways that could [=NEVER=] be shown in a [[ChildrensLiterature Children's book]] if they were humans.

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* The narration of ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles'' tends to skate over any violence during the (frequent) fight scenes, unless the injuries are relevant to the plot.

* Creator/DCComics has [[Characters/DCComicsLobo Lobo]], whose enemies, for a time, had a vested interest in ''not'' making him bleed... [[FromASingleCell because that only produces backup]].