History Main / IAintGotTimeToBleed

:: Jesse Ventura then used this as the title of his first book about politics.

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* ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'': During the harrowing Eclipse, Guts makes the final decision to [[LifeOrLimbDecision sever his own arm]] that was caught in the jaws of a demon in order to save his lover Casca from Femto [[spoiler: who is in the middle of raping her.]] We can easily say that Guts was [[UnstoppableRage so pissed off]] and so very [[HeroicResolve determined to save Casca]] that the pain of hacking off his arm just wasn't registering to him. Lo, Guts doesn't even pass out from the blood loss until after [[spoiler: Casca's rape is completed after his last attempt [[HopeSpot was cruelly quashed]].]]

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* In the Literature/{{Worm}} x Videogame/{{Dishonored}} crossover fanfic, ''FanFic/AChangeOfPace'', Taylor ends up being shot in her fight with Oni Lee and doesn't even realize it until after the fight is over and she collapsed.

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-->'''Poncho:''' "You're hit. You're bleeding, man."
-->'''Blain:''' "I ain't got time to bleed."
-->'''Pancho:''' (confused) "Oh... okay."
** Jesse Ventura then used this as the title of his first book about politics.

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* [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Granny Weatherwax]] uses magic to suppress injuries gained in a fight until she has time to deal with them. Basically, she invokes this trope in the most literal way.
** Of course, with Granny what she does with magic is vastly outweighed by what she does by force of will; pain she handles by handling it. But if necessary, (i.e. in case of vampires), she can hold hot iron and put off being burned until she has time to have a burned hand. At that point she's also laid out a burn treatment kit.
** Earlier in the book she had scoffed at the idea of holding hot iron and not being burned; the distinction between separating cause and effect by an arbitrary span of time and rejecting the effect altogether is stressed.
** She does it again in ''Discworld/{{Maskerade}}'', when she does a BareHandedBladeBlock to the astonishment of all present (everyone knows witches can't use magic on steel - it doesn't occur to them that they ''can'' use magic on flesh). It's not until she's home a few days later that she rolls out the salve and bandages and lets the wound happen. The scenario is probably a ShoutOut to the TropeNamer- after preparing the first aid gear, she remarks, "I reckon I've got time now."
* Also from the Discworld, Detritus of the Night Watch is injured at one point, which is no mean feat, since he's made of stone. When his cracks begin oozing some strange liquid, he invokes the trope name by saying he "Ain't got time to ooze."
* ''Literature/CityOfThieves''' main character, Lev, doesn't notice [[spoiler: losing half of a finger in a fight.]]

* In ''Honor of the Queen'', Captain Literature/HonorHarrington narrowly survives [[spoiler: an attempted assassination attempt on Protector Benjamin that costs Honor an eye and [[YouShallNotPass most of the assassins their lives]], and immediately after must come to the aid of the Grayson Space Navy, defending Grayson from a surprise Masadan/Havenite attack.]].

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-->'''Adam''': (macho voice) I ain't got time to bleed.
-->'''Ders''': You're bleeding?
-->'''Adam''': (normal voice) No, because (macho voice) I ain't got ''time to bleed.''

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* Subverted in one of the unused lines for [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Meet the Sandvich]].
-->'''Soldier''': You cannot hurt me, I do not have ''time'' to bleed!\\

'''Soldier''': My schedule has just opened up! ''Aaaohhww, my God!''

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-->'''Weasel #1:''' "Nelson, you're bleeding!"
-->'''Nelson:''' "Naw, happens all the time. Someone else's blood splatters on me and... Hey, wait a minute... You're right!" (turns to Bart) "You made me bleed my own blood!"
* WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} doesn't notice there's an arrow on his butt until it's pointed out.

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* In ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'', when Gary attacks Rich without warning at a party, Rich's initial reaction is simply to shout "Ow!", punch him out, and wonder whether Gary was trying to give him a "purple nurple." He doesn't notice, until Stan points it out, that he has a knife in his chest and is bleeding profusely. "Doesn't really hurt," he says, before passing out.
* In ''Webcomic/LucidSpring'', Pacem [[http://lucidspring.thecomicseries.com/comics/11 gets shot]] and doesn't understand why [[spoiler:Viktor]], who shot her, is staring at her in fear as she walks around and talks to him.

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** Similarly, the US Army teaches troops to perform "Blood Sweeps" when tending to wounded. Starting from the neck and working down, firmly press your hands against the body, grasping each limb, and dragging downwards. If there are any wounds concealed beneath their clothing or gear, this will bring attention to it, either by forcing any pooled blood out, or allowing you to physically feel any broken bones. This has the added benefit of being useful on non-responsive patients who can't tell you where they are hurt.

->'''Poncho:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K63AVSCPcSI You're hit. You're bleeding, man.]]\\
'''Blain:''' [[TropeNamers I ain't got time to bleed.]]\\

* During his match with ReyMysterio at WWE Over the Limit 2010, CMPunk collided with the ring barrier quite hard which busted him open fairly badly. As is the case with all bleeding in WWE since its switch to a PG rating, medics were quickly rushed out to conceal the blood before the match could continue. However, growing tired of waiting, Punk pushed the medics aside mid-check up and dropkicked Mysterio out of the ring in frustration.

* In the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode "[[Recap/SherlockS03E02TheSignOfThree The Sign of Three]]", this is a part of the murderer's MO. [[spoiler: He stabs his victims with a blade so fine that they don't feel the wound, and perfectly places the stab wound so that the victim's belt puts enough pressure on it to hold it closed. His victims don't realize that they've been stabbed until they remove their belts and start to bleed to death.]]

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* During the harrowing Eclipse, [[{{Manga/Berserk}} Guts]] makes the final decision to [[LifeOrLimbDecision sever his own arm]] that was caught in the jaws of a demon in order to save his lover Casca from Femto [[spoiler: who is in the middle of raping her.]] We can easily say that Guts was [[UnstoppableRage so pissed off]] and so very [[HeroicResolve determined to save Casca]] that the pain of hacking off his arm just wasn't registering to him. Lo, Guts doesn't even pass out from the blood loss until after [[spoiler: Casca's rape is completed after his last attempt [[HopeSpot was cruelly quashed]].]]

* From ''TheSimpsons'':

* In ''PennyAndAggie'', when Gary attacks Rich without warning at a party, Rich's initial reaction is simply to shout "Ow!", punch him out, and wonder whether Gary was trying to give him a "purple nurple." He doesn't notice, until Stan points it out, that he has a knife in his chest and is bleeding profusely. "Doesn't really hurt," he says, before passing out.

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If the hero is a true [[{{Badass}} tough guy]], he'll shrug the injury off as if it were nothing more than an inconvenience and drive on.

* Barbossa gets shot at the end ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', and mocks Jack for wasting his shot on someone [[WhoWantsToLiveForever who can't die]]. A few seconds later, the curse gets lifted and the wound ''becomes'' fatal and starts bleeding profusely.

'''Soldier''': My schedule has just opened up! Aaaohhww, my God!
** Soldier's Equalizer (boosts attack power when low on health) comes with this trope in a form of achievement. You need to kill enemies with it when you health's at critical.

->'''Poncho:''' You're hit. You're bleeding, man.\\

* In ''Webcomic/LucidSpring'', Pacem [[http://lucidspring.thecomicseries.com/comics/11 gets shot]] and doesn't understand why [[spoiler:Viktor,]] who shot her, is staring at her in fear as she walks around and talks to him.

* In ''Webcomic/LucidSpring'', Pacem [[http://lucidspring.thecomicseries.com/comics/11 gets shot]] and doesn't understand why the person who shot her is staring at her in fear as she walks around and talks to him.

* On ''TheWestWing'': When President Bartlett is shot in the first season finale, he doesn't realize it until the guy in the back of the car with him notices he's bleeding. This was based on the real life assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
* An interesting inversion of this comes in ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]''. When a Number One gets fatally wounded at one point, he's too impatient to wait to bleed out, so he ''cuts open his own carotid artery with a spent shell casing'' in order to die quicker so he can download into a new body.

If the hero is a true [[BadAss tough guy]], he'll shrug the injury off as if it were nothing more than an inconvenience and drive on.

* Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was shot apparently through the chest at Quaker Road. Thanks to the contents of his pocket, the bullet took a truly bizarre route under the skin but over his ribcage, resulting in a very bloody but survivable wound. He continued leading his troops in the assault and got treatment after he was done.