History PlayingWith / AlienBlood

** The aliens bleed red, but the blood is still darker or lighter than a human's.

** The aliens' blood is very corrosive that eats through steel like it was butter.

** The aliens bleed rainbows. Or homestyle orange juice. Or live squirrels.

* '''Enforced''': The aliens look [[HumanAliens almost exactly like humans]], and during battle scenes, [[ColorCodedCharacters viewers need to know which is which]], so the blood is colored differently.

* '''Exploited''': ???

** The aliens bleed something that doesn't even resemble blood at all, like blue kinetic sand, or live squirrels.

** The aliens bleed orange, or purple.

** The aliens bleed rainbows. Or homestyle orange juice.

** The aliens bleed something that doesn't even resemble blood at all, like blue kinetic sand or live squirrels.
* '''Downplayed''': The aliens bleed red, but the blood is still darker or lighter than a human's.

* '''Exaggerated''': The aliens have glowing neon rainbow blood.
** The aliens bleed sand or live squirrels instead of blood.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

** The aliens bleed rainbows.

* '''Enforced''': The aliens look [[HumanAliens almost exactly like humans]], and during battle scenes, [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience viewers need to know which is which]], so the blood is colored differently.

* '''Subverted''': We see an alien who appears to be bleeding dark green, but it turns out this is a PaintballEpisode.

** The aliens bleed, but it's never shown in normal lighting and each shot seems to make the blood appear a slightly different color, sometimes red and sometimes not.

* '''Parodied''': Bob looks to be bleeding something green, and the rest of the characters run around accusing him of being an alien.
** The aliens bleed rainbows.
* '''Deconstructed''': Because the aliens have green blood, the human characters see them as less humanoid and thus become desensitized towards killing them, even for minor reasons.
* '''Reconstructed''': The aliens are aware that their green blood makes it more difficult for humans to relate to them as sentient beings, so they make sure to emphasize that they are still intelligent in order to stop this from becoming troublesome.

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** (Continuing from Double Subverted) ...Until the atmosphere shifts to standard Earth conditions and the blood does resume its red color.

** There are multiple alien species; some bleed red and some don't.

* '''Subverted''': We see an alien who appears to be bleeding dark green, but then we see the scene in clearer lighting and the blood turns out to be red.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Except it's [[ABloodyMess not really blood]], and the actual blood really ''is'' green.

* '''Enforced''': The aliens look [[HumanAliens almost exactly like humans]], and during battle scenes, viewers need to know which is which, so the blood is colored differently.

* '''Justified''': The aliens have large quantities of some chemical (or a different oxygen-bearing protein, or analogues thereof) in their blood that alters its color.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The aliens bleed, but it's never shown in normal lighting and each shot seems to make the blood appear a slightly different color, sometimes red and sometimes not.

* '''Averted''': The aliens bleed normal red blood.

* '''Discussed''': "He's bleeding green! He must be an alien, otherwise that wouldn't happen!"
* '''Conversed''': Two aliens hold an amused discussion on how humans always seem to expect their blood to be some bizarre, impractical color, due to alien portrayal in human media.