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| 13 | ->''"No stomach for violence. I mean, literally. I see one drop of blood, that is me, done."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Richmond Valentine''', ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' |
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| 16 | In RealLife, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemophobia hemophobia]] is an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme fear of blood. Treatments exist, but the condition tends to be lifelong and is usually caused by childhood trauma. |
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| 18 | In fiction, being Afraid of Blood is much the same, though the symptoms tend to run a rather more colorful gamut from mere extreme discomfort or nausea to [[{{Fainting}} falling unconscious]] on the spot to awakening {{superpowered evil side}}s. Note that there is some scientific basis to this: physical reactions uncommon in most other phobias have been recorded in cases of fear of blood. |
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| 20 | In the past, this trope was mostly associated with [[AlwaysFemale females]], in both fiction and real life, which is why most [[DamselInDistress Damsels in Distress]] share this condition (good thing there's NoPeriodsPeriod). In the present, this trope is usually PlayedForLaughs (or -- with equal effort -- for tragedy) by giving it to someone in a medical profession or other position where they're likely to see a lot of blood. If the character is justified in being afraid of blood, perhaps they fear ThePowerOfBlood. |
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| 22 | Subtrope of WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes. Compare AfraidOfNeedles and AfraidOfDoctors. Contrast {{Hemoerotic}} and BloodUpgrade. |
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| 24 | !!Examples: |
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| 27 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 28 | * In ''Literature/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. |
| 29 | %%* Inspector Misao Yamamura from ''Manga/CaseClosed''. |
| 30 | * Excel from ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' is [[AfraidOfNeedles mortally afraid of needles]], and feels faint at the sight of her own blood. She's become desensitized about other people's blood due to [[BloodFromTheMouth Hyatt's influence]], however. |
| 31 | * ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'' has fan-favorite villain Heart, who flies into a rage screaming "ITEYO!" any time he sees his own blood. |
| 32 | * Winner Sinclair of ''Manga/{{Karin}}'', which can make his vampire hunting a little difficult. |
| 33 | %%* Curie from ''Manga/MonsterMusume''. Is it any wonder why her father considered her a failure as a vampire? |
| 34 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 35 | ** Tsunade was originally considered to be the greatest medical ninja in the world, but she developed a crippling fear of blood after her fiance Dan died while she was trying to heal him. It would be several years before she managed to overcome her trauma. |
| 36 | ** Gaara had this problem as well, not blood in general, but his ''own'' blood. Up until his fight with Sasuke, Gaara's protective sand made it so he'd never been injured in his entire life. Seeing his own blood for the first time didn't rest well with him. |
| 37 | * Ako Izumi from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' 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. |
| 38 | * 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. |
| 39 | * In a filler arc from ''Manga/OnePiece'', Dr. Kobato is deathly afraid of blood. Tough luck, all the other doctors of the base she works in were gone by the time the arc began, forcing her to treat patients herself, even though she's just a pediatrician. Thanks to Chopper and Nami's help, though, she gets over it. |
| 40 | * 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." |
| 41 | * Naga from ''Literature/{{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.]] |
| 42 | * Ryuhi Kin from ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'', [[spoiler:due to a 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. |
| 43 | * If Joe Kido's brother is to be believed in Anime/DigimonAdventure Joe faints on the mere sight of blood. Gomamon agrees with this. |
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| 46 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 47 | * Parodied in a ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' comic, where one of "the king's men" faints at the sight of yolk. |
| 48 | * In the comic book of ''ComicBook/TheMask'', one character who goes after the Mask is a mob sniper who can't stand the sight of blood. He manages to shoot The Mask (which does nothing because of his powers), but the Mask still makes a big show of the injury, only to pull his hands away causing a drop of blood to drip out of the tiny bullet wound. This causes the hitman to faint. |
| 49 | * Many old-school villains (such as the Phantom Blot from the ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse) had this weakness, to justify their BondVillainStupidity (at least, the part that requires them to ''leave'' the room after sticking the hero in the DeathTrap du jour). |
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| 52 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 53 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/01/28 This comic]], Jon admits to faint at the sight of blood, to which Garfield responds that even the sight of ketchup makes Jon faint. |
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| 56 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 57 | * 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. |
| 58 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11536103/1/PVZGW2-For-Him-To-Be-Blamed-For-Them-To-Fix For Him to be Blamed, For Them to Fix]]'', Ane is revealed to be hemophobic to an extent after Lynith, a Rose, cuts herself as the result of a flawed teleportation spell. This is woefully ironic as Ane is a Chomper and thus deals with goring zombies up-front, but is played for drama as both Lynith and the entire encounter are essentially a plot device to segway into [[spoiler: TheReveal that Ane suffers from PTSD, caused by his father's anger being pushed past his species' limit (per the local {{Fanon}}) and devouring the human they lived with whole [[HarmfulToMinors as a child]], which turns out to be the reason he ran away to join LEAF.]] Not that it's that big of a surprise, since his character is built around defying many of the traits associated with Chompers. |
| 59 | * In ''Fanfic/IllMetByMoonlight'', Greg generally feels queasy whenever Blue and Steven feed on blood. |
| 60 | * In ''Fanfic/TheProgenitorChronicles'', Myrtle faints at the sight of blood. It gets worse for her from there. |
| 61 | * ''Fanfic/RemnantsGeneralRage'': The Kig-Yar pirate lord Zhoc "Snarlbeak" developed this phobia after watching his [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes beloved sister]] get cut down in front of his eyes by a Sangheili mercenary, and then him going RoaringRampageOfRevenge on the mercenary and cutting him open with his own blade as the Elite managed to scar him on the face. The trauma of what he witnessed and did, coupled with seeing his sister's and her killer's blood all mixed together and covering him, left its permanent mark. Not that he's any less a FauxAffablyEvil pirate, mind, as he has no problem having his underlings brutally murdered for screwing up, he just wants it done cleanly or, if blood is spilled, it's cleaned up quickly. |
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| 64 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 65 | * Chicken Joe from ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' faints at the ''thought'' of the sight of blood. |
| 66 | * Kala from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' gets startled by seeing [[CatsAreMean Sabor]]'s bloody pawprints from Tarzan's parents shortly before accidentally stepping on the family portrait in the treehouse. |
| 67 | [[/folder]] |
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| 69 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 70 | * In ''Film/TheDarwinAwards'', Joseph Fiennes's character gets demoted from his detective position as he faints at the sight of blood. |
| 71 | * Played for laughs in ''Film/DeadSnow'', where the character Martin (who is studying to become a surgeon) is afraid of blood. |
| 72 | * In ''Film/DesigningWoman'', Mirella Brown Hagen can't stand the sight of blood at a boxing match she attends with her newlywed husband, Mike. She immediately has to leave when Mike explains why people are holding up newspapers to their faces (to avoid the blood spatter). |
| 73 | * In the movie version of ''Film/GetSmart'', apparently just talking or thinking about blood is enough to get Lloyd to faint. |
| 74 | * In ''Film/GrimPrairieTales'', TheGunslinger Martin hates getting blood on him. After rival gunslinger Colochez--whom he had shot through 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. |
| 75 | * Another comedy example is El Primo in ''Film/JuanOfTheDead''; he's a big immensely strong man who instantly keels over at the sight of blood. He eventually (successfully) starts fighting zombies ''blindfolded''. |
| 76 | * Played for laughs in ''Film/JustLikeHeaven'', when David is talked through giving someone a tracheotomy by Elizabeth's ghost. After he successfully does this, he asks what something on his hand is. Elizabeth calmly tells him that it's just a little blood and he promptly faints. |
| 77 | * Richmond Valentine of ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', as detailed in the above quote, has a weak stomach when it comes to blood or death and cannot stand to see it despite the fact that he's a supervillain in all but name. [[spoiler:When he shoots Harry Hart, he turns his eyes away at the last moment and freaks out about it. In the end, when Eggsy spears him from behind with Gazelle's prosthetic, he vomits at the sight of his own blood.]] |
| 78 | * In Film/TheThreeStooges short "Merry Mavericks", the cowboy hero passes out when he sees blood trickling from an unconscious bad guy's mouth. |
| 79 | * In ''Film/TheTingler'', the theater manager's mute wife has an extreme fear of blood, which figures heavily in the storyline. |
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| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 83 | * In Creator/JamesHerriot's books, he occasionally deals with men of the Yorkshire dales who are convinced they can handle anything. Then he starts operating on their pets or livestock and they learn that a difficult calving is ''not'' the same thing as cutting it open, snipping away at its bits, and sewing it back up. Herriot rather humorously points out that while the big burly farmers drop at the sight, their ''wives'' are more than willing to help him out, without so much as a flinch to be seen. |
| 84 | * In the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' series, Jack laughs at Stephen when the latter questions the former's ability to view surgery. Then the former views surgery and very nearly passes out. It turns out that the heat of battle covers quite a bit. Contrarily, Stephen never shies from anything. |
| 85 | * ''Literature/AudreyWait'' features Carol, Audrey's mom, who nearly faints when she walks in on Audrey covered in red nail polish. She gets better when the confusion is clarified. Also the NoodleIncident where Audrey's mom helps Audrey's dad with a pumpkin carving accident, which Audrey describes as "the incident that was ''almost'' a pukefest in addition to the other problems". |
| 86 | * The book ''Boo'' featured a horror novelist who fainted at the sight of blood, as the main character learned when they watched a movie adaptation of one of his books. |
| 87 | * ''Literature/TheFinishingSchoolSeries'': Dimity Plumleigh-Teinmott, protagonist Sophronia's best friend, passes out every single time she sees blood. Her brother Pillover is exasperated and derisive of this trait. [[spoiler:The [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness one time]] she doesn't, it's because Sophronia's friend Soap is dying, and she says the situation is too serious for fainting.]] |
| 88 | * In ''Literature/FreakyFriday'', Annabel notes that her mother ''thinks'' she's afraid of blood, and won't listen when she explains it's just her ''own'' blood she has a problem with. |
| 89 | * In Janwillem van de Wetering's ''Grijpstra and de Gier'' mysteries, Rinus de Gier suffers badly from this problem. This makes investigating homicides awkward. |
| 90 | * In ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'', Hornblower himself is somewhat afraid of blood--as with the Aubrey-Maturin example, he gets through it during battle because he's too keyed up and busy to think about it. In calmer settings, however, it gets to him. When forced to endure fire for an extended period before he can return it, he has to fight down the urge to vomit at the sight of his men being killed. When watching a surgeon treat an amputated limb, he nearly faints, and ''imagining'' the process of slaughtering a ration bullock ruins his appetite for beef. |
| 91 | * In Bryan Miranda's ''Literature/TheJourneyToAtlantis'', Mickello gets queasy around human blood. Animal blood doesn't affect him since he hunts for food, but when he is exposed to human, blood, he gets dizzy and almost collapses. |
| 92 | * Although OWEN of ''Literature/TheMunicipalists'' is a snarky artificial intelligence [[ProjectedMan hologram]] that runs on a massive supercomputer (and a huge fan of classic Gangster & Western films), he can't stand the sight of real wounds up close. He panics while attempting to advise his human partner Henry on how to treat the injuries Henry received in a nasty fight. OWEN's freak-out over the realization of Henry's mortality is so intense he ends up overloading his circuits and "passing out" for a few minutes. (Later on, OWEN gets a software update that makes him much less squeamish -- a move which ends up [[spoiler: saving Henry's life]].) |
| 93 | --> ...More difficult were the splinters in my shoulders, which I had to dig out with the first aid kit's tweezers while looking behind me into the vanity mirror over the sink. By the time I was finished, my back and leg were running with small rivulets of blood. OWEN was sitting with his hands covering his face. The tie clip on the counter was making a whirring noise and his projection began to flicker.\ |
| 94 | "You're so--vulnerable--I mean--I understood--on and intellectual level--but this--"\ |
| 95 | It seemed the films he watched with Klaus had only managed to prepare him for casual violence. He'd barely been phased when Biggs jumped to his death, but now watching me bleed from a few minor puncture wounds in that bathroom seemed to be more than he could bear. |
| 96 | * Dr. Alan Hetterton from ''Literature/NakedCameTheStranger'' struggled through med school partly because he sometimes cries at the sight of blood. It doesn't stop him from moonlighting as an abortionist, though. |
| 97 | * Inverted with Richard Mayhew in ''{{Literature/Neverwhere}}''. He shies instinctively from horror movie gore, earning a reputation as overly sensitive, but when he's presented with ''actual'' blood from real injuries he is perfectly calm and pragmatic, and has no problem dealing with it. |
| 98 | * ''Literature/PeterPan'': Captain Hook doesn't mind most blood, but he can't stand the sight of his own blood. Justified as his blood is for some reason "[[AlienBlood thick and of an unusual color"]]. |
| 99 | * In ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'', Merrin Meredith's fear of blood probably explains why he reacts so aggressively to being restrained by Nicko in ''Magyk''. |
| 100 | * In ''Literature/TheShamerChronicles'', Nico's afraid of blood [[spoiler:after sitting with his family's blood on his hands and clothing for days, thinking that he killed them and not being allowed to clean himself.]] |
| 101 | * Tre in ''Literature/{{Stuck}}'' is horribly afraid of blood, and as a result, he passes out at the sight of it on two separate occasions. |
| 102 | * Being avatars of peace and harmony, the kirin in ''Literature/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. |
| 103 | * Bella from ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' 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]]]]. |
| 104 | * In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' book ''Veil of Shadows'', it's demonstrated that a young cat is not the right fit for the medicine cat role when he panics at seeing a bloodied Clanmate... who [[NotHisBlood just got back from hunting]] and has a thorn in his paw. |
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| 107 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 108 | * In ''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. |
| 109 | * ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': |
| 110 | ** Sheldon faints at the sight of his own blood after cutting his thumb while attempting to dissect a brain. He later removes the bandage to prove to Penny how serious the wound was and promptly faints again. |
| 111 | ** Leonard cuts his hand [[ImpossiblePickleJar trying to open a jar]] and upon seeing it, throws up on the sink (where Sheldon had a steak defrosting). |
| 112 | * In ''Series/BobHeartsAbishola'' episode "Wrangling a Greased Pig", Abishola takes Dele to the hospital and forces him to watch an operation. Dele is unable to stand the sight of blood and gore, causing him to vomit. Abishola is forced to accept that Dele can't be a doctor. |
| 113 | * Happens in an episode of ''Series/{{Bones}}'' where a fanboy of her books is accused of reproducing the murders in her latest novel to come out. He faints after being given a Nose Bleed. A bit of a 'did not do the research' as he was in the pilot episode and had no problems staunching the bleeding leg wound on the murderer after Bones shot him. Unlikely he would have developed a blood phobia after that, when showing no problems at the time. |
| 114 | * ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In the first "Miniature Killer" case "[[Series/ThePartridgeFamily Danny Partridge]]" is murdered and his kitchen is soaked in blood. The detectives suspect his son, an architecture student with access to scalpels, but he claims he faints at the sight of blood. He later proves it by going on a "tipping table" and losing consciousness. |
| 115 | * Dexter Morgan from ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' has this, to the point that his entire career involves interpreting and cleaning up blood. If too much of it is in one location - say, several murder victims' worth absolutely soaking a room - he will pass out (or vomit, or both). This is tied to his witnessing the chainsaw murder of his mother when he was a toddler. |
| 116 | * Martin from ''Series/DocMartin''. Sets up the whole series, as his aversion to blood halts his high-flying medical career in its tracks and causes him to become a GP in a small rural village. [[spoiler:He sought therapy to correct it in season 4 and seemed to be over it by season 5, however in season six he started to have problems with blood again.]] |
| 117 | * The Spanish series ''Series/DoctorMateo'' starts with the eponymous world-famous surgeon suddenly becoming afraid of blood. |
| 118 | * An episode of ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' focuses on Doogie helping a young nursing student with her fear of blood. The result? The girl spends the night in Doogie’s room “fantasizing”… with the help of a cute little SurvivalMantra he teaches her: ''"Plasma and platelets and cells, oh my! Plasma and platelets and cells, oh my!"'' |
| 119 | * This happens twice in ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'': |
| 120 | ** In one episode, Ray tries to be a man and aggressively fights with Debra over the tweezers in order to remove a splinter from her hand. Then he sees the blood and has to sit down. |
| 121 | ** In another episode, Ray volunteers at a hospital, sees some bags of blood, and feels dizzy. |
| 122 | * ''Series/ForeverKnight''. In the pilot episode, Don Schanke mocks Nick Knight for looking squeamish at the sight of blood even though he's a homicide detective. He doesn't know that Nick is also a VampireDetective who's actually worried about succumbing to his blood thirst. |
| 123 | * Niles Crane from ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' will automatically pass out if he sees even a tiny little speck of blood. In one episode he accidentally pricks one of his fingers on the sharp point of a pair of scissors, and the drop of blood he sees causes him to faint and reawaken only to notice the small bit of blood on his finger and go through the whole cycle repeatedly. However, he's brave and calm in the final episode when [[spoiler:his wife, Daphne gives birth.]] |
| 124 | * ''Series/TheFullMonty2023'': 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. |
| 125 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 126 | ** Renly Baratheon becomes a bit queasy at the sight of blood due to his lack of combat experience. Seems to be fairly reasonable, as the squeamishness referenced was towards a boy getting his eye knocked out of its socket. |
| 127 | --->'''Renly:''' All I ever hear from Robert and Stannis is how I'm not tough enough, how I squirm at the sight of blood. |
| 128 | --->'''Loras:''' You did vomit when that boy's eye was knocked out in the melee. |
| 129 | --->'''Renly:''' His eye was dangling out of the damn socket! |
| 130 | --->'''Loras:''' He shouldn't have entered the melee if he didn't know how to fight. |
| 131 | ** Jon and Ygritte have a brief [[DiscussedTrope conversation]] about this trope in which Ygritte points out the [[NoPeriodsPeriod problem]] with the idea of girls fainting at the sight of blood: |
| 132 | --->'''Ygritte:''' Why would a girl see blood and collapse? |
| 133 | --->'''Jon:''' Not all girls are like you. |
| 134 | --->'''Ygritte:''' ''(smirks)'' Girls see more blood than boys. |
| 135 | * In ''Series/GetSomeIn'', one of the reasons National Service aircraftman Matthew Lilley dreads being assigned to a nursing training course after completing his basic training is his fear of even the mere thought of blood or the other gory aspects of medical treatment, any of which cause him to [[{{Fainting}} lose consciousness]] (though usually with enough warning to give his glasses to someone so that they are not broken in the fall). |
| 136 | * On ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', Madeline is so terrified of blood that even hearing the word "blood" causes her to scream. When the Chilton paper was debating about their school's annual blood drive, Madeline had to cover her ears while humming until the subject is over. |
| 137 | * ''Series/HogansHeroes'': |
| 138 | ** In an episode [=LeBeau=] was shot in the shoulder and they found him unconscious. It turned out to be a very minor wound and he had simply fainted at the sight of the blood. |
| 139 | ** Another episode has Klink ordering Schultz to take Newkirk to a dentist to treat a supposedly rotten tooth. When Klink orders Schultz to stay with Newkirk every minute even when the dentist is working on him, Schultz says that the dentist may have to pull Newkirk's tooth and that he cannot stand the sight of blood. |
| 140 | * Yasmeen Vine from ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'', which makes life difficult since she's a nurse. |
| 141 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': Goren demonstrates to Eames a suspect's innocence in a brutal multiple stabbing by cutting his hand and shoving it in the man's face, causing said suspect to briefly and slowly lose consciousness. |
| 142 | * Papa Lazarou from ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' is so freaked at one point, ''he runs out of his own show.'' Granted, it's probably ''nosebleeds'' which he's probably never encountered before, rather than the actual sight of blood. |
| 143 | * In an episode of ''Series/LieToMe'', Lightman proves a suspect couldn't be a serial killer by cutting himself, which immediately causes the man to faint. |
| 144 | %%* Hurley from ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
| 145 | * Randy Hickey on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' faints at the mere sight of blood. |
| 146 | * Kari Byron of ''Series/MythBusters'' is a surprising aversion. To those unaware, Kari is a (usually) strict vegetarian who is absolutely disgusted by the sight of animal parts and meat in general, and since producers are fond of putting Kari around meat and animal parts [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes just get her reactions on camera]], fans are ''very'' well aware of this phobia. Which makes it rather surprising when one episode has Kari reveal that she doesn't mind the sight of blood at all, and actually finds it "kind of pretty". |
| 147 | * In the TV version of ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'', Richard Mayhew states his fear of heights, blood, and [[YouDirtyRat rats]]. [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Naturally]], he encounters all three. |
| 148 | * In ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' episode "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S1E9LivingHell 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. |
| 149 | * In ''Series/PeopleLikeUs'', documentarian Roy Mallard passes out at the sight of blood, or even at the thought of it. |
| 150 | * Gus from ''Series/{{Psych}}'' has a very strong fear of blood: |
| 151 | ** In "[[Recap/PsychS03E15Tuesdaythe17th Tuesday the 17th]]", Shawn is able to figure out that he's being tricked by Gus when his friend casually wipes blood on his pants (which is actually fake blood) instead of the expected reaction of running screaming from the room. |
| 152 | ** In "[[Recap/PsychS06E03ThisEpisodeSucks 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. |
| 153 | * In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIOutOfTime Out of Time]]", when Lister is injured, Kryten suggests that 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." |
| 154 | * An episode of ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' has the Possum Lodge guys get into a blood-donation competition with their Caribou Lodge rivals. A lot of the guys faint at the sight of blood, including Red himself--but not Moose Thompson, who gives twelve liters with only his left leg tingling. |
| 155 | * Henry from ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' has a weird relationship with blood. When several wounded refugees are brought in, he is asked to help bandage them but is reassigned when he says, "You know about me and blood." But when he is asked how he'd feel if he came across a dead animal and he'd smell its blood, [[EyesNeverLie his pupils dilate]]--even though he answers "Sad". |
| 156 | * ''Series/ShakeItUp'': In "Break It Up", Rocky accidentally cuts her foot on a broken glass after taking a dare from [=CeCe=] to jump in the lake. Deuce offers to examine Rocky's injury, but faints at the sight of her blood. |
| 157 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'': The episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E03Blood Blood]]" features a man with this phobia, which makes it both 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. |
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| 160 | [[folder:Manhua]] |
| 161 | * In ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem'', Xiaxi has no problem with the sight of blood but pretends she does to cover up having been disrespectful to Mingyi. She claims that seeing his brother bleeding made her feel faint and therefore she didn't notice he was injured as well. Since she's pretending to be an ultra-feminine gentle little airhead the excuse works. |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 165 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99qoEu1qxWI "Vampir-Tango"]], an a-capella comedic song by the Viel-Harmoniker about a hemophobic vampire. |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 169 | * Mickey from the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' game of ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' is so scared of blood that as soon as the crew gets onto the Alliance ship covered in blood and guts [[spoiler:after the reaver attack]], he passes out. He does this every time he sees the ship's interior, except for the one time Roc is able to slap a pair of literal rose-coloured glasses on his face. |
| 170 | * Detective Juno Steel, from the ''Podcast/ThePenumbraPodcast'', is extremely squeamish when it comes to large amounts of blood. His internal narration often notes that it's not a particularly convenient fear for a private eye to have. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 174 | * In Shakespeare's ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'', [[SweetPollyOliver Rosalind]] passes out when presented with a handkerchief stained with the blood of her wounded {{Love Interest|s}}, Orlando. |
| 175 | [[/folder]] |
| 176 | |
| 177 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 178 | * Draculaura, the vampire girl in Toys/MonsterHigh is a literal VegetarianVampire who is so hemophobic, she faints when someone even says the word 'blood'. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 182 | * ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': In a camp conversation, [[spoiler:Minsc]] recounts an incident where Astarion walked in on him while dressing his wounds. Astarion turned pale, licked his lips, and trembled violently, which led [[spoiler:Minsc]] to conclude that he's afraid of blood. The opposite is true; Astarion is a ''vampire'', and he was holding himself back from drinking it. |
| 183 | * In ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'', the ninja Kaede has a surprising weakness to the sight of blood. It developed after she saw her parents killed in front of her and she was splashed with the blood, which is a rather dark spin on the idea considering how it's almost always played for humor. |
| 184 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': |
| 185 | ** 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. |
| 186 | ** Linhardt of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' can't stand the sight of blood, gets overwhelmed after his first kill, and emphasizes how much he dislikes fighting. He's primarily a healing unit, but you can have him attack if you want. |
| 187 | * Jones from ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' is [[IronicFear a doctor]] who's afraid of blood. Additionally, he also dislikes tomatoes because of how similar tomato juice looks to blood. |
| 188 | * In the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' series of games, your generals can suffer from this. It makes them less effective battlefield commanders, what with battles involving lots of blood. |
| 189 | * Ben Paul in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale''. He faints even when it's not his blood. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 193 | * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': |
| 194 | ** Dick Gumshoe can't stand the sight of blood, which is especially odd considering he's a homicide detective. This is lampshaded a few times by characters. |
| 195 | ** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' introduces Norma [=DePlume=], who is also afraid of blood. Apparently Norma was once attacked during an interview and was badly injured. It helps [[spoiler:what she thought was]] a violent orca attack which resulted in a large amount of blood leave a strong impression on her. |
| 196 | * ''VisualNovel/CrossChannel'': The sight of blood triggers Taichi Kurosu's psychotic episodes. |
| 197 | * ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Touko Fukawa faints whenever she sees blood, which causes her [[SplitPersonality alternate personality]] [[SerialKiller Genocider Syo]] to make herself known. Fortunately, Syo has a very ''[[ThemeSerialKiller specific]]'' MO and has little interest in killing any of the other members of the cast and is more preoccupied with fawning over [[EntitledBastard Togami]] and being a LargeHam. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 201 | * Abel in ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' is, in fact, hemophobic, which causes him some trouble. |
| 202 | * Hannelore of ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' is not hemophobic per se, but with her OCD it makes little difference; she freaks out when she hits her head on a cupboard door and starts bleeding. She ''is'' a serious germophobe, so she's probably fixating on just how many blood-borne diseases there are, while not registering that her own blood would not be a threat in that way. |
| 203 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': |
| 204 | ** Karkat Vantas is bothered by blood, mostly his own, and at one point passes out after seeing a lot of it. Blood colour is a SeriousBusiness in troll society, and Karkat kind of gets the short end of the stick. This is why he never lets anyone else know what colour his blood is. |
| 205 | ** It seems Roxy might suffer from this after she fails to perform a KissOfLife on Jane, but she is never confirmed hemophobic. Reflecting on the incident, Roxy is unsure whether she was put off by her friend's bloodied corpse or put off by reluctance to invoke LesYay. |
| 206 | * In ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', one supervillain boasts that "Fair warning, my skin is impenetrable and my claws can cut through anything." Sydney immediately pits these statements against each other by smacking his hand mid-pose; his unstoppable claws cut right through his not-quite-impenetrable skin, and he promptly faints at the sight of his own blood. |
| 207 | * ''Webcomic/LolaAndMrWrinkles'': The titular pets are both grossed out by the sight of blood when [[Webcomic/PixieAndBrutus Brutus]] smashes a tick he knocked off Lola's hindquarters. (Mr. Wrinkles in particular looks like he's struggling to keep himself from throwing up.) [[ShellShockedVeteran Brutus]] is completely unfazed and calls both of them "soft." |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 211 | * While not afraid of blood outside of a certain context, the {{Lets Play}}er LetsPlay/{{raocow}} reveals in the description to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXznxaAGHwM this video]] that he has a rather strong aversion to facial damage (even if done as crudely as in said video), after witnessing an accident in his youth. He also mentions that heavy make-up will sometimes unnerve him in a similar fashion. He also feels uneasy about bones. |
| 212 | * Liam "Brook" Brooks of ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' v4 suffers from this. Sadly, he's also on a DesertedIsland and forced to kill his classmates. [[spoiler: [[AxCrazy He's not the least bit scared of it anymore...]]]] |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 216 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In "The Kids Run the Restaurant", Bob gets a nasty cut on his hand and ends up fainting at the sight of his own blood. |
| 217 | * ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Numbuh Four, resident "tough guy", is hemophobic, fainting at the mere sight of blood. |
| 218 | * ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' is a haemophobic vampire duck. Because Nanny made the mistake of providing tomato sauce instead of blood for his last reincarnation ritual, [[VegetarianVampire he prefers veggies to virgins]]. |
| 219 | * ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': King Shark, despite being a SharkMan, is mostly a GentleGiant. When he asked to intimidate Robin, he makes sure he is not expected to bite, because he does "''not'' do well around blood." The assumption that he is talking about fear is {{Subverted}}: When a single drop of blood (from a nosebleed) falls in the water, King Shark smells it and immediately goes into a [[TheBerserker berserk rage]], similar to the way [[FurryReminder real sharks do]] at a "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_frenzy feeding frenzy]]." |
| 220 | -->'''Doctor Psycho:''' Oh, you know what, this must be that "not being good with blood" thing. I thought he just meant he got a little fainty. |
| 221 | * The minor character Sheena on ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' is extremely phobic of blood and violence. Served as a small plot point in the School Play episode, as this is how Helga gets her to give up the part of Juliet. |
| 222 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'', Jonesy admits he has been afraid of blood since a childhood incident where he had a nosebleed that just wouldn't stop. He spends the same episode where this fear comes out trying to prove his bravery by donating blood. |
| 223 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "The First Cut" Tommy develops this phobia after he cuts his finger on a bush and he worries that if he gets injured again all his blood is going to come out. Later, when he gets another cut while rolling down the hill into some more bushes, Tommy gets even more worried. But Chuckie helps him get over it by showing Tommy that his original cut has almost healed. As the adults come over, upon seeing Tommy's bleeding hand, Chaz passes out. |
| 224 | * [[BackAlleyDoctor Dr. Nick Riviera]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In the episode "Homer's Triple Bypass" he passes out during surgery when he sees the blood. |
| 225 | * Butters from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' due to a tapping dancing performance that went horribly wrong and caused many people to die. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 229 | * As a result of growing up in a tannery, in any setting other than a battlefield, UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant hated the sight of blood to the point that it would drive him into near-hysterical paralysis. Needless to say, even on the battlefield he always ordered his beef well done. He tried to keep it cool on the battlefield, but inevitably [[INeedAFreakingDrink needed a freaking drink]] afterward...which was unfortunate, because he [[CantHoldHisLiquor couldn't hold his liquor]], which gave him an undeserved reputation for [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]]. |
| 230 | * UsefulNotes/HeinrichHimmler 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]]. |
| 231 | * Creator/EliRoth, believe it or not. In fact, many horror directors known for putting large amounts of gore in their movies are actually hemophobic. WriteWhatYouKnow? |
| 232 | * Creator/SamRaimi, despite making the goretastic ''Franchise/EvilDead'' movies. |
| 233 | * Ironically enough, UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, despite [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized instigating the Reign of Terror]], was incredibly hemophobic. |
| 234 | * UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin was so afraid of blood that he would faint at the sight of it. Needless to say, this meant his father's intended career for him (medicine; both his father and grandfather were doctors) didn't work out so well. He dropped out of medical school and wound up taking a job aboard the HMS Beagle, becoming the most famous biologist in history instead. |
| 235 | * Another ironic case: Creator/CliveBarker has described himself as growing faint at the sight of blood. |
| 236 | [[/folder]] |
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