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11 | ->''"Blood! That should be on the inside!"'' |
12 | -->-- '''Fielding Mellish''', ''Film/{{Bananas}}'' |
13 | |
14 | Blood is a crucial fluid for most living organisms. Therefore, it can be used in varied ways in media. |
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16 | Compare AnatomyAgony, VampireTropes, TakeTheseTropesToHeart. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with ViolenceTropes, though they frequently overlap. |
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18 | Oh, and has absolutely nothing to do with DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch nor [[VideoGame/{{Blood}} the FPS videogame series]] created by Creator/MonolithProductions. |
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20 | !!Tropes |
21 | [[index]] |
22 | [floatboxright: |
23 | '''Categories:''' |
24 | + MenstruationTropes |
25 | ] |
26 | * ABNegative: MedicalDrama complicated by a rare blood type and thus requiring certain donor(s). |
27 | * AfraidOfBlood: Hemophobia, the fear of seeing, losing, or even thinking of blood. |
28 | * AlienBlood: Blood of from an [[ArtisticLicenseBiology alien biology]] foreign to what humans are used to. |
29 | * BlackBlood: Changing the color of blood from red to something else for censorship reasons. |
30 | * BloodOath: Drawing your own blood to illustrate commitment to a vow. |
31 | * BloodBath: Bathing in a significant volume of blood. |
32 | * BloodCountess: A rich, evil woman closely tied to or obsessed with blood. |
33 | * BloodFromEveryOrifice: Blood coming out of mouth, nose, ears and/or eyes simultaneously. |
34 | * BloodFromTheMouth: Bleeding from the mouth, sometimes as a symptom of an IncurableCoughOfDeath or a MortalWoundReveal. |
35 | * BloodierAndGorier: A ToneShift increases the violence. |
36 | * BloodIron: Metallic objects that are literally made from the iron in blood. |
37 | * BloodIsSquickerInWater: Blood diluting and spreading in water. |
38 | * BloodIsTheNewBlack: An AxCrazy character covered in blood ([[NotHisBlood not necessarily theirs]]) is an obvious danger. |
39 | * BloodlessCarnage: Severe violence does not spill blood when it reasonably should. |
40 | * {{Bloodlust}}: Affinity for blood and causing bleeding. |
41 | * BloodMagic: Blood has potential and/or significance in FunctionalMagic (possibly TheDarkArts). |
42 | * BloodSplatteredInnocents: BreakTheCutie by splattering them with blood. |
43 | * BloodSplatteredWarrior: A combatant covered in blood from their conflict. |
44 | * BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: A wedding dress becomes stained with blood. |
45 | * BloodstainedDefloration: A virgin woman's first time having sex results in mild vaginal bleeding. |
46 | * BloodStainedLetter: A written message is stained with blood. |
47 | * BloodsuckingBats: All bats are vampire bats. |
48 | * BloodTransfusionPlot: A work whose plot involves a blood transfusion. |
49 | * BloodUpgrade: Bleeding from being hit (sometimes the FirstBlood) serves as a BerserkButton. |
50 | * BloodyHallucinationsOfGuilt: Guilt over another's death has a character seeing blood where there isn't any. |
51 | * BloodyHandprint: A handprint made of blood. |
52 | * BloodyHilarious: Comically over-the-top graphic violence. |
53 | * BloodyHorror: To make a scene scary or otherwise disturbing, just add blood. |
54 | * ABloodyMess: An innocent substance -- ([[AlienBlood almost]]) always red -- is mistaken for blood. |
55 | * BloodyMurder: Blood is used as a weapon. |
56 | * BloodySmile: A character smiles while their mouth and/or teeth are covered in blood. |
57 | * BringMyRedJacket: Someone dressed like a RedShirt will get the [[DeadlyEuphemism treatment]] of one. |
58 | * CouldntFindAPen: Using blood as a writing implement because you don't have an alternative ([[RoomFullOfCrazy or don't care]]). |
59 | * DeadlyNosebleed: A nosebleed is the sign of an [[BrainFever illness]] or [[BoomHeadshot fatal injury]] to the brain. |
60 | * DrawSwordDrawBlood: If a weapon is pulled from its scabbard, you might as well use it before you put it away. |
61 | * FertileBlood: Life arises from ground spilled with blood. |
62 | * FirstBlood: The fight turns serious once someone starts to bleed. |
63 | * FirstPeriodPanic: A girl becomes increasingly worried over getting her first period. |
64 | * GiantsDropletHumansShower: A bead of blood from a giant can be a tidal wave for a tinier being |
65 | * {{Gorn}}: Gratuitous, over-the-top graphic violence. |
66 | * HealItWithBlood: Blood as a cure for ailment or injury. |
67 | * HemoErotic: Hemophilia, the {{fetish}}istic attraction or arousal from blood. |
68 | * HighPressureBlood: Characters shoot geysers of blood from their wounds, even if it wouldn't make sense to do so. |
69 | * KensingtonGore: The use of a cheap yet believable fake blood used in film production. |
70 | * TheKetchupTest: A skeptical character does a taste test to determine whether something is ABloodyMess or not. |
71 | * KillingForATissueSample: A medical anomaly or supernatural curio needs to be killed in order to study its biology. |
72 | * LudicrousGibs: The tendency in video games for enemies to explode into bloody giblets everywhere when they die. |
73 | * MachineBlood: MechanicalLifeforms have an analogue for blood, often oil or fuel. |
74 | * MyBloodRunsHot: Having blood or blood-like fluid that burns on contact. |
75 | * {{Nosebleed}}: Bleeding from the nose as an involuntary reaction to arousal. |
76 | * NotHisBlood: Blood on a character turns out to be somebody else's blood. |
77 | * OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Someone bleeds far more than should be physically possible. |
78 | * PaintTheTownRed: When people die violent deaths, their blood and guts get sprayed everywhere. |
79 | * PalmBloodletting: When a character needs blood for something, they cuts their hand. |
80 | * PaperCutting: Weapons grazing their targets, causing superficial wounds. |
81 | * PersonalityBloodTypes: An Asian superstition that someone can determine another's personality by their blood type. |
82 | * PinkMist: A quick, violent, and often fatal injury that blood splatter into a vapor. |
83 | * ThePowerOfBlood: Blood is powerful, whether narratively or symbolically. |
84 | * PsychicNosebleed: A nosebleed is the sign of exhaustion from PsychicPowers. |
85 | * RainOfBlood: It's raining blood, whether by WeirdWeather or a violent demise. |
86 | * RiversOfBlood: A large body of blood acting like water. |
87 | * RoyalBlood: Royal ancestry as a plot point. |
88 | * RustproofBlood: Spilt blood does not oxidize or coagulate over time as it should. |
89 | * SpikedBlood: Drinking the blood of an intoxicated person passes on said intoxication. |
90 | * {{Squib}}: Small controlled explosive devices used to simulate gunshot wounds in |
91 | * StandardBleedingSpots: Characters always bleed from the same spots regardless of injury type. |
92 | * SuperhumanTransfusion: Transfusion of a superhuman's blood gives a {{Muggle}} recipient the same powers. |
93 | * SymbolicBlood: Non-blood substances are shown in a way that resembles blood. |
94 | * TearsOfBlood: Crying something that isn't saltwater, normally blood. |
95 | * ThereWillBeToiletPaper: Shaving cuts are always stanched with toilet paper. |
96 | * TheseHandsHaveKilled: A character looks down at their hands the first time they have killed. They have literal (or figurative) blood on their hands. |
97 | * ThickerThanWater: Blood ties trump everything else. |
98 | * TrailOfBlood: A wounded person leaves their own liquid TrailOfBreadCrumbs behind them. |
99 | * VampiricDraining: A creature sucks the vital force out of living things. |
100 | * VoluntaryVampireVictim: Someone consents to VampiricDraining. |
101 | * VeinOVision: BizarreAlienSenses that give XRayVision specialized for finding the circulatory system. |
102 | * VictoryByFirstBlood: A fight is won by the one who made their opponent(s) bleed first. |
103 | * WhiteShirtOfDeath: A character dies in white clothing that visually contrasts with their bloody demise. |
104 | [[/index]] |
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