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11	->''"Blood! That should be on the inside!"''
12	-->-- '''Fielding Mellish''', ''Film/{{Bananas}}''
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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
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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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