Line #56 Main/TaintedVeins


1	[[quoteright:330:[[Film/IronMan2 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/IronManPaladiumPoisoning1_6237.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:330:[[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong Who'd have thought]] putting an experimental energy source in your chest might have [[PowerDegeneration harmful side effects]]?]]
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4	->''"He has veins on his forehead now, which is the official ''Star Trek'' code for "This poor bastard is in for a horribly painful transformation and/or death." Seriously, if you are ever yourself in a ''Star Trek'' episode and you see this happening to yourself,'' turn your phaser on yourself. ''There is no hope if you have a veiny head unless you are an alien or a main cast member. Just put yourself out of your own misery."''
5	-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''' recaps the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E15Threshold Threshold]]"
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7	''[-[[WaxingLyrical Sometimes I feel I've got to (dum dum) run away I've got to (dum dum) get away from the pain that you drive into the heart of me]]-]... ''
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9	In general, the tendency of people suffering some sort of abnormal condition to develop highly visible, off-color veins all over their body or near the distressed areas.
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11	Might be due to catching a bite from someone/thing infected with TheVirus, or as a manifestation of a villain's RedRightHand after willingly succumbing to TheDarkSide or TheCorruption. It's also possible if the character is suffering a SuperPowerMeltdown, PowerDegeneration, or as a side effect to taking too much PsychoSerum. A [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] or other supernatural critter hit with DepletedPhlebotinumShells inducing a burning reaction (or even just partial sun exposure/blood starvation) may develop Tainted Veins because their [[GlamourFailure glamour is failing]]. Special mention goes to [[ZombieApocalypse zombie bites]] for always creating nasty necrotic veins wherever they bit.
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13	Expect characters with a HealingFactor (or with friends possessing HealingHands and or a MagicAntidote) to quickly and neatly reverse the appearance of these veins.
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15	See also VolcanicVeins for when they [[color:orange:glow]]. Compare VeinOVision, which is where a character has a power that makes them see the world this way. May involve a WoundThatWillNotHeal.
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17	This is a JustifiedTrope (Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad): There are toxins that cause venous thrombosis (clotting of blood in veins) which can make surface veins visible and dark -- especially if the clotting is in deep tissue in an affected limb. Telangiectasias, or spider veins, is also a real life example, though just small red blood vessels under the skin. Usually harmless, sometimes a sign of something serious, so get it checked out if you can.
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19	!!Examples:
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23	* This is one of the warning signs of Tetsuo's imminent mutation near the end of ''Manga/{{Akira}}''.
24	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': A side effect of [[spoiler:Titan shifting]].
25	* Inverted in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', where highly visible veins are caused by the use of "[[GratuitousGerman Blut Vene]]", a [[spoiler:Quincy]] [[SuperToughness defensive technique]].
26	* Babidi's human henchmen in ''Manga/DragonballZ'' have unusually bulging veins without discoloration.
27	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
28	** The second Greed gets these whenever he and [[spoiler:Ling]] have a disagreement.
29	** [[spoiler: Ed]] also gets these temporarily when [[spoiler: Pride tries to [[GrandTheftMe take him over]].]]
30	* In ''Anime/GranblueFantasy'', Tiamat has red veins near her eyes when Freesia corrupts her using the Dark Essence.
31	* A {{Downplayed}} example in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': activating the [[MagicalEye Byakugan]] technique causes the veins around the user's eyes to noticably bulge due to increased blood flow to the eyes.
32	* Owning to his tendency to forcibly insert himself right into the bloodstream and organs of his opponents to extract 'information', Armisael in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' causes this to both the Eva he's attacking and the pilot of the Eva. Let's just say that Rei's encounter with Armisael looked incredibly painful.
33	* Kurumi from ''Manga/SchoolLive'' gains these on her right arm, the right side of her neck, and a bit of the right side of her face, after her close brush with [[spoiler:zombification]]. It is unsure if this will be permanent however, as she's treated quickly but there are signs the treatment wasn't permanent.
34	* These have a tendency to show up whenever someone's using their powers in ''Manga/SnowWhiteAndSevenDwarfs''. With it being a series about being BlessedWithSuck, they're generally not a good sign.
35	* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', Ghouls tend to get raised, red veins around their eyes when angry or otherwise using their powers.
36	* Viruses in ''Manga/VenusVersusVirus'' have these, usually on their faces.
37	* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Yami_Marik_8267.jpg Dark Marik]] of ''Anime/YuGiOh''.
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41	* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Strader Pharmaceuticals illegally developed a [[PsychoSerum super-drug]] which causes the users to have bulging discolored veins as their bodies start breaking down from the side-effects.
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45	* When [[TheHeartless the Entity]] enters Twilight's body in the beginning of ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfTheEquinox'', her veins turn black before [[ImMelting she starts melting]].
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48	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
49	* A sign that you are falling under the BigBad's sway in ''[[Film/FiveGirls 5ive Girls]]''.
50	* The vampires in ''Film/ThirtyDaysOfNight''.
51	* Poison Ivy's toxic kisses cause these to appear on her victims in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
52	* ''Film/BloodRansom'': Sometimes, Crystal's veins turn black to show the vampirism infection.
53	* ''Film/TheCrazies2010'': This is a late symptom of infection with the [[TheVirus Trixie virus]], long after the victim has become a homicidal maniac.
54	%%* ''Film/{{Demons}}.''
55	* ''Literature/{{Dreamcatcher}}'' has this, but it was an alien plant growing into the infectee's face.
56	* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': Near the end of the film, [[spoiler:Holga is mortally stabbed by Sofina's blade]]. To visually indicate that a wound from a Red Wizard's blade is so fatal it can't be healed by regular magic, veins around the wound begin to darken and spread.
57	* The vampires in ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' have visible veins on their faces, too, but that's due as much to their creepily transparent porcelain white skin as it is to their veins being full of freshly drunk blood.
58	* ''Film/EmbraceOfTheVampire2013'': When the vampire transforms from his human form to vampiric, the veins across his neck become prominent and turn black. (Possibly it extends across his whole body, but his face and neck are all that are visible.)
59	* The vampires in ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'' [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gdWFGQ2EYg/UAL6bXBrKCI/AAAAAAAABNs/wPJHiEuyYUE/s1600/11.+Łowcy+wampirów+.jpg have them.]]
60	* In ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'' this is the first sign that a drug user is infected with the virus Poppy tainted the drugs with: blue veins start appearing all over the user's body.
61	* In ''Film/LetMeIn'', this trope applies to [[UndeadChild Abby]]'s vampiric GameFace when she needs to feed, although the dim light can make it difficult to see.
62	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
63	** [[Characters/MCUTonyStark Tony Stark]]'s Palladium poisoning in ''Film/IronMan2'' cause grey veins around his arc reactor.
64	** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'': When [[Characters/MCULokiLaufeyson Loki]] seemingly dies, his skin turns ash-grey, and his veins become highly visible.
65	** ''Film/BlackPanther2018'': As part of the trial of combat to claim the title of Wakanda's king, T'challa drinks a concoction that [[BroughtDownToNormal strips him of his abilities]], giving him a series of purple veins across his body.
66	** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'':
67	*** If you look closely, you can see that [[Characters/MCUHelaOdinsdottir Hela]] has faint but visible black veins on her shoulders, forehead and around her eyes and jawline. This is presumably to represent that she's maybe not fully alive (as the goddess of death) and is maybe a mild homage to the goddess Hel appearing as half alive and half dead in the original Norse Mythology.
68	*** When [[Characters/MCUThorOdinson Thor]] and Loki are zapped by the [[ShockCollar shock devices]] (which likely contain a neurotoxin) for long enough, they develop purple veins.
69	*** [[Characters/MCUBruceBanner Bruce Banner]], finding himself on an alien planet after two years as the Hulk, rants to Thor about how stressful this is to him. While he does, the veins of his face and neck briefly flush [[HulkingOut green]].
70	* ''Film/{{Rampant}}'': Zombies (and people who are about to become zombies) have black veins.
71	* Zombies in ''Film/RockabillyZombieWeekend'', as part of the gradual breakdown of their body, have their veins gradually begin bulging out until they're visible as thick purple lines etched across their bodies.
72	* ''Film/Siren2010'': When Silka resumes what is (presumably) her true form. her skin is waxy and translucent--like a drowned person--with black veins running beneath.
73	%%zce%%* Alien-influenced humans in ''Film/{{Skyline}}''.
74	* In ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', as the Borg invade the Enterprise, they convert crew members by injecting (presumably) some kind of nanobot version of TheVirus which can be seen spreading through dark veins from the point of injection.
75	* ''Film/SpaceSweepers'': James Sullivan is suffering from some illness that is never explicitly revealed (presumably related to the way his lifespan was artificially lengthened). It flares up throughout the film whenever he loses his composure, and when it does, his veins became discolored and visible and his skin becomes discolored, spreading outwards from the veins.
76	* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
77	** This happens to whoever Rogue touches in the movies.
78	** Mutated Senator Kelly also has them before he dies.
79	** Instead of the expected fire effects, movieverse Jean Grey/Phoenix gets Tainted Veins and BlackEyesOfEvil when in Dark Phoenix mode in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
80	* ''Film/{{XX}}'': In "Don't Fall", the first visible sign of Gretchen's transformation is the veins in the palm of the hand that touched the cave wall turning black.
81	* ''Film/{{Hidden}}'': In the end, the virus is revealed to do this to carriers when [[spoiler:they "lose control" and go into berserker rage]].
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85	* In the ''Literature/ChaosGods'' series, when the demonic energy tainting Ki's body rises to the surface, her skin becomes covered in black lines.
86	* In [[{{Literature/CriersWar}} Crier's War]], the Automa that consume Nightshade eventually develop veins that are black and bulging.
87	* ''[[Literature/DarkShores Dark Skies]]'': All creatures (included humans) that are infected by [[MysticalPlague blight]], have visibly blackened veins that stand out on their grayish skin.
88	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
89	** In ''Literature/ProvenGuilty'', Harry looks upon a heroin addict with the Sight and sees her addiction manifesting as green-black veins under her skin ending at dozens of tiny, hungry mouths opening and closing where her needle marks were in the real world.
90	** In ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', we are treated to a minor case of this courtesy of Ebenezar, as a result of [[spoiler:using [[ArtifactOfDoom the Blackstaff]].]]
91	* ''Literature/ShadesOfMagic'' has a HarmonyVersusDiscipline divide over how people use magic. Those who try to impose their will over magic for brute power have their veins turn black, which is implied to be a [[TheDarkside very bad thing]]. The same happens to people who are being infected and overwhelmed by a sentient magical effect, in which case they have much more immediate problems.
92	* In the ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'' series, [[spoiler: people possessed by Remnants (evil shadows/sprits) get black veins and lips, but only if the Remnant wants to show itself. Otherwise they just look like normal people.]]
93	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
94	** When Tash Arranda is infected with TheVirus in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: The Planet Plague'', she starts off with a rash that becomes a swelling bump with raised brownish veins. [[spoiler: Then it starts [[BodyHorror leaking]] brownish-green BlobMonster goo.]]
95	** Spore assimilates people by sending out dark vinelike things that sink into the skin and are quickly only visible as a "dark tracing of lines", like veins.
96	* ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'': After Apollo gets [[spoiler: scratched by a [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier eurynomos]]]] giving him an infection that threatens to eventually kill him and raise him as a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent vrykolakas]], he slowly starts to get purple veins spreading all over his body. This is a sign that the infection is reaching its final stages.
97	* In ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'', the magic sword Nightblood feeds on the magic energy (called Breath) of whoever is holding it when it is fully drawn. It destroys anything it touches into a cloud of black smoke, but if the wielder runs out of Breaths [[spoiler: or [[Literature/TheStormlightArchive Stormlight]]]] black veins begin to climb up their arm as the sword consumes their life force. Despite all that, the sword is was created to do ''good'', with the magic purpose of destroying evil.
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101	* ''Series/TheAndromedaStrain'': Humans infected by [[ThePlague Andromeda]] have their arteries pop-out in their heads.
102	* ''Series/Batwoman2019''. A big deal is made over how a kryptonite bullet is the only thing that can penetrate the Batsuit, but when Tommy Elliot shoots Ryan Wilder with one, she's [[HeroicSecondWind still able to get to her feet again and kick his ass]]. At the end of the episode however, Ryan removes her bandage to examine the injury to find green pulsating veins are [[WoundThatWillNotHeal slowly working their way out from the wound]].
103	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
104	** In "Two to Go", Dark Willow goes all [[BlackEyesOfEvil black-eyed]] and [[BuffySpeak veiny]] after absorbing Rack's black magic.
105	** Pete from the episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E4BeautyAndTheBeasts "Beauty and the Beasts"]]. Thanks to taking PsychoSerum, he transforms into a crazed monster [[HulkingOut whenever he gets angry]], complete with bulging, discolored veins all over him.
106	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
107	** The Second Doctor was up against a [[SyntheticPlague supposed plague]] that gave a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase moonbase crew]] tainted veins. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E5RevengeOfTheCybermen Eight years later]], the same tainted veins gave the Fourth Doctor a clue who he was up against.
108	** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E8TheHungryEarth "The Hungry Earth"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood "Cold Blood"]], [[spoiler:Alaya poisons Tony]]. His veins turn green.
109	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Upon his DramaticUnmask in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS8E5TheBells The Bells]]", Gregor Clegane is revealed to have plenty of these since Qyburn's experiments on him, many of them visible as Sandor cuts more of his armor away.
110	* Zhu'er's (Yin Li) disfigurement in the 2019 adaptation of ''Literature/HeavenSwordAndDragonSabre''.
111	* In ''Series/{{Helix}}'', victims of TheVirus develop black veins, particularly visible in the denuded infected lab rats the CDC researchers use for testing.
112	* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': When Kilgrave receives his final power boost, his veins turn purple.
113	* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': This shows that [[spoiler:the Gemdeus virus continues to multiply]] inside Graphite Bugster, who is obviously in pain.
114	* People affected by Alisha's power in ''Series/{{Misfits}}'' have their veins turn blue until contact is broken.
115	* Surprisingly, this happens in ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', a children's show ''of all things'': In the episode "[[Recap/PowerRangersInSpaceS1E14TheBarillianSting The Barillian Sting]]", Carlos, the Black Ranger, is infected by a bite from an alien insect released by Darkonda, a villainous bounty hunter. The infection begins to spread over Carlos' body, giving him inflamed red and blue veins, among other horrific symptoms.
116	* This is the main symptom of the plague spread by Pestilence in the ''Series/SleepyHollow'' episode "John Doe".
117	* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Clark gets 'em when [[KryptoniteFactor Kryptonite]] is around... and KryptoniteIsEverywhere.
118	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
119	** In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E18IdentityCrisis Identity Crisis]]", Geordi gets infected by a disease that covers him with [[VolcanicVeins invisible blue glowing]] veins. It's bad news.
120	** Borg assimilation does this, with added blueish-grey skin.
121	* Happens a few times in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
122	** Sam sees these spreading on his face when he's going through withdrawal and hallucinating in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E21WhenTheLeveeBreaks When the Levee Breaks]]".
123	** As he's dying in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS07E12TimeAfterTime Time After Time]]", Chronos' veins glow and pulsate.
124	** In "[[Recap/SupernaturalS07E17TheBornAgainIdentity The Born-Again Identity]]", when Castiel is transferring Sam's Cage-match madness into himself, the transferal manifests as glowing red veins appearing on Sam, and moving through Cass's arm into him.
125	** In Season 11, black veins are a symptom of being infected and turned rabid by [[TheAntiGod the Darkness]]'s corruption, most notably when [[spoiler:Castiel is possessed by the Leviathans.]]
126	* In ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', this is a standard part of a vampire's GameFace. The veins around their eyes appear to writhe with a black taint.
127	* In ''Series/{{Wolfblood}}'' when a character is close to transforming into a wolf, dark veins appaer all over their skin. They also get SupernaturalGoldEyes.
128	* ''Series/TheXFiles'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E09SR819 S.R. 819]]", Skinner is poisoned by {{Nanomachines}}. He gets better. However, it's never fully resolved, and he could be affected by it later at any time.
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132	* Wrestling/LunaVachon's gimmick, as a result of being crazy or occult, depending on what time period and which promotion you saw her in. Bull Nakano had a similar look, so naturally the two were put together as a team when they ended up in the same locker rooms.
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135	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
136	* The Seventh Soul in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Villains'' has black veins all over its body. These are its only persistent identifying feature, since it reincarnates.
137	* In the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', black veins in a character's {{Aura\|Vision}} are a sign that they're a {{Soul Eat\|ing}}er, the worst possible crime against the game's KarmaMeter.
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141	* It happens to Batman in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' after the Joker infects him with the Titan disease, the veins becoming more prominent and ''black'' across his face.
142	* This also happens to Batman again in ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' after Lady Arkham injects him with the same psychoactive drug other characters have been injected with prior to this. It makes the victim more aggressive, acting on impulses they would not act on otherwise. Naturally, this gets him into some trouble.
143	* After [[spoiler:Beatrice]] dies in ''VideoGame/DantesInferno,'' her spirit form has dark veins... [[FanDisservice all over her naked pale chest]].
144	* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'': The Abomination, as seen in his skill slots. He has a stabilized flow of blight in his veins, and can deepen the veins to increase his resistances... or just cough up venom and spit it at his foes. Note that blight represents a combination of poison, venom, and acid all in one goopy package.
145	* In ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' and other games set in the same universe, nanotech augmentation gives you this. Although you're [[SuperSoldier far from sick...]] [[spoiler: Actually, you ''are'' sick and your augs and Gray Death are one and the same, you are just immune to the bad symptoms]].
146	* ''Franchise/DragonAge''
147	** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII,'' this is one symptom of the Darkspawn corruption that finally kills [[spoiler: Wesley]]. [[spoiler:And Bethany/Carver, if they die in the Deep Roads.]] Or anyone who dies via the Taint, of course.
148	** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'': During Cassandra's personal quest, her former apprentice Daniel has these after being forced to consume red lyrium. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a particularly bad form of the Darkspawn taint, as Varric's personal quest reveals that lyrium turns red when it is infected by the Blight.]]
149	* If a character consistently favors magic in certain ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' games, the 'will lines' they develop resemble this.
150	* In ''VideoGame/FarCry1'', seeing the veins in your arms turn dark is how you find out that you've been exposed to the mutagen.
151	* An archaeologist affected by poison in ''Hidden Expedition 15: The Curse of Mithridates'' has creeping purple veins.
152	* In ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}},'' Helghast have these, as a result of the first settlers trying to adjust to Helghan's sickly atmosphere and hundreds of years worth of forced evolution.
153	* In ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic]]'', ash-pale skin with pronounced dark veins signifies your character [[EvilMakesYouUgly going completely darkside]].
154	* ''[[VideoGame/TrailsSeries The Legend of Heroes - Trails]]'': In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel IV'', after Rean defeats [[spoiler:Osborne]] in their final duel, [[spoiler:Ishmelga]] passes itself into Rean's body, slowly turning his body dark with red glowing veins. Valimar on the other hand, being [[{{Synchronization}} linked]] with Rean, gives a more not-so-pleasant sight.
155	* In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'', each time Samus absorbs a [[ToxicPhlebotinum Phazon Core]], her veins become more noticeable in reflections of her face; bigger, longer, bluer.
156	* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}}''. Alex Mercer's and James Heller's bodies are covered in thick, pulsating red and black veins when they unleash their Blacklight-virus powers.
157	* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
158	** Happens to Leon in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', during a [[AllJustADream dream sequence]] after he's infected with the ''Las Plagas'' parasite. Fortunately for him, he's able to find a cure before anything like that starts to happen for real.
159	** Happens to [[spoiler: Wesker]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' after the heroes overdose him on his own serum. They become even more prominent when [[spoiler: he infects himself with Uroboros]], but are quiclky concealed by his skin ''partially decomposing''.
160	** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'', [[spoiler: Derek Simmons, after being shot with a viral dart,]] develops a cluster of these spreading from the wound onto his face and shoulder. They disappear when he [[OneWingedAngel transforms]] shortly after.
161	* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}''' Painwheel has dark veins all over her body, thanks to the experiments that transformed her into her current state.
162	* ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' has this as a variant of coloration for your creature.
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166	* BigBad [[spoiler: [[Characters/RWBYSalem Salem]]]] from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' sports prominent black veins all over her body, including on her exposed hands and face. This is apparently normal for... whatever she is. [[spoiler:She's a human infected with Grimm essence, but flashbacks show that she didn't have black veins when she was initially corrupted and that it developed later somehow, either from repeated exposure or time.]]
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170	* ''Webcomic/{{Ayuri}}'': Fenna, or more accurately, [[PuppeteerParasite her host]].
171	* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': The character [[spoiler:Incubus]] is covered in abnormally enlarged, red-pink veins that make audible heartbeat noises, as is revealed when [[spoiler:he ends up taking off his robe during the Discordance of the Demiurges]]. TheRant implies this is a side-effect of using BlackMagic.
172	* In ''Webcomic/WakeTheSleepers'', [[http://wakethesleepers.com/comics/53 Locke's hand]].
173	* ''Webcomic/WildeLife'': When Cliff rescues Oscar from the spider-thing's cave Oscar does not rouse and radiating out from the point where he was bitten his veins have turned black.
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177	* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'':
178	** "Hoppy Bunny" has Frylock develop popped-out veins after Shake extracts his jewel from his body.
179	** "Piranha Germs": After Shake injects himself with piranha bacteria, it devours his body from the inside bringing out infected veins.
180	* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy" when Herbert responds to Chris turning up on his doorstep looking for a place to live by pinching himself to see if he's dreaming; he gives himself a blood clot, causing the veins up the entire length of his arm to turn black.
181	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', Zim sends little rubber pigs back in time to progressively injure Dib. Dib is shown with missing teeth, a robot arm, missing chunks of his hair, and large, bulging, grotesque veins on his forehead.
182	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': TheStinger in ''The Doomstar Requiem'' shows Murderface's veins slowly turning black as the virus planted in him that will turn him into a traitor courses through his body. (Unfortunately this never pays out due to the show being ScrewedByTheNetwork.)
183	* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E01SecondContact Second Contact]]", the crewmen infected by the HatePlague display engorged black veins on their necks that spread as they go berserk.
184	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Eclipsa and [[spoiler: Moon]] have dark purple veins on their hands as a result of using dark magic.
185	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
186	** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E18MysteryOfAThousandMoons "Mystery of a Thousand Moons"]]: Those infected with the Blue Shadow Virus develop visible dark blue veins. The clone troopers, in particular, look ''awful''.
187	** [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis "Altar of Mortis"]]: When [[AnthropomorphicPersonification the Son]] [[spoiler:forcibly turns Ahsoka to the Dark Side by biting her, her veins turn dark and her eyes turn the [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold associated with Dark Siders]]]].
188	* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'': Xishi, a squid-like monster about the size of an average human, climbs all the way down her victim's throat and forces them to speak the truth, causing their veins to be strained.
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