History Main / AfraidOfBlood

* 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.

* 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.

* 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 [[ForWantOfANail wound up taking a job aboard the HMS Beagle, becoming the most famous biologist in history instead]].

* 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.

** Tsunade was originally considered to be the greatest medial 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.

* 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."

* Ryuhi Kin from ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'', [[spoiler:due to an 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.

* 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 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.

* Kala from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' gets startled of seeing [[CatsAreMean Sabor]]'s bloody pawprints from Tarzan's parents shortly before accidentally stepping on the family portrait in the treehouse.

* In ''Film/TheTingler'', the theater manager's mute wife has an extreme fear of blood, which figures heavily in the story line.

* 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.

* 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.

--> '''Renly:''' All I ever hear from Robert and Stannis is how I'm not tough enough, how I squirm at the sight of blood.
--> '''Loras:''' You did vomit when that boy's eye was knocked out in the melee.
--> '''Renly:''' His eye was dangling out of the damn socket!
--> '''Loras:''' He shouldn't have entered the melee if he didn't know how to fight.

-->'''Ygritte:''' Why would a girl see blood and collapse?
-->'''Jon:''' Not all girls are like you.
-->'''Ygritte:''' ''(smirks)'' Girls see more blood than boys.

** Another episode has Klink ordering Schultz to take Newkirk to 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.

* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episide "[[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."

* 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 ships interior, except for the one time Roc is able to slap a pair of literal rose-coloured glasses on his face.

* ''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.

** Is 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' is a haemophobic vampire duck. Because Nanny made the mistake of providing tomato sauce instead of blood for his last re-incarnation ritual, [[VegetarianVampire he prefers veggies to virgins]].

--> '''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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'', Jonesy admits he has been afraid of blood since a childhood incident where he had a nosebleed which just wouldn't stop. He spends the same episode where this fear comes out trying to prove his bravery by donating blood.

* 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 in to 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]].

* ''Fanfic/{{Remnants}}'': 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.