History Main / AllPeriodsArePMS

Could result in a sort of SickEpisode if particularly painful cramps take place. See FirstPeriodPanic for the very first time this happens to a clueless or unprepared girl. For the supernatural version, see MenstrualMenace and for an animal counterpart, see MatingSeasonMayhem. See also PregnancyMakesYouCrazy, BadMoodAsAnExcuse, and HatePlague.

* This is the only way to tell that ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' averts NoPeriodsPeriod. Most of the female [=NPCs=] save for Party Girl become rather irritable during a Blood Moon.

* This is the only way to tell that ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' averts NoPeriodsPeriod. Most of the female [=NPCs=] become rather irritable during a Blood Moon.

* Referenced in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Uraraka becomes really excited from the Sports Festival. Mineta is about to ask if its PMS, but Asui slaps him with her tongue before he can get to M.

* In the Swedish short story collection ''Mamm- och Pappsagor'' ("Mom and Dad Stories") by Gunnel Linde, one story presents it in a comically exaggerated fashion by establishing that all mothers everywhere turn into angry firebreathing dragons once a month. For most of the story, the kids who are the main characters don't know what's causing this; they spend a lot of time discussimg with kids from other families what they do when their mothers start breathing fire, and trying to find ways to stop the transformation. Finally, they talk to their father who basically says "don't worry, PMS is completely natural."

If a fictional work decides to avert NoPeriodsPeriod, though, forget about the 25% who don't suffer any ill effects. The only effect of [=PMS=], or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premenstrual_syndrome premenstrual syndrome,]] will be irritability, and ''every'' woman ''will'' suffer from it. PMS and periods are near-universally conflated in fiction to the point of being considered synonyms. Another thing to note is that in real life, the symptoms of PMS typically occur about a week or so ''before'' a woman begins her cycle (as the name suggests). When Aunt Flo finally comes, the symptoms of PMS typically start to fade. But in the land of fiction, PMS starts at the same time as the period itself - the two run concurrently.

* Played for laughs on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' in a fake commercial for a pill called "Annuale," which lets a woman have her period once a year, meaning she gets PMS to the nth degree ([[AxCrazy one attacks her co-workers with an ax]], a second [[BigEater scarfs down an entire birthday cake at a children's party]], a third [[GroinAttack kicks her husband in the crotch]], punches him in the face, and runs screaming out the room, and a fourth [[AnythingThatMoves French-kisses a dog]]). There's even a SideEffectsInclude warning near the end that states that these once-a-year periods should be told to authorities in advance so officials can lock any woman who takes Annuale up like the Wolfman.

* Referenced in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode “[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E13ScrewedThePooch Screwed the Pooch]]” when Brian is fighting for custody of his puppies after he had sex with Carter’s dog Seabreeze. Lois [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out Carter for being such a]] {{Jerkass}}, but Carter dismisses it as Lois being on her period.

* ''Film/NoStringsAttached'' had a scene showing all of the Natalie Portman character's roommates [=PMSing=] together, including the gay male roommate, who is having ''sympathy PMS''. Wishing to nurture her in her pain, Ashton Kutcher's character shows up with cupcakes and a [[http://8tracks.com/werohcst/period-mix period playlist]] [[{{Defictionalization}} (yes, it's real)]].

* ''LightNovel/InAnotherWorldWithMySmartphone'': Near the start of the journey, in Interlude I: "The Adventurers", the twins Elze and Linze both get their periods a day apart. They're not just irritable or moody as a result, they are ''bedridden'' by the experience.

Ah, periods. The monthly bane of a girl's existence. They can add up to [[https://in.sofyclub.com/en/advice/period/01.html six years and nine months]] in a woman's lifetime. And they can be rather painful ''before'' the uterine walls even start shedding.

* Alluded to in [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18954007/chapters/45036097 this]] ''VideoGame/{{SUGURI}}'' fanfic; it's mentioned that the IdolSinger Poppomikki Sunshine ([[spoiler:actually [[VideoGame/{{SORA}} Sham]] under a new identity]]) went on hiatus for a while due to fans shortening her initials to "[[UnfortunateNames PMS]]".