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* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': In the pilot, Pomni vomits black from motion sickness caused by Caine's tour of the digital world. In this case, it is because she is a virtual avatar, and it is implied that black liquid is inside all of them.

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* Both instances where a boar is turned into a demon in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', they start to bleed and drool dark purple/black slime. In addition, the Forest Spirit starts releasing massive gobs of toxic black glop that instantly kill everything they touch.
* Noh-Face from ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' starts coughing and drooling black barf (among other things) after being given medicine from Chihiro.
* Happens to [[spoiler:Irisviel]] in ''Literature/FateZero'' due to TheCorruption of the Holy Grail caused by [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu]], which materializes in the form of a black mud-like substance.

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates2015:'' Logos, [[spoiler:the fused form of the maddened Master Order and Lord Chaos]], unleashes a whole ''flood'' of some sort of black fluid coming from its mouth, and eyes, and nose on Galactus, [[spoiler:forcibly turning him back into his Devourer of Worlds form.]]

* Wikus from ''Film/District9'' starts coughing up black fluid as a result of [[spoiler:transforming into a Prawn]]; at one point it also seeps from his nose.

* Old black-and-white horror flicks used chocolate syrup as fake blood and other nasty fluids coming out of the mouths of zombies and other monsters.
* ''Film/ThePossessionOfMichaelKing'' has the protagonist vomiting black goo when the demons thwart his suicide attempt via swallowing pills.
* In ''Film/TheBabadook'', Amelia starts vomiting a black liquid when [[spoiler:she expels the Babadook from her body]].
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', the ghostly Captain Salazar dribbles black liquid from his mouth while speaking. Given that he still has the ghastly head wound that killed him, it's probably congealed blood.
* The bat-creature that smashes out of Martha Wayne's grave from Bruce's nightmare in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' is spewing black fluid from its mouth.

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* ''Series/TheXFiles''. An alien virus called "Black Oil" caused black liquid to come out of the mouth, nose and eyes of its victims.
* In ''Series/TeenWolf'', when Derek is poisoned and dying, he vomits black fluid. Erica, also poisoned, has to be encouraged to heal from it, Derek breaks her arm and squeezes black fluid from her veins explaining he is draining the poison from her body. Vomiting similar-looking black fluid also happens briefly to [[spoiler: Jackson which Derek explains is his body rejecting whatever it is that turns someone into a werewolf after being bitten.]]
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', black fluid from bodily orifices is usually {{ectoplasm}} and is one sign of ghost possession. Black smoke pouring out of the mouth is a sign of the end of a demonic possession.
* In ''Series/{{Helix}}'', this is vomited by those infected with NARVIK-B into the mouths of their victims in order to transmit TheVirus, and is such an integral visual motif that its featured dripping off the "X" in the series TitleCard. Dr. Peter Farragut, the ostensible PatientZero, often has rills of black mucus at the corners of his mouth, to the point where spatters of it mark his trail around the research base where he works, which Major Balleseros attempts to {{exploit|edTrope}} to hunt him through the base's network of {{Air Vent Passageway}}s.
* On ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', a suspect who died in a holding cell at the PD is examined by Watson, who takes one look at the reddish-black drool around the body's mouth and immediately orders the room quarantined due to possible anthrax contamination. The man, a known drug mule, had swallowed a balloon full of weaponized anthrax powder, apparently having been told it was drugs by the would-be terrorist who'd cultured the biological agent.
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** The zombie virus from the novel ''Death Troopers'' is similar; some people in-universe speculate that it was derived from Mnggal-Mnggal.
* The Torment, and presumably other Children Of The Spider, from the book series ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'' are able to vomit inky blackness, which then coalesces itself into hundreds of rat-sized spiders.

* In the video for Music/MichaelJackson's "Thriller", one of the zombies encountered is slobbering some sort of viscous black fluid from its mouth.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'': After the boss fight with Laughing Octopus, she proceeds to vomit black fluid till a pool forms around her. It's not clear if this is ink, referencing her codename, or a part of her condition.
* In ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', some kind of black mist wafts from Wander's face every time he kills a Colossus and [[spoiler:its soul enters him]]. It's not [[PlayingWithATrope technically]] vomit since it seems to be gaseous, but the general effect is the same.

* The Reapers, the first gang that Cole fights in ''VideoGame/InFamous,'' are a mob of goons in [[InTheHood red hoodies]] who move strangely and occasionally vomit black goo (which in no way impedes their ability to shoot you). It turns out that [[spoiler:they used to be innocent civilians who were kidnapped and doused in Sasha's mind-controlling tar.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}'', all of the [=WAU's=] horrific cyborg creations are covered in thick, black slime, a side-effect of the Structure Gel used to forcibly meld flesh and metal together or bring cybernetics under the control of the mad [=AI=].
* In the Blue Ending of ''VisualNovel/WeKnowTheDevil'', Neptune has this when she becomes possessed by the devil. Her sprite at 3am shows her with tons of black bile streaking her clothes and face, and at 4am her CG has her spewing black bile.
* [[MysticalPlague Filth]] infectees in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' are permanently coated in a thick layer of black goo, the most-commonly encountered form of the Filth itself - along with all the usual mutations that go with it. According to the lore, it all began as tarry black discharge oozing from every single orifice of the infected individual.

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' this happens to Alan after he [[spoiler:calls Eveline a bitch. She accelerates the growth of the mold inside of him in retaliation, causing him to throw it up in spades before he dies.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', an unnamed Grey Warden convulses and vomits up a stream of black liquid just before [[spoiler:his body transforms into the reborn Corypheus, which reveals to the player how the darkspawn magister is able to come back to life after being destroyed.]]

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* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Minmax in ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' when confronted with a horde of undead, also providing the [[http://goblinscomic.com/01082013/ page quote.]]
* In ''Webcomic/ClockworkGame'', William Schlumburger is throwing up what is called "Black Vomit"--the final stage of yellow fever (see the Real Life section below).

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* Has appeared in various works of Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos, most likely [[FollowTheLeader due to its use in]] ''WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID'', where Vinny has been shown to vomit up a black, ash-like substance when he is in the Slender Man's presence.
* The CreepyPasta ''Morbus.avi'' deals with an infection that makes people vomit a substance that looks like old motor oil and tastes like rotten meat. They are [[spoiler: rounded up and [[TheyWouldCutYouUp vivisected]] by {{Plague Doctor}}s]].
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* The ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' episode "The View from Halfway Down" takes place inside [=BoJack=]'s dream. In it, [=BoJack=] vomits the same black liquid substance that has been dripping from the ceiling.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Tsst!", Cartman vomits black goo when [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he actually starts to listen to his conscience]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In the pilot episode, "Second Contact", everyone infected with the HatePlague Cmdr. Ransom catches on the Galardon homeworld spews black goo everywhere.

* Happens to [[spoiler:Irisviel]] in ''LightNovel/FateZero'' due to TheCorruption of the Holy Grail caused by [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu]], which materializes in the form of a black mud-like substance.

See also BlackBlood. A SubTrope of OminousObsidianOoze.

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', black fluid from bodily orifices is usually ectoplasm and is one sign of ghost possession. Black smoke pouring out of the mouth is a sign of the end of a demonic possession.

See also BlackBlood.

* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:

* The Torment, and presumably other Children Of The Spider, from the book series Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant are able to vomit inky blackness, which then coalesces itself into hundreds of rat-sized spiders.

* In VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition, an unnamed Grey Warden convulses and vomits up a stream of black liquid just before [[spoiler:his body transforms into the reborn Corypheus, which reveals to the player how the darkspawn magister is able to come back to life after being destroyed.]]

* The Ancient Greek physicians, Hippocrates and Galen, taught that one of the four "humors" of the body was black bile, which was believed to cause depression. This is the origin of the word "melancholy", which comes from the Greek for "black bile".[[labelnote:*]] It goes without saying, of course, that this is ''not'' the cause of clinical depression, although it's possibly an understandable mistake given the level of understanding at the time -- given that their patients would have to be very sick indeed to actually be producing any kind of black secretion, it's safe to assume that they'd probably not be in the best of moods.[[/labelnote]][[/folder]]

* In ‘‘VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition’’, an unnamed Grey Warden convulses and vomits up a stream of black liquid just before [[spoiler:his body transforms into the reborn Corypheus, which reveals to the player how the darkspawn magister is able to come back to life after being destroyed.]]