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* YouKeepUsingThatWord - The manual for the first game refers to the Stone Gargoyle's skin as "brittle", which is the exact opposite of what it [[ImplacableMan actually is]].

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* HeyItsThatVoice - Ishmael in Blood II happens to be voiced by Michael Shapiro, who voiced both [[HalfLife Barney Calhoun and the G-Man]] that same year. Both Ophelia and Gabriella are voiced by Lani Minella, who voiced every female character (and some male characters) from every other game that year.

* InterfaceScrew - If the poisonous spiders bite you, the visuals become all distorted and blurry, more so the more Caleb gets bitten.

* AndIMustScream - The Soul Drudges in the second game are living humans whose bodies are controlled by Bone Leeches. The leech forces its host to sew its mouth shut to keep it from screaming.

*** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Hey, stop him! He didn't pay!]]

* DeathIsNotPermanent - Ophelia, Ishmael, and Gabriel die alongside Caleb in Blood's intro, though all are revived during the course of Blood II through use of the Singularity Generator.
* DegradedBoss - The stone gargoyle, giant spider, and Cerberus are first introduced as end-episode bosses before becoming common enemies.

* {{BFG}} - Originally, the Tesla Cannon and the Life Leech were the 8-inch cannons of Blood. The expansion pack added an alternate fire mode to the Incinerator that made it into the new, ultimate BFG of Blood 1. Blood 2 added a new, literal BFG, as in "Doom", called the Singularity Generator.

** BadassLongcoat - Caleb.

* BottomlessMagazines - Everything that isn't the sawed-off, really, and even that gets this treatment in the first game's GunsAkimbo mode.

* DidntSeeThatComing - The [[{{BFG}} Singularity Generator]] manages to be unpredictable enough that it revives the rest of the Chosen, even [[GenderBender turning one from a man to a woman]]. By the time the scientists who created it have it working the way it should, Caleb bursts in, kills them, and steals it.

* GunsAkimbo - The first game featured it as a power-up that only worked for about a minute; the second game let you dual-wield certain weapons indefinitely by picking up a second one at the cost of the alternate firing mode.

* FateWorseThanDeath - Gideon is reduced to nothing but his skull after he fights Caleb. At the beginning of the ''Nightmare Levels'' expansion he reveals his soul was trapped within it.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Still Kicking (easiest), Pink on the Inside, Lightly Broiled, Well Done, and Extra Crispy (hardest)

* EveryoneHatesMimes - Goes with EnemyMime above. If you kill a mime, Caleb will generally say "I hate mimes" or some other snarky comment.

** Sadly, not the case in Blood II, which padded out the weapons with a lot of standard-issue FPS guns and weakening the more flavorful original weapons. Part of the reason [[{{Discontinuity}} why Blood II was widely panned]].

* ItBurns - Both Caleb and some of the monsters scream this when exposed to fire.
** ScreamsLikeALittleGirl - Let's just say that Caleb's reaction to being set on fire [[CrowningMomentOfFunny makes it ten times harder to take him seriously]].

** Best example is the brown-robed Cultist. On the first difficulty level, they have 40 HP, no ability to toss dynamite sticks and [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy terrible accuracy, so bad they can ''miss you with their shotguns up to five times in a row'' '''at point blank range''']] if they really suck on that playthrough. On the second difficulty, they get 60 HP, still no dynamite sticks, and slightly less sucky accuracy. On the third, they have 80 HP, will toss single sticks of dynamite which do moderate damage, and have average accuracy (sometimes hitting and other times missing at close range). On the fourth, they are 100 HP tough, have good accuracy, and will toss full TNT bundles. Fifth difficulty? 125 HP, TNT bundles, and the ability to almost perfectly hit you with their shotguns, even across large open areas.

A 1997 FPS based on a Build engine, Blood was one of the most unusual shooters of its time. It featured a mix of horror and deadpan humor, a charismatic AntiHero, an arsenal of exotic weapons and, of course, lots and lots of the eponymous red liquid. Playing as Caleb, a former pet murderer of an evil deity who was betrayed and transformed into an undead monstrosity, you go on a quest to avenge/harvest the powers of your former {{Nakama}} who did not manage to rise again and use them to wreak all kinds of unholy hell upon Tchernobog.

* TakeThat - ''Blood'' riffs on ''DukeNukem3D'' by stringing up Duke's own corpse in a hidden room at the Dark Carnival. You also find a partially dismembered [[StarWars Luke Skywalker]] hanging upside down in an icy area.

* DidNotDoTheResearch - The manual for the first game refers to the Stone Gargoyle's skin as "brittle", which is the exact opposite of what it [[ImplacableMan actually is]].

** Sadly, not the case in Blood II, which padded out the weapons with a lot of standard-issue FPS guns and weakening the more flavorful original weapons. Part of the reason [[Discontinuity why Blood II was widely panned]].

* EnemyMime: They don't do anything, as mimes are wont to do. They can be used as stepping stones to reach secrets.

* BloodBath - A magazine ad for the game featured a man, presumably Caleb, in a bathtub full of blood with the tagline, "Blood? You're soaking in it."

* CallBack - ''Blood II'' features ringing telephones that you can answer. One phone in the third level does the same [[TheSimpsons Hugh Jass]] joke a phone in the third level of the first game did. An elevator in the first chapter also has elevator music lifted directly from the first game's last secret level.

** [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Ticket please...]]

--> ''"Does Caleb really close the rift? Does Ophelia get her [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean two-minutes of gift?]] What the heck happened to [[GenderBender Gabriel... er, Gabriella?]] What if Ishmael can't get home? And, where did he get those tattoos? Tune in next time on: As 'It burns, it burns'. Enjoy these answers and more soon... we promise."''
* CopyAndPasteEnvironments - The first chapter of Blood II goes all out with this, with a laundromat and the surrounding area from level 2 being revisited twice before the chapter is over. On top of that, Chapter 2 begins with basically the exact same map Chapter 1 did.

* DeadCharacterWalking: Has a glitch where, on occasion, enemies who are killed by being set on fire would continue to run around in their on-fire animation indefinitely, unable to damage you but also invulnerable to everything you had short of explosives.

* DeathIsNotPermanent - Ophelia, Ishmael, and Gabriel die alongside Caleb in Blood's intro, though all are revived during the course of Blood II through use of the Singularity Generator. Don't ask how Gabriel turned into Gabriella; they don't know, either.

* DidntSeeThatComing - The [[{{BFG}} Singularity Generator]] manages to be unpredictable enough that it revives the rest of the Chosen, even [[GenderBender turning one from a man to a woman]]. By the time the scientist who created it has it working the way it should, Caleb bursts in, kills him, and steals it.

** Best example is the Cultist [the brown-robed variant]. On the first difficulty level, they have 40 HP, no ability to toss dynamite sticks and terrible accuracy, so bad they can ''miss you with their shotguns up to five times in a row'' '''at point blank range''' if they really suck on that playthrough. Second difficulty: 60 HP, still no dynamite sticks, slightly less sucky accuracy. Third difficulty level: 80 HP, will toss ''single'' sticks of dynamite which do moderate damage, have even accuracy, sometimes hitting and missing at close range. Fourth difficulty level: 100 HP, will toss a full TNT bundle at the player. Fifth difficulty, 125 HP, will throw a TNT bundle, and can almost perfectly hit you with their shotguns across large open areas and are extremely hard to run past in said areas without losing 90% or more health at once.

* EnemyMime: They don't do anything, as mimes are wont to do. You will probably shoot them anyways.
* ExplodingBarrels - literal barrels of TNT.
* EyeBeams - Stone gargoyles and the Grim Reaper [[{{Expy}} expies]] use them.

* FateWorseThanDeath - Gideon is reduced to nothing but his skull after he fights Caleb; at the beginning of the ''Nightmare Levels'' expansion he reveals his soul was trapped within it.
* FieryRedhead - Ophelia Price

* GlowingEyesOfDoom / [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath Undeath]] - Even before their resurrection, all of the Chosen's eyes glowed a bright red.

* GunsAkimbo - Obviously. The first game featured it as a power-up that only worked for about a minute; the second game let you dual-wield certain weapons indefinitely by picking up a second one.
* {{Hellhound}}s - Both regular and two-headed. Come complete with [[BreathWeapon fiery or explodey breath]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters - Caleb doesn't give a damn who or what dies so long as he's the one who causes it.

* IncendiaryExponent: Flare gun, napalm launcher, spray can, Die-Bug-Die pesticide.

** ScreamsLikeALittleGirl - Let's just say, Caleb's reaction to being set on fire makes it ten times harder to take him seriously.

* LockAndKeyPuzzle - The game is chock full of them.
** Some levels have ''all six keys'' in them.

* LudicrousGibs - Plentiful. If enough gore is on the ground, you'll even lose traction, slipping and sliding on it.

* ManOnFire - The Flare Gun and aerosol flamethrower make Blood one of the masters of this trope.

** The giant spider in the first game spawns smaller spiders to poison and disorient you.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Caleb is an immortal zombie cowboy.

* NotQuiteDead: The axe zombies. More often than not, they will continually rise up until you blow their heads off.

* OurGargoylesRock: Flesh and stone versions, stones being harder to kill.

** Both games feature ShoutOuts to ''TheShining'': the first featuring the Overlook Hotel as a level (Complete with a hedge maze that contains a frozen corpse holding an axe), and the second with an apartment door with a fire axe sticking out of it. Both also feature the ghost twins, who disappear when you try to get close to them.

* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: The whole concept of the games is based around this, they constantly go between comedy and HighOctaneNightmareFuel
* UpdatedRerelease - One Unit Whole Blood, which contained six episodes, extra features and more asskickery than you can shake a sawed-off at.

** Sadly, not the case in Blood II, which padded out the weapons with a lot of standard-issue FPS guns and weakening the more flavorful original weapons. Part of the reason why Blood II was widely panned.
* TakeThat: ''Blood'' riffs on ''DukeNukem3D'' by stringing up Duke's own corpse in a hidden room at the Dark Carnival. You also find a partially dismembered [[StarWars Luke Skywalker]] hanging upside down in an icy area.
* TheIshmael - Gideon serves the role of this for the ''Nightmare Levels'' expansion. It's just a little bit funny, considering one of the player characters is actually named Ishmael.
* VideogameCrueltyPotential - Where oh where do we begin? The most cruel ones may be unarmed civilians that will sometimes drop health if you kill them. There's also head-soccer: in Blood, you could decapitate zombies and kick their heads around (it was even used as a carnival game in the first game's Dark Carnival level). Blood II expands this so you can kick ''any humanoid enemy's'' head around.
** Caleb hates mimes with a passion, in fact mimes in this game exist only to be used as platforms and to be brutally killed. Hey, even the help screen of the registered version shows a mime getting killed by some monsters!

* LudicrousGibs - Plentiful.

* AnachronismStew - the makers of the ''Nightmare Levels'' expansion had apparently completely forgotten the Chosen were originally from the 19th century.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall - There's a phone call in the second level of Blood II in which a lady asks "Mr. Cal-Eeb" if he is or has ever been a character in a video game. Caleb replies "You gotta be kiddin'" and hangs up.

** LoveRedeems - Caleb is initially only fighting the Cabal in Blood 2 because they keep preventing him from killing Gideon. Once he learns a resurrected Ophelia is held at the [=CabalCo=] headquarters, he attempts to rescue her along the way.

* TakeThat: ''Blood'' riffs on ''DukeNukem3D'' by stringing up Duke's own corpse in a hidden room at the Dark Carnival. You also find a partially dismembered [[{{StarWars}} Luke Skywalker]] hanging upside down in an icy area.
* TethercatPrinciple: There's no indication of what Caleb does in the century between the two games, but considering he starts the second game carrying a pistol and a knife, one can assume it's pretty much all the same stuff he was doing while under the player's control.

* MookMaker - The Drudge Priest in Blood II is the final stage of evolution for a human taken over by a [[DemonicSpiders Bone]] [[PersonalSpaceInvader Leech]]. Shooting the bloated stomach of the original host often [[NightmareFuelUnleaded rains more bone leeches on you.]]

* NightmareFuelUnleaded - Lots of it, most notably the Choking Hands. They were supposed to be scary, but they are ''really'', pee-your-pants scary.