History Main / BloodBath

* The ''MoralOrel'' episode "Innocence" follows Orel as he tries to obtain blood to profess his innocence to God and stay young forever (after separate conversations with the Christeins and Coach Stopframe "teach" Orel about the powers of blood). This leads to his father, Clay, discovering Orel in a bathtub surrounded by Doughy, Billy, Tommy, and Maryenetta with their wrists cut open and bleeding into the tub.

* InvokedTrope in NeonGenesisEvangelion, when a [[spoiler: post MindRape Asuka]] is found having a HeroicBSOD in a bath of orange/red-ish liquid and is implied that [[spoiler: she attempted suicide]].

* In ''ConanTheBarbarian'', when the [[TheCaligula malicious]] King Numedides expressed a desire to become immortal, he enlisted the services of the EvilSorcerer Thulandra Thuu, and together they sacrificed young women in order for Numedides to bathe in their blood.

* In an episode of ''FamilyGuy'', God is pissed at the Griffins, and starts attacking them with various plagues and misfortunes, one of which is turning Stewie's bath water into blood. While the rest of the family is freaked out, Stewie seems to be enjoying himself ("It's as if someone stabbed Mr. Bubbles!")

* In an episode of ''FamilyGuy'', God is pissed at the Griffins, at starts attacking them with various plagues and misfortunes, one of which is turning Stewie's bath water into blood. While the rest of the family is freaked out, Stewie seems to be enjoying himself ("It's as if someone stabbed Mr. Bubbles!")

The TropeMaker comes from folklore stories about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bathory_in_popular_culture Countess Elizabeth Bathory]], who is said to have bathed in the blood of young women and virgins in order to rejuvenate her beauty and her youth.

The TropeMaker comes from folklore stories about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bathory_in_popular_culture Countess Elizabeth Bathory]], who is said to have bathed in the blood of young women and/or virgins in order to rejuvenate her beauty and her youth.

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* [=McFarlane=] Toys included an Elizabeth Bathory figure bathing in a tub of blood in their [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6_Faces_of_Madness 6 Faces of Madness]] line.

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* The leaders of the Witch Elves in ''{{Warhammer}}'' practice this, bathing in a magical cauldron filled with blood to maintain their youth.

* Elizabeth Bathory was a very minor adversary of MarvelComics's adaptation of the {{Dracula}} character. Originally intent to make Bathory his vampiric servant, her baths in the blood of virgins had made her immune to Dracula's control and briefly agreed to form an alliance. When Bathory finally betrayed Dracula, he ended up [[HistoricalInJoke stealing her journals and turning them in to the authorities, which led to her being sealed in a room in her castle as punishment.]] Dracula later confronted Bathory in her cell and drained her of all her blood; she aged to death in seconds.

Characters who bathe in blood occasionally exhibit qualities associated with [[{{Vampire}} vampirism]], especially when alluding to blood being rejuvenating or how they come to acquire their blood in the first place; BloodLust and fangs can be commonly noticed as well. The trope itself can also follow the RuleOfSymbolism to deliver AnAesop about the evils of vanity and ImmortalityImmorality.

Characters who bathe in blood occasionally exhibit qualities associated with [[{{Vampire}} vampirism]], especially when alluding to blood being rejuvenating or how they come to acquire their blood in the first place; BloodLust and fangs can be commonly noticed as well. The trope itself can also follow the RuleOfSymbolism to deliver AnAesop about the evils of vanity.

A subtrope of ImmortalityImmorality.

* The album cover for {{Kamelot}}'s ''Karma'' depicts a woman in a nightgown in a pool of blood. The last three songs on the album, "Elizabeth I, II, & III," are about ElizabethBathory's life.

* In ''{{Dracula The Un-Dead}}'' John Seward, who suspects Elizabeth Bathory of being a vampire, witnesses her bathe in a young woman's blood.

* ''[[TheLaundrySeries The Jennifer Morgue]]'' by Charles Stross references the original legend with Bathory [=PaleGrace=] (TM), a makeup that carries a youth-projecting glamour in every jar. As the company's founder says, [[PostModernMagik stem cell research means they're down to about 14 parts per million virgin blood]] in every jar... but [[HumanSacrifice there's no other way to get the endorphins that come with stress]].