History Main / BloodIsTheNewBlack

* Grell from ''Anime/BlackButler''. loves blood because of its color and relishes painting his victims in pretty red blood.

* In Myth/GreekMythology Eris, goddess of discord and conflict, is sometimes described as having HairDecorations that drip with blood. She likes to wear them while dancing in the ruins of burning cities like Troy.

* Played for laughs in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterSequel''. After his transformations, Remus Lupin walks around for several scenes at a time wearing nothing but tighty-whiteys and the blood of his (animal) victims. He keeps having to come up with lame excuses as to why he's covered in blood.

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Seras Victoria]] seems to acquire a coat of blood whenever her true vampiric power kicks in. In this work, [[AxeCrazy every major combatant]] probably qualifies at some point or another.

* Grell from ''Anime/{{Black Butler}}''. loves blood because of its color and relishes painting his victims in pretty red blood.

* [[HunterOfMonsters Hunters]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''. Understandable, since "blood" is half the game's title; the pseudo-Victorian styled clothing makes the copious amounts of blood staining them stand out even more. It comes in two main flavors: beasts, humans, and animals have red blood, while [[spoiler: Great Ones and Kin of the Cosmos]] bleed grey. It's possible for a skilled player to go about slaughtering enemies for quite a while and become almost completely coated.

* In the ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' CG that shows Yakumo while he was alive, he was dressed in [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white]] monk robes that were drenched in the blood [[spoiler:of the girl he was converting into a doll]].

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* Independent from ''[[{{Webcomic/Morphe}} morphE]]'' is always depicted as being coated in blood splatters from top to bottom. During the one nightmare sequence where a character has a brief conversation with her this is not brought up by either party. It's just how she rolls. The first nightmare sequence depicted her slashing someone's throat open, so the blood is probably not hers.
* ''Webcomic/TagDream'' has the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' characters take up wrestling. MemeticPsychopath Yuuka goes in the ring wearing a white swimsuit [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown which is dyed red by the time she goes out.]]

* Squee's first introduction to the [[ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac Scary Neighbor Man]]: "Excuse me, do you have any bactine? I'm covered in blood and some of it's mine."

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Since he wasn't wearing his costume when he was [[BruceWayneHeldHostage captured]] by Zsasz, Damien makes a mask out of blood.

* The Neutrophils in ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' and its {{spinoff}} ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBlack'' are known to walk around in the "blood" of a freshly-killed pathogen.

* A go to standard to see what this looks like in RealLife, is a 1992 Wrestling/TheGreatMuta vs. Hiroshi Hase Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling match. To this day, {{Smark}}s measure how profusely a wrestler bleeds on the "Muta Scale".

* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's bloodstained screams while in the Sharpshooter in his ''Wrestlemania XIII'' match against Wrestling/BretHart made him a superstar and one of the biggest {{face}}s ever because he just wouldn't give up.
* To win Wrestling/{{CZW}}'s "{{tournament|arc}} of death" you must compete in at least three {{garbage| wrestling}} matches favoring sharp objects in a single day, leading to a lot of guys walking around, skin caked brown with dried blood.
* Then at Judgment Day 2004 Wrestling/{{J|ohnBradshawLayfield}}BL and Wrestling/EddieGuerrero wrestled a "Texas Bull Rope" match where the later redefined the Muta Scale (which was usually measured in such terms as "half a Muta, three quarters Muta")

Not to be confused with BlackBlood.

*** The World Eaters Primarch[[note]]Both their general and "father," since SpaceMarines have serious bioengineered enhancement derived from extra organs cloned from their Primarch's body.[[/not]], a fellow named Angron, was told that he should just repaint his armor red so often that he eventually did, which set the template for his sons to do so when they would eventually worship Khorne. He was seen this way so often, it earned him the epithet of [[TheRedBaron "the Red Angel."]]

* In ''Creator/WilliamShakespeare'''s ''Theatre/Coriolanus'', Cominius describes Caius Martius Coriolanus as being thus attired. Ralph Fiennes and Tom Hiddleston have both appeared like this in recent stage productions.

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* The White Blood Cells in ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' and its {{spinoff}} ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBlack'' are known to walk around in the blood of a freshly-killed antigen.

* The White Blood Cells in ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' are known to walk around in the blood of a freshly-killed antigen.

* Pretty much every follower of Khorne in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' or ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', especially the World Eaters; pre-heresy, they had white and blue armour, now it's blood-red and bronze. The only repainting effort or official change was swapping the blue for bronze.

It is important to note that people who have seen them in action or immediately following may mention them to others as a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast figure to avoid]] if that character is [[ProfessionalKiller particularly efficient]] or [[AxCrazy particularly insane]]. The BloodKnight and the CombatSadomasochist have a high probability of invoking this, since they're both known to [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence revel in the feeling]]. Japanese has a word for this state, ''chimamire''. Which is NOT a word for this trope. All it means is "covered in blood." You can also be "doromamire" or "covered in mud." Contrary to popular belief, Japanese is not a "mystical, magic cartoon language", but a real language, just like English, or in this case, German, with its fondness for compound words.

It is important to note that people who have seen them in action or immediately following may mention them to others as a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast figure to avoid]] if that character is [[ProfessionalKiller particularly efficient]] or [[AxCrazy particularly insane]]. The BloodKnight and the CombatSadomasochist have a high probability of invoking this, since they're both known to [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence revel in the feeling]]. Japanese has a word for this state, ''chimamire''. Which is NOT a word for this trope. All it means is "covered in blood." You can also be "doromamire" or "covered in mud." Contrary to popular belief, Japanese is not a "mystical, magic cartoon language, but a real language, just like English, or in this case, German, with its fondness for compound words.

It is important to note that people who have seen them in action or immediately following may mention them to others as a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast figure to avoid]] if that character is [[ProfessionalKiller particularly efficient]] or [[AxCrazy particularly insane]]. The BloodKnight and the CombatSadomasochist have a high probability of invoking this, since they're both known to [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence revel in the feeling]]. Japanese has a word for this state, ''chimamire''.

* Happens to [[PlayerCharacter Martin Walker]] in ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'', representing his [[SanitySlippage deteriorating mental state]]. At one point, he suffers a ''[[Gorn massive burn]]'' across one side of his face, bloodying it even further.

* [[HunterOfMonsters Hunters]] in ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''. Understandable, since "blood" is half the game's title; the pseudo-Victorian styled clothing makes the copious amounts of blood staining them stand out even more. It comes in two main flavors: beasts, humans, and animals have red blood, while [[spoiler: Great Ones and Kins of the Cosmos]] bleed grey. It's possible for a skilled player to go about slaughtering enemies for quite a while and become almost completely coated.

* The ''Series/TrueBlood'' ''Rolling Stone'' [[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-joy-of-vampire-sex-the-schlocky-sensual-secrets-behind-the-success-of-true-blood-20110610 cover]].