History Main / BloodTransfusionPlot

* In one episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Hawkeye operates on a bigoted soldier who is worried about getting the "wrong color" blood. [[ColorMeBlack Hawkeye and Trapper darken his skin to make him think he's turning black.]]

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'', Aunt May's health decreases to the point where she needs a blood transfusion from Peter. Peter worries that his radioactive blood might have an adverse effect on Aunt May, but participates in the transfusion anyway to save his aunt. This later comes back to haunt Peter in the ''If This Be My Destiny'' arc when Aunt May falls deathly ill from the radiation in his blood and requires a special isotope to save her life.

* ComicBook/SheHulk received her powers after Jennifer Walters was shot and badly wounded and her cousin, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]], was forced to give her an emergency transfusion on the spot to prevent her from bleeding to death.
* In a famous issue of ''{{Comicbook/Superman}}'' Lois Lane becomes BlackLikeMe for a day in the story "I Am Curious (Black)" and ended up giving a blood transfusion to a community leader who hated white people but needed [[AbNegative O negative blood]], and she was the closest person who had it. At first he was unwilling to receive it, but eventually came around and learned AnAesop.

* In ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'', when Tagg is critically injured by a glancing beam attack from a Guzzlord in the Ultra Ruin, upon getting teleported to the Ultra Ruins he ends up getting a blood transfusion from his counterpart from the [[AlternateUniverse AU]], who has become the liaison between that universe's PEFE and the Ultra Megalopolis in the eight year interim between the AU and Entralink Arcs.

* Subverted in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', when Joseph Joestar [[spoiler: is brought back to life by a blood transfusion from Dio's corpse. At first, it seems that the attempt backfired and revived DIO in Joseph's body]], but Jotaro's immediate threat of punching Joseph in the face revealed it as nothing more than a poorly thought-out prank.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Londo is poisoned by one of his jilted wives when he threatens to divorce them, and since he's an alien on a human-run station, they're short on his blood type. Shockingly, the one wife who wants to divorce him turns out to have the same blood type, and offers her blood (on the condition that he never be told about it, since neither of them would be able to stand the resulting sense of [[IOweYouMyLife indebtedness]]. The ExpandedUniverse novels reveal that he eventually figured it out).

* In ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', Mal has to get blood from Wash after he's shot in "Out of Gas". It's a direct style transfusion, with a tube between the two men sending blood from one to the other.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': In "Journey to Babel", Ambassador Sarek is suffering a severe heart condition and needs an emergency operation, which will require compatible blood; [[ABNegative naturally]], the only compatible donor is his son, Spock -- although it's complicated by the fact that Spock's blood has [[HalfHumanHybrid human factors]] which will need to be filtered out, meaning he will have to give even ''more'' blood and increasing the risk factor to both patients. In the middle of all of this, Kirk is attacked and severely injured by an assassin, and with the ''Enterprise'' carrying a ferryload of diplomats, Spock feels his duty to the ship must come first -- even when his anguished mother ''begs'' him to go through with it, which earns Spock a hard slap. In order to persuade him to go and save his father's life, Kirk has to get out of his hospital bed and [[ICanStillFight pretend he's recovered]] enough to reassume command, with the intention of turning over to Scotty once Spock's back is turned -- but before he can do so, [[FromBadToWorse the ship is attacked]], meaning [=McCoy=] has to perform the procedure ''during a battle''. Fortunately, despite everything, both Spock and Sarek pull through.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In "The Enemy", there is an injured Romulan who needs a transfusion, but the only compatible donor is Worf, who [[FantasticRacism hates Romulans]]. Eventually, he's convinced to give up some of his blood, but [[ShootTheShaggyDog by then, the Romulan has died]]. Even before, Worf decides to do it he speaks with the Romulan, [[DyingDeclarationOfHate who tells him that he would rather die than accept the transfusion anyway]].

* In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', there is an injured Romulan who needs a transfusion, but the only compatible donor is Worf, who [[FantasticRacism hates Romulans]]. Eventually, he's convinced to give up some of his blood, but [[ShootTheShaggyDog by then, the Romulan has died]].
** Even before Worf decides to do it he speaks with the Romulan, who tells him that he would rather die than accept the transfusion anyway.

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* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'': The ChristmasEpisode "Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas" deals with the Morlock Leech being seriously ill with the possibility of curing him by getting a blood transfusion from ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} because of his HealingFactor. However, Logan is reluctant because he tried it once in the past but it failed. Luckily, the transfusion with Leech is successful.

* In an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', a young woman, who turns out to be the daughter of [[TheDon a powerful Columbian drug lord]], is found dead, and the forensic report states that she has several blood types in her body. The head pathologists argue about whether or not it was a mistake, but when they identify that it came from two other donors, the [=CSI=]s piece together what happened. The daughter had been living with her aunt, the drug lord's sister, to keep her out of trouble, and sent her to college in "boring" Utah. When she and her roommate went to Las Vegas for some fun, the owner of a nightclub kicked her out because he didn't want trouble with her father; instead, he sent her to a warehouse used for smuggling drugs, where some low-level dealers wanted to give her some weed, but she inhaled a chemical used to cut cocaine instead. To keep her from overdosing, they tried to replace her contaminated blood with their own (referencing an urban legend where [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith Richards]] used blood transfusions after a binge to pass drug tests). After she died from the reaction of having three incompatible blood types in her, they dumped the body. At the very end, the drug lord orders the dealers to be shanked in prison, while the roommate, the club owner, and the drug lord's sister are all given [[PrettyLittleHeadshots a bullet in the head.]]

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Londo is poisoned by one of his jilted wives when he threatens to divorce them, and since he's an alien on a human-run station, they're short on his blood type. Shockingly, the one wife who wants to divorce him turns out to have the same blood type, and offers her blood (on the condition that he never be told about it, since neither of them would be able to stand the resulting sense of [[IOweYouMyLife indebtedness]]).

** In a first season episode, Logan needs a blood transfusion but, on account of the [[FallenStatesOfAmerica third world state of the USA]], the blood bank is short on his blood type. Fortunately, Max and the other [[SuperSoldier X-5 transgenics]] turn out to all be type O- so they can provide one another easy blood and organ transplants.
** In season two, Logan is accidentally infected with the tailored virus designed to kill him and the antibodies from a transgenic's blood are needed to cure him. Unfortunately Max is carrying the virus, and Alec has been kidnapped, so they need to sneak Joshua into the hospital posing as a corpse (to hide his canine facial features).

Blood transfusions are a pretty common medical procedure nowadays, done properly and with access to a well-stocked blood bank they're perfectly safe. But, what if they're out of the patient's blood type, or they need one specific person's blood? Maybe there is a donor available, but the recipient has a personal reason to not want their blood? Perhaps blood that was thought to be safe is transfused, but turns out to have some issue that was missed and the patient gets worse or even dies.

** In another episode, "Post Op", the 8077's blood supply is running dangerously low despite repeated calls and almost everyone donating. In the end, several Turkish soldiers arrive to donate blood as thanks for the doctors caring for one of their wounded.

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* {{Exaggerated}} in ''Manga/BlueRamun'' -- the protagonist is Jessie, a young healer from a tribe of people whose [[ThePowerOfBlood blood is imbued]] [[HealingHands with magically curative properties]]. Every member of the tribe is trained as a doctor, and although the tribe members spend years learning traditional herbal medicine and modern surgical techniques, their blood is such an effective panacea that they incorporate it into practically all their treatments. Every plot boils down to a Blood Transfusion Plot because Jessie's blood is usually the only course of treatment that can reverse the effects of a deadly poison, or prevent a sickly child from succumbing to a hereditary blood disease, or stop a patient from perishing due to a magical fantasy illness that turns the body's living cells into inert sand, etc....

* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'': The ChristmasEpisode "Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas" deals with the Morlock Leech being seriously ill with the possibility of curing him by getting a blood transfusion from Franchise/{{Wolverine}} because of his HealingFactor. However, Logan is reluctant because he tried it once in the past but it failed. Luckily, the transfusion with Leech is successful.