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* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'': Monta always wears a bandage on his nose. When a fan asked about this, it was confirmed he wears it just for decoration. Although this isn't the case for Monta, real football players will occasionally wear ''nasal strips'', especially receivers.

* ''{{Anime/Hamatora}}'': Nice has three on his face.

* ''Manga/Reborn2004'': Ryohei and his First Generation Counterpart always have bandages on their noses.

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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Wolffy's humanized form in ''Mr.Wolffy, Mr.Right!'' wears an aesthetic bandage on his right cheek, replacing the RuggedScar he has in the main series.
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* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': In earlier seasons, Starbuck had a largish dressing on her back whenever she was seen with her shoulders bare. This was never remarked upon, although she'd usually been involved in sufficient rough-housing that you could infer she'd grazed herself. (The real purpose was to cover Katee Sackhoff's tattoo of a cross, which was inappropriate in BSG's pantheistic society. In later series, it was covered with a fake tattoo of a stepped pyramid. Or sometimes they didn't bother.)

* ''Series/LesFillesDaCote'': CampGay gym manager Gerard [[VanityIsFeminine is distraught]] about a pimple that has erupted on his right cheek and considers this blemish has ruined his looks. After trying to conceal it from gym customers, he rummages in the first aid box and puts a very big stickling plaster over it, announcing "this will fix it!". Which of course only draws attention to what people might otherwise have not even noticed. A lot of concerned people either blink in astonishment or anxiously ask what happened.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'': Akihiko Sanada has a bandage permanently ''over'' his left eye, just to remind you he's a boxer. In middle school, he wore one over his nose.

* Saki of ''Webcomic/{{Frivolesque}}'' always has such a band-air on her left cheek. There's also a less noticeable one on her left knee as well. There is no in-universe reason for either of them.
* Doc Worth of ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' has a crossed pair of bandages on the right side of his forehead; they're not always present in the strip, but they were in his first appearance and generally show up when Tessa draws him outside continuity. Worth probably needs the bandages, though, since he apparently gets into scrapes a lot. And it's not on his ''face'', but Hanna is also often seen with what looks like a similar crossed-over pair of bandages... on the knee of his pants.
* Seven in ''Webcomic/OffWhite'' has a band-aid across her nose.
* Rees from ''Webcomic/{{Serix}}'' has a "protective nose brace" that seems to be part of her actual body, considering her [[BodyBackupDrive backup bodies]] have them despite [[NakedOnRevival wearing no other clothing.]]

* Despite not being blind, Hesperia from ''Website/{{Killerbunnies}}'' has been observed to wear bandages over her [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/Hesparia-s-Eyes-484675155 eyes]] and only reveals said eyes when she is telling the future or something in relation to that.
* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'' has the Kikos, an entire species that has these.
* Orn "Dutchy" Ayers in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' v4 is mentioned as wearing a band-aid over the bridge of his nose. His profile confirms that this is more of a personality quirk/casual accessory than the result of an injury.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' [[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSuperDeformedShorts Super Deformed Shorts]], Mai has a band-aid on her nose.
* Jim Moralès of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' always wears a band-aid on the left cheek. He's seen once putting on a fresh one, but we're never shown what's underneath.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Self-proclaimed "local kook" Fiddleford "Old Man" [=McGucket=] has a pointless band-aid on his ''beard.'' {{Lampshaded|Trope}} by the man himself during "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E7SocietyOfTheBlindEye Society of the Blind Eye]]".
-->'''[=McGucket=]:''' Why does my beard have a bandage? Does that even make sense? Why has no one pointed that out?

* Ratso from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' wears one. Somewhere it was said that this was for a fashion statement.

* In ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'', SIE wears a band-aid on her left arm. The player never sees her get injured there, but she is a mercenary.
* Bandages (one on the cheek, one across the bridge of the nose) are an accessory in the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' games. Occasionally, villagers will ask if your character has hurt themself.
* Jimmy, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/ApeEscape 2'' wears a bandage on his nose. It is never explained why.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' games have a few examples;

** In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', has Salvador who also wears one over his nose. Given his [[AxCrazy personality]], it's likely that it might actually be broken.

%%* Kazuma Sakomoto from ''VideoGame/CaveStory''.
* Masaru Daimon in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' sports one on his cheek.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', Adell's younger brother, Taro, sports one of these on his left chin/cheek.
* Gene from ''VideoGame/GodHand'' has a square blue one on his left cheek bone. Sure, he's a rough-and-tumble drifter, but it's really unnecessary. It's still cool, of course.
* Luke from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility'' wears a bandage on the bridge of his nose.
%%* Kurimatsu in ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'''s Akihiko Sanada has a bandage permanently ''over'' his left eye, just to remind you he's a boxer. In middle school, he wore one over his nose.
* In ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'', destructible rock blocks in Oregano Desert are marked with bandages. Pillar John also wears bandages despite being made of stone.

** Maylene from ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' has bandages on her nose and bicep. Given the fact that she's a martial artist and trains fighting Pokémon, she may have injured her nose at least once. However, it appears to be mostly to make a point.
** Youngsters in ''VideoGame/PokemonOmegaRubyAndAlphaSapphire'' have a bandage across their nose.
** A bandage on the cheek is available as a character customization option in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. Only when you're shooting in-game promotional videos for yourself, however.

* Shoma Sawamura from ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' is a baseball player who is always shown with one on his nose. One can only assume it is from a stray pitch or sliding head-first to a base. Or because it's a fighting game, but then no one else has one...
* Ryo Hazuki from ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' always has a white adhesive strip on his upper left cheek. In some early production images it's an ordinary Band-aid instead.
* Jam and Tommy in ''VideoGame/SnowboardKids'' both have one on their noses.
* In ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'', Wolf sports one on his face after the player unlocks a secret fight against him. Apparently being a crook with injuries can only afford you those.

** Kooper from ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', but just his character artwork, though.
** Koops in [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor the sequel]] appears to have one. Given his shy, clumsy nature, however, it's probably there for a reason. Maybe because you keep kicking him in to things.
* Sayo Samonji from ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' has little white bandages on his face and knee. If he is heavily injured, the cheek bandage is replaced by a large bleeding cut. Aizen Kunitoshi has a more traditional and less period-appropriate bandaid across his nose, which is a permanent part of his character design.
* ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' has Rudy wear one on his left cheek. Why he does this is never explained.

* In the ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' series, Detective Gumshoe has been wearing a bandage in the same spot on his left cheek for at least seven years. It's almost-but-not-quite {{lampshaded}} in ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations Investigations]]'', when he asks, "Do I have something on my face or something?" to which the response is, "Well, actually..." The whole dialogue seems to be drawing attention to his Pointless Band-Aid, and then the punchline ends up being "haha, it's your face" or something equally ignoring it.
** Clay Terran in ''Dual Destinies'' seems to wear one across the bridge of his nose. Either it's pointless or he's had a broken nose since he was a kid.
* Kazuma Suzuka from ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide'' always wears a band-aid under his left eye, perhaps as a shorthand to indicate that he's into sports.

* Kenstar of ''WebAnimation/GirlchanInParadise'' wears one across the bridge of his nose, as does Maytag, his DistaffCounterpart.
* In episode 9 of ''WebAnimation/LetsGoTamagotchi'', Mametchi has a bandage on his right cheek that is never explained while Memetchi and Makiko argue over who has better curls.
* ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'': Lewis's little sister Belle has a band-aid on the bridge of her nose, in combination with a number of other band-aids which to imply she's a pretty active kid that ends up getting scrapes often, but the one on her nose seems to just be shorthand for her active personality.

* In early ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' comics, Deadpool's rival T-Ray wore a bandage across the bridge of his nose all the time. According to a letter column it wasn't originally pointless, having been put there to hold his nose to his face after it ''fell off''; eventually his HealingFactor took care of the problem, but he kept wearing it for no real reason.
* ''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'': Protagonist Matty Roth inexplicably starts wearing a bandage over the bridge of his nose in issue 3 and has it for the remainder of the story, spanning several years. It disappears briefly during a [[DependingOnTheArtist temporary artist change]] and then quickly returns.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Tyler has a bandage on his cheekbone to emulate Nelly as described in the Real Life section.

* The Parisian taxi driver in ''Film/NightOnEarth'' has a bandage on his forehead. The director admitted in the DVD extras it was there for visual interest.
* In ''Film/PulpFiction'', Marcellus Wallace has a bandage on the back of his neck that is never explained or commented on, but is highly visible during a scene in the movie where he is interviewing another character. This led to the EpilepticTree that the briefcase contained Marcellus' soul, and it was removed from the back of his neck, hence the Band-Aid. In reality, it was just there to cover a scar on Ving Rhames' neck.

* One of Bill Cosby's published anecdotes "Was Tarzan a Three-Bandage Man?" is about the neighborhood kids wearing band-aids over no injuries whatsoever in trying to make themselves look tough.

* In earlier seasons of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', Starbuck had a largish dressing on her back whenever she was seen with her shoulders bare. This was never remarked upon, although she'd usually been involved in sufficient rough-housing that you could infer she'd grazed herself. (The real purpose was to cover Katee Sackhoff's tattoo of a cross, which was inappropriate in BSG's pantheistic society. In later series it was covered with a fake tattoo of a stepped pyramid. Or sometimes they didn't bother.)

* ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'' is a LiveActionAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' (see below) for the real-life parts, and Jim Moralès' actor still faithfully sports the band-aid.
* In ''Series/LesFillesDaCote'', CampGay gym manager Gerard [[VanityIsFeminine is distraught]] about a pimple that has erupted on his right cheek and considers this blemish has ruined his looks. After trying to conceal it from gym customers, he rummages in the first aid box and puts a very big stickling plaster over it, announcing "this will fix it!". Which of course only draws attention to what people might otherwise have not even noticed. A lot of concerned people either blink in astonishment or anxiously ask what happened.
* ''Series/RabCNesbitt'': The title Glasgow anti-hero always has a dirty cloth bandage around his forehead, sweatband-style. Eventually he met his Spanish counterpart, who also wore one and addressed him as "Bandage!"
* During an early-season episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', John Belushi inadvertently cut Buck Henry with his sword during a Samurai sketch. For the rest of the show, the other cast members sported Band-Aids in tribute to Henry.
* In ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', newscaster Les Nessman always has at least one Band-Aid visible. It was eventually explained that Les owned a large dog that [[TheUnseen we never see]]. In RealLife, however, the actor playing Les suffered an injury prior to the taping of the first episode and wound up wearing a bandage during filming. He decided to make it a trademark of the character, and tried to avoid wearing a Band-Aid in the same place twice.