History Main / RiversOfBlood

[[TropeNamer Named]] after a famous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_Blood_speech speech]] by Enoch Powell, which is, however, not an example of this trope.

* Super Mario Kollision 1 (created by [[VideoGame/HammerBrother Blackout77]] has an early level with a swimmable river of blood.

--->'''Mr. Burns:''' Hmm, that's odd. The blood usually gets off at the second floor.

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* Many of the angels in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' spill enough blood that the city streets end up flooded when they're killed, though this is understandable given [[{{Kaiju}} their sheer size]].

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' DLC ''The Old Hunters'', where there is a literal river of blood flowing through the fake-Yharnam portion of the Hunter's Nightmare. The banks of this river is completely filled with [[spoiler:[[NotQuiteDead still somewhat living]]]] shriveled up corpses, and at the end lies the WakeUpCallBoss.

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure S1 ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors''. If the valves of mithril are cut by a sharp weapon they will gush forth a river of blood - the blood of all of the creatures that have died within the Tomb. If not stopped, it will fill the room to the ceiling.

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** The [[Film/TheShining Shining]] bit was parodied in the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV "Treehouse of Horror V"]]:
-->Mr. Burns: Hmm, that's odd. The blood usually gets off at the second floor.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'': The Chaos god Khorne sits on a massive throne of brass on an ever-growing [[NothingButSkulls mountain of skulls]] located in an ocean of blood. The skulls come from worthy warriors (his faithful's enemies or their own, he does not like it when people use the skull of defenseless victims as trophies), while the blood never stops flowing from the constant warfare in the galaxy. Both policies are summed up in the oft-heard [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]] "Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!" as well as "Khorne cares not from where the blood flows, only that it flows".

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta2}} Bayonetta 2]]'' uses this trope as a background event when you fight the Masked Lumen for the second time. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the fight takes place inside a demon and the parties involved are hurling summons at each other that slowly shred the demon's insides.

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* In the manga version of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' and its Brotherhood anime, Gluttony's stomach contains a portal to an infinite dimension that has an ankle-deep coating of blood on its floor. [[UpToEleven The "dirt" underneath that, according to Ed, is closer to clotted blood than dirt.]]
* In the final episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', IllGirl Hyatt starts bleeding for no apparent reason and produces enough blood to literally flood the entire world.
* Many of the angels in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' spill enough blood that the city streets end up flooded when they're killed, though this is understandable given [[{{Kaiju}} their sheer size]].

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* ''Film/TheShining'': Blood pours out of an elevator, flooding a hotel hallway.
* In ''Film/KungFuHustle'', when Sing is infiltrating the asylum The Beast is being held in, he runs through the corridors until he runs onto one cell at a dirty-looking corridor. The cell door slowly opens and then a large stream of blood floods out of the cell room. [[spoiler:It turns out to be merely Sing's ImagineSpot; he was merely staring at the door, imagining it happening.]]
* The Bible example gets a ShoutOut in the first ''Film/TheMummy1999'' movie. Upon Imhotep's awakening, all the water in Egypt turns into blood.

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* After the conquest of Port Murchison in ''Literature/TheGeneral'' series, Raj muses that it's the first time he's literally seen the streets running with blood.

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure S1 ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors''. If the valves of mithril are cut by a sharp weapon they will gush forth a river of blood - the blood of all of the creatures that have died within the Tomb. If not stopped, it will fill the room to the ceiling.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'': The Chaos god Khorne sits on a massive throne of brass on an ever-growing [[NothingButSkulls mountain of skulls]] located in an ocean of blood. The skulls come from worthy warriors (his faithful's enemies or their own, he does not like it when people use the skull of defenseless victims as trophies), while the blood never stops flowing from the constant warfare in the galaxy. Both policies are summed up in the oft-heard [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]] "Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!" as well as "Khorne cares not from where the blood flows, only that it flows".

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* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'': Lara wades through a stream of gore full of people sacrificed by the island's cult.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta2}} Bayonetta 2]]'' uses this trope as a background event when you fight the Masked Lumen for the second time. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the fight takes place inside a demon and the parties involved are hurling summons at each other that slowly shred the demon's insides.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' Stan's sister is menstruating and sends him out to buy her some tampons. When he comes back (without any) and opens the door, menstrual blood floods out.

* The [[Film/TheShining Shining]] bit was parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV "Treehouse of Horror V"]]:

** A very similar thing happens at a crime scene in a later episode. Chief Wiggum resolves to get to work on it with some paper towel.

* ''Literature/TheBible'' describes this in the apocalyptic battle in Revelation 14:20.
--> And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
** In the Book of Exodus, one of the ten plagues brought upon the Egyptians was that all water turned to blood– even the river Nile.

[[caption-width-right:300: That's odd. Usually the blood gets off on the second floor.]]

-->Mr. Burns: Hmm, that's odd. The blood usually gets off at the second floor.

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Part of the finale involve the streets of London being filled with rivers of blood that Alucard uses for his healing power.

* The Bible example gets a ShoutOut in the first ''Film/TheMummy'' movie. Upon Imhotep's awakening, all the water in Egypt turns into blood.

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* The [[Film/TheShining Shining]] bit was parodied in the Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror V":