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* Hardcore and deathmatch wrestlers sometimes evoke this trope by wearing white ring gear that will inevitably get covered in blood, making it look like the wrestler really went through hell. As an example, Wrestling/MattCardona stepped into the ring with deathmatch legend Wrestling/NickGage wearing a pristine white tank top and left it wearing a truly gross red and pink one.
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* For the final arc of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Emperor Lelouch wears a fancy white set of robes. In the very last episode, he is stabbed through the chest with a big honking sword, [[ThanatosGambit just as he planned]]. A lot of focus is put on the blood.

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* For the final arc of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', [[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Emperor Lelouch Lelouch]] wears a fancy white set of robes. In the very last episode, he is stabbed through the chest with a big honking sword, [[ThanatosGambit just as he planned]]. A lot of focus is put on the blood.

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* The [[BloodyHilarious lawnmower incident]] on ''Series/MadMen''.

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* In the finale of ''Series/MrAndMrsSmith2024'', John is wearing an all-white outfit (in contrast to Jane, who is wearing all black) that gets increasingly bloodied as the carnage goes on. He ends the series [[spoiler:seemingly on the verge of death as Jane tries to save both of them.]]

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* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. The first scene is King George VI [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing blood]] into a white porcelain toilet bowl. Later after he's had surgery to supposedly fix the problem, he shows his doctor a bloody white handkerchief and asks for an explanation. It's then his doctor finally reveals the truth--the King is dying of lung cancer.

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The first scene is King George VI [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing blood]] into a white porcelain toilet bowl. Later after he's had surgery to supposedly fix the problem, he shows his doctor a bloody white handkerchief and asks for an explanation. It's then his doctor finally reveals the truth--the King is dying of lung cancer.cancer.
** InUniverse after the assassination of JFK; the Queen Mother is appalled that Jackie Kennedy hasn't been given a change of clothes, but Queen Elizabeth II realises this is deliberate as her [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste pink suit shows up the blood on television]].
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* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. The first scene is King George VI [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing blood]] into a white porcelain toilet bowl. Later after he's had surgery to supposedly fix the problem, he shows his doctor a bloody white handkerchief and asks for an explanation. It's then his doctor finally reveals the truth--the King is dying of lung cancer.

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