Line #18 PlayingWith/DrawSwordDrawBlood


1	'''Basic Trope''': A belief or requirement that a sword must bleed something before being returned to its scabbard.
2	* '''Straight''': Gurk the Gurkha insists his kukri must draw blood before being returned to its scabbard.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Gurk's kukuri must kill a loved one every time it is drawn.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Hiro's sword must not be sheathed until a battle is over, one way or another.
5	* '''Justified''': It's an EvilWeapon, and the kukri [[EmpathicWeapon literally refuses to be returned to its sheath without blood.]]
6	* '''Inverted''':
7	** [[NonLethalWarfare Hiro's sword must never draw blood.]]
8	** [[IaijutsuPractitioner Alternately, it must be returned to its sheath constantly.]]
9	* '''Subverted''':
10	** Gurk takes out his Kukri, looks it over and return it to its sheath without consideration.
11	** The "requirement" is nothing more than the result of Gurk's superstition.
12	** Gurk later admits, using the blade to chop fruits, that the "must draw blood" thing was a story he made up because he was sick of people asking to see it.
13	* '''Double Subverted''':
14	** Before he puts it all the way in, he takes it out and quickly nicks himself with it again.
15	** Or at least, it ''was'' just a superstition or a story until [[EvilWeapon the thing got empowered by a demon]].
16	* '''Parodied''':
17	** The same rule is applied to a butterknife.
18	** The rule is applied to a blunt or soft object that shouldn't be able to draw blood at all, let alone hurt someone.
19	** Gurk must draw a picture of someone bleeding before his Kukuri can be sheathed.
20	** Alice is an EquippableAlly, and if she's untransformed without drawing blood she compulsively bites people.
21	* '''Zig Zagged''': Kukris can be drawn and sheathed fine, but Gurk's katana requires blood. Then he finds an evil kukuri that also requires this, as well as a holy katana that does not.
22	* '''Averted''': No such rule is mentioned.
23	* '''Enforced''': Gurk only does it for the tourists.
24	* '''Lampshaded''':
25	** "You must go through a lot of band-aids with that rule..."
26	** "A sword that must be fed blood? That's...creepy."
27	* '''Invoked''':
28	** Gurk does this in order to prove his dedication.
29	** It's a rule of the culture to prevent people from being too eager to draw their swords pointlessly.
30	* '''Exploited''': Gurk doesn't know if his EvilWeapon needs blood, but does this anyway in an attempt to keep it happy.
31	* '''Defied''':
32	** "It needs to do what? No that's stupid, I use the damn knife all the time."
33	** Gurk draws the sword... and just keeps it [[BladeAcrossTheShoulder on his shoulder instead, of sheathing it,]] [[LoopholeAbuse allowing him to avoid the requirement.]]
34	* '''Discussed''': ???
35	* '''Conversed''': "That's about as realistic as a {{Horny Viking\|s}}."
36	* '''Implied''': Gurk's hand is covered in cuts, and we never see him draw a blade without killing something.
37	* '''Deconstructed''': Gurk needs to draw his kukri constantly due to training and using it to prepare food. As a result, he picks up a blood infection this way, and his hand is marked with cuts. His kukri is also rusting due to constant contact with blood
38	* '''Reconstructed''': The kukri in question is the "war knife," rather than one for peaceful uses or training. The fact that [[HairTriggerTemper he draws it without cause that often]] indicates his bad character and lack of respect for the blade.
39	* '''Played For Laughs''': Gurk dramatically poses with his sword... and then has to cut his hand to put it back. He then sighs and gets out another band-aid, to put on a hand covered with them.
40	* '''Played For Drama''':
41	** The blade Tyrfing is the most powerful weapon Gurk can use, but its requirement to killing a loved one for every use means that the situation has to be far, far past the GodzillaThreshold for this even to be considered.
42	** Gurk is always very careful to give his kukri blood after every use, and it's [[EvilWeapon jet black with a glowing red eye.]] [[SealedEvilInACan It turns out there's a demon inside it]], and if it's sheathed without blood the demon will be able to break free.
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