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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