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** In fact, this trope is so common among the Dresdenverse's [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|many, many kinds of monsters]] that by the later books, "Bleed for me" has become the standard test for a mortal trying to decide [[Vampire Invitation|whether to invite a stranger]] into their home.

* [[Society of Immortals|Humanity]] in [[Robert Reed]]'s ''Great Ship'' universe have very dark red, almost black blood due to the huge amount of genetic engineering and extra bits of DNA and cells in their bloodstream. The Remoras, twisted by radiation and their own tailored viruses, often have odd blood - one of the characters, Orleans, has very thick black blood.

* The title character of ''The Alien'' by L.P. Davies was reported to have very ''unusual'' blood, with oddities about its color and some components that seemed more vegetable than animal -- leading to the suspicion that he ''was'' a space alien ... and might just have some connection with the sabotage of a government research facility. ''He'' couldn't answer any questions, because he'd lost his memory ... {{spoiler|and because he was a government agent himself, impersonating the (dead) possible alien/saboteur in hopes the man's comrades would contact him. It turned out the dead man ''wasn't'' an alien: the oddities in his blood were the result of an unethical medical experiment performed on him without his permission. Bitterness over ''that'' led him to help the foreign saboteurs. No genuine extraterrestrials were involved.}}

* Jack Williamson's ''Golden Blood'' concerns a gas from a volcanic fissure which permeates the flesh of anyone who spends enough time in proximity to it. Yes, it turns the blood, and eventually the skin and to a lesser extent hair and eyes, metallic gold in color. It also halts or at least slows aging (the [[Big Bad]] was [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|well over fifteen centuries old]]), enhances strength, and in the case of two animals seen, causes growth to unusual size.

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* ''[[Babylon 5]]:'' The Drazi have white blood. On the other hand, the other major races—the Minbari, the Centauri, and the Narns—have red blood.

* Basco ta Jolokia of ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' is shown to have light bluish-green blood {{spoiler|when he dies}}.

* One ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' episode had Majors Nelson and Healy crash-land an experimental spacecraft in a backwoods area ... and get captured by hillbillies who figured they must be Martian invaders. One local raised the question, "Do Martians have blood?" and another replied, "No, they don't ... or if they do, it's ''green''!" The astronauts quickly decided admitting to being Martians was safer than submitting to a blood test '''by pitchfork'''.