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* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'''s first season, one of the Shinten'nou had a [[Heel Face Turn]] and was quickly hunted down and stabbed through the ''chest'' with branch tentacles. His blood was everywhere, but it was green so it was okay to show, even on Western Television. Curiously, the other 3 generals all bled red whenever receiving injuries.
* In ''[[Sailor Moon]]'''s first season, one of the Shinten'nou had a [[Heel Face Turn]] and was quickly hunted down and stabbed through the ''chest'' with branch tentacles. His blood was everywhere, but it was green so it was okay to show, even on Western Television. Curiously, the other 3 generals all bled red whenever receiving injuries.
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'' makes use of this, which has the odd effect of making the wounds of the [[Bring My Red Jacket|red-wearing protagonist]] ''more'' jarring.
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'' makes use of this, which has the odd effect of making the wounds of the [[Bring My Red Jacket|red-wearing protagonist]] ''more'' jarring.
** Averted in [[The Movie|the Movies]]
** Averted in [[the Movie]]s
* One of the sillier instances of Black Blood happened in Episode 13 of ''[[Bamboo Blade]]'' for [[Psycho Lesbian]] Reimi's [[Nosebleed]]. There was no reason for it to be black, but it was.
* One of the sillier instances of Black Blood happened in Episode 13 of ''[[Bamboo Blade]]'' for [[Psycho Lesbian]] Reimi's [[Nosebleed]]. There was no reason for it to be black, but it was.
* Piccolo and other Nameks bleed purple blood in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z''. It should be noted that both Piccolo Sr. and Piccolo Jr. had bleed red blood in some instances - the former when he got a hole in his stomach (triggering his explosive death) and the later when he got his arm severely injured during his fight with Goku on the Budokai tournament, and severed his very own arm (only to regrow it again in a matter of seconds).
* Piccolo and other Nameks bleed purple blood in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z''. It should be noted that both Piccolo Sr. and Piccolo Jr. had bleed red blood in some instances - the former when he got a hole in his stomach (triggering his explosive death) and the later when he got his arm severely injured during his fight with Goku on the Budokai tournament, and severed his very own arm (only to regrow it again in a matter of seconds).
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* Seen a lot in comic books, too. The ''[[Wolverine]]'' series is kind of notorious for it. In the hands of a bad artist, it can look like just blotched inking.
* Seen a lot in comic books, too. The ''[[Wolverine]]'' series is kind of notorious for it. In the hands of a bad artist, it can look like just blotched inking.
* In ''[[G.I. Joe]]''--a ''war'' comic, albeit one where any named protagonist or even antagonist dying was a major plot event--blood was usually black, with the occasional redness in the "glossy patch" (where a bit of white would be on an oil slick to show it was reflective).
* In ''[[G.I. Joe]]''—a ''war'' comic, albeit one where any named protagonist or even antagonist dying was a major plot event—blood was usually black, with the occasional redness in the "glossy patch" (where a bit of white would be on an oil slick to show it was reflective).
* In the ''Death of [[Superman]]'' storyline at some points his blood was black as Doomsday cut him but not all the time.
* In the ''Death of [[Superman]]'' storyline at some points his blood was black as Doomsday cut him but not all the time.
** Also, the [[Pre Crisis]] story introducing the revamped, [[Skele-Bot 9000|SkeleBot]] version of Brainiac, showed Superman taking what was, at that time, an unprecedentedly graphic beating. His blood was colored black, and frankly, that just made it ''creepier.'' Then again, this was the brief period in the mid-80's when Gil Kane was inking his own work, lending a very surreal look to his normally very realistic pencils. The black blood is just one more factor making the already weird images start to veer into [[Nightmare Fuel]] territory.
** Also, the [[Pre Crisis]] story introducing the revamped, [[Skele-Bot 9000|SkeleBot]] version of Brainiac, showed Superman taking what was, at that time, an unprecedentedly graphic beating. His blood was colored black, and frankly, that just made it ''creepier.'' Then again, this was the brief period in the mid-80's when Gil Kane was inking his own work, lending a very surreal look to his normally very realistic pencils. The black blood is just one more factor making the already weird images start to veer into [[Nightmare Fuel]] territory.
* [[Ultimate Spider-Man]] had Peter Parker come home to find Uncle Ben dead and black bloodstains on the carpet.
* [[Ultimate Spider-Man]] had Peter Parker come home to find Uncle Ben dead and black bloodstains on the carpet.
* [[Geof Darrow|Hard]] [[Frank Miller|Boiled]] utilizes black blood, may be justified in the case of the protagonist since he's a robot.
* [[Geof Darrow|Hard]] [[Frank Miller|Boiled]] utilizes black blood, may be justified in the case of the protagonist since he's a robot.
* City of Silence by [[Warren Ellis]] and Gary Erskine uses black blood, which is weird considering how gleefully [[Squick|Squicky]] the comic is about displaying a decadent dystopia.
* City of Silence by [[Warren Ellis]] and Gary Erskine uses black blood, which is weird considering how gleefully [[Squick]]y the comic is about displaying a decadent dystopia.
* Used when [[Tintin]] is shot in the shoulder in ''The Blue Lotus''.
* Used when [[Tintin]] is shot in the shoulder in ''The Blue Lotus''.


== Film ==
== Film ==
* The trailer for ''[[Kill Bill]] Volume 1'' digitally retouched the blood on the Bride to a black color for the scenes from the fight with the Crazy 88, just to get an All Audiences rating for it. In the movie itself, that fight scene was partially turned to black and white for the US release for a similar reason; audiences elsewhere got to see the gore as Tarantino intended.
* The trailer for ''[[Kill Bill]] Volume 1'' digitally retouched the blood on the Bride to a black color for the scenes from the fight with the Crazy 88, just to get an All Audiences rating for it. In the movie itself, that fight scene was partially turned to black and white for the US release for a similar reason; audiences elsewhere got to see the gore as Tarantino intended.
* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' uses copious amounts of [[Black Blood]], particularly during Westley's fight with the ROUS and Inigo's duel with Count Rugen.
* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' uses copious amounts of Black Blood, particularly during Westley's fight with the ROUS and Inigo's duel with Count Rugen.
* For ''[[Evil Dead]] 2'', director Sam Raimi attempted to keep his R rating by filling the Deadites with every color of fluids ''except'' red. And then splatter it all on Bruce Campbell at once. It didn't work and the movie got slapped with an X rating anyway, so they opted to release it unrated instead.
* For ''[[Evil Dead]] 2'', director Sam Raimi attempted to keep his R rating by filling the Deadites with every color of fluids ''except'' red. And then splatter it all on Bruce Campbell at once. It didn't work and the movie got slapped with an X rating anyway, so they opted to release it unrated instead.
* [[Alfred Hitchcock]] famously shot ''[[Psycho]]'' in black and white, specifically so he could use chocolate syrup to represent Janet Leigh's blood in the shower scene.
* [[Alfred Hitchcock]] famously shot ''[[Psycho]]'' in black and white, specifically so he could use chocolate syrup to represent Janet Leigh's blood in the shower scene.
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* The US console release of ''[[Darkstalkers]] 3'' uses ''white'' blood, which, at best, makes it look like sand or kitty litter. And, just to make things utterly nonsensical, Jedah's blood-based attacks are still rendered in a deep purple like they were in the arcade.
* The US console release of ''[[Darkstalkers]] 3'' uses ''white'' blood, which, at best, makes it look like sand or kitty litter. And, just to make things utterly nonsensical, Jedah's blood-based attacks are still rendered in a deep purple like they were in the arcade.
** The effect this had on Dmitri's super attack is legendary. First he turns his opponent into a pretty female (if necessary), then he bites their neck, which causes a pool of blood to form directly under them. But in the censored version, it forms a pool of ''white fluid''. The result looks nearly pornographic.
** The effect this had on Dmitri's super attack is legendary. First he turns his opponent into a pretty female (if necessary), then he bites their neck, which causes a pool of blood to form directly under them. But in the censored version, it forms a pool of ''white fluid''. The result looks nearly pornographic.
* The original ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' downright inverts this. ''Everything'' bleeds red, even when it doesn't make sense for it to. ''Devil May Cry 3'' backs down a little, and actually has creatures "bleed" appropriate to what they are -- sand, ichor, impact sparks, whatever.
* The original ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' downright inverts this. ''Everything'' bleeds red, even when it doesn't make sense for it to. ''Devil May Cry 3'' backs down a little, and actually has creatures "bleed" appropriate to what they are—sand, ichor, impact sparks, whatever.
* If you turn off the "Gore" option in ''[[Alien Hominid]]'', enemies spray flowers when stabbed.
* If you turn off the "Gore" option in ''[[Alien Hominid]]'', enemies spray flowers when stabbed.
* The Colossi in the T-rated ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' all bleed black blood when stabbed or shot. Then again, it might have looked ''weird'' if they had bled anything ''but'' black, given the [[Real Is Brown|aesthetic]] of the rest of the game. "Black Blood" is actually the name of one of the tracks on the OST.
* The Colossi in the T-rated ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' all bleed black blood when stabbed or shot. Then again, it might have looked ''weird'' if they had bled anything ''but'' black, given the [[Real Is Brown|aesthetic]] of the rest of the game. "Black Blood" is actually the name of one of the tracks on the OST.
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