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== Fanfic ==
* Happens sometimes in [[Knights of the Old Republic]] fanfics (more for the first than the second) with Canderous and the [[Player Character]]...but sometimes ''all'' the crew gets marked as ''vode.'' The Mandalorian language doesn't make the distinction between "friend" and "family member" after all.
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* In ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei swear an oath of brotherhood under the tree of a peach garden as quoted above that lasts for their whole lives. They are not the only sworn brothers in the story (for example, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu) but by far the most famous, and for multiple chapters the extent to which Guan Yu will go to uphold this is a plot point, used both by and against him: in particular, Zhang Liao got Guan Yu to surrender to Cao Cao by saying that he shouldn't [[Suicide by Cop|go out fighting]] while the missing Liu Bei might still need him), but Guan Yu conditioned that surrender as lasting only until he found his brother's whereabouts... and then openly rubbed the impermanence of this service in Cao Cao's face. Cao Cao however then made Guan Yu the [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|General Who Doesn't Do Anything]], up until his opposing warlord's main warrior was too much for Cao Cao's officers to handle and he was forced to pull Guan Yu off from the bench into his lineup.
* An Aiel ritual in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' can make you brother and sister, the ritual is shown in detail when Elayne and Aviendha go through it to become First-sisters.
** As a more literal example, several Borderlander monarchs go well out of their way to meet in person for a ritual of this sort, treated as much more serious than a written treaty.
* In ''[[The Bible]]'', David and Jonathan, make a covenant (pact) and their souls are bound together, making this trope [[Older Than Feudalism]]. Jonathan will do anything to protect David, namely betraying his own family.
** In the Catholic Dogma, our true father is God. Thus, we are ALL Blood Brothers.
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* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. In module CM1 "Test of the Warlords", the PC's can participate in the ritual of blood sharing with a barbarian chief.
* ''[[Changeling: The Dreaming]]'' has the Oath of Clasped Hands, which is your standard blood-mixing ritual with in-game results. (Specifically, both parties get an additional point of Willpower for as long as the oath is upheld.) It's described as the platonic version of the Oath of Truehearts, which is expressly for lovers.
** This is also how motleys usually form up in ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]''. Groups of changelings [[Magically-Binding Contract|swear an oath on the Wyrd]] to come together for a common purpose, and usually gain mechanical benefits related to that area on the condition that they stand up for one another and don't flag in their pursuit. Likewise, there are other Oaths that provide similar benefits, such as the Ancient Pact (which is when a changeling swears one of these with a mortal) and the Vernal Oath (which is a marriage oath).
* In ''[[Seventh Sea|7th Sea]]'', the Eisen have the concept of the ''rucken'' -- which means "back-brother" and is considered the the strongest oath an Eisen can give outside of marriage. The ''rucken'' is someone you can absolutely trust to have your back and vice-versa. Woe to anyone who betrays their ''rucken's'' trust and willingly breaks that vow.
* ''[[Ars Magica]]'' supplement ''The Order of Hermes''. When two mages want to form a bond of amicus (intense friendship), they cut their wrists and place their wrists together to share their blood. Grogs sometimes do this too, and specifically call each other "blood brother".
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* The "From this moment, you and I are Sworn Brothers" bit between Darunia and Link in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]''.
** Darunia is also a [[Blood Brothers|Sworn Brother]] with the King of Hyrule himself.
* Also, Snake's codec call on the Ice Climbers in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' implies that the Ice Climbers have formed this kind of bond with each other, though they're more like Blood Brother and Sister.
* Eventually, in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' Dak'kon does the Pronouncement of Two Deaths as One with you, effectively making you [[Blood Brothers]] until death.
* An alien species called Hunters in the ''[[Halo]]'' series always come in pars, and will try to avenge the death of the other. This rarely happens though, as they are both practically walking tanks, unless you happen to be the Master Chief.
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* ''[[The Saga of Tuck]]'': The Euro-mutt title character and his Chinese-American friend, Mike, call each other brother when not trading blows. This isn't just rhetoric: {{spoiler|the ritual is re-enacted more than once during the story and allows a kind of psychic link. Tuck claims he can't die unless Mike lets him go, and vice versa.}} This is so far unproven, but it was close.
* Carmilla and Fey, in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', even going so far as making a blood pact.
* In ''[[The Gungan Council]]'', Ryori and Ti'Cira went so far as to use blood in their pact to be faithful allies to each other. Darth Apparatus and Chaos Maxtor have a just as binding pact, minus the blood, where Chaos becomes the Darth's soldier while the latter gets functional immortality.
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* Used in ''[[American Dad]]'', when Stan and his new friend become brothers. The next scene shows them both at a hospital for a blood test, happily showing each other the negative test results.
* Parodied on ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' when Tobias tries to cut his hand open with a blunt stick. It doesn't work very well and he keeps trying to tear the skin well into the next scene.
* On ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]],'' [[Animorphism|Gar]] and [[Superpower Lottery|Megan]] refer to each other this way after [[Superhuman Transfusion|she gave him a blood transfusion]].
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