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Line 3: [[File:Alien Shooter after sm 3820.jpg\|link=Alien Shooter\|frame\|After.]] {{quote\|''"C'mon, team. Let's go paint the undefended town a nice shade of 'BLAM'."''\|'''Elf''', ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''}} In the course of a [[Cruel and Unusual Death]] or ~~even~~ when ~~it's just that~~ [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting]], things get messy. And the things that suffer most are the buildings (inside and out) in town that get covered in everyone's blood. It's usually also the sign of a [[Ax Crazy\|particularly violent]] [[Serial Killer\|person]] walking around just [[Professional Killer\|doing what they do best]] - '''Paint the Town Red'''. Someone may help the job along by leaving a [[Bloody Handprint]]. [[High-Pressure Blood]] could also do the trick, as well as a victim dealing with [[Boom! Headshot!\|a gaping]] [[Your Head Asplode\|head wound]]. Particularly shown when a director takes [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank\|creative liberties on death scenes.]]. [[The Other Wiki]] tells us that the [[Trope Namer]], but not an actual example of the trope, is [[w:Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford\|Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford]]'s drunken entry into Melton Mowbray on April 6, 1837, in which he and his companions stole paint and ''literally'' painted Melton Mowbray's doors red after the tollkeeper asked them to pay the toll to enter the town. The tollkeeper and a constable were also painted red, but not killed. Usually goes well with [[Gorn]] with a side of [[Ludicrous Gibs]] for in-your-face action. Contrast [[Bloodless Carnage]].▼ If a hero comes running back home only to find his family and friends used this way, it may lead to a [[Heroic BSOD]]. ▲Usually goes well with [[Gorn]] with a side of [[Ludicrous Gibs]] for in-your-face action. Contrast [[Bloodless Carnage]]. {{examples}} == [[Anime]] &and [[Manga]] ==▼ * This is pretty much standard anywhere Ladd and Claire go in ''[[Baccano!]]!''. ▲== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] == * In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', this is Scar's calling card. And it later becomes commonplace for {{spoiler\|Wrath/King Bradley}}.▼ * Anywhere Ladd and Claire go in ''[[Baccano!]]!'', this is pretty much standard. ▲* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', this is Scar's calling card. And it later becomes commonplace for {{spoiler\|Wrath/King Bradley}}. * Zoro from ''[[One Piece]]'' revels in this trope. * In ''[[Hellsing]]'', this is Alucard's favorite activity. {{spoiler\|Seras}} invokes this trope once, {{spoiler\|literally smearing her opponent all over a wall.}} * Commonplace in ''[[Bludgeoning Angel ~~Dokuro-chan\|Bokusatsu Tenshi~~ Dokuro-chan]]'', often [[Bloody Hilarious\|played for laughs]]. * In the ''[[Blood: The Last Vampire]]'' movie, Saya wasn't afraid of doing this, even {{spoiler\|in front of a nurse who didn't have the foggiest idea of what was going on.}} * Often used to imply or enhance the amount of incredible violence that the Angels and EVAs are capable of in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', most memorably when {{spoiler\|Gendo orders the autopilot to take over and destroy the EVA being piloted by Touji after an Angel hijacks it}}. Line 25 ⟶ 26: * This is the signature of the titular ''[[Ichi the Killer]]''. The comic and film open with a crew cleaning up his mess. * Happens quite frequently in ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'', thanks to the zombies. == [[Film]] == Line 32: * The first [[The Gamers\|Gamers]] film had a rather spectacular example from the [[Ludicrous Gibs]] side of this trope, after Nimble decides to backstab Hunk. With a ballista. {{quote\|'''Gamemaster:''' Well, that's 264 points of damage. You splatter Hunk all over the common room. The patrons shriek in horror and run out of the inn, occasionally slipping on blood and entrails. You're now alone in a room that looks like a vat of beef stroganoff exploded in it.}} == [[Literature]] == * Averted in many fights in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' series thanks to the fact that creatures from the Nevernever have [[No Body Left Behind\|auto-cleanup on destruction.]] * On a few occasions in the General series by David Drake, this occurs. A [[Discussed Trope]] - Raj notes that it's the first (or one of the few) times he's literally seen streets run red, and this is basically because an entire army got massacred on each occasion. (One of them was about forty thousand or so troops disembarking off their ships to discover that Raj's men are waiting in ambush - with rifles and field guns. They take casualties of something like 50% before they manage to surrender.) == [[Western Animation]] ==▼ * Brock Samson has performed this on occasion in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''.▼ == [[Web Original]] ==▼ * [[Chakona Space]]: In a recent story set in Neal Foster's more distant past, he doesn't paint the town so much as the ceilings of a starship's bridge and sickbay.▼ == [[Video Games]] == Line 56 ⟶ 46: * In ''[[Skullgirls]]'', the character [[Ax Crazy\|Peacock]] mentions the trope by name in her battle introduction. However, this doesn't actually happen in-game. == ~~Real~~[[Web ~~Life~~Comics]] == * Discussed after a fashion in [https://tapas.io/episode/823310 this] ''[[Erma]]'' strip, but never actually happens. ▲== [[Web Original]] == ▲* [[Chakona Space]]: In a recent story set in Neal Foster's more distant past, he doesn't paint the town so much as the ceilings of a starship's bridge and sickbay. ▲== [[Western Animation]] == ▲* Brock Samson has performed this on occasion in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''. == [[Real Life]] == * A suicide bomber rushed a tank. This happened. The tank suffered no damage. * A number of dead baby jokes go along these lines: ''How many dead babies does it take to paint a wall? Depends how hard you throw them.'' {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Paint the Index Red~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Bloody Tropes]] [[Category:Horror Tropes]] [[Category:Paint the ~~Town~~Index Red]]