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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.▼ 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]]. ▲If a hero comes running back home only to find his family and friends used this way, it may lead to a [[Heroic BSOD]]. ▲[[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 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. {{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * ~~Anywhere~~This is pretty much standard 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]]'', 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.}}