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During an important part of the story, our hero, or just the character in focus, kills someone or something. This death could be popping his [[It Gets Easier|murder cherry]], or it could just be one of the first kills [[Kick the Morality Pet|he thinks is wrong]]. Even if it was self-defense and completely justified, he still feels guilt-ridden. He looks down in a [[My God, What Have I Done?]] moment, shocked at his hands because they just became accomplices in taking a life.
"These hands have killed! I've got [[Blood
Could be followed by [[Out, Damned Spot!]], but it doesn't have to be. This has nothing to do with washing one's hands of blood, metaphorically or literally -- only with acknowledging the shedding.
This is a [[Sub-Trope]] to [[My God, What Have I Done?]] -- the character in question experiences that guilt while staring horrified at his hands -- and [[Blood
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* In ''[[Gundam Wing]]'', Zechs Merquise ( {{spoiler|aka Milliardo Peacecraft}}) liberated the Sanc Kingdom, but refuses to become the new ruler on the grounds that "his hands are stained with too much blood".
* [[Rurouni Kenshin]] says something close to the trope phrase in the opening to his super-long flashback arc about {{spoiler|his wife Tomoe, whom he had inadvertently killed some thirteen years previous as the climax of his career as an assassin.}}
* In the [[
* In the ''Tokyo Revelations'' arc of [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]], Sakura is tasked with finding and retrieving some jewel to pay Yuuko back with. Along the way, she gets ambushed by a [[Attack of the
** Also {{spoiler|Clone}}!Syaoran when he realized that [[My God, What Have I Done?|he had just]] {{spoiler|killed Clone!Sakura}}.
* In [[Digimon Adventure 02]] after Ken's [[Heel Face Turn]] he looks at his hands and says this as he's wallowing in self-pity about the things he did as the Digimon Emperor.
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== Film ==
* "This is the skin of a KILLER!" in the ''[[Twilight (
** [[Everything's Better
* In ''[[Equilibrium]]'' after John Preston stops taking his medicine he pulls this trope when he catches a dying resistance fighter in his arms that his partner shot, almost transfixed by the blood on his gloves and gun.
* ''[[Total Recall]]''. Quaid does this right after he slaughters the five agents trying to kill him on Earth, before he goes back to his "wife" Lori. He actually has their blood on his hands at the time.
* In ''[[The Neverending Story (
* Subverted in [[John Woo]]'s ''[[Broken Arrow (1996
* Lenina Huxley in ''[[Demolition Man]]'', though she deals with it okay after Spartan points out it was self-defense.
* In ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', Luke has an instant of this, though it's because he cut through Darth Vader's prosthetic arm in anger, has his own [[Artificial Arm]], and grasps [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|what he's doing]].
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== Music ==
* In [[The Megas]] album [[Get Equipped]], the song Lamentations of a War Machine/End Song, taking place after ''[[Mega Man (
{{quote| If I've a heart made of steel<br />
Then does that mean I cannot feel?<br />
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* ''[[Tomb Raider]]: Anniversary'' (pictured): {{spoiler|Lara has exactly this reaction after killing Larsen.}}
* In ''[[Mega Man (
* This is used to explain why Regal keeps himself handcuffed in ''[[
* Kiryu's "victory" animation in ''[[Godzilla]]: Unleashed'' has him look at his hands, then pull them down his face screaming.
* In ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'', James' reaction to killing {{spoiler|Eddie}} in self defense is like this, but it's ironic because {{spoiler|he's already killed his wife, although he's blocked it out of his mind}}.
* In [[Final Fantasy 7]], Barret tries to make peace with his old friend, Dyne, by mentioning the man's daughter (whom Barret had rescued and adopted after their town was destroyed). Dyne refuses, noting that not only would she not remember him, but that his hands are too stained to carry her any more. Then he jumps off a cliff, leaving Barret to admit that [[Moral Dissonance|his hands aren't any cleaner.]]
* Inverted in ''[[Eve Online]]'' chronicle ''[http://www.eveonline.com/background/potw/default.asp?cid=14-07-05 Hands of a Killer]'', where the [[Heroic Sociopath|owner of said hands]] gleefully admits that while he has never committed physical violence, he is nevertheless responsible of [[A Million Is a Statistic|deaths of countless people]], [[We Have Reserves|including his own crew]]. It's all a part of his recruiting speech.
* In the ending of [[Play Station 3]] [[Updated Rerelease]] of ''[[
== Web Animation ==
* Dust of ''[[
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[
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