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{{quote|''And then our flag will fly, against a blood-red sky!''|'''[[Loves the Sound of Screaming|Zira]],''' ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King]] 2''}}

 

 

Often the fluid will be red in colour, and sometimes this is a trick shot to make it appear like someone has been injured, only to later reveal otherwise. It's sometimes used in kid- friendly shows to imply violence that would never pass the censors.

See also [[Alien Blood]] for strangely colored fluids pouring out of alien beings. See [[A Bloody Mess]] for red liquids being mistaken for blood.

 

 

== Advertising ==

* In the ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' movies, blood from the bots is represented in some cases by flourescent blue liquid ([[Fanon|which the fandom believes is Energon]]).

** In the second movie, a not-quite example is the use of 'fountains' of fire/sparks... kind of hard to explain without a visual aid, but surprisingly effective as a replacement for blood.

 

 

 

== Toys ==

** Pirdak's markings have been confirmed to be just that, but since his design is based on a shark's it is obvious that they meant for it to be reminiscent of blood. Also, unlike the rest of the Matoran Universe, the Endless Ocean ''does'' have fully organic creatures, like fish.

 

* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'', when fighting the [[Hercules (Disney)|Hydra]], the heads being chopped off lead to leaking smoke instead of blood. In [[Hercules (Disney)|the movie]] and the Japanese version of the game there's slime instead.

** [[Kingdom Hearts]] kind of seems to like using darkness as symbolic blood, actually. The {{spoiler|remade version of the Deep Dive scene}} in [[Kingdom Hearts Three Five Eight Days Over Two|358/2 Days]] has a moment where the dark smoke from the Heartless he just slew flies in front of his face like he was in some kind of samurai movie. The best example, though, is when Terra {{spoiler|shot Braig in the face}} in ''Birth by Sleep'' - {{spoiler|the reddish smoke fountaining from his missing eye and dark splotch where his scar will be}} might not necessarily ''be'' blood, but they sure do look like it, and the game never really bothers to make sure you realize it isn't.

* The robot/cyborg characters from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' would have their 'blood' coloured black as if it were oil being knocked out from the uppercut. Some other nonhumans ended up with green blood.

* In [[The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]], after you defeat {{spoiler|Ganondorf's gerudo form}} he falls to the ground, with his red cape unfolding around him in a way that makes it look like blood is actually flowing out of him.

== Webcomics ==

* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', when Antimony falls off the bridge, there's a [[Flash Back]] to a glass of water--that she dropped--spilling and shattering. Annie then thinks, "Well, now I know how the glass felt," as she falls.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* One episode of ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has Homer get clobbered by baby Maggie with a hammer, while he's painting. The red paint spills all around him like... well, you know. The entire scene is a parody of the ''[[Psycho (Film)|Psycho]]'' shower scene at that, complete with the paint swirling into a floor drain.

** Another has Marge accidentally fold up Homer's power-adjustable [[Bear Trap Bed|bed]] while he's sleeping in it. A red liquid pours out from the bed. It turns out to be Homer's juice box.

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