History Main / BloodFromTheMouth

* In the UsefulNotes/SegaCD game ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', the Benson that turns out not to be a snatcher begins to bleed from the mouth as he says his final words to Gillian. The blood is a modest drip; which is strange considering his injuries are so devastating, that Metal Gear Mk. II can't even get the words out.

* UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun actually died this way. It's unknown exactly why he died but he was found drowning in his own blood.

* Happens fairly often in ''[[VideoGame/TraumaCenter Trauma Team]]''. This is the result of the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Rosalia virus. True to the trope, this typically means whoever is vomiting blood is nearly dead. Also tends to coincide with TearsOfBlood for the same reason.

* ''ComicBook/XLivesAndXDeathsOfWolverine'': Moira realizes she's dying from some unknown cause when spontaneously coughs up a lot of blood. Seeing her friend Dr. Jane Foster, she learns it's cancer and later investigation by Jane reveals that the cancer was induced by telefloronic technology. Which meant at least some of the rulers of Krakoa wanted her dead rather than just exiled.

* In the Website/YouTube phenomenon "Blood", a toddler accidentally hits his infant brother in the face while playing, splitting his lip and causing him to bleed. The toddler becomes extremely distressed upon seeing his brother bleeding, and tries to tell his dad that there's blood on his brother's face. HilarityEnsues.

** When Darius comes across [[spoiler:Buwaro's dying biological father, the demon vomits blood when attempting to [[PapaWolf threaten]] Darius. Years later when Darius is fatally injured he vomits blood when talking then comments on [[NotSoDifferentRemark how he's not so different from Buwaro's dad]]]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{UC}}'', after a group of bullies beat the living daylights out of Nicodemus, he begins to cough up blood. It’s just a result of his [[http://www.wanderingchaos.com/uc/050504.html broken nose bleeding into his lungs]], and he most certainly does not need to go to the hospital, thank you very much, Kelsi.

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In RealLife, coughing blood can indeed indicate life-threatening damage. One of the scientific names for this symptom is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoptysis "Hemoptysis."]] It can result from organ and tissue damage from disease or trauma; punctures in the respiratory and gastro-intestinal tracts; and massive trauma to the body as a whole. This is an especially big warning if the lungs have been punctured, as the victim can drown in their own blood if not treated. As a death trope it's caused by any fatal injury, and is less a symptom than a signal to the audience that this dude's a goner. Much like the chest-clutching and doubling over in days of old, Blood From the Mouth is a sign of death that won't horrify us with the specifics, keeping our focus on the story itself.

However, not all RealLife bloody mouths are immediately dangerous. Damage to the gums in a fistfight, biting your tongue, or a particularly copious nosebleed can just as easily replicate the appearance. When it's not a death trope, blood around the mouth simply indicates the character has just taken a worse beating than usual. Our hero gets smacked around some and ends up with a bloody lip - not a big deal unless there's staggering involved. They might even [[SpitefulSpit spit out the blood defiantly]], along with [[TeethFlying a tooth]], just to showcase their resolve. Was that hit fatal? If the character wipes the blood away and it ''does not return'', it's cosmetic Blood From the Mouth. Expect to hear MyNameIsInigoMontoya any second now.

A stream of blood trickling from the mouth is also shorthand for "I am a vampire", because vampires drink blood and are commonly depicted as having poor table manners.

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!!As this is a DeathTrope, all spoilers will be unmarked in the examples below. Beware!

* ''Webcomic/MedicPics'' The [[AnthropomorphicPersonification living embodiment]] of exams is left with one of these after his fight with the artist.

** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Transformers}}'': The Movie, Prowl starts bleeding ''smoke'' from his mouth just before he collapses dead.

A SubTrope of HesDeadJim. See also FirstBlood, SoapOperaDisease and IncurableCoughOfDeath. Saying ImColdSoCold is another very bad sign. Occasionally overlaps with DeadlyNosebleed.

Not generally related to the PsychicNosebleed; combine the two and get BloodFromEveryOrifice. If it's the only sign the character gives that they're injured, it's a MortalWoundReveal. Blood from the mouth is also an increasingly popular way to show damage taken from a DeadlyUpgrade, or over reliance on a SuperMode.

* The ''Franchise/{{DCAU}}'' was pretty loose with this - one gets the impression that Batman must have had internal organs with incredible regenerative properties, given how many times he's had blood running from his mouth and not died. More reasonable to assume it's a split lip, or accidentally biting his tongue or cheek hard enough to draw blood when he gets hit, especially since they seem to come more often after blows to the face. His mouth is the only visible part of his body. This was even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] at one time in a comic where after fighting Clayface, an unmasked Bruce showed he had received a black eye from their confrontation, (as well as several other bruises around his chest and torso); something that his ExpressiveMask covered up.

** The Crazy!Bendy cut-outs. Given that they are inanimate objects ([[ParanoiaFuel or so it seems - these cut-outs aren't the ones moving around]]), it's obviously non-fatal.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': After the time skip, Viktor's constitution has deteriorated to the point where he will sometimes cough up blood. [[spoiler:Doing this and observing his blood reacting with a Hextech Gemstone makes him learn of its ability to react with organic matter, resulting in him developing his present-day Hex Core.]]

* During the fight between Zeus and the ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'', Zeus punches the Hulk in the stomach and he vomits up a mass of green blood.