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* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': A flashback revealed that Dexter needed surgery when he was young after getting into an accident. The problem is that Dexter's blood type, AB negative, is rare. Harry manages to find someone with the same blood type who can donate. [[spoiler: The donor is Dexter's biological father.]] This falls under ArtisticLicenceBiology since Dexter could've received a transfusion from any type of negative blood. [[note]] Medical personnel will do their best to perfectly match blood types as rejection can still happen even with O negative blood. That being said when the choices are someone dying from blood loss or a small chance of rejection, they will give someone the blood.[[/note]]

* * In one episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Hawkeye operates on a bigoted soldier who is worried about getting the "wrong color" blood. [[ColorMeBlack Hawkeye and Trapper darken his skin to make him think he's turning black.]]

* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': A flashback revealed that Dexter needed surgery when he was young after getting into an accident. The problem is that Dexter's blood type, AB negative, is rare. Harry manages to find someone with the same blood type who can donate. [[spoiler: The donor is Dexter's biological father.]] This falls under ArtisticLicenceBiology since Dexter could've received a transfusion from any type of negative blood. [[note]] Medical personnel will do their best to perfectly match blood types as rejection can still happen even with O negative blood. That being said when the choices are someone dying from blood loss or a small chance of rejection, they will give someone the blood.]]

* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': A flashback revealed that Dexter needed surgery when he was young after getting into an accident. The problem is that Dexter's blood type, AB negative, is rare. Harry manages to find someone with the same blood type who can donate. [[spoiler: The donor is Dexter's biological father.]] This falls under ArtisticLicenceBiology since Dexter could've received a transfusion from any type of negative blood.

* ''FanFic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': In the season 2 chapter "Into the Forest", Scootaloo is stung by a creature called a Scorpentine and poisoned. Due to her rare blood type there aren't any donors available, so Flash Sentry, Rainbow Dash, and two visiting Royal Knights, [[CombatMedic First Aid]] and [[GreenThumb Heather Blood]], hunt down the Scorpentine that stung Scootaloo and extract its venom for a cure. Though they get the venom it fails to cure Scootaloo since she has been poisoned for too long. Once Flash hears that the rare blood type Scootaloo has is Triple Z though, he remembers from when he fought Discord that [[ChekhovsGun Discord mentioned that is the same blood type Flash has]], allowing him to act as a donor for a transfusion with Scootaloo. Not only does this save Scootaloo's life, but First Aid examines the blood and realizes that [[spoiler:they are so similar that the only explanation is that Flash and Scootaloo are [[RelatedInTheAdaptation siblings]]]].

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* The [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original ending]] of ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' had Jim offer to save Frank after [[spoiler:the latter gets infected by draining all of both Frank and Jim's blood and injecting it into the other, so that Jim will become a zombie while Frank would become human again]]. This ending was thrown out once they [[FridgeLogic realized the infeasibility]] of [[spoiler:draining and replacing ''every drop of blood'' in the human body]], especially since it was established in the film that a single drop of infected zombie blood landing in someone's eye can turn them into a zombie in less than a minute.

* ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsMagic'': When Rarity was thirteen years old, her mother was in a horrible accident, and the only thing that could save her was an emergency blood transfusion. Unfortunately, she had an extremely rare blood type, so Rarity's desperate father ran several ads in every news media that existed to find somebody who had the same blood type and was willing to give a blood transfusion. The only person who showed up to help was an old homeless man with the same kind of blood type, and the subsequent emergency transfusion between him and Rarity's mother saved her life. When Rarity, amazed that this man had so little but still helped a well-off family he didn't even know in their time of need, asked why he did it, he explained that it didn't matter who her mother was, she needed help, and he was happy to donate some of his blood to her if it meant that her life could be saved. Rarity never saw the homeless man again, and never found out what his name was, but since then she's volunteered every Wednesday afternoon at the local soup kitchen as a way to honor his generosity and give back to her community.

* In the climax of ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Furiosa gets stabbed in the side and starts bleeding profusely after pulling the knife out. Max, [[ChekovsGunman who was stated to be a Type O Negative at the beginning of the film]], gives her an emergency transfusion to save her life.

** At the end of the Fishman Island Arc, after the battle with Hody Jones, Luffy is in need of a blood transfusion, but none of the crew have a matching blood type, and it is illegal for Fishmen/Merfolk to give or accept human blood, despite Luffy having fought Hody to save the rulers of Fishman Island and the inhabitants. Jimbei steps up and gives a blood transfusion to Luffy, deflecting the illegality of the action by stating he's a pirate, and thus is already breaking the law.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': As revealed in a flashback, [[TragicBigot Fisher Tiger]], the original leader of the Sun Pirates, was lethally injured and in need of a blood transfusion, with the only available blood being that of a human's. Tiger rejected it, saying that [[FantasticRacism he'd rather die than be saved by the blood of the people]] that have caused [[FishPeople his species]] so much pain. In the present, after the battle with Hody Jones, Jimbei gives a blood transfusion to Luffy.

* ''Film/TheLastBlood'' starring Creator/AndyLau has a blood transfusion as a key plot point. When an important political leader visiting Singapore gets seriously injured in a terrorist attack and needs a blood transfusion, and there are only 4 people in Singapore - including the protagonist's girlfriend, with a matching blood type, the terrorists quickly goes on a killing spree to have all 4 of them killed. By the end of the movie, the girlfriend is the SoleSurvivor when the protagonist blew up the terrorist leader.

* In ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', Archie is hospitalized for a gall bladder operation and needs a blood donor, and the only match is his worst nightmare; a black female doctor from the West Indies. Following his usual dumb, bigoted arguments about mixing races he's actually very grateful to her. A few seasons later, when Archie confronts a KKK group trying to burn a cross on Mike's front lawn, Archie proudly proclaims he has "black blood."
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Londo is poisoned by one of his jilted wives when he threatens to divorce them, and since he's an alien on a human-run station they're short on his blood type. Shockingly, the one wife who wants to divorce him turns out to have the same blood type and offers her blood (on condition that he never be told about it, since neither of them would be able to stand the resulting sense of [[IOweYouMyLife indebtedness]]).
* In an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', a young woman, who turns out to be the daughter of [[TheDon a powerful Columbian drug lord]] is found dead, and the forensic report states that she has several blood types in her body. The head pathologists argue about whether or not it was a mistake, but when they identify that it came from two other donors, the [=CSI=]s' piece together what happened. The daughter had been living with her aunt, the drug lord's sister, to keep her out of trouble, and sent her to college in "boring" Utah. When she and her roommate went to Las Vegas for some fun, the owner of a nightclub kicked her out because he didn't want trouble with her father and sent her to a warehouse used for smuggling drugs, where some low level dealers wanted to give her some weed, but she inhaled a chemical used to cut cocaine instead. To keep her from overdosing, they tried to replace her contaminated blood with their own (referencing an urban legend where [[Music/TheRollingStones Keith Richards]] used blood transfusions after a binge to pass drug tests), after she died from the reaction of having three incompatible blood types in her, they dumped the body. At the very end, the drug lord orders the dealers to be shanked in prison, the roommate, the club owner, and the drug lord's sister are all given [[PrettyLittleHeadshots a bullet in the head.]]

** In a first season episode, Logan needs a blood transfusion but, on account of the [[FallenStatesOfAmerica third world state of the USA]], the blood bank is short on his blood type. Fortunately Max and the other [[SuperSoldier X-5 transgenics]] turn out to be type O- so they can provide one another easy blood and organ transplants.
** In season two Logan is accidentally infected with the tailored virus designed to kill him and the antibodies from a transgenic's blood are needed to cure him. Unfortunately Max is carrying the virus, and Alec has been kidnapped, so they need to sneak Joshua into the hospital posing as a corpse (to hide his canine facial features).

* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'': In "Tori Gets Stuck," due to being the only other one with O-negative blood, Tori is roped into donating blood for Robbie's surgery (there's a toy car stuck in his lower intestine), and wants to get it over with so she can be the lead role in the school play. Jade, Tori's understudy, gets rid of the first pint of blood so Tori has to stay longer, and Robbie drops and [[BloodyHilarious splatters]] the second pint Tori donates. Tori makes it to the play, but can't perform due to all the blood loss making her dizzy. [[spoiler:But instead of Jade, Mr. Sikowitz in drag steps into the role]].

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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': As revealed in a flashback, [[TragicBigot Fisher Tiger]], the original leader of the Sun Pirates, was lethally injured and in need of a blood transfusion, with the only available blood being that of a human's. Tiger rejected it, saying that [[FantasticRacism he'd rather die than be saved by the blood of the people]] that have caused [[FishPeople his species]] so much pain.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': In "Journey to Babel", Ambassador Sarek is suffering a severe heart condition and needs an emergency operation, which will require compatible blood; [[ABNegative naturally]], the only compatible donor is his son, Spock -- although it's complicated by the fact that Spock's blood has [[HalfHumanHybrid human factors]] which will need to be filtered out, meaning he will have to give even ''more'' blood and increasing the risk factor to both patients. In the middle of all of this, Kirk is attacked and severely injured by an assassin, and with the ''Enterprise'' carrying a ferryload of diplomats, Spock feels his duty to the ship must come first -- even when his anguished mother ''begs'' him to go through with it, which earns Spock a hard slap. In order to persuade him to go and save his father's life, Kirk has to get out of his hospital bed and pretend he's recovered enough to reassume command, with the intention of turning over to Scotty once Spock's back is turned -- but before he can do so, [[FromBadToWorse the ship is attacked]], meaning [=McCoy=] has to perform the procedure ''during a battle''. Fortunately, despite everything, both Spock and Sarek pull through.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Londo is poisoned by one of his jilted wives when he threatens to divorce them, and since he's an alien on a human-run station they're short on his blood type. Shockingly, the one wife who wants to divorce him turns out to have the same blood type and offers her blood.

* Subverted in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', when Joseph Joestar [[spoiler: is brought back to life by a blood transfusion from DIO's corpse. At first, it seems that the attempt backfired and revived DIO in Joseph's body]], but a quick test reveals that it's nothing more than a poorly thought-out prank.

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* ''ComicBook/BatmanAndNightwingBloodborne'': The plot deals with Nightwing needing to give blood to Batman after Batman is infected with a virus. Since the antidote has to be given from a transfusion, Nightwing injects himself with the drug and gives blood to Batman. [[spoiler:It proves and successful and both men recover]].

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** In a first season episode Logan needs a blood transfusion but, on account of the [[FallenStatesOfAmerica third world state of the USA]], the blood bank is short on his blood type. Fortunately Max and the other [[SuperSoldier X-5 transgenics]] turn out to be type O- so they can provide one another easy blood and organ transplants.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Blood Feud", Mr. Burns is in need of a blood transfusion, but has a very rare blood type. It is discovered that Bart has the same type, and Homer convinces him to donate some in hopes that Burns will [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency give them a big reward]].
* A ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' deals with the Morlock Leech being seriously ill with the possibility of curing him by getting a blood transfusion from Logan because of his HealingFactor. However, Logan is reluctant because he tried it once in the past but it failed. Luckily, the transfusion with Leech is successful.
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When seemingly every blood type mentioned is rare, see ABNegative. When the blood transfusion confers the donor's powers it's a SuperhumanTransfusion. PersonalityBloodTypes might suggest potential donors among the cast.