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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Season 2's "A Period Piece" focuses on Libby going through the trials of getting her first period.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Season 2's "A Period Piece" will focus on Libby going through the trials of getting her first period.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Season 2's "A Period Place" will focus on Libby going through the trials of getting her first period.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': Season 2's "A Period Place" will focus on Molly going through the trials of getting her first period.

* In ''Literature/WeWereTheMulvaneys'', after Marianne has lost her virginity to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] on prom night, she uses the toilet and finds she has started her period, and flashes back to the summer of her thirteenth birthday, when she had her first period. Her well-meaning mother was unable to assuage her terror at this new, intimate, humiliating experience, and her reaction to being raped mirrors the way she deals with menstruation - she can't imagine being open about what's going on with her, as some other girls are when they menstruate, so she does not communicate, tries not to think about it, and endures without assistance, reasoning that if she has endured thus far she can keep doing so.

* ''Series/WonderShowzen'' has an animated skit where a young girl gets her period in bed and thinks that she's dying, until Aunt Flo (that is, a physical manifestation of her period) arrives and teaches her what she's going through.

->'''Mrs. Quinn:''' What's the matter, dear?\\
'''Colleen:''' I'm going to die!\\

* {{Played For Drama}} in ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': When cartoonist Tsukiko Sagi was a young girl, she was walking her puppy one day when she suddenly doubled over in pain due to cramps from her first period. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this caused her to let go of her puppy Maromi's leash, and he wandered into the street and was run over by a car. Even worse, this incident caused Sagi's already fragile mind to [[TheMentallyDisturbed break even further]], and her [[NeverMyFault inability to accept her role]] in Maromi's death [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom results in the creation]] of her popular cartoon character [[NamesTheSame Maromi]], and main antagonist [[{{Main/Tulpa}} Lil' Slugger]].]]

* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' has one of the most infamous examples of this trope. The titular character is humiliated when her first period begins in the gym showers during her senior year of high school. She initially thinks that she is bleeding to death, and instead of helping her, her classmates jeer and tease her, throwing tampons at her while chanting, "Plug it up! Plug it up!" She causes a lightbulb to explode, signaling the growth of her telekinetic powers. Her mother is a religious fanatic with a pathological fear of sex and sexuality, such that Carrie wasn't informed about menstruation at all, much less that it's a natural process that every girl and woman goes through.

* ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'': the titular character is humiliated when her first period begins in the gym showers during her senior year of high school. She initially thinks that she is bleeding to death, and instead of helping her, her classmates jeer and tease her. She causes a lightbulb to explode, signaling the growth of her telekinetic powers. Her mother is a religious fanatic with a pathological fear of sex and sexuality, such that Carrie wasn't informed about menstruation at all, much less that it's a natural process that every girl and woman goes through.

* In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', the protagonist gets their first period when they're 13 if the player selects female puberty for them. They can discreetly ask their mom for help, and she assures them that it's alright because it's just a sign that they're growing up, and the narration states that they can get hormone blockers if it's bothering them too much.

* In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', the protagonist gets their first period when they're 13 [[CharacterCustomization if their late teens appearance is set to feminine.]] They can discreetly ask their mom for help, and she assures them that it's alright because it's just a sign that they're growing up, and the narration states that they can get hormone blockers if it's bothering them too much.

* In Chapter 7 of the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12270178/7/Linka-and-her-brothers Linka and her Brothers]]'', Linka gets her first period and becomes rather moody while also being in pain--''not'' helping that she lives with ten brothers.

* In the ''VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon'' doujin ''[[https://e-hentai.org/g/1247902/0af76b377b/ Strawberry Moon Pie]]'', Chespin is quite embarrassed and frightened when she gets her first period. Fortunately, school nurse Audino and Nuzleaf are there to provide help and comfort for her.

* {{Played For Drama}} in ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': When cartoonist Tsukiko Sagi was a young girl, she was walking her puppy one day when she suddenly doubled over in pain due to cramps from her first period. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this caused her to let go of her puppy Maromi's leash, and he wandered into the street and was run over by a car. Even worse, this incident caused Sagi's already fragile mind to [[TheMentallyDisturbed break even further]], and her [[NeverMyFault inability to accept her role]] in Maromi's death [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom results in the creation]] of her popular cartoon character [[NamesTheSame Maromi]], and main antagonist [[{{Main/Tulpa}} Lil' Slugger]].]]

** In ''ComicBook/RunawaysRainbowRowells'', Abigail is so mortally afraid of getting her period that she magically halted her aging at 13 - way back in the 1960s. In the present, she tries to get Molly to follow her example, claiming that no one will like her anymore once she starts menstruating.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Baymax}}'': In Episode 3, the plot centers around Baymax aiding a middle school girl through advice and [[TamponRun fetching her supplies]] as she gets her first period. Baymax himself acknowledges that it can be an uncomfortable subject to discuss, but adds that it is nothing to be ashamed of as it is just simple female biology.

* A flashback in ''Manga/NikuWoHagu'' reveals that Chiaki got his first period when he was out playing with Takatou at the arcade. This is a bad enough scenario for anyone's first period, but as a young trans boy in the closet it's a deeply upsetting experience for Chiaki, who actually ends up [[StressVomit vomiting from stress]].

* ''Manga/{{Ayako}}'': Because Ayako has been [[BunkerWioman locked in a cellar since she was around 5]], she has learned nothing about puberty, and so she's understandably very confused and scared when her first period starts.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTempestTossed'': Diana is from a land of immortal women who do not age and is the ''only'' Amazon to have a menstrual cycle. Her moon-bleeds are thus cause for concern, considered a fascinating medical phenomenon and make her very uncomfortable as there is really very little information on them, and what information they do have pertains to mortal women. This is part of what gets her called a changeling, in a non-malicious way that non-the less makes her feel an outcast.

-->"It was so scary." Connie said suddenly. "I thought I was going to die..."
-->Garnet let out a snort of laughter. "So did Ruby when she first started!"

-->'''Ming:''' What's going on, honey? Are you sick? Is it a fever? Stomachache? Chills? Constipation?
-->'''Mei:''' ''No!''
-->'''Ming:''' Wait. Is it... ''that?'' Did... the... ''[[UnusualEuphemism did the red peony bloom?]]''
-->'''Mei:''' No! ''(beat)'' Maybe...?