History Main / NoPeriodsPeriod

Compare to NobodyPoops. Completely unrelated to NoPunctuationPeriod and WallOfText. Also see ClingyCostume.

* In the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FanFic ''FanFic/AVoiceAmongTheStrangers'', the main human character gets hit with this really hard with her first one in Equestria. The fact that there is a language barrier between her and the ponies, and like real horses don't bleed out the crotch when it happens (most likely twice per year) leads to some confusion. The fact that she was under emotional turmoil did not help her mood when it hit.

* In a ''{{Discworld}}'' fic about the difference between Assasination and normal ordinary boring murder, licenced Assassin Miss Alice Band testily says that for a week in every month, a female Assassin is the deadliest thing on Disc as in that mood, she's capable of inhuming any number of men for fun rather than profit. Her post-menopausal colleague Joan Sanderson-Reeves, who has been there and done that, agrees, but argues the inhumation fees are still jolly necessary, so as to buy expensive chocolate from Weinrich and Boettcher (the most expensive ''choclatier'' in Ankh-Morpork).

In a ''{{Discworld}}'' fic about the difference between Assasination and normal ordinary boring murder, licenced Assassin Miss Alice Band testily says that for a week in every month, a female Assassin is the deadliest thing in Disc as in that mood, she's capable of inhuming any number of men for fun rather than profit. Her post-menopausal colleague Joan Sanderson-Reeves, who has been there and done that, agrees, but argues the inhumation fees are still jolly necessary, so as to buy expensive chocolate from Weinrich and Boettcher (the most expensive ''choclatier'' in Ankh-Morpork).

* In the MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FanFic ''FanFic/AVoiceAmongTheStrangers'', the main human character gets hit with this really hard with her first one in Equestria. The fact that there is a language barrier between her and the ponies, and like real horses don't bleed out the crotch when it happens (most likely twice per year) leads to some confusion.

* In the MyLiitlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FanFic ''FanFic/AVoiceAmongTheStrangers'', the main human character gets hit with this really hard with her first one in Equestria. The fact that there is a language barrier between her and the ponies, and like real horses don't bleed out the crotch when it happens (most likely twice per year) leads to some confusion.

* In R Kelly's ''TrappedInTheCloset'', Officer James' wife claims she is acting strangely because "maybe it's that time of the month". Officer James is unconvinced, and no wonder: it is later revealed that she is three months pregnant.
* Type O Negative's song "Wolf Moon" is all about this, complete with lycanthropic and vampiric references. Bloody good tune!
* Dolly Partons "PMS Blues" is about well, [[CaptainObvious PMS]]
* The song "Marry Me" by EmilieAutumn, about an arranged marriage between a young woman and an ugly, old, presumably wealthy man, has this line:

* Achievable by lowering the body fat percentage below a certain limit, either by excercize or losing weight.

* In ''{{Terraria}}'', the female [=NPCs=] are more irritable during the [[MeaningfulName Blood Moon]] event.

* Averted and played for laughs in ''Webcomic/ZachMannAndSD''. After Saudra's gender reveal, one comments "Girls can have periods?"

* More than one MarvelCinematicUniverse touches on this with regard to {{Loki}} and potential consequences for his magic ability, either due to a voluntary GenderBender, being transgender in the real-world sense, or as a result of Jotun-specific ExoticEquipment. At least one (''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/269132 Sloughing]]'') addresses a frightened young!Loki getting his first period and having fuck-all idea why.

* ''TheRunaways'', a film about the All-Girl-Band of the title, starts with Cherie Currie getting her period in public. Pure humiliation.

* In ''{{Runaways}}'', Nico has the power to manifest a magical staff whenever her blood is spilled, something which she finds very unpleasant since it forces her to frequently cut herself and she has never been a cutter. After one particular magical battle, another team member expresses confusion at the fact that she seemed to manifest her staff without bleeding this time, only for Nico to reveal that not all bleeding comes from knife wounds. It is still not a regular issue for the characters (Despite the fact that the gang has four girls, all in or entering puberty, and more women get added later), but at least it was brought up without it being [[VerySpecialEpisode A Very Special Issue]].

* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Asuka throws a ''major'' tizzy about getting her period, as she believes that it is interfering with her ability to synchronize with her EVA. She even goes so far as to state that she wishes she didn't get periods, since she doesn't want to have children. Misato tries to pass this belief off to Ritsuko as the reason why Asuka is having trouble, though Ritsuko flatly states that the [=EVAs=] are not affected by that. (In one of the Director's Cut scenes, Asuka uses the same word to register her disgust at getting her period [[spoiler: as she does to register her disgust at the end of the movie, upon discovering that she has to share the world alone with Shinji--if you think that's [[GainaxEnding actually what she meant]].]]). The same series also has the character Rei Ayanami making a vague comment about "a woman who does not bleed", which some fans take as implying that she does not menstruate.

* The manga ''{{Hana-Kimi}}'' has the plot "Girl must crossdress to stay in a All-male boarding school", and acknowledges that the teenage protagonist menstruates, and the danger to her facade if that fact is discovered. In fact, her periods are mentioned in several episodes, and sometimes concealing them became a part of the plot. The protagonist even compares openly the Japanese and American feminine products, and express a preference for the Japanese ones...

* ''KatawaShoujo'' would like to introduce you to Rin Tezuka. Rin has no arms. The end of Rin's story arc in Act I contains a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
--> '''Rin:''' I'm having my period and I need some help regarding that. However, I don't feel that our relationship is yet on the level where I could allow you to pull my underwear down in the girl's toilet even if you offer to.

* In Creator/JohnRingo's ''CouncilWars'' series, there's mention of one of the main characters, after the series' title war commences, having to demonstrate proper feminine hygiene to other women working in a village. The lack of need for the knowledge before is somewhat justified, as prior to The Fall with the help of {{nanomachines}} people had much better control over their hormones.

* There's a lovely scene in Douglas Coupland's ''{{Microserfs}}'' where six characters -- three men, three women -- are in a computer room together. One of the women mentions that the local Fry's Electronics carries condoms but not tampons, and the conversation at once turns "entirely tamponic": the women unperturbedly discuss the most intimate biological details, one comparing intimate encounters with minipad adhesive to "getting a drive-by waxing". Meanwhile the men are burying their heads in their workstations pretending they're not there, while frantically instant-messaging each other ("Women have *chunky* days? Are guys supposed to know this stuff? I am experiencing fear.")

* In ''[[VCAndrews Flowers in the Attic]]'', Cathy is forewarned of her coming menstruation by her mother during a visit and is given some basic supplies.
** And in VCA's ''Butterfly'', Janet misses a big dance audition due to the onset of her period, which sends her foster mother into a nervous breakdown.

* In JudyBlume's book ''Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret'', Margaret Simon and a group of her friends keep track of who has her period first. Margaret turns out to be the second last of the girls to get hers. Gretchen is rather non-chalant about getting her period, Nancy freaks out (and is exposed as a liar in the process, since she had told Margaret that she had gotten it already) and Margaret is excited.
* In Marion Zimmer Bradley's ''[[{{Darkover}} Hawkmistress!]]'', the protagonist is a girl traveling in disguise as a boy. Her menstrual cycle catches her unaware and poses a large problem to her disguise.
* In OrsonScottCard's ''EndersGame'', Valentine mentions that she's not even old enough to have a regular period. Considering the kids are geniuses, and that they make oral/anal sex jokes before they're 10, it makes sense that Valentine would know about it.

* In the ''IncarnationsOfImmortality'' novel ''WithATangledSkein'', there is a subtle allusion to this. Clotho, the youngest of the aspects of Fate, must go to the Void and gather raw material for thread, once a month. She speculates this has become a stand-in for the periods she no longer has (due to being an Incarnation).

* In a recent episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' Roberta tells Rollo that she's having her period but he doesn't know what that means, later he wonders why she's spending so much time in the bathroom and peeks in the garbage he freaks out at the blood and thinks she's dying so he does everything she says.

* Becomes a plot point in Creator/StephenKing's ''[[TheDarkTower Wolves of the Calla]]'', when Susannah's period keeps coming despite her being pregnant with a baby [[spoiler:which was fathered by Roland, the Crimson King, and a demon.]]