History Main / NoPeriodsPeriod

* The first book of the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series has thirteen-year-old Talia, adjusting to [[MundaneLuxury how much better she has it in Haven]], reflect that the menstrual sponges available to her now are more comfortable and convenient than the rags she'd used. She also has access to an herbal tea that, as part and parcel of being FantasyContraception, she can use to control her cycles.

** Starving women - including overtrained gymnasts and anorectics - can miss one or more periods. Since you need to know how to balance a vegan diet, it's possible that they were deficient in some key nutrients.

A subtrope of TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, No Periods, Period is the fact that unless there's a specific, plot-related reason to mention menstruation, like the onset of UsefulNotes/{{Puberty}}) or a missed period suggesting pregnancy, the subject will not be brought up. Periods do appear frequently for plot-related reasons; do not list those here.

A subtrope of TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, No Periods, Period is the fact that unless there's a specific, plot-related reason to mention that a character is (or isn't) menstruating, like UsefulNotes/{{Puberty}}) or a pregnancy scare, the subject will not be brought up. Periods do appear frequently for plot-related reasons; do not list those here.

A subtrope of TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, No Periods, Period is the fact that unless there's a specific, plot-related reason to mention that a female character is menstruating (i.e. addressing UsefulNotes/{{Puberty}}), the subject will not be brought up. Periods do appear frequently for plot-related reasons; do not list those here.

* Despite ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' being a realistic comic strip about growing up and life events, neither Elizabeth or April have had any story arcs about them starting their periods. The closest reference to it is April telling Elizabeth that she "got her you-know-what" when she mentions how she's growing up.

* Averted hilariously in ''She's The Man''. Viola is disguising herself as a boy. When her roommate Duke and his friends discover her tampons, she plays it off saying that she uses them for nosebleeds, and gives a demonstration to their incredulity. Later in the movie she finds Duke actually bought her explanation and stuck a tampon up his nose to deal with a nosebleed.

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* ''Film/BlackWidow2021'': Played with. After Alexei makes a crass "that time of the month" remark, Yelena retaliates by stating that Black Widows actually ''don't'' get periods, and launches into an [[TooMuchInformation intentionally way-too-detailed]] explanation of [[{{Squick}} just what was done to them to make them that way]].

* Played for laughs in ''Series/BabylonFive''. Delenn becomes a HalfHumanHybrid at the start of season 2 (long story) and comes to Ivanova for help on dealing with confusing aspects of her new physiology, such as how to wash her hair (since Minbari don't have any). Fast-forward to the end of the episode, and she asks Ivanova about these "odd cramps.”

** Averted in "Winter is Coming". The ''second'' thing Queen Cersei ever says to young Sansa Stark is the question, "Have you bled yet?" This is after her ArrangedMarriage to Joffrey gets discussed, which makes it somewhat relevant; as Sansa herself notes later in the episode where she actually experiences menarche, it means she can bear Joffrey's children. By that point, the idea terrifies her because she's gotten to know him.

Compare to NobodyPoops, NoSuchThingAsDehydration, ExposedToTheElements, FrigidWaterIsHarmless, and NoDeadBodyPoops. Aversions usually happen if the period or the menstrual cycle is the specific focus of the work in question, and usually involve FirstPeriodPanic, AllPeriodsArePMS, MenstrualMenace or PregnancyScare.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': WordOfGod says that ''that'' blood is [[ArtisticLicenseBiology "dead blood"]] and not nearly as interesting to vampires such as Edward, but it's still kind of awkward. It also still gets the FridgeLogic going.