Al: You know who is a good woman? You know, from Archies comics? She never had a period.But she still had an attitude problem.There are no good ones.—Married... with Children Surfing the Crimson Tide. Serving L'Omelette Rouge at Phil Opian's Diner. The Red Knight is Requesting Lodging. Having the Painters In. Riding the Cotton Pony. Receiving a Visit from Auntie Flo. Falling To The Communists. Liverpool Playing At Home. Walking Through a Field of Wildflowers in Soft Focus. Winning A Starring Role In A Period Costume Drama. Overusing the Red Paint at Camp Ovary. Surviving the Massacre at the Y. Staging a Production of Titus Andronicus in My Pants. That Time Of The Month... When I'm Not At My Best... Because My Vagina is Bleeding. This does not happen to TV and movie characters. It is rarely even indirectly alluded to. The only time this biological process is alluded to is under the following circumstances: Outside of mainstream television, this restriction is somewhat relaxed, but even so the topic is only mentioned in passing, if at all.

Naturally, Dead Baby Comedies are happy to make jokes about menstruation, but usually only allude to the topic. With novels, it depends on the target audience; while adventure and romance stories usually avoid the topic like the plague, some 'serious' women's fiction treats the matter thoughtfully and in detail. In Science Fiction, it generally only comes up as a contrast to someone else's Bizarre Alien Biology. Transformation Comics often involve at least one throwaway gag on the subject, where a male-to-female Gender Bender either has a period and doesn't know how to deal with it, or panics over the possibility of not getting switched back in time to avoid it. Other than that, the topic is usually avoided in favor of the more... entertaining changes. An Action Girl will never get a menstrual period[1]. Nor does any other woman in an action-adventure story, unless she happens to be a sorceress, and her powers are somehow tied to her monthly cycle. It's not hard to see why -- Sci-Fi and fantasy heroines probably couldn't even fit a maxi-pad into their skin-tight latex catsuits and Stripperiffic bikinis.

When Auntie Flo comes calling on Alice the Barbarian, out on the field slaughtering Scythians in her Breast Plate and leather thong, what's she going to do?[2] Most writers don't care, since they're male, but female viewers are going to have their sense of immersion dinged at least a little upon seeing such a character, especially if it's obvious that she has no change of clothing on her. However, there may be some truth in this, since serious female athletes will often experience irregular and/or fewer periods; the jury's still out on exactly why (body fat composition? stress? hormonal changes?). A Sweet Polly Oliver stands a fair chance of subverting this. Occasionally a writer will mention periods in order to point out the effect they can have on animals, since predators may be drawn by the scent of blood. Speaking of animals, this trope is actually justified for Funny Animals that are explicitly stated (or maybe just implied) to retain aspects of their species' internal physiology;

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"Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with males--I hesitate to say 'men'--or find ourselves in a position over males, the first comment they make is always about our reputations or our monthlies? If I disagreed with you, should I place blame on the misworkings of your manhood? Or do I refrain from so serious an insult--far more serious, of course, than your hint that I am a whore. Because my mother taught me courtesy, I only suggest that my monthlies will come long after your hair has escaped your head entirely." A stallion is notoriously hard to control, and, by the way, is not safe to have around a menstruating woman. (Of course, [heroic fantasy] heroines never seem to menstruate, which may account for the fact that they don't get pregnant, no matter how active in bed.) Andrew: [Being the Slayer] is like... well, it's almost like this metaphor for womanhood, isn't it? The sort of flowering that happens when a girl realizes that she's part of a fertile heritage stretching back to Eve, and...

Xander: I will pay you to talk about Star Wars again. Cameron: "If menstruating is a symptom of cancer, I should be getting chemotherapy right now." House: "Now that's ridiculous. You're way too skinny to be menstruating." Jenn: You don't think you're affected, do you? Richmond: I might be, actually. I've been feeling pretty moody; not my cheery self at all. Rik: Oh look, a little mousie! (dances it along the mortified girl's arm) Would Mousy like a little drink? (dips it in her drink) Oh look, it's swelling up! Young woman: Sometimes I get those... headache-y pains. That strange, washed-out feeling you just can't explain. Female Satan: {aside} She's talking about period pains. "Now the pub is the place where the lads are a-meetin' When the moon's full and the gals are a-bleedin" Jeff: Does your wife have any super powers? Melvin: Well... once a month, she becomes evil and I cannot defeat her! "If Richard Pryor had a period he'd talk about it."