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[[File:bb girl 2918.jpg|link=Extra Credits|frame|The poor dear. She [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420162523/http://extra-credits.net/episodes/western-japanese-rpgs-part-1/ was just doing perfectly innocent research] on old [[Eroge]]s. ]]

{{quote|"''Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock.''"
|'''Frankenstein's Monster'''|''[[Frankenstein]]''}}

A character has just witnessed [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|something]] so [[Squick|icky]], so [[Too Much Information|unsettling]], so [[Go Mad from the Revelation|horrific]], that he must express his disapproval. [[This Is Wrong on So Many Levels]] that a simple "[[Sick and Wrong|That's gross]]" won't suffice — only '''Brain Bleach''' can make things right.

The character informs the world that the continued knowledge of this subject is [[Go Mad from the Revelation|an unbearable affront to his sanity]]. He will not be at peace until he can remove his brain from his skull, scrub the offending mental image out with steel wool and mental floss, then disinfect the entire area with bleach (disinfecting his eyes or ears [[Kill It with Fire|with fire]] is optional).

In the [[Protectors of the Plot Continuum|sporking]]/[[MSTing]]/mocking community, there exists an offspring named ''Bleeprin'' which is a mixture of industrial-strength '''Brain Bleach''' and Aspirin — Aspirin against the headache, '''Brain Bleach''' against the Badfic. Also Bleepka, which combines '''Brain Bleach''' and vodka. [[I Need a Freaking Drink|Its application]] [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|is obvious]].

A [[Super-Trope]] to [[Screaming At Squick]] (a specific reaction to this).

Compare with [[Out, Damned Spot!]] (characters try to scrub away their [[My God, What Have I Done?|guilt]]) and [[Kill It with Fire]].

For those subjects that make you or the audience want to reach for the Brain Bleach, don't list them here. This is for in-universe reactions only.

Will probably be necessary after seeing [[No Yay]], [[Glurge]], a [[Gainax Ending]], a [[Shock Site]], [[Squick]], and [[Fan Disservice]] (among many other things). Often the result of [[Schmuck Bait]].

''[[Brain Bleach/Trope Co|This item]] is available in the [[Trope Co]] catalog.''

'''[[Do Not Try This At Home]]!!!'''

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