History Main / MakeThemRot

* [[MedakaBox Emukae Mukae]] has this as her minus, Raff-Rafflesia. She can make things rot by touching them. She can control the intensity and way things decompose , but she [[WalkingWasteland can't turn it off]]. Later she learns to do it "wirelessly".

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* DK, a minor villain from ''{{Irredeemable}}'' has this as his power.
* In ''{{Comicbook/DP7}}'' Dennis "Skuzz" Skuzinski's acidic skin makes everything he touches rot or burn away, including his clothes.
* The mutant Wither from ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' has the power to decay any organic material his skin comes in contact with. PowerIncontinence leaves his power permanently on. Especially heartbreaking is when the majority of mutants in the world lose their ability, Wither mistakenly believes he has too. He grabs the wrist of the girl he is in love with and her hand withers away.

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* The BigBad of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' falls victim to this by choosing the wrong Grail to drink from.

* ''WesternAnimation/EPIC'': The BigBad Mandrake fires arrows tipped with a special poison that rots plants and can instantly kill (and fully decay) an animal.

* In ''{{Everworld}},'' all witches--including [[TokenEvilTeammate Senna]]--have poisonous blood that kills plants, though apparently not animals or people. It can even render land infertile, which is why (in Everworld at least) witches are always killed in ways that won't shed blood, like drowning or burning.

* Kid Rot from ''{{Grossology}}'' can rot all organic materials.

* Starting from ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', Ermac's body began to rot, since[[spoiler:Shao Kahn is now dead, & he needs his magic to keep his human look]].

* Death Knights in ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'' have the Death And Decay ability, which does devastating amounts of damage in a huge area as long as they have runic power. [[AdaptationDisplacement Back in]] ''WarcraftIII'', the ability was the Scourge hero, the Lich's, ultimate ability (and one of the most powerful in the game, almost being a Game-Breaker). Death and Decay had a smaller area, did percentage-of-maximum-health as continuous damage (4% health per second for 35 seconds!), and [[MundaneUtility killed trees.]]

* Death Knights in ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'' have the Death And Decay ability, which does devastating amounts of damage in a huge area as long as they have mana. [[MisplacedAdaptation Back in]] ''WarcraftIII'', the ability was the Lich's ultimate ability, had a much smaller area, did percentage-of-maximum-health as continuous damage, and [[MundaneUtility killed trees.]]

* Death Knights in ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'' have the Death And Decay ability, which does devastating amounts of damage in a huge area as long as they have mana. In ''WarcraftIII'', the ability is now the Lich's ultimate ability, has a much smaller area, does percentage-of-maximum-health as continuous damage, and [[MundaneUtility kills trees.]]

* The main power of the villain D'Compose from ''WesternAnimation/Inhumanoids'', along with the ability to turn his victims [[NightOfTheLivingMooks as mutated zombies.]]

Compare EnemyToAllLivingThings.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-073 SCP-073]], better known as the biblical Cain, withers all plant matter in a small radius arounds himself.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-811 SCP-811]] has this effect on living things due to the mucus she secretes from her palms and soles.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' (1981). The Loc-Nar can give off a green energy that causes highly accelerated decomposition. If used on living creatures it causes death ("Grimaldi", "Harry Canyon"). If used on dead bodies it makes their flesh rot away and turns them into animated skeletons ("B-17").

* Freddy does this to the main characters in the first story of ''The Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams''.

* On ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' there was an episode that dealt with a demon of vanity that could de-age others and make them young and healthy again. He then shows that he can also reverse this and rapidly ages two women into piles of dust.

* Death Knights in ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'' have the Death And Decay ability, which does devastating amounts of damage in a huge area as long as they have mana. In WarcraftIII, the ability is now the Lich's ultimate ability, has a much smaller area, does percentage-of-maximum-health as continuous damage, and [[MundaneUtility kills trees.]]

Compare EnemyToAllLivingThings

!! Examples:

* Blackout from ComicBook/GhostRider decays everything he touches almost instantly. In ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'', he finds it rather surprising that [[IndestructibleEdible the only food that doesn't mold up and rot away are Twinkies]].

* The mutant Wither from ComicBook/{{X-Men}} has the power to decay any organic material his skin comes in contact with. PowerIncontinence leaves his power permanently on. Especially heartbreaking is when the majority of mutants in the world lose their ability, Wither mistakenly believes he has too. He grabs the wrist of the girl he is in love with and her hand withers away.

* One spell available to followers of Nurgle (Nurgle's Rot) in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} can do this.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''

* [[GratuitousGerman Zerstoerung]], the lost sorcery of Eisen, in SeventhSea, consisted mainly of these powers.

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-073]], better known as the biblical Cain, withers all plant matter in a small radius arounds himself.

* Kid Rot from {{Grossology}} can rot all organic materials.

* In the DCUniverse, the {{Batman}} villains Clayface III (Preston Payne) and Clayface V (Cassius "Clay" Payne) could make the bodies of living creatures melt by touching them. Clayface VI (Dr. Peter Malley) could make them melt without touching them.

* ''TabletopGame/DCHeroes'' has the Cell Rot power, which can cause any living or formerly living substance to decompose. If used on a living creature it's treated as a normal Physical attack. The {{Batman}} villain Clayface III (Preston Payne) had this power.

* In ''Anime/{{Sola}}'', Manatsu has this power.

* The mutant Wither from X-Men has the power to decay any organic material his skin comes in contact with. PowerIncontinence leaves his power permanently on. Especially heartbreaking is when the majority of mutants in the world lose their ability, Wither mistakenly believes he has too. He grabs the wrist of the girl he is in love with and her hand withers away.

* AoNoExorcist has Astaroth, the King of Rot, and his kin. He has yet to make an appearance himself but his "pet", the Impure King, was a major antagonist.

This can work in two ways:

# The target simply starts decomposing.

# The target first undergoes RapidAging.

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* ''{{Bleach}}'': [[BadassGrandpa Baraggan]] [[AGodAmI Louisenbairn]]'s [[BreathWeapon Respira]] [[TouchOfDeath causes everything]] [[RapidAging to age rapidly]]. Stone crumbles, spells fade away and flesh rots.

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* Judge Mortis, one of the four dreaded Dark Judges who periodically break into the reality of MegaCity One in ''{{Judge Dredd}}'', has the power to induce instant mortification and decay in anything he touches.

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* On Charmed there was an episode that dealt with a demon of vanity that could de-age others and make them young and healthy again. He then shows that he can also reverse this and rapidly ages two women into piles of dust.

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* One spell available to followers of Nurgle (Nurgle's Rot) in Warhammer40K can do this.

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* Death Knights in WarcraftII have the Death And Decay ability, which does devastating amounts of damage in a huge area as long as they have mana. In WarcraftIII, the ability is now the Lich's ultimate ability, has a much smaller area, does percentage-of-maximum-health as continuous damage, and [[MundaneUtility kills trees.]]

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* [[SCPFoundation SCP-073]], better known as the biblical Cain, withers all plant matter in a small radius arounds himself.

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* The BigBad of RaidersOfTheLostArk falls victim to this by choosing the wrong Grail to drink from.

* Blackout from ComicBook/GhostRider decays everything he touches almost instantly. In ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'', he finds it rather surprising that the only food that doesn't mold up and rot away are Twinkies.