History Main / MutagenicGoo

* The content of canisters and the ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' pool was most often blue, other times green, ochre or magenta, but always gooey and a catalyst for mutation.

* ''VidoegGame/RogueStormers'' has the Goop, an oil-like, black, oozing substance that horribly mutates living beings in [[AppliedPhlebotinum addition to powering]] {{Dieselpunk}} tech.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has a mutagenic lake in the sewers of New New York. It turns rats into flying fish-pigs, and a purple octopus living there claimed to have once been a little blonde girl named Virginia. [[RadiationImmuneMutants Sewer mutants are, of course, immune,]] and so use the lake as a punishment against offensive outsiders.

The goo comes in many forms -- it may be [[ToxicWasteCanDoAnything toxic]] [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear]] [[ToxicWasteCanDoAnything waste]], some form of [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong alien bodily fluid]], mud from a [[SwampsAreEvil cursed swamp]], or contaminated water carrying TheVirus. Once mutated, sometimes the charaters/monsters become RadiationImmuneMutants in relation to the mutagen, though not always, and repeated exposure can prove increasingly harmful.

Common results include BodyHorror, {{Painful Transformation}}s, and {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s. However, it's also a fairly common backstory for non-{{Squick}}y [[HowtoGiveACharacterSuperpowers superheroes.]]

* In Anime/KemonoFriends, this role is accomplished by the "Sand Star", a mysterious substance that turns regular animals into the humanoid Friends. It can also change the Biomes of a given region [[spoiler:and turns inorganic matter into the antagonistic Ceruleans.]]

* The "bio-fuel" from ''Film/{{District 9}}'' that [[spoiler: turns Wikus into a prawn]].

The goo comes in many forms -- it may be [[ToxicWasteCanDoAnything toxic]] ILoveNuclearPower nuclear]] [[ToxicWasteCanDoAnything waste]], some form of [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong alien bodily fluid]], mud from a [[SwampsAreEvil cursed swamp]], or contaminated water carrying TheVirus. Once mutated, sometimes the charaters/monsters become RadiationImmuneMutants in relation to the mutagen, though not always, and repeated exposure can prove increasingly harmful.

The goo comes in many forms -- it may be [[ILoveNuclearPower toxic nuclear waste]], some form of [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong alien bodily fluid]], mud from a [[SwampsAreEvil cursed swamp]], or contaminated water carrying TheVirus. Once mutated, sometimes the charaters/monsters become RadiationImmuneMutants in relation to the mutagen, though not always, and repeated exposure can prove increasingly harmful.

* Energized Protodermis from ''{{Bionicle}}'' is either this or an AcidPool, depending on whether you are destined to transform or not. Also, the water in the Pit would slowly mutate beings into FishPeople, although the effect on organic creatures would be much slower and less noticeable.

* The Ooze from the second ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie, which according to Professor Perry was an unknown mixture of discarded chemicals that was accidentally exposed to a series of radiative waves.

* The Ooze that transformed the Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles from regular turtles into the awesome ninjas we all know. A common threat in the first cartoon was ''Retro''-Mutagen Ooze, which Shredder and other villains tried to use to turn the turtles back into their regular non-mutated selves.

* ''MagicTheGathering'' has the Phyrexian oil that kickstarted the Phyrexian invasion of Mirrodin.

* One form of Phazon in the ''MetroidPrime'' series is like this. Other times it appears as [[GreenRocks crystals]]. The mutations it causes appear to be due to long-term exposure to a type of radiation it emits.

* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest V: The Next Mutation'' has Primordial Soup, which was created in a bacteriological experiment gone catastrophically wrong. Infected humans become "Pukoids," who attempt to transmit TheVirus to others by vomiting on them.

* Structure Gel from ''VideoGame/SOMA'' is a black, slimy chemical that's a fantastically efficient conductor when used on machines - and also happens to have mutagenic properties that transformed the majority of the PATHOS-II staff into horrible [[OrganicTechnology biomechanical monsters.]]

* The titular heroine of ''TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack'' gains her powers when she is accidentally splashed with toxic waste.

-> "This was back in the day when science goo could just do anything! You could make up the most absurd reasoning, that has no scientific logic, but, it's ''science goo!'' So it flies."
--> -- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' on ''TMNT's'' ooze.

The goo comes in many forms -- it may be [[ILoveNuclearPower toxic nuclear waste]], some form of [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong alien bodily fluid]], mud from a [[SwampsAreEvil cursed swamp]], or contaminated water carrying TheVirus. Once mutated, sometimes the charater/monster becomes a RadiationImmuneMutant in relation to the mutagen, though not always, and repeated exposure can prove increasingly harmful.

The goo comes in many forms -- it may be [[ILoveNuclearPower toxic nuclear waste]], some form of [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong alien bodily fluid]], mud from a [[SwampsAreEvil cursed swamp]], or contaminated water carrying TheVirus.