History Main / PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': The Orb is itself the equipment, preventing unwitting users from grabbing the [[spoiler:Power Stone -- Ronan puts the stone into his [[DropTheHammer hammer]] to use it]].

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* ''Literature/LoneWolf'':
** Lone Wolf's magical sword, the Sommerswerd, radiates such goodly power that it acts as a beacon to evil beings. On the occasions when Lone Wolf has to sneak into the hometurf of such beings, he has to keep the Sommerswerd sheathed in a Korlinium scabbard. The people who give him the scabbard warn him that the instant he draws the sword his cover will be blown by the sword's aura, so he should only wield it when he's in striking distance of the BigBad. In the last Grandmaster book, if Lone Wolf does not have the Sommerswerd and takes the magical sword Skarn-Ska the Elder Magi forged for him, Lord Rimoah will give him a Korlinium Scabbard since Skarn-Ska, while not as powerful as the Sommerswerd, also radiates goodly power.
** Lone Wolf's lieutenant in the New Order series has the same problem with the Moonstone, which he carries in a Korlinium-laced satchel during his travels, as to not attract the attention of Naar's agents. It works quite well.
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* Subverted in ''Manga/ShuumatsuNoWalkureRecordOfRagnarok'', Thor's Járngreipr gloves are required to safely wield his hammer Mjolnir. [[spoiler: But when they're destroyed, it's revealed the exact opposite is the case: The Járngreipr restrain Thor's power so he won't accidentally destroy Mjolnir before [[GatheringSteam it's fully awakened]].]]

* The standard ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' artifact entry lists what the thing looks like, the many, many safety precautions and equipment needed to handle it, and how it was found.

* Subverted in Manga/ShuumatsuNoWalkureRecordOfRagnarok. Thor's Járngreipr gloves are required to safely wield his hammer Mjolnir. [[spoiler: But when they're destroyed, it's revealed the exact opposite is the case: The Járngreipr restrain Thor's power so he won't accidentally destroy Mjolnir before [[GatheringSteam it's fully awakened]].]]

* Subverted in ShuumatsuNoWalkureRecordOfRagnarok. Thor's Járngreipr gloves are required to safely wield his hammer Mjolnir. [[spoiler: But when they're destroyed, it's revealed the exact opposite is the case: The Járngreipr restrain Thor's power so he won't accidentally destroy Mjolnir before [[GatheringSteam it's fully awakened]].]]

* The Norse god Thor had an iron glove named Iarn Grieper which allowed him to wield Mjölnir, the hammer of thunder, without being burned.

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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** The reason ComicBook/DoctorOctopus exists. His tentacles are technically [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids just a fancy set of waldoes.]]

* Kryptonite needs to be kept in lead to protect Franchise/{{Superman}}, or [[KryptoniteProofSuit he needs to be in lead to protect himself from it]]. (Which by extension means that Franchise/{{Batman}} has a lead compartment in his utility belt since he [[CrazyPrepared always has kryptonite]].) Because it's radioactive, Kryptonite can also be dangerous to humans after prolonged exposure, so putting it in lead is really for everyone's protection. ComicBook/LexLuthor learned this the hard way when he discovered he'd given himself cancer with the stuff.

* ''Film/TheAndromedaStrain'' (1971): waldoes were used inside the sealed biohazard room while processing the title disease.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Infinity Stones are {{Power Crystal}}s which even on their own tend to kill anyone who tries to use them barehanded.
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': The Tesseract (which contains the Space Stone) is moved with special cases and held using tongs. We see why when Red Skull grabs it directly and [[spoiler:[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar it opens a wormhole that teleports him to Vormir]]. It's actually perfectly safe to handle for short periods of time, as Nick Fury manually locks it in a briefcase at the beginning of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', but the Tesseract does not tolerate being misused, and it punished Red Skull for that crime]].
** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': Loki's Scepter contains the Mind Stone, which has similar properties to the Tesseract. Almost everyone HYDRA exposes to it later dies, save for [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Wanda and Pietro Maximoff]]. From ''Age of Ultron'' through ''Infinity War'', the Mind Stone is embedded into [[ComicBook/TheVision Vision]]'s forehead.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': The Orb is itself the equipment, preventing unwitting users from grabbing the [[spoiler:Power Stone. And Ronan puts the stone into his hammer to use it.]]

** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'': When the characters encounter [[spoiler:the Tesseract]], only Carol can safely touch it, because [[spoiler:her powers were reverse-engineered from it]]. At this time, none of the characters know what exactly it is capable of, but Nick Fury is wary. Carol half-jokingly suggests that they get an oven mitt. It ultimately turns out not to be necessary [[spoiler:because Goose the cat-slash-[[TheDogIsAnAlien Flerken]] ''swallows it'', and her stomach makes for a perfectly serviceable StomachOfHolding.]]

* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'': the scientists in Hugo Drax's lab use manipulators for part of their processing of the deadly poison. Unfortunately they use manual manipulation outside a sealed area for the rest, so after Film/JamesBond fools around with the vials one of them is knocked down and broken, killing them (2:15-3:50).

* ''Film/{{Star Trek|2009}}'': The Red Matter had to be held in a floor to ceiling plastic (glass?) containment unit and pulled out by a syringe one drop at a time.

* The ''Videogame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'', has the eponymous Tiberium, [[GreenRocks green rocks]] [[HostileTerraforming from outer space]], that needs special equipment to handle, like [[WorkerUnit Harvesters or Weed-Eaters]]. It is very toxic and mutagenic to Earth life, and will [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration kill unprotected infantry very quickly]]. This isn't the case for the Scrin. On the contrary, they need Tiberium to survive. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Their infantry is actually healed while standing on Tiberium.]]

** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''[='=]s gravity gun was originally used for handling dangerous stuff required for Dr. Vance's research.
** As was the HEV suit throughout the series for that matter[[labelnote:*]]Though the ''original'' design was highly advanced combat armor, and was then adapted to hazardous material handling after the fact[[/labelnote]].

* Inverted in ''Website/NotAlwaysRight''. [[https://notalwaysright.com/save-it-on-a-flesh-drive/76443/ Save It on a Flesh Drive]] mentions inability to use a capacitive touch screen while wearing gloves.

* {{Antimatter}} must be kept in a magnetic trap. For now this is just because the antimatter will be lost if it touches anything else but one day a mass large enough to be dangerous might be contained the same way.

* Inverted in ''Website/NotAlwaysRight''. [[http://notalwaysright.com/save-it-on-a-flesh-drive/28231 Save It on a Flesh Drive]] mentions inability to use a capacitive touch screen while wearing gloves.

* ''Film/ResidentEvil'': when the T-Virus containers in the sealed area are being placed in the suitcase to be stolen, they're manipulated with waldoes.

** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': The Tesseract (which contains the Space Stone) is moved with special cases and held using tongs. We see why when Red Skull grabs it directly and [[spoiler:[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar it opens a wormhole that teleports him to Vormir]]]].

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Infinity Stones are {{Power Crystal}}s which even on their own tend to kill anyone who tries to use them.
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': The Tesseract (which contains the Space Stone) is moved with special cases and held using tongs. We see why when Red Skull grabs it directly and [[spoiler:[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar gets teleported to Vormir]]]].
** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': Loki's Scepter contains the Mind Stone, which has similar properties to the Tesseract. Almost everyone HYDRA exposes to it later dies, save for [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Wanda and Pietro Maximoff]].

** ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'': The Eye of Agamotto houses the Time Stone.
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': The Infinity Gauntlet allows its user to handle all six Infinity Stones [[spoiler:including the five above]], [[spoiler:This is because they emit high levels of gamma radiation]]. Even with the Gauntlet equipped, using the power of all of the Stones at once causes severe damage to its wielder.

** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': [[spoiler:Since the Infinity Gauntlet was destroyed]], Tony Stark creates another gauntlet using his nano-tech. The Nano-Gauntlet has the advantage of being able to fit ''anyone'' (it can modify itself thanks to its nanotechnology), but it also seems to provide less protection from the Infinity Stones' [[spoiler:gamma radiation]]. [[spoiler:Professor Hulk is the only one who could survive using it ''once'' since he has very high resistance to gamma radiation already, and even then his arm is still (possibly permanently) ruined.]]

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* In ''Literature/TheChathrandVoyage'', [[ArtifactOfDoom the Nilstone]] grants whoever wields it nigh-infinite magical power - and also kills anyone who touches it in a matter of moments, so long as they fear death (which is most people). However, the temptation of the Nilstone's power means that people have found various ways around this - the Scepter of Sathek is a less powerful artifact that, among its properties, allows its wielder to safely hold the Nilstone in one hand so long as they hold the Scepter in the other, while a potion from the Underworld that temporarily removes the drinker's fear of death may also be taken to permit safe handling of the stone.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': The Tesseract is moved with special cases and held using tongs. We see why when Red Skull grabs it directly and seems to die.
** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': Loki's Scepter contains a mind-controlling gem with similar properties to the Tesseract.
** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'': The Aether is contained initially by two giant stone blocks, and later with a handheld box for transportation.

** ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'': The Eye of Agamotto houses a time-manipulating gem.
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': The Infinity Gauntlet allows its user to handle the six Infinity Stones [[spoiler:including the five above]], {{Power Crystal}}s which even on their own tend to kill anyone who tries to use them. [[spoiler:This is because they emit high levels of gamma radiation]]. Even with the Gauntlet equipped, using the power of all of the Stones at once causes severe damage to its wielder.