History Main / PoisonedWeapons

* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' has two main kinds of poison: Envenomed Weapons does damage over time (but can only reduce HPToOne if the target runs away) and Slow Poison slows the target's movements. The Undead's Disease Cloud also deals low damage for a long time without killing, the Night Elves' Orb of Venom gives the hero Envenomed Weapons (and an anti-air attack if melee) and the Warden's Shadow Strike hurls a poisoned dagger for massive damage, damage over time, ''and'' slow.

* In ''Anime/{{Noir}}'', Shaoli delivers deadly poison with a mere scratch of her fingernails.
* In ''Anime/BloodPlus'', Saya's sword has a little groove in it for her blood, which is fatal to most chiropterans.
* Quite common in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', given that the protagonists are {{Ninja}}s: Sasori tips every weapon he has with poison (which is a lot of weapons), Shizune and one of Kankuro's puppets have poison needles, the Demon Brothers that Team 7 run into on the way to the Land of Waves used poison claws, Sakura once poisoned a kunai (and she apparently learned to how to do so from Shizune), and [[PoisonousPerson Hanzo]] put some of his poison on his kusarigama.

* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', [=DemiDevimon=] tries to kill Sora with a poison dart, but Biyomon [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]] for her. Thankfully for her, while the poison is lethal to humans, it only makes Digimon severely ill for a time. Which is rather unfortunate because [[BigBad Myotismon]] shows up directly after that...
* [[PoisonousPerson Coco]] from ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' can [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation create]] poisoned weapons by combining the poison in his body with the clotting agents from his blood.
* In ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'', Kuesu pulls a gun on Himari and shoots at her. When Himari is grazed, Kuesu reveals the bullets have been coated with a potion that strips an ayakashi of their human mind and fills them with murderous bloodlust, the idea being that win or lose, Yuuto would reject Himari for turning into what he hates, a killer. Himari manages to resist the potion and escape.
* In ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'', Maki may be six inches tall and wield a tiny sword, but it's coated with puffer fish toxin.
* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', Jeanette's dagger is coated with a paralyzing potion.
* In ''LightNovel/AestheticaOfARogueHero'', Phil's {{BFS}} is coated with poison. Akatsuki collapses with a terrible fever when the blade nicks him.
* In ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', Akame's katana Murasame is coated with a deadly poison that has no antidote. It only takes one nick to kill a man in seconds. She mentions that maintaining the sword is a real pain because she risks getting cut herself. However, the poison only affects living beings. If Akame faces robots or zombies, her sword is just a sword.
* Taken UpToEleven with the God Warriors from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', biomechanical HumongousMecha designed as [[NukeEm radiological weapons platforms]] to sterilize all industrialized nations in order to prevent GlobalWarming. Their main armament consists of what appears to be a Casaba Howitzer ([[WaveMotionGun a nuclear bomb whose blast is focused entirely in one direction]]) in their mouths, backed up by a pair of X-ray lasers in their foreheads. And the flashbacks depicting the apocalyptic war known as the Seven Days of Fire also show them carrying gigantic polearms made from naked fuel rods. It doesn't get much more poisonous than that.
* Goblins in ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' are fond of poisoning their weapons, which results in Wizard of the Greenhorn Team having to have a MercyKill performed on her when the poison spreads too far for an antidote to be effective. The poison used is a mixture of the goblins' own spittle and excrement, along with herbs they find in the wild.
* FantasticTerrorists leader Rowan of ''Manga/BlueRamun'' coats the claws of his [[BadassTransplant dragon arm]] with "Scarlet Eyes" poison in preparation for his final battle with Guard Captain Eagle. [[spoiler: Though Eagle manages to cut off the dangerous transplanted arm, he has to get close enough that Rowan is able to poison him with a slash of the claws.]] It takes a whole team of [[HealingHands Blue Doctors]] ''and'' some very IntimateHealing from [[spoiler: Jessie]] to make sure he pulls through.
* In ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'':
** Shinobi from the Tamagakushi Ryuu use poisons in combat, but they're not allowed to use it during the Tournament.
** Ippi Shibano, the necrophiliac archer of the Muhou Ryuu, coats his arrows in deadly poison which leads to an UndignifiedDeath for the receiver.
** In ''Shura'', Momochi Sanpeita is a veteran shinobi whose hand is coated in a layer of poison which allows him to poison people with just a scratch.
** During the third and final part of the Shogunate Tournament, the Shogun decides to test Gama's skills to the top and orders that he and his opponent Kyoyasai fight after coating their swords with lethal snake venom.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' allows the [[{{Qurac}} GLA]] to infect their tank shells with toxins given the proper upgrade. [[MadScientist Dr. Thrax]], in the ''Zero Hour'' expansion, takes it UpToEleven and places poison on ''everything'' in his arsenal.
* The Latin Junta in ''VideoGame/MarchOfWar'' have a similar combat philosophy to Dr. Thrax.

** Violetta also uses a variation. Zola, high on "[[SuperSerum Movit]] #[[UpToEleven 11]]", receives a blowdart in the back and mocks the attempt... until Violetta explains the nature of the poison.

* ''{{Film/Ophelia}}'': Claudius smears poison onto the blade of Laertes' sword to insure he'll kill Hamlet in their duel (which would be considered blatant rule-breaking under standard dueling rules).

* ''Literature/FightingFantasy''

** Literature/{{Deathmoor}} has an enemy, Baron Den Snau, who attacks you with a poisoned sword. His first hit will reduce your metabolism while dealing 3 points of damage to your Stamina, from which point onwards your Provisions can only regain 3 Stamina points instead of the usual 2. If you suffer two hits, you die instantly. Luckily the Baron's Skill isn't very high.

** ''Literature/LegendOfTheShadowWarriors'' has the fifth and deadliest of the warriors using poisoned throwing stars as his WeaponOfChoice. Fail to kill him before he used that weapon, and you're a goner.

** The "Zejar-Dulaga" are magical poisoned arrows created by the Darklords. One is powerful enough to one-shot a Darklord.

See also MasterPoisoner. {{Snake Whip}}s are often this. In a VideoGame, these usually create {{Status Infliction Attack}}s of some kind.

* In ''Fanfic/TheFledglingYear'', this is [[spoiler:Gyneth’s]] apparent chosen method for her plan to [[HoneyTrap seduce]] and {{assassin}}ate Prince Cor.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Crocodile's trump card is a poisoned hook-hand.

* A prequel to ''Literature/DeptfordMice'' series has enemies who wear golden claws with an impossibly nasty poison that causes you to pretty much dissolve into goo. When one character finds an unconscious one of them, HoistByHisOwnPetard is subverted by WhatAnIdiot when the guy decides to put on the claw and kill him with it, but accidentally scratches himself. He then runs away from the incurable poison already in his veins, and dies very quickly as opposed to using his remaining time to say, ''kill the one he poisoned himself getting ready to kill''.

* MasterPoisoner and PsychoForHire [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] loves these. It's generally dangerous to let her [[DeadlyScratch so much as scratch you]].

* Utro the Needle of ''ComicBook/RedSonja'' smears dung on his daggers to turn scratches into lethal infections.
* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Redback Spider's "fighting needles" are full of and covered in redback spider venom. The amount is much higher than what would be delivered in a spider bite and therefore much more dangerous.

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In the "God of War Legend" story arc from Season 7, the solders sent by Caesar wield dual-bladed daggers that are laced with purple poison that appears on the characters' resulting wounds.

* ComicBook/DungeonTwilight: [[ProfessionalKiller Fayez and his followers]] use poisoned needles that rot the victims and dissolve them in seconds.

** Violetta also uses a variation. Zola high on "[[SuperSerum Movit]] #[[UpToEleven 11]]" receives a blowdart in the back and mocks the attempt... until Violetta explains the nature of the poison.
---> '''Violetta:''' Tsk, I know that. That wasn't poison, that was more Movit #11. Now all I have to do is [[ExplosiveOverclocking watch you combust.]]

** And during the Mechanicsburg plot-arc Tweedle skewers Tarvek with a poisoned throwing blade.

[[caption-width-right:320:[[StatisticallySpeaking 6.5% increase in total damage dealt]]? What do you mean "it's not deadly"?]]

* MasterPoisoner and PsychoForHire Cheshire loves these. It's generally dangerous to let her so much as scratch you.

See also MasterPoisoner. {{Snake Whip}}s are often this.

* ''TabletopGame/TheOneRing'': Heroic adventurers [[PoisonIsEvil don't have the option]], but some orcs and other creatures of darkness wield weapons that cause poisoning on a CriticalHit. This inflicts a StatusEffect that duplicates the effect of a serious Wound and can cause other penalties, like temporary partial blindness from orc-poison.

* Some weapons in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series inflict the "Poisoned" [[StatusEffects status effect]] on enemies when they hit.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', in a more traditional use of the trope, lets you apply poisons to your weapons which will deliver the poison's effects on the next enemy it strikes. Poisons can be found or purchased, and you can also create them yourself through the [[AlchemyIsMagic Alchemy]] PotionBrewingMechanic. This causes [[FridgeLogic some confusion]] as to how a [[DropTheHammer warhammer]] -- [[CarryABigStick or other blunt weapon,]] which [[MindScrew has no method of actually transmitting the poison into the host's body]] -- can be poisoned in the same manner as, say, [[HeroesPreferSwords a sword]] or [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]]. (It can also be applied to a ''bow'', although it's implied that you're actually applying to the next arrow fired.) Further, "poisons" can have effects beyond simply dealing damage. Poisons can drain [[{{Mana}} Magicka]] and Stamina, or inflict "weakness to" [[ElementalPowers certain elements]], or inflict other StatusEffects such as Silence or Paralysis.

** Additionally, a small octopus caught on a tropical island, and when somewhat heated it becomes as poisonous as the strongest poison -- then it can be ground into a paste that can be applied to spears only, though. The reason of such a limitation? [[ObviousRulePatch There is no real one.]] Only the mentioned select few above weapons can be poisoned, too -- many other bladed weapons can't be.

** In Book 4, Lone wolf can fight a bandit patrol whose weapons are coated with poison. One scratch, and it's GameOver.

* Some weapons in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series inflict the "Poisoned" [[StandardStatusEffects status effect]] on enemies when they hit.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', in a more traditional use of the trope, lets you apply poisons to your weapons which will deliver the poison's effects on the next enemy it strikes. Poisons can be found or purchased, and you can also create them yourself through the [[AlchemyIsMagic Alchemy]] PotionBrewingMechanic. This causes [[FridgeLogic some confusion]] as to how a [[DropTheHammer warhammer]] -- [[CarryABigStick or other blunt weapon,]] which [[MindScrew has no method of actually transmitting the poison into the host's body]] -- can be poisoned in the same manner as, say, [[HeroesPreferSwords a sword]] or [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]]. (It can also be applied to a ''bow'', although it's implied that you're actually applying to the next arrow fired.) Further, "poisons" can have effects beyond simply dealing damage. Poisons can drain [[{{Mana}} Magicka]] and Stamina, or inflict "weakness to" [[ElementalPowers certain elements]], or inflict other StandardStatusEffects such as Silence or Paralysis.

* In ''Fanfic/WinterWar'', [[spoiler: Soi Fong and Ukitake finally manage to kill the Barragan Fragment by getting its [[BloodyMurder corrosive blood]] on their swords. Unfortunately for them, the blood is also eating through their {{Empathic Weapon}}s as they fight..]].

* In ''Fanfic/{{Nightblade}}'', the titular Nightblade is a physically weak weapon that imparts a deadly poison on a single wound.

See also MasterPoisoner.

* ''TabletopGame/TheOneRing'': Heroic adventurers [[PoisonIsEvil don't have the option]], but some orcs and other creatures of darkness wield weapons that can cause poisoning on a CriticalHit. This inflicts a StatusEffect that duplicates the effect of a serious Wound and can cause other penalties, like temporary partial blindness from orc-poison.

* Taken UpToEleven with the God Warriors from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', biomechanical HumongousMecha designed as [[NukeEm radiological weapons platforms]] to sterilize all industrialized nations in order to prevent ClimateChange. Their main armament consists of what appears to be a Casaba Howitzer ([[WaveMotionGun a nuclear bomb whose blast is focused entirely in one direction]]) in their mouths, backed up by a pair of X-ray lasers in their foreheads. And the flashbacks depicting the apocalyptic war known as the Seven Days of Fire also show them carrying gigantic polearms made from naked fuel rods. It doesn't get much more poisonous than that.

* In 1973, an African-American school superintendent by the name of Marcus Foster was shot multiple times by the Symbionese Liberation Army. During the coroner's examination, it was discovered that all eight bullets contained cyanide. Somewhat unsurprisingly, however, [[RealityEnsues the cause of death was from being shot eight times]].

* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': Poisoned blowdarts are featured twice.
** By Hovitos in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''
** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''
* The Na'vi of ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' dip their arrows - which they use primarily for hunting Pandora's megafauna - in a neurotoxin that will stop a human's heart in a minute. The poison is the ''least'' of a human victim's concerns, though; the arrows are the size of broomsticks and the Na'vi are crack shots.

* ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad Mallorean]]'': [[MasterPoisoner Sadi]], one of the heroic party members carries a variety of poisons, and his major weapon in battle is a poisoned dagger. When [[TheMentor Belgarath]] asks the group to minimize casualties during a fight with {{Mooks}}, he's responsible for two of the three deaths at its close - "It's a little hard to unpoison a knife." (The third was [[CombatPragmatist Silk]] taking out an ambusher.)

* In a flashback of ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'', it is revealed that a previous border-skirmish between the Highlands and the Jowston Alliance was to be settled with a [[CombatByChampion contest of champions]] - a duel between the greatest hero of both sides. That those two happened to be personal friends was supposed to make it into an honorable fight. However, when the battle was joined, the hero of Jowston, Genkaku, refused to even lift his sword. Eventually, Highland's hero had no choice but to simply disarm him and claim victory. Genkaku was condemned as a traitor and banished to Highland... but later, it was revealed that the Major of Jowston had surreptitiously poisoned Genkaku's weapon in order to ensure a victory - but Genkaku had realized this. If he had let this subterfuge be known, it would have triggered renewed hostilities between Jowston and Highland, so instead, he simply refused to swing his poisoned blade...

** Additionally, a small octopus caught on a tropical island, and when somewhat heated it becomes as poisonous as the strongest poison - then it can be ground into a paste that can be applied to spears only, though. The reason of such a limitation? [[ObviousRulePatch There is no real one.]] Only the mentioned select few above weapons can be poisoned, too - many other bladed weapons can't be.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', in a more traditional use of the trope, lets you apply poisons to your weapons which will deliver the poison's effects on the next enemy it strikes. Poisons can be found or purchased, and you can also create them yourself through the [[AlchemyIsMagic Alchemy]] PotionBrewingMechanic. This causes [[FridgeLogic some confusion]] as to how a [[DropTheHammer warhammer]] - [[CarryABigStick or other blunt weapon,]] which [[MindScrew has no method of actually transmitting the poison into the host's body]] - can be poisoned in the same manner as, say, [[HeroesPreferSwords a sword]] or [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]]. (It can also be applied to a ''bow'', although it's implied that you're actually applying to the next arrow fired.) Further, "poisons" can have effects beyond simply dealing damage. Poisons can drain [[{{Mana}} Magicka]] and Stamina, or inflict "weakness to" [[ElementalPowers certain elements]], or inflict other StandardStatusEffects such as Silence or Paralysis.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series: Poisoned weapons do exist, but they behave a little differently from the norm. First, each monster has its own tolerance to poison -- Bnahabra die instantly from poison smoke, while bigger monsters tend to resist it more readily. Also, each monster takes a given amount of damage maximum from the poison, and no weapon can inflict more or less. That said, a weapon's Poison attribute is in fact its virulence - a higher attribute means that the poison starts doing damage with fewer blows. Neurotoxins (paralysis) and sleeping agents (sleep) behave in the same way.

* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' [[BadassAdorable Teemo]] uses a blowgun with poisoned darts, [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Twitch]] uses poisoned crossbow bolts, and [[{{Pirate}} Gangplank]] soaks his blades in grog - which is apparently pretty strong stuff because it deals damage over time and slows enemies it hits. [[SnakePeople Cassiopeia]] and [[MadScientist Singed]] cut out the middleman and simply blast people with contact poison or gas.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' with Homer's brother, Herb, Bart is given a membership card to the NRA as a present from Herb so Bart can buy a machinegun when he's older. He asks if he can get armor-piercing cyanide-tipped bullets to go with it. Herb replies, "It's in the constitution, son."
* In ''WesternAnimation/SandokanTheTigerOfMalaysia'', one evil tribe uses poisoned spears.