History Main / PoisonousPerson

* Janga, a villainous cat from ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}} Heroes'', bears long, venomous claws that [[DeadlyScratch can inject someone with so much as a scratch]].

*** This is a plot point (though with some {{narm}}) in ''ComicBook/SpiderManReign'', a four-issue miniseries set 30 years in one possible future. Peter Parker recalls how he accidentally caused the death of his wife, Mary Jane Watson-Parker, by giving her cancer due to prolonged exposure to the radioactivity in his semen. (This may have been based on a story in the mainstream Marvel Universe during ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' in which she ''almost'' died that way, her pregnancy worsening the radioactivity passed to her. It was more or less an updated version of [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko the classic "Master Planner" story]].)

*** Issue #7 of ''Araña: The Heart of the Spider'' has Lady Chi of Clan Fei, a [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]] crime lord with poisonous skin. Her father doesn't share the power, but he is immune, making him the only person who can safely touch her.

* The Toxic type from ''VideoGame'' covers anything that can make you ill -- venom, spores, plague, acid, toxic fumes, radiation, et cetera. A lot of its techniques can inflict the poisoned status condition, as can the Toxic Farewell trait.

* During the Manhattan Project; American chemist Donald Mastick was studying the properties of plutonium, then available in only very small quantities. A vial exploded in his face, causing him to swallow a large portion of the sample and his breath set off radiation detectors. The medical directors for the project quickly treated him with counteragents to isolate the plutonium, then pumped his stomach. Mastick was then handed the jar of stomach contents and told [[Squick "go retrieve the plutonium"]].

* ''Franchise/MonsterVerse'':
** The Mother Longlegs who featured in the movie ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' and in the sequel graphic novel ''The Birth of Kong'', according to their profile in the latter. Their Monarch profile states that their sharp legs have a poisonous spur which immobilizes impaled prey while the Mother Longlegs feeds.
** Tiamat in the ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' prequel graphic novel ''Godzilla Dominion''. She can spray toxic vapor from her mouth that can temporarily blind Godzilla.

* In ''Film/TheWolverine'', Viper’s mutant power renders her immune to all viruses and toxins, but she's able to secrete them with her fingernails and tongue.

** ''ComicBook/SwampThing'': Nukeface from volume 2, issues #35-36 is a homeless man who ingests radioactive waste, apparently regarding it as akin to alcohol. He's comparatively unaffected in that he's still able to move about and is largely intact, compared to a man whom he shares his 'drink' with who ''turned into a mess of sludge within only a day''. Ironically, a man working for the company responsible for dumping the radioactive waste follows approximately the same route as Nukeface does. His pregnant wife, out alone in the woods, finds Nukeface; she feels sorry for him and lays down beside him to keep him warm for the night. The moment when she tells her story and her husband and the others who have been searching for her all back away simultaneously is one of the series' big TearJerker moments.

** ''ComicBook/SwampThing'': Nukeface from volume 2, issues #35-36 was a homeless man who ingested radioactive waste, apparently regarding it as akin to alcohol. He was comparatively unaffected in that he was still able to move about and was largely intact, compared to a man whom he shared his 'drink' who ''turned into a mess of sludge within only a day''. Ironically, a man working for the company responsible for dumping the radioactive waste followed approximately the same route as Nukeface did. His pregnant wife, out alone in the woods, found Nukeface; she felt sorry for him and lay down beside him to keep him warm for the night. The moment when she tells her story and her husband and the others who have been searching for her all back away simultaneously is one of the series' big TearJerker moments.

* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'' has an episode about a woman who grows toxic spores on her body that explode and kill anyone within a specific radius to her. She becomes convinced that it's God's will that she kill everyone (for some reason) and eventually the characters have to kill her. Why, when people were risking their lives taking drugs that would give them superpowers, the government didn't just publicize ''her'' story instead of restricting it, is never mentioned.

* In Creator/{{HBO}}'s Series/{{Chernobyl}}, the first responders and some of the surviving power plant workers become this due to the massive dosis of radiation they took after the reactor exploded and caught fire. In the Moscow hospital, firefighter Vasily Iganatenko is kept inside a plastic capsule so that [[BodyHorror his necrotic body]] won't contaminate the rest of the wing, when his wife goes inside the capsule so that he can caress her belly, which has their unborn child, one of the scientists investigating the disaster angrily berates her for exposing herself to such massive radiation. At the burial of the first responders, workers wearing heavy protective gear place the wooden caskets inside lead-lined steel canisters that are then welded shut, and they are then entombed beneath tons of concrete.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E5TheTsurangaConundrum "The Tsuranga Conundrum"]], the MonsterOfTheWeek, the Pting, secretes a toxin from its skin that's lethal to all other species.

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the [[Characters/SupernaturalDjinn djinn]] are able to poison their victims with a touch. The poison can produce hallucinations, a stuporous state, or in a large enough dose, death.

* ''Series/UchuuSentaiKyuranger'' has Stinger, HumanoidAlien from Scorpius System. He can poison people by stinging them with his scorpion tail. While his poison has not killed anyone [[spoiler:yet]], it incapacitates the person with pain and fever. Scorpio, Stinger's brother commonly uses a poison that makes anyone affected into a zombie, which then turns into Poisonous People themselves as they can spread the poison.
* The episode [[Recap/TheXFilesS04E11ElMundoGira "El Mundo Gira"]] of ''Series/TheXFiles'' features two illegal-immigrant brothers whose touch causes other peoples' bodies to be rapidly and fatally overgrown by whichever [[FesteringFungus fungal spores]] they happen to have on their skin.

* In ''Fanfic/TheSeasonsMyReason'', the main antagonist Chef Forgifta creates poison dishes which kicks off the plot when he tricks [[Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure Yui]] into taking one and when Rosemary eats it, he falls ill from a gastric infection, causing Yui and Seraphina to hop universes searching for a lost Papaya Yogurt Recipepe to cure Rosemary. In addition, during the final battle, Forgifta creates a shield around himself called Poison Deflect, and uses Poison Rain and Poison Spikes. [[Manga/SailorMoon Ami's water spells]] aid in getting rid of the shield and [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Isabela Madrigal's plants get rid of the Poison Spikes.

There are a lot of ways this can happen: [[FreakLabAccident falling into a vat of chemicals or bio-hazards]], becoming {{Curse}}d as a WalkingWasteland or with an [[PowerIncontinence uncontrollable]] TouchOfDeath, or [[BlessedWithSuck an autonomous deadly defense mechanism power]] that can't distinguish friend from foe. For extra angst (or [[EvilTastesGood yummies]]) the Poisonous Person kills those they touch because they [[HorrorHunger must feed]] on their LifeEnergy.

This is one of those "powers" that [[WhyAmITicking are difficult to miss]] when they first manifest, sometimes resulting in a DeadLittleSister weighing on their conscience. Is it any wonder that they come to embrace BadPowersBadPeople and become villains? Of course [[PersonalityPowers they probably weren't nice to begin with]], since PoisonIsEvil. This kind of villain isn't just difficult to fight, but also ''very'' versatile in applying their power. They'll use the sweat from their brow to salt a field, fill darts with their poisonous tears, turn a bloody wound [[DefensiveFeintTrap into their enemy's demise]] by [[CombatSadomasochist cutting themselves]] to poison their blade. Some of them may even have [[PoisonIsCorrosive their poison be corrosive,]] [[HollywoodAcid if not throwing actual acidic stuff.]] Sometimes they may use [[AtomicSuperpower radioactive poisoning]]. If their power is disease based, they make an excellent {{Plaguemaster}}. Or they might end up as a hapless TyphoidMary.

If they aren't evil, they'll usually get far, ''far'' away from anyone who they might hurt, like a modern day Medusa or King Midas... sans gold. If they're ''really'' lucky they'll have enough control of their power/curse to turn it on and off, or at least be able to live in urban areas by wearing full body outfits or hazmat suits.

* ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'', based on the novel ''Kouga Ninja Scrolls'', as was ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' below, also has a Kagerou with the same poisonous body. In this version, she is [[BrokenBird a tragic figure]] who is desperately in love with a man she can never be with as he's the future clan chief and [[OutWithABang consummating that love would kill him]]. So she's forced to watch him fall in love with [[StarCrossedLovers another woman from an enemy clan]]. Not only that, but poor Kagerou ends up subjected to a BreakTheCutie process that's bad [[CrapsackWorld even by this VERY dark series's standards]]. [[MurderTheHypotenuse She doesn't handle it well.]] [[MurderSuicide Not well]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy at all]].

* In ''Manga/{{Dokuhime}}'' (literally, Poison Princess): 'It starts with poisonous herbs under the cradle. Then under the sheets. And inside the clothes. Even mixed in the milk that they feed the newborn. This way the child gradually gets used to poisons and becomes [[TykeBomb the perfect assassination tool]] -- the "Poison Princess" whose every kiss, tear and even touch bring death. Her only chance of survival is to fulfill her duty as an assassin and find a way to live on in the enemy land she is sent to... if her heart is strong enough.'
* The bodily fluids of Dokuga from ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'' are toxic to others. As such he bathes and eats separately and [[TheStoic never laughs or shows excessive emotion to avoid accidentally getting spit on his friends.]]
* The original ''Manga/DragonBall'' had Bacterian, a competitor in the first World Tournament arc that Krillin ended up fighting in the quarter finals, a fat slob who used his [[NauseaFuel horrible hygiene]] as an offensive weapon. He almost won, until Goku pointed out that Krillin doesnt technically have a nose due to his character design, letting him beat Bacterian based on a visual joke.

* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'': Zeke's ability as a demon is to create a nonlethal poison that can prevent other demons from using their abilities. It makes him very valuable to C.A.T.T., a human organization that fought demons during the war and became something of a demon specialized police force in peace, but has hampered his ability to connect with other demons since his mere presence can prevent them from using their powers. [[spoiler:It's later revealed his poison was the basis for the Anti-Demonification gas that humans used to secure victory in the war]].
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' Have Mina Ashido, a heroine which quirk allow her to create and shoot acidic substances from her body. She has shown to be quite creative using her power, from using it to skate thorough the terrain, to climb vertical walls by carve holes with her acid. her strongest technique, acid man, covers her in a huge acid-made humanoid armor.

* There's a girl in ''Anime/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' who releases toxic spores or something around her, dissolving anyone she gets close to. Naturally, this makes her a very sad and quiet girl, leading to a positive moment when another character gives her a huge hug, despite being slowly eaten alive by the poison.

*** Pukei-Pukei is a Bird Wyvern reminiscent of a chameleon (though with a behavior more similar to that of Gypceros, including having an elongated tongue). It is capable of inflicting poison with its moth as well as with its tail, and said poison may have additional effects or properties depending on the monster's diet.

*** The ''Iceborne'' expansion introduces Viper Tobi-Kadachi, a subspecies that replaces the electrical powers of its standard cousin in favor of inflicting poison from its fangs and the spikes in its back (which can also be used as projectiles) onto its prey and hunters. When used in conjunction with paralizying bits to incapacitate its
enemies, the poison can become a lethal element in its favor.

-->--'''[[http://mspfa.com/?s=7068&p=128 Dawn Hopkins,]]''' ''Webcomic/{{Chiasmata}}''

* ''[[ComicBook/AnyaCorazon Araña: The Heart of the Spider]]'': In Issue #7: Lady Chi of Clan Fei, a [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]] crimelord, has poisonous skin. Her father doesn't share the power but he is immune, making him the only person that can safely touch her.

*** Preston Payne, a.k.a. the third [[Characters/BatmanClayface Clayface]], has the ability to [[ImMelting cause people to melt]] [[TouchOfDeath with just a touch]]. Other Clayfaces have also had this ability. Unfortunately for Payne, in his case it was because his flesh had become liquefied and he was in constant pain, melting other people being one of the few things that could give him relief.
*** DependingOnTheWriter, [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] can sometimes poison people simply by touching them.
** Plasmus, a ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' villain, looks like radioactive sludge and can [[ImMelting melt people]] [[TouchOfDeath with a touch]].
** A heroic example is Leezle Pon of the [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Green Lantern Corps]], who is a super-evolved and sentient smallpox virus. Due to the deadly disease he can cause, he can't attend many GLC meetings or gatherings, but he played a pivotal role in defeating Despotellis, a [[EvilCounterpart similar, evil virus]].

** ''ComicBook/MetalMen'': Chemo is a giant abomination that is ''made'' of poisonous chemicals, literally. It's the result of a MadScientist dumping all of his failed experiments in a giant, humanoid plastic container, which eventually came to life and gained a sort of quasi-sentience. Chemo is similar to [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]] in that it's not really intelligent enough to be a villain on its own, but is often used as a puppet by smarter bad guys.

** In ''ComicBook/SwampThing'', Nukeface was a homeless man who ingested radioactive waste, apparently regarding it as akin to alcohol. He was comparatively unaffected in that he was still able to move about and was largely intact, compared to a man whom he shared his 'drink' who ''turned into a mess of sludge within only a day''. Ironically, a man working for the company responsible for dumping the radioactive waste followed approximately the same route as Nukeface did. His pregnant wife, out alone in the woods, found Nukeface; she felt sorry for him and lay down beside him to keep him warm for the night. The moment when she tells her story and her husband and the others who have been searching for her all back away simultaneously is one of the series' big TearJerker moments.
* [=DiNA=]: Simmons, the ''Crimson Plague''. [[BloodyMurder She bleeds, you die]] -- horribly and instantly. Menstruation is a pain for her, [[MenstrualMenace and a possible extinction event for everyone else]].

** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': David Kalen was transformeded into DK, a mutant tar/slime monster that could dissolve people with a touch.
** This is a plot point (though with some {{narm}}) in ''ComicBook/SpiderManReign'', a four-issue miniseries set 30 years in one possible future. Peter Parker recalls how he accidentally caused the death of his wife, Mary Jane Watson-Parker, by giving her cancer due to prolonged exposure to the radioactivity in his semen. (This may have been based on a story in the mainstream Marvel Universe during ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'' where she ''almost'' died that way, her pregnancy worsening the radioactivity passed to her. It was more or less a modern version of the classic "Master Planner" story.)

** In a ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' issue, ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} was cured of cancer. Unfortunately, everyone around him started getting sick with cancer, and it was contagious. He caused plagues on Earth, and among the Skrull and the Kree, before he realized what was going on.

** The [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Mother Longlegs]] who featured in the movie ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' and in the sequel graphic novel ''The Birth of Kong'', according to their profile in the latter. Their Monarch profile states that their sharp legs have a poisonous spur which immobilizes impaled prey while the Mother Longlegs feeds.
** [[Characters/MonsterVerseKaiju Tiamat]] in the ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' prequel graphic novel ''Godzilla Dominion''. She can spray toxic vapor from her mouth that can temporarily blind Godzilla.

* The ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheUnexpected'' story "The Bride Was All Aglow" has as its protagonist a man so heavily contaminated in a nuclear plant industrial accident that even the air he exhales needs to be bottled and buried. Unusually for this trope, he's cancer-riddled and in constant pain, and has no more than two years to live.

* The TropeCodifier is "Literature/RappaccinisDaughter". The title girl has been given a poisonous touch and breath by her OverprotectiveDad in a misguided effort to protect her from the evils of the world:

** Also, one of their RoguesGallery, Duke Nukem (no, not [[VideoGame/DukeNukem that one]]) is a WalkingWasteland of radiation damage. His trusty sidekick has to wear a radiation suit just to be around him.

* In ''Lightnovel/TheWayToProtectTheFemaleLeadsOlderBrother'' Roxana Agriche becomes this as a result of her excessive poison intake, which she practices in order to keep her carnivorous butterflies addicted to her blood.

* ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'', based on the novel ''Kouga Ninja Scrolls'', as was ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' below, also has a Kagerou with the same poisonous body. In this version, she is [[BrokenBird a tragic figure]] who is desperately in love with a man she can never be with as he's the future clan chief and [[DeathBySex consummating that love would kill him]]. So she's forced to watch him fall in love with [[StarCrossedLovers another woman from an enemy clan]]. Not only that, but poor Kagerou ends up subjected to a BreakTheCutie process that's bad [[CrapsackWorld even by this VERY dark series's standards]]. [[MurderTheHypotenuse She doesn't handle it well.]] [[MurderSuicide Not well]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy at all]].

** Magellan, the head warden of Impel Down, ate the Venom-Venom Fruit (''Doku Doku no Mi'') which makes him literally a Poison Man. He can produce everything from a toxin that can melt steel and stone to simple tear gas. The most infamous way was being able to create a three-headed hydra that was ''made'' of poison, literally. His ''most'' deadly way to harness this came later, when he created a different poison-monster called Venom Demon: Hell's Judgment, which looked like a gigantic, skeletal-looking demonic beast. It was not only poisonous, it [[HollywoodAcid was incredibly caustic]], and according to him, was powerful enough to "destroy Impel Down itself".) He eats poisoned foods in order to fuel his powers, and his powers give him a liking for the taste, though it gives him terrible diarrhea. Given the fact that he's a BigEater (being a big guy), he has to spend ten hours a day in the bathroom, which combined with the fact that he has to sleep, means he can only work about four hours a day. Still, that didn't seem to be much of a handicap. He's presented as a guardian who [[AntiVillain only wants to prevent all the worst criminals in the world from terrorizing the public]].

** A storyline in ''ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers'' #98-100 (September-November, 1993) features an ArchivedArmy scenario. Lucrezia Borgia serves as an agent of the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Hell Lord]] Satannish. She is granted AbsurdlySharpClaws coated with poison.