History Main / PoisonousPerson

** An extremely dark issue of ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' is centered around a boy who wakes up with a mutation that causes him to emit a chemical that incinerates anyone around him, causing him to wonder where his parents, then his neighbors, then everyone has gone as he unwittingly and accidentally ''wipes out his entire hometown''. Wolverine, as the only one who can survive his presence due to his HealingFactor, is sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. to track him down and kill him (both because of the danger that he poses and because the exposure of a mutant that dangerous would basically ensure that mutants would be hunted to extinction). When the boy is made to understand, he quietly tells Wolverine: "...just do it."

* ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' has the EnclosedExtraterrestrials known as the Andromedons, who can't survive in Earth's atmosphere on account of the fact that they breathe argon instead of oxygen, and have to wear environmentally-sealed PoweredArmor with [[HollywoodAcid extremely acidic coolant]] pumping through it. In ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'', when the aliens were freed from the [[GalacticConquerer Ethereals]]' influence and integrated into human society, while most of them proved to be more or less like us many of the Andromedons remained just as toxic and hateful as they were when fighting XCOM due to being stranded on a planet they can't survive on without their suits. When the [[VichyEarth ADVENT]] regime fell, the aliens [[TheFriendNobodyLikes unanimously agreed to house the Andromedons first]] so they knew where ''not'' to go, placing them in a slum with them [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy regularly killing each other]] in GladiatorGames.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Medicine Melancholy can manipulate poison in any form, and it's implied that she herself is poisonous.

* Tev from ''Series/{{Tracker}}''. In his natural form, he could kill with a single touch, though it took longer with humans and required sex.

* {{Subverted|Trope}} with Muk in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. Despite being living poison, it smothers Ash every time they meet and is also seen smothering Professor Oak frequently, yet neither suffers after effects.

*** Issue #7 of ''[[ComicBook/AnyaCorazon 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.

** There's also [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-811 SCP-811]], a swamp-dwelling woman whose containment procedures require anyone entering her enclosure to wear a full hazmat suit and for good reason: she is a walking biohazard. She secretes mucus from the palms of her hands and soles of her feet that [[PoisonIsCorrosive corrode organic tissue into black goo]] (which she then absorbs into her skin for nourishment), she {{vomit|IndiscretionShot}}s black tar that contains various infectious bacteria, she gives off [[DeadlyGas large amounts of methane]], and surgery cannot be safely performed on her because it's impossible to maintain a sterile operating environment. Even her sweat is a "mild skin irritant".

* Back in 1994 very specific circumstances led to what appeared to be a woman's body essentially becoming toxic, causing illness in several people in the emergency room she was at before she died. The real cause is unknown but this is discussed in [[http://discovermagazine.com/1995/apr/analysisofatoxic493 this]] article.

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' many creatures with the Deathtouch ability are like this, as are several things with Wither. The first kills if any damage is dealt, the other makes damage essentially permanent instead of resetting at end of turn.
** Getting 10 Poison Counters will cause a player to [[InstantWinCondition automatically lose]] regardless of their life total. Many creatures in the ''Scars of Mirrodin'' set have the Infect ability, which is like Wither when battling other creatures, and inflicts damage in the form of Poison Counters to players.

It's worth noting that there is no "typical" Poisonous Person in terms of appearance. Some are mundane looking, others are [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance astonishingly obviously poisonous]] as Hazmat shows above, and a fair number are drop dead gorgeous. Why is it all the [[EvilIsSexy pretty]] [[ArtifactOfAttraction things]] [[ArtifactOfDeath will kill you?]]

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* Franchise/MonsterVerse:

* ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan2000'': Professor Gangrene can poison people by touching them. Grinder discovers this the hard way in Gangrene's debut episode (fortunately, he gets better thanks to Action Man stealing the antidote), and in a later episode Gangrene taunts Action Man to hit him with his bare hand, but Action Man is smart enough not to do so.
%%* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': Lerahk.

** Meet his EvilCounterpart, Captain Pollution! The guy can contaminate or kill anything in his vicinity.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/YoungJusticeRevivalSeries Young Justice: Outsiders]]'', both the first and second Plasmus were metahuman teens turned into monsters that were so dangerous that touching them would cause your skin to melt.

* ''Fanfic/MischiefInMusutafuAndOtherSuchTales'': Katsuki's nitrogrlycerin sweat is poisonous, which they all found out the hard way when Izuku licked his hand when they were rough-housing as toddlers and ended up in the hospital. After this, Katsuki's quirk was marked as a biohazardous quirk, and he has a medical quirk usage license to be able to burn off his sweat in public so he's not a danger to anyone. However, the whole thing also made Katsuki averse to all physical contact, while simultaneously he DesparatelyCravesAffection.

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' has newcomer F.A.N.G., a MadScientist that works for Shadaloo whose moveset is the first to incorporate poison. His V-Skill has him firing a slow-moving, unblockable poison projectile that will chip away at the opponent's health for a few moments or until the opponent lands a hit on F.A.N.G. His V-Trigger has him surrounding himself in a cloud of poisonous gas that will continuously damage opponents as long as they stand close to him.