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[[labelnote:Poison Carnage]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poison_carnage_4.png[[/labelnote]]\\
[[labelnote:Dark Carnage]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dark_carnage.png[[/labelnote]]\\
[[labelnote:Devil Carnage]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/absolute_carnage_2.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

** ''Carnage'' Volume 1 #1-5

** ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2015}}'' [[ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel Volume 2]] #1-16

** ''[[ComicBook/Carnage2022 Carnage]]'' Volume 3

* AxCrazy: Just like its favorite host, the symbiote delights in bloodshed and violence.

* ShapeshifterWeapon: A large part of Carnage's combat schtick. The symbiote is particularly fond of forming [[BladeBelowTheShoulder swords]], [[SinisterScythe scythes]], [[AnAxeToGrind axes]], and [[SinisterShiv shiv-like]] weapons, reflecting Cletus's brutal personality and prison experience.

* AnAxeToGrind: On the cover of ''Gwenom vs. Carnage'' #1, it's shown forming a battle-axe with guitar frets on the handle.

* ''Maximum Carnage'' / ''Island Under Siege'': A haunted house and scarezone featuring Carnage as the main character that was at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's]] Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights in 2002.

* ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Marvel Superheroes]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012''
* ''WesternAnimation/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2015''

* MagicEnhancement: Bonding to Cletus imbued it with the power of the ''Darkhold'', making it immune to fire and sonics, though it seems to have lost this augmentation following Cletus' death. Eating Alejandra Jones' spine temporarily imbued it with the power of her Spirit of Vengeance.

* PuppeteerParasite: After bonding to Eddie Brock, it torments him with visions of his worst fears coming true while it controls his body, intending to use him to pick up where Cletus left off.

* SpiritualSuccessor: According to Gerry Conway, the 2016 ''Carnage'' series was conceived as "''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY with Carnage as Dracula]]." The series has the same basic narrative setup as ''Tomb of Dracula'', with the story heavily focusing on the group of protagonists traveling across the globe to stop the villain.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Cletus is currently playing [[TheCorrupter shoulder devil]] for Detective Jon Shayde, so either he got tired of her or he's jumping back and forth through the symbiote hive-mind.

** ''Comicbook/XMen[=/=]Spider-Man'' #3

* OhCrap: Spider tries to get an alternate ComicBook/WonderMan to back off by threatening [=WM=]'s MoralityPet, the Scarlet Witch. This leads to him discovering that this Wonder Man is also the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.

* HeyYou: Here mother refers to her exclusivly as "The Kid".

** In ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'', ''Carnage Forever'', and ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2022}}'' Vol. 3 it's treated as the original Carnage symbiote back from the dead, and is seemingly being controlled by the original Carnage symbiote's consciousness.

* DeadPersonImpersonation: It manifests as Cletus Kasady in Eddie's mindscape, with it being all-but outright stated that it's been indwelled by Cletus' soul/codex like the Killmonger Symbiote from ''Black Panther'' Vol. 7 is indwelled by Emperor N'Jadaka's.

* DreamWeaver: After bonding to Eddie Brock, it traps him in a nightmare where the Venom symbiote is killed, Dylan is taken away from him, and Knull attacks Earth.

* VillainProtagonist: Carnage has been the protagonist of ''Superior Carnage Annual'', ''AXIS: Carnage'', and ''Carnage'' Vol. 2; the latter of which was an intentional throwback to ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula.''

* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan''

* GenreThrowback: His post-''Secret Wars'' series is one to the Marvel horror books that Creator/GerryConway wrote back in the 1970's, such as ''Comicbook/TheTombOfDracula'' and ''Comicbook/WerewolfByNight''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: According to Gerry Conway, the 2016 ''Carnage'' series was conceived as "''Comicbook/TheTombOfDracula'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY with Carnage as Dracula]]." The series has the same basic narrative setup as ''Tomb of Dracula'', with the story heavily focusing on the group of protagonists traveling across the globe to stop the villain.

* VillainProtagonist: Carnage has been the protagonist of ''Superior Carnage Annual'', ''AXIS: Carnage'', and ''Carnage'' Vol. 2; the latter of which was an intentional throwback to ''Comicbook/TheTombOfDracula.''

* MadScientist: Dr. Malus, inspired by [[ReedRichardsIsUseless Reed Richards]] of the Comicbook/FantasticFour, got a degree in biology from the University of California and once ran the Institute for Supranormality Research, experimenting on super-powered individuals and supplying the LA mob with PsychoSerum formulas.

* StrawNihilist: He thinks the very idea that "murder is wrong" is just TheMan keeping you down, and that cowardice and weakness are the only reasons everyone else isn't killing too.

[[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote The Venom Symbiote]] | [[Characters/VenomMainHosts Main hosts of Venom]] ([[Characters/VenomEddieBrock Eddie Brock]]) | [[Characters/VenomOtherHosts Other hosts of Venom]] | [[Characters/AlternateIncarnationsOfVenom Alternate Incarnations of Venom]] | [[Characters/VenomSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/VenomRoguesGallery Rogues Gallery]]\\

* DependingOnTheArtist: In ''ComicBook/ExtremeCarnage'' he's drawn with brown hair, but in ''ComicBook/{{Venom|EwingAndRamV}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2022}}'' he's drawn with grey hair -- making him resemble his father.

* TheSociopath: Arthur Krane is a sociopathic serial killer -- having killed small animals as a child before moving on to murdering homeless people and eventually his classmates and ex-girlfriends, to the extent that Carnage considers him to be a kindred spirit]].

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!! The Carnage Symbiotes

[[folder:Carnage IV]]
!! Carnage IV
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/KingInBlack: [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwenom]] vs. Carnage'' #1
A symbiote forcibly bonded to the Mary Jane Watson of Earth-65 and dubbed "Carnage" by Knull in honor of the late Cletus Kasady.

* AnAxeToGrind: On the cover of ''Gwenom vs. Carnage'' #1, it's shown forming a battle-axe with guitar frets on the handle.
* CostumeEvolution: "[=MJarnage=]" starts off with a mostly-human looking appearance, but later assumes a form closer to that of the original Carnage.
* FacialMarkings: When bonded to Mary Jane, the symbiote forms large black streaks on her face.
* LegacyCharacter: It is the fourth individual symbiote to bear the name "Carnage", and stands out by being the first to do so without first having bonded to Cletus Kasady.
* NotQuiteDead: After weakening its bond to MJ, Gwen causes her corrupted gummy spiders to turn on Knull's living abyss -- seemingly killing the gestalt symbiote. However, the final panel shows some of it still remains inside MJ.
* OverlyLongTongue: "[=MJarnage=]" has a prehensile tongue that makes Venom's seem small in comparison, as shown in her concept art -- where it's looped around her hips and legs multiple times.
* PuppeteerParasite: It immediately takes over Mary Jane and enslaves her to Knull's will, forcing her to fight Gwen Stacy.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: While concept art showed it more-closely resembling the classic Carnage, the finalized design is still red-and-black, and a dangerous enemy for Ghost-Spider.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: The symbiote turns MJ's sclerae yellow with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]] after bonding to her.
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[[folder:Dark Carnage]]
!!Dark Carnage
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 4 #7

An offshoot of the Grendel symbiote bonded to the corpse of Cletus Kasady, reanimating him and imbuing it with the personality and abilities of the original Carnage symbiote.
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See Characters/SymbioteHosts

[[folder:Populace of Doverton, Colorado]]
!!Populace of Doverton, Colorado
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!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Host To:''' Carnage; Dark Carnage
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage, U.S.A.'' #1

Travelling to the city of Doverton, Colorado, Cletus Kasady gorged the Carnage symbiote on the contents of a slaughterhouse and sent offshoots of his symbiote through the sewers, bonding it to almost everyone in the city. While the residents were freed with intervention from Captain America, Wolverine, Hawkeye, the Thing, Spider-Man, Agent Venom, Mercury Team, and Scorn; a few years later Cletus returned -- now bonded to an offshoot of the deific Grendel symbiote -- and inducted them into a cult worshipping the dark god Knull. When John Jameson arrived to investigate the strange occurrences, Dark Carnage infected him with a piece of his symbiote and sacrificed the residents of Doverton to Knull.
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See the [[Characters/MarvelComicsFrightfulFour Frightful Four]]

See Characters/SpiderManSupportingCharacters

See ComicBook/CarolDanvers for more info.

!! Notable Alternate Versions of Carnage

[[folder:Bizarnage]]
!!Bizarnage
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!!! '''Universe:''' Earth-9602
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse Spider-Boy]]'' #1

--> ''"You am going nowhere, Spider-Boy--except going to die!''"

When the events of ''Marvel vs. DC'' caused both universes to temporarily combine, Carnage was merged with longtime Franchise/{{Superman}} foe Bizarro. This union created Bizarnage, a crazed monster that was the result of Project Cadmus's attempt to synthetically replicate alien [=DNA=].

-> See Characters/AmalgamUniverse

[[folder:Spider]]
!!Spider
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Peter Benjamin Parker
!!! '''Universe:''' Earth-15
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Exiles'' #12

--> ''"Yeah, you do that, buddy. God knows I can't wait to get back to my dimension and sit in prison for sixty-seven consecutive life sentences. Stupid jury."''

At some point, a teenage version of Spider-Man originating from Earth-15 merged with his world's Carnage symbiote, the two becoming a monster dubbed "the Spider". Incarcerated for the heinous crimes he went on to commit, the Spider was given a chance for freedom when he was drafted into Weapon X, a [[DarkerAndEdgier more]] [[AntiHeroTeam extreme]] counterpart of the reality-hopping ComicBook/{{Exiles}}.

* AlternateSelf: He is an alternate universe counterpart of Spider-Man from Earth-15, bonded to that universe's version of the Carnage symbiote.
* AntiHeroSubstitute: He and Weapon X were this for the Exiles, being given "unsavory" missions that could involve assassinations at best, and outright genocide at worst.
* AxCrazy: This version of Spider-Man was a convicted serial killer sentenced to ''sixty-seven'' consecutive life sentences.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: His preferred method of attack was to morph his arms into long spikes, which he used to give Vanisher a TorsoWithAView.
* BoxedCrook: He was drafted into Weapon X after being arrested.
* CoDragons: He and an evil ComicBook/CarolDanvers were this for [[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme King Hyperion]].
* EnemyDetectingRadar: His Spider-Sense allowed him to locate others, including the Exiles.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: His idea of a joke was something Deadpool would have appreciated. Ironically, the Deadpool he was teammates with had NoSenseOfHumor.
* {{Expy}}: His dark sense of humor makes him a CompositeCharacter of both Carnage and Deadpool.
* JerkAss: Gambit orders She-Hulk to knock Hulk!Wonder Man into a portal, convincing her to do so by reassuring her that Spider will be able to reel her back in to safety. Spider doesn't lift a finger to help her, and can barely be bothered to come up with an excuse for why he didn't.
* KillItWithFire: The Firestar from Earth-3062 flambéed him [[TakingYouWithMe and herself]].
* NoMouth: Unlike the other versions of Carnage, he didn't manifest a mouth.
* OhCrap: Spider tries to get an alternate ComicBook/WonderMan to back off by threatening [=WM=]'s MoralityPet, the Scarlet Witch. This leads to him discovering that this Wonder Man is also the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.
--> '''Wanda:''' He does everything in his power to maintain control, you imbecile! You're threatening me--you're setting him off!!\\
'''Spider:''' Crap.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He was 42 when he died, but still looked fourteen. The symbiote or his status as a member of Weapon X presumably retarded his aging.
* PsychoForHire: When King Hyperion usurped control of Weapon X, the Spider sided with him because Hyperion let him do whatever he wanted, namely kill and maim to his heart's content.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: He had an entirely red costume with a black chest insignia and webbing-like veins stretching from it to his shoulders.
* RiseOfZitboy: With the symbiote retracted, he's shown to be quite pockmarked.
* SamusIsAGirl: He's stunned when one version of [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Sasquatch]] turns out to be a black woman named Heather Hudson.
* TheSociopath: He's a mass-murderer with a depraved sense of humor.
* TerribleTrio: Formed one with King Hyperion and Ms. Marvel, after they decided to stop listening to the Timebroker.
* YouAreNumberSix: His inmate number was 24739.

[[folder:Carnage (Animated Series)]]
!!Carnage (Animated Series)
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Cletus Kasady
!!! '''Universe:''' Earth-92131
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series ''Season 3, Episode 10
!!! '''Voiced By:''' Scott Cleverdon

--> ''"Kasady is gone! There is only... CARNAGE!"''

A deranged madman who had committed crimes so severe even the Post refused to report them, Cletus Kasady was captured by Spider-Man after attempting to suicide-bomb a squad of police inside his booby-trapped house. Imprisoned at Ravencroft Asylum for the Criminally Insane, Cletus wound up in the cell next to Eddie Brock, who was doing time for his actions as the super villain Venom and undergoing therapy with Dr. Ashley Kafka. When [[Characters/DoctorStrangeEnemies Baron Mordo]], servant of the demon lord Dormammu, offered to return the symbiote to Eddie, Cletus eavesdropped and eagerly offered his services in return for power. When the symbiote later returned for Eddie and Venom escaped, Cletus watched in jealous frustration, but later on Baron Mordo revealed that the symbiote had reproduced, offering its spawn to Cletus in exchange for his fealty to Dormammu. Kasady gleefully accepted, bonding to the creature, and was dubbed Carnage by Mordo.

As Carnage, he helped Venom steal Tony Stark's inter-dimensional portal device, and following Venom's defection was given the ability to drain life force via physical contact, using it to fill an urn that would set Dormammu free. After rampaging through the city, Carnage drained enough life force to nearly fill the urn, When Mordo told him only one more person's life was needed to free Dormammu, Carnage was disappointed but chose Detective Lee, his arresting officer, as his final victim. Spider-Man intervened, but Carnage defeated him, draining Detective Lee's life force and Dr. Kafka's as well when she arrived, taking her to Dormammu's lair. There, Mordo used the urn to open a portal to Dormammu's prison, but Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Venom intervened. Spider-Man reversed the portal's flow, but was unable to close it due to the power Dormammu had given Carnage. As he was pulled through the portal, Carnage grabbed Dr. Kafka, determined to take her with him, but Venom sacrificed himself to save her, trapping both himself and Carnage in the void between worlds.

Some time later, the Carnage symbiote - or possibly an alternate version of it - made its way through a portal and into the hands of a nihilistic alternate version of Spider-Man driven insane by the existence of a clone named Ben Reilly, transforming him into Spider-Carnage. Spider-Carnage sought to destroy the Multiverse and nearly succeeded, but was stopped by a team of Spider-Men from other worlds. When confronted by an alternate version of Uncle Ben, Spider-Carnage realized what a monster he had become and sacrificed himself to destroy the portal machine and the symbiote for good.

See the ''Characters/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' characters page for more information.

[[folder:Carnage (Unlimited)]]
!!Carnage (Unlimited)
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Cletus Kasady
!!! '''Universe:''' Earth-751263[=/=]Earth-7831
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' Episode 1 ("Worlds Apart, Part One")
!!! '''Voiced By:''' Michael Donovan

Cletus Kasady was imprisoned in a maximum security prison cell before being broken out by Eddie Brock, who gifted Cletus with a portion of his symbiote and turned him into the monstrous Carnage. An unknown amount of time later, Carnage attacked Colonel Jameson's shuttle to Counter-Earth alongside Venom, guided by an entity they called the Synoptic. On Counter-Earth, Carnage and Venom began working to further the Synoptic's goal of conquering Counter-Earth with symbiotes, at times working with the High Evolutionary, but most often against.

See the ''Characters/SpiderManUnlimited'' characters page for more information.

[[folder:Ultimate Carnage]]
!!Ultimate Carnage
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' "Little Ben"; Gwen Stacy (genetic duplicate)
!!! '''Universe:''' Earth-1610
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #61; ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #98 (as Gwen Stacy)

--> '''Peter:''' Conners? What--have--you--done?

A protoplasmic entity created by Curtis Connors and Ben Reilly by combining a sample of Spider-Man's blood with a sample of his own - which contained traces of the Lizard Formula, and a sample of the Venom Suit. The creature's genetic code was incomplete, so to sustain itself it began attacking everyone it came across and draining them of all their vital fluids. Possessing fragments of Peter Parker's memories, it returned to his house, where it encountered and killed Gwen Stacy. Carnage later returned and attacked Peter, who led it away from his home into the city. After watching it transform into a monstrous replica of Richard Parker, Peter realized that it needed his DNA to become complete and, rationalizing that [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman it wasn't alive to begin with]], immolated it in an industrial smoke stack. Dr. Connors was arrested for his role in creating it, and Ben Reilly was fired.

Otto Octavius and Ben Reilly later created a second Carnage using a sample of the original and DNA samples of Gwen as a base. The second Carnage, possessing Gwen's memories, sought out Peter Parker after escaping from SHIELD during the Green Goblin's breakout. When Eddie Brock threatened Peter in an attempt to get the Venom Suit back from SHIELD, Gwen intervened and transformed into Carnage. This caused the traces of the Venom Suit inside Eddie's body to reform, and after a brief fight he assimilated Carnage, spitting out the fully human clone of Gwen.

For more information on both Ultimate Carnages, please refer to the '''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''' page, and the adjoining [[Characters/UltimateSpiderMan characters]] page.

[[folder:Carnage Curl]]
!!Carnage Curl
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!!! '''Universe:''' Earth-615.9[=/=]Earth-90211
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''What If? Venom Possessed Deadpool'' #3

--> '''Hairy Spranger:''' And this "lady" is--
--> '''Carnage Curl:''' I am the Carnage Curl. I am living death. I am twisted hair and broken hearts.
--> '''Hairy Spranger:''' I bet you are, sweetie.

InAWorld where the Venom symbiote bonded to ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, the Merc with a Mouth attempted to modernize his look by cutting off his Beyonder-inspired Jheri curls, not knowing that they contained the gestating spawn of his symbiote. Once separated from its parent, the baby symbiote assumed a human form, and became an enemy of Venompool.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: There's no indication that Carnage Curl has a host, she might simply be a BlobMonster that can somehow make itself look like a person.
* ArchEnemy: Carnage Curl went out of her way to make Venompool miserable after he rejected her.
--> '''Venompool:''' Do you know what she put me through? Do you?! Carnage Curl killed my great secret uncle, Buffalo Hopskotch! She blew up the laboratory where I worked for years to create diarrhea retardant Olestra! She left [[ExcrementStatement an upper-decker]] at my country time birthday hoedown. Everyone thought I left a stinker!
* DenserAndWackier: This being a [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Deadpool]]-centered ''WhatIf'' comic, she was born from a botched haircut, looked completely human, and was sleeping with two cosmic entities.
* MonsterIsAMommy: She was dating the Beyonder, but got knocked up by ''Galactus''.
--> '''Galactus:''' Behold--Galactus is the baby daddy! My revenge is finally complete, Beyonder!\\
'''Beyonder:''' No... [[ThisCannotBe it can't be]]... not him. Home-wrecking monster! [[TalkShowWithFists Let us solve our differences with fists!]]
* MostCommonSuperpower: She was incredibly buxom and not afraid of flaunting herself.
* OneWingedAngel: She's able to assume a form that resembles the mainstream Carnage, but with the addition of FemmeFatalons and PrehensileHair.
* OppositeSexClone: She was formed from Venompool's amputated Jheri curls.
* RetGone: Venompool erased her from existence with the Retcon Expungifier.
* SassyBlackWoman: As her shirt advertises, she took the appearance of a dark-skinned human woman.

[[folder:Carnage (Ultimate Animated Series)]]
!!Carnage (Ultimate Animated Series)
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Peter Parker (original); Otto Octavius, Iron Fist, Hulk, Agent Venom, Shriek, Mary Jane Watson (second)
!!! '''Universe:''' Earth-12041
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' Season 2 Episode 8 (original); ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' Season 4 Episode 13 (second)

The original Carnage symbiote was created by the Green Goblin from a modified sample of the Venom symbiote, and bonded to Peter Parker. Transformed into a berserk red-and-black monster dubbed Carnage by the Goblin, Peter was sent to kill Spider-Man and his team, and easily trounced them and a squad of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents until Harry Osborn - the former host of the Venom symbiote, intervened and took the symbiote from Peter, becoming Venom once again.

Several months later, Doctor Octopus and Hydra scientist Michael Morbius acquired a sample of the Venom symbiote from Agent Venom and modified it to create a second Carnage symbiote. Originally bonding to Otto Octavius, the symbiote quickly developed the ability to speak and manifest a humanoid form without a host. Carnage battled Spider-Man and Agent Venom until it was blown up, scattering pieces of the symbiote across the city that proceeded to take over most of the populace. Seemingly destroyed by Anti-Venom, the Carnage symbiote instead reformed and infested Midtown High, where it took over Mary Jane Watson and turned her into the Carnage Queen. Hydra intended to control her and use her to spread the symbiote around the world, but Mary Jane was able to overcome and tame the symbiote to become Spider-Woman.

See the ''Characters/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' characters page for more information.

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[[folder:Carnage Beyond]]
!! Carnage (Beyond)
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Dylan Brock
!!! '''Universe:''' Unknown[[note]]While Dylan is implied to be the one from Earth-1051, Ryan Stegman clarified that the story wasn't meant to be canon.[[/note]]
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage: Black, White & Blood'' #4

An alternate version of Codex, the Dylan Brock of Earth-1051, who was taken over by the Carnage symbiote.

* AlternateSelf: As an undead demigod bonded to the Carnage symbiote and augmented by Knull, Dylan is his universe's counterpart to Dark Carnage from ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'', and even has a dragon emblem on his chest. While the issue itself implies he's the Dylan Brock from Earth-1051, Ryan Stegman clarified on Twitter that -- as far as he was aware, at least -- that wasn't the case.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Impersonates Agent Venom (Anne Weying), who he killed, in order to get Venom (Dylan) to let his guard down.
* DiscardAndDraw: Dylan's connection to Knull was severed by his mainstream counterpart, but Carnage bonding to him restored it and gave him Carnage's powers on top of those he'd possessed as Codex.
* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: Dylan was left in a coma that lasted for years, and the Carnage symbiote bonding to him turned him into an undead demigod lacking even the trace remnants of humanity he'd possessed as Codex.
* OtherMeAnnoysMe: Carnage specifically targets Venom and Dylan as revenge for what they'd done to him as Codex, attempting to infect them with an offshoot of his symbiote after trouncing them in combat.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Controlled by Carnage, he tortured his mother to death following his conquest of the world.
* SkullForAHead: Due to all that was left of Dylan being an emaciated corpse, Carnage has a fanged skull for a face.

!! Carnage's Spawn

[[folder:Toxin]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Toxin}} The Toxin Symbiote]]
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #2

The first offspring of the Carnage symbiote. Cletus, disgusted at the notion of giving birth, forcibly bonded the infant symbiote, later named "Toxin" by Venom, to police officer Patrick Mulligan, who attempted to use it as a force of good, inspired by Spider-Man. Despite initial success, Patrick was murdered by the demon Blackheart, who cloned the symbiote and bonded them to clones of X-23. Agent Venom was blackmailed by the Crime Master into stealing the Toxin symbiote from Blackheart, although the Venom symbiote took control of Flash and tried to kill its progeny. Jack O'Lantern extracted the symbiote and took it to the Crime Master, who later forcibly bonded it to Eddie Brock. The symbiote initially took total control of Eddie's body and tried to kill Venom, but was ignited by Flash. It survived, still bonded to Eddie, and they agreed to work together until they could kill Venom before trying to kill each other.

-> See Characters/{{Toxin}}

[[folder:Scorn]]
!!Scorn
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!!! '''Hosts:''' Tanis Nieves, Frances Barrison
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' #4 (June, 2011)

Tanis Nieves was a psychologist working to rehabilitate Frances "Shriek" Barrison, "wife" of the presumed-dead serial killer Cletus Kasady. When the Doppelganger attempted to free its mother from captivity, Tanis lost her right arm due to a stray blast, and was given a prosthetic courtesy of Hall Industries. However, it turned out that the prosthetic had been [[OrganicTechnology engineered]] from the Carnage symbiote, which Hall Industries had been experimenting on. The symbiote remotely seized control of Tanis' arm, forcing her to break it free and bonding to her in an effort to relocate its original host, who was still alive even after being torn in half and spending a year in orbit. After the Carnage symbiote had returned to Cletus, Tanis discovered it had left a spawn that had merged with her prosthetic. Initially terrified, she ultimately embraced it, dubbing it "Scorn", and used it to help Spider-Man and Iron Man repel Carnage. Under the direction of the military, Scorn joined the Mercury Team and trained her symbiote's unique ability to assimilate any technological object. When Carnage resurfaced in Doverton, Scorn was dispatched alongside the other members of Team Mercury, and with the help of Agent Venom succeeded in capturing her "father".

* AnArmAndALeg: Tanis lost her right arm during a shootout between the Iron Rangers and the Doppelgänger. She later cut off the replacement upon realizing it was "infected" by Carnage's spawn, though she allowed it to return to her.
* ArmCannon: Can fuse her arms to guns to give herself these.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Scorn reappears for the first time since ''Carnage USA'' as the head of the apocalypse cult worshipping Carnage. Carnage's first action upon his resurrection is to rip out her spine and devour it]].
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Engaged in one with the Carnage symbiote.
* BrainyBrunette: When not in symbiote form. [[CompressedHair Otherwise, there's no way to tell]].
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Implied with the symbiote, as it left Shriek because she frightened it, and it actually asked Tanis's permission to return to her.
* ChromeChampion: The symbiote has a silver-colored right arm and constantly shifting metallic silver markings.
* CurbstompBattle: Easily thrashed Shriek and Doppelganger in her debut appearance.
* CynicismCatalyst: The events of the ''Carnage'' miniseries were this for her.
* TheEngineer: While the Mercury Team scours Doverton, Scorn stays behind to work on a machine that will separate the Carnage symbiote from Cletus and the residents of the town.
* EvilHand: The Carnage symbiote escaped captivity by taking control of Tanis's prosthetic arm.
* FaceHeelTurn: In ''Web of Venom: Carnage Born'', [[spoiler:Scorn makes her return for the first time since 2011's ''Carnage USA'' having become the leader of a cult worshipping the dark god Knull. She uses the stolen sample of the Grendel symbiote to resurrect Cletus Kasady... and promptly gets her spine ripped out and eaten]].
* GadgeteerGenius: Due to the symbiote being able to interface with technology.
* GeneticMemory: The Scorn symbiote instinctively dislikes Spider-Man, despite having had no extended interaction with him.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: The symbiote was initially red-orange, but became purple and silver after bonding with Tanis.
* MilitarySuperhero: Was drafted into being one, and is currently categorized as still in-training.
* MostCommonSuperpower: As Scorn, Tanis' bust is emphasized more than in her human form.
* NoMouth: The Scorn symbiote has yet to manifest its species' trademark MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily while bonded to Tanis.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Looks quite different from the other symbiotes, due to the smaller eyes, and not yet displaying fangs or {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s.
* OrganicTechnology: Her right arm was a prosthetic formed from the Carnage symbiote.
* PsychoPsychologist: As She-Carnage.
* PurpleIsPowerful: The Scorn symbiote is purple, and even stronger than its "father" Carnage.
* SarcasmMode:
--> '''General Duggan:''' Doctor Tanis Nieves, I'm General Brandon Duggan. [[AsYouKnow You were the victim of a prolonged psychic assault by the Carnage symbiote, resulting in a permanent bond with its alien progeny.]]\\
'''Scorn:''' Oh yeah, thanks. It totally slipped my mind.
* ShootTheDog: She explicitly compared putting Shriek in a coma to this.
* SixthRanger: For the Mercury Team, being the only one of the group to not have a military background or Life Foundation symbiote.
* TheSmartGuy: For the Mercury Team.
* SpockSpeak: While building the anti-symbiote sonic weapon, the symbiote speaks using a sophisticated manner that comes across as a MachineMonotone bordering on RoboSpeak.
* {{Technopath}}: Because it spawned from Tanis' symbiote prosthetic, the Scorn symbiote doesn't distinguish between itself and technology, allowing it to merge with anything composed of metal.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: When Tanis rejected the symbiote, it joined with Shriek, but it soon left her and returned to Tanis because Shriek terrified it.
* TronLines: The symbiote has silvery vein-like markings on it.
* WarriorTherapist: Before her encounter with Carnage, she was TheShrink. Whether the army is continuing to let her practice is left unstated. Probably not.
* WideEyedIdealist: Originally was one to the point where she almost got herself killed saving the Doppelgänger.
* WingedHumanoid: Due to being augmented by her prosthetic the Carnage symbiote could form wings.

[[folder:Raze]]
!!Raze
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!!! '''Hosts:''' Jubulile van Scotter, Claire Dixon
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol 2 #10 (September, 2016)

* BioArmor: The Raze symbiote is a greenish-black emulating Claire Dixon's body armor.
* ModifiedClone: The Raze symbiote was an offshoot of the Carnage symbiote [[MagicEnhancement augmented]] by the ''[[TomeOfEldritchLore Darkhold]]''.
* PsychicLink: As a result of being an offshoot of the Carnage symbiote, the Raze symbiote shares a mental connection to it that leaves it enslaved to Carnage's will and unable to refuse his commands.

[[folder:Jubulile van Scotter's Symbiote]]
!!Jubulile van Scotter's Symbiote
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!!! '''Hosts:''' Jubulile van Scotter
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Carnage'' Vol 2 #6 (May, 2016)

* AccidentalMisnaming: Cletus calls Jubulile van Scotter "Jujubee", to her annoyance.
* AttackBackfire: Cletus bonds Jubulile to a part of the Carnage symbiote to turn her into a minion. Instead it empowers her and enables her to escape him.
* CurbStompBattle: When she's attacked by a [[HumanoidAbomination Broodling of Chthon]], Jubulile easily defeats it using her symbiote-augmented strength.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Jubulile almost literally does so, [[spoiler:blasting the evil Elder God Chthon with a massive beam of light magic]].
* FailedASpotCheck: Jubulile failed to notice that Cletus's body had fully healed and his legs reappeared a few hours after she discovered him badly burned.
* LightEmUp: After her symbiote manifests, one of its powers is firing beams of light energy.
* OhCrap: Jubulile is understandably terrified when the man she rescued turns into a monster right in front of her.
* {{Protectorate}}: Eddie Brock seems surprisingly protective of Jubulile, considering she's bonded to a symbiote.
* PsychicLink: As a result of having been bonded to the Carnage symbiote's Darkhold-corrupted spawn, she can sense Cletus's emotions and presence, view his memories, and shares his pain when he's hurt.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: After she's infected by the Darkhold-altered spawn of Carnage symbiote, her eyes turn solid red when she taps into its power.
* SuperMode: When empowered by the Darkhold, her symbiote takes on the form of an angelic knight.
* TheSymbiote: Jubulile is infected with a Darkhold-augmented spawn of the Carnage symbiote, [[spoiler:which she amalgamates Hybrid-style with the Toxin and Raze symbiotes to create a pink flight-capable symbiote. When further empowered by the Darkhold, it transforms into a white angelic knight, but disperses into wisps of pink and gold smoke after Chthon is vanquished, leaving the Toxin symbiote's status up in the air]].
* TagalongKid: She's a sixteen year-old girl with no combat experience, accompanying a team comprised of a BadassNormal soldier, a soldier-turned-alien werewolf, a symbiote-augmented former serial killer, and the half-human child of an EldritchAbomination. Her navigational skills and ability to sense Carnage keep her from being TheLoad.

!!Dark Carnage's Offshoots

[[folder:Carnage V]]
!!Carnage V
!!! '''Hosts:''' ComicBook/NormanOsborn, Unnamed raccoon
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'' #1

An offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote bonded to Norman Osborn, who at the time believed himself to be Cletus Kasady. It was seemingly killed by Dylan Brock, who kept a surviving piece and sought to learn how to control it using his powers; though he was eventually forced to destroy it when Dark Carnage attempted to use it to take him over.

* NotQuiteDead: Dylan Brock used his powers to blow it up at the end of ''Absolute Carnage'', but a piece survived. Dylan kept it and wanted to tame it, but learned the hard way that EvilIsNotAToy and ended up killing it in ''[[ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates Venom]]'' #25.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In the animated shorts tying in to ''Absolute Carnage'', it continually berates Norman Osborn as his original personality tries to reassert itself.
* WeaponizedOffspring: It's an offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote, which can remotely control it at-will.

[[folder:Carnage Doppelgängers]]
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!!! '''Hosts:''' Numerous unnamed Ravencroft patients, Dan Andrews
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'' #1

Offshoots of the Dark Carnage symbiote bonded to the inmates of Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane, turning them into a horde of four-armed monsters.

* JaggedMouth: They're usually drawn with black fangs that blend into their faces.
* LesCollaborateurs: Most of their hosts willingly submitted to them, having already been bloodthirsty murderers and criminals.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Patterned after the original Doppelgänger, they have multiple arms -- though they only have four rather than six.
* ToServeMan: They're shown chowing down on civilians in the ''Scream'' and ''Deadpool'' tie-ins.
* WeaponizedOffspring: They're offshoots of the Dark Carnage symbiote spawned to create an army and overrun New York.

[[folder:Miles Morales's Symbiote]]
!!Miles Morales's Symbiote
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!!! '''Hosts:''' ComicBook/MilesMorales, J. Jonah Jameson
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'' #2, ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage: Miles Morales'' #1

An offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote bonded to Miles Morales, turning him into a six-armed Carnage Doppelgänger.

* ContinuitySnarl: Miles Morales spends most of his tie-in under the symbiote's thrall and struggling to break free. After he manages to zap it off himself, he eventually rebonds to it in order to eavesdrop on Dark Carnage's hive-mind and is shown to be in control of it. In ''Absolute Carnage'' #5, however, the symbiote is shown to be back in the driver's seat -- with Donny Cates stating this was due to a lack of communication between himself and Saladin Ahmed over how the latter was going to end his tie-in.
* JaggedMouth: When drawn by Ryan Stegman, it has red fangs that blend into the rest of its face.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Unlike all the other Carnage Doppelgängers, it has six arms.
* ReligiousBruiser: The symbiote is zealously devout to Knull and Dark Carnage, regarding Miles as nothing more than "host-flesh" whose will is nothing compared to Knull's malice.
* WeaponizedOffspring: It's an offshoot of the Dark Carnage symbiote bonded to Miles Morales.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: When drawn by Ryan Stegman, it's black with a red face and teeth, a black spiral-shaped eyespot, red lower arms and legs. When drawn by Federico Vicentini, it's dark red with a yellow spiral, has bone fangs, and has spider-like chelicerae.