History Characters / MarvelComicsSymbiotes

* InItForLife: Once you're chosen as a King in Black, there's no real option to refuse, regardless of what's done with that power.

* AlternateSelf: Becomes this to the main Eddie Brock when the time-loop is broken. However, unlike Finnegan and Wilde, Tyro declares that [[IveComeTooFar he's come too far]] and ''must'' become Meridius until Carnage shows up.
* AmnesiaMissedASpot: Despite the damage Chasm did to his memory, he does vaguely recall some of what happened in Limbo, including the bit about how time goes in different ways there.
* BeneathTheMask: He does partially remember Dylan, but keeps away from him because of the pain of the memories.
* DespairEventHorizon: Crossed it some time ago and became convinced the only way to "win" was to try and learn everything from Meridius, who openly despises him.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Cut off from any true human contact, in addition to the TraumaCongaLine that caused him to become Tyro in the first place, Tyro was already going peculiar, [[spoiler:but spending an unknown amount of time looking into the timestream causes him to finally snap altogether and become Meridius.]]
* IveComeTooFar: When the time-loop is broken, Tyro doubles down on villainy--insisting that he ''must'' become Meridius so that all he's suffered and done won't be all for nothing.
* TheNthDoctor: The fourth of [[spoiler:Eddie's]] future incarnations, following on from Wilde.

* AlternateSelf: Becomes this to the main Eddie Brock when the time-loop is broken, though unlike Space Venom, Tyro, and Finnegan he opts out of joining in the Eddie Brock free-for-all.
* FutureMeScaresMe: He loathes Tyro due to knowing that sooner or later he'll become the snivelling sycophant towards Meridius.
* MeaningfulName: Named after Creator/OscarWilde on account of his witticisms.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When the time loop goes as it should, he crosses the DespairEventHorizon and turns into Tyro after realizing his advice to try dimension hopping instead of time-travel set Eddie on the path of even more misery.
* TheNthDoctor: The third of [[spoiler:Eddie's]] future selves, following on from Bedlam. All that's left of him now is sarcasm hiding his intense self-loathing.

* AlternateSelf: When Eddie breaks the time-loop, Finnegan is overjoyed by the realization that he doesn't ''have'' to become Bedlam, Wilde, Tyro, or Meridius.
* HulkingOut: When the Carnage symbiote reveals it killed Dylan, Finnegan is enraged--absorbing extra symbiote matter from the Garden to go "old school"--as Carnage puts it--and bulk up significantly. [[spoiler:However, Carnage still one-shots him by impaling him through the chest with All-Blood.]]
* KilledOffForReal: In "Symbiosis Necrosis", [[spoiler:Finnegan is killed and his codex/soul destroyed by Carnage skewering him with All-Blood, preventing him from respawning as he would normally]].
* NervousWreck: How he initially comes across. [[spoiler:He turns out to be Eddie in the middle of a panicking breakdown.]]
* TheNthDoctor: The first of [[spoiler:Eddie's]] future selves, desperately scrambling to warn his past self about what's about to happen before Bedlam can get there.
* YouCantFightFate: Try as he does, nothing Finnegan does prevents the events he's already witnessed from occurring to him.

* AndThenWhat: Dryly notes he'll sit out the end of the eighth multiverse and see the birth of the ninth, and has no idea what he'll do then; either become a cautionary example for the next King in Black, or get a Porsche. "Either way, I plan to enjoy my retirement."
* BodyMotifs: Hands. He first appears in the form of a free-floating hand, and his appearance to Eddie is him literally and metaphorically lending him a hand when no-one else would.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Identifies as a black magician compared to the Beyonders' white, but takes the time to note this doesn't necessarily make him a villain any more than their being the Ivory Kings makes them good.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears as an end of issue glimpse when Meridius outlines what he is. He doesn't make a full bodied appearance (such as it is), until issue #18.
* FutureMeScaresMe: Meridius is terrified of becoming this guy, and everything he does is an attempt to stop that happening.
* GoodIsNotNice: While not malevolent, or even rude or unkind, he is quite blunt in telling Eddie what the score is as King in Black, brushing off Eddie's protests with "Knull said the same." There's a job that needs doing, Eddie's got it, so he might as well get with the damn program and do it.
* MeaningfulName: As he explains to Eddie, events in the timeline are now fixed so that no matter what happens (Eddie lives, Eddie dies, Eddie loses his powers) he will still come into existence.
* TheNthDoctor: [[spoiler:The absolute last of Eddie's future selves, and the inevitable end result for all of them.]]
* ScrewYouElves: Not expressed directly, but his disdain towards the Beyonders when Eddie realizes they're the King in Black's light counterpart makes it clear how he feels about them.
-->'''Eddie:''' Kings in ''White''. My God...\\
'''Eventuality:''' Yes. They really think they are.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: When pondering what he might do in the Ninth Cosmos, the Eventuality remarks that he might take up an antagonistic role to forge whoever gets picked as his successor as the King in Black, essentially filling the role that Knull did for Eddie.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Crosses the DespairEventHorizon and turns into Tyro after realizing his advice to try dimension hopping instead of time-travel set Eddie on the path of even more misery.

* FutureMeScaresMe: He loates Tyro due to knowing that sooner or later he'll become the snivelling sycophant towards Meridius.

* BigFriendlyDog: She eventually settles of the form of a giant symbiote hyena.

* ShipperOnDeck: Princess wants Deadpool to hook up with Valentine possibly more than the merc himself does.
* ShoutOut: Deadpool originally named the symbiote Renesmee, after Bella's dhampir child from ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' -- which was eating her from the inside out like the symbiote is doing to Wade. However, since he was afraid of getting sued, he changed the name to Princess.

[[folder:Rascal]]
!!Rascal
!!! '''Hosts:''' Normie Osborn; Norman Osborn
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Free Comic Book Day 2022: Spider-Man/Venom'' #1

-> See Characters/RedGoblin

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Madness symbiote uses the fact that Corwin Jones has a daughter who he cares deeply about to blackmail him into doing what they want.

* MindHive: All of the six different symbiote voices are in the gestalt symbiote, and keeping them under control is no easy task. By the end of the series they're the ones controlling Jones, rather than vice versa.

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Liz deliberately sends the Misery symbiote to amalgamate into the Madness symbiote, adding Carnage and Anti-Venom's consciousnesses into the mix on top of Scream, Agony, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Toxin's. This--combined with Anti-Venom's general incompatability with other symbiotes, completely overloads Corwin Jones and causes him to have a FreakOut.

* HybridMonster: Formed from Alchemax's Scream, Agony, Phage, Riot, Lasher, and Toxin symbiote strains , combined via a new suit of Guardsman armor that combines all six symbiotes. Keeping control of the gestalt symbiote proves difficult, and when Corwin Jones tries to add the Carnage and Anti-Venom symbiotes to the mix it backfires badly.

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' (vol. 5) #10 (February, 2022)

* ScrewYouElves: Not expressed directly, but makes it clear how he feels about the Beyonders calling themselves "Ivory Kings" while Eddie is horrified.
-->'''Eventuality:''' Yes. They really think they are.

One of five symbiotes forcibly spawned from the Venom symbiote, Riot is grey and black, and focuses on [[BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapons hammers and maces]] as its weapons.

One of five symbiotes forcibly spawned from the Venom symbiote, Riot is grey and black, and focuses on [[DropTheHammer hammers]] and [[CarryABigStick maces]] as its weapons.

* ShapeShifterWeapon: Trevor's main means of offense was morphing his hands into [[DropTheHammer hammers]] and [[CarryABigStick mace heads]].

* DropTheHammer: Bedlam's Child uses the Promethium coating Darkoth's bones to create a demonic doppelganger of Mjolnir called "Hellnir", which is even more powerful than its template and able to fire bolts of hellfire.

[[folder:Tarna's Symbiote]]

[[folder:Bedlam's Child]]
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/Thor2020 Thor]]'' (Vol. 6) #27
A nascent offspring of Bedlam who inherited many of its progenitor's powers, making it a "Prince in Black".
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* DropTheHammer: Bedlam's Child uses the Promethium coating Darkoth's bones to create a demonic doppelganger of Mjolnir called "Hellnir", which is even more powerful than its template and able to fire bolts of hellfire.
* MentalTimeTravel: Like its progenitor, it is capable of projecting its consciousness through time and indwelling other symbiotes, which it uses to escape its battle with Thor, "Eddie Brock", and Loki.
* OmnicidalManiac: Bedlam's Child is too young to think in words, but like its "father" it is filled with insatiable bloodlust and the desire to kill everything other than itself.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Thor and Loki exploit the standard symbiote weakenesses to fire and sonics, Bedlam's Child -- too young and inexperienced to have developed a resistance -- time-jumps to get away.
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' (vol. 5) #10 (February, 2022)

--> ''"I can hear it! I've always been able to hear mine. Even before I was united with it. The voices! The voices told me they were coming. Told me to be quiet about them. Told me what I had to do!"''

One of five symbiotes forcibly spawned from the Venom symbiote, Scream is yellow and red, and focuses on PrehensileHair -like tendrils as its weapons.

Scream's first host was Donna Diego, a security guard selected by the Life Foundation to serve as a superpowered bodyguard. The de-facto leader of the group, Donna, alongside Agony, Lasher, Phage, and Riot, attacked Eddie Brock, but were defeated and seemingly killed by Venom and Spider-Man. Donna and the other Life Foundation mercenaries returned, having somehow survived, and begged Eddie for training to control their symbiotes. Venom refused, believing them to be lost causes like Carnage, and his prediction eventually came true: Donna had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, which was made worse by her symbiote's bloodlust, and ultimately suffered a psychotic breakdown, killing the other symbiotes' hosts before going into hiding. When the Xenophage attacked, Donna resurfaced, having regained her sanity and control over her symbiote, and helped Venom defeat it. Afterward, she discovered the creature's ship, the tracker of which brought her an alternate dimension where Venom and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} were in the middle of battling supervillains Chimera and Dirtnap. Scream aided the two in defeating the villains, freeing those Dirtnap had previously absorbed in the process, and she and Venom left on amicable enough terms. Some time later, however, Eddie, on a crusade against the symbiotes, lured her into a trap that disabled her symbiote, allowing him to stab her in the head with a heated dagger, killing both her and her symbiote.

Years later, the Scream symbiote was resurrected by Knull and -- still bonded to Donna's skeleton and having imprinted her consciousness into itself -- began rampaging. Separated from Donna's corpse by Patricia Robertson, it bonded to her and succumbed to Knull's control, attacking Andi Benton. After Patricia sacrificed herself in order to protect Andi from Carnage, the Scream symbiote bonded to her. While Andi initially resented being bonded to the symbiote, they eventually developed a sense of camaraderie and came to accept one another as found family.

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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.

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!!! '''Alter Ego''': None

Offshoots of All-Black created by Gorr the God Butcher.

An offshoot of the Grendel symbiote dragon bonded to the corpse of Cletus Kasady, reanimating him and turning him into Dark Carnage. Growing more powerful as its connection to Knull was restored, it was absorbed into the Venom symbiote after Cletus' death. Assimilating the Venom symbiote from the inside, it attempted to take over Eddie but was separated from the Venom symbiote and defeated.

!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Mystic Comics'' #1 (Jan, 1940)

[[folder:The Grendel]]
!!The Grendel

[[folder:Killmonger Symbiote]]

%%!!! '''First Appearance:''' Deadpool: The Gauntlet Infinite Comic #8 (February, 2014)

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

[[folder:Misery Symbiote]]

[[folder:Payback Symbiote]]

[[folder:Plague Symbiote]]
!!Plague Symbiote

[[folder:Rascal Symbiote]]

A newly-spawned symbiote given to Normie Osborn by Dylan Brock, turning him into the Red Goblin.

[[folder:Serpent Symbiote]]

!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Thor'' (Vol. 6) #28

Following Thor's battles with Bedlam's Child and Meridius, the living abyss comprising their bodies merged with the Promethium of Hellnir and seeped into Donald Blake's torture chamber, bonding to him.

[[folder:Silence Symbiote]]
!!Silence Symbiote

!!Tarna's Symbiote
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!!! '''Hosts:''' Tarna
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/VenomSpaceKnight'' #2 (December, 2015)

Presumably born on the planet Klyntar, this symbiote was bonded to Tarna when she became an Agent of the Cosmos. As they came to trust each other, Tarna helped her symbiote master the ability to manifest a humanoid form without being bonded to her. Badly injured by Venom when it relapsed into its corrupted state, the symbiote was returned to the Agents of the Cosmos and presumably given a new host after Tarna's defection.
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' vol. 5 #8 (2022)

[[folder:Tyrannosaurus Symbiote]]

An offshoot of the Grendel symbiote dragon bonded to Rex Strickland during the Vietnam War, as part of the Sym-Soldier Program.

!!Warstar Type-II Battle Symbiote
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 5 #8

A set of symbiotes in service to Kang the Conqueror in his endeavours to conquer all of time and space.

* OneManArmy: One Warstar symbiote is a match for a small platoon of Kang's finest troops.

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[[caption-width-right:565:I'm Eddie Brock. But i'm so much more than that.]]

A young symbiote spawned from Venom, that bonded itself to Natasha Romanoff the Black Widow assassin.

!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Venom'' Vol. 5 #23 (July 2023)