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* AdaptiveArmor: After Eddie joins the FBI's anti-Carnage task force, the symbiote emulates Agent Venom by taking on the appearance of body armor.
* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke after she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might return in the future]].
* BioArmor: During Toxin's stint with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the Toxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers, he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
* SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: While Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Prior to its return in ''ComicBook/KingInBlack: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3, the Toxin symbiote was last seen dissolving into pink smoke. No explanation is given as to how it recovered and got off the Chthonic Island, though it mentioned it was so weak that not even Knull thought it was worthwhile to revive it and hints the Cult of Knull may have had something to do with it.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke after she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might return in the future]].
* BioArmor: During Toxin's stint with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the Toxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers, he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
* SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: While Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Prior to its return in ''ComicBook/KingInBlack: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3, the Toxin symbiote was last seen dissolving into pink smoke. No explanation is given as to how it recovered and got off the Chthonic Island, though it mentioned it was so weak that not even Knull thought it was worthwhile to revive it and hints the Cult of Knull may have had something to do with it.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke after she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might return in the future]].
* BioArmor: During Toxin's stint with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the Toxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers, he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
* SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: While Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Prior to its return in ''ComicBook/KingInBlack: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3, the Toxin symbiote was last seen dissolving into pink smoke. No explanation is given as to how it recovered and got off the Chthonic Island, though it mentioned it was so weak that not even Knull thought it was worthwhile to revive it and hints the Cult of Knull may have had something to do with it.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
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* AngelFaceDemonFace: When Pat is calm he has NoMouth, but when angry he manifests MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.
* ArchEnemy: Razor Fist, despite the hilarious power difference.[[note]]Razor Fist has blades for hands. That's literally it.[[/note]] He killed Pat's father, and tortured one of his friends nearly to death.
* ByTheBookCop: Pat's strict law-abiding nature has led to some friction with ComicBook/BlackCat and his symbiote.
* ChainPain: His "web lines" look like chains.
* CostumeCopycat: When the symbiote was calm, Pat looked a lot like Spider-Man sans the webbing motif.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: When Patrick decides to help bring in the villains that Electro broke out of the Raft, he visits the imprisoned Mr. Hyde to get information on Hyde's ex-partner King Cobra.
* CurbstompBattle: Dished these out regularly, victims including a Venom and Carnage tag team, and half of the Wrecking Crew. He was later on the receiving end of one from Blackheart, who killed him and took the symbiote.
* CursedWithAwesome: Patrick really didn't want to become host to what was the most powerful symbiote ever at the time.
* DisappearedDad: Patrick abandoned his family to take care of the infant symbiote.
* DrivenToSuicide: Pat tried to kill himself by jumping in front of a subway train, but the symbiote saved him.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Pat was beaten to death in an alley by Blackheart, who took his symbiote and ate his family - all off-panel to boot.
* {{Expy}}: Patrick is comparable to Hybrid.
* FastTunnelling: Stopped a bank robbery by burrowing into the building.
* HeroicBuild: As Toxin, Patrick was given an athletically muscular figure somewhere between Spider-Man's and Venom's.
--> '''Meadows:''' S-so this is your infamous symbiote. N-nice six-pack, pal. Not that six-packs turn me on or anything.
* IHaveAFamily: Patrick tried this on Carnage after first meeting him. It didn't work.
--> '''Pat:''' If you can understand me... please, please don't kill me! I-I've got a young wife--with a baby on the way.\\
'''Carnage:''' Correction. Ya got a young widow--with an orphan on the way!
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Pat left his wife and newborn to protect them from Venom, Carnage, and himself.
* JustJokingJustification: Patrick would go with this whenever he or the symbiote came close to eating someone.
* KilledOffScreen: Patrick disappeared for some time, and the symbiote resurfaced sans host in 2012. It was eventually revealed Blackheart had beaten him to death in a gutter to get his symbiote. And then there's what supposedly [[https://twitter.com/remender/status/200788585341927425 happened]] to his wife and baby.
* LightningBruiser: Was faster and stronger than Venom ''and'' Carnage combined.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Can spawn CombatTentacles and shapeshift his limbs into weapons.
* OddFriendship: Patrick's main confidante was Black Cat, a thief.
* OneSteveLimit: Patrick's son's name? Edward.
* PainfulTransformation: Patrick turning into Toxin rarely looked comfortable, what with all the wincing and grimacing and him exclaiming, "Aaghh!"
* {{Phlegmings}}: Patrick's drool was [[BadBlackBarf black]].
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: As long as he had something to go off of, like an article of clothing, he can track it.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Patrick arranged with the symbiote that they could alternate control of his body for two hours as long as it didn't kill anyone or commit any crimes.
* SuperReflexes: While still in human form, Patrick blocks all of Black Cat's attempts to knock him out, without even intending to.
* SymbioticPossession: Toxin had a unique relationship with Patrick where they alternated control over his body.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Patrick gave one to Razor Fist, claiming that he uses blades instead of prosthetic hands because it makes him feel disassociated from his crimes, and because he wants others to tend to his every menial need like a helpless child.
* ToThePain: In his first superhero outing, he nearly loses it on a gang of bank robbers who have surrendered.
--> '''Toxin:''' You are heartless killers. You killed a cop. Who no doubt had a family. Who'll be heartbroken. You deserve to die. In the most painful and heartless way imaginable. Your brains, maybe. Soft and eggy, no doubt. Evolved over thousands of years so you can waste them. I'll suck them out through your eye sockets.
* YouKilledMyFather: Patrick's father was murdered by Razor Fist. When Toxin goes after him, he tells Spider-Man that if he were to cross the line and kill Razor Fist, Spidey should "put me in Ryker's along with the other bad guys".
* WholeCostumeReference: When under control, Patrick as Toxin looks almost identical to Spider-Man, but without a webbing motif or spider emblems.
* ArchEnemy: Razor Fist, despite the hilarious power difference.[[note]]Razor Fist has blades for hands. That's literally it.[[/note]] He killed Pat's father, and tortured one of his friends nearly to death.
* ByTheBookCop: Pat's strict law-abiding nature has led to some friction with ComicBook/BlackCat and his symbiote.
* ChainPain: His "web lines" look like chains.
* CostumeCopycat: When the symbiote was calm, Pat looked a lot like Spider-Man sans the webbing motif.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: When Patrick decides to help bring in the villains that Electro broke out of the Raft, he visits the imprisoned Mr. Hyde to get information on Hyde's ex-partner King Cobra.
* CurbstompBattle: Dished these out regularly, victims including a Venom and Carnage tag team, and half of the Wrecking Crew. He was later on the receiving end of one from Blackheart, who killed him and took the symbiote.
* CursedWithAwesome: Patrick really didn't want to become host to what was the most powerful symbiote ever at the time.
* DisappearedDad: Patrick abandoned his family to take care of the infant symbiote.
* DrivenToSuicide: Pat tried to kill himself by jumping in front of a subway train, but the symbiote saved him.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Pat was beaten to death in an alley by Blackheart, who took his symbiote and ate his family - all off-panel to boot.
* {{Expy}}: Patrick is comparable to Hybrid.
* FastTunnelling: Stopped a bank robbery by burrowing into the building.
* HeroicBuild: As Toxin, Patrick was given an athletically muscular figure somewhere between Spider-Man's and Venom's.
--> '''Meadows:''' S-so this is your infamous symbiote. N-nice six-pack, pal. Not that six-packs turn me on or anything.
* IHaveAFamily: Patrick tried this on Carnage after first meeting him. It didn't work.
--> '''Pat:''' If you can understand me... please, please don't kill me! I-I've got a young wife--with a baby on the way.\\
'''Carnage:''' Correction. Ya got a young widow--with an orphan on the way!
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Pat left his wife and newborn to protect them from Venom, Carnage, and himself.
* JustJokingJustification: Patrick would go with this whenever he or the symbiote came close to eating someone.
* KilledOffScreen: Patrick disappeared for some time, and the symbiote resurfaced sans host in 2012. It was eventually revealed Blackheart had beaten him to death in a gutter to get his symbiote. And then there's what supposedly [[https://twitter.com/remender/status/200788585341927425 happened]] to his wife and baby.
* LightningBruiser: Was faster and stronger than Venom ''and'' Carnage combined.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Can spawn CombatTentacles and shapeshift his limbs into weapons.
* OddFriendship: Patrick's main confidante was Black Cat, a thief.
* OneSteveLimit: Patrick's son's name? Edward.
* PainfulTransformation: Patrick turning into Toxin rarely looked comfortable, what with all the wincing and grimacing and him exclaiming, "Aaghh!"
* {{Phlegmings}}: Patrick's drool was [[BadBlackBarf black]].
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: As long as he had something to go off of, like an article of clothing, he can track it.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Patrick arranged with the symbiote that they could alternate control of his body for two hours as long as it didn't kill anyone or commit any crimes.
* SuperReflexes: While still in human form, Patrick blocks all of Black Cat's attempts to knock him out, without even intending to.
* SymbioticPossession: Toxin had a unique relationship with Patrick where they alternated control over his body.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Patrick gave one to Razor Fist, claiming that he uses blades instead of prosthetic hands because it makes him feel disassociated from his crimes, and because he wants others to tend to his every menial need like a helpless child.
* ToThePain: In his first superhero outing, he nearly loses it on a gang of bank robbers who have surrendered.
--> '''Toxin:''' You are heartless killers. You killed a cop. Who no doubt had a family. Who'll be heartbroken. You deserve to die. In the most painful and heartless way imaginable. Your brains, maybe. Soft and eggy, no doubt. Evolved over thousands of years so you can waste them. I'll suck them out through your eye sockets.
* YouKilledMyFather: Patrick's father was murdered by Razor Fist. When Toxin goes after him, he tells Spider-Man that if he were to cross the line and kill Razor Fist, Spidey should "put me in Ryker's along with the other bad guys".
* WholeCostumeReference: When under control, Patrick as Toxin looks almost identical to Spider-Man, but without a webbing motif or spider emblems.
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* ArchEnemy: Razor Fist, despite the hilarious power difference.[[note]]Razor Fist has blades for hands. That's literally it.[[/note]] He killed Pat's father, and tortured one of his friends nearly to death.
* ByTheBookCop: Pat's strict law-abiding nature has led to some friction with ComicBook/BlackCat and his symbiote.
* ChainPain: His "web lines" look like chains.
* CostumeCopycat: When the symbiote was calm, Pat looked a lot like Spider-Man sans the webbing motif.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: When Patrick decides to help bring in the villains that Electro broke out of the Raft, he visits the imprisoned Mr. Hyde to get information on Hyde's ex-partner King Cobra.
* CurbstompBattle: Dished these out regularly, victims including a Venom and Carnage tag team, and half of the Wrecking Crew. He was later on the receiving end of one from Blackheart, who killed him and took the symbiote.
* CursedWithAwesome: Patrick really didn't want to become host to what was the most powerful symbiote ever at the time.
* DisappearedDad: Patrick abandoned his family to take care of the infant symbiote.
* DrivenToSuicide: Pat tried to kill himself by jumping in front of a subway train, but the symbiote saved him.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Pat was beaten to death in an alley by Blackheart, who took his symbiote and ate his family - all off-panel to boot.
* {{Expy}}: Patrick is comparable to Hybrid.
* FastTunnelling: Stopped a bank robbery by burrowing into the building.
* HeroicBuild: As Toxin, Patrick was given an athletically muscular figure somewhere between Spider-Man's and Venom's.
--> '''Meadows:''' S-so this is your infamous symbiote. N-nice six-pack, pal. Not that six-packs turn me on or anything.
* IHaveAFamily: Patrick tried this on Carnage after first meeting him. It didn't work.
--> '''Pat:''' If you can understand me... please, please don't kill me! I-I've got a young wife--with a baby on the way.\\
'''Carnage:''' Correction. Ya got a young widow--with an orphan on the way!
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Pat left his wife and newborn to protect them from Venom, Carnage, and himself.
* JustJokingJustification: Patrick would go with this whenever he or the symbiote came close to eating someone.
* KilledOffScreen: Patrick disappeared for some time, and the symbiote resurfaced sans host in 2012. It was eventually revealed Blackheart had beaten him to death in a gutter to get his symbiote. And then there's what supposedly [[https://twitter.com/remender/status/200788585341927425 happened]] to his wife and baby.
* LightningBruiser: Was faster and stronger than Venom ''and'' Carnage combined.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Can spawn CombatTentacles and shapeshift his limbs into weapons.
* OddFriendship: Patrick's main confidante was Black Cat, a thief.
* OneSteveLimit: Patrick's son's name? Edward.
* PainfulTransformation: Patrick turning into Toxin rarely looked comfortable, what with all the wincing and grimacing and him exclaiming, "Aaghh!"
* {{Phlegmings}}: Patrick's drool was [[BadBlackBarf black]].
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: As long as he had something to go off of, like an article of clothing, he can track it.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Patrick arranged with the symbiote that they could alternate control of his body for two hours as long as it didn't kill anyone or commit any crimes.
* SuperReflexes: While still in human form, Patrick blocks all of Black Cat's attempts to knock him out, without even intending to.
* SymbioticPossession: Toxin had a unique relationship with Patrick where they alternated control over his body.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Patrick gave one to Razor Fist, claiming that he uses blades instead of prosthetic hands because it makes him feel disassociated from his crimes, and because he wants others to tend to his every menial need like a helpless child.
* ToThePain: In his first superhero outing, he nearly loses it on a gang of bank robbers who have surrendered.
--> '''Toxin:''' You are heartless killers. You killed a cop. Who no doubt had a family. Who'll be heartbroken. You deserve to die. In the most painful and heartless way imaginable. Your brains, maybe. Soft and eggy, no doubt. Evolved over thousands of years so you can waste them. I'll suck them out through your eye sockets.
* YouKilledMyFather: Patrick's father was murdered by Razor Fist. When Toxin goes after him, he tells Spider-Man that if he were to cross the line and kill Razor Fist, Spidey should "put me in Ryker's along with the other bad guys".
* WholeCostumeReference: When under control, Patrick as Toxin looks almost identical to Spider-Man, but without a webbing motif or spider emblems.
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!!Edward "Eddie" Charles Allen Brock
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Venon, Anti-Venom, Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Venom, Anti-Venom, Toxin, Sleeper, Dark Carnage
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Web of Spider-Man'' #18
The first person to go by Venom, Eddie Brock has long been embroiled in all things symbiote. After sacrificing his Anti-Venom powers to cure the people of New York of their spider-powers, Eddie became a symbiote hunter. However, seeking a counter to Flash Thompson in his role as the heroic Venom, Crime-Master forcibly bonded Eddie with the Toxin symbiote. Eddie used these new powers to hunt Flash just as he had Peter Parker, before eventually sacrificing the symbiote to allow Jubulile van Scotter to defeat the eldrich god Chthon.
!!Edward "Eddie" Charles Allen Brock
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Venon, Anti-Venom, Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Venom, Anti-Venom, Toxin, Sleeper, Dark Carnage
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Web of Spider-Man'' #18
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!!Bret Waters
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Toxin
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/KingInBlack: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3
A young teenager who is the Toxin symbiote's fourth host.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: Unbeknownst to him, Bren's father is a Guardsman employed by the often-evil MegaCorp Alchemax. When Bren -- as Toxin -- gets into a fight with a human/Brood hybrid, Bren's father attacks him too seeking to claim his symbiote for the corporation.
* DeadpanSnarker: While Bren lets Toxin do the talking in their transformed state, he trades witty barbs with the symbiote after they return home.
* KidHero: Ben is a scrawny teenager too young to get his learner's permit, but with Toxin he's a bulky superhero.
* OlderAlterEgo: With Bren being a scrawny teenager, he requested Toxin give him [[HeroicBuild an adult appearance]] to fight crime.
!!Bret Waters
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Toxin
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/KingInBlack: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3
A young teenager who is the Toxin symbiote's fourth host.
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* DeadpanSnarker: While Bren lets Toxin do the talking in their transformed state, he trades witty barbs with the symbiote after they return home.
* KidHero: Ben is a scrawny teenager too young to get his learner's permit, but with Toxin he's a bulky superhero.
* OlderAlterEgo: With Bren being a scrawny teenager, he requested Toxin give him [[HeroicBuild an adult appearance]] to fight crime.
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Toxin
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/KingInBlack: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3
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* DeadpanSnarker: While Bren lets Toxin do the talking in their transformed state, he trades witty barbs with the symbiote after they return home.
* KidHero: Ben is a scrawny teenager too young to get his learner's permit, but with Toxin he's a bulky superhero.
* OlderAlterEgo: With Bren being a scrawny teenager, he requested Toxin give him [[HeroicBuild an adult appearance]] to fight crime.
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!!Edward "Eddie" Charles Allen Brock
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Venon, Anti-Venom, Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Venom, Anti-Venom, Toxin, Sleeper, Dark Carnage
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Web of Spider-Man'' #18
The first person to go by Venom, Eddie Brock has long been embroiled in all things symbiote. After sacrificing his Anti-Venom powers to cure the people of New York of their spider-powers, Eddie became a symbiote hunter. However, seeking a counter to Flash Thompson in his role as the heroic Venom, Crime-Master forcibly bonded Eddie with the Toxin symbiote. Eddie used these new powers to hunt Flash just as he had Peter Parker, before sacrificing the symbiose to allow Jubulile van Scotter to defeat Cthon.
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Toxin
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #1 (July, 2004) [[note]]As Pat[[/note]]; ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #2 (August, 2004) [[note]]As Toxin[[/note]]
Patrick "Pat" Mulligan was an [=NYPD=] police officer who had the misfortune of running across the supervillain Carnage, who had just spawned a baby symbiote. Too weak to kill them, Carnage bonded the infant symbiote to Patrick and left, intending to kill them once he regained his strength. When the symbiote matured, Venom named it Toxin, but when he realized that not only was it more powerful than both himself and Carnage combined but that it was unlikely to aid him in his crusade against Spider-Man, he joined with Carnage in trying to kill it. Pat accepted his bond with the symbiote and joined forces with Spider-Man and Black Cat in defeating them, and on a number of other occasions, leaving his family behind in order to tame the symbiote, eventually succeeding after stopping himself from killing Razorfist, who had killed Pat's father. Pat made a deal with the infantile symbiote: in exchange for complete control of its powers, it could take over his body for two hours a day, provided it didn't commit crimes. Pat was listed as one of the Civil War Initiative's potential recruits, but was ultimately beaten to death in a gutter by Blackheart, who stole the symbiote.
!!Patrick "Pat" Mulligan
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Toxin
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #1 (July, 2004) [[note]]As Pat[[/note]]; ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #2 (August, 2004) [[note]]As Toxin[[/note]]
Patrick "Pat" Mulligan was an [=NYPD=] police officer who had the misfortune of running across the supervillain Carnage, who had just spawned a baby symbiote. Too weak to kill them, Carnage bonded the infant symbiote to Patrick and left, intending to kill them once he regained his strength. When the symbiote matured, Venom named it Toxin, but when he realized that not only was it more powerful than both himself and Carnage combined but that it was unlikely to aid him in his crusade against Spider-Man, he joined with Carnage in trying to kill it. Pat accepted his bond with the symbiote and joined forces with Spider-Man and Black Cat in defeating them, and on a number of other occasions, leaving his family behind in order to tame the symbiote, eventually succeeding after stopping himself from killing Razorfist, who had killed Pat's father. Pat made a deal with the infantile symbiote: in exchange for complete control of its powers, it could take over his body for two hours a day, provided it didn't commit crimes. Pat was listed as one of the Civil War Initiative's potential recruits, but was ultimately beaten to death in a gutter by Blackheart, who stole the symbiote.
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* AdaptiveArmor: After Eddie joins the FBI's anti-Carnage task force, the symbiote emulates Agent Venom by taking on the appearance of body armor.
* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke after she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might return in the future]].
* BioArmor: During Toxin's stint with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the Toxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
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'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers, he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
* SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: While Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Prior to its return in ''ComicBook/KingInBlack: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3, the Toxin symbiote was last seen dissolving into pink smoke. No explanation is given as to how it recovered and got off the Chthonic Island, though it mentioned it was so weak that not even Knull thought it was worthwhile to revive it and hints the Cult of Knull may have had something to do with it.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
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!!! '''Host to:''' Toxin
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #1 (July, 2004) [[note]]As Pat[[/note]]; ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #2 (August, 2004) [[note]]As Toxin[[/note]]
Patrick "Pat" Mulligan was an [=NYPD=] police officer who had the misfortune of running across the supervillain Carnage, who had just spawned a baby symbiote. Too weak to kill them, Carnage bonded the infant symbiote to Patrick and left, intending to kill them once he regained his strength. When the symbiote matured, Venom named it Toxin, but when he realized that not only was it more powerful than both himself and Carnage combined but that it was unlikely to aid him in his crusade against Spider-Man, he joined with Carnage in trying to kill it. Pat accepted his bond with the symbiote and joined forces with Spider-Man and Black Cat in defeating them, and on a number of other occasions, leaving his family behind in order to tame the symbiote, eventually succeeding after stopping himself from killing Razorfist, who had killed Pat's father. Pat made a deal with the infantile symbiote: in exchange for complete control of its powers, it could take over his body for two hours a day, provided it didn't commit crimes. Pat was listed as one of the Civil War Initiative's potential recruits, but was ultimately beaten to death in a gutter by Blackheart, who stole the symbiote.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke after she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might return in the future]].
* BioArmor: During Toxin's stint with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the Toxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers, he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
* SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: While Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Prior to its return in ''ComicBook/KingInBlack: Planet of the Symbiotes'' #3, the Toxin symbiote was last seen dissolving into pink smoke. No explanation is given as to how it recovered and got off the Chthonic Island, though it mentioned it was so weak that not even Knull thought it was worthwhile to revive it and hints the Cult of Knull may have had something to do with it.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
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[[folder:Patrick Mulligan]]
!!Patrick "Pat" Mulligan
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Toxin
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #1 (July, 2004) [[note]]As Pat[[/note]]; ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #2 (August, 2004) [[note]]As Toxin[[/note]]
Patrick "Pat" Mulligan was an [=NYPD=] police officer who had the misfortune of running across the supervillain Carnage, who had just spawned a baby symbiote. Too weak to kill them, Carnage bonded the infant symbiote to Patrick and left, intending to kill them once he regained his strength. When the symbiote matured, Venom named it Toxin, but when he realized that not only was it more powerful than both himself and Carnage combined but that it was unlikely to aid him in his crusade against Spider-Man, he joined with Carnage in trying to kill it. Pat accepted his bond with the symbiote and joined forces with Spider-Man and Black Cat in defeating them, and on a number of other occasions, leaving his family behind in order to tame the symbiote, eventually succeeding after stopping himself from killing Razorfist, who had killed Pat's father. Pat made a deal with the infantile symbiote: in exchange for complete control of its powers, it could take over his body for two hours a day, provided it didn't commit crimes. Pat was listed as one of the Civil War Initiative's potential recruits, but was ultimately beaten to death in a gutter by Blackheart, who stole the symbiote.
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[[folder:Toxin]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Toxin}} The Toxin Symbiote]]
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!!! '''Hosts:''' Patrick Mulligan, Eddie Brock, Jubulile van Scotter
!!! '''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.
!![[ComicBook/{{Toxin}} The Toxin Symbiote]]
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!!! '''Hosts:''' Patrick Mulligan, Eddie Brock, Jubulile van Scotter
!!! '''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.
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!![[ComicBook/{{Toxin}} The Toxin Symbiote]]
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!!!
!!! '''Host to:''' Toxin
!!! '''First Appearance:'''
The first offspring
A young teenager who
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* AdaptiveArmor: After Eddie joins the FBI's anti-Carnage task force, the symbiote emulates Agent Venom by taking on the appearance of body armor.
* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke after she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might return in the future]].
* BioArmor: During Toxin's stint with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the Toxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers, he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
* SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: While Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke after she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might return in the future]].
* BioArmor: During Toxin's stint with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the Toxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers, he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
* SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: While Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
to:
* AdaptiveArmor: After Eddie joins AntagonisticOffspring: Unbeknownst to him, Bren's father is a Guardsman employed by the FBI's anti-Carnage task force, often-evil MegaCorp Alchemax. When Bren -- as Toxin -- gets into a fight with a human/Brood hybrid, Bren's father attacks him too seeking to claim his symbiote for the corporation.
* DeadpanSnarker: While Bren lets Toxin do the talking in their transformed state, he trades witty barbs with the symbioteemulates Agent Venom by taking on the appearance of body armor.
* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smokeafter she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might they return in the future]].
home.
*BioArmor: During Toxin's stint KidHero: Ben is a scrawny teenager too young to get his learner's permit, but with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if theToxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers,he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
a bulky superhero.
*SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: WhileOlderAlterEgo: With Bren being a scrawny teenager, he requested Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded give him [[HeroicBuild an adult appearance]] to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.fight crime.
* DeadpanSnarker: While Bren lets Toxin do the talking in their transformed state, he trades witty barbs with the symbiote
* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke
*
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers,
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* ToServeMan: While
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
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!!Toxin Characters
[[folder:Patrick Mulligan]]
!!Patrick "Pat" Mulligan
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Toxin
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #1 (July, 2004) [[note]]As Pat[[/note]]; ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #2 (August, 2004) [[note]]As Toxin[[/note]]
Patrick "Pat" Mulligan was an [=NYPD=] police officer who had the misfortune of running across the supervillain Carnage, who had just spawned a baby symbiote. Too weak to kill them, Carnage bonded the infant symbiote to Patrick and left, intending to kill them once he regained his strength. When the symbiote matured, Venom named it Toxin, but when he realized that not only was it more powerful than both himself and Carnage combined but that it was unlikely to aid him in his crusade against Spider-Man, he joined with Carnage in trying to kill it. Pat accepted his bond with the symbiote and joined forces with Spider-Man and Black Cat in defeating them, and on a number of other occasions, leaving his family behind in order to tame the symbiote, eventually succeeding after stopping himself from killing Razorfist, who had killed Pat's father. Pat made a deal with the infantile symbiote: in exchange for complete control of its powers, it could take over his body for two hours a day, provided it didn't commit crimes. Pat was listed as one of the Civil War Initiative's potential recruits, but was ultimately beaten to death in a gutter by Blackheart, who stole the symbiote.
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* AngelFaceDemonFace: When Pat is calm he has NoMouth, but when angry he manifests MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.
* ArchEnemy: Razor Fist, despite the hilarious power difference.[[note]]Razor Fist has blades for hands. That's literally it.[[/note]] He killed Pat's father, and tortured one of his friends nearly to death.
* ByTheBookCop: Pat's strict law-abiding nature has led to some friction with ComicBook/BlackCat and his symbiote.
* ChainPain: His "web lines" look like chains.
* CostumeCopycat: When the symbiote was calm, Pat looked a lot like Spider-Man sans the webbing motif.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: When Patrick decides to help bring in the villains that Electro broke out of the Raft, he visits the imprisoned Mr. Hyde to get information on Hyde's ex-partner King Cobra.
* CurbstompBattle: Dished these out regularly, victims including a Venom and Carnage tag team, and half of the Wrecking Crew. He was later on the receiving end of one from Blackheart, who killed him and took the symbiote.
* CursedWithAwesome: Patrick really didn't want to become host to what was the most powerful symbiote ever at the time.
* DisappearedDad: Patrick abandoned his family to take care of the infant symbiote.
* DrivenToSuicide: Pat tried to kill himself by jumping in front of a subway train, but the symbiote saved him.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Pat was beaten to death in an alley by Blackheart, who took his symbiote and ate his family - all off-panel to boot.
* {{Expy}}: Patrick is comparable to Hybrid.
* FastTunnelling: Stopped a bank robbery by burrowing into the building.
* HeroicBuild: As Toxin, Patrick was given an athletically muscular figure somewhere between Spider-Man's and Venom's.
--> '''Meadows:''' S-so this is your infamous symbiote. N-nice six-pack, pal. Not that six-packs turn me on or anything.
* IHaveAFamily: Patrick tried this on Carnage after first meeting him. It didn't work.
--> '''Pat:''' If you can understand me... please, please don't kill me! I-I've got a young wife--with a baby on the way.\\
'''Carnage:''' Correction. Ya got a young widow--with an orphan on the way!
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Pat left his wife and newborn to protect them from Venom, Carnage, and himself.
* JustJokingJustification: Patrick would go with this whenever he or the symbiote came close to eating someone.
* KilledOffScreen: Patrick disappeared for some time, and the symbiote resurfaced sans host in 2012. It was eventually revealed Blackheart had beaten him to death in a gutter to get his symbiote. And then there's what supposedly [[https://twitter.com/remender/status/200788585341927425 happened]] to his wife and baby.
* LightningBruiser: Was faster and stronger than Venom ''and'' Carnage combined.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Can spawn CombatTentacles and shapeshift his limbs into weapons.
* OddFriendship: Patrick's main confidante was Black Cat, a thief.
* OneSteveLimit: Patrick's son's name? Edward.
* PainfulTransformation: Patrick turning into Toxin rarely looked comfortable, what with all the wincing and grimacing and him exclaiming, "Aaghh!"
* {{Phlegmings}}: Patrick's drool was [[BadBlackBarf black]].
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: As long as he had something to go off of, like an article of clothing, he can track it.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Patrick arranged with the symbiote that they could alternate control of his body for two hours as long as it didn't kill anyone or commit any crimes.
* SuperReflexes: While still in human form, Patrick blocks all of Black Cat's attempts to knock him out, without even intending to.
* SymbioticPossession: Toxin had a unique relationship with Patrick where they alternated control over his body.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Patrick gave one to Razor Fist, claiming that he uses blades instead of prosthetic hands because it makes him feel disassociated from his crimes, and because he wants others to tend to his every menial need like a helpless child.
* ToThePain: In his first superhero outing, he nearly loses it on a gang of bank robbers who have surrendered.
--> '''Toxin:''' You are heartless killers. You killed a cop. Who no doubt had a family. Who'll be heartbroken. You deserve to die. In the most painful and heartless way imaginable. Your brains, maybe. Soft and eggy, no doubt. Evolved over thousands of years so you can waste them. I'll suck them out through your eye sockets.
* YouKilledMyFather: Patrick's father was murdered by Razor Fist. When Toxin goes after him, he tells Spider-Man that if he were to cross the line and kill Razor Fist, Spidey should "put me in Ryker's along with the other bad guys".
* WholeCostumeReference: When under control, Patrick as Toxin looks almost identical to Spider-Man, but without a webbing motif or spider emblems.
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!![[ComicBook/{{Toxin}} The Toxin Symbiote]]
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!!! '''Hosts:''' Patrick Mulligan, Eddie Brock, Jubulile van Scotter
!!! '''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.
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* AdaptiveArmor: After Eddie joins the FBI's anti-Carnage task force, the symbiote emulates Agent Venom by taking on the appearance of body armor.
* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke after she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might return in the future]].
* BioArmor: During Toxin's stint with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the Toxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers, he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
* SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: While Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
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!!Toxin Characters
[[folder:Patrick Mulligan]]
!!Patrick "Pat" Mulligan
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Toxin
!!! '''Host to:''' Toxin
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #1 (July, 2004) [[note]]As Pat[[/note]]; ''Venom Vs. Carnage'' #2 (August, 2004) [[note]]As Toxin[[/note]]
Patrick "Pat" Mulligan was an [=NYPD=] police officer who had the misfortune of running across the supervillain Carnage, who had just spawned a baby symbiote. Too weak to kill them, Carnage bonded the infant symbiote to Patrick and left, intending to kill them once he regained his strength. When the symbiote matured, Venom named it Toxin, but when he realized that not only was it more powerful than both himself and Carnage combined but that it was unlikely to aid him in his crusade against Spider-Man, he joined with Carnage in trying to kill it. Pat accepted his bond with the symbiote and joined forces with Spider-Man and Black Cat in defeating them, and on a number of other occasions, leaving his family behind in order to tame the symbiote, eventually succeeding after stopping himself from killing Razorfist, who had killed Pat's father. Pat made a deal with the infantile symbiote: in exchange for complete control of its powers, it could take over his body for two hours a day, provided it didn't commit crimes. Pat was listed as one of the Civil War Initiative's potential recruits, but was ultimately beaten to death in a gutter by Blackheart, who stole the symbiote.
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* AngelFaceDemonFace: When Pat is calm he has NoMouth, but when angry he manifests MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.
* ArchEnemy: Razor Fist, despite the hilarious power difference.[[note]]Razor Fist has blades for hands. That's literally it.[[/note]] He killed Pat's father, and tortured one of his friends nearly to death.
* ByTheBookCop: Pat's strict law-abiding nature has led to some friction with ComicBook/BlackCat and his symbiote.
* ChainPain: His "web lines" look like chains.
* CostumeCopycat: When the symbiote was calm, Pat looked a lot like Spider-Man sans the webbing motif.
* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: When Patrick decides to help bring in the villains that Electro broke out of the Raft, he visits the imprisoned Mr. Hyde to get information on Hyde's ex-partner King Cobra.
* CurbstompBattle: Dished these out regularly, victims including a Venom and Carnage tag team, and half of the Wrecking Crew. He was later on the receiving end of one from Blackheart, who killed him and took the symbiote.
* CursedWithAwesome: Patrick really didn't want to become host to what was the most powerful symbiote ever at the time.
* DisappearedDad: Patrick abandoned his family to take care of the infant symbiote.
* DrivenToSuicide: Pat tried to kill himself by jumping in front of a subway train, but the symbiote saved him.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Pat was beaten to death in an alley by Blackheart, who took his symbiote and ate his family - all off-panel to boot.
* {{Expy}}: Patrick is comparable to Hybrid.
* FastTunnelling: Stopped a bank robbery by burrowing into the building.
* HeroicBuild: As Toxin, Patrick was given an athletically muscular figure somewhere between Spider-Man's and Venom's.
--> '''Meadows:''' S-so this is your infamous symbiote. N-nice six-pack, pal. Not that six-packs turn me on or anything.
* IHaveAFamily: Patrick tried this on Carnage after first meeting him. It didn't work.
--> '''Pat:''' If you can understand me... please, please don't kill me! I-I've got a young wife--with a baby on the way.\\
'''Carnage:''' Correction. Ya got a young widow--with an orphan on the way!
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Pat left his wife and newborn to protect them from Venom, Carnage, and himself.
* JustJokingJustification: Patrick would go with this whenever he or the symbiote came close to eating someone.
* KilledOffScreen: Patrick disappeared for some time, and the symbiote resurfaced sans host in 2012. It was eventually revealed Blackheart had beaten him to death in a gutter to get his symbiote. And then there's what supposedly [[https://twitter.com/remender/status/200788585341927425 happened]] to his wife and baby.
* LightningBruiser: Was faster and stronger than Venom ''and'' Carnage combined.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Can spawn CombatTentacles and shapeshift his limbs into weapons.
* OddFriendship: Patrick's main confidante was Black Cat, a thief.
* OneSteveLimit: Patrick's son's name? Edward.
* PainfulTransformation: Patrick turning into Toxin rarely looked comfortable, what with all the wincing and grimacing and him exclaiming, "Aaghh!"
* {{Phlegmings}}: Patrick's drool was [[BadBlackBarf black]].
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: As long as he had something to go off of, like an article of clothing, he can track it.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Patrick arranged with the symbiote that they could alternate control of his body for two hours as long as it didn't kill anyone or commit any crimes.
* SuperReflexes: While still in human form, Patrick blocks all of Black Cat's attempts to knock him out, without even intending to.
* SymbioticPossession: Toxin had a unique relationship with Patrick where they alternated control over his body.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Patrick gave one to Razor Fist, claiming that he uses blades instead of prosthetic hands because it makes him feel disassociated from his crimes, and because he wants others to tend to his every menial need like a helpless child.
* ToThePain: In his first superhero outing, he nearly loses it on a gang of bank robbers who have surrendered.
--> '''Toxin:''' You are heartless killers. You killed a cop. Who no doubt had a family. Who'll be heartbroken. You deserve to die. In the most painful and heartless way imaginable. Your brains, maybe. Soft and eggy, no doubt. Evolved over thousands of years so you can waste them. I'll suck them out through your eye sockets.
* YouKilledMyFather: Patrick's father was murdered by Razor Fist. When Toxin goes after him, he tells Spider-Man that if he were to cross the line and kill Razor Fist, Spidey should "put me in Ryker's along with the other bad guys".
* WholeCostumeReference: When under control, Patrick as Toxin looks almost identical to Spider-Man, but without a webbing motif or spider emblems.
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[[folder:Toxin]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Toxin}} The Toxin Symbiote]]
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!!! '''Hosts:''' Patrick Mulligan, Eddie Brock, Jubulile van Scotter
!!! '''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.
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* AdaptiveArmor: After Eddie joins the FBI's anti-Carnage task force, the symbiote emulates Agent Venom by taking on the appearance of body armor.
* AmbiguousSituation: The Toxin symbiote seemingly perishes when [[spoiler:it is assimilated by Jubulile van Scotter's symbiote, which evaporates into wisps of pink and gold smoke after she fries Chthon with a massive beam of light. However, according to the writer's statement on Twitter its possible that it might return in the future]].
* BioArmor: During Toxin's stint with the Anti-Symbiote Task Force, the symbiote assumed the appearance of black-and-red body armor similar to Agent Venom.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When bonded to Eddie Brock, the symbiote's eye-patches are initially black with small white inner eyes.
* CloningBlues: Blackheart made duplicates of the symbiote and bonded them to copies of ComicBook/{{X 23}} to create an AmazonBrigade.
* CombatTentacles: When enraged the symbiote sprouts a mass of tentacles from its host's back.
* EnemyMine: Eddie told Flash that he and the symbiote had agreed to work together to kill Venom (and presumably Carnage as well), but after that they'd try to kill each other. They later come to an understanding and emulate Flash's appearance as Agent Venom.
* GoodCounterpart: To Carnage, its "father".
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When bonded to Patrick the symbiote was orange-red and blue, but when bonded to Eddie its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: While bonded to Patrick it was on the side of good, however this changed when Patrick was murdered by Blackheart and the Venom symbiote (while bonded to Flash) attempted to murder it, driving it to become bloodthirsty and vengeful. After its capture by the Crime Master, it would use Eddie Brock as a puppet and willingly joined the Savage Six in a effort to kill Agent Venom resulting in it and Eddie almost burning to death. This resulted in Eddie gaining enough control to work out a deal with it, if the Toxin symbiote allowed Eddie to have control and serve as a lethal protector once again, they would work together until they successfully kill Agent Venom where they would then try to kill each other, which it accepted. This rematch with Agent Venom ultimately ended with it landing as a face after forming a truce with Agent Venom and it would later sacrifice its life to save the world from Chthon.
* HulkingOut: When it took over Eddie - and when Eddie later lost control while fighting Flash - it [[{{Sizeshifter}} bulks up]] enough that Venom almost fits inside its mouth.
* LegacyCharacter: After Blackheart beat Patrick to death and took the symbiote, it was stolen again by the Crime Master and forcibly bonded to Eddie Brock.
* NoBiologicalSex: The symbiote has no gender identity.
--> '''Symbiote:''' What are you writing?\\
'''Patrick:''' None of your business.\\
'''Symbiote:''' "I'm a boy"--you think? Maybe its time [[TheTalk I sat you down and talked about the birds and bees]], symbiote-style.
* NothingIsScarier: This concept is lost on the symbiote, despite Patrick's attempts at explaining it while the two were reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
* NotQuiteDead: The Toxin symbiote was lit on fire by Flash, but survived and recuperated alongside its host.
* OverlyLongTongue: Like its "grandfather" (and [[DependingOnTheArtist occasionally "father"]]), Toxin manifests a serpentine prehensile tongue. The main difference, though, is that Toxin's tongue is ''green''.
* {{Patricide}}: The symbiote wants to kill Carnage and Venom.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Toxin symbiote seized total control of Eddie's body when it first bonded to him, but they later work out an arrangement similar to the one he had with the Venom symbiote.
* PsychopathicManchild: Was supposed to be even ''more'' AxCrazy than Carnage and initially had the mentality of a child.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Toxin symbiote delivers one to the Venom symbiote for letting Flash and the Avengers lobotomize it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Toxin goes from being red-and-blue when bonded to [[ByTheBookCop Patrick]] to red-and-black when bonded to [[UnscrupulousHero Eddie]]. As a result, after Eddie helps Flash take down the Symbiote Slayers, he's mistaken for Carnage by the media.
* SuperSenses: The symbiote enhances its host's sense of smell.
* ToServeMan: While Toxin hasn't voiced its grandparent's monstrous appetite, while bonded to it Pat came close to munching on a few bad guys, while with Eddie they possibly ate a group of SWAT officers who found Toxin after killing a bunch of criminals (while one panel has a closeup with Toxin's jaws the comic ends when the SWAT officers start shooting) and two of the Symbiote Slayers' hosts.
* TheVoiceless: Like Venom and Carnage were originally, the symbiote cannot speak unless bonded to a host.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When bonded to Pat, the symbiote spoke using slightly distorted blue speech bubbles with white text. When bonded to Eddie it speaks using red speech bubbles with jagged white text.
* WholeCostumeReference: On [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130118221216/marveldatabase/images/e/e4/Venom_Vol_2_33_Textless.jpg the alternate cover]] for ''Venom'' Vol. 2 #33, Toxin is shown looking identical to Eddie's Venom form as a MythologyGag to the cover of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #316.
* YouMonster: The symbiote reads Pat's journal, throws a tantrum after being referred to as a monster in it, breaks the laptop, [[HilarityEnsues loots a store to get a replacement]] (thinking Pat wouldn't notice the difference) and gets into a skirmish with Spider-Man.
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