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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempted by the Toxin symbiote in the second issue, after Pat gets a little preachy at it following its successful KickTheSonOfABitch of the two racist robbers. Impressively, Pat manages to keep the symbiote from escaping, telling it that "he runs this show." The symbiote gets the last laugh, though, refusing to come out when Pat is ambushed by Razorfist until he begs for it to.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempted by the Toxin symbiote in the second issue, after Pat gets a little preachy at it following its successful KickTheSonOfABitch killing of the two racist robbers. Impressively, Pat manages to keep the symbiote from escaping, telling it that "he runs this show." The symbiote gets the last laugh, though, refusing to come out when Pat is ambushed by Razorfist until he begs for it to.
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* CumbersomeClaws: Razorfist keeps a small army of SelfHarm-addicted children to attend to him since his lower arms are replaced by blades. He's called out on it by Toxin saying he removed his arms to force the responsibility of feeding, clothing, and cleaning himself onto others.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempted by the Toxin symbiote in the second issue, after Pat gets a little preachy at it following its successful KickTheSonOfaBitch of the two racist robbers. Impressively, Pat manages to keep the symbiote from escaping, telling it that "he runs this show." The symbiote gets the last laugh, though, refusing to come out when Pat is ambushed by Razorfist until he begs for it to.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempted by the Toxin symbiote in the second issue, after Pat gets a little preachy at it following its successful KickTheSonOfaBitch KickTheSonOfABitch of the two racist robbers. Impressively, Pat manages to keep the symbiote from escaping, telling it that "he runs this show." The symbiote gets the last laugh, though, refusing to come out when Pat is ambushed by Razorfist until he begs for it to.
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* {{Expy}}: Patrick Mulligan might be dead, but part of his character lives on in the cinematic interpretation of Venom seen in ''Film/Venom2018'', whose characterization and relationship with his symbiote are both much closer to Pat and Toxin's than they are Eddie and his symbiote's.
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The "child" of ComicBook/{{Carnage}}, Toxin is a symbiote bonded to NYPD officer Pat Mulligan, who tries to slake the creature's bloodlust by using him to take down supervillain escapees from The Raft.
Following the conclusion of the character's short-lived series, Patrick Mulligan was KilledOffscreen by Blackheart, who took the symbiote for himself. The Toxin symbiote eventually wound up being bonded to Eddie Brock in Rick Remender and Cullen Bunn's ''Venom''. This carried through into Gerry Conway's ''Carnage'' (2016), when Eddie gave the Toxin symbiote to South African teenager Jubulile van Scotter, though it seemingly perished and hasn't been seen since.
Following the conclusion of the character's short-lived series, Patrick Mulligan was KilledOffscreen by Blackheart, who took the symbiote for himself. The Toxin symbiote eventually wound up being bonded to Eddie Brock in Rick Remender and Cullen Bunn's ''Venom''. This carried through into Gerry Conway's ''Carnage'' (2016), when Eddie gave the Toxin symbiote to South African teenager Jubulile van Scotter, though it seemingly perished and hasn't been seen since.
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The "child" of ComicBook/{{Carnage}}, Toxin is a symbiote bonded to NYPD officer Pat Patrick Mulligan, who tries hopes to slake teach the creature's bloodlust still young creature right from wrong by using him to take taking down supervillain escapees escaped supervillains, and thus prevent the symbiote from The Raft.
turning out like his father. While characterization varies from writer to writer, and indeed host to host, generally Toxin is cast in a more noble light than other symbiotes. While he has a dark sense of humor and can be just as brutal as any of his kin, Toxin is also portrayed as childish, curious, and playful, ultimately coming down firmly on the side of justice rather than the fine line walked by his grandfather, the self-styled "Lethal Protector".
Following the conclusion of the character'sshort-lived series, miniseries, Patrick Mulligan was KilledOffscreen by Blackheart, who took the symbiote for himself. The Toxin symbiote eventually wound up being bonded to Eddie Brock in Rick Remender and Cullen Bunn's ''Venom''. This carried through into Gerry Conway's ''Carnage'' (2016), when Eddie gave the Toxin symbiote to South African teenager Jubulile van Scotter, though who sacrificed it seemingly perished to halt a Darkhold invasion.
When the creator of the symbiotes, the cosmic horror known as Knull, arrived at Earth to conquer the planet, he discovered Toxin had survived his ordeal, barely. However, the King in Black believed it to be too weak to be of any use andhasn't been seen since.thus did nothing to restore it. Remarkably, it was eventually able to limp to a young boy named Bren Waters, who became his newest host, regaining much of his original characterization in the process.
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When the creator of the symbiotes, the cosmic horror known as Knull, arrived at Earth to conquer the planet, he discovered Toxin had survived his ordeal, barely. However, the King in Black believed it to be too weak to be of any use and
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Following the conclusion of the character's short-lived series, Patrick Mulligan was KilledOffscreen by Blackheart, who took the symbiote for himself. The Toxin symbiote eventually wound up being bonded to Eddie Brock in Rick Remender and Cullen Bunn's ''Venom''. This carried through into Gerry Conway's ''Carnage'' (2016), when Eddie gave the Toxin symbiote to South African teenager Jubulile van Scotter, though it seemingly perished and hasn't been seen since.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After Toxin's miniseries ended, the character disappeared for a few years until the symbiote turned up in the possession of Blackheart in Rick Remender's ''Venom'' run. When asked what had happened to Patrick, Remender quipped that he had been beaten to death off-panel by Blackheart, who then ate his wife and son.
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* CulturalRebel: Anton, Razorfist's newest recruit, is the archetyal African-American who is intellectual and shunned by his peers for it.
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* DeathByOriginStory: While Toxin is already an established hero when it happens, Patrick's dad is killed by Razorfist during the course of the miniseries, making Razorfist his archenemy.
* DeathByOriginStory: While Toxin is already an established hero when it happens, Patrick's dad is killed by Razorfist during the course of the miniseries, making Razorfist his archenemy.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: After his defeat, Razorfist begs Toxin to kill him rather than send him to Ryker's. Toxin of course decides he's NotWorthKilling.
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* BullyingADragon: Razorfist is more deadly than you'd expect a guy with no hands to be, but he's still way out of his league against Toxin. The instant the symbiote stops jerking Pat around and takes the guy seriously, it's over.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Patrick tries to off himself jumping at a moving subway. Toxin intervenes to save him, and gives him a reason to live by letting him see his kid with shapeshifting.
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* EvilSmellsBad: Razorfist's lair apparently has quite the pungent order. Being a twisted sort of guy, he likes it that way.
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* InvincibleHero: The main complaint readers have with this story. Toxin's not ''outright'' invincible, but compared to the villains he faces he might as well be.
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* PapaWolf: Pat's father is looking for him and even pulls a gun on his FriendOnTheForce to try and get him to tell him where his son is.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: This is Toxin's general M.O.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: This is Toxin's general M.O.
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* ReligiousBruiser: The third issue reveals that like Eddie Brock before him, Pat Mulligan was raised Catholic. He's not nearly as much of a KnightTemplar about it as Eddie is, though.
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* TheUnrepentant: Mr. Hyde expresses no remorse for his lifetime of violent thuggery in his chats with Pat, telling him that the only thing wrong with him is that he got caught.
* TwoBeingsOneBody: Toxin and his symbiote more or less share the same meatspace. This was part for the course with others symbiotes too, but Toxin having personality meant that he got to do things like taunt a guy with blades for hands about how he uses the restroom as his host begs him to shut up.
* TwoBeingsOneBody: Toxin and his symbiote more or less share the same meatspace. This was part for the course with others symbiotes too, but Toxin having personality meant that he got to do things like taunt a guy with blades for hands about how he uses the restroom as his host begs him to shut up.
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* TheWorfEffect: The Wrecking Crew (actually just two of them, Wrecker and Piledriver) show up in the fifth issue for Toxin to beat up on, because establishing a new hero's cred by having them beat up on the Wrecking Crew is practically Marvel tradition.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Razorfist might look like just a loon with blades for arms, but he actually studied under a kung fu master "who by force of will could [[MasterOfYourDomain rearrange his molecules]]". This is how he can slash his SelfHarm-addicted followers without actually harming them.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Razorfist isn't above using his blades on stray cats to keep his reflexes sharp.
* BigBadWannabe: As much as Razorfist can brag and put on a show, he turns DirtyCoward and runs for the exit the second Toxin shows himself.
* BigBadWannabe: As much as Razorfist can brag and put on a show, he turns DirtyCoward and runs for the exit the second Toxin shows himself.
* CulturalRebel: Anton, Razorfist's newest recruit, is the archetyal African-American who is intellectual and shunned by his peers for it.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Razorfist brags about being an "equal opportunities employer" to Anton, the latest of a gang of kids he hires to attend to his needs.
* {{Expy}}: Patrick Mulligan might be dead, but part of his character lives on in the cinematic interpretation of Venom seen in ''Film/Venom2018'', whose characterization and relationship with his symbiote are both much closer to Pat and Toxin's than they are Eddie and his symbiote's.
* TheFagin: Razorfist is a dark exploration of this trope -- he recruits kids who SelfHarm and uses his powers to inflict the sensation of harm on them without the ''actual'' harm in exchange for their absolute loyalty.
* ICantDoThisByMyself: As a massive break-out of villains occured right before this miniseries, Pat helps Spider-Man in rounding them up.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Razorfist brags about being an "equal opportunities employer" to Anton, the latest of a gang of kids he hires to attend to his needs.
* {{Expy}}: Patrick Mulligan might be dead, but part of his character lives on in the cinematic interpretation of Venom seen in ''Film/Venom2018'', whose characterization and relationship with his symbiote are both much closer to Pat and Toxin's than they are Eddie and his symbiote's.
* TheFagin: Razorfist is a dark exploration of this trope -- he recruits kids who SelfHarm and uses his powers to inflict the sensation of harm on them without the ''actual'' harm in exchange for their absolute loyalty.
* ICantDoThisByMyself: As a massive break-out of villains occured right before this miniseries, Pat helps Spider-Man in rounding them up.
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* LamarckWasRight: Continuing the theme established when Carnage was introduced as stronger than Venom, Toxin is initially established as being stronger than both Venom ''and'' Carnage, putting Pat in the ranks of SuperpowerLottery winners as symbiote hosts go. Later, however, Toxin's power was scaled back, probably because he didn't end up taking off as much as Marvel wanted him to.
* MistakenForGay: In the first issue of the limited series, Pat decides to tell his buddy that he's become a superhero. His buddy initially thinks he's coming out of thecloset.closet.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Razorfist isn't exactly a name to inspire confidence. Indeed, one of his followers even lampshades it:
--> '''Lulu:''' Oh, get real, Anton. He calls himself '''Razorfist'''. What did you ''think'' he did? Charitable work for the homeless?
* NightmareFetishist: A diamond courier in the first issue finds herself ambushed by the snake-themed supervillain King Cobra, who grabs her client and threatens to kill him. In their next appearance the two are sleeping together, with her calling him "Cobra-baby" and him bragging about his "[[UnusualEuphemism cobra grip]]".
* ThePeepingTom: Despite walking out on his wife and child [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies for their own good]], Pat can't help himself from going to the park every day and watching them from a distance. Toxin even offers to shapeshift their appearance into one his wife won't recognize in exchange for greater freedoms.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The second issue sees Toxin tackle a duo of convenience store robbers, who of course are racist white males terrorizing innocent immigrants (Hindus which the robbers confuse for Muslims, packing in two prejudices for the price of one).
* PsychopathicManchild: Unlike previous symbiotes which were given no characterization, Toxin is given a distinct personality and internal dialogue with his host, and fittingly for a newborn creature, Toxin's personality is distinctly... well, psychopathic and childlike.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempted by the Toxin symbiote in the second issue, after Pat gets a little preachy at it following its successful KickTheSonOfaBitch of the two racist robbers. Impressively, Pat manages to keep the symbiote from escaping, telling it that "he runs this show." The symbiote gets the last laugh, though, refusing to come out when Pat is ambushed by Razorfist until he begs for it to.
* ShowDontTell: Deconstructed in-text when Pat finds himself reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (appropriately enough, after a meeting with the incarcerated supervillain Mr. Hyde). Toxin complains as Pat reads, first about the archaic language ("Boring! What's with the old-fashioned lingo?") and then about the use of this trope as a narrative device.
* TheSociopath: Razorfist owns it with a BadassBoast: "I'm two hundred and fifty pounds of sociopathic rock-hard muscle and razor. What are ''you'' gonna do?"
* SpiderSense: Like Venom and Carnage, Toxin has this ability.
* SuperCop: Pat was a rookie police officer before becoming Toxin, and he still works closely with his buddies in the NYPD to follow leads and get a fast-track on interrogating supervillain in Rykers.
* TakeThat: Pat delivers one in the first issue to the New York Public Library:
--> '''Patrick Mulligan:''' I plan to start my search for King Cobra in a building full of stale human sweat and manic gibbering. Unfortunately, the public library is closed, so I come here (to Ryker's) instead.
* TemptingFate: Pat's reaction when Spidey tells him about Razorfist: "How tough can someone with no hands be?"
* TrapDoor: Razorfist's hideout has a classic trap door, though instead of dropping the victim into a trap, it drops him into a pit with Razorfist -- ''he's'' the trap.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: One of Toxin's perks over Venom and Carnage is being able to do this. Pat uses it to talk to his wife and child without them realizing its him. Unfortunately, Toxin can also use it to prank his host, which he does in the second issue by turning Pat into a geeky guy in a bow-tie right in the middle of his fight with Razorfist.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Razorfist's introduction sees him murder four small-time slum dwellers so he can live in their building.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Inverted -- Razorfist can use his blades to inflict the ''sensation'' of being slashed to pieces without actually inflicting any harm. He uses to keep his legion of SelfHarm-suffering kids in line.
* MistakenForGay: In the first issue of the limited series, Pat decides to tell his buddy that he's become a superhero. His buddy initially thinks he's coming out of the
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Razorfist isn't exactly a name to inspire confidence. Indeed, one of his followers even lampshades it:
--> '''Lulu:''' Oh, get real, Anton. He calls himself '''Razorfist'''. What did you ''think'' he did? Charitable work for the homeless?
* NightmareFetishist: A diamond courier in the first issue finds herself ambushed by the snake-themed supervillain King Cobra, who grabs her client and threatens to kill him. In their next appearance the two are sleeping together, with her calling him "Cobra-baby" and him bragging about his "[[UnusualEuphemism cobra grip]]".
* ThePeepingTom: Despite walking out on his wife and child [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies for their own good]], Pat can't help himself from going to the park every day and watching them from a distance. Toxin even offers to shapeshift their appearance into one his wife won't recognize in exchange for greater freedoms.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The second issue sees Toxin tackle a duo of convenience store robbers, who of course are racist white males terrorizing innocent immigrants (Hindus which the robbers confuse for Muslims, packing in two prejudices for the price of one).
* PsychopathicManchild: Unlike previous symbiotes which were given no characterization, Toxin is given a distinct personality and internal dialogue with his host, and fittingly for a newborn creature, Toxin's personality is distinctly... well, psychopathic and childlike.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempted by the Toxin symbiote in the second issue, after Pat gets a little preachy at it following its successful KickTheSonOfaBitch of the two racist robbers. Impressively, Pat manages to keep the symbiote from escaping, telling it that "he runs this show." The symbiote gets the last laugh, though, refusing to come out when Pat is ambushed by Razorfist until he begs for it to.
* ShowDontTell: Deconstructed in-text when Pat finds himself reading ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (appropriately enough, after a meeting with the incarcerated supervillain Mr. Hyde). Toxin complains as Pat reads, first about the archaic language ("Boring! What's with the old-fashioned lingo?") and then about the use of this trope as a narrative device.
* TheSociopath: Razorfist owns it with a BadassBoast: "I'm two hundred and fifty pounds of sociopathic rock-hard muscle and razor. What are ''you'' gonna do?"
* SpiderSense: Like Venom and Carnage, Toxin has this ability.
* SuperCop: Pat was a rookie police officer before becoming Toxin, and he still works closely with his buddies in the NYPD to follow leads and get a fast-track on interrogating supervillain in Rykers.
* TakeThat: Pat delivers one in the first issue to the New York Public Library:
--> '''Patrick Mulligan:''' I plan to start my search for King Cobra in a building full of stale human sweat and manic gibbering. Unfortunately, the public library is closed, so I come here (to Ryker's) instead.
* TemptingFate: Pat's reaction when Spidey tells him about Razorfist: "How tough can someone with no hands be?"
* TrapDoor: Razorfist's hideout has a classic trap door, though instead of dropping the victim into a trap, it drops him into a pit with Razorfist -- ''he's'' the trap.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: One of Toxin's perks over Venom and Carnage is being able to do this. Pat uses it to talk to his wife and child without them realizing its him. Unfortunately, Toxin can also use it to prank his host, which he does in the second issue by turning Pat into a geeky guy in a bow-tie right in the middle of his fight with Razorfist.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Razorfist's introduction sees him murder four small-time slum dwellers so he can live in their building.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Inverted -- Razorfist can use his blades to inflict the ''sensation'' of being slashed to pieces without actually inflicting any harm. He uses to keep his legion of SelfHarm-suffering kids in line.
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''Toxin'' was a Creator/MarvelComics miniseries written by Creator/PeterMilligan, spinning out of the events of ''ComicBook/NewAvengers''.
The "child" of ComicBook/{{Carnage}}, Toxin is a symbiote bonded to NYPD officer Pat Mulligan, who tries to slake the creature's bloodlust by using him to take down supervillain escapees from The Raft.
!!This series contains examples of:
* AwesomeButImpractical: Razorfist had his arms replaced with blades. They make him an incredibly dangerous combatant, but he needs a small army of servants to feed him and attend to his personal hygiene, and whenever he's arrested, the blades are taken away and he's forced to rely on prosthetic arms.
* CListFodder: Pat would end up being killed off sometime after the end of his series.
* CripplingOverspecializing: Since Razorfist has blades instead of hands, his combat style is limited to close-range attacking.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: After merging with Toxin, Pat leaves his wife and child out of fear that he'll hurt them if he loses contol of the symbiote.
* MistakenForGay: In the first issue of the limited series, Pat decides to tell his buddy that he's become a superhero. His buddy initially thinks he's coming out of the closet.
The "child" of ComicBook/{{Carnage}}, Toxin is a symbiote bonded to NYPD officer Pat Mulligan, who tries to slake the creature's bloodlust by using him to take down supervillain escapees from The Raft.
!!This series contains examples of:
* AwesomeButImpractical: Razorfist had his arms replaced with blades. They make him an incredibly dangerous combatant, but he needs a small army of servants to feed him and attend to his personal hygiene, and whenever he's arrested, the blades are taken away and he's forced to rely on prosthetic arms.
* CListFodder: Pat would end up being killed off sometime after the end of his series.
* CripplingOverspecializing: Since Razorfist has blades instead of hands, his combat style is limited to close-range attacking.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: After merging with Toxin, Pat leaves his wife and child out of fear that he'll hurt them if he loses contol of the symbiote.
* MistakenForGay: In the first issue of the limited series, Pat decides to tell his buddy that he's become a superhero. His buddy initially thinks he's coming out of the closet.
