History Main / SicklyGreenGlow

According to the principles of TechnicolorScience, radiation and all things [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear]] have a green glow, although this is seldom the case in RealLife (Cherenkov radiation in the pools of nuclear reactors is ''[[http://www4.nau.edu/meteorite/Meteorite/Images/Cherenkov.jpg blue]]'' and hot radioactives are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plutonium_pellet.jpg orange]]).

* [[SentinentPhlebotinum Antidermis]] in ''{{Bionicle}}''.

* Turned on its head in ''Mage: The Hero Defined'', where magic is described as green, growing with life.

* Reversed in ''many'' SuperRobot shows, such as ''GetterRobo'', ''GaoGaiGar'', ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' and ''KotetsuJeeg'', where the good guy's energy shines neon green. The enemies in these shows typically use a different coloured energy, such as pale blue for ''Gurren Lagann''[='=]s Anti-Spirals or Purple for ''GaoGaiGar''[='=]s Zonders.

* ''{{Tron}} 2.0''. Anything "corrupted" in the virtual world glows a sickly greenish-yellow.

Maybe the trope originated with radium-dial watches, or perhaps bioluminescence (usually green), or perhaps just the odd pale green that corpses turn.

See also GoodColorsEvilColors, and ColourCodedForYourConvenience.

* Maleficent in the Disney version of ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' has green eyes and a green orb atop her staff. When she transforms into a dragon, her flames are also green.
** Her ''skin'' is green, although a very pale green.

* In ''The Green Futures of Tycho'' by William Sleator, the main character (11 year old Tycho) travels repeatedly in time, constantly altering the primary timeline. The time travel device (an egg-shaped object) becomes more green-glowing as he uses it, as does the future. First just in the color of the house paint, later there's green liquid-like shapes as furniture or structural additions to the house, glowing sickly green. The older versions of the main character gets more evil (and evil looking) as the "greenage" increases thus closely adhering to this trope.

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* ''[[InuYasha Sesshoumaru]]'' when he uses his Toxic Flower Claw or any variation of it. In fact, the first time you see the Aristocratic Assassin, he uses it [[WhipItGood against a ferocious pack of wolves]], and eviserate them with ease.

* Mako in ''Final Fantasy VII''.

* In ''Gone'', by Michael Grant, this trope is both played straight and averted: The radioactivity in the underwater cave is bright green, while the nuclear reactor is bright blue.

*** However, after you upgrade to extra-nasty anthrax, it's blue. Radiation, on the other hand, is orange.

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[[caption-width:350:Hey [[TotalDramaIsland Noah]]! Someone took our radio!]]

PowerGlows, but ''evil'' power glows green. Most of the time, this glow is closely related with death, as well. Good characters may wield power that has a green glow, but this is always a "healthy" or "natural" green. Evil green makes you want to take a shower after exposure to it.

See also ColourCodedForYourConvenience.

[[caption-width:520:Hey [[TotalDramaIsland Noah]]! Someone took our radio!]]

->''"Why is it that deadly chemicals are always green? Why can't they ever be pink?"''
-->--'''Batgirl''', ''TheBatman''

**[[MemeticMutation Except for Warlock spells]].

** Also, the plague created by the Forsaken is green (but the Scourge one is orange).

* Also ''{{Warcraft}} III''.

* Izzy gets one after jumping in a box marked 'radioactive' in ''TotalDramaIsland''. She then complains to Noah that there wasn't a radio in it at all.