Acid Pool: Difference between revisions

 

== [[Fanfic]] ==

 

== [[Film]] ==

* That weird black goo at the end of the second ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' movie.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Subverted in an episode of ''[[Kung Fu]]'', where young Kwai-Chang is ordered by Master Po to cross a plank over an acid-pit full of human skeletons, and blind Master Po demonstrates by walking across it himself. Kwai-Chang obeys and walks across the plank, but falls into the pit halfway across -- only to find that it's only full of warm water, and the skeletons were made of paper; the "test" was simply a lesson to teach him that "fear is like a magnet" that pulls a man in its direction.

* In ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' a vampire-specific one is created by simply scattering vervain into the water. Any vampire that entered it would have their powers drained, then their skin burn.

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

* Large scale livestock farms often have large bodies of liquid known as [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12840743/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_top_hog_producer_is_also_one_of_americas_worst_polluters/print waste lagoons], which are used to store animal excrement. These lagoons are extremely toxic, and falling in one is pretty much instant death.

 

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Several of the areas in ''[[Metroid]]'' (for example, Brinstar in the original game) have acid pools which only damage Samus should she fall in. Perhaps justified because of her [[Powered Armor]].

* The Dead Pool in the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series, which you can knock your opponent into [[Finishing Move|at the end of a match]], or to end a round by [[Ring Out]] in ''Deception''.

* The cave in ''[[Space Quest]] 1'' has a pool of acid with a few stupid actions you can take that result in Roger's death. Fortunately, messing around with this pool is entirely optional.

** In ''[[Space Quest]] II'', there's a [[Death Trap]] in Vohaul's [[Space Base]] where the door locks and the floor slowly retracts to drop you into an acid pit.

* the second ''[[Metal Gear]]'' for the MSX had acid pools that could be neutralized with chocolate.

* [[Heavy Rain]] - Norman Jayden can investigate one and find a skeleton floating in it.

* [[Big Bad|The Sorceress]] from ''[[Spyro the Dragon|Spyro: Year of the Dragon]]'' is killed when she falls into a pit of purple acid.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

** Interestingly, the D&D 3.5 supplement [[Dungeon Scape]] actually includes rules for an acid-breathing shark.

* Early in [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]], Garland and Evil Princess Sara capture the Light Warriors and attempt to dunk them in a vat of acid. {{spoiler|It's actually Mountain Dew.}}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** In another episode Batgirl and Catwoman are captured by a mob boss and taken near acid vats. One of them asks if they'll suspend them above the acid so the vapors will kill them, but he replies he'll [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|just shoot them]] and get rid of their bodies in the vats.

* The episode "Cop Out" of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' involved a corrupt cop had the girls getting dunked into one after the good cops weren't quite able to rescue them. {{spoiler|Fortunately, they turned out to be acid-proof}}.