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== Video Games ==

* ''[[Nethack]]'' (what else?) features varieties of poisonous meats that have a slight chance of providing permanent poison resistance when consumed. You can similarly gain resistance to heat, cold and electricity by eating certain corpses. Heck, you can even get immunity to [[Disintegrator Ray~~|Disintegrator Rays~~]] that way.

* ''[[Nethack]]'' (what else?) features varieties of poisonous meats that have a slight chance of providing permanent poison resistance when consumed. You can similarly gain resistance to heat, cold and electricity by eating certain corpses. Heck, you can even get immunity to [[Disintegrator Ray]]s that way.

** A similar [[Roguelike]] game, ''[[ADOM]]'', gives poison resistance to players who eat corpses of giant spiders.

** Subverted in yet another roguelike, Ragnarok. While it's possible to acquire poison immunity in a similar manner (though most venomous animals are still poisonous to eat), the poison of the phantom asp is so potent it has a chance to kill even through supposed "immunity."

* In ''[[Suikoden]] 2'', one country has a sighting ceremony where the knight and the ruler mix drops of their blood in a bowl and sip from it. One character builds up a tolerance until he can make his ''blood'' lethal to others.

** In the same game, the only reason why [[The Hero]] can eat her [[Not Blood Siblings|sister]]'s [[Poison Mushroom~~|Poison Mushrooms~~]] is this trope.

** In the same game, the only reason why [[The Hero]] can eat her [[Not Blood Siblings|sister]]'s [[Poison Mushroom]]s is this trope.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]]'', you meet the Selkie De Nam, who decides that the best way to deal with the deadly Miasma is to try to build up a resistance to it by drinking water with miasma mixed in. {{spoiler|It doesn't end well}}.

* In ''[[Lost Souls MUD]]'', once you have any degree of poison resistance, exposure to poison will develop it further.

* ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' (and D&D 3.5) has acquired poison resistance as part of the assassin class.

* There's a [[Pokémon]] ability that grants ~~this -- Immunity~~. Only [[Big Eater|Snorlax]] and Zangoose get it, so one of them is a good ally if the opponent uses Toxic or Toxic Spikes.

* There's a [[Pokémon]] ability that grants this—Immunity. Only [[Big Eater|Snorlax]] and Zangoose get it, so one of them is a good ally if the opponent uses Toxic or Toxic Spikes.

* The next version of ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' is set to have this as a feature.

* One ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' Horde quest has the player fight venomhide ravasaurs (basically venomous raptors) and get splashed with their toxic blood in order to become immune. This is the first step to getting a [[Bragging Rights Reward|venomhide ravasaur mount]].