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If you want a good idea if something dangerous is up, probably involving [[Applied Phlebotinum]], look for workers wearing Hazmat Suits.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Misato wears an anti-radiation suit when she tries to stop Jet Alone's nuclear reactor manually
* Used as part of [[The Reveal]] in the manga, ''[[Cage of Eden]]'', where the heroes find a long abandoned research facility complete with broken [[People Jars]], the DNA samples collected from every animal in the world in cultivation centers, models of the former extinct animals they had to fight the first time they crash landed on the mysterious island, and the aforementioned hazmat suits hanging around, which clues them that the everything on the island was the result of a secret experiment gone wrong.
* ''[[Darker than Black]]'' shows the field researcher teams in [[Eldritch Location|the Hell's Gate]] wearing these. Not that it helped much, but at least very lucky ones survived... and even weren't ''visibly'' affected. Most of sniffing around is done via remotely controlled robots, and even this involves visions highly disturbing to the operators.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[[Cat-Women of the Moon]]'': the hero dons a suit to combat a coolant leak, after the obligatory meteor shower damages their nuclear-powered [[Retro Rocket]].
* ''[[Contagion]]'', naturally.
* Hazmats are especially popular in movies where scientists are handling deadly chemicals that are inevitably released outside containment and cause the [[Zombie Apocalypse]]. Case in point is the movie, ''[[Return Of The Living Dead 3]]'', where hazmat suits prove to be useless to aggressive zombie attack.
* Hazmat suits are worn by Royalton's workers when they install a [[Techno Babble|inner-positive transponder]] in ''[[Speed Racer (film)|Speed Racer]]'', and, for some reason, their little dog too.
* The obscure cult film ''[[Static (film)|Static]]'' has a scene where the main character visits his [[Crazy Survivalist]] uncle's house on Christmas, only to find the entire family wearing hazmat suits.
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== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Shadowrun]]'' 2nd Edition had both chemsuits (regular sealed suits) and military X-E suits which were needed to protect against Seven-7 nerve gas.
** In the adventure ''Silver Angel'' the [[Player Character
* ''[[Champions]]''
** In the adventure "What Rough Beast", the characters can find and use radiation suits against the deadly radiation field given off by the monster.
** Supplement ''PRIMUS and DEMON''. PRIMUS agents have radiation suits available.
* ''[[GURPS]]'' has NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) suits.
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'':
** Terminator Armors
* The Vile Savants from ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' are daemonic entities that take the form of a hazmat suit filled to the brim with pestilent filth and [[The Worm That Walks|evil, diseased maggots]]. [[Medical Horror|They fight with rusty, contaminated surgical equipment, and their speech sounds like distorted medical chatter punctuated by screams and moans of pain and horror.]]▼
** ''[[Rogue Trader]]'' has stats fo one of such heavy suits - "Augmetic Engine-Plate".
*** As well as Thermal Armor suits for less extreme conditions, like fire and smoke, or spaceship heatsinks.
** ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' has Volcanis Shroud made for work in magma-heated forges and was adopted in various heavy industrial settlements. As such, it comes with rebreather and vision system. Gives the same level of protection, but is bulkier and against heat based or corrosive attacks as good as Stormtrooper carapace or commercial versions of [[Power Armor]].
*** Hospitaller Carapace that Space Nun medics wear, aside of being fairly good armor, is designed to protect from diseases and toxins and can be sealed when needed.
▲*** The Vile Savants from
*** There are also hostile environment suits. Environmental body gloves protect from variety of less than immediately lethal, but still extreme conditions from desert to arctic sea (they include [[Dune|water recyclers]] and air tanks); physical protection is marginal (on the level of gang leathers). Wind Armor is a hard suit intended to protect from hurricane winds and dust storms of "sandblasts you to the bone in half a minute" strength. Aside of metallo-ceramic plating, it involves design tweaking turbulence so that it's easier to move against lighter winds and withstand stronger ones, has built-in heavy air filters and (in case of being buried) 3 hours of internal air supply, plus communication gear. As a side effect, it gives overall protection equal to common types of light body armor.
== [[Toys]] ==
* Playmobil, creators of small figures in roles varying from SWAT cop to a fairy and unicorn, once released a [https://web.archive.org/web/20151015161632/http://www.collectobil.com/catalogue/items/3180.htm HAZMAT Crew playset]. You don't get this kind of grim realism from [[LEGO]].
** Actually, [[LEGO Minifigures|you do]], just cuter and without the toxic waste.
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* Subverted with ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half Life]]'s'' iconic H.E.V. suit; initially presented as a hazmat suit, it's actually more of a [[Powered Armor]]. Cue [[WMG]] over whether it's simply overengineered for its intended purpose or Black Mesa deliberately designed it for the military.
** It's even referenced by the G-man before his hibernation.
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** For the military (the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, at least) they made a compatible variant with slightly different functionality -- [http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Powered_Combat_Vest the PCV].
* You can find and buy a few hazmat suits in the ''[[Fallout]]'' series, as well as finding them on dead researchers
** ''[[Fallout
** ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' adds the [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Hazmat_suit Hazmat suit], unfortunately the suit combined with a certain [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/The_Cloud chemical cloud] lead to some [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ghost_people rather unfortunate results]
* ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' had a scene where a guy was denying a leak in the nuclear power plant, while wearing a suit
* You can find them in ''[[Doom]]'' and its sequels. They allow you to walk through toxic waste without any harm for a limited time.
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** A researcher in a hazmat suit is brutally smashed against unbreakable glass in ''Code: Veronica.''
** One hazmat zombie appears in ''Dead Aim.''
* The S.I.N. scientists in the background of the ''[[Street Fighter IV]]'' Secret Laboratory and Crumbling Laboratory levels wear hazmat suits. They seem more focused at cheering on the fighters than they are at actually keeping the laboratory working.
* ''[[STALKER]]:'' ''Shadow of Chernobyl'' has a few of these, worn by scientists and player characters who expect to go into high-radiation areas. Even most regular kinds of armor has some characteristics of this, and given the environmental hazards of The Zone, it is a significant factor in choosing what kind of protection to wear.
* ''[[Dead Space (series)|Dead Space]]'' has the 'RIG', a [[Powered Armor]] suit that protects against hazardous gases, vacuum and undead co-workers. It also features build in gravity boots and a holographic projector.
** Unfortunately the sequels suits have an embarrassing weakness ... {{spoiler|they can be breached by a crazy person holding a screwdriver}}.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "The Cutie Pox", upon learning of a case of the titular disease, some citizens of Ponyville are quick to clad themselves in these (complete with a radiation warning symbol over the wearer's cutie mark).
* Done in ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' creator John R. Dilworth's early cartoon, "Dirty Birdy", where one of the [[Amusing Injuries]] done on the mooning cross-eyed bird by the impatient blue cat is put on a hazmat suit and dunk him in a vat of radioactive green waste which causes him to disappear. He got better of course.
* An episode of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' had a group of villagers besieged by Wile E. Coyote [[Expy]] bandits, before the timely arrival of Buster and his friends. One of the punishments dished out on the dastardly bunch is giving them a [[Fire-Breathing Diner]] of chili so spicy that one of the villagers serving it wears a hazmat suit to exaggerate the effect.
* Worn by Sid in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' when he develops an excessive fear of germs after watching a hygiene film.
* Worn by Homer Simpson in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' from time to time as part of his job as a safety inspector in Mr. Burn's nuclear power plant. This is seen in the old and new [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo intro theme].
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Probably the earliest example of a
** Virtually none of the user's skin was exposed while wearing it, so the risk of being bitten by plague-carrying fleas was much lower.
* Ironically, asbestos firesuits turned out to be hazardous in themselves as the very material protecting firefighters threatened to kill them in the longer term with incurable and deadly abesteosis.
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