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A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Hollywood Science]]. Compare [[Poison Is Corrosive]] and [[Acid Pool]] (when this is applied to a [[Death Trap]]). Has nothing to do with [[Marijuana Is LSD|that other kind of acid]] or [[Disney Acid Sequence|this one]].
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* The Tall Man is killed in ''[[Phantasm II]]'' when the fluid he uses to reanimate corpses is tainted with hydrochloric acid and then injected into him, melting him from the inside-out. If that wasn't improbable enough to bother all of you chemists, this somehow causes his [[Eye Scream|eyeballs to explode.]] Of course, this may be justified as the Tall Man's physiology is alien.
* In ''[[The Rock (Film)|The Rock]]'', VX nerve gas is shown to be a corrosive acid. Crosses over with [[Poison Is Corrosive]].
* In the first ''[[
* ''Stomach acid'' serves as this trope in the final battle of [[Innerspace]], {{spoiler|when Tuck Pendleton drops his pod into Jack Putter's stomach with [[The Dragon|Mr. Igoe]] clinging to the side. The pod survives; [[Stripped to The Bone|Mr. Igoe doesn't.]]}}
* ''The House on Haunted Hill'' in 1959 had a tank full of acid in the basement as big as a swimming pool, still caustic enough to reduce human bodies to skeletons.
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== Live Action TV ==
* A very memorable aversion is found in the AMC series ''[[Breaking Bad]]''. The main character (who is a [[The Smart Guy|chemistry teacher]] and thus knowledgeable about such things) and his partner need to get rid of a body. The chemistry teacher tells his dimwitted sidekick to pick up a specific type of plastic tub, because hydrofluoric acid will dissolve pretty much any other container. So what does the sidekick do? [[What an Idiot!|Takes a shortcut and dumps it in a ceramic bathtub]]. The result is a very... messy hole in the ceiling (the tub being on the second floor). Since the body, at this point, is no longer recognizable as human, the result, for those who are not [[Squick|completely disgusted]], is [[Bloody Hilarious]].
* Surprisingly averted in an episode of ''The Lucy Show'' of all places. [[Lucille Ball]] and Vivian Vance attend a night-school chemistry class, and Lucy panics when she gets splashed with a very weak acid... until the instructor tells her that the stuff she got covered in was effectively harmless.
* ''[[Better Off Ted]]'' had an episode which featured a biocomputer that leaked an "acid-like goo," or "ass-goo" for short that burned through several floors and desks.
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== Webcomics ==
* Subverted in ''[[
** "[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/03/15/episode-128-the-acid-would-be-healthier/ The Acid Would Be Healthier]"
* In a ''[[Wonderella]]'' strip, [[Captain Ersatz|Jokerella]] threatens her with ''citric'' acid (which ''can'' be harmful in its pure form, but it's not exactly [[The Joker|Joker]]-level evil).
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* The term [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Super Acid]] is used for any material that is more acidic than 100% pure sulphuric acid. Some particularly corrosive chemicals can protonate and dissolve hydrocarbons, something that does not occur in a normal acid environment for example.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_trifluoride Chlorine trifluoride] - not technically an acid, but it burns through flesh, glass, rock and concrete like nobody's business. When mixed with water it explodes and forms hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids as ''byproducts''. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Too nasty]] even for [[Those Wacky Nazis]].
{{quote| "It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|test engineers]], not to mention asbestos, sand, and water — with which it reacts explosively. It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals — steel, copper, aluminium, etc. — because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminium keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere. If, however, this coat is melted or scrubbed off, and has no chance to reform, the operator is confronted with the problem of coping with a metal-fluorine fire. For dealing with this situation, I have always recommended [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|a good pair of running shoes.]]"--John D. Clark, Rocket Scientist. As quoted [http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_time.php here.] }}
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