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Related to [[Poisonous Person]], but the Master Poisoner usually doesn't produce toxins within his own body. |
Related to [[Poisonous Person]], but the Master Poisoner usually doesn't produce toxins within his own body. |
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== Anime & Manga == |
== Anime & Manga == |
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* Livia, and later Agrippina, from ''[[I Claudius]]''. Livia's simple "Don't touch the figs" will send ''chills up your spine''. |
* Livia, and later Agrippina, from ''[[I Claudius]]''. Livia's simple "Don't touch the figs" will send ''chills up your spine''. |
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** A one-scene wonder has Livia talking shop - [[Don't Explain the Joke|by which we mean multiple murder by chemical means]] - with Martina, another Master Poisoner, played by the same actress who portrayed the cheerfully insane Nursie in [[Black Adder]]. The two debate the relative merits of different poisons and their antidotes over dinner, only for Martina to go white with fear at the sudden thought that Livia might have poisoned her. Livia laughs it off, but the viewer expects Martina to drop dead at any moment, and her ultimate fate is left unspecified. |
** A one-scene wonder has Livia talking shop - [[Don't Explain the Joke|by which we mean multiple murder by chemical means]] - with Martina, another Master Poisoner, played by the same actress who portrayed the cheerfully insane Nursie in [[Black Adder]]. The two debate the relative merits of different poisons and their antidotes over dinner, only for Martina to go white with fear at the sudden thought that Livia might have poisoned her. Livia laughs it off, but the viewer expects Martina to drop dead at any moment, and her ultimate fate is left unspecified. |
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* Locusta in the ''[[ |
* Locusta in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S2 E4 The Romans|The Romans]]". |
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* Lucrezia Borgia is often portrayed as this; see [[History Marches On]] for a discussion. |
* Lucrezia Borgia is often portrayed as this; see [[History Marches On]] for a discussion. |
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** ''All'' of the Borgias had the reputation of poisoners, not just Lucrezia. It was probably untrue of Lucrezia and Rodrigo (<small>AKA</small> Pope Alexander VI), but likely enough in Cesare's case. |
** ''All'' of the Borgias had the reputation of poisoners, not just Lucrezia. It was probably untrue of Lucrezia and Rodrigo (<small>AKA</small> Pope Alexander VI), but likely enough in Cesare's case. |
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* [[wikipedia:Locusta|Locusta]], who may have assassinated the Roman Emperor Claudius and several other people. She was rewarded by the infamous Emperor Nero. |
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[[Category:Villains]] |
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[[Category:Master Poisoner]] |
[[Category:Master Poisoner]] |
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