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Revision as of 16:37, 28 April 2022 (view source) Looney Toons (talk \| contribs) (Rewrote main text, added category) ← Older edit		Revision as of 17:52, 28 April 2022 (view source) Robkelk (talk \| contribs) (→‎Real Life: Removed the "example", since the trope description says "the phlebotinum is not normally part of his diet or environment" and everything listed is part of our environment and diets.) Newer edit →
Line 58: == [[Western Animation]] == * [[Cybersix]] was designed so that she requires "Sustenance" in order to live. With the only source of Sustenance being the man who created her, she is forced to extract it from the creatures that he sends to destroy her. ~~== [[Real Life]] ==~~ * What would you need with a ''complex organic molecule'', ''acidic hydroxide'' and an ''oxidiser''? Why, you must eat ''sugar'', drink ''water'' and breathe ''oxygen'' to live. All three, in inappropriate concentrations and/or locations, can be deadly. (Excess free water can lyse cells, to say nothing of water shifting to places it shouldn't, as in pulmonary edema; oxygen can cause free radical damage to tissues, and oxygen toxicity is heavily implicated in retinopathy of prematurity; and either too little or too much circulating glucose—known more prosaically as diabetes<ref>Or, if you're Wilford Brimley, [[Memetic Mutation\|Diabeetus]]</ref>—can cause metabolic derangements leading to irreversible brain damage, coma and death.) {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Speculative Fiction Tropes]] ~~[[Category:Phlebotinum Dependence]]~~ [[Category:Weaksauce Weakness]]