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There are some people no one wants to be around, either due to [[Smug Snake|smarminess]] or poor hygiene (or both!) they seem to ooze from every pore and make the air around them noxious, and anyone they touch will feel like immediately disinfecting the area. In the case of the '''Poisonous Person''' that is exactly the case. They are lethal to touch because their body naturally produces [[Universal Poison|universally lethal toxins]], emits radiation or carries a host of dangerous diseases. Of course, they are [[The Immune|immune]] to these hazards, but not so everyone else.
There are a lot of ways this can happen: [[Freak Lab Accident|falling into a vat of chemicals or bio-hazards]], becoming [[Curse
This is one of those "powers" that [[Why Am I Ticking?|are difficult to miss]] when they first manifest, usually resulting in a [[Dead Little Sister]] at the hands of the Poisonous Person. Is it any wonder that they come to embrace [[Bad Powers, Bad People]] and become villains? Of course [[Personality Powers|they probably weren't nice to begin with]]. This kind of villain isn't just difficult to fight, but also ''very'' versatile in applying their power. They'll use the sweat from their brow to salt a field, fill darts with their poisonous tears, turn a bloody wound [[Defensive Feint Trap|into their enemy's demise]] by [[Combat Sadomasochist|cutting themselves]] to poison their blade. If their power is disease based, they make an excellent [[Plaguemaster]]. Or they might end up as a hapless [[Typhoid Mary]].
If they aren't evil, they'll usually get far, ''far'' away from anyone who they might hurt, like a modern day Medusa or King Midas... sans gold. If they're ''really'' lucky they'll have enough control of their power/curse to turn it on and off, or at least be able to live in urban areas by wearing full body outfits or hazmat suits.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* Pannacotta Fugo from ''[[
* In ''[[Dokuhime]]'' (literally, Poison Princess): 'It starts with poisonous herbs under the cradle. Then under the sheets. And inside the clothes. Even mixed in the milk that they feed the newborn. This way the child gradually gets used to poisons and becomes the perfect assassination tool - the "Poison Princess" whose every kiss, tear and even touch bring death. Her only chance of survival is to fulfill her duty as an assassin and find a way to live on in the enemy land she is sent to... if her heart is strong enough.'
* A unique variant in the "Stink Bomb" story of the movie ''[[Memories]]'': a hapless employee at a pharmaceutical company accidentally ingests some funny red-and-blue capsules (instead of the blue-and-red ones that would have cured his flu.) As a result, he constantly emits from his sweat glands a HIGHLY toxic gas that can kill any animal instantly and short out electronics. Worse, its range, toxicity and density increase as he gets more stressed out, which is kind of a problem when the Japanese Self Defense Force and the American military send whole fleets to catch him. He doesn't catch on that there's anything wrong with him until literally the final second of the story.
* Kagero the Kunoichi in ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'', whose blood was suffused with poison, effectively turning her entire body into an assassination-weapon. Even a touch from her could be lethal, and doing anything beyond that is enough to break down even the [[Nigh Invulnerable]]. Tessai, one of the villains, whose body is apparently made entirely from rock, knocks her out and starts frenching with her (obviously intending to rape her when he's got more time), and then gets into a fight with the hero Kibegami Jubei. A few minutes in, the rock-dude basically just starts falling apart, as Kagero's poison catches up with him...
* ''[[Basilisk]]'', based on the same ''Kouga Ninja Scrolls'' as ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'' above also has a Kagerou with the same poisonous body. In this version, she is a tragic figure who is desperately in love with a man she can never have because [[Death
* Albafica Pisces in ''[[Saint Seiya:
** Also, Specter Basilisk Sylphid.
* There's a girl in ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'' who releases toxic spores or something around her, dissolving anyone she gets close to. Naturally, this makes her a very sad and quiet girl, leading to a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] when another character gives her a huge hug, despite being slowly eaten alive by the poison.
* ''[[One Piece]]''
** Magellan, the chief warden of Impel Down
** [[Professional Killer| The assassin Vinsmoke Raji]], or “Poisonous Pink” as she calls herself. She can secrete poison from her body, often doing so to poison a foe via her physical blows. Alternatively, she can consume poison, drawing it out of an already-poisoned victim, such as when she purged the Armored Stonefish poison from Luffy. This toxin had been known to kill even giants in seconds, Luffy only surviving as long as he had due to gaining [[Acquired Poison Immunity]] from Magellan, but Raiji actually found it “delectable”. Unlike Magellan, this power does not come from Devil Fruit, but the genetic experimentation done by her father on her and her siblings.
* Coco from ''[[Toriko]]''.
* Hanzo the Salamander from ''[[Naruto]]''. He implanted the gland of a poisonous salamander in himself, making his touch and even his breath toxic to others while giving himself some resistance to poison. He wears a mask partially to protect others from his breath and partially to protect himself in case, by freak chance, he gets hit in the side where the gland is, because rupturing unleashes a cloud of poison so strong even he'd be paralyzed by it. He can also summon a much larger salamander with its own poison breath.
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* Also in [[The DCU]] is Mister Bones, whose skin exudes cyanide. Most of his flesh is also invisible, so he looks like a walking skeleton. Actually a lot less villainous than you'd expect.
* Omega Red from [[Marvel Comics]] emits "deathspores" that leech the health from anyone and everyone around him (they even effect Wolverine to SOME degree)
* An extremely dark issue of ''[[Ultimate X
* The ''[[X-Men]]'s'' recurring foe Mojo can wither plants and age humans with his touch. His presence on Earth also causes natural disasters.
* Subverted in ''[[Watchmen]]'', where {{spoiler|Ozymandius}} sets up Dr. Manhattan to acquire a reputation as a Poisonous (well, Radioactive) Person. He's not, but so many people he'd associated with are revealed to have come down with cancer that the big blue guy gets crucified by the press, and soon leaves Earth, in part to dodge these allegations.
* A heroic example is Leezle Pon of the [[Green Lantern Corps]], who is a super-evolved and sentient smallpox virus. Due to the deadly disease he can cause, he can't attend many GLC meetings or gatherings, but he played a pivotal role in defeating Despotellis, [[Evil Counterpart| a similar, evil virus.]]
* Hazmat from ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers Academy]]''.
* In a [[What If]] issue which [[Captain Marvel]] was cured of cancer. Unfortunately, everyone around him starts getting sick with cancer and it's contagious. He caused plagues on Earth, the Skrull, and the Kree before he realized what was going on.
* DiNA: Simmons, the ''Crimson Plague''. She bleeds, you
* June Covington, aka "Toxie Doxie" of the new ''[[Dark Avengers]]''. She can exhale [[Deadly Gas]] and has a toxin in her blood which is fatal within seconds, all thanks to a bit of genetic self-experimentation.
* Very subtle example, [[Spider-Man]]. That line from the cartoon's theme song about having "radioactive blood" was [[Not Hyperbole]]. The crisis in the iconic "Master Planner" story<ref>The Amazing Spider-Man #31-33</ref> was his fault, Aunt May becoming sick because he donated blood when she was ill months earlier. A much later story set in [[The Clone Saga]] (done as [[Homage]] to the previous story) had Mary Jane come down with a similar illness, caused by hormonal changes during pregnancy, again, due to Peter being the father. For the most part, though, it is rarely an issue.
== [[Literature]] ==
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130804013642/http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/authors/Hawthorne/Rappaccini.htm Rappacini's Daughter]"
* In Théophile Gautier's 1856 ''Jettatura'', the protagonist is born with the power of "evil eye" that can kill with a glance, without him wishing it or being aware of it: he takes a long time to find out the cause of all the deaths around him. {{spoiler|When he realizes that he's slowly killing the woman he loves, he puts out his own eyes, too late to save her however.}}
* Pollution in ''[[
* Also in ''A Prayer For The Dying'', by Steward O'Nan, {{spoiler|the sheriff (as well as the pastor and undertaker) of the town discovers that he is the one carrying the deadly plague to everyone. Disturbing for him, but maybe even more so for the reader who slowly learns that he has an uncomfortable obsession with death, and is a necrophile and cannibal.}}
* In ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'' Liquidon Ethereteel's blood and saliva are [[Universal Poison]] to all non-Whiteouts. When his [[Power Levels|mikloche]] gets overdeveloped, he becomes a [[Walking Wasteland]] at risk of a [[Superpower Meltdown]].
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* Harkeness in ''[[The Grimnoir Chronicles|Hard Magic]]'' is a Pale Horse, and can inflict people with disease. He has complete control over his power, but that doesn't stop Stuyvesant from being completely paranoid about him.
* ''Raptor'' by Gary Jennings set in the declining Roman empire has a venefica. Veneficas are defined as "girl slaves who are, fed certain poisons, in increasing doses throughout their upbringing. By the time they are grown to maidenhood, their own bodies are accustomed to these substances and are unharmed by them. However, so virulent is the accumulated poison, that a man who beds with a venefica - or anyone who partakes of any of her juices - dies on the instant."
* When under stress, the Chelons from the [[Star Trek Novel Verse]] secrete a poison through their skin. Ambassador Jetanien of [[Star Trek: Vanguard]] explains this to his Klingon diplomatic counterpart in order to warn him off; another Chelon posthumously kills a Hirogen hunter with his poison in [[Star Trek: Destiny]].
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Polutia from ''[[Black Scorpion]]''.
* In 2000s series ''[[The Invisible Man (TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' an early episode has an escaped government experiment whose skin is poisonous to the touch.
* ''[[The 4400]]'' has an episode about a woman who grows toxic spores on her body that explode and kill anyone within a specific radius to her. She becomes convinced that it's God's will that she kill everyone (for some reason) and eventually the characters have to kill her. Why, when people were risking their lives taking drugs that would give them superpowers, the government didn't just publicize ''her'' story instead of restricting it, is never mentioned.
** For that matter, {{spoiler|Danny}} is a borderline example. His power was to essentially infect anyone around him with Promicin, which had a 50/50 chance of either giving them new abilities or killing them. {{spoiler|Eventually, Shawn has to kill him.}}
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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* There's a ''[[Wild Cards]]'' character who has this. He is a zombie oozing with toxic waste.
* In ''[[Magic:
** Getting 10 Poison Counters will cause a player to [[Instant Win Condition|automatically lose]] regardless of their life total. Many creatures in the ''Scars of Mirrodin'' set have the Infect ability, which is like Wither when battling other creatures, and inflicts damage in the form of Poison Counters to players.
** Phage, the Untouchable. One hit from her and a player loses the game outright. Not because of her power, that's only a four, barely bigger than an everyday elephant. No, she kills thanks to this trope.
* Ermordenung, a type of
* The Brothers of Ypres, from ''[[Vampire: The
* In ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Of all the various poison-type ''[[Pokémon]],'' Grimer and Muk fit best, as they are composed entirely of toxic sludge that can apparently kill plants on contact ''and'' keep anything from growing in that spot ever again. It can also cause a fever if someone so much as accidentally touches one, though their stench is so strong your nose would have to be broken to even consider that...
** [[Fridge Horror|Which would make fighting or training one]] [[Pokémon
** Koffing's essentially a giant floating bag of extremely poisonous (and [[Stuff Blowing Up|extremely flammable!]]) gases. Its evolved form, Weezing is two of them fused together, as if one wasn't bad enough on its own.
** As for Poison specialists, Gym Leader/[[Took a Level In Badass|Elite Four]] Koga, and his daughter Janine, use teams of all Poison-type Pokemon.
* Moke from ''[[
* The Darkspawn of ''[[Dragon Age]]''. Their very blood is poisonous and those who survive infection by its taint become thralls of the Darkspawn and the Old Gods that call to them. The Grey Wardens' Joining inoculates the survivors against the more immediate and nasty effects of the Taint; however, their version of the Taint still allows other Darkspawn to sense their presence, and in thirty or so years the Taint will overwhelm them anyway. The disease they spread affects wildlife and the environment as well leaving wastelands populated by blighted horrors in their wake. {{spoiler|In ''Awakening'', should you choose to spare a Darkspawn Messenger and give him a chance to prove his good intentions, he will end up accidentally infecting people with the blight while acting as a [[Good Samaritan]].}}
* [[Unfortunate Name|Medicine]] Melancholy, a (minor) character in the ''[[Touhou]]'' series, basically draws her power from this. She has the ability to manipulate poison in any form, and it's implied that she herself is poisonous, placing her well within this trope.
* Cynder from the ''[[Spyro the Dragon|Legend of Spyro]]'' trilogy has poison as one of her powers in the third game... and she's ''Spyro's girlfriend''.
* In ''[[Defense of the Ancients]]'', the hero [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Lesale Deathbringer, the Venomancer]]. According to his [[Backstory]], he experimented with toxins on himself.
* Cloe Walsh in ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]''.
* This is one of the perks in ''[[Crimsonland]]''. It ''also'' has a [[I Love Nuclear Power|radioactive variety]].
* White Pikmin from ''[[Pikmin]] 2'' are able to absorb poison and can poison animals who eat them.
* In ''[[League of Legends]]'', Singed is a chemist of the [[Mad Scientist]] variety with a number of dangerous chemicals at his disposal, including a stream of poison that he can trail behind him. His body is so heavily scarred and hardened from his tests that he serves as a tank champion.
* ''[[Dungeon Fighter Online]]'': [[Combat Pragmatist|Brawlers]] become this after they awaken as a Hellcat and obtain a passive skill which [[Standard Status Effects|poisons]] enemies who hit her, the chance being greater if the Hellcat is bleeding. This is a result of building up [[Acquired Poison Immunity|immunity to poison]], yet letting it build up in her system at the same time.
** "This poison does not exist to strengthen you. It uses you to become stronger. It is at your expense that its embrace becomes more formidable." -[https://web.archive.org/web/20110122102954/http://dungeonfighter.nexon.net/Magazine/Content.aspx?boardNo=600&contentNo=009wG Luise, the first Hellcat]
* Gravelord Nito, First of the Dead from ''[[Dark Souls]]''. During the war against the ancient dragons, Nito unleashed a wave of miasma and death powerful enough to poison the immortal dragons. During the boss fight against Nito, the attacks from his sword can inflict the deadly "Toxic" status effect (which is basically "Poison" on steroids) on the player.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Back in 1994 very specific circumstances led to what appears to be a woman's body essentially becoming toxic causing illness in several people in the emergency room she was at before she died. The real cause is unknown but this is discussed in [http://discovermagazine.com/1995/apr/analysisofatoxic493 this] article.
* Some anti-flea medicines can effectively make a dog who takes these regularly be a walking flea poison trap. The evidence of this is finding dead fleas on the
* Number 2 on [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-supervillain-origin-stories-ripped-straight-from-the-news this list] describes a professor who, after undergoing experimental radioactive treatments for a thyroid condition, wound up with dangerously radioactive bodily fluids. Oh, and he was wanted by the police for escaping arrest when accused of pedophilia. Which means, at some point, a police radio SOMEWHERE was heard saying "The subject is considered radioactive and dangerous."
** It's even better than that, at the time some newspaper headlines warned people that a "radioactive paedophile" was on the loose.
* According to the show the Romans used to create "catevaris" by feeding small amounts of poison to a child over time until they developed an immunity to poison and deadly body fluids. Probably fictional. (Though [
* There was a scientist (who ended up with the nickname "The Atomic Man") who worked on nuclear weapons technology who was injured in an Americium explosion. His body registered on Geiger counters for the rest of his life - and presumably long after.
* Many Amphibians such as Fire Salamanders and Poison Dart Frogs.
* Asymptomatic disease carriers, such as the (in)famous [
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