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There are a lot of ways this can happen: [[Freak Lab Accident|falling into a vat of chemicals or bio-hazards]], becoming [[Curse|Cursed]] as a [[Walking Wasteland]] or with an [[Power Incontinence|uncontrollable]] [[Touch of Death]], or [[Blessed With Suck|an autonomous deadly defense mechanism power]] that can't distinguish friend from foe. For extra angst (or [[Evil Tastes Good|yummies]]) the Poisonous Person kills those they touch because they [[Horror Hunger|must feed]] on their [[Life Energy]].

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]].

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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Not a [[Poisonous Friend]] (though giving a character both tropes would be all sorts of appropriate). See also [[Walking Wasteland]], [[Enemy to All Living Things]] and [[Technicolor Toxin]].

== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

* Pannacotta Fugo from ''[[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]''. His Purple Haze ability spreads a virus that turns anything it infects to a puddle of bubbling goo in 30 seconds. While his teammates make liberal use of their own powers, Fugo uses his once and only once in the series, and for good reason, as he could accidentally kill them if he wasn't careful.

* Pannacotta Fugo from ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]''. His Purple Haze ability spreads a virus that turns anything it infects to a puddle of bubbling goo in 30 seconds. While his teammates make liberal use of their own powers, Fugo uses his once and only once in the series, and for good reason, as he could accidentally kill them if he wasn't careful.

* 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 By Sex|consummating that love would kill him]] and he's the future clan chief, and she's forced to watch him fall in love with [[Star Crossed Lovers|another woman from an enemy clan]]. [[Murder the Hypotenuse|She doesn't handle it well]]. [[Murder Suicide|Not well]] [[Love Makes You Crazy|at all.]]

* ''[[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 By Sex|consummating that love would kill him]] and he's the future clan chief, and she's forced to watch him fall in love with [[Star-Crossed Lovers|another woman from an enemy clan]]. [[Murder the Hypotenuse|She doesn't handle it well]]. [[Murder Suicide|Not well]] [[Love Makes You Crazy|at all.]]

* Albafica Pisces in ''[[Saint Seiya the Lost Canvas]]''. And his mentor, Pisces Rugonis.

** Also, Specter Basilisk Sylphid.

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** 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 Reconstruction (Video Game)|The Reconstruction]]'' is a comparatively mild example--the fluid that leaks from his skin doesn't do much more than smell horrible. However, it indicates a natural affinity for poison, as reflected in his [[Plaguemaster|style of magic]], which [[Bad Powers Good People|contrasts quite much with his personality]].

* Moke from ''[[The Reconstruction (Video Game)|The Reconstruction]]'' is a comparatively mild example--the fluid that leaks from his skin doesn't do much more than smell horrible. However, it indicates a natural affinity for poison, as reflected in his [[Plaguemaster|style of magic]], which [[Bad Powers, Good People|contrasts quite much with his personality]].

* 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.