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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'': Tony Stark needs to keep his electromagnet on so that shrapnel in his chest won't migrate to his heart. {{spoiler|Said electromagnet is powered by [[Toxic Phlebotinum]].}} JARVIS even lampshades the irony of the situation. {{spoiler|In the sequel he creates a new element to replace the [[Toxic Phlebotinum]].}} Fortunately, the third movie {{spoiler|has Tony perfect Extremis to save Pepper once he's dealt with Killian. He then undergoes the surgery to remove the shrapnel, so he no longer needs the magnet}}.
* The movie ''Venom'' explains that this relationship becomes mutually necessary for a symbiote and their host: the symbiote needs to eat {{spoiler|living creatures to survive, and would prefer brains}}. Meanwhile the host cannot heal from the parasitic infection unless the symbiote heals them, using energy from {{spoiler|their food}}. In the sequel ''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'', Eddie and Venom have made compromises:
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* ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' had this happen briefly in an episode. Emperor Zurg infects Buzz and Mira with a disease that transforms them into blob monsters that cry acid and burp gas that turns anyone else in the vicinity into a monster. He is also susceptible, so he has his minions spray him with the antidote repeatedly if he sees a hint of blob. Eventually, Buzz and Mira track down Zurg to his ship after accidentally infecting all of Star Command, as was Zurg's plan, and figure out what the antidote is. They use their blob tongues to steal the spray bottle, leaving Zurg to succumb to his own disease. Fortunately, the antidote is permanent for everyone in Star Command; they just need to put on their clothes.
* ''[[The Owl House]]'' season one finale reveals that {{spoiler|Emperor Belos}} suffers from this with Palismen. {{spoiler|Part of the reason that the Bat Queen is so protective of orphaned Palismen, and that the Palistrum trees are nearly extinct, are that Belos eats Palismen to sustain himself. He claims he needs to do it or he'll dissolve into a black ooze}}. Season 2 later reveals the reason why this dependence happened: {{spoiler|Belos is actually a human who used to be Philip Wittenbane, a witch ''hunter'' posing as a humble explorer in the Boiling Isles, and eating Palismen has stretched his lifespan for hundreds of years. So no, it is definitely not natural, though he lies that it was wild magic that cursed him. The black ooze is actually the souls of the Palismen trying to stop him from succeeding in his ultimate goal: to wipe out all the witches and magical creatures in the Boiling Isles.}}
* Bane in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' has been reduced to this, owing to his body having become so debilitated that he needs his serum to get through the day, and that's not even counting his criminal endeavors. He's not amused when realizing that he has become the sci-fi version of a drug addict. Sure, he's a threat, and he's found a way to profit from his misery, but it's not dignifying.
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