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** It's never stated to be poison though. It might just have been acid.
* ''[[Murder By Death]]''. One of the glasses of wine is poisoned. When the wine is poured onto a cloth napkin, it burns holes through it.
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* ''[[Prince of Persia:
* ''[[
== Literature ==
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Poison from the Basilisk's fangs was a corrosive substance. [[Justified]] since the delivery method is through a bite.
* ''[[Discworld]]'' plays with this a lot, but most noticeably in ''[[Discworld
* [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Eyes of the Dragon]]'' featured Flagg preparing a poison which burned away and twisted the bowl of the spoon with which he stirred it. The corrosive power killing before the poison ''is'' addressed however, as the poison when mixed with water, wine or ingested by the human body stops it burning holes through stuff, it just kills you an extremely unpleasant manner a day or two later.
* In the ''[[Humanx Commonwealth]]'' series, Alaspinian minidrags spit an incredibly potent neurotoxin that has been shown to eat through metal. It's justified in that minidrags have no teeth, so they rely on their toxin's corrosive properties to get it into the bloodstreams of their enemies.
* In the ''[[Temeraire]]'' novels, certain breeds of dragon are capable of spraying acid. While some characters early in the story refer to it as poison, neither the dragons nor their handlers make the mistake, making this an in-universe example of the trope.
* In the ''[[
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek:
* The nerve gas in Season 5 of ''[[
* In the TV version of ''[[The
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''
** The original series did this a lot when a poison attack was used on the Megazord. It could also shock, as Scorpina's sting did.
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*** The High Gorgon envenoms its weapons with an acidic poison partially derived from the poison injected by its snake heads.
*** The Narleth's bite injects an acidic venom that causes paralysis. Multiple bites will cause the victim's flesh and bones to dissolve.
* The ''[[Magic:
* ''[[Amber]] Diceless Role-Playing'', ''Shadow Knight'' supplement.
** The standard form of the Envenom spell is a poisonous acid that prevents rapid healing and regeneration of wounds.
** Demons can have a bite which injects a highly caustic poison. It has the same effect on healing/regeneration as the Envenom spell.
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