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* The hemophage virus in ''Ultraviolet'' was engineered, and the scientist responsible goes on to take over the world using the infected as a bogeyman. |
* The hemophage virus in ''Ultraviolet'' was engineered, and the scientist responsible goes on to take over the world using the infected as a bogeyman. |
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* In ''[[L: Change the World]]'', Blue Ship, a terrorist group, manufactures an extremely dangerous virus in order to wipe out humanity and restore balance in the ecosystem. |
* In ''[[L: Change the World]]'', Blue Ship, a terrorist group, manufactures an extremely dangerous virus in order to wipe out humanity and restore balance in the ecosystem. |
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* In the film version of ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', the St. Mary's Virus was a major factor in Norsefire's rise to power. Blamed on religious extremists, it's later revealed that {{spoiler|the government developed it through experiments conducted on prisoners at the Lark Hill detention facility, and chose to attack their own people to create an environment of fear that would cause the people to give the goverment more power.}} |
* In the film version of ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', the St. Mary's Virus was a major factor in Norsefire's rise to power. Blamed on religious extremists, it's later revealed that {{spoiler|the government developed it through experiments conducted on prisoners at the Lark Hill detention facility, and chose to attack their own people to create an environment of fear that would cause the people to give the goverment more power.}} |
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* To be fair, the scientists in ''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]'' weren't ''trying'' to create a [[Synthetic Plague]], they were trying to create a cure for Alzheimer's. Unfortunately for them, not only did the ALZ-113 give sentience and super-intelligence to apes, it was fatal to humans. And it was an airborne virus. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]. |
* To be fair, the scientists in ''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]'' weren't ''trying'' to create a [[Synthetic Plague]], they were trying to create a cure for Alzheimer's. Unfortunately for them, not only did the ALZ-113 give sentience and super-intelligence to apes, it was fatal to humans. And it was an airborne virus. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]. |
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* The [[Hate Plague]] in ''[[The Crazies]]'' was created by the US government as a biological weapon against hostile populations. Then the plane carrying it ends up crashing in a lake used by a local small town for drinking water. |
* The [[Hate Plague]] in ''[[The Crazies]]'' was created by the US government as a biological weapon against hostile populations. Then the plane carrying it ends up crashing in a lake used by a local small town for drinking water. |
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* ''[[The Stand]]'': The "super flu" which kills 99 percent of the world population nearly overnight was the result of military weapons experiments in the United States, and was released when a lab accident caused it to be spread throughout the military base it was being stored. Later in the book, the demonic Randall Flagg reveals that other man-made viruses such as ''[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|super Ebola]]'' are in the works to kill the remaining members of the "good" side of humanity. |
* ''[[The Stand]]'': The "super flu" which kills 99 percent of the world population nearly overnight was the result of military weapons experiments in the United States, and was released when a lab accident caused it to be spread throughout the military base it was being stored. Later in the book, the demonic Randall Flagg reveals that other man-made viruses such as ''[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|super Ebola]]'' are in the works to kill the remaining members of the "good" side of humanity. |
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** It gets worse (morally speaking). Not only did the U.S. accidently get itself horribly infected, when the military officers in charge of the base where the accident happened decide that there's no putting the cat back in the bag, they order operatives in Europe and Asia to purposefully release the plague over there, under the "if we go down we're taking you all with us" theory. They note that the operatives think the containers they're supposed to open contain radioactive particles for use in testing the ability of satellites to track them, or something. |
** It gets worse (morally speaking). Not only did the U.S. accidently get itself horribly infected, when the military officers in charge of the base where the accident happened decide that there's no putting the cat back in the bag, they order operatives in Europe and Asia to purposefully release the plague over there, under the "if we go down we're taking you all with us" theory. They note that the operatives think the containers they're supposed to open contain radioactive particles for use in testing the ability of satellites to track them, or something. |
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** In ''[[The Dark Tower]]'', however, Flagg actually takes credit for the plague himself, though he's silent on the details- he was probably the one responsible for the "accident", but he may or may not have had anything to do with its creation. |
** In ''[[The Dark Tower]]'', however, Flagg actually takes credit for the plague himself, though he's silent on the details- he was probably the one responsible for the "accident", but he may or may not have had anything to do with its creation. |
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* Christopher Anvil's ''[[The Steel The Mist And The Blazing Sun|The Steel, the Mist and the Blazing Sun]]''. The U.S. develops a bug that can cure diabetes by producing insulin. Unfortunately it infects non-diabetics too, causing them to go into insulin shock. |
* Christopher Anvil's ''[[The Steel The Mist And The Blazing Sun|The Steel, the Mist and the Blazing Sun]]''. The U.S. develops a bug that can cure diabetes by producing insulin. Unfortunately it infects non-diabetics too, causing them to go into insulin shock. |
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* Greg Bear's ''[[Blood Music]]''. Artificial lymphocytes convert the entire biomass of North America into versions of themselves. |
* Greg Bear's ''[[Blood Music]]''. Artificial lymphocytes convert the entire biomass of North America into versions of themselves. |
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== Webcomics == |
== Webcomics == |
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* ''[[Ebin and May]]'' had a case of biological warfare, but due to [[Fantastic Racism]], it only affected the lupines as seen in [http://www.radiocomix.com/ebin-and-may/2010/04/29/ah-rats-pg2/ this strip]. |
* ''[[Ebin and May]]'' had a case of biological warfare, but due to [[Fantastic Racism]], it only affected the lupines as seen in [http://www.radiocomix.com/ebin-and-may/2010/04/29/ah-rats-pg2/ this strip]. |
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* ''[[The Greening Wars]]'' had an interesting example in the prologue. The warlord who had the viruses created wanted them to be ''disabling but non-lethal'', to allow relatively bloodless conquests of crippled armies. Unfortunately, the [[Mad Scientist]] he hired to make the plagues believed that crippling the enemy wasn't enough, and found [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Greening_Wars/5296410/ a way to make the viruses harmless in testing but be lethal in the field.] |
* ''[[The Greening Wars]]'' had an interesting example in the prologue. The warlord who had the viruses created wanted them to be ''disabling but non-lethal'', to allow relatively bloodless conquests of crippled armies. Unfortunately, the [[Mad Scientist]] he hired to make the plagues believed that crippling the enemy wasn't enough, and found [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Greening_Wars/5296410/ a way to make the viruses harmless in testing but be lethal in the field.] |
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