Technicolor Toxin: Difference between revisions

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In [[Real Life]], poison is usually detected and identified thanks to its bitter taste and/or smell. But how can we identify a poison as such in works like anime or video games, where taste and smell aren't an option?

 

Seen often paired with [[Poisoned Weapons]], [[Poisonous Person]] and [[Perfect Poison]]. See also [[Sickly Green Glow]] and [[Purple Is the New Black]].

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* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', Naraku's Shouki is dark purple, and is most certainly poisonous.

* ''[[Naruto]]'' features purple-colored poisons, seen with Shizune's [[Breath Weapon]] and Sasori's weapons.

 

 

* In ''[[The Sword of Shannara Trilogy]]'' the poison from the Creeper-like monster is described as purplish in color.

* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', when {{spoiler|Joffrey is poisoned at his wedding feast}}, it's strongly implied that this was the work of the Tyrells, specifically [[Cool Old Lady]] Olenna, who would have taken a poisonous stone disguised as an amethyst out of Sansa's jeweled hair net and dropped it in his cup of wine. One indication of this is that when Tyrion gets {{spoiler|Joffrey's}} wine poured over his head, it's described as a "red torrent," but when he picks up the chalice after it's been refilled and drunk from, the remaining wine is purple.

 

 

* Cobra-themed Kamen Rider Ohja of ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' is conveniently purple.

 

 

* Starting from ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'', almost all the games in the saga features purple swamps where you take damage as you walk.

* ''[[Onimusha|Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams]]'' features purple poison for the first time in the saga. Poisoned characters turns purple too.

* In ''[[Castlevania]]: [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon|Circle of the Moon]]'', the poison status effect causes Nathan to take on a purple tint. Poisonous snakes, Poison Armors and other poison enemies are purple, fitting the games focus on [[Elemental Powers|different elemental traits]]. The Manticore card applies the Poison element to your spells, which results in predominantly purple graphical effects. Interestingly enough, antidotes are also represented by a bottle filled with purple liquid.

* When Kefka dumps poison into the river surrounding Doma Castle in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', the water takes on a purplish hue.

 

 

* [[Scaredy Squirrel]]: Dave's spray clouds are depicted as a large, purple cloud.

 

 

* [[Aloof Big Brother|Sesshomaru's]] poison in ''[[Inuyasha]]'' tends to be yellow or greenish.

* The aptly named ''Daft Green'' trees in the tenth ''[[One Piece]]'' movie produce green venomous spores. {{spoiler|When Nami is forcibly exposed to the spores by [[Big Bad|Shiki]] she starts [http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/8/8b/Strong_green.png turning green] herself.}}

 

 

 

 

* The poison the adversary uses in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S14/E03 The Deadly Assassin|The Deadly Assassin]]" is green. Likewise the poison in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26/E03 The Curse of Fenric|The Curse of Fenric]]".

 

 

* ''[[Castlevania: Curse of Darkness]]'' features green colored poison status, and uses purple for the "cursed" status alteration. However, at least one enemy ([[Lizard Folk|White Gravial]]) spews a purple liquid.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' the "Poison" and "Toxin" status itself is usually shown in the form of green bubbles/green oozing stuff.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' not only are poison spells green, characters also glow green when poisoned.

* Bio spell in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''.

* In ''[[Gemcraft]]'' green gems are the poisonous ones.

* In ''[[Crash Bandicoot|Crash: Mind Over Mutant]]'' the "Sludge" Titan is toxic and green. Poisoned enemies turn green as well.

 

 

 

 

 

* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', [[The Dragon|Cobra's]] actual Dragon Slayer venom is dark red in color and more ''steaming'' than bubbling. Cuberios' poison too is showed to have this color, and yet his/hers victims become purple instead as seen above.

* ''[[One Piece]]'' has the dreaded MH5 poison gas, which releases a white cloud of deadly poison. However, it is usually changed to the usual purple mist in the video games featuring [[Combat Pragmatist|Don Krieg]] as a playable character. Furthermore, Magellan's [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Venom Demon: Hell's Judgement]] is crimson-colored and releases foul smokes, giving the impression of being hot somehow.

 

 

* In the Mary Martin version of ''[[Peter Pan (theatre)|Peter Pan]]'', the pirates poison Pan's milk, turning it bright red. You'd think he'd notice something was up, but then it wouldn't set up Tinkerbell's heroic death.

 

 

* In the first three ''[[Onimusha]]'' games, there are some cases of yellow poisonous gases, especially in the second game.

* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the Rogue can put poison on his weapons. There are many kinds of venom, including green as well as red and black.

 

 

* In nature, bright colors are often a color code for things that are venomous (see many species of amphibians with venom). Bright blue in particular is an appetite suppressor, as no foods humans consume are naturally that shade — and things that are blue are usually venomous. Dietitians will advise people wishing to lose weight to eat on blue plates, for example. Purple, being close to blue in the spectrum, shares some of blue's appetite-averting effects.

 

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[[Category:Rule of Perception]]

[[Category:Toxic Tropes]]

[[Category:Amazing Technicolor Index]]