History Main / AcidPool

* ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleOfLife''. PandorasBox floats in bubbling black pool of concentrated acid.

* That weird black goo at the end of ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleOfLife''.

* In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Walter White instructed Jesse to dispose of a body using one of these. He specifically told him to get a plastic barrel that is resistant to the type of acid they'll use, but this part is then ignored and the acid and body are simply dumped in a bathtub. However, Jesse got the material of the bath all wrong, and the acid ate the bath and the floor it stood on.

* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': Amazeey slowly lowers Pian and Mr. Jamie, both blindfolded, tied-up and upside-down, towards a pool of acid which replaces the gym's stage. Mechamato must get through Amazeey's Athletic Agony challenge in a minute to rescue them.

* ''Film/WebOfDeath'' have the lairs of the Venoms Clan, which, true to their names, are surrounded by moats of acids, their interiors accessible only through platforms from under the acid pool's surface (activated by hitting a lever, which raises them). In one lengthy fight scene, a few unfortunate mooks get knocked into the pool and dissolves into mist instantly.

* ''Literature/BulldogDrummond'': The criminal mastermind Lakington has a secret room in his house containing a large bath and a collection of corrosive substances to fill it with. He is first seen using it to dispose of an inconvenient body without leaving any identifiable traces, and later threatens to dump the hero in it still living. He ends up being pushed into the acid bath himself.

* ''Literature/JediApprentice:'' One book features natural pools that have been polluted to the extent that they can dissolve an adult human in moments. Naturally, nobody has any problems ''breathing'' around them, and only discover the danger after a piece of cloth accidentally falls in when one character leans directly over.

* ''Literature/WisePhuul:'' The Imperial Capital, Kuolinako, uses a Death Pool of corrosive acid for executions. The fumes are such that the victims are provided with gas-masks so they don't die before they hit the pool.

* In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Walter White instructed his companion to dispose of a body using one of these. He specifically told him to get a plastic barrel that is resistant to the type of acid they'll use, but this part is then ignored and the acid and body are simply dumped in a bath tub. However, the companion got the material of the bath all wrong, and the acid ate the bath and the floor it stood on.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "The Maltese Crichton", after being [[TakenForGranite turned into a statue]] John Crichton is [[LiterallyShatteredLives decapitated]] by a VillainOfTheWeek, who then dumps his head into a pool of foundry acid. Fortunately, the statue was meant to survive 80 cycles of airborne corrosion--someone fishes out the head before there's any lasting damage, reassembles John and de-petrifies him. In order to lure Crichton out the villain then kidnaps Chiana and has her BoundAndGagged above the acid pool. He suffers a lampshaded KarmicDeath when he's thrown into the pool instead.

* Subverted in an episode of ''Series/KungFu1972'', where young Kwai-Chang is ordered by Master Po to cross a plank over an acid-pit full of human skeletons, and blind Master Po demonstrates by walking across it himself. Kwai-Chang obeys and walks across the plank, but falls into the pit halfway across -- only to find that it's only full of warm water, and the skeletons were made of paper; the "test" was simply a lesson to teach him that "fear is like a magnet" that pulls a man in its direction.

* Plenty of acid drains shows up in the later levels of ''VideoGame/AkujiTheHeartless'', where the titular hero must jump on floating platforms to cross. Falling into the acid will drain Akuji's life away until he finds a way out, or else he gets dissolved when his life is washed away by the acid and must respawn from the previous checkpoint.
* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'': Luminous green pools of acid are frequent in Grunty Industries. The one in the second floor merely make Banjo and Kazooie jump in pain, but the ones in the basement will bounce them back to the bank at their border (this happens to prevent either character from using damage boost to get the Jiggies that are intended to be collected with later worlds' abilities).

* All over the place in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', in addition to {{lava|IsBoilingKoolAid}}. There are lab coats that give Doomguy a full protection against them, but only for a limited time.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Scribblenauts Unmasked]]'', Maxwell is threatend with one of these by Doppleganger and Scarecrow in the Arkham Asylum level.

* In ''VideoGame/SpiderManVsTheKingpin'', Mary Jane is kidnapped mid-game and hung over one of these and the player has to defeat the Kingpin before she's killed. Leading to two ([[TheHeroDies three]] in the Sega CD version) endings depending if you saved her.

** In "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]", the Joker lowers Sid the Squid into one while's locked in a casket. Batman saves him by opening the drain before it melts all the way through.

* The episode "Cop Out" of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' involves a corrupt ex-cop who captures them and tries to drop them in an acid pool. The good cops show up in time, but aren't quite able to rescue them because they hit the wrong button. Fortunately, the girls turn out to be [[NighInvulnerability acid-proof]].

* Large scale livestock farms often have large bodies of liquid known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic_lagoon anaerobic lagoons]], which are used to store animal excrement. These lagoons are extremely toxic, and falling in one is pretty much instant death.

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* One of the many {{Booby Trap}}s [[Creator/DonRosa Scrooge McDuck]] has to protect his money bin is an acid pool.
* In ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'', [[spoiler: Joker tries to drop Harley Quinn in one. She escapes, and Joker almost falls into it himself]]!
** Earlier, in ''Batman'' #451 Joker II, a sadistic but rational psychopath, decides to attempt to drive himself insane by diving into the Ace Chemical vats where the original Joker went through. To Batman's horror and a quick chuckle from Joker, whatever's in there has been switched to a ''significantly'' more corrosive formula.

* That weird black goo at the end of ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleOfLife''.

* In the Creator/VincentPrice movie ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1959'', the house had an acid pit in the basement. (But it was OK because there was a lid on it.)

* ''Nomads of Literature/{{Gor}}'' had a pool that was alive, and digested its victims.
* One of the [[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Drizzt]] novels includes an acid pool just sitting around in the Underdark. Because the Underdark is [[EverythingTryingToKillYou just nasty that way.]]
* Subverted in the sci-fi story ''Acid Bath'' by Vaseleos Garson. Hostile alien robots capture our hero and force him to drink corrosive substances; as they're made of metal, this turns out to be water.

* In the ''Literature/ChooseYourOwnAdventure'' book ''The Worst Day of Your Life,'' the protagonist/reader, while wearing handcuffs, comes across a toxic swamp that is a dumping ground for nuclear waste. If they try to use the acid to get rid of their handcuffs, the fumes make them dizzy when they get too close. They fall into the swamp and are dissolved alive.
-->It's not a bad way to go. There's no pain. There's no time to scream. And seconds later, there's no you.

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* Early in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Garland and Evil Princess Sara capture the Light Warriors and attempt to dunk them in a vat of acid. [[spoiler:It's actually Mountain Dew.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'': Hitlerella once tried getting rid of Wonderella with a cauldron full of an acid that will dissolve anything, even the super-durable Wonderella. The acid ends up eating through the cauldron and spills onto Hitlerella's rug, then continues through the floor.

* The episode "Cop Out" of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' involves a corrupt ex-cop who captures them and tries to drop them in an acid pool. The good cops show up in time, but aren't quite able to rescue them because they hit the wrong button. Fortunately, the girls turn out to be [[NighInvulnerability acid-proof]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheXs'' special "Truman X: Super Villain" Truman accurately predicts that Glowface will slowly lower the family into a vat of acid filled with robot [[SharkPool sharks]].

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': "The Vat of Acid Episode" obviously features one of these. However, the eponymous vat of acid is actually fake. It's a vat of a harmless green liquid implied to be Mountain Dew, with a breathing apparatus to make sure whoever falls in can stay in there until any witnesses are convinced of their death, and a supply of bones to help sell the illusion, as well as a laser for destroying any ladles that enter the vat to test its acidity. [[spoiler:A member of the SWAT Team is convinced he's acid-proof near the end of the episode after being splashed by the fake acid. In TheStinger, he goes on ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'' (which was still on the air in that dimension) with a real vat of acid, lowering himself into it with [[TooDumbToLive predictable results.]]]]

** The Sixth Doctor story "Vengeance of Varos" gained instant notoriety for a scene in which the Doctor is fighting a pair of mooks and (accidentally, though it's hard to see the way it was filmed and cut) tips one of them into a bubbling acid pool, only to watch in horror as the mook he knocked in ''grabs the other mook and pulls him in too''.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "The Maltese Crichton", after being [[TakenForGranite turned into a statue]] John Crichton is [[LiterallyShatteredLives decapitated]] by a VillainOfTheWeek, who then dumps his head into a pool of foundry acid. Fortunately, the statue was meant to survive 80 cycles of airborne corrosion--someone fishes out the head before there's any lasting damage, reassembles John and de-petrifies him. In order to find out where John went the villain then kidnaps Chiana, has her bound above the acid pool and threatens to lower her into it if she doesn't talk.

* Showed up in the "Look at the Princess" Trilogy in ''Series/{{Farscape}}''.

* Professor Zero's lair in the old spy film, ''Film/TheBrainStealers'', contains a pool of acid under a mechanized trapdoor which dissolves victims [[StrippedToTheBone to the bones]] within seconds. Firstly used to dispose of a henchwoman who disobeyed his orders, and later in the final battle Zero's henchman, Peter ends up in the same pool while struggling against the heroes.
* In the Creator/VincentPrice movie ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1959'', the house had an acid pit in the basement. (But it was OK because there was a lid on it.)

* That weird black goo at the end of ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleOfLife''.

* The Pacific Ocean in ''Film/AlienNation'' served this purpose for the aliens, and the climax, due to their BizarreAlienBiology.
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Toons are known for their durability, [[AmusingInjuries shaking off any kind of injuries.]] But [[BigBad Doom]] invented a concoction called 'Dip', and is the only known way to [[KilledOffForReal permanently]] kill a Toon. Makes sense when you realize it's made of turpentine, acetone, and benzene; solvents used to clean cels.
* Shirley's death in ''Film/SlaughterHigh''. She [[StrippedToTheBone melts to the bone]] in a bathtub filled with HollywoodAcid.

* ''Film/WebOfDeath'' have the lairs of the Venoms Clan, which, true to their names, are surrounded by moats of acids, their interiors accessible only through platforms from under the acid pool's surface (activated by hitting a lever, which raises them). In one lengthy fight scene, a few unfortunate mooks get knocked into the pool and dissolves into mist instantly.

* Used in Irathient funerals in ''Series/{{Defiance}}'', [[spoiler: Sukar gets back up after his "corpse" is lowered into one.]]
* In ''Series/CSIMiami'', a guy falls into a pool filled with sodium hydroxide. Technically a base, rather than an acid, but for dramatic purposes the effect is the same.
* In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Walter White instructed his companion to dispose of a body using one of these. He specifically told him to get a plastic barrel that is resistant to the type of acid they'll use, but this part is then ignored and the acid and body are simply dumped in a bath tub. However, the companion got the material of the bath all wrong, and the acid ate the bath and the floor it stood on.
* ''Series/KamenRiderV3'': Marshall Armor tried to eliminate his rival Joji Yuki with one of these, but the scientists loyal to Yuki intervened and saved his life. Unfortunately, his right arm had already been destroyed by the acid by the time they got to him, so they ended up making him a [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical replacement]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The Sixth Doctor story "Vengeance of Varos" gained instant notoriety for a scene in which the Doctor is fighting a pair of mooks and (accidentally, though it's hard to see the way it was filmed and cut) tips one of them into a bubbling acid pool, only to watch in horror as the mook he knocked in ''grabs the other mook and pulls him in too''.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E11BoomTown Boom Town]]", it's mentioned that the Raxacoricofallapatorians use this as an execution method: criminals are lowered into a vat of acetic acid (their WeaksauceWeakness), which is balanced specifically to be just barely strong enough to dissolve the skin [[CruelAndUnusualDeath while keeping the victim alive for an extended period of time]].

* Appears instead of lava pools in some particularly nasty places in ''VideoGame/SeveranceBladeOfDarkness''.
* The liquid pits in several areas in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.

* All over the place in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', in addition to {{lava|IsBoilingKoolAid}}. There are lab coats that give Doomguy a full protection against them, but only for a limited time.

* The fourth ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'' game, ''Secret of the Oracle'', has two vats of this in the first level, and they show up sporadically throughout. Glowing green goo variety.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' for the MSX had acid pools that could be neutralized with chocolate.
* In ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'', Guybrush and Wally are [[UnwillingSuspension unwillingly suspended]] above a pool of acid while caught in [=LeChuck=]'s DeathTrap.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has one just before the goal in the Sith academy exam.
* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' - Norman Jayden can investigate one and find a skeleton floating in it.
* Acid pools appear in World 2 fortress in ''VideoGame/{{Purple}}''.

* ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'':
** At the beginning of the Giant Statue stage, this acid pool will form under the ground tiles Lance is standing on, and if you wait too long, they will wobble and collapse under his weight and cause him to ''fall in and drown!''
** There is also another acid pool in the fountain, and he will fall in if he can't find something to grab onto, like a gargoyle statue. He will also fall into the same pool in other death scenes.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Gyossait}}'', these appear as purple pools that will even kill enemies if they fall in (though they have to be completely onscreen in order to die).
* In ''VideoGame/HeroesRise'', this is how [[spoiler: the Meek finally manage to kill Miss Artillery.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}} Scribblenauts Unmasked]]'', Maxwell is threatend with one of these by Doppleganger and Scarecrow in the Arkham Asylum level.
* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsSkateboarding'': One of the locations in Itchy and Scratchy Land is called the "Acid Bath," a ramp suspended over a pool of green liquid representing acid.
* In ''VideoGame/SpiderManVsTheKingpin'', Mary Jane is kidnapped mid-game and hung over one of these and the player has to defeat the Kingpin before she's killed. Leading to two ([[TheHeroDies three]] in the Sega CD version) endings depending if you saved her.
* The LevelEditor in some installments of the ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' series allows the player to put down pools of acid as they please. They function the same as water or lava pits, counting as an out-of-bounds/bail zone.
* ''Videogame/{{Deltarune}}:'' The Queen's castle in Chapter 2 has some massive pits of (battery) acid, that you thankfully cannot fall into but still need a special pedalo and bridges to cross. Part of why the Queen's doing this is because she herself drinks battery acid like it's wine and greatly enjoys it, so this has measures of ConspicuousConsumption.

* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranha_solution "piranha solution"]] is made of a 3:1 ratio of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide. This mixture, plus some heat, will dissolve virtually any organic material and turn it into carbon gas. Eventually the acid will even run clear as long as it's heated and mixed. Not even bones will remain after it's been dissolved for long enough. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVd_WxblGI Such as this chicken leg]].

* The water filling the crater at the summit of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOUN2hXvn6Y Kawah Ijen in Indonesia]].

* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' had a villain (a Makuta named Gorast) who had the title "Queen of the Acid Falls," so apparently there was an entire ''river'' of acid running through her domain.
** [[SentientPhlebotinum Energized protodermis]] could be considered this as well; coming into contact with it means either you mutate in a random (and not necessarily helpful) fashion or you swiftly disintegrate in a painful manner.

* All over the place in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'', in addition to {{lava|IsBoilingKoolAid}}.

* At the beginning of the Giant Statue stage in ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'', this acid pool will form under the ground tiles Lance is standing on, and if you wait too long, they will wobble and collapse under his weight and cause him to ''fall in and drown!''

* The [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Brinstar]] level in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series is set over a gigantic pool of acid that periodically rises up to singe anyone who's too slow to retreat to higher ground. However, you generally can't sink into it. Instead you'll take damage and bounce off the surface (which can be fatal at higher damage percentages, especially in 64).

* Creator/ChristoperLee's Frankenstein Monster dies by falling into one in ''Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein''.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': "The Vat of Acid Episode" obviously features one of these. However, the eponymous vat of acid is actually fake. It's a vat of a harmless green liquid implied to be Mountain Dew, with a breathing apparatus to make sure whoever falls in can stay in there until any witnesses are convinced of their death, and a supply of bones to help sell the illusion, as well as a laser for destroying any ladles that enter the vat to test its acidity. [[spoiler:A member of the SWAT Team is convinced he's acid-proof near the end of the episode after being splashed by the fake acid. In TheStinger, he goes on ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'' (which was still on the air in that dimension) with a real vat of acid, lowering himself into it with [[TooDumbToLive predictable results.]]

* In the episode “OK A.U.!” of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', [[RobotMe K-0]] is cleaning [[RobotMaster Lord Boxman’s]] vat of acid when his arm gets splashed (melting it beyond use).]]

* In the episode “OK A.U.!” of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', [[RobotMe K-0]] is cleaning [RobotMaster Lord Boxman’s] vat of acid when his arm gets splashed (melting it beyond use).]]

* In the episode “OK A.U.!” of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', [[RobotMe K-0]] is cleaning [[RobotMaster Lord Boxman’s] vat of acid when his arm gets splashed (melting it beyond use).]]

* In the episode “OK A.U.!” of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' [[RobotMe K-0]] is cleaning [[RobotMaster Lord Boxman’s] vat of acid when his arm gets splashed, melting it beyond use.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': "The Vat of Acid Episode" obviously features one of these. However, the eponymous vat of acid is actually fake. It's a vat of a harmless green liquid implied to be Mountain Dew, with a breathing apparatus to make sure whoever falls in can stay in there until any witnesses are convinced of their death, and a supply of bones to help sell the illusion, as well as a laser for destroying any ladles that enter the vat to test its acidity. [[spoiler:A member of the SWAT Team is convinced he's acid-proof near the end of the episode after being splashed by the fake acid. In TheStinger, he goes on ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'' (which was still on the air in that dimension) with a real vat of acid, lowering himself into it with [[TooDumbToLive predictable results.]]]]

* The episode "Cop Out" of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' involves a corrupt ex-cop who captures them and tries to drop them in an acid pool. The good cops show up in time, but aren't quite able to rescue them because they hit the wrong button. Fortunately, the girls turn out to be [[NighInvulnerability acid-proof]].

* Subverted in an episode of ''Series/KungFu'', where young Kwai-Chang is ordered by Master Po to cross a plank over an acid-pit full of human skeletons, and blind Master Po demonstrates by walking across it himself. Kwai-Chang obeys and walks across the plank, but falls into the pit halfway across -- only to find that it's only full of warm water, and the skeletons were made of paper; the "test" was simply a lesson to teach him that "fear is like a magnet" that pulls a man in its direction.

* Early in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Garland and Evil Princess Sara capture the Light Warriors and attempt to dunk them in a vat of acid. [[spoiler: It's actually Mountain Dew.]]

* ''Roleplay/WarrensOfOricTheAwesome'' has an acid pit. [[spoiler: Riltia falls in, and Al throws Wilford in for no reason.]]