History Main / MakeThemRot

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has a [[BadPowersGoodPeople rare heroic example]], where [[CatBoy Cat Noir]]'s Cataclysm ability causes anything it touches to crumble to dust. As a hero, he doesn't use it on people, except when he's BrainwashedAndCrazy (and almost on first time out, when he didn't know any better).

* ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri'': Blackthorne can break the molecular bonds of whatever she touches, causing it to rot and dissolve.

** ''ComicBook/XMen'': Wither has the power to decay any organic material his skin comes in contact with. PowerIncontinence leaves his power permanently on. Especially heartbreaking is when the majority of mutants in the world lose their ability, Wither mistakenly believes he has too. He grabs the wrist of the girl he is in love with and her hand withers away. Clearly, he should have tested it first... He eventually left the institute and fell in love with Selene, who was immortal and couldn't be affected by his power, before [[spoiler:being killed off by Elixir. For a while, anyways]].

%%* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': DK is a minor villain who has this as his power.

** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E88TheLastRitesOfJeffMyrtlebank The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank]]", the fresh roses that the title character picks for Comfort Gatewood die within minutes of his touching them. This causes her to worry that the townsfolk's fears that Jeff CameBackWrong may be justified.

** Jewelry Bonney similarly displays the ability to [[TimeMaster make inorganic matter age and crumble away]]. She can do it to people too, although the effect lasts only an instant and then it's instantly reversed... Although the experience is so traumatic that most victims lose all will to fight.

** Jewelry Bonney similarly displays the ability to [[TimeMaster make inorganic matter age and crumble away]].

* ''Series/{{Haven}}'': Season one's "Consumed" features a childhood friend of Duke's whose [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Trouble]] is that he makes food rot. He is, unfortunately, a professional chef.

* ''Film/IndianaJones'' has a few examples:

** Jewelry Bonney similarly displays the ability to make inorganic matter age and crumble away.

%%* ''VideoGame/UtawarerumonoItsuwariNoKamen'': [[spoiler:Kuon]] has this ability as part of her arsenal [[spoiler:whenever she's in [[SuperMode Witsuarnimetea mode]]]].%%ZCE. What's the ability?

** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': The villain Carrion can cause organic matter to rot with a touch. Spidey also has a villain named DK, who can cause a person to immediately dissolve by touching them.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' has the infamous Scarlet Rot, which does a lot of DamageOverTime quite quickly, and is known in the lore to drive its victims to madness. [[spoiler:Malenia, the Blade of Miquella, is incredibly dangerous because the Outer God of Rot chose her to be its vessel, and "{{blessed|WithSuck}}" her with its power, which is just as deadly to her as it is to everyone else, as its slowly eating away at her body, and three of her limbs have already rotted off, requiring prosthetic replacements. She doesn't like to use her rot powers, but [[GodzillaThreshold circumstances sometimes force her hand]]. [[BonusBoss You can be one of those circumstances]]]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': The Wither status effect is inflicted by Wither Skeletons and [[BonusBoss the Wither]]. It turns the affected player's hearts black -- [[InterfaceScrew making it hard to see their remaining health]] -- and steadily drains health. Unlike Poison. which cannot drain past the final hit point, Wither ''can'' kill, and if it does so it gives the [[HaveANiceDeath death message]] "(player) withered away".