History Main / PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment

* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'': the scientists in Hugo Drax's lab use manipulators for part of their processing of the deadly poison (as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIAfkoi8w24 here, starting at 1:15]]). Unfortunately they use manual manipulation outside a sealed area for the rest, so after Film/JamesBond fools around with the vials one of them is knocked down and broken, killing them (2:15-3:50).

** As was the HEV suit throughout the series for that matter.

* From the ''Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':

** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': The Infinity Gauntlet allows it's user to handle the 6 Infinity Stones [[spoiler:including the three above]], {{Power Crystal}}s which even on their own tend to kill anyone who tries to use them.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': The Infinity Gauntlet allows it's user to handle the 6 Infinity Stones, {{Power Crystal}}s which even on their own tend to kill anyone who tries to use them.

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* ''{{Spider-Man}}'': the reason DoctorOctopus exists. His tentacles are technically [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids just a fancy set of waldoes.]]

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* [[Literature/LoneWolf Lone Wolf's]] magical sword, the Sommerswerd, radiates such goodly power that it acts as a beacon to evil beings. On the occasions when Lone Wolf has to sneak into the hometurf of such beings he has to keep the Sommerswerd sheathed in a korlinium scabbard. The people who give him the scabbard warn him that the instant he draws the sword his cover will be blown by the sword's aura, so he should only wield it when he's in striking distance of the BigBad.

* ''Literature/LabyrinthsOfEcho'' has a lot of these, such as protected spellcasting chambers [[ContainmentField enchanted to contain]] even the most destructive effects.

* Played with in [[Literature/CiaphasCain Duty Calls]], where Ciaphas just stows [[spoiler: a mutation-causing artifact in a standard carrying case, seemingly cancelling its effects. However, his aide Jurgen is a [[AntiMagic blank]], and is the one actually preventing the device from working. [[BodyHorror Once the rogue inquisitor holding them hostage gets out of Jurgen's range...]]]]
* Probably true of the sanctified cloths used to wrap Blackened Denarii, whenever they're captured by Knights of the Cross in ''TheDresdenFiles''.
* [[Literature/TheSellSwords Artemis Entreri's]] EvilWeapon Charon's Claw can be wielded by anyone wearing a special magical glove. Without the glove, only people with very high willpower and discipline can hold Charon's Claw without being consumed by its evil power. Artemis is able to wield Charon's Claw without the glove, a fact that raises an epic level monk's (said monk is also able to hold Charon's Claw with no ill effects) opinion of Artemis considerably.

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* The purple goo in ''{{Warehouse 13}}'' used by Pete and Myka to neutralize artifacts, functionally similar foil bags, and to a lesser extent their purple latex gloves.
* They used ordinary gloveboxes (see RealLife) in ''Series/StargateSG1'' when studying alien pathogens and the like. This failed when they were studying a virus-like nanotechnology, which started eating through the gloves.

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* The Norse god Thor had an iron glove named Iarn Grieper which allowed him to wield Mjolnir, the hammer of thunder, without being burned.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_manipulator Remote Manipulators]] (AKA "waldoes") are often used for this purpose.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glovebox Gloveboxes]]
* {{Antimatter}} must be kept in a magnetic trap. For now this is just because the antimatter will be lost if it touches anything else but one day a mass large enough to be dangerous might be contained the same way.
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* ''{{BIONICLE}}'': as Energized Protodermis either transforms or destroys whatever it touches, there are special containers that able to hold it, such as a vial the Toa Metru sought in ''Maze of Shadows'', another vial in ''Time Trap'', and Zamor Spheres.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'''s gravity gun was originally used for handling dangerous stuff required for Dr. Vance's research.
** As was the HEV suit [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} throughout the series]] for that matter. And the cart Gordon used to push the GreenRocks in [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life1}} Unforseen Consequences]].

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* Inverted in ''TheMercuryMen'': The Mercury Engineers wear special suits not because the Gravity Engine is dangerous to handle, but because they are made of light and can't handle ''it'' without wearing the suit.

* Inverted in ''Website/NotAlwaysRight''. [[http://notalwaysright.com/save-it-on-a-flesh-drive/28231 Save It On A Flesh Drive]] mentions inability to use a capacitive touch screen while wearing gloves.

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* [[{{Simpsons}} Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] has the previously mentioned gloveboxes, and once (RuleOfFunny) had legboxes too.

* ''{{Futurama}}'' has a box which holds an alternate universe, and later, contains the same universe that it is in.
* The Sword of Tengu from the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' series is a powerful {{Magitek}} sword. So powerful that it harms its wielder unless the wielder is wearing a special gauntlet. Splinter had the discipline and strength needed to wield it without the gauntlet, but he was left badly weakened afterwards. The Shredder can wield it without the gauntlet too [[spoiler:but that's because he's really an alien piloting a MobileSuitHuman. He's not actually holding the sword.]]

* The ''Videogame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'', has the eponymous Tiberium, [[GreenRocks green rocks]] [[HostileTerraforming from outer space]], that needs special equipment to handle, like [[WorkerUnit Harvesters or Weed-Eaters]]. It is very toxic and mutagenic to Earth life, and will [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration kill unprotected infantry very quickly]].

* The standard SCPFoundation artifact entry lists what the thing looks like, the many, many safety precautions and equipment needed to handle it, and how it was found.
* [[DrHorrible Wonderflonium]] may or may not be this. We see it in a case with a warning, but the warning merely cautions the reader not to bounce the Wonderflonium.

* On ''TheSuperHeroSquadShow'', Infinity Fractals have to be held in containment units, as touching them can have completely random effects.

* Played with in [[CiaphasCain Duty Calls]], where Ciaphas just stows [[spoiler: a mutation-causing artifact in a standard carrying case, seemingly cancelling its effects. However, his aide Jurgen is a [[AntiMagic blank]], and is the one actually preventing the device from working. [[BodyHorror Once the rogue inquisitor holding them hostage gets out of Jurgen's range...]]]]

* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'': the scientists in Hugo Drax's lab use manipulators for part of their processing of the deadly poison (as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIAfkoi8w24 here, starting at 1:15]]). Unfortunately they use manual manipulation outside a sealed area for the rest, so after JamesBond fools around with the vials one of them is knocked down and broken, killing them (2:15-3:50).

* ''TheAndromedaStrain'' (1971): waldoes were used inside the sealed biohazard room while processing the title disease.
* The "live forever" potion in ''DeathBecomesHer'' is in a crystal vial that stands up on its end even though it comes to a point.

See also PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements.

* Kryptonite needs to be kept in lead to protect {{Superman}}, or [[KryptoniteProofSuit he needs to be in lead to protect himself from it]]. (Which by extension means that {{Batman}} has a lead compartment in his utility belt since he [[CrazyPrepared always has kryptonite]].) Because it's radioactive, Kryptonite can also be dangerous to humans after prolonged exposure, so putting it in lead is really for everyone's protection. LexLuthor learned this the hard way when he discovered he'd given himself cancer with the stuff.
* ''{{Spider-Man}}'': pretty much the reason DoctorOctopus exists. His tentacles are technically [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids just a fancy set of waldoes.]]

* ''{{Spider-Man}}'': pretty much the reason DoctorOctopus exists.

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* ''{{Spider-Man}}'': pretty much the reason Doctor Octopus exists.

* They used ordinary gloveboxes (see RealLife) in ''StargateSG1'' when studying alien pathogens and the like. This failed when they were studying a virus-like nanotechnology, which started eating through the gloves.