History Main / PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment

* Kryptonite needs to be kept in lead to protect Franchise/{{Superman}}, or [[KryptoniteProofSuit he needs to be in lead to protect himself from it]]. (Which by extension means that Franchise/{{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. ComicBook/LexLuthor learned this the hard way when he discovered he'd given himself cancer with the stuff.

* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'': the scientists in Hugo Drax's lab use manipulators for part of their processing of the deadly poison. 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).
* ''Film/ResidentEvil'': when the T-Virus containers in the sealed area are being placed in the suitcase to be stolen, they're manipulated with waldoes.
* ''Film/StarTrek2009'': The Red Matter had to be held in a floor to ceiling plastic (glass?) containment unit and pulled out by a syringe one drop at a time.
* From the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':

* Played with in "Duty Calls", where ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' claims to have a device which [[spoiler:suppresses a deadly-to-touch artifact, 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 with the artifact and what's actually the carry case for Cain's data-slate in hand...]]]]
* Probably true of the sanctified cloths used to wrap Blackened Denarii, whenever they're captured by Knights of the Cross in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''.

* In ''Literature/TheChathrandVoyage'', [[ArtifactOfDoom the Nilstone]] grants whoever wields it nigh-infinite magical power - and also kills anyone who touches it in a matter of moments, so long as they fear death (which is most people). However, the temptation of the Nilstone's power means that people have found various ways around this - the Scepter of Sathek is a less powerful artifact that, among its properties, allows its wielder to safely hold the Nilstone in one hand so long as they hold the Scepter in the other, while a potion from the Underworld that temporarily removes the drinker's fear of death may also be taken to permit safe handling of the stone.

* The purple goo in ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' used by Pete and Myka to neutralize artifacts, functionally similar foil bags, and to a lesser extent their purple latex gloves.

* 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]]. This isn't the case for the Scrin. On the contrary, they need Tiberium to survive. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Their infantry is actually healed while standing on Tiberium.]]
* ''VideoGame/TheDarknessII'': The Deciever's Grasp is a Darkness artifact that uses a human sacrifice to prevent the user from getting themselves killed and sent to hell while using the Abyssmal Maw, a miniature flamethrower whose victims are sent directly to hell. Unfortunately, Jackie isn't allowed to use this awesome weapon combination because nobody knows the command phrases for either of them.
* [[GreenRocks Raw lyrium]] in ''Franchise/DragonAge'' is extremely toxic. The only people who can safely handle it are Dwarves and the Tranquil. Even they run the risk of lyrium poisoning by either breathing it in or getting it in their bloodstream. Dwarves usually transport lyrium in carefully sealed barrels before processing it. Even with careful handling, this only manages the risk of spontaneous explosion; it could still light off without warning. None of these measures are sufficient for handling [[ToxicPhlebotinum Red Lyrium]], a far more powerful and dangerous version of lyrium. As Varric puts it, Red Lyrium is lyrium like a dragon is a lizard. [[spoiler:Makes sense when it's revealed that Red Lyrium is lyrium Tainted by the [[MysticalPlague Blight]].]]

* Inverted in ''WebVideo/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.

* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': 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.
* 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.
* ''Website/{{Fenspace}}'': Handwavium is a somewhat downplayed example, merely requiring gloves and a dust-mask for most uses. [[Series/TopGear Jeremy Clarkson]] apparently insisted on a full HazmatSuit when handling it himself, but then that was ''probably'' RuleOfFunny in-universe.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has a box which holds an alternate universe, and later, contains the same universe that it is in.

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', you must be wearing Wraithguard (an enchanted gauntlet) in order to handle Keening and Sunder (a dagger and a hammer required to tap into the [[CosmicKeystone Heart of Lorkhan]] without dying instantly. And in order to even ''wear'' Wraithguard, you must [[spoiler: sacrifice a large portion of your health, ''permanently''. If acquired the "standard" way, through Vivec, he will take you "outside of time and space" so that it doesn't harm you]]. Admittedly, the [[spoiler: permanent loss of health]] ''may'' be a scripting error[[labelnote:Explanation]]The dialogue and journal entries are ambiguous but encourage you to ''temporarily'' fortify your health, which doesn't help you against permanent health loss once it runs out, and there are two definite bugs associated with Wraithguard on the backpath to the main quest where this comes up -- it can be acquired after getting the Vivec-harmonized Wraithguard, and it not only looks like a daedric gauntlet but is worn on the wrong hand[[/labelnote]]

In order to manage or transport the latter kind, you need Phlebotinum Handling Equipment. This be anything from [[TrickedOutGloves simple gloves]] (or a HazmatSuit) to avoid physical contact, specially marked containers to keep the material secure and prevent it from irradiating the surrounding areas, or specialized machinery used to handle the material remotely (especially if it there is a lot of it). Sometimes Phlebotinum Handling Equipment may itself run on a different kind of Phlebotinum, or provide effects that counter or neutralize the hazards presented by the Phlebotinum being handled. The specialized equipment may also be used to alter the material's StatesOfPhlebotinum later.

** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': The Infinity Gauntlet allows its user to handle the six Infinity Stones [[spoiler:including the five above]], {{Power Crystal}}s which even on their own tend to kill anyone who tries to use them. [[spoiler:This is because they emit high levels of gamma radiation]]. Even with the Gauntlet equipped, using the power of all of the Stone at once causes severe damage to its wielder.

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

** 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.

** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'': When the characters encounter [[spoiler:the Tesseract]], only Carol can safely touch it, because [[spoiler:her powers were reverse-engineered from it]]. At this time, none of the characters know what exactly it is capable of, but Nick Fury is wary. Carol half-jokingly suggests that they get an oven mitt. It ultimately turns out not to be necessary [[spoiler:because Goose the cat-slash-[[TheDogIsAnAlien Flerken]] ''swallows it'', and her stomach makes for a perfectly serviceable BagOfHolding.]]

** ''Film/CaptainMarvel'': When the characters encounter [[spoiler:the Tesseract]], only Carol can safely touch it, because [[spoiler:her powers were reverse-engineered from it]]. At this time, none of the characters know what exactly it is capable of, but Nick Fury is wary. Carol half-jokingly suggests that they get an oven mitt. It ultimately turns out not to be necessary [[spoiler:because Goose the cat-slash-[[TheDogIsAnAlien Flerken]] ''swallows it'', and her stomach makes for a perfectly serviceable BagOfHolding.]]

* ''Film/StarTrek'' (2009): The Red Matter had to be held in a floor to ceiling plastic (glass?) containment unit and pulled out by a syringe one drop at a time.

** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': The Infinity Gauntlet allows its user to handle the six 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/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': The Orb is itself the equipment, preventing unwitting users from grabbing the [[spoiler:Power Stone.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', you must be wearing Wraithguard (an enchanted gauntlet) in order to handle Keening and Sunder (a dagger and a hammer required to tap into the [[CosmicKeystone Heart of Lorkhan]] without dying instantly. And in order to even ''wear'' Wraithguard, you must [[spoiler: sacrifice a large portion of your health, ''permanently''. If acquired the "standard" way, through Vivec, he will take you "outside of time and space" so that it doesn't harm you]].

See also PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements. Contrast DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction when using two Phlebotina together makes them ''harder'' to handle instead.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': The Orb is itself the equipment, preventing unwitting users from grabbing the [[spoiler:Power Stone]].
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': The Infinity Gauntlet allows its 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.

* Played with in "Duty Calls", where ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' claims to have a device which [[spoiler:suppresses a deadly-to-touch artefact, 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 with the artefact and what's actually the carry case for Cain's data-slate in hand...]]]]

* Played with in ''Duty Calls'', where Literature/CiaphasCain 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...]]]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', there is the Wraithguard gauntlet that is needed to handle Keening and Sunder (magical knife and hammer, deadly when handled with bare hands) safely.

In order to manage or transport the latter kind, you need PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment. This be anything from [[TrickedOutGloves simple gloves]] (or a HazmatSuit) to avoid physical contact, specially marked containers to keep the material secure and prevent it from irradiating the surrounding areas, or specialized machinery used to handle the material remotely (especially if it there is a lot of it). Sometimes PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment may itself run on a different kind of Phlebotinum, or provide effects that counter or neutralize the hazards presented by the Phlebotinum being handled. The specialized equipment may also be used to alter the material's StatesOfPhlebotinum later.

* ''Franchise/{{BIONICLE}}'':

* [[GreenRocks Raw lyrium]] in ''Franchise/DragonAge'' is extremely toxic. The only people who can safely handle it are Dwarves and the Tranquil. Even they run the risk of lyrium poisoning by either breathing it in or getting it in their bloodstream. Dwarves usually transport lyrium in carefully sealed barrels before processing it. None of these measures are sufficient for handling [[ToxicPhlebotinum Red Lyrium]], a far more powerful and dangerous version of lyrium. As Varric puts it, Red Lyrium is lyrium like a dragon is a lizard. [[spoiler:Makes sense when it's revealed that Red Lyrium is lyrium Tainted by the [[MysticalPlague Blight]].]]

* Kryptonite needs to be kept in lead to protect Franchise/{{Superman}}, or [[KryptoniteProofSuit he needs to be in lead to protect himself from it]]. (Which by extension means that Franchise/{{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. SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor learned this the hard way when he discovered he'd given himself cancer with the stuff.

* Literature/LoneWolf'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.

* [[Website/{{Fenspace}} Handwavium]] is a somewhat downplayed example, merely requiring gloves and a dust-mask for most uses. [[Series/TopGear Jeremy Clarkson]] apparently insisted on a full HazmatSuit when handling it himself, but then that was ''probably'' RuleOfFunny in-universe.

* [[{{Fenspace}} Handwavium]] is a somewhat downplayed example, merely requiring gloves and a dust-mask for most uses. [[Series/TopGear Jeremy Clarkson]] apparently insisted on a full HazmatSuit when handling it himself, but then that was ''probably'' RuleOfFunny in-universe.

* ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': 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.