History Main / PoisonIsCorrosive

* ''VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame'': "Toxic Waste" in ''LEGO Batman'' instakills everyone who steps in it, except for a few specific characters with immunity to poisons.[[note]] Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, Bane, Killer Croc and ComicBook/TheJoker.[[/note]]

* ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': The sequence demonstrating the effect of drinking a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster ends with a close-up of the stuff, having been spilled when the drinkers succumb to unconsciousness, eating a hole in the floor.

** Played somewhat straight in the first game, in which enemies who are suffering from a corrosive DamageOverTime effect take increased damage from all sources. Later games moved this effect to other elements, most infamously slag in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}''.

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* The synthetic [[DrugsAreBad narcotic]] [[http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/krokodil.asp "krokodil"]] (disturbing image warning). So called because the skin around the injection site often becomes dry and flaky, like the skin of a crocodile, because it is so [[HollywoodAcid acidic]]. [[note]]It's made by cooking up codeine with [[NoodleImplements gasoline, turpentine, and hydrochloric acid, just to name a few things]]. It's cooked up usually by Russian heroin addicts who can no longer afford/easily acquire heroin, hence the mishmash of rather unsavory ingredients. Conversely, since codeine-containing medications are much more tightly regulated in the US, and heroin is much more widely available/affordable, it's not likely for krokodil use to catch on in the US.[[/note]] This stuff can result in flesh rotting and corroding right off, right down to the bone. For more absolute horror, it is ''incredibly'' addictive, which means that using it once may prevent you from stopping even as your skin rots off. Most krokodil users don't live more than 3 years after they start using it, and those that do survive and manage to stop are often permanently disfigured. Note that the corrosivity of krokodil comes from the [[WhatAnIdiot half-assed chemical technology]] used by the uneducated, unskilled addicts. The pure desomorphine alkaloid that can be extracted from raw krokodil has no such effects, it's essentially the same thing as heroin. One of the problems of krokodil use is that the high doesn't last very long, forcing users to keep cooking and injecting it again and again, exacerbating the damage.

-->-- '''description of the Poison Vial''', ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon''

* ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'': Raoul Silva's malfunctioning cyanide suicide capsule somehow dissolves his teeth and upper jaw but fails to kill him. The result is a sunken left cheek (which he hides by wearing a dental prosthesis), bloodshot eyes, damaged gums, and slurred speech.
%%* ''Film/TheThreeStooges'': This trope shows up repeatedly in the shorts.

* ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'' {{downplay|edTrope}}s this: the Poison damage type isn't corrosive by default, but several Poison spells inflict the Acid [[StandardStatusEffect status effect]], which destroys physical armour over time.

* In ''VideoGame/MSSagaANewDawn'', the trope is subverted by being reversed: when you're dealing with HumongousMecha, the "poison" StandardStatusEffect takes the form of acid, meaning that Corrosive Stuff Is Poison.

* ''Franchise/HarryPotter''. Venom from the Basilisk's fangs is a corrosive substance. {{Justified|Trope}} since the delivery method is through a bite.

** A tarn linnorm's venom deals acid damage.

* ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'': An agent's malfunctioning cyanide suicide capsule somehow dissolves his teeth and upper jaw but fails to kill him.

* Bromine is also a halogen, like the two elements above. It is a weaker oxidizer than chlorine and fluorine, but it's a liquid, which means it is normally much more concentrated and more easily absorbed by skin. It is toxic, corrosive and easily evaporated, which means your lungs are also in danger, just like with the two halogens above.

* The synthetic [[DrugsAreBad narcotic]] [[http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/krokodil.asp "krokodil"]] (disturbing image warning). So called because the skin around the injection site often becomes dry and flaky, like the skin of a crocodile, because it is so [[HollywoodAcid acidic]]. [[note]]It's made by cooking up codeine with [[NoodleImplements gasoline, turpentine, and hydrochloric acid, just to name a few things]]. It's cooked up usually by Russian heroin addicts who can no longer afford/easily acquire heroin. Hence the mishmash of rather unsavory ingredients. Conversely, since codeine-containing medications are much more tightly regulated in the US, and heroin is much more widely available/affordable, it's not likely for krokodil use to catch on in the US.[[/note]] This stuff can result in flesh just rotting and corroding right off, right down to the bone. For more absolute horror, it is ''incredibly'' addictive, which means that using it once may prevent you from stopping even as your skin rots off. Most krokodil users don't live more than 3 years after they start using it, and those that do survive and manage to stop are often permanently disfigured. Note that the corrosivity of krokodil comes from the [[WhatAnIdiot half-assed chemical technology]] used by the uneducated, unskilled addicts. The pure desomorphine alkaloid that can be extracted from raw krokodil has no such effects, it's essentially the same thing as heroin. One of the problems of krokodil use is that the high just doesn't last very long, forcing users to just keep cooking and injecting it again and again, exacerbating the damage.
* Similar to the above, long-term methamphetamine use can damage teeth, cause skin lesions, and so on. These effects are generally not the result of pure methamphetamine -- they are from the corrosive chemicals used to produce the methamphetamine that were not removed from the final product. Methamphetamine itself, however, is neurotoxic and can cause nervous system damage.
* Also likewise, there's a reason why the bleeding nose is a sign of a cocaine addict – prolonged cocaine use through snorting can cause damage to the inside of the nose, including the dissolution of the nasal septum. Part of this is because cocaine is a potent vasoconstrictor, and part of it is because powdered cocaine is in the form of a hydrochloride salt and its dissolution can cause the freed hydrochloric acid to get to work on the user's nasal tissue.

* Hydrogen sulphide is a highly toxic gas which can also corrode many metals, especially steel, by reacting with them to form metal sulphides. This causes many problems is places such as sewers, where losses due to corrosion are estimated at $14 billion per year in the USA. However, this can also serve as a method of diagnosing H[[subscript:2]]S poisoning, as coins in the pockets of the victim will discolour when exposed to high levels of H[[subscript:2]]S.
** One of the most insidious things about H[[subscript:2]]S is how it quickly numbs your ability to smell it, so you may think that you've escaped to an area with fresh air when in actuality you are still breathing it in. As such, workers in environments where exposure can easily occur from leaking equipment (such as in oil refineries) are required to wear personal H[[subscript:2]]S detectors on them at all times.

* ''TabletopGame/HeartOfTheSunkenLands'': The Bombing Bird's droppings are a strong acidic poison. Anyone hit by them is at risk of dying within 1-20 minutes. The birds deliberately use their droppings as weapons against prey they want to feed upon and against any creature attacking them.

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* ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' universe. In ''The Dune Encyclopedia'', the plant known as inkvine contains a liquid that is a mixture of hydrochloric acid and poison. When used as a whip, inkvine injects the liquid into the victim's body, causing long term pain and skin discoloration.

* ''TwiceToldTales'': In "Rappaccini's Daughter", one the plants in Rappaccini's poison garden is so toxic that it burns a hole in his glove when he attempts to take a cutting from it.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': A tarn linnorm's venom deals acid damage.