History Main / PoisonIsCorrosive

* ''{{Discworld}}'' plays with this a lot, but most noticeably in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes''.

* ''LooneyTunes'': The stirring something, then lifting the spoon and watching it dissolve is a repeated gag. Most often with horrible poisons, but also mysterious brews like the JekyllAndHyde variety, and {{Gargle Blaster}}s.

* ''TabletopGame/TunnelsAndTrolls''. In one room of ''Naked Doom'' there's a mist that is a dangerous acidic poison.

* ''{{Amber}} Diceless Role-Playing'', ''Shadow Knight'' supplement.

* In the ''{{Literature/Wraeththu}}'' novels by Storm Constantine, the title creatures' semen is a caustic poison. This is also true in the TabletopRPG based on the novels.

* The nerve gas in Season 5 of ''TwentyFour'' could eat through door seals. Handwaved in that the nerve gas was mixed with a corrosive element.

* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Way to Eden": The plant life of the planet Eden is full of acidic poison.

** It'll also take calcium from your blood, which is ''even worse''. Losing calcium from your bones weakens them. Losing calcium from your blood slows or stops your heart. Direct skin contact with even a small amount of hydrofluoric acid is rarely survivable without prompt treatment. Treatment that they're unlikely to get, because the human body also needs calcium to ''transmit pain signals'', leaving many victims entirely unaware that they've even been exposed until it's too late to do much more than say "poor bastard" and start making funeral arrangements.

** It'll also take calcium from your blood, which is ''even worse''. Losing calcium from your bones weakens them. Losing calcium from your blood slows or stops your heart. Direct skin contact with even a small amount of hydrofluoric acid is rarely survivable.

** 3rd Edition. Sword And Sorcery's ''Creature Collection''. The High Gorgon envenoms its weapons with an acidic poison partially derived from the poison injected by its snake heads.

** 1st Edition supplement ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''. The skin of the troglodyte deity Laogzed oozes with an acidic poison.

** 1st Edition supplement ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''. The troglodyte deity Laogzed has skin oozing with an acidic poison.

** 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual. The Eyewing weeps an acidic, poison fluid from its 4-foot wide eye.
** ''DarkSun'' Monstrous Compendium Appendix 1 ''Terrors of the Desert''. The So-ut's claws secrete an acidic poison that damages targets and their armor.

* Vesicants (blister agents) are poisons that are not normally corrosive to nonliving matter, but corrode and burn flesh. Typical examples are mustard gas and [[AlienKudzu giant hogweed]] sap.

* ''Film/PrinceOfPersia'': The poisoned robe corrodes its wearer's flesh [[spoiler:as well as the hands of the poisoner]], but somehow not its own cloth or the cloth it's wrapped in when presented to the victim. Perhaps it reacts with sweat.

The villain lobs an attack at the hero. The hero dodges, but sees the rock the attack hit start to dissolve. Gasp! It's poison!

* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' (1981). The Stygian Witches say that Medusa's blood is a deadly poison, and after Perseus cuts off her head her blood spews out and melt's Perseus' shiewld, which was a gift from the gods.

* 'Film/ClashOfTheTitans'' (1981). The Stygian Witches say that Medusa's blood is a deadly poison, and after Perseus cuts off her head her blood spews out and melt's Perseus' shiewld, which was a gift from the gods.

* In the ''Literature/Wraeththu'' novels by Storm Constantine, the title creatures' semen is a caustic poison. This is also true in the TabletopRPG based on the novels.

* In the ''{{Wraeththu}}'' novels by Storm Constantine, the title creatures' semen is a caustic poison. This is also true in the TabletopRPG based on the novels.

* Hydrofluoric acid is very corrosive and highly. It can diffuse through skin and spread fluorine around, creating all kinds of havoc -- mainly by precipitation of calcium fluoride. It gets the calcium from your bones. In other words, it melts your bones from the inside out.

* ''CurseOfTheGoldenFlower'': Never actually stated to be poison, but normally you don't try to make people drink acid.

** ''PowerRangersMysticForce'' does this twice in two different episodes. Once, a poisoned apple, seconds after Chip suspects it's no good, instantly blackens and deflates like a balloon. Later, a goblet of poisoned wine (well, poisoned something. [[FrothyMugsOfWater It's a kids' show, after all]].) eats through a book on the table after it's knocked from the intended victim's hand. All the usual FridgeLogic applies.

* Cassiopeia from ''{{LeagueOfLegends}}'' has an ability called Miasma, which creates a circular pool of poison. It damages anything that walks over it, including robotic entities.

* Cassiopeia from ''{LeagueOfLegends}'' has an ability called Miasma, which creates a circular pool of poison. It damages anything that walks over it, including robotic entities.