text: %% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1497361888055049600%% Please do not replace or remove without starting a new thread.%%[[quoteright:321:[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ww1_gas_mask_info_poster.jpg]]]]->''"Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,''\\''As under a green sea, I saw him drowning."''-->-- '''Wilfred Owen''', "Dulce et Decorum Est"Lethal gas is found in many forms and in many environments. It is naturally found in many underground settings (in RealLife as well as in games, particularly near volcanoes) and is abundant in the atmosphere of many planets. Humans have used it as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_warfare weapon of war,]] a method of execution, and in certain historical mass [[DeathTrap death traps]].This gas often has a greenish colour, which is more a case of TechnicolorScience than of TruthInTelevision. While chlorine gas (used extensively in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI the First World War]]) ''is'' green, nerve gases have been the chemical weapon of choice since UsefulNotes/WorldWarII – these are colourless and odourless, and can penetrate the body through exposed skin. A common mistake is to depict a gas mask as the full extent of the protective gear needed against nerve gas -- in reality, you would also have to prevent any of the gas coming into contact with the skin. This was made clear in the TV series ''Series/BreakingBad'' where, when Walt and Jesse were manufacturing crystal meth, they donned, not just respirators, but full coverage yellow hazmat suits because the fumes were not just toxic to inhale, they were toxic if they contacted the skin.Another variation is a gas that is not inherently harmful, but fills the space instead of breathable air. In this case, the danger is simple suffocation, and a breathing mask with an oxygen supply is sufficient protection.In video games, being surrounded by poisonous gas is likely to deplete your OxygenMeter very rapidly.Sister trope of KnockoutGas, the non-lethal alternative. Not to be confused with {{Fartillery}}.This trope is always present in a GasChamber.----!!Examples[[foldercontrol]][[folder:Anime]]* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': When TheHero Kouji and a [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beast]] fought near the crater of a volcano, toxic volcanic fumes pervaded the atmosphere (and unlike other examples of this trope, those fumes had a greyish color). Given that the HomeBase of the heroes was located on Mount Fuji, it happened more often than you would expect. One example happened in episode 19: Kouji is engaged in aerial battle with a Mechanical Beast -Debira X-1-. During the fight they fly over Mount Fuji, and Kouji's visibility gets hindered by the dense curtain of poisonous gas rises from the crater.* The ''Anime/WolfsRain'' episode "The Successors" has a flashback showing how Zali's wolfpack attempted to reach Paradise via a tunnel from their island city. The tunnel filled with toxic gases from the city's factories and many of the wolves died. In the present day the factories have closed, meaning that the tunnel is now safe for Kiba's pack to follow.* Magellan of ''Manga/OnePiece'', Head Chief of [[TheAlcatraz Impel Down.]] Thanks to his Doku-Doku Fruit, his body is made up of poison, and chlorine gas is his most-used type of deadly gas.** And waaay down the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil there was Don Krieg, who had poison gas canisters in his repertoire.** The Punk Hazard arc features [[MadScientist Caesar Clown]], a chemical weapons expert who ate the ''Gasu Gasu no Mi'' which allows him to create, control and turn his body into gas.*** He also has [[spoiler: a BlobMonster pet named [[FluffyTheTerrible Smiley]], made from the poisonous gas that he unleashed on Punk Hazard four years before the story began. He later fed it a candy that changed it back into its original gas form, only ''MUCH'' deadlier this time around]].* The Titans in ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' used poison gas on space colonies in an attempt to prevent them supporting the AEUG.** Haman Karn used an earring full of cyanide gas in a failed attempt to assassinate Titans leader Jamitov Hymen at one meeting.* The later episodes of ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'' have [[SicklyGreenGlow glowing green]] "Energon gas".* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', Piscis Aphrodite can use his poisoned [[SomethingAboutARose roses]] to create something similar to this. He planted ''hundreds'' of said roses on a ''very'' long stairway that Seiya ''must'' go through to reach the Pope; since the air surrounding the stairway and the roses was heavily contaminated with poison, the already exhausted Seiya collapsed after breathing just a little dose of poisoned air... [[spoiler: Only his SexyMentor Marin's BigDamnHeroes involving her CoolMask managed to change things.]][[/folder]][[folder:Comic Books]]* ComicBook/TheJoker's Joker Venom, which kills while [[DieLaughing making the victim laugh]], is most often seen in gaseous form. This is most notably seen in ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'', where he kills an entire live TV studio with weird dolls that exhale Joker Gas. * In one issue of ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel G.I. Joe: Special Missions]]'', the Joes have to find a way to stop a Nazi bomber full of experimental nerve gas frozen in a glacier in Greenland from falling into the hands of COBRA.* ComicBook/CaptainMarVell once had to fight a supervillain who had stolen a container of a deadly nerve gas called Compound 13 and received a dangerous exposure while sealing the leaking container. Although he received an antidote to save his life, the gas also to be carcinogenic and Mar-Vell died from cancer resulting from that exposure.* ComicBook/{{Diabolik}} is a prolific user of hydrogen cyanide in traps.* In ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', the N-Zone's atmosphere is acidic.* ''{{ComicBook/Tintin}} in America'': A gangster has Tintin gassed and thrown in the lake, but realizes his goons used sleeping gas instead. They return to the lake, but by then Tintin has returned to consciousness and gotten the drop on them.* ''ComicBook/{{Arrowsmith}}'''s equivalent of mustard gas is a deadly gas that kills its victims and then raises their corpses as {{Artificial Zombie}}s.[[/folder]][[folder:Fan Works]]* Pink Cloud from the ''FanFic/FalloutEquestria'' universe is a potent blend of one-third nightmares, one-third NauseaFuel, and one third BodyHorror. It was used by the zebras to exterminate everypony in Canterlot, and it was powerful enough to [[spoiler: [[KillTheGod kill Princess Luna outright and fatally injure Princess Celestia.]]]] In addition to being deadly if inhaled, it [[ImMelting melts skin]] and melds it with anything it touches: floors, walls, benches, [[spoiler: PowerArmor, Pip-Bucks...]] It can penetrate even the tightest-sealed Stable or the most [[Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaPinkEyes advanced enviromental hazard suit.]] And to top it off, it re-animates its victims as ghouls [[LivingMemory who mindlessly repeat their last day on Earth over and over again until their bodies fall apart.]]* In ''FanFic/TheConversionBureauColdWar'', the Soviet forces are given authorization to use [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VX_%28nerve_agent%29 VX nerve gas]] on a large platoon of Royal Guards in chapter 7.* In ''FanFic/WorldwarWarOfEquals'' the Ukrainian government authorizes the use of untested nerve gas on Race forces, killing all who are exposed and in the event that Race forces overrun Jordan, the Syrian government will break out their formerly secret chemical weapon program.* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9565191/1/An-Old-Foe-Returns An Old Foe Returns,]]'' Mastermind creates a version that would make simians smarter while numbing the minds of mankind. He nearly succeeded if Ron hadn't tapped into his hidden genius.* In ''Shielded Under the Raptor Wing'' it's mentioned that [=EarthForce=] started using mustard gas almost immediately against the Minbari whenever the aliens attacked on the ground. In the ground battle seen on screen, however, they opted for an unspecified nerve gas. The Minbari, not being stupid, issued fully sealed combat uniforms to their infantrymen and ''vehicle crews'', but sometimes the rookies would fail to keep protective equipment ready at all time, leading to their deaths and the capture of military equipment (it's shown that one Minbari tank was captured due the rookie crew not having protective equipment ready when [=EarthForce=] gassed their position).[[/folder]][[folder:Film]]* In the first ''Film/{{Batman}}'' movie, this was the Joker's favorite method of killing people. He did it twice, once in the museum where Bruce was supposed to meet Vicki, and once in the big parade scene with big parade-float balloons full of the DeadlyGas. Batman took the balloons away in the Batwing and sent them well away from the city in order to stop him.** And of course in the comics, the Joker just ''loves'' his Smilex.*** The [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Animated Series]] and all other Franchise/{{DCAU}} series where the Joker features also have his signature toxin, though there it isn't so much "Deadly Gas" as it is "[[LaughingMad Insanity-Inducing Gas]]".** Has the "gas masks protect against nerve gas" mistake twice: first with Vicki Vale in the museum and again when Knox uses a filter mask during the balloon attack.*** Might be a JustifiedTrope: the Smilex toxin affects the respiratory systems and makes you literally laugh yourself to death, so it might be more like a very potent allergenic agent than an actual neurotoxin.* In ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the Jedi are trapped by the Trade Federation in a room being filled with nerve gas. Fortunately one of the Jedi's powers are to hold their breath for a very long time. And they were shown later in the movie to have been carrying breathing apparatuses the entire time. [[FridgeLogic Wait, what?]]* ''Film/JamesBond''** ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' has the titular villain using Delta Nine nerve gas to [[ThrownFromTheZeppelin kill his associates]], and planning to use it in the Fort Knox guards. In a bit of realism, the gas is transparent (and in a bit of "cheap budget", you only see the gas is being used by the sound effect and affected people falling dead, which turns the HeelFaceTurn even easier to figure out).** ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' centers around a villain's plan to build himself a space station, then drop satellites filled with enough nerve gas to kill everything on Earth. One scene involves James infiltrating the lab where the nerve gas is being synthesized, taking out a nerve gas canister and looking at it in puzzlement, then sloppily putting it down and hiding in the next room (which conveniently has glass windows and an airlock separating it from where he was) when the scientists come back. The scientists fail to notice the moved canister until one of them knocks it off the table, shattering it-giving Bond a demonstration of the canister's contents and purpose, as the scientists immediately die horribly.* The RDA in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' uses tear gas before they cut down the tree's pylons with [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]]. Not strictly lethal, but very unpleasant, and very visible.** Contrariwise, Pandora's atmosphere is toxic to humans.*** A simple breathing mask is all that humans need to survive the atmosphere for extended duration while leaving the rest of the body completely unprotected. Even getting a good lung full of the atmosphere seems to cause no lasting effects once a human gets back to breathing oxygen. Presumably, then, the Na'vi need oxygen just like we do; the main difference is that there's probably something in their atmosphere (maybe something inert, similar to carbon dioxide but not as greenhousey?) that is toxic to humans, and the filter masks just take it out.** Supposedly, the atmosphere of Pandora is extremely similar to Earth's save for a few key differences: it's 20% denser, contains 18% carbon dioxide, and 1% hydrogen sulfide. Breathing it in is more or less a lot like suffocation, meaning you'll pass out in 20 seconds or so and die in a couple minutes. Recovering from exposure shouldn't have any sort of effects other than the usual, and I guess prolonged exposure, like more than two minutes, might result in brain or lung damage. So really, all those masks do is scrub out the extra unwanted crap from the atmosphere.** None of which stops [[ColonelBadass Colonel]] [[VillainousValor Quaritch]] from pursuing the heroes and taking several shots at them... and ''then'' remembers he's not wearing a mask when a (mask-wearing) soldier comes up and hands him one.* ''Film/TheRock'' uses a real-life gas, VX. On the other hand, it is not glowing green, and it's not a blister agent. It's a nerve agent. So no, you don't die with [[PoisonIsCorrosive your face melting off and your clothes smoking.]] Instead, your nerves stop working, resulting in [[AndIMustScream paralysis.]] The rest is accurate, though.* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', gas bombs were the main method used by the machines to [[KillAllHumans kill all the humans]].* In ''TheAssassinationBureau'', [[spoiler:General von Pinck]] is asphyxiated when his saber pierces one of the hydrogen balloons in the airship.* ''Film/TheWildGeese''. As they're fighting a war with no Hague Convention, the mercenaries use cyanide gas to silently kill guards in their sleeping quarters. * In "Pursuit" made from the Michael Crichton novel "Binary" (as John Lange) a psycho milionaire steals US nerve gas and plans to release it over San Diego during a presidential convention (while the president is there). The gas is a binary - two gases each harmless but when mixed cause almost instant (but agonizing death). A film smuggled out of Eastern Europe is shown to the federal agents to demonstrate its effect.* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', [[spoiler:Eric Sacks plans to release a powerful toxin his company created into New York. After wiping out a good percent of the population, he plans to rise up as a hero with an antidote he created with mutagen.]]%%* ''Film/{{xXx}}''* In ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', authorities use a cover-up story about a train crash unleashing DeadlyGas to force the evacuation of civilians from the Devil's Tower. Some caged birds which the protagonists bring along as coal-mine canaries are covertly sprayed with something from an aerosol can that kills them, thus "verifying" the gas's threat.* ''Film/WonderWoman'': It's set during the First World War, where chemical warfare was introduced to the world. Doctor Poison creates a gas that is deadlier than standard sulfur mustard gas (the most commonly used gas at the time), as it dissolves a gas mask by itself.[[/folder]][[folder:Literature]]* Various kinds of [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Gases deadly gas]] show up in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse.** ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Wedge's Gamble]]'' had some Rogues being balked by a room flooded with [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fex-M3d Fex-M3d]], which would bind to neuroreceptors and make them suffocate. Fortunately, it turned out that one of them [[BizarreAlienBiology didn't breathe]].** [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Korfaise Korfaise gas]] was a coolant used on YT-1000 ships like the Millennium Falcon. It was also dangerous to breathe, and in Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Han Solo cut the coolant lines on a YT-1000 to incapacitate the people inside.** In ''Literature/{{Allegiance}}'', the heroes find a wall with embedded canisters of acidic, corrosive [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cryseefa_gas cryseefa]] gas, and have to go through the wall without touching the canisters or setting off the alarms that would make the canisters release.** The villain of ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: The Doomsday Ship'' had some such gas at his disposal, but held off on using it because it would kill the heroes too quickly, which wouldn't be as much fun.* [[AIIsACrapshoot Blaine the train]] from ''Literature/TheWasteLands'' releases this upon [[spoiler:the citizens of Lud]] just before leaving the city. When we find out why, it's because they were ''boring'' to him.* In ''Literature/ZForZachariah'', nerve gas is used alongside a lot of [[DepopulationBomb depopulation]] [[UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons bombs]], causing a Class 2, possibly borderline Class 3 ApocalypseHow.* In Michael Slade's ''Ghoul'', a paranoid bomber in London attempts to kill everyone in a theater with this trope, which he planned to generate by incinerating a whole lot of PFOA-laden Teflon.* The Martians in ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' use the "Black Smoke", a heavy, ink-dark poison gas compound that kills instantly on being breathed. They stay above the dense clouds in their [[TripodTerror tripods]]. The toxin is also designed to be disabled by contact with water, which means that it would pose no long-term danger to them in rainy Britain.* The Literature/{{Lensman}} universe has Vee-Two, a paralysant which is lethal if not reversed within a short space of time. The Triplanetary Patrol carries the antidote at all times because space pirates are always using it, a fact used to effect by Conway Costigan on two occasions. Although it's clearly a neuroactive gas, it seems to act by inhalation only as a mask is protective.* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': all Gleet Bio-Filters at Yeerk Pool enterances are equipped with poison gas in case of entry attempts by unauthorized life forms. The main characters barely make it out alive when they trigger one.* In Creator/MichaelCrichton's ''Literature/{{Binary}}'', The BigBad plans to use a deadly binary nerve gas to wipe out an entire city.* In the Literature/SherlockHolmes story [[spoiler:"The Adventure of the Devil's Foot"]], Deadly Gas turns out to be the murder weapon.** Also in [[spoiler:"The Adventure of the Retired Colourman".]]* The MacGuffin of ''The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril'' (a [[TwoFistedTales pulp-homage novel]] by Paul Malmont) is a US Army experimental poison gas left over from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Its effects are not pretty.* In ''Literature/DeadBeat'', the White Council has evacuated their wounded to a hospital in the Congo. The vampires [[spoiler:cannot attack directly because it's broad daylight (and because the Council has thrown up some very strong wards), so they have their thralls bomb everything within a six-block radius of the hospital with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin sarin gas]]. Tens of thousands of completely uninvolved mortals were wiped out, along with dozens of Council Wardens]].* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'':** In ''Literature/TheVorGame'', the chemical weapon Fetaine is non-lethal in effect, but it is so feared by Barrayarans that Miles grimly reflects that it could never have actually been used. It's a violent mutagen, described by a doctor as "unravelling all the DNA in your balls", ensuring that if you do have any children, they will be mutants. Naturally, Miles' commanding officer of the time is absolutely determined to preserve their stockpile of the vile stuff after a stupid accident endangers it, and doesn't seem to care that he is ordering his men to march straight into a fate they all regard as far worse than death (he does intend for them to wear protective gear -- he's not ''completely'' insane -- but he ignores his technical expert's warning that standard chemical warfare gear is probably inadequate for Fetaine).** More frequently mentioned in-series is Soltoxin; Miles' parents survive a Soltoxin gas attack, while his mother is pregnant with him, which results in him being born with a vast array of crippling medical problems which plague him for the rest of his life.* The titular belt of "poisonous ether" in ''Literature/ThePoisonBelt''. [[spoiler:Turns out it's harmless.]][[/folder]][[folder:Live Action TV]]* ''Series/BabylonBerlin'' features a cargo train importing (what seems to be) pesticide from Soviet Russia, [[spoiler:It turns out that one car is actually filled with gold bars, while the other ones are smuggling military-grade poison gas to be used in a right-wing insurrection]], which at one point poisons several characters and kills a RedShirt.* In the 2008 ''Series/DoctorWho'' two-part story "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "The Poison Sky", the Sontarans use atmospheric converters fitted to cars in an attempt to replace the Earth's atmosphere with a grey, smog-like vapour that is deadly to humans [[spoiler:but which will nurture billions of Sontaran clone warriors]].** See also: "The Sound of Drums": The Master [[BoardToDeath kills off his annoying cabinet this way.]]** You also have "Gridlock", which features most of the population of New New York all crammed into flying cars in an underground interstate. The exhaust fumes are pretty dangerous for any New Earthlings (or Time Lords) who step out of their vehicles, but the [[GiantEnemyCrab Giant Alien Crabs]] like it just fine.** Shows up fairly frequently in the Classic Series as well; "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E5Underworld Underworld]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]" are two examples. The Fifth Doctor serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E5PlanetOfFire Planet of Fire]]" inverts the trope by focusing on a gas with particularly healthful properties.* In ''Series/{{Torchwood}}: Children of Earth'', the 456 live in an opaque, poisonous gas. It doesn't kill anyone though, merely adds to the sense of mystery/horror.* ''Series/TwentyFour'' had a number of canisters of this as a MacGuffin. 24 being 24, there is no instantly-effective antidote, no "opening the vents instantly makes the area safe again," and no "it gets stopped just before it's released." A lot of people, including some fairly major characters, die foaming at the mouth. Even in ''open air,'' breathing a ''little'' of the stuff will put you in a bad way but it's not certain death (as in, already-on-site medics who know exactly what to do can save you. There's no FightOffTheKryptonite with HeroicWillpower with this stuff - at all.)* One ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' sketch had [[{{Calvinball}} Numberwang]] going to Sudden Death, where the winner was the first contestant to inhale enough of the "poisonous number gas" to kill them. We are told that the number 2 is deadly to humans, and it can be seen floating in the tanks.* In ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' episode "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfSupermanS5E4TombOfZaharan Tomb of Zaharan]]", the gas intended to revive Lois' memory is poisonous, making the titular room a GasChamber.* In a second season episode of ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', we have a [[ThoseWackyNazis creepy Nazi]] who's genetically tailoring a design toxin that will cause fatal asphyxiation to anyone who isn't blond and blue-eyed. In a [[CrowningMomentofAwesome crowning moment of badassery]], Walter displays his hatred of Nazis by [[TranquilFury coldly re-designing the same toxic gas]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard to only kill the creepy Nazi guy]]. At a ''crowded peace summit'' no less.* Instead of deadly gas, the Scarrans in ''[[Series/{{Farscape}} The Peacekeeper Wars]]'' use a paralyzing gas. Scorpius notes that they use this on subjects they wish to dissect...while they're still alive.* Immortal Xavier St. Cloud on ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' liked to kill rich people with poison gas and then steal stuff from them. Or as in the actual episode, rob a jewelry store with that method. He also uses it on a UsefulNotes/WW1 battlefield, killing everyone except immortal Duncan-but can't behead him before immortal Darius shows up and he scurries off.* Giles, Buffy and Willow almost get gassed on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' in "Out of Sight, Out of Mind", when an invisible girl locks them in the school boiler room and turns on the gas. Angel fortunately arrives in time and shuts it off. They're almost unconscious, but Angel, being a vampire, doesn't have to breathe.* Shows up in one episode of ''Series/UnnaturalHistory''. * One of the best DeathTrap scenarios in the Creator/AdamWest ''Series/{{Batman}}'' was when the Duo was captured and challenged to avoid drowning in an industrial smokestack for period of time by ComicBook/TheJoker. However, the Joker doublecrosses them by filling the smokestack with a deadly heavier than air gas, noting [[FalseReassurance "Who said anything about water?"]] When Robin protests that you can't float in gas, the Joker responds, "No, but you can ''drown'' in it."* Occurs in ''Series/{{Helix}}'' ** In the pilot, CDC team leader Alan is frightened that KnockOutGas released into the air vents will have this effect on his brother Peter, a research scientist infected with TheVirus who has holed up in {{Air Vent Passageway}}s in the ResearchInc where he works. Alan needn't have worried, the halothane [[SubvertedTrope doesn't faze]] Peter at all.** In "274" the CDC's veterinary pathologist Doreen has to release this in her lab's observation box to stop the rapid, uncontrollable growth of viral MeatMoss from an infected monkey blood sample.* At least one ''Series/YoungIndianaJones'' episode depicts a poison gas attack in terrifying detail. Other UsefulNotes/WorldWarI-era episodes mention poison gas as well.* In the ''Series/FoylesWar'' episode "Bad Blood", an old comrade of DCS Foyle's recounts his experience with chlorine gas during the First World War, and how its traumatic effects still linger decades later. Thematic parallels are drawn to the germ warfare of the episode. * In ''Series/StargateSG1'' we see this being used by the heroes, with the Tok'ra developing symbiote poison that dispersed as a gas. The U.S. military stockpiled a large amount in case of an invasion of Earth, only for the Trust to get their hands on some and subsequently kill untold numbers of innocent Jaffa in gas attacks on Goa'uld controlled worlds.* ''Series/{{Cannon}}'': In "The Nowhere Man", Cannon has to find a stolen cannister of nerve gas that has been hidden somewhere in Los Angeles and that is set to be released at 7 pm.[[/folder]][[folder:Music]]* The Music/TalkingHeads song "Air", from ''Music/FearOfMusic'', is a particularly paranoid example. It could be a metaphor, but if taken literally, then it's from the point of view of a someone convinced that perfectly ordinary air "can hurt you, too".* PlayedForLaughs in the Music/FlightOfTheConchords song "Robots", set in HumanitysWake after a RobotWar:--> We used poisonous gases ''(With traces of lead)''\\And we poisoned their asses ''([[LiteralMinded Actually their lungs]])''[[/folder]][[folder:Tabletop Games]]* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':** Numerous spells exist to produce poison gases, ranging from the [[StandardStatusEffects nausea]]-inducing Stinking Cloud to the extremely lethal Cloudkill, which can kill weak victims with NoSavingThrow.** Several mundane poisons can be delivered in gaseous form, such as Burnt Othur Fumes and Insanity Mist, which attack the body and mind respectively.** The 1[[superscript:st]]-Edition adventure ''Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan'' is set in an abandoned temple which is filled with a mild toxic gas. It causes gradual hp loss every few minutes until the heroes reach a more-ventilated level of the complex.* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Ultra-Tech'' and ''High-Tech'' both have generic poison gases. Ultra-Tech also has a clever variant on it, a cloud of microbots that inject the poison into people.* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' has two types of nerve gas: Green Ring 3 (from RealLife) and Seven-7, a fictional gas that can penetrate normal chemsuit protection.* Classic ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}''. Several adventures in Supplement 6 ''76 Patrons'' involve PC attempts to acquire nerve gas produced by the MegaCorp Schunamann und Sohn, AG.* The [[BadassNormal Imperial Guard]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' have access to a tank variant known as the Bane Wolf - it's only short ranged, but fires a cloud of toxic chemicals that kills off almost all infantry in one blast.* [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Kharadron Overlords]] in ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' have alchemists (called Aetherkhemists) whose main armament is an atomizer that slings clouds of various toxic gasses at whatever's threatening them. The sheer number of attacks can lead to entire squads getting gassed by a single one of them if you're lucky, and [[ArmorPiercingAttack armor will not help much]].* In ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', the "Brothers of Ypres" [[PrestigeClass Bloodline]] are descended from a World War I veteran who became a vampire amid a gas attack and developed PoisonousPerson powers as a result. Their signature Discipline "Asphyx" lets them [[BreathWeapon exhale clouds of poisonous gas]] and even [[SuperSmoke transform into a toxic cloud]].[[/folder]][[folder:Video Games]]* The gas you can throw in ''VideoGame/{{MAG}}'' is substantially less dangerous than the other examples on this page, but it's effective as an area denial weapon.* This is somewhat common in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. You would be surprised how many people [[TooDumbToLive don't understand how to not stand in it]].** Weaponized by the Forsaken in the form of [[FantasticNuke Blight]], a virulent plague hurled in barrels by their catapults. To make matters worse, over time large concentrations can settle into pools that may spawn sentient slime.* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'': Do NOT stand in Ghom's gas attack. Because other than the fact that it deals significant amounts of damage per second? "Ew".* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'', the plot is about removing miasma (deadly purple gas) from the world.* In ''[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'', this can be found in many places, including the part of Glitter Gulch Mine where you rescue Canary Mary, packed into barrels in Grunty Industries (many of these barrels are [[EverythingTryingToKillYou trying to kill you]], of course), and released by Gruntilda as part of the FinalBoss battle.-->'''Gruntilda''': Mmmm, cyanide and mustard gas flavor. My favorite!* ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' has the Hazy Maze Cave, which has the aptly-named Hazy Maze complete with poison yellow gas. Unless Mario is wearing the Metal Cap, prolonged stays in the Hazy Maze prove to be fatal.** In the DS remake, the gas is purple, and it's Metal Wario that can survive in it. If any character gets a hidden Mega Mushroom, they can stand in it since their heads are physically above the gas... until the mushroom wears off. Also, any character in the gas actually ''coughs visibly'' if you don't move them while losing health.** Don't forget [[TheManyDeathsOfYou the unique death animation]] for this. Your character actually chokes and falls over, dead.* Greenish poison gas -- and it's always ''greenish'' poison gas -- is quite common in ''VideoGame/DeusEx''. It's available in movable/puncturable barrels, for a little variety from the [[ExplodingBarrels usual kind]], as well as gas grenades. At one point you, can play with some in the ventilation system and [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential gas a whole facility of people]].** The green poison gas returns in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', in the form of occasional environmental hazards and gas grenades. Jensen can get an augmentation that negates the effects of gas, allowing him to use grenades like smoke bombs when mobbed. Also, toxic gas is specifically ''not'' deadly (for the enemies) in both games, and a gas grenade is easily the best nonlethal option for groups of enemies (important in Human Revolution if you're chasing after the Pacifist achievement).* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters '95'', poisonous gas makes an appearance... but only in cut scenes, as Rugal uses sleeping gas to kidnap the [=KoF=] champions and bring them to his presence.* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' has one area with a deadly ''purple'' gas/mist that can be temporarily locally dispelled by waving a lantern about.** Although not itself deadly, there is a purple poison gas in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' that temporarily disables your ability to attack or use items, and there are usually enemies in the gas. Later in the same dungeon there are purple [[GoddamnedBats flying skulls with the same ability]].* ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic & Knuckles]]'' features Toxomister badniks in the Lava Reef Zone that spew clouds of deadly gas. If you get caught in one, it slows your speed to a crawl, drains your rings until you die, and is also one of the few things that [[SuperMode Super/Hyper Sonic]] ''isn't'' immune to. The only way to dispel the cloud is to [[NoOntologicalInertia destroy the Toxomister that made it.]]* In ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', in the final level, after you [[NiceJobBreakingItHero destroy [=GLaDOS=]'s morality core]], she starts releasing a deadly neurotoxin into the room; you have only six minutes to finish the job before the gas kills you. How did she get the ''deadly'' neurotoxin? It appears that the researchers gave it to her (presumably related to UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat). And then [[TooDumbToLive she killed them with it]].** ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' brings the deadly neurotoxin back and makes it a greater part of the plot. Part of Chapter 4 involves shutting down the production facility so [=GLaDOS=] will be deprived of it as a weapon. It then makes a reappearance, albeit briefly, in the FinalBoss fight.*** It also makes a brief appearance after you break out of the testing chambers. [=GLaDOS=] will attempt to get you back into the chambers by opening up a chamber with a heart on the wall. If you are stupid enough to go into the chamber, she will flood it with neurotoxin, killing you instantly. This leads to some FridgeLogic: Why did it take the neurotoxin 6 minutes to kill you in the first game, but only 3 seconds in the second game?** The second game, and all the side media like the Ratman comic, firmly establish [[InsistentTerminology Deadly Neurotoxin]] as [=GLaDOS=]' WeaponOfChoice.*** And in the Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC, we have mentions of an alternate Earth's governing body, a sentient cloud which can come in under doors and leech the skin off people.* The ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series often will fill rooms with poison gas, which necessitates either very brief stays or a gas mask.* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'':** In ''VideoGame/CommandandConquerTiberianSun'', the Brotherhood of Nod weaponizes [[GreenRocks Tiberium]] in the form of a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Chemical Missile]], which detonates over the target area and saturates it with noxious clouds of highly-corrosive gas. Its effects on infantry are... [[BodyHorror unsettling, to say the least]].** Before that, the ''Covert Ops'' addon for ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianDawn'' had Chemical Troopers, a variation on the normal Flamethrower infantry who sprayed Tiberium gas, instantly fatal to any non-Chemical Trooper infantry.** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'': The GLA Toxin Tractor fires a stream of liquid anthrax (among other horrible things) that kill infantry very quickly. If fired into a garrisoned building, the liquid becomes a gas that OneHitKills ''everything'' inside.** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'': In the first Soviet mission briefing, Stalin's inner circle are discussing the use of a poison gas on a town full of unwilling test subjects.* The Intruder Excluder level in ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' has traps that shoot small puffs of gas, instantly fatal.* The Borely Haunted Mansion in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3''. In one section, Heather must avoid a strange red gas that follows her from room to room. No matter what difficulty you're playing on, if the gas touches you it's instant death.* The ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance'' PC games let both your mercenaries and the enemy chuck mustard gas grenades around, unleashing clouds of ridiculously lethal yellow gas. Not instantly lethal, but it may as well have been since characters would collapse after one or two rounds of exposure and invariably die from poisoning in the middle of the gas cloud. [[note]]Mustard gas is strongly mutagenic and carcinogenic, and causes severe chemical burns and ''bleeding in the repiratory tract'' - there's a reason it kills so quickly. The vesicating effect is what is most lethal. Victims might well drown in fluid released from the blistering in the lungs.[[/note]]* ''VideoGame/IronStorm'', an AlternateHistory FPS that extends WWI-era fighting and technology many years after the real world's WWI had ended, features mustard gas grenades.* ''VideoGame/Doom3'' includes a level centered around escaping a location which is slowly filling with poison gas. Said gas obeys all traffic laws in that it is properly green and slowly drains your health (complete with choking sounds) ''up until the second'' you finally hit the "Vent Gas" switch, at which point it is instantly drained from the entire location and ceases being harmful. Apparently the Mars base has some powerful gas vents.* ''VideoGame/InfamousFirstLight'': After Fetch has [[spoiler: [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived her usefulness]] to Shane]], he traps her in building and starts pumping in poisonous gas.-->'''Fetch''': Poison gas? You pussy\\[[spoiler: '''Shane''':]] Well, can you blame me? It's not like shooting you to death has worked out for anyone.* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon Magical Melody'', in the mines, rocks sometimes give off certain gasses with different effects, some bad, a few good. This also happens in ''Tree Of Tranquility'' and ''Animal Parade.''* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak File #2'', you must search the Raccoon City Police Station to find all the necessary items to escape the zombie siege. As a "riot control" measure, the crazy police chief has wired up ''his own police station with random nerve gas dispensers''.* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2'' used this by trapping Aya in a sterilization room and releasing the gaseous chemicals that slowly drain her HP unless she jumps in the garbage chute to escape. Also used again later on when she and Eve are trying to escape from Golems that fill the room with gas. While Aya isn't affected, despite her coughing, it hurts Eve and saps her HP; having her die results in a [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou Game Over]].* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad'' had several rooms fill up with deadly gas shortly after you walk in. There was always at least one gas mask somewhere in the room and picking it up would protect you from dying. Since the enemies were never clever enough to do the same you could then just wait for them to die. The gas drained away by itself after a minute.* In ''VideoGame/{{Hexen}}'' the Flechette item works differently depending on your character class. If playing as a Cleric dropping a Flechette creates a cloud of DeadlyGas that will severely damage anything trying to walk through it (including your character).** Also, certain levels in ''VideoGame/{{Hexen}}'' contained special mushrooms that emitted DeadlyGas. The mushrooms were covered in green pustules, made weird squeaking noises, and released the gas when damaged.* Fox gets trapped into a room full of poison gas in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'', where he has to solve a BlockPuzzle in order to escape.* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Tifa is nearly executed this way.* In an old UsefulNotes/AppleII text adventure game with graphical aid, ''MaskOfTheSun'', at one point you are locked in a room filled with gas (which the game presents by showing an entirely green screen). To get out without dying (and you have a limited time), you have to figure out the exit is on the southwest, a direction atypical to text adventures at the time.* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter'', after Ryu, Nina, and Lin return to the EndSector Borough to find three Rangers have ambushed them with a tank of poison gas.* All over the place in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''. Sort of subverted in that you can break into computers to use the gas systems against your enemies.** Even weirder is the ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'''s healing gas. Yep, that's right: medical supplies that can be thrown to produce a healing vapor that seeps into your character's skin and heals them. Of course, given the various ridiculous ways that players can heal, this is practically a given.* The ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' included Puffers, which upon exploding, released green gas that was harmful to Samus.** One room in the Phazon Mines in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' had it until you found the panel to scan to turn on the fans. [[spoiler:You need the Power Bombs before you can find it.]]** Also, in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes", Dark Aether's entire atmosphere, as well as the gas that Emperor Ing's second form releases into the room.* In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'', one mission has Isaac fighting his way through the ship's hydroponics lab, killing necromorphs that were poisoning the atmosphere. He can survive due to his air-tight engineering suit, designed to operate in vacuum.* ''VideoGame/{{Crystalis}}'' had an entire swamp filled with toxic gas. If you didn't have a gas mask, you would probably die before you reached the town hidden inside because of how rapidly it drained your LifePoints.* In ''VideoGame/TheSuffering'', one of the bosses, [[spoiler:a former warden responsible for gas executions and killed himself in the gas chamber]], is anthropomorphic poisonous gas, specifically the kind used in prison gas chambers. The green color is justified almost immediately; while the actual gas used for executions is invisible, he likes to make his gas visible [[KickTheDog to let people he kills know they are about to die]].* The Gas Grenade from ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter''. In the first game, it was the [[PuzzleBoss only way to beat the]] FinalBoss, who was wearing full-body armor that made him NighInvulnerable, but still required him to breathe.* In ''VideoGame/TheWhiteChamber'', it's possible to die from toxic gasses that result from not getting rid of [[spoiler: the dead body inside the fridge.]]* ''VideoGame/ThePowderToy'' has caustic gas, which dissolves everything it touches and is sometimes used in bombs.* IG-88 in ''VideoGame/EmpireAtWar: Forces of Corruption'' has, as his land special abilities, an ability that irradiates an enemy unit, and one that release poison gas over an area. The gas is toxic to enemy and allied units.* In the N64 game for ''VideoGame/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', there is one point in the game where security camera's detect you and lock you in a room with poison gas coming in through vents, which you can only escape by using the grappling hook in your wristwatch. It is, however, possible to escape this by shooting the camera's, which promptly explode, before they detect you and gas starts pumping into the room.* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' games are ridiculous with poison gases - ineffectiveness. They are often used if you fail to solve a puzzle correctly. In many cases, gases pumped into a room won't do ''anything'' [[CriticalExistenceFailure until after some arbitrary time limit passes and kills you instantly]]. In one case, gas is pumped into a room where it sits as a yellow cloud ''at knee-height and never moves'' until you vent it. As [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/RECV this Let's Play says]]: "Diffusion? Who needs it?"* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'', the second run through the detention block level ends with you defeating the ambush with the anti-jailbreak system, which releases DeadlyGas in a rather fruity pink colour. Fortunately your squad is immune since the designers remembered ''why'' Storm/Clonetroopers are FacelessMooks and have your armour provide HAZMAT protection. The enemies...aren't so lucky.-->'''Scorch:''' That's the last one! I guess we know how long Trandoshans can hold their breath.* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Horrible Gas]]. If a Sackperson touches it (even with their arms or feet, not just their head), they ''dissolve''. Horrible Gas actually comes in six colors, but green is the most common. The others are used mostly to make the player think it's something else, like gray gas for fog, or purple gas for some kind of monster-related thing, as seen in the "Monsters" level pack. Unless it's deliberately attached to something else (done by gluing a material to a Piston or another material before lethalizing it with the Horrible Gas Tool, as shown by the ghosts of the third level of The Gardens), it stays in place and cannot be moved. Anything that isn't a Sackperson can move through the gas, however. A lot of level creators have this as their hazard of choice, though [[XRaySparks electrified materials]] and the plasma balls of the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' pack are just as lethal. Fire, on the other hand, takes two hits to kill a Sackperson.* In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'', the planet Orxon is covered in green, noxious gas from the pollution, making it impossible to explore without the O2 Mask that you obtain from Pokitaru. When it reappears in ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'', the atmosphere is apparently capable of sustaining life again.* Green gas barriers are a standard obstacle in the ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' series, usually put in place to keep you from advancing too far until you've gotten your Green Minions back.* In ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'', Joanna Dark infiltrates Area 51 to rescue an alien survivor. When she reaches the room where he is located, the scientists flood the room with poison gas. Of course, [[TooDumbToLive the scientists kind of forgot they were still in the room as well.]]** In ''Perfect Dark Zero'''s Laboratory Rescue mission, the laboratory gets flooded with green gas that slowly drains your health and prevents it from regenerating until you activate the ventilation.* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' features Bloodtox, a red gas that causes necrosis in infected tissue. It's apparently completely harmless to humans, but it drains Alex Mercer's health (but its stated he's ''growing resistant'' to it).* ''VideoGame/StubbsTheZombie''. It doesn't matter if the main character sets off the poison gas, because he is a zombie. It's a problem if you are remote controlling a human and still have some more victims to kill. Oh well.* The main area of the Twin Labyrinths in ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' has a DeadlyGas trap represented by clouds drifting along the screen and a 30-second timer. To eliminate the gas, you must weight two pedestals before the timer runs out. Curiously, in the original version, if you fail, you get booted back to the previous area instead of dying; in the remake, you lose health very rapidly instead.* ''VideoGame/TimeSplittersFuturePerfect'' features a gas-chamber deathtrap on Khallos' train. Lampshaded by Harry Tipper:-->"Aw bummer! ''Green'' gas! That's the worst kind!"* Green gas makes players faint in ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Football]]''.* Samara's recruitment mission in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' involves storming a mercenary base full of tanks of a tainted gaseous drug which an unscrupulous merchant sold to the mercs. The deal is, inhaling the gas gives the user a sizable boost to [[MindOverMatter biotic]] abilities, but causes death after prolonged use, a fact that the merchant happened to not mention. Gameplay-wise, the canisters can be detonated during the level, and standing in the gas temporarily improves the squad's biotic ability, but standing in it for too long will lead to a GameOver.* ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'' features the worlds least-deadly deadly gas, as it doesn't actually kill affected worms, just slowly reducing their life points to 1.* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' has Nova-6, a chemical weapon originally developed by the Nazis then refined by the Soviets. A cloudy, green gas that causes near-instant necrosis all over a victim's body, the latter version capable of killing in seconds with minimal exposure, [[spoiler: and planned by [[BigBad Dragovich]] to be released all over the United States.]] It's available as a tactical grenade in multiplayer, though it's [[{{Nerf}} nerfed]] to an incapacitant rather than instant death.** ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 3'' also has deadly green gas used on the battlefield. [[spoiler: Makarov's men used dirty bombs in most major European cities, crippling the nations and paving the way for Russian invasion.]]* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'' has Manticore, a toxin developed by the Atlas Corporation. Basically, it's a nerve agent that only affects certain types of DNA: anyone isn't registered on Atlas dies almost immediately.* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Koffing and Weezing have bodies that contain very poisonous gas and there are several Poison-type moves related to gas, like Smog, though some (despite being dubiously named) are [[SubvertedTrope perfectly harmless]]. Not to mention there's also a move specifically named "Poison Gas." [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment It poisons things]].* ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'' has cyanide gas, which gives you hallucinations while draining your HitPoints. Oh, and it looks green. The cyanide bullets have the same effect.* In one level of ''VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce II'', your team is trapped in a room that is being filled with poison gas (how the aliens knew it would affect any humanoid is not explained). You, as [[PlayerCharacter Alexander Munro]], have to use your [[EmergencyWeapon Type 2 phaser]] (which has a continuous beam) to fuse the gas vents. After that, the gas that has already been pumped into the room is, apparently, rendered harmless.* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', some thieves hoping to incite anti-Qunari feeling steal what they ''think'' is the formula for Qunari blackpowder. It's actually a decoy - the formula for a poison gas called sar-qamek. Not only does it kill, but it first drives the victims mad and turns them against each other. * ''VideoGame/RuneScape'': In "The Path of Glouphrie", brightly-colored poison gas is used as part of a DeathTrap.* Nerve gas is a tactical aid option in multiplayer matches of ''VideoGame/WorldInConflict.'' True to real life, it's horribly lethal to infantry while leaving structures and vehicles unharmed. [[VideogameCrueltyPotential Useful for digging infantry out of buildings you want to use for yourself.]]* ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' has a room full of gas tanks in the Facility level, but if the tanks are destroyed the gas will slowly kill you and you will fail the level.* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'', there's a yellowish gas coming out of Mamon mine [[spoiler:because that's where Estark is buried]]. While it makes the locals sick and eventually kills them, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation it has no effects on player characters]].* In ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} II'', one area is filled with toxic gas, which the Roda Tree Leaf protects against.* The original ''Videogame/AloneInTheDark1992'' has a smoking parlor where the smoke will drain Carnby's health unless you extinguish the ashtray with a water jug.* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas: Dead Money'', the Sierra Madre is contaminated by the Cloud, a highly toxic red smog that also [[PoisonIsCorrosive corrodes metal]]. This may have inspired the Pink Cloud in ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' as both gasses are able to penetrate the hazard suits that were (possibly) meant to protect people from the Cloud but sealed them in, forcing them to mutate into the Ghost People. On Hardcore mode, it slowly saps the Courier's HP outdoors, with more concentrated pockets causing faster health loss, as if the DLC wasn't hard enough. ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', ''[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas New Vegas]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/Fallout4 4]]'' have stagnate pool of watery fallout that are signaled by their noxious fumes; while the fumes don't do anything but the radiation will poison you.* Pops up a few times in horror adventure game ''VideoGame/TheCatLady'' in the form of the deadly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide hydrogen sulfide]]. Mitzi[[spoiler:'s boyfriend uses it to kill himself]], Susan uses it [[spoiler: to kill the second Parasite]], and the Eye of Adam uses it to [[spoiler: attempt to kill Susan and Mitzi, claiming his own father's life in the process]].* In ''VideoGame/KZManager'' you must buy [[ThoseWackyNazis Zyklon B]] to [[FinalSolution gas]] [[VillainProtagonist your]] inmates.* Reisen in the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fighting games has a spellcard called Poison Smokescreen "Gas-Woven Orb". She smashes a vial on the ground, releasing a drug that turns into a LifeMeter-sapping poison gas that lingers close to the ground like a cloud of green death. It alone can't KO an opponent, but its damage can add up.* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' has the Toxic Mist, a weapon capable of killing one hundred thousand soldiers, friend and foe alike, and rendering the land uninhabitable for years. Dr. Qada, its inventor, is a firm believer of WeHaveReserves, as he doesn't feel any guilt over the massive friendly fire the weapon causes.* In ''VideoGame/EverQuest'' the gods created a poison gas (the "Greenmist") to wipe out the [[AbusivePrecursors Shissar]]* ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' has gas in a few places that make Fox fall over in his OxygenMeter runs out, and you have to restart the sequence:** There's a sort of switchback that you have to travel through each time you want to go between Thorntail Hollow and Moon Mountain Pass, hopping on pillars that rise and sink to get across to the updrafts that push you out of it.** In Cape Claw, there's a room with four blocks around a central support. When you step on a certain point, the door shuts and the blocks move away to the corners of a square, and you have to drag and push all of them back to stop the poison. (Why would you go there in the first place? Well, there's a good reason...)** The Power Room in Cloudrunner Fortress is filled with gas until you place the three Power Gems on their pedestals. At least you can leave if you need to.* ''[[VideoGame/SonicChronicles Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]'' has gas that simply acts like a wall in terms of gameplay... except to characters like Big.* The ''VideoGame/{{Dark Souls}}'' games had several of these as spells, {{Color Coded For Your Convenience}} depending on their lethality; Poison Mist is a sickly green, the more lethal Toxic Mist a virulent orange, and the Dark Mist a grey colour. There were also spells that generated clouds of yellow gas that did no damage but grievously damaged the equipment of anyone passing through.* In ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'', Ryan kills off the vegetation in Arcadia with a yellow-brown herbicide, then uses a similar-colored gas to kill Julie Langford.* Played with in the ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' series: the planet the game takes place on is extremely heavily hinted to be Earth, and is noted to have an oxygen-rich atmosphere. Problem is, the player characters come from a species to whom oxygen is highly toxic, so they must remain in their environment suits at all times. Further toyed with in ''Pikmin 3'', which introduces a second alien species who ''can'' tolerate oxygen, but there's too much of it around on the Pikmin world (three times as much as their homeworld), so while they might survive, leaving their environment suits would have bad effects on them regardless.* From ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'':** Pendles' smoke bombs and Miasma ultimate involve the use of poisonous gas.** Between the phases of Geoff's boss fight, the fumigation systems in the buildings he resides in are needed to be activated in order to release a gas that's normally used to drive out Bliss bugs. While Geoff is a SpiderTank, he thinks he's an actual giant spider and thus is driven out into the open by the gas. That being said, the gas is lethal to players.* ''{{VideoGame/Foxhole}}'' has green ash grenades, a deadly poison gas. Exposure will kill you in about three seconds if you don't have a gas mask to protect yourself.* VideoGame/WaxWorks'' features a gas trap in the AncientEgypt level, as well as a plant that spews acidic gas at you in the mines level. The latter of which also gives you a death screen treating you to the sight of [[EyeScream your own eye melting down your face]] as you choke on your blood.* One of the mortar weapons in ''VideoGame/Interstate76'' was the Chemical Mortar, which upon hitting the ground released a cloud of gas that would automatically kill the driver of any vehicle that passed through it. Unfortunately, because mortars were almost impossible to aim and AI controlled foes would automatically dodge incoming mortar rounds, it was very much a CoolButInefficient weapon: it was more likely to kill ''you'' than an enemy (since if you were driving fast the shell would come down right in front of you).* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', vents of poisonous gas are among the many {{Death Trap}}s to be found in [[MalevolentArchitecture Ayleid ruins]], still discharging their fumes after [[RagnarokProofing thousands of years abandoned]].* Phosgene gas can be used in ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'''s multiplayer. Players exposed to it have their health drained unless they put on a gas mask, which restricts their vision and hearing and prevents them from using their gun's sights. It also serves as an AchillesHeel for some elite classes that are unable to equip a gas mask.* Some enemies in ''VideoGame/TheSwindle'' deploy clouds of poisonous gas, either on death or as bombs. When you get a lungful, [[InterfaceScrew the screen goes really blurry]], and if you don't get to the escape pod quickly enough, you die.[[/folder]][[folder:Web Comics]]* ''Webcomic/{{MAGISA}}'' -- [[http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119508 Fr. Jose gets poison gas sprayed at him by a demon in the confessional]].* In ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', following the plot of the StarWars prequel trilogy, the room where the characters were supposed to hold some negotiation is filled with toxic gas.[[note]]Revealed in a [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0183.html flashback]] to be knockout gas.[[/note]] The players continue talking in character, ''[[TalkingIsAFreeaction while holding their breath]]''. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] of course, by the DM.* The Land of Tombs and Xenon in ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'' has this kind of atmosphere, a (likely deliberate) bending of the laws of chemistry as xenon in real life is non-toxic but asphyxiant (and tends to pool at the bottom of the lungs as it's difficult for the body to expel). However, the characters refer to it as poison gas and use gas masks to protect against it (rather than oxygen tanks, which is what you'd actually need).* ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'': Sea serpent Serpentus's paralytic venom, when sprayed like mist, falls somewhere between this, TheParalyzer, and KnockoutGas, as [[spoiler:Skye]] losses feeling in [[spoiler:her]] legs and passes out within a few moments of breathing it in, and comments made by Serpentus heavily imply that prolonged exposure is lethal.[[/folder]][[folder:Web Original]]* [[MadScientist Carina Appelbaum]] from v2 of ''WebAnimation/OpenBlue'' included vials of DeadlyGas amongst her many other mysterious chemical weapons, which explained why the crew and marines on her ship all wore [[GasMaskMooks gas masks]].* As his name implies, the villainous Belcher of the ''WebAnimation/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' can let loose with weaponized burps. Mostly he uses noxious gases, but has been known to let loose with a [[PlayingWithFire gout of fire]] occasionally.* In one ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon, Strong Sad imagines all the rest of the cast meeting horrible fates. He drops an O from the Poopsmith's name and has him pop Pom Pom, leading to:--> Pom Pom was filled with a deadly gas, which killed the Popsmith very fast.* In ''WebAnimation/TheSalvationWar'', during the battle for the banks of the Phlegethon river in Hell, the Russians drop sarin gas shells on their own tank positions when they are overrun by Beelzebub's fire-breathing harpies; most of the crews were safe inside their sealed positive-pressure tank hulls, but the harpies were completely unprotected and were killed in their thousands.* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has an odd example in the case of SCP-681, a malevolent form of helium (in real life a non-toxic asphyxiant) that intentionally coats the inside of the lungs of living beings in the most efficient possible manner, causing them to suffocate. Luckily, it can be trapped in balloons.[[/folder]][[folder: Western Animation]]* One of the many types of gases used by the vile borg, Noxious in ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce''.* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', the yellow gas on the Kraang's planet that they recreate in the TCRI building is toxic to Earth beings.* In the full-length movie ''Animation/FantasticPlanet'', this was the method used by the giants to exterminate the little people.* The movie ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'' has a group of forest animals face a threat of a crashed tanker truck that was carrying chlorine gas which starts spreading throughout the forest. It makes the youngest of them, Michelle very sick [[spoiler:and kills her parents.]]* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'': In "Luthor's Lethal Laser", Luthor and Brainiac attempt to kill a shrunken Superman by fumigating him with kryptonite gas.[[/folder]][[folder:Real Life]]* All of the halogens have this tendency. As mentioned before, chlorine is distinctly green, and rather nasty to breathe. Chlorine, however, will generally not try to eat its way out of its container, unlike its sibling one row up. Fluorine is a yellowish-amber color, but if you ever see enough of it to see the color, you'd best hope it's [[http://theodoregray.com/periodicTable/Elements/009/index.s7.html#sample5 properly secured]] or you're already dead. The heavier halogens are non-gaseous, but they are extremely volatile and the vapours are almost as nasty (bromine is even more toxic than chlorine)** Elemental fluorine is one of the most difficult chemicals in the world to handle properly because it reacts quickly and violently to almost everything except some metals and chemicals. It will happily consume even the most invisible quantities of water and eat straight through glass. It is ''the'' most electronegative chemical known, meaning it bonds to almost any other element and absolutely will not let go without some serious chemical prodding. (It also bonded with a good number of 19th century chemists trying to isolate it, who are now remembered as the "Fluorine Martyrs".) Fluorine's sheer reactivity, in fact, makes it ideal for creating nonreactive substances like Teflon and non-polluting refrigerants, as well as a number of oddball uses in medical chemistry. That roll of Teflon sealing tape in your toolbox? Nearly 80% fluorine by weight... and, chemically, possibly the single safest thing in your house.** Note: do NOT try to overheat or burn teflon. It will release deadly gases, not fluorine itself but some particularly vile fluor-compounds. Among these are hydrofluoric acid vapour (see below) as well as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluoroisobutene perfluoroisobutylene]], which is ten times more toxic than phosgene (a ''war gas'').** Even fluorine pales in comparison to [[http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2008/02/26/sand_wont_save_you_this_time.php chlorine trifluoride]], which will happily set things like water, bricks, sand, and ''asbestos'' on fire. Said reactions will inevitably produce dangerous by-products like hydrofluoric acid, which painlessly passes through skin leaving a mild burn...and painfully dissolves your bones, spreading along your skeleton. And then goes into your blood, giving you a heart attack due to hypocalcemia.\\\\[[=CF3=]]'s attempted use as a rocket propellant oxidiser was documented in the book [[http://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf ''Ignition'']] by John Clark, a history of US propellant research with some very funny anecdotes about the people involved; it seemed that it was fine held at rest in most metal containers, but it started eating through everything as soon as you tried to move it anywhere. Clark mentioned a story about a substantial spill of the stuff that ate through a three-foot-thick concrete floor and created a cloud of nasty reaction products in the process.\\\\And, if this isn't horrible enough for you, during WWII UsefulNotes/NaziGermany ''weaponized it'': [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_trifluoride#Military_applications N-stoff]] was, in effect, a chemical weapon that set its victims on fire. Thankfully for the battlefields of Europe, only 50 tonnes were ever produced and these were captured unused by the RKKA in 1945.* Carbon monoxide (CO). It kills by attaching itself to hemoglobin, substituting oxygen. Carbon monoxide is generated by burning carbon-containing substances in insufficient amount of air for enough oxygen to form carbon dioxide. Such event can occur by closing the chimney plates before the embers have cooled down. [[FridgeHorror Carbon monoxide is colourless, odourless and tasteless]], and can be detected only by special means, such as fire warning gear. It is used as the iron ore reduction agent in SteelMill as it will strip the ferric and ferrous oxides the oxygen and form metallic iron. Unfortunately, carbon monoxide poisoning due to ruptured tube or leaking valve is an all too common way to die in a SteelMill. * A good number of toxic gases were used as weapons in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI along with chlorine – phosgene, lewisite, mustard gas, among others. UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler [[EvenEvilHasStandards experienced this personally and refused to allow their use in]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, although the Germans were world leaders in developing chemical arms, including sarin and tabun.* The Russian authorities in the 2002 Moscow theatre siege used (tragically ineptly) a KnockoutGas called Kolokol-1, believed to be a highly potent derivative of fentanyl, an opioid so much more powerful than morphine already that it can only be given to cancer patients who have become morphine-tolerant.** Fentanyl (and a ''[[UpToEleven five to ten times more powerful variant]]'' called Sufentanil) are extremely commonly used IV analgesics for surgical anesthesia. Sure, you wouldn't use it for extended periods, but that's mainly because it's powerful enough to easily cause respiratory suppression. (As the Moscow police learned, we might note.) Terminal, drug addicted cancer patients are hardly its core demographic.* The 1998 Tailwind scandal, based around a (possibly but not definitely discredited) CNN story of Vietnam-era war crimes supposedly committed by US troops in Laos, revolved around a dispute over whether chemical weapons were used, including nerve gas and/or tear gas. At least one account of the story included a chemical code-named "Glink", which was supposed to paralyze everyone on the ground where it was spread; the idea was that medics were supposed to show up on rescue helicopters and give the antidote only to friendlies. (Disputes over the accuracy of the report led to a round of firings at CNN, but the original producers of the report stand by their content.)* Hydrogen sulphide is highly toxic, causing instant collapse with loss of breathing at 1000 ppm, while lower concentrations can have some nasty side effects, such as eye irritation, headaches, nausea, coughing, shortness of breath, and irritability, even if they aren't deadly. During the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian%E2%80%93Triassic_extinction_event Permian-Triassic extinction event]], it seems that a severe anoxic event produced copious amounts of H[[subscript:2]]S, which caused the extinction of ''96% of all sea creatures and 70% of all land creatures.'' It's less likely to cause surprise poisonings than other, less toxic gases, though, due to its extremely strong smell [[note]] If you're wondering, it smells of rotten eggs.[[/note]]. However, at concentrations above 150 ppm, it paralyses the olfactory nerve, completely deadening the sense of smell (and for several days, by the way). So if you stop smelling it then you are either perfectly safe, because it has gone, [[ParanoiaFuel or going to die, because it hasn't.]]* Oh, and don't mix ammonia and bleach together. You'd ''think'' it would make your cleaning job go faster by combining two cleaners. In reality, it's more likely to create a nasty gas called chloramine, which can knock you unconscious and/or kill you. (This is especially true if your mixture is very concentrated, and/or the room poorly ventilated.)** And, in fact, people have died for this exact reason. In Philadelphia in early January 1995, a 61-year-old man mixed bleach, ammonia, and a commercial drain cleaner to try to unclog an upstairs toilet. The result was chlorine and phosgene gas, which quickly knocked him unconscious followed by death due to suffocation. This may have been the inspiration for the ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'' story "Trailer Trashed".** Bleach is commonly used as a cheap alternative to toilet cleaner, and urine is high in ammonia. This has lead to many accidental deaths and injuries, including burnt genitals.** Similarly, several people have died by trying to clean pools with ammonia. Even coating the sides of empty pool with ammonia can be fatal. ** This is used in a episode of WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill when Peggy was writing some general housekeeping tips in a newspaper article and wrote that bleach and ammonia make a great stain remover. Hank had to gather all the newspapers before it killed everyone (she had been previously been fed real tips for articles so everyone would have believed her).** It's also a point in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', where you have to use the mix to kill some insects blocking your way. The bottles of both components give a clear warning not to mix one with the other, and when Heather does so, it takes ''seconds'' for the gas to send her running out of the room. To get back in there, you have to turn on the fans.** A "mixture" like this was used as a murder method in a case from ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. [[spoiler: Except the victim, who was supposed to clean up her and her older sister/roommate/killer's bathroom with this poisonous mixture and die for it, purchased noticeably softer cleaners and averted the trope. The killer "had" to knock her sister out and kill her via staging a supposed BathSuicide.]] It even gets lampshaded by Conan-as-Kogoro at the end.* Mercury gives up vapors at room temperature, which are invisible, odorless and can easily kill you. Mercury should never be spilled or held in open containers. In the event of a mercury spill, the proper course of action is to [[DontAskJustRun drop what you're doing and evacuate the area]], then call authorities to have a hazmat team with proper equipment and training clean it up.* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyklon_B Zyklon B]], manufactured by IG Farben, was the compound utilised in the four false 'shower' rooms of [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust the Auschwitz-II/Birkenau extermination facility]]. The active ingredient is hydrogen cyanide, which is permeated in diatomous earth and released by heating.* Semi-averted by the series of nerve agents. While they are a chemical weapon, their gaseous form is invisible to the naked eye. If there is a high enough concentration that you can actually see the nerve agents, you are probably too busy dying in a horribly painful manner to care.* VX Gas is so potent that only 30 micrograms will cause lethality. To give you an idea on how small that is, find a pin and look at the tip. It only takes a droplet on that pin tip to kill one person.* Although Inert gases do not actively attack the respiratory system, they can still be dangerous enough to kill a person through oxygen deprivation. A good example of this is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromotrifluoromethane Bromotrifluoromethane]] (Halon) Gas: It is very effective at suppressing fires without damaging valuable materials such as aircraft and mainframe computers but is also very effective at starving a person of oxygen, hence the clear warning signs advising people not to be inside a Halon-protected area in the event of a fire.* Similarly, nitrogen itself is not toxic, but if it were to be introduced into an enclosed compartment with little to no ventilation at moderate or higher concentrations, it can displace the remaining oxygen in the space and cause death by asphyxiation. One example of this happened in the very first Space Shuttle Mission in 1981, where two technicians walked into an area located in the Shuttle's Mobile Launcher Platform that happened to be pressurized with pure nitrogen as a precaution against a fire accident; the nitrogen lethally asphyxiated the two poor workers.* Even pure oxygen can kill a human if it is breathed in for longer periods of time, especially if it is pressurized.* UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein used poison gas in his genocidal [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Anfal_campaign Al-Anfal campaign]], making him the first dictator after [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] to have perpetrated genocide with poison gas.* in 1995 the [[ScamReligion Aum Shinrikyo.]] cult released sarin gas into the Tokyo subway, with the hope that they would kill enough people to coerce the government into letting them take over. Fortunately only 12 people died despite the enclosed area and all the perpetrators were caught. 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Jianzi Box Pavilion Features the Dynamic Public Spaces of Beijing in Design Week 2015
Notes on being Young
Beijing Design Week was big, complicated, and as usual to most things the Chinese government tries to do, provides a lasting impact, for better or for worst. Underneath the amazing hymns of a unified nation and all the two words propaganda slogans, which screams something along the line of loyalty to the communist party, lies a fragmented society – one that has been broken down to the enforcer and the forced. One particular project that was featured in the Design Week serves as an excellent example of such manners – the 'Jianzi Box' Pavilion by Spark Architects.
This project was placed in the middle of the historical district, with good intentions, attempting to act as the catalyst to "re-envision" and "renovate" the area. They aimed to showcase two of Beijing's public spaces qualities: spontaneity and dynamism with their design proposal. In my opinion, architecture should communicate with the public that it is serving. According to Germain Boffrand, "different buildings should, by their arrangement, their construction, and by the way in which they are decorated, proclaim their destination to the observer" But in this case, I believe that there is a miscommunication.
Active Beijingers are mostly young, wild and free, and it shows in this project, literally. The hot pink color, the liberal structure and the paring of the JianZi game (which is very fun, traditional and high in energy usage.) The problem? It suffers from being way too literal. The use of JianZi as the unit is like creating a Stadium using "soccer balls" or an Aquarium using "fish." They had unsuccessfully created a contemporary interpretation of concept into reality, which is unfortunate seeing how they have other great projects too.
Moreover, what concerns me the most is the statement it is making within the community. "All the Jianzi units will be will be given away to the visitors so they can make their own public space by getting together and having a good time" said the architect. I am assuming an empty box will be setting there -when 15,000 games of Jianzi starts all over the country- I guess an empty box would look better than a box made of 15,000 feather balls? What happens after? This raising the question of respecting the sensitive historical neighborhoods, understanding the urban fabric and the existing residents' needs. Yes the users probably had an hour or two of fun, but it is those who live in the community that gets to see this empty shell deteriorate, like other pop up projects that were done, within their community.
Architecture is a passion, a vocation, a calling – as well as a science and a business. It has been described as a social art and also an artful science. Architecture must be of the highest quality of design. Architecture provides, in the words of Marcus Vitruvius, the great Roman architect and historian, "firmness, commodity and delight." Spark Architects created, in my opinion, an radical temporary visual that failed to accomplish any of the three factors of architecture mentioned by Vitruvius, especially in the "delight" factor. I don't doubt that experimental projects like this will season the understanding of architects in China, it is the open-endlessness, and almost ruthless quality that will force architects to really re-think the interaction they have with the local community, and hopefully one day, a more sensitive pavilion can comfortably reside in the historical neighborhood of Beijing.
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Goldman's Andrew Tilton dissects today's NFP number, explaining why if it is weaker than expected (+146k) it is due to snow, and why if it stronger than expected, it is entirely due to the "economic recovery" (and not Bernanke's hyperinflationary mandate). Bottom line: win-win, while North African (and soon Middle East) regimes: lose-lose.
Winter Weather Vs. Improving Fundamentals--A January Job Market Showdown
The January employment report is setting up to be a duel between improving job market fundamentals and nasty winter weather. The fundamentals have been strong, with accelerating GDP growth, signs of a pickup in job openings, and a declining trend of layoffs in recent months. But very cold and snowy winter weather—including a "major" snowstorm in the January payroll survey week—likely kept some people from getting to work, suppressing the payroll count.
- We continue to estimate a gain of 175,000 in nonfarm payrolls for January. The underlying trend is very likely stronger than this—or will be soon—but bad weather will mask some of that improvement. We expect the unemployment rate to tick back up to 9.5% after December's very sharp decline. Overall, market risks are probably skewed to the side of a "strong employment" reaction—weaker numbers may be downplayed as the result of weather, whereas a strong report is likely to be viewed as evidence of an improving trend.
- Tomorrow's report will also feature the annual "benchmark revisions" to the employment data; the Labor Department's preliminary estimate is for a 366,000 downward revision to the level of payrolls in March 2010, implying that job growth over the previous year was overestimated by about 30,000 per month. Typically, revisions for subsequent months are directionally similar but smaller in magnitude.
The January employment report is setting up to be a duel between improving job market fundamentals and nasty winter weather. In general, labor market fundamentals have looked quite strong in recent months. But very cold and snowy winter weather—including a "major" snowstorm in the January payroll survey week—likely kept some people from getting to work, suppressing the payroll count. Below we take a look at each of these forces in turn.
On the fundamental side, good labor market omens continue to accumulate:
1. Accelerating economic growth. Real GDP growth picked up to 3.2% in the fourth quarter, the second consecutive acceleration. The composition of the report was very encouraging as well; one way to see this is that nonfarm output rose 4.5% annualized in Q4 (helping productivity growth to a solid performance in a report earlier today). Generally, employment growth follows GDP growth with a short lag of one to a few months, so accelerating GDP growth should translate into somewhat faster employment growth in fairly short order.
2. A steady trend down in layoffs. The four-week average of new jobless claims reached 413,000 in the January payroll survey week, down from an average of 465,000 through the first three quarters of 2010. Adjusted for the size of the labor force, new claims have fallen to mid-1990s levels, the onset of a period of very strong employment growth.
3. An increase (possibly large) in job openings. The Conference Board's monthly report on job advertising showed an enormous surge in open positions. The 16% month-on-month gain in new online job advertisements was the largest in the six-year history of the series. However, this must be taken with a grain of salt given that the report included significant revisions to historical data (apparently due to a new process to remove duplicates and inauthentic ads), and given that the underlying non-seasonally adjusted data is not available (despite our requests) for analysis. The Monster employment index was directionally consistent but much less spectacular, posting a 3-point gain after seasonal adjustment (slightly over a 2% increase).
4. A robust ADP report. Though we were rightly suspicious of the large gain in December's ADP report (see "Growth is Accelerating—When Will Employment?," US Daily, January 5), its January reading should not suffer from the "purging" issue that concerned us last month. (Through most of 2010, ADP missed to the low side; adjusting for its average error last year, the gain of 187,000 private sector jobs forecasted by the ADP report would imply 246,000 private payrolls.) This month the issue is different: ADP's employment count is based on the number of people on payrolls, regardless of how many hours they worked, so it does not exhibit a significant snowstorm effect. The Labor Department report only counts people as employed "who received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th day of the month" (for more details, see http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesfaq.htm#scope2), so hourly employees who didn't work at all during this time due to weather would not count as employed in the official data whereas they do in the ADP report.
5. Better survey data. Both of the monthly surveys conducted by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) in January featured gains in indexes of employment. In fact, the employment component of the ISM manufacturing survey rose to its highest reading since 1973 (61.7, from 58.9 in December). The nonmanufacturing survey's employment index rose to 54.5, the highest reading for this survey since May 2006. Less importantly, the Conference Board's survey of consumers saw an improvement in perceptions of job availability, with the difference between the share of consumers viewing jobs as "plentiful" versus "hard to get" falling to -38.2%--a dismal level, but the best reading in 20 months.
If the fundamentals were the only thing we had to worry about, this month's payroll call would be fairly simple—better than the last report, probably much better. But as so often happens, there's a complicating factor. While the fundamentals look encouraging, January's weather was terrible:
1. Cold weather. Winter temperatures can have a significant impact on employment in seasonally sensitive sectors (for a primer on the effects of weather on the economic data more broadly, see "What's With the Weather?" US Economics Analyst 07/02, January 12, 2007). January was much colder than the seasonal norm—for the month as a whole, essentially tied for the coldest January since 1994. However, the payroll report measures month-on-month changes, and December was substantially colder than normal as well (the coldest in a decade, in fact). Adjusting for the timing of the employment survey and other factors, we estimate the incremental impact in January at perhaps 10,000-20,000 jobs. This should show up in weaker-than-usual growth of sectors like construction.
2. "Major" snowstorm. The Midwest and Northeast were hit by a large snowstorm late in the payroll survey week. This caused at least a few firms to reduce work hours and likewise kept at least some employees from reaching their workplaces. When we published our original payroll forecast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had not yet issued a rating for the storm; it now has a preliminary categorization of "major" (the middle of five rankings), bigger than we expected. If we include a variable for snowstorm intensity in our models of employment, we find that a storm of this magnitude has an average impact in the neighborhood of 40,000-50,000 on reported payroll employment. We emphasize that this is quite uncertain, as we don't have many data points (large snowstorms during the payroll survey week) to go on. Any weather effect should be fully unwound the subsequent month (i.e. if January were 50,000 below the underlying trend, February should be 50,000 above it), assuming of course that we don't see another large snowstorm next week. Most of the snowstorm effect occurs in the construction and leisure/hospitality (hotels and restaurants) sectors, so job gains or losses in these two sectors, which have averaged -5,000 and +19,000 respectively over the past three months, will help us gauge the extent of any weather effect on the report.
When all is said and done, we haven't changed our preliminary forecast for the employment report. We expect an increase in nonfarm payrolls of 175,000, with the unemployment rate at 9.5% (giving back a small part of its large drop in December), and average hourly earnings up 0.1%.
Why haven't we changed our forecast this week? We've gotten better-than-expected news on the fundamentals (particularly online job advertising, the ADP report, and the ISM employment indexes), but worse-than-expected news on weather (the NOAA's quantitative ranking of the snowstorm suggests a considerably bigger impact than we'd thought at first), and we think these are at least partly offsetting. So there is a lot of uncertainty, but it runs in both directions. In any case, in terms of market impact, we view the risks as skewed to the side of a "strong employment" reaction—weaker numbers are likely to be downplayed as the result of weather distortions, whereas strong numbers are likely to be viewed as evidence of an improving trend. Note that barring a sharp shift in the fundamental data or another big snowstorm, the February employment report is likely to look very strong, as it should benefit from mean reversion on the weather front.
One final consideration in Friday's report: the Labor Department will indicate the extent of its annual "benchmark revision" to nonfarm payrolls. Each year, the Labor Department adjusts the level of payrolls the previous March to reflect a near-comprehensive count of unemployment insurance records up to that point. Last October, the Labor Department estimated that it would have to revise down the level of March 2010 payrolls by 366,000. A downward benchmark revision would in turn result in a downward revision to monthly changes since the previous benchmark in March 2009 (if the adjustment turned out to be 366,000, then the average monthly change between March 2009 and March 2010 would be revised down by about 30,000). The Labor Department will also adjust monthly changes since March 2010 to reflect its assessment of what the comprehensive data imply for more recent employment growth; typically these revisions are directionally similar but smaller in magnitude.


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CARTHAGE — A man who police say had a history of lying in the road was killed this morning after he was hit by a pickup on Route 142 in the Franklin County town of Carthage.
State police say Bert Knox, 44, was intoxicated and lying in the roadway at 5 a.m. when he was run over and killed instantly.
Kim Micks, 38, of Peru, was driving a 2005 Chevrolet pickup. He told police he could not avoid what appeared to be a dead animal in the road, police said.
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There is much talk about changing the permanent fund. The governor characterizes this change as modernization. The trustees' angle was that these changes make the fund safer. I would not characterize either as accurate.
What is the difference between what we have now, which I will call the "trust model," and percent of market value (POMV) endowment model, which is described as "modern?" The endowment model existed way back in 1976 when Alaska voters created the Alaska Permanent Fund. Why didn't we choose it then? Because it is an inferior model for protecting the assets.
The primary objective of the Alaska voter when creating the Alaska Permanent Fund was to protect the asset. Oil is a nonrenewable resource, and the asset (oil) belongs to all current and future generations.
Endowments protect cash flow for spending. Endowments are not created to protect assets. Trusts protect assets. Good, consistent investment management ensures cash flow from trusts.
What we have now protects that portion of the fund we call principal. It cannot be spent without a change to the Alaska Constitution. We Alaskans have saved up over $28 billion, and there is no reason anyone should ever get into the fund. The fund will earn over $4 billion this fiscal year using the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standard trustees, legislators and this administration refuse to use.
Legislators, go home; we look forward to your visit next year. In the interim, think about changing POMV to POOOMV, for percent of our oil market value.
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The civilian staff in Staffordshire Police have taken to local playing fields and neighbourhoods armed with litter pickers and bin liners rather than combating anti-social behaviour or rowdy youths.
On one occasion two PCSOs even posed for publicity photos for the force as they helped clean up a canal bank.
Rank and file police last night said the support officers, dubbed plastic bobbies, should be put to better use backing up regular officers.
It comes as forces across the country face severe budget cuts which has led to a series of police chiefs warn officer numbers and front line patrols will be hit.
Bryan Powell, who retired as a police sergeant from West Midlands Police last year, said on one occasion he had seen six PCSOs on his local playing field in Rugeley, Staffs, collecting litter.
He said: "We used our PCSOs to fight crime, to go in to the community to get to know the youths and take the load off police officers.
"They are supposed to be there to do the functions that sworn officers do not have the time to do. We certainly did not have them picking up rubbish. That is not their role, there are other people paid to do that job."
Earlier this month PCSOs Liz Dale and Sue Hughes were photographed for the force cleaning up rubbish from canal in Rugeley.
It was part of a community project also involving the Inland Waterways Association, British Waterways, Community Payback and local residents.
Mr Powell said it should be criminals collecting litter while PCSOs, who can earn up to £20,000 a year, focus on tackling crime.
David Blunkett introduced PCSOs in 2002 when he was home secretary. There are currently just under 17,000 in England and Wales, including 237 with Staffordshire Police.
Mark Judson, chairman of the Staffordshire Police Federation, said: "One could possible employed them in a more suitable way than litter picking.
"I would imagine a number of people would think it is rather a strange thing for PCSOs to be doing when one would think they might be better employed supporting police officers."
Last year, senior officers in Kent Police were accused of having "lost the plot" after it emerged they had diverted two PCSOs to clear sweet wrappers and crisp packets from streets in an area where car crime has increased by 11 per cent.


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| fleur de l'est chapter 1 . 6/28/2009
Oh my word o_O I loved this, how you use such ordinary concepts - days of the week. Love grows and gets wasted every day.
This is sad in a strange way.. Sad because it's so insignificant. Hmm. I don't know what to say :/ I love this piece.
| BellsAndRoses chapter 1 . 5/25/2009
You only have four syllables in the first line, but other than that it was quite good.
| simpleplan13 chapter 1 . 5/23/2009
Thanks for your review awhile back, sorry it took me so long to return the favor!
First line only has 4 syllables. I also don't understand the last line, who does the you refer back to?
I did like the first two lines though. Loving each day more than the next is a nice trait to have.
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| Noscimus chapter 1 . 5/20/2009
I like it.
The first line has four syllables.