List of fictional diseases
In film

List of fictional diseases

Section Title: In film
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Name	Source	Symptoms

Brain Cloud	Joe Versus the Volcano	The brain cloud has no symptoms – apart from quickly and painlessly killing in about six months. Possibly made up by the doctor making the diagnosis, given how it relates to the plot of the movie.

Carnosaur virus	Carnosaur	A genetically engineered virus created by Dr. Jane Tiptree.

Chimera	Mission Impossible II	Chimera has a 20-hour dormancy period before it causes death by mass destruction of the victim's red blood cells. Bellerophon can only save the victim if used within that 20-hour window.

Climate Change Denial Disorder	Climate Change Denial Disorder	Satirical parody comedy film about a fictional disease causing individuals to lose understanding of words and concepts related to climate change denial.

The Coma	Clive Barker's The Plague	Affects all children. Induces a 10-year coma, after which the children simultaneously wake up and desire to kill all adults.

"The Fever"	Cabin Fever Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever	Necrotizing fasciitis caused by an unknown bacterium which causes massive hemorrhaging and tissue necrosis. The first symptom of the disease is usually a painful rash, which develops into a scabby or weeping wound.

Geostigma	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	A disease caused by Jenova's presence in the Lifestream as it rose to destroy Meteor in the ending of Final Fantasy VII.

Hemoglophagia (HGV)	Ultraviolet	Disease responsible for turning many humans into vampire-like creatures. Contrary to most vampiral diseases, hemoglophagia drastically shortens the lifespan of an infected individual to little over a decade.

The Host's Disease	The Host	The unnamed disease carried by the giant monster terrorizing South Korea. In actuality, there was no virus; the government claimed the monster was spreading a disease just to save face.

Infertility epidemic	Children of Men	A mysterious epidemic has led to worldwide infertility in women. The human race has lost the ability to reproduce.

Krippin Virus (KV)	I Am Legend	A genetically re-engineered measles virus originally created as a "miracle cure" for cancer, but mutated into a lethal, highly pathogenic strain.

Lamanla virus	Wolf Warrior 2	"Symptoms include the sudden onset fever, hallucinations, lesions, cold sweats. It is a fatal virus that's transmitted through direct human contact.

Lampington's Disease	Last Holiday	In the original 1950 film, the disease seems to have been a tumor in the abdomen (the patient's x-ray is used to indicate something "between the stomach and the small intestine," although a shot of the pelvis is actually being shown).

MM88	Virus	MM88 is a deadly type of virus created accidentally by an American geneticist that amplifies the potency of any other virus or bacterium it comes into contact with.

MacGregor's Syndrome	Batman & Robin	A four-stage disease that Mr. Freeze's wife, Nora, was suffering from and was placed in cryogenic stasis for.

Mad Zombie Disease	Zombieland	The disease which caused people, upon receiving a bite from one of the infected, to become zombies. The disease is a mutation of Mad Cow Disease, which became Mad Human Disease, and then mutated to form Mad Zombie Disease.

Malignalitaloptereosis	The Sword in the Stone	A rare disease which causes the victim to break out in spots, followed by hot and cold flashes, then violent sneezing.

Meningoencephalitis Virus One	Contagion	A highly contagious and lethal paramyxovirus that infects both the lungs and the brain, causing coughing, fever and severe headache, progressing over the period of a few hours to seizures and ultimately death.

Methuselah Syndrome	Blade Runner	A genetic disease resembling progeria that causes faster aging.

Motaba	Outbreak	A deadly, virulent Ebola-like virus from the jungles of Zaire, which later infected a fictional California town within a few days.

Nerve Attenuation Syndrome (NAS)	Johnny Mnemonic	AKA "The Black Shakes," Progressive seizure disorder prevalent in society due to the overabundance of technology and the use of cybernetics.

Neurological Degeneration Syndrome, or NDS	Absolon	A highly-contagious airborne virus, released into the atmosphere from the destruction of the Amazon rainforest causes quick and painful deaths. The only way of controlling the virus is expensive, daily, painful injections of the drug Absolon.

NRS and UBT	Demolition Man	These are the names of two STD epidemics that occurred during the thirty-six years Spartan was incarcerated via cybergenics, and both were presumably just as bad as the HIV outbreak, both of which made sex, kissing, and even touching each other both illegal and greatly feared by the populace.

The Patriot (1998)	A unnamed highly contagious airborne virus which has been stolen from a government biological warfare laboratory. Its early symptoms include a rash, and it is quickly fatal.

Rage (Human Cortico-Deficiency Virus)	28 Days Later 28 Weeks Later	Rage causes extreme aggression in a victim ten to thirty seconds after being Infected with the disease. The disease is easily transmissible through any bodily fluid, except apparently semen.

Reaper	Doomsday	Reaper causes effects similar to bubonic plague. It appeared in Scotland in the year 2008 and killed most of the inhabitants.

Red Death	Osmosis Jones	Thrax, the film's main antagonist, was a strain of this disease. Symptoms include eventual extreme increase in body temperature.

Say the Opposite of What You Mean Disease	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	A disease which causes the speaker to say the opposite of the correct answer to a question posed by another party.

ALZ-112, ALZ-113, "The Simian Flu"	Planet of the Apes reboot series	A genetically engineered retrovirus that was engineered in Gen-sys Laboratories. It was originally designed to be a cure for Alzheimer's disease.

SP-43	Derailed (2002)	SP-43 is a modified form of smallpox (variola) that has an extremely short incubation period. Its development is part of the back story, which is not completely clear, but given the fact that it appears to have been stolen in Slovakia and is being transported to Munich by a NATO agent, it appears to have been developed by the Czechoslovak government or some other Eastern Bloc country during the Cold War.

Space Herpes	The Ice Pirates	Extremely dangerous. In its dormant form it can be activated by heat and moisture. There is no known antibody.

Space Rabies	Howard the Duck	Disease Howard claims to have in order to intimidate would-be attackers and make an escape. He claims it causes "agonizing death in fifteen seconds".

St. Mary's	V for Vendetta	A biological weapon engineered and released by the Norsefire party as a means of clandestinely gaining control over their own country.

Synaptic/Neuro Overstimulation Syndrome (SOS/NOS)	Repo! The Genetic Opera	A disease of unknown origin that killed roughly ten million people at the beginning of the 21st century in the Repo!-verse.

Synaptic Seepage	Johnny Mnemonic	Caused by downloading too much information into the brain. Causes cerebral haemorrhage and data corruption.

T-Virus	Resident Evil movies	An artificial virus created by Umbrella. When a human is infected by it, the virus will destroy all cells, killing the host.

Trixie	The Crazies, The Crazies (remake)	A highly contagious "Rhabdoviridae prototype" biological weapon. Causes those exposed to it to become homicidal.

Thing cells	The Thing	Triangle-pyramid viruses that makes up Thing monsters. If it enters another animal, it fuses with every cell of the host, possessing the host entirely.

(unknown)	Transporter 2	Created by scientists working for an assassin named Gianni, this unnamed airborne virus kills everyone it infects within 48 hours. The Colombian drug cartel hires Gianni and his minions to use the virus to assassinate Jefferson Billings, the director of the National Drug Control Policy and all of the attendees of a major anti-drug conference.

(unknown)	What's So Bad About Feeling Good?	A highly contagious virus, carried over from South America via a Toucan, causes intense feelings of giddiness, happiness and kindness in those affected.

(unknown)	Black Sheep	An unknown disease of unknown strain which has symptoms which include a delirium, loss of consciousness and sickness, a pale complexion, and sweaty symptoms.

(unknown)	Shaun of the Dead	A blood-borne viral epidemic of unknown origins; it gives the victim a "splitting headache" and makes them vomit and gradually they become paralyzed and become zombies.

(unknown, called "Conversationalism" by the film's director)	Pontypool	A contagious disease spread through use of the English language (origin is unknown). The disease initially presents with the repeating of a word or short phrase (usually a term of endearment like "sweetheart"), followed by severe aphasia and confusion, and finally causing a psychotic belief that the only way to solve their problem is to chew out the mouths of other people.

Unknown	Daybreakers	A mysterious plaque spreading like an epidemic, transforms the majority of the world's human population into vampires.

Wexler's Curtain (Autotoxic Hematosa)	Short Time	"A progressive blood disorder in which the lymphatic system actually attacks the red blood cells, mistaking them for an invading virus.

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Climate Change Denial Disorder (CCDD) is a satirical film which parodies climate change denial and perspectives on climate change through discussion of a fictional disease.

final_sentence: Climate Change Denial Disorder (CCDD) is a satirical film which parodies climate change denial and perspectives on climate change through discussion of a fictional disease.