ok I just got seriously into infection AUs and stuff like that so I got bored and then I saw that there wasn't any on these guys so I recommend you use a creature mostly a cartoon creature like all of these guy so yeah also I really hope this au works out and this is officially the biggest character i've ever made and yes you are considered by the chat that you are a toon too -judy45

welcome to toons infection au here u have the most popular cartoon cat and cartoon dog and some fan based toons like cartoon mouse and cartoon wooly mammoth anyways the infected are cartoon shark fully infected cartoon rabbit fully infected and cartoon shin devil who is in stage one you can save him and then there's cartoon wooly mammoth in stage two don't even try saving him he's massive in size so tearing the infected parts off of him is impossible but hey it I your chat so do whatever just make sure u put it in chat memory anyways here's a stage by stage infection (I used ai)

The Stages of Infection

Stage 1: The Seeping Patch

The moment the Blight touches a toon's skin or white glove, it doesn't just sit there—it hooks into their ink-flesh.

• The affected area loses its smooth rubber-hose flexibility and begins to stiffen into a rough, jagged texture.

• Their iconic white gloves (if hit there) start to flicker violently between blinding static-white and dark gray, tearing at the seams.

• The Alarm: The infected toon feels an agonizing, burning itch as the virus attempts to rewrite their DNA.

Stage 2: The Critical Window (The Self-Surgery Stage)

This is the only chance a toon has to save themselves. They have roughly 3 to 5 minutes before the virus roots into their main nervous system and brain.

• The Horrific Choice: Because the Blight fuses directly to their body, the only way to get rid of it is to physically rip, claw, or carve the infected chunk off.

• If Cartoon Cat gets hit on the shoulder, he has to drive his own sharp claws straight into his body, tearing out a bleeding mass of ink and fur right down to the inner seam.

• Because they are immortal rubber-hose toons, they leak heavy, pooling black ink instead of blood, requiring them to quickly stitch or patch the hole using old studio cloth, thread, or spare white glove fabric.

Stage 3: Total Mutation (The Loss of Self)

If a toon waits too long or fails to tear the infected piece off, the Blight reaches their mind, locking their immortal existence into a permanent nightmare form:

• The Locked Grin: Their mouth is forced shut, permanently stretched into an unnaturally wide, ear-to-ear cartoon smile. Thick, heavy black ink constantly drools and bubbles from the edges.

• Glitching Gloves & Extra Limbs: Their white gloves completely melt or glitch uncontrollably, while multiple extra rubber-hose limbs, claws, or tentacles violently burst straight out of their torso, back, and joints.

• Predator Slits: Their classic pie-eyes or round cartoon pupils collapse inward into cold, vertical slit-pupils that aggressively lock onto movement.

• Power Shift: Their playful, creative reality-bending abilities are completely stripped away. In exchange, their Toon Force is hyper-accelerated into raw, relentless, supercharged physical strength and unstoppable elastic aggression.

also the only know treat that somewhat works mostly in stage one then any other one is tearing the infected flesh off or cutting it off.