History MadeOfIron / WesternAnimation

** Sterling Archer is virtually impervious to pain, most recently walking away from a space shuttle crash unscathed.

** The titular character from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' counts, especially in the final battle of the third season. She had [[spoiler: mercury poison forcibly bent into her body]], was thrown off of multiple high cliffs without being in the Avatar State, was [[spoiler:asphyxiated by Zaheer's airbending]], and was pulled into a tornado. Several characters (including [[spoiler:Zaheer]]) note that the fact that she's still alive after all of that is a testament to her sheer power.

** Beavis and Butt-Head have been run over by multiple vehicles, pulverized on multiple occasions, stricken with several lethal diseases and then some. Their durability has served them well.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'': Fry routinely has entire limbs -- and once even his head -- severed, but manages to function just fine; rarely even showing any outward sign of pain.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley regularly takes punishment way more than her lithe figure should be able to take. Even considering her lack of sanity and enjoyment of pain, she got thrown off a train by the Joker's goons down into a chasm, at which she only expressed annoyance and walked out with nothing more than messed up hair and some minor bruises.

** Candace Flynn has also been in situations that should have killed her, like being turned into a liquid or falling down the side of a mountain and hitting every rock on the way down. She's perfectly fine in the latter situation, a little scuffed up, looking like she fell in the dirt.

** Played for laughs in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E3TheHomerTheyFall The Homer they Fall]]", where it is revealed that Homer was born with an unusually thick skull and has an extra layer of protective fluid around his brain, so he can take severe, repeated blows to the head without suffering any real damage. Unfortunately, this fails as he faces heavyweight champion Drederick Tatum.
** Even outside of the protection afforded him by "Homer Simpson Syndrome", Homer is able to shrug off injuries that would kill lesser men. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E20HomerScissorhands Homer Scissorhands]]", he laments this trait after intentionally drinking a jar of disinfectant:

** Subverted in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E24Homerpalooza Homerpalooza]]" when the doctor informs him that his cannonball-to-the-gut sideshow act is killing him.
** Double subverted in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E8BartTheDaredevil Bart the Daredevil]]" when he falls down the Springfield Gorge twice with an ambulance crash in-between, but sustaining severe injuries.

** The titular character. At the end of "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E3TheBullyJustOneBite The Bully]]", Flatts finally gets to kicking his butt. Much like Homer in "The Homer They Fall", [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] is able to shrug it off [[VictoryByEndurance to the point that Flatts collapses from fatigue several hours in]]. He is completely ''unharmed'' from all of it, and it even tickles]]. Somewhat of a ZigzaggedTrope, as [=SpongeBob=] has also had many {{Minor Injury Overreaction}}s.

** Being the BadassNormal, Robin is the only character to ever ''occasionally'' receive minor injuries, but even those are for the sake of the plot (such as the episode "Fractured") and are invariably [[HollywoodHealing gone by the next episode]] (Raven has HealingHands, so maybe that part is justified). Other than that, despite having no superpowers whatsoever, he is just as durable as the rest of his superpowered teammates, sometimes rivaling that of the ''literally'' Made of Iron Cyborg.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''

* Despite frequently being on the receiving end of, among other things, [[ElementalPowers giant boulders and fire blasts]], the characters of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' rarely receive anything more than cuts and bruises.
** A significant supporting character was killed with what by the show's standards was a relatively minor attack, simply because he was caught by surprise and wasn't able to brace himself for the hit.
** The only two people who actually had bones broken were the canyon guide in "The Gread Divide" after being attacked by some canyon crawlyers and [[spoiler:Sokka]] in the GrandFinale by awkwardly falling about ten metres onto a metal platform.
** The titular character from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' counts, especially in the final battle of the third season. She had [[spoiler: mercury poison forcibly bent into her body]], was thrown off of multiple high cliffs without being in the Avatar State, was [[spoiler: asphyxiated by Zaheer's airbending]], and was pulled into a tornado. Several characters (including [[spoiler: Zaheer]]) note that the fact that she's still alive after all of that is a testament to her sheer power.
* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' have been ran over by multiple vehicles, pulverized on multiple occasions, stricken with several lethal diseases & then some. Their durability has served them well.
** Van Drieson is a similar case: He got [[BearsAreBadNews mauled by a bear]], fell down a cliff(''twice'') & was once ran over by Beavis in a car tire...& he's still alive.
*** Apparently, Coach Buzzcut can survive being ran into by a steamroller. He can also survive being in the center of ''a car crash''.
* Most of the celebrities on ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' keep fighting after things that should incapacitate them. Special mention to Music/MichaelJackson who got kicked into a vat of hydrochloric acid and survived unharmed, and Colonel Sanders who gets ''decapitated'' and still manages to run around like a mad hen until he falls into a frying pan.
** In Music/BritneySpears vs. Music/ChristinaAguilera, both combatants rip each other to pieces until all that's left is an arm. A ''moving'' arm. Whose arm it is is never revealed.
** In Creator/SylvesterStallone vs. Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Stallone gets blown into a pile of goo and still manages to heal completely, and even manages to win the match.

* [[EvilOldFolks Grandfather]] from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' is an extreme example. He survives [[spoiler: ''[[ColonyDrop getting a giant flaming metal treehouse dropped on him]]'']] [[NighInvulnerable and shrugs it off like it were no big deal]]. Naturally, it's {{lampshade|Hanging}}d.
-->"Did you honestly believe that a mere 39 gazillion tons of red hot metal and duct tape would crush me?"
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'' most of the cast are vampires so have HealingFactor and SuperToughness, but the two human characters play this straight.
** The first is Trevor Belmont who withstands: several kicks to the testicles, falling several stories onto stone, getting PunchedAcrossTheRoom by Alucard and later getting smashed back-first into a staircase by a Minotaur and yet keeps fighting spine apparently uncrushed. In the FinalBattle he gets slammed into a wall by {{Dracula}} and gets brutally punched in the gut but is no worse for wear by the end.
** The second is Sypha Belnades who like Trevor falls onto the stone and is only slightly pained, and by the time of the finale, she's getting smacked around and slashed by The Count himself. Sypha at one point uses her [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]] to cauterize her own wound like a badass.

* [[TheMenInBlack Agent]] [[ButtMonkey Trigger]] from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has been used as a human shield against zombies and escaped a car wreck despite being pinned down by a tree branch; [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome both happening off-screen]].

* Doofenshmirtz on ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. Every day, Perry ends up foiling his plans in some way, leading to the destruction of one of his many -Inators in a massive explosion or something that will bring some harmful treatment to Doofenshmirtz. In spite of this, he rarely ever seems hurt or displays any kind of bodily damage. So far he's survived fiery explosions, being hit by a giant ball of aluminum, the eruption of a volcano, the sinking of his lair while perched over a crocodile's mouth, crashing headlong into his own building several times, and multiple other situations.

* Jack Nife from ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' has been going through hell in his recaptures by the Jailbot since the begining of the series... & not once has he lost his solid form.
* Everybody in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, starting with ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. The first seasons of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' were fairly tame, but starting with Superman and continuing through ''The New Batman Adventures,'' ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond,'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited,'' supposedly human characters (and not just the {{Badass Normal}}s) routinely take abuse that should kill or cripple everybody involved.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Robin (being the BadassNormal) is the only character to ever ''occasionally'' receive minor injuries, but even those were for the sake of the plot (such as the episode "Fractured") and were invariably [[HollywoodHealing gone by the next episode]] (Raven has HealingHands, so maybe that part is justified). Other than that, despite having no superpowers whatsoever, he is just as Made of Iron as the rest of his superpowered teammates, sometimes rivaling that of the literally Made of Iron Cyborg.
** [[TheRealRemingtonSteele Red X]], also a BadassNormal, hits this trope. He shrugs off being slammed into a concrete wall by Starfire's eyebeams, doesn't flinch at the subsequent fall onto a concrete floor, and is no worse for the wear after Robin pulls him out of an explosion that threw him off of a motorcycle that was travelling over 100 mph. The only time he ever indicates that something actually hurt him badly enough to complain about it is when [[MadScientist Chang]]'s goons zap him [[InTheBack from behind]], and even then it seems like being hit by a LightningGun with enough voltage to render him unconscious was more of a stinging inconvenience than anything else.

*** Even outside of the protection afforded him by "Homer Simpson Syndrome," Homer is able to shrug off injuries that would kill lesser men. In ''Homer Scissorhands'', he laments this trait after intentionally drinking a jar of disinfectant:
--->'''Homer''': (Groans) Why doesn't anything kill me?
** And subverted in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E24Homerpalooza Homerpalooza]]" when the doctor informs him that his cannonball-to-the-gut sideshow act is killing him.
** Double subverted in the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E8BartTheDaredevil Bart the Daredevil]]", when he falls down the Springfield Gorge twice with an ambulance crash in-between, but sustaining severe injuries.
*** In a similar vein, the number of times Apu has been shot on the job is a RunningGag, his best advice is to "try and take it in the arm". It happens so often and he can shrug it off so well that shooting him only constitutes a $100 fine.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
** Ike Broflovski has been kicked like a football a lot by Kyle, landing on his head and shattering windows. Yet there's never any injuries on him and most of the time he's able to get back up with no problems whatsoever.

** The titular character. In the end of the episode "The Bully", Flatts finally gets to kicking his butt. Much like Homer in "The Homer They Fall", [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] is able to shrug it off to the point that Flatts collapses from fatigue several hours in. He is completely ''unharmed'' from all of it, and it even tickles]]. Somewhat of a ZigzaggedTrope, as [=SpongeBob=] has also had many {{Minor Injury Overreaction}}s.
** The Health Inspector from “Nasty Patty” survives choking on a fly, being buried alive, having a giant rock strike him on the head, getting his head slammed by a trunk, being locked in a freezer (which he somehow escapes from), and being bludgeoned on the head twice by the police officers.
* Tom in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' suffers a ''prolific'' number of brutal injuries that would normally kill an animal in real life; injuries include getting the window closed on his neck, getting sliced in half, having his tail closed on a hot waffle iron, crushed by a falling safe, getting hit on the head by an anvil, having his feet burned, getting blown up by explosives, and even ''broken into pieces like glass.'' Of course, there are a few episodes in which he actually does die in, and even then, [[TheyKilledKennyAgain he still comes back fine by the next episode]].

-->"I have removed the bullet. And three others, a blowgun dart, two shark's teeth, a tip of a bayonet, a twisted paperclip, and a meager handful of buckshot. You may want to learn how to duck."
** To a lesser extent, Dr. Venture is also indestructible, having survived the loss of an arm (later reattached with no ill effects) and having an eye knocked out of its socket (he's forced to wear an eye patch for an episode, but next time we see him, [[{{Snapback}} all is well]]) and kidney removal. Both kidneys, by the way.
*** Dr. Venture also got crushed by a giant disco ball.

* Everybody in the Franchise/{{DCAU}}, starting with ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. The first seasons of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' were fairly tame, but starting with Superman and continuing through ''The New Batman Adventures,'' ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond,'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited,'' supposedly human characters (and not just the {{Badass Normal}}s) routinely take abuse that should kill or cripple everybody involved.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley regularly takes punishment way more than her lithe figure should be able to take. Even considering that her lack of sanity and enjoyment of pain, she got thrown off a train by the Joker's goons down into a chasm, at which she only expressed annoyance and walked out with nothing more than messed up hair and some minor bruises.

** Averted with Brett, whose condition steadily worsens every time he gets shot (or savagely beaten). Mallory, who embodies the office's utter indifference to Brett's health, has taken to calling him "Mr. Blood Bank."

*** In a similar vein, the number of times Apu has been shot on the job is a RunningGag, his best advice is to "try and take it in the arm".

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The titular character. In the end of the episode "The Bully", Flatts finally gets to kicking his butt. Much like Homer in "The Homer They Fall", [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] is able to shrug it off to the point that Flatts collapses from fatigue several hours in. He is completely ''unharmed'' from all of it, and it even tickles]]. Somewhat of a ZigzaggedTrope, as [=SpongeBob=] has also had many {{Minor Injury Overreaction}}s.

** Subverted in the 5th season in which during a brief moment Archer reflects on all the injuries he received and how each should have left a mark on his body that will get worse with age. He hopes he has dementia before the after effects start showing up.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'': Fry routinely has entire limbs--and once even his head--severed, but manages to function just fine; rarely even showing any outward sign of pain.

* Tom in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' suffers a ''prolific'' number of brutal injuries that would normally kill an animal in real life; injuries include getting the window closed on his neck, getting sliced in half, having his tail closed on a hot waffle iron, crushed by a falling safe, getting hit on the head by an anvil, having his feet burned, getting blown up by explosives, and even ''broken into pieces like glass.'' Of course, there are a few episodes in which he actually does die in, and even then, [[TheyKilledKennyAgain he still comes back fine by the next episode]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
** Owen has fallen off more cliffs than anyone else on the show, and doesn't even get a scratch on him.
** Tyler. He takes heavy injury in nearly every episode of World Tour, and comes out alive, barely.
** Sierra takes an inordinate amount of pain and remains functional enough to compete. She's smashed through a canyon and caused an Impact Silhouette, taken a cannonball to the stomach and while she said that she would need surgery she was nonetheless active in the rest episode and was unharmed in future episodes. The only lasting damage was when [[spoiler: she accidentally blew up Chris' plane. Despite being at the epicenter of the explosion and apparently being trapped under the wreckage, the damage only causes her hair to burned off and damage to her scalp, ankles, wrists that prevented her from standing up or being carried. Once she's in a wheelchair, she's fine. And even so, she still charges into shark-infested waters to save Cody.]]

** The original intention was to have the scene kill her, which makes much more sense, however test audiences hated Kim killing Shego off so brutally and unjustifiably so they made Shego survive. That doesn't explain why she seems pretty fine though.

* WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb: Candace Flynn has been in situations that should have killed her, like being turned into a liquid or falling down the side of a mountain and hitting every rock on the way down. She's perfectly fine in the latter situation, a little scuffed up, looking like she fell in the dirt.

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' gets beaten, maimed, squashed, and blown up on a daily basis, but he always gets back up with no worse for wear.