History Main / BeyondTheImpossible

* ''Literature/TheImpossibleMan'''s inexpicable power has no respect for physical rules

** One of the Foundation's attempts to terminate SCP-682. They reduced it ''to 1% of its body'' '''by changing the fundamental natural constants.''' IT RECOVERED AND EVEN SEEMED TO ENJOY IT!
** Another time, they used a pair of bookends which cause the story contained between them to manifest in reality to create a creature to fight SCP-682 called "The Generally Nice, Friendly Thing That Can And Will Kill SCP-682 Permanently if it So Much As Spots That Damn Lizard". SCP-682 kills it. Its sole descriptive property was the capability and desire to kill SCP-682, and SCP-682 killed it.

* [[http://andersson.elfwood.com/ A series of pics (Several NSFW)]] about a [[SpoonyBard bard]] who seems to be unable [[InterspeciesRomance to keep his pants up]] take it to the illogical extreme in one pic. That the bard has left a bunch of HalfHumanHybrid offspring isn't this. The fact that one of his baby-mamas is a rock [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eDzxEr_gjpg/UAc9BXO-MBI/AAAAAAAAAMY/cSSnCNUkR54/s1600/Rock-Bard-Axe.jpg definitely is.]]

Named for one translation (of many) of one of Kamina's (many, many) {{Catch Phrase}}s from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.

For someone who fails at something in an extreme way, see EpicFail. If someone scores a 12 out of ten or a negative score or anything like that then you'll want BrokeTheRatingScale or FMinusMinus.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': The Alternity are overpowered enough to give VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} a run for their money, with weapons that can shoot you before you were born, weapons that can warp reality, and weapons than can shoot you in the past, present, future and other dimensions ''at the same time''. Megatron's Tesseractal Swords are blades of infinite length. "Physical space is not an obstruction." They also have the ability to detect any changes in space-time immediately when they occur and can reverse the damage caused by them.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': The Alternity are overpowered enough to give VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} a run for their money, with weapons that can shoot you before you were born, weapons that can warp reality, and weapons than can shoot you in the past, present, future and other dimensions ''at the same time''. Megatron's Tesseractal Swords are blades of infinite length. "Physical space is not an obstruction." They also have the ability to perceive reality on a multiversal scale and can detect changes in space-time immediately when they occur.

* ''Roleplay/BleachBlazingSouls'': Heroism, the [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking King of Hollows]], ripped right through a shield made out of [[MadeOfIndestructium Sekiseki-stone]] and the connected barrier it created.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', when Kenny goes to Hell, there's a sign that says Hell has 900 billion people in it. Not that many people have even existed. Maybe they were counting animals and/or aliens? Even ignoring this, the show said that Mormonism was the right religion. Mormons actually believe that only the truly wicked go to Hell and not because they weren't Mormon. Even if ''that'' wasn't the case, "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E22AllAboutTheMormons All About the Mormons]]" called Mormonism dumb over and over and said it was a ScamReligion. Hell having that many people is absolutely incomprehensible from any perspective.

** In "Trunks VS Silver", Silver the Hedgehog was found to be able to keep up with the aforementioned Archie Sonic, having shown similar feats of incalculably fast speed. [[spoiler:This was one factor in his victory over Trunks, as while he also has ludicrous SuperSpeed, it's still shown to have a theoretical upper limit; ''Dragon Ball'' characters' feats of [[MoveInFrozenTime moving in stopped time]] are attributed to these abilities explicitly being unable to affect beings with stronger Ki than the user, rather than pure, reality-breaking speed like in Archie Sonic comics.]]

** In "Trunks VS Silver", Silver the Hedgehog was found to be able to keep up with the aforementioned Archie Sonic, having shown similar feats of incalculably fast speed. [[spoiler:This was one factor in his victory over Trunks, as while he also has ludicrous SuperSpeed, it's still shown to have a theoretical upper limit; ''Dragon Ball'' characters' feats of [[MoveInStoppedTime moving in stopped time]] are attributed to these abilities explicitly being unable to affect beings with stronger Ki than the user, rather than pure, reality-breaking speed like in Archie Sonic comics.]]

** The result of [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Saitama]] VS Franchise/{{Popeye}} boils down to this: [[spoiler:Although Saitama is ridiculously, ''ludicrously'' strong, his power boils down to applying some arbitrary, but measurable, amount of force with his punches (which have been stated even by Saitama himself to not be truly infinitely strong). Meanwhile, Popeye's strength is such that the laws of physics, logic, and reality simply do not apply to him: there's no equation that can calculate the TNT equivalent (or whatever unit of measurement you want to use) of feats such as hitting a shark so hard it turns into several small fish, BreakingTheFourthWall and punching out the cartoon's animator in real life, or surviving God himself turning off the universe.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'', RJ gives Hammy, a hyperactive squirrel, an energy drink in a last-ditch attempt to trap the crazed housewife and exterminator inside the laser-defense system they set up in the housewife's yard. Hammy enters CaffeineBulletTime and activates the system...and casually walks past the laser beams as they slowly shoot across the yard. That's right, Hammy just ''went faster than the speed of light''.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':
** One of the Foundation's attempts to terminate SCP-682. They reduced it 'to 1% of its body'' '''by changing the fundamental natural constants.''' IT RECOVERED AND EVEN SEEMED TO ENJOY IT!

* BeyondTheImpossible/WebComics

* Sometimes, this trope happens in ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVSAnimation''.

'''Jimmy:'''' [[DescriptionCut This doesn't seem physically possible!]]

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

-->'''Sarge''': How was he pullin' the triggers?\\

** Discussed in ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Revelation]]'' episode 19,

** ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection Relocation]] Part 3'': Grif's analysis of his sister surviving being under ice for three hours and coming up both totally fine ''and'' pregnant.

** Surviving out of bounds of a map and [[BigDamnHeroes bringing Engineer and Medic back to safety]], even though staying out of bounds for 10 seconds would kill them instantly.

In short, whenever someone "touches the untouchable" or "breaks the unbreakable"[[note]][[MemeticMutation Row, row, fight the power!]][[/note]], they are going Beyond The Impossible.

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** Heracles has three. he's been trapped by [[spoiler: Enkidu, Gilgamesh]]'s chain used to ensnare divine opponents; the more divine the foe, the stronger the chains hold. Since Heracles is a demigod in good standing with the gods (an A-ranked divinity), the chains are impossible to break. When [[spoiler:Ilya is mortally wounded]] he breaks them ([[ShownTheirWork then again, he already broke a chain that not even the gods could break in the myths, so it's nothing new for him]]). Secondly, he [[spoiler:keeps himself manifested with sheer willpower past his own death, long enough for the blinded, dying Ilya to feel him standing there and die peacefully]]. Third... Remember Assassin's impossible technique? In his life, Herakles ''topped it'': when used with an axe-sword, Herakles' Nine Lives is ''nine attacks from nine directions at the same time'', with all the power and speed granted by Herakles' [[SuperStrength unmatched strength]], and when used with bow and arrow it's ''[[UpToEleven one hundred arrow shots]]'' (thankfully, as Berserker he can't do this anymore).

In short, whenever someone "touches the untouchable" or "breaks the unbreakable", they are going Beyond The Impossible. [[note]][[MemeticMutation Row, row, fight the power!]][[/note]]

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', there's a subtle one that's not even noticed in-universe, but is nevertheless impossible. Prince John ties the snake Sir Hiss into a knot around a pole -- while holding him with both hands and without ever letting go with either. It happens too fast for the viewer to see the details.

** Another time, they used a pair of bookends which cause the story contained between them to manifest in reality to create a creature to fight SCP-682 called "The Generally Nice, Friendly Thing That Can And Will Kill SCP-682 Permanently if it So Much As Spots That Damn Lizard". SCP-682 kills it. Its sole descriptive property was the capacity and desire to kill SCP-682, and SCP-682 killed it.

Distinct from UpToEleven in two respects. 1.) There is no 'topping' involved; topping the previous maximum is not necessarily the motivation. 2.) The action is ''literally'' impossible instead of being one step higher than the current best. For example: Alice punches Bob and he steps back from the force. UpToEleven, Alice punches Bob [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom across the room]]. Beyond The Impossible, Alice punches Bob ''backwards in time''. The former is just a stronger punch while the latter has nothing to do with strength.