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* ''Franchise/DespicableMe'': The Minions are all but explicitly stated to have this. They've existed [[TimeAbyss since before the age of the dinosaurs]] and have been shown to survive exposure to all kinds of things, including [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace the vaccum of space]], having a vault dropped on them, swallowing a missile, etc. ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' implies they do eventually perish if they go too long without serving an evil boss, but considering they haven't had one between the Napolenic Wars[[note]]1803-1815[[/note]] and 1968, it definitely takes a ''very'' long time to actually kick in.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[BigBad Salem]] and [[BigGood Ozpin]] have been at war for thousands years because both are immortal, although they have different types of immortality. [[spoiler:After trying to resurrect her dead lover, Ozma, Salem was cursed by the gods with complete immortality to [[BarredFromTheAfterlife prevent her]] from being able to reunite with Ozma in the afterlife until she learned the importance of life and death. For trying to turn humanity [[RageAgainstTheHeavens against the gods in revenge]] for her curse, Salem condemned the entire human race. Ozma was resurrected to give humanity a single chance at redemption by guiding them to peace and harmony, pitting the two former lovers against each other in a bitter, eternal war for the fate of humanity. Salem cannot be killed because nothing can destroy her and she doesn't age; even completely obliterating her body will only cause it to reform soon afterward in the same spot, completely unharmed. The longest that she has been taken out of commission was less than a day, and the required hitting her with a FantasticNuke that had been gathering energy for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Unlike Salem Ozma can age and die, but he doesn't stay dead. Instead he does a pseudo-{{Reincarnation}} and his spirit attaches itself to the body of someone who has been living their own life, at which point he and that person find themselves SharingABody. Eventually the two spirits merge into one and Ozma gains full control of their body.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Aku has never aged since he was born, and is immune to most attacks. The only thing that can harm him is the power of the Gods, as three destroyed the EldritchAbomination that spawned him, and Jack's sword was forged by them. In addition, the goddess from "Jack and the Gangsters" is powerful enough to defeat him, as are her elemental creatures.

Most {{Physical God}}s or PowersThatBe fall into this category, as do a lot of [[CosmicEntity Cosmic Entities]] and {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s. A TimeAbyss will tend to be this as well, as accidents tend to happen over the millennia, and invulnerability is needed to keep them going. Most fictional [[Our SoulsAreDifferent souls]] also fit under this, if the work contains evidence of their existence, and most [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]] can be banished to the underworld or sent on to the next life but not killed.

Most {{Physical God}}s or PowersThatBe fall into this category, as do a lot of [[CosmicEntity Cosmic Entities]] and {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s. A TimeAbyss will tend to be this as well, as accidents tend to happen over the millennia, and invulnerability is needed to keep them going. Most fictional [[Our SoulsAreDifferent ''souls'']] also fit under this, if the work contains evidence of their existence, and most [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]] can be banished to the underworld or sent on to the next life but not killed.

Most {{Physical God}}s or PowersThatBe fall into this category, as do a lot of [[CosmicEntity Cosmic Entities]] and {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s. A TimeAbyss will tend to be this as well, as accidents tend to happen over the millennia, and invulnerability is needed to keep them going. Most fictional ''souls'' also fit under this, if the work contains evidence of their existence. Ghosts can be banished to the underworld or sent on to the next life but not killed. Though there are [[OurSoulsAreDifferent exceptions.]]

This form of immortality can often be seen as a [[WhoWantsToLiveForever curse]] [[LivingForeverIsAwesome or a blessing.]] This is also the end-goal for the most ambitious {{Immortality Seeker}}s, although it's rare indeed for them to achieve it. More commonly they have to settle for lesser and more impaired forms of immortality like {{Soul Jar}}s, [[FountainOfYouth Fountains of Youth]], or [[LifeDrinker Life Drinking]].

Also note that just because they are unkillable doesn't mean they are unbeatable. A sufficiently powerful character could still ruin their plans or subject them to a fate worse than death or imprison them for eternity or cause a shift in morality or amnesia. A sufficiently powerful ImmortalBreaker can also get the job done by simply stripping away their immortality, making them DeaderThanDead.

* WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty: Strongly implied (and explict in the comics) with Mr Meeseeks. They exist for as long as it takes to complete their task, and no amount of physical damage can kill them before then. Of note, while Meeseeks [[AndIMustScream hate being alive]], we never see any of them even consider suicide as a possiblity when their tasks are incompletable.

* "ComicBook/TheBigChill" by Creator/AlanMoore examines this trope in relation to the other absolute of the heat death of the universe. It's set at a time so close to the end that even almost all immortals have died already as the universe itself winds down. The last survivors who have banded together are the superhero Mister Majestic, another superhero from another dimension, a vampire, a hyperintelligent strain of syphilis[[note]]these last two probably don't have Complete Immortality, just good survival skills[[/note]], the WanderingJew, a demon, a god, the computer calculating all the names of God, and the abstract spirit of arithmetic. Even they all know their immortality is not going to last.

** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Zamasu achieves this by wishing on the Super Dragon Balls. Unlike Garlic Jr. who seems to be indestructible, he can be harmed but regenerates instantly. He exploits this fact in combat, allowing his partner to attack ''through'' him, knowing he'll be fine. [[spoiler:Even when his immortality is compromised thanks to [[FusionDance fusing with the still-mortal Goku Black]], allowing him to be killed, his ''soul'' still remains as a [[EldritchAbomination living metaphysical paradox]]. Ultimately the only way to kill him is for Zeno (the Dragonball Universe's absolute TopGod) to erase the entire future multiverse so that he has nowhere to exist ''in''.]] In the manga, [[spoiler:Fused Zamasu ''doesn't'' have the compromised immortality (balanced out by him being a fair bit weaker than his anime self) and is even able to shrug off the Hakai, which according to Beerus cannot kill a true immortal. He's still able to be wiped out by Zeno's multiverse erasure, however.]]

** Kars from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Part 2]] achieves it after he wears the Stone Mask with the Red Stone of Asia and he becomes the UltimateLifeForm, immortal and incapable of aging. He's completely immune to Hamon and the sun - the Pillar Men's only weaknesses - as well. ''In theory'' he could be killed by being destroyed all the way down to the cellular level ([[AMoltenDateWithDeath lava proves almost up to the job]]), but there are very few things actually capable of doing that and doing it fast enough that he can't counter with both his HealingFactor and AdaptiveAbility. The only way to stop him is to launch him into space [[AndIMustScream to drift for all eternity.]]