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* An early strip in ''OrderOfTheStick'' has a priest of evil casting Unholy Blight (or something) on the party which disables all good beings. [[TokenEvilTeammate Belkar]] calmly walks up and stabs him.

* In {{Futurama}}'', Fry's limited intelligence occasionally comes in handy. Brain Slugs die of starvation when they attach to him. He's also immune to the Brain Spawn's intelligence-sucking powers because his [[ImMyOwnGrandpa previous time-travel incident]] gave him a "special mind."

* In {{Futurama}}'', Fry's limited intelligence occasionally comes in handy. He's immune to the Brain Spawn's intelligence-sucking powers because he's already dumb. Brain Slugs also die of starvation when they attach to him.

* In ''Dragonball'', Krillin once faced a horribly stinky opponent in the tournament. He was getting mauled until Goku [[StylisticSelfParody reminded him that he had no nose.]]

* [[{{Futurama}} Fry]] is immune to the intelligence-sapping powers of the Brain Spawn because of his "special" mind.
** Now when you say special...?
*** Yes, we mean "pencils up the nose" special.
* An entire subset of jokes in FamilyGuy involve Joe getting his legs smashed, mangled, or otherwise horribly injured, only for him to laugh it off(or at the very worst, become mildly annoyed), because they're already useless.

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* [[TruthInTelevision Truth in Television]]. Apparantly, due to having more difficulty in processing subtle signaling, some (most?) autistic people are immune to hypnosis.

* Already being harmed in such a way, so it makes no difference. ([[TheLastDance You're already dying]], perhaps of a ConvenientTerminalIllness, so you aren't scared of being killed. The ultimate example is being DeadToBeginWith - you've already died, so you're NighInvulnerable until someone figures out how to kill you DeaderThanDead.)

* Already being harmed in such a way, so it makes no difference (see TheLastDance for the most extreme example).

See also: DisabilitySuperpower (for when this grants other abilities to compensate), TooKinkyToTorture, TooDumbToFool and InsanityImmunity (which fall under the "frame of mind" variation) KryptoniteFactor (for the opposite; someone being ''more'' vulnerable to something to balance out their power).

** At least that's why the VillainOfTheWeek [[VillainsNeverLie implies]] [[EverybodyMustGetStoned everyone is losing their minds]]. In practice, it's more that Humanity has a [[PlanetOfHats racial trait]] - ''[[HumanityIsInsane insanity]]''. Crichton is able to maintain functionality long enough to organize and execute a plan to kill the bad guy because being Freaked out, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional ''[[DoWeHaveThisOne is his normal mental state]]''.

--> '''Peter''': That freaking place was on fire!?

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had the episode "Band Candy" where chocolate bars sold all around Sunnydale cause anyone who eats them to become incredibly immature. Xander eats a ton of them but is left seemingly unaffected; turns out the candy couldn't make him any more immature than he already was.

* Inverted in the Foundation Trilogy by IsaacAsimov. The Second Foundationers have near unstoppable psychic powers, but one character discovers that he can disable them by broadcasting a loud psychic static with a special electrical apparatus while leaving normal people unaffected. [[spoiler:Although he succeeds, it's all part of a XanatosGambit by the Second Foundation]]

* In ''{{Preacher}}'', those that don't speak English are shielded against Jesse's CompellingVoice as much as those who can't hear him.

-->-'''The Monarch''', ''VentureBrothers

-->What can I do to this guy that life hasn't already?

So the FiveManBand are marching into your lair with the PowerOfFriendship and [[InfinityPlusOneSword big shiny weapons]] in hand? Not a problem, you can [[{{brainwashed}} turn them into your loyal slaves]] with some MagicMusic. Wait, it appears one of them was deaf and snapped the rest out of it. OK, plan B; this room full of flash powder'll [[TemporaryBlindness disorientate them]] and leave them open for...hang on, your {{mook}}s just got slaughtered by the blind one. Right stay calm, they WouldntHurtAChild, disguise a few of your minions as 10 year olds with magic and they won't even...oh no that bloody {{Heroic Sociopath}}ic SixthRanger! Hah it doesn't matter, you've got plenty more where that came from...too late, the heroes' are in your throne room. [[DragonTheirFeet Where's that bodyguard when you need him!]].

* One episode of the ''MegaMan'' animated series featured a deaf little girl who was immune to Dr. Wily's sonic form of mind control.