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* ''Literature/ShadowPolice'': The Witch of West Ham in ''London Falling'', who uses magic to murder targets who are otherwise unreachable. After she kills Toshack, the team finds her mystic sigil outside the police station. Whhen they check the police files, they find the same mark left at the scene of multiple unrelated murders and wonder if they dealing with a SerialKiller. Until they find the earliest case in the files, which occurred early in TheEdwardianEra. [[TheMasquerade As yet unaware of the existence of magic]], thhe team dismiss the idea of a SerialKiller, and wonder if it could be the CallingCard of a MurderInc organisation. However, the Witch has actually been doing this since [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor the Tudor Era]].
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* ''Literature/ShadowPolice'': The Witch of West Ham in ''London Falling'', who uses magic to murder targets who are otherwise unreachable. After she kills Toshack, the team finds her mystic sigil outside the police station. Whhen When they check the police files, they find the same mark left at the scene of multiple unrelated murders and wonder if they dealing with a SerialKiller. Until they find the earliest case in the files, which occurred early in TheEdwardianEra. [[TheMasquerade As yet unaware of the existence of magic]], thhe the team dismiss the idea of a SerialKiller, and wonder if it could be the CallingCard of a MurderInc organisation. However, the Witch has actually been doing this since [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor the Tudor Era]].
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* ''Literature/ShadowPolice'': The Witch of West Ham in ''London Falling'', who uses magic to murder targets who are otherwise unreachable. After she kills Toshack, the team finds her mystic sigil outside the police station. Whhen they check the police files, they find the same mark left at the scene of multiple unrelated murders and wonder if they dealing with a SerialKiller. Until they find the earliest case in the files, which occurred early in TheEdwardianEra. [[TheMasquerade As yet unaware of the existence of magic]], thhe team dismiss the idea of a SerialKiller, and wonder if it could be the CallingCard of a MurderInc organisation. However, the Witch has actually been doing this since [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor the Tudor Era]].
* The Caretaker from ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' is virtually unkillable due to his high bone density, which he's able to regenerate so long as he has access to calcium. The downside of this is that this makes him very heavy, [[spoiler: which Kat uses against him to drown him]].
* ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'': Bart Curlish, holistic assassin, essentially has official PlotArmor. Bullets swerve to avoid her, guns pointed at her at point blank jam, a knife hits her pommel first and bounces back... [[spoiler: But only if she's doing what the universe wants her to do, which usually is killing bad people. When she mistakenly tries to kill Dirk she gets stabbed, and when she refuses to kill Suzie Boreton she gets blasted with her new magic wand.]]
* River Song from ''Series/DoctorWho'' was abducted as a newborn and raised as a {{Tykebomb}} to assassinate the Doctor. [[spoiler: Having been conceived in the TARDIS, she possessed the ability to regenerate if killed, and had a lifespan measured in centuries.]]
* The ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' series featured several. [[MonsterClown Christoph]] [[EnemyMime Kuyler]] claimed to be the most prolific assassin in history, as well as the less theatrical Anthony Galen and Kamir, the last of the thuggee assassins.
* ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'': Bart Curlish, holistic assassin, essentially has official PlotArmor. Bullets swerve to avoid her, guns pointed at her at point blank jam, a knife hits her pommel first and bounces back... [[spoiler: But only if she's doing what the universe wants her to do, which usually is killing bad people. When she mistakenly tries to kill Dirk she gets stabbed, and when she refuses to kill Suzie Boreton she gets blasted with her new magic wand.]]
* River Song from ''Series/DoctorWho'' was abducted as a newborn and raised as a {{Tykebomb}} to assassinate the Doctor. [[spoiler: Having been conceived in the TARDIS, she possessed the ability to regenerate if killed, and had a lifespan measured in centuries.]]
* The ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' series featured several. [[MonsterClown Christoph]] [[EnemyMime Kuyler]] claimed to be the most prolific assassin in history, as well as the less theatrical Anthony Galen and Kamir, the last of the thuggee assassins.
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* The ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' series featured several. [[MonsterClown Christoph]] [[EnemyMime Kuyler]] claimed to be the most prolific assassin in history, as well as the less theatrical Anthony Galen and Kamir, the last of the thuggee assassins.
* The Caretaker from ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' is virtually unkillable due to his high bone density, which he's able to regenerate so long as he has access to calcium. The downside of this is that this makes him very heavy, [[spoiler: which Kat uses against him to drown him]].
* River Song from ''Series/DoctorWho'' was abducted as a newborn and raised as a {{Tykebomb}} to assassinate the Doctor. [[spoiler: Having been conceived in the TARDIS, she possessed the ability to regenerate if killed, and had a lifespan measured in centuries.]]
* ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'': Bart Curlish, holistic assassin, essentially has official PlotArmor. Bullets swerve to avoid her, guns pointed at her at point blank jam, a knife hits her pommel first and bounces back... [[spoiler: But only if she's doing what the universe wants her to do, which usually is killing bad people. When she mistakenly tries to kill Dirk she gets stabbed, and when she refuses to kill Suzie Boreton she gets blasted with her new magic wand.]]
* The Caretaker from ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' is virtually unkillable due to his high bone density, which he's able to regenerate so long as he has access to calcium. The downside of this is that this makes him very heavy, [[spoiler: which Kat uses against him to drown him]].
* River Song from ''Series/DoctorWho'' was abducted as a newborn and raised as a {{Tykebomb}} to assassinate the Doctor. [[spoiler: Having been conceived in the TARDIS, she possessed the ability to regenerate if killed, and had a lifespan measured in centuries.]]
* ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'': Bart Curlish, holistic assassin, essentially has official PlotArmor. Bullets swerve to avoid her, guns pointed at her at point blank jam, a knife hits her pommel first and bounces back... [[spoiler: But only if she's doing what the universe wants her to do, which usually is killing bad people. When she mistakenly tries to kill Dirk she gets stabbed, and when she refuses to kill Suzie Boreton she gets blasted with her new magic wand.]]
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* Raziel from the ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' series. Killed and resurrected twice already before the events of ''VideoGame/SoulReaver'', by the time the player meets him he is a soul-devouring revenant animated by an EldritchAbomination for the sole purpose of bringing down Kain and his empire. His physical body is essentially a half-rotted corpse, without skin, internal organs, or even a lower jaw. And if this body takes too much damage, he simply shifts to the spectral plane until he builds up enough life energy to return. And since time stops on the material plain when this happens, from anyone else's perspective he just pops out of existence and then immediately back in again at full strength. The Elder God specifically says he is "beyond death." He can't be killed because there is simply nothing left of him that's killable.
* [[HunterOfMonsters The Hunter]] from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' becomes bound to the Hunter's Dream upon their first death. Being a DreamWalker in a world where dreams and reality have some serious overlap, the Hunter just wakes up again every time they fall, very much as if their death was a mere bad dream.
* [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI The Chosen Undead]], [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII the Bearer of the Curse]] and [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII the Ashen One]] from the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series are all undead, and merely rise again every time they fall. The same deal goes for all enemies as well, who are all undead and respawn once you've rested at a bonfire, but have gone on for so long that they've gone Hollow, essentially losing their sense of identity and turning into mindless husks that instinctually attack you. And as "Assassin" is a class you can pick, you can be a literal version of this trope.
* The Slayer of Demons from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' becomes bound to the Nexus after the first time they die, granting them CompleteImmortality. This basically makes them the only hope for the world.
* The Tarnished from ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' was ResurrectedForAJob by a bit of the Erdtree's Grace in the opening. As long as they have that Grace, they won't stay dead.
* [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI The Chosen Undead]], [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII the Bearer of the Curse]] and [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII the Ashen One]] from the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series are all undead, and merely rise again every time they fall. The same deal goes for all enemies as well, who are all undead and respawn once you've rested at a bonfire, but have gone on for so long that they've gone Hollow, essentially losing their sense of identity and turning into mindless husks that instinctually attack you. And as "Assassin" is a class you can pick, you can be a literal version of this trope.
* The Slayer of Demons from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' becomes bound to the Nexus after the first time they die, granting them CompleteImmortality. This basically makes them the only hope for the world.
* The Tarnished from ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' was ResurrectedForAJob by a bit of the Erdtree's Grace in the opening. As long as they have that Grace, they won't stay dead.
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* Having in-universe and plot relevant justifications for the playable character's ability to come back from death is pretty much a staple in Creator/FromSoftware's games:
** The Slayer of Demons from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' becomes bound to the Nexus after the first time they die, granting them CompleteImmortality. This basically makes them the only hope for the world.
** [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI The Chosen Undead]], [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII the Bearer of the Curse]] and [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII the Ashen One]] from the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series are all undead, and merely rise again every time they fall. The same deal goes for all enemies as well, who are all undead and respawn once you've rested at a bonfire, but have gone on for so long that they've gone Hollow, essentially losing their sense of identity and turning into mindless husks that instinctually attack you. And as "Assassin" is a class you can pick, you can be a literal version of this trope.
** [[HunterOfMonsters The Hunter]] from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' becomes bound to the Hunter's Dream upon their first death. Being a DreamWalker in a world where dreams and reality have some serious overlap, the Hunter just wakes up again every time they fall, very much as if their death was a mere bad dream.
** The Wolf from ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' has been bestowed by his Lord Kuro, the Divine Heir, with the Dragon's Heritage, a blessing that gives Wolf the power to come back from the dead. In fact, you can come back more than once; should an enemy kill Wolf, he may choose to expend a token and [[ResurrectiveImmortality rise on the spot]], or give up and resurrect at the last savepoint, though the latter form of resurrection spreads a MysticalPlague known as Dragonrot throught the land. Being a {{ninja}}, Wolf is also a literal example of the trope.
** The Tarnished from ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' was ResurrectedForAJob by a bit of the Erdtree's Grace in the opening. As long as they have that Grace, they won't stay dead.
** The Slayer of Demons from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' becomes bound to the Nexus after the first time they die, granting them CompleteImmortality. This basically makes them the only hope for the world.
** [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI The Chosen Undead]], [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII the Bearer of the Curse]] and [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII the Ashen One]] from the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series are all undead, and merely rise again every time they fall. The same deal goes for all enemies as well, who are all undead and respawn once you've rested at a bonfire, but have gone on for so long that they've gone Hollow, essentially losing their sense of identity and turning into mindless husks that instinctually attack you. And as "Assassin" is a class you can pick, you can be a literal version of this trope.
** [[HunterOfMonsters The Hunter]] from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' becomes bound to the Hunter's Dream upon their first death. Being a DreamWalker in a world where dreams and reality have some serious overlap, the Hunter just wakes up again every time they fall, very much as if their death was a mere bad dream.
** The Wolf from ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' has been bestowed by his Lord Kuro, the Divine Heir, with the Dragon's Heritage, a blessing that gives Wolf the power to come back from the dead. In fact, you can come back more than once; should an enemy kill Wolf, he may choose to expend a token and [[ResurrectiveImmortality rise on the spot]], or give up and resurrect at the last savepoint, though the latter form of resurrection spreads a MysticalPlague known as Dragonrot throught the land. Being a {{ninja}}, Wolf is also a literal example of the trope.
** The Tarnished from ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' was ResurrectedForAJob by a bit of the Erdtree's Grace in the opening. As long as they have that Grace, they won't stay dead.
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* Having in-universe and plot relevant justifications for the playable character's ability to come back from death is pretty much a staple in Creator/FromSoftware's games:
** The Slayer of Demons from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' becomes bound to the Nexus after the first time they die, granting them CompleteImmortality. This basically makes them the only hope for the world.
** [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI The Chosen Undead]], [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII the Bearer of the Curse]] and [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII the Ashen One]]Raziel from the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' series are all undead, ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' series. Killed and merely rise again every resurrected twice already before the events of ''VideoGame/SoulReaver'', by the time they fall. The same deal goes the player meets him he is a soul-devouring revenant animated by an EldritchAbomination for all enemies as well, who are all undead the sole purpose of bringing down Kain and respawn once you've rested at a bonfire, but have gone on for so long that they've gone Hollow, his empire. His physical body is essentially losing their sense of identity and turning into mindless husks that instinctually attack you. a half-rotted corpse, without skin, internal organs, or even a lower jaw. And as "Assassin" is a class you can pick, you can be a literal version of if this trope.
** [[HunterOfMonsters The Hunter]] from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' becomes boundbody takes too much damage, he simply shifts to the Hunter's Dream upon their first death. Being a DreamWalker in a world where dreams and reality have some serious overlap, spectral plane until he builds up enough life energy to return. And since time stops on the Hunter material plain when this happens, from anyone else's perspective he just wakes up pops out of existence and then immediately back in again every time they fall, very much as if their death was a mere bad dream.
**at full strength. The Elder God specifically says he is "beyond death." He can't be killed because there is simply nothing left of him that's killable.
* The Wolf from ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' has been bestowed by his Lord Kuro, the Divine Heir, with the Dragon's Heritage, a blessing that gives Wolf the power to come back from the dead. In fact, you can come back more than once; should an enemy kill Wolf, he may choose to expend a token and [[ResurrectiveImmortality rise on the spot]], or give up and resurrect at the last savepoint, though the latter form of resurrection spreads a MysticalPlague known as Dragonrot throught the land. Being a {{ninja}}, Wolf is also a literal example of thetrope.
** The Tarnished from ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' was ResurrectedForAJob by a bit of the Erdtree's Grace in the opening. As long as they have that Grace, they won't stay dead.trope.
** The Slayer of Demons from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' becomes bound to the Nexus after the first time they die, granting them CompleteImmortality. This basically makes them the only hope for the world.
** [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI The Chosen Undead]], [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsII the Bearer of the Curse]] and [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII the Ashen One]]
** [[HunterOfMonsters The Hunter]] from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' becomes bound
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* The Wolf from ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' has been bestowed by his Lord Kuro, the Divine Heir, with the Dragon's Heritage, a blessing that gives Wolf the power to come back from the dead. In fact, you can come back more than once; should an enemy kill Wolf, he may choose to expend a token and [[ResurrectiveImmortality rise on the spot]], or give up and resurrect at the last savepoint, though the latter form of resurrection spreads a MysticalPlague known as Dragonrot throught the land. Being a {{ninja}}, Wolf is also a literal example of the
** The Tarnished from ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' was ResurrectedForAJob by a bit of the Erdtree's Grace in the opening. As long as they have that Grace, they won't stay dead.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The Talons from ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' probably qualify, since some of them are from at least the 1800s and their healing factor seems to protect them from most methods of killing them. The Court of Owls doesn't even kill them; they instead retire them, bringing them back eventually.
* The protagonist of ''ComicBook/PoisonElves'', Lusiphur, has one of these come after him at one point. The assassin in question is a member of the "e'jja", a cult of assassins who each can only be killed by a single specific method, different for each one. Anything else you try to do to them they recover from in a matter of moments.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': War Machine faced an assassin who had been granted a wrist mounted counter by the goddess Kali that tracked how many kills he had. If he was killed he would be immolated and resurrected, if he had any kills left. War Machine finished him by leaving him in a collapsing pit.
* La Madrina from ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika''. She was once an ordinary Aztec woman, but when her city and family were butchered by vampires who had emigrated from Europe, she underwent a rite that gave her power from Mictecacihuatl, Lady of the Dead. This turned her into a vengeful [[ImplacableMan revenant]] with the [[LightningBruiser strength and speed]] to easily dispatch vampires, and the [[HealingFactor ability to quickly recover from any injury]]. In the end, she has to be bathed in Greek Fire and her bones crushed into powder to keep her from slaughtering a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and his lover, but even ''then'' nobody knows if that really stopped her or just bought them time to get away.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': War Machine faced an assassin who had been granted a wrist mounted counter by the goddess Kali that tracked how many kills he had. If he was killed he would be immolated and resurrected, if he had any kills left. War Machine finished him by leaving him in a collapsing pit.
* La Madrina from ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika''. She was once an ordinary Aztec woman, but when her city and family were butchered by vampires who had emigrated from Europe, she underwent a rite that gave her power from Mictecacihuatl, Lady of the Dead. This turned her into a vengeful [[ImplacableMan revenant]] with the [[LightningBruiser strength and speed]] to easily dispatch vampires, and the [[HealingFactor ability to quickly recover from any injury]]. In the end, she has to be bathed in Greek Fire and her bones crushed into powder to keep her from slaughtering a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and his lover, but even ''then'' nobody knows if that really stopped her or just bought them time to get away.
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* The Talons from ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' probably qualify, since some of them are from at least the 1800s and their healing factor seems to protect them from most methods of killing them. The Court of Owls doesn't even kill them; they instead retire them, bringing them back eventually.
* The protagonist of ''Poison Elves'', Lusiphur, has one of these come after him at one point. The assassin in question is a member of the "e'jja", a cult of assassins who each can only be killed by a single specific method, different for each one. Anything else you try to do to them they recover from in a matter of moments.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': War Machine faced an assassin who had been granted a wrist mounted counter by the goddess Kali that tracked how many kills he had. If he was killed he would be immolated and resurrected, if he had any kills left. War Machine finished him by leaving him in a collapsing pit.
* La Madrina from ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika''. She was once an ordinary aztec woman, but when her city and family were butchered by vampires who had emigrated from Europe, she underwent a rite that gave her power from Mictecacihuatl, Lady of the Dead. This turned her into a vengeful [[ImplacableMan revenant]] with the [[LightningBruiser strength and speed]] to easily dispatch vampires, and the [[HealingFactor ability to quickly recover from any injury]]. In the end, she has to be bathed in Greek Fire and her bones crushed into powder to keep her from slaughtering a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and his lover, but even ''then'' nobody knows if that really stopped her or just bought them time to get away.
* The protagonist of ''Poison Elves'', Lusiphur, has one of these come after him at one point. The assassin in question is a member of the "e'jja", a cult of assassins who each can only be killed by a single specific method, different for each one. Anything else you try to do to them they recover from in a matter of moments.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': War Machine faced an assassin who had been granted a wrist mounted counter by the goddess Kali that tracked how many kills he had. If he was killed he would be immolated and resurrected, if he had any kills left. War Machine finished him by leaving him in a collapsing pit.
* La Madrina from ''ComicBook/LadyMechanika''. She was once an ordinary aztec woman, but when her city and family were butchered by vampires who had emigrated from Europe, she underwent a rite that gave her power from Mictecacihuatl, Lady of the Dead. This turned her into a vengeful [[ImplacableMan revenant]] with the [[LightningBruiser strength and speed]] to easily dispatch vampires, and the [[HealingFactor ability to quickly recover from any injury]]. In the end, she has to be bathed in Greek Fire and her bones crushed into powder to keep her from slaughtering a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and his lover, but even ''then'' nobody knows if that really stopped her or just bought them time to get away.
* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} of Creator/AAPessimal, Lord Vetinari is ''absolutely'' opposed to the Guild of Assassins recruiting Undead people for exactly this reason. He firmly states Assassins ''should'' be completely killable humans. A zombie with Assassin training would be a big problem to dispose of - how do you inhume what is already inhumed?
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* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} of Creator/AAPessimal, Lord Vetinari is ''absolutely'' opposed to the Guild of Assassins recruiting Undead people for exactly this reason. He firmly states Assassins ''should'' be completely killable humans. A zombie with Assassin training would be a big problem to dispose of - how do you inhume what is already inhumed?
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* Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, the BigBad's [[TheDragon dragon]] in ''Film/Hellboy2004'', is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot quasi-undead Nazi ninja]] kept alive by clockwork cybernetics and sheer villainous willpower. His blood has long since turned to dust, making him ImmuneToBullets, and he keeps showing up again and again no matter what the heroes throw at him. By the end of the movie he's been taken out of the picture, but it's highly likely that, although trapped in an AndIMustScream situation the last time he's seen, he's still alive and available for a return in a sequel.
* ''Film/JamesBond'': The character "Jaws" from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' appears to be immortal. He gets a pyramid dropped on him, bites a shark (not the other way around), drives off a cliff, slams into a cable car terminal, drives a boat over a waterfall and falls out of a plane. The mooks with him drop like flies, but he just dusts himself off and goes back to work. [[spoiler:The last we see of him, he's parachuting(?) back to Earth with his girlfriend.]]
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* ''Film/JamesBond'': The character "Jaws" from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' appears to be immortal. He gets a pyramid dropped on him, bites a shark (not the other way around), drives off a cliff, slams into a cable car terminal, drives a boat over a waterfall and falls out of a plane. The mooks with him drop like flies, but he just dusts himself off and goes back to work. [[spoiler:The last we see of him, he's parachuting(?) back to Earth with his girlfriend.]]
* Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, the BigBad's [[TheDragon dragon]] in ''Film/Hellboy2004'', is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot quasi-undead Nazi ninja]] kept alive by clockwork cybernetics and sheer villainous willpower. His blood has long since turned to dust, making him ImmuneToBullets, and he keeps showing up again and again no matter what the heroes throw at him. By the end of the movie he's been taken out of the picture, but it's highly likely that, although trapped in an AndIMustScream situation the last time he's seen, he's still alive and available for a return in a sequel.
* Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, the BigBad's [[TheDragon dragon]] in ''Film/Hellboy2004'', is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot quasi-undead Nazi ninja]] kept alive by clockwork cybernetics and sheer villainous willpower. His blood has long since turned to dust, making him ImmuneToBullets, and he keeps showing up again and again no matter what the heroes throw at him. By the end of the movie he's been taken out of the picture, but it's highly likely that, although trapped in an AndIMustScream situation the last time he's seen, he's still alive and available for a return in a sequel.
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** Wolverine's ArchEnemy ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} is a much straighter example, being a PsychoForHire with a power set near identical to Wolverine's including a HealingFactor and a long lifespan.
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** Wolverine's ArchEnemy ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} Sabretooth is a much straighter example, being a PsychoForHire with a power set near identical to Wolverine's including a HealingFactor and a long lifespan.
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* ComicBook/WarMachine faced an assassin who had been granted a wrist mounted counter by the goddess Kali that tracked how many kills he had. If he was killed he would be immolated and resurrected, if he had any kills left. War Machine finished him by leaving him in a collapsing pit.
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* ComicBook/WarMachine ''ComicBook/IronMan'': War Machine faced an assassin who had been granted a wrist mounted counter by the goddess Kali that tracked how many kills he had. If he was killed he would be immolated and resurrected, if he had any kills left. War Machine finished him by leaving him in a collapsing pit.
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* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'': Most terminators are specifically designed to be unkillable killers; the only way to make [[MadeOfIron the T-800]] in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' seem vulnerable was to create an even deadlier terminator: [[BlobMonster the T-1000]].
* The character "Jaws" from James Bond's ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' appears to be immortal. He gets a pyramid dropped on him, bites a shark (not the other way around), drives off a cliff, slams into a cable car terminal, drives a boat over a water-fall and falls out of a plane. The mooks with him drop like flies, but he just dusts himself off and goes back to work. [[spoiler:The last we see of him, he's parachuting(?) back to Earth with his girlfriend.]]
* Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, the BigBad's [[TheDragon dragon]] in ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'', is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot quasi-undead Nazi ninja]] kept alive by clockwork cybernetics and sheer villainous willpower. His blood has long since turned to dust, making him ImmuneToBullets, and he keeps showing up again and again no matter what the heroes throw at him. By the end of the movie he's been taken out of the picture, but it's highly likely that, although trapped in an AndIMustScream situation the last time he's seen, he's still alive and available for a return in a sequel.
* The character "Jaws" from James Bond's ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' appears to be immortal. He gets a pyramid dropped on him, bites a shark (not the other way around), drives off a cliff, slams into a cable car terminal, drives a boat over a water-fall and falls out of a plane. The mooks with him drop like flies, but he just dusts himself off and goes back to work. [[spoiler:The last we see of him, he's parachuting(?) back to Earth with his girlfriend.]]
* Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, the BigBad's [[TheDragon dragon]] in ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'', is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot quasi-undead Nazi ninja]] kept alive by clockwork cybernetics and sheer villainous willpower. His blood has long since turned to dust, making him ImmuneToBullets, and he keeps showing up again and again no matter what the heroes throw at him. By the end of the movie he's been taken out of the picture, but it's highly likely that, although trapped in an AndIMustScream situation the last time he's seen, he's still alive and available for a return in a sequel.
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* ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'': Most terminators are specifically designed to be unkillable killers; the only way to make [[MadeOfIron [[SuperToughness the T-800]] in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' seem vulnerable was to create an even deadlier terminator: [[BlobMonster the T-1000]].
* ''Film/JamesBond'': The character "Jaws" fromJames Bond's ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' appears to be immortal. He gets a pyramid dropped on him, bites a shark (not the other way around), drives off a cliff, slams into a cable car terminal, drives a boat over a water-fall waterfall and falls out of a plane. The mooks with him drop like flies, but he just dusts himself off and goes back to work. [[spoiler:The last we see of him, he's parachuting(?) back to Earth with his girlfriend.]]
* Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, the BigBad's [[TheDragon dragon]] in''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'', ''Film/Hellboy2004'', is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot quasi-undead Nazi ninja]] kept alive by clockwork cybernetics and sheer villainous willpower. His blood has long since turned to dust, making him ImmuneToBullets, and he keeps showing up again and again no matter what the heroes throw at him. By the end of the movie he's been taken out of the picture, but it's highly likely that, although trapped in an AndIMustScream situation the last time he's seen, he's still alive and available for a return in a sequel.
* ''Film/JamesBond'': The character "Jaws" from
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* The protagonist of ''Poison Elves'', Lusiphur, has one of these come after him at one point. The assassin in question is a member of the "e'jja", a cult of assassins who each can only be killed by a single specific method, different for each one. Anything else you try to do to them they recover from in a matter of moments.
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* From the point of view of the enemies, ANY player character is one of these. Even if they manage to kill you, you just resurrect at the nearest save point and keep on coming. A few examples below are justified since their means of resurrection are actually addressed within the narrative of the game:
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* In ''Literature/WayOfTheTiger'', there's the golem Everyman which has been dispatched to kill your character Avenger. Everyman has 100 lives and so it regroups after you defeat it. Eventually though it gets caught up against a spider demi-god which proceeds to kill off the remaining 90+ lives of Everyman.
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* The Tarnished from ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' was ResurrectedForAJob by a bit of the Erdtree's Grace in the opening. As long as they have that Grace, they won't stay dead.
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* The Kindly Ones from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', although they can only be called upon to punish a kinslayer.
