History Main / ImmortalityField

* By the end of ''Literature/{{Apeshit}}'', it is revealed that the reason why none of the characters in the book end up dying despite the [[{{Gorn}} massive physical trauma]] their bodies endure is because of a supernatural force in the woods that prevents anybody there from dying. In the sequel ''Literature/{{Clusterfuck}}'', it is revealed that [[spoiler:this is because of a meteor that crashed into the valley millions of years ago, the strange mineral giving off an unusual radiation]] that leaves those who are near it immortal. Unfortunately, while it makes people immortal, it does not make them invulnerable, making them a Type 2 or 3 form of undead on the SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration.

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* The world of ''Webcomic/KidRadd'' works similarly to ''Wreck-it-Ralph''; stay in your own game and you're fine, leave the game and you'll die permanently. However, at the end, a loophole is found where if the "ghost" of a dead character travels back to a copy of their original game and said game is rebooted, the character will resurrect because the alive/dead variable is able to be reset.

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* The world of ''Webcomic/KidRadd'' works similarly to ''Wreck-it-Ralph''; stay in your own game and you're fine, leave the game and you'll die permanently. However, at the end, a loophole is found where if the "ghost" of a dead character travels back to a copy of their original game and said game is rebooted, the character will resurrect because the alive/dead variable is able to be reset.
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* In one ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story, Scrooge & co go in search for the FountainOfYouth, finding it in the polar regions. The immortality it bestows unfortunately only works like this, and leaving will result in NoImmortalInertia, though it also keeps the land within the radius abundant, so it's not all that unpleasant. After a misunderstanding causing the denizens to think that Donald & co stole food (actually Scrooge having suffered non-lethal DeathByDeaging), which is a serious crime, they escape across the border, while the denizens can do nothing but watch in anger.

* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', it is inverted with [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace the Warp]] as daemons can be [[FinalDeath truly killed]] there. A daemon's physical form in realspace is only a "manifestation," but their true "presence" is in the warp and destroying it causes their true death. "Killing" them in realspace only banishes them back to the Warp unless it's through knowing their {{True Name}}s, a special ritual or relic, or overwhelming [[PsychicPowers psychic might]].

*** Taken UpToEleven with ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'', where Superman stayed inside the Earth's sun for 15,000 years and emerged as a PhysicalGod.

* ''ComicBook/TheBadBadPlace:'' Within the [[EldritchLocation Castavette Estate]], nobody can age or die, a benefit to anyone staying there with [[BigBad Lady Malise]]'s blessing - and an eternal curse to those imprisoned there. Serena is shot in the chest during the finale, and doesn't even notice it until she steps off the front porch, forcing her back over the threshold in order to escape death. [[spoiler: Originally born in the 19th century, spent most of the early 20th century as a guest of the Estate and only left in disgust following World War II, hence why he's aged into an old man.]]

* ''Anime/DinoBreaker'' has D.I.C.E.'s [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Body of Elders]] looking for the gate of AnotherDimension called "Heron Universe" to gain endless life and youth, but they died before they can reach it. When the F-99 team visited it, they discovered that the natives of Heron indeed have immortality and it was given to them by the [[DomainHolder Immortal Pharaoh]] (so no hope there for the people of the other universe). In a subversion, it's implied that they remain immortal even if they leave as it turned out that [[MysteriousBacker one of their organization's benefactors]] named [[MiniatureSeniorCitizen Smyl Iri]] was a Heronian all along. Like the Phantom Knight, he aims to end the immortality of Heronians because he believes it causes stagnancy. The Immortal Pharaoh was then revealed to be [[spoiler:possessed by the Lumosword, a LivingWeapon obsessed with life. When [[TheHero Jet]] killed the Lumosword, the real Immortal Pharaoh was [[DyingAsYourself freed]] and [[MortalityEnsues regular time and lifespan]] returned to the Heronians]].

* In ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', Avicebron's ultimate golem, Golem Keter Malkuth (also known as "Adam"), projects a Reality Marble called "Paradise" that protects it from all harm so long as its feet remain firmly planted on the ground.

** [[Franchise/WonderWoman Themyscira or Paradise Island]] keeps the Amazons immortal. Amazons lose their immortality when they leave for the "Patriarch's World" and, for a while, it was decreed by Aphrodite's Law that the Amazons would become mortal if a man sets foot on the island. Post-crisis Themyscira moved further and further away from this concept, at one point having ''weapons'' vanish on the island instead of their harmful effects and then losing even that.

* In ''Disney/WreckItRalph'', as long as a video game character is in their own game, they will regenerate upon death. If they are in another game, they are dead permanently. The [[Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet sequel]] has shown that [[spoiler:it's possible to add the code of a character from one game to a different game]], though it isn't elaborated upon.
* ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': The lives of the citizens of Atlantis are prolonged by a piece of a comet which they call the "Heart of Atlantis". Kida herself is roughly 8,500 -- 8,800 years old (according to Milo), but she physically appears to be in her mid-20s.

This could potentially overlap with SealedEvilInADuel, if the inhabitants are not on good terms. If it only favors one side of a conflict, it also provides HomeFieldAdvantage and if the favored side has a DomainHolder, they may be the real source of the immortality. If it's consciously not letting its occupants die, it's also a GeniusLoci. If [[{{Prison}} it's not letting them go]] even if they want to, it could lead to AndIMustScream. Leaving the place is also not an assurance of [[MortalityEnsues resumption of a mortal life]] as NoImmortalInertia may occur instead, but if they're lucky, it's effects may [[TimeDelayedDeath take time to wane]].

Simply put, it is a place that [[ImmortalityInducer induces immortality]]. It varies as to what kind of {{Immortality}} it provides. At most, it could give you either {{Complete|Immortality}} or ResurrectiveImmortality. At the least, it [[TheAgeless stops the aging]] or [[LongLieved prolong the lives]] of those affected. Among other things, it could be TheShangriLa, a PocketDimension, a PlaceBeyondTime, an [[{{Arcadia}} unassuming grassland]], or a {{Cyberspace}} but the common ground is that as long as you stay within its AreaOfEffect (and the [[PhlebotinumBreakdown effect itself stays in place]]), you will not have to worry too much about dying. Just a [[SocietyOfImmortals place full of Immortals]] does not qualify here; they have to be immortal ''because'' they stay there.

Simply put, it is a place that [[ImmortalityInducer induces immortality]]. It varies as to what kind of {{Immortality}} it provides. At most, it could give you either {{Complete|Immortality}} or ResurrectiveImmortality. At the least, it [[TheAgeless stops the aging]] or [[Really700YearsOld prolong the lives]] of those affected. Among other things, it could be TheShangriLa, a PocketDimension, a PlaceBeyondTime, an [[{{Arcadia}} unassuming grassland]], or a {{Cyberspace}} but the common ground is that as long as you stay within its AreaOfEffect (and the [[PhlebotinumBreakdown effect itself stays in place]]), you will not have to worry too much about dying. Just a [[SocietyOfImmortals place full of Immortals]] does not qualify here; they have to be immortal ''because'' they stay there.

** [[Franchise/WonderWoman Themyscira or Paradise Island]] keeps the Amazons immortal. Amazons lose their immortality when they leave for the "Patriarch's World" and, for a while, it was decreed by Aphrodite's Law that the Amazons would become mortal if a man sets foot on the island.

* Defied by the saying "[[AltumVidetur Et in Arcadia ego]]," which means "Even in Arcadia, there am I (Death)." Similar to "memento mori," it's a reminder that Death is everywhere, even in a {{Utopia}}, or that it is inevitable.

* Downplayed for Jumanji in [[Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle the 2017 film]]. Instead of [[WhenDimensionsCollide colliding with the real world]] like in [[Film/{{Jumanji}} the first]], it remained as a [[AnotherDimension separate world]] that follows VideoGame logic. It gives the players three VideoGameLives each as a form of limited ResurrectiveImmortality.