History Main / InvincibilityPowerUp

* In ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', characters turns invincible when they get a power-up known simply as "Invincibility." They are then covered with flashing stars (original 2D games) or have bright light shining out from inside them. The Chaos Emeralds from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Sonic 2]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Sonic 3|AndKnuckles}}'', and ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic and Knuckles]]'' can be considered with having the same effect as well (working during normal levels, not as a story or stage requirement as in later games) once they're all gathered and the character has at least 50 rings to activate the effect. However, the Emeralds may be closer to Bonus Rewards.

** God mode has invincibility, plus the ability to fly and shoot giant glowing orbs from your hand that home into enemies and disintegrate them on touch.

** There is also a bulletproof vest that prevents damage from bullets. Given that most {{Mooks}} have either a pistol or an [=MP40=], it kinda works as an invincibility power-up.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' Brute Chieftains will use an invincibility equipment and charge you with their gravity hammer. If you kill them before they use it, you can pick it up and use it yourself. One can also be found during the wave-defense segment of the final level. This equipment isn't available in multiplayer, but its effects can be replicated with custom power-ups.

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' has a lyre that turns all enemies into harmless mallets for a period of time.

* Meat from the ''VideoGame/{{Bonk}}'' games for the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16.

* Hearts in the UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}} game ''[[VideoGame/BeautyAndTheBeastIntellivision Beauty And The Beast]]'' give Bashful Buford temporary invulnerability against the creatures and objects Horrible Hank throws his way.

* While it doesn't let you kill Tom Nook or anything, the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' has a furniture piece called the Starman, and if you activate it, your character will flash and the Super Star tune will play.

* ''[=A7XPG=]'' has you power up your invincibility attack meter by collecting gems at high speed. Once your meter is maxed out, you will become invincible and can crash into enemies for extra points. In fact, crashing into enemies ''is'' your main source of points; even the first [[EveryTenThousandPoints extend]], at 20,000 points, takes a long time to get if you don't use invincibility.

* The magic hat in ''VideoGame/CrystalCastles'', which not only made Bentley Bear invincible, but allowed him to kill Berthilda, the WickedWitch.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' had "Stunt Bug", in which an invincible StuntDouble of Bug (a movie star) replaces him, and rapidly damages all enemies on contact. It lasts for a short while, of course.

* In ''Trog'', eating a pineapple transforms you into a full-grown dinosaur who can eat cavemen and demolish obstacles.

* ''VideoGame/SuperIndieKarts'' has the Golden Shroom item. This item gives you a boost in speed and allows you to cause opposing racers to spin out when you run into them. While the 50cc class only has one on each track, the number of the Golden Shrooms you must collect to use it increases.

* ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing'' and other Crash Bandicoot racing games has the Aku Aku/Uka Uka masks, which function just like the ''Mario Kart'' Super Star. Which mask you get depends on what characters you choose (good guys like Crash and Coco get Aku Aku while bad guys like Cortex and Tiny get Uka Uka).
* ''VideoGame/GensouSkydrift'', a ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fangame, features the Peerless Patriot's Elixir. As with the ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' example above, it also increases the user's speed. [[MoonRabbit Reisen]] uses a more powerful version[[note]]with some elements of ActionBomb[[/note]] for her [[LimitBreak Last Word]], with [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Youmu]] and [[spoiler:[[{{Oni}} Suika]]]] having similar effects as part of theirs.

* ''VideoGame/Corridor7AlienInvasion'' has a blue alien sphere that makes you impervious to damage for a few seconds. It's a rather painful ''Doom'' clone, by the way.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' series has two invulnerability power-ups, the Death Mask and the [[AttackReflector Reflective Shots]]. The former is the run-of-the-mill total invincibility, but thanks to a developer oversight it doesn't have a tell for when its effect expires, so you can't go on as much of a tear as you might expect. The latter reflects hitscan damage such as bullets and melee attacks right back at whoever attacked Caleb, but doesn't protect at all from fire, explosions or projectiles.

* ''VideoGame/Ashes2063'' has the [[SuperSerum TITAN stim]] in episode 2, ''Afterglow''. Downplayed in that it doesn't make you invincible, just unkillable -- HitPoints above 1 and any armor at all will still be lost upon taking damage while TITAN is active.

* ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' has two invulnerability power-ups, the Death Mask and the [[AttackReflector Reflective Shots]]. The former is the run-of-the-mill total invincibility, but thanks to a developer oversight it doesn't have a tell for when its effect expires, so you can't go on as much of a tear as you might expect. The latter reflects hitscan damage such as bullets and melee attacks right back at whoever attacked Caleb, but doesn't protect at all from fire, explosions or projectiles.

* The energizers in ''VideoGame/{{ZZT}}''.

* ''VideoGame/TAGAP'' has blue pills in the first game, which makes you impervious to all damage at the drawback of speeding up everything but you.

-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]]''', playing ''[[VideoGame/PacMan Ms. Pac-Man]]''

* While ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' uses the original yellow Super Star while in the overworld, in battle it also features a new InvincibilityPowerUp item called Red Essence, which makes the user invincible for three turns. The Super Star is quite original as it not only makes you instantly defeat any mook that you run into, but also gain the EXP, thus making it an exceptionally useful item. If you can find one, it will usually be in an area with a horde of enemies for you to run through and kill.

In spite of all this awesomeness, you might still die if you do something the game considers inescapable, such as [[BottomlessPit falling into a pit]] or [[ChunkySalsaRule getting crushed]].

[[caption-width-right:355:[[StockParodyJoke Forget mushrooms, this is what all the cool kids are doing!]]]]