History Main / InvincibleHero

*** Crow isn't much different--he only suffered three losses, which happened over ninety episodes after his introduction.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': This is one problem that AntiHero Accelerator can run into at times: his powers are so unbelievably strong and versatile that there are very few situations that are any threat to him whatsoever, even after he's been DePowered to some extent. Like Alucard of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', he tends to keep the fans' interest because it is usually ''very'' entertaining watching him slaughter all the bad guys, and the focus of his battles is usually on his inner character rather than the carnage he's perpetuating.

* The Hero in ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'' is a level 99 ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' protagonist, and is practically unbeatable in combat. However, this level of power makes him feel apart from humanity. He and the Demon Queen are trying to find a way to save the world peacefully.

* Sora and Shiro, the brother/sister duo from ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', seem to not only win every game they play, but also have every move of their opponent planned out in advance. [[spoiler:However, they do occasionally "tie" when the outcome is still favorable to them.]]

* Ainz in ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'' is a level 100 MMORPG player character who, along with his similarly leveled NPC minions and guild HQ that was considered one of the hardest dungeons in the game it came from, are all TrappedInAnotherWorld. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on the circumstances), even the most legendary of creatures considered leagues above anything any mortal man could hope to challenge are mid-tier at best when compared what was in the MMORPG. It's increasingly shown that the only thing that could actually give Ainz and his henchmen a run for their money is another level 100 player character (none of which have yet appeared in present time,) or one of his direct underlings going rogue [[spoiler:which eventually happens when Shalltear is mind-controlled by a World-class item]]. To get around the protagonist and his party being so overpowered, the plot focuses mostly on Ainz exploring the New World, his political maneuvering among the various nations (both as Overlord Ainz and his adventurer persona Momon that he uses to infiltrate the Adventurer's Guild,) and the far less invincible natives he affects.

* Lina, the [[AntiHero anti-heroine]] of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', is less of this trope than it warrants, but it is painfully obvious how fellow mages Zelgadis, Amelia, and Sylphiel are out-classed against her, as she is the only person among them (and probably the entire world) who can both beam-spam the most powerful spell in the verse's BlackMagic, and can also draw power from [[GuardianOfTheMultiverse the Lord of Nightmares.]] She also shows ridiculous insight and intelligence often in random bursts, whereas normally she is fairly smart, but not inquisitive - the reverse happens with [[TheSmartGuy Zelgadis]], who is normally book-smart, but fails at battle strategies. It is her that takes down every single demonic being that the group encounters, which makes Xellos' comment of all four main characters being "[[TitleDrop Slayers]]" of demons far less credible - Lina defeated Shabranigdo while the others were taken down in one blow each. Filia, a Golden Dragon, Naga, [[GoldfishPoopGang her alleged rival]], and Pokota, a prince, are probably the only people that could rival her, but Filia is a [[HolierThanThou stuck-up, prissy, and naive]] priestess who often refuses to take part in the group's antics, Naga is incredibly flaky, and Pokota is stuck in the body of a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter stuffed animal]], knocking down his use by a solid margin. This mostly applies to the anime and the novels.

* Kirito of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. He's shown to be ridiculously smart (having built a top-of-the-line custom gaming PC at age 14, knowing how to hack SAO's code, among other things), and is easily considered the best player. He wins every fight with little effort. In fact, one of the only times he's ever lost was when his opponent ([[spoiler: the BigBad himself, the creator of the game]]) cheated. There's one scene in particular in which a gang of player-killers rush him. He stands still, completely unfazed while he explains that his health regeneration skill is so high that ''it refills at a faster rate than his enemies can deal out damage.'' Later on, he gains a sword skill that is exclusive to him and him alone. Even when his health is depleted to zero, he somehow wills himself back to life to land the finishing blow on Kayaba. Then, in [=SAO2=], he transfers to the FirstPersonShooter-themed Gun Gale Online, and immediately begins consistently and handily defeating his opponents, despite having never played the game or any firearm-based [=MMOs=], and going up against players with far more experience than him. It isn't until the end of [=SAO2=] that he actually loses a fight fair and square, and by that point, it hardly matters.

* ''LightNovel/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'': Kyousuke almost always wins his battles and manages to save everyone. While he might be at the disadvantage the first time he encounters a villain, by the second fight he's figured out a way to counter their strategy and defeat them. He can even defeat groups of soldiers in PoweredArmor without summoning. There are two exceptions to this, however. Kyousuke never manages to defeat [[TheDreaded Elvast]], even in the rematch. While he technically does figure out ways to stop the [[BigBad White Queen's]] plans, this is only possible because she's {{Yandere}} for him and considers it fun to let him win.

* The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. This got {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in one episode by her younger cousin Joss, who began the episode idolizing Kim as an unstoppable badass, and ended it idolizing her sidekick Ron instead, declaring that Kim's invincibility just makes her boring because it's a ForegoneConclusion that she's just going to [[CurbStompBattle stomp the bad guy without even breaking a sweat]], while Ron being a CowardlyLion who loyally follows Kim into danger despite being scared out of his mind 90% of the time (and [[ComedicUnderwearExposure out of his pants the other 10%]]) actually makes him the truer hero.

* In most monotheistic religions, God is an omnipotent, invincible being who can do anything.

** Yugi from the [[Manga/YuGiOh original manga]] rarely, if ever, loses a game, with most of his losses being to outside reasons, with only a few actual losses on record. He is hailed as the KingOfGames. To take it a bit further, Yami Yugi only lost twice in the manga, and one of those losses was to [[spoiler:Yugi himself]]. The anime had him lose a duel to Rafael, and it’s implied he lost to Joey when they dueled after Battle City.

** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny has spent the whole of his career as a KarmicTrickster effortlessly outwitting and humiliating B-listers and icons alike in the ''Looney Tunes/WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'' pantheon, such as Beaky Buzzard and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck respectively. So untouchable is Bugs, that of the many adversaries he faced over the roughly 172 cartoons he originally starred in, the number of characters able to best the trickster rabbit can be counted on one hand. Some villains, such as WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam and Marvin the Martian, were created to give Bugs a more formidable and less sympathetic opponent.

** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny has spent the whole of his career as a KarmicTrickster effortlessly outwitting and humiliating B-listers and icons alike in the ''Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies'' pantheon, such as Beaky Buzzard and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck respectively. So untouchable is Bugs, that of the many adversaries he faced over the roughly 172 cartoons he originally starred in, the number of characters able to best the trickster rabbit can be counted on one hand. Some villains, such as WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam and Marvin the Martian, were created to give Bugs a more formidable and less sympathetic opponent.

* The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. This got {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in one episode by her younger cousin Joss, who began the episode idolizing Kim as an unstoppable badass, and ended it idolizing her sidekick Ron instead, declaring that Kim's invincibility just makes her boring because it's a ForegoneConclusion that she's just going to [[CurbStompBattle stomp the bad guy without even breaking a sweat]], while Ron being a CowardlyLion who loyally follows Kim into danger despite being scared out of his mind 90% of the time (and [[RunningGag out of his pants the other 10%]]) actually makes him the truer hero.

* The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. This got {{lampshade|Hanging}}d on at least one occasion when a character declared that her sidekick Ron being a CowardlyLion actually makes him the superior hero out of the two.

* The eponymous "hero" of the ''Film/DeathstalkerSeries'', at least in the original film. Deathstalker was a bland Film/ConanTheBarbarian knockoff, with a magic sword that made him literally invincible, as long as he held it. The subsequent sequels toned this down massively, retooling Deathstalker as more of a LovableRogue type.

Compare with ImmortalHero, where the heroes can and often do lose, but hardly ever die; the less suspenseful ShowyInvincibleHero, that would be this except that it focuses on the RuleOfCool; the ComicallyInvincibleHero or TheAce, which follows RuleOfFunny; and InvincibleIncompetent, where the hero is still usually untouchable, but more due to [[TheFool dumb luck]] and LaserGuidedKarma than any real competence of their own. Contrast InvincibleVillain, their EvilCounterpart; and FailureHero, who never wins at anything.

** To clarify, Akagi in ''Anime/{{Ten}}'' only lost twice, and in both cases he himself effectively forfeited the match due to [[IGaveMyWord technicalities]]. Other characters acknowledge that if only Akagi had decided to go against his word and kept playing until the end, he would have likely come out on top.

** Meanwhile, the Avengers also seem on paper to be invincible, composed of two {{Badass Normal}}s, a billionaire GadgeteerGenius and AcePilot, a SuperSoldier and LivingLegend who kind of lives up to the legend, a man with ''breathtaking'' anger issues who can match a PhysicalGod [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk for strength and toughness]] when he isn't wielding an insightful scientific mind, and two {{Physical God}}s with ComboPlatterPowers, Loki having been ReformedButNotTamed. But they can be tricked, captured, and defeated, as [[spoiler:HYDRA]] prove in the first book and [[spoiler:the Red Court and their Outsider allies]] in the second.

** Inverted with ''Literature/OrlandoFurioso'', though, as Orlando eventually turns into The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk because [[LoveMakesYouEvil Angelica does not love him]], and slaughters hundreds of innocents.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' by the end of the series and in all Post-Ending material, Naruto Uzumaki became this, with most people in-universe believing that nothing can harm him. The one person alive who can halfway match him blow for blow is [[TheRival Sasuke Uchiha]], who himself handily acknowledges that he can't actually ''beat'' him.

* Manga/{{Naruto}} by the end of the manga and in all Post-Ending material, with most people in-universe believing that nothing can harm him. The one person alive who can halfway match him blow for blow is [[TheRival Sasuke]], who himself handily acknowledges that he can't actually ''beat'' him.

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' cannot be stopped, only slowed down. Despite it being mentioned early on that he has half of a vampire's strength and half of the weaknesses, he has since become such a MartyStu that nothing that the most powerful entities in his world can dish out against him [[TheStoic can even make him change his expression.]] The only one who could even remotely threaten him is his [[{{Dracula}} daddy dearest.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has a rather interesting relationship with this trope. The player character of any given mainline installment is 100% a straight example. The game constantly talks about how these characters are some of the greatest trainers of all time, even though none of the battles in the main story really require any knowledge of the game's mechanics beyond how to win at ElementalRockPaperScissors. With the various post-game battle facilities, on the other hand, that goes right out the window. The game expects you to be every bit the Pokemon Battling prodigy the game thinks your character is, which means making use of [=IVs=], Natures, and [=EVs=]. And while good teambuilding can make up for not utilizing these things to their full extent, it will only get you so far. Little Jimmy's Timid Nature Steelix[[note]] A Timid Nature Pokemon gets +10% Speed and -10% Attack, which is abysmal for a MightyGlacier like Steelix, since it won't be able to deal decent damage to anything and even with the boosted speed it won't be able to out-speed much[[/note]] isn't taking on the Battle Tower any time soon. However, no matter how poorly the ''player'' does at these facilities, the ''player character'' still retains their invincible hero status.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has a rather interesting relationship with this trope. The player character of any given mainline installment is 100% a straight example. The game constantly talks about how these characters are some of the greatest trainers of all time, even though none of the battles in the main story really require any knowledge of the game's mechanics beyond how to win at ElementalRockPaperScissors. With the various post-game battle facilities, on the other hand, that goes right out the window. The game expects you to be every bit the Pokemon Battling prodigy the game thinks your character is, which means making use of [=IVs=], Natures, and [=EVs=]. And while good teambuilding can make up for not utilizing these things to their full extent, it will only get you so far. Little Jimmy's Timid Nature Steelix[[note]] A Timid Nature Pokemon gets +10% Speed and -10% Attack, which is abysmal for a MightyGlacier like Steelix, since it won't be able to deal decent damage to anything and even with the boosted speed it won't be able to out-speed much[[/note]]. However, no matter how poorly the ''player'' does at these facilities, the ''player character'' still retains their invincible hero status.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has a rather interesting relationship with this trope. The player character of any given mainline installment is 100% a straight example. The game constantly talks about how these characters are some of the greatest trainers of all time, even though none of the battles in the main story really require any knowledge of the game's mechanics beyond how to win at Elemental Rock Paper Scissors. With the various post-game battle facilities, on the other hand, that goes right out the window. The game expects you to be every bit the Pokemon Battling prodigy the game thinks your character is, which means making use of [=IVs=], Natures, and [=EVs=]. And while good teambuilding can make up for not utilizing these things to their full extent, it will only get you so far. Little Jimmy's Timid Nature Steelix[[note]] A Timid Nature Pokemon gets +10% Speed and -10% Attack, which is abysmal for a MightyGlacier like Steelix, since it won't be able to damage anything and even with the boosted speed it won't be able to outspeed much[[/note]]. However, no matter how poorly the ''player'' does at these facilities, the ''player character'' still retains their invincible hero status.

* Pick a pulp novel hero. Any pulp novel hero from the 1930s whether it be {{Franchise/Conan|TheBarbarian}}, Literature/{{Kull}}, ''Literature/SolomonKane'', Literature/JohnCarterOfMars, ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'', or especially, Franchise/DocSavage. They will be far superior to any other human (even those of their own group), irresistibly attractive to females, and the best warrior that ever lived, requiring dozens of other warriors to even stand a chance; and usually a brilliant intellectual. Some writers knew this might be boring so they toned down one of these aspects or got rid of it altogether. Other times they were able to make the rest of the story interesting enough that it didn't matter.

That being said, KryptoniteFactor and GoodFlawsBadFlaws are the main ways to make an Invincible Hero more... [[PerfectlyCromulentWord vincible]].[[note]]That is actually a word, meaning "[[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vincible capable of being overcome]]"[[/note]]

* ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'':

*** Want to see [[UpToEleven something even MORE insane?]] In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'', Zeorymer can be '''UPGRADED''' into the Great Zeorymer. Feel free to let out an EvilLaugh as you see the enemy throw everything but the kitchen sink at it and die as the Great Zeorymer retaliates with all the Hakkeshu attacks.

* Selene from ''Film/Underworld2003'' is this in spades, starting out as invincible to begin with and even being more powerful than her boyfriend, who was supposed to be the most powerful creature of all time once he became a hybrid, and ends up being little more than her attack dog. Then [[FromBadToWorse it snowballs from there]] when she gets an ''[[UpToEleven upgrade]]'' in the second film and is made immune to sunlight and possibly to all other vampire weaknesses. In the fourth film this is taken to ridiculous levels and [[spoiler:her daughter]] is just as bad. By the fourth film Vampires pretty much consider her a God. What makes it worse is that in the Underworld series [[StrongerWithAge the older you are, the more powerful you are]]. Despite what should be a massive gap in power, she succeeds in killing ''The FIRST VAMPIRE'' in the second film, who himself became a hybrid and as such should be able to beat down everyone in the cast with ease. She never takes more than one-two hits per film (and even then only because the plot demands that she has to in order to keep the movie from more or less dying midway through) and even then just shrugs them off like they were nothing.

* {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', where the hero, Saitama, is so strong that he defeats all his enemies with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just one punch]]. However, as a result, he's growing increasingly detached from humanity and life in general because [[VictoryIsBoring there are no challenges for him]] and he's so much stronger than everyone else that he can't seem to relate to them as well anymore. He hasn't even noticed basic things like the entire city area around him being long abandoned. In the rare cases he ''does'' get hit? He simply brushes it off or, more accurately, [[WillfullyWeak holds himself back]].
** Additionally, while nothing physical is a challenge for him, he has bad luck in areas he can't punch. He's touchy about his lack of hair. He placed poorly on the Hero Organization's (written) entrance exam, resulting in him being a Class C hero. Thanks to this, he's developed a reputation as a cheat who steals credit for other heroes' work.
* Rocky from ''Webcomic/PokemonX'' has [[NonLethalKO fainted]] a grand total of twice, and this was so notable that it was actually pointed out when it happened that it was the first time it had ever happened. 596 pages into the comic. This also led to Brendan's first-ever defeat in the comic -- but he's an IdiotHero, so we tend to overlook ''his'' invincibility. (What's more, the second time Rocky fainted, Brendan technically ''tied''.)

** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny has spent the whole of his career as a KarmicTrickster effortlessly outwitting and humiliating B-listers and icons alike in the ''Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies'' pantheon, such as Beaky Buzzard and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck respectively. So untouchable is Bugs, that of the many adversaries he faced over the roughly 172 cartoons he originally starred in, the number of characters able to best the trickster rabbit can be counted on one hand. Some villains, such as Yosemite Sam and Marvin the Martian, were created to give Bugs a more formidable and less sympathetic opponent.
** Speedy Gonzales's SuperSpeed made him near untouchable by antagonists such as Sylvester (the odd occasion the cat actually placed the mouse in his mouth he often merely charged with enough power to rip (harmlessly) through his tail, suggesting it was actually ''physically impossible'' for Sylvester to eat Speedy).

** Additionally, while nothing physical is a challenge for him, he has bad luck in areas he can't punch. He's touchy about his lack of hair. He placed poorly on the Hero Organization's (written) entrance exam, resulting in him being a Class C hero. Thanks to this, he's developed a reputation as a cheat who steals credit for other heroes' work. He also gets easily defeated by King, a normal civilian wrongly placed in S class, when it comes to video games.