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* Some of the fights in ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' can get extremely brutal (that rival the likes of ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}''), with characters being pummelled so intensely that a visit to the hospital would be required at the very ''least''. However, for the most part, they'll show up the next day looking right as rain aside from a smattering of band-aids.

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* ''WesternAnimation ChickenRunDawnOfTheNugget'': [[spoiler: To top getting blown up by her pie machine and getting crushed by a giant door in the first movie,]] the villain manages to survive getting fried by her nugget maker.

* Captain Underpants in [[WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpants his film adaptation]] gets hit by a car and gets right back up. [[spoiler:And that's [[BadassNormal before]] he gets superpowers]].

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': [[HeroicBuild Exemplars]] - those whose power buffs all normal human traits and abilities to peak human or even super-human levels - shade between this and SuperToughness depending on their power level, with the highest levels being bulletproof against most small arms. [[AvertedTrope Generally averted in actual practice]], however, as even the NighInvulnerable characters can and frequently do get injured. Lancer is a FlyingBrick, and in his Fall 2006 combat final, he got a dislocated shoulder that sent him to the hospital. [[spoiler:He still won, though.]] Phase seems to be in dire need of her roommate's healing salves on a regular basis.

* [[AvertedTrope Usually averted]] in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', even if it is a comic book universe. Even the NighInvulnerable characters get injured. Lancer is a FlyingBrick, and in his combat final, he got a dislocated shoulder that sent him to the hospital. [[spoiler:He still won, though.]] Phase seems to be in dire need of her roommate's healing salves on a regular basis.

* Joe Thomas, the starting left tackle from the Cleveland Browns, played 10,363 consecutive snaps in his career, from 2007 until 2017, when he suffered a career ending injury. Because of his durability, Thomas was named to ten straight Pro Bowls and the NFL's 2010s All-Decade Team, despite the fact that his team never reached the playoffs.

* Eli Manning is the current record holder for an ''active'' streak of consecutive games. He had suffered a shoulder sprain in the first game of 2007, but after he was expected to be out a couple of months, he was right back on the field the next week. The team rallied around Eli's [[TheDeterminator determination]], and rallied their way to one of the most memorable Super Bowl championships in the history of football.
* Not far behind Eli Manning is Dallas Cowboys Tight End Jason Witten, who hasn't missed a start since ''2006''. And keep in mind that he's a Tight End, a far more physical position than quarterback; he's had to block everyone from Safeties to Defensive Ends during that span, and has also caught nearly 900 passes and gotten hit on damn near all of them.

This trope also enables our hero to take a bullet in some critical area (chest, shoulder, etc) and [[JustAFleshWound continue to fight as though nothing had happened]], even if they should be OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank.

* LetsPlay/MarikPlaysBloodlines. While [[LargeHam Marik]] was in the wrong crowd's house, one interrupts his BadassBoast. All the other wrong crowd members got down within 2-3 hits, this particular one got hit ''16'' times total by a [[BuffySpeak Bat-wielding-Vampire]]!

* The eponymous ''WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller'' in the original {{Creepypasta}} survives being stabbed, kicked in the face, punched, thrown through glass, having a glass bottle broken over his head, set on fire, cutting off his own eyelids, and giving himself a GlasgowSmile yet takes the bullies who inflicted this upon him (or mostly anyone else really) quite easily.

* Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''. He was able to survive the rockets and missiles from Vector's base, with the exception that he's completely covered with ash.

* Wrestling/TheUndertaker. At Elimination Chamber 2010, Taker was making his way to the ring in his usual grand fashion (Smoke, fireballs, really slow walk, etc.). Undertaker did his usual pause at the top of the ramp, and was engulfed in flames by an errant fireball. Playing it off as being [[IncrediblyLamePun fired up]], he ran to the ring, and proceeded to wrestle an entire Elimination Chamber match. He then lost his World Heavyweight Championship to Wrestling/ChrisJericho, but nobody's perfect.

If a person has this kind of durability as a superpower, it's SuperToughness. When the character ''does'' sustain grisly, incapacitating injuries but keeps going anyway, it's NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow. If the character's durability is justification for putting them through [[AmusingInjuries a lot of physical stress for the audience's amusement]], you probably have an IronButtmonkey.

* ''Fanfic/SuicidalOverconfidence'': According to WordOfGod, this trope is partly the reason why [[spoiler:it took a bit of effort and time for the Kingpin to actually beat Bitsy to death. Not only was he pummeling her repeatedly just for the sake of it, but Bitsy (even as old as she was) was tough enough to require that much force before she eventually succumbed to her injuries]]. As the author themself puts it, "for all [of Bitsy's] faults she's a [[{{Determinator}} stubborn]] old witch."

* ''Fanfic/SuicidalOverconfidence'': According to WordOfGod, this trope is partly the reason why [[spoiler:it took a bit of effort and time for the Kingpin to actually beat Bitsy to death. Not only was he pummeling her repeatedly just for the sake of it, but Bitsy (even as old as she was) was tough enough to take on that much force before she eventually died]]. As the author themself puts it, "for all [of Bitsy's] faults she's a [[{{Determinator}} stubborn]] old witch."

* ''Fanfic/SuicidalOverconfidence'': According to WordOfGod, this trope is partly the reason why [[spoiler:it took a bit of effort and time for the Kingpin to actually beat Bitsy to death. Not only was he pummeling her repeatedly just for the sake of it, but Bitsy (even as old as she was) was tough enough to take on that much force before she eventually died]]. As the author themself puts it, "for all [Bitsy's] faults she's a [[{{Determinator}} stubborn]] old witch."

* ''Fanfic/SuicidalOverconfidence'': According to WordOfGod, this trope is partly the reason why [[spoiler:it took a bit of effort and time for the Kingpin to actually beat Bitsy to death]]. As the author themself puts it, "for all her faults [Bitsy's] a [[{{Determinator}} stubborn]] old witch."

* ''Fanfic/SuicidalOverconfidence'': According to WordOfGod, this trope is partly the reason why [[spoiler:it took a bit of effort and time for the Kingpin to actually beat Bitsy to death]]. As the author themself puts it, "for all her faults she's a [[{{Determinator}} stubborn]] old witch."

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13545968/1/Wilhuff-Tarkin-Hero-of-the-Rebellion Wilhuff Tarkin, Hero of the Rebellion]]'' has two examples:

** Fighter himself has survived several stabs to the back of the head courtesy of black mage and it isn't likely he's ever felt a thing. Hell, he even had one used as a lightning rod to channel a Lightning Spell directly into his brain. That particular spell actually INCREASED his intelligence instead of dealing any damage whatsoever!