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** [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] uses her pheromone powers to get others to obey. When Mr. Freeze takes the diamond from her and she tries it on him, Freeze points out it doesn't work on a coldhearted individual like himself. Though Freeze is mostly being dramatic. The real reason it probably doesn't work is that he's wearing his refrigeration armor with a sealed helmet.

*** Loki attempts to brainwash [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] by touching his staff to his chest, only for it to harmlessly bounce off the arc reactor keeping Tony alive instead. Tony is, to say the least, supremely unimpressed. [[SoundOfNoDamage It even makes a loud clink when it hits]]. After a {{beat}} Loki tries again. ''Clink.''

** In ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', [[spoiler:Wanda]] no-sold everything launched against [[spoiler:her]]. Best example is when [[spoiler:America fight Wanda, America's punches literally fails to do something beyond annoying her.]]

* The jordain from Halruaa (TheMagocracy in ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms''), are almost totally immune to magic -- only the strongest spells can penetrate their resistance. And, of course, they have Magehounds capable of piercing ''a lot'' of magic resistance, in case some jordaini goes rogue. One of protagonists of ''Literature/CounselorsAndKings'' is the product of a jordaini birth gone awry: she possesses both magic ''and'' resistance to it. Of course, GameBreaker and much HilarityEnsues.

* At ''[[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Bound For Glory]]'' 2005, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels hits Wrestling/AJStyles with a German Suplex, but Styles gets up immediately showing no signs of pain before flooring Daniels.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' has this in the "Trials of Lion-O". Lion-O must force [[TheBigGuy Panthro]] out of a wrestling ring within a time limit, but cannot even move him.

* Near the end of ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'s'' first Death Swap, in the Nether, [[spoiler: Dream uses an enchanted golden apple to swim in lava. Of course, George doesn't know this, and Dream had humorous reactions swimming in the lava]].

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony Part 2]]", the first time Twilight tries to combine the Elements of Harmony to defeat Discord, it doesn't work, because her friends have become [[EmbodimentOfVice corrupted to their opposite selves]] and [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield the Element of Loyalty does not work with Spike.]]

** In the fourth season, the Winx discover their Enchantix powers are not strong enough against the Wizards of the Black Circle, thus the Winx must earn Believix, one of the higher level fairy forms, which is the only thing stronger enough than their dark power.
** In the fifth season, Believix turns out to be really weak underwater, and the Winx have to aquire Sirenix, an ancient power last used by Daphne, to fight against Tritannus.

** In a similar vein, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return of Harmony, Part 1]]" shows that Fluttershy is the only one of the Mane Six who's immune to Discord's verbal manipulation. Granted, [[spoiler:he finally just gives up and uses straight-up mind control instead]].