History Main / NotSoInvincibleAfterall

* In ''[[FanFic/MassFoundations Mass Foundations: Redemption in the Stars]]'', one of the antagonists is [[spoiler:the Collector-General, a hulking figure of solid and lava, able to unleash biotic barrages and with inhumanly durable barriers]]. When [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas the Courier]] ends up fighting it alone, the Shadow Broker’s guards consider him doomed and see no reason to intervene. After the creature gets brought to its knees, they finally fire at him, but it was too late.

* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku spends most of the early parts of the story shrugging off everything thrown at him with ease thanks to his Kryptonian NighInvulnerability. Everyone's hopeful that he can beat back the Noumu on his lonesome until help arrives. Their hopes are quickly dashed when the Noumu flies into a rage after Izuku's RapidFireFisticuffs, beating him bloody and leaving him screaming in agony. He's only saved from having his spine broken by All Might's timely arrival and decision to [[GodzillaThreshold kill the Noumu to end the threat it posed.]]

* Discussed by Archer and Welf in ''Fanfic/HeroicMyth''. After [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] the Apollo Familia, Welf says that he can't imagine the Servants ever getting beat. Archer refutes the notion. No matter how invincible they seem, Servants can be brought down with the right circumstances, people, and equipment. His unusually specific list of scenarios is a MythologyGag to events in the original Fate/stay night, which Welf lampshades as being too detailed to be simple hypotheticals.
-->'''Welf:''' Still, I can't imagine any of you guys getting beat when the going gets tough. Spirits are amazing…\\
'''Archer:''' We may be but there's no such thing as invincible, Welf. Anyone can be beaten with the right weapon, tactics, or people by your side. Be it a school teacher with proper training and support from a mage, or a person who practiced a powerful martial art while equipped with blessed weapons or Magic Items passed down in their family, or even just some punk kid who got lucky. A Servant can be taken down as easily as any monster from the Dungeon.
* ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'': After [[spoiler: stealing Elyon's powers]], Phobos seems unstoppable. However, as the narration notes, all that power doesn't stop him from being made from flesh and bone that can still be injured by the Guardians if they actually manage to land blows, which they proceed to prove during the subsequent fight.
* ''Fanfic/CodeGeassPaladinsOfVoltron'' kept true to the [[WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender source material]] in showing why Emperor Zarkon was TheDreaded, having him take on both Robot Lions and Knightmare Frames on foot and defeat them. Then, in chapter 37, [[spoiler:Lelouch, [[NonActionGuy of all people]], managed to break the illusion of invincibility by stabbing him with his [[MorphWeapon Luxite]] [[SinisterScimitar Blade]] while rescuing Cornelia.]] A minor example, to be sure, but it gave some [[DarkestHour much-needed hope.]]
* ''Fanfic/AMothToAFlame'': Despite being TheDreaded throughout Eurasia due to [[AncientConspiracy controlling most of it from the shadows for centuries]], the Core bitterly explains to Marcy that the Wu Clan's influence didn't last forever. The outside forces that the Wus couldn't control eroded away their influence, such as the barbarian tribes causing the fall of UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire and even their stronghold in ImperialChina faltering to a steady decline after the assassination of Emperor Gong. The split of the Northern and Southern Chinese dynasties would break their power irreparably and over the course of the next 200 years, all they worked for had eroded to nothing, causing some of them to pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere and use the Calamity Box to move to Amphibia to start a new life.
--> '''The Core''': Dear Marcy. No one [[TheEmpire empire]], no one [[TheClan clan]], can ever truly withstand the test of time, [[BadassFamily not even the Wus]]. That is the folly of being made of mere flesh, blood and bone. Like those before them, [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind they fell victim to a changing world]].

** Sephiroth of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. WordOfGod is that he's the most powerful character in that game's verse. However, while he is practically impossible to defeat in a fair one-on-one fight, he's not so massively above everyone that he can't be fought at all. It's just that the characters powerful enough to give him a good fight are extremely few. ''Crisis Core'' shows that his fellow SOLDIER 1st Classes are capable of contending with him in battle and giving him a genuinely hard fight. By the time he went insane, he went either almost or fully all-out against the new SOLDIER 1st Class, Zack Fair, who previously defeated Angeal and Genesis, the aformentioned fellow SOLDIER 1st Classes, and despite winning the fight, was left vulnerable enough from both his psychotic breakdown and the strain of fighting an opponent of Zack's level that an ordinary grunt who would become the main protagonist of the series managed to kill him by stabbing him in the back with a huge sword while he was distracted and later using Sephiroth's own sword which he was impaled on to throw Sephiroth into the Lifestream. Despite coming back to life ''twice'' with more power each time, Sephiroth is still killed again and again for his troubles, although WordofGod makes it clear that Sephiroth wasn't giving it his all during the battle. His arrogance seems to prevent him from finishing off the heroes as quickly as he could, which is what gave an entire group of them and later the afromentioned grunt who had developed into a seasoned combat veteran alone the opening they needed to defeat him.

* In the opening of the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', Bruce Wayne hangs up the Bat-mantle after a bad heart attack [[TechnicalPacifist forces him to pull a gun on someone]].

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': The Diamonds are regarded as very powerful gems, Pink Diamond was shattered by Rose Quartz. [[spoiler:Subverted in that Pink Diamond faked her own shattering because she ''was'' Rose Quartz. Although doing so did show it's possible for Diamonds to be poofed and shattered.]]

* In many ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' games such as ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', even while you're powered-up with the [[InvincibilityPowerUp Invincibility Star]], you can still get [[DeathThrows killed]] by jumping into lava or being crushed by a wall and platform.
** The "Invincible" Tubba Blubba from ''VideoGame/{{Paper Mario|64}}''. His invincibility is the plot point of the chapter: you know he has a weakness, you just don't know what it is or where to find it. [[spoiler:It's his heart, separated from his body, which is still very vulnerable. After defeating it, it flees and rejoins its owner, making him not only vulnerable but weak enough to take out in one turn.]]

** In a few modern Sonic games, a select few enemies have proven to be powerful enough that they can, through power alone, harm Super Sonic or other characters in their Super Forms. Notably, the Egg Salamander from ''VideoGame/SonicRush'', Solaris from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' and Dark Gaia from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' are three such examples, though in the case of the former, only a select few of the Egg Salamander's attacks can harm Super Sonic or Burning Blaze. The Titans from ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' can also make short work of Super Sonic if he fails a [[PressXToNotDie QTE]]. In the TrueFinalBoss added in the ''Final Horizons'' update, [[spoiler:THE END unavoidably blasts Super Sonic and forces him to lose alot of rings. Even more striking because Sonic had harnessed the power of Cyberspace to increase his Super Sonic power further.]]

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** Sephiroth of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. WordOfGod is that he's the most powerful character in that game's verse. However, while he is practically impossible to defeat in a fair one-on-one fight, he's not so massively above everyone that he can't be fought at all. It's just that the characters powerful enough to give him a good fight are extremely few. ''Crisis Core'' shows that his fellow SOLDIER 1st Classes are capable of contending with him in battle and giving him a genuinely hard fight. By the time he went insane, he went either almost or fully all-out against the new SOLDIER 1st Class, Zack Fair, who previously defeated Angeal and Genesis, the aformentioned fellow SOLDIER 1st Classes, and despite winning the fight, was left vulnerable enough from both his psychotic breakdown and the strain of fighting an opponent of Zack's level that an ordinary grunt who would become the main protagonist of the series managed to kill him by stabbing him in the back with a huge sword while he was distracted and later using Sephiroth's own sword which he was impaled on to throw Sephiroth into the Lifestream. Despite coming back to life ''twice'' with more power each time, Sephiroth is still killed again and again for his troubles, although WordofGod makes it clear that Sephiroth wasn't giving it his all during the battle. His arrogance seems to prevent him from finishing off the heroes as quickly as he could, which is what gave an entire group of them and later the afromentioned grunt who had developed into a seasoned combat veteran alone the opening they needed to defeat him.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has the EldritchAbomination Sin, a gigantic SpaceWhale that consumes and destroys everything that gets on its way. The Al Bhed try to take on Sin in a joint operation with the Crusaders using their heaviest weapons early in the game, [[CurbStompBattle and do absolutely nothing to Sin]]. The only means of defeating Sin is by the use of the Final Aeon, which is obtained at the end of a summoner's pilgrimage. [[spoiler:But this will end up killing the summoner and one of their guardians in the process, and that guardian will just become the next Sin. However, when the main characters TakeAThirdOption and ScrewDestiny, they have what it takes to damage Sin by weakening it [[CorruptChurch using the very same tech that the Yevon Church restricted]], which gives the party the chance they need to get inside Sin and permanently stop it.]]
* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' features Ares, the God of War. Many of his quotes are [[BadassBoast assertions]] that as a god, he is invincible. Not only that, but combat is what makes him strong, and his own victory quote points out how stupid it is to challenge the God of War in combat. All that said, he gets curb stomped by Wonder Woman during the story campaign, and then admits that a lack of conflict in the world due to Superman's Regime makes him weak enough to be harmed by even mortals.

* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'': Your party can fight an army of undead, fungus people, mutant pig-men, brigands, cultists, pirates, and a slew of eldritch abominations and ''win''. In the end, even the most ancient and lethal of all demons can be felled like any of your mortal party members. [[DownerEnding Unfortunately, they have reserves that you will NEVER have]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Nihilumbra}}'': The Klimeths, after you combine [[spoiler:fire with a turret]].
* ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'': Used to justify why Agent 47, master assassin, tried garrotting a giant bodyguard instead of anything smart. He admits that he was overconfident in his abilities and when it comes to assassinate said bodyguard, he can kill him with his barehands in a rematch, to show why he thought so highly of his skills.
* ''VideoGame/ViewFromBelow'': Deconstructed. The Crimson God at full power is completely unbeatable and [[spoiler:once defeated Melody, the StoneWall party member, in one hit. Although Ash and Melody learn that he can be weakened by killing his soul pieces, they are still held back by their fear of him, since they have no knowledge of how much this actually weakened him. This leads to the Crimson God almost killing them again, but once they regain their footing, they find that his attacks have been reduced from {{one hit kill}}s to survivable even for a GlassCannon like Ash]].

* Straight Cougar in ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'' loses to BigBad Muto even after going to his second stage Alter. He had previously effortlessly defeated both protagonists with only his first state Alter.

* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Being a demon prince of the Ars Goetia, Stolas is not only pretty high in Hell's hierarchy, his status is also backed up by the fact that he's vasty more powerful than most other demons. When Striker binds him with [[HolyBurnsEvil blessed rope]] in "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E4WesternEnergy Western Energy]]" and starts torturing him, Stolas has to be rushed to a hospital at the end of the episode due to the severity of his injuries. Up until this point Blitzo had assumed Stolas to be so powerful that he wouldn't be in any actual danger after learning that he had been kidnapped. The realization that he ''isn't'' [[ThousandYardStare leaves him rather despondent]].

* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Being a demon prince of the Ars Goetia, Stolas is not only pretty high in Hell's hierarchy, his status is also backed up by the fact that he's vasty more powerful than most other demons. When Striker binds him with [[HolyBurnsEvil blessed rope]] in "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E4WesternEnergy Western Energy]]" and starts torturing him, Stolas has to be rushed to a hospital at the end of the episode due to the severity of his injuries. Up until this point Blitzo had assumed Stolas to be so powerful that he wouldn't be in any actual danger after learning that he had been kidnapped. The realization that he ''isn't'' leaves him rather despondent.

** One of the other Emperors, Kaido, is so NighInvulnerable he basically treats suicide attempts like a hobby and is known as the "strongest ''creature'' in the world", as almost nothing can even pierce his skin and a leap from cloud height only left him with a bit of a headache. However, in the past he has received one scar from the legendary daimyo Kozuki Oden (a man who clashed equally with Whitebeard), and in fact was nearly killed by him. In the present, he tanks [[TheWorfBarrage a sustained barrage]] from [[SuperMode Gear 4]] Luffy without a scratch, but [[spoiler: when Oden's closest followers come to assassinate him, he's actually shocked that their blades are able to hurt him and he screams in pain. Luffy later demonstrates his improved Haki mastery when he punches Kaido -without Gear 4- and actually draws blood. As the other members of the Worst Generation jump in, Zoro, Law, Kid and Killer all show that [[ArmorPiercingAttack they have ways of bypassing his invulnerable skin]], [[VillainRespect amazing him]]. And as [[AntagonisticOffspring Yamato]] points out, another sign of him weakening from the battle is that the cloud flames he created to [[OminousFloatingCastle hold Onigashima in the air]] begin to [[NoOntologicalInertia disappear]]. And when Luffy finally achieves Gear 5, he is able to defeat Kaido once and for all.]]

** One of the other Emperors, Kaido, is so NighInvulnerable he basically treats suicide attempts like a hobby and is known as the "strongest ''creature'' in the world", as almost nothing can even pierce his skin and a leap from cloud height only left him with a bit of a headache. However, in the past he has received one scar from the legendary daimyo Kozuki Oden (a man who clashed equally with Whitebeard), and in fact was nearly killed by him. In the present, he tanks [[TheWorfBarrage a sustained barrage]] from [[SuperMode Gear 4]] Luffy without a scratch, but [[spoiler: when Oden's closest followers come to assassinate him, he's actually shocked that their blades are able to hurt him and he screams in pain. Luffy later demonstrates his improved Haki mastery when he punches Kaido -without Gear 4- and actually draws blood. As the other members of the Worst Generation jump in, Zoro, Law, Kid and Killer all show that [[ArmorPiercingAttack they have ways of bypassing his invulnerable skin]], [[VillainRespect amazing him]]. And as [[AntagonisticOffspring Yamato]] points out, another sign of him weakening from the battle is that the cloud flames he created to [[OminousFloatingCastle hold Onigashima in the air]] begin to [[NoOntologicalInertia disappear]]]].

** Their shortened lives are arguably for the best given the things that happen to them. Near the beginning of the series [[spoiler:Elsa]] finds the one weak point in their bullet resistance and commits suicide by shooting herself in the eye.

** Alucard gets one of these when fighting [[spoiler: Alexander using the Nail of Helena.]]

** In a few modern Sonic games, a select few enemies have proven to be powerful enough that they can, through power alone, harm Super Sonic or other characters in their Super Forms. Notably, the Egg Salamander from ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush]]'', Solaris from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' and Dark Gaia from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' are three such examples, though in the case of the former, only a select few of the Egg Salamander's attacks can harm Super Sonic or Burning Blaze. The Titans from ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' can also make short work of Super Sonic if he fails a [[PressXToNotDie QTE]].

* In the [[WesternAnimation/CareBearsMovieIIANewGeneration second movie of''WesternAnimation/CareBears'' the villain Darkheart falls out of a rowing boat and nearly drowns, needing to be rescued by his own reluctant minion. For reference, this is the same guy who at the beginning of the movie menaced the Care Bears on their boat in the middle of a storm-tossed ocean by taking the form of an enormous serpent, and possesses huge mystical powers. Who'd have guessed he'd be as vulnerable to the old "banana peel on the floor" trick as anyone?

* In the second ''WesternAnimation/{{Care Bears|Movie II A New Generation}}'' movie the villain Darkheart falls out of a rowing boat and nearly drowns, needing to be rescued by his own reluctant minion. For reference, this is the same guy who at the beginning of the movie menaced the Care Bears on their boat in the middle of a storm-tossed ocean by taking the form of an enormous serpent, and possesses huge mystical powers. Who'd have guessed he'd be as vulnerable to the old "banana peel on the floor" trick as anyone?
* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': After terrorizing Miracle City once every ten years for a long time, devouring superheroes and supervillains alike, El Mal Verde is finally brought down by White Pantera kicking the wind out of him, El Tigre incinerating the inside of his nose and knocking most of his teeth out, leaving him upside down in a crater where Granpapi steals his wallet. From then on, he remains a dangerous villain, but the knowledge that he can be defeated means he's no longer as feared as he used to be.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'':
** That Guy was cryogenically frozen because they were unable to find a cure for his terrible "boneitis". He turns out to be a cold, skilled businessman, and is just about to sell Planet Express to their biggest rivals, Momcorp, when he keels over and dies, ChekhovsGun-style, of his boneitis. "I was so busy being an Eighties guy," he laments, convulsing with agony, "that I forgot to cure it..." His one regret was that he had boneitis.
** During an episode set on a planet of robots who believe humans are evil, a horror film (in a clear homage to Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds) ends with the heroes pontificating that a human was immune to their "most powerful electromagnetic fields," but could be killed by a simple pointy stick in the back.

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, one of Western Animation's most iconic {{Comically Invincible Hero}}es was occasionally granted a rather humiliating loss, often at the hands of underestimated foes such as Elmer Fudd or Cecil Turtle. Double points in that the usually unflappable Bugs was [[SoreLoser prone to temper tantrums]] in most of these instances.
** More typically of course he goes up against someone who appears to be utterly undefeatable, and proceeds to take them out with cunning and aplomb.
* WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales, while not as commonly done, had similar moments. Being even more infallible than Bugs, his one true loss was at the hands of WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck hitting him on the head with a mallet.

* The Mexican criminal known as "El Tigre de Santa Julia" was famously captured while he was on the toilet.. It has even become a popular expression in Mexico to say "You caught me like El Tigre de Santa Julia" when someone is interrupted in the bathroom.

** HMS ''Invincible'' (R05) was a light aircraft carrier, the first of three in the ''Invincible'' class. She served from 1980 to 2005, including service in the Falklands War. Although this ''Invincible'' had [[DownplayedTrope the longest and most successful career of the six]], she would eventually be decommissioned -- to make way for the much larger ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_aircraft_carrier Queen Elizabeth]]'' class carriers -- and recycled for scrap in Turkey in 2011.

* There have been six ships of the UsefulNotes/RoyalNavy named [[TropeNamer HMS ''Invincible'']], [[TemptingFate none of which are still in service]]:

** HMS ''Invincible'' (R05) was a light aircraft carrier, the first of three in the ''Invincible'' class. She served from 1980 to 2005, including service in the Falklands War. She was scrapped in Turkey in 2011.
*** In the novel ''Literature/TheHuntForRedOctober'', Soviet Captain Ramius sarcastically mentions the name ''Invincible'' to his crew when he spots the ship on his periscope, stating it was an arrogant name for a ship.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/GoldenEye'' when [[PlayfulHacker Boris]], after being the last survivor of [[spoiler:the collapse of Alec Trevelyan's lair (other than Bond and Natalia of course)]], jumps up and hollers his {{Catchphrase}}: "Yes! I AM INVINCIBLE!" [[TemptingFate A split second later]], three tanks of liquid nitrogen explode and [[KillItWithIce flash-freeze him to death]].

* The teaser of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'''s third season finale, "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E25S4E1Scorpion Scorpion]]", is pretty simple. Two Borg cubes (and only one of them was needed to wipe out 39 starships and 11,000 Starfleet lives in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'') appear on the screen, delivering their CatchPhrase. While they're saying it, beams of energy shoot out and blow them up as they reach the line 'Resistance is futile." The whole episode is about how ''Voyager'' can go up against something that is able to do that to the Borg.

** Gerard Valkyrie's power is called "The Miracle". It allows him to regenerate from anything, always returning stronger than before and with no apparent upper limit to this ability. Every means of incapitation fails, and not even the Royal Guard or a fully-powered Kenpachi can stop him. [[spoiler:He is only stopped by Yhwach stripping his powers, which allows him to finally be killed; Yhwach is implied to only be able to do that because they're both pieces of the same Soul King.]]

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Berserker is a proud user of TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort, tanking seemingly every attack directed at him without injury. This illusion of invincibility lasts until Archer fights him in the ''Fate'' route. To elaborate, Archer makes Berserker BLOCK with one of his fairly basic attacks. And goes on to kill Berserker about five times. [[spoiler:Too bad he has to be killed TWELVE TIMES in order to be permanently dead.]] And later still in the ''UBW'' and ''Heaven's Feel'' route, he finds himself overwhelmed and killed by [[spoiler:Gilgamesh]] and the tag-team of [[spoiler:Saber Alter and the Shadow]] respectively.
-->'''Illya''': Berserker actually had to defend? Who in the world ''is'' this guy?

* In ''Manga/TouhouBougetsushou'', Watatsuki no Yorihime blows through Marisa, Sakuya, Remilia, and even Reimu without breaking a sweat. In ''Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth'', another manga in the same story arc, she gets knocked out by one of Tewi's pitfall traps.
** She doesn't seem fully knocked out considering she is sitting up or trying to climb out of the hole while groaning in the one panel depicting her after the fall, but it does make her look less invincible (albeit being a gag and not necessarily a serious power showing).

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has its plot kick off when protagonist Izuku finds out that his hero All Might, TheCape incarnate and the number one hero around, received a crippling blow five years ago that limits the use of his powers and All Might is running out of time. As the story progresses All Might's ability to use his powers drops further and further, accelerated by passing the torch to Izuku and his own heroic nature leading him to push himself too far too often, until [[spoiler: he finally uses up the last of it bringing down All For One, an insanely powerful supervillain who killed his mentor and then raised her grandson to be evil just to spite her memory. This has several consequences, including All Might's now-powerlessness revealed to the world, an unworthy NumberTwo becoming the new number one hero, and immense guilt from Bakugo, who All Might was rescuing from All For One.]] In addition, All Might's former sidekick used his future vision and foresaw All Might dying within two years of the start of the series.
** The U.S.J. Arc is Class A learning a whole about the pro heroes they look up to as their teacher Eraserhead and the hero Thirteen are both badly beaten by the League of Villains, who overwhelm Eraserhead with numbers and then a creature designed to beat All Might while Thirteen gets ambushed via a portal trick while trying to help some of the students get outside to get help. Seeing the injuries Eraserhead incurs ends up terrifying Izuku, Tsuyu, and Mineta, and the whole class leaves the experience realizing just how tough the pro heroes have it and the sort of things they're being trained to hopefully survive because they're ''not'' invincible, no matter what the public thinks.
* In ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Accelerator is considered one of the most powerful espers ever and pretty much invincible thanks to his ability to modify the vectors of anything that closes in on him. Cue [[TheProtagonist Touma Kamijou]] and his [[AntiMagic Imagine Breaker]] punching the daylights out of him and shattering his image of invincibility.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The key to defeating Adam Taurus was actually Blake realizing this. As soon as she realized that he wasn't some unstoppable beast that she had no choice but to run from and decided to stand up to him, Adam had been effectively crippled. While he was still a MasterSwordsman, the lion's share of Adam's power lay in intimidation and dragging other people down, making himself seem much more invincible than he really was: once confronted in outright combat, Blake and Yang were able to find holes in his defenses, create counters for his Semblance, and finally defeat him once and for all.

* After ''Film/HalloweenKills'' finishes with [[Film/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers']] greatest on-screen showcase of being an ImplacableMan, ''Film/HalloweenEnds'' goes well out of its way to demonstrate that he is most definitely not invincible, with him [[spoiler:spending most of the film (and [[TimeSkip the four years in between both movies]]) out of the action weakened from the injuries he obtained in the previous film (most of this film's kills are performed [[JackTheRipoff by a bullied teen who stole Michael's mask and went on a killing spree to get rid of his tormentors]] and [[HijackedByGanon is killed by Michael in term]])]] and [[spoiler:him being killed by Laurie and [[DeaderThanDead his corpse destroyed in a car shredder just to make damned sure]]]] in the final act.

* A RunningGag in ''Webcomic/CaptainSNES''. Anyone who says the phrase "I am invincible!", regardless of how powerful they are, will end up getting hurt in some way, even if they're only correcting someone else or quoting someone else who said it. In the world of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', an explosion threw a number of treasure boxes all over the world; every single one has landed on someone foolish enough to say "I am invincible!" And it happens every single time, without fai... * gets hit by a treasure chest from the sky. * So far, the only 2 people have not lost to this; Scarmiglione, who had a second form triggered by being killed, and [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Bowser]], who simply shrugged it off.