History Main / SuperToughness

* Derpy from the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' is implied to have a form of this, as her special talent appears to be 'being a {{Determinator}}.' Dark World!Derpy, however, is upgraded by becoming the new Element of Loyalty, which takes this to the point getting hit with lightning doesn't even seem to affect her. This seems to be a {{Required Secondary Power|s}} of her SuperMode, which otherwise would tear her body apart.
* In ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', the Dementors' bodies (unlike their robes) are utterly indestructible by anything short of Fiendfyre, even being able to No-Sell the Trolley Witch's claws.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Marionettes}}'' [[spoiler:the title androids have this on account of being constructed out of mithril (an extremely durable, but light weight magical metal). Lightning Dust slams face-first into a tunnel while on top of a speeding train and only loses her false skin and one of her eyes while being knocked offline for a short period. During her fight with [[BigBad Masquerade]], Trixie is repeatedly thrown and smashed through walls without any serious damage. Ace and Teddy, the two G2 Marionettes, are made of steel, and just a little less durable than their 'little siblings'. Ironically, the reason for the choice of materials in both cases was the Generation 1 Marionettes ''lacked'' durability.]]
* In ''Fanfic/{{Atonement}}'', villain Hatchet Face is incredibly resilient.
* In ''Fanfic/IAmSuperman'', WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant is completely unfazed by any of Lung's attacks.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Asgardians (who tend to minimally have Golden Age Superman levels of durability and largely ignore bullets), and Grey Court Master vampires, with AIM-120 missiles merely qualifying as painful.
** Thor, meanwhile, is the gold standard for every character that isn't explicitly cosmic, being capable of walking on stars.
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'''s [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} main character]] can shrug an exploding star off. Yet still, when she punches ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} in the face with one of her super-strong blows, he just ''takes'' it.
-->She sped towards him again, ducking under the twin eye-blasts that came from him, and rocked his world with an uppercut that would have taken off the top of a mountain. To his credit, Darkseid was tough enough to take it, but went off his pins again.
* ''Fanfic/HiveDaughter'' has Taylor, thanks to her upgrades. In one timeline Coil shot her in her exposed face and it only really mildly annoyed her.

* ''FanFic/TheLoudAwakening'':
** Lori's dragon scales are stated to be tougher than steel, titanium, tungsten, and inconel combined. Even her "normal" skin is described as tough enough that she could take a point-blank shotgun blast and come out with a minor scrape.
** While not as extreme, all of the Loud children inherited superhuman increase in durability, to the point Lincoln and Lucy while suppressing their powers could survive being hit by a shockwave from a mech that would have killed a normal human.
* ''FanFic/FateReachOut'' has Shirou, who combines Persona-given buffs with Reinforcement magecraft to make himself invulnerable.
* ''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation'' has the whole [[Franchise/{{Superman}} House of El]]. Their invulnerability varies after centuries interbreeding with humans and sometimes [[Franchise/WonderWoman Amazons]]. The direct descendants of the first Superman and the original Supergirl are virtually undamageable; their relatives tend to be less tough.
* ''FanFic/TengenToppaGurrenSolvernia'' has Zerael's ganman, the Adamastor. His defenses are so resistant that allow talking to be a free action.
* ''Fanfic/TheLastDaughter'' has Taylor. The only thing shown to hurt her is the explosion from killing Behemoth. Even suplexing Behemoth from outer space doesn't hurt her in any significant way.
* In ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', Zol-Am is impervious to traditional vampire-killing methods due to his Kryptonian heritage, so the team have to seek alternate means to deal with him.

* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'' has half-Kryptonian Asuka Langley Sohryu, who becomes aware of her invulnerability when she accidentally crashes into and through a building.

* ''Fanfic/TheWebOfTheSpiderMan'': As per canon, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] is incredibly tough.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}'', the main character and her cousin have this power, as proven when she got shot and didn't even notice the bullets.
* ''Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY'': Jaune's nature gives him tremendous Aura reserves. A full-on swing from Cardin's two-handed flanged mace hitting him on the arm only stung a bit, left a bruise, and reduced his Aura by a minuscule amount.
* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Peter says the resistance to blunt force and the minor HealingFactor he got from the spider bite are the only reasons why he isn't permanently hospitalized given all the punishment he takes. It also provides a level of safety for Izuku when he's busy running into a wall while trying to get his {{Intangibility}} power to work or jumping off a fifty-foot Ferris wheel to start web-swinging for the first time. It doesn't mean it won't ''hurt'' in any case.

*** In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', during the forging of Stormbringer we witness Thor endure the full blast of an ignited star. He's burned to a crisp but still alive and thanks to Stormbringer’s magic heals quickly.

*** Becomes very obvious in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'': Peter's resistance is fully superhuman. The amount of punishment Spider-Man endures throughout the movie would easily kill an ordinary human, and even badly maim a SuperSoldier. Notably, he gets bounced up and down by an Anti-Gravity gun, dragged behind a van and repeatedly slammed against trashcans and brick walls, supports the full weight of two halves of a ferry for a few seconds without his arms tearing off, is slammed into -- and then through -- a bus by the Shocker, is buried under a whole warehouse crumbling into him, and then survives a plane crash followed by a thorough beating from the Vulture, without even having to go to the hospital afterward. The suit Tony provided Peter with also counts, as it takes all the same abuse and doesn't have so much as a scratch, or even any of its features disabled.

*** Once again demonstrated in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'': Spider-Man survives injuries and accidents, which while painful, is far above ordinary human capability and would be fatal to any human being, such as bonking his head multiple times against an iron bell or surviving the impact of a high-speed rail at full speed. On both occasions, he's still conscious and not too worse for wear while recovering and healing quickly.

*** In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' Thor pretty much no sells Iron Man punching, and blasting him, even returning Tony’s headbutt with his own stronger one. Although in total fairness, Thor is still somewhat pained by Iron Man’s attacks and judging by facial expressions clearly wasn’t expecting a mortal man in a can to give him any trouble. Thor also handles Hulk’s blows, although unlike with Iron Man, Hulk manages to draw blood.
*** In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' Quicksilver decides to SpeedBlitz Thor, we see that Pietro can send the likes of Hawkeye and Captain America flying when he runs at them, and in the climax at top speed Pietro breaks Ultron bots to pieces by sprinting through them. When he runs at Thor, however, Pietro bounces off a nonplussed Demigod like a milk dud.
*** In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' during the forging of Stormbringer we witness Thor endure the full blast of an ignited star. He’s burned to a crisp but still alive and thanks to Stormbringer’s magic heals quickly.
*** Subverted in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler: Thor volunteers himself to be the one who wields the Infinity Gauntlet with all six Infinity Stones citing his durability as the strongest avenger. Except Tony vetoes it, not as an insult to his friend’s power but out of compassion as Thor in the years since ''Infinity War'' has become obese and manically depressed and is in no state to handle that level of blowback. It’s entirely possible he could’ve survived the Stone’s energy but it was better not to risk it]].

* In ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' David Dunn discovers that he has this power when he's involved in a train crash:

:: The limits of his durability are left vague. David himself believes he wouldn't be able to survive being shot point-blank, and given the quasi-realistic tone of the movie seeing him come out unharmed from something like that would feel a bit odd, but that's never tested, and nothing else is ever enough to hurt him.

* Numerous spells can accomplish this in ''Literature/TheMagicians'', as is demonstrated when Quentin successfully walks to the South Pole -- '''naked.''' At one point, a crevasse opens beneath him and he barely even notices - he just hits the bottom and climbs back up without missing a beat.

* {{Dracula}} from ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'' as seen when Trevor tries fighting him hand to hand and [[https://thumbs.gfycat.com/YoungVillainousAsianpiedstarling-size_restricted.gif his punches to Dracula’s face don’t even make the count flinch]].

* Jessica Jones' husband, ComicBook/LukeCage, is even tougher. While he's not a FlyingBrick like his wife, he still is incredibly durable to the point of outright bulletproofness; leading to many referring to him as the man with unbreakable skin. He's even tanked hits from Hulk, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], and Promixa Midnight one of Thanos's EliteMooks. He does have limits, though: repeated blunt force injuries will cause him internal damage, at which point his unbreakable skin becomes a liability.

** This is the gimmick of most of the NonSerialMovie villains as Garlic Junior, Doctor Wheelo, Lord Slug, Turles, Super Android 13, Bojack, Janemba, Beerus, Golden Frieza, and ''especially'' Broly just NoSell some of the strongest attacks the Z-Fighters throw at them and some i.e [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/a/ae/Broly_unaffected_by_Gohan%27s_punch.gif/revision/latest?cb=20190302102550 Broly]] and [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11112/111128645/4917228-8218355118-44403.gif Super Android 13]] ''don't even flinch'' when they get hit.

The power of unambiguously superhuman durability, ranging from being "merely" ImmuneToBullets, to getting hit by a nuke and finding it to tickle a bit, and even beyond that.

* This is one of Shioon's [[SupernaturalMartialArts martial arts]] powers in ''Manhwa/TheBreaker''. Sure, he can bleed (''a lot''), but he doesn't stay down. Most conversations with him or about him contain NoOneCouldSurviveThat , WhatTheHellAreYou and WhyWontYouDie. On top of that, he heals very quickly and comes back stronger from all the extensive beatings he survives.

* Virtually all Franchise/{{Digimon}} Rookie level and above have some level of this (for instance, Garurumon, a mere champion level has fur that's described as being far harder than steel, and he's not even a particularly durable Champion level), but Mega level digimon take the cake. They can shrug off the attacks of even groups of Ultimate level digimon[[note]] who, it should be noted, are often compared to ''nuclear weapons'' in terms of destructive capacity, and can often casually change the effects of the weather over large areas of land [[/note]] without so much of a scratch, being momentarily inconvenienced at worse. Secondary and tertiary evolution Mega levels (occasionally refered to as "Ultra" or "Super Ultimate") exaggerate this: Omnimon is capable of shrugging off thousands of mega level attacks with a flick of the wrist, The combined attacks of [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=] don't even move Alphamon, and Susanoomon can basically NoSell Lucemon Falldown Mode's Paradise Lost Punch.[[note]] which is powerful enough to easily shatter ''celestial bodies'' [[/note]]

** Goku is shot by Bulma in his first meeting with her in ''Manga/DragonBall'', and it only stings him. As the power levels get higher and higher, not only guns, but rockets, tank fire and pretty much anything else have 0 effect. In fact, it's a RunningGag in the series for the Earth's entire armed forces to launch an all out assault on the arc villain, only for them to laugh it off. This happened as early as King Piccolo, and by the time of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', the very first villain, Raditz, is introduced by catching a shotgun round and flicking it back at the attacker far harder. All the main and supporting heroes (yes, even Krillin) are strong enough to laugh off entire armies worth of ordnance.
** Even among the cast, there are two standout examples: Vegeta and Frieza both take incredible amounts of punishment even by ''Dragon Ball'' standards, yet they will frequently continue to stand up again and keep fighting. Frieza was ''still alive'' cut in half, blasted through the ground, had a planet explode beneath him, and drifted in the vacuum of space for an unspecified amount of time. He also survived a point-blank Energy of Destruction to the face as well as repeated pummeling from the Pride Troopers and survived a 1 hour beatdown against Broly. Vegeta, meanwhile, continues to get up after a beating by Majin Buu so many times that Buu is actually briefly ''afraid'' of him, the only time Buu shows any fear in the series.
** This is the gimmick of most of the NonSerialMovie villains as Garlic Junior, Doctor Wheelo, Lord Slug, Turles, Super Android 13, Bojack, Janemba, Beerus, Golden Frieza and ''especially'' Broly just NoSell some of the strongest attacks the Z-Fighters throw at them and some i.e [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/a/ae/Broly_unaffected_by_Gohan%27s_punch.gif/revision/latest?cb=20190302102550 Broly]] and [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11112/111128645/4917228-8218355118-44403.gif Super Android 13]] ''don't even flinch'' when they get hit.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] however if you consider KiManipulation plays a part in a lot of this instances and the heroes and villains can quickly become [[GlassCannon Glass Cannons]] if they aren't already guarded e.g Goku in his strongest SuperMode (Super Saiyan Blue) was taken out by a simple [[EnergyWeapon laser beam]] in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF''. Another time in ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'' Goku Black when he was unaware was knocked down by Mai using a sniper rifle (albeit with a special bullet), similarly Goku and Krillin were both hurt by bullets fired by {{Muggles}} signifying they needed to train more.
* Shizuo Heiwajima from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' was born with UninhibitedMusclePower [[BlessedWithSuck which sent him to the hospital whenever he used it]]. Eventually, though, [[CameBackStrong recovering from those injuries]] [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower has made him as tough as his is strong]]. Someone once shot a ballistic knife into his chest at almost point blank range. It went in about half a centimeter.
* In ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'', Mokoto Kusanagi, courtesy of bionics. In the various animes,Batou was even more so, though in the original Manga he only had a few bionic parts rather than having a full prosthetic body like the Major or his anime incarnations and therefore wasn't substantially tougher than a normal human.

** Some people are simply incredibly tough by nature or training. While examples abound, the best ones are the Yonko (Emperors of the Sea) .

* The eponymous Bean Bandit of ''Anime/RidingBean'' is tough enough to stop an accelerating car bare handed and lift it off the ground; he's also able to withstand [[spoiler: being shot in the head]], though it did knock him out for a moment.

** In the former, Sonic and his cohorts constantly take blows that would turn human beings into fine paste, such as being hit by a skyscraper sized GiantMecha, while barely flinching. When Sonic and Shadow go [[GoldenSuperMode Super]] they inch closer to full invincibility, only ever being hurt by each other, and the attacks of [[BigBad Dark Oak]]. Shadow takes the cake with this even outside of his super form; unless he runs out of stamina he's almost impossible to put down, surviving even being pulled on by a planet sized being at one point no worse for the wear.

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk is [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/0/00/Hulks_Vol_1_615_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130520052936 famously]] [[http://www.incrediblehulkonline.com/finfangfoomresistance.jpg durable]], as are many of his gamma-irradiated allies and foes. Helped by the fact that like his strenght, [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SqBSmMBwqYs/VBNQ_Wxz3HI/AAAAAAAARvM/0Gm75F0ILI4/s1600/2.jpg his durability increases with his anger]]. One time Hulk and ComicBook/FantasticFour's ComicBook/TheThing were having an arm wrestle [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_medium/11111/111113173/4305667-hulkann018_06a.jpg and got nuked by the military and weren't even slightly bothered.]]
* In ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', the titular protagonist aka Mark Grayson and most of the cast are super tough. When time Invincible finds himself in a scuffle with a Batman-archetype and the poor dude breaks his knuckles punching Mark’s face. Subverted when Marks is up against other members of his race the Viltrimites and other strong alien who do succeed in beating him bloody and in one case making his [[NauseaFuel intestines flop out]]. Fortunately Mark has a HealingFactor.

* [[ComicBook/JuggernautMarvelComics The Juggernaut]], almost '''nothing''' can stop him. Spider-Man learned this the hard way in the seminal ASM #229-230 where he literally pulls out of every trick in the book including zapping with a million volts of electricity and ramming into Juggernaut with a gasoline trunk which explodes but it's all reduced to TheWorfEffect, forcing Spidey to trick Juggs into stepping into wet concrete and sinking just to temporarily get rid of him. Later comics have dialed it up further with the entire X-Men throwing everything at him to no effect, Thor blasting him with Godblast to no effect and even an unstrained Optic Blast from Cyclops that would quote "rip a small planet in half" to again no effect. Hulk's son Skaar once punched Juggernaut all the way to Mars and he was no worse for wear. What's most terrifying is knowledge that even when you do seriously hurt Juggernaut e.g remove all his skin and organs with magic, ''he'll still keep going'' as a big scary red skeleton. Played with though, as Juggernaut is still susceptible to {{Telepathy}} and [[WeakToMagic strong mystical attacks]] which may count as a DramaPreservingHandicap.
* Jessica Jones' husband, ComicBook/LukeCage, is even tougher. While he's not a FlyingBrick like his wife, he still is incredibly durable to the point of outright bulletproofness; leading to many referring to him as the man with unbreakable skin. He's even tanked hits from Hulk, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] and Promixa Midnight one of Thanos's EliteMooks. He does have limits, though: repeated blunt force injuries will cause him internal damage, at which point his unbreakable skin becomes a liability.
* Sunspot of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' and some other X-Men-related series is an interesting aversion. The sun gives him SuperStrength, but ''not'' any enhanced durability, requiring to be a lot more careful. He could toss a tank as surely as Colossus, but if that tank were to hit him with a shell before he reached it, he'd be [[ChunkySalsaRule chunky salsa]]!

** The page image is of the Saint of Killers. He's notable for not being hurt by ''anything'' that's thrown at him throughout the story, be it bullets, tank shells, a multi megaton nuke, or ''the armies of heaven''. [[spoiler:And at the very end, ''God himself'' can't do anything to him- because the Saint is sitting on the Throne of Paradise]].
** The guy next to him is Cassidy, an Irish vampire, who is a downscaled example- he can take hits far above a human's level (in one case getting shot a dozen times by a high-powered rifle), but in his case it very much hurts- and then there's the whole catches-fire-in-sunlight thing.
* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': The villain Impervious who showed up to try to collect on the bounty the Penguin placed on Robin's head is impervious to harm, but doesn't have any other powers like super-strength to go along with it. Luckily for Tim she was intercepted by the Veteran, who has the same power set plus a lack of aging, who was able to detain her before she reached Tim both times she tried it.

* ComicBook/SilverSurfer is mostly certainly this as ComicBook/SheHulk [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR8eJvllUH6u_TVMl9TX6M14xvsb8ItJSSS3Q&usqp=CAU discovered the hard way]] when first met him and slugged him. She rubbed her hand in pain afterwards.
* Franchise/SpiderMan is also an example. While not as conventionally invulnerable as guys like, say, Thor or Colossus, he can still take insane amounts of punishments that would kill ordinary men with little more than superficial bruises. While he can he hurt by conventional means such as bullets or knives- DependingOnTheWriter- his resistance to impact forces is more consistently something to behold. Even guys like a pissed-off Hulk and the Juggernaut haven't killed Spidey with just one of their blows. He also often makes up for not being on the same level of invulnerable as more powerful superheroes by [[{{Determinator}} sheer determination]], e.g in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' where he survives a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from a Phoenix Forced-possessed Colossus.

* ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is a nigh invulnerable FlyingBrick on par with her more famous cousin.

** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'', Kara's body is extremely tough. When she loses a sword-fight and her sparring partner is about to stab her, Superman overreacts until Wonder Woman reminds him that Artemis' sword would've shattered on impact.
** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Kara gets hit by missiles, punched into a moon and hurled into the Sun. She endures everything.

** In the first chapters of ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore'', Superman tanks cannon fire several times. However he loses most of his invulnerability throughout the story.

* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor, being a PhysicalGod, has walked off things that would turn most of his Earth hero buddies into mush or a smear on the ground. He’s casually [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYg8xmyTZLeVd7P8b6EcM2WeVxY-cghmcbpQ&usqp=CAU rammed into planet busting nukes]], [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTPkTkJrYm67yrQ8g28OYe5sgTJcRtAuoHbNA&usqp=CAU flown through suns]] and even [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQBqnuc3N3D6oafVqkew_sAJx2OO_nVslnD2g&usqp=CAU shrugged off blasts from Galactus]]. He can still be damaged and knocked out, but it [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]] takes some powerful magic, cosmic power or a ludicrously strong foe like the aforementioned Hulk, Juggernaut or Thanos to damage the Son of Odin.
* Franchise/WonderWoman. Being a FlyingBrick on par with Superman means she's got toughness to spare. While its [[DependingOnTheWriter often inconsistent about whether she needs to use her bracelets to defend against things like bullets and energy blasts]], the fact that she can take hits from people like Superman and the like puts her firmly in the nigh invulnerable category

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' fanfiction; even when [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX the hybridized San and Vivienne Graham]] are in their small, weak and severely crippled first form, ammunitions and explosives which would ''obliterate'' a person barely slow the hybrid down.

* Derpy from the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' is implied to have a form of this, as her special talent appears to be 'being a {{Determinator}}.' Dark World!Derpy, however, is upgraded by becoming the new Element of Loyalty, which takes this to the point getting hit with lightning doesn't even seem to effect her. This seems to be a {{Required Secondary Power|s}} of her SuperMode, which otherwise would tear her body apart.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Marionettes}}'' [[spoiler:the title androids have this on account of being constructed out of mithril (an extremely durable, but light weight magical metal). Lightning Dust slams face first into a tunnel while on top of a speeding train and only loses her false skin and one of her eyes while being knocked offline for a short period. During her fight with [[BigBad Masquerade]], Trixie is repeatedly thrown and smashed through walls without any serious damage. Ace and Teddy, the two G2 Marionettes, are made of steel, and just a little less durable than their 'little siblings'. Ironically, the reason for the choice of materials in both cases was the Generation 1 Marionettes ''lacked'' durability.]]

** Lori's dragon scales are stated to be tougher than steel, titanium, tungsten, and inconel combined. Even her "normal" skin is described as tough enough she could take a point-blank shotgun blast and come out with a minor scrape.

* ''FanFic/TengenToppaGurrenSolvernia'' has Zerael's ganman, the Adamastor. His defenses are so resistent that allows talking to be a free action.

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Peter says the resistance to blunt force and the minor HealingFactor he got from the spider bite are the only reasons why he isn't permanently hospitalized given all the punishment he takes. It also provides a level of safety for Izuku when he's busy running into a wall while trying to get his {{Intangibility}} power to work or jumping off a fifty foot ferris wheel to start web-swinging for the first time. It doesn't mean it won't ''hurt'' in any case.

* ''Film/TheHidden'': Any human host that the evil parasite possesses becomes durable enough that they need to be shot over fifteen times before it decides to swap it for a better meatsuit. The cops note that one vacated host simply bled to death, because the alien wasn't around anymore to keep it alive.

*** In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' Quicksilver decides to SpeedBlitz Thor, we see that Pietro can send the likes of Hawkeye and Captain America flying when he runs at them, and in the climax at top speed Pietro breaks Ultron bots to pieces by sprinting through them. When he runs at Thor however, Pietro bounces off a nonplussed Demigod like a milk dud.
*** In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' during the forging of Stormbringer we witness Thor endure the full blast of a ignited star. He’s burned to a crisp but still alive and thanks to Stormbringer’s magic heals quickly.
*** Subverted in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler: Thor volunteers himself to be the one who wields the Infinity Gauntlet with all six Infinity Stones citing his durability as the strongest avenger. Except Tony vetoes it, not as an insult to his friend’s power but out of compassion as Thor in the years since ''Infinity War'' has become obese and manically depressed and is in no state to handle that level of blow back. It’s entirely possible he could’ve survive the Stone’s energy but it was better not to risk it]].

*** In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', he takes an blast of engine exhaust to the chest without injury, and manages to survive being rammed with the ''Milano'' (Rocket was trying to hit Ronan, who was choke-throttling Drax at the time), although the latter left him unconscious for a brief time, and he is clearly sore and limping afterwards.

*** Already hinted in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', where he takes a ShieldBash to the face from Captain America, a blow that would have certainly concussed an ordinary human. He's also swatted aside by Giant-Man into a bunch of crates and survive with little more than a few superficial bruises.
*** Becomes very obvious in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'': Peter's resistance is fully superhuman. The amount of punishment Spider-Man endures through the movie would easily kill an ordinary human, and even badly maim a SuperSoldier. Notably, he gets bounced up and down by an Anti-Gravity gun, dragged behind a van and repeatedly slammed against trashcans and brick walls, supports the full weight of two halves of a ferry for a few seconds without his arms tearing off, is slammed into -- and then through -- a bus by the Shocker, is buried under a whole warehouse crumbling into him, and then survives a plane crash followed by a thorough beating from the Vulture, without even having to go to the hospital afterward. The suit Tony provided Peter with also counts, as it takes all the same abuse and doesn't have so much as a scratch, or even any of its features disabled.

*** Once again demonstrated in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'': Spider-Man survives injuries and accidents, which while painful, is far above ordinary human capability and would be fatal to any human being, such as bonking his head multiple times against an iron bell or surviving the impact of a high speed rail at full speed. On both occasions he's still conscious and not too worse for wear, while recovering and healing quickly.
* In the case of Franchise/RoboCop, this arguably is his main superpower, with super strength and ''{{justified|Trope}}'' ImprobableAimingSkills as his secondary ones.

* In ''Franchise/{{Mistborn}}'', [[FunctionalMagic allomancers]] who can use pewter can increase all of their body's physical abilities, which includes not only strength and speed, but also resistance to injury (and a mild HealingFactor). The drawback of this is that an allomancer who turns his or her pewter ''off'' without seeking medical attention first can simply keel over on the spot, from injuries that were trivial in their enhanced state but are much more harmful (or even fatal) to an ordinary human body. [[TheDreaded The Inquisitors]], who have pewter but also a ridiculously strong HealingFactor [[spoiler: thanks to mixing all three of the setting's magic systems, not just allomancy]] are considered all but unkillable.

* ''Literature/TheSagaOfArrowOdd'': Over the course of his feud with Arrow-Odd, Ogmund Eythjofslayer gets every bone in his body broken, his face torn off, his buttocks sliced off, and jumps from a 80 yard cliff into the North Atlantic. Yet he survives all and recovers every time, even if gruesomely scarred.

* On ''Series/The100'' Clarke empties a clip of bullets into a rampaging (possibly mutated) gorilla. All that does is slow it down for a few seconds; it then gets back up and keeps attacking just as hard as before, with seemingly no ill-effects.

* A very funny episode of ''Series/PerfectStrangers,'' "Call Me Indestructible" centers around Balki and Larry being given this super power ([[AllJustADream in Larry's dream]]). After being "rescued" from a falling airplane by the [[PatronGod Myposian God of protection, Teflonos,]] they are granted the power of indestructibility for 30 days. HilarityEnsues as they perform extreme stunts and generally make a mess of things with the knowledge that they cannot get hurt.

* Master Chief of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' fame is a [[SuperSoldier Spartan-II]] who can survive atmospheric reentry and subsequent impact with the ground [[PowerArmor almost]] unaided. The fact that he didn't turn into a squishy soup like mixture is a testament to his Super Toughness. It helps that his armor was upgraded immediately before ''VideoGame/Halo2'' (and that he has PlotArmor). In ''Literature/HaloFirstStrike'' a group of [=Spartan-IIs=] tried that in the last-gen armor and half of them died.

** It is telling that many people, including some ''krogan'', think this about [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]]. In the finale, s/he even [[spoiler: takes a full-on shot from Harbinger's battleship-destroying ''main gun'']], and, while injured, gets up and continues. S/he's a badass human with cybernetic enhancements, but survives more danger than Krogan. Shepard can also win a "dominance headbutt" with a krogan on Tuchanka, much to the krogan's astonishment.
* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' gives us Alex Mercer. He isn't unkillable, but multiple [=RPGs=], choppers, tanks and zombies aren't going to do the job ''unless the player is playing the game '''wrong'''''.

* Albert Wesker from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' has this, probably as a {{Required Secondary Power|s}} to his [[LightningBruiser strength and speed]]. It's generally overlooked and he ''can'' be damaged by gunfire or sufficient force, but a ton of girders on the head, RPG exploding in his hands or falling from a plane would reduce a human being to bloody smear, not disorient them for half a minute -- HealingFactor or not.

* This a common occurrence in ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'' as one character will often prove to be super tough compared to other character guaranteeing a victory.

** On the flip side in [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]]’s fight with Broly [[spoiler: he eventually was disintegrated by Broly’s Ki, despite having similar ridiculous SuperToughness feats as Superman. The reason being Hulk has no to resistance to Ki energy (as proven by ComicBook/IronFist) and Broly’s toughness as shown by his [[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly latest movie]] was great enough to NoSell hits from Goku in his God forms whom in his fight with Beerus almost destroyed the universe with the shockwaves caused by the clashes of their fists.]]

** This also factored in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] vs [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} Bayonetta]]’s fight. [[spoiler: Both characters could survive getting shot and clobbered by god-like baddies on a daily basis, except Bayonetta has been taken down with a stab wound courtesy of Jeanne’s dagger and in general [[SuperReflexes avoiding attacks]] is Bayo’s speciality. Dante on other hand has [[NighInvulnerability survived]] getting impaled (even with special weapons) on [[RunningGag numerous occasions]] and his Royalguard Style meant even Bayonetta’s most powerful tricks like Madama Butterfly couldn’t put a dent in him. Leading to Dante wearing Bayonetta down and stylishly reducing her to LudicrousGibs with Lucifer.]]
** In Mario’s rematch with Sonic, [[spoiler: the plumber’s toughness along with his greater strength was why he was able to kill Sonic this time round. While Sonic is tough himself, he has never survived an explosion worth 2.4 megatons without any power ups like Mario has in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioTennis''. This meant when Sonic and Mario [[SuperMode super modes]] eventually ran out, Mario could endure Sonic’s RollingAttack and kill him.]]
** This is one of the reasons why [[WebComic/OnePunchMan Genos]] in his fight with ComicBook/WarMachine [[spoiler: couldn’t remotely harm the latter as even the biggest WaveMotionGun was ineffective against against Rhodey’s PoweredArmour. Genos on the other hand has broken apart frequently in his own series and War Machine was able to reduce him to a head by the end of the fight and stomp him into mush.]]

** This is what helped Cloud in his rematch against [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], while both he and Link had survived all sorts of attacks and beatdowns from [[PhysicalGod Physical Gods]] Demise/Ganon and Sephiroth. [[spoiler: Cloud had survived Sephiroth’s Supernova which [[AllThereInTheManual according to the manuals]] is real, and since Link has never had to contend with anything like that, Cloud had the toughness advantage in addition to the strength and speed advantages. As a result Cloud could survive all Link’s tricks and overwhelm and kill him with the Fusion Swords.]]

* In ''Webcomic/TheFarSideOfUtopia'', the character Mium seems to be this. While a mage jumps off a building a floats down, he just drops off the edge and leaves a [[http://pastutopia.com/?comic=comic-for-friday-february-6th dent]] in the concrete below, apparently without a scratch. Earlier he blocked a bullet with his hand, but its not clear if that was just being tough or magic.
* Achilles from ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' is completely invulnerable, even on a sub-atomic level. (And despite the alias, his [[AchillesHeel heel]] is not an exception). The cast page rates the various character's superpowers on a five point scale -- he's the only character with a power rated at a six.

* In ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'', this is one of the powers practically everyone except innocent bystanders have to varying degrees, increasing as they climb up the Tower. For example, Khun Ran was advised that if he was to ever fight a member of the Arie family, he shouldn't even try to avoid their [[AlwaysAccurateAttack special swordsmanship]], but should just take the hits with the durability that comes from being from the Khun family (and probably the other Ten Great Families as well). Someone once states that Princesses of Jahad are supposed to have bodies tens of thousands of times as durable as ordinary people. Meanwhile, low-level Super Toughness is no defence against high-level attacks; a mere Regular from the Great Families would be instantly destroyed by a stray attack from a battle between powerful Rankers. At the more extreme end of the scale, High Ranker Ha Jinsung once took a hit from a WaveMotionGun that destroyed the landscape around him, and came out unharmed in spite of not even bothering to make a shield with [[MagicByAnyOtherName Shinsu]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Rodney is strong, but his body's ability to do impact damage is more pronounced. In "[[Recap/TotalDramaSoUhThisIsMyTeam So, Uh, This Is My Team?]]", he obliviously sinks up to his knees into the beach when he lands while the sand doesn't give way to anyone else. As well, when he's blasted of the island by means of the Cannon of Shame in "[[Recap/TotalDramaILoveYouILoveYouKnots I Love You, I Love You Knots]]", he hits a battleship and sinks it.

* ComicBook/{{Thor}} being a PhysicalGod has walked off things that would turn most of his Earth hero buddies into mush or a smear on the ground. He’s casually [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYg8xmyTZLeVd7P8b6EcM2WeVxY-cghmcbpQ&usqp=CAU rammed into planet busting nukes]], [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTPkTkJrYm67yrQ8g28OYe5sgTJcRtAuoHbNA&usqp=CAU flown through suns]] and even [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQBqnuc3N3D6oafVqkew_sAJx2OO_nVslnD2g&usqp=CAU shrugged off blasts from Galactus]]. He can still be damaged and knocked out, but it [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]] takes some powerful magic, cosmic power or a ludicrously strong foe like the aforementioned Hulk, Juggernaut or Thanos to damage the Son of Odin.

* ComicBook/IncredibleHulk is [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/0/00/Hulks_Vol_1_615_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130520052936 famously]] [[http://www.incrediblehulkonline.com/finfangfoomresistance.jpg durable]], as are many of his gamma-irradiated allies and foes. Helped by the fact that like his strenght, [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SqBSmMBwqYs/VBNQ_Wxz3HI/AAAAAAAARvM/0Gm75F0ILI4/s1600/2.jpg his durability increases with his anger]]. One time Hulk and ComicBook/FantasticFour's ComicBook/TheThing were having an arm wrestle [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_medium/11111/111113173/4305667-hulkann018_06a.jpg and got nuked by the military and weren't even slightly bothered.]]

** On the flip side in ComicBook/TheHulk’s fight with Broly [[spoiler: he eventually was disintegrated by Broly’s Ki, despite having similar ridiculous SuperToughness feats as Superman. The reason being Hulk has no to resistance to Ki energy (as proven by ComicBook/IronFist) and Broly’s toughness as shown by his [[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly latest movie]] was great enough to NoSell hits from Goku in his God forms whom in his fight with Beerus almost destroyed the universe with the shockwaves caused by the clashes of their fists.]]

* [[PintSizedPowerhouse Armitage]] of ''Anime/ArmitageIII'' can take bullets, stab wounds, and ''head-on grenade hits'' and keep going, with only cosmetic damage to her flesh. [[UpToEleven She even managed]] [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat to survive her own]] [[SuicideAttack self-destruct mechanism]].

* Virtually all Franchise/{{Digimon}} Rookie level and above have some level of this (for instance, Garurumon, a mere champion level has fur that's described as being far harder than steel, and he's not even a particularly durable Champion level), but Mega level digimon take the cake. They can shrug off the attacks of even groups of Ultimate level digimon[[note]] who, it should be noted, are often compared to ''nuclear weapons'' in terms of destructive capacity, and can often casually change the effects of the weather over large areas of land [[/note]] without so much of a scratch, being momentarily inconvenienced at worse. Secondary and tertiary evolution Mega levels (occasionally refered to as "Ultra" or "Super Ultimate") take this up to eleven: Omnimon is capable of shrugging off thousands of mega level attacks with a flick of the wrist, The combined attacks of [=WarGreymon=] and [=MetalGarurumon=] don't even move Alphamon, and Susanoomon can basically NoSell Lucemon Falldown Mode's Paradise Lost Punch.[[note]] which is powerful enough to easily shatter ''celestial bodies'' [[/note]]

* Derpy from the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' is implied to have a form of this, as her special talent appears to be 'being a {{Determinator}}.' Dark World!Derpy, however, is upgraded by becoming the new Element of Loyalty, which takes this UpToEleven to the point getting hit with lightning doesn't even seem to effect her. This seems to be a {{Required Secondary Power|s}} of her SuperMode, which otherwise would tear her body apart.

** One of the more well-known Plague Marine [[HeroUnit Headquarter choices]], Typhus, [[UpToEleven takes this up to a ridiculous degree]]. In the game he can be, and usually is, one of the most durable HQ choices, befitting for a Nurgle champion. With Toughness 5, Terminator Armour, and 4 Wounds, he can weather over a hundred STR-4 BS-4 shots with AP-3 or worse. In fact, since that's the profile for a Hot-Shot Volley Gun wielded by a Tempestus Scion, and hence of interest, the exact number of shots (remember, it's Salvo 2/4) [[MoreDakka it takes to kill him on average is]] ''108''.

* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': For such a cute little guy, Kirby is '''''EXTREMELY''''' durable. Thanks to his pink, stretchy body, he can survive being flattened, electricity, rocket flames, cannonball explosions, atmospheric reentry, sharp blades, and in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'', [[UpToEleven a planet-sized explosion!]]

* Achilles from ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' is completely invulnerable, even on a sub-atomic level. (And despite the alias, his [[AchillesHeel heel]] is not an exception). The cast page rates the various character's superpowers on a five point scale -- he's the only character with a power [[UpToEleven rated at a six]].

** [[{{Kaiju}} The Endbringers]] take this UpToEleven. Their bodies are composed of multiple layers, each one stronger than the last, with a central core that surrounds and protects their only vital components. With the data provided in the story, fans have made some calculations on just how tough they are, which have been confirmed by WordOfGod. One result was 30.3 trillion [=MPa=] of pressure to destroy their limbs and 560 novemdecillion [=MPa=] to destroy their cores. For the record, the latter measurement is more pressure than all the matter in ''the entire observable universe'' could provide.

*** Subverted in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler: Thor volunteers himself to be the one who wields the Infinity Gauntlet with all six Infinity Stones citing his durability as the strongest avenger. Except Tony vetoes it, not as an insult to his friend’s power but out of compassion as Thor in the years since ''Infinity War'' has become obese and manically depressed and is no state to handle that level of blow back. It’s entirely possible he could’ve survive the Stone’s energy but it was better not to risk it]].

*** In the first ''Film/{{Thor}}'' he only gets a excited at a Frost Giant nutting him in the head and punching him a yard away. In the climax he tanks Loki blasting him with Odin’s Gungnir, the same spear which could atomise a few aforementioned Frost Giants.

* ComicBook/IncredibleHulk is [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/0/00/Hulks_Vol_1_615_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130520052936 famously]] [[http://www.incrediblehulkonline.com/finfangfoomresistance.jpg durable]], as are many of his gamma-irradiated allies and foes. One time Hulk and ComicBook/FantasticFour's ComicBook/TheThing were having an arm wrestle [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_medium/11111/111113173/4305667-hulkann018_06a.jpg and got nuked by the military and weren't even slightly bothered.]]

* In the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series, the descendants of Sparda (Dante, Vergil and [[spoiler:Nero]]) shrug off many attacks and also have a massive HealingFactor to explain how they quickly recover from stuff that can injure them.

* ComicBook/IronMan depending the PoweredArmour can NoSell all sorts attacks including [[http://i.imgur.com/DGfrKAZ.png bullets]], [[http://i.imgur.com/Tigv7uK.png punches from Spider-Man]] (who hurt his hand) and ComicBook/{{Storm}}'s [[https://static1.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11128/111284868/5285811-durability%2070%20%281%29.png lighting]]. In fact, Tony's suits are tough enough to withstand blows from [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/11111/111118857/3292146-comic%20scan%201040.jpg Sentry]], [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4d/66/b1/4d66b1b8d8d4596148d6dec2c4ea8bbf.jpg Hulk]], [[https://pm1.narvii.com/6758/4db7713dc1436b681b1ae3b2f8811903b30ce514v2_hq.jpg Thor]] and can even [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/original/11111/111118857/3192644-comic%20scan%20146.jpg tank several nuclear explosions]].

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': The villain Impervious who showed up to try to collect on the bounty the Penguin placed on Robin's head is impervious to harm, but doesn't have any other powers like super-strength to go along with it. Luckily for Tim she was intercepted by the Veteran, who has the same power set plus a lack of aging, who was able to detain her before she reached Tim both times she tried it.

* In ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', Zentraedi were designed to be much tougher physically than a human being. Lampshaded by Breetai, who had just been ThrownOutTheAirlock without a spacesuit and ''came back in'':

** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'', Kara's body is extremely tough. When she loses a sword-fight and her sparring partner is about to stab her, Superman overreacts until Wonder Woman reminds him that Artemis' sword would've shattered on impact.

* A very funny episode of ''Series/PerfectStrangers,'' “Call Me Indestructible” centers around Balki and Larry being given this super power ([[AllJustADream in Larry’s dream]]). After being “rescued” from a falling airplane by the [[PatronGod Myposian God of protection, Teflonos,]] they are granted the power of indestructibility for 30 days. HilarityEnsues as they perform extreme stunts and generally make a mess of things with the knowledge that they cannot get hurt.

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* Albert Wesker from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' has this, probably as a RequiredSecondaryPower to his [[LightningBruiser strength and speed]]. It's generally overlooked and he ''can'' be damaged by gunfire or sufficient force, but a ton of girders on the head, RPG exploding in his hands or falling from a plane would reduce a human being to bloody smear, not disorient them for half a minute -- HealingFactor or not.

This is a [[RequiredSecondaryPowers required secondary power]] to be able to do anything with SuperStrength; without it, Newton's Third Law would result in you ruining your hand every time you threw a super-punch, and every bone and muscle would snap/tear under the tension of lifting a car. Of course, that doesn't mean characters with Super Strength are always shown having Super Toughness in any other context.

* Derpy from the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' is implied to have a form of this, as her special talent appears to be 'being a {{Determinator}}.' Dark World!Derpy, however, is upgraded by becoming the new Element of Loyalty, which takes this UpToEleven to the point getting hit with lightning doesn't even seem to effect her. This seems to be a RequiredSecondaryPower of her SuperMode, which otherwise would tear her body apart.

** This is the primary reason why SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}} (who’s ironically beaten up Superman frequently) [[spoiler: couldn’t damage Contact/GhostRider in the slightest as the latter’s level of toughness far exceeded Lobo to point where only [[HolyBurns holy weapons]] could actually hurt GR. Unfortunately for Lobo, he doesn’t have any holy weapons in his arsenal and there was no way he could leave the fight to find any, as Ghost Rider could chase him across the universe. Things didn’t end well for the Main Man.]]

* ComicBook/JessicaJones from ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}'' and ''ComicBook/ThePulse'' has this power as a part of her {{Flying Brick}} power set. She was capable of taking a severe beating from Iron Man and the Vision (two very powerful heroes) which resulted in damage to her neck, nose, spine, and retina. She's later shown withstanding a venom blast (a burst of concentrated electricity) from Spider-Woman that causes her noticeable pain before she gets back up and decks the other woman in the face. She later receives a slash across her back with a knife that cuts her skin, but the only medical attention she required was a bandage. While threatening a group of armed men, Jessica's internal monologue reveals that she isn't quite sure if she's bulletproof. The Pulse revealed that Jessica's internal organs (including her uterus) are also super tough, which was good news for her after the Green Goblin attempted to blow her up while she was pregnant. Bottom line, she may not be invulnerable, but she can take a beating and keep on fighting.

* Jessica Jones' husband, ComicBook/LukeCage, is even tougher. While he's not a FlyingBrick like his wife, he still is incredibly durable to the point of outright bulletproofness; leading to many referring to him as the man with unbreakable skin. He's even tanked hits from Hulk, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] and Promixa Midnight one of Thanos's EliteMooks.