1 | {{Immortality}} and the cheating of {{death|Tropes}} in all its forms. |
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3 | Also see AfterlifeTropes, RebirthAndReincarnationTropes, ResurrectionTropes, and UndeadIndex. |
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5 | !!Tropes: |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | [floatboxright: |
8 | '''Sub-indexes:''' |
9 | + ImmortalityWorks |
10 | ] |
11 | * '''{{Immortality}}''' (super-trope) |
12 | * AgeWithoutYouth: An immortal being who still ages. |
13 | * TheAgeless: A being who never ages. |
14 | * AncientEvil: An evil being that's been alive long before any human lifetime. |
15 | * BloodBath: Bathing in blood in order to obtain immortality or cure ills. |
16 | * BodyBackupDrive: A character dies and transfers their soul into a new body. |
17 | * BornAgainImmortality: A character dies and is reborn as a baby. |
18 | * CompleteImmortality: A character cannot be killed in any way. |
19 | * ContractualImmortality: You know this character won't die because they're alive in the sequel. |
20 | * DeathlessAndDebauched: Immortal characters just can't seem to resist hedonism. |
21 | * ElderlyImmortal: An immortal being who was already elderly when they first became immortal. |
22 | * ElixirOfLife: A substance that grants a person eternal life/youth. |
23 | * EternalHero: A hero who continuously appears in the world throughout the ages. |
24 | * EternalLove: Two immortals are in love and have been together for centuries. |
25 | * EternalVillain: A villain who continuously appears in the world throughout the ages. |
26 | * ExpositionOfImmortality: An immortal being presents proof of their immortality. |
27 | * TheFogOfAges: Immortal character doesn't remember everything they've experienced. |
28 | * FountainOfYouth: Living longer by making yourself younger. |
29 | * GameplayAllyImmortality: Video game allies can't die during gameplay. |
30 | * ImmortalApathy: Immortal beings have a difficult time empathizing with mortals. |
31 | * ImmortalAssassin: A killer who can't be killed himself. |
32 | * ImmortalBreaker: A weapon that can kill someone who is immortal. |
33 | * ImmortalGenius: An immortal character who seems to know everything worth knowing. |
34 | * ImmortalHero: Heroes never die in the story, unlike villains. |
35 | * ImmortalImmaturity: When an immortal being doesn't act their age. |
36 | * ImmortalProcreationClause: Immortal beings can't/or don't need to reproduce. |
37 | * ImmortalLifeIsCheap: Character can't die, so the other characters don't have to worry about seriously injuring him. |
38 | * ImmortalRuler: A ruler of a land who will never die. |
39 | * ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: An immortal ages normally until a certain age and they stay looking that age forever. |
40 | * ImmortalityBisexuality: The tendency for immortals to also be bisexual. |
41 | * ImmortalityField: A place where nothing can die. |
42 | * ImmortalityHurts: When being able to live forever doesn't make you immune to pain. |
43 | * ImmortalityImmorality: Seeking immortality is portrayed in a negative light. |
44 | * ImmortalityInducer: An item that grants a character eternal life. |
45 | * ImmortalityPromiscuity: Immortals have an active sex life. |
46 | * ImmortalitySeeker: Someone who desires to become immortal. |
47 | * ImmortalsFearDeath: Despite being functionally immortal, these characters still fear the idea of death. |
48 | * InconspicuousImmortal: An immortal character with a deliberately simple, undramatic lifestyle. |
49 | * JuliusBeethovenDaVinci: It's established that multiple historical figures were actually the aliases of an immortal being. |
50 | * LifeDrinker: A being who gains immortality by draining the life force out of other beings. |
51 | * LivingDistantAncestor: An ancient character who is alive at the same time as their descendants. |
52 | * LivingForeverIsAwesome: An immortal who enjoys being unable to die. |
53 | * LivingForeverIsNoBigDeal: An immortal who sees neither an upside nor a downside to living forever. |
54 | * LivingArk: A being who contains collective knowledge of a civilization, people, or way of life that have long since faded away. |
55 | * LivingRelic: A piece of ancient history manages to be alive in the present. |
56 | * LongLived: They have lived for a long time, but can still die. |
57 | * LongevityTreatment: A medical treatment that extends one's life span. |
58 | * MayflyDecemberFriendship: Friendship between an immortal and a mortal. |
59 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: Romance between an immortal and a mortal. |
60 | * MyGrandsonMyself: An immortal passes themselves off as their own descendant. |
61 | * NeverGrewUp: An immortal being who never grows older and stays a child. |
62 | * NoImmortalInertia: A being losing their immortality results in them quickly aging to their true age. |
63 | * NotGrowingUpSucks: An immortal unable to grow older is unhappy that they'll be a child forever. |
64 | * TheOlderImmortal: There are multiple immortals running around and they're not all the same age, sometimes not even close. |
65 | * ParasiticImmortality: A person prolongs their life by jumping from one body to another. |
66 | * ParentInducedExtendedChildhood: A child is deliberately prevented from growing up by an obsessive parent, sometimes to the point of halting the aging process. |
67 | * ProportionalAging: Long-lived races have a proportionally long life cycle. |
68 | * PurposeDrivenImmortality: Who's got time to die when there's still work to be done? |
69 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: A character looks young despite being much, much older. |
70 | * ResurrectionDeathLoop: A character is stuck -- temporarily or permanently -- in a traumatizing cycle of death and resurrection. |
71 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: A being who can get killed, but will keep coming back to life every time that happens. |
72 | * SerpentOfImmortality: Animal symbolism surrounding immortality and eternity often references serpents. |
73 | * ShapeshifterLongevity: Shapeshifters live longer, or even forever. |
74 | * SharedLifeEnergy: When one person is saved from death by other person sharing their literal life force. |
75 | * SocietyOfImmortals: A species or civilization whose members are all immortal. |
76 | * TimeAbyss: Someone is older than all recorded history. |
77 | * TokenImmortal: A member of a group who possesses immortality. |
78 | * UndyingWarrior: An immortal devoted to a military or martial lifestyle. |
79 | * WizardsLiveLonger: A supernatural ability can actively or passively extend a user's life. |
80 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: An immortal being who considers their inability to die a curse. |
81 | * YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: Undead beings have a degree of durability to injury. |
82 | [[/index]] |
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