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** During the [[Characters/StreetFighterMBison M. Bison]] vs. [[Characters/MortalKombatShao Shao Kahn]] battle, Bison performs the Nightmare Booster, his most powerful attack which the hosts note can kill a normal man with one strike. He engulfs himself in [[SoulPower Psycho Power]], flies at his opponent, and carries him into the air, before [[MeteorMove slamming Shao Kahn into the ground]]. Kahn is quite amused, nonchalantly getting up and quipping:

** In the classic story ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963 Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!]]'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spidey]] tries increasingly destructive methods to stagger the unstoppable X-men foe, culminating with blowing up a tanker truck of gasoline. Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} is unharmed, and now [[InfernalRetaliation on fire.]]

* Chapter 23 in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' has Pit [[spoiler:using the Three Sacred Treasures to attack Hades, the true BigBad of the game. The Three Sacred Treasures were used in the original ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' and Chapter 9 of ''Uprising'' to kill Medusa...and not only do they do [[NoSell absolutely no damage]] to Hades, he ''destroys'' them!]]

* At the start of ''VideoGame/PaperMario'', during the opening HopelessBossFight Bowser will you use the Star Rod to make himself invincible, after which your attacks won't hurt him. Similarly, during the 3rd and final fight with him, when you use the Star Beam which is supposed to disable the Star Rod's power, it won't work. This tradition carried in the next two games, with the final boss initially being invincible.

* Blackbolt from ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'' has two [[FinishingMove special moves]]. The first is [[SuperScream his voice]] which is normally treated with a great deal of respect which has allowed him to take down foes like the [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Hulk]] and even killed an alternate reality version of [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]]. His second is the Master Blow, which consists of all of his energy channeled into a single punch. For some reason, this Master Blow seems about as powerful as his normal punches (he has SuperStrength), which makes it redundant. On top of that, it leaves him drained and weak. This is probably why most writers ignore that particular ability.
* The Saint of Killers from ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' shrugs off pretty much everything without even flinching, up to and including [[spoiler:a nuclear warhead]].

** In the classic story ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963 Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut!]]'', Spidey tries increasingly destructive methods to stagger the unstoppable X-men foe, culminating with blowing up a tanker truck of gasoline. Juggernaut is unharmed, and now [[InfernalRetaliation on fire.]]

** [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor's]] God Blast only [[AttackBackfire supercharged]] [[Franchise/MortalKombat Raiden]].

* Blackbolt from ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'' has two [[FinishingMove special moves]]. The first is [[SuperScream his voice]] which is normally treated with a great deal of respect which has allowed him to take down foes like the [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Hulk]] and even killed an alternate reality version of [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]]. His second is the Master Blow, which consists of all of his energy channeled into a single punch. For some reason, this Master Blow seems about as powerful as his normal punches (he has SuperStrength), which makes it redundant. On top of that, it leaves him drained and weak. This is probably why most writers ignore that particular ability.

** In ''ComicBook/GoDownSwinging'', a coalition of Spidey's allies team up to battle the Red Goblin -- [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] armed with the ComicBook/{{Carnage}} symbiote -- when the web-slinger is taken out of action by him. Both the Human Torch and Clash, armed with a symbiote's typical weakness to fire and sound, are unable to faze him and [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]]' infamous Venom blasts, infamous for taking down even the toughest opponents (up to and including the demon Blackheart), barely do anything to him. The only one to even harm him is Agent Anti-Venom's touch and he's forced to break off to use that touch to save everyone from dying at Osborn's hands.

* In a rare heroic example, in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'' Oricum the wizard hits NighInvulnerable Paul twice in rapid succession with enormous bolts of lightning, scorching the ground and creating a small glassy crater... and, after his eyes adjust from the flash, he discovers that all he succeeded in doing is [[LightningCanDoAnything intoxicating Paul and giving him an orgasm (and, later, triggering in him the ability to see magic and power).]]

*** In ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', Godzilla's standard atomic breath is powerful enough to kill any enemy monster with a single direct hit -- until he faces off against Monster X [[spoiler:(and, later, [[OneWingedAngel Kaiser Ghidorah)]].]]

* Humorously done in ''Film/IronMan2'', where [[Characters/IronManHeroes War Machine]] fires a bunker-buster warhead at [[BigBad Whiplash]], which Hammer has previously claimed was his ultimate weapon. The warhead harmlessly bounces off Whiplash's armor, prompting Stark to immediately guess that it was developed by the inept Hammer. It may seem that he conveniently ignores that every other Hammer weapon in War Machine's arsenal works just fine but to be fair, every other weapon that Hammer offered up to modify the Mark II armor into War Machine was a pre-existing design; the "Ex-Wife" bunker buster was the only weapon explicitly stated to be of Hammer Industries origin. In a deleted, alternate ending where Vanko did not become yet another armored up version of one of Tony's villains, the Ex-Wife worked fine serving as a literal [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]] to [[DefeatEqualsExplosion end with a bang]].

** Wrestling/{{Batista}} vs Undertaker at Wrestlemania 23, in which Undertaker was able to resist the Batista Bomb. Later that year, when the two fought again at Cyber Sunday, Undertaker resisted the Batista Bomb again, however this time Batista delivered a second bomb right afterward and the match was over. And, during their next match in Survivor Series, Batista was able to resist the Tombstone Piledriver.

--->'''Shao Kahn:''' Is that your best?

** The [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Hulk]] unleashes his signature [[ShockwaveClap Thunderclap]] move nearly point-blank in [[Characters/SupermanDoomsdayCharacter Doomsday's]] face, but at best all it does is disorient Doomsday before he grabs Hulk's hands and breaks one of them.

* Blackbolt from ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'' has two [[FinishingMove special moves]]. The first is [[SuperScream his voice]] which is normally treated with a great deal of respect which has allowed him to take down foes like the [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Hulk]] and even killed an alternate reality version of [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]]. His second is the Master Blow, which consists of all of his energy channeled into a single punch. For some reason, this Master Blow seems about as powerful as his normal punches (he has SuperStrength), which makes it redundant. On top of that, it leaves him drained and weak. This is probably why most writers ignore that particular ability.

** In ''ComicBook/GoDownSwinging'', a coalition of Spidey's allies team up to battle the Red Goblin -- [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] armed with the ComicBook/{{Carnage}} symbiote -- when the web-slinger is taken out of action by him. Both the Human Torch and Clash, armed with a symbiote's typical weakness to fire and sound, are unable to faze him and [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]]' infamous Venom blasts, infamous for taking down even the toughest opponents (up to and including the demon Blackheart), barely do anything to him. The only one to even harm him is Agent Anti-Venom's touch and he's forced to break off to use that touch to save everyone from dying at Osborn's hands.

* In a rare heroic example, in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'' Oricum the wizard hits NighInvulnerable Paul twice in rapid succession with enormous bolts of lightning, scorching the ground and creating a small glassy crater... and, after his eyes adjust from the flash, he discovers that all he succeeded in doing is [[LightningCanDoAnything intoxicating Paul and giving him an orgasm (and, later, triggering in him the ability to see magic and power).]]

*** In ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', Godzilla's standard atomic breath is powerful enough to kill any enemy monster with a single direct hit -- until he faces off against Monster X [[spoiler:(and, later, [[OneWingedAngel Kaiser Ghidorah)]].]]

* Humorously done in ''Film/IronMan2'', where [[Characters/IronManHeroes War Machine]] fires a bunker-buster warhead at [[BigBad Whiplash]], which Hammer has previously claimed was his ultimate weapon. The warhead harmlessly bounces off Whiplash's armor, prompting Stark to immediately guess that it was developed by the inept Hammer. It may seem that he conveniently ignores that every other Hammer weapon in War Machine's arsenal works just fine but to be fair, every other weapon that Hammer offered up to modify the Mark II armor into War Machine was a pre-existing design; the "Ex-Wife" bunker buster was the only weapon explicitly stated to be of Hammer Industries origin. In a deleted, alternate ending where Vanko did not become yet another armored up version of one of Tony's villains, the Ex-Wife worked fine serving as a literal [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]] to [[DefeatEqualsExplosion end with a bang]].

** Wrestling/{{Batista}} vs Undertaker at Wrestlemania 23, in which Undertaker was able to resist the Batista Bomb. Later that year, when the two fought again at Cyber Sunday, Undertaker resisted the Batista Bomb again, however this time Batista delivered a second bomb right afterward and the match was over. And, during their next match in Survivor Series, Batista was able to resist the Tombstone Piledriver.

--->'''Shao Kahn:''' Is that your best?

** The [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Hulk]] unleashes his signature [[ShockwaveClap Thunderclap]] move nearly point-blank in [[Characters/SupermanDoomsdayCharacter Doomsday's]] face, but at best all it does is disorient Doomsday before he grabs Hulk's hands and breaks one of them.

** A very rare inversion occurs during the Masked de Luchadore/Renji fight which very deliberately turns the concept of hero and villain on its head. Masked believes he's the hero of the tale so Renji makes a choice to play the villain's part. As a result, when Masked -- who had already curbstomped three bankai-capable lieutenant level shinigami and two bankai-wielding captains -- unleashes his power on Renji, it doesn't even slow Renji down, effectively demonstrating Renji's new level of power.

** Acnologia does this again [[spoiler:several times in the FinalBattle of the series as he (in his [[{{Weredragon}} human form]]) faces off against all the Dragon Slayers (Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, Laxus, Sting, Rogue, and Cobra). They repeatedly throw their strongest attacks at him, including several otherwise devastating [[CombinationAttack Combination Attacks]], and he more or less shrugs all of them off. He's only defeated when Wendy empowers Natsu with [[AllYourPowersCombined the rest of the Dragon Slayers' abilities]], allowing Natsu to deliver a massive MegatonPunch and destroy Acnologia once and for all]].

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** In the classic story ''Nothing Stops The Juggernaut'', Spidey tries increasingly destructive methods to stagger the unstoppable X-men foe, culminating with blowing up a tanker truck of gasoline. Juggernaut is unharmed, and now [[InfernalRetaliation on fire.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Given his powerset, Steven has a defensive example. In its introductory episode, Steven's bubble forcefield is practically indestructible ([[PowerIncontinence the plot of the episode was him trying to get rid of it]]). On its very next appearance, it was destroyed by a single energy blast. Its main purpose now is to get punched to bits by the villains... until he starts to grow into his power, in which case it goes back to being [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]] to the point of being able to tank [[spoiler:attacks from ''Blue Diamond'']].

** During the [[Characters/StreetFighterMBison M. Bison]] vs. [[Characters/MortalKombatShaoKahn Shao Kahn]] battle, Bison performs the Nightmare Booster, his most powerful attack which the hosts note can kill a normal man with one strike. He engulfs himself in [[SoulPower Psycho Power]], flies at his opponent, and carries him into the air, before [[MeteorMove slamming Shao Kahn into the ground]]. Kahn is quite amused, nonchalantly getting up and quipping:

** The Genki Dama, or [[CombinedEnergyAttack Spirit Bomb]], is a last-ditch attack with such a laundry list of things to watch out for that it's most certainly a GodzillaThreshold to use. However, in the series, it only succeeds in killing the bad guy a grand total of ''once'' - Goku lost a lot of the Spirit Bomb's power thanks to Vegeta attacking him while charging, Frieza was still too powerful even after using various sources to charge it up and Goku gets lucky with Kid Buu due to the fact they had a way to give Goku enough energy to finish the job. In the [[NonSerialMovie Non-Serial Movies]], Goku's track record for it is a ''lot'' better.

* The beginning of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' has Nero delivering this to Dante, which serves as the tutorial. This being [[NighInvulnerability Dante]], he's [[NoSell less than fazed]].

** Acnologia does this again [[spoiler:several times in the FinalBattle of the series as he (in his [[{{Weredragon}} human form]]) faces off against all the Dragon Slayers (Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, Laxus, Sting, Rogue, and Cobra). They repeatedly throw their strongest attacks at him, including several otherwise devastating [[CombinationAttack Combination Attacks]], and he more or less shrugs all of them. He's only defeated when Wendy empowers Natsu with [[AllYourPowersCombined the rest of the Dragon Slayers' abilities]], allowing Natsu to deliver a massive MegatonPunch and destroy Acnologia once and for all]].

* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' has done this many times.