History Main / CompleteImmortality

* ''Videogame/GuiltyGear'' has Raven. Originally a German soldier in UsefulNotes/TheCrusades, he was due to be executed by being turned into a HumanPincushion, and while that was happening had a vision of a world full ravens flying everywhere and staring at him. He woke up to find he had survived his execution, and ever since then he has been unable to die no matter what. By the time of the games he's well over a thousand years old but doesn't look a day older than when he first "died". His [[FinishingMove Instant Kill]] in ''Xrd'' has him set himself on fire, grab the opponent and [[TakingYouWithMe burn them both to ashes]], shortly followed by his hand bursting from the ashes as he regenerates himself. It has been posited the theory bythat the only possible way he could be killed be completely erase his soul from existence, though even he doubts that it could work.

Also note that just because they are unkillable doesn't mean they are unbeatable. A sufficiently powerful character could still ruin their plans or subject them to a fate worse than death or imprison them for eternity or cause a shift in morality or amnesia.

** Kars from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Part 2]] achieves it after he wears the Stone Mask with the Red Stone of Asia and he becomes the UltimateLifeForm, immortal and incapable of aging. He's completely immune to Hamon and the sun - the Pillar Men's only weaknesses - as well. ''In theory'' he could be killed by being destroyed all the way down to the cellular level ([[AMoltenDateWithDeath lava proved almost up to the job]]), but there are very few things actually capable of doing that and doing it fast enough that he can't counter with both his HealingFactor and AdaptiveAbility. The only way to stop him is to launch him into space [[AndIMustScream to drift for all eternity.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[BigBad Salem]] and [[BigGood Ozpin]] have been at war for thousands years because both are immortal, although they have different types of immortality. [[spoiler:After trying to resurrect her dead lover, Ozma, Salem was cursed by the gods with complete immortality to [[BarredFromTheAfterlife prevent her]] from being able to reunite with Ozma in the afterlife until she learned the importance of life and death. For trying to turn humanity [[RageAgainstTheHeavens against the gods in revenge]] for her curse, Salem condemned the entire human race. Ozma was resurrected to give humanity a single chance at redemption by guiding them to peace and harmony, pitting the two former lovers against each other in a bitter, eternal war for the fate of humanity. Salem cannot be killed because nothing can destroy her and she doesn't age; even when something can completely obliterate her body, her body reforms a moment later in the same spot, completely unharmed. Unlike Salem, Ozma can age and die; he just [[{{Reincarnation}} doesn't stay dead]].]]

** ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers'': This is the only superpower Mr. Immortal has. One story reveals he's destined to live until the end of the universe.
** Averted in the ComicBook/ImmortalHulk storyline, as its revealed that Mr. Immortal has been truly and permanently killed by The One-Below-All during the end of the Eighth Cosmos.

* In the final episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', Frylock and Carl acquire this through magical "Ceaseless Shampoo". They become ageless and immune to pain and are able to control any severed bodyparts of theirs following mutilations and decapitations. They can also regenerate from puddles of blood.

** Averted in the ImmortalHulk storyline, as its revealed that Mr. Immortal has been truly and permanently killed by The One-Below-All at the end of the Eighth Cosmos.

** Kars from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Part 2]] achieves it after he wears the Stone Mask with the Red Stone of Asia he becomes the UltimateLifeForm, immortal and incapable of aging. He's completely immune to Hamon and the sun - the Pillar Men's only weaknesses - as well. ''In theory'' he could be killed if destroyed all the way down to the cellular level ([[AMoltenDateWithDeath lava proved surprisingly good at the job]]), but there are very few things actually capable of doing that and doing it fast enough that he can't counter with both his HealingFactor and AdaptiveAbility. The only way to stop him was to launch him into space [[AndIMustScream to drift for all eternity.]]

* [[spoiler:Kaguya Otsutsuki]] from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has this. Even her two sons who are [[PhysicalGod god-like themselves]] can't kill her, and could only seal her in order to stop her from [[spoiler:turning all of humanity into Zetsus.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanworks tend to display [[MadGod Discord]] as this, being both ancient and impossible to kill, surviving things ranging from decapitation to disintegration with nary a blink of an eye.
** Celestia and Luna, meanwhile, are usually "merely" shown as LongLived {{Physical God}}desses, but will occasionally be depicted as this as well, DependingOnTheWriter.

** ''Franchise/{{Lobo}}'': Not only does Lobo have a HealingFactor that allows him to regenerate out of [[FromASingleCell a pool of his own blood]], he has been [[BarredFromTheAfterlife banned from entering either Heaven or Hell, or to be more specific, every eternal place like Valhalla]].

** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'': Not only does Lobo have a HealingFactor that allows him to regenerate out of [[FromASingleCell a pool of his own blood]], he has been [[BarredFromTheAfterlife banned from entering either Heaven or Hell, or to be more specific, every eternal place like Valhalla]].

** Jagganoth has a straight-up "invulnerable"-type immortality: According to Mottom (and WordOfGod) he is invulnerable to any kind of damage from known sources. He obtained this immortality by acquring thirty feathers from an angel, which he forged into enchanted nails and hammered into his own flesh. Presumably he ''can'' be harmed if the nails were somehow removed, but good luck getting them out of a thirty-foot tall demigod who controls a seventh of Creation.

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': The Everlasting Dragons were said to have had this kind of immortality, and the one example of a true Everlasting Dragon the player encounters in the game is completely impervious to any of the player's attacks. You can chop off its tail and get a weapon for it but it doesn't even care. The source of their immortality was their scales. Unfortunately, if the scales are gone all bets are off. [[BoltOfDivineRetribution Lightning]] is great at removing the whole "immortality" thing. Seath the Scaleless was the only Dragon born without the scales and thus lacked immortality. [[GreenEyedMonster He betrayed the Dragons and sided with Gwyn and the other Lords against them out of envy]], and later went mad trying to find a way to give himself the immortality he lacked. He eventually found it in the form of the Primordial Crystal -- a SoulJar that makes him completely immune to all damage. Fortunately it's very fragile and shatters with just one hit.
** Undead/Hollows also do not age and have ResurrectiveImmortality, but they suffer from a form of ResurrectionSickness that makes them more mindless each time. Undead are imprisoned rather than executed because they just get back up, the (Undead) player character [[{{Determinator}} can't be kept down]] and Hollow enemies infinitely respawn. Undead [=NPCs=], however, stay dead. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation This is probably for balance reasons]]--it's implied they ''do'' come back, presumably as Hollows, you just don't see them (or can't tell them apart from any other Hollow). The third game has several [=NPCs=] who come back when killed, with varying reactions to you doing so. The series goes back and forth on whether or not Undead can permanently die if killed after fully Hollowing; there are implications either way.
** In the second game, Lord Aldia was obsessed with immortality, and spent the last years of his life researching it as a way to escape the Undead Curse, including an effort to re-create the Everlasting Dragons of old (which failed). In the ''Scholar of the First Sin'' edition: [[spoiler:Aldia actually appears to have succeeded in making himself truly immortal... by purging himself of any semblance of either humanity or a soul, becoming a mass of burning tree roots that vaguely resembles a human face if you squint at it from a certain angle. It's unclear whether or not he's happy with this result. Even after being "killed" as a boss, he just keeps talking as a disembodied voice like nothing happened, and he gives no souls nor does he drop his own soul on defeat]].

* ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' has the FinalBoss [[spoiler:Isshin the Sword Saint]] as completely immortal, which is translated into gameplay into being the single most durable enemy in the game. Even several Deathblows, it's only after they're slashed at the throat with the Mortal Blade, the only weapon that can harm immortals, that the the immortality is severed and they go down for good.

* ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'' is set in the magical girl afterlife. One of the quirks of said afterlife is that the people there cannot die, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever no matter how much they try]]. Any injury is regenerated within minutes, and even completely dissolving someone into nothing or devouring them completely will just delay how long it takes for them to get back. [[BigBad Oblivion]] is the only one who can supposedly end their eternal existence, though a few characters like Kyoko or Mami think that she's simply faking it to attract followers. [[spoiler:They're partially right; The original Oblivion ''could'' give CessationOfExistence, but she is missing and her DragonInChief Reibey has been steadily replacing her with a line of {{Puppet Queen}}s to keep up the charade]].

* ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'' is set in the magical girl afterlife. One of the quirks of said afterlife is that the people there cannot die, [[DeathSeeker no matter how much they try]]. Any injury is regenerated within minutes, and even completely dissolving someone into nothing or devouring them completely will just delay how long it takes for them to get back. [[BigBad Oblivion]] is the only one who can supposedly end their eternal existence, though a few characters like Kyoko or Mami think that she's simply faking it to attract followers. [[spoiler:They're partially right; The original Oblivion ''could'' give CessationOfExistence, but she is missing and her DragonInChief Reibey has been steadily replacing her with a line of {{Puppet Queen}}s to keep up the charade]].

* ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'' is set in the magical girl afterlife. One of the quirks of said afterlife is that the people there cannot die, [[DeathSeeker no matter how much they try]]. Any injury is regenerated within minutes, and even completely dissolving someone into nothing or devouring them completely will just delay how long it takes for them to get back. [[BigBad]] Oblivion]] is the only one who can supposedly end their eternal existence, though a few characters like Kyoko or Mami think that she's simply faking it to attract followers. [[spoiler:They're partially right; The original Oblivion ''could'' give CessationOfExistence, but she is missing and her DragonInChief Reibey has been steadily replacing her with a line of {{Puppet Queen}}s to keep up the charade]].

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* Immortals in ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' obtain this form of immortality from drinking the [[ImmortalityInducer Grand Panacea]]. Not only do they not age, but they reconstitute themselves on a molecular, if not atomic, level. The only way to kill an immortal is for another to [[CannibalismSuperpower "devour"]] them.
* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* All Materials (summoned creatures) in ''LightNovel/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign''. They can't even be harmed by non-supernatural means, and if their physical bodies on Earth are destroyed, they can be summoned again with no ill effects.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': Alfred Fellig in "Tithonus" was this until [[spoiler: he managed to look into Death's eyes.]] It is possible that he passed this condition to [[spoiler: Scully.]]

* [[Music/TheB52s Noone ever dies on Planet Claire.]]

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Note that "mere" Ageless characters who can [[FromASingleCell regenerate from a drop of their blood cell]] or [[SuperToughness survive point-blank nukes]] and the like, are ''not'' enough to qualify. To be this trope, a character must be ''unkillable'' by at least all physical means, such as by endlessly resurrecting ''every time'' you kill them, being BarredFromTheAfterlife and so can't move on, or being [[BlessedWithSuck blessed]]/[[{{Curse}} cursed]] [[CursedWithAwesome by]] {{God}} or other similar entities so that they ''won't'' die.

** [[TheGrimReaper Death]] claims that he is the one thing in existence that will last forever after [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu he reaps GOD]] at the end of time, although he's so old that he can't even remember anymore which of them came first. Though Crowley mentions that there are rumours he can be killed with his own scythe. [[spoiler:The S10 finale seems to confirm this. Then DoubleSubverted when Death is revealed to be a LegacyCharacter, with the Reaper known as "Billie" inheriting all his power and knowledge.]]

* Yaobikuni from ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'' after digesting [[ImmortalityInducer mermaid flesh]] became ''[[Really700YearsOld way]]'' OlderThanSheLooks, walks away unscathed from a suicidal ritual and is BarredFromTheAfterlife, among other things. She even goes so far as to ask a random guy who she's just seen in her dreams to [[DeathSeeker end her life]]. [[spoiler: This makes it all the harder to deal with her as she is later revealed as TheDragon to a GreaterScopeVillain.]]

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* {{God}} is usually understood to be this, being the Creator of absolutely everything, including Life, Time, Space, Death and whatever happens after or outside it.
** Angels, perhaps including Satan and other demons/fallen angels, may also qualify in that the only way they could "die" is to be uncreated by God Himself, and this is not something God is generally believed to do.
* The gods of Myth/GreekMythology and their ancestors, the Titans, had complete immortality, which is why the Olympians did not die when their father Cronus ate them as infants (and they emerged alive and full-grown when he was forced to vomit them up). Likewise, this is why the Olympians imprisoned most of the Titans in Tartarus. Immortal beings could be injured or even indefinitely incapacitated, but were impossible to kill, even for other gods.
* The Hydra, also from Greek Mythology, had a single immortal head in addition to the heads that would be replaced by two new ones if they were severed. After chopping off the other heads and cauterizing the stumps with a torch to prevent new ones from growing, Heracles trapped the Hydra's immortal head under a rock.

* Every Wu in ''Manga/SazanEyes''. To elaborate, each Wu had his soul absorbed by a Sanzhiyan (Triclop), and as long as that soul is kept safe, the Wu cannot grow old, starve to death or be killed, regenerating from any trauma or wound, even if their entire body is disintegrated (which has happened). The only way to kill a Wu is to slay the Triclop who took his soul.

** The {{Filler}} and NonSerialMovie villain Garlic Jr. wishes for immortal life from the Eternal Dragon and actually gets it. The only thing that stops him is knocking him into a dark prison called the Dead Zone (which presumably would kill anyone mortal), and the first time that didn't take. The second time around he has no way of ever getting out of there again,[[note]]Technically, he ''could'' be freed if someone wished it with the Dragon Balls, but of course no one will do that.[[/note]] and will foreseeably [[ImmortalityHurts be stuck there for all eternity]] while drained of most of his power.

* ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'': Due to the power of the Yellow Dragon, Zeno has not aged a day in two thousand years and is quite literally unkillable. In fact, attempting to kill him only makes him stronger, as any wounds he takes seal over with incredibly strong golden scales. He knows very well how to use this to his advantage: he escapes from a prison at one point by lopping off his own arm and, when it regrows, simply punches through the door hindering his escape. Other circumstances that his immortality has seen him through include hitting the ground at terminal velocity, being almost completely incinerated, and actual decapitation. Any time Zeno decides to get serious is typically a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

*** Doomsday is stronger and tougher than Superman, has AdaptiveAbility against anything that does manage to injure him, rapidly regenerates and even if you do "kill" him, he can regenerate back to life. In theory, he becomes more and more this trope with time as you can't kill him the same way twice.

* ''Fanfic/TheTwoSidesOfDaringDo'': Yearling explains that this trope is why [[BigBad Ahuizotl]] is still alive: he's a Demi-God and thus immortal. He's not only ancient, but things like being shot with a cannon or BuriedAlive by an entire mountain collapsing on him will only incapacitate him. He's such a monster she'd ''gladly'' kill him to end his threat, but has yet to find anything that can do the job. This has caused her readers to complain about him having JokerImmunity.

* ''Literature/TheCityAndTheDungeon'': In theory, it is impossible to permanently kill a delver. On death their heartstone can be recovered and revived, and even if their heartstone is shattered (something which can happen in the Deep or below), they can eventually be reassembled and revived. However, they need to eat crystal to survive, and the more powerful they are, the more crystal they need. If they "starve" they just revert to crystal again and can be revived, but they probably have no money, so no one will bother reviving them.

** The [[PhysicalGod Great Old Ones]], or at least Cthulhu, ''may'' have this form of immortality. In "Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu", [[RammingAlwaysWorks Cthulhu gets a boat driven through his skull]], [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu turning his head into green paste]]. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal It reforms pretty much instantly]]. [[DependingOnTheWriter According to some writers]], [[TakesOneToKillOne they can be killed by another Great Old One (or other godlike entity)]] while other sources state that they are completely unkillable. Lovecraft himself wasn't clear about this, like everything he said about the Mythos. August Derleth and a lot of writers following him went with the idea that the Great Old Ones could be damaged and defeated with conventional weaponry, but would always reform elsewhere or otherwise still be alive in some manner (e.g. in another dimension); incapacitated for a long period of time, but able to come back under certain circumstances, such as the right cult ritual. The ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' tabletop game went with this as well.

* Certain entities in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' such as gods and the Faerie Queens are absolutely unkillable under normal conditions. Even if their bodies are reduced to their constituent atoms, they will eventually recover completely. However, there are certain places and times where this does not apply [[spoiler:such as on Halloween]], and they can be killed just like anyone else. Provided, of course, that you can get past the defenses of a PhysicalGod. [[spoiler:And then there is the fact when the Faerie Queens do die, the mantle of their power will go into another mortal. If the mortal doesn't have enough strength of character to resist the mantle, then in due time the mortal will become a copy of the Fae Queen that came before.]]

* ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'': Sun Wukong used five different methods of obtaining immortality. Because of this, he is one of the most immortal characters in history. Not only is he immune to aging, but his body is NighInvulnerable to the point that even mystical weapons used by demons broke on him, and even in the rare case that his body is damaged due to extremely holy and powerful weapons used by gods themselves, he [[FeelsNoPain feels little if any pain]], can survive without a head, and can grow a new one on the spot. Even if his body were to be destroyed beyond a point from which he could regenerate, he can resurrect himself more than 70 times. Yank his soul out of his body or make him use up all of his resurrections? His immortal soul can survive and fight on its own, and can reunite with his body if it is left intact. His immortality is so powerful that not even being thrown into a mystical furnace with powerful flames capable of killing even gods and immortals and being left there for [[NoKillLikeOverkill 49 days]] could destroy him.

** [[GodOfEvil Morgoth]] is the only true example of this in Middle-Earth. The elves are TheAgeless, and most other Valar and Maiar ''can'' have their bodies destroyed, but can just make new ones. But Morgoth turned the ''entire planet'' into his SoulJar, meaning he literally cannot die until the end of time. Doesn't save him from being a SealedEvilInACan at several points, but technically he's ''still'' out there, waiting...

** The Judge apparently doesn't age and can't be killed. He can be cut, but since he can kill people just by being near him the first time he walked the Earth it took an entire army to cut off his limbs and head -- and they remained mobile afterwards, and reattached themselves instantly when placed back together. Buffy used a bazooka to break him into a lot more pieces (and then advised her friends to keep the pieces apart).

** Angels, perhaps including Satan and other demons/fallen angels, may also qualify in that the only way they could "die" is to be uncreated by God himself, and this is not something God is generally believed to do.
* The gods of Myth/GreekMythology and their ancestors, the Titans, had complete immortality, which is why the Olympians did not die when their father Cronus ate them as infants (and they emerged alive and full-grown when he was forced to vomit them up). Likewise, this is why the Olympians imprisoned most of the Titans in Tartarus. Immortal beings could be injured or even indefinitely incapacitated, but were literally impossible to kill, even for other gods.

* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': Due to an AscendedGlitch, it's possible for a necromancer to reanimate the skin and hair of butchered creatures alongside their skeletons. The resulting undead have no vital signs, cannot bleed out (they don't ''have'' blood), and do not breathe - which means there is literally no way to kill them. The only means to stop them are to encase them in ice or obsidian, or to take advantage of another glitch by crushing them under a drawbridge or luring them into a cave-in (which essentially erases them from the game).

** This is a trait of the et'Ada, the "original spirits" who formed from the raw energy[[note]]the main CreationMyth of the series' [[AnthropomorphicPersonification personifies]] this "energy" as the "[[PiecesOfGod spilled blood]]" of GodOfGods Anu (stasis/order/light) and TheAntiGod Padomay (change/chaos/darkness).[[/note]] of the early universe. Depending on the actions of these et'Ada during the creation of Mundus, the mortal plane, they would become either [[OurGodsAreDifferent the Aedra or the Daedra]]. To note:
*** The Aedra (meaning "our ancestors" in [[ClassicalTongue Old Aldmeris]]) sacrificed large parts of their divine power to create Mundus, and have thus lost their Complete Immortality. There were originally many Aedra, the majority of whom sacrificed so much during creation that they died, becoming the "Earthbones" (essentially the laws of nature/physics/reality that a functioning world requires). Of the survivors, the eight most prominent have been grouped together as the Eight Divines, who are worshiped in the [[SaintlyChurch primary religion]] of Tamriel. As they've sacrificed much of their power and even their true immortality, they can be killed. (According to some versions of the myth, they are already dead but "dream" that they are alive, allowing them some influence over the world they created.) As such, they prefer [[InMysteriousWays a lighter touch]] in dealing with mortal affairs and prefer acting [[MissionFromGod through mortal agents]] whenever possible. They generally save any acts of direct DivineIntervention for the most dire circumstances to avert TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
*** The Daedra ("not our ancestors") did not make any sacrifice during creation, and thus retain their full divine power and Complete Immortality. If a Daedra manifests in a mortal form on Mundus and that mortal form is slain, their spirit simply returns to [[{{Hell}} Oblivion]] to reform. The Daedric Princes are the 17 most prominent and powerful Daedric beings. While they have been [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu battered, beaten]], [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu banished]], and even [[HijackingCthulhu fundamentally changed]], ''nothing'' in the setting has ever been able to actually ''kill'' one, not even the other Daedric Princes.

* Mephiles and Iblis from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' literally cannot be killed as they instantly regenerate from any wounds they suffer. [[spoiler:The only way to completely destroy them [[RetGone is to make it so they never even existed]].]]

* [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Fujiwara no Mokou]] and [[LivingForeverIsAwesome Kaguya Houraisan]] from ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' are immortal in the truest sense. While it functions somewhat like FromASingleCell and mostly like ResurrectiveImmortality, they literally cannot die. Even if they were to be completely destroyed, they would be restored back into existence immediately and completely, meaning that they can come back from ''nothing''. Due to the laws of reality in Gensokyo when someone enters an area designated as the afterlife, where people can come and go, they count as dead. Mokou and Kaguya near literally run into a wall they cannot pass. Yuyuko has the power to cause anything to die at will. The two immortals are completely unaffected. They will probably exist till the end of time or probably even after it. Others ''could'' share in by temporarily killing either and devouring their liver, but few (even in Gensokyo) are mad enough to try the immortality the Hourai Elixir they drank brings. It's implied that the Elixir itself was created by distilling Kaguya's power over eternity into a liquid, thus removing the users from the cycle of life and death completely, not just from when they drank it and, according to WordOfGod, even if you went back in time to kill them ''before'' they drank the elixir, death still wouldn't stick. Presumably, the only way to actually kill them would be to somehow defy eternity and force them back into the cycle again, and no one either has the interest or the ability to figure out a way how.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': [[BigBad Salem]] and [[BigGood Ozpin]] have been at war for thousands years due to the fact that both are immortal, although they have different types of immortality. [[spoiler:After trying to resurrect her dead lover, Ozma, Salem was cursed by the gods with complete immortality to [[BarredFromTheAfterlife prevent her]] from being able to reunite with Ozma in the afterlife until she learned the importance of life and death. For trying to turn humanity [[RageAgainstTheHeavens against the gods in revenge]] for her curse, Salem condemned the entire human race. Ozma was resurrected to give humanity a single chance at redemption by guiding them to peace and harmony, pitting the two former lovers against each other in a bitter, eternal war for the fate of humanity. Salem cannot be killed because nothing can destroy her and she doesn't age; even when something can completely obliterate her body, her body reforms a moment later in the same spot, completely unharmed. Unlike Salem, Ozma can age and die; he just [[{{Reincarnation}} doesn't stay dead]].]]

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Jones has survived, in reverse chronological order: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=378 a sword to the face,]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1327 ground-zero of a SC50 bomb,]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1100 a munitions factory explosion,]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1105 a spear to the abdomen,]] [[spoiler: [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1106 the burning of Rome,]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1107 a barefoot walk across the Gobi desert,]] [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1108 a bare-chested hunt with Cro-Magnon men]] (her technique is to literally grab the giant bull by the horns), [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1109 a nude hike across a glacier]] (frozen eyes? No problem), [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1110 waking up underwater]] after being buried in rock for 3 billion years, and [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1111 spending the first 2 billion taking a lava bath]].]] To drive this home, in a dispute with [[{{Psychopomp}} Ankou]] (who is basically TheGrimReaper) over who [[spoiler:Mort's soul]] belongs to, [[spoiler:the [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1331 third party]] goes with ''seniority'' and sides with Jones]]. She doesn't age, nor (apparently) [[spoiler: eat, sleep, breathe, expel wastes, emote, create, imagine, or remember anything prior to taking that lava bath (and she remembers everything since), so she doesn't even know ''what'' she is.]]

** Jagganoth has a straight-up "invulnerable"-type immortality: According to Mottom (and WordOfGod) he is literally invulnerable to any kind of damage from known sources. He obtained this immortality by acquring thirty feathers from an angel, which he forged into enchanted nails and hammered into his own flesh. Presumably he ''can'' be harmed if the nails were somehow removed, but good luck getting them out of a thirty-foot tall demigod who controls a seventh of Creation.
* In ''Webcomic/TheSilverEye'' Melete Dolan cursed herself to be eternal so she would't have any chance of being reunited with her husband in the afterlife. Although the full extent of her invunerability is unknown, she can heal herself unless kept in extreme pain, and even then, there is no evidence that her wounds would kill her.

* The character Anne Poole, from ''Literature/FineStructure'', is cursed with this form of immortality. She is indestructible and immortal, which becomes a problem near the beginning of the story when she's accidentally teleported into ''solid rock''. By the time they get to her, she's gone insane from deprivation. Of course, she eventually gets better, and she goes on to live tens of thousands of years longer; it's revealed that she actually goes through phases of insanity, as the human mind isn't meant to have that kind of continuity. From the woman herself: