History Main / ElderlyImmortal

** The episodes "Finn the Human" and "Jake the Dog" take place [[ForWantOfANail in an alternate timeline]] created by Finn's wish. In this universe, Marceline never became a vampire but was still [[HalfHumanHybrid half-demon]], meaning she never stopped aging but had a very long lifespan.

%%* Lorien from ''Series/BabylonFive''.

* Mighty Moe from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresofBillyAndMandy'' is an arrogant muscle health nut who managed to cheat death by adding bonus years with good health. We don't know how old he is but one moment suggests he's well over 60.

The character keeps his or her health with immortality, but not youth. As a result, these characters are forever stuck at the apparent age when most mortals' health finally begins to succumb to the ravages of old age, but, unlike the AgeWithoutYouth character, they usually remain vigorous, healthy, "active seniors," and are usually still at least somewhat attractive.

* Have an actual age well beyond the normal human lifespan (though she or he may still have a finite, but extremely long, lifespan).

* {{God}}, as depicted by Michaelangelo in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel Sistine Chapel.]]

* Szilard Quates from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' may qualify for this. He's something of a mix between Type A and Type B. He has a physical appearance resembling Type B somewhat (though Headmaster Dalton Strauss from the novels is much more of a straight Type B, and Szilard is definitely above that), but is far stronger and more youthful than he appears due to [[TheAssimilator having absorbed the knowledge, fighting styles, and muscle memories of at least 20 other people]] as well as his own ~200 years of life experiences, not to mention all of his experiments on his own body that allow him nigh-instantaneous [[HealingFactor regeneration from most injuries]] that would at least incapacitate other immortals for a minute or two. And he is very fit and aged well prior to gaining his immortality.

* [[AntiHero Macbeth]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' looks like a fit middle-aged man, but is actually about one thousand. He's an odd case, since the spell that made him immortal initially made him look ''older'' than his real age by transferring some of his youth to Demona.

* Nicolas Flamel in ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'' is approaching 600 years old and looks as if a slight breeze could knock him over.

* In the non-canonical ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk: The End'' this is what Banner looks like. He's hundreds of years old, the last human alive. Practically the last thing alive on earth.

* The Doctor, when artificially aged by the Master in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Sound of Drums" and later even further in "Last of the Time Lords".

* Szilard Quates from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' may qualify for this. He's something of a mix between Type A and Type B. He has a physical appearance resembling Type B somewhat (though Headmaster Dalton Strauss from the novels is much more of a straight Type B, and Szilard is definitely above that), but is FAR stronger and more youthful then he appears due to having absorbed the knowledge, fighting styles, and muscle memories of at least 20 other people as well as his own ~200 years of life experiences, not to mention all of his experiments on his own body that allow him nigh instantaneous regeneration from most injuries that would at least incapacitate other immortals for a minute or two. And he is very fit and aged well prior to gaining his immortality.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': While Zeus and Poseidon were not a part of UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} (Earth-Two) tales told in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'' their appearances in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} (Earth-One), ComicBook/PostCrisis' ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'', ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'' and ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' have them look like white haired and bearded old men who are remarkably physically fit.

* Mighty Moe from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresofBillyAndMandy'' is a arrogant muscle health nut who managed to cheat death by adding bonus years with good health. We don't know how old he is but one moment suggests he's well over 60.

'''King of Town:''' Triple that number and you're in both ball parks!

** The Ice King from is one of these. Oddly, he was young before the event that made him immortal; as he became immortal he became old and heavyset, and then stopped aging as soon as he was done transforming. Though despite his puffy robe, the Ice King has rather frail and spindly limbs, blending him with Type C.

** Gandalf didn't just stop ageing or age slowly at some point, he was "made" old. Or rather, when he and the other Wizards - actually [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Maiar]] - were sent to Middle-Earth, the Valar intentionally made them appear old and feeble so the mortal leaders wouldn't feel threatened by them (and so they didn't forget their station and become another Sauron). His physical strength is superior to most Men or Elven warriors.

** ''Literature/TheWitcher'' plays it in an almost exactly the same way.
* Enoch the Red from Creator/NealStephenson's ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'' and ''Literature/TheBaroqueCycle''. Parts of ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'' described him as looking anywhere from his 50s to his 80s (but most likely sixties or seventies), and he's been described as appearing of "indeterminate age" in ''Literature/TheBaroqueCycle'' (but with attention paid to his silver hair and his weathered, marred skin, both characteristics of an old man). He certainly has the long beard, and he acts like a Tolkienian wizard, but I don't recall him described as frail or skinny.

* Prophet Velen, leader of the draenei in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', is old enough to have quit keeping track of his age before the draenei left Argus twenty five thousand years ago. In ''Literature/RiseOfTheHorde'', he's [[WordOfGod stated to be]] tall and thin by draenic standards (albeit spry enough to keep up with his much younger guards on foot), with long white hair, a [[WizardBeard long white beard]], and "character lines." His in-game model, despite a few minor discrepancies (blue-violet skin rather than pure white, for one) matches that description.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has Yoda, of course. However, he isn't immortal, apparently his species just lives about 10 times longer than humans.

* Ravel Puzzlewell from ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' mixes the Yoda with elements of Wizard and Jolly Old Elf, taking the form of a wizened old hag with a few stringy hairs, purple skin covered in warts and pustules, shriveled limbs and a visible pot-belly. She barely reaches to The Nameless One's chest. Like all Night Hags she is a shapeshifter by nature, meaning she takes her hag-form only as often as she feels like it.

* The Demiurge Mottom from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' is thousands of years old and keeps her body together through sheer force of will and with the aid of a fruit that temporarily reverses her aging. When she is not using said fruit to keep up appearances she very much looks her age, resembling a desiccated old corpse that stands four feet tall on a good day. Despite her appearance, Mottom is both very much alive and more physically spry than twenty-three year old Allison, as demonstrated when she leaps across a room faster than the latter can react in order to JumpScare her.

* The Assamite Viziers in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' are a league of vampire scholars who recruit mortals with significant intellectual accomplishments. This often means that they turn people into vampires who are quite elderly by the time they drew the Viziers' attention, though they do stop aging any more once turned.

* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'': Demeter, despite being as immortal as the rest of the Olympians, is the only one of them who looks older than fourty. She appears as an elderly woman with whitened hair and slightly wrinkled skin, though more akin to 'reached retirement age with a good skin-care routine' than 'wizened old hag'.

* The Demiurge Mottom from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' is thousands of years old and keeps her body together through sheer force of will [[spoiler:and with the aid of a fruit that temporarily reverses her aging]]. Unlike her fellow human Demiurges she very much looks her age, resembling a desiccated old corpse that stands four feet tall on a good day. Despite her appearance, Mottom is both very much alive and more physically spry than twenty-three year old Allison, as demonstrated when she leaps across a room faster than the latter can react in order to JumpScare her.

* Ravel Puzzlewell from ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' mixes the Yoda with elements of Wizard and Jolly Old Elf, taking the form of a wizened old hag with a few stringy hairs, purple skin covered in warts and pustules, shriveled limbs and a visible pot-belly. She barely reaches to The Nameless One's chest.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'': Demeter, despite being as immortal as the rest of the Olympians, is the only one of them who looks older than fourty. She appears as an elderly woman with whitened hair and slightly wrinkled skin, though more akin to 'reached retirement age with a good skin-care routine' than 'wizened old hag'.

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* The Ancient One, Comicbook/DoctorStrange's mentor. His colleague the Aged Genghis is another example: while the Ancient One retained his mind and his sense of dignity, the Aged Genghis bid those farewell centuries ago.

* In ''FanFic/PrincessTrixieSparkle'', Starswirl was an old and immortal wizard. After several centuries of immortality he gave it up to his young student, the newly crowned Queen Astelle. Unfortunately, she didn't want it after learning that ''he'' would lose his immortality because of her.

* Nevyn and [[spoiler: Aderyn]]from Katharine Kerr's {{Literature/Deverry}} Cycle. Neither are truly immortal; they have unnaturally long life-spans.

* Lorien from ''Series/BabylonFive''.

* General Immortus, long-time foe of the ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol''. Precisely how he came into possession of an immortality serum is not discussed, but it appears that he was already quite elderly when he first used it. In the first stories that feature him, Immortus is bald, stooped and very, very wrinkled, like one of those shrunken apple dolls. And he's looked that way at least since the days of the Roman Republic.
* In the non-canonical ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk: The End'' this is what Banner looks like. He's hundreds of years old, the last human alive. Practically the last thing alive on earth.
* Ekuar from ''Comicbook/ElfQuest''. He's crippled and looks frail and broken because he was held captive and malnourished for aeons so his body never attained the full physical glory his fellow elves reached. At 8,000 years old, he is one of the eldest living [[OurElvesAreDifferent immortal elves]] still alive, though and what's left of his body still functions as if he were young. Once he has been liberated by [[DracoInLeatherPants Rayek]], he turns out to be a powerful Rock Shaper and all-round OldMaster who helps Rayek [[DeityOfHumanOrigin lift himself to new heights.]]

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* In ''Literature/ShinSekaiYori'', Tomiko, head of the Ethics Committee, looks like a healthy 60-something-year-old but is actually 267 years old when Saki meets her. She achieved this by using her telekinesis to repair her telomeres like gluing together pottery shards.

* Many depictions of Merlin from ''Myth/KingArthur''.

* {{Subverted}} by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AgamemnonC.jpg Agamemmnon]] from ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk''. Immortal and very old, half-human[=/=]half-Asgardian, classic Type C. But that's just a hologram — he really looks like he's 16. As he explained it, nobody believes he's wise/experienced if he doesn't look old.

'''The Wizard:''' a thin, frail, elderly SquishyWizard, usually wearing a CoolHat. If male, he will almost invariably have a [[WizardBeard slender beard that reaches nearly to his feet]].

* [[spoiler: King Porky]] from ''VideoGame/{{Mother3}}'' has exactly the same appearance as he did in Videogame/{{Earthbound}}, only now he's visibly frail, coughs every other sentence, and has white hair and a moustache. He's also [[TimeAbyss so old he has no idea if he's 1,000 years old, 10,000 years old, or even older]].

* ''{{Superman}}'' in the many pre-[[CrisisCrossover Crisis]] stories that showed him in the future.

* If male, have either almost no body hair or else an [[BadassBeard impressive, full beard]].