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Relatedly, even the hardest-nosed Nietzscheans and Randians have been known to go on (the latter at length, of course) about the "life-force".

* Tien from ''DragonBall'' and ''Dragon Ball Z'''s signature technique uses his life energy, making it one of the most powerful techniques in the series.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', the [[MacGuffin Light Force]] was directly tied to Princess Zelda's Life Energy. Draining away the Life Force from her body can kill her, which leads to a [[ScrappyLevel timed section]] near the end of the game.

Not to be confused with [[{{Gradius}} the NES space jet game of the same title]], or [[Film/{{Lifeforce}} the 1985 sci-fi movie]].

* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Tristram's]] power in ''{{Earthsong}}'' is the draining and replacement (thereby, healing) of Life Energy.
* In ''{{Thunderstruck}}'', it is explained that vampires don't feed on blood per se, but on the Life Energy it carries.

* In the KoreanDrama ''MyGirlfriendIsANineTailedFox'' the titular multi-tailed fox (who has taken form as a beautiful human woman) gives a mortally injured man an "energy bead" to keep him alive.

* First-season ''Manga/SailorMoon'' villains, The Dark Kingdom stole life energy from humans in to free the BigBad from her [[SealedEvilInACan prison]], as did the mini-arc villains in the second season, Ail and En who feed it to the magic tree that kept them alive.

* The Dark Kingdom in ''PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' stole energy from people in various ways, just as their animated counterparts did.

* In ''Film/ScannerCopII'', Carl Volkin devours the lifeforce of other scanners (psychics) to add to his own power. Staziak even compares him to a vampire at one point.

* One character in the ''ChzoMythos'' is able to draw out the life energy of others by using a sacrificial knife.

* In ''ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne'', the collective life energy of the now-deceased human race is known as a substance called "magatsuhi," which flows around the [[AfterTheEnd Vortex World]] in great channels that demons flock to, trying to collect it for themselves.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalism Vitalism]] was the belief that living creatures were fundamentally different from normal matter because they were imbued with "life energy". The fatal blow to this theory came with the chemical synthesis of urea from non-living components, demonstrating that there is no difference between a chemical created in a test tube, and one from a living organism, and that no "life energy" is necessary to create biological substances, or even life. We can now synthesize most parts of cells, and synthetic biologists are working towards creating a living cell purely from synthesized components.

** Also, in a later book, there is Soulfire. Makes your magic extremely powerful, by literally burning up your soul. [[spoiler:Good thing souls regenerate]]

* ''KamenRiderKiva'' features Fangires, a stained glass-based [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] race that materializes crystal fangs in midair, sticks them into their human targets' neck, and drains the life energy out of their bodies for food, leaving the victim as a glass corpse that can be shattered with a single touch. (The words Life Energy are [[GratuitousEnglish always in English]] for [[RuleOfCool some reason]].)

* ''TabletopGame/Alternity'' supplement ''Beyond Science: A Guide to FX''. The school of Necromancy is based on the manipulation of LifeEnergy in both living and dead bodies. Spells are similar to those cast by clerics/priests in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', such as animating the dead, healing wounds and speaking with the dead.

-->--'''Yoda''', ''Film/StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack''

* This is essentially what one immortal gets from another in a Quickening in the ''{{Highlander}}'' films and TV series.
* In ''[[Film/{{Scanners}} Scanner Cop II]]'', Carl Volkin devours the lifeforce of other scanners (psychics) to add to his own power. Staziak even compares him to a vampire at one point.

** In a twist, it was revealed that [[spoiler:the Tailed Beasts are composed of the fragmented chakra of an EldritchAbomination defeated centuries in the past. When free of the Beast's influence, their chakra is so potent that it can cause trees to burst into leaf]].
** Chiyo can also use life energy to heal, albeit with EquivalentExchange involved. The first time, she transfers her life energy to heal a mortally wounded Sakura, saving Sakura but bringing herself to the brink of death. The second time, [[spoiler:she brings Gaara back to life but dies in the process.]].

* ''AdventureTime'''s King Worm feeds on life energy, even referring to it as such.

* The title creatures from ''{{Metroid}}'' drain the life energy from any animal unfortunate enough to encounter it. The SpacePirates tried to use science to explain the phenomena, but could find absolutely no trace of this "life energy", only the proof that it undeniably was occuring.

** Also Tom Riddle absorbed Ginny's soul in ''ChamberOfSecrets'', causing him to regain physical form while she was reduced to a coma-like state.

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