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14->'''Obi-Wan:''' Terribly convenient how it survived an explosion that big...\
15'''R2-D2:''' It's the primary quest object of the entire campaign. Of course it's going to be indestructible.\
16'''GM:''' Stop metagaming.\
17'''R2-D2:''' Well how else could it possibly have survived?\
18'''GM:''' ...You fly over and grab it.
19-->-- ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''
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21Are your world-domination tools not durable enough? Pesky do-gooders keep cracking your [[MineralMacGuffin power crystals]] and popping your SoulJar's freshness seal? Then try our latest in our fine line of world domination products. With our Indestructium alloy, your superweapon or CosmicKeystone is completely safe from anything the forces of good can throw at it. [-Warning: warranty void if [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings dropped in a volcano]], [[HurlItIntoTheSun sun]] or [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill black hole]].-]
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23This is where a thing, usually the object required for the BigBad to succeed in his master plan to TakeOverTheWorld, cannot be destroyed by conventional means, if at all. Maybe it's made of {{Unobtainium}}? AWizardDidIt? Whatever the case, the point is that this object cannot be destroyed easily and may only be able to be destroyed in a specific manner that usually involves rare and obscure means. This can often be used to justify why the heroes are carrying around such a dangerous object instead of destroying it. Sometimes, there will be one thing that ''can'' destroy Indestructium: [[LogicalWeakness Other Indestructium]].
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25The logical opposite of MadeOfExplodium and a step above NighInvulnerability. Curiously, most examples of this trope have a high chance of experiencing TheWorfEffect where a new threat actually ''does'' manage to destroy them. Usually they'll be [[ReforgedWeapon repaired and made]] ''[[ExaggeratedTrope even tougher]]'' in the process. In other cases, they'll likely be dumped for a ''new'' Indestructium weapon; see SoLastSeason for instances of that.
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27Compare RagnarokProofing. See SurprisinglySuperToughThing for indestructable everyday objects that's PlayedForLaughs. See also MadeOfIron and SuperToughness, for characters.
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38* The Hogyoku in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', which is why Urahara was forced to seal it in Rukia's soul instead of destroying it.
39* In ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', [[PowerLevels Mega-level]] Digimon often have armor or weapons made of something called Chrome Digizoid. It's rare to see it damaged by something other than a weapon made from the same stuff, though it can be done.
40* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
41** In [[Manga/DragonBall the original manga]], the Four-Star Dragon Ball once saves Goku's life when it [[PocketProtector blocks Mercenary Tao's Dodon Ray from piercing his heart]].
42** Oddly enough, Vegeta once tells Krillin to destroy a Dragon Ball to keep the Ginyu Force from getting it when Frieza has already collected most of the set. There's no implication that it wouldn't have worked. Then again, the characters in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' are ''way more powerful'' than they were in the original series.
43*** Lampshaded in the same scene of ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. When Vegeta tells him to break the Ball, Krillin tries to tell him they're indestructible, but he pressures him into trying to break it anyway, only for him to repeatedly bruise his hand doing so.
44*** Worth noting is that Goku being protected by the Dragon Ball in his shirt was in the manga, but the claim of them being ''literally indestructible'' [[{{Filler}} was not]] and thus probably isn't canon.
45*** Even if they ''are'' indestructible (no Dragon Ball has ever actually been destroyed over the course of the franchise), Vegeta would have no way of knowing that and the situation was desperate enough that Krillin had no reason not to try.
46** When Gotenks is hammering Super Buu with his Die Die Missiles, Piccolo tells him to be careful not to destroy the Earth and by extension any Dragon Balls, as if even one was gone then Shenron couldn't be summoned to wish everyone back. However, the Dragon Balls were turned to stone and unusable at the time.
47** Katchin, the hardest metal in the universe. Snapped the Z Sword like a twig.
48** [[Anime/DragonBallGT Super Saiyan 4 Goku]] once tried to eat a Dragon Ball to keep it away from a villain. The Dragon Ball not only survived unscathed, it ''popped out of his forehead''. [[spoiler:This ends up allowing Nuova Shenron, one of the seven Shadow Dragons, to be reborn [[HeelFaceTurn as one of Goku's allies]] in the final battle with Omega Shenron.]]
49** Subverted as of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' when [[spoiler:{{Arc Villain}}s Zamasu and Black, after wishing Zamasu immortal from the Eternal Dragon contained within, destroy the most powerful variant of the Dragon Balls: the Super Dragon Balls]]!
50* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', the ''Universe of TheFourGods'' aka ''Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho'' book is completely impossible to destroy on Earth, and it's proved several times:
51** In the prequel ''Manga/FushigiYuugiGenbuKaiden'', Takiko Okuda tried to rip it apart during a fight with her father Einosuke since she blamed his work on it for the family's unhappiness. Not only she couldn't destroy it, but she was thrown inside the book's universe itself and became the Genbu Priestess.
52** In another prequel, ''Manga/FushigiYuugiByakkoSenki'', [[spoiler:Einosuke's heir/disciple]] Takao Osugi tried throwing it into a fire, using an industrial kiln, sealing it in a Shinto shrine, etc.. and NOTHING worked. He was about to either throw it into the nearest harbour or bury it in the mountains when [[spoiler:Tokyo was destroyed in the Big Kanto Earthquake, and he decided to use the trope to his advantage by sending his daughter Suzuno into the Book for protection, which ultimately let her become the Byakko Priestess]].
53** Finally, in the ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' series proper, the book had to be stored away in the Tokyo Central Library. Then, Miaka and Yui got their hands on it...
54* The human flagship Eltreum from ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'' has a hull made out of a material that completely shrugged off everything they threw at it during testing. It's so indestructible in fact that the scientists who made it weren't sure whether even '''antimatter''' could harm it, in direct defiance of the laws of physics. And it seems they were right: not only did the Eltreum survive the battle of the galactic core without any visible damage, ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}'' reveals the hull is ''still in one piece [[spoiler:ten thousand years later]]'', after the rest of the ship was hollowed out and turned into a space habitat. Not only made of indestructium but [[RagnarokProofing Ragnarok-Proof]] Indestructium at that.
55* Franchise/{{Gundam}}s are usually made of this sort of thing, but what kind of metal and its durability differs from continuity to continuity.
56** The Universal Century continuity (as well as the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Future Century]] and [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX After War]] continuities) has Luna Titanium or "Gundarium" alloy, which is heavily durable to the point of slightly resisting beam weapons.
57** The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing After Colony]] continuity has "Gundanium" alloy, which is stupidly powerful, being able to even shrug off normal beam shots.
58** The Gundams of the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Cosmic Era]] continuity has "Phase Shift Armor", which isn't actually this trope, but a low-level DeflectorShield.
59** The Gundams of the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Anno Domini]] continuity cheat as they have basic e-carbon that is reinforced with [[MinovskyPhysics GN Particles]]. However, despite this, the suits get constantly wrecked.
60** The Gundams of the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Post-Disaster]] continuity has "Nano-Laminate Armor", the complete inverse of Luna Titanium -- it laughs at beam weapons, but is useless against physical attacks.
61* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', Kira's secondary ability Sheer Heart Attack is seen as this. Despite [[spoiler:repeated blows from Star Platinum, which is capable of destroying diamond-hard teeth, it barely shows signs of damage]]. It got to the point that repeatedly hitting it caused [[spoiler:Jotaro's knuckles to bleed]].
62* In ''Franchise/LupinIII'', Goemon's sword was forged by a secret process and is essentially indestructible (it actually breaks in ''The Secret of Twilight Gemini'' with no comment, but that was probably a mistake on the writer's part and can be safely ignored).
63* The Book of Darkness of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' may fit, considering it has regenerative powers and can come back again and again even if completely obliterated. Basically, the only theoretical way to stop it forever is to freeze it.
64* ''Anime/MazingerZ'' is an early anime example. The titular HumongousMecha is made from Chogokin ("Super Alloy") Z, an alloy containing Japanium, a rare metal can be found only in Mt. Fuji. [[TheProfessor Dr. Kabuto]] discovered the alloy and built Mazinger Z with it, thinking Mazinger would become indestructible. Throughout the series, the mecha got hit by giant monsters, missiles, bombs, got burned and electrocuted, got dumped in lava and doused in acid... and even though it got damaged every so often, the Super Alloy Z endured all of that [[spoiler:until the last chapter,]] and kept [[TheHero Kouji]] alive. Several times [[BigBad Dr. Hell]] and [[TheDragon his dragons]] would try and get their hands on a sample of Super Alloy Z to use in [[{{Robeast}} Mechanical Beast]] construction because not even Mazinger's own weapons would be strong enough to easily break it. The concept of "Chogokin" became so pervasive and widespread all Super Robots that followed Mazinger were made from some similar fabulous metal, and the word itself baptized one whole toy line.
65** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' also contained Japanium, but the alloy it was made into was even sturdier, being called "Super Alloy New-Z".
66** On the other hand, ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' was made with Gren, an incredibly tough metal. Nevertheless, it could not be found on Earth, so when Grendizer got damaged, he was repaired with Super Alloy Z.
67** Finally, Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} took that concept and RAN WITH IT with its even-sturdier alloy "Super Alloy New-Z Alpha". Nothing seems to be capable of even scratching it, not even tossing it into lava or even ''launching it from space to the Earth, performing a Pilder On and crash-landing''.
68* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
69** The only reason why the GovernmentConspiracy hasn't completely erased all traces of the "Void Century" already is that the history is recorded on things called Poneglyphs, which are indestructible. They settle for killing anyone capable of reading them, such as Nico Robin.
70** Seastone, besides acting as a KryptoniteFactor for Devil Fruit users, is also said to be as hard as diamond. When Robin's hands are locked up with shackles made of the stuff, the Straw Hats have to fight all the members of [=CP9=] to find which one has the right key, fearing she could be crippled for life otherwise. Likewise, when Zoro accidentally ends up handcuffed to Usopp in the same arc, they are stuck together (with Zoro using Usopp as a sword) until the right key is found; Zoro can cut through steel, but he can't cut through seastone.
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74* In the ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Joys of Seasons'' episode "Candy House Fantasy", Wolffy can't seem to damage Paddi's candy house, no matter what weapons he uses.
75-->'''Wolffy:''' What kind of house is this anyway? It just won't break! How do you even build something like this?
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79* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
80** In pre-''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' DC Comics at least, the most indestructible metal (aside from the 30th century's inertron) was probably either Supermanium (a metal created by ComicBook/{{Superman}} that he made the door to his Fortress of Solitude and the hull of the Supermobile out of) or Amazonium (the metal ComicBook/WonderWoman's bracelets were made from).
81** Back in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, inertron was a futuristic material that was completely indestructible, capable of containing even Kryptonians, Daxamites, and their ilk. It showed up fairly frequently in ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' storylines.
82** In the Silver Age, every [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper Kryptonian costume]] was made like this, and ''anything'' from Krypton was effectively made of indestructium while on Earth. Perhaps the only time this wasn't true was when both Kal-L and Kal-El were in the Anti-Matter universe dealing with the Anti-Monitor in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
83*** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton1959'', Alura made [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} her daughter]]'s super-hero costume before Kara left Argo because it would be indestructible on Earth.
84*** In ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore'', ComicBook/{{Superman}} is losing his powers, but his Kryptonian costume is still indestructible. This fact saves him when a thug shoots him and the bullet bounces off his costume.
85*** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s outfit's indestructibility comes in handy in ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982'' #20 when Kara can't fly, so she glides downwards and lets her costume take the brunt of the impact.
86---->'''Supergirl:''' Of course, that still left me with the problem of being one mile high... So I counted on being able to glide down with my cape — knowing my still indestructible costume would take the brunt of my impact in the lake!
87*** In the 2011 comics, Superman and Supergirl's cape and costume are once again a kind of indestructible Kryptonian armor.
88** ComicBook/{{Superman}} foe Metallo's exoskeleton is forged from Metal 0, a nigh-impervious alloy that, in modern continuity, was developed by Lex Luthor.
89** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Red Lantern Kara's outfit and cape never get damaged, no matter what happens to her. Justified since her RL uniform is made of raw energy.
90** ComicBook/WonderWoman's Lasso of Truth cannot be broken by even the strength of Kryptonians, [[ComicBook/NewGods Darkseid]], or Doomsday. The rare times it is broken are due to RealityWarper powers (Bizarro was able to break it in a non-canon story). Her bracelets are also made from a metal called "feminum"/Amazonium, which is virtually indestructible and can stop virtually anything from Superman's [[EyeBeams heat vision]] to the magical attacks of gods. In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'' the "armlets of Artemis" are outright said to be impenetrable and superior to any shield, but they lose this power when the gods retract their boons to Diana. On the other hand, her lasso retains its indestructible properties even after the Olympians attempt to destroy the powers of all of her items.
91* ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe'' has one unusually tough walnut. Gaston's last attempt at cracking it involves putting it on the rails of an incoming tramway. The nut wins.
92* In the ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' story "ComicBook/TheSmurfs and the Magic Flute", The King tries to burn the magic flute to prevent Peewit from finding it, but the flute comes out of the fire completely unscratched. It's the first sign to Johan and the King that something's not right about the flute.
93* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
94** Adamantium. While its first appearance was as the metal that made up Ultron's outer shell, it is best known as the substance that coats[[note]]or is plated onto, or is molecularly bonded to, depending on the writer and continuity[[/note]] ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s bones, making them nigh-{{unbreakable|Bones}}. There are only two widely recognized incidents of true adamantium[[note]]As opposed to the lower grade "secondary adamantium"[[/note]] being damaged by pure, physical force; once at the hands of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] and again at the hands of an extremely enraged [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]. Other incidents often involve either magic or some form of molecular manipulation. It's also occasionally brought up that while adamantium may be unbreakable by anything else, it can still be damaged by more adamantium, demonstrated by the Hulk ramming Wolverine's claws through his own skull.
95** The Marvel Universe also has Vibranium, which is functionally indestructible and has more flexible uses with its kinetic energy absorption properties. There's also Carbonadium, a cheaper form of adamantium which is functionally indestructible as well. Carbonadium is easier to make than adamantium, but its use is less widespread because it's also extremely toxic.
96** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's shield, ComicBook/TheMightyThor's hammer and ComicBook/SilverSurfer's Power Cosmic enhanced board are indestructible in most stories. [[note]]The exceptions here are The Molecule Man who has absolute control over chemical bonds, The Beyonder, and Thor when Odinforce empowered.[[/note]] The shield is also an example of {{Unobtainium}}, so much so that even the Molecule Man described its molecules as the weirdest thing he had ever come across. It's made of a vibranium-iron alloy with a mystery catalyst that no one can identify. [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup The guy running the experiment fell asleep when it was added and couldn't duplicate the results]]. [[note]] In fact it was from attempts at duplicating this process that led to the creation of the slightly less indestructible adamantium.[[/note]] It has only been shattered a few times, once by Doctor Doom wielding the might of the Beyonder in ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', by Thanos bringing ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet down on it, and Cul in ''ComicBook/FearItself''. After the third instance, ComicBook/IronMan reforged it with Uru (the metal Thor's hammer is made of.) It's probably even ''more'' indestructible now. It was also once dented by Thor striking it with Mjolnir.
97** Adamantium serves a similar role in the ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' universe as well. It's not entirely indestructible there, either; the Hulk is able to break an adamantium needle once.
98** Antarctic Vibranium actually acts as ''anti''-Indestructium. Due to its unique nature, it melts any metal within its vicinity, even adamantium.
99** Whatever the Destroyer Armor is made of is incredibly durable. Even the Celestials (cosmic space gods) could only melt it into a puddle, and it reformed good as new later. Even blows from the Hulk can't dent it.
100** ComicBook/TheMightyThor wields the hammer Mjolnir, made of the mystical metal Uru. We've seen it shatter meteors, stand up to implements made of vibranium, and it can only be forged in the heart of a star -- outside that, next to nothing ''anywhere'' in the nine realms -- natural, magical, or technological -- can melt it so that it can be shaped. Other Asgardians' weapons such as Odin's spear are made of the stuff as well.
101* ''ComicBook/{{Papyrus}}'': Justified. Pharaoh's soldiers encounter enemies who have indestructible swords. They capture the princess, but the soldiers manage to take a dagger. The author explains it in a footnote: that's just ''iron'', which may as well be indestructium against the Egyptian bronze swords. (This is a common historical misconception, though. The reason people stopped using bronze for weapons and switched to iron was that the prices of tin increased substantially due to decreased supply. Iron is not a very good material for weapons, so in the Bronze Age, bronze weapons were superior to iron weapons. Yes, iron was a cheap substitute for bronze once people figured out how to forge iron weapons. This changed only after people learned how to fiddle with carbon content in iron (i.e. when they started making and perfecting steel).
102* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' had Metagal, an alloy Dr. Robotnik commissioned for his badniks which Tekno created. [[spoiler:The first of these resisted its brainwashing and promptly joined the fight against him, while the second [[TheStarscream attempted to seize power for itself]]. The third (and final) version was actually a relative success.]] Metagal was only shown to be damaged four times: once by a combination of laser fire to weaken it and an attack by Sonic, once by corrosive acid, once by [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Super Sonic]], and once by FreezeRay to make it brittle.
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106* ''Fanfic/AbsoluteTrust'':
107** Meteor iron is a powerful material to begin with. But when they use dragon fire to forge it, the quality of the metal is without equal. When they meet Piandao, the Gaang gets five weapons out the meteor: Sokka's jian, new broadswords for Zuko, a spear for Alec, a [[DeviousDaggers knife]] for Mai, and a katana for Suki, replacing the damaged blade of her old sword.
108** Only one substance is tougher than the above: a red tree in Piandao's castle that grew from the corpse of a dragon who was dishonorably hunted by a dozen firebenders. It swore that the tree that grew from its body would stand as a reminder of their weakened fire, as nothing could fell the tree except true fire. Which is to say, firebending from a dragon or someone who learned from one. Alec uses a branch from this tree to form the haft of his spear.
109%%* ''Fanfic/{{Adjacency}}'': The magic mirror, as seen when being pitted against one of the strongest mages alive:%%Quotes aren't acceptable context.
110%%--> Surprisingly, it hadn't taken any convincing for Celestia to allow Twilight to experiment on the mirror, as she trusted her faithful student not to damage it. Or perhaps, Twilight was beginning to suspect, her mentor didn't think she was ''capable'' of damaging it, as it was proving thankfully impervious to all the magical backlashes that had occurred in the process of studying it.
111* ''Fanfic/CitadelOfTheHeart'': Combining modern-day building materials with [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Chrome Digizoid]] as shown in ''Digimon Re: Adventure'' has caused the [[https://www.aquacity.jp.e.yp.hp.transer.com/ AQUA CiTY shopping mall and aquarium]] to ultimately become this. A bunch of cybernetic impostors of a certain person, two Perfect Levels in the form of Lilimon and Garudamon, and an Adult Level in the form of Aquilamon, about the only thing close to damage the fight at the bottom floor causes is simply shaking the whole building, but otherwise the building stays completely intact from beginning to end.
112%%* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': From "A Better Plan?", Ami's analysis of the substance, Adamantine, gives this trope to items made of it:%%Quotes aren't acceptable context.
113%%-->from what she could determine, it seemed to be all but indestructible. High temperatures, acids, enough force to break a steel girder -- nothing so far had been able to damage the metal.\
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115%%While the confirmation of the material's near-invulnerability was reassuring in a way, it also presented an enormous problem. How was she supposed to work with it if she couldn't shape it? "I'm missing something here," Ami concluded, pacing up and down. "Someone has clearly forged it into this shape. Perhaps it needs to be in raw form?"
116* ''Fanfic/EasterEggSnowOnMtSilver'' references the RealLife reputation the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance has in regard to this. When Angie's brother falls victim to a bout of temporary insanity, he throws the console at a wall, which leaves a dent in the wall, but the console still works perfectly fine.
117* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'': As in [[Franchise/{{Fallout}} the source material]], all technology Stable-Tec is described as being this. Every terminal Littlepip comes across survived with its contents intact through a nuclear War, and the Pip-Buck she wears on her leg is durable enough to be used as a shield against bullets. Even when it becomes ''permanently fused to her leg'', it continues to work perfectly fine.
118* ''Fanfic/GazDreamsOfGenie'': While the genie bottle is easily breakable, the cushions and lamps that make up the room inside it are impossible to damage, [[spoiler:as Gaz finds out when she's [[BecomingTheGenie cursed to become a genie]] and is trapped inside the restored lamp]].
119* ''Fanfic/MyIronGiant'': Izuku has the ability to manifest a HumongousMecha around himself. Mei breaks multiple high-quality drill bits trying to access the inside of his head. [[spoiler:Only All Might and a specially designed Nomu managed to cause any damage.]]
120* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Ochaco's armored costume is revealed to be partially made from [[spoiler:feminum, the same metal used to create Franchise/WonderWoman's indestructible Bracelets of Submission. It's only a watered-down alloy mixed with plenty of other materials, but it still makes her costume so durable that Tenya's armor cracks when he tries to kick her]].
121* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Pokedexes are durable enough to withstand being stepped on by a Snorlax.
122* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'':
123** [[WeaponOfMassDestruction The Concept Killing Spear]] is this. It's so indestructible, the only known thing capable of destroying it is Destruction himself. The only other time its shown breaking is in an AlternateUniverse where its creator attempted to kill Turris, the God of Unbreakable Defense with it and his shield proved ''tougher'' than it, causing it to eventually snap but it took a long time. It's also not invulnerable to its own RetGone abilities and hitting the two broken halves against each other erased one another.
124** Flash Magnus's legendary shield Netitus, a gift to a mortal knight who impressed the above mentioned Turris, is also this. No fire in existence can burn it other than [[TopGod Fauna Luster's fires]], and nothing can pierce it.
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128* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'': Flint's homemade spray-on shoes. The material is so strong that in the CreativeClosingCredits, he's shown to have repurposed it as a roofing sealant.
129* In ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', Vanellope claims that the [[IndestructibleEdible jawbreakers]] found in ''Sugar Rush'' are this trope; therefore she's quite impressed ([[EurekaMoment and inspired]]) when Ralph manages to split one in half. [[spoiler:She accurately deduces that, if he can break something so resilient, an armored vault door would be no match for him!]]
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133* In ''Film/TheBrassTeapot'', the titular Teapot cannot be destroyed by any known means. After [[spoiler:Arnie]] runs it over with his truck, the dents just fix themselves and the Teapot returns to mint condition.
134* Averted in ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. During their tour of the vast Krell city, Dr. Morbius has Commander Adams try out his blaster on a door made of 26 inches of molecular-condensed metal; the beam doesn't even warm it up. However when Morbius tries to use those same doors to hold off the ID Monster it's to no avail, because the monster can draw on [[InfiniteSupplies as many of the city's thermonuclear generators as it needs]] to burn through it.
135* ''Film/GhostNote'': In one scene, when Xander shows Rodney the Ghost Note record, he puts it on a table and strikes it with a hammer. Rodney comments on how he destroyed it, only for Xander to show he didn't even scratch it, stating that the record is indestructible.
136* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:''
137** Captain America's shield doesn't disappoint. In its most impressive showing in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', it blocks Thor's hammer, which levels the forest they are in and sends Thor flying, while Cap is completely unharmed. [[spoiler:The shield suffers TheWorfEffect in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' when [[BigBad Thanos]] breaks through it with his [[CoolSword double-bladed sword]].]]
138** Black Panther's vibranium weave suit in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' is rather impressive as well, allowing him to harmlessly shrug off a hail of bullets. His vibranium claws also leave marks on Cap's shield, considering they're made of the same material.
139** In a [[PlayingWithATrope bizarre, corkscrew maneuver]] of this trope, the Aether from ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' is a force of pure destruction, capable of obliterating the entire universe -- [[MortonsFork but it can't be destroyed itself]], at least not by any means the heroes can think of. [[spoiler:Of course, it's an Infinity Gem.]]
140** Also, [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Carol Danvers]] herself. Have you just read about the Aether in the above bullet point? Carol received a full blast from it. Just a few minutes after that, you can see that she didn't have even a scratch!
141* ''Film/TheMeg'': Jaxx assures everyone that the cylindrical polycarbonate shark cage is in fact more than capable of resisting the megalodon's jaws. She's right...so the giant shark [[OhCrap tries to swallow it whole instead]].
142* In ''Film/TheWolverine'', Wolverine's claws and the Silver Samurai suit and swords are made of adamantium. [[spoiler:It's revealed that the swords can be superheated, which allow them to cut through Wolverine's claws. Fortunately, the bones within still grow back.]]
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146* ''Literature/LoneWolf'': The Sommerswerd, a sword gifted to mankind by the gods. It can be taken from Lone Wolf, but destroyed? Not a chance. Offensive magic is just absorbed or deflected, and physical force ignored. In ''The Caverns of Kalte'', to escape a trap Lone Wolf has the option to use it to pierce through a door made from a thick slab of stone. It takes several hours, but it's quite clear that breaking or even dulling the blade is not an option. The one time it's threatened is while absorbing an energy vortex generated by a RingOfPower crafted by the GodOfEvil Naar himself in ''Dawn of the Dragons''. The Sommerswerd's tip becomes molten for a moment before it eventually triumphs and sends the vortex back at the ring's bearer.
147* ''Literature/StarChallenge'': In the fifth book, "Galactic Raiders", novium -- respectively the Gold Rush and gold RecycledInSpace -- survives being put into an ''{{antimatter}}'' chamber for a couple of hours. [[RobotBuddy 2-Tor]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]], noting it has never seen something that does not disintegrate there before.
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151* In the world of Creator/FPaulWilson's ''Literature/TheAdversaryCycle'' and ''Literature/RepairmanJack'', the Gaijin Masamune is an antique katana forged from a combination of earthly and Other-tainted steel. The two metals never blended, and its blade is now full of holes where the normal steel melted away, leaving the tainted metal completely untouched by a direct hit from ''the Hiroshima bomb''.
152* ''Literature/BattlefieldEarth''. Jonnie Tyler has to knock out an automated gas drone that on its way to destroy LaResistance. Unfortunately, the drone is made of laminated layers of molecular-bonded material that's so indestructible an ''atomic bomb'' has only left a scorch mark on it.
153* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
154** The Walking Church is a magical garment that is supposed to be indestructible. However, while it can stop blades and explosions, it still shatters just like any other magical item when touched by Touma's [[AntiMagic Imagine Breaker]]. It is briefly mentioned that the Dragon of St. George would have been powerful enough to destroy it.
155** Creator/AleisterCrowley's stronghold the Windowless Building is said to be able to effortlessly withstand a nuke. At one point, Accelerator ''picked up a building and threw it at the Windowless Building'', and [[spoiler:Mikoto dropped a lightning bolt dozens of times stronger than the strongest lightning that occurs in nature]]. Both the thrown building (shattered on impact) and the [[spoiler:lightning bolt]] [[NoSell failed to leave a scratch]]. [[spoiler:However, the Windowless Building has flaws and weak points. Touma and Thor manage to exploit them and break in.]]
156** [[TomeOfEldritchLore Original Grimores]] cannot be destroyed. They draw on the earth's magical field to protect themselves, and although theoretically taking them into space would weaken them, mages believe that it would be impossible to take them out of the atmosphere if that placed them at risk of destruction. In fact, because of how they work, ''even Imagine Breaker'' may not be able to destroy them.
157* ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ'': In all the millennia that the Dungeon has existed, nothing has managed to even scratch the third stratum pillars -- and demons are insane enough and powerful enough to give it a solid try. No one knows what they're made of, but whatever it is, they're strong enough to hold up the first and second strata, uncounted millions of tons of rock and dirt.
158* In ''Literature/TheConquerorsTrilogy'', the alien Zirrch have hulls which seem to be this, at first. The deadliest human missiles do nothing. It's not until the [[HumansThroughAlienEyes perspective flips]] that we find out they're very sturdy, yes, [[spoiler:but the shockwaves of the explosions devastate the ship's insides]]. Also, [[spoiler:humans eventually figure out how to destroy them]].
159* The Vickers machine gun appears in ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'', where it's a described as a gun with ''infrastructure''. A truck-mounted Vickers is used to cut a jeep in half, turned vertical and used to rain bullets down on German soldiers and is only destroyed when it plays chicken with a German fighter.
160* In ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'', the gems of the Belt of Deltora cannot be destroyed. Supposedly, the belt itself cannot be destroyed either as long as the heir to the throne of Deltora lives, although this is entirely unsubstantiated in ''The Belt of Deltora'', as Lief realizes when he believes that the royal line may be dead after all.
161* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', the [[ThirtyPiecesOfSilver thirty silver denarii]] that house the Fallen are invulnerable to damage, at least by any agency the Church and Knights of the Sword have ever been able to apply. The best they can do is ''try'' to lock them away.
162* The Ring Station in ''Literature/TheExpanse''. It refuses to move at all, and any attempts to drill into or damage it are futile. [[spoiler:Then, in ''Tiamat's Wrath'', the station takes a ''point-blank gamma ray burst'' that destroyed two rings and everything else it hit. All that happens is that it's left glowing for weeks.]]
163* In the ''Literature/FormicWars'' book ''The Swarm'', the fact that humans haven't yet figured out a way to even ''dent'' a [[InsectoidAliens Formic]] ship's hull is a major plot point. Even gravity-based weapons only harm the inside of a ship and only a few meters deep at that. While Formic fighter craft are a completely different case, there's no way to defeat the approaching Formic fleet without a weapon capable of destroying their capital ships. For that matter, scientists have absolutely no idea what the material is even made of, only knowing that silicon is involved somehow. The outer hull has no visible seams. It's no until later that someone suggests that the Hive Queen is using genetically engineered organisms to fuse sections together using special enzymes, effectively turning the hull into a singular shell. [[spoiler:Eventually, Jukes, Ltd., comes up with a way of using nanites to eat silicon, but the delivery method is still unreliable.]]
164* In the ''Literature/GentlemanBastard'' series, the only relics of the long-vanished Eldren {{Precursors}} are made from elderglass, a substance completely unaffected by any mundane, magical, or alchemical force that humans are capable of throwing at it. However, elderglass shards have been found, suggesting that some means of destroying it was known to the Eldren [[spoiler:or the extraterrestrial power that might have wiped them off the planet]].
165* Hyperfiber in the ''Literature/GreatShip'' universe is an incredibly durable metallic or ceramic material that has an innate ReinforceField as it scatters impacting energy through multiple universes. It's implied that the only man-portable weapon that can destroy it is a PlasmaCannon. [[PlanetSpaceship The Great Ship]] has an outer hull made of ultra high grade hyperfiber several ''miles'' thick, allowing it to take largely only superficial damage from impacts at a third of the speed of light. The material's sheer strength backfires when a man with hyperfiber body armor in ''Eater of Bone'' is thoroughly gored when a bullet ricochets around ''inside'' his armor's cuirass.
166* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
167** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Goblin metal, if not outright indestructible, is incredibly hardy. The properties of the metal allow it to absorb the properties of anything that would strengthen it while resisting anything that would weaken it (it never dulls or rusts). If it is possible to destroy something made of Goblin metal, however, it's never been shown. This was exemplified in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', where one such object made from the metal, the Sword of Gryffindor, was used by Harry to kill Salazar Slytherin's basilisk. This act wound up causing the sword to absorb the properties of basilisk venom, which is reputed to be able to destroy objects beyond magical repair.
168** Also, Horcruxes. No matter what they're made of, the only known ways to destroy one are to use basilisk venom (or a goblin-made sword that has absorbed its power) or ''[[{{Hellfire}} Fiendfyre]]''. Everything else so far has failed -- and given that one attempt at destroying a Horcrux was a crazy house elf (which has more magical power than a human wizard) trying ''everything he could come up with''... A big factor in the resilience of a Horcrux is that, whenever it senses the presence of something that can actually damage it, it does ''everything'' it can to protect itself. This includes, as seen early in ''Deathly Hallows'', [[spoiler:the part of Voldemort's soul inside Harry defending itself even ''from its own creator'']].
169** Taken one step further by the Resurrection Stone, which Voldemort turned into one of his aforementioned Horcruxes. In order to destroy the portion of Voldemort's soul inside the stone, Dumbledore struck it with the Sword of Gryffindor, which had acquired the qualities of basilisk venom. Despite this, the stone itself remained intact and suffered no actual damage beyond a crack across its face where it was hit. It also retained its original innate abilities to recall the spirits of the dead, which it possessed prior to being turned into a Horcrux, making it the only object turned into a Horcrux that was still usable even after the destruction of the soul fragment inside it. The stone is thus likely the magical object most resilient to destruction in the series, insofar as that trait has been tested. However, according to [[https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/563737784754896896 a tweet]] from WordOfGod, Dumbledore's magical abilities likely also played a role in maintaining the stone's integrity and allowing it to withstand the destruction of the soul fragment it contained.
170* The character Monkey (or Sun Wukong in the original Chinese), from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', is a living being Made of Indestructium. It's probable that the fact his mother was a mountain impregnated by the cosmic forces of the universe made him tough to begin with (he is described repeatedly as a "stone monkey"), but after he got into Heaven, he gorged himself on both Peaches of Immortality, Wine of Heaven and Elixir of Long Life. And even before he got to Heaven, he had caused trouble by beating up all of the gods and demons of the Underworld and crossing his name out of the Register of the Dead, meaning that his soul couldn't pass on to the afterlife if he died anyway. And then, after he ate all that immortality-granting foodstuff, he was finally captured and spent 49 days being cooked inside [[Creator/{{Laozi}} Lao Tzu]]'s crucible, which should have been enough to kill even another god, but which only cooked him even harder than before... and he was thrown in the crucible in the first place because even the strongest god in Heaven couldn't scratch him with his sharpest sword!
171* In ''Literature/KnownSpace'', the hulls of General Products ships are advertised to be invulnerable to harm. In one story, it's revealed that they can be destroyed by contact with {{antimatter}}; they can also be destroyed by turning off the effect that's holding the hull together. However, anything enclosed in a stasis field reflects all forms of energy and is completely indestructible -- except perhaps by being dropped into a black hole.
172* Keill Randor, protagonist of ''Literature/LastLegionary'', starts out with his bones full of deadly radiation that's slowly killing him. The Overseers [[UnbreakableBones replace his entire skeleton with an unbreakable organic alloy]].
173* Densecris and carbonex serve as this in the ''Literature/MatadorSeries''. It's mentioned that a few centimeters of densecris are enough to protect from a direct missile hit and that a bunker with carbonex plating is 'going to take a long time to dig through'.
174* In ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety and the Riddle of Ages'', the KEEP ([[FunWithAcronyms Key Enclosure for Enemies of the Public]]), which is the high-security prison converted from the Institute, has emergency drop barriers made of a material called glastanium. This has properties of glass and the strength of titanium. The Society has several dilemmas trying to figure out the timing and alarm systems so they can progress through the KEEP while dropping the glastanium walls behind them for safety, all while negotiating the threat of the Ten Men pursuing them.
175* The closest thing in the ''Literature/PerryRhodan'' universe may be "molkex" (from "molecular extract"), a substance from an early arc that was a byproduct of the reproductive cycle of a now-extinct species of rather literal [[HordeOfAlienLocusts alien locusts]]. The material ''could'' obviously be worked with the right know-how -- the plot point was that another hostile alien species used it as practically indestructible starship ''armor'' in place of more conventional force fields -- and would rapidly dissolve and vanish into hyperspace when exposed to a highly specific two-component counteragent, but was otherwise pretty much immune to anything else up to and including energy and nuclear weapons.
176* ''Literature/{{Railhead}}'': The [[CoolTrain C12 Zodiak class of wartrains]], designed from the ground up to be the biggest, baddest and toughest fighting machines on the Network, have an almost impenetrable layer of thick ceramic armour protecting their hull. In ''Black Light Express'', one of them, the ''Ghost Wolf'', is able to NoSell dozens of missiles and [[RammingAlwaysWorks smash straight through]] '''[[TanksForNothing tanks]]''' blocking the line as if they were cardboard.
177* The Two-Faced Ring in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' will make its wearer indestructible. Subverted with the Ring itself, as it is targeted for destruction at the end of ''Darke''.
178* A comic example in the ''Literature/StephaniePlum'' books with a '53 powder blue Buick owned by Stephanie's late Uncle Sandor. Every other car Stephanie has owned [[EveryCarIsAPinto tends to explode]], get [[RunningGag set on fire, crushed, flattened, or stolen]]... all except the Buick. She has used it as a battering ram against other cars several times, and it has ''incurred absolutely no damage'' while totalling the opposing vehicle.
179* ''Literature/TolkiensLegendarium'':
180** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
181*** The One Ring, having been infused by its creator with a massive amount of demonic power. Gandalf confirms that nothing that Middle-earth possesses can even damage it. He gets rather specific as to the methods that could be attempted. Divine assistance from the more powerful ''de facto'' {{Physical God}}s of the setting would probably work, but they're on the other side of a major ocean and have explicitly limited their aid to sending Gandalf himself, who is ''not'' capable of damaging it. Gandalf specifically mentions that not even dragon-fire (which had destroyed three of the Seven Rings of Power given to the Dwarves), from the most powerful dragon who ever existed no less, would've been able to harm it. In the end, the only way to destroy it is to throw it into Mt. Doom, where it was made.
182*** The walls of Orthanc and Minas Tirith are made of a smooth black stone-like material, the creation of which is implied to be a lost art of ancient Númenor, making these walls invulnerable to all known weapons and projectiles. Even the Ents, who rip apart solid rock like it was silly putty, are unable to so much as dent Orthanc and are forced to give up.
183*** Mithril is an incredibly resistant (and precious) metal. While wearing a chain mail made of mithril, Frodo survives being speared by a huge orc (upgraded to a freaking ''troll'' in the movie), with only a bruise as a result. Not only that, but the mail is undamaged after this impact.
184** In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', the eponymous Silmaril jewels, containing as they do the light of ''primordial creation itself'', appear to be totally indestructible. It's stated that their light could be used to rekindle [[ItMakesSenseInContext the two great trees from whence it was taken]], which presumably would have destroyed the physical form of the gems themselves, but only with direct divine assistance and given their status as [[ArtifactOfAttraction Artifacts of Attraction]] that affect even {{Physical God}}s, it's not certain that even the TopGod Manwë could have brought himself to do it. It's stated that the fate of the Silmarils is inextricably bound with the fate of Creation; they currently exist as a star in the sky, in the bottom of the ocean, and at the Earth's fiery heart, where they will presumably stay until [[ApocalypseHow the setting's version of Ragnarok]].
185* Critically subverted in the fourth-generation ''Literature/TomSwift'' novel ''Mind Games'', where Tom surprises everyone during the ''Galaxy Masters'' game by destroying one of the two [[MacGuffin Memory Cubes]], locking [[BigBad Dedstorm]] out of victory while still allowing the heroes to accomplish their goal. The game's designer himself notes that he's effectively broken the game. [[spoiler:It's not the last time he does so.]]
186* "Literature/VictoryUnintentional": The ZZ robot series is made of mostly iridium, beryllium, tin, and copper. The exotic alloy means these robots can regulate their own temperature, survive vacuum and UsefulNotes/{{Jupiter}}'s pressure, and tolerate extreme temperatures.
187* In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfAlice'', the SpacePirates had the ship of one of the legendary captains for years and couldn't cut it open thanks to its impermeable hull. Nothing works.
188* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', ''cuendillar'' is "an indestructible substance created during the Age of Legends. Any known force used in an attempt to break it is absorbed, making it stronger." However, this doesn't stop [[spoiler:the Dark One's seals from breaking]].
189* {{Subverted|Trope}} in the ''Literature/WingCommander'' novel ''Fleet Action''. The Kilrathi launch a fleet of heavily armored super-carriers, designed to be able to fight their way deep into Confederation space despite the best efforts of a (recently downsized) Confederation Navy. The solution? [[spoiler:{{Space Marine}}s board the carriers, and plant [[NuclearOption nuclear warheads]] as deep inside the ships as they can fight their way to. The very same armor that made the carriers immune to ''outside'' attack doom them as they prove equally capable at ''concentrating'' the destructive force of anything set off inside of them.]]
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193* The [[TheDragon Beast]] in ''Series/{{Angel}}'', though he is killed by a weapon made out of himself.
194* ''Series/BlakesSeven'':
195** Herculanium ("the strongest known metal in the [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale universe]]") is used for spacecraft hulls and blast doors.
196** In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E12Deliverance Deliverance]]", an [[EscapePod impact life capsule]] can drop from outer space onto the surface of a planet [[NoBudget without parachutes or retro-thrusters]].
197--->'''Jenna:''' They're bullet-shaped, built to be energy-absorbing. Theoretically, they could free fall from the edge of the atmosphere onto solid rock without even bruising the people inside.
198** The villain of "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS4E11Orbit Orbit]]" tries to kill Avon by sabotaging his shuttle so it won't reach orbit, crashlanding in a marshy area. Servalan is worried that a valuable MacGuffin Avon has in his possession will also be destroyed but is assured that while the crew will be reduced to LudicrousGibs, the equipment will survive with minimal repair and even the shuttle could be salvaged.
199* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
200** Kronos' crystal in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster The Time Monster]]", preventing the king of Atlantis from destroying the dangerous object and ridding his civilization of its threat.
201** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate Warrior's Gate]]", the hull of the slaver ship is made of dwarf star alloy to stop the enslaved Tharils from using their time-traveling powers to escape. Unfortunately, after the slavers are trapped in a PocketDimension, the extreme density of the dwarf star alloy causes the dimension to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard eventually collapse in on itself]].
202** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree The Power of Three]]" has the Shakri black cubes. Kate Steward (leader of UNIT) subjects them to positive and negative 200 degrees Celsius, a simulated underwater depth of 5 miles, a drop from a height of 10,000 feet and then had them run over by a tank. There wasn't as much as a blemish on them afterward.
203* ''Series/KnightRider'': KITT's hull is molecularly bonded with a material called Tri-Helical Plasteel 1000 MBS, which is apparently a material that makes the car arguably tougher than a frontline heavy battle tank. Furthermore, it must be infused with KITT's entire car structure to explain why he is never worried about its integrity after all the jumps he makes. KITT however is wary of pushing this trope too far when dealing with rockets or heavy artillery. It's not so much that explosive warheads are certain to penetrate KITT's armor, but rather he doesn't know whether or not they can, and he sensibly prefers not to chance it.
204* In ''Series/TheLostRoom'', all the cursed Objects are indestructible, regardless of their normal ability. The best way to tell it from a fake is to attack it. In a pinch, the Coat can be used as a bulletproof vest, although, while no bullet will penetrate it, your body will still feel the full force of the impact.
205* The crib that Ron builds in ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. He tests its strength by hitting it with his truck, which is noticeably damaged afterward.
206* According to Lister, Starbug's hull in ''Series/RedDwarf'' is made from the same substance as the dolls in {{Empathy Doll Shot}}s, since they always survive disasters.
207* ''Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}}'':
208** The [[CoolGate Stargates]] are very nearly indestructible (excluding the much older models in ''Series/StargateUniverse'' anyways), especially when active. They've survived direct hits from meteors, nuclear explosions, being swallowed up by lava, being dropped into suns (although that one had an energy shield to bolster it)... often, not only do they survive these ordeals but they ''keep functioning perfectly''. That's not to say they never get destroyed; the Earth military eventually does make a bomb capable of it: the Mark IX "Gatebuster" Naquadriah-enhanced nuke. Stated at one point to have a blast radius of well over 1,000 km. The Gatebuster's blast is also enhanced by ''the Stargate itself''.
209** In the series finale of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', a Wraith Hiveship becomes this when enhanced by Zero Point Modules. Hiveships are [[LivingShip biological in nature]] and thus able to recover naturally from damage, and with [=ZPMs=] as a power source this is amped up to the level of a HealingFactor so strong that even Ancient drone weapons and Asgard plasma beams can't hurt it, because its armor heals faster than they can damage it. The only way to destroy it was to detonate a nuclear warhead inside the ship, which destroyed the [=ZPMs=] and nullified its ability to heal.
210* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
211** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E6TheDoomsdayMachine The Doomsday Machine]]", which is made of solid neutronium and can only be destroyed by blowing up a starship inside it. However, even this rather extreme method only manages to disable it by damaging the sensitive equipment inside. The outside is ''entirely'' unscathed. In later series, neutronium is synonymous with being the toughest, strongest material in-universe.
212** The Borg are sometimes presented as this (for example, in [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E01E02Emissary the first episode]] of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', when Federation weapons don't even scratch the Borg cube) when they have [[AwesomenessByAnalysis adapted to your weapons]]. The Borg Collective may be indestructible, but their individual drones and ships are damaged by weapons just like anything else. They're just really, really good at coming up with defenses quickly. But [[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Species_8472 there's]] AlwaysABiggerFish...
213* Creator/JeremyClarkson and James May on ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' make multiple attempts to destroy a Toyota Hilux pickup truck including driving it into a tree, tying it to a jetty and letting it be submerged by the tide (it eventually got washed away and took four hours to find) dropping a caravan on it, hitting it with a wrecking ball, setting it on fire and finally putting it on top of a 240 foot block of flats that was subsequently demolished. No spare parts were allowed (Well, they did replace the windshield after the original was lost to the tide, but that was so that they could drive it ''through'' a shack without risking injury to the driver) and only equipment found in a basic toolkit was allowed to be used... it still works and now occupies a place of honor in the studio. The trio were told to make amphibious cars. Jeremy decided to use a Hilux, which turned out to not be the best choice because he needed the bullbar to come off the front. Cue a failure montage of trying to get the thing off, one attempt of which nearly set Jeremy's hair on fire.
214* ''Series/WonderWoman1975'' has Wonder Woman's indestructible bracelets made of "Feminum", a metal found only on Paradise Island. (The metal is called "Amazonium" in the comics, and has different origins.)
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219** The ''Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy'' introduces [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Quantum-crystalline_armor quantum-crystalline armor]], which was designed to be "completely indestructible" and is used to armor a ship known as the Sun Crusher. If Spaceship Sue were a trope, then the Sun Crusher would be the picture at the top, because not only is it a StarKilling Imperial superweapon the size of a fighter, it's durable enough to remain in perfect condition after [[HurlItIntoTheSun sitting in the heart of a gas giant]] and at one point brings down a capital ship by [[RammingAlwaysWorks flying through it]] while remaining completely unharmed. The Sun Crusher's only weakness is the fact its conventional weapons are externally mounted; in its first battle against Imperial forces, they just blasted the Crusher until all its cannons were slag, which just so happens to have led to the aforementioned ramming attack. It's finally destroyed after A: being crippled by a near-miss from the Death Star prototype's superlaser, and B: getting sucked into a black hole.
220** A metal alloy known as Phrik is essentially Franchise/{{Marvel|Universe}}'s adamantium [[{{Expy}} in all but name]]. Once it's set after molding, it's strong enough to survive anything: lightsabers, starship crashes, ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsEmpireAtWar a blast from the Death Star]]'', '''anything'''. The new canon had Emperor Palpatine make his lightsaber's hilt out of phrik to guarantee it couldn't be destroyed by an opponent's lightsaber, as had happened to his apprentice, Darth Maul.
221** Mandalorian Iron -- known as ''beskar'' in ''[[{{Conlang}} Mando'a]]'' -- is already extremely durable as an ore, but the special forging techniques used by Mandalorian armorsmiths make it one of the most versatile and durable metals in the galaxy, capable of resisting blaster bolts from beyond point-blank range and even lightsabers, and said to be nearly indestructible by conventional means. (The shatterpoint Force technique, however, is decidedly ''not'' conventional.) The armor worn by the titular character in ''Series/TheMandalorian'' is made of beskar; once, he charges a phalanx of Stormtroopers, and the worst their massed fire does is knock him over. In [[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E8Chapter16TheRescue the Season 2 finale]], the Mandalorian gets pinned to a wall and pummeled by a super-strong Dark Trooper; turns out the deck plating of an Imperial cruiser will give way before a beskar helmet even gets dented.
222** A rare organic example is Orbalisk shells, which can withstand anything from lightsabers to rancor jaws. While the creatures themselves are vulnerable to electricity, not even the full power of Darth Bane's lightning reflected back upon him could crack their shells. The problem is that they're parasites: Orbalisks will multiply and spread across their host's body until they envelop and suffocate the victim, and ''they can't be removed'' without potentially killing their host.
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226* "Music/ClamaviDeProfundis": Black diamond cannot be cut, broken, melted, or shaped in any way whatsoever. Whatever shape it happens to take when forming in the bowels of the earth, that's the shape it will keep. The dwarves of Irna refer to it as "the Humbler" as a result. The sword Negankerdak is considered their most precious treasure because, by either sheer coincidence or direct divine favor, it's a chunk of black diamond that ''just'' so happened to set in the form of a perfect, keen-edged sword, making a weapon both utterly unbreakable and utterly unique.
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230* Major artifacts in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' surpass normal mortal magic and can only be destroyed by one of a few very specific methods -- much like the One Ring from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. When given in {{sourcebook}}s they get "Suggested Means of Destruction" entry, usually with more than one variant, but those are things like being trampled under the heel of a ''specific'' god or a thousand stone giants one after another, or melting it down in the specific forge where it was created (which is itself generally at least a legendary item), or crushing it [[ShootTheBullet between two]] colliding meteors, or leaving it to rust in the tears of elven princesses for 999 years.
231* The Demon Hunter's Tassels from ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Dungeon Fantasy'' are an amusingly mundane version of this. Cutting the threads is impossible, even a God must settle for untying them from whatever they are fixed to.
232* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
233** Darksteel items are capital-I Indestructible; in the fluff text, the substance is so durable that it's "forged" by using {{Retconjuration}} so that you just happen to find a piece in the right shape. This does not, however, prevent them from being [[DeaderThanDead exiled from the game]], rendered incapable of doing anything, sacrificed, or killed by being reduced to 0 toughness via Wither or other weakening effects.
234** A creature or artifact with both the Indestructible and Hexproof or Shroud (which prevent it from being targeted by hostile spells and effects) properties would be the closest to totally invincible, but it could still be sacrificed or dealt with by non-targeted effects.
235** The keyword "Protection from [X]" also grants this property related to whatever [X] is. For example, a card with Protection From Red can't be affected, targeted, or blocked by any [[ElementalPowers Red]] spell or creature. Other examples include such thing as Protection From Artifacts, From Creatures, and [[NighInvulnerability From Everything]]. The downside is they can't be ''aided'' by beneficial effects with the protected quality either.
236* One ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' module includes a RunningGag with a bunch of [[spoiler:Commie propaganda pamphlets]] that turn out to be this. At one point, they get superglued to the [=PCs=]!
237* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' features the ever-bemoaned [[OminousFloatingCastle Necron Monolith]], made of a 'living metal' that can physically alter its shape. It was already immune to the tank-killing effects of heat-based weapons (melta), targeting weapons (lance), rending weapons, and dedicated tank-hunting specialists, but thanks to a 5th edition rules change and a quirky Rules-as-Written interpretation, it physically cannot be destroyed by glancing hits (the new Hull Point system in 6th edition thankfully reverses that last part). The Monolith can be destroyed provided you have a Strength 9 or higher weapon, but that's the only way to destroy it. However, a Strength 9 or 10 (10 is about as high as you can get in a normal game) weapon simply means you have a ''chance'' at destroying it. Actually completing the feat means you need 2 consecutive 5's or 6's, not to mention hitting the damn thing first.
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241* The "Minion Goggles" at the ''Ride/DespicableMeMinionMayhem'' attraction at Ride/UniversalStudios are shown as being this; with clips showing them being able to withstand things like giant hammers, giant lasers, and explosions.
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245* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' has Protosteel, which is basically adamantium lite.
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249* Due to technical and resource limitations, just about everything in video games tends to be this. Even though a Rocket Launcher is one of the StandardFPSGuns, don't expect to be able to blow out a wall, or dent the ground, or even destroy a car depending on the game, especially prevalent in [[NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom Linear Games]]. Although, there are a few aversions.
250* In ''VideoGame/AncientDomainsOfMystery'', there are a number of different materials of different durability and quality, culminating in eternium, which can't be destroyed at all except by divine intervention and, in the case of weapons, also cannot be partially damaged by any means (though a Blacksmith character can turn eternium items back into ingots). And yes, in this game, you may get a ''god'' going after your items. Artifact items are a step above that because even direct divine intervention cannot harm them. You [[DevelopersForesight can actually humiliate your god (which they will acknowledge as such)]] by getting them angry enough to try to destroy all your items while you're wearing only artifacts, so that it has no effect. It's possible to effectively destroy artifacts by offering them as a sacrifice, but presumably, the in-universe explanation to that is that they are just transported into your god's hoard.
251* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': The [[EldritchLocation Limen crater]] had been subjected to various methods of experiments by [[NGOSuperpower The Consortium]] to find a method of destroying it, yet it remains virtually unscathed even after being hit with a [[NukeEm colossal explosion]]. The Consortium's research discovers the only possible item that could destroy Limen is an ArtifactOfDoom that's sealed in a other dimension.
252* In ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'', the pieces of Eden are said to be indestructible (admittedly, this was determined in the 12th and 17th centuries). The conspiracy files of subject 16 in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' claim that UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla did manage to destroy one... [[TheTunguskaEvent and a sizable chunk of the surrounding landscape]]. A Templar-employed scientist in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'' also blows up an Apple in his experiments and destroys the testing facility.
253* In ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'', Lance's baseball cap can withstand ANYTHING in death scenes ([[HatDamage except in cases of fire or electric shock]]). And it must have been made out of a very special fabric that can withstand acid and sharp objects.
254* The Scrin Threshold Towers in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars'' are made of a Tiberium composite material whose exact contents are never revealed. While incomplete, blasting a Threshold once with an [[KillSat ion cannon]] will topple it but once it finishes construction, the material partially phases out of reality and renders the whole tower invulnerable to everything up to and including [[NukeEm nuclear detonations]], [[ColonyDrop cometary impacts]] and ''[[HurlItIntoTheSun low-yield stellar events]]''.
255* ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'': The dwarves may constantly grouse that the titular company needs to invest on better equipment, but seeing that absolutely ''none'' of their equipment seems in any way damageable while you're out digging, from the massive Drop Pods you arrive in to the M.U.L.E. mobile minecart and even Bosco the tiny robotic assistant, there's not much ground for complaints. The only damaged things you ever find are mini-[=MULEs=] and a previous expedition's old Drop Pod, and both are back in working order within a few minutes with some field repairs. And if you find the prototype BET-C armed minecart, you cannot damage it in any way; you need to kill the charge-sucking parasites scrambling its software, which will let it join you after a quick reboot. All in all, the only Deep Rock property that can be in any way destroyed is [[spoiler:the OMEN towers, which are made badly enough to go haywire in the first place]], the [[DrillTank Drilldozer]], which is made very cheaply to reduce costs when it's inevitably left behind, and the dwarves themselves -- and even those [[UnexplainedRecovery get taken back to the infirmary alive with no explanation]].
256* In ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'', the Flower is an EldritchAbomination created by JerkassGods to destroy the world. Only dragonfire can destroy it, and its human host (who otherwise has a HealingFactor that can ''regenerate their corpse'') needs to be incinerated too. Finding its many "seedlings" and killing them forms the plot of the game. [[spoiler:Even ''then'', it's suggested that the host survived her battle against Mikhail, something she almost certainly couldn't have done if the Flower were truly dead.]]
257* In ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', artifact items are apparently invulnerable to everything, including being thrown down a volcano (they just sit around at the bottom). Furthermore, artifacts made of wood CAN catch on fire, but they take no damage from it and just keep [[NoConservationOfEnergy burning forever]]. [[GameBreakingBug This completely ruins your framerate, though.]]
258* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', the titular [[TomeOfEldritchLore Elder Scrolls]] themselves are "Fragments of Creation", which exist partially outside of time. As such, no one has ever been known to successfully destroy an Elder Scroll, though any Scroll left unattended and unaccounted for by a sentient mind may simply disappear. The PlayerCharacter in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' can [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this in one dialogue option, where you can say half-jokingly that you were hoping to use the indestructible Scrolls as armor.
259* Certain buildings in the ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' universe, considering what they had to have survived. During the development of ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', Bethesda ran simulations to see what buildings in the D.C. area would survive a nuclear holocaust in RealLife. The answer: none of them, so they fudged it.
260* ''Franchise/FateSeries'': The weapons Excalibur, Arondight, and Durandal are said to be unbreakable in their respective myths. In Excalibur's case, it's also because of its status as the sword that reflects the light of the world -- essentially, a sword so over-powered, it can drive aliens away.
261* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': The Shinra Building appears to be indestructible. ''[[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Dirge%20of%20Cerberus/Update%2064/4-ending58.jpg This]]'' is what it looks like after Diamond Weapon, Meteor, the Lifestream, Sephiroth, Cloud, Chaos, and Omega all threw everything they had at it.
262* In ''VideoGame/{{Freespace}}'', the Shivan superdestroyer Lucifer was protected by a 'subspace sheath' that rendered it invulnerable against any known type of weapon (in-game, this was represented by simply giving the ship an 'invincible' flag, the same one you could apply to your own ship with [[GodMode cheats]].) Its weakness was that the shield didn't function while in subspace.
263* Averting this was a selling point of ''VideoGame/FutureTacticsTheUprising''. Everything in that game, ''everything'', could be destroyed. Scenery could be blown up, holes blasted in the ground, you name it. It was possible to kill tougher enemies in some levels by blasting the ground beneath them and sending them falling to their deaths, and the levels could even be rendered UnintentionallyUnwinnable thanks to some diligence on the player's part.
264* ''VideoGame/Gift2001'': Justified. Many enemies are invincible, but it's implied that they are such only for Gift.
265* The 'Far Jumper' hyperdrive in ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' -- even if a ship using it is completely destroyed, in the game it always emerges unscathed. Even a self-destruct with enough power to destroy nearby capital ships can't dent it.
266* The browser game ''[=IndestructoTank=]'' features a tank that is made out of a material called indestructium. Ironically, once the fuel runs out, it's more like [[MadeOfExplodium explodium]].
267* Professor E. Gadd notes that his Poltergust 3000 is almost indestructible in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''.
268* Mass Relays in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' are composed of an unknown yet incredible resilient material, are equipped with self-cleaning and maintenance cycles, internal power generation, as well as emitting powerful mass effect stasis fields in response to threats, preserving the relay's structural integrity at a quantum level and preventing even state-of-the-art laser drilling from extracting pieces for analysis. It also helps that Mass Relays, which are natural choke points, are extensively guarded and patrolled, and Council species very heavily frown on anyone interfering with them. It's revealed during the ''Arrival'' mission in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' that Relays ''can'' be destroyed, although it requires a {{colo|nyDrop}}ssal force to do so. Most scientists don't want to look too deeply into this because the detonation of a Relay's Mass Effect core can wipe out an entire ''solar system'' (leaving other systems stranded as well).
269* In ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} 2: World in Flames'', the only things in the game world that the player cannot destroy are the terrain, things that have already been destroyed, and... wooden crates, which are inexplicably indestructible. Not even a nuclear bunker-buster can do more than knock these unassuming boxes around.
270* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'': Huey explains that Peace Walker's main pod was made with material equivalent to a bomb shelter, thus he believes the only thing that could break through is an atomic bomb, which Snake doesn't have time to utilize.
271* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'':
272** Using Samus's scan visor on particularly large and gray Galactic Federation crates in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' tells her that they are made from "the strongest metals in the cosmos and cannot be destroyed".
273** In ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'', the E.M.M.I units have a plating made of "the strongest stuff in the universe" (possibly the same as the crates) and can only be damaged using an Omega Cannon or the BigBad's huge ArmCannon.
274* In ''VideoGame/MikeShadowIPaidForIt'', the vending machine you're trying to get your snack from is apparently invulnerable. Ranging from beating the crap out of it to ''summoning the finger of God'', nothing can so much as scratch it.
275* Bedrock in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' is immune to explosions of every size and cannot be mined with any tool. Only in creative mode can it be removed in any way. Obsidian, too, is immune to explosions and can only be removed with a diamond pick, or by spending over four minutes to remove a single block.
276* [[spoiler:Porky]]'s Absolutely Safe Capsule in ''VideoGame/Mother3'' is indeed [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin absolutely safe.]] Nothing the main characters do can damage it, and [[spoiler:the battle is declared over after two turns. Of course, this also means that ''Porky himself'' can never leave (then he'd be unsafe, and the capsule is ''absolutely'' safe), affect the outside world (that'd compromise the absolute safety), or die (''nothing'' can threaten Porky in the capsule, not even Porky himself), so [[SelfDisposingVillain it's effectively the same thing as him being killed]]]].
277* Nara is treated this way in the ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' franchise: made from fusion-compounded rock, the D'ni used Nara when it absolutely, positively had to last the ages, [[spoiler:which led to it suffering from a rare architectural version of TheWorfEffect when it was shown not to be earthquake-resistant; furthermore, ''VideoGame/MystIVRevelation'' demonstrated that it can be shattered with the right sound frequencies]]. Deletheni, a lighter material used in the hazard suits employed by the Guild of Maintainers, is similarly nigh-indestructible but less so; this does not stop such a hazard suit from [[spoiler:protecting its wearer from a ''supernova'']].
278* In ''VideoGame/NetHack'', "artifact" items are the only things that can be put in a player's inventory that can't be destroyed. Not all of them, though. The Amulet of Yendor, in particular, is the only item that cannot even be removed from the game's code by transference into the higher planes.
279* Any given cell phone in ''VideoGame/Persona2''. Not even the ocean can stop them from working.
280* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. Bianca accidentally destroys everything in your bedroom the first time you battle her. [[ConsoleCameo Your]] UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} isn't even scratched.
281* In ''VideoGame/RazingStorm'', the shield you use to TakeCover withstands not only relatively mundane regular shots, missiles, lasers, and plasma, but also ramming from MiniMecha or HumongousMecha, falling building debris, and a WaveMotionGun.
282* ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'': Dr. M spent decades using his best equipment to break into the Cooper Vault. The entrance doesn't dent from all the weaponry Dr. M fires upon it, since it can only be opened by Sly's cane.
283* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'':
284** While hails of gunfire, flames, explosions and everything else goes on around the briefcase, the flag sits exactly where it was left, calmly rotating six inches above the surface of the floor.
285** The Payload bomb cart as well -- at least until it gets to the end, anyway.
286** Actually, most things that aren't directly used by the characters themselves seem to be effectively indestructible.
287* ''VideoGame/TouhouSoccer'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqWRe_ZYyiw this soccer ball.]] What happens in this video is actually a pretty minor punishment compared to some others... Compared to, say... ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkDT-OlkYTI this.]]'' It's worth mentioning that Ran's shot does bisect it, but it reforms almost instantly.
288* In the 2012 reboot of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'', when Dollface [[ClingyCostume attempts to remove her mask]] she finds that it's this, as it's still intact following a blast from a loaded shotgun.
289* Like the ''Pokémon'' example above, ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' has Wonder-Black playing a portable system, highly implied to be a [=3DS=]. When the Wonderful Ones get battle-damaged models near the late game, it is shown that his system has taken some damage as well, '''but it still runs'''!
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293%%* Lampshaded in [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0199.html this]] ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids''.%%Administrivia/WeblinksAreNotExamples
294* Abraham from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-06-09 claims this is why]] he hasn't just destroyed the Dewitchery Diamond, though he apparently never considered [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings using a volcano]].
295* Discussed in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', where Nokia phones are so strong because Finland [[http://satwcomic.com/you-got-a-call throws them at Sweeden when Finland's upset.]] [[spoiler:Too bad they aren't bulletproof.]]
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299* The {{Creepypasta}} "The Beatles Cartoon Lost Episode" revolves around a tape with the titular episode on it. When the VCR plays it back, it catches fire. After applying a fire extinguisher to it, it's discovered that the VCR is fine because it still plays back tapes.
300* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'':
301** This trope is a pet peeve for Wiz, as he's expressed annoyance at fictional metals stronger and lighter than titanium alloy. However, he's fine with these if they have some kind of drawback[[labelnote:*]][[Franchise/StarWars Mandalorian iron]], for example, is capable of resisting lightsabers, but it's ridiculously heavy, thus [[MightyGlacier the wearer sacrifices agility for durability]][[/labelnote]] or a reasonable justification as to its strength[[labelnote:*]]Franchise/{{Marvel|Universe}}'s vibranium can absorb vibrations, and while tough, it is not completely indestructible[[/labelnote]].
302** In "[[Recap/DeathBattleS07E11BeerusVsSailorGalaxia Beerus VS Sailor Galaxia]]", this trope is implied to be used for a box holding the [[DeaderThanDead Hakai]] energy, something which Zamasu, a Supreme Kai and hence, a god, was incapable of resisting the erasure effect.
303* {{M|inovskyPhysics}}agmatter from ''Website/OrionsArm'' is effectively impossible to damage. Not only does it have an incredibly high binding energy, but normal matter will pass right through it.
304* In ''Website/SCPFoundation'', a good portion of the objects are indestructible. To the point where the rules for submissions specifically point this out as a DeadHorseTrope. The specific reasons here are two, one meta and one in-universe. The Foundation, in-universe, ''does not make it its mission to destroy [=SCPs=]''. (That C? It stands for "Contain", as in "Secure, Contain, Protect". [=SCPs=] are ''Secured'' and ''Contained'' to ''Protect''... well, everyone in the world.) You want to try the Global Occult Coalition for that. (There are exceptions, such as SCP-682, but 682 is... a special case.) The meta reason is that Decomissions do not happen anymore -- bad [=SCPs=] don't get killed off in flashy ways, the article is simply removed if it falls under a certain rating (-8, usually), therefore reasonless indestructibility is pointless, [[{{Retcon}} because nothing can save an SCP from the site mods]].
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308* This trope is brought up in ''WebVideo/FreemansMind''. Gordon goes ballistic (no pun intended) when he realizes the glass in all the doors is bulletproof for no apparent reason. He also comments on the seemingly random mixing of crowbar-proof and non-crowbar-proof grates. Oddly enough, he doesn't seem to consider it odd that the rocket test-fire blows up the crates of explosives but the two grenades that were sitting on top of them are still in one piece.
309* LetsPlay/Helloween4545 tends to refer to everything in games that should realistically be damaged easily, but can not be destroyed by the player, as "made of Decentanium".
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313* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'':
314** In "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E15TheVase The Vase]]", Nicole entrusts her kids to destroy a vase sent by their grandmother and MakeItLookLikeAnAccident, only for it to be resistant to all of their attempts at doing so.
315** In "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E32TheBest The Best]]", after they've accidentally sent a video showing [[RightlySelfRighteous Carmen]]'s [[ReformedCriminal troubled past]] which would destroy her reputation, Gumball and Darwin try to destroy their classmates' phones. Gumball finds Idaho (who has a 3310 {{Expy}}) takes his phone and throws it on the floor, but it's still intact. He then sees a truck going at full speed and throws the phone under it so it would be crushed, but ''it remains intact and makes the truck crash instead''. After that, he simply opens a sewer and throws it under only so Idaho couldn't watch the video.
316* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "One Fish, Two Fish", the Smiths attempt to open a coconut and every attempt fails to an absurd degree: trying to cut it with knives either breaks or bends them, trying to crush it in the oven door breaks the door instead, throwing it on the kitchen floor breaks the floor, hitting it with a chainsaw knocks it away, bullets fired from an AK-47 just bounce off, and even running it over with a steamroller causes the steamroller to fall apart. They eventually resort to having Criss Angel open it with a magic trick.
317* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "[[Recap/AmphibiaS3E04ThaiFeud Thai Feud]]", when attempting to control the runaway food truck, Anne and Sprig end up running into a tortoise which was crossing the road, which hides inside its shell from the oncoming vehicle. Rather than crush the animal underneath the tires, the collision actually sends the food truck flying through the air like it just hit a ramp, without so much as a scratch on the shell.
318* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' during the [[MultiPartEpisode two-part episode]] "[[Recap/ArcherS3E12SpaceRacePartOne Space]] [[Recap/ArcherS3E13SpaceRacePartTwo Race]]", in which the characters' spaceship is safe due to the fact that nobody figures out how to break the door open; they mention [[Literature/TolkiensLegendarium Mithril]] and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s bones, and sarcastically say that it was made by Space Dwarfs' technology to exemplify how impossible it is to break open.
319* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': This is what makes the Omnitrix a ClingyMacGuffin; no amount of brute force can damage it or cut it off Ben's wrist, requiring more delicate methods of removal.
320* WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat's [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo Magic Bag of Tricks]], already a StoryBreakerPower, is virtually impossible to damage or destroy. It's taken quite a few beatings from The Professor in the few times he gets his hands on it, right down to using piles of dynamite to blow it open, but they don't even singe the thing. Its transformations can receive damage or wear (such as its buzzsaw form getting worn out in "[[Recap/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat1x70TheProfessorsInstantChanger The Professor's Instant Changer]]"), but even that damage goes away when it returns back to normal.
321* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
322** {{Averted|Trope}} in the movie "[[Recap/FuturamaM2TheBeastWithABillionBacks The Beast with a Billion Backs]]", in which Farnsworth and Wernstrom both brag about their "indestructible" inventions: diamondium and diamondillium. Both are useless against Yivo. Played straight in that Yivo is made of electro-matter, which is impervious to anything from our universe.
323** There's also The Planet Express Ship's diamond tether.
324--->'''Farnsworth:''' Bender, be careful. That's the ship's diamond filament tether. It's unbreakable.\
325'''Bender:''' Then why do I have to be careful?\
326'''Farnsworth:''' It belonged to my grandmother.
327* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', George tests Spacely's new indestructible life jacket. It withstood being crushed, struck with lightning, buzzsawed and blown up with missles; [[spoiler:as it turns out, it's not washable, [[WeaksauceWeakness so being ran through a washing machine completely destroys it]]]].
328* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E26MutinyontheKrustyTheWholeTooth Mutiny on the Krusty]]", [=SpongeBob=] tries to coerce Mr. Krabs into saving his customers from a monster by threatening to destroy his first dime. When Mr. Krabs refuses, [=SpongeBob=] attempts to rip the dime in half. When that doesn't work, he tries to split it with an ax, and the ax's head disintegrates. Then he tries to split it with a saw table, only for the saw to come loose and fly out.
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