Line #21 NighInvulnerability/WebOriginal


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9	* Characters who are transformed in ''WebVideo/TheCartoonMan'' saga become immune to all pain, just like classic cartoon characters.
10	* In ''Literature/DeadWest'', this applies to quite a few aristocrats. The Porcelain Doctor has this, of course, since he is a very powerful ''[[HealingFactor Medice]]'', and has psychic armor and shield. His big brother is Made of Diamond, and both have enough willpower to stand and fight even after sustaining life-threatening injuries.
11	* In ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', HeroAntagonist Captain Hammer has SuperStrength plus apparent invulnerability, as in at least one scene he appears prepared to stop a runaway van with his body. This is subverted in Act III when the explosion of Dr. Horrible's malfunctioning DeathRay causes Captain Hammer to experience pain for the first time in his life, revealing him as a MilesGloriosus.
12	* In ''Literature/FineStructure'', the Powers are all of the "made of diamond" version. It takes a diamond-tipped syringe to break Arika's skin, and even not even that will work on Jason. But both of them pale in comparison to Anne Poole, who is possibly the single most indestructible object in existence. [[spoiler:When she gets thrown into a black hole, ''[[RealityBreakingParadox the Universe breaks before she does.]]'']]
13	* [[Literature/HappyAppy Forenzik]]. In chronological order, Forenzik had the abandoned studio collapse on him, got hit with a car, and had his arm chopped off. And yet he somehow comes back every time. When [[spoiler:Freddrick Gorgote]] dies, it's revealed why he keeps coming back: [[spoiler:Freddrick had a bunch of followers that would act as Forenzik to make Freddrick seem like he was immortal.]]
14	* Hermann Fegelein of ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' fame has survived being killed many times; whenever he's killed, he usually walks back into the Führerbunker as if nothing ever happened, much to Hitler's dismay.
15	* Paragon, in ''Literature/JusticeWing'': one of his epithets is even 'the Diamond-Hard Man.'
16	* The [[DeusEstMachina AI gods]] of ''Website/OrionsArm'' are so invulnerable that one of them engineered an all out war against itself just so it didn't have to expend any energy scraping off some outdated armor. It's theoretically possible to kill one, but only another AI god would have the means to do so, and they tend to prefer manipulation and extremely long-term plotting to direct combat.
17	* ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
18	** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-682 SCP-682]] has AdaptiveAbility and the ability to regenerate FromASingleCell on top of its SuperToughness. It has survived being placed in a chamber where the laws of physics were altered in such a way that normal matter couldn't exist, and its AdaptiveAbility is strong enough that the Foundation doesn't want to nuke it for fear that they'll never be able to hurt it again.
19	** Among several others, there is also [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-073 SCP-073]], whose powers end up making ''you'' take the damage that you try to deal him, [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-096 SCP-096]], who barely flinches from having a [[ImmuneToBullets hailstorm of bullets thrown at him]], [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-458 SCP-458]], which is indestructible despite being made of ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking cardboard]]'', & [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-076 SCP-076-2]], who can be killed, but will only respawn from the rock known as SCP-076-1. That's not even a ''quarter'' of the objects in the foundation's possession that can't be killed permanently, if at all!
20	** They also have Doctor Bright, a researcher who ended up with his soul bonded to [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-963 a small, jeweled necklace]]. Anyone who wears the necklace for long enough has their consciousness replaced with Bright's.
21	** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1504 SCP-1504 ("Joe Schmo")]]. SCP-1504 is a human being who can't be killed by anything (he has survived being at ground zero of a nuclear explosion) and is almost impossible to harm. The only known things that can affect him are exposure to Halothane gas and blunt force trauma to the head, both of which incapacitate him.
22	** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1512 SCP-1512 ("Irrational Root")]]. SCP-1512 is a set of roots that are incredibly hard. They're immune to lasers, corrosives (e.g. acids), burning, cutting and all other known means of destruction.
23	* Alex of ''WebVideo/SAndDTier'' has apparently survived having their brain removed, their heart destroyed, and all their molecules pulled apart. If anything ''can'' kill them, even they don't seem to know what it is. They find the heroes' attempts at fighting them hilarious because of this.
24	* James Toranaga of ''[[Literature/{{Touch 2017}} Touch]]'' has this by dint of being MadeOfAir whenever he wants to be. It has some [[BlessedWithSuck drawbacks]], though.
25	* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', they have all of the above. Lancer (and plenty of the villains) is Made of Diamond. Phase and Jinn Sinclair are Made of Air (due to completely different powers). Aqueous is [[BlobMonster the Blob]], being composed of living water. Jody Cooms is Made of Rubber and even calls herself Plastic Girl. Carmilla and Tennyo have the regeneration thing down: Carmilla has been torn in half, and another time decapitated (she was meditating and literally didn't notice until she found the decapitated head which also hadn't died); both fall into the projected avatar/FightingAShadow category. The unstoppable supervillain Deathlist is of the GoodThingYouCanHeal type: he's a forcefield-protected head on a robot body with the ability to teleport the head to safety in the worst case scenario; he has killed more superheroes than any other villain in history.
26	** Note that a recurring theme of the series is the emphasis on the 'nigh' part of NighInvulnerability: just about every one of the above have at least one inherent weakness which an opponent can exploit. It is explained repeatedly that the 'PK Superman' power set (the one Lancer has) is actually one of the easiest to overcome, ''if'' you know how; they are, in fact, the favorite first day of class targets of Sensei Ito, the BadassNormal [[OldMaster martial arts instructor]], because he can beat them so handily and dramatically.
27	* ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
28	** The Brute classification signifies this in some way, and usually comes with SuperStrength as well.
29	** There are a number of [[HealingFactor regenerators]], most notably Crawler and Echidna, who can both recover from incredibly devastating injuries in seconds, and Crawler [[AdaptiveAbility becomes immune to whatever harmed him]] on top of that.
30	** Alexandria's body is frozen in time, making her impossible to hurt by anything that doesn't at least break physics, [[spoiler:[[AchillesHeel or anything that stops her from breathing,]]]] although if something does manage to hurt her she also can't heal for the same reason.
31	** The Siberian is ''absolutely'' [[TheJuggernaut invulnerable and unstoppable]], and can bestow that inviolability to anyone she touches. [[spoiler:Though she's [[FightingAShadow actually a projection]], and the person creating it lacks that invulnerability.]] The only thing that can stop her are similar "all-or-nothing" powers, like objects infused with [[TimeStandsStill Clockblocker's]] or [[UnblockableAttack Foil's]] power, and even that just causes both effects to cancel out.
32	** The Endbringers are both insanely durable -- to the point of tanking [[spoiler:''gigaton'' level energy blasts]], and can regenerate from anything that doesn't destroy them outright.
33	*** The reason this works is because they are composed of layers, each twice as durable as the previous layer and starting at the durability of aluminum. There are ''two hundred'' of these layers between the skin and the core (the only vital part), resulting in a durability that is several orders of magnitude past the ''Made of Diamond'' type. The exact numbers can be seen [[http://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/2s1gem/community_readthrough_discussion_thread_week_24/cnlb9yf here]], and confirmed by WordOfGod [[http://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/2sju2u/the_endbringers_worm_vs_the_justice_league/cnqkz88 here]], but in summary the Endbringers are physics-breakingly dense at their cores.
34	** Gray Boy possessed the ability to automatically rewind his body in time, instantly negating any injury he suffers, [[ResurrectiveImmortality even if it kills him]]. He was killed by [[PowerParasite Glaistig Uaine]] invoking YourSoulIsMine on him, [[spoiler:and his clone was killed by [[UnblockableAttack Foil]]]].
35	** [[spoiler: Scion's "[[DisintegratorRay Stilling]]" ability can negate the effects of virtually any phenomenon before it can get close enough to harm him. And even when he ''does'' get injured, his body can [[HealingFactor regenerate]] so fast it's hard to tell he was even injured in the first place]].
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