Basic Trope: No matter how many blows the hero delivers to the villain, he seems unharmed.
- Straight: Bob, our hero, is punching David, our villain, with great power, but David seems unimpressed, even amused.
- Exaggerated:
- Even with the most powerful Ki Manipulation and Dangerous Forbidden Techniques, David, unharmed, says it tickles.
- After Bob's punches fail, David punches Bob, realizing that it had as little effect as on him.
- A bunch of hardcore Marines, heavily armed, open fire on David the Demigod, who either blocks it with an energy shield or is just plain Nigh-Invulnerable. Cue David powering up a Ki Manipulation now that the Marines have emptied their clips...
- Bob's punches hurt himself far more than David, who wins the fight by just standing there.
- Downplayed: Dave is clearly hurting from the repeated blows, but he remains standing and is easily able to win the fight.
- Justified:
- David is Made of Iron, or perhaps trained to ignore pain, or perhaps he's just flippin' insane.
- Bob is extremely weak and stupidly overconfident.
- Inverted:
- Bob attacks David with ridiculously weak punches, which David succumbs to as if he were given deadly blows.
- Bob tries to attack Dave who dodges his blows easily.
- Subverted:
- David seemingly shows no pain from those body blows of Bob's as he's about to attack back, but then he suddenly collapses from ruptured guts.
- Bob punches David with great power, then quickly realizing that it's not going to work. He then pokes David's eyes out before David could punch back.
- Bob was delivering a Touch of Death with a delayed effect. Dave's chuckles are cut off as he suddenly keels over and dies.
- Double Subverted: David's faking the severity of his wounds to trick Bob into ceasing the attack, and then he'll give him an ultimatum.
- Parodied: Bob practically kills David, but he comes back to life and says "Gotcha!".
- Zig Zagged:
- Both Bob and David can't hurt each other, and settle for more and more over the top attacks that do little more than destroy the scenery.
- David is completely unhurt...But his wardrobe is destroyed. He sheepishly leaves to get some pants and Bob claims victory.
- Averted: David is hurt by Bob's attacks.
- Enforced: "We need to show that the villain is a threat. Let's have him withstand any of Bob's attacks."
- Lampshaded: Bob: "Oh hell! That was my most powerful attack, and he just brushes it off!"
- Invoked: Bob expects David to show no pain so he can continue to thrash him.
- Exploited: David pretends Bob's blows have no effect on him so Bob will be demoralized and stop punching him.
- Defied: Bob keeps punching David until he's good and hurt.
- Discussed: Bob: "I'm gonna have to use better attacks, I hear David's impervious to pain."
- Conversed: "The villain's never hurt by stuff like that, he'll just wipe the floor with the hero afterwards."
- Deconstructed:
- David takes the punches without flinching, but is later shown to have suffered severe internal damage offscreen.
- Bob notices David isn't being hurt, and flees at the earliest opportunity. He comes back with a chainsaw.
- Reconstructed:
- David does get hurt by Bob, but shows Determinator level willpower and turns the fight around.
- Dave is not only tough but fast, he chases down Bob before he can get a weapon.
- Played For Laughs: David looks at Bob with pity (or boredom) and offers him boxing lessons. Bob wearily accepts.
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