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TheNerfGuy
Since: Mar, 2011
ZuTheSkunk
Since: Apr, 2013
randomsurfer
Since: Jan, 2001
MegaMarioMan
(Ten years in the joint)

What would the trope be if someone who took a seemingly lethal blow outright refuses to die, and keeps themselves alive with sheer willpower (which is implied or stated outright within the story itself), just for long enough to complete what they set out to do?