"The Ultimate does not breathe or eat. He has no internal organs and minimal fluids. He is almost solid throughout — nourished by solar energy that he can store for a millennium if necessary. He can survive any environment — destroy any creature. And should the Ultimate find any creature stronger than he — and actually be killed — he will come back to life, evolved into an even more superior being! He is — beautiful!"
― Bertron concerning Doomsday (DC Comics)
"Like Piccolo, I can fully regenerate as long as my core remains. Like the Saiyans, my power increases greatly after I heal from near death, and like Frieza, I can survive anywhere."
― Perfect Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
The archetype of a character who is the ultimate being. They are essentially close to being Perfect.
The character is an ultimate being: a being that is described as an entity that is perfect in every way without limits, having limitless potential, infinite beauty, unimaginable power and surpassing almost everyone. The user's status can range from being the finest example of their race to being the most powerful life-form in the universe. Users may even be capable of becoming a physical god. They are seen without flaw and limit, but they are still nowhere near perfection but instead, they are in truth an nigh-perfect entity .
Achieving such status can be the result of an evolutionary process, scientific modification, spiritual ascension, etc.
Yujiro Hanma (Baki: The Grappler) was born with unique muscle make up and and mental fortitude that allowed him to become the strongest man in the world. He is considered by a great many the world over to be planet Earth's ultimate being and is known as "the Strongest Creature on the Earth".
Fräulein Kreutune (A Certain Magical Index) is a preternatural creature who stands as an anomaly, amongst the various beings she's surrounded by. A complete immortal whom can process information around her through physical and experiential means. She can auto adapt to most anything, cannot be harmed or killed by everything and is still in the process of her general growth cycle to match.
Cell (Dragon Ball Z) was artificially created using the combined DNA of some of the universe's most powerful beings, with the sole purpose of creating the "perfect lifeform".
Created as a successor to Cell, Cell Max (Dragon Ball series) was designed to vastly surpass his template's abilities, making Cell Max one of the strongest beings in the multiverse, possibly surpassing even the gods. However, he was deployed before he was finished.
Father (Fullmetal Alchemist) was able to absorb the power of God into himself becoming the perfect being.
Leo DemonHart (I'm Quitting Heroing: Next Gig Is at the Demon Queen's Castle) is a Humanoid Bioweapon that has evolved to the point it is unbeatable and the most powerful being in the whole series.
Due to her natural scientific genius and physical abilities Tabane Shinonono (Infinite Stratos) has been regarded as the ultimate human, Renürion.
DIO Brando (JORGE JOESTAR) is an alternate version of the original DIO that merged with Jonathan Joestar and eventually led to him becoming the Ultimate life form. He then gained two stands, the world ultimate, which allows him to stop time, and the passion, which gives nigh-limitless ability to see into the future. His final power is the beyond which allows to control the plot of the story, along with the fate of all.
Kars (JORGE JOESTAR) is from an alternate timeline, unlike his alternate self, this version of Kars has attained the ultimate requiem version of all the Enemy stands. He also similarly became the Ultimate life form but has had time to master all his powers fully, unlike the original Kars, which allowed him to become an acausal entity.
Innocent Zero (Mashle: Magic And Muscles) being one of if not the most powerful magic user in the series was able to ascended more and more to become a perfect being...
...and after the crystal seal from Innocent Zero's forehead shatters, he transforms further into a more angelic form. According to himself, he reached perfection in this form, having control over all time and space and reality.
Rimuru Tempest (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime) has evolved countless times until he became the ultimate being, evolving from a slime into a demon lord and ultimate slime and eventually a god.
Cartoons/Comics[]
Apex Predators (DC Comics) were super beings created by Perpetua that had infinite potential who could grow to kill the strongest of beings & even control the Seven Energies of the Universe.
Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics) was artificially created by the Enclave to be the epitome of human potential & evolution, the perfect lifeform.
Craig Hollis/Mr. Immortal (Marvel Comics) is considered the absolute pinnacle of human mutation, being the only Homo-Supreme. He will never stay dead no matter how he is killed and is destined eventually to be the last surviving being in the universe.
Nate Grey/X-Man (Marvel Comics) was genetically engineered by Mr. Sinister using the DNA of Scott Summer and Jean Grey to be the ultimate mutant.
Mr. Sinister concluded that the merging of Scott Summers and Jean Grey’s genes would create the ultimate mutant. To this end, he manipulated Scott into having a child with Jean’s clone, Madelyne Pryor, giving birth to Nathan Summers/Cable (Marvel Comics).
Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics) has the potential to become the ultimate mutant as the future daughter of Scott Summers and Jean Grey.
Hulk (Marvel Comics)
The Sentry (Marvel Comics)
Folklore/Mythology[]
Adam and Eve (Abrahamic Religions) where considered perfect beings before their fall into sin, due to their primordial nature.
Jesus Christ (Christianity) was seen as the last Adam and had miraculous powers that could surpass all on heaven and earth as the son of God who was perfect like his father.
Adam Kadmon (Gnosticism) was the ultimate being created by the Monad and the template for the Adam of Eden.
Phanes (Greek Mythology) is the originator of light and the highest being in creation.
Live Television/Movies[]
After spending more than 20,000 years governing the planet Earth, Godzilla (Godzilla: Planet of Monsters) grew into the ultimate being whom remade the whole of the biosphere in its own image.
Godzilla (Shin Godzilla) in his 4th Form
Video Games[]
Izuru Kamukura (Danganronpa) was artificially altered to have every talent and skill conceivable in order to be mankind's representation of hope.
Pyron (Darkstalkers) a combative alien who spent his entire life battling in darwinistic bouts on his home planet. Eventually evolving into a creature of pure energy with mastery over the four forces of reality.
The Doom Slayer (DOOM) is seen as the Ultimate Lifeform by demons, Angels, and Humans; as the statement goes "There is only one dominant life form in this universe, and it carries a steel-barreled sword of vengeance."
Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII series) was injected with Jenova cells while still in his mother's womb with the goal of making him the ultimate super-soldier...
...Sephiroth would later go on to both merge with the life stream and take over Jenova's corpse, turning him into something beyond reason.
The Leviathans (Mass Effect) are the oldest known intelligent species in the Milky Way, having thrived as the undisputed "apex race" over 1 billion years ago.
X Parasites (Metroid) are virtually ultimate beings, able to infect nearly anything with even some biological components, assimilate it, and then mimic it perfectly via the absorbed knowledge of the victim or mess with its genetics to mutate it into a more "useful" form to survive in any environment, reform if the mimicry is destroyed, store DNA of any lifeform they infect without limit, and asexually reproduce with each copy containing all of their stored DNA...
...to the extent that they only way they could be stopped was by the Chozo creating the Metroids, even better ultimate beings named for their word for "Ultimate Warrior," to act as their natural predator.
Mewtwo (Pokémon) was artificially engineered to be the strongest Pokémon, and true to its purpose, possesses power comparable to deities.
Nahobinos (SHin Megami Tensei V) are considered the ultimate beings in the universe, being the true forms of gods that existed before the God of Law separated Gods fom their knowledges and degraded them into demons.
The Biolizard (Sonic the Hedgehog) is Dr. Gerald Robotnik's first attempt to create the ultimate lifeform and is the prototype of Shadow.
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog series) was artificially created as the ultimate lifeform.
Qin Shi Huang (TYPE-MOON) has overcome death, transcended Yin and Yang, and reached the truth of immortality to become the ultimate human form in existence.
The Immortal God-Emperor Of Mankind (Warhammer 40k) is is the immortal Perpetual and psyker who serves as the reigning monarch of the Imperium of Man and is described by the Imperial Ecclesiarchy and the Imperial Cult as the father, guardian and God of Humanity. Even by other perpetual and psykers from other races, he is regarded as incomprehensible in power and abilities.
Others[]
SCP-682 - Hard-To-Destroy Reptile (SCP Foundation) is known to be the most reactive being in the SCP franchise, it has shown to have develop and resist against thousands of threats whether if it's a being that can defy the laws of physics, or even if it's an organism that was privately, and specially created to destroy it.
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