Bulletproof Durability

Bulletproof Durability
Luke Cage (Marvel Comics) cannot be harmed by conventional bullets.
Power/Ability to:	Be unaffected by bullets.

"Even cannonballs can't scratch me."

― Capone Bege (One Piece)

"Beneath this mask, there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask, there is an idea, Mr Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof!"

― V (V for Vendetta)

"Told ya I was bulletproof, you're lucky that ricochet didn't kill ya!"

― The Blank (Marvel Comics)

The power to be immune or highly resistant to bullets and gunfire. Sub-power of Dermal Armor and Enhanced Durability. Variation of Selective Invulnerability.

Also Called

• Ballistic Protection
• Bullet Immunity
• Bulletproof Skin
• Bulletproofness

Capabilities

The user is immune or highly resistant to bullets and gunfire, whether by having an armor, ability to heal very quickly, letting the bullets pass right through them or some other way.

Associations

• Dermal Armor
• Elasticity
• Enhanced Durability
• Enhanced Regeneration
• Intangibility
• Invulnerability
• Metal Mimicry
• Regenerative Durability
• Selective Invulnerability
• Water Mimicry
• Weapon Immunity

Limitations

• The user isn't immune to pain or knock-back.
• Close-range or contact shots may still harm the user.
• High-caliber bullets may be able to breach the user's skin.
• In some cases, the User can be harmed by bullets and feel the impact, but not actually killed by the bullets.

Known Users

Anime/Manga

• Ikuro Hashizawa (Baoh: The Visitor)
• Gyanza Rujike (Black Cat)
• Chiropterans (Blood+)
• Homunculi (Buso Renkin)
• Jeremiah Gottwald (Code Geass)
• C.C. (Code Geass)
• Pierrot le Fou (Cowboy Bebop)
• Mr. Anaconda (Crayon Shin-chan: The Secret Treasure of Buri Buri Kingdom)
• Hei (Darker than Black); via Coat
• Shinigami (Death Note)
• Giant Maggots (Doctor Who)
• Bora (Dragon Ball)
• Ki Users (Dragon Ball series)
  • Z Fighters
• Artificial Humans (Dragon Ball Z)
• Sloth (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Godzilla (Godzilla)
• Inuyashiki Ichirou (Inuyashiki)
• Shishigami Hiro (Inuyashiki)
• Kamen Rider #2 (Kamen Rider Spirits)
• Kazuma Yagami (Kaze No Stigma)
• Angels (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Franky (One Piece)
• Daz Bones/Mr. 1 (One Piece)
• Hody Jones (One Piece)
• Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece)
• Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)
• Pekoms (One Piece)
• Onibaba (Pacific Rim)
• Edajima Heihachi (Sakigake Otokojuku)
• Wang Ta-Ren (Sakigake Otokojuku)
• Angeloids (Sora no Otoshimono)

Comics/Cartoons

• Steel Sterling (Archie Comics)
• Kryptonians (DC Comics); via yellow sun radiation
  • Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman
  • Kara Zor-El/Supergirl
  • Conner Kent/Kon-El/Superboy
  • Dru-Zod
  • Kara Zor-L/Power Girl
• Doomsday (DC Comics)
• Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
• Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
• Mister Majestic (Wildstorm/DC Comic)
• The High (Wildstorm/DC Comic)
• Billy Batson/Shazam (DC Comics)
• Arthur Curry/Aquaman (DC Comics)
• Mera (DC Comics)
• OvertKill (Image Comics)
• Savage Dragon (Image Comics)
• Spawn (Image Comics)
• Hercules (Marvel Comics)
• Colossus (Marvel Comics); when in his metal form
• Venom (Marvel Comics)
• Carnage (Marvel Comics)
• Tony Stark (Marvel Comics); via Iron Man armor
• Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
• Ben Grimm/Thing (Marvel Comics)
• Bruce Banner/Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Marvel Comics)
• Anya Corazon/Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics)
• Mattie Franklin/Spider-Woman (Marvel Comics)
• Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
• Albert (Marvel Comics)
• Vulture (Marvel Comics)
• J2 (Marvel Comics)
• Mainframe (Marvel Comics)
• James Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics); Bionic Arm only
• Machine Teen (Marvel Comics)
• Vision (Marvel Comics)
• Rhino (Marvel Comics)
• Alistair Smythe (Marvel Comics)
• Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
• Kitty Pryde (Marvel Comics)
• XJ-9/Jenny Wakeman (My Life As a Teenage Robot)
• Shortfuse the Cybernik (Sonic the Comic)
• Nutzan Bolt (Sonic the Comic)
• Powerpuff Girls (The Powerpuff Girls)
• Donatello ( IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Derek Marvin (The Young Guardians)
• Brick Baxter/Cyber Shadow (The Young Guardians)

Cartoons

• Terry McGinnis/Batman (Batman Beyond); via Bat Suit
• Diamondhead (Ben 10)
• Chromastone (Ben 10)
• Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Captain Hero (Drawn Together)
• Omnidroid (The Incredibles)
• Stitch (Lilo and Stitch)

Live Television/Movies

• Anissa Pierce/Thunder (Black Lightning)
• Supergirl (Arrowverse)
• Superman (Arrowverse)
• Illyria (Angel)
• Skip (Angel)
• Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Daleks (Doctor Who)
• Stephanie (DWP)
• Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
• Neo-Vipers (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra)
• Michael Myers (Halloween)
• Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy)
• Baron Samedi (Heroes)
• Immortals (Highlander)
• Baldwin P. Vess/Bulletproof (C.O.P.S.)
• RoboCop (RoboCop)
• Clark Kent (Smallville)
• Terminators (Terminator)
• Cybermen (Doctor Who)
• Werewolf (Doctor Who)
• Stingrays (Doctor Who)
• Robotboy (Robotboy)
• The Ninja Turtles (Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Video Games

• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• Arch Azul (Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cereberus)
• Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Dante (Devil May Cry)
• Evil Ryu (Street Fighter)
• Gray Fox (Metal Gear)
• James Heller (Prototype 2)
• Pokémon with the ability "Bulletproof" (Pokémon)

Known Objects

• Iron Spider Armor (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Gallery

Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers/Supergirl (Arrowverse/DC Comics)

Nate Heywood/Citizen Steel (Arrowverse/DC Comics)

Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (Arrowverse/DC Comics)

Illyria (Angel), as a demon, is naturally immune to bullets.

Ikuro Hashizawa (Baoh: The Visitor)

Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Humungousar, Ultimate Humungosaur, Four Arms and Ultimate Aggeregor's durability.

Diamondhead (Ben 10)

Chromastone (Ben 10)

Gyanza Rujike (Black Cat) bulking his muscles so much that bullets simply bounce off of them.

Papillon (Busou Renkin) became invulnerable to bullets after becoming a humanoid homunculus, due to the alchemical energy flowing in his immortal body.

As a vampire, Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel) can be harmed by gunfire, but bullets can't actually kill him.

After being injured in a car wreck, F.B.I. Agent Baldwin P. Vess (C.O.P.S.) was outfitted with a cybernetic bulletproof torso, thus earning him the codename Bulletproof.

Augustus Freeman/Icon (Milestone/DC Comics)

Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics) possesses supernaturally dense tissues under the yellow sun, allowing bullets to bounce off him harmlessly.

Kryptonians (DC Comics)

Kara Zor-L/Power Girl (DC Comics)

Arthur Curry/Aquaman and his wife, Mera (DC Comics)

Billy Batson/Shazam (DC Comics) is unharmed by gunfire.

Conner Kent/Kon-El/Superboy (DC Comics)

Swamp Thing (DC Comics)

OvertKill (Image Comics)

Thunder/Anissa Pierce (Black Lightning/DC Comics)

Mr. Anaconda (Crayon Shin-chan) has the power of the genie, and was able to catch bullets without it so much as scratching his skin.

Ryuk the Shinigami (Death Note) is completely immune to the gunshots fired by Kiichiro Osoreda, unless he willingly allows them to affect him...

...such that he casually wrote into his Death Note as the SPK and Japanese Task Force fired at him futilely.

Though the bullets do cause him pain, Son Goku (Dragon Ball) is largely unharmed by Bulma's machine gun fire.

Tambourine (Dragon Ball) is immune to bullets from even a machine gun, as they bounce harmlessly off his ki-infused body.

King Piccolo (Dragon Ball) is immune to bullets due to his Namekian regeneration and the immense Ki flowing through his powerful body.

Having been converted into a powerful cyborg, Android 17 (Dragon Ball Z) is so powerful that a bullet simply bounces off his cheek.

Cell (Dragon Ball Z) is immune to bullets due to the regenerative abilities picked up from Piccolo's DNA and the immense ki flowing through his powerful body.

Son Gohan (Dragon Ball Z) is completely immune to bullets, to the point where he can even catch a machine gun bullet without a scratch on his hand.

Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z) is immune to bullets due to the immense ki flowing through his powerful body.

Haze Shenron (Dragon Ball GT) had a shotgun shell bounce off of his thick hide harmlessly.

Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) is barely fazed by multiple bullets due to his undead nature and cellular regeneration.

As Über Jason, Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) is completely bulletproof, futuristic bullets simply bouncing off his metal body.

Being undead and having nothing but dust in his veins, Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy) is virtually invulnerable to gunshot wounds.

Hercules (Marvel Comics) is unharmed after getting gunshot behind his head.

Bling (Marvel Comics) has diamond skin, causing bullets to bounce off her harmlessly.

Ben Grimm/The Thing (Marvel Comics)

Colossus (Marvel Comics)

Venom's (Marvel Comics) Symbiotic Costume makes him totally bulletproof.

The Hulk's (Marvel Comics) tough skin and muscles make him completely immune to conventional bullets.

Carnage (Marvel Comics)

Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)

Anya Corazon/Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics)

Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)

The Rhino (Marvel Comics)

As a Rubber Human, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) has a body of rubber, causing bullets to bounce back at the shooters.

Daz Bones (One Piece) possesses a body of steel blades, rendering bullets to bounce off him harmlessly.

Franky's (One Piece) cyborg body has high levels of resistance to gunfire, explosives and even cannonballs (though his back remains vulnerable)...

Hody Jones (One Piece) abused the usage of Energy Steroids, granting him a strengthened body to block bullets harmlessly.

Pekoms (One Piece) becomes immune to bullets even from a Gatling gun when he transforms into his turtle form.

...gaining further bulletproof durability while residing inside the Franky Shogun armor.

Charlotte Linlin's (One Piece) skin is near-indestructible making her completely immune to bullets and even cannon-fire.

Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Bullets simply bounce off of Evil Ryu (Street Fighter) due to the overwhelming power of the Satsui no Hado flowing through his body.

Donatello's (IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) artificial carapace is bulletproof.

Alex Mercer (Prototype)

James Heller (Prototype 2)

Michael Myers (Halloween)