- "Monty, Monty, Monty. Did you honestly believe that a mere 39 gazillion tons of red hot metal and duct tape would crush me?"
- ― Grandfather (Codename: Kids Next Door)
- "Seriously? I mean, Heaven brought the thunder, and it barely even scratched my paint job, but you and a shiny knife? Sure, that's gonna work."
- ― The Darkness/Amara to Castiel (Supernatural S11E10: The Devil in the Details)
The power to be immune to all forms of physical damage. Opposite to Mortality. Not to be confused with Immortality, although some users are Immortal. Perfect variation to Enhanced Durability.
Also Called
- Absolute Durability
- Impenetrable Skin/Impervious Skin
- Imperviousness
- Indestructibility
- Invincibility
- Physical Indestructibility/Imperviousness/Invincibility/Invulnerability
- Unbreakable
- Unharmable
Capabilities
The user is immune to any/all forms of physical damage/harm, unable to feel physical pain, is immune to bleeding or loss of limb. Death due to old age (as opposed to preemptive death) is seemingly the only cause of death to the user.
Applications
- Aquatic Breathing
- Enhanced Durability
- Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
- Enhanced Speed/Agility
- Energy Absorption/Resistance- The user body may be able to absorb any lasers/energy attack.
- Environmental Adaptation
- Explosion Immunity
- Impact Immunity
- Immunity
- Internal Invulnerability
- Intravenous Exoskeleton
- Muscle Armor
- Pain Suppression
- Physical Force Immunity
- Power Absorption- The User might be able to absorb any superpower that hit their body
- Protected Senses
- Thermal Resistance
- Unbreakable Bones
- Unbreakable Skin
- Vacuum Adaptation
Techniques
- Indivisibility: to never be physically divided.
- Invulnerability Empowerment: to be empowered by one's invulnerability.
Variations
- Absolute Invulnerability: be immune to any kind of damage.
- Absolute Defense: users body simply blocks any and all attacks.
- Bulletproof Durability: a form of invulnerability that only applies to gunfire.
- Conditional Invulnerability: be invulnerable under certain conditions.
- Damage Negation: negate damage the user may receive.
- Density Manipulation: increase one's density to make it much harder and more difficult to be harmed.
- Density Infinitum: exponentially scaling density.
- Cutting Immunity: be immune to cutting damage.
- Elasticity: users body simply absorbs attacks.
- Immutability: the ability to be impervious to all forms of external physical change.
- Impact Absorption: absorb mechanical and physical impacts.
- Intangibility: becoming intangible to allow all offensive attacks to phase through.
- Mobile Invulnerability: a form of invulnerability that only works if the holder of the power is in motion
- Nigh Invulnerability: be immune to almost all kind of damage.
- Reactive Invulnerability: a form of Invulnerability that only works if the user is in danger.
- Regenerative Healing Factor: Heal rapidly from any wound
- Reliant Invulnerability: be indestructible as long as a certain target exists.
- Selective Invulnerability: a form of invulnerability that only works on a certain attack, similar to Evolution.
- Supernatural Durability: be supernaturally durable.
- Temporary Invincibility: a form of invulnerability that only works for a limited period of time.
Levels
- Invulnerability
- Dual Impregnability
- Nigh Invulnerability
- Absolute Invulnerability
Associations
- Absolute Defense
- Defense Powers
- Immobility
- Immortality
- Immutability
- Physical Force Immunity
- Reflective Immutability
- Self-Molecular Manipulation
- Undeformability
- Unfettered Body
Limitations
- May be weak against Invulnerability Negation/Immunity Bypassing/Invulnerability Bypassing.
- Doesn't mean immortality unless otherwise bestowed.
- Being unable to get physically harmed may make the user reckless and overconfident .
- May be vulnerable to toughness-altering abilities such as Fortitude Weakening, Density Manipulation or even Carbon Manipulation.
- Users of Absolute Strength/Absolute Attack can inflict damage.
- May still be affected by Death Inducement.
- Unless combined that resist/negate it (Immobility, Pushback Resistance) user can be thrown around by attacks.
- May be vulnerable to certain conditions, substances or simply have a place that is vulnerable to damage.
- May become Immobile.
- May require learning defenses to particular dangers.
- May be affected by gravity attacks.
- May be vulnerable to telepathic abilities.
- May be vulnerable to soul-based abilities.
- May only protect against external attacks, so internal attacks, such as Internal Rupturing, Dehydration, and Deoxygenation, may be able bypass this ability.
- May still feel pain.
Known Users
See Also: Made of Iron, Nigh-Invulnerability and Super Toughness.
Cartoons/Comics
- The Ethereal (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- Super Sonic (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- The Worst (Ben 10)
- Celestialsapiens (Ben 10)
- Alien X
- Ultimate Aggereor (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Kevin 11 (Ben 10)
- Grandfather (Codename: Kids Next Door)
- Kryptonians (DC Comics); via yellow sun radiation
- Superman
- Doomsday (DC Comics)
- Shazam (DC Comics)
- Icon (DC Comics)
- Black Adam (DC Comics)
- Marvel Family/Black Marvel family (DC Comics)
- Daxamites (DC Comics); via yellow sun radiation
- Lar Gand
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- Mongul (DC Comics)
- Monarch (DC Comics)
- Bulleteer (DC Comics)
- Dana/Chief ("I Don't Want This Kind of Hero")
- Brit (Image Comics)
- Supreme (Image Comics)
- Viltrumites (Image Comics)
- Mark Grayson/Invincible (Image Comics)
- Nolan
- Oliver Grayson
- Thragg
- Conquest
- Thalia
- Lucan
- Thalia
- Mr. Incredible (The Incredibles)
- Harumi (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); via the Oni Mask of Hatred
- Ultra Violet (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); via the Oni Mask of Hatred
- Adam Destine (Marvel Comics)
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Thanos (Marvel Comics)
- Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
- Cain Marko/Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
- Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
- Odin Borson (Marvel Comics); via Odin Force
- Latonya Jefferson (Marvel Comics) formerly
- Robert Reynolds/The Sentry (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Brashear/Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Amenhotep IV (Marvel Comics)
- America Chavez (Marvel Comics)
- Butterball (Marvel Comics)
- Paul Provenzano/Omerta (Marvel Comics)
- Emma Frost (Marvel Comics); via diamond form
- Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
- Metro Man (Megamind)
- Kimura (Marvel Comics); via Density Control
- Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Copycat (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- HIM (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Saint of Killers (Preacher)
- Hexadecimal (ReBoot)
- GigaByte (ReBoot)
- Daemon (ReBoot)
- Aku (Samurai Jack)
- The Tick (The Tick); described as "nigh-invulnerability"
- Mr. Majestic (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
- WordGirl (WordGirl)
- Mala Mala Jong (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Instructo-Bob (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Silver Sentry (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003)
- Terror Twins (Young Justice/DC Comics)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Alovenas (A wild Last Boss Appeared)
- Lord Emna (Yo-kai Watch films)
- Hellas (Aldnoah.Zero)
- Dioscuria (Aldnoah.Zero)
- Huanglongmon (Digimon)
- Xenovia (Highschool DxD); via The Scabbard of Excalibur
- Yujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
- Warp/Kaiba (Kaiba)
- Painman (Kinnikuman)
- Jack Rakan (Negima)
- Kaido (One Piece)
- Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece)
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece); against conventional bullets and normal physical attacks.
- Jozu (One Piece); via the Kira Kira no Mi
- Daz Bones/Mister 1 (One Piece)
- Logia Devil Fruit Eaters (One Piece)
- Rokushiki/Six Powers Masters (One Piece)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece); via Monster Point and Guard Point
- Powerful Busoshoku/Armament Haki Users (One Piece)
- Vinsmoke Siblings (One Piece); against conventional bullets and blades.
- Saitama (One-Punch Man)
- Elie/Resha Valentine (Rave Master); by the Etherion
- Akua Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire)
- Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Shedinja (Pokémon); unless hit a super-effective move.
- Zelgadis Graywords (Slayers)
- Yaya (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Arlo (unOrdinary)
- Fraulein Kreutune (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Escanor (The Seven Deadly Sins); as The One
Live Television/Movies
- Ray Manchester/Captain Man (Henry Danger/Danger Force)
- Henry Hart/Kid Danger (Henry Danger); temporary
- Drex Stinklebaum/Captain Drex (Henry Danger); formerly
- Tecton (Mighty Med)
- Mario Steel/Captain Atomic (Mighty Med)
- Galgameth (The Adventures of Galgameth)
- Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice)
- Varwik (Between Worlds)
- Homelander (The Boys)
- Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
- Angel/Twilight (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
- Glorificus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Illyria (Angel)
- Parker Caine (Charmed 2018) ;temporarily by consuming the fruit from the hallowed tree in Sacred Grove
- Gods (Charmed)
- Pator and Rondok (Charmed)
- Tull (Charmed); via the Eternal Spring
- Cole Turner (Charmed)
- Angel Dust (Deadpool)
- Tim (Freaky); via the superhero costume
- John Hancock (Hancock)
- Baron Samedi (Heroes)
- Emu Hojo (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid); when Hyper Muteki is used in the Gamer Driver in conjunction with Maximum Mighty X
- Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid); when Hyper Muteki is used in the Gamer Driver as a sole Gashat, although only for 10 seconds
- The Man in Black (Lost)
- Imhotep (The Mummy)
- Jenny Johnson/G-Girl (My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street); via Nightmare Embodiment
- Conner McKnight (Power Rangers: Dino Thunder)
- Hakan Demir (The Protector); via the Protector's Shirt
- Pulgasari (Pulgasari)
- Steven Stronghold/The Commander (Sky High)
- Will Stronghold (Sky High)
- Poli Truper (Supertorpe)
- Blobbin (The Thundermans)
- Grandma (The Twilight Zone: I Sing the Body Electric)
- Vampires (Twilight Saga)
- David Dunn (Unbreakable)
- Bra Redmond (Whiplash)
- Brandon Breyer/Brightburn (Brightburn)
- Jefferson Reed/Meteor Man (Meteor Man)
Video Games
- Add (Elsword)
- Lu/Ciel (Elsword)
- Elder God (Legacy of Kain)
- Paragon (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
- Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising)
- Creative mode users (Minecraft)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Demi-Fiend with Masakados (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne)
- Squee-Gs (Splatoon)
- Industrial Squee-Gs (Splatoon)
- Flooders (Splatoon)
- Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia); via Suppress
- The Guardian (Ultima)
- Mettaton (Undertale); only in his "box" form
- Berserker (TYPE-MOON)
Literature
- The Witch-king of Angmar (Lord of the Rings)
- Frank Zhang (Heroes of Olympus); under Mars’s blessing
- Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus); under the Achilles curse and while controlling a small hurricane
- Clarisse La Rue (Percy Jackson and the Olympians); under Ares's blessing
- Duryodhana (Mahabharata)
- David Charleston (The Reckoners series)
- Steelheart (The Reckoners aeries)
- Darmian (Red Queen)
- Nix (Red Queen)
- Golden Boy (Wild Cards)
- Lionblaze (Warriors); Only during combat
Other
- Rahkshi or Kraata of Invulnerability (Bionicle)
- Achilles (Greek Mythology); except his heel
- Adolf K. Weismann (K)
- SCP-096 - The "Shy Guy" (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2632 - No Fury (SCP Foundation); can only be harmed/killed by Bethany and Jacob Manfred
- Titanium Rex (Super Mansion)
- Brad (Super Mansion)
Known Items
- Chaos Emerald of Invincibility (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
- The Medal of Everlasting Life (The Book of Life)
- Eternal Spring (Charmed)
- Amazonium (DC Comics)
- Smartskin (DC Comics)
- Dragon's blood (Folklore)
- Britney's Indestructibility Serum (Image Comics)
- Hyper Muteki Gashat (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)
- Oni Mask of Hatred (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Adamantine (Marvel Comics)
- Adamantium (Marvel Comics)
- Nemean Lion Skin (Marvel Comics)
- Key of Steel (Mighty Med)
- Dice Dice no Mi (One Piece)
- Gomu Gomu no Mi (One Piece)
- Kira Kira no Mi (One Piece)
- Logia-type Devil Fruits (One Piece)
- Immortality Field (Overwatch)
- Etherion (Rave Master)
- SCP-019 - The Monster Pot (SCP Foundation)
- Drake blood (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
- Unzappable Hats (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!)
- Iron Boar (Spirit Animals)
- Two-Ton Tunic (Xiaolin Showdown)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Son Goku's Super Saiyan form (Dragon Ball Z) reinforces his body with tremendous ki to the point where he is completely unaffected by Frieza's Death Beam.
Broly's (Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming) Legendary Super Saiyan form, reinforces his body with tremendous ki to the point where he is completely unaffected by Son Gohan' SSJ powered punch to his face.
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Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist) in his Ultimate Shield form, is virtually immune to any harm.
The Third Raikage (Naruto) is virtually immune to any attacks grants to his Lightning Chakra Armor.
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Kakuzu (Naruto), using Earth Spear, is invulnerable to all physical damage, aside from Lightning Release techniques.
As a Rubber Human, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) is invulnerable to conventional gunfire and physical attacks.
Logia Devil Fruit Eaters (One Piece), like Portgas D. Ace, are all practically invulnerable due to their individual elemental Devil Fruit powers.
Because of the powers of the Dice-Dice no Mi, Daz Bones (One Piece) is immune to bullets, slashing and physical attacks.
Masters of Six Powers/Rokushiki (One Piece) can use the Tekkai/Iron Body technique to make their bodies invulnerabilty and indestructible.
While in his Monster Point form, Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) possesses a body so hardened that all attacks bounce off of his without him even recoiling.
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Thanks to the power of the Diamond Diamond no Mi, Jozu (One Piece) can become diamond to block any and all attacks.
Besides being one of the most powerful and feared Four Emporers/Yonko in the world, Kaido (One Piece) is also known for his indestructible body. Demonstrating during one of his many infamous suicide attempts when he jump off a sky island…
…and came out completely unscathed despite landing face first.
Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) has a near invulnerable body, being able to withstand cannon blasts and thunderbolts as though nothing, except when she is emotionally vulnerable or when starved from extended hunger pangs.
Born with steel-like exoskeletons, the Vinsmoke Siblings (One Piece) are all incredibly indestructible, each of them immune to conventional firearms and blades.
Saitama (One-Punch Man) withstanding Hammerhead's punch…
…and more.
By delaying her existence via Dimensional Manipulation, Akua Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire II) is immune to all harm, even intense flames.
Presea Combatir (Tales of Symphonia) is completely invulnerable to all harm because of her special ability, Suppress.
Because of Kongouriki, Yaya's (Unbreakable Machine-Doll) skin is virtually invulnerable to physical attacks, she can only be harmed by automaton's magic.
Even after being crushed into a cube by Junkman, Painman (Kinnikuman) comes out unscathed and buffs out back to his normal shape.
Huanglongmon's (Digimon) scales are made from a unique, indestructible ore. This makes Huanglongmon invulnerable to any conventional damage.
Add a photo to this galleryComics
Superman (DC Comics)
Supergirl (DC Comics)
Lar Gand/Mon-El (DC Comics)
Doomsday (DC Comics)
Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
Galactus (Marvel Comics)
Galacta (Marvel Comics)
Designed to easily withstand the rigors of deep-space travel, The Silver Surfer's (Marvel Comics) silvery skin is virtually indestructible...
...like withstanding a punch from She-Hulk without flinching...
In his Steel form, Colossus (Marvel Comics) is virtually invulnerable.
After absorbing Ms.Marvel's Kree based super powers, Rogue (Marvel Comics) gained her incredible invulnerability.
Luke Cage's (Marvel Comics) unbreakable skin allows him to take an explosion to the face...
...and shrug off a laser bolt.
The Sentry (Marvel Comics)
Gladiator (Marvel Comics)
Tombstone (Marvel Comics)
Kimura (Marvel Comics) uses density control to compact her molecules increasing Mass (weight) while keeping intact her Volume (size by length, width, and dept) in effect increasing her Density (damage durability) making her virtually indestructible and impervious.
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Emma Frost (Marvel Comics)
America Chavez (Marvel Comics)
It is impossible to damage Brit (Image Comic) through any means, including magma, falling buildings, and strong attacks.
Invincible (Image Comics) taking all of Dark Wing's exoskeleton-powered punches.
Allen the Alien (Image Comics) surviving all his death sentences while in a Viltrumite Prison.
Viltrumites (Image Comics)
Cartoons
The Annihilator (Justice League: Unlimited) is invulnerable to every attack due to its magical armor, making it practically invincible.
Juggernaut (X-Men: Evolution)
Aku (Samurai Jack) can only be harmed by Jack's mystical samurai sword.
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Grandfather (Codename: Kids Next Door) was invulnerable to all physical damage, as even having a giant moon base worth 39 gazillion tons of red hot metal and duct tape dropping on him did not do any harm.
Shendu (Jackie Chan Adventures) can only be harmed by magical weapons.
King Koopa's henchmen (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) all wearing Unzappable Hats, which render the wearer invulnerable.
The Oni Mask of Hatred (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) turns the user's skin into invulnerable magma armor.
Harumi (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) wearing the Oni Mask of Hatred.
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Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Humungousar, Ultimate Humungosaur, Four Arms and Ultimate Aggeregor's durability.
Kevin 11 (Ben 10) possesses Diamondhead's and Four Arms' durability.
Ultimate Aggregor (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Silver Sentry (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003)
Terror Twins (Young Justice/DC Comics)
Movies
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Superman (Superman Returns) is invulnerable to all forms of damage done to him aside from his well-known weakness kryptonite.
The Commander (Sky High)
Will Stronghold (Sky High)
Metro Man (Megamind)
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Brandon Breyer/Brightburn (Brightburn) hasn't received a single wound or sickness from the time he was a child, wounded once in his entire life by the material from the small spaceship he arrived in.
Meteor Man (Meteor Man)
John Hancock (Hancock)
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Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) is virtually unkillable in the dream world, being only killable if brought into the real world, however, each time he just returns to the dream world.
Jenny Johnson/G-Girl (My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
Live Television
Glory (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is sprayed with mirror shards and suffers nothing but damage to her dress.
Jim Powell (No Ordinary Family) can be immune to physical attacks, such as bullets, falling from heights and being run over by a speeding van without sustaining injury.
Parker Caine (Charmed 2018) ;temporarily by consuming the fruit from the hallowed tree in Sacred Grove.
Tecton (Mighty Med) Tecton (Mighty Med) is not affected by extreme force or extreme temperatures, as he mentioned that he drinks large sugar free non-fat cups of lava.
Captain Atomic (Mighty Med) is incredible durability, able to take blows from Tecton. He can even handle having a baseball bat and commemorative memorabilia lodged in his body.
Ray gained indestructibility and super strength after going through the Dentitizer with no side effects and becoming Captain Man, to breathe in space and immune to various diseases but he was some how affected by the disease Schwoz invented.
When Henry went through the Dentitizer he was briefly indestructible with a side-effect to shoot fire when he laughs.
Drex became indestructible after attempting to go back in time to prevent Ray from being indestructible but his left hand into a monster claw as a side-effect.
Video Games
Flooders (Splatoon)
Squee-Gs (Splatoon)
Other
SCP-019 - The Monster Pot (SCP Foundation) is absolutely impossible to smash or melt for unknown reason.
Despite looking slender and scrawny, SCP-096 - Shy Guy’s (SCP Foundation) durability is infinite, withstanding the blast of a AT-4 HEDT Anti-Tank Gun, and took thousands of bullets without injuries.
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