Non-Lethal Damage

Non-Lethal Damage
As the result of the rules placed by his adoptive mother and Jacob, The Man in Black (Lost) was unable to kill Jacob or his candidates, and required a third party to kill Jacob and tried to trick the candidates into killing each other
Power/Ability to:	Maim/injure without causing death.

"You'd be surprised what you can live through..."

― Jafar (Aladdin: The Return of Jafar)

"What? Kill him? Do you honestly believe I could make such a foolish mistake? I avoided anything that's immediately vital."

― Frieza (Dragon Ball Super)

"I can't die. But it still hurts...please stop."

― Seiji Aino while being stabbed by Akane (Love Tyrant)

The power to maim or injure without actually killing. Variation of Causality Manipulation.

Also Called

• Lethal Inability

Capabilities

User can hurt and injure others without killing them. This power is distinct from bestowing immortality onto others as those subject to the user's powers are still capable of dying due to natural causes or by third party.

This power generally manifests in two forms:

• "Realistic": the subject will die without corporeal necessities or without the use of organs meant to fight off diseases.
• "Absurd": the user dismembers, eviscerates and decapitates without the subject being actually maimed. The subject retains a degree of control over any limbs that were severed regardless and be able to reattach the body parts of themselves or others who share their disposition. The subject's sensory organs still also function even without being connected to their brain.

Applications

• Body Dismemberment
• Painless Damage
• Torment Inducement

Associations

• Cartoon Physics
• Causality Manipulation
• Damage Manipulation
• Tormentor
• Video Game Mimicry

Limitations

• User can still allow others to die through inaction.
• May be active all the time and require a third party to kill someone on the user's behalf.
• May only be able to use this power when it's funny.

Known Users

• Lamp-bound genies (Aladdin)
• Flonyardians (Dog Days)
• The Man in Black (Lost)
• Jacob (Lost)
• Non-Irregulars (Tower of God); against "King of the Tower" Zahard
• Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece)
• Pokémon with the move "False Swipe" (Pokémon)
• Shaolin monk (The Simpsons)
• Quartier Latin (Yumekui Merry)
• Frieza (Dragon Ball Super)

Gallery

As a genie, Jafar (Aladdin) is unable to end anyone-else's life with his own power.

Despite being incredibly murderous, Frieza (Dragon Ball) can control his lethal nature when he needs to, such as during the Tournament of Power, when he viciously defeated Jimeze but didn't kill him to avoid being disqualified.

With the power of the Ope Ope no Mi, Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece) removes Smoker's heart without any lethal effects…

…and dismembers his opponents’ bodies.

Shaolin monks (The Simpsons) tearing out Homer's heart and then placing it back in swiftly, thus averting any lethal effects.