Healing Factor: Difference between revisions

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Also, its more properly called an ''Accelerated'' Healing Factor; "Healing Factor" simply refers to how quickly you heal- normal humans, for instance, have their own healing factor: a normal one. This is in fact what it was originally called in comic books and elsewhere; "Healing Factor" emerged because its, well, shorter.

== Anime & Manga ==

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* In ''[[Slayers]]'', trolls have such fast regeneration abilities that they are nearly impossible to kill. The main character, Lina Inverse, solves this issue by {{spoiler|casting a magic-reversal spell on all the trolls so that even the [[Scratch Damage|tiniest scratch]] results in [[Hoist By His Own Petard|nearly instant death-by-implosion]].}}

* The [[Ridiculously Human Robots|Wolkenritter]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. They may have lost the [[Back From the Dead|Rejuvenation Program]], but they still have a [[Healing Factor]] that lets them recover a lot faster than a normal human. However, this has been getting weaker as time goes by, though thankfully for Vita, not so much that {{spoiler|[[Normally I Would Be Dead Now|her getting impaled in the chest]]}} could take her out permanently.

** Two seasons later, and we're introduced to the Huckubein, who can regenerate even better than the Wolkenritter. [[Dual Wielding|Cypha]] proves this by [[Just a Flesh Wound|regrowing an arm]] that Signum cut off. Oh, and they're also [[Made of Iron|pretty darn tough too.]]

** Two seasons later, and we're introduced to the Huckubein, who can regenerate even better than the Wolkenritter. [[Dual-Wielding|Cypha]] proves this by [[Just a Flesh Wound|regrowing an arm]] that Signum cut off. Oh, and they're also [[Made of Iron|pretty darn tough too.]]

** Also there's the fact that after said two seasons the Wolkenritter's [[Healing Factor]] has finally faded away.

* Berserk [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelions]] have his ability, ranging from regrowing shattered bone to {{spoiler|manifesting whole limbs out of angelic flesh or its own AT Field}}. [[Eldritch Abomination|Angels]] have his by default, as all of them have S2 organs and couldn't operate alone without support units.

* In ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'', Nameks like Piccolo regenerate as long as their vital organs are intact. Most later villains had this ability, but most have it in even greater strengths, including Cell, Buu, and Meta-Cooler (who can revive from a single piece of themselves), in addition to some of the evil dragons.

** Majin Buu is the living embodiment of this. No matter how badly he is destroyed he can always regenerate as long as any part of him still exists.

*** Meta-Cooler also [[~~Mes~~ a Crowd|falls under a different trope.]]

*** Meta-Cooler also [[Me's a Crowd|falls under a different trope.]]

* Kanda in ''[[D Gray Man|D.Gray-Man]]'' has accelerated healing, but at the cost of some of his life.

** Also Road, who can't be killed unless you know her "true form".

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* [[Deadly Doctor|Minoru "Doctor" Kamiya]] in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' can nullify his ability to feel pain and reattach his own limbs.

** Not to forget the older Toguro brother, who can both regenerate and restructure his body at will, and will apparently survive any and all injuries as long as even a single cell of him is still alive. {{spoiler|So Kuraa ultimately traps him in a [[Fate Worse Than Death]].}}

* In ''[[Durarara]]'', [[Half Human Hybrid|Quarter]]-[[Headless Horseman|Dullahan]] {{spoiler|Ruri Hirijibe}} has this ability. A comment made by [[Back Alley Doctor|Shinra]] while treating her wounds suggests that not only does (the entirely human. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Supposedly]]) [[Charles Atlas Superpower|Shizuo Heiwajima]] have this as well, but that his [[Healing Factor]] is ''greater''. If nothing else, it would explain how he's [[Hollywood Healing|recovered completely from things like shattering his spine and pelvis]] or {{spoiler|getting shot}}.

* In ''[[Durarara]]'', [[Half-Human Hybrid|Quarter]]-[[Headless Horseman|Dullahan]] {{spoiler|Ruri Hirijibe}} has this ability. A comment made by [[Back Alley Doctor|Shinra]] while treating her wounds suggests that not only does (the entirely human. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Supposedly]]) [[Charles Atlas Superpower|Shizuo Heiwajima]] have this as well, but that his [[Healing Factor]] is ''greater''. If nothing else, it would explain how he's [[Hollywood Healing|recovered completely from things like shattering his spine and pelvis]] or {{spoiler|getting shot}}.

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' - Viral undergoes some form of bioengineering that causes him to stop aging and gives him a [[Healing Factor]], making him effectively immortal.

** This was given to him by Lordgenome, who achieves immortality by putting cells into biological stasis. He applied this to himself {{spoiler|hundreds, possibly thousands of years before episode 1 takes place.}}

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'''Jaken:''' 'What's that?! Just whose fault do you think it is that it came to this?! It's solely because {{spoiler|Meidou Zangetsuha was turned over to someone like you}} that Sesshoumaru-sama has...'

'''Inuyasha:''' 'Shut up!' ''Thinks'': 'I know that. {{spoiler|If he'd at least had a weapon,}} Sesshoumaru wouldn't have been wounded to this extent...'

'''Sesshoumaru (to Magatsuhi):''' 'Hmph. You despicable creature. Making me receive pity from the likes of a [[Half Human Hybrid|hanyou]]...'

'''Sesshoumaru (to Magatsuhi):''' 'Hmph. You despicable creature. Making me receive pity from the likes of a [[Half-Human Hybrid|hanyou]]...'

'''Jaken:''' 'Oooh! He closed his wounds with [[Determinator|pure fighting spirit]]! Nothing less from Sesshoumaru-sama!' }}

** Then, there's Naraku. Being cut to bits is only a minor inconvenience to him.

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== Comic Books ==

* [[Wolverine]] of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' is the iconic [[Superhero]] example. This has been subject to extreme [[Power Creep Power Seep]]; he went from "very tough, but can be killed by a single lucky shot from a [[Humongous Mecha]]" to "survive being at ground zero of a nuke". (He was also once regrown from a single droplet of blood that fell on a powerful [[MacGuffin|Ancient Artifact]] once, but that was more a demonstration of the artifact's power than his own, and [[Or Was It a Dream|may have been hallucinatory]] anyway). An arc in his main book was written to tone this down -- by the same writer who had written one of the more ridiculous examples, ironically enough.It exemplifies [[Voodoo Shark]] - he could ''battle the Angel of Death'' if ever he dies in order to return to life, having beaten him before, but apparently can no longer do this. There's also Wolverine's [[Opposite Sex Clone]] X-23, who has all of Wolverine's powers. Though the exact nature of her healing factor outside of Limbo has yet to be determined. It apparently has [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/677992.html some limit]. Wolverine's son Daken also inherited his fathers healing factor. Finally, Wolverine's arch-enemy Sabretooth had virtually the same power-set, including the healing factor. But all that was cut to an abrupt end. Literally, thanks to Wolvie's anti-healing [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword|katana]] forged from the [[The Dark Side|dark area]] of his soul.

* [[Wolverine]] of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' is the iconic [[Superhero]] example. This has been subject to extreme [[Power Creep, Power Seep]]; he went from "very tough, but can be killed by a single lucky shot from a [[Humongous Mecha]]" to "survive being at ground zero of a nuke". (He was also once regrown from a single droplet of blood that fell on a powerful [[MacGuffin|Ancient Artifact]] once, but that was more a demonstration of the artifact's power than his own, and [[Or Was It a Dream?|may have been hallucinatory]] anyway). An arc in his main book was written to tone this down -- by the same writer who had written one of the more ridiculous examples, ironically enough.It exemplifies [[Voodoo Shark]] - he could ''battle the Angel of Death'' if ever he dies in order to return to life, having beaten him before, but apparently can no longer do this. There's also Wolverine's [[Opposite Sex Clone]] X-23, who has all of Wolverine's powers. Though the exact nature of her healing factor outside of Limbo has yet to be determined. It apparently has [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/677992.html some limit]. Wolverine's son Daken also inherited his fathers healing factor. Finally, Wolverine's arch-enemy Sabretooth had virtually the same power-set, including the healing factor. But all that was cut to an abrupt end. Literally, thanks to Wolvie's anti-healing [[Infinity+1 Sword|katana]] forged from the [[The Dark Side|dark area]] of his soul.

** Due to the nature of most children's shows, this can't be shown that effectively. The 90's X-Men animated show tries to, but it's best shown on TV in ''[[X Men Evolution]]'' when Wolverine is shown to have broken his legs from a helicopter jump, and later on in Season 4 when he falls out a plane.

* [[Lobo]] from [[DC Comics]] has an absurdly over-the-top [[Healing Factor]], as he is partly a Wolverine parody. Plus, neither afterlife wants him.

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* Mr Immortal from Marvel's mutant universe has a unique version: he always recovers from ''fatal'' injury. It's not shown how he'd cope with just normal grievous bodily harm, although this is rarely an issue--typically, he's facing villains who are more than happy to kill him. And if he was just really wounded, all he'd need to do is commit suicide ...

* Marvel's The Juggernaut also has an incredible healing factor, once continuing to fight after being reduced to an angry skeleton. This is often not noted because, like the Hulk, he is incredibly difficult to injure in the first place.

* Paul Kirk, one of [[The DCU]]'s numerous Manhunters, was given his healing factor by a particularly nasty group of [[Well Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]], as (apparently) was one of the clones they made of him, also known as Manhunter. In fact, the revival of Manhunter predates the introduction of Wolverine by a year.

* Paul Kirk, one of [[The DCU]]'s numerous Manhunters, was given his healing factor by a particularly nasty group of [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]], as (apparently) was one of the clones they made of him, also known as Manhunter. In fact, the revival of Manhunter predates the introduction of Wolverine by a year.

* The vampiric Cassidy from ''[[Preacher]]'' could do this, but he had to actually open up someone's vein before he could heal.

* The vampiric Cassidy from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' could do this, but he had to actually open up someone's vein before he could heal.

* The 1990s comic book hero ''Darkhawk'' doesn't exactly have a healing factor, but he can instantly repair all the damage to his android form by {{spoiler|shifting back to his human form, which sends his armor back to the spaceship where it can be almost instantly repaired with nanotechnology, allowing him to summon it back at full strength.}} Injuries to Darkhawk's human body couldn't be healed this way, however.

* Even [[Spider-Man]] is shown to have a limited version of this ability, although it seems more that he can just heal faster from injuries that any normal human can recover from, with bruises and sprains often disappearing only a day or two after Spidey is hurt. He certainly isn't [[Made of Iron]] to the extent that Wolverine and the Hulk are, however.

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* As the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] are a bit [[Bloodier and Gorier]] than the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' TV series, it's much more evident that the Doctor has a certain degree of this ability in the novels than it is on TV. The Doctor regrows a tooth at one point. He walks on a severely broken leg, is severely stabbed, gets shot full of buckshot, has [[Heart Trauma|one of his hearts]] [[Made of Plasticine|ripped out]], [[Real Men Get Shot|etc.,]] and always gets better with a minimum of fuss and no medical attention.

* Tempus from [[Thieves World]] has a healing factor that was given to him by his patron god Vashanka. However, as this is [[Thieves World]] and Vashanka is the {{spoiler|sister-raping, brother-killing, mage-hating,}} generally nasty Rankan war-god, there's [[Blessed With Suck|obviously going to be a catch]]. In this case, Tempus heals from anything that doesn't kill him ''at about the normal human healing rate''. This is particularly crap when {{spoiler|he gets all his limbs and his tongue cut off by a serial killer who doesn't realise he's damn near immortal.}}

* In the ''[[Parrish Plessis]]'' series, one of the abilities granted by [[The Corruption]] is enhanced healing. The effects aren't too extreme; the infected can still be killed by mundane means, and still need a while to recover from severe injuries like broken bones. It is, however, quite good at dealing with toxins, which lead some well-intentioned people to start spreading it around as a cure for the pervasive heavy metal poisoning in their slum. [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|Then the others side-effects of infection began to appear...]]

* In the ''[[Parrish Plessis]]'' series, one of the abilities granted by [[The Corruption]] is enhanced healing. The effects aren't too extreme; the infected can still be killed by mundane means, and still need a while to recover from severe injuries like broken bones. It is, however, quite good at dealing with toxins, which lead some well-intentioned people to start spreading it around as a cure for the pervasive heavy metal poisoning in their slum. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Then the others side-effects of infection began to appear...]]

* The protagonist of the abominable ''[[Baldurs Gate]]'' novelisations, Abdel Adrian, gets this in the second book. Due to {{spoiler|his divine blood,}} his injuries will simply heal after a while, even when bits come off. This mainly serves to counterbalance the fact that, even though he's an awful [[Canon Sue]], he kind of sucks at fighting. Also, it increases the [[Gorn]] potential by letting him be sliced up too.

* Lanik Mueller from ''[[A Planet Called Treason]]'' comes from a family who achieved a [[Healing Factor]] through generations of genetic modifications. It takes a ''lot'' to kill a Mueller. (They routinely cut off each other's fingers and pry out eyes in childhood squabbles.) Puberty is kind of spectacular in them: In their teenage years, their healing factor gets somewhat out of control and they constantly grow many redundant body parts. Their body stabilizes once they reach maturity... except for the "radical regeneratives" whose [[Healing Factor]] remains out of control permanently. Such poor souls lose all rights and are treated as cattle from which organs are harvested for trade.

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* [[Action Girl|Lu]][[The Hero|cy]] from ''Lucy's Blade'' has this, as does anyone who is possessed by [[Our Demons Are Different|Lilith]], which means they can't even get sick. But it isn't that super human - a seriously bad wound could still kill them because there is only so much energy Lilith has and is able to pump through a mortal body without killing her friend.

* Killing an engineered in ''[[Duumvirate]]'' is a matter of either inflicting direct brain damage or making them lose enough blood. Their regeneration isn't what makes this [[Dodge the Bullet|difficult]], however...

* Dr. Cherijo Torin of the ''StarDoc'' novels is this way, thanks to the interference of [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] in the process that created her. She even survives a point-blank gunshot wound to the head, although her [[Laser Guided Amnesia|memories]] and thus personality are severely altered by the event.

* Dr. Cherijo Torin of the ''StarDoc'' novels is this way, thanks to the interference of [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] in the process that created her. She even survives a point-blank gunshot wound to the head, although her [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|memories]] and thus personality are severely altered by the event.

* [[HP Lovecraft]]'s Great Old Ones, or at least Cthulhu, have this form of immortality. In ''Call of Cthulhu'' Cthulhu gets a boat driven through his skull, turning his head into green paste. It reforms instantly. In writings of one of the later mythos writers, he's also gotten vaporized by a nuclear strike, only to reform himself. According to some writers, they can be killed by another Great Old One (or other godlike entity) while other sources state that they are completely unkillable.

* Vampires in ''[[Women of the Otherworld]]'' are like this. Their only special power is incredible healing. At one point, one vampire who had her throat cut is able to walk and talk a few minutes later.

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** In previous editions, there were particular forms of regeneration that varied from monster to monster. The D&D troll, arguably the most famous example, can quickly regenerate wounds from swords and axes, and by themselves these weapons can't kill them, although they can knock them out temporarily by reducing their hit points to zero. The only thing that ''can'' kill them are fire and acid, which also cause damage that can't be regenerated. Whether you blow them up with a fireball, or knock them out with a weapon and then set them on fire or douse them with acid, you need to burn trolls to kill them if you're using standard tactics. If beat into helplessness, they can then be drowned also if there is water nearby (as there often is as they often inhabit swamps). Trolls being vulnerable to fire is likely originally taken from the novel [[Three Hearts and Three Lions]].

** 4e Lycanthropes (were-creatures) have regeneration instead of damage reduction, it is suppressed by, you guessed it, silver.

*** Regeneration is used to create [[Puzzle Boss|Puzzle Bosses]] sometimes in the game; However, it occasionally backfires through really counterintuitive or contradictory responses being required, e.g. the Tendriculos, a [[Man Eating Plant]], regenerates from fire and axes, and is vulnerable to ''electrical attacks and blunt weapons''. Another man eating plant has a sort of healing factor in that it ''gains health from being hit by electrical attacks'' (the Shambling Mound).

*** Regeneration is used to create [[Puzzle Boss|Puzzle Bosses]] sometimes in the game; However, it occasionally backfires through really counterintuitive or contradictory responses being required, e.g. the Tendriculos, a [[Man-Eating Plant]], regenerates from fire and axes, and is vulnerable to ''electrical attacks and blunt weapons''. Another man eating plant has a sort of healing factor in that it ''gains health from being hit by electrical attacks'' (the Shambling Mound).

** Healing Factor is the name of a feat in the ''[[Eberron]]'' campaign setting. It allows shifters to regain health whenever they return to their normal form.

** In the recent fourth edition, regeneration works more like the previous fast healing ability and does not function at 0 [[Hit Points]] or less. On the other hand, 'special' attacks (fire vs. trolls, silver against lycanthropes) generally only suppress it for one turn before it kicks back in.

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* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' - The potent-or-not Healing Factors of Dante and Vergil constitute one of the series' more annoying [[Cutscene Power to The Max]] moments.

* Kyouya from ''[[Diabolo]]'', despite his terminal illness, claims to heal in his sleep (and considering after a night's rest some scratches on his face disappeared, this may not have been a bluff).

* ''[[Mega Man X]]'' gets it in the third game when he gets either the enhanced helmet or the [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword|Golden Armor]].

* ''[[Mega Man X]]'' gets it in the third game when he gets either the enhanced helmet or the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Golden Armor]].

* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' has the Medic class. Although a class designed to heal others, the Medic can also heal from any damage back to full health, which is good when you consider that he can't turn his medigun on himself. If the Medic goes a certain amount of time without getting hurt again, he regenerates faster. In total, it takes less than half a minute to regenerate to full health, even from the last hitpoint. Equipping the [[Life Drain|Blutsauger]] reduces his regeneration speed, while equipping the [[Selectively Lethal Weapon|Crusader's]] [[Healing Shiv|Crossbow]] and Amputator will increase his regeneration speed instead.

* Trolls in the ''[[War Craft]]'' universe have a healing factor known as Troll Regeneration. They can regenerate limbs unless fire, magic is used or if they angered their loa gods. In-game, this translates to regaining lost HP points without the aid of healers or potions. (in World of Warcraft ''everyone'' regains HP in this manner, but Trolls do it ''faster'') and are the only ones tha can do it while in combat.

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** In ''Warcraft 3'', you have to [[You Have Researched Breathing|research]] the ability if you want your Trolls to regenerate faster. Even then, it has about no effect during a battle, though it does help to save on Healing Salves after the battle.

* The final boss in ''[[Serious Sam]]: The First Encounter'', Ugh-Zan the Third, is a towering behemoth who is nearly impossible to kill thanks to his regeneration abilities. To kill him, a player will have to wear him down first with his own weaponry before activating an enormous death ray to finish him off before he can trigger his healing ability.

* Albedo, one of the antagonists of ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'', has this ability to the level that makes him immortal. This is in fact why he is {{spoiler|so [[Ax Crazy]] in the first place. His fear of losing Rubedo, and all those close to him, to death while not being able to die himself, drove him insane. Now he seeks just that, [[Who Wants to Live Forever|ending his own life.]]}}

* Albedo, one of the antagonists of ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'', has this ability to the level that makes him immortal. This is in fact why he is {{spoiler|so [[Ax Crazy]] in the first place. His fear of losing Rubedo, and all those close to him, to death while not being able to die himself, drove him insane. Now he seeks just that, [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|ending his own life.]]}}

* The main character in ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' doesn't have much in his favor, but it helps that he can take a crushing blow from a Godzilla-sized hulking monstrosity, get pounded into the dust, and as long as he's still alive he'll shake it off in a minute or two.

* In ''[[Mass Effect]]'', this rapid healing is one of the abilities of the Soldier class, as well as the Krogan Battlemaster class.

** It's a racial ability for both vorcha and krogan in the [[Mass Effect]] universe -- the former because of their unique cell structures, the latter due to very resilient physiologies that include secondary and sometimes even tertiary organ systems (for a start, they have fully redundent nervous systems). In [[Mass Effect 2]], in fact, they will heal from brink of death to full health in seconds unless you hit them with an Incinerate or Warp power, or shoot them with Incendiary (and possibly Warp) Ammo.

* The ''[[Touhou Project]]'' series features [[Immortality|Kaguya Houraisan]] and [[Who Wants to Live Forever|Fujiwara no Mokou]] whose healing factors are derived from the Hourai Elixir, the Elixir of Immortality. Theirs is a Type IV immortality; they can resurrect from total bodily destruction, feeling [[Fate Worse Than Death|every little thing along the way]] and, as suspected, getting used to it. The only way the protagonists can fight Mokou in an otherwise safe duel in the Extra stage is by attacking her for lethal durations and repeatedly killing her until she is ''too tired''.

* The ''[[Touhou Project]]'' series features [[Immortality|Kaguya Houraisan]] and [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|Fujiwara no Mokou]] whose healing factors are derived from the Hourai Elixir, the Elixir of Immortality. Theirs is a Type IV immortality; they can resurrect from total bodily destruction, feeling [[Fate Worse Than Death|every little thing along the way]] and, as suspected, getting used to it. The only way the protagonists can fight Mokou in an otherwise safe duel in the Extra stage is by attacking her for lethal durations and repeatedly killing her until she is ''too tired''.

{{quote| '''Marisa:''' Shall we do it again? Maybe you really are invincible.

'''Alice:''' Invincible, maybe, but she seems worn out.

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** Also, [[Our Vampires Are Different|Remilia]] [[The Ojou|Scarlet]] has been [[Informed Ability|stated]] to be able to regenerate indefinitely so long as at least [[From a Single Cell|''something'']] remains of her being, such as a ''piece of bat flesh''. [[Informed Ability|Though we never actually see her regenerate from an apparent death,]] we ''are'' treated firsthand to her ability to '''infinitely spawn bats from herself''', ALL of which are fair game for her [[Healing Factor]]. Essentially, unless you make extremely sure there's no trace of her left ''at all'', she's nigh unkillable.

** ''Ten Desires'' brings us Yoshika Miyako, a [[Jiangshi]] with the "ability to eat anything and everything", who uses this ability in-game to restore her health by absorbing spirits. This can make her first and third spellcards, the ones that make use of this ability, annoying to capture, as for the first you have to refrain from shooting down the bullet-shooting [[Flunky Boss|enemies]] Yoshika produces, and for the third card, you must weave through her bullets and slip past lasers to get close to the boss when she summons a bunch of blue spirits, so you can collect them before she does.

* A recent [[First Person Shooter]] (as well as other shooters) trend has been to apply this trope to the main character. It doesn't matter how many bullets have pierced your body in total over the course of the adventure: As long as you can find some cover to hide behind for a few seconds before this particular batch of bullets kill you, you're fit for fight again.

* A recent [[First-Person Shooter]] (as well as other shooters) trend has been to apply this trope to the main character. It doesn't matter how many bullets have pierced your body in total over the course of the adventure: As long as you can find some cover to hide behind for a few seconds before this particular batch of bullets kill you, you're fit for fight again.

** Nathan Drake from ''[[Uncharted Drakes Fortune]]'' is thus able to run around punching gun-wielding mercenaries to death, as long as he can dart in and out of cover.

*** Developers handwaved this particular aspect of Drake as his health not actually representing his well being, but rather his (incredible) luck. The idea here is that Nate is effectively pushing his luck the longer he stands in the line of fire, and there is a point at which fate gives up on him and lets him die.

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* ''[[Wayward Sons (Webcomic)|Wayward Sons]]'': All Ulympeans and Tytans got this along with their [[Personality Powers]]. Beheading is the only way to kill them now.

* In ''[[Elijah and Azuu]]'', it's common for both angels and demons to recover from grievous injuries, but one storyline firmly established that Azuu could easily regrow his arm after having it hacked off by a sword that specifically halts a demon's healing factor. His mom was injured by the same sword in an earlier story arc, and she had to consume several souls in order to recover.

* In ''[[Jack (Webcomic)|Jack]]'' those who {{spoiler|"missed their chance to die"}} are apparently this, unfortunately they usually don't realize this. And it's [[Who Wants to Live Forever|implied to not be a good thing]]

* In ''[[Jack (Webcomic)|Jack]]'' those who {{spoiler|"missed their chance to die"}} are apparently this, unfortunately they usually don't realize this. And it's [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|implied to not be a good thing]]

* Webcomic artist [http://shivae.net/ Tiffany Ross] loves this one so much, two unrelated series have variations of it:

** ''[[The Cyantian Chronicles (Webcomic)|The Cyantian Chronicles]]'' has it as one of the traits of [[Superpowerful Genetics|genetic elites]] including Alpha and his son, Syrys, Shean Tibal and his [[Complete Monster|bad-boy]] son, Rama, as well as several cubs (at this point only shown with Rama's son, [http://cyantian.net/akaelae/2005/03/03/d-26/ Vin]). Also it only works if the subject is moving, as elites were originally intended as [[Blood Sport|pit fighters]].