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{{cleanup|The examples listed here need to be moved to the appropriate sub-pages identified on the main [[Immortality]] page. This will involve some sorting and decision-making, as the work on this page was incomplete at the time of the fork. After that, this page needs to be checked to ensure everything remaining here - except the TVTropes style "Type I", "Type II", and so on headers - is already on the main [[Immortality]] page. Once that's done, this page can be deleted.}}
One of the oldest of human desires is to counteract [[We Are
Of course, having been around for so long, Our Immortality Is Different, and comes in several flavours. These categories are not mutually exclusive; there's plenty of room for overlap.
Contrast [[Immortality Immorality]], [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]], and [[Immortality Begins At Twenty]].
Compare [[Back From the Dead]], [[Death Is Cheap]], and [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]].
See also the [[Sorting Algorithm of Deadness]], [[Immortality Hurts]], [[Immortal Life Is Cheap]], [[Living Forever Is Awesome]], [[Perpetual Motion Monster]] and [[Sliding Scale of Undead Regeneration]].
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[[Complete Immortality]]?
* ''[[Star Trek]]'''s Q. Specifically Qs seem totally invulnerable but when the Q continuum descends into a civil war they do figure out ways to kill one another.
== Non-Specific Examples ==
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* ''[[Tsukihime]]'': Considering all the vampires, of course there's Type X (vampiric) and Type V (undead), though with their cannon-fodder status, calling the latter "immortal" would be pushing it. Any vampire of note is a Type III, but to be more specific...
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** At the end of Arc's route (and the anime), Arc disintegrates all but the feet of [[Big Bad]] vampire Roa in a single attack; [[Back From the Dead|moments later]], Roa comments that if it hadn't been a full moon he would have been toast... Not that would have mattered in the long run, though, as Roa is also an imperfect Type IV. If his body is killed, his soul simply transfers to his next host. However, his actual mind and persona have long since decayed and as such merely transfers memory and knowledge, which usually bend their host into a form similar to how he was in life.
** Roa also gives Shiki a case of Type VII in one route of the game, possessing him after his earlier body is destroyed and turning him into a vampire. {{spoiler|He gets better.}}
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as is stated several times in-game, no one is really immortal, as the whole point of Shiki's "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception" are that ''anything'' can be killed. The only known exception is Arcueid during a full moon.
*** According to some materials, [[Starfish Alien|ORT]] does not have a form of death that Shiki can percieve and attack. It can still be destroyed, but it won't quite die as we understand it.
* [[Moe Anthropomorphism|China]] from [[Axis Powers Hetalia]] is listed in the [[All There in the Manual|author's blog]] as 4000 years old and immortal. He's the only nation listed as such, and the only character to look the same age throughout, from the discovery of Japan (his earliest appearance) to modern day. He's a natural and non-parasitic immortal, but he lacks the invulnerability of a Type I, the conditional clause of the Type II, and the aging and suckiness factor of Type VI. It's considerably less noticable than immortality tends to be, due to the strips' [[Anachronic Order]] and the rest of the cast being [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]].
** This also extends, to a degree, to the other Nations. In addition to being [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]], it's implied that they're regenerative to a point.
* {{spoiler|The [[Split At Birth]] halves of the Yorae Dragon}} from ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'' would likely be a Type I had the god in question NOT been split in half via a botched summoning. (In fact, it's {{spoiler|pretty explicitly proven this is the case in the [[Bad End]] when Infini destroys your party.}}) Instead, Fou-lu and Ryu end up as (functionally) Type III {{spoiler|until in the Good End Ryu separates the worlds of gods and mortals and thus they become mortal, or in the Bad End the two merge as the Infini Dragon and thus become Type I}}.
** Fou-lu in particular is arguably a Type III/Type XI in that he is a literal [[God
** The recently-completed [[Comic Book Adaptation]] pretty much explicitly defines Fou-lu (and by extension, Ryu) as a Type III especially during the Sonne arc.
** The same game (and manga adaptation) also have Deis as a Type IV/Type XI immortal. {{spoiler|She too is the victim of a botched summoning--only in her case, only the spirit but not the body came across.}}
** For that matter, ''all'' Endless can in fact be considered Type VII immortals as well. {{spoiler|It is stated in the game that the Endless are pulled from another world--often ''not'' voluntarily--and in essence are granted immortality by the process of becoming a [[Physical God]] via summoning.}}
* You can find at least one of the various immortals of the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' in each of the categories. Among others, these include: The Golden Avenger, a [[Flying Brick]] who originally fought crime in the 1940s and stopped aging when he gained his powers, has Perfect Immortality. Master Mist, the immortal sorcerer who now rules Liberia as a benevolent dictator, is Undying. Splatterman is [[Healing Factor|Regenerative]]. Mister Easter is [[Back From the Dead|Resurrective]]. The Black Lion is an [[The Undead|Undead knight]]. Abyss is an example of [[Blessed with Suck|Immortality Only]]. The Emperor is an External immortal. Major Liberty is the [[Immortality Through Legacy|tenth hero of that name]], but the general public thinks he's been the same person all along. The Bodysnatcher has Parasitic immortality, being able to switch from body to body whenever she needs a new one. Vivian von Klause is a Projected Avatar; she grows old and dies (or can be killed) like normal, but is reborn shortly thereafter. Category Zero is the exception; no characters in the GGU fit into Category Zero.
* Immortals from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' are essentially type I but incorporate type IV in the sense that they choose to die whenever they think they have become too powerful in order to counteract [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]. When they do this they pretty much start life again from scratch with only their basic nature, base power and their previous life's memories rendered as mere second hand knowledge.
** Aberrations on the other hand are magic users who went the type IX or type X route intentionally through magic in order to achieve immortality.
** Magus is a special case in that he is effectively type XI except he is stuck on the spiritual plane and can interact only with immortals and aberrations in a meaningful way although he can amplify the emotions of mortals.
** Notably, according to [[Word of God]], there are no and never will be type Vs in the EGS multiverse.
* The [[Warcraft]] III custom campaign, [[To the Bitter End]] features a number of immortals displaying a number of different types of immortality. Indeed, one of the main plot points is that the villain believes immortals are the only beings with the necessary long-term thinking and longevity to effectively rule over mortals.
** Type III immortality seems the most common, with [[The Hero|Soul Reaver]], [[Big Bad|Morganem]], the insectoid Kherek, [[The Dragon|Maelstrom]], his lover Kathryn and the [[Necromancer]] Kaine Shariven among others all displaying this. And all immortals in the game seem to have a [[Healing Factor]].
** Type V immortality is found amongst the [[Undead]] Dustwalker (and his minions).
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** Eryion Xanatha has his incorporeal soul suspended inside a nigh-indestructible suit of magical armour, making him Type VII.
** Fei Serumen, being an Ancient Vampire Lord, falls into Type X
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