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* ''[[Superman and Batman Generations]]'': There is a pool that makes a person submerged in it immortal, but two people have to enter together and one of them will die. |
* ''[[Superman and Batman Generations]]'': There is a pool that makes a person submerged in it immortal, but two people have to enter together and one of them will die. |
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* The Lazarus Pits used by [[Batman]] archfoe Ra's Al Ghul and others can rejuvenate the dying. Ra's Al Ghul is hundreds of years old thanks to the Pits. |
* The Lazarus Pits used by [[Batman]] archfoe Ra's Al Ghul and others can rejuvenate the dying. Ra's Al Ghul is hundreds of years old thanks to the Pits. |
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* [[Marvel Comics]]' [ |
* [[Marvel Comics]]' [[wikipedia:Ulysses Bloodstone|Ulysses Bloodstone]] is immortal because of a meteorite/gem shard stuck in his chest. At the end of his story, it gets surgically removed by some bad guys and he dies. |
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* The Sphinx, an enemy of [[Nova (Comic Book)|Nova]], was an Ancient Egyptian Priest given immortality and great powers by a gem he found in a mysterious temple. But he came to [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|regret living for thousands of years]]; his main motivation was to find a way to end his own existence. |
* The Sphinx, an enemy of [[Nova (Comic Book)|Nova]], was an Ancient Egyptian Priest given immortality and great powers by a gem he found in a mysterious temple. But he came to [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|regret living for thousands of years]]; his main motivation was to find a way to end his own existence. |
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* [[Vandal Savage]] was a Cro-Magnon man named Vadar Adg who found a strange meteorite that fell to Earth one cold night. He fell asleep near it, being bathed in its rays during the night, and he woke up an immortal being. However, the meteorite's effects aren't permanent; Vandal occasionally needs to eat the flesh and organs of his own descendants to maintain his immortality. |
* [[Vandal Savage]] was a Cro-Magnon man named Vadar Adg who found a strange meteorite that fell to Earth one cold night. He fell asleep near it, being bathed in its rays during the night, and he woke up an immortal being. However, the meteorite's effects aren't permanent; Vandal occasionally needs to eat the flesh and organs of his own descendants to maintain his immortality. |
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== Live-Action TV == |
== Live-Action TV == |
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* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', despite regaining a set of regenerations, the John Simm version of the Master forces himself not to, storing his essence inside a ring to revive himself later. |
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** Similarly, the Kastrian Eldrad was blown into a single hand. He and his entire race could store their genetic imprint into a ring to be reawakened with a burst of radiation even after over a hundred million years. |
** Similarly, the Kastrian Eldrad was blown into a single hand. He and his entire race could store their genetic imprint into a ring to be reawakened with a burst of radiation even after over a hundred million years. |
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** Then there's the Time Vortex, which can do virtually anything. When Rose absorbs it, she uses it to revive the recently-killed Captain Jack Harkness. However, since she is an inexperienced "Time Goddess", she ends up reviving him ''permanently'' (essentially setting his "revive" setting to "always on"). Nothing can kill him (unless {{spoiler|a giant vagina in Earth makes him mortal again, overriding the Time Vortex}}). |
** Then there's the Time Vortex, which can do virtually anything. When Rose absorbs it, she uses it to revive the recently-killed Captain Jack Harkness. However, since she is an inexperienced "Time Goddess", she ends up reviving him ''permanently'' (essentially setting his "revive" setting to "always on"). Nothing can kill him (unless {{spoiler|a giant vagina in Earth makes him mortal again, overriding the Time Vortex}}). |
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* In [[Chinese Mythology]], the Peaches of Immortality grow in the garden of the Jade Emperor of Heaven and are given to gods, sages and others deemed worthy of them. |
* In [[Chinese Mythology]], the Peaches of Immortality grow in the garden of the Jade Emperor of Heaven and are given to gods, sages and others deemed worthy of them. |
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* In [[Greek Mythology]], the food of the gods, grows on Mt. Olympus and grants their immortality. |
* In [[Greek Mythology]], the food of the gods, grows on Mt. Olympus and grants their immortality. |
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* In [[Norse Mythology]], the gods maintain their immortality by the eating of [[How Do You Like Them Apples|golden apples]] cultivated by the goddess Iðunn. You might be noticing a pattern here. |
* In [[Norse Mythology]], the gods maintain their immortality by the eating of [[How Do You Like Them Apples?|golden apples]] cultivated by the goddess Iðunn. You might be noticing a pattern here. |
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