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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Shinigami in ''[[Death Note]]''. When a Shinigami kills a human, that human's lifespan is added to the Shinigami's. Shinigamis who don't kill regularly will die.
* ''[[Kurobara Alice]]'': Vampires can drink each other's blood to extend their lifespan, but it will shorten the blood-source's life by the same amount. Becomes a vehicle for some serious [[Angst]] when a sympathetic character is revealed to be short-on-time.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Morlun from ''[[Spider-Man]]'' belongs to a race, the Ancients, that maintain immortality by draining life energy from people, especially people who are an animalistic totem.
* ''[[X-Men]]'' villainess Selene, The Black Queen. A millenia-year old mutant who can drain the life out of others to keep herself young. As an added bonus, said lifeforce also fuels her sorcerous powers.
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== [[Film
* The Fountain Of Youth in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean|Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'' restored a person's life this way.
* The evil Queen in the trailers of ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'' is shown draining the [[Life Energy]] of an unfortunate woman to rejuvenate herself.
== [[Live
* The Wraith from ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', who feed on ''something'' from their victims that causes them to age rapidly. It's implied to be life force, but never actually spelled out.
* Javna, a demon from ''[[Charmed]]''. He needed to regularly steal the youth of his victims, aging them into old people, in order to retain his youthful form. If he doesn't, he ages rapidly.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Lord Voldemort in ''[[Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone]]'' stays alive by drinking unicorn blood.
* [[Elric]] will use his sword [[Evil Weapon|Stormbringer]] to drink the souls/lifeforce of the beings he attacks.
* The Kurians of the [[Vampire Earth]] drink life force through their vampiric avatars, who live off the blood of the victims.
* In ''[[The Black Saint]]'' {{spoiler|Mustane}} has been using this to keep himself alive for centuries, possibly millennia.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Reaver of ''[[Fable II]]'', who keeps his youth through the centuries by sacrificing the youth of innocents to the Shadow Court.
* [[Metroid]]s do this, using their claw/fangs to latch onto a creature and sucking the life out of it, leaving behind a withered husk that crumbles into dust at the slightest touch. This is also implied to be the reason that most weapons to not affect them: they channel absorbed energy into a natural forcefield that defends against attacks. It is not made clear whether or not a Metroid ever dies of old age.
* Vampires in ''[[Castlevania]]'', especially Dracula, have a mixture of Type III and Type X. They can drink the blood of mortals to regain strength and youth, but vampires also seems to have the common trait of being able to automatically resurrect. For Dracula himself, it generally takes 100 years or so, but he also is often resurrected by outside forces loyal to him. This is basically why the Belmonts and the other good guys have to kill him over and over again... Well, until 1999, when the good guys finally had the opportunity to kill him off for good, and thanks to Julius Belmont, they succeeded. However, Dracula [[Castlevania Sorrow|still managed to reincarnate, thankfully, as a good guy, this time.]]
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* The monster in France from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' was a former human who achieved immortality by draining the lives of young women.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Justice League]]'' had an episode featuring Morgan Le Fay surviving this way.
* In a ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' episode, the big bad is using some kind of magic stone to absorb youth from kids, resulting in this trope. As soon as aforementioned magic stone is destroyed, [[No Immortal Inertia]] is triggered.
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