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Relatedly, even the hardest-nosed Nietzscheans and Randians have been known to go on (the latter at length, of course) about the "life-force".
In [[Anime]], is often the [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire alternative]] to [[Bloodless Carnage|drinking blood]], but also is often used to explain why human blood is [[The Power of Blood|better]] for vampires than non-human or why they can't feed on the dead. It just sates their [[Horror Hunger]] better. Many [[Anime]] antagonists, especially enemies of [[Magical Girl
The victim of Life Energy theft may recover if only a little of it is taken, or else may end up in a [[Convenient Coma|coma]] that is unexplainable to mundane doctors. Other results include becoming a walking [[Empty Shell]], or outright dying as the body becomes a skeleton or even [[No Body Left Behind|crumbles to ash]].
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Not to be confused with [[Gradius|the NES space jet game of the same title]], or [[Lifeforce|the 1985 sci-fi movie]].
See also [[Aura Vision]] and [[Anatomy of the Soul]]. If
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== Comics ==
* This may be what the planet-eating [[Galactus]] in [[Marvel Comics]] feeds on.
* The Life Entity of the [[Green Lantern Corps]] mythos is the embodiment of life, and thus, is [[Energy Being|made of pure]]
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== Literature ==
* [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series uses a fairly [[Magic A Is Magic A|well-developed magic system]] that is based almost entirely around this concept. All living beings generate Life Energy, which drains away from them [[Background Magic Field|into the ambient environment]], eventually collecting into [[Ley Line
** Lackey's ''Children of the Night'' has '[[Our Vampires Are Different|psi-vamps]]' who drain energy from others. In this case the energy is [[Emotion Eater|tied to emotions]]
* The ''[[Night Watch]]'' series of novels has the "Others", a group of superpowered and supernatural humans forced to choose between good and evil when they first gain knowledge of their gift, can get energy from taking the emotions of normal humans and store it for later use. Some are actual vampires, and do need blood in addition to any life energy they get, albeit not necessarily human blood. {{spoiler|The good Others take happiness and joy, leaving those they take power from depressed and likely to kill themselves, while the evil Others take fear and depression away, leaving their victims happier and feeling more capable of dealing with problems. Although when it's not a simple one time feeding they establish a cycle where the Others create the emotions they feed off in their actions. So a famous Pioneer Camp is used as a rest resort, the Light feed during the days while helping the kids have fun, while the dark ones feed of the same kids fears at night.}}
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' universe, Dementors require (and enjoy) feeding off people's happiness, making them quite depressing to be around. (Aptly, considering they are based off of J.K. Rowling's period of clinical depression following the death of her mother.) Anyone in their immediate vicinity is prone to becoming nearly-catatonic with sadness, desperation, etc. In more extreme cases, they can give someone a "kiss" by sucking out their soul and leaving behind an [[Empty Shell]].
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has many creatures that can [[Level Drain|drain life energy levels]], such as many undead, succubus demons and so on. Class Levels being certainly the most hardly-earned feature of a PC, such creatures are greatly
** ''[[Spelljammer]]'' also included
* ''[[GURPS]] Aliens''. The Gloworms feed on
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]''. The Colour Out of Space monster feeds on
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* Mana from ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''. When the world decays, a Chosen sets out to restore Mana, {{spoiler|and takes it away from the parallel world, causing them to spit out a Chosen to tilt it back again.}}
* Prevalent in Nasu Kinoko's works (the [[Nasuverse]]).
** ''[[Tsukihime]]'': {{
** ''[[Fate/stay night]]'': the Mages (Masters) and their Servants have the ability to manipulate the life energy of others (mana) both willingly and [[Black Magic|unwillingly]].
* The title creatures from ''[[Metroid]]'' drain the life energy from any animal unfortunate enough to encounter it. The [[Space Pirates]] tried to use science to explain the phenomena, but could find absolutely no trace of this "life energy", only the proof that it undeniably was occuring.
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