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{{quote|''"Any sufficiently durable individual is indistinguishable from immortals."''|Anonymous}}
The power of unambiguously superhuman durability, ranging from being "merely" capable of taking a dozen gunshot wounds and keeping walking like they were nothing, to getting hit by a train car and only suffering a few shallow cuts and minor bruises, to having enough explosives to take out a ''skyscraper'' strapped to your chest, have ''them'' detonate, and get a few second degree burns and ''maybe'' a couple of broken ribs for your trouble
This is a [[Required Secondary Power]] to be able to do anything with [[Super Strength]]; without it, Newton's Third Law would result in you breaking your hand every time you threw a super-punch, and every bone would snap under the tension of lifting a car.
[[Nigh Invulnerability]] (specifically, the [[Made of Diamond]] type) is this trope's [[Up to Eleven|big brother]], where almost '''nothing''' is able to harm the character. Compare [[Made of Iron]], where an explicitly non-superpowered character can take a lot more punishment that is normally possible for no apparent ''or'' explained reason, though [[Charles Atlas Superpower]] can blur the line between [[Made of Iron]] and
A standard component of the [[Flying Brick]] package. ''Sometimes'' a side-effect of [[Adaptive Ability|particularly adaptive]] [[Healing Factor
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* Shizuo Heiwajima from ''[[Durarara!!]]''. Someone once shot a ballistic knife into his chest at almost point blank range. It went in about half a centimeter.
* '''WHITEBEARD''' from ''[[One Piece]]''. When {{spoiler|getting half of your face punched off by a [[Magma Man]]}} is a minor annoyance, you are this trope.
* '''THE THIRD RAIKAGE''' from ''[[Naruto]]''. When you can [[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Badass|Master Chief]] of ''[[Halo]]'' fame is a [[Super Soldier|Spartan-II]] who can survive atmospheric reentry and subsequent impact with the ground [[Power Armor|almost]] unaided. The fact that he didn't turn into a squishy soup like mixture is a testament to his
* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'' gives us Alex Mercer. He isn't unkillable, but multiple RPGs, choppers, tanks and zombies aren't going to do the job ''unless the player is playing the game '''wrong'''''.
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