- "You can't hurt them. It takes death to stop their pain."
- ― Mask Market
- "There is no pain where strength lies."
- ― Darth Maul (Star Wars)
The power to neutralize one's sensitivity to physical pain. Sub-power of Pain Manipulation. Not to be confused with Discomfort Immunity.
Also Called
- Anesthesia
- Congenital Insensitivity to Pain/CIP/Congenital Analgesia
- Enhanced Pain Threshold
- Pain Immunity
- Pain Cancellation/Dullness/Inhibition/Neutralization/Numbness/Resistance/Tolerance
- Unfeeling Body
Capabilities
Users can block pain at will, are incapable of feeling pain or are highly resistant to physical pain of any kind, allowing them to think clearly and continue to move despite grievous injury. Users can think clearly, continue to move, ignore torture and generally function in situations where pain would disable a normal person.
Applications
- User is able to suppress pain at will.
- User is incapable of feeling pain.
- User has resistance to pain and can ignore it, exhibiting little or no discomfort.
- User is capable of redirecting pain.
- User may develop high to extreme tolerance for pain.
Variations
- Endorphin Activation: activating the brain to produce pain suppressants.
Associations
- Bionic Physiology
- Enhanced Durability
- Enhanced Endurance
- Enhanced Health
- Enhanced Stamina
- Enhanced Survivability
- Discomfort Immunity
- High Resistance
- Injury Immunity
- Invulnerability
- Overexertion Immunity
- Pain Manipulation
- Reactionlessness
- Regenerative Healing Factor
- Technorganic Physiology
- Undead Physiology
Limitations
- May not be able to turn their ability "off".
- May not be immune to Pain Inducement.
- Not feeling pain may leave the user ignorant to crippling injuries, which may disable them without them even knowing why.
- User may only be able to tolerate and ignore the pain, and not actually cancel it out.
- User's body may increase and destabilize their emotional output.
- May not be immune to some types of pain or amounts of it.
- Unable to feel pain may also sport as a weakness as it will make user overconfident.
Known Users
See Also: Feel No Pain.
Comics/Cartoons
- Zannah of Khera (28Wildstorm)
- Ayam Aghoul (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- The Joker (DC Comics)
- NKVDemon (DC Comics)
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Batman (DC Comics)
- Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
- Snowflame (DC Comics)
- Ten (Justice League)
- Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- The Punisher (Marvel Comics)
- Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
- Francis Freeman/Ajax (Marvel Comics)
- Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Sabertooth (Marvel Comics)
- Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
- Erik the Red (Marvel Comics)
- Morph (Marvel Comics)
- Blob (Marvel Comics)
- Iron Fist (Marvel Comics)
- Scavenger (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Destine (Marvel Comics)
- Fantomex (Marvel Comics)
- Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics/Marvel 2099)
- The Scotsman (Samurai Jack)
- Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Brock Samson (The Venture Bros.)
- Midnighter (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
- Jody (Preacher)
Anime/Manga
- Kouji Tanaka (Ajin)
- Guts (Berserk); via Berserker Armor
- Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
- Saya Otonashi (Blood+)
- Nomura Fudo (Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism)
- Kanon Ozu (Coppelion)
- Ryu Hayabusa (Dead or Alive/Ninja Gaiden)
- Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super)
- Gilles de Rais (Drifters)
- Shimazu Toyohisa (Drifters)
- Shizuo Heiwajiwa (Durarara!!)
- Imitatia (Fairy Tail)
- Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Twilights (GANGSTA.); when overdosed on Celebrer upper
- Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
- Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)
- Kamui (Gintama)
- Meruem (Hunter X Hunter)
- InuYasha (InuYasha)
- Hong Xiao-Hu (Kengan Ashura)
- Mr. A (Kiseijū Sei no Kakuritsu)
- Parasites (Kiseijū Sei no Kakuritsu)
- Agata Katsuhira (Kiznaiver); via connection to Sonozaki Noriko
- Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Candice (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Alviss (Marchen Awakens Romance); under the influence of the Zombie Tattoo
- Heero Yuy (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing)
- Ban (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Gowther (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Meliodas (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Obito Uchiha (Naruto)
- Sasori (Naruto)
- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
- Arlong (One Piece)
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
- Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece)
- Zombies (One Piece)
- Whitebeard (One Piece)
- Hody Jones (One Piece)
- Hajrudin (One Piece)
- Saitama (One Punch Man)
- Sweet Mask (One Punch Man)
- Sayaka Miki (Puella Magi)
- Kahlua Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire)
- Yukishiro Enishi (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Moon); via Taioron Crystal
- Chihiro Furuya (Sankarea)
- Yuki Nagato (Suzumiya Haruhi)
- Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul); after being tortured by Jason
- Sunny (Toriko)
- Checkmate (Ultimate Muscle)
- Yuki Nagato (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Video Games
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Visorak Vohtarak (Bionicle)
- Cloud Strife (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
- Dante (Devil May Cry)
- Lady (Devil May Cry)
- Ares (God of War)
- Zeus (God of War)
- Kratos (God of War)
- Deimos (God of War)
- Spartan IIIs (Halo)
- Daniella (Haunting Ground)
- Conduits (Infamous)
- Grimmgarl (Kaiju Combat)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
- Vorcha (Mass Effect)
- Big Boss (Metal Gear)
- Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
- Raiden (Metal Gear Rising)
- Samuel (Metal Gear Rising)
- Meat (Mortal Kombat)
- Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
- Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
- The Prince (Prince of Persia)
- Users with the Dull Pain skill (Punch Quest)
- Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil)
- Las Plagas hosts (Resident Evil)
- Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Players (Sword Art Online)
- Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
- Fujino Asagami (TYPE-MOON)
- Nathan Drake (Uncharted)
- Space Marine's (Warhammer 40,000)
- Wario (Wario Land/Super Mario)
Live Film/Television
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street); via dream world
- Ninja Assassin (Angel)
- Leon Kawalski (Blade Runner)
- Pris (Blade Runner)
- Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Riley Finn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Forrest Gates (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Richard B. Riddick (The Chronicles of Riddick)
- Hayden Tenno (Dark Sector)
- Peyton Westlake (Darkman)
- Scarecrows (Doctor Who)
- Reavers (Firefly/Serenity)
- Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly/Serenity)
- Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
- Michael Myers (Halloween)
- Pinhead (Hellraiser)
- Claire Bennet (Heroes)
- Adam Monroe/Takezo Kensei (Heroes)
- John Wick (John Wick)
- Kick-Ass (Kick-Ass series)
- NZT User (Limitless)
- Agents (The Matrix)
- Skull Face (Metal Gear)
- The Black Knight (Monty Python and the holy grail)
- Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
- Painkiller Jane (Painkiller Jane)
- Alice (Resident Evil)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
- Mr.Sunshine (Saints Row 2)
- Vulcans (Star Trek)
- Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
- Renard The Anarchist (The World Is Not Enough)
Literature
- Roland (Lord Marksman and Vanadis)
- Fletcher (Red Queen)
- Daedalus (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series)
Other
- Caliborn (Homestuck)
- CyborPyro (TF2 Freak)
- Waffler (Mystery Men)
- Undead (Mythology/Folklore)
- Hazel Rainart (RWBY)
Gallery
Comics/Cartoons
Cassandra Cain (DC Comics) is able to take bullet wounds without even flinching.
Spider-Man 2099 (Marvel Comics) once suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs, and major abrasions from a fall off a building, and effortlessly walked to the hospital.
Peter Cannon aka Thunderbolt has the power to ignore pain.
Due to genetic enhancement Connor Hawke (DC Comics) has a heightened resistance to pain.
Noh-varr (Marvel Comics) can re-route his neurological impulses so that he can avoid experiencing physical pain.
Mister Punch (Marvel Comics) was born with the mutant power to feel no pain.
Midnighter (Wildstorm) can turn his pain receptors on and off whenever he wants.
The Challenger has the superpower to render himself immune to pain.
After being stabbed, run over and having skeletal fractures from a hit and run, Kick-Ass (Kick-Ass series) had permanent nerve damage and surgical implants giving him the superpower of suppressing any kind of pain.
Holdon Carver (Wildstorm) of Sleeper is impervious to pain.
Lord Bravery (Freakzoid) feels no pain.
Brock Samson (The Venture Bros.) possesses incredible resistance to pain; at one point, simple surgery to remove a bullet revealed a myriad of objects that he failed to notice.
Wolverine (Marvel Comics) has been shot with bullets....
...arrows...
and stabbed repeatedly over the course of 100 yrs with every kind of weapon known to man.
Anime/Manga
Meruem (Hunter X Hunter) possesses incredible pain tolerance, to the extent that he can rip off his own arm without batting an eye.
Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) possesses incredible endurance to pain, able to withstand being stabbed in the chest and even taking on all of Luffy's pain and fatigue.
Even in his childhood Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece) could withstand being brutally bullied by his three superhumanly strong brothers...
...by adulthood, Sanji is tenacious enough to survive the most powerful attacks from the strongest enemies.
Oars (One Piece) is a zombie, and therefore cannot feel pain as his pain receptors are no longer functioning.
Whitebeard (One Piece) was able to endure having half his face burned off and a hole punched through his chest and continue fighting with no less might.
Hody Jones (One Piece) overdosed on Energy Steroids, causing insanity that overrode pain.
Hajrudin (One Piece) can withstand tremendous physical pain such as the brutal fractures of his arm and leg…
and still smash Machvise into the highest Heavens.
Due in part to a charm placed on her, Kahlua Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire) is able to neutralize her ability to feel pain; however, this also works against her, as she has no way of knowing how much damage her body takes until it's too late.
Gintoki Sakata (Gintama) completely ignored all injuries and pain inflicted upon himself to continue fighting viciously, due to his low regard for his own life.
Kagura (Gintama) once gave in to her Yato instincts, ignoring all injuries to fight on.
Kamui (Gintama) can easily ignore his injuries due to his Yato blood, especially if he is consumed by its instincts.
Killua Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter) has been trained via torture since birth to have extreme tolerance for pain, electrocution and poisoning.
Yukishiro Enishi (Rurouni Kenshin) has mastered mind over body, not feeling the negative effects of pain if his body does not recognize it.
After enduring brutal torture for ten days straight, Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul) has built up such a high pain threshold that he barely reacts to such things as having his leg broken in multiple places.
Kanon Ozu (Coppelion) cannot feel pain (or anything) due to the electricity that courses through her body numbing it entirely.
Saya Otonashi (Blood+)
Gatasubal (Yu Yu Hakusho) does not feel pain due to its creator made it so.
Minoru Kamiya (Yu Yu Hakusho) cut off the analeptic chemicals, preventing himself from feeling pain.
As he is just a soul inhabiting a suit of armor, Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) cannot feel any pain.
Checkmate (Ultimate Muscle) was put through intense training as a child to render himself unable to feel pain.
Cyborgs such as Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell) are able to voluntarily shut their pain receptors off.
InuYasha (InuYasha)
Due to the physical strain and abuse on his body when he used his strength as a child, Shizuo grown to the point he longer feels it.
Because of his strong endurance and representing violence, Kenpachi (Bleach) has a high tolerance to pain and ignore fatal strikes when fighting Ichigo and Nnoitra.
Mana (Mermaid Flesh) took an axe strike from Masato to protect Yuta, showing no flinching from pain.
Having been horribly tortured in the past, Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance) has built up an unusually high tolerance for pain. Compared to her past, even the pain of walking through boiling water is something Chimera can easily ignore and even gain pleasure from.
After years of training, Saitama (One Punch Man), who was able to suppress his pain even before he became a hero, has rendered himself unable to feel almost any pain.
Due to the experiments of the first Kiznaiver project, Agata Katsuhira (Kiznaiver) can no longer feels physical pain.
Nomura Fudo (Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism) has extremely strong endurance to physical pain.
Live Television/Movies
Claire Bennet's (Heroes) healing power used to deaden pain quickly, but as of recent events, she no longer feels any physical pain.
Riley Finn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) once ingested drugs to enhance his physical abilities, but excessive usage caused his pain receptors to shut down.
The Master (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), due to his advanced age and mental discipline, can endure being burned by crucifixes without feeling pain.
Officer Matthew "Matt" Cordell (Maniac Cop) can't feel pain due to being brain dead.
After experimentation under a mutational procedure, Ajax (Deadpool) gained enhanced reflex and scorched nnerve endings, allowing him to no longer feel pain.
Riddick (The Chronicles of Riddick) has an abnormally high pain threshold to the point where he can dislocate his own limbs with only minor discomfort.
Bane's (The Dark Knight Rises) mask constantly generates an anasthetic gas that renders him immune to pain
After being severely burned in a fire, Peyton Westlake/Darkman (Darkman) unwillingly underwent an experimental medical procedure that destroyed the nerve endings connected to his skin, neutralizing his ability to feel pain.
The Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) does not seem to feel pain, despite all his limbs being cut off.
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) either can't feel pain or has a very high tolerance of it, barely reacting to such wounds as having his hand split down the middle.
Video Games
Dante (Devil May Cry) can take being impaled by blades and shot in the head while barely even flinching.
Lady (Devil May Cry) has a high pain tolerance, to the extent that she was able to keep going after being pierced through the leg by the bayonet attached to her rocket launcher.
Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) can take a knife to the arm without even flinching.
Leon S. Kennedy (Resident Evil)
Raiden's (Metal Gear) cyborg bodies come equipped with pain inhibitors.
Due to his severe chemical burns, Skull Face (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain) has suffered extensive nerve damage, rendering him immune to pain.
Big Boss (Metal Gear) has received special training to resist physical torture.
The Spartan IIIs (Halo) have had their nervous systems specifically modified to block out most pain.
Due to having voodoo powers and being immortal, Mr. Sunshine (Saints Row 2) has high pain tolerance.
Space Marine's (Warhammer 40,000) are immune to all form's of pain though training of the mind and various implant's, where they can have half their face blown off, get run though with a chain sword, have their arm blown off and still fight on with no pain.
Ryu (Ninja Gaiden) can tolerate massive amount of physical pain, including the deadly curse Grip of Murder.
Others
Bene Gesserit (Dune)
The Vohtarak species of Visorak can make their shells invulnerable to any physical attack. In this state, they are immune to pain
Hazel Rainart's (RWBY) Semblance allows him to block out pain, to the extent that he pierces Dust crystals directly into his own arms without batting an eye.