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* Two good examples from ''ComicBook/AstroCity'':
** [[spoiler:The Confessor's]] HeroicSacrifice involves taking on men armed with [[spoiler:hologram cross-generators, guns that shoot giant wooden stakes, holy water, etc.]] and succeeding in revealing the AlienInvasion despite all this.
*** He wears a shirt [[spoiler:with a big, shiny cross on it]] because the constant pain this causes [[spoiler:helps him overcome the vampiric bloodlust.]]

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* In ''Manga/InuYasha'', all demons are vulnerable to holy energy. When there is a powerful holy shield around Mount Hakurei, Sesshoumaru ignores it to go in after Rin; originally the protagonists think this is a NoSell, only to realize he's fighting through the pain and trying to maneuver the bad guys back out.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** Part of what makes [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]] such a powerful threat is because in addition to retaining the insane power levels of Pre-Crisis Superman, he is also immune to Kryptonite due to being from Earth-Prime.

** Part of what makes [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]] such a powerful threat is because in addition to retaining the insane power levels of [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Superman, he is also immune to Kryptonite due to being from Earth-Prime.

** Part of what makes [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]] such a powerful threat is because in addition to retaining the insane power of [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Superman, he is also immune to kryptonite due to being from Earth-Prime.

** It's been established that Kyrptonite only affects Kryptonians from the same Universe and will have little to no effect on Kryptonians who hail from other worlds in TheMultiverse. This allows alternate versions of Kryptonians like Superman or Supergirl, to easily keep fighting if someone tries to use Kryptonite on them from a different reality.

** In ''ComicBook/HowLuthorMetSuperboy'', Luthor sets a Kryptonite trap for ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, and wanting to add insult to injury, waves a flask of Kryptonite antidote above Clark's face while he is lying on the ground. Superboy is too weakened and hurting to move a muscle, but he can still use his SuperBreath, so he breathe in a powerful gust of air, causing Lex to drop the flask right on Superboy's face, who hurries to suck in the antidote.
** In ''ComicBook/MustThereBeASuperman'', Kal-El must stop a massive alien pod from crashing into an inhabited world. Unfortunately, the pod is travelling through a part of galaxy full of red stars. Superman can feel his strength waning and his powers weakening quickly, but even so he manages to deflect the pod before passing out due to overwhelming physical exertion.

** [[spoiler:The Confessor's]] HeroicSacrifice involves taking on men armed with [[spoiler:hologram cross-generators, guns that shoot giant wooden stakes, holy water, etc.]] and succeeding in revealing the {{alien invasion}} despite all this.

* Traditionally ComicBook/{{Green Lantern}}s can't affect yellow with the power ring. After the Corps was reformed, the yellow weakness only applies until a Green Lantern learns to overcome great fear, making this trope an important rite of passage.

** In ''ComicBook/WarWorld'', Superman and Comicbook/MartianManhunter are forced to fight. The Martian hero tries to fight off his weakness to fire when Superman ignites the ground around them.
** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'', Darkseid forces Superman to fight her cousin. In order to gain the upper hand, he has to use a kryptonite ring, although it also hurts him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies'' Superman crosses this with TranquilFury. Luthor has been using a kryptonite-powered battlesuit to slap Superman around, and also destroys Toyman's "Plan A" for stopping a meteor from wiping out most of the planet. As a result, Batman decides to perform a HeroicSacrifice. when he realizes this, [[UnstoppableRage Superman stops being affected by Luthor's kryptonite.]]

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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': [[spoiler:Kars, after becoming the UltimateLifeForm]] takes this to its [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis logical extreme]] -- not only is he immune to sunlight, [[spoiler:but he's immune to [[KiManipulation Ha]][[ThePowerOfTheSun mon]] and can use it himself, with far more power than any human wielder!]]

* Two good examples from ''ComicBook/AstroCity'':
** [[spoiler:The Confessor's]] HeroicSacrifice involves taking on men armed with [[spoiler:hologram cross-generators, guns that shoot giant wooden stakes, holy water, etc.]] and succeeding in revealing the {{alien invasion}} despite all this.
*** He wears a shirt [[spoiler:with a big, shiny cross on it]] because the constant pain this causes [[spoiler:helps him overcome the vampiric bloodlust.]]
** In the "Tarnished Angel" arc, once the conflicted ChromeChampion [[ReformedButRejected Steeljack]] finally realizes what he's fighting for and that he's the only one who can save everyone, he's able to overcome the special "vibro-magnetic" weapons that were used to take him down before.

* Traditionally ComicBook/{{Green Lantern}}s can't affect yellow with the power ring. After the Corps was reformed, the yellow weakness only applies until a Green Lantern learns to overcome great fear, making this trope an important rite of passage.

* Marvel Comics vampires are [[HolyBurnsEvil vulnerable to holy symbols]] but resistant to ones that aren't the symbol of the faith they practiced before their conversion. Dracula is vulnerable to the Star of David but not as much as he could be because he was a Christian in life.
** After breaking free of Dracula's control during a battle with the X-Men, Rachel Van Helsing hurled a spear through his heart and used a crucifix to hold him helpless until it was clear he would stay down despite the holy symbol having the same effect on her as it would any other vampire in direct contact.
--->"Someone see to her hands, they're burned to the bone!"

* In ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Lothos grabs Buffy's cross, which bursts into flame, but ignores it. He takes a a blast of hair spray ignited by the cross less well.
* David Dunn's one weakness in ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' is water, and in one of his last fights he overcomes a near-drowning.
* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', while Batman is clearly a better fighter and ultimately wins their fight after weakening Superman with kryptonite, Superman fights past the pain and weakness and gets some good hits in, and even catches Batman's kick and throws him across the room. [[spoiler:Superman kills Doomsday with a kryptonite spear, fighting past the pain to fly and use super speed while holding it.]]

** In some cases (including their first appearance in ''Literature/HeirToTheEmpire'') this comes as a complete surprise to the affected Force user and merely renders them powerless, while also hiding anything within the area of effect from being detected by an outside observer. There is a noticeable "hole" in the Force, ''if'' the observer knows what to look for and actually does so. But overall it's more a case of BroughtDownToNormal--Luke and Mara are actually BroughtDownToBadass, functioning just fine despite their lack of the Force. It is heavily implied that the vornskrs evolved the ability to use the Force despite this ability, implying that Jedi could possibly also push through it with enough willpower.

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** The [[TheFairFolk Fae]] all have the classic weakness to iron: even [[PhysicalGod Queen Mab]] flinches at the very sight of an iron nail. In ''Cold Days'', [[AlwaysABiggerFish Mother Winter]] grabs hold of an iron cleaver and turns it to rust.
** Symbols of faith like Michael's cross and Harry's pentacle can repel creatures of darkness -- but they're only as strong as the wielder's faith in them. When a Red Court vampire sees a man dressed as a Knight of the Cross at a costume ball, he mockingly grabs the man's crucifix, then promptly subverts the trope by bursting into white flames. Turns out the man ''was'' a [[ThePaladin Knight of the Cross]].

** One episode in the first season, probably the first time this happened, is when a man dying of very violent super epileptic seizures due to having Kryptonite imbedded into his skin all over his body holds Luthor Corp, and a school trip class, hostage inside the building. In the end, Clark, who's been unable to get near him, manages to pull both him AND Lex Luthor to safety while in terrible pain from being so close. He saved the day.

* [[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]], the [[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]], and Zoom have used their SuperSpeed to fight off the effects of a substance meant to subdue them. In Barry's case, he is hit by [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver]] with an arrow that injects him with horse tranquilizer. It might have worked, but Barry rapidly shakes and sweats off the tranq. Later, when Barry, Firestorm, and Oliver tag-team the Reverse-Flash, Oliver hits him with an arrow that injects [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer]]'s nanobots that temporarily rob him of his SuperSpeed. He then repeats Barry's trick to get the nanites out of his system, even though he shouldn't be able to vibrate so fast. In Season 2, Zoom is hit with a speed-suppressing dart but still manages to [[{{Pun}} zoom away]]. Later, [[spoiler:Barry traps his leg with a collar that is supposed to keep him from moving. After a few minutes, Zoom speeds up and breaks the collar with his vibrating hand]]. Averted with [[spoiler:the real Jay Garrick, who has spent years in a special mask designed by Zoom that suppressed his powers]]. Also averted with [[spoiler:another version of the Reverse-Flash, who is kept by Barry in a special speed-suppressing cell in the ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} timeline for several months]]. Played straight with [[spoiler:Savitar]], who is hit with [[spoiler:Kaitlin]]'s ice blast and appears to be frozen solid. After a second or two, he manages to break free and runs away. Possibly justified given how incredibly fast he is.
* In the two-part ''Series/LazyTown'' episode "The Purple Panther," Sportacus is able to awaken and get an apple on his own, fighting off the effects of a sugar meltdown, though it takes quite a lot of effort and he's barely conscious.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Stolen Memories", Brainiac zaps Superman with a kryptonite ray, but Supes still manages to punch a hole through him.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' episode "Chaos at the Earth's Core," ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} manages to fight off [[ManOfKryptonite Metallo]]'s kryptonite heart's power long enough to cut it out of his body, disabling him and nearly killing herself in the process.

* Franchise/{{Superman}}, of course.
** The pain and nausea are the immediate effects; power loss takes longer, DependingOnTheWriter. If Superman can steel himself to deal with the pain, he can stay in the fight for a few minutes. It also [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]] matters ''how much'' Kryptonite is present; larger amounts cause more pain and sap his strength faster, so Superman's more likely to pull this off against Luthor's Kryptonite ring than against [[ManOfKryptonite Metallo's Kryptonite power cell]]. (Against the latter, a more typical tactic is to keep his distance and use heat vision to damage Metallo's cyborg body.) When sufficiently motivated/pissed-off, he's even been able to pull this off when Lex busts out the Kryptonite-fueled PoweredArmor.
** In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'' Superman and Supergirl have to fight an invading alien army off even though orange sunlight has rendered them blind and cut their powers in half.

** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'' Darkseid forces Superman to fight her cousin. In order to gain the upper hand, he has to use a kryptonite ring, although it also hurts him.
** It's been established in the [[ComicBook/DCUniverse DC Universe]] that Kyrptonite only affects Kryptonians from the same Universe and will have little to no effect on Kryptonians who hail from other worlds in TheMultiverse. This allows alternate versions of Kryptonians like Superman or Supergirl, to easily keep fighting if someone tries to use Kryptonite on them from a different reality.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' has to do this constantly:
** ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'': Earth's atmosphere was poisoned with Kryptonite When Supergirl fought [[spoiler:Worldkiller-1]]. Supergirl had to rely on her [[Franchise/GreenLantern power ring]] to keep fighting while she tried to overcome the K-radiation killing her cells and making her natural powers fade.

** In ''[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl 1982}} Supergirl Volume 2]]'' #21, Supergirl and Superman fight the Kryptonite Man, even though they feel pain within six feet of him.

* ComicBook/PowerGirl by virtue of being a [[AlternateUniverse Supergirl from a different universe]] living on the main DC Earth, is immune to any Kryptonite that might be used against her. Unless it is Kryptonite that was somehow brought over from her alternate Earth.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'': In the BeachEpisode, Inner Moka is submerged in [[WeaksauceWeakness water]], which disrupts a vampire's power and essentially electrocutes them on contact. She nonetheless manages to shake it off and take out the Swimming Club mermaids trying to eat Tsukune, with some external help from Kurumu and Yukari.

** The pain and nausea are the immediate effects; power loss takes longer, DependingOnTheWriter. If Superman can steel himself to deal with the pain, he can stay in the fight for a few minutes. It also [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]] matters ''how much'' Kryptonite is present; larger amounts cause more pain and sap his strength faster, so Superman's more likely to pull this off against Luthor's Kryptonite ring than against [[ManOfKryptonite Metallo's Kryptonite power cell]]. (Against the latter, a more typical tactic is to keep his distance and use heat vision to damage Metallo's cyborg body.)

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* Used in the comic ''Dragon Mango''. A specific school of elf martial arts EXPLICITLY trains this. They have the elf wear iron armor, which cause intense pain. When they can fight in it? They are ready.

The stronger a hero, the more likely he is to have a KryptoniteFactor to "[[PowerAtAPrice balance it out]]" that varies in [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere abundance]], lethality, and [[WeaksauceWeakness embarrassment potential.]] Still, a hero isn't just a set of powers and handicaps, but a character with substance and grit and not just [[SmugSuper some jerk with powers]]. So when authors want to show off just how badass the character is they do so by having him Fight Off The Kryptonite.

** The pain and nausea are the immediate effects, power loss takes longer, DependingOnTheWriter. So if Superman can steel himself to deal with the pain, he can stay in the fight for a few minutes. It also [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]] matters ''how much'' Kryptonite is present; larger amounts cause more pain and sap his strength faster, so Superman's more likely to pull this off against Luthor's Kryptonite ring than against [[ManOfKryptonite Metallo's Kryptonite power cell]]. (Against the latter, a more typical tactic is to keep his distance and use heat vision to damage Metallo's cyborg body.)
** In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'' Superman and Supergirl have to fight an ivading alien army off even though orange sunlight has rendered them blind and cut their powers in half.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': [[spoiler:Kars, after becoming the UltimateLifeForm]] takes this to its [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis logical extreme]] -- not only is he immune to sunlight, [[spoiler:but he's immune to [[KiAttacks Ha]][[ThePowerOfTheSun mon]] and can use it himself, with far more power than any human wielder!]]

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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. In the early seasons in fact Clark never is able to do this trope, to the point its unbelievable he couldn't move even one hand, or crawl slowly away. When he does these things later, it is obvious that he is becoming stronger and more resistant to the effects. By now he has to do this surprisingly often, almost OnceAnEpisode. Major Zod as well. Possibly explained by him being more in tune with his Kryptonian abilities.

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', one version of Bakugou bonded with the [[Characters/{Venom}} Venom symbiote]], gaining a weakness to fire and intense sound as a result. But Bakugou's RequiredSecondaryPowers has dulled these weaknesses, allowing him to shrug off lower frequency noise as well as short bursts of flame. This proves essential when they're being stared down by [[PlayingWithFire Endeavor]], who would have torched them if not for Bakugou's willpower and resistance to heat.

* Traditionally {{Green Lantern}}s can't affect yellow with the power ring. After the Corps was reformed, the yellow weakness only applies until a Green Lantern learns to overcome great fear, making this trope an important rite of passage.