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* ''Fanfic/SnowBlind'': Defied; Donatello is left bedridden even after the Nightwatcher patches him up, as he's still blinded, lost some blood and was left weakened by pain medication. [[spoiler:Even when he gets back to the lair with Raph, he notes that it'll take roughly a week for him to fully recover.]]

* Justified for the Medic in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. If in-game healing took even a tenth of the length of RealLife battlefield surgery, nobody would play the class.

* {{Lampshaded}} in the DVD commentary on ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' by Creator/JossWhedon when asked by Baldwin about how long after the big battle the final scene happened.
--> Let's see, the ship is all fixed up and you are completely healed... about 3 days.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Despite being deadly shot in the shoulder with an arrow and losing a lot of blood as a result, Bronwyn is shown back in her feet after a few hours later from simply being treated with elfish medicine, passing pints with alcohol around to celebrate the victory against the Orcs. She suffers no repercussions like septicemia, breathing problems, lungs flooded with blood, or at least a crippling pain that should keep her in bed for days until she recovers. And the cherry on the top, she survives the mother of Vulcanic eruptions completely unscathed.

* {{Justified}} in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. While wizards don't heal notably ''faster'' than vanilla mortals, they do apparently heal more ''thoroughly'', so even wounds that would result in permanent disfigurement or debilitation can be recovered from in time. This is speculated to be one of the main reasons Wizards are able to live hundreds of years, as unlike normal humans, who slowly accumulate scars and lasting injuries over their lives, Wizards have no such chronic health issues. For example, in ''Literature/BloodRites'', Harry's left hand gets ''severely'' burned by a flamethrower, leaving it a useless lump of flesh. Harry's {{Muggle}} doctor advises that it will probably never recover any degree of functionality after burns that severe, but over the next several books (and several in-universe years), the burn scars fade and Harry gradually regains use of the hand.

* Every ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}, WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Short|s}} and Creator/TexAvery cartoon ever. It's what puts the "amusing" in AmusingInjuries.

** In ''Film/TheWorldisNotEnough'' Bond lands on his shoulder on a tent from a hot air balloon. He later makes due in several action scenes despite not really being cleared by the doctor.

No matter how badly they was injured -- be it from gunshot, blade, burning, acid, you name it -- an [[ActionHero action-adventure hero]] ''never'' ends up with [[ScarsAreForever permanent scars]] anywhere that is normally [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished visible to the audience]]. (Although he may have [[GoodScarsEvilScars one or two hidden]] under a shirt so he can [[ScarSurvey take it off and reveal]] just how tough he ''really'' is.) You'd expect at least one missing tooth or broken nose in a lifetime of fighting crime. Yet Bruce Wayne's corporate headshots are perfect time and time again, and James Bond never shows up at an embassy dinner with two shiners and a wad of gauze over his nose, even if he's just been hit in the face by an iron bar.

** In ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' Bond lands on his shoulder on a tent from a hot air balloon. He later makes due in several action scenes despite not really being cleared by the doctor.

* Averted in ''Film/KnightandDay'' as Tom Cruise's character is such a good shot, he tells his victim that he shot him in the exact location where he'd heal.

* In ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' Bond gets shot in the leg and has unusually quick reflexes on the dance floor.
* In ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' Bond lands on his shoulder on a tent from a hot air balloon. He later makes due in several action scenes despite not really being cleared by the doctor.

Compare BottledHeroicResolve.

* Shizuo from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' spent most of his childhood utterly ''destroying'' his body via [[HeroicRROD habitual overexertion]] -- everything from ripping apart muscle and ligaments to shattering his pelvis and spinal column. Most people who receive such injuries understandably never walk again. Shizuo, on the other hand, slowly developed {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s.

The BigBad may also be similarly indestructible on screen, but their badness can result in hideous scars or mechanical limbs if they was injured in previous encounters.