History Main / STDImmunity

* Anime/{{Panty|AndStockingWithGarterbelt}} should have every STD known to man and some known only to monkeys with her sex life. [[WordOfGod Angel powers keep her safe]].

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--> '''Jack:''' Forever just got a lot longer.

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* Subverted in ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'': [[DirtyOldMan Quartermaster]] and his Quarter-sister don't have to worry about getting any [=STDs=]... because they both have AllOfThem. There are no new ones for them to get.
-->'''Quarter-sister:''' They named one after me.
-->'''Quartermaster:''' Pfft. One.

* The world of ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'' enforces this trope thanks to magic, so no one has to worry about contracting any diseases from sex with succu-girls.

* The world of ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'' enforces this trope thanks to magic, so no one has to worry about any diseases from sex with succu-girls.

* Dabbler from ''WebComic/GrrlPower'' mentions that she and her fellow Succubi are immune to most diseases, including STDs.

-->'''Joe''' (after stabbing a hypodermic needle into Quagmire's arm)''':''' Gotcha!\\

(Joe stabs him with the third needle)\\

'''Quagmire:''' Patient zero. You're gonna have to do better than that!\\

'''Quagmire:''' Patient zero. You're gonna have to do better than that!

* ''Series/LostGirl'': The main character is a Succubus, and has such has ''lots'' of sex. Even if her male lovers used condoms (this is never confirmed), that wouldn't account for her [[BiTheWay female ones]]. However, she feeds during sex and can heal her injuries, so it's possible that if she did contract an STI she'd heal herself of it at the same time.

** Brittany has been known to have slept with almost all the guys at her school ([[BiTheWay and a few of the girls]]), and yet she has never been shown to have an STD. Considering she doesn't even know how babies are made, it's likely she has no idea what condoms or birth control are.

* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}''; one issue has a founding member of the super team reveal that his origin story is having sex with a beautiful alien princess, only to get an alien STD which reacted with his human biology to turn him into a BlobMonster. Two other core members of the team then say their story is very similar, though they caught nanobots that turned them into techno-organic beings. It turns out this problem is so common that there are actually support groups for post-human [=STDs=], and these three actually met for the first time at one of the sessions.

* Averted in ''Film/CabinFever''. When two casual friends suddenly decide to jump in to bed together, in the middle of a flesh-eating disease outbreak, the man is aware of how dangerous their affair is, and remarks to the woman how surprised he is that [[ButWeUsedACondom she didn't care about using a condom]] -- while they're in the ''middle'' of having sex. The woman [[BlatantLies tries to assure him that she's healthy,]] though she has no way of knowing this for sure and doesn't seem to care one iota about the health risks. As it happens, rashes -- which are the first symptom of the deadly disease -- are bought out on the woman's back while they're still having sex by her lover's passionate squeezes. Sure enough, the woman quickly deteriorates and dies thereafter, and the man later falls ill himself -- confirmed by a scene where he pulls up his hospital gown to find sickly welts just above his crotch.

* Averted in the fifth season of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' as Sam is shown contracting gonorrhea and herpes. It should be noted that none of the STD's are ever acquired due to sex OR due to demonic blood drinking. In both cases, it was due to Sam aggravating a supernatural entity (a witch and a trickster [[spoiler: who's really an Angel]]) and being cursed. Both of the boys get hit with syphilis (along with scarlet fever and meningitis) by the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Horseman Pestilence]], although that's just his power instead of them sleeping around. They're cured not long after, though.

** Averted with Brittany's exboyfriend Artie, who after having a casual sexual relationship with two different women, finds out he has chlamydia. He's shocked, despite the fact that he says he never used condoms because buying them freaked him out.

* Sam Malone on ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' is apparently immune to all sexual diseases in spite of his Don Juan lifestyle. The closest he came to picking something up was when it looked like he might've gotten a woman pregnant but it turned out to be a false alarm. The writers of the show once considered addressing this by having an episode where it would've looked like Sam had contracted AIDS, though the plot never made it to air due to fear it couldn't be handled in good taste (The episode would have aired in 1988, when the AIDS epidemic was in full swing).

* ''Series/WithoutATrace'''s Samantha Spade has one-night stand with a guy whose name she doesn't even remember the next morning. Not once does the possibility of her having caught anything come up, even after she learns that she's pregnant as a result of this and therefore clearly had unprotected sex (at the very least, the condom ripped or slipped) with him.

(Joe stabs him with third needle)\\

** ThePaladin still is [[IdealIllnessImmunity immune to all diseases]], but is now joined by the [[AllMonksKnowKungFu Monk]], who gains immunity to disease through mastering his {{Ki}} as a class feature (though he gains it two levels later than ThePaladin). Both classes use supernatural powers, so they are a case of a JustifiedTrope. [[ZigZaggedTrope People who are neither paladins nor monks are out of luck though]] (as a constantly-active inherent ability, anyway. There are of course [[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/wondrous-items/wondrous-items/m-p/periapt-of-health magic items]] that grant the same resistance when you wear them).

* ''Series/{{Lucifer}}'':

* Averted in "Human Remains" by Creator/CliveBarker. [[TheProtagonist Gavin]], a male prostitute, does not mind occasionally dealing with crabs but gonorrhoea, which he has caught twice, is really bad for business as it means three weeks off work.

* Averted in ''Film/CabinFever''. When 2 casual friends suddenly decide to jump in to bed together, in the middle of a flesh-eating disease outbreak, the man is aware of how dangerous their affair is, and remarks to the woman how surprised he is that [[ButWeUsedACondom she didn't care about using a condom]] -- while they're in the ''middle'' of having sex. The woman [[BlatantLies tries to assure him that she's healthy,]] though she has no way of knowing this for sure and doesn't seem to care one iota about the health risks. As it happens, rashes -- which are the first symptom of the deadly disease -- are bought out on the woman's back while they're still having sex by her lover's passionate squeezes. Sure enough, the woman quickly deteriorates and dies thereafter, and the man later falls ill himself -- confirmed by a scene where he pulls up his hospital gown to find sickly welts just above his crotch.

* ''Film/FatalAttraction'' Dan sleeps with Alex, a woman he barely knows, without using a condom, as evidenced by him asking ''her'' about birth control. And the reason he's asking her this is because she's just told him that she's pregnant. Yet the thought that he might have caught something never enters his mind. Particularly glaring, since the film was made in 1987, a time when the [=AIDS=] crisis was in full swing.

An obvious trope in most actual pornography, which [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment should be all we have to say on the matter]].

* Somewhat averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''. The cast has sex with each other and total strangers regularly, but we never actually ''see'' them dealing with a caught STD on camera. But the show often mentions in dialog that the title character has contracted diseases multiple times from his rampant sex life. When his mother mentions he contracted an extremely aggressive disease that "was like nothing the doctors had ever seen before", most of the show's female cast were worried they might've picked it up from sleeping with him.

* Makoto Itou of ''VisualNovel/School Days''. Considering how often he [[AnythingThatMoves gets around]] and his apparent refusal to use protection, especially in the anime, it's a wonder he hasn't come down with at least ''one'' of these. Also, considering that his mother is a nurse, it's a wonder that he hasn't even thought of getting himself tested, nor has she made him get tested...

* ''Fanfic/AChangedWorld'' uses the aversion for a joke about [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James T. Kirk's]] love life. During FirstContact with the Bajorans (from the official novel ''[[Franchise/StarTrekNovelverse Allegiance in Exile]]''), he apparently [[BoldlyComing did what no human had done before]] and came down with a case of banta fever.

Of course, many writers ''are'' aware of the risk of catching an STD, but since the plot of the story is not about somebody dealing with an STD they avoid bringing it up. This may have the unintended consequence that when a story ''is'' about catching/having an STD, the disease seems to be a punishment for a lifestyle, rather than a lapse in judgement in self-protection. Another consequence is that sex can be made to seem inconsequential.

* During Chuck Austen's run on ''ComicBook/XMen'', there was a passing mention by Husk that mutants apparently can't get HIV. This was never mentioned before, was likely meant to include as a HandWave for why Archangel's [[HealingHands healing blood]] didn't carry the really obvious health risk, and has never been mentioned again. Angel also mentions it and a doctor confirms it.
* Part of the [[IncrediblyLamePun package]] Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} gets with his healing factor. In fact he can't get sick ''period''. By extension, it also applies to Comicbook/{{Daken}} and Comicbook/{{X 23}}. Fortunate for the latter especially, since she spent time as a prostitute.
* ComicBook/SheHulk must have this, as she not only has never had any known problems, but no children as a result of her numerous lovers over the years, something that has been an occasional problem for her cousin.

* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}''; one issue has a founding member of the super team reveal that his origin story is having sex with a beautiful alien princess, only to get an alien STD which reacted with his human biology to turn him into a BlobMonster. Two other core members of the team then say there story is very similar, though they caught nanobots that turned them into techno-organic beings. It turns out this problem is so common that there are actually support groups for post-human [=STDs=], and these three actually met for the first time at one of the sessions.

** FanFic characters will usually cast a "contraceptive spell" before getting down to business. [=STDs=] are rarely mentioned, though in some, wizards simply can't catch normal Muggle diseases. They occasionally get bizarre magical ones, but that usually involves comical consequences like one's face being covered with feathers, and is fixable with potions or a trip to the hospital.

* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/ToSailBeyondTheSunset'' the "good" protagonist never has a problem with [=STDs=], despite a very healthy sex life. Her "bad" daughter, however, gets some. At least the "good" protagonist does actually use condoms, although only for birth control. When she is pregnant or willing to have children with someone during "spouse swapping", she skips the condom. Yet the [=STDs=] know to leave her alone, since she is "good".

* Averted and played with in ''Literature/YouthInSexualEcstasy'': The protagonist discovers that he has herpes right after having sex with the school's most attractive girl, then is told that given the sudden onset of symptoms it's unlikely he got it from her and more likely that he infected her. He is also given the serious advice of tracking down all his previous sexual partners to warn them about it. Then he later learns that the girl was indeed infected, but with ''syphilis''; how he didn't got the disease from her is never explained.

* [[PlayedForLaughs Played for laughs]] in ''[[Literature/TheGoodSoldierSvejk The Adventures of Good Soldier Švejk]]'', set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI -- one character describes his futile attempts to catch a venereal disease in order to [[DraftDodging avoid military service]]. To his despair he remained as fit as a fiddle.

* Averted in ''Literature/GuardiansOfTheFlame''. Doria in her BackStory caught an STD, was too embarassed to see a doctor about it and the resulting infection left her sterile. And with issues about sex. Subsequent brutal [[RapeAsDrama rape]] does not help, either.

** Averted with Brittany's exboyfriend Artie, who after having a casual sexual relationship with two different women, finds out he has chlamydia. He's shocked, despite he fact that he says he never used condoms because buying them freaked him out.
* An odd aversion in an episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', where O'Neill has sex with a local woman, and is infected with nanites that cause him to age rapidly.

** Hospital stud Doug Ross managed to have drunken one-night stands with numerous women, yet never caught anything--a fanfic actually has him citing how lucky he was.

* ''Series/AllMyChildren'''s, Julia feared she had contracted HIV from her rapist, but ultimately tested negative. Also with Dixie, who angrily tells her husband that she went to her doctor to be tested for everything after discovering his infidelity, but fortunately received a clean bill of health.

** Season 8 averts it though with an extra rather than a real character; one of the prostitutes that Bronn intends to have an orgy with is diagnosed with a veneral disease by Qyburn, who notes she doesn't have much to live much to Bronn's shock.

** In one episode, the husband and son of Annalise's client come down with the same veneral disease, since both had had sex with the murder victim.

** In another, Olivia finds out a former boyfriend was HIV positive. They'd only slept together once, five years ago, but she still gets tested. Later, they're able to identify said-ex's killer because he has the same strain of HIV.

* Music/FrankZappa referenced gonnorhea and pubic lice ("crabs") frequently in his songs, always in humoristic fashion: "Who Needs The Peace Corps?" (''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney''), "Our Bizarre Relationship" (''Music/UncleMeat''), "Road Ladies", "The Clap" (''Music/ChungasRevenge''), "Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?" (''Film/TwoHundredMotels''), "Dinah-Moe Humm" (''Music/OverNiteSensation''), "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" (''Music/JoesGarage''), "In France" (''Music/ThemOrUs''), "Attack! Attack! Attack!" (''Music/CivilizationPhazeIII''). Less funny is that groupie Lucy Offerall, who played a role in ''Film/TwoHundredMotels'', died of AIDS in 1991.

* In 3rd Edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', paladins were immune to disease by divine blessings, but they tend not to be the type to sleep around. However, Sune, the Goddess of love in Faerun, also promotes paladins, and like other divinely empowered beings, they are expected to promote their goddess' interests. Which admittedly sleeping around would go against (Sune is a goddess of ''love'', not of sex. She's just as open as the edition in question allows about sex being a perfectly fine if far from obligatory part of love).

* In the same vein, ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' has the Resistant advantage. It allows to resist better to a variety of hazards, and can go up to immunity. "Immunity to disease" is perfectly valid (and if taken with the 0-point feature "sterile", allows one to not have to worry about consequences of sex, well, other than potentially having to deal with a {{Yandere}} of either gender). The next step up is "Immunity to metabolic hazards", which means complete immunity to things that would only affect an organic body. It is part of the "Machine" meta-trait, for obvious reasons. [[SexBot Ideas are forming...]]

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', in which the absurdly promiscious Isabela apparantly gets [=STDs=] often, but she knows a long-suffering mage called Anders who can get rid of them with no real difficulty. One NPC even claims she's so promiscuous that there's an STD [[UpToEleven named after her]]. And...yes, she's a potential LoveInterest for the main character.

* ''VideoGame/TheSims'' series has pre-made characters who are supposedly promiscuous, and promiscuity is actually a lifetime goal for some sims, but none suffer for it, since such diseases don't exist in the world. This, however, can be changed with mods.
* Averted in ''Videogame/HunieCamStudio'', where sending girls to work as escorts has the possibility of them getting various [=STDs=] that can cause various debilitating statuses, some of which are uncurable. They can even end up contracting AIDS, which is both incurable and prevents them from doing anything unless hopped up on steriods.

* Subverted in ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis'': Cassie gets gonhorrea and herpes from fooling around in the disco era, but since WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture, she can go to 2205 and easily get medicine that cures both in a matter of hours.

** Subverted by Quagmire, who is apparently the venereal disease equivalent of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] in that he carries every STD known to man but shows no symptoms (as his diseases are so balanced with each other that a slight imbalance could kill him). In fact, the only sexually transmitted disease he doesn't have is an unnamed disease from an African insect that Peter personally flew out and tried to find.

-->'''Peter:''' Hey, Fonz... You were with all those women... You ever get a sexual disease?\\
'''Fonzie:''' .... Herpes twice. And the clap.
* Somewhat averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''. The cast have sex with each other and total strangers regularly, but we never actually ''see'' them dealing with a caught STD on camera. But the show often mentions in dialog that the title character has contracted diseases multiple times from his rampant sex life. When his mother mentions he contracted an extremely aggressive disease that "was like nothing the doctors had ever seen before", most of the show's female cast were worried they might've picked it up from sleeping with him.