History Main / TooBrokenToBreak

See also ConditionedToAcceptHorror, in which is not that the person is too broken to react, but that they actually find this normal and mundane. Similar to InsanityImmunity, except in this case, the character still holds to their sanity, to DisabilityImmunity, where the disability in this case is psychological rather than physical, and to EmptyShell and StoppedCaring, with the difference that this character can still feel and care normally. Also, TheLastDance, when the character achieves this state shortly before their unavoidable death. This trope can serve as justification for a character becoming BoredWithInsanity.

* The ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' games (''Dark Heresy'', ''Rogue Trader'', ''Only War'' and probably ''Deathwatch'') all include an advantage called "Jaded", meant to represent the character having gone through so many of the horrors that are normal to the Crapsack Universe of 40K that the only things that can make him nervous any more are the literal Cosmic Horrors.

* Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' could very well be the TropeCodifier. No matter what horrible things can happen to him in the show, [[TraumaCongaLine he's been through worse.]] An abusive childhood has made him incredibly callous. When the Monarch tries ColdBloodedTorture on him, nothing has any effect due to him having experienced almost all of it at some point. Trying to crush his spirit doesn't work either, because he's so [[JadedWashout depressed and bitter]] that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness old college friends of his consider it almost creepy to see him looking happy.]] The Monarch puts it best:

* At the beginning of ''BioshockInfinite/BurialAtSea'' episode two, Elizabeth, [[ConscienceMakesYouGoBack having come back to Rapture to save Sally]] (the Little Sister whose adoptive father she killed out of spite and then left for dead) makes a deal with Atlas in exchange for Sally's safety; fragments of Elizabeth's memory that remain from when she had her temporal powers [[BroughtDownToNormal (returning to a timeline where that version of her had died erased them along with her omniscience)]] tell her that Fontaine wants "the ace in the hole" so she claims to be Suchong's lab assistant who knows where it is. When Atlas' patience begins to wear thin, [[spoiler: he ties Elizabeth to a chair, slowly drags an icepick through the top of her eye socket to rest on her skull, and [[ToThePain taps it repeatedly as tells her how all her individuality, creativity, and personality can be easily erased if he hits just a little harder.]] Although you can hear her shaky breathing, she finally laughs and invites him to erase her memories and make her stop caring about all the horrific things around her. He's visibly unnerved and becomes so enraged that he rips the pick out of her eye and [[OohMeAccentsSlipping lapses back into his natural Brooklyn accent]]; it's only when Sally is brought in on a stretcher and [[WouldHurtAChild he moves to give ''her'' a lobotomy]] does Elizabeth panic and beg him to stop. Thankfully, her subconscious gives her a clue in the nick of time and the situation is diffused.]]

* At the beginning of ''BioshockInfinite/BurialAtSea'' episode two, Elizabeth, [[ConscienceMakesYouGoBack having come back to Rapture to save Sally]] (the Little Sister whose adoptive father she killed out of spite and then left for dead) makes a deal with Atlas in exchange for Sally's safety; fragments of Elizabeth's memory that remain from when she had her temporal powers [[BroughtDownToNormal (returning to a timeline where that version of her had died erased them along with her omniscience)]] tell her that Fontaine wants "the ace in the hole" so she claims to be Suchong's lab assistant who knows where it is. When Atlas' patience begins to wear thin, [[spoiler: he ties Elizabeth to a chair, slowly drags an icepick through the top of her eye socket to rest on her skull, and [[ToThePain taps it repeatedly as tells her how all her individuality, creativity, and personality can be easily erased if he hits just a little harder.]] Although you can hear her shaky breathing, she finally laughs and invites him to erase her memories and make her stop caring about all the horrific things around her. He's visibly unnerved and becomes so enraged that he rips the pick out of her eye and [[OohMeAccentsSlipping lapses back into his natural Brooklyn accent]]; it's only when Sally is brought in on a stretcher and he moves to give ''her'' a lobotomy does Elizabeth panic and beg him to stop. Thankfully, her subconscious gives her a clue in the nick of time and the situation is diffused.]]