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| - You are The Determinator. You have a mission in life, and you are going to accomplish it. You don't care how hard it is or who is standing in your way. You're going to do this, even if it takes a thousand ye... What's that? It is going to take a thousand years? Well, phooey. Fortunately, thanks to a bit of Applied Phlebotinum, even this won't stop you from reaching your goal. If you need a thousand years, you'll find a way to live a thousand years. Or ten thousand, or a million. However long it takes. Examples of Purpose Driven Immortality include:
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| - You are The Determinator. You have a mission in life, and you are going to accomplish it. You don't care how hard it is or who is standing in your way. You're going to do this, even if it takes a thousand ye... What's that? It is going to take a thousand years? Well, phooey. Fortunately, thanks to a bit of Applied Phlebotinum, even this won't stop you from reaching your goal. If you need a thousand years, you'll find a way to live a thousand years. Or ten thousand, or a million. However long it takes. This trope is when someone is given an extended lifespan in order to accomplish a particular task. Until the task is accomplished, the character is immortal, but once it is, the character either dies or goes back to an ordinary lifespan. Usually, this is a source of relief for the character, because Who Wants to Live Forever? Ghosts with Unfinished Business almost always have Purpose-Driven Immortality, with their spirits moving on as soon as the business is finished. A subtrope of Immortality. Compare Flying Dutchman, where characters are given immortality but no purpose to fulfill. Examples of Purpose Driven Immortality include:
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