Plot Armor

Plot Armor
As the protagonists of God/Chuck Shurley's story, Sam and Dean Winchester (Supernatural) possessed plot armor, making them immune to normal human problems like getting sick and developing cavities, allowing them to continually return from the dead, and allowing their possessions to keep operating without maintenance.
Power/Ability to:	Always win and survive due to the plot.

"Poor George was really shot, but can't die because, let's face it, he's the hero."

― Narrator (George of the Jungle)

"We're gonna get pulverized out here!"
"Look, we got four or five of the main characters on this ship. I think we'll be fine."

― Lois Griffin/Leia Organa and Peter Griffin/Han Solo (Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy)

"TARGET LOCK
PLOT ARMOR DETECTED"

― Serial Designation N's (Murder Drones) system scanning and detecting that Uzi Doorman has plot armor activated.

The power to always win and survive due to the plot demanding it. Variation of Undefeatable that is bestowed by Plot Device Techniques.

Also Called

• Deus Ex Machina
• Plot Protection/Plot Device

Capabilities

The user possesses plot armor, ensuring they will survive deadly situations and come out on top simply because they're one of the main characters and it's part of the plot. No matter how strong the bad guys get, no matter how ingenious their plans are, and no matter how far they calculate and plan, the user will eventually endure, survive, and win because the plot demands it.

For this power to be applicable, it must be recognized in-universe

Applications

• Fictional Transcendence
• Indeterminacy
• Life Determination
  • Personal Mortality
    • Immortality
    • Self-Reincarnation
• Meta Luck
  • Heroic Luck
  • Path to Victory
• Prophetic Protection
  • Plot Empowerment
• Resurrective Rebirth
• Situational Power
  • Self-Sufficiency
  • Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Survivability
• Undefeatable

Associations

• 4th Wall Manipulation
• Coincidence Nullification
• Plot Device Techniques

Limitations

• Easily overpowered by Author Authority.
• Coincidence Nullification is the perfect counter.
• Characters with Plot Anchoring can overcome their armor.
• Their armor might disappear if there is no plot due to Plot Erasure.
• Their armor may be nullified if someone from outside the story shows up.

Known Users

See also: Plot Armor.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Bobobo (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
• Conan Edogawa (Case Closed)
• Gauron (Full Metal Panic!)
• Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)
• Fairies (Humanity has Declined)
• Konno (Limit)
• Medaka Kurokami (Medaka Box)
• Main Cast (Study Group)

Cartoons

• The Vulture Squadron (Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines)

Comics

• Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• The Question (DC Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Frank Castle/Punisher (Marvel Comics)
• Gwenpool (Marvel Comics)
• Moon Girl (Marvel Comics)
• Squirrel Girl (Marvel Comics)

Live Television/Movies

• Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)

Video Games

• Zero (Drakengard 3)
• Balthier (Final Fantasy XII)
• Several Characters (Final Fantasy XIV)
• Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
• Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
• Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda)
• Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect)
• Shirou Yusa (Shinza Banshou series)

Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original

• Various Characters (SCP Foundation)
  • The Overvoid Lurk
  • SCP-4028 - La Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha
  • Kimba Laslow
• Uzi Doorman (Murder Drones)

Gallery

Having become an embodiment of Chaos, Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) possesses plot armor, ensuring he will always win in the end or rebound from a short-term defeat...

...driving Mammoth Mogul, a powerful immortal Ixian wizard, to decide to simply wait it out until he dies of old age...

...and Dr. Eggman to create the Reality Warping Genesis Wave technology to have a way to conquer it.

Sakata Gintoki (Gintama) is known to be the central protagonist who is also aware that he's a fictional character. Because of this, Gintoki doesn't only have limited Plot Manipulation, but he is also protected by the Plot itself. Of course, every time when he is struck with something or get into a situation that would cause many lives, the plot always grants him temporarily abilities to endure, fought back, and resist the threats, and situations.

As an inhabitant of reality who came to the Marvel Universe, and an avid comic book fan, Gwenpool (Marvel Comics) knows how the plot works and that it will usually always end up in her favor.

Medaka Kurokami (Medaka Box) possesses the full support of the author by virtue of being the main character, granting her plot armor...

...to the extent the nigh-omnipotent Ajimu Najimi freely admitted she stands no chance against her in a straight fight...

...and she only lost in a student council election by Ajimu literally creating a meta-ability that prevented the author from interfering with the results.

Uzi's (Murder Drones) plot armor protects her from death when Serial Designation N detects it, allowing her to shoot him.

Mercurius, the god of Eternal Recurrence, needs Shirou Yusa (Shinza Banshou series) to fuel Ren's growth. Because of that, no matter what Shirou does, Mercurius, who rules over the world and dictates the events of the story, will not allow him to die until his role is fulfilled.

Videos

MURDER DRONES - Episode 1- PILOT-2

MURDER DRONES - Episode 2- Heartbeat-2

MURDER DRONES - Episode 3- The Promening-2

MURDER DRONES - Episode 4- Cabin Fever-2

MURDER DRONES - Episode 5- Home-2

MURDER DRONES - Episode 6- Dead End-2

MURDER DRONES - Episode 7- Mass Destruction-2

MURDER DRONES - Episode 8- Absolute End-2

In the Beginning... - Supernatural-2

I Gripped You Tight and Raised You from Perdition - Supernatural-2

Dean in Jensen's Trailer - Supernatural - TNT-2

Sam in Jared's Home - Supernatural - TNT-2

All episodes of the Detective Void Plot- Episodes 1-14-2

Batman Can’t Stop Failsafe- His Unbeatable Creation (Complete Failsafe Story)-2

Music

TVアニメ「マッシュル-MASHLE-」第2期ノンクレジットOPムービー｜Creepy Nuts「Bling-Bang-Bang-Born」

TVアニメ「マッシュル-MASHLE-」第2期ノンクレジットEDムービー｜私立恵比寿中学「トーキョーズ・ウェイ！」