Armor Is Useless: Difference between revisions

 

{{quote|'''Hector''': A man died while wearing it!

 

In fiction, armor has virtually no protective qualities. Characters who wear no armor to speak of are no more (and often less) at risk of injury or death than somebody who is "protected". Indeed, it's often the case that people who wear armor find themselves far more competent after they either discard it or have it [[Clothing Damage|destroyed for them]] by the nice people out to kill them. In the latter case, it leaves one wondering why they bothered with it in the first place, if they can survive attacks that completely demolish their armor anyway.

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': The Sailor Senshi wore nothing but moderately skimpy clothing made of what appears to be cotton, yet appeared to be perfectly capable of keeping their wearers—exposed skin and all—protected from everything from flying debris to flames to the vacuum of space. Further, while they were often smacked around, their clothing only showed it when they were fighting the [[Big Bad]] or somebody directly under them. In the live-action ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'', Senshi wears some armor—a sports-bra-style [[Breast Plate]] made of what looks like fiberglass or plastic.

* [[Spider-Man]]'s enemy the Vulture used [[Powered Armor]] during the brief period where he had de-aged himself and became a young man. If was later destroyed by a monster called DK, who also caused him to regress back to his true age, and he [[Status Quo Is God|never seemed motivated to rebuild it.]] He did consider doing so once in a story where he was with some other villains at the Bar With No Name; Kraven (as in, Alyosha Kravinoff) advised him not to, saying he himself never had much luck with armor.

** Alyosha may have had a valid point there, as his half-brother Vladimir did indeed use armor in his brief stint as the Grim Hunter. {{spoiler| He didn't last long, killed by Spider-Man's corrupted clone, Kaine.}}

 

== [[Film]] ==