Bulletproof Vest: Difference between revisions

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'''Loveless''': [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|...shoot him in the head.]]<br />

'''Artemus Gordon''': ''(under his breath)'' [[Oh Crap|Damn!]]|''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]''}}

* Marvel's [[Punisher]] originally used a similar trick, wearing heavy body-armor with a white skull that drew attention - and fire - away from his head (not to mention that the symbol's "teeth" section is a handy place to have ammo clips). Later incarnations are simply too [[Badass]] to die.

** Spoofed with his parody Frank Casket (nom de guerre: the Pulveriser) in the parody comic ''What The''.

'''Pulveriser's VO Box''': I won the bet. My medical bills told me that after criminals, doctors would be the next to go. }}

** Played straight and slightly averted during the MAX arc ''Up is Down and Black is White'', where the Punisher survives being shot at near point blank range by a shotgun with no apparent serious injuries due to his bullet proof vest. Averted in the sense that although it didn't kill him, it ''hurt like hell'', and it leaves him completely unable to move until help arrived.

* In ''The Evil That Men Do'' Charles Bronson shoots a CIA man with a shotgun, only for him to get up again. This time Bronson shoots him in the face.

* In ''[[Super Troopers]]'', one of the troopers insists on testing a bulletproof '''jockstrap'''. ''While wearing it.''

'''Mac''': Good enough...to fuck...your mother! }}

** [[Da Chief]] shows up and claims that he invented this gag. He then takes the gun they were using and fires it to the side, not realizing that they are using live ammo.

'''Mac''': Thanks, Chief! }}

* Near the end of ''[[Death Wish 3]]'', the gang leader had a bullet proof after Paul shot a full round of bullets at him. When he points the gun at the chief, Paul grabs the mini bazooka and fires at him.

** Murphy, a professional [[Action Girl]], never forgets to wear her west when it's time to do some ass kicking. As ''Aftermath'' revealed, working with Dresden has convinced her to also let Charity Carpenter (wife of a modern-day [[Paladin]]) reinforce her vest with ''chainmail'' to deflect bladed weapons.

** Speaking of Ms. Carpenter, in ''Death Masks'', there's some discussion between her husband Michael and fellow Knight of the Cross Sanya, about the latter's use of a Kevlar tactical vest and an AK47, and the former relying on his platemail and sword exclusively. Later on, Michael takes several bullets to the chest and falls out of sight, apparently dead. Later on, he explains that Charity had gone the extra mile on his armor.

** In ''Small Favor'', {{spoiler|Michael}} is permanently put out of commission when someone shoots him in the lower back and side from below, and his reinforced Kevlar vest ''keeps the bullets from simply exiting on the other side'', causing what the medical help estimated to be far more damage than if he hadn't been wearing a vest in the first place. When [[Jim Butcher]] [[Playing with a Trope|plays with a trope]], he plays ''hard''.

* Burke from [[Andrew Vachss]]'s books often wears Kevlar, but consistently notes that it still hurts to be shot.

* In [[Family Matters]], the bulletproof vest which Eddie wears during his beginnings as a police officer had its abilities accurately portrayed.

* In the third season of ''[[Farscape]]'', it's revealed that [[Magnificent Bastard|Scorpius]], on top of being [[Made of Iron]], wears body armour under his gimp suit. This leads to a rather interesting scene in which Crichton uses him as an [[Bulletproof Human Shield|invincible human shield]] while trading smartass remarks with him:

* Used commonly and (more or less) sensibly in ''[[Bones]]''. Expect the characters to break them out whenever Booth is raiding something.

* In ''[[The Lost Room]]'' miniseries, the Coat is now shown to have any special powers. However, since it's an Object and is, therefore, indestructible, it can be used as a bulletproof vest, although it still hurts like hell, and you can probably still die from internal bleeding. After all, it does nothing to spread the impact of the bullet.

** ''Futurama'' also has an odd moment when Fry becomes a cop and tries to foil Bender stealing the Maltese Liquor. The robot that predicted the robbery notes that it was a trap - then Bender gets shot by Fry accidently when his shot ricochets off the safe, and the predictor robot shoots Fry. However, it's really a sting to catch the predictor robot, since Fry reveals he's wearing a bulletproof vest, and Bender - opens his door to show his bulletproof vest with a bullet lodged in it on a clothes hanger.

* In ''[[American Dad]]'', Stan has to wear braces to prevent teeth grinding, making him sound like a geek. His coworkers plant a [["Kick Me" Prank|"Shoot Me"]] sign on him, and then shoot at him.