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[[Weaksauce Weakness|Weaksauce Weaknesses]] are great to exploit, but [[Captain Obvious|suck to have]]. However, clever and enterprising creatures of the night, aliens, mutants, robots or what-have-you's can create a limited resistance or immunity by counteracting its effects. [[Kill It Withwith Fire|Vulnerable to fire?]] Asbestos-fiber suit! [[Holy Burns Evil|Holy objects repel?]] Wear a [[For Science!|Darwin-fish]] [[Hollywood Atheist|necklace!]] Does [[Kill It Withwith Water|water dissolve you?]] Coat yourself in water-proof paste! This doesn't even need to be limited to clothing, a [[Weakened Byby the Light|sun-blocking satellite]] and a [[Protective Charm]] are among many possibilities to counter their weaknesses.
 
Usually this resistance is [[Power At a Price|limited in some way]], it may be bulky or conspicuous, [[It Only Works Once|only works once]], or rubs off over time. It's also possible for an enemy to somehow nullify the resistance with a counter... [[Crazy Prepared|unless they have a counter to that counter]].
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* The vampires in ''[[Daybreakers]]'' have built a civilization around this with sun-proof cars, sub-walks, and UV-insulated excursion suits.
* Similar to the ''Daybreakers'' example, The Strangers in ''[[Dark City]]'' have {{spoiler|created a world where it's always night, so they can experiment on people without being injured by sunlight}}.
* ''[[The Twins Effect]]'', a Hong Kong [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|vampire action romance]] film, has a similar gag to the one in ''[[Vampires Suck (Film)|Vampires Suck]]'', though in that film, the vampires evidently didn't ''know that sunblock existed'', and ended up having to make their own. It worked for a while, and then [[Hilarity Ensues|smoke ensues]].
* In ''[[Highlander: theThe Source (Film)|Highlander the Source]]'', The Guardian wears a large piece of neck-armor that makes him immune to decapitation attacks, which is pretty useful seeing as how that's the only way to kill an immortal. [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|The Spoony Experiment]], in his review of the movie, admits that as ridiculous as the armor looks (making him look like a cross between [[Silent Hill|Pyramid Head]] and a pelican), it's actually a very clever protective measure for the whole decapitation thing. Naturally, after defeating his first opponent using the advantage from the armor, the resulting Quickening causes the armor to disappear and [[Idiot Ball|The Guardian never attempts to replace it]].
* In ''[[Gremlins 2 The New Batch]]'', the Brain Gremlin injects the Bat Gremlin with "Genetic Sunblock" which allows the latter to fly outside in the sunlight without dying.
* Another vampire example comes from the source of the page image ([[Seltzer and Friedberg]]'s ''[[Vampires Suck (Film)|Vampires Suck]]'', of all things).
 
== Live Action TV ==
* In an early episode of ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'', there was a ring which gave the wearer immunity from sunlight. Angel wore it one day, then destroyed it.
** And in a much more DIY example, in ''Buffy'', Spike had his car with all the windows blacked out.
* Raj in ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' can never get a girlfriend because he is unable to speak to women due to his selective mutism. He's able to get around this by getting drunk. Unfortunately, when he's drunk, he acts like a bit of a dick. In one episode, he signs up to try an experimental drug that would allow him to talk to women. The drug has strange side effects, like causing him to repeat actions over and over. {{spoiler|In the end, it wears off ''just'' as a beautiful woman is expressing interest in him.}}
 
== Tabletop Games ==
* One group in ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse (Tabletop Game)|Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'' used high-grade protective suits to survive in a lake of liquid silver (a place in the Umbra, usually used as "cure-or-kill" treatment for badly corrupted individuals, where they were sent as punishment). This was one of their many bright ideas.
 
== Video Games ==
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** [[Fridge Logic|Though to be fair, Leela didn't actually use a paradox.]]
* The plot of the Cuban animated feature ''Vampiros en la Habana'' revolves around the creation of a vampire sunscreen.
* ''[[Superman: theThe Animated Series]]'' introduced a lead-lined suit to protect Supes against Kryptonite radiation. It came in real handy during its debut episode against the Parasite. Thereafter it suffered the [[Worf Effect]] as everytime it appeared it was torn or destroyed early into the battle (dipped in magma, ripped off by Krypto, freeze cracked, acid...)
** He had a much simpler (and weirder) solution to fighting Live Wire and her electric powers... Supes pretty much just laminated himself in a thin layer of rubber, since it doesn't conduct electricity.
* In one episode of the ''[[Super FriendsSuperfriends]]'', both [[A Day in Thethe Limelight|Robin]] and a [[Frankenstein's Monster]] absorb powers from the rest of the show's heroes, including Superman; after battling to a stalemate, Robin uses one of these suits, and a chunk of kryptonite, to defeat the creature.
 
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