Plot Armor: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

The main reason the [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]] is still in business (along with a handful of other tropes). Just by being the main character, the laws of the world seem to bend around the character in a more than figurative way. For some reason (and not even an explicit ability), just being the main character or on his team protects you from death, serious wounds, and generally any sort of harm until dramatically appropriate. Even psychological damage can be beaten by '''Plot Armor'''. Unless you're [[Sorting Algorithm of Mortality|explicitly marked for death]], or [[Tempting Fate]].

* Lampshaded in [[The Movie]] of ''[[George of the Jungle]]'', the narrator mentions during a recap that "George was really shot but can't die because, let's face it, he's the hero."

* ''[[G.I. Joe: The Movie]]''. In the original script, good-guy Duke is hit with a snake-spear from Serpentor and dies. However, after ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'' traumatized kids with the death of Optimus Prime, [[Executive Meddling]] saddled the ''Joe'' movie with a hasty edit. Duke's injury merely resulted in a coma, and a voice-over near the end of the movie announced Duke's recovery.

{{quote|For any villains we may meet, we haven't any fears;

Paramount will protect us, 'cause we're signed for five more years. }}

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