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* Also done in an episode of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' when a boy is saved from a bullet by having a locket with a picture of his deceased mother hidden underneath his shirt. Made more poignant by the fact that this locket had been a point of strife between the boy and his brother, who had held a grudge against their mother for a certain misunderstanding. Adding to the [[Emotional Torque]] is that the bullet causes the locket, which was stuck up to that point, to open, its contents clearing up the misunderstanding. |
* Also done in an episode of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' when a boy is saved from a bullet by having a locket with a picture of his deceased mother hidden underneath his shirt. Made more poignant by the fact that this locket had been a point of strife between the boy and his brother, who had held a grudge against their mother for a certain misunderstanding. Adding to the [[Emotional Torque]] is that the bullet causes the locket, which was stuck up to that point, to open, its contents clearing up the misunderstanding. |
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* In a pinch, Rin Asougi of ''[[Mnemosyne]]'' uses a hotel Bible to block a bullet from an assassin's small calibur, silenced pistol. And then dug out the bullet and threw it into the assassin's face, blinding her in one eye. |
* In a pinch, Rin Asougi of ''[[Mnemosyne]]'' uses a hotel Bible to block a bullet from an assassin's small calibur, silenced pistol. And then dug out the bullet and threw it into the assassin's face, blinding her in one eye. |
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* The ''[[Berserk]]'' anime/manga has an poison arrow to Griffith's heart blocked by his Behelit, or as the Abridged of that show calls it, the "Portable Deus Ex Machina Generator". Justified in that Behelits want to keep their owners alive until they can cross the [[Despair Event Horizon]], and thus will take matters into their own... well... eyesockets. |
* The ''[[Berserk]]'' anime/manga has an poison arrow to Griffith's heart blocked by his Behelit, or as the Abridged of that show calls it, the "Portable Deus Ex Machina Generator". Justified in that Behelits want to keep their owners alive until they can cross the [[Despair Event Horizon]], and thus will take matters into their own... well... eyesockets. |
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** Parodied in the manga, when a devoutly religious individual is shielded from a [[BFS]] stabbing with a Bible he always keeps on him. He then states that the Bible is what his faith is based on, thus he cannot be harmed by a "tainted blade" because of that faith. A couple characters point out this is complete nonsense, as the book was easily torn through and he was protected by the stab by [[Our Demons Are Different|his own incredibly hard scales.]] |
** Parodied in the manga, when a devoutly religious individual is shielded from a [[BFS]] stabbing with a Bible he always keeps on him. He then states that the Bible is what his faith is based on, thus he cannot be harmed by a "tainted blade" because of that faith. A couple characters point out this is complete nonsense, as the book was easily torn through and he was protected by the stab by [[Our Demons Are Different|his own incredibly hard scales.]] |
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* In the first episode of ''[[Code Geass]]'', Suzaku is shot in the back; in the second, we learn that the bullet hit [[Memento MacGuffin|a pocket watch]] that belonged to his [[Disappeared Dad]]. Unlike many examples, the bullet still injures him even if it's not fatal. |
* In the first episode of ''[[Code Geass]]'', Suzaku is shot in the back; in the second, we learn that the bullet hit [[Memento MacGuffin|a pocket watch]] that belonged to his [[Disappeared Dad]]. Unlike many examples, the bullet still injures him even if it's not fatal. |
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* In the first episode of ''[[ROD the TV|ROD TV]]'', the paper sisters are flying alongside Nenene's plane, trying to save the author from an assassin. The youngest pokes her head out to look in windows, and we see the assassin shoot at the girl a few times, breaking windows of the airplane. The girl ducks back into the paper beast, readying her rescue attempt, and, after Nenene is saved, reveals the signed copy of Nenene's book, with a huge bullet hole through the cover, digging down through most of the book. She then says, "You need to write thicker books, my defense isn't so good..." Subverted as the Paper Sisters have control over the elemental powers of paper, and use loose sheets of paper to stop bombs exploding, amongst other things. |
* In the first episode of ''[[ROD the TV|ROD TV]]'', the paper sisters are flying alongside Nenene's plane, trying to save the author from an assassin. The youngest pokes her head out to look in windows, and we see the assassin shoot at the girl a few times, breaking windows of the airplane. The girl ducks back into the paper beast, readying her rescue attempt, and, after Nenene is saved, reveals the signed copy of Nenene's book, with a huge bullet hole through the cover, digging down through most of the book. She then says, "You need to write thicker books, my defense isn't so good..." Subverted as the Paper Sisters have control over the elemental powers of paper, and use loose sheets of paper to stop bombs exploding, amongst other things. |
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* Ichigo's Hollow mask saves him ''twice'' from otherwise fatal hits in ''[[Bleach]]', the second time being [[Clingy MacGuffin|after being taken from him and thrown into a sewer.]] |
* Ichigo's Hollow mask saves him ''twice'' from otherwise fatal hits in ''[[Bleach]]', the second time being [[Clingy MacGuffin|after being taken from him and thrown into a sewer.]] |
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* Played glaringly straight in and episode of ''[[Black Jack|Black Jack 21]]'' when a single [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|ace of spades]] and his [[Orphan's Plot Trinket|mother's pendant]] stopped a bullet from piercing his left lung. |
* Played glaringly straight in and episode of ''[[Black Jack|Black Jack 21]]'' when a single [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|ace of spades]] and his [[Orphan's Plot Trinket|mother's pendant]] stopped a bullet from piercing his left lung. |
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* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' while taking on [[Big Bad|Byakuran]], Tsuna was losing badly. An attack from Byakuran almost pierced Tsuna through the heart, only to be stopped by Lanchia's Ring, an object last seen 140 chapters earlier. |
* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' while taking on [[Big Bad|Byakuran]], Tsuna was losing badly. An attack from Byakuran almost pierced Tsuna through the heart, only to be stopped by Lanchia's Ring, an object last seen 140 chapters earlier. |
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* In ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', Ahiru fends of a sword attack from Fakir ([[It Makes Sense in Context|don't ask]]) with a [[Paper Fan of Doom]]. |
* In ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', Ahiru fends of a sword attack from Fakir ([[It Makes Sense in Context|don't ask]]) with a [[Paper Fan of Doom]]. |
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* The [[Elvis Presley]] film ''Frankie & Johnny'' has Elvis' Johnny survive being shot onstage by a [[Not-So-Fake Prop Weapon]] when the bullet is lodged in the lucky cricket pendant Frankie had given him earlier. |
* The [[Elvis Presley]] film ''Frankie & Johnny'' has Elvis' Johnny survive being shot onstage by a [[Not-So-Fake Prop Weapon]] when the bullet is lodged in the lucky cricket pendant Frankie had given him earlier. |
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* ''[[Predator]] 2''. Before going in to fight the Predator, Harrigan puts a metal plate in his shirt to protect against its attacks. |
* ''[[Predator]] 2''. Before going in to fight the Predator, Harrigan puts a metal plate in his shirt to protect against its attacks. |
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* Played straight in ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes'' (2010) with a tobacco box. |
* Played straight in ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes'' (2010) with a tobacco box. |
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* In ''[[Paul]]'' Ruth's father gets shot in the chest, only to show up later, showing the bullet lodged in his copy of [[The Bible]]. |
* In ''[[Paul]]'' Ruth's father gets shot in the chest, only to show up later, showing the bullet lodged in his copy of [[The Bible]]. |
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* A variant appears in ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''. Loki needs to touch a person over their heart with his scepter to control them. {{spoiler|He tries this on [[Iron Man]], but the arc reactor in his chest gets in the way}}. |
* A variant appears in ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''. Loki needs to touch a person over their heart with his scepter to control them. {{spoiler|He tries this on [[Iron Man]], but the arc reactor in his chest gets in the way}}. |
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** [[Stephen King]] also used this in his early novel ''Rage'': the protagonist survives being shot by a police sniper because he dropped his locker-padlock into his breast pocket. He suffers shrapnel-damage and severe bruising. |
** [[Stephen King]] also used this in his early novel ''Rage'': the protagonist survives being shot by a police sniper because he dropped his locker-padlock into his breast pocket. He suffers shrapnel-damage and severe bruising. |
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* In ''[[Good Omens]]'', a man is saved from a bullet by his wallet, but is still shocked at how many credit cards were ruined in the process. This is justified shortly afterwords as explicit supernatural intervention (which was, to be fair, the reason he was being shot at in the first place.) |
* In ''[[Good Omens]]'', a man is saved from a bullet by his wallet, but is still shocked at how many credit cards were ruined in the process. This is justified shortly afterwords as explicit supernatural intervention (which was, to be fair, the reason he was being shot at in the first place.) |
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* In the novel ''[[From Russia with Love]]'', [[James Bond]] is saved from Red Grant's bullet by his trusty cigarette case. Which Bond surreptiously put in place while the mentally dubious Grant explained how they'd set him up: Grant was used a special gun disguised in a book. Meant for public executions, it used a special low-power cartridge for minimum noise, and an expanding (dum-dum) bullet for maximum damage from the low power. |
* In the novel ''[[From Russia with Love]]'', [[James Bond]] is saved from Red Grant's bullet by his trusty cigarette case. Which Bond surreptiously put in place while the mentally dubious Grant explained how they'd set him up: Grant was used a special gun disguised in a book. Meant for public executions, it used a special low-power cartridge for minimum noise, and an expanding (dum-dum) bullet for maximum damage from the low power. |
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* In [[Charles Stross]]'s ''Halting State'', Jack is saved from a stab wound by the foldup keyboard in his jacket. It later turns out that his jacket is practically ''lined'' with computer stuff, though. |
* In [[Charles Stross]]'s ''Halting State'', Jack is saved from a stab wound by the foldup keyboard in his jacket. It later turns out that his jacket is practically ''lined'' with computer stuff, though. |
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* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''Necropolis'', Gaunt's life is saved by a metallic rose he is wearing. (Though he is hurt. Badly.) |
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''Necropolis'', Gaunt's life is saved by a metallic rose he is wearing. (Though he is hurt. Badly.) |
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* ''[[Get Smart]]'' parodies this trope when a villain shoots at Agent Smart and he holds up a book to stop the bullet. The villain asks how Smart knew that would save him, and Smart says back, "Nobody gets through ''[[War and Peace]]''!" |
* ''[[Get Smart]]'' parodies this trope when a villain shoots at Agent Smart and he holds up a book to stop the bullet. The villain asks how Smart knew that would save him, and Smart says back, "Nobody gets through ''[[War and Peace]]''!" |
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** He did again, with the same book and same quote, against a knife in the movie ''Get Smart Again!''. |
** He did again, with the same book and same quote, against a knife in the movie ''Get Smart Again!''. |
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** A similar joke is told among Mormons, with a missionary being shot at, and finding that his pocket copy of [[The Book of Mormon ( |
** A similar joke is told among Mormons, with a missionary being shot at, and finding that his pocket copy of [[The Book of Mormon (literature)|The Book of Mormon]] stopped the bullet. He jokes that the bullet couldn't get through 2 Nephi either. |
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* Inverted in an episode of the original live-action ''[[Superman]]'' series. The bad guys are holding Clark, Lois, and Jimmy hostage, and their boss insists Clark is Superman. The boss shoots Clark, who in turn reacts with surprise, and Lois and Jimmy are both convinced. Clark, however, reaches into his jacket and feels around thoughtfully. After the situation is resolved Clark pulls out a conveniently dented silver dollar and claims that it stopped the bullet. |
* Inverted in an episode of the original live-action ''[[Superman]]'' series. The bad guys are holding Clark, Lois, and Jimmy hostage, and their boss insists Clark is Superman. The boss shoots Clark, who in turn reacts with surprise, and Lois and Jimmy are both convinced. Clark, however, reaches into his jacket and feels around thoughtfully. After the situation is resolved Clark pulls out a conveniently dented silver dollar and claims that it stopped the bullet. |
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* Indy in ''[[Young Indiana Jones]]'' is saved this way in the episode "Oganga". |
* Indy in ''[[Young Indiana Jones]]'' is saved this way in the episode "Oganga". |
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* The Beeb's ''[[Young Dracula]]'' has this happen when van Hellsing, by accident because he got frightened by a loud noise, shooting [[Mr. Fanservice|Vlad's dad]] in the chest with a ''crossbow bolt''. It was stopped by a small decanter of poisoned holy water which Hellsing tried to slip him earlier. ...Which had a bloodred liquid in it. Coincidental. |
* The Beeb's ''[[Young Dracula]]'' has this happen when van Hellsing, by accident because he got frightened by a loud noise, shooting [[Mr. Fanservice|Vlad's dad]] in the chest with a ''crossbow bolt''. It was stopped by a small decanter of poisoned holy water which Hellsing tried to slip him earlier. ...Which had a bloodred liquid in it. Coincidental. |
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* Averted in Episode 1x10 of ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' - A convict was apparently shot. The team pulls a Bible from his pocket; it's bloody. The bullet went right through it. |
* Averted in Episode 1x10 of ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' - A convict was apparently shot. The team pulls a Bible from his pocket; it's bloody. The bullet went right through it. |
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* ''[[Psychoville]]'' has one character get saved by a watermelon he was carrying. |
* ''[[Psychoville]]'' has one character get saved by a watermelon he was carrying. |
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* At the end the first part of the [[Sci Fi]] channel miniseries ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'', {{spoiler|Wyatt Cain}} and {{spoiler|Zero}} engage in a conversation of great revelation, with a side of epic battle, which ends with {{spoiler|Zero}} trying to put a bullet through {{spoiler|Cain's}} chest which is conveniently stopped {{spoiler|by his long lost son's small toy horse}}. |
* At the end the first part of the [[Sci Fi]] channel miniseries ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'', {{spoiler|Wyatt Cain}} and {{spoiler|Zero}} engage in a conversation of great revelation, with a side of epic battle, which ends with {{spoiler|Zero}} trying to put a bullet through {{spoiler|Cain's}} chest which is conveniently stopped {{spoiler|by his long lost son's small toy horse}}. |
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* Standup comic [[Dead Baby Comedy|Anthony Jeselnik]] tells a story about this: |
* Standup comic [[Dead Baby Comedy|Anthony Jeselnik]] tells a story about this: |
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{{quote|"''Now, I'm not a religious man. But my Uncle Tom? Super-religious. And one day, during a walk, he was mugged and shot in the chest. Now, miraculously - and I mean miraculously - he always kept a Bible in his left front pocket. And he had something to read while he bled to death.''"}} |
{{quote|"''Now, I'm not a religious man. But my Uncle Tom? Super-religious. And one day, during a walk, he was mugged and shot in the chest. Now, miraculously - and I mean miraculously - he always kept a Bible in his left front pocket. And he had something to read while he bled to death.''"}} |
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* Played with in one episode of ''[[Castle]]'': a character has a copy of ''Crime and Punishment'' in his coat pocket that stopped a bullet. |
* Played with in one episode of ''[[Castle]]'': a character has a copy of ''Crime and Punishment'' in his coat pocket that stopped a bullet. |
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* In the pilot of ''[[The Good Guys]]'' Dan's flask saves his life when it stops a knife that is thrown at him (the bad guy is out of bullets) |
* In the pilot of ''[[The Good Guys]]'' Dan's flask saves his life when it stops a knife that is thrown at him (the bad guy is out of bullets) |
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* In Episode 1, Short 2 of the [[Tenacious D]] television show Jack and Kyle have a falling out over a girl named Flarna. {{spoiler|Kyle jumps in front of a robber's bullet, but is saved by a huge friendship medallion that was under his shirt. They proceed to perform the song "Kyle Took A Bullet For Me."}} |
* In Episode 1, Short 2 of the [[Tenacious D]] television show Jack and Kyle have a falling out over a girl named Flarna. {{spoiler|Kyle jumps in front of a robber's bullet, but is saved by a huge friendship medallion that was under his shirt. They proceed to perform the song "Kyle Took A Bullet For Me."}} |
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* In the ''[[White Collar]]'' episode "Book of Hours", Neal manages to block a gunshot from the villain of the week by holding up a Renaissance-vintage Bible (that he's spent the entire episode looking for). |
* In the ''[[White Collar]]'' episode "Book of Hours", Neal manages to block a gunshot from the villain of the week by holding up a Renaissance-vintage Bible (that he's spent the entire episode looking for). |
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* [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]: In his final battle with Basco, Marvelous is saved from a fatal shot by {{spoiler|[[Hoist By Their Own Petard|part of the bomb necklace Basco had put on his sidekick Sally in an earlier attempt to kill him]]}}. |
* [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]: In his final battle with Basco, Marvelous is saved from a fatal shot by {{spoiler|[[Hoist By Their Own Petard|part of the bomb necklace Basco had put on his sidekick Sally in an earlier attempt to kill him]]}}. |
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== [[Music Videos]] == |
== [[Music Videos]] == |
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== [[Radio]] == |
== [[Radio]] == |
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* The 'Bandits' episode of ''[[The Very World of Milton Jones]]'' ends with Milton surviving death by firing squid when the bullets are deflected by the Tesco Clubcard in his pocket. "Now that's what I call a saving!" |
* The 'Bandits' episode of ''[[The Very World of Milton Jones]]'' ends with Milton surviving death by firing squid when the bullets are deflected by the Tesco Clubcard in his pocket. "Now that's what I call a saving!" |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* The NES version of ''[[Bionic Commando]]'' has an entire item ''dedicated'' to this trope. It's a tiny pendant which, by a certain chance, may or may not deflect an enemy shot. There's a helmet in the game too, which increases your odds, but the pendant is modeled after the trope. |
* The NES version of ''[[Bionic Commando]]'' has an entire item ''dedicated'' to this trope. It's a tiny pendant which, by a certain chance, may or may not deflect an enemy shot. There's a helmet in the game too, which increases your odds, but the pendant is modeled after the trope. |
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* In [[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza 4]], in the finale, {{spoiler|the defeated Munakata, in an angry fit after understanding Date's newspaper will ruin him, picks up Arai's weapon from the ground and shoots Akiyama in the chest. Akiyama falls down with all the drama necessary to the scene, and after a few seconds, pats his chest pocket, finding the bullet completely lodged inside a stack of dozens of yen bills. Money saves lives indeed.}} |
* In [[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza 4]], in the finale, {{spoiler|the defeated Munakata, in an angry fit after understanding Date's newspaper will ruin him, picks up Arai's weapon from the ground and shoots Akiyama in the chest. Akiyama falls down with all the drama necessary to the scene, and after a few seconds, pats his chest pocket, finding the bullet completely lodged inside a stack of dozens of yen bills. Money saves lives indeed.}} |
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* ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' can have this at some point, depending on a choice made earlier in the game: at one point, Lloyd maneuvers through a hallway full of arrows, dodging them all. At the end, one last arrow shoots straight at Lloyd, and either this happens (with a key item given to Lloyd by the character you chose earlier) or Lloyd just dodges it. |
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' can have this at some point, depending on a choice made earlier in the game: at one point, Lloyd maneuvers through a hallway full of arrows, dodging them all. At the end, one last arrow shoots straight at Lloyd, and either this happens (with a key item given to Lloyd by the character you chose earlier) or Lloyd just dodges it. |
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* The ''Mother''/''[[Earthbound]]'' series had the [[Attack Reflector|Franklin Badge]] which would deflect, respectively, a certain instant-kill attack and all lightning attacks just by having it in your inventory. In the [[MOTHER 1|first]] [[Earthbound|two]] games, it took up an inventory slot of the character you chose to equip it to, while, in ''[[Mother 3]]'', it's classified as a key item, and is always equipped to Lucas once you acquire it. The badge returned in ''[[Super Smash Bros]] Brawl''. When worn, it deflects projectiles for a set period of time. |
* The ''Mother''/''[[Earthbound]]'' series had the [[Attack Reflector|Franklin Badge]] which would deflect, respectively, a certain instant-kill attack and all lightning attacks just by having it in your inventory. In the [[MOTHER 1|first]] [[Earthbound|two]] games, it took up an inventory slot of the character you chose to equip it to, while, in ''[[Mother 3]]'', it's classified as a key item, and is always equipped to Lucas once you acquire it. The badge returned in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''. When worn, it deflects projectiles for a set period of time. |
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* In ''[[Uncharted Drakes Fortune|Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]'' {{spoiler|Sully gets a bullet to the chest early in the game then returns very much alive. It turns out he survived due to having Francis Drake's journal in his pocket. Nathan even lampshades the trope saying "I thought this only happened in the movies!"}} |
* In ''[[Uncharted Drakes Fortune|Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]'' {{spoiler|Sully gets a bullet to the chest early in the game then returns very much alive. It turns out he survived due to having Francis Drake's journal in his pocket. Nathan even lampshades the trope saying "I thought this only happened in the movies!"}} |
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* Spoofed and possibly lampshaded in ''[[Mercenaries]]'' when Fiona is telling Matthias about the PDA. When asked by Matthias if the "gadget" could stop a bullet, she responds by saying "No, but it can keep you from wandering around Korea like an idiot." |
* Spoofed and possibly lampshaded in ''[[Mercenaries]]'' when Fiona is telling Matthias about the PDA. When asked by Matthias if the "gadget" could stop a bullet, she responds by saying "No, but it can keep you from wandering around Korea like an idiot." |
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* In the female protagonist's route of the ''[[Persona 3]]'' PSP remake, {{spoiler|maxing Shinjiro's social link will save his life thanks to a pocketwatch, although he remains in a coma until after the final battle}}. |
* In the female protagonist's route of the ''[[Persona 3]]'' PSP remake, {{spoiler|maxing Shinjiro's social link will save his life thanks to a pocketwatch, although he remains in a coma until after the final battle}}. |
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* In the climax of ''[[Bayonetta]]'', the titular witch unwittingly causes a [[Time Paradox]] by giving Cereza AKA {{spoiler|herself as a child}} her metallic makeup canister, this results in Jeanne {{spoiler|failing to fully seal Bayonetta away as her sword hits the canister, causing her to have all her memories in the present.}} [[Mind Screw|It's a little hard to follow.]] |
* In the climax of ''[[Bayonetta]]'', the titular witch unwittingly causes a [[Time Paradox]] by giving Cereza AKA {{spoiler|herself as a child}} her metallic makeup canister, this results in Jeanne {{spoiler|failing to fully seal Bayonetta away as her sword hits the canister, causing her to have all her memories in the present.}} [[Mind Screw|It's a little hard to follow.]] |
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* In ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', Dwarven mothers often carry something of great sentimental value into battle which sometimes takes a blow that would have otherwise struck them. This being Dwarf Fortress, the 'object' in question is ''their baby''. |
* In ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', Dwarven mothers often carry something of great sentimental value into battle which sometimes takes a blow that would have otherwise struck them. This being Dwarf Fortress, the 'object' in question is ''their baby''. |
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* In the Danish CGI movie ''[[Journey to Saturn]]'', the Iranian-Danish Jamil Ahmadinejad carries a huge collection of photos of his extended family under his shirt. Enough to subvert an impending [[Black Dude Dies First|Middle-Eastern Dude Dies First]] moment. |
* In the Danish CGI movie ''[[Journey to Saturn]]'', the Iranian-Danish Jamil Ahmadinejad carries a huge collection of photos of his extended family under his shirt. Enough to subvert an impending [[Black Dude Dies First|Middle-Eastern Dude Dies First]] moment. |
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* In a 1940s-era ''[[Popeye]]'' cartoon, Bluto pretended to be [[Superman]] in order to woo Olive Oyl. Popeye and "Superman" had a one-upsmanship contest culminating in shooting each other with a Thompson submachine gun. Popeye was left for dead, then slowly got to his feet, reached into his sailor suit, and pulled out the can of spinach that had been in front of his chest, now riddled with bullet holes. He gave a Popeye chuckle, and said "Saved by me spinachk!" |
* In a 1940s-era ''[[Popeye]]'' cartoon, Bluto pretended to be [[Superman]] in order to woo Olive Oyl. Popeye and "Superman" had a one-upsmanship contest culminating in shooting each other with a Thompson submachine gun. Popeye was left for dead, then slowly got to his feet, reached into his sailor suit, and pulled out the can of spinach that had been in front of his chest, now riddled with bullet holes. He gave a Popeye chuckle, and said "Saved by me spinachk!" |
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** Happened again in one episode when Popeye and Bluto, disguised as the International, went on a swordfight. Bluto had the upper hand and had Popeye cornered on the wall. Bluto stabs him multiple times until he finally struck his chest revealing the can of spinach at the tip of his blade. |
** Happened again in one episode when Popeye and Bluto, disguised as the International, went on a swordfight. Bluto had the upper hand and had Popeye cornered on the wall. Bluto stabs him multiple times until he finally struck his chest revealing the can of spinach at the tip of his blade. |
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* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Insane in the Mainframe", Fry gets stabbed in the chest by Bender's crazy friend Roberto, but the knife hits an oil can [[Chekhov's Gun|that he picked up earlier]]. As an added bonus, in this episode Fry is convinced that he's a robot, and the sight of him "bleeding" oil makes Roberto [[Freak-Out]] and jump out the window. |
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Insane in the Mainframe", Fry gets stabbed in the chest by Bender's crazy friend Roberto, but the knife hits an oil can [[Chekhov's Gun|that he picked up earlier]]. As an added bonus, in this episode Fry is convinced that he's a robot, and the sight of him "bleeding" oil makes Roberto [[Freak-Out]] and jump out the window. |
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** In "Benderama", Bender is shot and the bullet is stopped by a Bible he had in his compartment. The tiny Bender clone inside said Bible, however, wasn't so lucky. |
** In "Benderama", Bender is shot and the bullet is stopped by a Bible he had in his compartment. The tiny Bender clone inside said Bible, however, wasn't so lucky. |
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*** [[Pulp Fiction|We just witnessed a miracle, and I want you to fucking acknowledge it!]] |
*** [[Pulp Fiction|We just witnessed a miracle, and I want you to fucking acknowledge it!]] |
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*** Although in a pleasing coincidence, one bulled was documented to have stopped at the 91st Psalm ("...You need not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by die...though thousands fall about you and ten thousand fall at your right hand, near you it shall not come....") |
*** Although in a pleasing coincidence, one bulled was documented to have stopped at the 91st Psalm ("...You need not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by die...though thousands fall about you and ten thousand fall at your right hand, near you it shall not come....") |
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* Badges worn by police officers have been proven to be able to stop small arms fire: [http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/7034990/ Here's a story] of a cop saved by his badge. |
* Badges worn by police officers have been proven to be able to stop small arms fire: [http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/7034990/ Here's a story] of a cop saved by his badge. |
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* An assassin shot [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in 1912. Fortunately, the bullet was prevented from penetrating too deeply by Roosevelt's steel eyeglass case and folded speech in his jacket. |
* An assassin shot [[Theodore Roosevelt]] in 1912. Fortunately, the bullet was prevented from penetrating too deeply by Roosevelt's steel eyeglass case and folded speech in his jacket. |
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{{quote|"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose!"}} |
{{quote|"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose!"}} |
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