Instant Armor: Difference between revisions

[[Powered Armor]] is nice, but also kind of clunky - getting through narrow passages can be a pain, and getting out of it in a hurry 'cuz you need to go to the loo is quite troublesome as well. Wouldn't it be much nicer if you could just create a suit out of thin air - or, alternately, out of whatever raw-materials happen to be handy - whenever you need one? Well, if you've got [[Psychic Powers]] or [[Functional Magic]], or just some really nifty gadgets, you can!

 

 

[[Collapsible Helmet]] is a more specific [[Sub-Trope]] where only the helmet appears/ disappears.

* In Jeconais' ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic ''[https://jeconais.fanficauthors.net/Blue_Steel/index/ Blue Steel]'', Harry forges himself several suits of armor which he can summon; they seem to grow out of the ground around his feet, flowing or slamming into place to assemble themselves on his body.

 

* In the 1989 ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'' a push of a button on the [[Thememobile|Batmobile]] covers it in armor.

* ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'': In the second film, Tony Stark has a suitcase that turns into a suit of armor, as a nod to the comics. However, it's more of an [[Emergency Weapon]], as it is significantly less powerful than the regular armour, and apparently only mounts the palm repulsors for weaponry. Still comes in very handy in a pinch.

 

== Web Original ==

* Alloy from ''[[The Descendants]]'' does this using whatever metal happens to be available. He actually discovered his powers this way.

* In the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', Loophole and Jericho can both teleport their armor into place as long as they are pretty close to the armor and teleportation system. They both end up armorless when they're attacked in Boston in "Ayla and the Birthday Brawl". Then there's Iron Star, who can manifest a metal carapace armor around himself whenever he wants. Britomart can do the same with a Guyver-like armor, she just has real trouble getting it off: as a side effect she doesn't have a hair left on her body.

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[[Category:Tropes in Shining Armor]]