Plot Armor/Quotes

"Laharl: I've been thinking about why I, Laharl, the most terrifying Overlord around, lost. And I figured out the problem.

Adell: Oh yeah? What's the answer?

Laharl: It's because I'm not the main character! You guys only won because you're the heroes of the story!"

- Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories

"For every poorly explained piece of plot armor, there is a poorly explained plot bullet."

- Anonymous poster, /tg/

""Explosions went everywhere and one hit l but he was a ghost and it cant hit him and he save so don't worry cos darks the hero of this story anyway.""

- Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami

""Wow, it's a good thing that Shana is the main character of an anime, or else getting impaled by that giant spike might have killed her!""

- A video comment regarding the ending of Shakugan no Shana's 21st episode.

"Bob: What is it with you?! Why Won't You Die?

Mega Man: What do you mean?

Bob: No matter how many times I blast you to smithereens, you just keep coming back!

Mega Man: Oh, that. It's just a perk of being the main character in the comic strip.

Bob: There's just one thing you haven't noticed, Mega Man. My name is in the title of the comic, not yours.

Mega Man: Oh shit.

(BLAM!!)

George: Does that mean...?

Bob: No. You still die."

- Bob and George, "More Perks" and "Mega Man Dies Once Again"

"Narrator: Poor George was really shot, but can't die because, let's face it, he's the hero."

- George of the Jungle, 1997

""True, he was Kirk and therefore always got out alive while everyone else kicked the bucket but still...""

- BFF Nella, on Star Trek

""Meanwhile, in the B Plot, Geordi is hurt, but will recover, while Hutchinson has a sheet over him, and that's why character shields are the most important part of Starfleet's arsenal.""

- Sci Fi Debris, on the "Starship Mine" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Those bastards in the Pentagon can't really kill Sue Dibny,

No more they could kill off Lois Lane."

- Four-Color Love Story by the Metasciences

"Panik: Why aren't you dead?!

Yami: As I explained earlier, I'm the main character. You, however, can just go right ahead and die."

- Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series

""As the heroine, I somehow win every fight I'm in, even against clearly superior opponents.""

- Hakurei Reimu, in a Touhou comic

"''"Goddamn it, are you made out of plotanium?"

- Black Mage:, Eight Bit Theater