Plot Armor/Playing With

Basic Trope: A main character survives a deadly situation simply because they're one of the main characters.

• Straight: Bob is placed in a Literal Cliff Hanger over some jagged rocks, falls, and is rescued Just in Time by Alice.
• Exaggerated: Bob's foot is touching the rocks before Alice saves him.
• Downplayed: Characters important to the plot have increased defense and/or Hit Points values for no discernible reason except their plot roles, but they can still be taken out depending on how the Player Character acts.
• Justified: Bob's Applied Phlebotinum alerts Alice to his peril.
• Inverted: Red Shirt
• Subverted: Decoy Protagonist
• Double Subverted: Bob comes back near the end of the series.
• Parodied: They Killed Kenny
• Zig Zagged: Sometimes Bob gets into these situations, and sometimes he doesn't.
• Averted: Bob falls on the jagged rocks and dies.
  • Bob is never put in a Literal Cliff Hanger situation in the first place.
• Enforced: The executives fear that if The Hero is killed, people won't watch the show, so the writers are not allowed to kill Bob.
• Lampshaded: "Phew! I was Just in Time!"
• Invoked: ???
• Exploited: Charlie is Genre Savvy and knows that main characters tend to stay alive longer, so he intentionally becomes Bob's best friend.
• Defied: ???
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???

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