History Main / AdaptiveArmor

** Using Jury Rigg and Upgrade's abilities, Dial develops Armor Gear, PoweredArmor made out of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics catoms]] that can coordinate with X for assistance, can [[InstantArmor be compacted into clothing]] and [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation can adapt to form weapons and other devices]], like [[BladeBelowTheShoulder arm blades]], [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe tower shields]] or an agents' weapon of choice. And since these are standard issue, they are usable by ''everyone'', from the baseline human agents to the Enhanced soldiers.

* During the Superior Iron Man run, Tony had a symbiote-based armour. After ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', he switched to an armour that can morph but isn't, you know, kind of alive. And it can do pretty much everything all his old armours could do - even [[spoiler: Victor Von Doom]] was impressed.

* ''ComicBook/{{XO}}'', from the comic of the same name produced by Valiant. The original version is an alien-created series of power armor with the most powerful being the Man-O-War class of armor. So powerful almost none of the aliens even have the mental and physical abilities to use one and in the hands of a Visigoth slave responding to his powerful will the armor can adapt and grow to deal with virtually any situation, sustain its wearer almost indefinitely and heal nearly any injury (having his stomach slashed open simply had him trapped in the armor for 10 years while it repaired him). It was even capable of regenerating someone else's arm when ordered to do so (although again this took time).

* The alien symbiotes (Venom, Carnage, etc.) of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' fame are examples of this.

PoweredArmor is a very fearsome tool and weapon, even capable of making the wielder a LightningBruiser with the AlphaStrike capability to OneHitKill most enemies. However, despite its potential for [[DoAnythingRobot great versatility]] with in built {{Swiss Army Weapon}}s, it will always look and do the same things regardless of the driver.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': The Berserker Armor that Guts wears. Besides the fact that the helmet shape changes form according to the wearer's [[AnimalMotif inner beast]] (in Guts' case, the dog-like beast), it increases the wearer's endurance and power, but at the cost of allowing the wearer to surpass their physical limit by making their subconscious unaware of physical injuries (though while wearing the armor, massive wounds can be temporarily healed - but this is done by the armor-piercing splinters through the skin). Oh, and it also causes temporary insanity by making the wearer go [[TheBerserker berserk]] and is insinuated that [[DeadlyUpgrade long term use will cause mental deterioration.]] It is a {{curse}}d piece of armor, after all.
* Clothes in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' have shades of this, if not all the elements. One size fits all? Check. Mind of its own (helping Seiya in a pinch more than once, screwing its rogue Gold Saint bearer) ? Check. Some of them upgrade (in the Poseidon arc after being revived by Gold Saint blood, and in Hades arc turning into God Cloths) in response to HeroicResolve? Check.

** The Allies in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' field the [[TanksButNoTanks Multigunner IFV]], an adaptive ''jeep'' that would power up any infantry put inside (including the other factions). There was also a base defense version. Hilariously enough, a Multigunner Turret seen through the fog of war would appear to have ''all'' its possible addons, including several guns, a missile rack, a lightning gun, a freeze ray, a plasma beam, an energy bow, a ninja star launcher, and some kind of automatic repair arm.

** Using Jury Rigg and Upgrade's abilities, Dial develops Armor Gear, PoweredArmor made out of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics catoms]] that can coordinate with X for assistance, can [[InstantArmor be compacted into clothing]] and [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation can adapt to form weapons and other devices]], like [[BladeBelowTheShoulder arm blades]], [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe tower shields]] or an agents' WeaponOfChoice. And since these are standard issue, they are usable by ''everyone'', from the baseline human agents to the Enhanced soldiers.

* In TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds' core setting ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'', this trope is filled by the Star Knight Corps, combined {{Expy}}s of the [[Franchise/GreenLantern Green Lantern Corps]] and ComicBook/RomSpaceKnight.

* By Film/AvengersInfinityWar Tony Stark's nano-armor has advanced to this point. As evidenced by the climax of Film/AvengersEndgame when [[spoiler: he uses it to assemble a substitute Infinity Gauntlet on the fly.]]