History Main / ImmuneToBullets

* Averted in ''RurouniKenshin''. Badass ninjas that they are, [[spoiler: The Oniwabanshu]] are most definitely '''not''' immune to bullets.

* Phase Shift Armor in ''GundamSEED'' and its sequel is designed to make any physical attack becomes useless which includes normal bullets and shells.
** [[MobileSuitGundam The Gundam]] is immune to Zaku II's machine gun attack in the series' beginning.
** Same story with the 5 suits from ''GundamWing''. Part of the reason the Gundams were so fearsome was because their armor was made using a special alloy that conventional weapons couldn't even dent.

** Same story with the 5 suits from MobileSuitGundamWing. Part of the reason the Gundams were so fearsome was because their armor was made using a special alloy that conventional weapons couldn't even dent.

* Many monsters of the week in KamenRider fall under this trope. Unless said bullets were fired from the show's resident {{Gunslinger}}. Specifics include:

** [[KamenRiderAgito The Unknown]]. The bullet doesn't even hit them. They just stop mid-way to their forehead and they ''explode''. [[spoiler: [[TheWorfBarrage Including the bullets that could take down the Grongi.]]]] Subverted when G3 gets upgraded to deal with them. Not only can his bullets hit them, they can eventually kill them.
** Subverted for [[KamenRiderFaiz The Orphenoch]], though they need more than a standard amount of bullets to take down.
** Justified with [[KamenRiderWizard the Phantoms]], who are immune to normal bullets due to being magical in nature and thus immune to conventional weapons. This even includes {{Mook}}s. They can only be truly harmed by a Magician or magical weapons such as silver bullets.

* Pycal the Magician from the second episode of the original ''Anime/LupinIII'' is completely immune to any kind of projectile fired at him. Lupin and Jigen try pistols, machine guns, and even a bazooka on him and it has no effect on his body.

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* The ''{{Terminator}}'' films use this frequently:
** The T-600 from ''Salvation'' could be damaged by whatever bullets John Connor was using in his gun, as he head-shoots one to kill it near the start of the film.
** The T-800 from the original movie and ''T2'' and the T-850 from ''Rise of the Machines'' are strong enough to be unfazed by gunfire, although it does wreck their fleshy exteriors. Explosives and molten iron, on the other hand...
** The T-1000 in ''T2'', being made of liquid metal, is only "damaged" by bullets in that they splash its body on impact, ruining its disguise. Cconcentrated firepower or a point-blank shot will stun it, but even then it's only a few seconds before it reforms itself. It takes [[spoiler:being frozen in liquid nitrogen, shattered, and then remelting]] to actually damage it, but you wouldn't know that unless you saw the director's cut ([[spoiler:its camouflaging ability starts to break down, and it gets a little melty and sticky]]); those scenes were removed from the theatrical version. It's possible that it could have withstood [[spoiler:that M-80 grenade blowing it apart]] given enough time to reform, but [[spoiler:that vat of molten iron]] got in the way...

* Played for drama in ''{{Unbreakable}}''. David Dunn's son believes his dad may be a superhero, so he points a gun at him to prove it. [[spoiler: Averted, since David is able to talk him out of firing and we never discover what would have happened.]]

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* Whilst not technically immune to bullets, {{Batman}} does wear a bullet-proof suit that protects him from most fatal injury. And he wears a Bat-shaped target on his chest, where the heaviest bulletproofing can be found.

* In ''Franchise/StarWars'', while not immune to them if they get hit, attempting to attack a Jedi/Dark Jedi/Sith with a blaster is not only typically fruitless unless the plot demands it, but is in fact counterproductive. This is because they not only block blaster bolts with their lightsabers, but often reflect them back at the person that shot them.
** Given that the Sith, the only other known people to use the weapon at all, had been extinct for a millennium prior to Episode I, it would seem that deflecting fire is probably the primary use of a saber in the first place.
** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', the [=AT-ATs=]. ''"That armor's too strong for blasters."'' - Luke Skywalker, just before one of the [=AT-AT=]s gets destroyed with...blasters.
*** It's hard to see, but the blaster hits the movable neck section which is the less-armored weak point

* ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' used this for Anubis' Kull Warriors (in a blatant ''Star Trek'' ripoff taking place in a LotusEaterMachine, they immediately adapted to the superweapon developed to destroy them, forcing SG-1 to create a "randomizer" for their superweapon, though this only occurred in a dream sequence where Teal'c was subconsciously making things harder on himself).
** Also note that Teal'c might even have ''seen'' that ''Star Trek'' episodes. By that time, he had already often surprised people by showing off his knowledge of some Tau'ri popular culture.
** ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' inverted this with the Replicators, who were immune to energy weapons, but fell apart if struck by so much as a single bullet center mass. Human-form replicators play it straight, though.

* A weird version of this trope popped up in at least one case of small-scale african warfare, when fighters armed with assault rifles could be seen wearing brightly-colored inflatable armbands ("floaties"), long blonde wigs, dresses, and other bizarre clothing items '' while participating in heavy streetfighting, with bullets zipping around them and all.'' Supposedly they believe that certain items grant their wearers magical powers, making them immune to being hit, etc. What more likely happens is that the enemy is [[RefugeInAudacity to confused by the display to shoot]].

* Many targets Golgo13 faces have bulletproof glass or something similar protecting them, though he always finds another way.

* The global OhCrap moment known as the Great Panic in ''WorldWarZ'' was triggered by the limited effect that modern US ordinance was having against the [[NotUsingTheZWord Zack]].
** It wasn't so much that [[NotUsingTheZWord Zack]] was immune to bullets, but immune to the psychological warfare tactics of modern warfare. (e.g. "shock and awe")
** Averted in that the best strategy the US came up with after learning it's current strategies were useless was Neopolic infantry lines.

* Trying to shoot Robert and Rosalind Lutece in ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' just results in light mockery and less ammunition. [[CreepyTwins This is just one of their stranger qualities.]]

** [[NightmareFuel Hippopotami]]. Their skin is so thick, that rifle bullets will literally bounce right off of them.

* Walter in ''TheDarkTower'', strictly speaking, is probably vulnerable to bullets, but has a magic power that causes all guns aimed at him to misfire 100% of the time. It only applies to guns from Mid-World, his original 'home'. When [[spoiler:Roland goes for Jake's ruger, Walter turns the hell around and starts running. It's specifically mentioned that his power only applies to guns/bullets of his world.]]

* Nearly every Angel in ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' was immune to the standard pallet rifles carried by the Evas. A notable exception is Matariel, which, after some difficulties in getting a clear shot, was taken down with a few bullets. The actual immunity comes from their ability to generate "Absolute Terror Fields" which only [=EVA=]s are able to effectively neutralize.

* The 80s film, ''Film/ManiacCop'' had as the main villain of the movie as cop who murders people and is immune to all gunfire. The funny thing is, the movie isn't supernatural and explains that [[spoiler: the cop was once sent to prison for crime he never committed. While in there, he was so badly beaten and abused by the other inmate, for obvious reasons, that he lost of the nerves in the body that give him the feeling of pain. Upon being stabbed and left for dead in the prison bathroom, he later awoke, somehow alive, and wanted revenge for what happened...which he did by murdering innocent people. Kinda defeats the purpose.]] Although in reality this explanation makes no sense, and relies heavy on the audience forgetting about real world logic and going along with the movie's train of thought.