History Main / PocketProtector

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'''Ned Flanders:''' Wow, lucky I always keep a Bible close to my heart-\\

** During the Hawks arc, General Julius tries to have Griffith assassinated with a poisoned arrow during the royal hunt, but the arrow is stopped by Griffith's Behelit (or as ''WebVideo/BerserkAbridged'' calls it, the "Portable Deus Ex Machina Generator") before it can reach his heart. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Behelits are supernatural instruments of fate that ''want'' to keep their owners alive until they can cross the DespairEventHorizon, and are likely MadeOfIndestructium to boot.

** [[spoiler:A mahjong tile in Takagi's breast pocket (taken as evidence) stops a bullet. Shiratori even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s how cliche it is. On the other hand, Takagi ''did'' get injured anyway (due to quite the blunt trauma force to the chest) and had to be hospitalized and operated on.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: once Conan almost gets stabbed in the gut by a suspect. He had an amulet with a piece of metal in his pocket (which he borrowed from Heiji), which stopped the knife. He still was in pain for a while and needed to rest up.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Change 123}}'' a bullet shot into the back of a girl gets stopped by a (hidden) combat knife tucked into her belt.
* In the first episode of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Suzaku is shot in the back; in the second, we learn that the bullet hit [[MementoMacGuffin a pocket watch]] that belonged to his DisappearedDad. Unlike many examples, the bullet still injures him even if it's not fatal. Note also that Code Geass uses something that's basically low velocity railguns instead of actual gunpowder guns. Bullet weight and speed are significantly lower then in the real life.

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'':

* An episode of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' opens with Okita appearing to be fatally stabbed by a passerby on a busy street, only for him to catch his fall and suplex the offender into the dirt before revealing they had stabbed a bottle of Tabasco sauce he was concealing in the front of his pants. He was keeping it handy for the sake of playing a prank on Hijikata and others, [[TheGadfly as per usual.]]

* The ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' manga has Rally surviving a bullet to the side thanks to the bullet having to penetrate a collapsible rifle stowed in her jacket -- along with her car's ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_cage roll cage]].'' The rifle is left with a bullet hole in the stock and barrel, and Rally is left with broken ribs as it was a fired from a ''[[{{BFG}} fourteen-inch .45 Desert Eagle]].''
** Once Rally is forced to shoot Roy, but deliberately aims at the revolver in his shoulder holster.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' gives us Aina's pocket watch/locket, which saves her from a bullet by hanging in front of her heart during the final episode.
* In ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray'', an angry Rondo Gina Sahaku tries to shoot Lowe and the Red Frame InTheBack after the latter defeats him and the Gold Frame. To Gina's shock, his beam rifle shot is reflected off the shattered piece of the Red Frame's "Gerbera Straight" katana that ''he'' broke.

* In ''Manga/Reborn2004'' while taking on [[BigBad Byakuran]], Tsuna was losing badly. An attack from Byakuran almost pierced Tsuna through the heart, only to be stopped by Lanchia's Ring, an object last seen 140 chapters earlier.

* In the ''Manga/RedRiver1995'' manga, Kail was saved from a fatal arrow strike, thanks to Yuri's letter to him being conveniently kept and shattered near his heart. This letter was a clay tablet, however, and he still had a nasty wound from it afterwards.

* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'': [[spoiler:After Deadpool gets fatally shot, Cable [[TimeTravel slips back in time]] to before the fight and sneaks Deadpool's Skee-Ball token keepsake into his chest pocket. Deadpool has enough of a RippleEffectProofMemory to call him out on it.]]

* The Music/ElvisPresley film ''Film/FrankieAndJohnny1966'' has Elvis' Johnny survive being shot onstage by a NotSoFakePropWeapon when the bullet is lodged in the lucky cricket pendant Frankie had given him earlier.

* ''Film/TheGoldenChild''. When the demon tries to stab Chandler Jarrell with the Dagger it hits the medallion the old man/priest gave him.
* A story along these lines is told near the end of ''Film/Heist2001'' when veteran thief Bobby (Delroy Lindo) is sitting in a van with a sort-of partner, Jimmy (Sam Rockwell) before a heist.

* ''Film/Predator2''. Before going in to fight the Predator, Harrigan puts a metal plate in his shirt to protect against its attacks.

* In ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' (2007), the eponymous character gets shot in his nerdy pocket protector, and the shot doesn't go through it. Luckily, it was only a tranquilizer dart.

* In the Creator/{{Chaosium}} TabletopGame based on the ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' ComicBook, a piece of metal jewelry could stop weapon damage.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Aftermath}}'' supplement ''Scenario Pack 1: Into the Ruins''. One of the opponents has a pocket watch in Area 6 (the right middle of the chest) of his coveralls. If a missile attack (arrow, bullet, etc.) hits him in that area, the attack will hit the watch, providing the opponent with extra armor against the attack.

* Exaggerated in ''Webcomic/TheBMovieComic'', where [[spoiler:A disguised Winston Churchill]] catches a Big Bertha shell [[http://www.bmoviecomic.com/?cid=963 with]] his cigar box.

* There's a non-canonical ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' strip in which Dies-Horribly is saved from a stray arrow by a very thick book. We see the group again much later, with Dies-Horribly ''wearing'' the book on his chest, with various signs of damage, including what look like attempts to cut through it (and failed, obviously); the goblins find a merchant who carries another book by the same author, this one noticeably ''[[DoorStopper thicker]] still'', making Dies immediately pick it up to replace his old "armor". This being an RPGMechanicsVerse, they also say that, since the book are masterpieces, they have a bonus to Armor Class because of their quality.[[note]] They make you harder to hit; apparently, they are ''that'' good.[[/note]]
* In [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/comedygold these]] [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/orange two]] ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' comics, a girl is saved from a bullet by her impromptu Batman chest insignia. Awesome, but unlikely.

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* ''WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms'' presents, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmyzwLgJp_w "Assassination Attempt."]]

** In a 1940s-era cartoon, Bluto pretended to be Franchise/{{Superman}} in order to woo Olive Oyl. Popeye and "Superman" have a one-upsmanship contest culminating in shooting each other with a Thompson sub-machine gun. Popeye is left for dead, then slowly gets to his feet, reaches into his sailor suit, and pulls out the can of spinach that has been in front of his chest, now riddled with bullet holes. He gives a Popeye chuckle, and says, "Saved by me spinach!"

* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': [[spoiler: Near the end, a [[OneWingedAngel hodge]][[MixAndMatchCritter podged]] Sweet Pete tries to hit the chipmunks with a cannonball fired from a robotic ArmCannon, and Dale [[TakingTheBullet jumps in front of Chip to take the blow]]. Fortunately, Dale had his special golden ''Rescue Rangers'' pog hidden in his shirt.]]

* In ''Film/Seven1979'', Mailei doublecrosses Cowboy, shoots him, and leaves him for dead. However, Cowboy survives because the bullet the deflects off his lucky medal he wears on a chain round his neck.

* ''Film/SinCity'': Dwight is apparently killed by a shot to the heart, and we only realize he's alive when his attackers find the badge he'd lifted from a dead cop earlier...with the bullet lodged in it.

* ''Film/SleepyHollow1999'': Ichabod is saved from Lady Van Tassel's shot by Katrina's book in his jacket.

* ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'': While assaulting the federal building, Captain Boomerang gets stabbed in the chest by one of the zombies. After he cuts the zombie's head off, it is revealed he was saved by a huge wad of cash he had apparently stashed in his jacket offscreen.

* ''Film/TheyCallMeBruce''. Bruce wins the jackpot from a slot machine and so many coins pour out, he has to stuff them down his pants and shirt because his pockets are full. As he's staggering to his hotel room, a mafia hitman tries to stab him only to hit the coins instead.
-->'''Bruce:''' Call a doctor!
-->'''Karmen:''' You're not bleeding! That knife never touched you.
-->'''Bruce:''' Then call a banker!
* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'' Aramis is shot, but his crucifix stops the bullet. He quips, "I told you there's a God!"
* In the first part of the ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers2023'', D'Artagnan gets shot point-blank with a musket during his first skirmish against Milady's men. Luckily, he had a Bible in his coat's pocket that stopped the bullet.

* In an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' Leo is saved from the effects of a freezing monster due to the monster's weapon striking his brother's dog tags.

* In a non-pocket variant, Bob on ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' gets chomped on the shoulder by a walker, making both the audience and his companions think he's done for. Lucky for him, closer inspection reveals it'd bit him directly on top of a thick gauze bandage he'd been wearing over a previous injury, so its teeth didn't penetrate.

* In the FanFilm ''Film/NeverHikeAlone'', protagonist Kyle [=McLeod=] is saved from a fatal machete strike thanks to his hiking guidebook he stuffed in his pocket. Downplayed, however, as the book merely softened the blow and got stabbed all the way through, leaving him with a nasty, albeit survivable, wound.

* In [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gotham one comic]] of ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'', [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne's]] parents survive the mugging that would have killed them when the bullets hit their cigarette cases. [[ForWantOfANail Bruce never becomes Batman as a result]], and he spends his adult years depressed and believing his life is pointless.

* During the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_the_Romanov_family execution of the Romanov family]], the executioners had hard time killing the Romanov children, as they had sewn/hidden a large number of jewels inside their clothes, which gave them some degree of protection from the bullets and bayonets. They were ultimately forced to go for [[BoomHeadshot headshots]].

* In 1844, the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were killed by an armed mob. There were a few other men with them at the time, including John Taylor (the third Mormon prophet), whose life was saved when a bullet hit his pocket watch. This story is unconfirmed, but [[http://www.ldsces.org/inst_manuals/pres-sm/images/03-48-4.gif the watch]] provides some rather impressive evidence.

* A man out mowing his lawn in backwoods Missouri was saved from a stray hunting bullet by his cellphone. [[MadeOfIndestructium On top that of, said phone still worked fine afterwards]].

* A man out mowing his lawn in backwoods Missouri was saved from a stray hunting bullet by his cellphone. [[MadeOfIndestructium On top that of, said phone still worked]].

* A man out mowing his lawn in backwoods Missouri was saved from a stray hunting bullet by his cellphone. [[MadeOfIndestructium To the point]].

* A man out mowing his lawn in backwoods Missouri was saved from a stray hunting bullet by his cellphone. [[MadeOfIndestructium The phone still works]].

* Behold the power of the brassiere. An older woman happened to be seen by fleeing burglars who had tried to break into the neighbor's house. One of them fired a round through her window, but the bullet was [[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bullet_stopping_bra deflected by the underwire of her bra.]]

* In one highly anecdotal case, a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Marine brony]] was once saved by a present from his sister, a Fluttershy toy, [[http://bronies.memebase.com/2012/01/17/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-the-marine-brony/ when it stopped a bullet fragment.]] There's no mention of it anywhere else, though. It might just be "Bro-paganda".

** A Chilean young man is shot during a robbery, [[http://www.chilevision.cl/matinal/noticias/joven-se-salvo-tras-disparo-que-se-incrusto-en-su-celular/2017-04-12/090411.html but his Samsung phone saves him.]] (Link's in Spanish)

* This soldier in WWI had his position given away by the clink of six coins in his pocket. [[https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/13/world/wwi-coins-save-soldier-trnd/ The bullet then deflected off of those same coins]].

* Occurs in the ending of ''Film/HeroesAmongHeroes'', an early 90s Creator/DonnieYen action flick based on UsefulNotes/WongFeiHung and starring Yen as Beggar So. Fei-Hung and Beggar So takes on the BigBad on a martial arts duel, until the decides playing dirty by grabbing a flintlock pistol and trying to shoot the heroes. Beggar So got hit in the chest, but still managed to use his Eagle Claw kung fu [[ImpromptuTracheotomy to rip out the villain's neck]]; in the aftermath it turns out a bronze coin Fei-Hung gave Beggar So as a lucky charm took the bullet.

* Played with in one episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'': a character has a copy of ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'' in his coat pocket that stopped a bullet.