History Main / TuckAndCover

* Done in KarakuriCircus, creating a ''serious'' plot twist, as it ends rather badly for said hero. [[spoiler: Although not as badly as initially indicated...]]
** Done also in UshioAndTora -Tora uses his body to protect a household spirit from backlash from a powerful seal being broken.

* In the [[FullMetalAlchemist first anime,]] Al uses his NighInvulnerable armor body to shield his flesh-and-blood brother Ed from an explosion. Both are fine in the long run.
** Al pulls it ''again'' in the manga and Brotherhood, except for [[ChineseGirl May]] instead of Ed.
* GunslingerGirl The girls are "conditioned" to protect their handlers, though it could also be MoreThanMindControl.

* In ''FairyTail'', Simon [[spoiler: jumps in the way of an extremely powerful destructive spell that Jellal was going to destroy Erza and Natsu with; he successfully shields them with his body, but dies shortly thereafter, leading to Natsu's UnstoppableRage and subsequent victory.]]

* ''WolverineAndTheXMen'', Wolverine covers a little girl from a train explosion in the first episode. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal He Got Better]].

* Mr. Fantastic of the [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Fantastic Four]] often does this to protect his colleagues.

* In the ''Film/FantasticFour'', the Human Torch shielded a young girl from an explosion. Because of his fire abilities, the blast didn't harm him.

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' book ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', Sam Vimes throws himself to the ground while holding Young Sam as a burst of dragon flame goes over them.

* The end of the intro boss battle of ''MegaManZero 1''. As the Golem gets ready to explode, Ciel got free from its grasp, but she's too weak to move away. Zero runs over to her and covers her from the ensuing blast. Ciel manages to remain relatively unhurt, even when the explosion was point-blank in range.

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* ''{{Highlander}}'': Connor leaps on top of Rachel, using [[NighInvulnerability his immortality]] to protect her from Nazi gunfire. He explains, [[ThemeTuneCameo "it's a kind of magic."]]

* TheIncredibles, Elastigirl protects her kids this way in an aircraft that was hit by missiles. It helps she can form her body into any shape and that earlier her super suit was specifically shown to be able to withstand direct missile impacts.
* ''{{Film/X-Men}} 3: The Last Stand'', Colossus shields Rogue this way in the Danger Room simulation, however this is also so that she can get his steel skin for further protection.
* ''QuantumOfSolace'', Bond huddles over Camille right before he shoots the fuel pod.

* Done in the Incredible Hulk movie, with Hulk shielding Betty Ross from a firey explosion.

* In the [[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic Four movie]], the Human Torch shielded a young girl from an explosion. Because of his fire abilities, the blast didn't harm him.
* The escaped slave does this for the little girl in [[Film/TheFall The Fall]].

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' book ''Thud'', Sam Vimes throws himself to the ground while holding Young Sam as a burst of dragon flame goes over them.

** Superman has also swallowed explosives on more than one occausion, in order to ensure the safety of surrounding citizens.

* ''TheBatman'' "A Dark Knight to Remember" Batman shields Batgirl from Penguin's flamethrower with his cape.
* AvatarTheLastAirbender gives us the falling-bits-of-stone-ceiling variant, with [[spoiler: Zuko]] protecting [[spoiler: Katara]] in this way in the episode ''The Southern Raiders''. Also served as ShipTease.

* {{Ben 10}} utilizes this trope in "Be Afraid Of The Dark", using the armadillo-esque "Cannonbolt" Ben is able to shield himself, Gwen and Grandpa so that they can re-enter Earth's atmosphere safely.

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* [[{{Comicbook/Hulk}} The Incredible Hulk's]] origins deal with Bruce Banner pushing Rick Jones into a trench, whereby Banner absorbed the brunt of the blast, which Rick is not affected by as a result.

* {{Highlander}} Connor leaps on top of Rachel, using [[NighInvulnerability his immortality]] to protect her from Nazi gunfire. He explains, [[ThemeTuneCameo "it's a kind of magic."]]

* [[{{Comicbook/Hulk}} The Incredible Hulk's]] origins deal with Bruce Banner pushing Rick Jones into a trench, whereby Banner absorbed the brunt of the blast, which Rick is not effected by as a result.

* {{Ben 10}} utilizes this trope in "Be Afraid Of The Dark", using the armadillo-esque "Cannonbolt" Ben is able to shield himself, Gwen and Grandpa re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

A grenade, bomb or other type of explosive is live with mere seconds to go leaving Alice in danger, fortunately Bob leaps between her and the explosion. Cradling her as a way of shielding the blast and making the HeroicSacrifice, except for the fact that Bob has NighInvulnerability.