Line #27 PlayingWith/PocketProtector


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character is shot, but their life is saved by a small but sufficiently sturdy object positioned exactly where the bullet struck them.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob is shot, but a [[RuleOfSymbolism Bible in his pocket stops the bullet]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is shot, but a matchbook in his pocket stops the bullet.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Bob is shot and the bullet tears all the way through the Bible in his pocket and into his body. However, at the hospital it is revealed that the pages absorbed enough force to prevent the bullet from reaching his heart.
6	** Bob is saved from a low velocity ricochet/piece of shrapnel/arrow/throwing knife by a steel covered bible.
7	** Bob carries an actual pocket protector carrying pens. It partially blocks an arrow.
8	** Bob is shot in the back while carrying his schoolbag. The bullet is stopped by a large Bible inside it.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** The object is thick enough to slow the bullet down to nonlethal velocity before it hits Bob's body.
11	** The object is magical or blessed or otherwise endowed with great abilities.
12	** The object is a piece of bulletproof armor or a DeflectorShield generator designed specifically to stop bullets.
13	** The bullet had went through a steel plate or some other material that slowed it down sufficiently.
14	* '''Inverted''':
15	** Bob is shot in [[AchillesHeel the only place where he isn't protected]].
16	** Someone throws a Bible at Bob. Luckily, he was carrying ammo in his pocket.
17	** The shot would have been nonlethal ... if it hadn't hit the vial of poison Bob was carrying.
18	** Someone in front of Bob tries to shoot at an extremely valuable object in Bob's back pocket. Luckily, Bob's own body stops the bullet from hitting it.
19	* '''Subverted''':
20	** The Bible doesn't stop the bullet.
21	** The Bible stops ''one'' of the bullets, but Bob is shot multiple times. The Bible doesn't stop them all.
22	** The bullet misses the Bible.
23	* '''Double Subverted''':
24	** Something else underneath the ''Bible'' manages to stop the bullet instead.
25	** The Bible slows the bullet enough that it doesn't kill the hero.
26	* '''Parodied''':
27	** Bob has numerous Bibles on his person, thus increasing the likelihood that the bullet would hit at least one of them.
28	** Bob is shot multiple times, and ''every single bullet'' is stopped by a small object he happened to have on his person.
29	** Bob has a pacemaker that stops the bullet.
30	** The bullet lodges in the Bible Bob had in his chest pocket. Too bad he was shot in the back.
31	** Bob the Chaplain has a trench coat full of Bibles.
32	** Bob carries a Bible in his pant pocket, and someone tries to shoot his head. Somehow, the bullet manages to [[GunsDoNotWorkThatWay bend towards the Bible]], hitting it instead of Bob.
33	** Bob has a very conspicuous full-size Bible fastened to his jacket. When asked about it, he says he doesn't trust the pocket-sized ones to block bullets (which may or may not say something about his faith).
34	* '''Zig-Zagged''': The bullet hits the Bible, bounces off, ricochets off the wall, goes through the bible, bounces off a rib and goes back into the bible, lodging there.
35	* '''Averted''':
36	** There's no Bible; Bob simply gets shot.
37	** There's no Bible, but Bob manages to avoid getting shot.
38	** There is a Bible, but the bullet is a blank.
39	** Bob is carrying a Bible and nobody shoots him.
40	* '''Enforced''': "It would make for a really tense scene at the end if it looks like the hero's been shot, but he's actually fine. Maybe he has something that could stop the bullet?"
41	* '''Lampshaded''': "Good thing I always carry my lucky Bible around!"
42	* '''Invoked''':
43	** Bob goads the shooter into taking aim at a location where he has intentionally placed a Bible to stop the bullet.
44	** Alternately: Bob always carries something in his pocket [[CrazyPrepared for exactly this reason]].
45	* '''Exploited''':
46	** Bob takes advantage of the brief moment of confusion after being shot to take down the shooter.
47	** The object that takes the bullet is a MacGuffin that Bob and his allies need intact. Whether Bob dies or the [=MacGuffin=] is destroyed, the shooter wins either way.
48	* '''Defied''':
49	** The shooter [[BoomHeadshot shoots Bob in the head]].
50	** The shooter has loaded the gun with armor-piercing rounds, or bullets of sufficient strength that a Bible stands little chance of stopping them.
51	* '''Discussed''': "If you're heading into a gunfight you'll want this Bible; guaranteed to stop any bullet, this."
52	* '''Conversed''': "The odds of the bullet hitting that character exactly where his Bible was must be astronomical, if not completely absurd."
53	* '''Implied''': Bob's opponent shoots him somewhere that should have killed him, but he can get up.
54	* '''Deconstructed''': It's only a matter of extreme good fortune that the Bible managed to stop the bullet, and even so Bob is still seriously wounded, with bruising and possibly even broken bones around the area where the bullet made impact.
55	* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is mildly injured, but that's still better than being dead.
56	* '''Played for Laughs''':
57	** The bullet ricochets around the room after bouncing off Bob's pocket Bible.
58	** Bob plays NotQuiteDead [[ItAmusedMe for fun]] after being shot at.
59	* '''Played for Drama''': The bullet bounces off Bob ... and kills his LoveInterest [[ActionGirl Alice]].
60	* '''Played for Horror''': An ImplacableMan of a SerialKiller is using this and advances towards his target.
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