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1->'''Heavy Duty:''' Standing in front of you are Delta-Six accelerator suits.\
2'''Ripcord:''' What's it accelerate?\
3'''Heavy Duty:''' ''You.''
4-->-- ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''
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6->''Face it, real super powers are way too unbelievable for today's sophisticated readers. Fans want something more realistic -- like armor sturdy enough to withstand any force yet lightweight enough to be worn like a leisure suit and [[ImpossiblyCompactFolding collapsed into a briefcase]]. Now '''[[HypocriticalHumor that's]]''' realistic. And even better if it comes with [[{{BFG}} big guns]].''
7-->-- ''Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} Year in Review 1993''
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9->''Strapped into powered armor\
10Got the ladies always lookin' at me\
11They can't believe the size of my\
12over-engineered codpiece.''
13-->-- '''Music/Level80EliteTaurenChieftain''', "[[Franchise/StarCraft Terran]] Up the Night"
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15->''I had to admire the power armor. Even the idea of power armor, it was kind of scary to me. Putting together a piece of machinery that could bend steel bars and punch through concrete was impressive enough on its own, but doing that and then climbing into said machinery, walking around in it, knowing that a single malfunction could cause a potential catastrophic failure? Being trapped in that armor, or worse, having it accidentally leverage that terrible strength against the wearer inside?''
16-->-- ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
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18->''"Power Armor is for pussies."''
19-->-- '''Duke Nukem''', ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever''
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21->''Iteration X shock troops sum up the armour issue in two simple words: Exo-skeletons suck. While they may look good on the posters, six-inch thick armour-plated suits are [[MightyGlacier slow and difficult to maneuver]]. While it's fun to watch the effect one has on a bunch of Reality Deviants while you're playing Metallica through the external speakers, [[AwesomeButImpractical it's rather pointless if the herd can easily outrun you]]. Thus, Q Division and the Clockwork Convention have put a lot of work into a suit of armour that is, [[OrganicTechnology as they say]], [[SculptedPhysique sexy as all hell]].''
22-->-- ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension -- The Technomancer's Toolbox''
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24->''"Feels like you can take on the world in there, doesn't it?"''
25-->-- '''Danse''', ''VideoGame/Fallout4''
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27->'''Elf:''' I show you in a set of civvy armor.[[note]]Just like the Toughs' own, minus the guns[[/note]] How's it working for you?\
28'''Ambassador Gav:''' [[SuperSoldier Gus]] bounced right off me, [[ThereWasADoor I ran through a wall]], and the [[GreyGoo cloud of killer nannies]] hasn't eaten me yet.
29-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''
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31->''"[T]he one {{gadgeteer|Genius}} I was sure wasn't going to play 'I can keep up with the [[FlyingBrick exemplars]] if I just engineer it right' has built a power suit in ''three days!'' She wasn't even ''studying'' power armor, Ophelia! ''[...]'' As bad as this fiasco is, do you know she toyed with buzzing the International Space Station last night? On a lark with a suit she didn't know would ''fly'' until she jumped out a window!"''
32 -->-- '''[[BigGood Headmistress Elizabeth Carson]]''', upset with how [[RulesLawyer Loophole]] has just tried to out-do Tony Stark, ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', [[https://whateley.academy/index.php/story/even-murphy-s-law-has-loopholes-chapter-2 "Even Murphy's Law has Loopholes (Chapter 2)"]]
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34->''"The advanced circuitry that powers my suit, also triples my strength!"''
35-->-- '''Dr. Freeze''', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
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37->''"Welcome to Camp Navarro. So you're the new replacement? [[SuddenlyShouting YOU ARE OUT OF UNIFORM, SOLDIER!!]] WHERE IS YOUR POWER ARMOR?!"''
38-->-- '''Sargeant Dornan''', ''VideoGame/Fallout2''
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