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I feel this page goes at the concept of Plot Armor in the wrong way. While plot armor can be used as a way to explain why a character survives impossible odds, this type of thing is more closely related to a Deus ex Machina (this is especially true for that Indiana Jones example). Plot armor is more useful (and much more commonly used) as a way to predict the outcome of future unknown events within a story. Such as when a protagonist is put in a life threatening situation, we, as the audience who understand plot armor, know that the protagonist will almost definitely survive. The important thing to understand about plot armor is that it removes suspense and, therefore, tension from fiction.