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* In ''TeamFortress2'', based on one of many unofficial CharacterAlignment charts released in the internet, the FragileSpeedster stereotype fighting against a MightyGlacier shows the Scout as a ChaoticGood character and the Soldier class as a JackOfAllTrades / MightyGlacier that hate each other. This is exactly as the example shown in the main page of an armored villain fighting with the dark-side and a noble hero fighting for the good one.

* DrDoom, a TinTyrant, is the main adversary of the FantasticFour, who are all armorless.

There are [[GoodWeaponEvilWeapon many,]] [[GoodColorsEvilColors many]] [[RedOniBlueOni ways]] of making the difference between heroes and villains obvious. One of the many tricks consist in making a villain or more wearing armor, while the heroes facing them don't.

** Vegeta in his long transition from villain, to anti-hero, to hero wears less armor every time he gets a costume change, from his first appearance with a battle skirt, winged shoulders, and a scouter, to the Buu saga with no armor at all. {{Justified}} since ArmorIsUseless anyway.

* In ''{{Team Fortress 2}}'', based on one of many unofficial CharacterAlignment charts released in the internet, the FragileSpeedster stereotype fighting against a MightyGlacier shows the Scout as a ChaoticGood character and the Soldier class as a JackOfAllTrades / MightyGlacier that hate each other. This is exactly as the example shown in the main page of an armored villain fighting with the dark-side and a noble hero fighting for the good one.

* ''VideoGame/LegendOfZelda'' games: except in a few games, Link is always facing enemies dressed only in a tunic and pants. His armored enemies range from stone statues to ten-foot-tall knights wearing full plate.

* Franchise/{{Spiderman}}, pretty much an archetypal skintight-suit superhero, periodically though not invariably goes up against armored opponents of various kinds, such as the Rhino or assorted Spider-Slayer robots.

* ''Literature/TheBible'' probably holds the UrExample: When [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Goliath David]] was fighting Goliath he refused to wear any armor and took only his sling and five stones with him. Of course [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Bernini) some Artists]] depict [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antonin_mercie_david_bronze_nude.jpg him wearing]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo) absolutely nothing]](except maybe [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Donatello)#The_bronze_David a helmet]]).

* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': The Ninja Turtles only have shells, and many of their allies are completely unarmored, but Shredder is heavily armored.

* The Saiyans in early ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' wear some sort of armor, as do Freeza's soldiers later, in contrast to the Z Fighters who mostly wear martial arts gis.
** Vegeta in his long transition from villain, to anti-hero, to hero wears less armor every time he gets a costume change, from his first appearance with a battle skirt, winged shoulders, and a scouter, to the Buu saga with no armor at all.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' one of the most memorable examples would be Luffy versus the weapon-loving Don Krieg. A good part of the fight revolved around Luffy trying a way to break his armor.

* A further contrast between a MightyGlacier and a FragileSpeedster.

* DrDoom, a TinTyrant, is the main adversary of the FantasticFour who are all armorless.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', Firion and co. wear civilian clothing, and only one of the temporary party members wears armor. The EvilEmpire's mooks and {{Dragon}} all wear heavy plate armor.

* Darth Vader in ''StarWars''. In addition to evoking the look of a BlackKnight against the unarmored farmboy, the armor/life support emphasizes his inhumanity.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', season 4 "A Bunch of Full Grown Geese", [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext when the baby ducks fuse together to become a giant duck man to fight a bunch of geese who also fuse together to become a giant goose man,]] the geese giant has armor and the duck giant is unarmored. It's subverted when the duck giant is losing and he has Mordecai and Rigby summon PoweredArmor for them to fight and they succeed.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' series, heroes rarely wear armor at all, while, among various things, living armors are recurring enemies, in one form or another.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', Garland, the first boss.

** Exdeath from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', in wizard form, wears a pale blue armor with gold trims.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyThe4HeroesOfLight'': The Heroes of Light (minus the Warrior) and Garland.

** Exdeath from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', in wizard form, wears a bit pale blue armor with gold trims.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': At least four villains from the series are encased in armor while the heroes are running around in normal clothes ([[ImpossiblyCoolClothes well, when I say normal...]]).