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* in episode 3 of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' Jack and the dogs create armour for Jack and his the giant six-legged horse-sauropod creature, salvaged from mining equipment.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "[[Recap/MollyOfDenaliS1E26ValentinesDayDisasterPorcupineSlippers Porcupine Slippers]]," Tooey puts all kinds of padding on to search for a porcupine.
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series is full of this trope, due to the post-apocalyptic setting.

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* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' series is full of this trope, due to the post-apocalyptic setting.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BlueEyeSamurai''. While having [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine tea with Heiji Shindo]], Mizu (who was raised by a swordmaker) praises the ironwork on his family-sized tetsubin. The enormous (albeit heavy) lid comes in handy as a shield when they're [[RainOfArrows ambushed by Heiji's archers]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In the episode [[BobsBurgersS5E4DawnOfThePeck “Dawn of the Peck”]] a Thanksgiving event goes awry at Wonder Wharf, leading to hundreds of poultry attacking the town. In order to get to the kids and their friends stuck on the Scramble Pan ride Linda, Teddy and Mickey run to save them covered in stuffed animals and prizes.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In the episode [[BobsBurgersS5E4DawnOfThePeck [[Recap/BobsBurgersS5E4DawnOfThePeck “Dawn of the Peck”]] a Thanksgiving event goes awry at Wonder Wharf, leading to hundreds of poultry attacking the town. In order to get to the kids and their friends stuck on the Scramble Pan ride Linda, Teddy and Mickey run to save them covered in stuffed animals and prizes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In the episode [[BobsBurgersS5E4DawnOfThePeck “Dawn of the Peck”]] a Thanksgiving event goes awry at Wonder Wharf, leading to hundreds of poultry attacking the town. In order to get to the kids and their friends stuck on the Scramble Pan ride Linda, Teddy and Mickey run to save them covered in stuffed animals and prizes.
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* In ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'', Marky makes shin guards out of newspaper.
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* In ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', Ryuuji's mother tells him [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in a nostalgic tone]] that his DisappearedDad was a {{yakuza}} who used to wear magazines under his jacket in case he got stabbed.

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* In ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'', Ryuuji's mother tells him [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys in a nostalgic tone]] that his DisappearedDad was a {{yakuza}} who used to wear magazines under his jacket in case he got stabbed.
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** The Battle of Marawi saw armor crews using improvisations [[https://i.redd.it/pjb0xpt0jkr71.jpg including plain cardboard]], which provided some usefulness in protecting against the [=RPG-2's=] HEAT warheads.

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** The Battle of Marawi saw Philippine government armor crews using improvisations [[https://i.redd.it/pjb0xpt0jkr71.jpg including plain cardboard]], which provided some usefulness in protecting against the their adversaries' [=RPG-2's=] HEAT anti-personnel high-explosive warheads.
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** The Battle of Marawi saw armor crews using improvisations [[https://i.redd.it/pjb0xpt0jkr71.jpg including plain cardboard]], which provided some usefulness in protecting against the [=RPG-2's=] HEAT warheads.

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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'':
** During the fight against [=DIO=], Joseph runs Hamon through Hermit Purple and wraps himself in it beneath his clothes, hoping to sucker [=DIO=] into punching him and getting evaporated by it. Unfortunately for Joseph, [=DIO=] sees through it and settles for chucking a knife at him.
** Later [=DIO=] unleashes his FlechetteStorm onto Jotaro, enough make it by to stab him over his body. Except Jotaro managed to seclude several magazines beneath his clothes before facing [=DIO=].

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During the fight against [=DIO=], Joseph runs Hamon through Hermit Purple and wraps himself in it beneath his clothes, hoping to sucker [=DIO=] into punching him and getting evaporated by it. Unfortunately for Joseph, [=DIO=] sees through it and settles for chucking a knife at him.
** *** Later [=DIO=] unleashes his FlechetteStorm onto Jotaro, enough make it by to stab him over his body. Except Jotaro managed to seclude several magazines beneath his clothes before facing [=DIO=].[=DIO=].
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Mista manages to survive several headshots from Prosciutto after having wrapped ice around his head to soften the blows.
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* ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'', where the stranger, with a steel chest-plate slavaged from the old mine hidden beneath his poncho, taunts Ramón to "aim for the heart" as Ramón's shots bounce off, and Ramón exhausts his Winchester rifle.

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* ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'', where the stranger, with a steel chest-plate slavaged salvaged from the old mine hidden beneath his poncho, taunts Ramón to "aim for the heart" as Ramón's shots bounce off, and Ramón exhausts his Winchester rifle.
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* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'': Poncho Zombies. They may or may not be wearing a metal grate under his poncho. He's about as tough as a regular zombie if he isn't, but is as tough as a Buckethead if he is.
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* The [[PoweredArmor exo suits]] of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'' allow the player to rip the doors off of nearby abandoned cars to use as a makeshift riot shield.
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** ''GURPS Steampunk 2'' notes that the Industrial Revolution made steel plate widely available for mundane applications — and that plate could be and sometimes was repurposed into useful improvised armor.

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** ''GURPS Steampunk 2'' notes that the Industrial Revolution made steel plate widely available for mundane applications -- and that this plate could be and sometimes was repurposed into useful improvised armor.armor. It refers to ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' (see Films -- Live-Action, above) and the story of Ned Kelly (see Real Life, below) as examples of this idea in action.
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* In ''VideoGame/SuperLesbianAnimalRPG'' any party member who is equipped with the Machinist spellbook can cast a spell that conjures scrap metal armor for the team, costing both mana and scrap metal. The armor boosts defense, but falls apart after a few combat turns.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': When Cresce launches their counterattack to liberate Grenzlan some of the locals grab a table as a shield and use it to ram into the Aldish soldiers who aren't paying attention to the people they've been systematically raping and brutally executing on an industrial scale. It helps ensure they're overrun a bit quicker.
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* The ''Manhua/OldMasterQ'' spin-off, ''Old Master Q's Fantasy Zone Battle'' have Master Q and Big Potato dressing up in homemade armor made from pots and pans, and using cooking ladles and utensils as impromptu weapons, after hearing about the Evil overlord's arrival. Mr. Chin, the most level-headed of the trio, tells them to "get real and stop fooling around", at which point they decide to ditch their armor and rethink another strategy.
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* ''Film/TheBullOfTheWest'': When the drifter who murdered the brakeman throws a knife at him, Johnny Wade twists and catches the knife in the saddle he is carrying over his shoulder.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Ceci N'est Pas Une," Dale acquires a full on suit of medieval armour and begins terrorizing the neighborhood. Bill retaliates with a suit of homemade armour, made up of boxing gloves, a trash can and a colander among other things, and engages Dale in combat.

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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Ceci "[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS8E9CeciNestPasUneKingOfTheHill Ceci N'est Pas Une," Une King Of The Hill]]", Dale acquires a full on suit of medieval armour and begins terrorizing the neighborhood. Bill retaliates with a suit of homemade armour, made up of boxing gloves, a trash can and a colander among other things, and engages Dale in combat.
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A CrazyPrepared or {{Disaster Scavenger|s}} character makes [[BulletproofVest body armour]] or a [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shield]] out of [[MacGyvering materials to hand]], quite possibly to back up an ImprovisedWeapon.

Indicates that the character, at least, doesn't think ArmourIsUseless. Related to PocketProtector, a protection unknown to the audience [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee which is therefore much more likely to save your life]].

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A CrazyPrepared or {{Disaster Scavenger|s}} character makes [[BulletproofVest body armour]] or a [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shield]] out of [[MacGyvering materials to hand]], quite possibly to back up an ImprovisedWeapon.

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Indicates that the character, at least, doesn't think ArmourIsUseless. Related to PocketProtector, a protection unknown to the audience [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee which is therefore much more likely to save your life]].
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As stated earlier this trope also covers improvised [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shields]], which usually tend to be metal trash can lids, pot lids, doors (both car and house doors) or anything that is big, tough, circular/square/rectangular and has a handle. Although the circular ones can be very useful for [[ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks throwing]].



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* In ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'', Itou wears [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulder pads]], a [[BucketHelmet pot on her head]], and a sword that appears to be made of jagged metal when she goes with Tsukai to back up the Onibaku against the Kamakura Mad Dogs.



* In ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'', Itou wears [[ShouldersOfDoom shoulder pads]], a [[BucketHelmet pot on her head]], and a sword that appears to be made of jagged metal when she goes with Tsukai to back up the Onibaku against the Kamakura Mad Dogs.



* In ''Videogame/TheEscapists'' the player can craft a variety of armoured versions of their jumpsuit. Possible sources of protection include (from weakest to toughest) a pillow, a book and a sheet of metal.

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* In ''Videogame/TheEscapists'' ''VideoGame/TheEscapists'' the player can craft a variety of armoured versions of their jumpsuit. Possible sources of protection include (from weakest to toughest) a pillow, a book and a sheet of metal.



** Raider armours from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' have features like a cow skull being used as a shoulder pad, a gutted Eyebot hull being worn as a helmet, or a pair of sieves tied by shoestrings for use as a bikini top. Meanwhile Super Mutants are using bits of tire as shoulder guards, while their Behemoths are using car doors as bucklers.

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** Raider armours from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' have features like a cow skull being used as a shoulder pad, a gutted Eyebot hull being worn as a helmet, or a pair of sieves tied by shoestrings for use as a bikini top. Meanwhile Super Mutants are using bits of tire as shoulder guards, while their Behemoths are using car doors as bucklers.



* In ''Videogame/GrimDawn'', the very early heavy armor sets are little more than salvaged scrap metal worn over clothing, with the metal taken from the ruins of the post-apocalyptic towns of Cairn following the titular Grim Dawn. As the game progresses the armor gradually shifts to proper equipment and then to more advanced professional military gear.

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* In ''Videogame/GrimDawn'', ''VideoGame/GrimDawn'', the very early heavy armor sets are little more than salvaged scrap metal worn over clothing, with the metal taken from the ruins of the post-apocalyptic towns of Cairn following the titular Grim Dawn. As the game progresses the armor gradually shifts to proper equipment and then to more advanced professional military gear.



* The New Conglomerate in ''Videogame/PlanetSide2'', being backed by mining and security {{MegaCorp}}s, often makes use of cast-off or archaic designs for their armor and weaponry. Their MAX PoweredArmor in particular is obviously based on a mining exoskeleton with some extra armor panels welded to it, in contrast to the purpose-built Terran Republic MAX and the [[CyBorg heavily augmented]] Vanu Sovereignty MAX. Early concept art had the improvised armor being more prevalent on NC gear, with their engineer appearing to use mining gear for armor.

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* The New Conglomerate in ''Videogame/PlanetSide2'', ''VideoGame/PlanetSide2'', being backed by mining and security {{MegaCorp}}s, often makes use of cast-off or archaic designs for their armor and weaponry. Their MAX PoweredArmor in particular is obviously based on a mining exoskeleton with some extra armor panels welded to it, in contrast to the purpose-built Terran Republic MAX and the [[CyBorg heavily augmented]] Vanu Sovereignty MAX. Early concept art had the improvised armor being more prevalent on NC gear, with their engineer appearing to use mining gear for armor.



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* In ''Videogame/GrimDawn'', the very early heavy armor sets are little more than salvaged scrap metal worn over clothing, with the metal taken from the ruins of the post-apocalyptic towns of Cairn following the titular Grim Dawn.

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* In ''Videogame/GrimDawn'', the very early heavy armor sets are little more than salvaged scrap metal worn over clothing, with the metal taken from the ruins of the post-apocalyptic towns of Cairn following the titular Grim Dawn. As the game progresses the armor gradually shifts to proper equipment and then to more advanced professional military gear.
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* In ''Videogame/GrimDawn'', the very early heavy armor sets are little more than salvaged scrap metal worn over clothing, with the metal taken from the ruins of the post-apocalyptic towns of Cairn following the titular Grim Dawn.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': At one point, Dale acquires a full on suit of medieval armour and begins terroizing the neighbourhood. Bill retalites with a suit of homemade armour and engages Dale in combat.

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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': At one point, In "Ceci N'est Pas Une," Dale acquires a full on suit of medieval armour and begins terroizing terrorizing the neighbourhood. neighborhood. Bill retalites retaliates with a suit of homemade armour armour, made up of boxing gloves, a trash can and a colander among other things, and engages Dale in combat.



* The infamous Killdozer is a literal bulldozer with more than one foot thick armor slapped around it, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer#Bulldozer_modification made of concrete-metal sandwich]]. It's immune to small arms and explosives. The driver sealed himself into the cockpit by lowering a multi-ton concrete block around the cockpit and using TV cameras to see. Ultimately, the only thing able to stop it was itself when it got stuck in a basement entrance.

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* The infamous Killdozer is a literal bulldozer with more than one foot thick armor slapped around it, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer#Bulldozer_modification made of concrete-metal sandwich]]. sandwich.]] It's immune to small arms and explosives. The driver sealed himself into the cockpit by lowering a multi-ton concrete block around the cockpit and using TV cameras to see. Ultimately, the only thing able to stop it was itself when it got stuck in a basement entrance.
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* During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russian tanks mounted metal grills on top of their turrets, supposedly to protect the tanks' thin roof armour from top-attack missiles and air-dropped ordinances. The lack of uniformity among these tank grills seems to suggest that they aren't standard issue and instead were improvised by the tank crews. They've became known on the internet as [[SecurityBlanket "Cope Cages" or "Emotional Support Armor"]], as many question their effectiveness.

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* During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russian tanks mounted metal grills on top of their turrets, supposedly to protect the tanks' thin roof armour from top-attack missiles and air-dropped ordinances.ordnance. The lack of uniformity among these tank grills seems to suggest that they aren't standard issue and instead were improvised by the tank crews. They've became known on the internet as [[SecurityBlanket "Cope Cages" or "Emotional Support Armor"]], as many question their effectiveness.
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* During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russian tanks mounted metal grills on top of their turrets. Although intended to protect the tanks' thin roof armour from top-attack missiles and air-dropped ordinances, in actuality the grills were useless as protection while also weighing down the tanks and making them easier to spot. The lack of uniformity among these tank grills seems to suggest that they aren't standard issue and instead were improvised by the tank crews. As scores of Russian tanks sporting these grills were easily destroyed, this makeshift armour became known on the internet as [[SecurityBlanket "Cope Cages" or "Emotional Support Armor"]].

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* During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russian tanks mounted metal grills on top of their turrets. Although intended turrets, supposedly to protect the tanks' thin roof armour from top-attack missiles and air-dropped ordinances, in actuality the grills were useless as protection while also weighing down the tanks and making them easier to spot.ordinances. The lack of uniformity among these tank grills seems to suggest that they aren't standard issue and instead were improvised by the tank crews. As scores of Russian tanks sporting these grills were easily destroyed, this makeshift armour They've became known on the internet as [[SecurityBlanket "Cope Cages" or "Emotional Support Armor"]].Armor"]], as many question their effectiveness.
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* During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russian tanks mounted slat armor grills on top of their turrets. Although intended to stop the American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles, in actuality the grills were useless as protection while also weighing down the tanks, making them easier to spot and giving the crews a false sense of security. As scores of Russian tanks sporting these cages were easily destroyed by Javelins, this improvised armor gained the derogatory nickname of [[SecurityBlanket "Cope Cages"]] and "Emotional Support Armor".

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* During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russian tanks mounted slat armor metal grills on top of their turrets. Although intended to stop protect the American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles, tanks' thin roof armour from top-attack missiles and air-dropped ordinances, in actuality the grills were useless as protection while also weighing down the tanks, tanks and making them easier to spot spot. The lack of uniformity among these tank grills seems to suggest that they aren't standard issue and giving instead were improvised by the crews a false sense of security. tank crews. As scores of Russian tanks sporting these cages grills were easily destroyed by Javelins, destroyed, this improvised armor gained makeshift armour became known on the derogatory nickname of internet as [[SecurityBlanket "Cope Cages"]] and Cages" or "Emotional Support Armor".Armor"]].
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* During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russian tanks mounted metal cages mounted on top of their turrets. Many speculated that these cages are meant to protect the thin turret roof armor by prematurely detonating top-attack missiles like the Javelin. In actuality, the metal cages were useless as the Javelin missiles are tandem-charge warheads with the first warhead destroying the cage and the second one penetrating the armor. The cages also have additional downsides like weighing down the tank, making it easier to spot and giving a false sense of security to the crew inside. As scores of Russian tanks sporting these cages were easily destroyed by Javelins, this improvised armor was derogatorily called "cope cages".

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* During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many Russian tanks mounted metal cages mounted slat armor grills on top of their turrets. Many speculated that these cages are meant Although intended to protect stop the thin turret roof armor by prematurely detonating top-attack missiles like American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles, in actuality the Javelin. In actuality, the metal cages grills were useless as the Javelin missiles are tandem-charge warheads with the first warhead destroying the cage and the second one penetrating the armor. The cages protection while also have additional downsides like weighing down the tank, tanks, making it them easier to spot and giving the crews a false sense of security to the crew inside. security. As scores of Russian tanks sporting these cages were easily destroyed by Javelins, this improvised armor was derogatorily called "cope cages".gained the derogatory nickname of [[SecurityBlanket "Cope Cages"]] and "Emotional Support Armor".

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