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PoweredArmor is nice, but also kind of clunky - getting through narrow passages can be a pain, and getting out of it in a hurry 'cuz you need to go to the loo is quite troublesome as well. Wouldn't it be much nicer if you could just create a suit out of thin air - or, alternately, out of whatever raw-materials happen to be handy - whenever you need one? Well, if you've got PsychicPowers or FunctionalMagic, you can!

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Compare/contrast HenshinHero, ElementalArmor, and WreathedInFlames.

* Gaara from ''{{Naruto}}'' usually covers himself with sand armor that looks like his own skin when his sand shield is not enough. He can also channel Shukaku and assume its form. Funnily enough the 'armor' aspect is negated in a full channeling as he has to remain exposed on Shukaku's forehead.
** Kakuzu also had an [[DishingOutDirt Earth Release]] technique which turns his skin as hard as steel and also greatly increased his physical strength.
** Kidomaru can produce spider silk from his body, including a special kind which turns hard as steel when it touches air, and in a pinch he can cover his body with it to form a sort of armor.
** When the 9 tailed fox manifests, it surrounds Naruto with chakra which damages his body but protects against enemy attacks.
* In ''YuYuHakusho'', there is Risho, the demon ninja with power over rock that Kuwabara fought in the Dark Tournament. His main attack was to create a rock armor then tackle his opponent.
** And for the armor-out-of-thin-air example, we have Sensui, who can use his Holy Light Energy to create two special sets of armor.

* In ''{{Metroid}}'', Samus can put her armor on or off through a mental trigger. WordOfGod states that instead of willing it on or off, Samus must constantly concentrate just to maintain the armor. To take it off, she simply stops concentrating.
** Which doesn't seem to make that much sense, considering that in the beginning of Metroid Prime 3, Samus is clearly knocked unconscious and the suit remains, and when she wakes up from a coma an entire month later, she's still armored. Also, in the intro sequence of Fusion, there's a similar situation where Samus is dying from an X parasite infection but the federation doctors can't get her suit off while she's unconscious.

** Also, [[OldMentor Rayleigh]] describes [[spoiler:Busoshoku]] [[KiAttacks Haki]] as this, only [[InvisibleToNormals invisible]].

* In OnePiece, Mr. 3 can create a suit of wax armor for himself that's harder than steel but melts when exposed to fire.

* Yasutora "Chad" Sado in ''{{Bleach}}'' eventually is able to summon "Giant's Right Arm", and later "Devil's Left Arm", granting SuperStrength and energy attacks.

Compare/contrast HenshinHero and WreathedInFlames.

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* The titular ''Centurions'' would have various sets of armor and weaponry beamed onto their person from a satellite as needed.

* ''Film/IronMan'' in the second film has a suitcase that turns into a suit of armour, as a nod to the comics. However, it's more of an EmergencyWeapon, as it is significantly less powerful than the regular armour, has no weapons and cannot fly. Still comes in very handy in a pinch.

PoweredArmor is nice, but also kind of clunky - getting through narrow passages can be a pain, and getting out of it in a hurry 'cuz you need to go to the loo is quite troublesome as well. Wouldn't it be much nicer if you could just create a suit out of the thin air - or, alternately, out of whatever raw-materials happens to be handy - whenever you need one? Well, if you've got PsychicPowers or FunctionalMagic, you can!

* ''Film/IronMan'' in the film has a suitcase that turns into a suit of armour, as a nod to the comics. However, it's more of an EmergencyWeapon, as it is significantly less powerful than the regular armour, has no weapons and cannot fly. Still comes in very handy in a pinch.

***His newest armour, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man's_armor Bleeding Edge Armour]], is stored in its entirety within his body.

* Tessai from ''NinjaScroll'' can turn every inch of his skin to stone at will. Problem is, that ''only'' applies to his ''[[EyeScream skin]]''...