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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:350: Turns out vampires just get ''[[WeakenedByTheLight killer]]'' sunburns.]] |
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| 8 | {{Weaksauce Weakness}}es are great to exploit, but suck to have. However, clever and enterprising creatures of the night, aliens, mutants, robots, or what-have-you's can create a limited resistance or immunity by counteracting its effects. [[KillItWithFire Vulnerable to fire?]] Asbestos-fiber suit! [[HolyBurnsEvil Holy objects repel?]] Wear a [[ForScience Darwin-fish]] [[HollywoodAtheist necklace!]][[note]](If [[FridgeLogic the reason the creature's faith would matter more than the faith of the one wielding the religious object is even brought up]], it's usually that the creatures' vulnerability to holy symbols is a case of YourMindMakesItReal, and skepticism or having stronger faith in its own GodOfEvil [[CrossMeltingAura protects it]])[[/note]] Does [[KillItWithWater water]] [[ImMelting dissolve you?]] Coat yourself in water-proof paste! This doesn't even need to be limited to clothing, a [[WeakenedByTheLight sun-blocking satellite]] and a ProtectiveCharm are among many possibilities to counter their weaknesses. |
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| 10 | Usually this resistance is [[PowerAtAPrice limited in some way]], it may be bulky or conspicuous, [[ItOnlyWorksOnce only works once]], or [[HourOfPower rubs off over time]]. It's also possible for an enemy to somehow nullify the resistance with a counter... [[CrazyPrepared unless they have a counter to that counter]]. |
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| 12 | Commonly used in response to the KryptoniteFactor when KryptoniteIsEverywhere. Speaking of Kryptonite, it certainly helps when you're [[FightOffTheKryptonite trying to fight it off]]. Contrast FlawExploitation. Not to be confused with RemovedAchillesHeel, which involves someone developing a permanent way to rid themselves of a weakness rather than use an external protection. In some rare cases, this can also crossover with PoweredArmor, sometimes it doesn't hurt to have your suit that's able to nullify your weakness to also have a few tricks up its sleeve. |
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| 15 | !!Examples: |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 20 | * The page image is of an ad from supermarket chain ALDI, advertising lower-cost sunscreen with [[https://youtu.be/UMcuwBDBqPk an ad of a sunbathing vampire]] at the beach. |
| 21 | [[/folder]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 24 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 25 | ** One episode has a girl cover her Onix (weak against water-elemental Pokémon) in [[MakingASplash water]]-repellent wax. |
| 26 | ** Multiple episodes have Jesse, James, and Meowth either wear suits insulated against Pikachu's electric attacks or build that feature into whatever HumongousMecha they've built for their latest scheme -- only to learn the hard way that Ash and his friends have plenty of other tricks up their sleeves. |
| 27 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': "Waterproof soap" protects the wearer from having their [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting JusenkyĹŤ curse]] triggered... until it wears off. |
| 28 | * ''Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase'': Friendly vampire Hazuki constructs a sun-protection suit (which is more like a big cat suit) in order to go outside during the day so she can visit Kouhei at the hospital. She thinks far enough ahead that she doesn't include eyeholes to avoid letting sunlight in, however it never occurred to her that not having eyeholes would make it impossible to see... |
| 29 | * Vampires and [[HumanoidAbomination Pillar Men]] in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' are killed by sunlight, but the latter are capable of using VoluntaryShapeshifting to ''[[OrificeInvasion crawl into people]]'' and use their bodies as sunlight-proof {{Living Bodysuit}}s. One of those Pillar Men, Wamuu, takes it a step further by realizing he can use his unique [[BlowYouAway air powers]] to form a light-bending suit of wind around his body, which also comes with the advantage of {{Invisibility}}, though it takes a lot of energy to maintain so he likes to use it for surprise attacks before dashing back to the safety of shadowed areas to rest up for the next use. |
| 30 | * ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': |
| 31 | ** [[SlimeGirl Suu]] can't enter large bodies of water because it would dilute her body by a dangerous degree. When the cast goes to the beach, she wears a waterproof wetsuit so she can play in the water. |
| 32 | ** Yukio the [[AnIcePerson yuki onna]] wears a modified diving suit to protect herself from the heat of the onsen where she works. |
| 33 | * ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': It comes up when [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Youko]] is trying to deal with the sun's rays. [[OnlySaneMan Asahi]] remarks that it's too bad she can't just use sunscreen...except it turns out she can, she just never thought of it before because she's a ditz. |
| 34 | [[/folder]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 37 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 38 | ** Superman typically beats up Metallo and other Kryptonite-powered enemies by [[HazmatSuit wearing a lead suit]]. Sadly, it [[ClothingDamage tends to tear]] when he exerts his full FlyingBrick package. |
| 39 | ** Superman actually wore 'red sunblock' when he went to Lexor in order to drag Luthor back to Earth and retain his powers (since he'd always gone and lost his powers prior to that) Pre-Crisis. [[EarthShatteringKaboom It didn't end well.]] |
| 40 | ** In the HeroicFantasy {{Elseworld}} ''League of Justice'', the Sovereign had golden armour to protect himself from the Crypton powerstone powering the Green Knight's ring -- thereby combining "dense metal" (Kryptonite) with "yellow" (ComicBook/GreenLantern ring). |
| 41 | ** In ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore'', a Kryptonite power engine is tested. In case Professor Bolden couldn't control the kryptonite chain reaction, Superman made a lead-coated shield to fit over the energy unit. |
| 42 | ** In ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}'', Superman wears one during the final battle. [[spoiler:As a subversion, it turns out to be ''Captain Marvel'' in the Superman lead suit.]] |
| 43 | ** In ''ComicBook/ActionComics #481'' he also had a [[{{Thememobile}} Supermobile]], an enclosed craft that shielded him from kryptonite and red-sun radiation. |
| 44 | ** In ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman'', villain Xviar gaslights Superman by chemically treating his Clark Kent clothes so that they nullify his powers. A little later, Superman has to fight Kryptonite Man. Since Pre-Crisis Kryptonians were immune to Kryptonite radiation while being depowered, he puts on a chemically-treated suit under his Superman costume and decks the radioactive villain via a good punch. |
| 45 | ** "ComicBook/LuthorUnleashed": Superman shields himself from Lexor's red solar rays by coating his body with some kind of ultra-reflective transparent liquid sun-screen solution. However, the chemicals will wear off before long, so Superman has to end the battle soon. |
| 46 | ** In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' story arc ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'', Brainiac 5 cooks up a micro-circuitry that, attached to Superboy's suit, lets him keep his powers even under Daxam's red sun. Unfortunately it gets broken when Superboy fights his clone. |
| 47 | ** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} also wears Kryptonite-proof suits every so often. In ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} wrapped herself up in ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'s cloak -- which was made of lead-impregnated silk -- to shield herself from ComicBook/LexLuthor's Kryptonite traps as they explored his lair. |
| 48 | ** Subverted in ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton''. Kara dons a Kryptonite-proof spacesuit to explore Krypton's radioactive remains. Unfortunately, the intensity of the Kryptonite radiation is too strong to be completely filtered out by the suit, and it can only protect Kara for a short while. |
| 49 | --->'''Supergirl:''' I underestimated the potency of all the Kryptonite radiation here. The suit will filter out most of it. |
| 50 | ** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlsThreeSuperGirlfriends'', Brainiac 5 gives Supergirl a force-field belt that shields her from Kryptonite radiation. |
| 51 | ** ''ComicBook/TheCondemnedLegionnaires'': After the death of Supergirl's evil duplicate, the Legion discover that her outfit is really an armor suit made of lead and painted to look like clothing, thus explaining how she could resist and handle Kryptonite. |
| 52 | ** "ComicBook/SupermanAndSpiderMan": Superman improvises one when he goes into Doom's embassy and Doom greets him with a Kryptonite ray. Since Superman knows Doom has walls and floor lead-lined, he rips one chunk of floor, rolls himself up in it and spins at super-speed until the heat from air friction melts the lead into a skintight covering, and gets rid of the Kryptonite before Luthor can stop him. |
| 53 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': As Daxamites are fatally vulnerable to lead when "Julia" of Daxam is next seen after helping abolish slavery in the Sangtee Empire she is wearing a power suit with a built-in personal force field to protect her in addition to her status as a Kryptonian level FlyingBrick. |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 55 | ** The ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} has the sole weakness of being vulnerable to telepathy (otherwise he's completely invincible). To negate this, he typically wears an enormous helmet to block telepathic attacks. When he got sick of that being knocked off constantly, he started wearing a smaller, more compact skullcap that was harder to remove. |
| 56 | ** ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}, when she became a vampire, used a special medallion to protect her from the sun. |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 60 | * In Book One of ''Fanfic/TheLastSon'' Superman creates a space suit made of nanomachines for outer space missions. Starting in Book Two, he repurposes it so it can protect him from Kryptonite radiation. |
| 61 | * In ''Fanfic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'', Barry Allen designs Kryptonite-proof clothes for Kara which allow her to use Kryptonite weapons against her rogue kin. |
| 62 | * ''Fanfic/TheWarcrafter'': At Christmas time, Adrian (shapeshifted into a reindeer) infiltrates Piggot's office and delivers enchanted Gnomish gadgets to the Protectorate and Wards that complement their parahuman powers. |
| 63 | ** Vista, who had incredible SpaceMaster powers but [[SquishyWizard is in trouble if someone gets too close]], gets a ShrinkRay to incapacitate those that do. |
| 64 | ** Clockblocker has range issues with his TimeStop power, so he gets a FreezeRay (charged by his power, no less) to mimic it at range. |
| 65 | ** Aegis can take a lot of damage before going down but doesn't actually heal any faster, so he gets a "Recombobulator belt" that can restore him to full health a few times a day. He also gets healing bandages and bracers to protect him from fire and ice (two of the most common sources of damage at the cellular level). |
| 66 | ** Browbeat, who can manipulate his biology to grow muscles, gets a [[MagicPants Magic Costume]] to fit. |
| 67 | ** Gallant, under Adrian's assumption that his EmotionBomb powers are based on the Intellect attribute, gets a pair of [[MagicEnhancement Intellect-boosting]] goggles. They not only enhance his emotion-sensing sight but also increase the power of his emotion blasts. |
| 68 | ** Kid Win gets a box of parts to Tinker with and a note telling him to "Think Modular". |
| 69 | ** Velocity's strength and ability to affect the world decreases, the faster he goes, so he gets strength- and damage-boosting [[PowerFist knuckle-dusters]] to boost his strength up to regular human levels at high speed... and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom superhuman levels]] at normal speed. |
| 70 | ** Battery's power relies on her staying still in order to charge up her speed and strength -- so she gets an {{Invisibility}} and ForceField belt to protect her while she is stationary. |
| 71 | ** Miss Militia gets reusable [[TrickBomb effect grenades]], as well as a mundane backup gun. |
| 72 | ** Armsmaster, who is normally limited to close quarters with his halberd, gets a pair of RocketBoots (as well as the designs). |
| 73 | ** Dauntless, whose [[TheMagicTouch enhancement touch]] is limited to his stamina, gets a stamina-boosting belt. |
| 74 | ** Glory Girl also gets enhancements from Adrian -- a headband to focus her EmotionBomb aura into a spotlight, and a belt to fold her personal force field and give her more hits. [[spoiler:Reverse-engineering the headband proves useful against the Simurgh.]] |
| 75 | * ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': During ''The Apokolips Agenda'', Franchise/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} have a run-in with Kryptonite Man, which prompts Kara to wear a lead suit for the rest of the Darkseid War just in case she runs into him again. |
| 76 | * In ''Fanfic/BtvsSeasonsRewrite'', Willow enchants special talismans in the form of necklaces to allow Angel and Spike to be active during the day. She later does the same for Oz, in order to suppress his werewolf side. |
| 77 | * In ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'', Kryptonian scientist and reformed villain Shyla Kor-Onn develops an armored space suit that filters specific waves of radiation, letting Kryptonians retain their powers in red star systems. |
| 78 | -->About her, she wore a clear skin-tight armor that filtered out certain waves of radiation and let others through. It was something Shyla Kor-Onn had developed, and Kara was mighty glad she had. Because she saw the star which was the center of the system she was headed for, and its hue was red.\ |
| 79 | If she wasn’t wearing the armor, she’d have been powerless and dead within seconds. |
| 80 | * In ''Fanfic/TheUnfantasticAdventuresOfBizarroNo1'', the Blue-Kryptonite Men invade Bizarro World once again. In the past, Bizarros developed lead armors to fight and drive the Blue-K Men away. Of course, being Bizarros, they’ll not use it now PRECISELY because it’d be the smart thing to do. |
| 81 | * ''Fanfic/NerveDamage'': Samson covers his hair with strips of rawhide to make it harder for foes to cut it off and depower him. Moses covers his hair with a layer of bronze for further protection. |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 85 | * There's a pretty infamous scene in ''Film/Blade1998'' where baddie Frost shows up in the sunlight because he put on sunblock (though it must be noted that he caked it on really thickly and stayed in the shade). In another scene, and again in [[Film/BladeII the second]] and [[Film/BladeTrinity third]] movies, the vampires use full-body leather suits and motorcycle helmets when they want to go out in the sun. |
| 86 | * The vampires in ''Film/{{Daybreakers}}'' have built a civilization around this with sun-proof cars, sub-walks, and UV-insulated excursion suits. One scene has a member of the human resistance standing guard in an open field in broad daylight, [[OffscreenTeleportation only to have a vampire soldier appear behind her]] in full body armour. |
| 87 | * The vampiric villains in the 1996 ''Film/{{Vampirella}}'' movie also used full body suits to go around in the daylight. |
| 88 | * The Strangers in ''Film/DarkCity'' have [[spoiler:created a world where it's always night, so they can experiment on people without being injured by sunlight]]. |
| 89 | * ''Film/TheTwinsEffect'', a Hong Kong vampire/action/romance film, has a similar gag to the one in ''Film/VampiresSuck'', though, in that film, the vampires evidently didn't ''know that sunblock existed'', and ended up having to make their own. It worked for a while, and then [[HilarityEnsues smoke ensues]]. |
| 90 | * In ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'', The Guardian wears a large piece of neck-armor that makes him immune to decapitation attacks, which is pretty useful seeing as how that's the only way to kill an immortal. WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment, in his review of the movie, admits that as ridiculous as the armor looks (making him look like a cross between [[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head]] and a pelican), it's actually a very clever protective measure for the whole decapitation thing. Naturally, after defeating his first opponent using the advantage from the armor, the resulting Quickening inexplicably causes the armor to disappear and [[IdiotBall The Guardian never attempts to replace it]]. |
| 91 | * In ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch'', the Brain Gremlin injects the Bat Gremlin with "Genetic Sunblock" which allows the latter to fly outside in the sunlight without dying. |
| 92 | * Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg's ''Film/VampiresSuck'' parodies the famous Coppertone ad, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/VampireSunscreen_8446.jpg as shown here]]. |
| 93 | * The vampires in ''Film/WeAreTheNight'' have "safe cars" with heavily tinted sun-proof windows and windshields, allowing them to drive around during the day. |
| 94 | * In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', this is the in-universe justification for Spider-Man's ExpressiveMask -- the eye windows have mechanical irises to help protect him from SensoryOverload when he goes into full "Spidey Mode". |
| 95 | * ''Film/Oblivion1994'': Averted. In the sequel, Doc Valentine believes he's designed a limb for Stell that won't malfunction around dakonium. She is so happy when she crushes something in dakonium's presence with it on that she starts laughing with joy...until the hand won't unclench and shoots off her wrist. Maybe she should just move? |
| 96 | * ''Film/SundownTheVampireInRetreat'': Heavy sunblock and wide-brimmed hats let the vampire MonsterTown citizens walk around in broad daylight, albeit not without some discomfort. |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 100 | * ''Literature/ImmortalGuardians'': The older the Immortal, the higher their sun tolerance. For the youngest Immortals who can only tolerate mere minutes of sun exposure, the Network has created thick, head to toe rubber suits, similar to the kind used for diving, allowing them to participate in day time ops. |
| 101 | * The city-state of Tonzimmiel in ''Literature/TheQuestOfTheUnaligned'' is surrounded by an energy field that rips the power from every mage that passes through it. It was created six hundred years before the book starts to insulate Tonzimmiel from TheMagocracy that rules the surrounding country of Caederan, and it worked for a good long while. About a century ago, the Caederians figured out how to bypass the barrier's effects, and some of them have been living the {{masquerade}} in Tonzimmiel ever since. |
| 102 | * ''Literature/{{Thud}}'': Sally (a ClassicalMovieVampire)'s daylight travel precautions don't go much further than shades and a big hat. The ones in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'' could more or less handle sunlight, but it required decades of training and self-improvement. |
| 103 | * In ''Literature/ClawAndWarder'', Hercule [=DuSang=] explains that sunlight used to be a problem for vampires. But now they have sunscreen and melanin treatments to deal with that. |
| 104 | * ''Literature/TheLaundryFiles'': In ''The Rhesus Chart'', one of the first things the newly-turned [[OurVampiresAreDifferent PHANGs]] decide to invest in is burqas. While they don't ''plan'' to go out in sunlight, they realize they'll need something to cover their skin if the building they work in catches fire - and being in London, a city of immigrants, people aren't going to pay people in burqas too much mind. |
| 105 | [[/folder]] |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 108 | * In an early episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', there was a ring that gave the wearer immunity from sunlight. Angel wore it one day, then destroyed it. And in a much more crude DIY example, in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Spike had his car with all the windows blacked out and squinting through it to see where he is going. Later seasons had him covering himself in a blanket while trailing smoke and running like hell when he needed to get somewhere during the day. |
| 109 | ** After taking over the LA branch of Wolfram & Hart, Angel and Spike both work out of a skyscraper office with special "Necro-Tempered" glass windows, which allows them both to enjoy full sunshine while working. Angel also is outfitted with an entire garage of fancy sports cars, all of which have had the same treatment. |
| 110 | * Raj in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' can never get a girlfriend because he is [[CannotTalkToWomen unable to speak to women]] due to his selective mutism. He's able to get around this by getting drunk. Unfortunately, when he's drunk, he acts like a bit of a dick. In one episode, he signs up to try an experimental drug that would allow him to talk to women. The drug has strange side effects, like causing him to repeat actions over and over. [[spoiler:In the end, it wears off ''just'' as a beautiful woman is expressing interest in him.]] |
| 111 | ** In another episode, he tries different drug and is again capable to confidently talk to women. Until the side effects again kicks in and he began[[spoiler: to strip naked]] in front of a girl he is talking to. Inside of a café. |
| 112 | * Kara's aunt Astra in ''Series/Supergirl2015'' has a literal Kryptonite-Proof Suit. In season 2, Kara's allies pull it out of storage and modify it for use against Metallo. |
| 113 | * In ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperboy'', Superboy hastily puts together a suit of lead armor for a fight against Metallo. Unfortunately it's not super-strength proof, so Metallo tears it to shreds in a matter of seconds. [[spoiler:The gloves did prove useful once Superboy managed to rip his kryptonite chunk out.]] |
| 114 | * A downplayed example in ''Series/{{Moonlight}}'', as these vampires are able to survive being in the sunlight, but it drains them quickly, making them thirsty for blood. So they tend to wear hats, sunglasses, and long coats and stick to the shadows during the daytime. Still, Mick was able to survive walking in the desert for hours without all that. |
| 115 | * Parodied in ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'' when Nadja and Jenna put on motorcycle helmets and thick jackets to see if they'll be protected from the sunlight, like in ''Film/Blade1998''. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]] |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 119 | * One group in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' used high-grade protective suits to survive in a lake of liquid silver (a place in the Umbra, usually used as "cure-or-kill" treatment for badly corrupted individuals, where they were sent as punishment). This was one of their many bright ideas. There are also various Gifts that allow Garou to soak damage from silver. |
| 120 | * ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'': The Discipline of Fortitude grants a vampire SuperToughness that allows them to resist even fire and sunlight, their most deadly vulnerabilities. |
| 121 | * In ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'', Mages can use Periapts to take a certain amount of Paradox in their stead, and sufficiently-skilled practitioners of Prime can "pay off" Paradox with Quintessence. |
| 122 | * In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' there are a couple of spells and magic items that can shield creatures from sunlight. Useful for vampires and a number of other sun-vulnerable creatures. |
| 123 | ** ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'' sourcebook Urban Arcana has an even better one, due to its utter mundanity. So you're a drow elf and bright lights blind you because your eyes are so sensitive? Wear sunglasses or tinted visors! |
| 124 | ** ''TabletopGame/TyrannyOfDragons'': Trespin the troll wears a flame-retardant cape to protect himself from fire damage, which can [[AntiRegeneration shut down]] his natural HealingFactor. |
| 125 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': The low-[[SpellLevels level]] "Protective Penumbra" spell cloaks the target [[CastingAShadow in shadows]], protecting creatures who would otherwise be WeakenedByTheLight. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 129 | * In the ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut Punch-Out!!]]'' series, King Hippo is soundly beaten by Little Mac repeatedly punching him in the belly button. King Hippo learns from this the second time around and searches for things to use as armor, eventually deciding to place a steel sewer grate over his belly button. However, it doesn't help since he used [[DestroyableItems probably the most realistic]] [[DuctTapeforEverything duct tape in video game history]]. |
| 130 | * In ''Franchise/FireEmblem'', many units are weak to certain types of weaponry (ex. fliers are weak to bows, cavalry are weak to ridersbanes, and so on). However, there are rare items and skills capable of nullifying these weaknesses. |
| 131 | ** The first and most famous one of these is Iote's Shield, primarily associated with King Michalis of Macedon. It's an item in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'', ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]'', and ''[[VideoGameRemake Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem]]'' and a skill in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors''. In ''Mystery'' and ''Warriors'', it negates all of the bearer's weaknesses, while in the other games, it only works for fliers. |
| 132 | ** In its [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness first implementation]], the Nihil skill in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''. This skill has the same effect as other games, where it nullifies not just battle skills (though those skills like Astra, Luna, and Sol, are rare) but also negate critical hits. In that game, weaknesses like bows on fliers are considered critical hits, so when they have Nihil, they are no longer weak to bows. For example, Alec has Nihil so he is immune to the Knight Killer's anti-cavalry effect and he could pass it down to other children that are affected by their weaknesses. Like Michalis, Arion has Nihil to nullify his bow weakness. |
| 133 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' have the Delphi Shield, an accessory that protects fliers from bows and wind magic. You can steal it from Narcian in ''The Binding Blade'' [[spoiler:and get another one when you recruit him in Trial Map mode]], while you can find it in a chest during "Battle Before Dawn" in ''The Blazing Blade''. |
| 134 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' has the Fili Shield, an accessory that also protects fliers from bows and wind magic. You can pry it off of Valter's corpse [[spoiler:and get a second one when you recruit him during the Creature Campaign]]. |
| 135 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' has the Full Guard, an accessory that protects any unit that equips it from bonus damage. It's also DummiedOut as a skill in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn''. |
| 136 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has the Conquest skill, which negates the wielder's armored and beast weaknesses. It is primarily associated with Walhart and also wielded by [=SpotPass=] Zephiel and DLC Ephraim. [[spoiler:Walhart also retains the skill when you recruit him in Paralogue 19, and he can pass it down to Morgan if he fathers him.]] |
| 137 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has the Winged Shield skill, which negates the wielder's flier weaknesses and allows them to benefit from terrain bonuses. It is primarily associated with Hinoka as an enemy on the ''Conquest'' route, who has the skill during both of her boss fights; it is also wielded by two generic Pegasus Knights in Chapter 11 on Lunatic. There's also the DummiedOut Armor Shield and Beast Shield skills, which respectively nullify the bearer's armored and beast weaknesses. |
| 138 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'': |
| 139 | *** Grani's Shield, wielded by Camus and Walhart, is an inheritable skill that nullifies the user's cavalry weakness. |
| 140 | *** Svalinn Shield, wielded by Sheena, is an inheritable skill that nullifies the user's armored weakness. Ascended Idunn's Dew Dragonstone and Brave Hector's refined Maltet are both personal weapons that provide the same effect among other things. |
| 141 | *** The recurring Iote's Shield skill is an inheritable skill that nullifies the user's flying weakness. Altina's Ashera's Chosen, Legendary Ryoma's Bushido II, Halloween Female Robin's Dragonscale, Legendary Female Robin's Dragonskin and Dragonskin II, Young Minerva's Dragoon Shield, Ashnard's Gurgurant, Hel's Hel's Reaper, and Spring Maria's Pastel Poleaxe are all personal weapons or skills that provide the same effect among other things, while Haar's Tempest's Claw [[DiscardAndDraw protects him from anti-flier attacks at the cost of making him weak to blue tomes instead]]. Spring Myrrh's Harmonized Skill nullifies her flying weakness for one turn. |
| 142 | *** Garon's Breath of Blight, Sothis' Sublime Surge, Winter Sothis' Snow's Grace, and Halloween Sothis' Eerie Scripture are all personal weapons that nullify the user's dragon weakness. |
| 143 | *** Spring Idunn's Du Skill nullifies the armored and dragon weaknesses of her and any nearby allies for one turn. |
| 144 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has the Lampos Shield, Aurora Shield[[note]][[MythologyGag which is almost identical in design to Iote's Shield]][[/note]] and Kadmos Shield, which negate the weaknesses of cavalry, fliers and armored units respectively when equipped. ''[[DownloadableContent Cindered Shadows]]'' adds the [[spoiler:Chalice of Beginnings]], obtainable as a clear bonus in the main game after completing the DLC sidestory, which nulls ''all'' weaknesses and allows the holder to counterattack regardless of range. |
| 145 | * In ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ElementalRockPaperScissors is a core element of the gameplay, and the battles are usually based around exploiting the enemy's type weaknesses; some of the items allow the fighters to bypass their weaknesses. |
| 146 | ** Air Balloon lifts the user up in the air (and pops immediately after the user is attacked), giving it a temporary immunity for widespread Ground-type moves and entry hazards, and Heavy-Duty Boots prevent their user from any entry hazard damage at all. Assault Vest, which increases a Pokemon's Special Defense stat in exchange for forbidding it to use non-attacking moves is also a good variety of this trope for fighters with weak Special Defense who specialize in [[AttackAttackAttack brute force]]. |
| 147 | ** A variety of Berries can be used to weaken a single super-effective attack hitting a Pokemon. For fighters who have double weakness to a particular type, such as Whiscash, Togedemaru, Heatran, or Aurorus, this might be a lifesaver. |
| 148 | ** In some way, abilities can be considered this trope, when they are passed to Pokemon temporarily by using Entrainment or Skill Swap. When such a situation happens, fighters with originally obvious KryptoniteFactor in their double weaknesses or crippling original abilities become much more potent: [[BrilliantButLazy Slaking]] stops taking rests between hits, [[DoomedDefeatist Archeops]] loses its fatalism and retains its power to the end, [[KillItWithFire Parasect]] starts eating up Fire-type moves, and any StoneWall who gets Magic Guard or Magic Bounce becomes immune to crippling and/or damage over time. |
| 149 | * ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver'' has a partial example, a vampiric empire that releases large amounts of smoke to reduce light levels. |
| 150 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bloodrayne}} 2'' had something similar in the form of 'the shroud' a blood-red cloud made up of [[spoiler:ground-up people]] that blocks out sunlight, allowing vampires to walk around in the day and seriously warping the natural world. |
| 151 | * Remilia Scarlet of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], and thus is vulnerable to sunlight. Her solution to this problem is to cover [[FantasyKitchenSink Gensokyo]] in a blood-red mist to block sunlight, triggering the events of the sixth game, ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. After being beaten by the heroines, she decided to simply use a [[ParasolOfPrettiness parasol]] instead. Gets a CallBack in the fighting games: Remilia can't participate in the daytime stages unless she's equipped with a parasol. |
| 152 | * Dracula's Castle in ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' has the power to block out the sun in a large area around it, creating a pocket of eternal night. Pretty handy for a vampire like Dracula. In pre-''Lords of Shadow'' continuity, Dracula gained this power by claiming the Ebony Stone, one of two stones created by alchemy during experiments to create the PhilosophersStone. |
| 153 | * In ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'', walking on ink of a color other than their own damages Inklings/Octolings and slows them to a crawl. To counteract this, there's the Ink Resistance ability which lowers the damage received while standing in enemy ink and decreases the movement penalty while moving through it. |
| 154 | * Rubicante, leader of the Four Fiends in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', has a cloak that lets him ''absorb'' the spells that would normally harm him, exploiting it in his boss battles. In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'', if certain requirements are met, he will give his cloak to his WorthyOpponent, Edge. |
| 155 | * Zombies and skeletons in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' are [[WeakenedByTheLight allergic to sunlight]] but if they're spawned wearing a helmet, they'll be immune to it. |
| 156 | * In ''VideoGame/LunarKnights'', the vampires are protected from the sun's light by their "Casket Armor". In order to defeat them, Lucian and Aaron have to defeat them in battle and bring them to space to purify them with the Sunflower, a sun-powered KillSat, as the vampire's [=ParaSOL=]/[[spoiler:Planet Eater Byron]] has rendered the sunlight on the surface too weak to purify a vampire. |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VIII'' explained that the vampires that could be recruited into the party (and your starting character if you were a vampire) had received a special amulet that protects against sunlight while also not interfering with the magic of any other amulets they might wear. As it was not logistically possible to provide amulets for the entire vampire population, the Necromancer's Guild of Shadowspire also looked into more [[TheNightThatNeverEnds regional]] solutions. |
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| 160 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 161 | * ''WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' sees Bumblebee's drones outfit a fallen Supergirl with such a suit (made of lead). |
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| 164 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 165 | * In ''Webcomic/SupernormalStep'', a vampire wears a full-body, skin-tight suit in order to go out in the sun. |
| 166 | * ''Webcomic/TheKingfisher'' has the vampire [[spoiler:Theodore]] combine ProperlyParanoid and CrazyPrepared by going to sleep in '''asbestos pajamas.''' Comes in real handy when he's shot with incendiary rounds during the day. |
| 167 | * In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', vampiric [[spoiler:Minister Malack]] has researched a ''protection from daylight'' spell, which he casts on himself every day to function in public by day, and keeps an extra cast prepared and a staff with charges of the same, just in case it gets dispelled. [[spoiler:After Malack uses his spare prepared cast on a newly converted minion, Nale disarms the staff and has Zz'dtri dispel the active spell, letting the desert sun destroys him.]] |
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| 170 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 171 | * In ''[[http://www.rogermwilcox.name/stories/IH.html The Incredible Hero]]'', a continuing add-a-chapter-as-you-go story on a pre-HTTP message board, the eponymous hero was once attacked by Darth Vader. Luckily, he was wearing his dark-side-of-the-force-proof vest. |
| 172 | * In the first Carmilla stories of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', she is vulnerable to sunlight. She goes to SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy and wears a full-body latex-looking suit with school clothes over it. |
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| 175 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 176 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' involves the head honcho of ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight, The Boogie Man, launching a giant disco ball into space to block out the sun so all the monsters can come out during the day and party ALL NIGHT LONG! |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': |
| 178 | ** Zim is burned by water, so he cooks up a paste-based film coating to protect himself. |
| 179 | ** In another episode, Zim becomes paranoid that he'll become infected by Earthborn germs that he has no natural resistance to, so he creates a suit of germ-repellent '''SPACE MEAT!!!''' |
| 180 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "A Tale Of Two Santas", Leela tries to destroy [[BadSanta Robot Santa]] with a [[LogicBomb paradox]]. Unfortunately, Santa comes equipped with paradox-absorbing crumple zones. |
| 181 | * The plot of the Cuban animated feature ''Vampiros en la Habana'' revolves around the creation of a vampire sunscreen. |
| 182 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' introduced a lead-lined suit to protect Supes against Kryptonite radiation. It came in real handy during its debut episode against the Parasite. Thereafter it suffered TheWorfEffect as every time it appeared it was torn or destroyed early into the battle (dipped in magma, ripped off by Krypto, freeze cracked, acid...) He had a much simpler (and weirder) solution to fighting Livewire and her electric powers along with Parasite. Supes pretty much just laminated himself in a thin layer of rubber, since it doesn't conduct electricity. It was a much better idea than wearing rubber gloves, but Livewire more or less compares it to wearing a giant condom. |
| 183 | * ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'': |
| 184 | ** In "Terror from the Phantom Zone", the three evil Kryptonians Hul, Logar, and Rom-Lok wear lead suits to expose Superman to red kryptonite, which caused him to suffer RapidAging, without affecting themselves. Superman grabs the IdiotBall when he attempts to attack them despite seeing them in the suits and carrying a lead-lined box. |
| 185 | ** In "Super Friends: Rest in Peace", Apache Chief wears a lead suit in order to find and dispose of the Noxium Crystal, which acts as kryptonite to all superheroes. |
| 186 | ** In "The Super Friends Meet Frankenstein", both [[ADayInTheLimelight Robin]] and a FrankensteinsMonster absorb powers from the rest of the show's heroes, including Superman. After battling to a stalemate, Robin uses a lead suit and a chunk of kryptonite to defeat the creature. |
| 187 | * As part of a one-off gag in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf'', Count Dracula claims to no longer fear sunlight thanks to sunscreen. The bottle he uses has an SPF of one million. |
| 188 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'' centers around Achilles. During the entire episode, he wears a piece of armor around his [[AchillesHeel heel]]. |
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| 191 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 192 | * Some people with over-active senses or who are overwhelmed easily by certain stimuli can "protect" themselves in BoringButPractical ways: Earplugs for hearing, noseplugs for smell, gloves for touch, and certain kinds of glasses or lenses for sight. |
| 193 | * Human life cannot go on in extremely cold temperatures. Guess what winter jackets do. |
| 194 | * Gas masks protect their wearers from all sorts of nasty chemicals, toxins, and substances in the air. |
| 195 | * Space suits guard against the vacuum of space. |
| 196 | * Those who sunburn easily can protect themselves with sunblock--you could very well think of it as anti-kryptonite lotion--or, more traditionally, by covering up every inch of their skin with long-sleeved clothes and hoods or hats. This is part of why desert-dwelling cultures such as the Bedouin are well-known for their long, billowy clothes and masks: before sunblock was developed, it was the best way to prevent both sunburns and protect from the biting, sand-filled winds of the open desert. |
| 197 | * Chlorine trifluoride, a substance that can ignite ''literally everything'' (including ashes and '''''sand'''''), can be stored in metal containers because of this trope. The initial reaction between the chlorine trifluoride and the metal creates a thin layer of metal fluoride, one of the few substances the chemical ''can't'' ignite. If anyone's stupid enough to scrub the layer off, on the other hand... |
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