plot armor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plot device wherein a fictional character or other entity repeatedly and inexplicably avoids harm or misfortune, due to their importance to the work's continued plot; the property of being prone to deus ex machina.

Word forms

plot armor

Synonyms

plot shield character shield
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