Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Plot armor referred to when a character was so important to the story of a show that they were impossible to kill off without that marking the end of the entire series. This realization meant that even when the main characters found themselves facing certain death, all logic pointed to them making it out alive.
Cast Dean Norris , Bob Odenkirk , Aaron Paul , RJ Mitte , Anna Gunn , Giancarlo Esposito , Betsy Brandt , Bryan Cranston , Jonathan Banks Release Date January 20, 2008 Seasons 5 Showrunner Vince Gilligan Walter White always managed to survive and outwit his opponents in Breaking Bad. Cast David Zayas , Michael C. Hall , Lauren Velez , C. S. Lee , James Remar , Jennifer Carpenter , Desmond Harrington , Julie Benz Release Date October 31, 2010 Seasons 8 Showrunner Clyde Phillips In almost every episode of Dexter, it appeared like the serial killer Dexter Morgan was always on the verge of dying at the hands of another deranged killer, but he always found a way to survive.
Cast Justin Theroux , Amy Brenneman , Christopher Eccleston , Liv Tyler , Chris Zylka , Margaret Qualley , Carrie Coon , Emily Meade , Amanda Warren , Ann Dowd , Michael Gaston , Max Carver Release Date June 29, 2014 Seasons 3 Showrunner Damon Lindelof Kevin’s plot armor was taken to the absolute extreme when he was revealed to potentially be immortal.
Cast Sarah Michelle Gellar , Nicholas Brendon , Alyson Hannigan , Charisma Carpenter , Dan Rubin , David Boreanaz , Seth Green , James Marsters Release Date March 10, 1997 Seasons 7 Showrunner Joss Whedon The teenage vampire slayer Buffy Summers was the chosen one and had a level of plot armor that was not granted to anybody else in the series.