Plot Armor

Not to be confused with taking the script and wrapping it around your body.

If someone, often a main character, should have died but didn't, won the big game when all seemed lost, or anything else that's suspiciously useful to someone, that's Plot Armor in action. Plot Armor means when something plot-convenient happens to someone who's important to the plot so that nothing can mess the plot up despite what happened was obviously "rigged" by the writers.

Ex Machina moment breeds such as Plot Ex Machina are really common with Plot Armor, but UnTrashes like Set Destiny can be used at its side as well.