History Main / TwentyFourHourArmor

** A particular amusing case is [[CrutchCharacter Jagen]] of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'' and its remake. He's still dressed in full, relatively heavy-looking battle armor like he was in the preceding games... except here he is in poor health, is just a tactician and advisor, and thus cannot and does not fight ''at all''. For ''Mystery'' it may be enforced by technological limitations with limited space for superfluous portraits on a {{UsefulNotes/SNES}} cartridge, but ''New Mystery'' is a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game and doesn't have the same excuse at all. [[spoiler: Though it does allow for one particular moment towards the late beginning of the second DS game where Jagen threatens General Lang with a duel, causing Lang to run away]].

* Karin Aoi from ''Manga/DNA2'' would even ''sleep'' in her armor if she could, and only removed it of her own volition once. {{Justified}} as it's a futuristic armor that is rather comfortable to wear.

* One example from Creator/MarvelComics is the Jack of Hearts from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', who needs his armor to regulate his energy so he doesn't die from it.
* For a time in ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'', Cap had to wear twenty four hour armor to be able to move. [[AudienceAlienatingEra Most people don't want to think about it.]] Captain America's regular costume includes something like chainmail, and he wears it like a second skin. Partly justified by his peak human strength.

* ComicBook/IronMan's suits of armor sometimes employed this trope. Originally, due to his heart condition, he had to wear a chest piece under his shirt which doubled as his chest plate. Other versions were skintight, allowing him to wear full suits under his clothes. When he's equipped with Extremis, the armor is expressly a part of his body. Most armors also come equipped with a music playlist for long flights, or even noise cancellation equipment if he wants to take a nap. War Machine also had this type of armor during his "cyborg" period.
* In ''ComicBook/TopTen: The Forty Niners'', Steelgauntlet is said to never, ever remove his bulky PoweredArmor due to disfiguring burns he received in an explosion. In reality, [[spoiler:he's actually a robot, possibly the very first to possess full sentience, masquerading as a human to avoid the common [[FantasticRacism anti-robot prejudice]] of the time.]]
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Vol 2]]: The Amazon Aella is always wearing her armor even when other guards are in more casual dress.

* In the ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'' film series we always see Colossus in armored form, including seeing him wake up in bed having slept while armored. In the comics and other film versions he can assume human form, but it is unclear if he can do that in these films.

* Inverted in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' episode "Cyborg the Barbarian", where Cyborg is transported into the past. While the barbarians he befriends take off their armor at the end of a battle, Sarasim remarks that it is sad that Cyborg's armor cannot be removed as it's part of his body -- he is a Twenty Four Hour Warrior and must have trouble being outside of battle.

** One piece of gear that was relatively comfortable to wear at most times was the gambeson, which was a thick tunic of very densely layered linen that was durable enough to ward off blows from blunt weapons and even a glancing sword or axe strike. Because the gambeson was relatively light and comfortable, a knight or soldier could easily wear it around while doing daily tasks. The only real downside is that because of its thickness,it could get uncomfortable in hot weather.

* Sleeping armored and with weapons on hand was a necessary custom during the Spanish Conquest of America to prevent betrayals and night attacks by the indigenous tribes night attacks. This caused a bit of diplomatic trouble when UsefulNotes/HernanCortez signed his alliance with the indigenous Republic of Tlaxcala, as the sight of the Spanish soldiers keeping their arms and armor day and night in Tlaxcala offended the local chieftains, Xicohtencatl and Maxixcatzin, who came to believe Cortés didn't trust them and was wary of being imminently betrayed (which in all honesty he likely was). The chieftains came to the extent of asking him to pick as many Tlaxcallan hostages as he needed to feel safe, but he declined and managed to convince them that it was all a Spanish military custom, and the ordeal was ultimately set aside.

* Many Live Action Roleplayers who have already got their uniform "settled" properly are loath to take it off again if they can avoid it. At some of the bigger, regular festival LARP events this can result in the surreal experience of seeing a gang of heavily armored men nipping into the local supermarket to stock up on beer and doughnuts, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight while the locals don't]] [[WeirdnessCensor so much as bat an eyelid]].