The opposite of plot armor. The plot sword is a plot device where, the main character or group is killed off for plot reasons (as opposed to plot armor which protects the protagonist(s)
by JimboSlice197 January 2, 2017
A character being killed in an anticlimactic way because the plot demands it. The polar opposite of plot armor, where a character survives despite all odds because the plot demands it. Also known as dropped a bridge on him.
Person 1: How did a horde of rotting corpses manage to take out an army of heavily armed soldiers?
Person 2: I dunno? Plot sword?
Person 2: I dunno? Plot sword?
by MalumLibrum958 September 2, 2022