Murphy's Law

"The first experiment already illustrates a truth of the theory, well confirmed by practice, what-ever can happen will happen if we make trials enough."

- Augustus de Morgan, 1866

Murphy's Law is the most commonly used term for the infamously pessimistic maxim, "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.". However, on this wiki, it references quite a few things, so we've made this page to help people figure out which one they really want.

Tropes

 * Finagle's Law. the trope described above as applied to fiction
 * Murphy's Bed. a bed that traps people

Film

 * Murphy's Law (film), a 1986 action thriller featuring Charles Bronson
 * RoboCop, which has a lawman named Murphy

Literature

 * Murphy's Law (novel), a Colin Bateman novel based on the British TV series

Live-Action TV

 * Murphy's Law (American TV series), a 1988–1989 American television crime comedy-drama
 * Murphy's Law (British TV series), a 2001–2007 British television police drama
 * Milo Murphy's Law, a 2016 Disney XD series
 * Murphy's Law of Love, a 2015 Taiwanese romantic comedy television series
 * "Murphy's Law", an episode of The 100

Music

 * Murphy's Law (band), a hardcore punk band from New York City

Web Comics

 * Murphy's Law (webcomic).

The Other Wiki tells us that there is also Muphry's law: "If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written."