Bad Luck Charm: Difference between revisions

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▲== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

▲* In ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', the [[Katanas Are Just Better|Kitetsu class swords]] are extremely sharp but also [[Evil Weapon|cursed]] and eventually lead the wielder to his tomb. [[Badass Normal|So far, Zoro]] is the only one who has carried such a dangerous sword without ill effects, as his luck was stronger than the sword's curse. Note, this was probably a [[Shout Out]] to the [[Real Life]] Muramasa swords, which have a similar fame.

▲* In ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'', when Majoruka took over the Mahou-Do, she sold bad luck charms exclusively.

▲* The pendant that Nagi's grandfather gives Hayate in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' adds more trouble for Hayate. Knowing the old man, it was probably deliberate. First hinted in the manga when Isumi exorcises some of the bad luck off the charm.

▲* The children's book ''[[The Bad Luck Penny]]''. Leads to misfortunes like getting concussed by a baseball while sitting in the stands, and choking on your food.

▲* [[Jack Vance (Creator)|Jack Vance]]'s ''[[Lyonesse (Literature)|Lyonesse]]: The Green Pearl'' features the eponymous item which will turn anyone who owns it to evil, until somebody else murders them to possess it. At one point the chain is broken when the owner is [[And I Must Scream|rendered helpless]] by somebody who's only interested in punishing him, and the pearl is temporarily forgotten.

▲* The ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'' episode "Bad Day at Black Rock" had the Winchester brothers find a [[lucky Rabbit's Foot Talisman]] that gave the holder good luck until it left their person, at which point their luck would turn [[Necro Non Sequitur]]-inducingly bad. The only way to avoid certain death was to destroy the amulet in a specific ritual.

▲* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' episodes "Hawaii Bound", "Pass the Tabu" and "The Tiki Caves". Bobby finds an ancient tiki idol which appears to bring the family bad luck. The curse can only be lifted by leaving the idol in an old burial ground.

▲** In an episode of ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]'', JD buys a pair of the tiki idols used on those Brady Bunch episodes for him and Turk when everyone takes a trip to the Bahamas. Even though, in-universe, they're just a prop, they appear to bring bad luck to the two.

▲* An episode from ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]''.

▲* In ''[[Generation Kill]]'' the ironically-named candy, Charms, are seen as bad luck and are not allowed to be eaten within Team 1 Alpha's humvee.

▲{{quote| '''Corporal Josh Ray Person:''' Oh, no. Now not only do we have to worry about all the Charms you've eaten, but now Brad's just pissed off God.}}

▲* A first season episode of ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'' has a character nicknamed Jinxo, who is believed by many to be a walking [[Bad Luck Charm]]. He worked on the construction of all five Babylon stations. The first three stations were blown up in terrorist attacks, and the fourth vanished mysteriously. He refuses to leave Babylon Five because he thinks that if he does, something bad will happen to it. Another character tells Jinxo that he's got it backwards: he should be called "Lucky" because he managed to escape unharmed from four separate dangerous incidents. Jinxo says that he never thought about it that way before, the other guy comments that no one ever does.

▲* "The Clover", in ''[[The Middle]]'''s third season, inverts the trope by having a four-leaf clover, usually considered to be a good luck charm, bring Brick nothing but bad luck.

▲* The [[Phil Harris]] song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcj16EGYYrs "The Thing"]. A man finds the eponymous Thing on the beach and has bad luck ever after.