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== [[Literature]] ==
* For a lot of the series, ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' views himself as one of these. The event that made him famous happened when he was a baby and when in Order of the Phoenix he gets asked to teach a defense against the dark arts club, he argues that all his other achievements have been either through luck or from getting a lot of help.
* Rincewind is the worst wizard the [[Discworld]] has ever known. His hat is the only thing about him that says "wizzard," and ''that's'' misspelled. With no magic talent to speak of and a survival instinct heightened by his being [[Genre Savvy]], his usual response to a situation is to run like hell, and he's gotten ''very'' good at running over the years. He's also [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|thrown down]] with [[Eldritch Abomination|eldritch horrors,]] challenged a [[Enfant Terrible|childlike demigod]] with nothing but [[Improbable Weapon User|a half-brick in a sock,]] and saved the entire Discworld. ''Several times.'' Arguably, he's gotten being the [[Right Man in the Wrong Place]] down to a ''science.''
* ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' claims that all his achievements were down to luck or the result of him trying to save his own skin ([[Humble Hero|if you're willing to take his word for it, of course]]).
** Make no mistake though, the fact that he's a genuine badass is indisputable. He's fit, very well trained in marksmanship and swordplay, and knows the ins and outs of manipulating people to a T. In the [[Warhammer 40,000]] universe, however, this is basically the [[Crapsack World|bare minimum of what is required]]. The debate is over his attitude (modest hero or lucky coward) and how much more of a badass he may be.
* While he ''is'' an honest to gods badass, Harry Dresden from ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' is transformed into the literal [[The Dreaded|Dreaded]] for those only reading his rap sheet without knowing the details.
** And don't think he doesn't know it, too. In Turn Coat, he is {{spoiler|ordered to be arrested, and is outnumbered by five hardened wardens as well as three members of the Senior Council, i.e. the strongest wizards in the world}}. When they approach extremely carefully, he realizes:
{{quote|They were dealing with [[Famed in Story|something far more dangerous than me]], [[Hurting Hero|Harry Dresden]], who's battered old Volkswagon was currently in the city impound. They were dealing with the [[The Dark Side|potential dark lord nightmare warlock]] they'd been busy fearing [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|since I turned sixteen]]. They were dealing with the wizard who had faced the [[Evil Sorcerer|Heirs of Kemmler]] riding a [[Crazy Awesome|zombie dinosaur]], and emerged victorious from a fight that had flattened [[Magic Knight|Morgan]] and [[Full-Contact Magic|Captain Luccio]] before they had even reached it. They were dealing with the man who had [[Refuge in Audacity|dropped a challenge to the entire Senior Council]], and who had then actually showed, apparently willing to fight - on the shores of an [[Supervillain Lair|entirely too creepy island]] in the middle of a freshwater sea.}}
* Much like the Dresden example above, Kvothe in the ''[[The Name of the Wind]]'' is badass and does some very impressive things but the legends are even more insane. By the second book, however, he's living up to the legends in truth.
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