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{{quote|''If it wasn't for bad luck,

''I wouldn't have no luck at all.''~~|"''Born Under a Bad Sign''"}}~~

''I wouldn't have no luck at all.''

|"''Born Under a Bad Sign''"}}

{{quote|'''Aunt Wu:''' Your future is full of struggle and anguish. Most of it self-inflicted.

'''Sokka:''' But you didn't even read my palms or anything...

'''Aunt Wu:''' I don't have to. It's written all over your face.~~|''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', "The Fortuneteller."}}~~

'''Aunt Wu:''' I don't have to. It's written all over your face.

|''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', "The Fortuneteller."}}

[[Born Lucky|Some people have all the luck]]—but they aren't this guy.

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{{examples|Examples (if possible, elaborate on how their bad luck works):}}

== Anime and Manga ==

* Touma from ''[[To ~~Aru~~ ~~Majutsu no~~ Index]]'' is a character with a supernatural ability to negate all other magical or psychic power or influence (ie., [[Anti-Magic]]). As it turns out this is also the reason that he's cursed with bad luck - this being a magical universe, it also cancels out his "good fate".

* Touma from ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' is a character with a supernatural ability to negate all other magical or psychic power or influence (ie., [[Anti-Magic]]). As it turns out this is also the reason that he's cursed with bad luck - this being a magical universe, it also cancels out his "good fate".

** [[Fridge Logic|Though one would think that his 'Imagine Breaker' power would cancel curses and 'bad fate', too.]]

*** Actually, it does. This fact actually {{spoiler|solves the second season first episode's plot offscreen}}. A more specific answer is that Touma is an example of a person for whom [[Murphy's Law|good luck never enters the equation]]. Events can conspire against him and he has no natural counterbalance beyond trying harder than should be necessary (doesn't always work).

*** Actually, it does. This fact actually {{spoiler|solves the second season first episode's plot offscreen}}. A more specific answer is that Touma is an example of a person for whom [[Murphy's Law|good luck never enters the equation]]. Events can conspire against him and he has no natural counterbalance beyond trying harder than should be necessary, which doesn't always work.

* Himawari from ''[[xxxHolic]]'', whose bad luck crosses over into [[The Jinx]] and [[Doom Magnet]].

* ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' - the lot of poor Ataru Moroboshi is to deal with all of the crazy (but fortunately attractive) aliens of the galaxy, but that's what you'd expect from someone whose [[Meaningful Name|name means]] "hit by a falling star".