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{{quote|''If it wasn't for bad luck, |
{{quote|''If it wasn't for bad luck, |
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''I wouldn't have no luck at all.'' |
''I wouldn't have no luck at all.'' |
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|"''Born Under a Bad Sign''"}} |
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{{quote|'''Aunt Wu:''' Your future is full of struggle and anguish. Most of it self-inflicted. |
{{quote|'''Aunt Wu:''' Your future is full of struggle and anguish. Most of it self-inflicted. |
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'''Sokka:''' But you didn't even read my palms or anything... |
'''Sokka:''' But you didn't even read my palms or anything... |
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'''Aunt Wu:''' I don't have to. It's written all over your face. |
'''Aunt Wu:''' I don't have to. It's written all over your face. |
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|''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', "The Fortuneteller."}} |
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[[Born Lucky|Some people have all the luck]]—but they aren't this guy. |
[[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):}} |
{{examples|Examples (if possible, elaborate on how their bad luck works):}} |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* Touma from ''[[ |
* 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". |
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** [[Fridge Logic|Though one would think that his 'Imagine Breaker' power would cancel curses and 'bad fate', too.]] |
** [[Fridge Logic|Though one would think that his 'Imagine Breaker' power would cancel curses and 'bad fate', too.]] |
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*** 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 |
*** 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. |
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* Himawari from ''[[xxxHolic]]'', whose bad luck crosses over into [[The Jinx]] and [[Doom Magnet]]. |
* Himawari from ''[[xxxHolic]]'', whose bad luck crosses over into [[The Jinx]] and [[Doom Magnet]]. |
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* ''[[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". |
* ''[[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". |