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'''Perseus:''' That's not much of a curse.|''[[Clash of the Titans]]'' (2010)}}

** Zelgadis actually admits at one point that he wouldn't mind his "curse" if Rezo hadn't shown him what he was ''really'' like by casting it. Until Rezo transformed him, Zelgadis saw him pretty much the same as everyone else did: as an exceptionally kind, powerful sorcerer who made miracles where ever he went. Rezo's experimenting on Zelgadis showed him that that was all a mask, and that he would do anything, to anybody, to cure his eyes.

** Zelgadis also doesn't seem to mind the reaction of people to his appearance. While it's possible his misanthropy is a result of his appearance, he is often times called horrible things from misconceptions based on his appearance and actions, and he seems to find it at least somewhat amusing.

* ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]'' plays with this trope. Protagonist Seina Yamada is cursed to be a [[Weirdness Magnet]], with his mere presence causing accidents to harm himself and anyone else in the general area. His curse seems to reach new heights when he gets shanghaied into the Galaxy Police, and attracts a horde of [[In Space|space pirates]] almost as soon as he leaves orbit. But when he's rescued, it's brought to his attention that his curse led to one of the biggest blows against piracy in history -- and he becomes determined to take the chance to have his luck serve a purpose for a change. Of course, the curse also leads to an [[Unwanted Harem]]... 'nuff said.

* The "yaka" in ''[[Sola]]'' closely resemble vampires minus the need for blood: immortality, super strength and agility, regeneration, ability to resurrect people by turning them, and sometimes other awesome unique powers, with only the vampire-like extreme weakness to direct sunlight (and the 'curse' of immortality) as a drawback. {{spoiler|Another character has a unique body that overcomes even that, but he spends all his time angsting over not being a real boy}}. The ending highlights how unappreciated these abilities are by those who have them.

* The [[The Wise Prince|Wise Prince]] protagonist in ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6072033/1/Dragon_Age_The_Crown_of_Thorns Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns ]'' feels this way and even outright explains it when he {{spoiler|and his elder brother Trian, who dies in Canon but is only presumed dead in this case, make peace with each other }}after the dwarven noble returns to Orzammar {{spoiler|incognito, while the female human noble plays the leader. }} Having been clever enough to {{spoiler|totally manipulate Bhelen and his lackeys by faking Trian's death and getting himself framed for it deliberately, }}he admits that he {{spoiler|believes he would make a great king but his cleverness would rub off on all the conniving politicians and actually cause them to become even more subtle in their backhanded dealing, meaning that he'd upgrade the game of bloody politics }}that he wants to see shattered. Add to that the {{spoiler|fact that history would cause people to assume that only brilliant leaders like him can do any good, which goes against how he wants to see some luminosity in Orzammar as a whole.}} He argues that {{spoiler|Trian }}can break the game because {{spoiler|he's capable of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] so he can kickstart a chain reaction that would, in the long run, lead to a higher way of thinking. }}So, he feels he'd {{spoiler|make a bad king in the current situation because he'd be too god at it. }} The answer {{spoiler|Trian }}gave? {{spoiler|"That... is just so incredibly stupid!" }}And this is all before a king is decided upon.

* This suprisingly powerful speech from ''Digimon GOSPEL'' show's how being the best at everything really could be a horrible curse

'''- Matsuki Takato, “The Day of Rebellion – Everything I Do, I Do for Them”, GOSPEL, Book 5''' }}

* This is lampshaded and then kicked in the balls in [[Luminosity]] with this exchange.

'''Bella:''' What? Okay, Alice said that the three day initiation process or whatever it is is "not fun". I could buy that it is sufficiently not fun that you wish it hadn't happened to you, don't think it was worth it. It'd be a little hard to believe, but not impossible. But why in the world would you want to go ''back'' once you've already been through that part? I don't know how old the rest of you are, but you realize Alice would be dead by now, right? Humans generally don't live to be a hundred years old. Whatever it is she misses about being human, ''she wouldn't have it anymore anyway''. }}

** The Greek equivalent of that story was named Meleager. The Fates appeared to his mother and told her that he would only live as long as a certain stick in the fire remained unburned. {{spoiler|Then when Meleager "accidentally" kills two of his brothers, his mom goes insane and burns the stick, which results in him horribly melting in the arms of his wife-to-be Atalanta.}}

** A similar situation occurs in ''[[The Simpsons]]'', in Treehouse of Horror IV -

'''Homer''': "I'm smarter than the Devil! I'm smarter than..." }}

* In a Greco-Roman myth recorded by Ovid in ''[[The Metamorphoses|Metamorphoses]]'' a man named [[Meaningful Name|Lycaeon]] is turned into a wolf as divine punishment for being a [[I'm a Humanitarian|cannibal]] and serving human flesh to the gods. It's strongly implied that he was happier in this form than as a human.

** Further revelations throughout the course of the game, such as {{spoiler|she kidnapped her baby sister and joined Cerberus to protect her}} in her loyalty mission, and {{spoiler|her genetic engineering is probably the reason she's infertile}} in ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' goes further to explain why she doesn't view her modifications as a good thing.

** [[The Hero|Commander Shepard]] him/herself. At the start of the second game, Shepard [[You Should Know This Already|dies and is resurrected,]] meaning s/he now has bulletproof skin, unbreakable bones, super-biotics (Sometimes ''without having them before''), an almost unpoisonable digestive system, enhanced reflexes and numerous other modifications. Any potentional moral, psychological or existential problems arising from this are [[Angst? What Angst?|glossed over entirely]], leading to Shepard shrugging off nearly every remark relating to his/her death with a witty remark.

'''Shepard''': [[Unexplained Recovery|I got better.]] }}

** In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', [[Disabled Snarker|Joker]] invokes this trope when talking about human biotics facing discrimination for their powers:

* In the [[Lucas Arts]] [[Simulation Game]] ''[[Afterlife]]'', both Heaven and Hell have respective disasters in which flying animals fly around and [[Fartillery|defecate]] on Heavenly Rewards and Hellish Punishments, causing them to have a drastic increase in [[Swirly Energy Thingy|Bad Vibes]]. One problem, however: Hell is ''improved'' by Bad Vibes, so constantly deploying the Bats Out Of Hell 'disaster' is a positive. The game itself says, "[...] After all, the only thing worse than being in Hell is being in Hell while covered in bat droppings."

* In [[Odin Sphere]], the people of a fallen kingdom were transformed into anthropomorphic rabbits. The upside is that they can live forever, assuming [[The End of the World as We Know It|Armageddon]] is averted. With the world reborn, two of the main characters, who become these creatures, wished to live a normal life as humans, and so succeeded in the end.

* The character Lorelei from ''Black Tapestries'', who almost immediately {{spoiler|gets transformed into a werefox with heightened strength (while retaining her capacity for rational thought during most circumstances)}} and is soon thereafter {{spoiler|rendered immortal by Issac's meddling}}.

* Prince Sid from [[Fey Winds]] is supposedly "cursed" so that whenever he becomes nervous, flustered, or scared, he {{spoiler|becomes a dragon.}} This is, of course, [[Lampshaded]].

** His family has a long tradition of {{spoiler|hunting dragons and mounting their heads on the wall.}}

* The Corby clan in ''[[Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan]]'' are "cursed" with the ability to turn into birds. Voluntarily. With absolutely no restrictions or drawbacks involved. The "curse" is broken when another character points out that they can just ''stop doing it''.