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{{quote|'''Chris Graham''': Well, they always do. This year, Arizona was supposed to make the Elite Eight. Instead, once again, they turned out to be the Tournament's [[Person
'''Ted Trimble'''<ref>played by Peyton Manning</ref> : What do you mean?<br />
'''Chris Graham''': Well, you know how, every year, Arizona comes in with impressive stats and all the hype, and, [[Trope Namer|every year, they.. fizzle out!]]<br />
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** The Colts had a running game in Super Bowl XLI (the one they won), while the XLIV version seemed to operate by running "a few obligatory running plays, every now and then" between passes. When the pressure was on in XLIV, guess what kind of plays the Saints could safely figure the Colts would ''not'' be running?
** To be fair, Peyton played really well in Super Bowl XLIV, if it's anyone to blame, it's really the Colts' defense (which were like ghosts against the Saints offensive attack).
* Brett Favre seems infamous for this. Despite breaking darn near every major NFL passing record, as well as actually winning a Super Bowl, it seems that whenever the season is on the line (such as the 2007 and 2009 NFC Championships), it's almost certain that Favre is going to throw a game-ending interception. While he's not the only quarterback that's had this problem, none have been as viciously mocked or criticized for this as Favre. That last bit may be due to his holding the record for interceptions, as well. Not to mention the detractors (who increased greatly in number after his repeated "[[Ten
* Dan Marino holds or has held almost every major NFL passing record, but only won the AFC Championship once in 1984 (his second season), and he lost the Super Bowl.
** ....Against the [[The Juggernaut|1984 San Francisco 49ers]]. Marino never stood a chance.
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* The Minnesota Vikings. are an even better example, as they're one of the two teams that have gone to the Super Bowl four times and failed every time.
* The early-90s Buffalo Bills make every other entry on this page look like clutch players. They won 4 straight AFC Championships and attending 4 straight Super Bowls, the only four in their history. To this day, they're 0-4 in Super Bowls. And they haven't been back to the playoffs in 10 years, since they were eliminated by the "Music City Miracle". Most notably, in 2004 they entered the last week of the season needing to beat Pittsburgh to get in to the playoffs, with Pittsburgh having already locked up their seed and resting their starters. ''They lost at home to Pittsburgh's 2nd and 3rd string by a touchdown.''
** A common [[Fun
* The Houston Oilers. Ever wonder why they were nicknamed "Choke City"? It's because they made the postseason during a seven year stretch between 1987 and 1993, but had three exceptional collapses during the postseason between 1991 and 1993.
** First, the 1991 Divisional playoff game against Denver. The high-powered offense of the Oilers shot out to a 21-13 halftime lead, and late in the game a punt pinned the Broncos back to their 2-yard line, where trailing 24-23, John Elway led a late-game drive punctuated by two fourth-down conversions to set up the winning field-goal in what some dubbed "The Drive II" (same spot on field, and almost five years after "the Drive")
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* As much is said about Kamina of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', he actually <s>[[The Worf Effect|never]]</s> [[The Worf Effect|hardly ever won a fight on his own]], and [[The Worf Effect|only ever]] mostly succeed when [[Bash Brothers|fighting with]] Simon. Granted when they are fighting, Kamina appears to be doing most of the work. Also, he was able to get Simon to stop being such a wimp, basically get the whole story and rise of man thing started {{spoiler|and come back from the dead as a ghost or something to get everyone out of a [[Lotus Eater Machine]]}}, which makes him [[The Messiah|something else entirely]].
* Mai Valentine/Kujaku from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''. Her duelist cred is often accused of being an [[Informed Ability]], but it's really this. She ''has'' displayed great skills at times, but never manages to deliver when it comes to the big duels. Of course, much of the blame for this is due to Plot Demanded Losses (of ''course'' Mai's not going to be able to beat [[The Hero]] or the [[Big Bad]], no matter what her skills are).
== [[Web Original]] ==
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