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Line 13: {{examples}} == Advertising == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-zk_0xDBxo This commercial] for the ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' toyline. He-Man approaches the [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place\|Doors of Doom]]. "No problem!" he quips. Then the doors open, and it seems the "problem" is [[Insectoid Aliens\|Mosquitor]], [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent\|Sssqueeze]], [[Mad Bomber\|Blast Attack]], [[Medusa\|Snake-Face]], ''and'' [[Big Bad\|Hordak himself]]. Five against one. "Like I said," he repeats, "no problem!" == Anime and Manga == * As part of the big flashback in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', The [[Redheaded Hero]] is saving the princess; meanwhile, the rest of [[Badass Crew\|Ala Rubra]] has to hold off the forces overseeing the execution, leading to this exchange: Line 18 ⟶ 21: '''[[World's Strongest Man\|Jack Rakan]]:''' Like I said. Are you seriously telling me you think that's gonna be enough?! }} * The very first sequence of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. * From ''[[One Piece]]'', ~~we have this little gem from the Enies Lobby arc.~~ ** This little gem from the Enies Lobby arc. {{quote\|'''Marines''': Hey, Straw Hat Luffy... how many dozens of your cohorts did you bring? Ha ha ha. There are 10,000 soldiers on Enies Lobby! '''Luffy''': Yeah... I'm by myself. Get out of my way! }} : A couple of hundred chapters later, when the crew finally enters the New World, ''all of them do it:'' {{quote\|'''Usopp''': This weather is the worst!! '''Brook''': Yohoho!! There's a thunderstorm in the skies!! Line 31 ⟶ 35: '''Zoro''': Looks like the entrance to Hell. '''Luffy''': PERFECT!!! }} :* Still later, in the Impel Down Arc, Luffy has been poisoned by Magellon and literally has hours to live. Ivankov (who is surprised Luffy has survived this long) tells him that he can ''try'' to boost his immune system making it ''possible'' to recover. But he adds that it will only raise his chances from nonexistent to about 3%, and that even if it works, it will cut 10 years off his life expectancy and take two days to complete (where he'll be in horrible agony the entire time) and then three days of sleep afterwards, meaning Luffy's goal to save Ace will fail. Luffy still tells him to do it, and miraculously, recovers completely in only 10 hours. Ivankov says many times, Luffy's willpower is among the strongest he has ever seen. * Kumagawa of ''[[Medaka Box]]'' lives and breathes this trope. [[Born Unlucky]], he feels uncomfortable when the odds ''aren't'' stacked against him. {{quote\|'''Kumagawa''': This is perfect. I have always fought with cards like these. I have never been blessed by luck or coincidence; I have fought without relying on miracles or fate. You say I've lost the moment I was dealt? That's just the same as always.}} == Comic Books == Line 55 ⟶ 59: '''Picard:''' You could say that. '''Kirk:''' If Spock were here he would call me an illogical, irrational human being for taking on a mission like that... Sounds like fun. }} : The 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)\|Star Trek]]'' movie: {{quote\|'''Cadet:''' There's four of us and one of you. '''Kirk:''' Well, get some extra guys and then it'll be a fair fight. }} Line 85 ⟶ 89: * The entire House of the Dzur in the ''[[Dragaera]]'' novels. Tazendra gets most of them on the page, but that's just because she's the most prominent Dzur character. ** [[Light Bulb Joke\|How many Dzur does it take to sharpen a sword? Four. One to sharpen the sword, three to put up enough of a fight to make it worthwhile.]] * ''[[Discworld]]'': In ''[[~~Discworld/The Colour of Magic\|~~The Colour of Magic]]'', Hrun the Barbarian declares he'll fight both dragonlords at once: {{quote\|'''Liartes:''' That's pretty uneven odds, isn't it? '''Hrun:''' Yah. I outnumber you one to two. }} In ''[[~~Discworld/The Science of Discworld\|~~The Science of Discworld]]'' the wizards are informed that the chances of the new thaumic reactor (they're planning on using to heat the building) from going critical and blowing up the entirety of creation is 50-to-1. They think that this is entirely reasonable since "I wouldn't bet on a horse at those odds". Apparently an inch of ice on the ''inside'' of your bedroom window gives you a very personal perspective of risk. Moist Von Lipwig of ''[[~~Discworld/~~Going Postal (Discworld)\|Going Postal]]'' and ''[[~~Discworld/Making Money\|~~Making Money]]'' likes to invoke this trope for the purposes of entertaining the crowds that invariably appear around him. For instance, a stable owner who took offense to something Moist said about his horses decided to get back at him by bringing him the most evil-minded, vicious horse he owns. Moist's response? He asks the grooms to take off the horse's saddle, because it'd just slow him down. Also, in ''[[~~Discworld/Interesting Times\|~~Interesting Times]]'', Twoflower points out that there's only one possible outcome when seven old men take on the thousands-strong army that's surrounding them: They'll win. Otherwise, the world's just not working properly. * In ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)\|The Vicomte De Bragelonne]]'', d'Artagnan proposes to raise his own army of forty men and restore Charles II to the English throne (for profit!). Planchet, who is putting up half the money, protests: "Forty against forty thousand! That is not enough. I know very well that you, M. d'Artagnan, alone, are equal to a thousand men; but where are we to find thirty-nine men equal to you?" * In ''[[X Wing Series\|Starfighters of Adumar]]'': Line 100 ⟶ 105: * In ''[[The Wheel of Time\|Towers of Midnight]]'' Birgitte tells Mat that the odds of getting back from the Tower of Ghenjei are one in a thousand. Mat responds by taking out "two dozen" coins and predicting that when he throws them every single one will land heads up (1/16777216 chance if there were exactly 24). They do, and Mat remarks that "One in a thousand is good odds, for me." == Live -Action TV ==▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * Done twice in ''[[Angel]]'', the second time in the finale. {{quote\|'''Gunn:''' I'll take the 20,000 on the left....}} Line 116 ⟶ 120: '''Cyberman:''' What is that? '''Dalek:''' YOU ARE BET-TER AT ''DY''ING. }} : And then promptly gets turned around: {{quote\|'''Rose:''' Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor? ''Now'' you're scared.}} * In ''[[Friends]]'', in the chapter where the guys buy many lottery tickets as there is a lot of money on the jackpot, Ross says he won't join, because it is "42 times more likely" that they will be struck by lightning. Chandler answers that, as they are six, it would be only 7 times more likely. Joey says the trope verbatim. Line 124 ⟶ 128: '''Aeryn''': Not good. '''Crichton''': "Not good" is the best odds we ever get. }} == Tabletop Games == Line 133 ⟶ 136: * ''[[Bionicle]]'': {{quote\|'''Kongu''':Five of us, 5000 of them. I like your idea of fair odds, Hahli.}} == Video Games == Line 139 ⟶ 141: * In the ship level of ''[[Command & Conquer]]: [[First-Person Shooter\|Renegade]]'', a prisoner [[One-Man Army\|Havoc]] just freed asks him if he intends to take on the ship's crew alone. {{quote\|'''Havoc:''' Don't seem fair, does it? Maybe I'll shoot with my left hand.}} : Itself a reference to the famed commando line from the original game: {{quote\|That was left handed.}} * ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', during Grunt's recruitment mission: Line 162 ⟶ 164: {{quote\|'''[[Boisterous Bruiser\|Murray:]]''' Outnumbered...fighting impossible odds...it's perfect!}} * In ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'', you arrive at an inn just as a fight is about to break out between Khelgar, a lone dwarf, and four thugs. When you point out that four against one isn't fair odds, Khelgar agrees... and asks the thugs if they've got any friends who might like to join in. * Near the climax of ''[[Space Quest\| Space Quest V]]'', W-D40 tells Roger that her plan to board ''The Goliath'' and administer a cure to its crew has a 29% chance of success - not good odds. However, she also calculates that there is a 93% chance of the infected crew causing a galaxy-wide [[Zombie Apocalypse]] should the plan fail. Thus, as bad as their chances are, it’s not a matter of like or dislike. == ~~Webcomics~~Web Comics == * ''[[Homestuck]]'': {{quote\|''"Upon reflection, Redglare showed the foresight of a true seer in thieving my arm before the trial. [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s{{=}}6&p{{=}}005653 It permitted a fair fight.]"''}} Line 193 ⟶ 195: '''Kowalski:''' More precisely, it's 2.7% foolproof. There's a 97.3% chance that this will backfire and result in a horrific abomination that will be an affront to the most elemental laws of nature and the universe. '''Skipper:''' I like those odds. }} *: Considering Skipper's idea of a perfect future is a post-apocalyptic wasteland involving zombies, he probably did like the high odds of facing an abomination. Incidentally, Kowalski is pretty much right. : A similar exchange in "Snakehead": {{quote\|'''Kowalski:''' I have an idea, but I'm not sure how safe it is. '''Skipper:''' I like it already! }} Line 216 ⟶ 218: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~I Like Those Odds~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Stock Phrases]] ▲[[Category:I Like Those Odds]]