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{{quote|''Better to be lucky than good.''}}
A [[Villain]] or [[The Rival|rival]] who succeeds in his plots against the world or the protagonist, not because of his own [[Evil Genius|cleverness]] or [[Magnificent Bastard|awesomeness]] (which he may or may not have), but because luck favors him. The [[Million-to-One Chance]] works for ''him.''
Compare [[Born Lucky]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Jinnai from ''[[El-Hazard: The
** It is important to note, however, that while dumb luck may have been what gave Jinnai power, it was his tactical genius that (at least in the first OVA series) allowed him to ''continue'' being successful as a villain. The Bugrom had been attacking other countries for centuries after all. They had little, if any, success until [[The Strategist|Jinnai]] began leading them. Once he did, he made conquest after conquest, coming very close to taking over El-Hazard. He most likely would have succeeded were it not for the heroes' [[Plot Device]] super weapon.
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard|Lelouch]] and [[Death Seeker|Suzaku]] stop the FLEIJA with their countermeasure. The odds were so low you can probably scream [[Plot Armor|Plot Armour]]}}.
== [[
* Although not actually a villain, the [[Donald Duck]] character Gladstone Gander, created by [[Carl Barks]], is both [[Born Lucky]] and typically a major [[Jerkass]] [[Smug Snake]].
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* Chris Wilton of ''[[Match Point]]''.
== [[Live
* Helen, the [[Big Bad]] from ''[[Primeval]]''. Nearly every episode she appears in she gets captured at gunpoint, and she always either manages to convince her captors to let her go or she tackles away their weapon. Considering she's a 40-ish archeologist and the people holding her at gunpoint are usually trained soldiers with good reason to hate her, she must have some sort of superpower that causes any heroic character within earshot of her to juggle [[Idiot Ball
** The other villain (Christine Johnson) happens to be an important government official, so her getting shot by the heroes would probably cause problems.
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** It is more that Ansom (who is no fool) has forces that are so much larger than Parson's that if he doesn't give up, ''something'' he tries is bound to work.
** {{spoiler|That is, until his luck ran out... in the form of Bogroll [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|dive-tackling him from the top of a tower]]}}.
** {{spoiler|And then he was [[Back
* Xykon the lich of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' has a few instances of this, such as {{spoiler|when he and Redcloak (who was carrying his phylactery) were inadvertently saved from death by the actions of Miko Miyazaki, which also ended the Battle of Azure City in their favour}}. A more recent (half) example (in a strip actually titled " [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0660.html Lucky Breaks]") {{spoiler|his phylactery ''just misses'' the hole into the Snarl's prison, although it still falls into a sewer which will carry it somewhere difficult for Xykon to recover it from}}.
** Pretty much any major character benefits from this at times, as narrative probabilities in OOTS are not exactly driven by the bell curve. Flip a coin and it has roughly equal chances of being heads, tails, or a manipulative long-lost relative in disguise. [[Affectionate Parody|Naturally]], [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Believe it or not, one of the most evil men in history is an example. Yes, we mean [[Adolf Hitler]]. While Hitler was of average intelligence (at first, he went mad later on) and had incredible skills as an orator, his success at rising to power and ruling practically all of Europe was by sole virtue of dumb luck. He was literally in the right place at the right time- or, more accurately, the ''worst'' place at the ''worst'' time- to gain power. He survived a gas attack in [[World War
* Japanese warlord [[Oda Nobunaga]] (whose [[Historical Villain Upgrade
** Nobunaga's luck versus viciousness is a question that many Japanese historians debate. The timing is just too great, and Nobunaga did have access to men trained in undetectable assassination. This is why historians hate ninja.
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[[Category:This Index Is Highly Improbable]]
[[Category:Luck Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Lucky Bastard]]
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