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{{quote|''"Jonathan is a sixteen year old boy who [[Born Unlucky|doesn't have the best of luck]]. One day, he obtains [[Ancient Artifact|a relic]] and after an unfortunate accident, he finds himself [[Reincarnation (trope)|reborn]] as a Ralts."''|The summary to ''Rotten Luck''}}
'''''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3718791/1/Rotten_Luck Rotten Luck]''''' is a [[Pokémon]] fanfic that is a comedic take on Pokémon transformation stories. It ''[[Dead Fic|was]]'' written by Cevaztyen from August 2007 up until September 2008, still incomplete with 35 chapters, the last one ending in an odd [[Cliff Hanger]].
Written in a sort of episodic format, the protagonist is a [[Born Unlucky|very unfortunate]] person named Jonathan. The poor guy is late for a date with his [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|female best friend]] and has no gift to give her, so he goes into a [[Bazaar of the Bizarre|strange antique shop]], and buys a [[Ancient Artifact|blue statuette]] [[Grail in the Garbage|for cheap]]. When he gets close to where he and his date were going to meet, he notices [[Children Are Innocent|a kid and his Zigzagoon playing in the street]] in the path of a speeding car with its driver talking on his cell phone, and [[Heroic Sacrifice|runs and pushes the kid away from danger]]...
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...[[Stupid Sacrifice|only to get hit by the speeding car]].
Almost immediately thereafter, Jonathan then hatches from an egg in the middle of a nearby forest and finds himself [[Reincarnation (trope)|reborn]] as a Ralts, despite that there is absolutely no Gardevoir or Gallade in sight and he still has the [[Protective Charm|strange statuette]] he bought at the antique store. After a mishap with a Mightyena, he quickly returns to his [[City with No Name]] ([[Where the Hell Is Springfield?|which impossibly borders]] [[Pokémon Red and Blue|Kanto]], [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Johto]], [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Hoenn]], [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|Sinnoh]], and possibly [[Pokémon Black and White|Unova]] if the story was first written in 2010) to find his best friend/girlfriend sobbing as she watches Jonathan's dead human body being removed. When Ralts!Jonathan gets her attention, she quickly gets over the loss of her best friend/boyfriend and takes the "newborn" Ralts in to live with her, not realizing that the Ralts she is taking in is actually her reincarnated best friend of course.
Later on, Jonathan goes into many misadventures with a lot of different Pokémon that he meets, mainly with a Charmander named Ember, the aforementioned Zigzagoon named Ziggy, and a wild Pichu named Rocky who is born some time after Jonathan's rebirth.
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The fanfic became somewhat popular among TF-loving Pokémon fans due to its unique take on Pokémon transformation stories, which includes a [[Switching POV]] between Jonathan and an off-screen narrator that does the narration on each other chapter (Jonathan narrates the odd-numbered chapters while the other narrator does the even-numbered ones), some oddball characters and situations that Jonathan has to put up with, and of course, the very unfortunate and mostly rather nonchalant protagonist himself. In fact, to this day there are still people writing [http://www.fanfiction.net/r/3718791/ reviews for this tale on FanFiction.Net hoping for the author to come back with a new chapter.]
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* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Jonathan calls Jennifer, "Jenny" ([[Lampshade Hanging|which he points out]], "Those of you [readers] who thought she had [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue hair]] watch too much [[Pokémon (anime)|anime]]."), and she calls him, "Jonny".
* [[Butt Monkey]]: [[Born Unlucky|Jonathan]], full stop.
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{{quote|'''Jonathan''' ''(naratting)'': I love it when my bad luck decides to take a break.}}
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: [[The Bully|Howler]] says these exact words after getting punched in the face by Jonathan, then flees.
{{quote|'''Jonathan''': "[[Lampshade Hanging|What movie did you take]] [[
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