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== Literature ==
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Book 6; Dumbledore, an expert in magic and Voldemort, gets himself cursed by making a foolish move while retrieving Voldemort's ring horcrux. Justified by the fact that, by his own admission, his desperation to find out who killed his sister (his enemy or [[Kick the Wrong Dog|his own misfired spell]]) clouded his judgement.
** Mad-Eye Moody in ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''. He is described as a master duelist and an expert in fighting Dark Wizards, but is killed personally by [[Big Bad|Voldemort]] literally five chapters into the book. He doesn't put up much of a fight before going down, either. To be fair, though, he ''was'' left in a bad position, [[Failure Is the Only Option|had no way of winning the battle]], and may not have had a chance to properly defend himself.
*** ''Avada Kedavra'' is unblockable, so he could only have survived if he dodged it. Considering Mundungus Fletcher disapparated, distracting him and probably throwing his broom off-balance, it's not likely he was able to.
** Gilderoy Lockhart is a parody of this trope. He's amazing. A genius. He's defeated evil monster after evil monster- and his written works on how he did it has made him famous. Oddly enough, he seems rather hesitant to do anything in real life. {{spoiler|Turns out that he's been stealing the defeats of evil monsters off other people, and erasing their memories.}}
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