- "May you live in interesting times."
- ― Old Chinese Proverb
- "Did you know that crows are a sign of bad luck? Old superstition. But it's how I got my name. You see, some people can absorb electricity and some people can burst into rose petals. And some people are just born unlucky. My Semblance isn't like most. Its not exactly something I do. It's always there, whether I like it or not. I bring misfortune. I guess you could call me a bad luck charm. Comes in real handy when I'm fighting an enemy, but it makes it a little hard on friends. And family."
- ― Qrow Branwen (RWBY)
- "Shit happens. At least The Foundation has a really good insurance policy."
- ― Dr. Gerald (SCP Foundation)
The power to make other people unlucky. Sub-power of Curse Inducement. Opposite to Luck Bestowal.
Also Called[]
- Bad Luck Bestowal/Inducement
- Infortukinetic/Infortukinesis Bestowal/Inducement
- Jinxing
- Jinx/Misfortune Bestowal/Inducement
- Murphy's Law
Fiction-Specific Terms[]
- Brand of Sacrifice (Berserk)
- Unluck (Undead x Unluck)
Capabilities[]
User is a living bad luck charm, causing other people to have accidents, misfortune or other bad luck.
Applications[]
- All manner of destructive outcomes.
- Cancel the effects of Luck and Luck Bestowal.
- Collision Inducement(As an indirect affect)
- Death Inducement bringing death upon anyone and anything.
- Defeat Inducement causing others to lose no matter what.
- Disease Inducement making anyone gravely ill.
- Disaster Inducement causing terrible things to occur.
- Mental Inducement causing harm to one’s mind and mental stability.
- Opportunity Negation preventing others to succeed.
- Pain Inducement bringing pain and suffering upon others
- Poverty Inducement causing financial issues.
- Weakness Inducement making anyone weaker.
- Vice Inducement forcing others to give in to their more darker urges.
Associations[]
- Curse Inducement
- Evil Eye
- Jinx Manipulation
- Jinxed
- Luck
- Luck Absorption
- Luck Energy Manipulation
- Luck Magic
- Misfortune Touch
- Probability Manipulation
Limitations[]
- May be constantly active.
- May be involuntary or unintentional.
- Luck and Luck Bestowal may be able to lessen or remove jinx.
- May not be able to kill the target, just make them lead an unfortunate life.
- Depending on the nature/origin of this ability the user may be unable to actively use/control this power.
Known Users[]
See Also: The Jinx.
- Senbei (Ah! My Goddess!)
- Jinx Malloy (Archie Comics)
- Larry Lynx (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Io Tachibana (Arukui Sekai Keikaku)
- Blackie (Bad Luck Blackie)
- Asebi Inoue (Ben-To)
- Leprechauns (Charmed)
- Adam Shinjou (Choujin Gakuen)
- Johnny 13 (Danny Phantom); via his shadow
- Calamity King (DC Comics)
- Jinx (DC Comics)
- Shinigami (Death Note)
- Desdemona (Desdemona)
- Anti-Fairies (The Fairly OddParents)
- Dr. R████████ J███ I█████ Gerald (SCP Foundation)
- Annie (Generator Rex)
- Reika (Genesis of Aquarion)
- Grool (Goosebumps: It Came from Beneath the Sink!)
- Lord Moldy Butt (Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Kem Gözlü Şefket (Güldür Güldür Show)
- Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
- Aru Honshō (Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu)
- Tooru (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion); via Wonder of U/Satoru Akefu
- Joe Btfsplk (Li'l Abner)
- Batoot (The Life & Times of Juniper Lee)
- Experiment 113 "Shoe" (Lilo & Stitch)
- Black Cat (Marvel Comics)
- Roulette (Marvel Comics)
- Milo Murphy (Milo Murphy’s Law)
- Leprechonians (Monsters vs Aliens)
- Kofuku Ebisu (Noragami)
- Baccarat (One Piece); via the Raki Raki no Mi
- Qrow Branwen (RWBY)
- Eizen (Tales of Berseria)
- Seina Yamada's (Tenchi Myou)
- Shion Yorigami (Touhou Project)
- Bubbles (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Judy Maxwell (What's Up, Doc?)
- Xia Liu (The X-Family)
- Himawari Kunogi (xxxHOLiC)
- Buhu (Yo-kai Watch)
- Fuuko Izumo (Undead Unluck)
- Lucifer Beelzly (Zoophobia)
- Various Creatures (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- Alakshmi (Yakui yo! Alakshmi)
Known Objects[]
See Also: Bad Luck Charm.
- Blue Spider Lily (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Golden Banana (Donkey Kong Country TV series: Raiders of the Lost Banana)
- Cursed Phone (Ed Edd n Eddy)
- Emerald of Killarney (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Glasses of Misfortune (Majimoji Rurumo)
- Raki Raki no Mi (One Piece)
- Stinkelkrampen-inator/Good Luck-inator (Phineas and Ferb); reversal mode
- Pin of Klutzenheimer (Sofia the First)
- Cursed Twin Blades of Vengeance (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
- Evil Bar of Soap (Family Guy)
- Cursed Tie (Pucca)
- Fortune Cookie (Regular Show)
Gallery[]
Anti-Fairies (The Fairly OddParents) produce bad luck on Friday 13th.
Asebi Inoue (Ben-To) also known as Reaper, is the ultimate jinx, with luck so incredibly bad that she can actually infect other people with it just by touching them, and protective and lucky charms actually degrade in her presence or become unlucky charms.
It is said that anyone haunted by a Shinigami (Death Note) will have nothing but misfortune...
...even for Light Yagami, who believed himself would be an exception, ultimately suffered a miserable end.
Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter) placed a jinx on the Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts post that led anyone who takes the position to suffer misfortune at the end of their respective year.
Experiment 113 "Shoe" (Lilo & Stitch) causes bad luck when his horns are facing down.
The Glasses of Misfortune (Majimoji Rurumo) continually double the users bad luck until they either die or the glasses are removed.
Seina Yamada's (Tenchi Muyo) luck is so terrible, the Galaxy Police turned it into an anti-Space Pirate weapon.
Bubbles (Valkyrie Crusade) blows bubbles that can bring either good or bad fortune to whomever they pop on.
Leprechonians (Monsters vs Aliens) are a race of Leprechaun-like aliens that can manipulate probability, inducing good luck or bad luck on others.
Dr. R████████ J███ I█████ Gerald (SCP Foundation)
Whenever somebody says the name of Lord Moldy Butt (Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy), things inexplicably break.
Qrow Branwen's (RWBY) Semblance brings misfortune to everyone around him, whether he wants it to or not.
Joe Btfsplk (Li'l Abner) is the world's worst jinx, bringing disastrous misfortune to everyone around him.
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Jinx Malloy (Archie Comics) causes bad luck and calamities to befall anybody in his general vicinity.
Simply by touching them, Baccarat's (One Piece) Raki Raki no Mi/Luck-Luck Fruit allows her to steal luck from others, leaving them vulnerable to misfortune.
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Cursed Twin Blades of Vengeance (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 Series) are capable of cursing anyone cut by them.
Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb) planned on giving his brother Roger bad luck via his Stinkelkrampen-inator in reverse mode.
Johnny 13 (Danny Phantom) shadow
Milo Murphy (Milo Murphy's Law)
Larry Lynx (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
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The Blue Spider Lily (Kimetsu no Yaiba) in addition to transforming those who consumed it into cannibalistic monsters also cursed those who are blood related to them…
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…such as Ubuyashiki family particularly males who were all cursed with fatal illness that eventually killed them at age 30 due to their blood ties to Muzan, powerful enough to affect them for generations since the Heian era up till Muzan’s death in the Taisho era.
Due to her Unluck, Fuuko Izumo (Undead Unluck) would bring anyone she touches bad luck.
The Evil Bar of Soap (Family Guy)
The Cursed Phone (Ed, Edd and Eddy) can bring bad luck to the person who answers it.
Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Marvel Comics)
Cursed Tie (Pucca)
Benson Dunwoody (Regular Show) fell victim to a streak of bad luck after Rigby switched fortune cookies on him at a Chinese restaurant.
Emerald of Killarney (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Videos[]
Kooky The Keukegen - Pilot
Always the Unlucky One - UNDEAD UNLUCK-2
Regular Show - Benson's Celebrates His Good Luck Streak-2
Regular Show - Benson Gets Beated Up By Bullies - Fortune Cookie-2