- "I'm not in good hands, I'm in no hands! Like a bad neighbor, no one is there!"
- ― Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
The ability to be constantly unlucky. Sub-power of Curse Inducement and Probability Manipulation. Opposite to Luck.
Also Called
- Cursed
- Bad Mojo
- Bad Luck
- Unlucky
- Misfortune
- Blitzed
- Accident Causation (MisFits)
Capabilities
The user is constantly unlucky causing to go through a series (unless temporary) their whole life such as diseases, susceptibility to permanent injuries, bankruptcy, etc.
People even the user's closest friend and family may react or treat user differently or negatively, maybe picking a fight with them for no reason, doing terrible things to them, or just making their life more miserable than it already is.
Applications
- Defeat Inducement - On User.
- Destruction - Destroy everything you touch.
- Immortality - Just to make sure you can't kill yourself.
- Jinx - Let it happen to someone else for a change, within close proximity of course.
- Pain Inducement - On User
- Sadness Inducement - On User
Associations
- Curse Inducement
- Jinx
- Luck Absorption
- Meta Jinx
- Poverty Inducement
- Probability Manipulation
- Reality Warping
- Unlovability Inducement
Limitations
- Countered by Luck.
- Luck Erasure can completely remove the user's bad luck.
- Probability Manipulation can modify/remove.
- The right attitude may be able to turn the luck around.
Known Users
See Also: Born Unlucky and Cosmic Plaything.
- Carl Brutananadilewski (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
- Asebi Inoue (Ben-To)
- Kurenai Rin (Big Order)
- Karkat Vantas (Homestuck)
- Saleel (Charmed)
- Qrow Branwen (RWBY)
- Meg Griffin (Family Guy)
- Defense of the Dark Arts teacher post (Harry Potter)
- Hayate Ayasaki (Hayate No Gotoku)
- Eugene Horowitz (Hey Arnold!)
- Steve Henry (How I Met Your Mother); Curse of the Blitz
- Jerry Windheim (How I Met Your Mother); Curse of the Blitz
- Davey Beaterman (How I Met Your Mother); Curse of the Blitz
- Matt Blitz (How I Met Your Mother); Curse of the Blitz
- Ted Mosby (How I Met Your Mother); Curse of the Blitz
- Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother); Curse of the Blitz
- Yurika Nijino (Invaders of the Rokujouma)
- Becky (The Flash)
- Dennis Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
- Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
- Ronald "Mac" McDonald (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
- Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
- The Murphys (Jinxed)
- Jake Hardin (Just My Luck)
- Tim (Life and Times of Tim)
- Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes)
- Wile E. Coyote (Looney Tunes)
- Yosemite Sam (Looney Tunes)
- Milo Murphy (Milo Murphy's Law)
- Martin Murphy (Milo Murphy's Law)
- Emma (MisFits); removed by Alex.
- Sarah (MisFits); bestowed by Alex after he took ecstacy.
- Selina Pereira-Matias (Mula Sa Puso)
- Olivia "Via" Pereira/Ella Peralta (Mula Sa Puso)
- Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
- Misery (Ruby Gloom)
- Alsha (Sekai Maou)
- Alba (Senyuu)
- Rei Kinoshista (Sgt. Frog)
- Sgt. Kerero (Sgt. Frog)
- Butters Stotch (South Park)
- Kenny McCormick (South Park)
- Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Ashton Anchors (Star Ocean Ex)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural); after losing the rabbit's foot
- Seina Yamada (Tenchi Muyo! GXP)
- Hans Moleman (The Simpsons)
- Kamijou Touma (To Aru Majutsu No Index)
- Larry Lynx (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Elijah Price (Unbreakable)
- Anti-Fairies (The Fairly OddParents)
- Greg Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
- Arthur (Fire Emblem Fates)
Gallery
Elijah Price (Unbreakable) theorizes that if he frail at one extreme, then perhaps there is someone strong at the opposite extreme (which pertains to David Dunn).
Tim (The Life & Times of Tim) can never catch a break.
No matter what hair brain scheme the gang of Philadelphia (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) comes up with it will always backfire.
The Charmed Ones (Charmed) Obtained bad luck temporarily until they learned gradually counteract it
Jake Hardin (Just My Luck) is followed by bad luck wherever he goes.
Touma Kamijou (To Aru Majutsu No Index) possesses horrible luck as a side effect of his Imagine Breaker.
Anti-Fairies (The Fairly OddParents)