(Or, well, no- it probably won't.)Ĭontrast Born Lucky and Unluckily Lucky. Heaven help the former if he ever meets the latter. The difference between these two is who the bad luck affects- someone who's Born Unlucky will slip on a banana peel, but a Jinx will cause everyone else in the room to slip on banana peels. Some folks who are Born Unlucky may also be The Jinx. But they're all in one small area! Which is swarming with even more bad guys. But once you collect them, you're all set! To travel back across the world to gather material to build it. But you can make it yourself using his notes! Which are spread across the enemy's base. That guy you traveled halfway across the world to get the MacGuffin from? He's dead. In games, The Hero can also be cast as this to extend game length.
In games, being Born Unlucky may be represented by a Luck Manipulation Mechanic in which players are forced to roll dice multiple times, and must accept the lowest result. A Butt Monkey can be a Butt Monkey because other characters tease him, but someone suffering this trope is always tormented by plum bad luck. There may be significant overlap with Cosmic Plaything, Butt-Monkey, and The Chew Toy, but the key about being Born Unlucky is that it really IS "luck" that is bringing them down. Look for terms like "cursed" or "born under a bad sign", although they aren't required- just so long as we know Lady Luck (or Fate, or the world, or God) doesn't like them very much. However, you will never die before your time - because the universe would like to torture you some more. You are really unlucky- so mind-bogglingly unlucky it defies all chance. The only time you attract good luck is as a set up for even worse luck: You find a winning lottery ticket, but the wind picks up and blows it out of your hands. When you walk outside, it starts raining when you walk inside, your house collapses. Black cats won't cross your path, and mirrors shatter preemptively when you walk into the room. Lucky pennies crumble in your hands rabbits' feet run away in terror. When you're Born Unlucky, it's like the world is out to get you.
Some people have all the luck- lucky they aren't this guy. Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Fortuneteller"
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