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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' has gone this direction. They originally blamed it all on GreenRocks, but later seasons has anyone and anything trying to kill [[Character/SupermanTheCharacter Clark]]'s inner circle... without green rocks. In season seven, "Apocalypse", Clark {{angst}}s about "ruining [[SatelliteLoveInterest Lana]]'s life", and when he received a message that tells him [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] is going to the past to erase him from history, ''he decides to stay put''. Chloe is [[WhatTheHellHero understandably horrified]]... "Clark, this is not the time to be stubborn, okay? Don't do this. We need you! I need you!" She forces the [[PlotDevice key]] into his hand, and of course, he saves the day. She also reminded him on several occasions that he had saved her life countless times.

* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': Luz Noceda seems to have some kind of gravitational pull for terrible events even moreso than canon. [[spoiler:Not only did her father die from a heart disease when she was young, but is made to go through with [[ImaginationDestroyer Reality Check Camp]] a day after the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent, only she's forced into a DeadlyGame by an AntagonisticGovernor with 33 other superhuman teens. She discovers that the Quirk she has is a PowerParasite ability that comes with [[BigBad All For One]] squatting in her MentalWorld with no way to evict him [[VillainTakesAnInterest who has his own agenda for her]]. A week later she discovers her new camper friends were brutally killed, including her FirstFriend, thanks to the governor putting a hit on her, [[TheCorrupter All For One]] convinces her to PayEvilUntoEvil and wipe out the enemy teams making her a social pariah. A month later, [[EgocentricallyReligious Tyler Wittebane]] also puts a hit on her that results in: a supermarket getting destroyed, a squad of cops getting wiped out by Luz when BlindedByRage, her mother getting murdered by a PsychoForHire, an all out fight that destroys a chunk of Gravesfield and kills countless people, before the town itself gets wiped off the map by the [[TheDragon Golden Guard]]. The reason why she doesn't have big of a GuiltComplex than in the series is because her EvilMentor is molding her mind to lean towards a NeverMyFault attitude by ([[VillainHasAPoint correctly]]) pointing out that her enemies played a greater role in the mentioned tragedies than her.]]

* ''Fan/AllForLuz'': Luz Noceda seems to have some kind of gravitational pull for terrible events even moreso than canon. [[spoiler:Not only did her father die from a heart disease when she was young, but is made to go through with [[ImaginationDestroyer Reality Check Camp]] a day after the MassSuperEmpoweringEvent, only she's forced into a DeadlyGame by an AntagonisticGovernor with 33 other superhuman teens. She discovers that the Quirk she has is a PowerParasite ability that comes with [[BigBad All For One]] squatting in her MentalWorld with no way to evict him [[VillainTakesAnInterest who has his own agenda for her]]. A week later she discovers her new camper friends were brutally killed, including her FirstFriend, thanks to the governor putting a hit on her, [[TheCorrupter All For One]] convinces her to PayEvilUntoEvil and wipe out the enemy teams making her a social pariah. A month later, [[EgocentricallyReligious Tyler Wittebane]] also puts a hit on her that results in: a supermarket getting destroyed, a squad of cops getting wiped out by Luz when BlindedByRage, her mother getting murdered by a PsychoForHire, an all out fight that destroys a chunk of Gravesfield and kills countless people, before the town itself gets wiped off the map by the [[TheDragon Golden Guard]]. The reason why she doesn't have big of a GuiltComplex than in the series is because her EvilMentor is molding her mind to lean towards a NeverMyFault attitude by ([[VillainHasAPoint correctly]]) pointing out that her enemies played a greater role in the mentioned tragedies than her.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner The Hulk]]. Oh poor, poor Hulk. Or rather, poor anyone he has ever cared about. It stands to reason that being friends with the Hulk would be dangerous, but it goes beyond that. Jarella died in the super-villain equivalent of a random mugging, by a baddie who didn't even know she was the Hulk's girl. His entire ''planet'' [[spoiler: got laid waste in ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'', ''right after he'd won and gotten the girl.'']] Let alone what a WeirdnessMagnet Hulk is just on his own. Unlike most "heroes", all Hulk wanted in UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} was to hop around the desert and be left alone, but he couldn't go ten yards without stumbling across an alien invasion, lost land, or supervillain plot, and violent hijinks would ensue.

Related to CartwrightCurse, and MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds. The more savvy sufferers keep their ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies speech ready.

* ''Franchise/Ben10'': [[Characters/Ben10OmnitrixAliens The Omnitrix]] seems to attract trouble wherever it goes. Not only is Vilgax (and a ton of other villains) always after it, but after Ben gets it he and his family are constantly find themselves getting involved in dangerous situations and dealing with supervillains. Azmuth, the creator of the Omnitrix, actually says that the Omnitrix is nothing but trouble and always has been, so he is fine with Ben keeping it.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Here's a fun drinking game -- in any ''Spider-Man'' medium, read or watch from the beginning and take a shot whenever you see someone who's doomed to mutation, insanity, disfigurement, misery, death, or any mixture of the above. You won't be sober long. Extra points for remembering to point at the character and yell "DOOOOOMED" every time he/she's onscreen/on panel. Good starting points include [[Characters/MarvelComicsFlashThompson Flash Thompson]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Eddie Brock]], Liz Allan, Betty Brant, Harry Osborn, John Jameson ([[Characters/MarvelComicsJJonahJameson J. Jonah Jameson]]'s son), Gwen Stacy, Uncle Ben, [[Characters/BlackCatMarvelComics Felicia Hardy]]... and the list goes on (and on, and on, and on...) In case you were wondering, that's basically [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spidey]]'s entire supporting cast. If you have a clearly stated first and last name in this universe, you're screwed.

* Ford Brody in ''Film/Godzilla2014''. He gets everyone including [[spoiler: his own father]], an [[DisasterDominoes airport tram and several planes’s worth of innocents]], and two separate units of soldiers killed by just by being in their vicinity due to being a {{Kaiju}} magnet.

* Ford Brody in ''Film/Godzilla2014''. He gets everyone including [[spoiler: his own father]] and two seperate units of soldiers killed by just by being in their vicinity due to being a {{Kaiju}} magnet.