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* KafkaKomedy: An entire sub-genre of comedy writing revolving around making its protagonists as miserable as possible.
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* KarmicOverkill: When LaserGuidedKarma goes ''[[DisproportionateRetribution too]]'' far.
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-->--Creator/StephenKing, '''Series/StormOfTheCentury'''
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* UnluckyEverydude: You have below average luck in basically everything.
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* VillainBallMagnet: It does not matters what the character does, the result always is being seen by everybody else as either a villain or [[ReformedButRejected an unreformed villain]].
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* VillainBallMagnet: It does not matters matter what the character does, the result always is being seen by everybody else as either a villain or [[ReformedButRejected an unreformed villain]].
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->''When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'''
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Not to be confused with HatredTropes or DoesNotLikeThisIndex, which are about when one person or group despises another rather than cosmic bad luck, or the IndexOfHatedCharacters, which is an index of the characters that are despised. Compare ThisIndexHasHadAHardLife. May overlap with LuckTropes.
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* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Everything on TV just keeps reminding you of whatever you were trying to avoid by watching it.
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* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Everything on TV just keeps reminding you of whatever you were trying to avoid by watching it.it.
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* TheChewToy: This character can't catch a break and the audience can't get enough.
* TheJinx: Accidents just always seem to happen a lot when you're around.
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* TheJinx: Accidents just always seem to happen a lot when you're around.
* TheUnwittingComedian: Everyone laughs at your antics, no matter how serious you try to be or how dire the situation is.
* TheWorldMocksYourLoss: Everyone decides to act all lovey-dovey in public the second you break up with your partner.
* TheJinx: Accidents just always seem to happen a lot when you're around.
* TheUnwittingComedian: Everyone laughs at your antics, no matter how serious you try to be or how dire the situation is.
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->''When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'''
-->--Creator/StephenKing, '''Series/StormOfTheCentury'''
Sometimes it feels like the world hates you specifically.
Were they just BornUnlucky? Are they really [[LethalKlutz that much of a klutz]]? Does [[CosmicPlaything the universe just like to see them suffer]]? Whatever it is, on some days it seems like everything conspires to make some characters' lives suck. It might be for a single one-off gag or it might be their [[{{Flanderization}} defining character trait]] - either way, they're about to be in for a ride. Can be PlayedForLaughs or PlayedForDrama, depending on how badly someone messed up and whether the author can press the ResetButton at the end of the episode.
''Note: This index is for tropes specifically about misfortune that has no easily definable [[InUniverse In-Universe]] cause besides [[CosmicPlaything the universe or the gods hating you]] or the hand of the author moving stuff around. [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]], [[BadLuckCharm Bad Luck Charms]], [[{{Curse}} explicit curses]], or tropes like StuffedInTheFridge that are more about the characters' reactions than the misfortune itself do not belong here.''
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!!Tropes
* AnimalsHateHim: The entire wildlife kingdom deliberately attacks or ostracizes this character.
* BlessedWithSuck: Your special power is [[EmbarrassingSuperpower humiliating]], [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway useless]], ruined by side effects, or just otherwise does nothing but cause trouble and [[DeusAngstMachina angst]].
* BornUnlucky: Bad luck follows this character wherever they go.
* ButtMonkey: This character can't catch a break and is always the butt of the joke.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: All your minor misdeeds are met with immediate and disproportionate punishment.
* CartwrightCurse: Being the LoveInterest of the hero never ends well.
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Whatever you're trying to quit just won't stop popping up everywhere you look.
* CosmicPlaything: The universe likes to screw with you.
* CruelTwistEnding: The story's ending is incredibly mean and often without any {{Foreshadowing}}. Occasionally some higher power behind the scenes will say the character earned their fate, but those who hear it and see the character [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished was compassionate, or at least not cruel]] may label it as DisproportionateRetribution instead.
* DesignatedMonkey: A YMMV page for when a ButtMonkey is UnintentionallySympathetic.
* DiabolusExMachina: A sudden unforeshadowed plot development introduced solely to make the protagonists' lives more difficult.
* DisasterDominoes: One small mess-up triggers an improbable chain reaction that ends with a large amount of destruction.
* DoomMagnet: This character unwittingly and constantly brings doom and suffering down on those around them.
* EasilyCondemned: It does not matters how much or for how long the character was LovedByAll, it only takes one single misunderstanding to instantly turn that love into [[HatedByAll sheer, unrelenting hatred]].
* FinaglesLaw: Everything that ''can'' go wrong, ''will'' go wrong.
* IllTimedSneeze: A sneeze hits at the worst possible time.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: A character says something, then immediately something happens to contradict their statement.
* KafkaKomedy: An entire sub-genre of comedy writing revolving around making its protagonists as miserable as possible.
* KarmicMisfire: An innocent ButtMonkey gets hit with the cosmic retribution for the bad stuff [[KarmaHoudini some other character did]].
* LethalKlutz: Somehow, every small action you take results in widespread chaos.
* MockingMusic: Every song on the radio seems to mock your current situation.
* MyCarHatesMe: Need to make a quick getaway? Your car won't start.
* MysteryMagnet: You can't stop running into mysterious crimes, disappearances, and murders.
* NotMyLuckyDay: Your day just sucks for no reason.
* PlagueOfGoodFortune: You are given a streak of good luck so impressive that it seems ''way'' too good to be true. [[YankTheDogsChain It usually is]].
* ShaggyDogStory: The character finds out the hard way that all of their efforts were useless and are worse off than when they started (at absolute best, they did not improve their lot in life at all).
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The universe not only [[ShaggyDogStory makes all of the character's efforts fruitless]], it goes way out of its way [[CruelTwistEnding to make damned sure that their "reward"]] is humiliation, [[EverybodyDiesEnding death]], or a FateWorseThanDeath.
* SuperstitionEpisode: A character has bad luck for an entire episode after doing something considered bad luck, such as walking under a ladder.
* TemptingFate: A character says something that dares the universe into making things miserable for them, and the universe [[FinaglesLaw takes them up on the challenge]].
* TheChewToy: This character can't catch a break and the audience can't get enough.
* TheJinx: Accidents just always seem to happen a lot when you're around.
* TheUnwittingComedian: Everyone laughs at your antics, no matter how serious you try to be or how dire the situation is.
* TheWorldMocksYourLoss: Everyone decides to act all lovey-dovey in public the second you break up with your partner.
* UnluckilyLucky: You constantly find yourself in sticky situations, but you can get out of them just as easily.
* UnluckyEverydude: You have below average luck in basically everything.
* VillainBallMagnet: It does not matters what the character does, the result always is being seen by everybody else as either a villain or [[ReformedButRejected an unreformed villain]].
* WalkingDisasterArea: Large amounts of destruction seem to follow you wherever you go.
* WalkingTechbane: You can get a computer to catch fire by hitting the power button.
* WeirdnessMagnet: The character, at absolute best, is being deeply inconvenienced by all of the supernatural complications that, through no fault of their own, are constantly appearing in their life. At absolute worst, they are constantly at ground zero of alien invasions, demonic possessions, and other supernatural events that kill many people and leave them deeply traumatized. Even the alleged "beneficial" weird events are rarely helpful [[BlessedWithSuck without a lot of elbow grease and humiliation]].
* YankTheDogsChain: Something good happens to the ButtMonkey just before it's ripped away again.
* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Everything on TV just keeps reminding you of whatever you were trying to avoid by watching it.
-->--Creator/StephenKing, '''Series/StormOfTheCentury'''
Sometimes it feels like the world hates you specifically.
Were they just BornUnlucky? Are they really [[LethalKlutz that much of a klutz]]? Does [[CosmicPlaything the universe just like to see them suffer]]? Whatever it is, on some days it seems like everything conspires to make some characters' lives suck. It might be for a single one-off gag or it might be their [[{{Flanderization}} defining character trait]] - either way, they're about to be in for a ride. Can be PlayedForLaughs or PlayedForDrama, depending on how badly someone messed up and whether the author can press the ResetButton at the end of the episode.
''Note: This index is for tropes specifically about misfortune that has no easily definable [[InUniverse In-Universe]] cause besides [[CosmicPlaything the universe or the gods hating you]] or the hand of the author moving stuff around. [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]], [[BadLuckCharm Bad Luck Charms]], [[{{Curse}} explicit curses]], or tropes like StuffedInTheFridge that are more about the characters' reactions than the misfortune itself do not belong here.''
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!!Tropes
* AnimalsHateHim: The entire wildlife kingdom deliberately attacks or ostracizes this character.
* BlessedWithSuck: Your special power is [[EmbarrassingSuperpower humiliating]], [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway useless]], ruined by side effects, or just otherwise does nothing but cause trouble and [[DeusAngstMachina angst]].
* BornUnlucky: Bad luck follows this character wherever they go.
* ButtMonkey: This character can't catch a break and is always the butt of the joke.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: All your minor misdeeds are met with immediate and disproportionate punishment.
* CartwrightCurse: Being the LoveInterest of the hero never ends well.
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Whatever you're trying to quit just won't stop popping up everywhere you look.
* CosmicPlaything: The universe likes to screw with you.
* CruelTwistEnding: The story's ending is incredibly mean and often without any {{Foreshadowing}}. Occasionally some higher power behind the scenes will say the character earned their fate, but those who hear it and see the character [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished was compassionate, or at least not cruel]] may label it as DisproportionateRetribution instead.
* DesignatedMonkey: A YMMV page for when a ButtMonkey is UnintentionallySympathetic.
* DiabolusExMachina: A sudden unforeshadowed plot development introduced solely to make the protagonists' lives more difficult.
* DisasterDominoes: One small mess-up triggers an improbable chain reaction that ends with a large amount of destruction.
* DoomMagnet: This character unwittingly and constantly brings doom and suffering down on those around them.
* EasilyCondemned: It does not matters how much or for how long the character was LovedByAll, it only takes one single misunderstanding to instantly turn that love into [[HatedByAll sheer, unrelenting hatred]].
* FinaglesLaw: Everything that ''can'' go wrong, ''will'' go wrong.
* IllTimedSneeze: A sneeze hits at the worst possible time.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: A character says something, then immediately something happens to contradict their statement.
* KafkaKomedy: An entire sub-genre of comedy writing revolving around making its protagonists as miserable as possible.
* KarmicMisfire: An innocent ButtMonkey gets hit with the cosmic retribution for the bad stuff [[KarmaHoudini some other character did]].
* LethalKlutz: Somehow, every small action you take results in widespread chaos.
* MockingMusic: Every song on the radio seems to mock your current situation.
* MyCarHatesMe: Need to make a quick getaway? Your car won't start.
* MysteryMagnet: You can't stop running into mysterious crimes, disappearances, and murders.
* NotMyLuckyDay: Your day just sucks for no reason.
* PlagueOfGoodFortune: You are given a streak of good luck so impressive that it seems ''way'' too good to be true. [[YankTheDogsChain It usually is]].
* ShaggyDogStory: The character finds out the hard way that all of their efforts were useless and are worse off than when they started (at absolute best, they did not improve their lot in life at all).
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The universe not only [[ShaggyDogStory makes all of the character's efforts fruitless]], it goes way out of its way [[CruelTwistEnding to make damned sure that their "reward"]] is humiliation, [[EverybodyDiesEnding death]], or a FateWorseThanDeath.
* SuperstitionEpisode: A character has bad luck for an entire episode after doing something considered bad luck, such as walking under a ladder.
* TemptingFate: A character says something that dares the universe into making things miserable for them, and the universe [[FinaglesLaw takes them up on the challenge]].
* TheChewToy: This character can't catch a break and the audience can't get enough.
* TheJinx: Accidents just always seem to happen a lot when you're around.
* TheUnwittingComedian: Everyone laughs at your antics, no matter how serious you try to be or how dire the situation is.
* TheWorldMocksYourLoss: Everyone decides to act all lovey-dovey in public the second you break up with your partner.
* UnluckilyLucky: You constantly find yourself in sticky situations, but you can get out of them just as easily.
* UnluckyEverydude: You have below average luck in basically everything.
* VillainBallMagnet: It does not matters what the character does, the result always is being seen by everybody else as either a villain or [[ReformedButRejected an unreformed villain]].
* WalkingDisasterArea: Large amounts of destruction seem to follow you wherever you go.
* WalkingTechbane: You can get a computer to catch fire by hitting the power button.
* WeirdnessMagnet: The character, at absolute best, is being deeply inconvenienced by all of the supernatural complications that, through no fault of their own, are constantly appearing in their life. At absolute worst, they are constantly at ground zero of alien invasions, demonic possessions, and other supernatural events that kill many people and leave them deeply traumatized. Even the alleged "beneficial" weird events are rarely helpful [[BlessedWithSuck without a lot of elbow grease and humiliation]].
* YankTheDogsChain: Something good happens to the ButtMonkey just before it's ripped away again.
* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Everything on TV just keeps reminding you of whatever you were trying to avoid by watching it.
