History Main / FourLeafClover

* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Filburt is selected to compete on a GameShow called ''Mega Spin'', but gets a MisfortuneCookie that brings about all sorts of bad luck. Heffer gets the idea to counter it with ''good'' luck, so he attaches a number of {{Lucky Charm}}s to Filburt, including a hat with several four-leaf clovers. [[spoiler: Filburt wins, although all of O-Town is destroyed after the prize wheel comes loose.]]

* In ''VideoGame/RiskOfRain'', one of the many items shipped aboard the the ''UES Contact Light'', and therefore found scattered across the surface after its crash, is a ''56''-leaf clover, which apparently makes you lucky enough to occasionally find items dropped by monsters instead of just chests and the like. The shipping notes suggested making an injected infusion out of it and playing the lottery afterwards.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-03-15 Squigley finds -- and smokes -- one.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', the eponymous Yotsuba's name actually means "four-leaf clover". Her hair is even shaped like one, being [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green]] with four GirlishPigtails. She gives one to Asagi as a souvenir, reminding Asagi's mother of when Asagi gave one to her... and she tasked her with finding a five-leaf clover.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a [[ExaggeratedTrope Ten-Leafed Clover]] as an item, and it triggers certain "lucky" special events to happen if you have one in your inventory.

* [[GentlemanThief Kaitou Kid]] of ''Manga/MagicKaito'' and ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' not only uses has a stylized four-leaved clover on his monocle, his ''real'' name, Kaito '''Kuroba''', has the word "clover" (romaji ''kurobaa'') in it.

* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors'': Clover takes her assumed name from this motif. [[spoiler:Nine years ago, nine four-leaf clovers were given by Snake to the other players of the Nonary Game. They were to be given to his sister Clover--yes, that's her ''real'' name--for her ninth birthday. As you can tell, the number "nine" is rather important in this game.]]

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* In ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', the titular Yotsuba's name actually means "four-leaf clover". Her hair is even shaped like one, being [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green]] with four GirlishPigtails. She gives one to Asagi as a souvenir, reminding Asagi's mother of when Asagi gave one to her... and she tasked her with finding a five-leaf clover.
* ''Manga/CrossGame'' uses a four leaf clover motif. With each sister representing a leaf.
* ''Manga/{{Clover}}'' uses clovers as a motif for the psychics with the most powerful being a four-leaf.
* [[GentlemanThief Kaitou Kid]] of ''Manga/MagicKaito'' and ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' not only uses has a stylized four-leaved clover on his monocle, his ''real'' name, Kaito '''Kuroba''', has the word "clover" (romaji ''kurobaa'') in it.
* In ''Manga/HoneyAndClover'', the four leaf clover is used as a symbol of people's search for happiness, with one notable scene in which most of the main cast is looking for four leaf clovers [[ArtificialRiverBank on the river bank]]. And then there's the ending, where the combination of clovers and honey [[TearJerker comes into full fruition]].
* ''Manga/HappyHappyClover'' gives use the main character Chima (called Clover in English and French translations) who at first is seen wearing a three leaf clover in the first volume of the manga. But is later given a four leaf clover when she meets a human for the first time. In the anime, she wears her four leaf clover from the beginning.

* ''Manga/AnneHappy'', a SliceOfLife series surrounding several BornUnlucky girls, uses this as an ironic series-wide {{motif}}.
* In ''Manga/BlackClover'' a grimoire with a Four-Leaf Clover is a sign of a mage's great magical power and supposedly endows them with good luck. Yuno, a magical prodigy, gains one in the beginning of the story, and Licht, a powerful mage who wields incredibly rare Light Magic, has one as well. Asta, the protagonist, instead gains a Five-Leaf Clover Grimoire, with the fifth leaf signifying the presence of a demon.

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* In ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz'', one of the [[Literature/LandOfOz Oz books]], a ''six'' leaf clover that can only be found near the Emerald City is an ingredient in a magical compound.

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* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'': In "Four Leaf Clover", Miss Brooks picks a four leaf clover that brings her nothing but ''bad'' luck. She eventually pawns it off to a crooked auto mechanic.

* ''VideoGame/NetHack'': after sacrificing, you may "glimpse a four-leaf clover at your feet", which just means that you've been granted extra luck by your deity.

* ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors'': Clover takes her assumed name from this motif. [[spoiler:Nine years ago, nine four-leaf clovers were given by Snake to the other players of the Nonary Game. They were to be given to his sister Clover--yes, that's her ''real'' name--for her ninth birthday. As you can tell, the number "nine" is rather important in this game.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Minigore}}'', collecting three four-leaf clovers will turn you into a minotaur, which grants you temporary invincibility.

* In ''VideoGame/RiskOfRain'', one of the many items shipped aboard the the ''UES Contact Light'', and therefore found scattered across the surface after its crash, is a ''56''-leaf clover, which apparently makes you lucky enough to occasionally find items dropped by monsters instead of just chests and the like. The shipping notes suggested making an injected infusion out of it and playing the lottery afterwards.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a [[ExaggeratedTrope Ten-Leafed Clover]] as an item, and it triggers certain "lucky" special events to happen if you have one in your inventory.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Ann Tamaki has a green four-leaf clover on the back of her hoodie, making her stand apart from the rest of the class and adding to her ButNotTooForeign identity.

* ''VideoGame/LetItDie'': The Four-Leaf Clover sticker item gives your Fighter an increased 10% chance to crit. The ''Five''-Leaf Clover sticker item gives your Fighter an extra 20%. You can basically stick up to four different clover stickers on a rouge-based Fighter to give them practically guaranteed crit chance.

* One 3-star wyrmprint in ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' features an eight-leaf clover, which supposedly has double the luck of a four-leaf clover. The accompanied story tells of a child who finds it and wants to show her mother...only to lose it. The clover changes hands a few times until she gets it back.
* ''VideoGame/VGAMiner'': One of the items found underground is a four-leaf clover which supposedly improves your luck.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-03-15 Squigley finds -- and smokes -- one.]]

* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "The Luck of the Fryrish", we see via flashback that young Fry had a ''seven''-leaf clover that gave him the necessary luck to win basketball games or pull off crazy break-dancing moves. After his disappearance (when he was [[HumanPopsicle frozen]] and wound up in the future), it was claimed by [[spoiler:his nephew, [[DeadGuyJunior Philip J. Fry II]]]].

* WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents has a 37-leaf-clover in one episode involving bad luck.
* WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget once found one. He was lucky that episode, but [[SeeminglyProfoundFool that's par for the course]]. In the end, after a typical amount of adventure, the clover was down to one leaf. [[EverybodyLaughsEnding Cue the silly laughter.]]
* On ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw,'' [[CoolBigSis Sara]] wears a four-leaf clover hair clip. Given that she's from [[HereditaryCurse a family]] where all the men are BornUnlucky and TheJinx, this could be seen as a.) a symbol of her own immunity, and/or b.) a conscious effort to counteract the bad luck that her father and brother bring whenever they're around her.

* The "cloverleaf" style of freeway interchange is so named because the four inner rams resemble a four-leaf clover.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': Ann Tamaki has a green four-leaf clover on the back of her hoodie, making her stand apart from the rest of the class and adding to her ButNotTooForeign identity.

A subtrope of GoodLuckCharm. See also FleurDeLis.

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* Once on ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', the boys find a four-leaf clover, but have such a run of misfortune that they ditch the clover. Johnny 2X4 then finds the clover...and then a $20 bill.
--> '''Eddy:''' Hey, wait! That's ''our'' luck!\\

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* InspectorGadget once found one. He was lucky that episode, but [[SeeminglyProfoundFool that's par for the course]]. In the end, after a typical amount of adventure, the clover was down to one leaf. [[EverybodyLaughsEnding Cue the silly laughter.]]

* Manga/HappyHappyClover gives use the main character Chima (called Clover in English and French translations) who at first is seen wearing a three leaf clover in the first volume of the manga. But is later given a four leaf clover when she meets a human for the first time. In the anime, she wears her four leaf clover from the beginning.

* ''[[VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors]]'': [[spoiler: Nine clovers were given by Snake to the other players of the Nonary Game. They were to be given to Yotsuba. And that's disregarding the bookmark.]]

* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "The Luck of the Fryrish", we see via flashback that young Fry had a ''seven''-leaf clover that gave him the necessary luck to win basketball games or pull off crazy breakdancing moves.