History Main / GoodLuckCharm

->"Find a penny, pick it up, and all that day you'll have good luck."

* "Lucky" Garnett's lucky quarter in ''Film/SwingTime.'' His friend "Pop" seems to take it more seriously than Lucky himself does, since Lucky is willing to have it changed so Pop can buy cigarettes.

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* In ''Anime/MarginalNumber4'', L has his "omamori [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimo marimo]]". Atom has his lucky underwear. When they discovered that Rui has a stuffed animal in his room, they thought this might be the reason.

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* Some writers portray Scrooge [=McDuck=]'s NumberOneDime as a good luck charm. [[BerserkButton Scrooge does not approve.]]
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* In ''Series/Supernatural'' Sam Winchester finds a lucky rabbit's foot that endows its owner with good luck until the charm is passed to someone else.

* ''WebComics/{{Mindmistress}}'': Mindmistress designed but never built this luck charm. When it is colorful, it brings good amount of luck. But if it goes gray... it brings bad luck. She refused to make it because she could not stop it from flipping modes. However her design was stolen and used. Person had massive good luck, till it turned gray. He kept wearing it for a full month, casing massive bad luck storm for him. [[http://mindmistress.comicgenesis.com/vision46.htm Page where she explains it.]]

* ''Live-Action/Grimm'': In a world of Were-Beastmen, there's an old myth about tearing off the foot of some humble were-rabbit and using it as an extremely potent fertility charm. Unfortunately, the rich couple who sponsored the mercenary to hunt down innocent were-rabbits and hacksaw their feet didn't realize that he proceeded to murder them violently soon after.

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* ''Live-Action/Grimm'': In a world of Were-Beastmen, there's an old myth about sawing off the foot of some humble were-rabbit and using it as an extremely potent fertility charm. Unfortunately, the rich couple who sponsored the mercenary to saw off were-rabbits' feet didn't realize that he proceeded to murder them violently soon after.

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* Felix Felicis potion from the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series.

* ''WebComics/Mindmistress'': Mindmistress designed but never built this luck charm. When it is colorful, it brings good amount of luck. But if it goes gray... it brings bad luck. She refused to make it because she could not stop it from flipping modes. However her design was stolen and used. Person had massive good luck, till it turned gray. He kept wearing it for a full month, casing massive bad luck storm for him. [[http://mindmistress.comicgenesis.com/vision46.htm Page where she explains it.]]

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', ex-Templar Cullen shows a romanced female [[PlayerCharacter Inquisitor]] a coin given to him as a good-luck charm by his brother when he left to join the Templars - [[ConvenienceStoreGiftShopping the only thing his brother had in his pocket at the time]], Cullen recalls wryly. Although Templars are not allowed to carry such charms, since they're expected to rely entirely on their faith, he nevertheless kept the coin with him through all of his experiences at Kinloch Hold and in Kirkwall, and muses that for whatever reason he survived when he should have did twice over. He then attempts to give the coin to the Inquisitor, if she'll accept it.

* Scrooge McDuck's NumberOneDime is portrayed as a good luck charm depending on the writer.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' has a lucky horseshoe.

Examples,

* In ATaleOfTwoKingdoms, to win a gambling game you need to find a horseshoe for luck first.
* LegendOfKyrandia also has a horseshoe as lucky charm (and magnet) which is a component in one of the potions.
* {{Terraria}} has a lucky horseshoe.
* Felix Felicis potion from the HarryPotter series.