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* ''Webcomic/{{Outsider}}'': Played with. The ''diral-seii'' is part of a coming of age ceremony in some Loroi cultures. It is a talisman meant to give good luck to the TrueCompanions of the person who bears it... by taking the luck from the bearer. The bearer will eventually die since they don't have enough luck, at which point it is passed on to the next in line and the process repeats. Beryl is quick to dismiss this as a minor cultural holdover from more primitive days, and [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions tells Alex not to think that the Loroi actually believe in that sort of thing]].

* In ''VideoGame/ThiefTheDarkProject'', in the Cragscleft Prison level, one of the objectives is to retrieve Garrett's lucky HandOfGlory from Issyt the Beggar, who managed to smuggle it in (Garrett would rather not think about [[AssShove exactly how]]). While folklore ascribes numerous abilities to the Hand of Glory, many of which would be quite useful in a StealthBasedGame, Garrett's lacks any special power, being merely this trope.

A GoodLuckCharm is an item that brings you good luck or is believed to do so. These are very common in folklore; the most common examples are a four-leaved clover, a rabbit's foot, and a horseshoe (hung upside down so that the luck won't pour out). In video games, expect an item like this to improve your LuckStat.

* Discussed in ''LightNovel/TheZashikiWarashiOfTheIntellectualVillage''. The titular character Yukari is a type of spirit said to bring good luck to any house where it dwells. Conversely losing a zashiki warashi is said to bring bad luck to the house. However it's explained that Yukari doesn't bring good or bad luck; rather she seeks out households experiencing good fortune and dwells there until they begin to decline, at which time she departs.

* ''Big Nate'' of all things has this in the form of a broken-off foot from an action figure. It's left ambiguous whether the charm is genuine or a combination of psychosomatics and coincidence.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has Sherry's gold locket [[spoiler: which subverts the crap out of this trope. It secretly contains a sample of the G Virus, which is the reason the [[ImplacableMan Tyrant T-103 Type]] is hunting her down.]]

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* ''WebComics/{{Mindmistress}}'': Mindmistress designed but never built this luck charm. When it is colorful, it brings good 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. The user had massive good luck, till it turned gray. He kept wearing it for a full month, casing a massive bad luck storm for him. [[http://mindmistress.comicgenesis.com/vision46.htm Page where she explains it.]]

A GoodLuckCharm is an item that brings you good luck, or is believed to do so. These are very common in folklore; the most common examples are a four leaved clover, a rabbit's foot, and a horseshoe (hung upside down so that the luck won't pour out). In video games, expect an item like this to improve your LuckStat.

* "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.

* Played with in one episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' in which Ted describes a series of DisasterDominoes all tracing back to when he stopped to pick up a "lucky" penny and culminating in missing the interview for an amazing dream job. Seems like the trope has been subverted but he concludes in the narration that since that dream job would have required moving to another city a few months later, it would have prevented him meeting the titular mother, so it really was a pretty lucky penny after all!

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': Has an item called the Lucky Horseshoe which looks like a traditional good luck charm. However instead of affecting luck in the game it negates fall damage.

* 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 in the previous two games, and muses that for whatever reason he survived when he should have died twice over. He then attempts to give the coin to the Inquisitor, if she'll accept it.

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

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* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in one episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' in which Ted lists a series of unfortunate things that happened because he stopped to pick up a "lucky" penny.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode “[[Recap/ReadyJetGoS2E15MyThreeSunsMagnetPI Magnet, PI]]", it is revealed that Mitchell has a lucky magnet hidden under his jacket.

* ''Series/TheArmyGoblin'': In "Snudge and Jimmy O'Goblin", Dooley buys a good luck charm called Jimmy O'Goblin. After Snudge confiscates, he experiences a run of good luck, so Hut 29 embark on scheme to make Snudge believe that he is cursed so he will get rid of Jimmy O'Goblin so Dooley can reclaim it.

* ''Webcomic/{{Outsider}}'': Played with. The ''diral-seii'' is part of a coming of age ceremony in some Loroi cultures. It is a talisman meant to give good luck to the TrueCompanions of the person who bears it... by taking the luck from the bearer. The bearer will eventually die since they don't have enough luck, at which point it is passed on to the next in line and the process repeats. Beryl is quick to dismiss this as a minor cultural holdover from more primitive days, and [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstition tells Alex not to think that the Loroi actually believe in that sort of thing]].

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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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* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in one episode of Series/HowIMetYourMother (I don't remember the name) in which Ted lists a series of unfortunate things that happened because he stopped to pick up a "lucky" penny.

* 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.