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His most common trait is a deep sense of decency, which is typically what brings him into the plot in the first place, alloyed with a level of persistence that sometimes crosses over into intrusiveness. He will try to help people, and keep helping long after everyone else has given up on them. In anime, especially, this can make him a CluelessChickMagnet, which is why he's a staple in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]]--although you could argue that anybody who's the focus of a [[HaremGenre harem]] is [[WishFulfillment the opposite of unlucky]].

His design should ideally be muted to a basic outfit and a realistic hair color, although he'll sometimes be a {{bishonen}} simply due to being [[GenericCuteness drawn in series's style]].

His design should ideally be muted to a basic outfit and a realistic hair color, although he is sometimes a {{bishonen}} simply by being [[GenericCuteness drawn to the series's standard for a good-looking person]].

The depth of his flaws varies wildly from series to series, and being an AudienceSurrogate, how likeable he is often depends on his chemistry with the other characters. In a MagicalGirlfriend series, his personality tends to be more moderate since he'll inevitably get together with the lead. But in a HaremSeries, his haplessness is turned UpToEleven to make him appealingly harmless to the girls. He will also [[LovingAShadow fill any basic role they project on him]]. His inexperience with girls is a constant source of humor, but since they usually won't have much experience with guys either (save the HardDrinkingPartyGirl, who of course feels perfectly comfortable around him), the awkwardness is mutual.

His most common trait is a sense of decency, which is typically what brings him into the plot in the first place, alloyed with a level of persistence that sometimes crosses over into intrusiveness. He will try to help people, and keep helping long after everyone else has given up on them. In anime, especially, this can make him a CluelessChickMagnet, which is why he's a staple in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]]--although you could argue that anybody who's the focus of a [[HaremGenre harem]] is [[WishFulfillment the opposite of unlucky]].

The Unlucky Everydude is the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, grown up and with [[AdultFear adult problems]], which he usually points out in the first episode. He is not so much average as ''below'' average in some notable way, and often BookDumb. The extent of his problems varies quite widely depending on the comedic or dramatic mood of the series. The most common one is an inability to deal with women. But as unlucky as he is, he doesn't quite reach ButtMonkey level, remaining solidly TheEveryman. Sometimes his lack of luck is more in his head than his external circumstances.

The Unlucky Everydude is the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, grown up and with [[AdultFear adult problems]], which he usually points out in the first episode. He is not so much average as ''below'' average in some notable way, and usually BookDumb. The extent of his problems varies quite widely depending on the comedic or dramatic mood of the series. The most common one is an inability to deal with women. But as unlucky as he is, he doesn't quite reach ButtMonkey level, remaining solidly TheEveryman. Sometimes his lack of luck is more in his head than his external circumstances.


His most common trait is a sense of decency, which is usually what pushes him into the plot in the first place, alloyed with a level of persistence that sometimes crosses over into intrusiveness. He will try to help people, and keep helping long after everyone else has given up on them. In anime, especially, this can make him a CluelessChickMagnet, which is why he's a staple in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]]--although you could argue that anybody who's the focus of a [[HaremGenre harem]] is [[WishFulfillment the opposite of unlucky]].

The Unlucky Everydude is the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, grown up and with [[AdultFear adult problems]], which he usually points out in the first episode. He is not so much average as ''below'' average in some notable way. The extent of his problems varies quite widely depending on the comedic or dramatic mood of the series. The most common one is an inability to deal with women, and second most common is a BookDumb streak. But as unlucky as he is, he doesn't quite reach ButtMonkey level, remaining solidly TheEveryman. Sometimes his lack of luck is more in his head than his external circumstances.

The Unlucky Everydude is the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, grown up and with [[AdultFear adult problems]], which he usually points out in the first episode. He is not so much average as ''below'' average in some notable way, and often BookDumb. The extent of this issue varies quite widely depending on the comedic or dramatic mood of the series. The most common one is an inability to deal with women. But as unlucky as he is, he doesn't quite reach ButtMonkey level, remaining solidly TheEveryman. Sometimes his lack of luck is more in his head than his external circumstances.

The depth of his flaws--and what constitutes unlucky--varies wildly from series to series, and being an AudienceSurrogate, how likeable he is often depends on his chemistry with the other characters. In a MagicalGirlfriend series, his personality tends to be more moderate since he'll inevitably get together with the lead. But in a HaremSeries, his haplessness is turned UpToEleven to make him appealingly harmless to the girls. He will also [[LovingAShadow fill any basic role they project on him]]. His inexperience with girls is a constant source of humor, but since they usually won't have much experience with guys either (save the HardDrinkingPartyGirl, who of course feels perfectly comfortable around him), the awkwardness is mutual.

The Unlucky Everydude is the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, grown up and with [[AdultFear adult problems]], which he usually points out in the first episode. He is not so much average as ''below'' average concerning some trait, possibily BookDumb. The extent of this issue varies quite widely depending on the comedic or dramatic mood of the series. The most common one is an inability to deal with women. But as unlucky as he is, he doesn't quite reach ButtMonkey level, remaining solidly TheEveryman. Sometimes his lack of luck is more in his head than his external circumstances.

The Unlucky Everydude is the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, grown up with adult problems, which he usually points out in the first episode. He is not so much average as ''below'' average concerning some trait, possibily BookDumb. The extent of this issue varies quite widely depending on the comedic or dramatic mood of the series. The most common one is an inability to deal with women. But as unlucky as he is, he doesn't quite reach ButtMonkey level, remaining solidly TheEveryman. Sometimes his lack of luck is more in his head than his external circumstances.

The Unlucky Everydude is similar to the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent but has some overt problem(s), which he usually points out in the first episode. He is not so much average as ''below'' average concerning some trait, possibily BookDumb. The extent of this issue varies quite widely depending on the comedic or dramatic mood of the series. The most common one is an inability to deal with women. But as unlucky as he is, he doesn't quite reach TheUnfavourite or the ButtMonkey levels, remaining solidly in the archetype of TheEveryman. Sometimes his lack of luck is more in his head than his external circumstances.

His most common trait is a sense of decency, which is usually what pushes him into the plot in the first place, alloyed with a level of persistence that sometimes crosses over into intrusiveness. He will try to help people, and keep helping long after everyone else has given up on them. In anime, especially, this can make him a CluelessChickMagnet. That's why he's a staple in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]]--although you could argue that anybody who's the focus of a [[HaremGenre harem]] is [[WishFulfillment the opposite of unlucky]].

His most common trait is a sense of decency, which is what often thrusts him into the plot in the first place, often mixed with uncanny persistence. He will try to help people, and keep helping long after everyone else has given up on them. In anime, especially, this can make him a CluelessChickMagnet. That's why he's a staple in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]]--although you could argue that anybody who's the focus of a [[HaremGenre harem]] is [[WishFulfillment the opposite of unlucky]].

His most common trait, is a sense of decency, which is what often thrusts him into the plot in the first place, often mixed with uncanny persistence. He will try to help people, and keep helping long after everyone else has given up on them. In anime, especially, this can make him a CluelessChickMagnet. That's why he's a staple in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]]--although you could argue that anybody who's the focus of a [[HaremGenre harem]] is [[WishFulfillment the opposite of unlucky]].

The Unlucky Everydude is similar to the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent but has some overt problem(s), which he usually points out in the first episode. He is not so much average as ''below'' average concerning some trait, possibily BookDumb. The extent of this issue varies quite widely depending on the comedic or dramatic mood of the series. The most common one is an inability to deal with women. But as unlucky as he is, he doesn't quite reach TheUnfavourite or the ButtMonkey levels, remaining solidly he's more TheEveryman. Sometimes his lack of luck is more in his head than his external circumstances.

A staple role in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]]--although you could argue that anybody at the centre of a HaremGenre [[WishFulfillment the opposite of unlucky]].

How effective and likeable his personality is often depends on the other characters' personalities. In a MagicalGirlfriend series, their personality tends to be more moderate since they will inevitably get together with the lead. In a HaremSeries, the extremity of his character is needed to make him appealingly harmless to the other girls. His most important trait, weirdly enough, is intrusiveness. He will try to help people long after everyone else has given up or declared things "private matters". He will also [[LovingAShadow fill any basic role the girls project on him]].

The Unlucky Everydude is also usually the source of humor. The most basic kind often comes from the fact he doesn't have much experience with girls, but the girls -- who don't even have brothers -- also don't have much experience with guys (save the HardDrinkingPartyGirl, who of course feels perfectly comfortable around him).

His design should ideally be muted to a basic outfit and a realistic hair color, although he is sometimes a {{bishonen}} simply by being [[GenericCuteness drawn in the same style]] as the girls.

The Unlucky Everydude is similar to the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent but has some overt problem(s), which he usually points out in the first episode. He is not so much average as ''below'' average concerning some trait, possibily BookDumb. The extent of this issue varies quite widely depending on the comedic or dramatic mood of the series. The most common one is, naturally, an inability to deal with women, for various reasons. As unlucky as he is he's more TheEveryman than TheUnfavourite or the ButtMonkey. You could say that his lack of luck is more in his head than real.

A staple role in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]]--but you could argue that anybody at the centre of a HaremGenre [[WishFulfillment the opposite of unlucky]].

A staple role in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]]--but you could argue that anybody at the centre of a HaremGenre is [[WishFulfillment lucky]].

A staple role in BishoujoSeries, especially love/[[HaremComedy harem comedies]].

In fact, you could argue that anybody at the centre of a HaremGenre is [[WishFulfillment lucky]].

* Nishiki from ''VideoGame/WhenYanderesCry''. He starts the game by dating his ChildhoodFriend, but the vacation they attempt share alone is changed when four girls "coincidentally" run into them. What follows is his girlfriend getting killed and him running around an abandoned mansion to hide from them.

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%%* WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}: Doug Funnie

* WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}: Philip J. Fry

%%* WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}: Gus Griswald
* For the title character of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', every day is a very dangerous day... especially if this involves sentient vacuum cleaners, runaway laundromat machines, messy hair, crazy friends and the like.

* ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'': Shu Ouma is this. As if getting powers from the Void Genome is bad enough, he has to go through a lot of trouble from getting involve with freedom fighters, to become a student council president later on [[spoiler:(not to mention as a tyrant after Hare’s death)]]. Mostly he did this to impress Inori.

* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'': Ataru was born on Friday [[FourIsDeath April]] 13th, during an earthquake, under a full moon, after his mother walked under a ladder and a black cat crossed her path, etc. He's so unlucky that the sole attempt to exorcise his bad luck backfired on him while simultaneously accidentally helping the {{Miko}} who attempted the exorcism. He falls behind in the "Everydude" part, though, seeing as how he's a {{Determinator}} and LovableSexManiac of such intense perversion he's outright stated to be ''the'' most concentrated source of lust in the known universe. He comes off as average because everyone else he hangs out with is even more bizarre...
* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Karino ''is'' [[DoggedNiceGuy a nice guy]] and he's a reasonably good [[OccultDetective detective]]. The problem is, he's a bit of a bumbler, who's usually buried under a mountain of paperwork, due to the department he works for ([[ReassignedToAntarctica U Division]]) being severely understaffed[[note]]As in, only ''three people'' work there; including himself[[/note]]. To say nothing of his attempts to hook up with [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Ayaka]] [[ChristmasCake Kisaragi]], who he assigns his extra cases to, as a personal favor. Which she appreciates and knows he's a good man... it's just [[PlayingHardToGet she prefers to play hard to get.]]

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Jean Havoc is relatively attractive, an army officer, and generally a nice guy. Despite this, his bad luck with women is notorious among his friends and colleagues, who often add insult to injury by making fun of him for it. Not only that, the time his new girlfriend turned out to be [[spoiler:Lust]], who proceeded to [[spoiler:''stab him'' in the abdomen, effectively [[HandicappedBadass paralyzing him]] from the waist down]]. Poor, poor Havoc... [[spoiler: but he gets his leg mobility back in the end.]]

%%* Nate Tucker from ''[[Literature/PeterClinesFourteen 14]]'' by Peter Clines is more or less this in spades. That's before he goes to live at the [[EldritchLocation Kavach Building]].

* Makoto Naegi from ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}'' presents himself as this, claiming his Super High School Level Good Luck is actually Bad Luck. [[spoiler: Until he gets re-titled as Super High School Level Hope, that is.]]

* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'': Ataru was born on Friday [[FourIsDeath April]] 13th, during an earthquake, under a full moon, after his mother walked under a ladder and a black cat crossed her path, etc. He's so unlucky that the sole attempt to exorcise his bad luck backfired on him while simultaneously accidentally helping the {{Miko}} who attempted the exorcism. He falls behind in the "Everydude" part, though, seeing as how he's a {{Determinator}} and LoveableSexManiac of such intense perversion he's outright stated to be ''the'' most concentrated source of lust in the known universe. He comes off as average because everyone else he hangs out with is even more bizarre...