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1->''"If you see God, you tell him this: '''leave me the hell alone!'''"''
2-->-- '''Guts''', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''
3
4->''If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans.''
5-->--'''Creator/WoodyAllen'''
6
7->''The universe just loves proving me wrong, doesn't it??''
8-->--'''Sokka''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
9
10->''Infeno blow up, Wazzpinator must salvage! Wazzpinator blow up,'' nobody ''salvage! Why univerze hate Wazzpinator?''
11-->--'''Waspinator''', ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', "Deep Metal"
12
13->''"I don't know if I believe in God, but I think he must hate me."''
14-->-- '''Carl''', ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', "Hand Banana"
15
16->''Follow the rainbow, my lucky omen\
17There ain't no pot of gold, just copper tokens\
18I found the key to life, the lock was broken\
19All my accomplishments, are best left unspoken\
20I dug a hole so deep\
21I'm gonna drown in my mistakes\
22Can't even sell my soul\
23'Cause it ain't worth shit to take''
24-->-- '''Music/BillyTalent''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N90M7BXFo_Q Devil on my Shoulder]]"
25
26->''It was never meant to be! Fate has conspired against us!''
27-->--'''Edd/Double D''', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', "Don't Rain on my Ed"
28
29->''As private parts to the gods are we, they play with us for their sport!''
30-->--'''Melchett''' paraphrasing a line from ''Theatre/KingLear'', ''Series/{{Blackadder}}''
31
32->''The world had suddenly decided to take a joyride on the road of irony and not to take me with it.''
33-->--'''[[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]]''', ''FanFic/ACompleteTurnabout''
34
35->''My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I were allowed to feel a sense of relief and well being for any length of time.''
36-->--'''Harry Dresden''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
37
38->''When you're rife with devastation''\
39''There's a simple explanation,''\
40''You're a toymaker's creation,''\
41''Trapped inside a crystal ball.''
42-->--'''Pinkie Pie''', ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft''
43
44->'''''I AM WHAT THE GODS HAVE MADE ME!'''''
45-->--'''Kratos''', ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII''
46
47->''Why does the universe keep doing these insanely bewildering things to me?''
48-->--'''Arthur Dent''', ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978''
49
50->''Why should I die, oh, why should I die?\
51Can [[{{God}} You]] show me NOW, that I will not be [[HeroicSacrifice killed in vain?]]\
52Show me, just a little, of your omnipresent reign!\
53Show me there's a reason for you wanting me to die!\
54[[CosmicPlaything You're far too keen on where and how, but not so hot on WHY!]]''
55-->--'''Jesus''', ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar''
56
57->''God used me as a hammer, boys\
58To beat His weary drum today''
59-->--'''Music/TomWaits''', "Hoist That Rag", ''Real Gone''
60
61->''We're all fate's bitch. You might as well go ahead and bend over for destiny now.''
62-->--'''Jaye Tyler''', ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}''
63
64->''Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's ButtMonkey!''
65-->--'''Xander Harris''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
66
67->''Sometimes I feel that God doesn't want me to be happy.''
68-->--'''Edith Crawley''', ''Series/DowntonAbbey''
69
70->''Okay. Okay, universe, think you're pretty tough?''
71-->--'''Sam Greenfield''', ''WesternAnimation/Luck2022''
72
73->''"This is Moleman in the Morning, good Moleman to you. Today, part four of our series on the agonizing pain in which I live every daaaay."''
74-->-- '''Hans Moleman''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Round Springfield"
75
76->''I was the happiest guy in the world, but fate likes to play a little game called "Up Yours, Moe".''
77-->-- '''Moe Szyslak''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"
78
79->''The cogs that operate in the background take to grinding you up instead. Funds, treasured belongings, friendships, love, they are all harder to find and easier to lose. Enemies, danger, chaos, and disruption find you more readily. In looser terms, all Others, spirits and practitioners get the sense, innate or otherwise, that they can and should work against your interests. Things start to fall apart, and the pieces fall down in the least convenient arrangements for you. The universe conspires against you.''
80-->--'''[[OccultLawFirm Mann, Lewis, and Levinn]]''' on the nature of karmic debt, ''Literature/{{Pact}}''
81
82->'''The Doctor:''' Come out! Meddlesome interfering idiots! I know you're up there somewhere, so come on out and show yourselves! Messing about with my TARDIS. Dragging us a thousand parsecs off course.\
83'''Sarah:''' Oi, have you gone potty? Who are you shouting at?\
84'''The Doctor:''' Who do you think? The Time Lords. ''[...]'' There's something going on here, some dirty work here they won't touch with their lily-white hands. Well, I won't do it, ''you hear''?!
85-->--''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]"
86
87->My plan had worked perfectly. If I'd been a bit more paranoid, I would've realized that there could only be one explanation for why things had started going so well for me. The universe wanted me to drop my guard. If you haven't noticed yet, it seems to have some kind of personal vendetta against me.
88-->--'''Harry Dresden''', ''Fanfic/MyLittleDenarians''
89
90-> ''"And then the clouds opened up and God said 'I hate you Alfalfa'."''
91-->--'''Alfalfa''', ''Film/TheLittleRascals''
92
93->'' 'He cannot kill me like this every time,' believes the Underworld Prince. 'He shall eventually have no more ideas.' But the Prince, as is often the case, is wrong.''
94-->--'''The Narrator''', ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''
95
96->''The universe is against me,\
97and no one here defends me,\
98and everyone pretends we\
99haven’t seen it all before,\
100and it sends me\
101into this manic frenzy!\
102And yes, it still offends me!\
103The whole universe is against me!''
104-->--'''Candace Flynn''', [[https://youtu.be/Zf8VjZSShoc "The Universe Is Against Me"]], ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse''
105
106->''"We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life."''
107-->--'''C-3PO''', ''Film/ANewHope''
108
109->''"Of course he gets his favorite. He always gets his favorite. And why? Because the universe unfairly loves Kirby more than me."''
110-->--'''Dawn Buckets''', on her family preparing pancakes for breakfast, ''Series/KirbyBuckets'', "Get a Grip!"
111
112->Like [[BornUnlucky Unluckiness]], but worse. When anything goes wrong for your party, it happens to you, first and worst. [[YankTheDogsChain If something goes right, it misses you]]. [[KillerGameMaster Any time the GM feels like hosing you, he can]], and [[ProtectionFromEditors you have no complaint coming]], because you are [[TitleDrop Cursed]]. [[WoundThatWillNotHeal You can’t buy this off just by spending points]] – [[CurseEscapeClause you must determine what has cursed you and deal with it]], and ''then'' spend the points
113-->-- '''Cursed''' description, ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Basic Set''
114
115->''See? God hates me.''
116-->--'''Sypha Belnades''', ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' in Season 2 Episode 5 "Last Spell"
117
118->''"The Force does not want me dead. It doesn't want me happy, but it doesn't want me dead."''
119-->--'''Zayne Carrick''', ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''
120
121->''"Yay! [[PutOnABus I get to be in this Volume!]]'' (Gets slashed by Ruby) ''Oh no... I forgot... my existence is to suffer..."''
122-->--'''Oscar''', WebVideo/RWBYThoughts
123
124->''“I just keep losing. I mean some people just supposed to lose? For balance in the universe? I mean, like, are there just some people on Earth who supposed to be here just to make it easier for the winners? Like, really.”''
125-->--'''Earnest''' discussing this trope, ''{{Series/Atlanta}}''
126
127->''"Sometimes I think there's a '''conspiracy''' against me. I mean, things like this just don't '''happen''' to all the other costumed clowns. I mean— when was the last time [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] found Kryptonite in his '''phone booth?'''"''
128-->-- '''ComicBook/SpiderMan''', ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963 The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #120

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