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Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up."
— Charlie Brown

Some guys have all of the luck, while some have no luck at all. Why are they doomed to fail? We'll probably never know, but we love watching them stumble through life.

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Tropes:

• Beady Eyed Loser
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  • Iron Buttmonkey
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