- A rather old and underused gentleman, Ambush Bug, started off like this, with stories in which he switched bodies with Superman and foiling Kobra's plan, which he found utterly loathsome because he was going to make people destroy their TV sets , and eventually evolving into a fourth-wall challenging Meta Guy of epic proportions.
- Archie Andrews from the Archie Comics often falls under this, writer and Rule of Funny not withstanding. If someone, usually Reggie, is plotting against him it's practically a sure bet Archie will come out on top purely due to dumb luck, sometimes with Archie not even realizing what was happening to begin with.
- Deadpool is a sometimes non-goodhearted and sometimes trying to be good-hearted version of this trope. He tries especially hard after becoming BFFs with Cable and acting as the useful jester to Cable's arrogant wannabe cyborg mutant future messiah. He's just kind of easily distracted.
- Groo the Wanderer is probably the biggest example of them all. He's the greatest swordsman in the whole world... and the dumbest as well. Barely capable of feeding himself, Groo brings bad luck wherever he goes and has a bad habit of decimating whole towns and cities, often as a result of trying to help the local residents. Nearly every comic ends with him being chased by an angry mob while he tries to figure out why. He's so notorious for causing destruction that, in one instance, simply passing near a town causes economic collapse and a massive riot when the news of his arrival circulates.
- In The Vertigo Comics's tarot deck, John Constantine
◊ is represented by The Fool's card. But why isn't he 'The Magician', as it would make more sense? Because Tim Hunter◊, the child magician from 'The Books of Magic' takes his place. It wouldn't make sense superficially to put one of the most known magicians as the fool, and his pupil as the so-powerful magician. Constantine has always loved adventure and adrenaline, always eager for danger, and has been shown as one of the most recognizable 'heroes' (as he could be called) in a lot of Vertigo comics and crossovers, being both a starring and recurring character, and he himself was one of four of the warlocks that decided to show Tim the ways of magic, initiating him in his journey to become a powerful magician. As it's stated in the tarot deck's text: 'John Constantine has the knowledge but not the responsibility to become the Magician. Whatever he touches he destroys. Tim Hunter will take the responsibility to study and develop himself. But because he can focus the energy around him, he may become far more dangerous than Constantine ever could be'. - In his earliest incarnation, Johnny Thunder was an insanely lucky guy due to having been born at 7 AM on 7/7/17. A Saturday, the seventh day of the week, no less. (Yes, born in 1917; he goes way back.) By pure luck alone, he'd accidentally demolish enemies while his actual attempts to hit them missed completely; sometimes he didn't even figure out that he was being attacked because they'd take themselves out just outside his field of vision. Also, he was connected to a genie called the Thunderbolt who was like his guardian angel, summoned by the magic word cei-u. Of course, Johnny had no idea of this, but would often yell "say, you!" at whoever he was chasing and accidentally summon him. (How good as he at accidentally tripping up his foes? The Thunderbolt wasn't in every appearance! He could solve crimes on his own via dumb luck without any outside help.) Unfortunately, his phenomenal luck wasn't enough to prevent his Aloof Ally, a lovely blonde by the name of Black Canary, from taking over his spot as the backup story in The Flash's comic.
- Zayne Carrick from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is The Fool personified. Not only is his unique force power directly stated as causing "unexpected changes in fortune" (and note that he is considered incompetent by everyone who does not recognize this), but he is referred to as "The Fool" by several powerful people, nearly all of whom are trying (unsuccessfully) to kill him.
- Sam & Max: Freelance Police: Both to some degree. Especially in the comics, where most of their cases are solved by luck. Sam is a little less of a Fool in the adventure games, where the game play relies on him having at least some idea of what he's doing, but Max rarely does.
- Larry Lynx from Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics), who suffers from multiple streaks of bad luck to the point he tries to utilize them to his team's adventage.
- Spider-Man has a small-time ally in the Fabulous Frog Man, Eugene Patilio. The son of the retired Daredevil villain Leap-Frog, Eugene took his retired father's suit and technology in a bid to help improve his dad's reputation, but he doesn't have the best control over where he bounces. Nevertheless, he has a tendency to chaotically rebound in exactly the right way to defeat his opponents. During the Spider-Island saga, he even got to team up with some of the big leaguers, including Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye.
- Before Deadpool was a twinkle in Fabian Nicieza's eye, we got Longshot, whose powers were more-or-less explicitly stated to be this.
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