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1	->"''How come it never goes smooth?!''"
2	-->-- '''Malcolm Reynolds''', ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
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4	These characters (or objects) attract a particular type of plot or item, apparently by pure chance. They generally aren't deliberately looking for whatever they attract, nor is anyone necessarily setting them up for it, but time and time again, they find themselves enmeshed in the same plot, or followed by the same people or stuff.
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6	Specific types are:
7	[[index]]
8	* BornUnlucky - attracts all kinds of bad luck.
9	* BullyMagnet - attracts people who bully them.
10	* ButtMonkey - attracts humiliation and "put him through hell" storylines.
11	* ChickMagnet - attracts lots of ladies.
12	** AnimalChickMagnet - attracts lots of ladies simply by owning one or more pets.
13	** CluelessChickMagnet - attracts lots of ladies, but isn't good at dating.
14	* CoincidenceMagnet - attracts improbable coincidences.
15	* TheComicallySerious - a serious character who attracts comedic situations.
16	* CrimeMagnet - attracts criminals out to rob them or otherwise take advantage of them.
17	* DesignatedVictim - attracts danger and trouble OnceAnEpisode. Frequently winds up kidnapped.
18	* DoomMagnet - attracts doom and despair to those around him.
19	* TheDulcineaEffect - attracts trouble brought about by trying to save the girl.
20	* DudeMagnet - attracts lots of guys.
21	* FanficMagnet - a minor character who attracts lots of fanworks.
22	* FightMagnet - attracts [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fights]].
23	* HollywoodMagnetism - magnets that attract things inaccurately.
24	* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet - attracts supernatural trouble due to one's magical nature.
25	* MagneticMedium - attracts ghosts and spirits.
26	* MagneticHero - attracts allies.
27	** CharacterMagneticTeam - group of magnetic heroes that attracts fringe characters and party replacements.
28	* MagnetismManipulation - magnetism as a superpower.
29	* MagneticPlotDevice - the magnet is actually a MacGuffin the character is somehow associated with
30	* MysteryMagnet - attracts mundane mysteries.
31	* NemesisMagnet - attracts arch-enemies.
32	* PowerUpMagnet - attracts dropped items, whether power ups, treasure, or other things.
33	* SelectiveMagnetism - magnets that only attract things sometimes.
34	* VillainBallMagnet- attracts people who cannot or will not see them as anything but evil, effectively treating them as a villain.
35	* WalkingWasteland - attracts death and destruction everywhere they go.
36	* WeirdnessMagnet - attracts SpeculativeFictionTropes.
37	[[/index]]

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