The opposite of the usual sitcom plot of everything going wrong, the plague of good fortune is when a character has an amazing series of good things happen to them, despite the fact that they don't want it to. There are several reasons for them to fear their good luck: A common way for one of these plots to end is for the good luck to end in a parade of bad luck, which has the ironic effect of making the character much happier unless the bad luck happens too late to matter. The polar opposite of Kafka Komedy. Examples of Plague of Good Fortune include:
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| - The opposite of the usual sitcom plot of everything going wrong, the plague of good fortune is when a character has an amazing series of good things happen to them, despite the fact that they don't want it to. There are several reasons for them to fear their good luck: A common way for one of these plots to end is for the good luck to end in a parade of bad luck, which has the ironic effect of making the character much happier unless the bad luck happens too late to matter. The polar opposite of Kafka Komedy. Examples of Plague of Good Fortune include:
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| - The opposite of the usual sitcom plot of everything going wrong, the plague of good fortune is when a character has an amazing series of good things happen to them, despite the fact that they don't want it to. There are several reasons for them to fear their good luck: 1.
* They have something riding on failure (See Springtime for Hitler for examples of this). 2.
* The good fortune is only coming to them because of mistakes and misunderstandings, and the character doesn't want to just let it keep happening. 3.
* The character fears that if good things keep happening, then eventually something awful will happen to restore the karmic balance. 4.
* All this good luck damages the character's philosophy of the world being a miserable place. Yes, some characters value that philosophy more than the results of the good fortune. 5.
* The character feels cheated of his honor. He should have earned what he's lucking into. Or he harbors dark suspicions about why he's getting so lucky... This one is often played straight. If it's played straight but badly or accidentally, then it's likely to be a case of Cursed with Awesome. A common way for one of these plots to end is for the good luck to end in a parade of bad luck, which has the ironic effect of making the character much happier unless the bad luck happens too late to matter. The polar opposite of Kafka Komedy. Compare and contrast to Unwanted Harem. See also Gone Horribly Right, where a character gets exactly what they wanted, only to realise that what they wanted wasn't in their own best interests. Examples of Plague of Good Fortune include:
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