A participant in a contest of some sort is really not as good as some of the other participants, but wins first prize anyway thanks to a combination of various factors, but primarily sheer chutzpah. Ironically, this character does not necessarily have to be The Ace. In fact, he or she is sometimes a total loser (and not always even a Cool Loser) who triumphs through a fluke or dumb luck - or sometimes simply because he or she is simply too stupid to realize defeat. See also Karma Houdini, which is the basic idea behind this trope, but applied to villains. Examples of Too Quirky to Lose include: