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(#1) Ant-Man
- Ant-Man
Who He Is: Scott Lang is a gifted programmer with some solid parkour skills and a bleeding heart.
Why Is He So Lucky? Everything in the MCU that happens to Scott is based on how lucky he is, from getting the Ant-Man suit to beating Yellowjacket and surviving the Quantum Realm to avoiding Thanos's snap. He spends an entire film with a malfunctioning suit and still survives. Almost every move he makes is a gamble and he somehow always wins (though he often looks like a fool in the process).
Luckiest Moment: When a rat just happens to trigger his return from the Quantum Realm, enabling him to help the Avengers save the universe.
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(#2) Star-Lord
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Who He Is: Despite some dormant Celestial DNA, Peter Quill is just an average kid from Earth when he's picked up by space pirates. Luckily, they're hired by his dad to pick him up (or perhaps unluckily, as Ego is a maniacal monster). However, head pirate Yondu has a heart of gold and trains young Quill to be decent at... barely making it out alive most of the time.
Why Is He So Lucky? Star-Lord is one of the most irrational, emotional, and incompetent heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but he's lucky enough to have a number of more capable friends. He has some dirtbag charm that wins over fighters and thinkers more skilled than he, and it's their support that makes him seem as if he should be involved in the hero game - even in the face of so much evidence to the contrary.
Luckiest Moment: When the universe is saved despite his stupidity.
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(#3) Groot
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Who He Is: Technically a distinct being from the first Groot we meet in the MCU, Baby Groot is the adolescent form of the current Groot.
Why Is He So Lucky? From the moment we meet Baby Groot, it's clear he lives on luck. As he dances around the outskirts of a fight with a giant monster, he continually avoids getting trampled while remaining completely unaware of his surroundings. This continues for the rest of his existence, including the moment he almost wipes out himself and his friends because he's incapable of paying attention to Rocket's instructions.
Luckiest Moment: When he randomly pushes the right button on Rocket's device, thus helping to defeat Ego.
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(#4) Roger Harrington
Who He Is: Roger Harrington is the sad sack teacher of Peter Parker and his friends.
Why Is He So Lucky? Given Mr. Harrington's frequent (and hilarious) tales of his miserable life, you'd think he actually has terrible luck. But given all the times that he should have perished, it's actually a miracle he's still alive at all. He even gets to chaperone the field trip of a lifetime when S.H.I.E.L.D. upgrades his itinerary.
Luckiest Moment: When he isn't fired after a child seems to perish under his watch.
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(#5) Mantis
- Marvel Universe
Who She Is: We don't know much about Mantis, other than the fact that she has some sort of empathic/telepathic mood-altering abilities.
Why Is She So Lucky? Unlike her far more powerful comic book counterpart, MCU Mantis is essentially a tool to help Ego go to sleep at night. And once she joins the Guardians, she doesn't do much more than quiver in the corner. Mantis manages to get into some fights far above her abilities, but somehow hasn't yet been squashed in the process.
Luckiest Moment: When she rides the shoulders of one of the universe's most powerful beings, messes with his mind, and is merely tossed aside as payback.
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(#6) Hawkeye
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Thor, The Avengers
Who He Is: Clint Barton is a really good archer.
Why Is He So Lucky? Hawkeye has faced aliens, robot hordes, and all manner of powerful supervillains, all with a bow and some arrows at his disposal. He's even gone toe-to-toe with far superior beings, only to hold his own by occasionally hitting them with his bow. Honestly, just the fact that he almost never runs out of arrows in his quiver is a testament to his luck.
While Black Widow has proven she's a master spy and manipulator who stays alive thanks to her mental prowess, we've never been given a reason to believe Hawkeye is anything other than a guy with pretty good aim.
Luckiest Moment: When he survives an alien onslaught and becomes an Avenger.
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(#7) Ned Leeds
- Marvel Universe
Who He Is: In the MCU, Ned Leeds is the best friend of Peter Parker. A smart kid in his own right, he eventually becomes Peter's "guy in the chair," though the role is quickly passed to more capable hands.
Why Is He So Lucky? Granted, if Ned was never friends with Peter, he'd never need to be saved by Peter. Still, taking the Chitauri Energy Core around with him and getting mixed up in supervillain fights are not good ideas. Luckily, Peter's always around to help. Even when it comes to his "guy in the chair" role, he's mostly a glorified Siri whose job could be handled by the AI in Spidey's suit or the legion of spies and superheroes who want to keep Peter alive.
Luckiest Moment: When his best friend gets superpowers.
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(#8) War Machine
- The Invincible Iron Man, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Iron Man 2, Marvel Universe
Who He Is: Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes is a skilled pilot with a sterling military career. That's all fine and good, but his greatest asset is his genius best friend.
Why Is He So Lucky? There's no doubt that Rhodey would have had an illustrious career in the armed forces if he never donned a suit of armor. But without the charity of Tony Stark, he'd never be involved in some of the universe's biggest fights. What's more, even after misusing his gift on multiple occasions, his friend still agrees to continually update his armor.
Luckiest Moment: When Tony gifts him a suit of armor.
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(#9) Mysterio
- Marvel Universe
Who He Is: Quentin Beck is a gifted engineer who creates some impressive hologram tech for Stark Industries. He's fired, however, which causes him to seek revenge.
Why Is He So Lucky? Beck is smart, to be sure, but he's also lucky that he found so many other gifted people to help him carry out his revenge plan - and that they still support him after he threatens their lives. Without them, his holograms wouldn't be much use.
Beck goes up against Spider-Man, a ridiculously more powerful foe, and manages to hold his own for a time. He even dupes all of S.H.I.E.L.D. and a pair of intelligent aliens, as well as certified genius Peter Parker.
Luckiest Moment: Honestly, his entire plan more or less going off without a hitch - including his posthumous unmasking of Spider-Man - seems like pure luck.
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(#10) Grandmaster
- Marvel Universe
Who He Is: A mysterious and powerful being who controls an entire planet with a playful - but iron - fist.
Why Is He So Lucky? We don't know much about the Grandmaster (or his brother, the Collector) in the MCU. His comic book incarnation is both ancient and powerful, but in the movies, we just know he's a dictator with some cool tech. We never actually see his abilities or learn how he manages to bend an entire planet to his will. Add that onto his aloof and incompetent nature, and it's a wonder he's held onto power, let alone survived.
Luckiest Moment: When he talks his way out of being slain by a planet full of people he oppressed (assuming his survival is canon).
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(#11) Vision
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, Marvel Universe
What It Is: Vision is... complicated. As the MCU has moved away from origin stories (and avoided convoluted and/or dated source material), they've had to rush some introductions. On the surface, Vision is an AI that mixes Jarvis, Ultron, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and whatever the Mind Stone is, encased in a vibranium alloy body that is also powered by the Mind Stone. Altogether, this grants him seemingly limitless power.
Why Is It So Lucky? The fact is, Vision's origin makes very little sense. Somehow, all of these elements blend together to create not only life - and not only superhuman life - but also rock-steady morals. Vision has a laundry list of superpowers and skills, none of which he's earned. Even his worthiness to lift Mjolnir feels like a plot contrivance, as we're never told why he's worthy. Both Thor and Cap actually have to prove themselves to gain this distinction.
Luckiest Moment: When he's born.
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(#12) Odin
- Thor: The Dark World, Thor, Ultimate Avengers 2, Marvel Universe
Who He Is: Odin is the father of Thor, Loki, and Hela, and spends much of the MCU timeline ruling Asgard.
Why Is He So Lucky? Odin, like most of the Asgardians and their neighbors, has plenty of powers. Heck, his very essence - the Odin Force - is named after him. But every decision he makes is a terrible one. He constantly plots and schemes, wreaking even more havoc than Loki. He even covers up his despotic past misdeeds and rebrands himself as a just and wise ruler, banishing his child in the process. Odin still keeps playing games though, proving where Loki really gets it from. It's never clear why his people or his family put up with him, apart from his immense power.
Luckiest Moment: Every time one of his ridiculous and dangerous schemes doesn't backfire on him.
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