The Shrine

A totally random thought: just how hard are the odds given in the world of fiction? Impossible doesn't count as odds, as whoever say such a thing is impossible is invariably wrong. Almost all my stuff comes from the manga/anime sector, but feel free to fill in other forms of fiction too. From most probable to least probable:

Defeating an ant soldier unharmed (Shalunark, HXH) - 20%
Defeating Marik to save the world from eternal darkness (Yugioh) - 20% to 3% (depending on deck strength)
Beating a Gold Saint as a Bronze Saint (Saint Seiya) - 1 in 10000
Being as talented as Gon or Killua (HXH) - 1 in 100000
Firing a computer unassisted proton torpedo and hitting the core of the Death Star (Star Wars) - 1 in 1 million

What in the great name of Beelzebub are you talking about?

In Star Wars, when Luke hit the core with the proton torpedo, Han said that shot was one in a million. Therefore it can be inferred that such an act has a 1 in 1 million chance of succeeding (ignoring the fact that the torpedo was actually force-guided so probably more likely to hit than a normal person firing it).

I'm compiling anytime where someone has quoted an odds less than 100% and greater than 0% to see just how difficult it is to do a 1 in (whatever) thing in the world of fiction.

You are completely insane, seek help.

LOL! I could have fun with this. Rocky going from loser to national champion without Don King being involved? Odds? 1 in 2 million I'd say.

Oracle wrote:You are completely insane, seek help.

Bwahahahahaha!

I'm sorry Don, you're a great guy and all, but it's true. This is completely insane.