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Development
- Main article: Miss Fortune (Development)
- Miss Fortune is voiced by Laura Bailey in the Double-Double Cross cinematic,
Legends of Runeterra[1], and 
Ruined King.[2] Bailey also voices 
Battle Bunny Miss Fortune, 
Lunar Beast Miss Fortune in 
Wild Rift, and previously voiced pre-rework 
Akali. 
Gun Goddess Miss Fortune is voiced by Rachel Kimsey.
- EXO (Miss Fortune's suit AI) is voiced by Joe Zieja, who also voices
Space Groove Blitz & Crank, 
3 Slotbot, 4 Mystifying Magician and 5 Razorscale Hunter in Legends of Runeterra.[3]
- EXO (Miss Fortune's suit AI) is voiced by Joe Zieja, who also voices
Universe
- Main article: Miss Fortune (Character)
- Sarah taking the name 'Miss Fortune' for bounty hunting references the old sailor myth that women on ships brought... misfortune.
- Miss Fortune's first shipmate is called Rafen.
- Miss Fortune is based on many real-life female pirates, especially Anne Bonny & Mary Read.
- Miss Fortune's background resembles Inigo Montoya's from The Princess Bride.
- Her guns were forged by her mother for
Gangplank, who later killed Sarah's family and destroyed the pistols.
- Sarah later rebuilt them, became 'Miss Fortune', and finally avenged her family years later (but Gangplank didn't truly die).
- Sarah later rebuilt them, became 'Miss Fortune', and finally avenged her family years later (but
League of Legends
Gameplay
- Main article: Miss Fortune (League of Legends)
- Miss Fortune's name is a play on the word "misfortune".
- Miss Fortune's twin pistols (
'Shock' and 'Awe') are named after the eponymous military tactic.
- They can be seen in the game's Mac version launch trailer, together with a poster of Miss Fortune herself.
Bullet Time is named after the eponymous motion picture effect and references Max Payne.- Miss Fortune is the third champion to have her
Influence Point price reduced twice (the others being 
Garen and 
Warwick) and the second to include a joke animation on release (the other being 
Kog'Maw). - Miss Fortune is one of the first champions to have 12 skins.
- She and
Ezreal got their twelfth skin at the same time. The skins are in the Star Guardian Pajama skin set.
- She and
Audio
- Main article: Miss Fortune (League of Legends Audio)
- "Fortune doesn't favor fools." references "Fortuna favet fortibus" (Latin: 'fortune favors the bold')
- "I always shoot first", "Don't get cocky", "I've got a good feeling about this", and "Watch your mouth, kid, or you'll find yourself respawning at home!" reference Han Solo from Star Wars.
- In the Brazilian localization, "Continue a andar" ("Keep walking") references Dory from Finding Nemo. Both characters are voiced by Maíra Góes.
- In the French localization, her taunt references The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
- "Bang, bang. I shot ya down." references Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down), most likely the cover featured in the Titanfall 2 Trailer.
- "You've got dangerous eyes, but not as dangerous as mine." references
"You've got dangerous eyes... I like that.". - EXO: "Daisy, daisy..." references the death of HAL 9000.
- "
You remind me of a species that went extinct... must be lonely." is possibly a reference to 
Blade Mistress Morgana. - EXO: "Oy moroz, moroz, ne moroz' menya" references the Russian folk song Oy, moroz, moroz ("Oh, frost, frost").
- "Slow and steady won't win this war." might be a reference to "The Tortoise and the Hare," one of Aesop's Fables.
- "Only five hostiles? They're getting cocky." resembles "Don't get cocky."
- "Walk softly and carry big guns." references the West African proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." This saying has come to be associated with U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
- "What's up, doc?" references Bugs Bunny.
- "One small hop for Anima Squad, one giant leap for humankind!" references the famous line said by astronaut Neil Armstrong when he stepped onto the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. ("That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.")
Skins
- Main article: Miss Fortune (Collection)
- She resembles Elza from Final Fantasy XII.
- She might be referencing Rue Meridian from Shannara by Terry Brooks.
- This skin shares the High Noon theme with:
High Noon Yasuo can be seen in the background of her splash art (as well as a mug shot of 
High Noon Jhin in the wanted poster).
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- She references the eponymous battle fought by Napoleon.
- This skin shares the Cops and Robbers theme with:
- She references a femme fatale.
- She resembles Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? film.
- 'Shock' and 'Awe' became two Golden Guns from James Bond movies.
Old Chinese Artwork
- The background is a reference to Hong Kong Island and Kowloon at night.
- A banner with
the 
Doran 
items can be seen next to a neon sign reading 多兰武器坊 (Chinese: 'Doran Weapon Workshop') - Another neon sign with a picture of
Janna reads 'Only 9.98 (yuan)' referencing the Storm's Fury's 'only US$2.95 a minute' joke.
- This skin shares the Snowdown Showdown theme with:
- She was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2010 along with:
- She is leaning on a
Volibear plush. - There are multiple
Poro related objects in the splash art.
- The wrapping on the present to the left contains poros.
- A poro can be seen on the Christmas tree above Miss Fortune.
- A poro can be seen licking a stamp with
Braum's mustache.
- The mustache indicates she received her 'Shock' and 'Awe' from
Santa Braum.
- The mustache indicates she received her
- This skin shares the Road Warrior theme with:
- She references Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior film.
- 'Shock' and 'Awe' became two sawed-off double barrel shotguns.
- This skin shares the Crime City theme with:
- 'Shock' and 'Awe' became two Thompson submachine guns.
- The banner in the background is the
Deadly Venom emblem.
- Both her henchmen are interrogating
Twich's henchmen.
- This could mean that Miss Fortune and her men are looking for him.
- Both her henchmen are interrogating
- One of the men in the background bears some resemblance to Braum.
Arcade Miss Fortune
Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, K.O., Peridot, Ruby
- This skin shares the Arcade: Heroes theme with:
- The trophy in her splash art resembles
Final Boss Veigar's glove. - She was inspired by 'vyxil' and 'momobucket''s artwork (which has been deleted by the user).
Gangplank can be seen in the background.- Her hat resembles Mario's.
- Interestingly, almost all chroma pallet swaps are similar to the attire colours of the Super Mario plumbers.
- 'Shock' and 'Awe' became two NES Zappers.
- Her bubble gum references Action 52.
- Her basic attacks particle effects reference Shoot 'em up games.
- When she dies, she blinks out of existence, referencing Platform games.
- Her
recalling, references Duck Hunt videogame. - She has a Game Boy strapped to her hip (the buttons are reversed).
- This skin shares the Bilgewater: Burning Tides theme with:
- This is her during and after Burning Tides, having 'killed' Gangplank and starting to purge Bilgewater of those loyal to him.
- Rejected names for this skin include 'Sarah Fortune', 'Baroness Fortune', 'Queen Fortune' and 'Mistress Fortune'.[4]
- She was inspired by Anne Bonny (also known as
Sarah Bonny) and Mary Read from the Golden Age of Piracy. - When recalling, she shoots an
orange and blows it a kiss, referencing Gangplank's 'death'.
- This skin shares the Pool Party theme with:
- In her splash art,
Blitzcrank, 
Dr. Mundo, and 
Lux in their Pool Party attire along with 
Pool Party Lee Sin can be seen in the background, each holding a Smartphone (the Blind Monk's is flipped and the Lady of Luminosity's features a Poro sticker). - 'Shock' and 'Awe' became two water guns (
'Shock' and 'Shower'). 
Make It Rain fires coconuts.- Her artwork and her recalling reference taking a selfie.
- This skin shares the Star Guardian Season 2 theme with:
- She is
Ahri's second in command on the team consisting of 
Ezreal, 
Soraka, and 
Syndra. - She references the magical girl genre of anime.
- She's accompanied by the twin familiar spirits
Boki and Baki. They are the embodiment of her desire for revenge covered by a playful facade. They assist her while homeguarding, recalling and ulting.
- The concept of the weapon was inspired on the Panty's Backlace from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.
- This skin shares the Star Guardian Season 2 theme with:
- She is wearing pajamas designed after her medium,
Boki (Featured in the background). - The party is playing Mechs vs. Minions.
- The bookshelf features:
- A group portrait of Star Guardian Ahri's team, notably her and Star Guardian Ezreal.
- The Sword and the Sabre, a book also seen within the Odyssey universe.
- A group portrait of
Gun Goddess Miss Fortune Chromas: Royal Arms, Starswarm, Zero Hour
- This skin shares the Steel Valkyries theme with:
- This is the first Ultimate tier skin that is not
3250. This is due to the skin being lower quality than the rest during release, resembling more a Legendary skin with multiple high-quality chroma skins. - During the game, she has four different exosuits to choose from—Scarlet Fair, Zero Hour, Starswarm, and Royal Arms. When at the fountain, a UI will pop up with the option to switch exosuits.
Scarlet Fair (Base): Built by MF from her father's blueprints, this highly modified suit sports S.F. Particle Cannons that fire a rotating barrage of bullets, antimatter tank shells, missiles, and antipersonnel flak discharges.
Zero Hour: A gravity-resistant exosuit and so-called ‘black hole gun.’ Fires spheres of super-condensed dark matter.
Starswarm: A banned exosuit that utilizes creatures born from exploding suns to melt MF's enemies.
Royal Arms: Capable of wiping out an entire fleet with its rapid-fire antimatter warheads, only a few of these suits were ever produced due to their immense destructive power.
- She has a bounty of CU$62,680,959,387.
- She has claimed the bounty (CU$700,000) of Captain Charles Watanabe from the Royal Space Military for crimes of desertion and military vessel theft. Fortune wanted him for personal reasons, but didn't mind the reward.
- This skin shares the Bewitching theme with:
- She created
Witch's Brew Blitzcrank. 
Bewitching Nidalee and 
Bewitching Morgana can be seen with presumably 
Bewitching Tristana's cauldron fumes being barely visible in the background.
- This skin shares the Bewitching theme with:
- Bewitching Miss Fortune Prestige Edition is the longest Loading Screen display name at 40 characters.
- For contrast, it is longer than
Vi, the champion with the shortest loading screen display in their Original skin at 2 characters long, by 38 characters.
- For contrast, it is longer than
Battle Bunny Miss Fortune Chromas: Catseye, Nightwire, Obsidian, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby
- This skin shares the Anima Squad theme with:
- Her dance is a reference to the Japanese VTuber character Oozora Subaru and her duck from Hololive. Suzuki Kenta made a Dancing Duck animation based on an infamous situation when she attempted to do an ASMR video, only for her attempts to sound more like Donald Duck. The video, posted on YouTube, became viral through an edit by Rul3r of Wind that added the music of Hey Ya! by Outkast.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
Broken Covenant Miss Fortune Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Broken Covenant theme with:
- This skin shares the Broken Covenant theme with:
Porcelain Miss Fortune Chromas: Catseye, Obsidian, Opulent, Pearl, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Tanzanite, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Porcelain theme with:
- This skin shares the Anima Squad theme with:
- She also appears in the
Swarm (The Beachhead's map) as an NPC ally.
- As it was involved in the story mode under her profile, it becomes the first
Prestigue Legendary variant to be canon within its universe.
- As it was involved in the story mode under her profile, it becomes the first
Battle Queen Miss Fortune Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Battle Queens theme with:
- Based on the skins theme video, concepts for her Battle Queen skin were made during the skinline's debut before the skin was eventually released in 2024.