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17th May '13 3:24:17 PM TiggersAreGreat

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* ''{{Matlock}}'': Charlene Matlock, who almost every episode gets herself into some sort of trouble by trying to investigate/snoop around alone and either Ben or Tyler need to come to her rescue.
* ''Series/{{Revenge}}'': Charlotte. People were not fond of her by the end of the series, but she arguably got the most blow back from every revelation Emily reveals.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': ''Charlie''. What were the creators thinking making her the main protagonist? Taken UpToEleven in "Soul Train." There is something seriously wrong if '''''Danny''''' has to save your ass from getting choked to death. Then again, she hasn't received proper combat training, and she was taking on TheDragon and ScaryBlackMan Captain Tom Neville, so she needed help! Fortunately, they've started redeeming her; Spiridakos seems to be a little less wooden now, and the character is really becoming effective with her weapons.
* ''Series/RobinHood'': For this BBC show, a number of viewers feel that the replacement for Marian, Kate, fits this. She's pushy, loud and generally useless, where in contrast the previous character in the love interest role was an ActionGirl who at least had the dignity to be right when she was pushy, and was never louder than was needed. And yes, true to the trope, all of Kate's numerous kidnappings were due to her inability to keep up, [[FauxActionGirl defend herself]], or know when to keep her mouth shut.
** In her capacity as a "damsel" scrappy, she's been captured by guards more times in one season than any of the other outlaws have in three. The words: "Where's Kate?" could be a drinking game.
* ''{{Smallville}}'': Lana Lang, for quite a while now. And when they decided to fix it in later seasons [[GodModeSue they went too far in the opposite direction]]. The kid ''can't'' win, really.

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17th May '13 2:06:25 AM GhostLad

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18th Mar '13 4:58:21 PM Xtifr

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* Nora Grey, the heroine of ''HushHush'', quite possibly gives Bella a run for the money. Over the course of three books, she repeatedly walks into dangerous situations without telling anyone else where she's going (so no hope of a rescue if a plan goes wrong), no weapons of any kind, and usually no actual planned course of action beyond "I'll break into that place and wing it". The author seemed to be trying to channel NancyDrew, but failed to give Nora any competency. Really, Nora's stupidity could be summed up near the end of the first book [[spoiler:when she ''willingly'' walks into an empty school and plays into the bad guy's hands, even though (A) she knows she's being lured into a trap, (B) her super-powered, invincible boyfriend is already rescuing the hostage being used as bait for Nora, and (C) the bad guy doesn't even know said boyfriend is on the case, meaning that if Nora had stayed put, the entire climax probably would never have happened. And then, when she's in the school, she gives up and says that she hopes her boyfriend will rescue her. Even though ''he has no idea she is inside'' because ''he told her to wait outside for him''.]]

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* Nora Grey, the heroine of ''Literature/HushHush'', quite possibly gives Bella a run for the money. Over the course of three books, she repeatedly walks into dangerous situations without telling anyone else where she's going (so no hope of a rescue if a plan goes wrong), no weapons of any kind, and usually no actual planned course of action beyond "I'll break into that place and wing it". The author seemed to be trying to channel NancyDrew, but failed to give Nora any competency. Really, Nora's stupidity could be summed up near the end of the first book [[spoiler:when she ''willingly'' walks into an empty school and plays into the bad guy's hands, even though (A) she knows she's being lured into a trap, (B) her super-powered, invincible boyfriend is already rescuing the hostage being used as bait for Nora, and (C) the bad guy doesn't even know said boyfriend is on the case, meaning that if Nora had stayed put, the entire climax probably would never have happened. And then, when she's in the school, she gives up and says that she hopes her boyfriend will rescue her. Even though ''he has no idea she is inside'' because ''he told her to wait outside for him''.]]

17th Mar '13 4:25:03 PM IlVit

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