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* ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'': PlayedForLaughs, despite being a [[DisabledLoveInterest wheelchair-using]] rocket scientist, Betty seemingly has no interests besides performing sex acts on Gord and almost every scene has her asking to suck his cock.

* Starla Shine in ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''. She develops a crush on [[TheHero Lightning Dawn]] [[LoveAtFirstSight on first sight]] and we never learn much about her other than her interest in astronomy, which is practically forgotten after her introduction. Starla doesn't even appear in the author's video of character bios for the fic!

* Vaggie of ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' is entirely defined by her relationship with Charlie. She has no goals of her own (as both of them are trying to get Charlie's rehabilitation hotel to get off the ground), we don't know anything about her and she is rude, hostile, and aggressive towards anyone who isn't Charlie. One of the things we ''do'' learn about her [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel in the series proper]] is that [[spoiler: she used to be an angel that worked for the exorcists.]]
** Similarly, Millie of the spinoff webseries ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' has most of her character centered around her husband Moxxie. Most of her screentime and interactions are often dedicated to Moxxie or indirectly about him. One of the most jarring examples is episode 5, where despite I.M.P. going to the ranch that Millie's family owns and being introduced to her family, the episode primarily focuses on Moxxie trying to gain approval from his in-laws, leading to him and Blitzo fighting off an assassin hired to kill Stolas. Not helped is that, despite being a main character, Millie is the only one so far not to have ADayInTheLimelight during the first season. This leads to her being the least fleshed out of the main cast (even less than more minor characters such as Octavia, who has had ''[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E2LooLooLand two]]'' ''[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E2SeeingStars episodes]]'' worth of screentime). In the next episode, even Blitzo, who otherwise loves to intrude on their marriage, complains that Millie's always so close to Moxxie all the time.

* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', the [[Radio/GTARadio film-within-a-game]] ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pUMJaEjmco Meltdown]]'' parodies these sorts of characters with Miranda, who only shows up in two scenes (one of which is the ending) and has about as many lines of dialogue. The film even [[LampshadeHanging refers to her]] as "a hot, brainless woman to act as a plot device." All of this is part of the film's (and the game's) vicious parody of {{summer blockbuster}}s and [[UsefulNotes/TheBlockbusterAgeOfHollywood modern Hollywood filmmaking]].

-->-- '''[[https://thankskenpenders.tumblr.com/post/186662085491/two-issues-ago-knuckles-died-but-dont-worry Thanks, Ken Penders]]''' on ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'''s '''Julie-Su'''

* Princess Fiona from the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' series started off as a parody of this trope; she insisted in the [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 first film]] that her role was to be the stereotypical DamselInDistress princess who literally just waited until a handsome prince came to rescue her. Subverted later when she [[CharacterDevelopment grew to love Shrek for who he is]]. In fact, in ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'', [[ForWantOfANail we actually get to see what Fiona would have become]] [[RebelLeader if she had never been rescued]].

* ''Film/CantHardlyWait'':
** Mike's fellow jocks and their girlfriends don't have any scenes where they aren't interacting with or observing Mike or Amanda. This is lampshaded early on when William talks about his plan to prank Mike Dexter and "one of his random jock friends."
** Amanda deconstructs this character. She has no identity outside of just being Mike's girlfriend. [[spoiler:She ends up with Preston. Good for him, but bad for her.]]
--->"If I'm not Mike Dexter's girlfriend, you know, who am I? Nobody knows me as anything else. I don't know me as anything else."

* ''Film/CantHardlyWait'': Mike's fellow jocks and their girlfriends don't have any scenes where they aren't interacting with or observing Mike or Amanda. This is lampshaded early on when William talks about his plan to prank Mike Dexter and "one of his random jock friends."

*** These two characters actually prove why this trope can be [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools both good and bad]]. Angel actually became a BreakoutCharacter for the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise despite only appearing in two episodes of ''The Series'' ([[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel her eponymous debut]] and GrandFinale-esque episode "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E25Snafu Snafu]]") and a few scenes in the actual GrandFinale for ''The Series'', ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', eventually becoming a major character with a more defined personality in the later anime ''Anime/{{Stitch}}''. Keoni, on the other hand, [[TheScrappy was despised by the fanbase]] and [[CreatorsPest even the writing team]] for being a bland character who (in most episodes he appears) unintentionally brings out the worst in Lilo, unlike how Stitch [[MoralityPet behaves much more politely whenever he's around Angel]].

* Decus in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' is pretty much motivated only by his love for Alice. Of course, [[spoiler:she did save his life]], but it does come off as rather extreme nonetheless.

* Vaggie of ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' is entirely defined by her relationship with Charlie. She has no goals of her own (as both of them are trying to get Charlie's rehabilitation hotel to get off the ground), we don't know anything about her and she is rude, hostile, and aggressive towards anyone who isn't Charlie.
** Similarly, Millie of the spinoff webseries ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' has most of her character centered around her husband Moxxie. Most of her screentime and interactions are often dedicated to Moxxie or indirectly about him. One of the most jarring examples is episode 5, where despite I.M.P. going to the ranch that Millie's family owns and being introduced to her family, the episode primarily focuses on Moxxie trying to gain approval from his in-laws. Not helped is that, despite being a main character, Millie is the only one so far not to have ADayInTheLimelight during the first season. This leads to her being the least fleshed out of the main cast (even less than more minor characters such as Octavia). In the next episode, even Blitzo, who otherwise loves to intrude on their marriage, complains that Millie's always so close to Moxxie all the time.

* Misa Amane from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is an interesting illustration of this trope. She's dedicated to her career as an [[IdolSinger idol]] and her "job" punishing the guilty, so she can't quite be called shallow... but where Light is concerned, she's shallower than any ''five'' other examples on this page. Her willingness to submit to his slightest whim is so extreme it's scary. It's certainly possible to picture her without Light -- we see her before they meet, and she's clever and dangerous. But ''after'' they meet, she'd rather die than live any kind of life without him. [[spoiler: And she apparently ''does'' in the ending of the anime, when you see her standing on the ''wrong side'' of a guardrail...]]

** [[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests Gwen Stacy]] was actually this for most of her existence in the original run. Aside from being Peter Parker's girlfriend, she was a fairly shallow character who didn't have much in the way of drive or ambition on her own. She even spent the entire fight that's [[ILetGwenStacyDie all most readers remember her for]] unconscious.

->''"Julie-Su never got to be her own person... She only exists as Knuckles’ girlfriend. She has the stuff about being an ex-Legionnaire, but that’s woefully underutilized, and it’s mostly an excuse to add names to the Legion side of Knuckles’ enormous family tree. So having her life continue to revolve around Knuckles even in his absence feels like it just drives that point home."''
-->--[[https://thankskenpenders.tumblr.com/post/186662085491/two-issues-ago-knuckles-died-but-dont-worry Thanks, Ken Penders on]] ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics's Julie-Su

* ''Literature/FourKidsInFiveEAndOneCrazyYear'': While Giovanni and Ashley's mutual crush grows throughout the book, Ashley gets more prominence as fellow narrator Destiny's friend than as Giovanni's girlfriend. They rarely, if ever, talk to each other throughout the book, and most of their interactions are Giovanni admiring light shining off her hair from a distance.

** Maid Marian from ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''. She has an interesting backstory due to being the niece of the villainous Prince John and the good King Richard, and also having an interest in higher education and badminton, but her actual role in the film is little else but "be happy and lovey-dovey around Robin". It's frustrating considering other notable Marians in adaptations.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Raine Whispers. While they do have some extra characterization as a rebel secretly working on a plan to overthrow the emperor, their appearances all involve being Eda's old flame who still has feelings for her and wanting to protect her.

-->--[[https://thankskenpenders.tumblr.com/post/186662085491/two-issues-ago-knuckles-died-but-dont-worry Thank, Ken Penders on]] ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics's Julie-Su

* Misa Amane from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is an interesting illustration of this trope. She's dedicated to her career as an idol and her "job" punishing the guilty, so she can't quite be called shallow... but where Light is concerned, she's shallower than any ''five'' other examples on this page. Her willingness to submit to his slightest whim is so extreme it's scary. It's certainly possible to picture her without Light -- we see her before they meet, and she's clever and dangerous. But ''after'' they meet, she'd rather die than live any kind of life without him. [[spoiler: And she apparently ''does'' in the ending of the anime, when you see her standing on the ''wrong side'' of a guardrail...]]

* Taken to its logical extreme in Creator/DonBluth's ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''. Bartok the Bat [[HeelFaceTurn abandons Rasputin]] near the end, and is rewarded with a {{pink|GirlBlueBoy}} bat who flies in and kisses him, for no obvious reason.

*** These two characters actually prove why this trope can be [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools both good and bad]]. Angel actually became a BreakoutCharacter for the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise despite only appearing in two episodes of ''The Series'' ([[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel her eponymous debut]] and GrandFinale-esque episode "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E25Snafu Snafu]]"]]) and a few scenes in the actual GrandFinale for ''The Series'', ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', eventually becoming a major character with a more defined personality in the later anime ''Anime/{{Stitch}}''. Keoni, on the other hand, [[TheScrappy was despised by the fanbase]] and [[CreatorsPest even the writing team]] for being a bland character who (in most episodes he appears) unintentionally brings out the worst in Lilo, unlike how Stitch [[MoralityPet behaves much more politely whenever he's around Angel]].

*** These two characters actually prove why this trope can be [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools both good and bad]]. Angel actually became a BreakoutCharacter for the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise despite only appearing in two episodes of ''The Series'' (her eponymous debut and [[GrandFinale "Snafu"]]) and a few scenes in ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', eventually becoming a major character with a more defined personality in the later anime ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' Keoni, on the other hand, [[TheScrappy was despised by the fanbase]] [[CreatorsPest and even the writing team]] for being a bland character who (in most episodes he appears) unintentionally brings out the worst in Lilo, unlike how Stitch [[MoralityPet behaves much more politely whenever he's around Angel]].

* A prime example is The Little Red-Haired Girl from the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' comics. We hardly know a thing about her, she didn't appear onstage in the strip (her first on-screen appearance was in an animated TV special in 1977) or even her name (the specials called her "Heather"). Of course, the whole point of this romance is about [[DeconstructedTrope Charlie Brown's one-sided affections and inner emotional turmoil for her]], rather than actual interaction. Which actually makes her essentially the ''opposite'' of this trope: her life emphatically does ''not'' revolve around Charlie Brown, and she presumably has her own interests, we just don't know anything about them.

* Molly in ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' semi-averts this at first, with her introduction giving her plenty of reasons to find interest in Roast Beef. However, this development (such as her interest in computer programming) was more or less dropped when she moved in with him. She then pretty much played this trope to a tee, getting defined only by her relationship with Roast Beef (to the point where she almost never even interacted with the other characters). As of recently, though, she's been getting more development.

* Regardless of whether or not it was intentional, Yosue Makoto from ''Webcomic/RedString'' ended up like this by the end of the comic's run. From his first appearance and throughout the comic, all he has ever wanted was Miharu, even while she was engaged to Kazuo (and while he was engaged to Miharu's cousin Karen.) He never gives Miharu (or the audience) a reason why he's in love with her, he just is. The most insight we've gotten into his single-minded desire to completely possess Miharu is that he fell in love with her image in a photograph. Aside from his obsession with her, we don't know much else about him aside from a few throwaway traits. [[spoiler: All of which completely vanish as in the final ten pages of the comic, he literally makes a phone call to his parents to arrange things so he can safely quit his job, explicitly so he can date Miharu full-time, and then travel the world with her doing...apparently, nothing but eating, given his description of their future activities as "I want to taste food...together."]]

%%* Betty Quinlan of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''.