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** The entirety of New York's delegation, embodied by Lewis Morris who always replies that [[{{Catchphrase}} "New York abstains, courteously"]] whenever it was time to vote on some measure before the Continental Congress. John Hancock is not amused by this farce, SuddenlyShouting after one too many abstentions, "Mr. Morris...WHAT IN HELL GOES ON IN NEW YORK?!" The answer to that question, according to Morris, is that New York's legislature is always talking and never getting any actual work done, and so never gave the delegation any instructions on what to do in Philadelphia. (In RealLife, the final vote for the Lee Resolution that adopted independence for the Thirteen was indeed 12-0, but known records do not indicate whether it was New York who didn't vote for it. The writers assigned the non-vote to New York as a TakeThat to the New York State Legislature's all-talk-no-action reputation, which was as strong in the 1770's as it was in the 1970's and still persists to this day.) Morris himself eventually subverts this at the very end of the play when it comes time to sign, as the Congress has received word that the British had landed troops in New York City, Morris' estate had been destroyed by them, and his sons have joined the Continental Army -- [[NeutralNoLonger "To Hell with New York, I'll sign the thing anyway."]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Mako has this problem, of the "can't commit" type, being torn between Korra and Asami and of just avoiding confrontation in general.

* Fluttershy, in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is a sympathetic Empathic/Insecure type, whose rare assertions/decisions are usually followed by an apology. Unless it's one of "[[BewareTheNiceOnes her]]" episodes. Twilight shows occasional symptoms of the too-many-trees type.

** In ''Regeneration One'' (which is an alternate continuation of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'' that ignores the events of Marvel's Generation Two comics), Optimus Prime has become a particularly pathetic Wishy-Washy type. Following the destruction of Unicron and the exile of the Decepticons under Bludgeon, Optimus has taken to sitting in his own tower and is content to let The Last Autobot (an immensely powerful Transformer who helped exile the Decepticons by bringing the entire massacred Autobot army back to life) act as a deterrent. Even when Kup brings evidence that a group of [[TheRemnant "Neo-Decepticons"]] are trying to stir up trouble, Optimus refuses to make any sort of decision. As a result of his dithering, the Neo-Decepticons seize control of an orbital defense satellite and use it to atomise the Last Autobot. Worse, in the 20 plus years since the Decepticons were exiled, it's revealed Optimus never bothered to check in on Earth. When Kup and his team arrive they find the planet in ruins (among other things, the oceans have been ''boiled away'') and most of humanity wiped out at the hands of Megatron, who has been broadcasting a message to Optimus to come and stop him... and proceeded to ratchet up his atrocities when there was no response.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Aang spends a lot of time deliberately avoiding how he's going to deal with both the fact that he needs to learn fire bending to deal with Ozai, and how he's going to deal with Ozai when [[ThouShaltNotKill his personal philosophy rules out the only apparent option]]. The firebending thing gets resolved in due time, and [[spoiler: a DeusExMachina takes care of the remaining issue]].

* In ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'' this is the biggest flaw of Gyurie, stretching back all the way to the fall of the ancient civilization. He can never bring himself to make a decision when it really counts and so can only sit on the sidelines and watch as things fall apart. At first this was due to his inability to choose between his people and [[spoiler:Sariel]], but now he doubts his own decisions so much he can never make any.

But then there are people who struggle with ''all'' decisions. Don't ask them what they want for dinner unless you have an entire day free in your calendar. Don't make them pick which film you're going to see, because by the time they've decided (reluctantly) which one to pick, the cinema will have closed.

In general, the protagonist of a HaremSeries will often be one of these (usually of the Wishy-Washy variety), to explain why he never makes a choice about which of the girls he wants to be with.

* Martin in ''Series/AbsolutePower'' is the lazy version; it's Charles's job to make decisions.