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* The unnamed stick figure from the car crash segment of ''TheDementedCartoonMovie'' is one of these to the point of being TooDumbToLive.

* The unnamed stick figure from ''TheDementedCartoonMovie'' in the car crash segment is one of these to the point of being TooDumbToLive.

* The unnamed stick figure from ''TheDementedCartoonMovie'' in the car crash segment is one of these to the point of beign TooDumbToLive.


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* Piro of ''{{Megatokyo}}'' ''knows'' he's a wishy-washy type (and every other character in the series [[NoSympathy is very quick to remind him of it]]) and hates himself for it.

* 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 "her" episodes. Twilight shows occasional symptoms of the too-many-trees type.

* There's an Creator/IsaacAsimov short story (whose title escapes me) of a General who had to make the best use of "sub-par" individuals. One example is of a chronically indecisive character who is tasked with making the decision on a peace negotiations. He pairs him up with a paranoic who is tasked with pointing out all the possible flaws in the options in front of him. The idea was that only the optimal solution would have ''no'' flaws for the paranoic to pick at and so there would be nothing else to choose (apparently the idea that negotiations would never end was ruled out).

->-- '''[[MelBrooks President Skroob]]''', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''

** [[TheLegendOfKorra Mako]] also has this problem, his is more of the "can't commit" type, being torn between Korra and Asami.

** [[TheLegendOfKorra Mako]] also has this problem,his is more of the "can't commit" type,being torn between Korra and Asami

* The villains of AynRand novels tend to be of the Wishy-Washy or Empathic Fence-sitter variety.

* There's an IsaacAsimov short story (whose title escapes me) of a General who had to make the best use of "sub-par" individuals. One example is of a chronically indecisive character who is tasked with making the decision on a peace negotiations. He pairs him up with a paranoic who is tasked with pointing out all the possible flaws in the options in front of him. The idea was that only the optimal solution would have ''no'' flaws for the paranoic to pick at and so there would be nothing else to choose (apparently the idea that negotiations would never end was ruled out).

* Val from ''Babes In Arms'' is constantly changing his mind and his philosophy.

->-- '''[[MelBrooks President Skroob]]''', ''{{Spaceballs}}''

* As the page quote above demonstrates, President Skroob from ''{{Spaceballs}}''.

* The male lead in pretty much any HaremAnime in general with be a ditherer of some type (usually a wishy-washy variant) to justify why he never makes a choice.

* [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Bertie Wooster]] is a cross between the insecure/submissive and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} types. He typically lets [[TheJeeves Jeeves]] handle his decisions and run his life for him, which leads to a LampshadeHanging from Aunt Dahlia in one story: "What earthly use do you suppose you are without Jeeves, you poor ditherer?"

* Val LaMarr from ''Babes In Arms'' is constantly changing his mind and his philosophy.

* There's an episode of ''{{House}}'' where the patient's first symptom is that she literally loses the ability to decide.

* One of the band members in ''HalloSpencer''. Typical quote: "Well, on the one hand... but on the other hand..."

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

* Archie Jones from the novel WhiteTeeth is so indecisive the he often resorts to flipping a coin.

* ''Hamlet'' is famously a ditherer who is told right at the start of the play that his uncle had killed his father and Hamlet should avenge him. He spends the rest of the play deciding what to do (and gets everyone killed in the process).

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

* Almost all characters in Christos Tsiolkas' novel ''TheSlap'' are ditherers of the wishy-washy type, vaguely aware of what they ''should'' be doing, but most of them too gutless to actually do it.

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* Archie Jones from the novel WhiteTeeth is so indecisive the he often resorts to flipping a coin.

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