Unwanted Assistance in Video Games.
Please note that this is for in-universe examples of people needing help that they don't want. For features intended by the devs to be helpful to the player but end up being otherwise, see Annoying Video Game Helper.
- When Trevor first meets the Lost Soul in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, it states its intention to guide the Belmont on his journey. A few lines later, it reveals that Trevor will fail on his mission and You Can't Fight Fate. Trevor promptly whips it, breaks its mask, and renders it speechless for the remainder of the game.
- In Exoptable Money, you can purchase a cat for you to send out, which will come back every once in a while with large amounts of money in tow. After a few goes of this, you send your cat out and it starts taking longer than usual. A lot longer. You get a letter from Madame Sinclair, about a cat she saw recently, and she mentions that cats have other uses beyond finding money. She then sends you a letter with your cat's gory head in it, telling you about the wonders of selling cat fur. "You're welcome" indeed.
- Downplayed to a humorous extent in Fallout: New Vegas. Ranger Station Bravo's communications officer complains that the station is low on water but keeps getting an ample supply of ammunition. Whenever he sends a request to communication headquarters at Camp Golf, they just send more ammo. True to form there are 17 ammo boxes full of rounds... and only a single bottle of pure water for four rangers. If you have good standing with the NCR you can ask Ranger Ericsen about the extra ammunition and she'll give 30 .357 Magnum rounds and a good amount of 5.56mm rounds.
- Golf Story: A few times through the game, the player will be paired up with another golfer. Unfortunately, the other golfer is usually out of shape, leaving most of the work to the player. Oh, but don't worry, they'll still "help" by hitting the tee shot, which usually lands the player in a sticky situation.
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist: While Tang asks the protagonist for help in her lab work, she doesn't like it if they offer their help first because she hates being patronized, causing her heart meter to drop by 2 points.
- In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Toadsworth stops the brothers to explain how to escort Peach through the desert, delaying them long enough for Peach to wander off and get kidnapped.
- In Rebel Inc., if you choose to allow charities and NGOs free access in the region, they will occasionally perform some of the improvement initiatives at no cost to you. However, this will significantly raise inflation and corruption. You can refuse their aid, asking them instead to give donations to you. You can also take the middle ground and allow some aid.
- In Shin Megami Tensei, Lucifer ends up doing this by helping Dahn complete his doomed attempt at claiming the throne of King Abaddon: as a result of Dahn's plan and the previous interference of Raidou Kuzunoha the XL, the timeline leading to the cataclysmic events of Shin Megami Tensei I and Shin Megami Tensei II was stamped out of existence.
- The three main characters of Spec Ops: The Line have a tendency to make things worse because Capt. Martin Walker didn't really understand the situation that was going on. One villain known as the Radioman points this out multiple times.
