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* In ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', Janeway does this, first getting Chakotay and the crew from his ship to join, then Neelix, then later Seven of Nine, then even later, they pick up several children who were assimilated by the Borg. Most of them return to their various homeworlds, but one remains on Voyager.
* Definitely happens on ''[[Farscape]]'', but it's hard to say exactly which attribute it is that draws people to John Crichton. It's probably a mix of all of the above, and a just general lack of what to do without him.
* The Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who]]''. This is how he picks up nearly all of his Companions. Also how he picks up the majority of non-companion allies. People usually start doing what he tells them within minutes of meeting him, however batshit insane he may have been acting. The trope is subverted occasionally, particularly in the disturbing episode ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/
** "Journey's End" provided a decontruction then a reconstruction. The Doctor is [[What the Hell, Hero?|called out on this]] by {{spoiler|Davros}} of all people (see the above quote), who asks how many have died in the Doctor's name. Cue flashbacks of nearly every [[Mauve Shirt]] in the revived series.
** "Vampires of Venice" - Rory: "It's not that you make people take risks, it's that you make them want to impress you. You make it so they don't want to let you down. You have no idea how dangerous you make people to themselves!" {{spoiler|This is [[Foreshadowing]]: in spite of his concerns about Amy, Rory's the one who sacrifices his life to save the Doctor's. He gets better.}}
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