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** Bob does not fight in combat. Instead, he is a sniper who assists Alice by shooting down several enemies while Alice handles the rest.
* '''Justified''': Bob has other skills whose values are not immediately visible. Or ''are'' immediately visible, but are unrelated to combat.
** Bob and Alice are in a relationship, and both enjoy the time together, whether Bob is of much use or not.
** Alice is Bob's bodyguard. If she wasn't more capable of protecting him than he was of protecting himself, it would defeat the entire point of ''having'' a bodyguard.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is a [[Badass Bookworm]] adventurer who is constantly having to bail Alice, a [[Faux Action Girl]], out of trouble.
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** Alternatively, Alice realizes that Bob is useless and abandons him at the first convenient opportunity.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice enjoys keeping Bob around because she's taken a shine to him, or he helps her [[Morality Pet|keep a sense of perspective]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob starts out as [[The Load]], until Alice gets tired of him and leaves him. But then Bob returns after [[Took a Level
* '''Averted''': From the outset, Bob is established as having at least some fighting ability.
* '''Enforced''': "This is the 2000s, so people are expecting a female hero with a useless male sidekick!"
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[[Category:Non Action Guy]]▼
[[Category:Playing With]]
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