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* Eric Idle's character in ''[[National Lampoon's European Vacation]]'' [[Recurring Extra|just happens to turn up at the same spots all over Europe at the same time as the main characters]], suffering increasingly grievous injuries due to their actions. He returns for more of the same 18 years later in the [[Made for TV Movie]] ''Christmas Vacation 2''.
* Subverted in the indie short film ''[[D.E.B.S.]]'' (later remade into a movie) in which secret agent Amy keeps getting kidnapped by the [[Big Bad]], Lucy in the Sky. Only it turns out they're in love and it's the only way they can get together for some [[Les Yay]] without attracting suspicion.
* This is parodied in the ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' movies, particularly the first. Daphne complains about how she's ''always'' the one to get captured and, when she insists that she's going to solve a mystery herself, one of the gang asks, "Who's going to rescue you when you get kidnapped?" It's actually subverted since she [[Took a Level
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* ''[[Rome]]'''s answer to Chief O'Brien, Lucius "Fortune Pisses on me Again" Vorenus.
* Blair from ''[[The Sentinel (TV series)|The Sentinel]]'' is always getting roughed up by the bad guys, {{spoiler|including getting temporarily murdered by Jeri Ryan}}. He should have stayed in the truck!
* Gabrielle on ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' was practically made of this trope in the earlier seasons of the show, before she [[Took a Level
* Michael Shanks often jokes at ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' conventions about the number of times his character has entered a scene bound and being kicked to his knees. To be fair, all of SG-1 got captured plenty often, but before he [[Took a Level
** It didn't help that the number of times Dr. Jackson has been killed or presumed dead has become a joke '''in universe''', one time he was [[Due to the Dead|refused a funeral]] because O'Neill was convinced he was not dead.
* Kurt from ''[[Glee]]'' has been this for some time, as every other episode seems devoted to either emphasizing how hard it is being gay or how much he deserves anything good that happens to him.
* In the 2010 and 2011 seasons of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' it is companion Rory who is the designated victim. He just keeps getting killed, or abandoned in time, or both together.
** The opening of the series 6 mid-season finale ''A Good Man Goes To War'' possibly marked the point where he [[Took a Level
{{quote|'''Rory''': WHERE IS MY WIFE?
''([[Cyber Ships]] blow up behind him)''
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* Yumi of ''[[Code Lyoko]]''; the first season's examples coining the phrase "Pick On Yumi Week". While it would be logical for XANA to repeatedly go after Aelita (to be fair, he does; that's why the others fight), or [[The Smart Guy]] Jérémie (he does this too, to a lesser degree), or the team's best warrior Ulrich, for some reason Yumi instead is the one who gets: captured by a Guardian and replaced by a clone; shot at by a [[Kill Sat]]; attacked by a possessed suit of armor; her home ambushed by Krabes; chased by a busload of zombies; her DNA code stolen, leaving her trapped on Lyoko; [[Naughty Tentacles|almost dragged underground by tree roots]]; falsely told that virtualization is slowly killing her; [[Homage|attacked by a flock of birds]]...
** Maybe partially justified, as Yumi is the [[Cool Big Sis]] figure of the team, the most mature of the group, Ulrich's crush (and nearly as good at fighting as him), the least enthousiastic about fighting XANA (she was reluctant to do it in the pilote, and was the most willing to shut down the computer in season 4 finale) and an isolated target due to her living with her parents whereas the others are all pensionnaries at Kadic. This not only makes a MUCH easier target than the others, but also mean something happening to her will easily zap the moral of most of her teammates. Considering XANA is [[Magnificent Bastard|extremely skilled at scheming]] [[Manipulative Bastard|and manipulating people]], this would make sense.
* Each girl on ''[[Totally Spies!]]!'' is the designated victim of some type of [[Evil Plan]]:
** Sam, the "smart one", is ''always'' the one who gets [[Brainwashed]]/hypnotized.
** Clover, who is most concerned about her looks, is ''always'' the one to be shrunk, [[Baleful Polymorph|turned into a cat]], legs stolen and replaced, etc.
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