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* In ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', this role is played by Tim. While Lex turns the power back on and Grant and Ellie try to keep a raptor out, he stands ineffectively behind his sister shouting encouragement instead of, say, passing Ellie the gun she's trying to reach with her foot so she can shoot the raptor before it devours them all.
* Subverted in ''[[Serenity]]'', where Inara appears to do little during the Mal/Operative fight (after her initial attempts to help Mal ended up with the Operative casually tossing her aside), only to be revealed that her earlier "praying for Mal" by lighting incense was actually arming a flashbang.
* Subverted in the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] film ''[[From Russia with Love]]'', where Tatiana ums for a few seconds, then shoots Rosa Klebb. Would have been played straight if not for Klebb's original method of death [[Serendipity Writes the Plot|being scrapped for technical reasons]] (They couldn't find a way to make Klebb stabbing herself with a shoe knife not look stupid).
** Really, it would take less time to list the [[Bond Girl]]s that were NOT useless in a fight:
*** [[Quantum of Solace|Camille]], [[Die Another Day|Jinx]], [[Tomorrow Never Dies|Wai Lin]], Certes, [[Thunderball|Domino]] (with a harpoon!), [[On Her Majesty's Secret Service|Contessa Tracy]], [[Goldfinger|Pussy Galore]], [[For Your Eyes Only (film)|Melina]], [[Licence to Kill|Pam]], and [[Casino Royale|Vesper]].
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