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{{quote|''"...they're always dragging me off to some cockamamie adventure! 'Hurry Iago, we have to find the razor-clawed ice giant!', or 'Come on Iago, the natives of Nincompoop need saving from a blood beast with a '''taste for parrots!''''"''|'''Iago''', ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]] The Animated Series''}}
Most of the hero team is eager and ready to go on another adventure, face peril, and explore new regions, but not this guy. He'd rather stay home, where it's safe. Maybe he doesn't really think the trip is worth it, maybe he doesn't care, or maybe he just has an aversion to painful, dangerous situations. Yet the team wants him to come, so, kicking and screaming if necessary, he comes along anyway.
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A variation on [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]] and [[I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham]]. Most Drag Alongs are also [[Butt Monkey|Butt Monkeys]] or [[Chew Toy|Chew Toys]], which may justify their reluctance.
Compare [[Refusal of the Call]], [[Cowardly Sidekick]], [[Cowardly Lion]], [[Grumpy Bear]], [[I Just Want to Be Normal]], [[Dragged
Contrast [[The Team Wannabe]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* Chisame of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' frequently acted like this for a while after she found out about the magic world. Then it got subverted, as she successfully escapes the weirdness only to realize that her life was now incredibly boring. So she heads right back into the weird stuff.
* Shinji Ikari in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' episodes 1-4 and in End of Evangelion in which Misato drags Shinji to pilot the EVA01.
* The three delinquents Juumonji, Toganu and Kuroki in [[Eyeshield 21]] are initially blackmailed into joining the American football team.
* ''[[One Piece]]'': The rest of the Straw Hat Pirates in regards to [[Idiot Hero|Luffy]]. Most of them were pestered, cajaoled, and sometimes flat out blackmailed into joining the crew. And then, his decisions as 'captain' end up sending the crew on outrageous misadventures, though only Usopp, Chopper, and Nami are the ones who complain the most.
* In chapter 143 of ''[[
* Much of the fun in ''[[Yankee Kun to Megane Chan]]'' comes from Shinagawa reluctantly complying with Hana's shenaningans. It changes when the focus of the story drifts from her to him.
== Comics ==
* ''[[Tintin
** In ''Tintin and the Picaros'', Tintin agrees to go in the end, not to save the country but just to get his friends out of prison.
** The Captain owns this trope. All he wants to do is enjoy his retirement -- but unfortunately he fell in with the wrong set of friends. He comes along despite his groans, and always ends up doing something badass.
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{{quote| '''C-3PO:''' We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.}}
* Willie Scott in ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a drag along from the beginning, and not shy about blasting Indy for it. Many fans of the series rate her as the least interesting of the women, and also because she screeches a lot.
* In the ''[[
== Literature ==
* In ''[[
* Rincewind from ''[[
* Kedrigern in the series of books by [[John Morresey]]. He's a powerful wizard who hates to travel and just wants to live quietly in his home on the mountain, but he keeps getting pulled into adventures.
* ''[[The
* Mat from the ''[[Wheel of Time]]'', he has a very low opinion of heroics and the risks that are involved but unfortunately for him [[You Can't Fight Fate]].
* ''[[The Hobbit]]'': Poor Bilbo Baggins was billed as a burglar by Gandalf, for no apparent reason at the time (later explained, however, in the appendices of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''), and then was dragged out of his comfortable hole in the ground by a party of treasure-hunting dwarves. Inverted after a novel's worth of [[Character Development]]--when they finally reach the dragon's lair, the dwarves chicken out and Bilbo is the only one with the guts to go on.
* Ahmad in ''[[The
* At one point or another, each member of the core cast of ''[[Everworld]]'' was the drag-along. I mean, come on. Eventually, they just get plain sick and tired of running from Loki, Ka Anor, Merlin, the Hetwan, etc., etc. ad nauseum.
* ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'': Ciaphas definitely fits this trope. ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'s'' least likely Commissar would rather spend his days somewhere far away from the fighting that pervades the galaxy (good luck on that one...). Yet time and time again he's dragged reluctantly into action against every single foe that the galaxy at large can throw at him (and then a few from a different reality altogether).
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[
* Boober in ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' is perpetually [[The Drag Along]] or a [[Sour Supporter]], or both. However, in an episode where he and Red {{spoiler|get trapped under a rock slide and believe they are going to die, he confesses that he secretly has enjoyed all of the Fraggles' adventures, despite having been a reluctant coward about them all when they were happening.}}
* While most ''[[Doctor Who]]'' companions are those who [[Jumped At the Call|willingly]] went with the Doctor to go see the universe, there are a few who wish they didn't have to be in this bloody blue box.
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== Video Games ==
* Luigi in the ''[[
* ''[[
* Reid Hershel, from ''[[
== Web Comics ==
* Zoe from ''[[
** Bun-Bun is also sometimes like this, though he'll hop right on board the adventure train as soon as he sees some benefit in it for himself.
* Most of ''[[
* Cadugan in ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' would like nothing more than to stay home and tend to nature. Unfortunately his skills and in one case his [[Half Human Hybrids|heritage]] means people (particularly Lucas) keep pestering him to come along with their adventures.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'': Iago, in the animated show, is the quintessential embodiment of this trope. He's more concerned with living in the lap of luxury and staying out of danger, and, as a Card Carrying Coward, is none too happy with being dragged along on some grand adventure every other day (which is understandable, since he's a bit of a [[The Chew Toy|pain magnet]]). True to form, he never stops complaining about it, also making him, as a parrot, a [[Snarky Non
{{quote| '''Iago:''' Stop right there! You've got that '''put the bird in jeopardy''' look in your eye!}}
* In ''[[Captain Planet]]'', Wheeler was the one to fall into this role. In fact, a mini-series involved him actually walking away from the Planeteers, and then going into the future and finding out how horrible things were without five Planeteers.
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* Likewise for [[Scooby Doo|Shaggy and Scooby]], who self-identify themselves as being chicken, and, as a result, always end up in the middle of a ghost story gone wrong (often being the main ones to find the <s>Guy In A Mask</s> [[Monster of the Week]] while exploring), and have to be coerced with promises of Scooby Snacks.
* [[Garfield]] in almost all of his specials, especially Garfield in the Rough and the Christmas special.
* ''[[
** Craig in exactly one episode. Somewhat of a parody since it was his own adventure he didn't want to go on, and he fulfilled an ancient prophecy while actively trying to have nothing to do with it.
** Cartman as well, in the episode "Fun With Veal."
* Simon Belmont in ''[[Captain N]]''.
* Eddie Spencer, the fat guy from the ''[[
* Eric in ''[[Western Animatmion/Dungeons And Dragons|Dungeons And Dragons]]'' also fell into this role, sort of. Only he had even less choice because he'd been thrust into this psychotic fantasy world and going along was the only way to get out.
* Dukey from ''[[Johnny Test]]''. "Doggy no go".
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