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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Butt Monkey|Kyon]] of ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' is almost always carrying everyone else's stuff, [[Subverted Trope|though occasionally Koizumi lends a hand]].
* ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'': Goku usually takes this role in the [[Filler]] episodes whenever Chi-Chi goes shopping. Being a Saiyan with a ridiculous power level, this means Goku's usually lost behind an epic mountain of shopping bags.
* ''[[Kenichi: theThe Mightiest Disciple (Manga)|Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple]]'': Kenichi is this to [[Team Chef|Miu]] whenever she goes shopping for groceries. This, of course, doubles as a part of his [[Training From Hell]], and his mentors often force him to carry some extra weights on those occasions, just for the sake of training his strength and endurance.
* In the beginning of ''Rance Sabaku no Guardian'' (the [[Hentai]] [[Anime of the Game]] for ''[[Rance (Franchise)|Rance]]''), you get the first hint that the [[Designated Hero]] is a sexist pig by him having his slave Sill carry a huge load of useless stuff.
 
 
== Comic Strips ==
* ''[[FoxTrot (Comic Strip)|FoxTrot]]'': A trip to the mall with Paige (theoretically to buy a pair of shoes) ends in Peter carrying a dozen bags, none of which contain shoes.
 
 
== Films -- Animation ==
* In ''[[Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland (Anime)|Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland]]'', Flip is assigned this role after his previous job as a guide is taken by some friendly locals.
 
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]'': In one scene, Lone Star and Barf end up carrying all of Princess Vespa's luggage, including a giant hairdryer.
* Patsy, the coconut guy from ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail (Film)|Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]''.
* In one film of the Danish ''[[Olsen-Banden]]'' series, Egon Olsen, the head of the group, had to carry the computer hardware (in a few very large suitcases) for the new, modern head of the group.
 
 
== Literature ==
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'': Samwise Gamgee inflicts this on himself, being stalwart and all.
* And in ''[[The Hobbit (Literaturenovel)|The Hobbit]]'', it's a running gag that Dori always ends up carrying Bilbo.
* Fezzik in ''[[The Princess Bride (Literaturenovel)|The Princess Bride]]'' is this for both the bad guy and good guy teams he ends up on. However, he ''is'' a [[Gentle Giant]] with particularly strong arms, so he doesn't mind too much--except when he has to haul the entire party up the Cliffs of Insanity.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* Used in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' with Xander.
 
 
== Music ==
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mo6UkNZcX0 music video] for "Gonna Take a Lot of River" by [[The Oak Ridge Boys (Music)|The Oak Ridge Boys]] (forward to 0:35).
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* As the only player character in ''[[Resident Evil Outbreak]]'' with more than four inventory slots, Yoko is often relegated to this role. A popular strategy for online gamers was to kill the Yoko player and use her corpse to store extra items.
* This seems to Yun-seong's role in the ''[[Soul Series (Video Game)|Soul Series]]'', courtesy of his [[Cool Big Sis]] Seong Mi-na (as seen in Mi-na's ending in ''Soulcalibur II'' and ''III'', as well as Yun-seong's [[Press X to Not Die|B]] ending in ''III''). However, if the player does not [[Press X to Not Die|press the right button(s) in time]] during Seong Mi-na's ending in ''III'', Mi-na ''herself'' will have this fate befall her.
* ''[[Ever Quest (Video Game)|Ever Quest]]'' players are known to create characters just to hold overflow items and money.
* Lampshaded by several of the companions in ''[[Fallout New Vegas (Video Game)|Fallout: New Vegas]]''. Raoul, having lost faith in his abilities suggests you assign him this role. Veronica sometimes complains that you're making her carry "the heavy stuff" when you access her inventory and Arcade Gannon specifically warns you not to treat him as a pack mule when you open his.
* In ''[[Metal Slug]]'', supply sergeant Rumi Aikawa is seen carrying an oversized backpack holding an incredible amount of cargo. She appears in several locations, trying to deliver these weapons and items to friendly forces (i.e. the player). Her older (but identical-looking) sister Madoka takes up this role in ''4'' and ''5''.
* The role of followers in ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (Video Game)|The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim]]'' amounts to this for many people, as well as helpful back-up and (depending on the character) interesting comments.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* The entire job of henchmen in ''[[Nodwick (Webcomic)|Nodwick]]''.
* In ''[[Drowtales (Webcomic)|Drowtales]]'', [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=654 Liriel assigns Rik this role.]
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* An [[Imagine Spot]] on ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' has Lisa & Maggie along with their hypothetical little sister, now adults, out shopping, with Bart along as their package carrier.
* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents (Animation)|The Fairly Odd Parents]]''
** While not done properly, one episode of used this as a gag. Timmy even was fed with a... [[Buffy-Speak|thingy]] like the one used on horses.
{{quote| '''Timmy:''' And I'm sick of eating these oats... even if they are low in fat.}}
** Played straight in "Timmy the Barbarian", a ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' parody told by Jorgen Von Strangle to Binky ''as a bedtime story''. Cosmo was not only the "no respect" carrier of the group's bags, but Jorgen's narration turned him ''[[Literal Metaphor|into a literal pack mule]]'' just to add insult to injury.
* [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Film)|Roger Rabbit]], in the theatrical cartoon ''[[Roger Rabbit Shorts|Trail Mix-Up]]''.
 
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