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{{trope}}
{{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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Contrast the [[Sour Supporter]], who doesn't believe [[Failure Is the Only Option|it will work]] but will contribute anyway (although with sardonic comments), and [[The Load]] or [[The Millstone]], who may or may not be supportive but whose actions and/or very existence work against the heroes' purposes.
A variation on [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]] and [[I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham]]. Most Drag Alongs are also [[Butt Monkey
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.
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* ''[[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
* Yeagar or Arthax in ''[[Nodwick]]'' are prone to this behaviour when it's [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|Piffany]]'s turn to pick jobs. Nodwick acts like this ''all the time'', but he has no choice in the matter.
* The Drummer in ''[[Planetary]]'' is this occasionally, likely because his [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|information-gathering powers]] aren't the most useful in a fight.
* This is [[Donald Duck]]'s role in many adventures with Scrooge McDuck. Scrooge and the nephews might be excited at the prospect of a new adventure. Donald has to be coerced. Particularly evident in "The Twenty-four Carat Moon" (December, 1958) by Carl Barks. He doesn't want to go to a space-travel mission and proclaims "I want to keep my feet on good old Earth". Two panels later, he is in the space-traveling vehicle, chained to his sheat and his feet are standing on a box of dirt. This doesn't stop Donald from being both useful and sarcastic.
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== Films ==
* ''[[Star Wars a New Hope]]'': This definitely describes how C-3PO acts, especially in the first half.
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* 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]]
* 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
* ''[[Geronimo Stilton]]'': Geronimo is continually dragged into adventures, usually literally, by the other characters, despite his assertions that he'd rather stay home and has a lot of work to do.
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[
* Boober in ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' is perpetually
* While most ''[[
** First example: Ian and Barbara, the very ''first'' companions. They were just teachers concerned for their student's well-being; in exchange, an alien kidnaps them, and is such a bad driver that they get pulled along on many adventures before he drops them back home. (Two years later, we should add!)
** Mickey Smith, [[Took a Level
** Similarly, Rory Williams. The only reason he traveled with the Doctor at all was to avoid losing his fiance/wife. Eventually he takes about [[Took a Level
== Video Games ==
* Luigi in the ''[[Mario
* ''[[
* 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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* Craig from ''[[The Allen and Craig Show]]'' is almost always unwilling to go along with Allen's plans, despite almost never seeing as bad an end as Allen does.
* Parodied to ''death'' in the ''[[Charlie the Unicorn]]'' videos.
* Not only does Perf of ''[[Journey Quest]]'' not really want to be on the quest, but given a decent chance he will try (albeit not very hard) to escape his party.
* Phase of the [[Whateley Universe]]. He complains so often that his teammates suggest he change his name to 'Kvetch'.
== 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
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* 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.
* In ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'', Arnold never wants to go, and always ends up wishing that [[Catch Phrase|he'd stayed home that day]]. It's even shown in the opening: "''Please'' let this be a normal field trip!"
* Takua in ''[[Bionicle]]:The Mask of Light''. He tries to get out of his duty as [[The Chosen One]] by making it appear that the mask chose Jaller instead, however, Jaller drags him along anyway.
* Likewise for
* [[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 ''[[
* Dukey from ''[[Johnny Test]]''. "Doggy no go".
* Gus Griswald from ''[[Recess]]''.
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