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* ''[[Torchwood]]'':
** Owen, an apparent attempt to create a [[Ted Baxter|Jack-the-Lad]] type character that failed dismally. In the story world he's supposed to be some kind of [[Casanova|love god]], but the actor playing him is strangely froglike and charm-free. It doesn't help that when we first see him he's getting women to sleep with him by using a special spray he nicked from Torchwood supplies that made him irresistible (which more than a few fans saw as essentially Owen raping unwilling sexual partners). However, in the second series, the writers acknowledged all of this and early on took constant digs at him. [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap|His popularity increased]] with his character arc through the second season, only for {{spoiler|him to be [[Alas, Poor Scrappy|killed off]] in a [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]] final episode}}.
* Kim Bauer from ''[[24]]'', owed heavily to her [[Trapped by Mountain Lions|irrelevant plotlines]] that only [[Filler|take time away from the main story]] than anything she actually does. (Most viewers seriously wanted to see that mountain lion eat her.) Imagine Ashley from ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' except her safety depends on someone the folks on your side of the Fourth Wall cannot control or influence. The only reason she got her job is [[Nepotism|because of her dad’s credentials]], as one character pointed out to her face. She’s whiny, rebellious, oblivious to danger, and many of her Damsel in Distress situations are her fault. Of course, in the early seasons, she was [[Too Dumb to Live]] too, to the point that she was the original [[Trope Namer]] for [[Damsel Scrappy]].
* ''[[Victorious]]'':
** Robbie can be considered this, as he is widely considered to be the most useless of the seven main characters, and sometimes annoying, known to butt into random situations in the weirdest ways possible. Sometimes his puppet Rex can be the source of his annoyance factor to others.
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