Useless Boyfriend: Difference between revisions

* Shows up quite often in ''[[Touhou Project]]'' fan fiction, due in part to the fact that many such fanfics involve [[Muggle]] humans accidentally finding themselves in [[Magical Land|Gensokyo]], a land whose chief population seems to be magic bullet-shooting [[Action Girl]]s.

 

* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'s boyfriend in seasons 4-5, Riley, was a [[Badass Normal]] who was completely and utterly outclassed by [[Super Strength|Buffy.]] The show even [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructs the trope,]] with all the [[Unfortunate Implications]] that come along with it. Riley eventually feels useless (in combat and even emotionally because Buffy refuses to really open up to or rely on him when she needs help) and weak compared to Buffy and leaves her. Later it turns out that he marries a different, and less [[Super Empowering|empowered]] [[Action Girl]] with whom he can form a more equal [[Battle Couple]].

* In ''[[Charmed]]'', Cole turned into this after his [[Heel Face Turn]], but then turned into a [[Muggle]].