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“dead weight” (such as [[Small Annoying Creature|cute sidekicks]] or [[Love Interests|love interests]]) that might slow them down by [[Damsel Scrappy|getting into trouble at precisely the wrong time]]. He'll tell the person something akin to “Wait here, if I'm not back in an hour, call the police.”

If they actually listen to the hero, they'll get [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|captured]] or [[Trapped By Mountain Lions]] the moment he's out of earshot. Half the time, though, they'll ignore the hero's advice and go off to do something incredibly stupid (and inevitably [[Distress Ball|end up in hot water]]). You'd think they could take five minutes to call the relevant authorities, or failing that get one of the hero's peers to come help before doing something incredibly stupid, [[Too Dumb to Live|but noooo]].

* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]'' has an interesting variation in the Watanagashi arc. Keiichi and Rena have gotten Mion {{spoiler|actually Shion}} to confess to the murders and convinced her to turn herself in. She agrees, on the condition that she be given a half hour alone with Keiichi. Keiichi agrees, but (understanding that his friend is a homicidal maniac) tells Rena that if he's not back within the time limit, to call the police. Rena does just this. As a result, Keiichi narrowly avoids having several nails hammered into his hand.

* Spoofed in ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'' when Mal goes to meet Inara, knowing it's a trap:

* In ''[[Oceans Eleven]]'', when part of the crew goes to {{spoiler|steal the “pinch,”}} George Clooney expressly tells Matt Damon to wait in the van. He can't take the bickering of the two brothers and leaves, which leads to… complications.

* ''[[The Mask (Film)|The Mask]]''. Stanley Ipkiss does this to his dog Milo before going to confront Dorian Tyrell. Of course Milo disobeys, follows him and saves the day.

* In ''[[The Smurfs (Film)|The Smurfs]]'', the rest of the Smurfs tell this to Clumsy twice while in modern-day New York City. The second time, he actually does stay behind, {{spoiler|which allows him to initiate the [[No One Gets Left Behind]], as Papa had made them all promise not to go back for him — but Clumsy, who wasn't there at the time, never promised anything.}}

* In [[Robert E Howard]]'s ''[[The Devil in Iron (Literature)|The Devil in Iron]]'' [[Conan the Barbarian]] orders Octavia to do this. It doesn't work.

* Dawn in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' often fell into this. (“Dawn's in trouble; [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall|must be Tuesday…]]”) Although to be fair, Xander had this happen to him occasionally (at least twice a season.)

* As shown above in the page image, during The Subspace Emissary in ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'', [[Metal Gear Solid|Snake]] has been very clear to [[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|Zelda]] and [[Super Mario Bros (Franchise)|Peach]].

* [[Evil Diva (Webcomic)|Evil Diva]]: First Dad tells her, then [http://www.evildivacomics.com/?p=330 she tells Cerby].

* Jade in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' lives and breathes this trope. Jackie will say “Stay here,” “Don't play with the [[Cosmic Keystone]],” “Don't try and fight the ancient evil dragon spirit.” And what does she do? The above. It's gotten to the point Jackie should carry chloroform and rope wherever he goes just to subdue her. Or accept she's his [[Sidekick]], train her, and let her be annoying/helpful like a more competent [[The Scrappy|Scrappy]].

* April O'Neil does this in the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, but is at least slightly justified, in that if she listened to the turtles and stayed put, she wouldn't get a story. This was lampshaded in one episode when she trailed some thugs to a warehouse and she calls the turtles for reinforcements.

* Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]''. While the title character and his monkey Abu are exploring the caves full of treasure, Aladdin tells Abu to “wait here” while he goes to get the lamp. As you'd expect, Abu sees a huge gem and goes to grab it, ignoring the warning they received to "[[Forbidden Fruit|touch nothing but the lamp]]" and setting off a lava flow apocalypse.