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{{trope}}
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{{quote|“If the Hero says ‘wait here,’ it really doesn't matter whether you obey him or not. If you stay, you will be captured by the Evil Overlord's henchmen as soon as the Hero is out of earshot. If you tag along, you will be caught by the Evil Overlord's henchmen as you stumble along. Don't agonize over your decision.”|[http://web.archive.org/web/20080224002204/www.geocities.com/evilsnack/sidekick.htm The Things I Will Do if I Am Ever the Sidekick]}}
Whenever our hero has to go off and do something important, they first decide to dump off any
“dead weight” (such as [[Small Annoying Creature|cute sidekicks]] or [[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.”
This almost never helps.
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]].
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{{quote|'''Paradine''': “Now you stay here. If you hear a shot, you get back to the lieutenant at a fast gallop…If you haven't heard from me in 15 minutes, you get back there anyway.”}}
* 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.)
* Mickey and Rose do this in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''The Girl in the Fireplace'', wandering off to explore after he just told them not to run off.
** As indicated by the page quote, the Doctor has been facing this problem for forty years.
*** [[Timey-Wimey Ball|His time, their time, or our time?]]
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* 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|Zelda]] and [[Super Mario Bros.|Peach]].
** Although they don't listen to him, they actually don't get into any trouble and make themselves quite useful. Peach manages to recruit Fox, and they both help out in the fight against Duon, after which Peach adds yet ''another'' useful member into the team; Mr. Game & Watch.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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