The Load/Playing With

Basic Trope: A member of the hero's team is a real liability to the heroes, usually needing to be rescued.
 * Straight: Linda, girlfriend to Harry, tags along on his quests to save the world, often getting herself into trouble he or another member of the team has to bail her out of.
 * Exaggerated: Linda slows the team down every time she shows up.
 * Justified: Harry can handle himself, Linda really can't.
 * Or Linda thinks she can handle it, but can't.
 * Inverted: Linda can handle all the baddies herself.
 * Subverted: Linda is caught,as part of a infliltration plan. It involves escaping on her own and kicking ass.
 * Double Subverted: But she bungles that one too, making Harry's mission even harder.
 * Parodied: Linda slows Harry down in a "World's Slowest Man" contest.
 * Deconstructed: Linda's insistence on going into these dangerous circumstances are very telling about his relationship.
 * Or about Linda herself.
 * Reconstructed: Despite her constantly bringing the team down, Harry needs to have this happen to Linda, it's the only way he can succeed in the first place.
 * Zig Zagged: Sometimes Linda slows the team down, sometimes she doesn't, sometimes she doesn't show up at all.
 * Averted: Linda is actually quite competent.
 * Enforced: The writers write Linda weak thinking it will humanize Harry.
 * Lampshaded: "We have to go save Linda again?"
 * Defied: Linda never goes into conflict with Harry, she knows it'll cause more problems.
 * Discussed: "Oh crap, Linda's here." "I know, how long before she breaks a heel and we have to carry her again?"