If you're important, then it's best to stay safe; all sorts of people might bear a grudge toward you for your decisions, because of who you are, because they want your job, or simply because you're important. This goes double in fiction, where there wouldn't be a plot if someone wasn't after your head. Thus anyone who's anyone needs a bodyguard to watch their back. The problem is, anyone who's anyone in fiction is also able to back it up. This trope concerns bodyguards who are a lot weaker than their charges. Naturally, while there's often no explanation, it can be justified:
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| - If you're important, then it's best to stay safe; all sorts of people might bear a grudge toward you for your decisions, because of who you are, because they want your job, or simply because you're important. This goes double in fiction, where there wouldn't be a plot if someone wasn't after your head. Thus anyone who's anyone needs a bodyguard to watch their back. The problem is, anyone who's anyone in fiction is also able to back it up. This trope concerns bodyguards who are a lot weaker than their charges. Naturally, while there's often no explanation, it can be justified:
* They also perform other functions such as being a Cloudcuckoolander's Minder or a general assistant who happens to be useful in a fight, or indeed they're there for everyone else's protection.
* They came with the position, so the authority figure needs to keep them around as a sign of their office, if only for formal ceremonies. This especially applies to younger badasses, whose parents might insist they have protection.
* Either the bodyguard or their charge likes having the other around.
* Even a Badass finds it useful to have someone else watching their back or keeping an eye out for threats.
* So that the Hidden Badass can look as though they aren't actually as tough as they are.
* A celebrity badass might have bodyguards that help him get mobs of fans out of the way without hurting them, so he doesn't get sued. Keep in mind that they must be specifically guarding or protecting their employer or have it designated as their main role; simply being a Mook in their employ doesn't count (and indeed them being weaker than their boss is to be expected). Compare and contrast: Hypercompetent Sidekick (a reversal), The Dragon (who is usually more powerful than the Big Bad) and Bash Brothers (for when both bodyguard and client are equal in power). This can quite easily happen with a Hero Secret Service if The Hero being guarded is powerful. Often the result of Authority Equals Asskicking. Examples of Bodyguarding a Badass include:
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