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Phileas Fogg: Watch out on the right! (Passepartout turns around to find nothing) ...No, no, my right.In a crisis, nobody wants to feel useless or left out. They may want to run away, but otherwise they'll usually try to help. The problem is, sometimes this help turns out to be rather unhelpful. Depending on the situation, it can be anywhere from irritating to downright dangerous, for the "helper" and the "helpee." As such, this situation can have several different outcomes, ranging from simple annoyance on the part of the people being inconvenienced to extremely dire consequences that involve a lot of people getting killed. Compare Chronic Hero Syndrome, Unwanted Rescue, Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like.
(Passepartout gets ganged up on)
Passepartout: STOP HELPING ME!
Phileas Fogg: (sheepishly) Sorry.
(Passepartout gets ganged up on)
Passepartout: STOP HELPING ME!
Phileas Fogg: (sheepishly) Sorry.
— Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
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Anime & Manga
- Bokurano has our little friend Koyemushi, which is supposed to be the guide for the kids while on Zearth. While he is forced to obey the kids while they are contracted, he is extremely cynical, cruel, and will often "forget" to give out certain pieces of information, all because he loves to see the kids agonize and cry. Extra points for actually helping the kids exclusively when he knew it would hurt them more than it would help them.
- Future GPX Cyber Formula: Earlier in the series, Asurada tries to teach its partner Hayato how to drive properly, but he ignores his advices, and he even tries to destroy Asurada when the machine indirectly caused the crash involving him and his friend Johji (which resulted in the latter's retirement from Cyber Formula).
- In Infinite Stratos, When Houki, Rin, and Cecilia all try to explain to Ichika how to use the IS with their Techno Babble, it only serves to confuse him. On the other hand, Charles offers to duel Ichika, and after sounding stomping him, he offers some tips on Ichika's weaknesses and explains things that makes it easy for him to understand. He also helps train Ichika on using a rifle, and seems a bit too friendly, causing the girls to get quite jealous.
- In Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!, Shougo runs away from Miyabi and Konoe in episode 3 due to their insistence on "training him to like girls".
- Legendz: In the manga, Ken gains possession of the Golden Soul Doll, except that he doesn't want to use it — he even goes so far as to dodge the beam that the Golden Soul Doll gives Shiron when they're almost down for the count. Eventually, of course, he gets so tired that he has to give in, and Shiron transforms massively. More a case of Holding Back the Phlebotinum, but in this case, the Phlebotinum is actively trying to help. The reason Ken doesn't want to use it is because he's afraid he'll start relying on it to get him out of every scrape.
- The Mazinger series:
- Mazinger Z: Several times Kouji complained Sayaka she was getting in the way, hindering him and making more harm than good. And even though he can have a point, he could telling it in a more tactful way...
- Great Mazinger: Jun Hono was a Tsundere Action Girl with a worth-of-years extensive training like mecha pilot and martial artist. Likewise, her Humongous Mecha Venus A was clearly more powerful than the Mazinger Z Fem Bots). During her first mecha battle she fought the Mykene War Beast skilfully, gaining the upper hand several times. She could have won... if Boss would have not gotten in the way EVERY TIME she was about of finishing the Robeast off, telling her girls should not fight and he would look after the Mykene monster. Whenever she managed to shove him off, the War Beast had recovered and she had to begin again. The ironical part is Boss thought he was being chivalrous, charming and kind instead of an offensive and hindering nuisance.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL has Yuma, who is irritated by Astral frequently giving him advice on what moves to execute in his duels, despite the fact that he is totally clueless without the help. In one early episode, in fact, Yuma gets so angry at Astral that he tells him he will not do what Astral tells him to do from this point. Astral then starts purposely giving Yuma ''bad'' advice, and as expected, Yuma does the exact opposite, which turns out to be what he has to do in order to win.
- No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!, Tomoko Kuroki's PE/Homeroom teacher notices that she has no friends and repeatedly tries to, rather bluntly and in a rather humiliating fashion, help her get friends or make it easier for her. Tomoko definitely wishes she'd stop doing that.
- Spider-Man attracts his share of wannabe heroes who are always looking to help him out. From the bumbling but earnest Frog-Man to portly wunderkind the Steel Spider, for a time in the 80s Spidey just couldn't get away from would-be sidekicks who screwed up everything that he tried to do. Reaches its zenith in The Amazing Spider-Man #266 by Peter David, where Spidey's big crisis is The Toad, Frog-Man, and the Spectacular Spider-Kid all competing with each other for the privilege of being his sidekick.
- Reverend James Maddox, in X-Factor, has noticed a consistent association between members of X-Factor trying to help him and his life being in danger.
- In the first appearance of Supergirl (a construct created when Jimmy Olsen wished Superman had a companion), she tried to assist Supes but kept screwing things up. For example, when she tried to put out a fire with Super Breath, it was so powerful, it knocked the building over.
- Betty Kane, who was the first Batgirl and current Flamebird. She is so useless that even Beast Boy does not count on her, although later her uselessness dropped when she Took a Level in Badass.
- What's New? with Phil and Dixie on helpful animal companions: "...These are worse."
- There is a Closer to Home comic strip, where a plumber stuck a plunger onto the face of the woman whose toilet he was fixing. The caption said something along the lines of "Despite (woman's name) helpful advice, (plumber's name) felt that he had a handle on the problem."
- There seem to be a whole lot of powerful beings, ranging from physical computer programs to Sufficiently Advanced Aliens, who are compassionate enough to try to rescue that poor Kryptonian orphan Superman from the horrible brainwashing and abuse he's been subjected to by those savage, vile, inferior humans who are unworthy to breathe the same air as him. Supes doesn't really appreciate this, the Ungrateful Bastard.
- From the Disney Ducks Comic Universe, Donald Duck's cousin Fethry genuinely wants to help everyone — particularly Donald, whom he considers his favorite cousin — but his "help" tends to create more problems than it solves. A Nice Guy for sure, but a Cloudcuckoolander Determinator and borderline Klutz who never seems to learn when to leave well enough alone.
- This is generally the response to Chase using fire-spewing gloves to fight a rock monster, in Runaways.
Gert: Great job, genius! Now we have a flaming rock monster attacking us!
Films — Animation
- In The Incredibles, Mr. Incredible encounters a really annoying boy who tries to be his sidekick. When turned down, the boy gets mad and grows up to become the villain.
- Although by the end of the movie he's actually managed to be fairly helpful, Mushu of Mulan starts off as an incredibly awful companion to her. Witness how he tries to help her "befriend" her fellow soldiers, thus leading to a free-for-all, a great deal of resentment, and a very bad first impression on Shang. Not to mention his advice on how to be a man is at best contradictory and at worst, just plain wrong. What makes this worse is that the only way he'll ever get in good with the ancestors again is if he succeeds in making Mulan a hero — so his pathetic attempts to help Mulan not only make things worse for herself, they shoot him in the foot as well. Mulan got it better than the last member of the Fa family Mushu got assigned to, however: apparently Mushu got demoted from his position as a guardian because his guidance led to Fa Deng getting his head chopped off.
- In El Arca (Noah's Ark), in the English dub at least, Xiro and Dagnino are having their final battle, and this happens-
Kyrel: I'd like to see if you'll dare clobber the real king!
Dagnino: *punches the daylights out of Xiro*
Kyrel: Are you so cruel as to kick him when he's down?!
Dagnino: Haha! Yes, I am. *kicks Xiro into a wall*
Xiro: Will you stop giving him ideas?!
Films — Live-Action
- In Hudson Hawk, Anna tries to help Eddie (Bruce Willis), who's fighting Battle Butler Alfred, with a gun. Unfortunately, she's never fired a gun before. Her first shot ricochets off Eddie's belt buckle, causing him to quote the Fifth Commandment.note Her next shot wings him, causing him to exclaim "Stop helping me!".
- Jackie Chan's Passepartout in the 2004 remake of Around the World in 80 Days yelled to Fogg to stop trying to help, in the middle of a big fight with multiple opponents.
- Jackie Chan also does this in Rush Hour, when his partner (played by Chris Tucker) tries to shout directions at him in a fight.
"On your left!"(Chan gets hit by an enemy on his right)"No, your other left!""Stop helping me!"
- The Producers: In the original movie, when Leo Bloom stands up at their trial to speak in Max Bialystock's defense, he starts by listing all of Max's faults and shortcomings. "Stop helping me," Max says.
- In All of Me, Roger provides a concise summary of the ways that Edwina, whose soul has been trapped inside his body for a large part of the film, has tried to help him, and the less-than-desirable effects this has had:
Roger: Since you started helping me, in the last twenty-four hours, I've lost my girl, my job, I've alienated my dog! I broke my sunglasses! You can't even get that kind anymore. Stop helping me!!
- Mr. Shoop from Summer School (1987), an hour and seven minutes in, goes to court and his students try to help him, to which he replies, "Guys, don't help."
- Neo holds this attitude towards "Kid" in the sequels to The Matrix.
- In John Woo's Broken Arrow, the Big Bad tells one of his henchmen, with gritted teeth, "Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" when they're in a fight with the main protagonist.
- In Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Harry manages to blurt this out a few times to Gay Perry, who is fiercely pissing off the thug who has some electrodes attached to Harry's googlies.
- The Abyss: When Lindsey is trying to get the rest of the crew to believe her about the underwater aliens, Hippy, the resident conspiracy nut, goes into his usual Conspiracy Kitchen Sink speech. This results in a zinger:
Lindsey: Hippy, do me a favor? Stay off my side.
- Sir Robin's minstrels in Monty Python and the Holy Grail praise him as a hero to potential enemies he'd rather run away from.
- In True Lies, Gib is trying to help Harry get over his wife cheating on him (she isn't, but Harry thinks she is):
Harry Tasker: Stop cheering me up!
- In Shaun of the Dead, friends' help is just as likely to hurt, to the point of a Running Gag. During Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" scene, Diane 'helps' Shaun fend off a zombie bartender by throwing darts, with mixed success.
Shaun [after Diane scores a hit]': Yes! In the head! Aaaaow!
- In Diamonds Are Forever, James Bond switches out a real computer tape for a fake one to derail a villain's plan ... only to find that his latest Bond Girl, out to be helpful, also switched the tapes.
Bond: You stupid twit, you put the real one back!
- Team America: World Police. Paris is attacked by four terrorists. Yes, you read that right: 4 terrorists. The titular protagonists head there to save the day. By the end, all of the terrorists are dead... along with hundreds of Parisians. Oh, and the Eiffel Tower and The Louvre are lying in ruin.
- In the novel based on the Infocom game Wishbringer, the hero is supplied with a magic radio that provides helpful advice and alerts him to danger... by turning itself on and playing music very loudly, invariably alerting the danger to him as well.
- Harry Potter:
- Dobby may be the personification of this trope. His attempts to "save" Harry from danger inevitably led to Harry being worse off, and in the end Harry makes him promise to "never try to save my life again." ...He broke that promise, too, leading to his death.
- Percy has a few examples:
- At one point, Harry alludes to a game of chess with Ron that he might not have lost so badly if Percy hadn't been trying to help him every second.
- Another Percy example occurs in Prisoner of Azkaban, when Harry is depressed over not being allowed to visit the wizarding village of Hogsmeade. His other friends try to cheer him up by promising to bring him home candy and such. Percy offers what Harry considers the worst attempt to cheer him up, by trying to describe Hogsmeade as dull and not worth the excitement, but only manages to make it sound like a lot of fun.
- In Life, the Universe, and Everything, Zaphod Beeblebrox's ship, the Heart of Gold, is invaded by deadly robots from the planet Krikkit. In an attempt to gain passage to the bridge without the robots noticing, Zaphod instructs a door to be completely silent upon entering, instead of its usual content sigh. It then proceeds to loudly ask him immediately afterwards if it did a good job.
- Relatively minor example, in the picture book "Too Many Babas", everybody attempts to help out with the stew to the point it tastes like crap.
- In Darth Bane, during the Duel on Tython in the second book of the trilogy, Johun Othone's attempts to help are more a hindrance than a benefit. Darth Zannah herself remarks that had Johun not constantly been getting in the way of Sarro Xaj while both fought Zannah, she would have died. Later on, he does get called away. And she very nearly does get killed. Fortunately, Bane indirectly saves her.
- Don Quixote: Many characters (most memorably Andres, the flogged boy) react this way to Don Quixote's interference.
'For the love of God, sir knight-errant, if you ever meet me again, though you may see them cutting me to pieces, give me no aid or succour, but leave me to my misfortune, which will not be so great but that a greater will come to me by being helped by your worship, on whom and all the knights-errant that have ever been born God send his curse
- The Enchanted Forest Chronicles:
- In Searching for Dragons, Mendabar has only one servant - an elf named Willin. Unfortunately for him, Willin is hellbent on fixing stupid things like Mendabar's dungeons and torture chambers not being properly stocked (as Mendabar notes, they haven't used those rooms for ages). He also keeps trying to arrange meetings between Mendabar and "proper" princesses, which angers Mendabar so much that he threatens to stick Willin in the rack he wanted to have bought, just for suggesting it.
- In Talking to Dragons, the baby dragon's "shortcut" gets Daystar and Shiara caught by an evil firewitch. His next one turns out slightly better, in that they unexpectedly run into an ally instead of an enemy. By the time he offers a third shortcut through some underground caverns, the others are Genre Savvy enough to go with the instructions they were given.
- In Dealing With Dragons, Cimorene has an unending stream of knights and princes showing up to "save" her from the dangerous dragon she's been "kidnapped" by. It's not until the second book that she figures out how to direct them towards princes who do actually want to be rescued.
- The Manuscript Found in Saragossa: Busqueros, a smug nobleman who loves "helping" people (often by manipulating them into marriage), and doesn't seem overtly concerned that his "help" more often than not ends up more or less badly for the recipient (up to and including causing their death.) If he thinks he knows how to do you a favor, he'll latch onto you and won't leave you, ever, and act very offended if you complain.
- In the misnamed book Moses May Have Been an Apache and Other Actual Facts, it mentions a Dane who was executed for being "too helpful".
- The novels of P. G. Wodehouse include several characters so inept that you're better off without them on your side.
- Bertie Wooster from Wooster And Jeeves, when he attempts to be The Chessmaster, can turn any minor predicament into a catastrophe.
- Edwin the Boy Scout keeps getting behind on his "good deed a day" schedule and then causing trouble for his intended recipients by rushing to make up for it.
- In Pride and Prejudice, Mrs Bennet's sole goal in life is to ensure that her daughters are married to eligible, respectable gentlemen, a goal she throws herself into with single-minded obsession. However, Mrs Bennet is also an incredibly tactless and ill-mannered woman who, in her enthusiasm to charm said gentlemen (or gloat to others about her daughters having charmed them) tends to come off as a Gold Digger-by-proxy. This, as Mr Darcy points out in a letter to her daughter Elizabeth, has had the effect of discouraging at least two of these gentlemen (including himself) from proposing to her daughters.
Live-Action TV
- In The Beverly Hillbillies, as Jed tries to soothe the raging Granny, this exchange occurs:
- Jed: Why don't ya sit on the porch an' rock a spell...
Elly May: And play your harp!
Jethro: Yeah, that generally cools your temper!
Granny: WHAT TEMPER?!?
Jethro: Well, even Uncle Jed says you's a savage beast...
Jed: Don't help me, boy.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
- Season 3, episode "Dead Man's Party".
Cordelia: Put yourself in Buffy's shoes for just a minute, okay? I'm Buffy: Freak of Nature, right? Naturally, I pick a freak for a boyfriend, and then he turns into Mr. Killing Spree, which is pretty much my fault—
Buffy: Cordy! Get out of my shoes!
Cordelia: I'm just trying to help.
- And later that season, in the episode "Doppelgangland", when Buffy and Xander try to cheer Willow up.
Willow: Old Reliable? Yeah, great, there's a sexy nickname.
Buffy: Well, I-I didn't mean it as...
Willow: No, it's fine. I'm Old Reliable.
Xander: She just means, you know, the geyser. You're like a geyser of fun that goes off at regular intervals.
Willow: That's Old Faithful.
Xander: Isn't that the dog that-that the guy had to shoot...
Willow: That's Old Yeller!
Buffy: Xander, I beg you not to help me.
- Similarly, Buffy tells Xander "Maybe you shouldn't help" in "Amends", after his hilarious attempt to threaten Willy the Snitch. (Afterwards, Willy deadpans "You did great, by the way. I was very intimidated by you." Xander buys it.)
- Season 3, episode "Dead Man's Party".
- Comes up in Angel, too, after Wesley kills an android disguised as his father, fully believing at the moment when he pulled the trigger that it WAS his father. His friends attempt to comfort him by telling stories about times in the past when they've had to kill their own parents as well. ("You know, I killed my mum. Well, first I made her a vampire, and then she tried to shag me, and THEN...") It isn't terribly comforting.
- In the early episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Data has a habit of giving out information that's either more detailed than needed (prime example is giving out even the milliseconds of a time span) or not even asked for (like defining a term he heard along with listing related terms and information). He's usually interrupted by the annoyed Picard as sort of a Running Gag. This happens in the later episodes as well, but less often due to Data catching on to the more obvious cases. Some specific examples:
- From "Up The Long Ladder," regarding the name of a ship:
Data: Mariposa. The Spanish word for "butterfly".
Picard: Thank you, Data.
Data: I thought it might be significant, sir.
Picard: It doesn't appear to be, Data.
Data: No, sir.
- In one instance, the ship's computer cut in while he was talking and said, "Thank you, sir. I comprehend."
- From "Up The Long Ladder," regarding the name of a ship:
- A tweaking of this has appeared on The Daily Show in the recurring segment "You're not helping!", in which Jon lambastes someone for an idiotic statement or action that counteracts what their expressed purpose is.
- Little House on the Prairie Carrie tries to help Caroline with the laundry, but ends up dropping some linens onto the soil. Needless to say, Caroline tells Carrie to please stop helping.
- Seems to happen fairly frequently in Arrested Development. Usually they're just out for personal gain but occasionally they're sincerely trying to be useful. One obvious example is with Michael's girlfriend Rita, whom his family ultimately kidnaps, drugs, and beats. And that's when they were trying to be helpful.
- Another lesser example is when George Michael plans a surprise party for Maeby. This causes her to lose the lucrative profession she'd only barely fallen into in the first place.
- Anything to do with Lindsay being a stay-at-home mother. George Michael has to perpetually hover over her to keep her from destroying the house.
- Tobias' brief and clueless stint as "The Mole". He does a pretty poor job and screws everything up for everyone.
- Any doctor. Any doctor at all.
- Almost any time a character save for Maeby (who, in this show's rare example of a subversion of this trope, actually helps when she tries to) attempts to be helpful, they fail abysmally.
- Good Eats: Don't say it! Culinary anthropologist!
- M*A*S*H: In the episode "Promotion Commotion", many of the enlisted men were up for promotion and were trying to ingratiate themselves to Hawkeye and BJ, who were on the promotions committee. While Hawkeye was chatting up a nurse, Sgt. Rizzo joined the conversation and told the nurse what a great guy Hawkeye was, prompting the nurse to leave and Hawkeye to yell at Rizzo that he didn't want his help.
- In Red Dwarf series IV episode "Justice," Rimmer is put on trial for killing the entire crew of the Red Dwarf. Kryten serves as Rimmer's defense attorney. His argument is that Rimmer exaggerated his own importance in the events.
Kryten: I simply have to establish that you're a neurotic, under-achieving emotional retard whose ambition far outstrips his miniscule ability, and consequently blames himself for an accident for which he could not possibly have been responsible..
Rimmer: You're going to prove that I was innocent of negligence on the grounds that I'm a half-witted incompetent?
- Being Human:
- In one episode, Tully gives George advice on how to get a date with Nina. Said advice pretty much boils down to crudely hitting on her (Tully...isn't the most refined person) and George does not realize why that might offend a girl. Nina, being her Deadpan Snarker self, has a few words in return.
- Later in the season, Annie tries to help Mitchell get a new job by sitting in on his interview and coaching him nonstop. All this does is distract him and make him look insane, since he, as a vampire, can see Annie but the human woman he's interviewing with can't. Annie's next attempt at helping him (forging a letter of recommendation) actually does help him get the job.
- In That Metal Show, Eddie Trunk can't stand when the co-hosts and guests "help" him when he's trying to puzzle out a Stump the Trunk answer, mainly because said "help" is anything but.
Professional Wrestling
- One of the more common tropes back in the territory days to create friction between friends/tag team partners was to have one try and help the other during a match, only for it to go horribly wrong.
Tabletop Games
- This is the general reaction Sin Eaters have to Hunters in the New World of Darkness. Sin Eaters are humans who died, but came back by agreeing to share their body with a Geist (a hybrid of human ghost and death spirit). As a result, they have a wide array of necromantic powers, from the innate ability to see and touch ghosts, to arcane rituals that can be used to send ghosts forcibly back to the underworld and make them stay there. Hunters, meanwhile, are ordinary humans who are trying to take a stand against the creatures of the night. Whilst some select groups do have access to magic (or near-magical technology), as a general rule, they have very little they can do to detect or interact with ghosts. More often than not, if the hunters even realize the ghosts are there, they tend to make things worse, complicating the mission of the Sin Eaters. And that's without getting into the fact that Fantastic Racism means hunters will tend to mistake Sin Eaters as witches or people suffering from Demonic Possession and react accordingly. Which generally translates to trying to murder the Sin Eaters.
- "When the Foeman Bares His Steel", from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, has police officers singing about how song helps them gain courage for the battle with the pirates. Then, the woman chorus tries to help. By praising their noble sacrifice in facing pirates, focusing all on how screwed the policemen are. The chief goes on to "observe too great a stress on the risks that on them pressed, and of reference a lack to their chance of coming back. Still, perhaps, it would be wise not to carp or criticize, for it's very evident these attentions were well-meant..."
Theme Parks
- In the Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Across Time show at Universal Studios, this is The Terminator's response to John Connor's repeatedly telling him how close the baddie was.
Video Games
- When Trevor first meets the Lost Soul in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate, it states its intention to guide the Belmont on his journey. A few lines later, it reveals that Trevor will fail on his mission and You Can't Fight Fate. Trevor promptly whips it, breaks its mask, and renders it speechless for the remainder of the game. Interestingly, when Trevor's son Simon meets the Lost Soul during his quest, his reaction to its silent presence is more positive.
- In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Toadsworth stops the brothers to explain how to escort Peach through the desert, delaying them long enough for Peach to wander off and get kidnapped.
Web Animation
- In Red vs. Blue we have Caboose. The character that is so inept that other characters tell him that their enemies are on their side, just so Caboose will "teamkill" his enemies. They even have a macro on their keyboards at command to record Caboose's teamkills (Ctrl+F+U).
- Private Partz in A Day in the Life of a Commissar, a Dawn of War Machinima, brings down all three Space Marine heroes on poor Commissar Steeve, by saying things like: "I bet he could take on all three of ya! even if you had, like, Psychic Powers!"
- The Order of the Stick
- Elan's enthusiastic attempts to help his friends with his music are sometimes... less than useful.
Elan: ♪ Bluff, Bluff, Bluff, Bluff the stupid ogre! ♪
- Possibly even better:
Elan: ♪ Sneak, Sneak, Sneak Sneak silently across the battlefield! ♪
Haley: Elan, that's the one example the Players' Handbook gives of a situation where that doesn't work!
- Elan's enthusiastic attempts to help his friends with his music are sometimes... less than useful.
- Girl Genius:
- Happens all the time in Schlock Mercenary.
- On one occasion, when Schlock accidentally lets slip to the clients they're planning to con that they made plans to... well, con them. Elf manages to explain it away as a security precaution.
Schlock: Nice cover.
Elf: Stop helping.
- In this strip Dr. Bunnigus tells Schlock to shut up while she's trying to counsel a distraught Para Ventura over her fear about killing others.
- On one occasion, when Schlock accidentally lets slip to the clients they're planning to con that they made plans to... well, con them. Elf manages to explain it away as a security precaution.
- Done in this Darths & Droids comic.
- Gail hits Ben with this line in When She Was Bad.
- Weregeek
- A Shadowrun campaign where a pyromaniacal rigger Twitch (Abbie's PC) saved Aeon (Mark's PC):
Mark: You're totally not allowed to rescue me any more.
- Later his PC needs some help once more:
Abbie: Never fear!! Twitch will come to the rescue!
GM: Heh. I don't even need to throw bad guys at you. I just have to give Twitch half a chance and you all go boom!
- A Shadowrun campaign where a pyromaniacal rigger Twitch (Abbie's PC) saved Aeon (Mark's PC):
- In Life With Lamarr, Kleiner's "helpful advice" drives Magnusson insane.
- In Impure Blood, Dara resents her bodyguard, but since she didn't hire her, can't get rid of her. Not that Elnor likes it very much either.
- In Sinfest, after Squiggly ruined Slick's date, he volunteers to help with fixing this. Slick explains what he wants his friend to do.
- Happens to Big Boss in The Last Days of FOXHOUND.
- Jareth in Roommates is really enthusiastic about helping his friends but he sucks at being good or even at vaguely helpful. Direct examples: His plan for fixing his roommate's relationship involved turning the guy into a kid again. And when they needed to rescue someone from a stuck elevator he was the one shouting and being in the way (at least he wasn't the one with the dynamite).
- Erfworld has most of Stanley The Tool's major units take this attitude towards their boss. In the second book Maggie uses hypnosis and thus successfully asks Stanley to put Lord Hamster in charge and leave their headquarters so that he could think. This is actually a double example, as it was the exact opposite of Lord Hamster's actual plan to promote someone on-site since the command bonus would be enough to turn the tide.
Lord Hamster: Y'know... as far as helping his own cause goes, Stanley is somewhere between Gilligan and Starscream.
- Kin in Goblins yells to stop helping, when Minmax stabs her a second time while attempting to stab the alternate Kin who's attacking her.
- Freefall: When talking with the police about Clippy, in this strip, Mr. Kornada is forced to order Blunt to shut up, in spite of Blunt believing he was helping Kornada by revealing that he was responsible for the release of Gardener in the Dark.
- Ursula's specialty in Precocious, demonstrated especially during the Fall Festival.
Web Original
- In the webseries TotalBiscuit and the Yogscast 'play' Magicka, Simon Lane is prone to this, though he is not the only one of the three. An incident caused by Lewis Brindley named the third episode Please Stop Healing Me.
- The general premise of "Gandalf Goes to the World Cup." The new members of the Fellowship use vuvuzelas as their method of furthering the quest. Hilarity Ensues.
- In There Will Be Brawl, Link finally says it: "SHUT THE FUCK UP, NAVI!", and throws his canteen at her.
Western Animation
- ReBoot has several of these. In one episode, the people of Mainframe get dumbed down to the point of utter stupidity, and during a Game session, try to help Enzo by getting in the way. He only manages to save the day by convincing them to 'help' the User. In another episode, two binomes sneak into the Game and set off an explosion that blew up a planet to beat the User. Unfortunately, they were INSIDE the planet at the time and only escaped by the narrowest of margins. This prompts Bob to give an informational seminar on the nature of Games and why they should stay the hell out.
- In the episode of Sealab 2021 where the guys' evil twins show up, Bizarro Dr. Quinn "helps" out Bizarro Sparks, by shattering the jar that houses his disembodied head which is the only thing keeping him alive, then pouring salt on him while jumping up and down while shouting "I'm helping!"
- Robin's doppelganger Larry, from an episode of Teen Titans, a parody of the aforementioned Bat-Mite.
- From The Spectacular Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus should really think about kicking Electro out of the Sinister Six: in "Group Therapy" he (accidentally) electrocuted Doc Ock SEVERAL TIMES in his attempt to kill Spider-Man. Not happy with that, he, along with Shocker, knocked out Rhino, thanks to Spidey's Deadly Dodging. Then, in "Reinforcements" he tried to free the Vulture from Spidey's web... by, once again, electrocuting him. Oh, but that doesn't end here: in "Shear Strengh", Spider-Man intentionally presses his Berserk Button by calling him repeatedly Max (his real name), making him shoot lightning bolts everywhere. The result? The destruction of the Master Planner's base.
- Justice League:
- Flash, Batman and the Martian Manhunter are trying to fly a Thannagarian ship, which is currently on the lawn of Wayne Manor. Flash, being his usual self, randomly presses a button on the ship's control panel out of curiosity. The button turns out to be the "fire" button for the ship's armaments, which leads to a rather large hole in Wayne Manor.
Batman: That's. Not. Helping.
- Lobo strong-arming himself into the Justice League following Superman's death in "Hereafter". It's clear the others only tolerate him because it's easier than not keeping him under their supervision, and when they finally get the impetus to kick him out in the end:
Lobo: Next time you lollipops need help, don't bother asking the Main Man!
J'honn: We didn't ask you this time!
- Flash, Batman and the Martian Manhunter are trying to fly a Thannagarian ship, which is currently on the lawn of Wayne Manor. Flash, being his usual self, randomly presses a button on the ship's control panel out of curiosity. The button turns out to be the "fire" button for the ship's armaments, which leads to a rather large hole in Wayne Manor.
- One episode of Danny Phantom had Jazz fill this role for Danny, becoming his "sidekick" after finding out his secret identity. She not only refuses to listen to Danny's knowledge on ghosts, but also hacks into his computer to look at his ghost files, gives names to ghosts that Danny already knows, gets in Danny's way when he's trying to fight, and is generally unhelpful. This eventually leads to him screaming the trope name in a rather Punctuated! For! Emphasis! fashion.
- From Krypto the Superdog ep. 47, "Bat Hound and the Robin", has Robbie the Robin wanting to becomes Ace's sidekick after he saves his life. Unfortunately, his attempts to "help" all end up getting worse and worse for the Bat Hound, to the point the usually Stoic dog flees Gotham City and the persistent Robin to hide into Krypto's spaceship.
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
- Rarity tends to react this way whenever her little sister tries to help her with things.
- Also what happens whenever Derpy tries to help with setting up for a party.
- This is the plot of the episode "Spike at your Service". After Applejack saves Spike from a pack of timberwolves (wolf monsters made out of wood that regenerate Dry Bones-style when killed), he feel that he owes his life to her and starts helping her at the farm. After his help causes too much trouble, the ponies decide to fake another timberwolf attack for Spike to stop, in order to make him feel as if he repaid his "debt" and stop helping.
- One episode of Captain Planet and the Planeteers has an annoying little boy who is obsessed with becoming a hero and constantly screwing up. When his school bus is caught in smog and everyone panics, he yells, "Turn on the headlights!" and tries to do it himself, but opens the door instead, letting in the smog and choking everyone. When Wheeler gets injured, he steals his ring and charges into battle, despite Wheeler warning him that only a chosen one can properly use the ring. Sure enough, when the kid tries to blast the villain, he can't control the fire and blows up random stuff.
- In the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Michaelangelo is even more prone to this than ever. The most obvious example is when his brothers are arguing about how to pick a lock in a Kraang stronghold, Mikey asks whether any of them had bothered just hitting the nearby button... Which actually activates the alarm. Which all of them knew because they had all seen the same buttons used to activate the alarm system in the past... include Mikey. He still presses the button before anyone can stop him.
- Sofia the First: When Sofia went hiking with her fellow buttercup scouts, King Roland was afraid she'd get hurt and ordered Baileywick to go along. Baileywick insisted in doing things for her, which made her lose several chances of earning merit badges. And she was just one away from winning a sunflower pin.
- In the Codename: Kids Next Door episode "Operation L.U.N.C.H." the villain is Robin Hood imitator Robin Food, who takes food from kids at school and gives it to the elderly. The elderly, of course, have difficulty eating the solid food that he brings them and would rather he bring them something easier to chew. Which is what he's supposed to be doing in the first place since he works in a nursing home cafeteria.
- By the Hurricane! episode of Western Animation/Ameri Francine now has this attitude towards Stan in a crisis. She points out how, in every previous crisis the family has gone through, Stan's poor judgement and Insane Troll Logic have made situations even worse. No matter how rational Stan's ideas sound, they're all doomed to failure simply because he thought them up. Naturally, Stan doesn't listen to Francine and insists on trying to fix the situation. By the episode's end, he's managed to turn the house upside down, flood it, and let loose both a shark and a bear. Hayley and Steve get mauled by the shark and bear respectively, Stan knocks Jeff out in an effort to calm him down, he electrocutes Roger, and impales Francine to the wall with a javelin through her shoulder. The family is only saved by the arrival of their neighbor Buckle, who uses tranquilizer darts on the shark, the bear, and Stan. He says he wasn't sure who was doing the most damage.
Real Life
- The Cracked article "5 Popular Forms of Charity (That Aren't Helping)" has several examples that fall under this:
- Breast cancer awareness campaigns, in order to make themselves more marketable, often misrepresent the problem by focusing on young, sexy women instead of the older women who are the most likely to get breast cancer.
- Participation in awareness campaigns in general makes people less likely to give money to charity, as they feel that they've already done their part.
- Clothing donations pretty much crippled the textile industries in African nations, since they can't hope to compete with floods of free clothing donated by the West. It's also incredibly inefficient, taking up space on transports that could go to food and medicine.
- Earmarking the money you donate so that it goes to a particular cause can lead to the more high-profile causes getting more attention at the expense of others. After the 2004 tsunami, charities started building McMansions in Indonesia in order to do something with all the money that had been earmarked for housing, and Japan received so much aid after the 2011 earthquake/tsunami that they had to tell aid workers to stop coming in.
- Volunteering to do aid work overseas is usually a bad idea unless you are properly trained for what it is you're doing and you know the local language and customs. There are tons of people already there who can do the work you're doing, and you'll wind up getting in the way and consuming food and water that could go to the people you're trying to help. This is especially true in the critical few days and weeks after a major natural disaster where many thousands of people are in need of rescue (case in point, the thousands trapped beneath rubble after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake). Unless you're trained for this sort of thing specifically, you'll just waste everyone's time.
- Snooker phenomenon Ronnie O'Sullivan once insisted that the referee measure whether a re-spotted ball would fit on its mark (which it clearly didn't), which necessitated laboriously removing and marking several other balls. Although the ref dutifully completed the manoeuvre, she did remark, "Ronnie, I could do this a lot faster if you weren't helping me!" when he wouldn't stop commenting on her performance.
- In the 2012 Abu Dhabi GP Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen got a little fed up with his engineer updating him over the pit to car radio first telling him to "leave me alone, I know what I'm doing", and then when being reminded to keep his tyres up to temperature during a safety car period; "Yes, I'm doing all the tyres. You don't have to remind me every second". Räikkönen proved he didn't need the help by winning the race, but saw the funny side by distributing t-shirts with his statements on to the team.
- Geraldo Rivera in 2003 tried to help viewers at home understand where he and the troops he was with were by sketching out a map in the sand, showing the objective, then showing where he was in relation to it. Arguments have been made on both sides of the matter- that the enemy was unlikely to be able to find the troops based off of this, or that his actions lead to many deaths by alerting the enemy to the army's actions. It is generally agreed to have been a dumb maneuver on Rivera's part.
- Deliberately used in the lead-up to the 1953 coup in Iran, where the communist Tedah party threw support towards the Prime Minister (also the target of MI6/CIA propaganda) in order to discredit him further, since he actively and vocally opposed policies they wanted to enact.


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Thank goodness for local officials
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To The Editor: In the midst of the tragedy the so-called mental health reform has created, Henderson County is a beacon of hope.
The Times-News has provided bold and accurate reporting through the series "A Question of Care," and has called for a full investigation into the closure of New Vistas and the mental health system.
Henderson County commissioners, Rep. Justus and Sen. Apodaca have called for an audit and state accountability into this terrible experiment.
County commissioners recently voted to save the Sixth Avenue West Clubhouse, an important support network, and allocated renovation dollars. Today I read that volunteers have started a free clinic for people with mental illness, and that nurses, psychiatrists, Park Ridge and Pardee are donating time and resources.
Henderson County is blessed with an abundance of people who truly care about people with mental illness and who are not willing to sit back and watch people fall apart due to lack of services.
These movers and shakers know that we can't wait for mental health bureaucrats to solve our problems, and that we must pull together to create our own safety net independent of the state.
My thanks to every one of you.
Diane Bauknight
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A low key, but successful campaign by Fullerwood residents convinced the city Planning and Zoning Board on Tuesday to vote 6-1 to deny an exception to the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine.
The church wanted to demolish an 80-year-old house at 17 Bay View Drive and build a new one-story classroom and office building on the site as a place to hold religious instruction classes for FSDB students.
But Fullerwood residents said they were afraid of the incursion of more and more non-residential property into their neighborhood.
Father Rene Robert, Catholic chaplain at the school, said FSDB's vocational building, where religious instruction classes are held now, will be razed to make way for a new building. Departments housed there will then be packed into other space on the growing 700-student campus.
''That excludes us totally at this point,'' Father Robert said. ''We want something permanent for the children.''
The church planned to pay $120,000 for the property, then spend $250,000 more to build a structure that would contain two classrooms, an office and storage space.
About 170 students take Catholic instruction at FSDB. Classes are held after school hours on Wednesday night. But residents living on Bay View Drive and Douglas Street opposed changing that property to non-residential use.
Alicia McWhorter owns a duplex right next to 17 Bay View.
''Even though I understand the church's need, there is more and more property tax exempt property in the city,'' McWhorter said. ''This is a kind of leapfrogging of development into this area.''
She didn't like the church's idea of using a tram to get students to the school and back. A circular drive would have to be built, to make the students, many of whom are disabled, get in and out easier.
Susan Frahm, at 2 Bay View, said traffic is getting bad near her house.
''I'm afraid this will increase it,'' she said, presenting a petition signed by 28 other neighbors against the zoning change.
Mike Murray said the school has been here since 1885 and the church had all that time to come up with a building. He said that if this exception is granted, homes on Fullerwood Drive would be surrounded by non-residential properties.
''Who's going to want to buy there? FSDB owns a building at 14 Fullerwood that the school initially said would temporarily house families who come to tour the campus. But some people have been living there seven years,'' he said. ''This is one of the nicest old neighborhoods in St. Augustine. I'm opposed to changing it.''
Brad Davis, 34 Bay View, said the application represents an influx of non-residential uses into a neighborhood that should be protected.
''I certainly don't want the ministry to leave the school, but it is a concern that the school is taking over that block. It scares people,'' Davis said.
Other complaints included the narrow streets, the loss of green space and the effect on parking by Fusion Point, a 50-seat restaurant on San Marco Avenue.
Patricia Mahr, who has lived on Bay View for 34 years, said that after 6 p.m., her street becomes a parking lot and that the residents don't want any more multi-family or commercial properties there.
''We find neither acceptable,'' she said.
Zoning board members discussed the church's application only briefly.
Board member Jerry Dixon said that FSDB has been acquiring property both north and south of its campus for the past year.
''Basically, the neighborhoods feel threatened. They're running their school buses through the area and the residents are complaining,'' he said.
Board Member George Gardner made a motion to deny, giving as reasons the proposed building's size, the historical character of the existing building, the residential neighborhood and the increased traffic.
Board Member Larry Griggs said, ''It would really be a nice idea to preserve these homes, which were all built about the same time, around World War I.''
Chairman Don Crichlow, a member of Cathedral parish, said the board has always opposed intrusion into neighborhoods.
''This may not be the best use of this property,'' he said.
The vote was 6-1 to deny, with the only dissenting vote cast by board member Bruce Dufresne, also a member of the parish, who later explained it was a ''philosophical'' vote.
''The neighborhood's saying, 'I don't want any changes. I like the status quo.' I see that all over town. I don't think anyone considered any alternatives. They just wanted a 'No' vote,'' Dufresne said.
Father Robert was also philosophical about the application's defeat.
''When we saw the strength of the opposition, we decided we wouldn't argue,'' he said.
''We'd had a meeting with residents last week and they didn't seem as adamant then. We're not kicked off campus yet, but we can't wait until the last minute. Because of (the separation of) church and state, the school can't give us anything, really. They're just being kind. We're looking at some other places. We'll do the best we can and leave the rest to the Lord.''
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A 21-year-old student said she was raped Sunday at an Athens motel between 4:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. after she passed out, Athens-Clarke police said.
The woman said she and her friends were drinking downtown and two men were following them as they walked from bar to bar.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Mountains # 40 - Nehrovets, Ukraine
Nehrovets is a small village in the Zakarpattya region of western Ukraine, close to the larger village of Kolochava and 40 kilometres north of the small city of Khust. The church stands on a low hill above the central part of the village, with tall trees making it hard to see from the road. Views of the peaks and ridges of the Carpathian mountains to the north make an impressive backdrop for the church and separate wooden bell tower.
The church is dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel and was built during the eighteenth century. It is constructed primarily of spruce wood. The floor plan of the church features three rooms and there are three distinct roof lines above, making it an example of the Boyko architectural style. The height of the tower and the steeple above it dominate the structure, yet the overall design retains well-balanced proportions. An inscription indicates that in 1918 the church was moved to the present location and received a new roof and tower at that time.
The church interior contains a modern iconostasis and icons, though several historical icons from the 18th century have also been preserved. A large two-storey bell tower stands at the top of the steps leading up from the road. The bell tower has a shape which is typical for the 'Verkhovina' highlands of this region, though it is in a much better state of preservation than most others. A modern wooden church stands beside the historical one and serves as the main place of worship for the local villagers.
Nehrovets is difficult to reach by public transport, the best option is to walk the two kilometres along the road from the neighbouring village of Kolochava which has limited bus and marshrutka connections to Khust. In the morning marshrutkas also go from Nehrovets to the nearby town of Mizhhirya. The road through the village is paved but it is not in good condition. The keeper of the church keys lives across the road from the church, though I was unable to locate them during my visit.
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Monday, October 19, 2015
Photo Challenge # 16 - Name This Location
It's time for another Photo Challenge, can you name the city where you can see this leaning building? It's in the old town square in the centre of the city. Be the first to post the correct answer below!
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Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Mountains # 39 - Hrabová Roztoka, Slovakia
This small Greek Catholic church lies on a hill above the village of Hrabová Roztoka in eastern Slovakia, just a few kilometres from the border with Ukraine. The church was built in the middle of the 18th century and dedicated to Saint Basil the Great. A sign on the rear wall of the church declares it to be a 'national cultural monument' of Slovakia (this type of metal sign is affixed to most of Slovakia's wooden churches), but interestingly a second sign declares it to be 'Ukrainian national architecture' written in the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet.
The church has a simple, rustic design which is similar to the nearby church in the village of Ruská Bystrá. It follows a three-room plan with a nave, sanctuary and 'babinec' or entrance room, while above there are two towers with onion domes topped by three-barred iron crosses. In the front tower there are three bells which date from 1796. The roof and exterior walls underwent repairs and replacement of wooden tiles in the year 2000.
The impressive iconostasis in the interior dates from 1794 and is almost as old as the church itself. A rare feature of this church among those in Slovakia is the Czar door, in place of the usual 'Tree of Jesse' doors. In the second row of the iconostasis the image of the Last Supper is in the central position, instead of the more common image of Christ. Five icons were stolen from the church in 2003; they were later recovered, but were damaged and required restoration.
Kalná Roztoka can be reached by infrequent buses from the towns of Snina and Stakčín to the north, while the neighbouring village of Ruská Bystrá has bus services connecting it to the town of Sobrance to the south. Therefore it is possible to see both Ruská Bystrá and Kalná Roztoka in a day by walking along the forest trail between them and arriving and departing from each by bus. The church key keeper lives down the hill in the centre of the village, but they weren't at home when I visited.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Mountains # 38 - Slavoňov, Czech Republic
This Roman Catholic wooden church sits on a small hill at the edge of the village of Slavoňov in the East Bohemia region of the Czech Republic. The church was built in 1553 on the site of a much older structure. It was originally founded by Utraquists (a moderate branch of the Hussite movement) and dedicated to Saint Martin, but the church became Roman Catholic in 1683.
The large bell tower within the church yard dates from the same era as the church, probably built in 1555. The lower half of the tower is made of brick and its height suggests it was also intended to have a defensive military function in the event of the village coming under attack. Three bells cast in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries hang in the tower.
The beams of the church are made of oak, spruce and fir logs. The joints between the logs were filled in with mortar and then the exterior of the building was covered in whitewash. The interior walls and ceiling are painted with murals of plants and flowers which date from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The murals were restored twice in the twentieth century.
Getting to Slavoňov is possible by public transport since there are several buses daily from the nearby town of Nové Město nad Metují which has train and bus links to most major cities across the country. The village is just 4 kilometres east of Nové Město nad Metují so it is also possible to walk there along a forest trail. The church is open for religious services four times per week, and at other times the door into the front entrance room is left open where it is possible to get an obstructed view of the church interior.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Mountains # 37 - Kostryna, Ukraine
Kostryna is a small village in the north-western part of Zakarpattya region in Ukraine, close to the borders with Slovakia and Poland. The church stands at the top of a hill above the village in a clearing among the trees. New wooden steps added in 2013 lead the way up the hill from the road. The church is a fascinating example of a hybrid architectural style encompassing both Boyko and Lemko elements in its design. This is apparent in the large, dominant central tower above the nave, a feature of Boyko design, combined with the three towers descending in height from the bell tower above the entrance area, a feature of Lemko style.
The Church of the Intercession was built in 1761 and the original structure is a fine example of Boyko design. However, the addition of a taller bell tower above the entrance area in place of the original tower converted the style of the church from Boyko to Lemko, showing the dominant influence of Lemko style in this region in the early nineteenth century. This modification likely occurred around the year 1800. The largest bell in the tower was taken and melted down as part of the war effort in the Hungarian revolution of 1848, and was later replaced with a new bell in 1899.
According to some accounts the church originally stood in a nearby village and the people of Kostryna purchased it and moved it to its present location in 1703. The church has been lucky to survive until the present day; in the 1860s the villagers planned to replace the wooden church with a new stone church on the same site, but a lack of funds prevented this from happening. Enough money for a new stone church was finally collected by 1914, but the outbreak of World War One stopped construction, and following the war devaluation of the currency they had collected prevented construction of a stone church yet again.
Kostryna can be reached from Uzhgorod by elektrichka (regional train) or by marshrutka (minibus). There are several buses and trains per day travelling in each direction, so making a day trip to Kostryna from Uzhgorod by public transport is possible. The minibuses are usually very full and often uncomfortable, so the train is a more pleasant way to travel there. The beautiful mountain scenery in the region is more easily seen from the windows of the train as well.
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Sunday, June 8, 2014
Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Mountains # 36 - Bodružal, Slovakia
This Greek Catholic church is found on a small hill above the village of Bodružal among the forest covered mountains in the north-eastern corner of Slovakia. The church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and was built in 1658, making it one of the oldest churches with a Lemko design in the Carpathian region. It was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008 together with seven other wooden churches in present-day Slovakia.
The three-part Lemko design (narthex, nave and sanctuary) are intended to represent the holy trinity. An onion dome projects above each of the three room sections with the highest dome placed above the narthex (entrance room) which is a typical feature of the Lemko style. The tower above the entrance contains three bells, the oldest of which was cast in 1759. The iconostasis wall in the interior is entirely original, dating from the 17th century, and is one of the finest examples of icon painting in this region of the Carpathians. The church grounds are surrounded by a low wooden fence with a main wooden entrance gate with a small shingled roof.
The church is in use at least weekly with regular services held on Sunday morning. The key keeper lives 50 metres down the road from the church and since this is a popular church with tourist visitors it's usually not a problem to find someone willing to come and open the door. They will expect an entrance fee of about two Euros per person to be paid, and donations can be left in front of the icons.
There is no direct transportation to Bodružal, but it is an easy 15 minute walk from the village of Krajná Poľana which is on the main road between Svidník and the Polish border and there are frequent buses throughout the day from Svidník. A walking trail through the forests connects four villages with wooden churches (Bodružal, Príkra, Miroľa and Krajné Čierno) which makes a perfect day hike to experience both the villages and the surrounding countryside.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Mountains # 35 - Tarnoszyn, Poland (Now in Lublin Outdoor Museum)
This Greek-Catholic wooden church is dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and is now located in the Outdoor Folk Architecture Museum in Lublin, Poland. The church was originally constructed in 1759 in the village of Uhrynów (Uhryniv in Ukrainian) which is now part of Ukraine.
In 1904 the church was moved further west to the village of Tarnoszyn, which today lies in Poland just a few kilometres from the Ukrainian border. Following the expulsion and resettlement of the Greek-Catholic population of the village following World War Two, the church was used for Roman Catholic services until the early 1960's. Over the following decades the church was abandoned and fell into ruin.
In 1994 the church was purchased by the Greek Catholic parish in Lublin, and in 1997 it was transported to its present site in the Lublin Outdoor Museum. Extensive renovations were carried out between 1999 and 2001, and the interior fittings including the iconostasis were completely reconstructed.
The church features a classic Boyko style with a three-part design (nave, narthex and sanctuary) each topped by a dome with the largest dome placed above the nave. The design of the entrance area with a porch and four pillars is very unusual and is likely not an original feature of the building plan. The lowest part of the structure reveals the original horizontal log construction while the upper portions are covered in a modern vertical timber facade. Next to the church there is a large wooden bell tower which was also transported from Tarnoszyn and includes a cone-shaped roof over the bells.
The Lublin Outdoor Museum is located in the north-western suburbs of the city and can be easily reached by city bus from the old town. The museum is very large, you could spend most of a day seeing all of the different building styles and regions which are displayed.
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Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Mountains # 34 - Yasinya, Ukraine
This originally Greek Catholic wooden church sits on a small hill above the village of Yasinya and the Chorna Tysa river among the Carpathian mountains of Ukraine. The church is considered to be one of the finest examples of the Hutsul architectural style and few modern alterations have been made to the building, two factors which contributed to its selection as a UNESCO world heritage site in 2013. According to a Hutsul legend the church was built on the site where a flock of sheep miraculously survived through the winter unharmed after being left behind by a shepherd in a snowstorm.
The Church of the Ascension was built in 1824 on the site of an older church, though some accounts suggest the current church is from the late 18th century. It is frequently referred to by locals as the 'Strukivska' church. As a perfect example of the Hutsul style it features a floor plan in the shape of a cross, a large central dome above the nave with an onion dome at the top and four much smaller onion domes at the four corners of the building. A minor addition was added to the structure of the church in 1994 when a wooden entrance room was added onto the side in the same style as the rest of the church.
Unfortunately the interior of the church is not in its original state, and the icons and iconostasis are crudely crafted versions of the originals. The overall effect is warm and welcoming, but without a feeling of true authenticity. There are many brightly coloured icons and paintings on the upper walls and dome of the roof, which intentionally draw your eyes upwards to heaven. Since 1995 the church has been used jointly for Orthodox and Greek Catholic services.
The broad bell tower was built in 1813, supposedly a decade before the current church, and is equally impressive as the church in terms of its architectural significance. The structure has an octagonal upper floor where the bells are kept and a lower floor shaped like a square. If you are lucky enough to find the key keeper in the house below the church you will be able to climb to the bell platform in the tower for views of the church and the village. In return for opening the church and bell tower for visitors they expect that you will make a small donation to the church and perhaps buy one of the postcards they have available.
Yasinya is one of the easiest Hutsul villages to visit by public transport since it is directly on the main road running east to west across the Carpathian mountains in this region and many buses and marshrutkas use this route to travel between cities like Uzhgorod and Mukachevo on the western side of the mountains and Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on the eastern side. The bus and marshrutka station is in the centre of the village on the main road, and to reach the church from there you will need to walk about 1.5 kilometres south through the village and then across the river to the west on a rickety old bridge with wooden slats. From there the church is visible on the hill just to the south, though finding the way there can be confusing through the maze of narrow streets between the houses and fenced pastures.
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Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Mountains # 33 - Uzhgorod, Ukraine
This Greek Catholic wooden church stands in the Outdoor Museum of Folk Architecture in Uzhgorod, Ukraine. The church was originally constructed in 1777 in the village of Shelestovo near the city of Mukachevo, and was dedicated to Saint Michael. In 1927 the church was moved to Mukachevo, where it was later neglected during the early Soviet period. The church was transferred to the Uzhgorod museum in the 1970's to form the centrepiece of the museum's collection of Transcarpathian folk buildings.
The church is an outstanding example of the Lemko style of architecture, with its three onion domes arranged with the highest above the narthex (entrance area) a middle dome above the nave and the lowest dome above the sanctuary. There are only a few remaining examples of the Lemko architectural style in Ukraine, since the style is more commonly seen further west in the Carpathians in what today are Slovakia and Poland. Three Lemko churches were moved to what today is the Czech Republic while Transcarpathia was part of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars. Two other Lemko churches which are still in Ukraine have been transferred to the Outdoor Museums in the capital Kiev and in Lviv. A further example of the style is in the town of Svalyava, where the large church of St. Nicholas can be seen.
The tall and slender 22 metre Baroque tower is one of the finest features of the church, and it is topped with a decorative cross above the onion dome. This feature is repeated with crosses featuring intricate metalwork designs found above all three of the onion domes. The square pagoda-style series of roof layers above the nave are wonderfully proportioned in conjunction with the smaller tent roof over the sanctuary. The walls of the church are made of oak beams which are fastened together with dovetail joints in each of the corners.
The carved wooden posts which form a balcony around the entrance door and along the sides of the narthex and the nave are typical of the central Transcarpathian style where northern Lemko and Boyko elements mixed with design features seen further south in areas influenced by Romanian builders. Most of the original icons and the iconostasis wall from the original Shelestovo church have been lost, and the icons displayed in the church today as part of the Outdoor Museum were brought from the church in the village of Kolochava in the Carpathian highlands. These icons date from the 18th century.
The Outdoor Museum of Folk Architecture is a short walk from the centre of Uzhgorod, with the main entrance lying just beyond Uzhgorod castle. Uzhgorod is located at a crossroads of different countries and Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania all lie within easy reach. Buses cross the border to Košice in Slovakia several times daily. Minibuses travel south to Chop near the Hungarian border where international trains depart for Budapest. Buses and minibuses run at least every hour to the neighbouring city of Mukachevo and there are direct trains heading north to Lviv.
Amazing Architecture # 3 - Pustevny, Czech Republic
Pustevny is a hilltop ensemble of gingerbread-style folk buildings in the Valašsko region of the Czech Republic close to the border with Slovakia. The surrounding Beskyd mountains are popular with hikers in the summer and skiers in the winter, and there is a chairlift in operation to carry visitors up the mountain to the village.
The buildings were designed by Slovak architect Dušan Jurkovič and constructed together with local Moravian master builder Michal Urbánek in the 1890's, drawing upon traditional Slavic folk art and building styles of the Valašsko region and the Carpathian Mountains. The final appearance of the buidlings also incorporates elements of the Art Nouveau style which was prominent at that time. Construction began in 1897 and was completed in 1899. Jurkovič also designed several other wooden buildings with a classical Slavic folk style in the present-day Czech Republic, such as the spa buildings in Luhačovice or the covered bridge in the castle gardens in Nové Město nad Metují.
The two most famous buildings in Pustevny are named Libušín and Maměnka, and they sit side by side together on top of the hill. Maměnka houses accommodation and has a wooden interior decorated in a similar style to the exterior, with traditional expressions and sayings painted on the walls.
Libušín is a restaurant serving traditional Wallachian and Moravian dishes. The name of Libušín comes from the legendary Czech princess Libuše. The interior of Libušín is decorated with beautiful frescoes designed by Mikoláš Aleš based on Wallach and Slovak folk legends. Art Nouveau-style chandeliers add a further touch of elegance to the dining room.
Another famous feature of the architectural collection at Pustevny is a small bell tower which stands near the trail head for the climb to the top of Radhošť mountain. The tower was designed by Jurkovič in the same distinctive Wallachian style as the other buildings and is a valuable example of Slavic folk art.
Further up the hill towards the summit of Radhošť there is a stone statue of the Slavic pagan god Radegast, while at the highest point there is a wooden chapel dedicated to Saints Cyril and Methodius, the patron saints of Moravia. Several festivals and special events take place in Pustevny each year, with the Snow Sculpture competition held in January among the most popular.
On 3 March 2014 a large fire in Pustevny caused extensive damage to the folk cottage called Libušín. The open air museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm declared that it was committed to rebuilding Libušín as faithfully as possible according to the original design. This project was expected to cost tens of millions of Czech Crowns and a fund for public donations was established. Benefit concerts were also held to get the funding campaign started.
There are several ways to get to Pustevny depending on the direction you approach it from. A road up the mountain from the southern side ends with a parking area just below Pustevny, and several buses per day run to the village from the nearby town and regional tourist hub of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm. Hiking trails also lead from the eastern end of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm to the summit of Radhošť mountain and onwards to Pustevny. For those who prefer a relaxed trip to the top there is a chairlift in operation in both winter and summer which connects Pustevny with the village of Trojanovice at the base of the mountain on the north side.
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The Ontario New Democratic Party surprised everyone by winning a majority government on September 6, 1990. Initially, government spending was increased to cover both new and existing programs, incurring the wrath of business and news editorialists. As the deficit increased, efforts to reduce spending brought the government into sharp conflict with public-sector unions. While in office, the government adopted progressive labour legislation and an employment equity policy, but didn't fulfill its promise of public auto insurance.
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Hugh MacKenzie served three years as Executive Director of the NDP government's Fair Tax Commission. He is Research Director for the United Steelworkers of America where he has worked on-and off since 1980.
Simon Rosenblum was Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Finance for two years, after two years as Senior Policy Advisor to the finance minister, and was Vice-President of the Ontario NDP from 1985 to 1990. He has authored or edited six books, including Misguided Missiles and Debating Canada's Future, and is currently writing a book on the crisis of governance in the new world order.
Arthur Milner (chair) is a member of Inroads' Editorial Board, and a former federal NDP Constituency Association President. A playwright and freelance writer, he recently resigned after four years as Artistic Director of Ottawa's Great Canadian Theatre Company.
INROADS: It turns out we're meeting on the first day of Ontario's public service strike. The NDP government had its own difficulties with provincial employees. What do you make of this situation?
FRANCES LANKIN: I spent two hours on the picket line this morning at Bay and Wellesley and an hour at lunch time at my old local at the Don Jail. The thing I heard more often than anything else was that they look back with some fondness at the last five years. The new Tory government isn't attempting to work with anybody. Anyone with any objection to its actions is categorized as a special interest. That's something new in Ontario.
INROADS: Do you have any sympathy for the Harris government?
SIMON ROSENBLUM: You've got to keep in mind this isn't strike over labour issues, it's about the decimation of the public sector. …


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