6. Princess Peach (the Mario franchise)
What does Mario have to do to stop his girlfriend from being kidnapped? It seems like he barely has five minutes to put his feet up, stick the kettle on and read the paper before Bowser goes and does it yet again. Im not quite sure what is wrong with Peach, but my God she is annoying as hell, chiefly because of the regularity with which this seems to happen. Could she not avoid getting captured every single time she walks out of her front door? And it is always up to poor old Mario to go and save her irritating ass.
Super Mario 64 saw her inviting him round for cake (sure, thats
exactly what she was after), only for him to find that Peach had managed to get herself captured
inside her own castle. Theories abound that she is in fact in love with Bowser himself, and that every time you are controlling Mario, you are in fact carrying out another high-profile kidnapping yourself: Bowsers traps are merely ever-increasing levels of security against the persistent plumber. Even so, maybe Peach could give Mario some kind of hint that she just isnt that into him?