Useless women. Really cannot stand them in real life or in film/TV any other fiction. I hate 'I'm a helpless victim' characters. Regardless of gender, but in fiction, they are mostly female. Some are helpless to the point of stupidity. Even if they are otherwise genius smart.
One reason I like Criminal Minds so much, is that often the victims partly rescue themselves, and they almost always try. Humans have self-preservation. It's why we are at the top of the food chain, though we aren't the strongest or fastest of the animals out there. I really hate the trope that some people (usually women and children) are 'just' victims and must be rescued. (I love the little girl from season 6 of CM who gets away from one of their worst antagonists (played creepily by a malevolent Tim Curry), and she does it by getting into his head).
Probably why I love Buffy so much. Because she (and the show on the whole) are so much the anti-'being-a-victim' story. We rescue ourselves, help the helpless and save the world.. THAT is my favorite trope. So anything that is opposite that would earn my ire, dismay and annoyance.
A recent second (and related) trope I've come to dislike, and also that just puzzles me: people on the run, who don't try to disguise themselves in any way, except maybe a little hair dye (for the woman). Therefore, they keep being found, over and over. Makes. No. Sense. Been watching the Bourne movies, and cannot understand why none of the protagonists do anything to hide themselves (not even wearing a hat), much less, some attempt to change appearance... Their world is full of surveillance. Their hunters have the most advanced access to that surveillance on the planet. Why would you not change your appearance at all?
I read the original book years ago (when they first came out). Don't remember them being that moronic, even though the world had a lot less 'on camera all the time' reality when they were written, but I was a kid then, maybe I missed the poor trade craft. It's as if they like being caught semi-regularly so they can show off the killer moves of their star... but in martial arts, they taught me that the best way to win a fight was to avoid it. Prepare for the worst fight ever, but also figure out how to prevent it. Only when it becomes unavoidable through no fault of your own, do you resort to plan B: put the enemy down and make them stay down.
It's not hot to be able to fight your way out of any fight, if you don't have the sense to come out of the rain!
Thank goodness, Buffy got called on being naive back in season two of the show (when Angel tricked her). I think Buffy has spoiled us all... even with her mistakes... but she's a teenager, not a trained assassin!!
It is sad when I have better tradecraft than Jason Bourne! Because a real life Jason Bourne would not survive some of the idiot moves. Someone would shoot him! I know I could not survive an hour in a real espionage world with dangerous people on my trail -- a real (successful) assassin/spy cannot be stupider about evading the enemy than me.