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Line 2: [[File:tvtds 5391.jpg\|link=Girl Genius\|frame]] {{quote\|''[[Lampshade Hanging\|"You have a knack for getting in trouble."]]''~~\|'''Spider-Man''' to Mary Jane, ''[[Spider-Man (film)\|Spider-Man]]''}}~~ \|'''Spider-Man''' to Mary Jane, ''[[Spider-Man (film)\|Spider-Man]]''}} {{quote\|''[[Lampshade Hanging\|"Do I have HOSTAGE stamped across my forehead?"]]''~~\|Mary Jane, novelization of ''[[Spider-Man (film)\|3]]''}}~~ \|Mary Jane, novelization of ''[[Spider-Man (film)\|3]]''}} The [[Damsel in Distress]] is an age-old classic plot device, which places a character in danger to add tension to the story. Sometimes one character (usually a [[Love Interest]] or a [[Tagalong Kid\|relative]] of another character) seems to have no discernible purpose besides serving as the [[Designated Victim]]. If the character is popular with the audience, this can be effective. Other times, well....let's just say that the audience starts wishing that the [[Big Damn Heroes]] would get stuck in traffic, just so they won't have to put up with ''[[The Scrappy\|her]]'' anymore. Line 18 ⟶ 20: {{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * Mokuba Kaiba from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', who gets into trouble precisely ''seven'' times in the series - nine if you count manga-only stories. However, he's not all that hated by fans since he's a kid, which makes it a bit more understandable as to why why fully grown people are often managing to kidnap him, and often [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series\|more amusement than annoyance is found at the fact that he's in trouble so often]]. And to his credit, in one memorable situation, he actually manages to ''break himself out'', finds Yugi and Kaiba with a ''helicopter'', and takes them to where Yugi's friends were being held captive. * Meg from ''[[~~Bakuretsu~~Burst ~~Tenshi~~Angel]]''. [[Faux Action Girl\|Supposedly an Action Girl]], but Jo must rescue her all the time. * Miaka from ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', despite being the series protagonist, has come in for some fan hate for the numerous times she [[Martyr Without a Cause\|pointlessly]] rushes headfirst into dangerous situations, in some cases even ''actively sabotaging'' her protectors or [[Poor Communication Kills\|not telling them important information]], then getting in trouble and needing them to come save her anyway. * Beauty from ''[[Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo]]'' serves two purposes: perpetually reminding the viewer at the top of her lungs that the things the other characters are doing are bizarre, and being the [[Damsel in Distress]] when the plot calls for it. Line 32 ⟶ 34: == [[Comic Books]] == * This is ~~the~~a characteristic once strongly associated with Lois Lane. Ironically, it can be argued that Lois' role as a [[Damsel in Distress]] was far more important to the [[Superman]] plot than her role as a love interest, [[Depending on the Writer]]. In the 1940's, she did need to be rescued a lot (usually while pursuing a news story), but was fairly intelligent and could sometimes get herself out of scrapes by kicking ass and taking names. Once the 50's, 60's and early 70's came around though... Yeesh. She was an empty headed twerp who was constantly putting herself in danger for no reason, and whose sole goal in life was to trick Superman into marrying her. She took [[Too Dumb to Live]] to uncharted levels. In recent comics and other media she's a much more well rounded and developed character, who is extremely competent and able to take care of herself. She still needs to be rescued sometimes, and the trope may pop up occasionally, but for the most part she's a very independent, intrepid and intelligent reporter who just needs a little help against super powered aggressors from time to time. [[The Sixties\|The sixties-era]] book ''[[Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane]]'' seemed dedicated to making sure every single reader hated poor Lois. If you Google around, you'll find scans of multiple letters columns where readers asked for Superman to spank Lois (which would in fact occur, though in the context of [[Super Dickery]]). A few may have had [[Fetish Fuel\|other motives than scrappyhood]], though. Even when there's neither any [[Super Villain]]'s ill will nor [[Going for the Big Scoop\|a big scoop]] one jump away from her window, she can be trusted to find ''something'' dangerous. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120520032807/http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&catid=33:weird-science-index&id=448:be-smarter-than-the-bed-lois Letters on the label] are bigger than her eyes, so... they just don't fit in, right? Starting late in [[The Seventies]] comics, Lois was written to be more assertive to avert this trope, and needed rescuing much less often, including in her solo stories in ''The Superman Family.'' This included Lois having mastered a Kryptonian form of martial arts named "klurkor." Being associated with this trope is probably what spurred John Byrne, in his [[Post-Crisis]] retelling of Superman's origin, to make it very, very obvious that Lois was now a [[Badass Damsel]] bordering on [[Action Girl]]. This eventually led to an ~~Inversion~~inversion immediately after her wedding to Clark {{spoiler\|when he was kidnapped after temporarily losing his powers}}. Lois took her Army brat background to extremes, becoming a [[G.I. Jane]] in order to come to the rescue. == [[Film]] == * Willie Scott (played by [[Kate Capshaw]]) in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]].'' Well, at least Kate Capshaw got to marry Spielberg...{{context}} * Lori from ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]''. The one character that should have died in the first five minutes [[Final Girl\|ends up surviving the damn movie]]. * Same with [[Mary Sue\|Grace Andrews]] from the ''[[The Hitcher]]'' remake and [[God Mode Sue\|Erin]] from the new ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''. * ''[[Toy Story (franchise)\|Toy Story]]:'' ~~seems to set this up, but averts it -~~ Bo Peep is always the damsel saved by Woody, but she's only that way because Andy casts her in that role. The rest of the time, she's quite the go-getter. * Dakota Fanning's character in the 2005 remake of ''[[War of the Worlds]]''. * Nicole from the ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)\|Dawn of the Dead]]'' remake. And she survives until the end. [[Bolivian Army Ending\|Or does she?]] * Parker from ''[[Frozen (film)\|Frozen]] (2010)''. She is the reason she, her boyfriend and his best friend are stuck on a skilift during a snowstorm and despite doing NOTHING to help and EVERY stupid thing she could, {{spoiler\|she survives the ordeal and has the massive luck of finding a road where she could be rescued}}. * ''[[Spider-Man (film)\|Spider-Man]]'': Mary Jane Watson from the film franchise. Three movies. Three times kidnapped to be used as bait to lure Spidey out. Yawn. Spidey rescued her ''three times'' in the first movie alone. A real shame considering one of her [[Badass Damsel\|signature comic book traits.]]. If you listen to the DVD commentary, you can hear the irritation in Sam Raimi's voice while he recalls having to A) put MJ back in the damsel role because of time constraints and B) having to apologize profusely to Kirsten Dunst after he promised her before the filming of the movie that she wouldn't be doing that again. [[Lampshade Hanging\|Lampshaded]] in the third movie novelization by Mary Jane who asks if she has bait stamped across her forehead when she's locked in Venom's falling car. Also in the third movie, MJ ''does'' become a [[Heroic Bystander]] and drops a block of cement on Venom's head as he fights with Spider-Man, and to her credit, she ''tries'' to attack Doc Ock from behind in the second film, but Aunt May had already successfully done the same thing earlier on, and Doc Ock doesn't repeat his mistakes. ** Interestingly enough, Gwen Stacy was originally going to be the one abducted for the final battle in the third film~~, not Mary Jane, and~~; Mary Jane would have been the one who helped Harry come to his senses. A line from this was included in the trailer: "We've all done terrible things to each other, but we have to learn to forgive each other or else everything we ever were will have meant nothing." * ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]'' (is a 2004) film that recreates the style of a 1930s [[Pulp Magazine]] story - right down to putting Gwyneth Paltrow in one of these roles (and as a [[Faux Action Girl]], no less!).▼ ** If you listen to the DVD commentary, you can hear the irritation in Sam Raimi's voice while he recalls having to A) put MJ back in the damsel role because of time constraints and B) having to apologize profusely to Kirsten Dunst after he promised her before the filming of the movie that she wouldn't be doing that again. * Even Bond girls from the [[James Bond (film)\|James Bond]] movies are not immune, despite trying to help more than once. ▲* ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]'' (2004) recreates the style of a 1930s [[Pulp Magazine]] story - right down to putting Gwyneth Paltrow in one of these roles (and as a [[Faux Action Girl]], no less!) ~~Even Bond girls from the [[James Bond (film)\|James Bond]] movies are not immune, despite trying to help more than once. Such as~~ ''[[A View to a Kill\|]]'' has Stacy Sutton]]... seriously woman, ''[[Christopher Walken]]'' was able to [[What an Idiot!\|sneak up]] [[Too Dumb to Live\|on you]] in a ''zeppelin''. And the [[Cute but Cacophonic\|screeching]]... Mary Goodnight from ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' is ''[[Informed Ability\|supposedly]]'' [[Faux Action Girl\|an intrepid agent sent along to aid Bond.]] All she manages to do is get caught by Scaramanga and then [[Go-Go Enslavement\|lay around on a beach]] wearing [[Fan Service\|a bikini]]. ** There's also the Bond girl in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'', who at one point ''falls off the edge of an oil rig'' after trying to use a submachine gun and failing epically. [[Fridge Logic\|From the way she held the gun, one would assume she had no prior firearms training, so she didn't know what kickback was]]. * Pretty much what happened to Vicki Vale in Tim Burton's ''[[Batman (film)\|Batman]]''. [[What Could Have Been\|Originally it was going to be quite different]], but after [[Sean Young]], the first actress cast as Vicki ~~(Sean Young)~~, fell off a horse and broke her arm in a scene that was cut from the film, it was decided that [[The Other Darrin\|the replacement]] ([[Kim Basinger)]] shouldn't be put at such risks. == [[Literature]] == * ''[[Twilight (novel)\|Twilight]]'': Bella Swan pretty much epitomizes this trope, even commenting in her own narrative that "I guess my brain will never work right. At least I'm pretty." Add in the fact that she can't seem to get out of ''any'' scrape without the intervention of a male,. ~~you~~And don'vet ~~got~~think ~~one~~we're ofkidding when we say ''any'' scrape; the ~~most~~poor girl is liable to grievously injure herself walking through a ''door'' if a fellow cast member isn't there to assist her (and by "assist" we generally ~~textbook~~mean ~~examples~~"literally ofpick ~~this~~up ~~trope~~and ~~EVER~~carry"). And don't think we're kidding when we say ''any'' scrape; the poor girl is liable to grievously injure herself walking through a ''door'' if a fellow cast member isn't there to assist her (and by "assist" we generally mean "literally pick up and carry"). ** Alice Cullen just sums it up: [[Lampshade Hanging\|"I have never seen anyone more prone to life-threatening idiocy."]] * This trope is [[Older Than Television]].: In the era of [[Pulp Magazine]] action stories, their teenage male readers would frequently complain about the ''very existence'' of female characters, because they were inevitably [[Flat Character]]s whose only role in the plot was to get into trouble, be on the receiving end of [[But Not Too Evil\|vague threats]] from the villain, and be rescued by the hero. ** Clio Marsden starts out like this in E.E. "Doc" Smith's ''Triplanetary'' (the first of the [[Lensmen]]novels), but gets a lot better as the book goes on. In her case, the threats ("a research upon sex") are also anything ''but'' vague. * The entire Tribe Of Rushing Water in ''[[Warrior Cats]]''. In only one of their four appearances did they not need to be saved from something by the clans, yet they are rude to the clans and tell them to go away. In ''Sign of the Moon'', the cats come for a visit when the Tribe doesn't think they need help and the Tribe actually attacks them! * Millie in ''[[Xanth\|Castle Roogna]]''. She repeatedly gets kidnapped or attacked, and never does anything to defend herself other than by kicking (not kicking the assailant, mind you, just kicking in the air) and screaming. Line 71 ⟶ 70: == [[Live -Action TV]] == * ''[[24]]'': Kimberly Bauer, the former [[Trope Namer]], has an annoying habit of getting [[Trapped by Mountain Lions]], wandering around [[Vapor Wear\|bra-less]] in wifebeaters around potential rapists, and doing everything in her power to anger men with guns. Kim is sometimes known as "Bathroom-Break Bauer", due to a nearly-unbroken string of kidnappings, confinements and hostage-takings, which make it possible to take a bathroom break whenever she's on screen without missing anything truly important. The writers have admitted, in essence, that she can't be killed off because Jack has already lost {{spoiler\|Teri, his wife}} and it would destroy him. She has ~~now~~since effectively left the show, thankfully. [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=070121 This] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' strip shows the Damsel Scrappy in action, in the context of a ''24'' parody.▼ ** Then in the final season, she managed to get out WITHOUT being kidnapped, and she sent Jack off to do his thing. The girl has definitely gone a long way. * Charlene [[Matlock]], who almost every episode gets herself into some sort of trouble by trying to investigate/snoop around alone and either Ben or Tyler need to come to her rescue. Line 85 ⟶ 83: * Lana Lang on ''[[Smallville]]'', for quite a while now. And when they decided to fix it in later seasons [[God Mode Sue\|they went too far in the opposite direction]]. The kid ''can't'' win, really. * Maya on ''[[Heroes (TV series)\|Heroes]]''. * Colonel Tigh's wife Ellen in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica ~~Reimagined~~(2004 TV series)\|Battlestar Galactica]]'' remake. The woman was essentially a walking plot complication. They eventually had to {{spoiler\|put her down}} because of it. * ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' updated this trope for the teen soap/drama in the form of rich girl Kelly Taylor. Just read her Wikipedia article. Then again, maybe they're right: [[The Chew Toy\|being stalked, burned, brainwashed, raped, addicted to cocaine and shot]] does enable one to become a stronger person. * ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Line 107 ⟶ 105: == [[Professional Wrestling]] == * One of the most annoying was Sharmell Sullivan, 1991 Miss Black America and the wife (both [[Kayfabe\|on-screen]] and [[Reality Subtext\|off]]) of former [[WCW]] great [[Booker T]]. Beginning in 2005, Sharmell accompanied Booker to all his matches dressed "beauty queen" style in a fashionable gown and tiara, and sometimes petticoats as well. Her only purpose when she and Booker were faces seemed to be getting menaced by her husband's heel opponents (including [[Kurt Angle]], who notoriously [[Dude, Not Funny\|threatened to rape her]]). While Sharmell was capable of giving some of the weaker villains a good slap across the face from time to time, for the most part she was reduced to shrieking "BOOK-ERRR!" until her husband could come in to save her. After the pair's [[Face Heel Turn]] (and especially after Booker became "King Booker"), Sharmell became more of a [[Faux Action Girl]] (with a bit of the [[Alpha Bitch]] thrown in). At the 2006 ''WrestleMania'' she even joined Booker in a handicap match against The Boogeyman - but the pair lost when Boogey grabbed Sharmell and shoved a handful of worms down her throat! * Vickie Guerrero as well, with a side order of [[Miles Gloriosus]] to boot. As General Manager of ''Friday Night SmackDown'', Vickie would boss around all the fan favorites in her obnoxiously whiny voice and generally act like a bitch....until someone like [[The Undertaker]] would threaten her, and Vickie would turn into a cowardly [[Screaming Woman]] who was helpless until her love interest of the moment could come rushing to her rescue. She eventually did [[Took a Level Inin Badass\|Take A Level In Badass]] and even wrestles occasionally, but at heart her character is still a man-hungry [[Mrs. Robinson]] [[Casanova Wannabe\|Wannabe]] who pouts when she doesn't get her way and still screams all the time (particularly when her newest boyfriend, Dolph Ziggler, is losing a match). Line 114 ⟶ 112: * Also, Rosa from ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', who spends the whole first half of the game in distress, gets this reception from some, even though she makes up for it in the game's second half as the [[White Magician Girl]]. ** Rosa potentially gets worse by the sequel, ''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years\|the After Years]]'' as she now only exists as a [[Damsel in Distress]] to give character developments to "Ceodore! Cecil! Kain!" and spends one climax getting dragged around forcefully by {{spoiler\|Dark Kain.}} * Princess Elise from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 (video game)\|\|Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]''. Throughout the course of the game, she gets kidnapped by Dr. Eggman three times. * Princess Shine starts out as one of these in ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Original Generation'', [[Rescued ~~From~~from the Scrappy Heap\|but becomes less so]] [[Character Development\|as we get to know her better]]. [[Little Miss Badass\|Then we find out she has special powers that allow her to use a super-advanced]] [[Humongous Mecha]]. * The Damsels in ''[[Spelunky]]'' are pretty much based on Willie Scott and manage to work this trope into game mechanics. * Rosie in ''[[Fossil Fighters]]'' seems to exist solely to get kidnapped a lot, and to have various other [[Butt Monkey\|humorous problems]] befall her. It wouldn't seem quite so bad if she and the hero weren't getting [[Strangled by the Red String]]. {{spoiler\|You, however, can eventually choose to deny the red string and [[Toy Ship]] yourself with [[Action Girl]] alien Duna if you want.}} Line 121 ⟶ 119: * Colette Brunel from ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''. Despite that she does get better after a little while (and that technically, {{spoiler\|Mithos}} can kidnap ''ANYONE'' at the end, even Regal), some people dislike her for this. * Shana in ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'', however, most people preferred her over [[Replacement Scrappy\|Miranda]], who never got kidnapped or sick but ''still'' turned out to be more annoying. * ''[[Star Fox (series)\|Star ~~FOX~~Fox]] 64'': ~~Slippy Toad. Dear lord.~~ A player could be haunted for YEARS with ~~the~~Slippy Toad's ear-piercing refrains of "Fox! Help me!!" or "Fox! Get this guy off me!!" If it weren't for his unbelievable mechanical ability, the Star Fox team would have probably pushed him out an airlock after his first mission. And Krystal, ~~oh, God, Krystal.~~is Slippy in anything but [[Hello, Nurse!\|appearance]]...[[Ms. Fanservice\|which probably is her saving grace]]. ** ~~Not just these two, but your~~Your other partners are never any actual help to you in ''Star Fox 64'' and ''Star Fox: Assault''~~. Ever~~. [[Stop Helping Me!\|Except when you don't want them to.]] * Ninian from ''[[Fire Emblem]]: The Blazing Sword'' often gets lumped into this category, even though she's only ever captured ''twice'' and the third time she goes with the [[Big Bad]] willingly to spare her friends' lives. * Similarly, Kairi from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' is considered this by people [[Never Live It Down\|even though she only has two moments of real distress]], both of them in the second game (in the first, {{spoiler\|the twist is that her heart was inside of Sora all along and not in danger}}). Yet the fandom still holds her in scorn for this and many [[Viewers are Morons\|don't even understand the subversion from the first game]], thinking she was "in a coma" and thus in distress even then. Of course, alot of this hate all stems from certain [[Die for Our Ship\|other feelings...]] * Shandra Jerro in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' starts out like one of these (first barn, then house burned, then kidnapped by [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens\|Githyanki]]), but subverts it ''hard'' when she joins the party and [[Took a Level Inin Badass\|Takes A Level In Badass]]. (Almost literally: she's a Fighter.) {{spoiler\|Her [[Dying Moment of Awesome]] is arguably an inversion of the trope: it's the ''party'' that has to be rescued by ''her''.}} * Princess Peach in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' series still has this reputation, despite having taken many levels in badass since her initial appearance ''and'' [[Super Princess Peach\|becoming the heroine of her own game]]. ** Although, her role is kinda justified, if she doesn't get kidnapped, [[Rule of Fun\|then we don't have a game to play]]. * [[The President's Daughter\|Ashley]] from ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' Line 136 ⟶ 133: * Celia from ''[[The Order of the Stick\|Order of the Stick]]'' was quickly [[Flanderization\|flanderized]] into a model damsel scrappy after her second reappearance. * Denny Levens serves three basic purposes in [[Ciem Webcomic Series\|Candi's life]]: provide her with a new last name, give her someone to constantly protect/rescue, and give her more issues to [[Wangst]] about when her effort to do so fails in the long run. Given he used to be a bootlegger, and he's now in a war where his enemies [[Off with His Head\|want his wife's head for a trophy]], it'd make sense that he'd learn to wear a bulletproof vest or stock up on an assault rifle. Nope. He buys a wimpy pistol, [[Plot-Driven Breakdown\|that jams]]. And he immediately ends up being [[Curb Stomp Battle\|beaten half to death with a bookcase]]. ▲** [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211181855/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=070121 This] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' strip shows ~~the~~a Damsel Scrappy in action, in the context of a ''24'' parody. == [[Web Original]] == * [[That Guy With The Glasses\|The Nostalgia Critic]] summed this trope up in his "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130924174124/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/30723-top-11-dumbasses-in-distress Top 11 Dumbasses in Distress]" video: that the [[Damsel in Distress]] and/or [[Dude in Distress]] is an old trope [[Tropes Are Not Bad\|that isn't inherently bad at all]], unless it's a character the audience is annoyed with rather than cares about. ** As a bonus, he considers [[Scooby Doo\|Scrappy]] as a Damsel Scrappy in this list, seeing as he's really always outmatched and in danger but is too hard-headed to ever realize it. * ''Young Allies'', according to ''[[Superdickery.com]].com'' -- "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160204114723/http://www.superdickery.com/young-allies/ Near as I can figure, the premise <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> is that group of kids <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> keep getting captured by the Axis forces, and keep needing to be rescued by Bucky and Toro.]", and the covers confirm this impression. Also, [[Captain America (comics)\|Bucky]]. {{quote\|[http://www.superdickery.com/buckys-true-purpose-revealed/ I'm starting to think] that Bucky must have a tracer planted on him that allows Captain America to track down these hidden enclaves of enemy combatants. That's the only possible use I can think of for a sidekick who's only contribution to the war is to get captured every month...}} Line 147 ⟶ 145: * Julie Yamamoto from ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force\|Ben 10 Alien Force]]''. As one fan put it, 'Julie had a good 30 minutes to actually do something other than 'I smile, accept Ben, and become a damsel in distress'. * Daphne Blake from ''[[Scooby Doo]]'': She is known to often fall into traps, be kidnapped by the villain, or anger the villain in some way. Her nickname in the original ''[[Scooby Doo]], Where Are You?]]'' series was "Danger-prone Daphne". Daphne ''did'' [[Took a Level in Badass\|become more competent]] well before the popular live-action movie took a swing at a [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap\|Scrappy Rescue]]: In the 1980s Scooby Doo series when the group was reduced to just her, Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy, she became the leader of the group. That also was true in the ''[[13 Ghosts Of Scooby Doo]]'' series, where she was the [[Team Mom]] - Unfortunately, she quickly lost her accumulated good will with the horrendous character design and jumpsuit she had in that series. The first live action film played with the concept and had Daphne [[Xenafication\|pick up martial arts skills]] [[Rescued ~~From~~from the Scrappy Heap\|and become generally more useful]] after the gang broke up as a direct result of her being called out for being the [[Damsel in Distress]]. In ~~virtually~~an ~~all~~interview, ~~''Scooby~~the ~~Doo''~~staff ~~series~~of ~~and~~that ~~films~~movie ~~since~~said ~~then,~~that changing Daphne ~~has~~''was'' ~~been~~necessary ~~portrayed~~for asthe asake ~~[[MacGyvering\|MacGyver]] with her~~of ~~makeup~~proper ~~kit~~method ~~and accessories~~acting. ~~Her~~The ~~martial-arts~~goal ~~skills~~established from the ~~live~~start ~~action~~was ~~film~~for ~~carry~~live ~~over~~actors to do the ~~animated~~best ~~film~~interpretations ~~''Scooby-Doo~~they ~~and~~could of the ~~Samurai~~cartoon ~~Sword''~~characters, ~~where~~but ~~she~~they ~~arguably~~ran ~~has~~into a roadblock with Daphne because in the cartoon she essentially had no personality. The natural choice was for [[~~Crowning~~Sarah ~~Moment~~Michelle ~~of Awesome~~Gellar]] ~~when~~to ~~she~~channel ~~fights~~her in[[Buffy the ~~arena~~Vampire Slayer\|greatest known role]]. In virtually all ''Scooby Doo'' series and films since then, Daphne has been portrayed as [[MacGyver]]ing with her makeup kit and accessories; her martial-arts skills from the live action film carry over to the animated film ''Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword'', where she arguably has a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when she fights in the arena. In an interview, the staff of that movie said that changing Daphne ''was'' necessary for the sake of proper method acting. The goal established from the start was for live actors to do the best interpretations they could of the cartoon characters, but they ran into a roadblock with Daphne because in the cartoon she essentially had no personality. The natural choice was for [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] to channel her [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer\|greatest known role]]. ** Daphne [[Took a Level In Badass\|became more competent well before the live action movie]]. In the 1980s Scooby Doo series when the group was reduced to just her, Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy, she became the leader of the group. That also was true in the ''13 Ghosts Of Scooby Doo'' series, where she was the [[Team Mom]]. Unfortunately, she quickly lost accumulated good will with the horrendous character design and jumpsuit she had in that series. * ''[[Static Shock]]'': Daisy.{{context}} The other girl's name is Frieda. Her role in the cartoon was downplayed after giving Virgil a guy best friend instead of letting her be the best friend. She was replaced by Richie Foley, who is basically her except male and blonde - according to [[Word of God]], he's also gay. On the other hand, Richie ''also'' falls into this category in the sense that he's always getting kidnapped and his help is mostly ineffectual except for a few episodes. His ineffectualness begins in episode 1 when he tries to protect Frieda from Hotstreak and gets his shirt burned to a cinder, and he is first kidnapped in the episode "Sons of the Fathers" by Ebon. After that, he becomes a mind-slave twice and is kidnapped at least three more times. However, [[Double Standard\|since he's a male]], people love him, even if they're outside of the age group that he was created to appeal to. So he's more of a Damsel Bumblebee than Damsel Scrappy. That, and the fact that Richie gets super powers of his own later on, so he's actually able to help out more in combat and rescues Virgil a few times. * Pepper Potts in ''[[Iron Man: Armored Adventures]]'' has two purposes for her existence: help Tony out on occasion and get captured and rescued constantly even in situations she should be able to escape from on her own. Her behavior is consistently damsel-like despite her aspirations to be a kick-ass SHIELD agent - at one point she's in the middle of an abandoned warehouse where two different factions of Chinese assassins are fighting and she sits there waiting to be rescued instead of getting away from the fighting. [[Faux Action Girl\|Yeah, real SHIELD material.]] Line 161 ⟶ 158: ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7CuHR39CA "My ability to talk with fish is of no help, Wonder Woman!"] * Miko of ''[[Transformers Prime]]''. [[Aesop Amnesia\|No matter how many times she is told by her friends]] not to sneak off to see the titular robots fight and get caught in the crossfire, [[Too Dumb to Live\|she sneaks off anyway]], has to get rescued, and in some cases nearly kills her friends. * April O'Neil from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (every version) subverts this; she tends to get captures a ''lot'' but that's why the fans love her so much. Regardless, later adaptations have given her some [[Action Girl]] traits, but she is still the victim more than anyone else. {{reflist}} [[Category:I Have Your Index]] Line 171 ⟶ 168: [[Category:Unexpected Reactions to This Index]] [[Category:Sidekick]] [[Category:Damsel Scrappy]]▼ [[Category:Esoteric Trope Names]] ▲[[Category:~~Damsel Scrappy~~{{PAGENAME}}]]