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Usually, only the hero will see her as a person and ask her what she wants, and even then, it takes bonding through the course of the story for him to care for her.
Named for the tendency of [[Our Presidents Are Different|Presidents]] to ''always'' have daughters,<ref>Each of the last ten U.S. Presidents has had at least one daughter, and seven of the ten have had two or more. By contrast, only five of those ten have had sons--and of those sons, [[George W. Bush|one was a President who had only daughters]].</ref>
See also [[Save the Princess]]. For more general kidnapping of women, see [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]], [[Damsel in Distress]]. Compare [[Living MacGuffin]], when the person isn't kidnapped or otherwise in danger, but (like any other [[MacGuffin]]) is intensely sought after. See also [[MacGuffin Girl]], if the girl originally ''was'' an inanimate [[MacGuffin]]. Expect them to be kept in a [[Gilded Cage]].
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* ''[[Lockout]]'' has Maggie Grace as the President's daughter in a very similar situation, trapped on a space prison.
* The Golden Child in ''[[The Golden Child]]'' is something of a child lama, desired by both sides. He doesn't count quite as a [[MacGuffin]] since his own abilities and efforts are conducive (if not critical) to his own escape.
* Lai, from ''[[The Transporter]]'', serves as
** Well, she ''did'' convince Frank to stop the human traffickers and saved his life at the end of the movie...
** The female co-star of the third movie actually was the daughter of a world leader, being used as leverage against him so he would sign documents authorizing the [[Big Bad]] corporation to turn his country into a landfill.
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* ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' had Ashley, the president's daughter. Unlike most examples, the bad guys had a pretty good reason for picking her.
* In ''[[Monkey Island]]'', Elaine Marley, the governor's daughter of Melee Island, gets kidnapped by a [[Ghost Ship|ghost pirate]] with a prehensile beard.
** Except that she's also the governor
* Princess Peach in earlier ''[[Super Mario]] Bros.'' games.
* [[I Am Not Shazam|Princess Zelda]] from several ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' games, most notably the original. She is usually [[Barrier Maiden|the key]] to saving the world and is kidnapped by the [[Big Bad]] in order to give him whatever power he needs for the game's plot. Traditionally, this is her segment of the Triforce, but not always.
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== Western Animation ==
* An episode of ''[[Totally Spies]]''. Though that President's daughter was more of a little
* In the "Corey and Corey Save the World" sketch from the ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' episode "Federated Resources", Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are sent to rescue President George W. Bush's daughters.
* Sasha in [[Titan Maximum]], who is a spoiled bitch whose father feels little more than barely restrained rage towards her.
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