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== Comics ==

* This happened a lot to Allan Quartermain in the first volume of ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''. Usually Mina, Nemo, or Griffin had to save him, in a bit of a [[Gender Inverted Trope|gender inversion]].

* This happened a lot to Allan Quartermain in the first volume of ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''. Usually Mina, Nemo, or Griffin had to save him, in a bit of a [[Gender-Inverted Trope|gender inversion]].

* Lois Lane, oh so very often. She's [[Going for the Big Scoop|followed her journalistic instincts]] into danger so frequently it's a miracle she ever survived before having the personal attentions of a [[Physical God]].

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** In her first episode she abandons the outlaws in order to try and rescue her brother on her own. Naturally, she's captured in under five seconds and [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|her brother is killed as he tries to rescue her]]. Two episodes later, a tax collector begins swaggering around Locksley; Kate decides that the best way to handle the situation is by [[Too Dumb to Live|loudly bad-mouthing him in front of everyone]]. He captures her and the outlaws have to drop everything to go and save her...''twice''. In the sixth episode she doesn't get out of the way of a dagger being thrown at her, and spends the rest of the episode being tended to by the other outlaws ([[The Load|this includes her getting spoon-fed]]). One episode later she's captured yet again (off-screen) because apparently she couldn't run away from the guards fast enough, and in the episode after ''this'' she is captured by a soldier (by not being stealthy enough) and is then almost raped in a bar tavern. In the second-to-last episode she storms into a peaceful sit-in protest, ranting and raving and hurling abuse at the soldiers for no apparent reason, and is about to be killed when another outlaw intervenes, effectively beginning a fight. In the grand finale, she's - you guessed it - captured yet ''again'', offscreen ''again'', and the outlaws have to save her ''again'' (although in context this capture was more justified than the others).

* The members of ''[[Torchwood]]'' just can't seem to stop meddling around with mysterious alien artefacts whenever the plot needs to be kicked off.

* [[Gender Inverted Trope|Gender inverted]] in ''[[Farscape]]'' a couple of times, generally involving John storming off the ship in his module for one reason or another and getting stranded.

* [[Gender-Inverted Trope|Gender inverted]] in ''[[Farscape]]'' a couple of times, generally involving John storming off the ship in his module for one reason or another and getting stranded.

** Parodied and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the episode "John Quixote" when John finds [[Action Girl|Aeryn]] dressed as a [[Damsel in Distress|princess on the top of a castle]] asking for help John then says "Now I know somebody is messing with us".

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** Well her powers are emotion based and it wouldn't be the first time she lost them due to issues relating to Robin...

* In ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', episode 2, Prowl, [[The Lancer]] of the team, tells Optimus Prime that there's only one person he trusts. Himself. He promptly gets sucked into a nanite monster and almost killed were it not for his teammates. In fact, despite him being the best fighter of the team, Prowl catches the Distress Ball quite a few times in the series, usually after trying to do something alone. Maybe it's trying to send him a message?

* Daphne from ''[[Scooby Doo]]''. The girl's entire purpose was to be "Danger-Prone Daphne", as they called her. (Note that this chiefly references Daphne from the cartoon series. In [[The Movie]], she's [[Took a Level In Badass|more action geared]].)

* Daphne from ''[[Scooby Doo]]''. The girl's entire purpose was to be "Danger-Prone Daphne", as they called her. (Note that this chiefly references Daphne from the cartoon series. In [[The Movie]], she's [[Took a Level in Badass|more action geared]].)

* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'': Aelita has a tendency to pick the Distress Ball in Season 1 and 2 by not always waiting for the Lyoko Warriors' help. Worst case is certainly in episode "Uncharted Territory", where her difficulties to adapt to life on Earth spurred her to return alone on Lyoko, right into XANA's trap. Almost as bad is episode "Déjà Vu", but then it was XANA's entire plan to tempt Aelita into going by herself in Sector 5.

** Contrary to popular belief, this concern Yumi much less despite her [[Designated Victim]] status. When she puts herself in danger, she knows what she's doing and has a damn good reason for it (like in episode "Hot Shower", to save her [[Annoying Younger Sibling|little brother]]).

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