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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~RapunzelTower_4197~~RapunzelTower 4197.jpg\|link=Tangled ~~(Disney)~~\|frame\|Yeah, it's kinda like that.]] {{quote\|'''Shrek:''' Go over there and see if you can find any stairs.~~<br />~~ '''Donkey:''' Stairs? I thought we was lookin' for the Princess.~~<br />~~ '''Shrek:''' The Princess will be at the top of the stairs [[Genre Savvy\|in the highest room in the tallest tower]].~~<br />~~ '''Donkey:''' Well, what makes you think she'll be there?~~<br />~~ '''Shrek:''' [[Saw It in Aa Movie Once\|I read it in a book once]].~~\|''[[Shrek]]''}}~~ \|''[[Shrek]]''}} The standard place to imprison [[~~Distressed~~ Damsel in Distress\|distressed damsels]] and [[Man in ~~The~~the Iron Mask\|overthrown princes]]: [[The Tower\|A tower]]. Preferably the tallest tower, in the biggest castle, on the highest hill, in the most dangerous land in the whole wide world. After all, [[It's All Upstairs From Here]]. May be attached to an [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]] or [[The Alcatraz]], although some are freestanding. A [[Bedsheet Ladder]] is an invaluable tool in such cases. Possibly inspired by the [[Truth in Television\|Tower of London]]; originally a royal residence, the Tower later became a prison that was often used to house royal prisoners. Line 16 ⟶ 17: == [[Anime]] == * Clarisse in ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro ~~(Anime)~~\|The Castleof Cagliostro]]''. * {{spoiler\|Fai/Yuui and his twin brother}} in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]''. * [[Bratty Half-Pint\|Alice]] of ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' was this to a tee {{spoiler\|when she was alive. [[Mysterious Protector\|Jack]]}} was her first friend after he discovered her in her lonely prison of a tower. ** Before her was {{spoiler\|her mother, [[Cute and Psycho\|Lacie]].}} * A male example: [[The Woobie\|Len]] from the manga adaptation of [[Mothy]]'s [[Vocaloid\|"Aku no Meshitsukai"]] is locked in a tower from birth when it's revealed that {{spoiler\|he possesses the birthmark that the fortune teller prophesied would lead the country into ruin.}} His [[Separated Atat Birth\|twin sister]] [[Rebellious Princess\|Rin]] eventually finds him there and starts visiting him. == [[Comic Books]] == * [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Tb0TfDlx6Eo/SY9xdkMWTtI/AAAAAAAAALM/KFqJ8ZFQZzo/s1600-h/pag1.jpg This Spanish comic based on] ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~OddParents]]'' has Tootie in this role. * Subverted in one [[Conan the Barbarian]] story where the princess in question is just a preserved corpse automated to wave once in a while, to lure potential challengers (who have to give up a deposit and sign an indemnity form first.) == [[Fairy Tales]] == * "[[~~Rapunzel (Literature)\|~~Rapunzel]]" is a famous case of this, although she nixed the bedsheet in favour of [[Rapunzel Hair\|nature's ladder]]. ** Other tales of this type include "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130708093355/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/crane/snowfirered.html Snow White Fire Red]", "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718140610/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/fairang.html The Fair Angiola]", and "[~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20140401211900/http://surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/petros.html Petrosinella]". * "[[wikipedia:The Tinderbox\|The Tinderbox]]" is another fairy tale with a damsel in distress who must be rescued by the handsome hero. * In "[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/038.htm The Grateful Beasts]", the princess gets locked in the tower for complaining about her father's [[Impossible Task~~\|Impossible Tasks~~]]s. Which means she isn't there when the hero summons all the [[Big Badass Wolf\|wolves]] in the ~~land -- and~~land—and it turns out they are ''hungry''. * ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' is sometimes told with the spinning wheel that dooms her to eternal sleep being at the top of the tallest tower of the castle she inhabits. == [[Film]] == * Mixed with the [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]] and clearly inspired by Rapunzel, princess Fiona in ''[[Shrek]]'' is this. * ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' (at least in the [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)\|Disney version]]) slumbers in an artistically tall tower. * In ''[[Monty Python and ~~The~~the Holy Grail]]'', Lancelot goes to rescue [[Dude Looks Like a Lady\|a damsel in distress]] from The Tall Tower. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. * ''[[~~Tangled (Disney)\|~~Tangled]]'', [[Disney]]'s take on "[[~~Rapunzel (Literature)\|~~Rapunzel]]". == [[Literature]] == * The original ''[[Man in ~~The~~the Iron Mask]]'' was said to have been held in a tower in the Bastille. * The overthrown king Peter's imprisonment in the tower called "The Needle", in [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''The Eyes of the Dragon''. * In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Donella Hornwood got locked in a tower by Ramsay Snow. Sansa Stark was also held in one in Maegor's Holdfast after {{spoiler\|her father and members of his household were killed. Neither of them were rescued during their stays in their respective towers, though Lady Donella's fate is considerably worse.}} ** The fourth book of the series has a chapter called "The Princess in the Tower" about Princess Arianne of Dorne {{spoiler\|after she has tried and failed to crown Myrcella Queen of the Seven Kingdoms and start a war with the Lannisters.}} * In the ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' story "[[~~The Hour of the Dragon (Literature)\|~~The Hour of the Dragon]]," the Countess Albiona (a supporter of King Conan) is imprisoned in the Iron Tower of Tarantia because she refused to become the consort of a tyrannical puppet king. {{spoiler\|Conan infiltrates the tower through a hidden door, kills her jailors, and rescues her.}} ** Also, in ''[[~~The People of the Black Circle (Literature)\|~~The People of the Black Circle]]'' the Devi Yasmina is captured and imprisoned in a tower atop Mount Yimsha. {{spoiler\|This time, Conan infiltrates the tower with the help of an enchanted girdle that protects him from the magic of the evil wizards within.}} * Done to Bellina in [[The Elenium]]. Subverted in that {{spoiler\|she is a [[I'm a Humanitarian\|cannibalistic]] [[Eldritch Abomination]] worshipper who needs to be locked away for the good of the surrounding villages.}} * The abducted Princess Eilonwy is found in a tower of her ancestral home, Caer Colur, in the third book of the [[Chronicles of Prydain]]. * In [[The Silmarillion]], Luthien is put in a treehouse high enough to be considered a tower. [[Action Girl\|She escaped]]. * In [[Gene Wolfe]]'s ''Pandora by Holly Hollander'', at the end, Holly decides on [[Staying ~~With~~with Friends]]. The friends look her over and conclude that since she's a teenaged girl, obviously she get the tower room. == [[Live Action TV]] == * {{spoiler\|Clementina}} from ''[[Carrusel]]'' is kept locked away in her own home {{spoiler\|after her parents are hospitalized and she's in the care of her ''very'' overprotective aunts.}} * ''[[~~The Legend of Dick and Dom (TV)\|~~The Legend of Dick and Dom]]'' episode "Princess Gladys" features the heroes rescuing the Princess {{spoiler\|though not her sister}} from the top of a tower in a castle guarded by the Evil Dancing Dolphins of Doom. == [[Theatre]] == Line 62 ⟶ 64: Valanice of ''[[King's Quest II Romancing the Throne]]'' was also imprisoned in a tower; Graham takes it upon himself to rescue her, hoping for a [[Standard Hero Reward]]. Rosella was also locked in a tower in Lolotte's castle in ''[[King's Quest IV the Perils of Rosella]]''. Good thing [[Good All Along\|Edgar]] was [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy\|more fond]] of her than he was of Lolotte. * Raz must make his way up Thorney Tower in ''[[~~Psychonauts (Video Game)\|~~Psychonauts]]'', to rescue the Girl in the Tower. * ''[[~~Dragon Quest IV (Video Game)\|~~Dragon Quest IV]]'' has Rose, hidden away in a tower because [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~the Real Monsters]]. * ZUN, creator of ''[[~~Touhou (Video Game)\|~~Touhou]]'', must be fond of this trope: ''Imperishable Night'': In Eientei, Kaguya is safely hidden at the end of a long, long corridor that ''[[Batman Can Breathe in Space\|leads to outer space]]''. ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'': While it's more of an afterlife, the Hakugyokurou where Yuyuko resides is translated as "White Jade Tower". It's located high above the storm clouds. ** ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'': {{spoiler\|Subverted, Flandre is hidden in the underground cellar.}} * ''[[Professor Layton and ~~The~~the Curious Village]]'' has {{spoiler\|the Baron's daughter of the titular village living in a tower, and the heroes eventually rescue her at the game's ending. This is something of a twist on the trope, however, because she's not imprisoned up there - she can leave the tower whenever she pleases, and in fact is seen doing so (though the heroes don't know who she is at the time). She just can't leave [[Gilded Cage\|the village]].}} * ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess ~~(Video Game)~~\|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' has Link first meet the imprisoned Zelda in the tallest tower of Hyrule Castle, at which point he's informed that it's not just his [[Doomed Hometown\|home]] [[The Call Knows Where You Live\|village]] that's in danger. * In the PC game ''Love Chronicles: The Sword and the Rose'', the Prince needs to get into the castle tower to rescue the Princess, who is being held prisoner by a hideous beast. But when he finally gets to the tower, he finds only the beast. {{spoiler\|The beast is actually the ensorcelled Princess.}} Line 76 ⟶ 78: == [[Web Comics]] == * In the current story arc of ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Princess Voluptua is [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100501.html under siege inside Viceroy's Spire]~~--with~~—with the variation that she's not a prisoner, and it's ''her'' tower, but she's still inside it and needs help as it's being attacked. * In ''[[Erstwhile]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927191426/http://www.erstwhiletales.com/maidmaleen-02/#.T29xmdm6SuI Maid Maleen is locked in a tower to enforce] a [[Parental Marriage Veto]]. * [[Xkcd]] features a girl who wants to be a [http://xkcd.com/59/ lighthouse keeper]. She reasons that she gets to be the girl in the tower, only ''she's'' the one saving people. Line 83 ⟶ 85: * The Sleeping Beauty in the ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle\|Fractured Fairy Tales]]'' version, which is a direct parody of the Disney version. The Prince (who looks like [[Walt Disney]]) realizes he can make a fortune off tourists so he turns the castle into SleepingBeautyLand. * The opening sequence of the Australian cartoon series ''[[Arthur And The Square Knights Of The Round Table]]'' has Arthur "rescuing" Guinevere from a tower in Camelot. It was a mere spoof, though, she was getting ready to have dinner with him. * Quasimodo is a rare male example from ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)\|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''. * Jenny from the pilot of ''[[My Life Asas a Teenage Robot]]'' is a variant of sorts. Jenny is kept in her room on the top floor, until the world needs saving. When Tuck claims to have seen a monster up there, Brad climbs up to see what it is. * An episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' features a girl named Ariane held in a tower by [[Big Bad\|Lucius]]. Jimmy and Beezy spend the entire episode trying to rescue her. {{spoiler\|When they do, she transforms into a giant bug monster and levels Miseryville.}} As Lucius put it, "She was in there for a reason." * The lady Melissa in the [[Looney Tunes]] classic ''[[The Scarlet Pumpernickel]]''. * An episode of ''[[Tales ~~From~~from the ~~Crypt Keeper (Animation)~~Cryptkeeper\|Tales From the Crypt Keeper]]'' had a [[Fractured Fairy Tale\|twisted take]] on this, where the person the [[Prince Charmless]] and his [[No Hero to His Valet\|put-upon younger brother]] think is a traditional Sleeping Beauty is actually {{spoiler\|a ''vampire''}}. == [[Real Life]] == Line 95 ⟶ 97: [[Category:The Tower]] [[Category:Prison Tropes]] [[Category:~~Always~~Usually Female]] ~~[[Category:Marcel Proust]]~~ [[Category:Princess Tropes]] [[Category:Fairy Tale Tropes]] [[Category:~~Girl in the Tower~~{{PAGENAME}}]]