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* Yagami Hikari from [[Digimon Adventure]] and [[Digimon Adventure 02]], the human lightbulb. Also an [[Ill Girl]], she is the only one to have a Crest (Light) that ''doesn't'' refer to an innate virtue or trait. The powers of this Crest usually manifest themselves in weird ways, and she has been shown as both 1) unusually self-sacrificing and 2) drawn to the Dark Ocean, because of her powers and walled-in emotional problems. She's also empathetic to the point of being borderline psychic, which sends her into two [[Heroic BSOD|Heroic BSODs]] in 02 (and during the last one, her best friend Miyako has to [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|literally bitchslap her]] back to sanity).

* Reverie "Ren" Metherlence of ''[[Elemental Gelade]]'' is a mysterious and legendary weapon who is frequently rendered helpless and constantly protected by the main character.

* Vivio of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', the main character's adopted 6-year old daughter who has [[Mismatched Eyes|differently colored eyes]] and was found trudging through the sewers while chained to a pair of cases containing [[MacGuffin|Relics]]. She turns out to be {{spoiler|[[Clone Jesus|the clone of the Sankt Kaiser]], required by the [[Big Bad]] to activate the [[Kill Sat|Saint's Cradle]] and packing enough power to match Nanoha blow for blow}}.

** Also, Ixpellia from [[All There in the Manual|the CD dramas]].

* Sheeta of ''Laputa: [[Castle in The Sky]]''.

* Melfina from ''[[Outlaw Star]]''.

** {{spoiler|Except when she loses her memory, then she fits the trope perfectly.}}

* Arguably, Lalah Sune from the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', though she counts a bit more as [[Waif Fu]] since she's one really powerful Newtype ''and'' a skilled pilot.

* Rei from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.

* Nia Teppelin from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.

* Asuna Kagurazaka from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. The only exception is that she is rather [[Tsundere]], but shows the canonical catatonic personality in flashbacks.

* Alvis Hamilton from ''[[Last Exile]]'' epitomizes this trope in every way, as "the key to the [legendary ship] Exile."

* Yukina from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' appears young but, like her brother Hiei, is a demon and therefore may be much older than she appears. She is pure-hearted, kind, distant, naïve, and has blue (or, arguably, sea-green) hair. She is targeted by villains either for her gem-making powers (They come from her tears! Awwww!) or because the main characters care about her and she is no [[Action Girl]]. She occasionally serves as [[The Medic|the group's healer]], due to her abilities in that field.

* Kagura Tennozou from [[Speed Grapher]].

* The titular Eureka from ''[[Eureka Seven]]'', though, like Ms. Sune further up the list, she's quite the accomplished pilot.

* Anthy from [[Revolutionary Girl Utena]] fits this description quite well in her manga incarnation.

* Sulia Gaudeamus in the [[Fatal Fury]] Motion Picture.

* Very rare male example: Kakyou Kuzuki from [[X 1999]].

* Neya from ''[[Infinite Ryvius]]''.

* Wendy from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' has elements of this, including a mysterious past, bad guys wanting her (in the case of Brain), non-action status, bit of a [[Distressed Damsel]], purehearted and kind, and [[The Medic]].

* Young Neese from ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]'' could be the poster girl for this trope. Her mother Leylia played a similar role in the OVA series, but is actually very tall.

 

 

*** Even more than that is in the fic, half kissed hero, in which she is the descendent of every major female fairy tale heroine

** Don't forget that she turns out to be pretty darned good at magic herself and can notice things that others don't.

 

 

* Maia, the child with the ability of Precognition from ''[[The 4400]]'' fits many of the characteristics of this trope, with her slightly creepy otherworldliness (and, of course, her potentially important ability).

* River Tam from ''[[Firefly]]'' is the youngest member of the crew of ''Serenity'', and aside from being a peerless genius and psychic, she apparently can [[Gun Kata|shoot people without even looking]] and [[Waif Fu|defeat small armies of berserk space pirates in hand-to-hand combat]] without trouble.

 

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Xehla from ''[[Baten Kaitos]]: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean''.

* Nina from ''[[Breath of Fire]]: Dragon Quarter''. Her backstory was so creepy that parts of it were [[Bowdlerise|removed from the US version]].

** And Myrrh from ''[[Fire Emblem]]: The Sacred Stones''... and Fa from ''Sword of Seals''... okay, ''Fire Emblem'' is really guilty of having nine year old [[Animorphism]] [[Mysterious Waif]] girls that are [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]].

** The two Shaman of ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Genealogy of the Holy War'', Diadora and Yuria also fit.

** Played with: she has many 'mysterious waif' traits, but her backstory is revealed even before the main character's, and she refuses to be treated like a damsel in distress (even insists on accompanying the hero because it's too dangerous ''for him'' to travel alone).

* Rydia from ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' -- [[Last of His Kind|Last of the Summoners of Mist]]... [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|thanks to the main character]].

* Although she isn't playable, Zelda from the ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series often fits this trope in most other respects.

* Sera from ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' and ''Digital Devil Saga 2''.

* Aeon in ''[[MS Saga]]'' fits this trope to a T.

* Isabella/Catleia from ''[[Advance Wars]]: Days of Ruin.'', though being from a strategy game she obviously doesn't have the RPG stats part of the trope, being instead a decent all-round CO with a [[Game Breaker]] CO power.

** Not to mention she serves as a plot-relevant character in the campaign mode.

* Luna, from ''[[Lunar]]: The Silver Star''.

** And from the sequel, ''[[Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete|Lunar: Eternal Blue]]'', there's Lucia.

* Alouette from ''[[La Pucelle|La Pucelle Tactics]]'' hits enough of the required traits to fit here. Although not the last of her kind, she is found with amnesia, is mostly good with magic (although, as with all [[Nippon Ichi]] games, you can customize her as you like), is self-sacrificing and {{spoiler|is the current Maiden of Light, even if she doesn't know it, which is a powerful position held only by one woman at a time and chosen directly by the Goddess.}}

* Possibly Naminé from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]: [[Chain of Memories]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] 2''.

* ''[[Lufia]]'' herself (and her analogues in the other games). She {{spoiler|is kinda out-of-place in human society because she's actually a Sinistral, and the other Sinistrals want her to help them stay alive and do evil things, of course. She is also portrayed as cute, innocent, and a love interest of the hero, and of course, has lesser physical stats but uses magic well.}}

** Thankfully, Julius doesn't have the stereotypical [[Mysterious Waif]] personality; he's a snarky, cheerful [[Yandere]] who ordinarily likes to spend his time picking on the heroes and being kept out of trouble by Dark Lord. {{spoiler|Once he becomes Vandole, his personality changes pretty drastically, though.}}

* Shana from ''[[The Legend of Dragoon]]'' reeks of this trope. First she gets kidnapped and put in jail, then she turns out to {{spoiler|be the moon child who will destroy the world.}} She exhibits the personality traits of this trope down to the letter.

* Linear from ''Evolution Worlds.''

* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' parodies this with the Quiet Healer, who often drops the Amulet of Plot Significance.

* The very young looking Nami from ''[[Aoi Shiro]]'' (pictured above) who has amnesia and mysterious [[Healing Hands|healing powers]].