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Sometimes regarded as a product of twentieth-century feminism. In fact, it is [[Older Than They Think]]. When classifying fairy tales according to the Aarne-Thompson system, one distinguishing mark of several types of tales is that a man (or men) is rescued -- generally by the heroine. (''He'' is generally her [[Love Interest]]; ''they'' are generally her brothers.)
Compared to the [[
The dude may have picked up the [[Distress Ball]]. If he was a [[Badass]] before getting kidnapped, he may suffer [[Badass Decay]]. If he continues to kick ass after being freed, he's [[Badass in Distress]]. Compare [[Non-Action Guy]].
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** Naturally, this propensity led one fic writer to do a [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Zuko]] [http://beckyh2112.livejournal.com/403217.html Anti-Whumping Meme], where she would only fill prompts about cuddling, kittens, fluffy ships, friendship, tea... All of the resulting ficlets are quite good.
* A thirty-year [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Blake's Seven|Blakes Seven]]'' fandom states that there are only two types of Avon fanfic; [[Slash Fic|slash]] and trash. "Trash" being an example of this Trope.
* The ''[[Good Omens]]'' fandom seems to have a thing for Aziraphale being dragged into Hell for some torture scenes with the option of making Aziraphale Fall. This got parodied in ''[[
* The [[That Guy With The Glasses|TGWTG]] fandom has been making the Critic the Distressed Dude ''long'' before he got captured canonically. Mostly justified, seeing as how the fics usually also have [[Ask That Guy With The Glasses|Ask That Guy]] in power and that usually means no happy fun times for the Critic. But other times it's just because he's so very pretty when suffering.
* In the ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]'' story ''Chrysalis'', Niko was the only one who managed to escape the [[Supervillain Lair]] -- meaning she had ''three'' [[
* How many [[Lord of the Rings]] fanfiction has either Aragorn or Legolas in danger, kidnapped, tortured or out of commission so the other has to rescue him.
* Parodied in this [http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=22384 adult but fairly cracky] [[Doctor Who]] fic. The Doctor's tendency to get tied up / handcuffed/ etc by the villain of the week means bondage no longer does anything for him.
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Princess Aurora/Briar Rose is the [[
* In ''[[Tangled]]'', it's always Flynn who has to be rescued by [[Rapunzel]], not the other way round! {{spoiler|Even when Rapunzel gets [[Bound and Gagged]] toward the end of the film, she's able to save Flynn from his mortal knife wound by working off her gag and begging Mother Gothel to let her heal him, which gives Flynn a chance to pull off his would-be [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Visual Novel/Miles Edgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations|Miles Edgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations]]'', this happens twice. Once when Edgeworth is "arrested" for supposedly murdering another passenger on a first class transcontinental flight and once when {{spoiler|Edgeworth goes to deliver some ransom money to some kidnappers and gets taken hostage himself}}. Both times he ends up with his hands either tied or handcuffed behind his back, and he has to talk other people into setting him free.
* Most gamers expecting to see [[
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' games almost always have a scene where the protagonist is captured, tortured, then given the means to escape by a woman (okay, [[Ho Yay|Otacon or Gray Fox]] in ''Metal Gear Solid 1'', but they're Snake's [[Not Love Interest|Not Love Interests]] and probably qualify).
** ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' has Olga free Raiden, with Snake on standby to give him his clothes back later.
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* During the concluding sequence of Nar Shadda in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'', the player gets captured and imprisoned by G0-T0 on his orbital yacht, and you get to choose two party members who break in and rescue you.
** And in the first ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', you and a couple party members are kidnapped by [[The Dragon]], and have to pick a party member to stage a jailbreak.
*** Also, remember that your [[Player Character]] could be Distressed Dude or [[
* In the arcade version of ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'', <s>Ryu Hayabusa</s> your nameless ninja gets chained on the floor during the Game Over sequence while a buzzsaw is descending from the ceiling.
* In ''[[Final Fight]]'', your character will be shown chained to a chair with a live dynamite in front of him during the Game Over countdown sequence. ''Final Fight 2'' and ''3'' on the SNES feature similar Game Over sequences, but it adds the possibility of switching one of the male heroes with the token girl (Maki in ''2'' and Lucia in ''3''), turning it into a [[
* ''[[King's Quest]]'' has Edgar...who spends most of his first appearance as a [[Mook]] of Lolotte's, and his second appearance {{spoiler|transmogrified into a troll}}.
* In ''[[Secret of Mana]]'', Purim's reason for joining the party is to rescue Dyluck.
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== Western Animation ==
* Optimus Prime gets this with his love interest Elita One in ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]''. When arriving to [[
** A similar incident occurs with Blurr in "The Face of the Nijika" (minus the whole "save my girlfriend" thing).
* Ron Stoppable in ''[[Kim Possible]]'' gets this quite a bit as [[Sidekick]] to the show's hero Kim. She, of course, has her moments of helplessness, but Ron gets himself into trouble even more, occasionally leading to situations when they're both captured and tied up at the same time.
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* The [[Distress Ball]] was passed around pretty evenly in ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]'', as was the rescuer card. It helps that they're a [[Badass Crew]].
* Played for laughs in one episode of ''[[Re Boot]]'', a male character (Enzo) is literally dressed up as a damsel in distress (complete with princess costume and voice changing gizmo), and the female lead dressed as a knight shows up to rescue him.
* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', the "[[
* [[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]] in the ''[[She-Ra: Princess of Power]]'' movie. Let's have [[The Nostalgia Chick]] talk about it, shall we?
{{quote|"And for the rest of the movie, we pretty much go in circles of capture. He-Man gets captured, He-Man escapes, He-Man gets captured, He-Man escapes, and our new wacky rebel friends have wacky adventures trying to bust him out."}}
* Sadlygrove, the [[Idiot Hero]] from ''[[Wakfu]]'', thinks of himself as a [[Knight in Shining Armor]] and thus is on the lookout for [[
* Mark Lily from ''[[Ugly Americans]]'' manages to get himself into all kinds of horrifying and distressful situations.
* All the guys in ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' have gone through distressing situations, but the the honor has to go to Superboy.
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