Deliberately Distressed Damsel: Difference between revisions

* Happened in ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'', with [[Tomboy Princess]] Maria Louise of France playing this role. [[Wrong Genre Savvy|It backfires SPECTACULARLY]].

* Rukia Kuchiki in the ''Soul Society'' arc in ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]''. {{spoiler|In this case, however, it's because she's ''suicidal'', and wants to die to [[The Atoner|atone]] for killing her sub-captain and first (unrequited) love in self defence after he was possessed by a hollow. The fact circumstances have prevented her from regaining the power she lost in the first episode don't help.}}

* In the first episode of ''[[Busou Renkin (Manga)|Busou Renkin]]'', Tokiko leaves herself wide open, leading Kazuki to think she is just an [[Innocent Bystander]]. Nope. sh'e an Alchemist Warrior, and she was leading the [[Monster of the Week]] into a trap.

* Surprisingly, {{spoiler|Elizabeth Middleford}} from ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]''. {{spoiler|She's hated by a significant chunk of the fandom who see her as an annoying, [[Genki Girl|genki]] [[Disposable Fiance]], but it turns out she [[Deliberately Cute Child|acts the way she does]] because she was afraid that Ciel would see her as "[[No Guy Wants an Amazon|uncute]]." ([[Fridge Brilliance]], actually, considering [[Proper Lady|how women were expected to act back then.]]) She's really a [[Little Miss Badass]].}}

* Eiko from ''[[Hajimete no Aku (Manga)|Hajimete no Aku]]'' tries this trope out to gain fame and fortune. She just ends up [[Charles Atlas Superpower|scaring off]] the people who put her in distress on accident.

* In ''[[Erast Fandorin (Literature)|Murder on the Leviathan]]'', Renata Kleber gets into trouble on purpose in hopes of starting a [[Rescue Romance]] with the handsome protagonist, who seems to uphold chivalric values.

* In ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]],'' Bella thinks that she can [[Mindlink Mates|psychically connect with her ex-boyfriend]] Edward if she gets an adrenaline rush, and purposefully puts herself in near-death situations to bring them on.

* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Light Fantastic|The Light Fantastic]]'', Cohen the Barbarian, Rincewind, and Twoflower interrupt a druidic sacrifice, in the process rescuing the maiden who was about to be sacrificed. Said maiden is extremely indignant about the rescue, protesting that if it weren't for them rescuing her she would be "having tea with the Moon Goddess by now" and that they'd just caused [[Virgin Sacrifice|"eight years of staying in on Sunday nights"]] to go "down the drain".

* A common interpretation for [[Super Mario Bros (Franchise).|Princess Peach]].

* Played with in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]''. {{spoiler|Though Zelda herself certainly doesn't choose to be kidnapped, it's later revealed that her plight was part of a plan set in motion by her previous incarnation. In her past life as the goddess Hylia, she predicted that putting her human self in danger would be a surefire way to spur Link into action.}}

* {{spoiler|Jessica}} in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]''. {{spoiler|While she ''is'' an asthmatic [[Ill Girl]], she more than once pretends to be more ill than she truly is.}}

* {{spoiler|Zola Anya Talinka Venia Zeblinkya Malfeazium}} in ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'' have a mix of high-end [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] and being just one little step behind the developing situation -- she may be ahead of most others, but never ''quite'' reaches the top perch.

* [[Conversational Troping|Mentioned]] in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' to parody the [[Damsel in Distress]]:

* [[Gender Inverted]] in the ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' episode "The Duelist and the Drifter" [[Adventure Towns]] resident and habitual [[Distressed Dude]] the Drifter gets [[Unwilling Suspension|snagged]] on high fences [[Rule of Three|three times]], each time enlisting protagonist Lion-O's help to get down. This would be innocuous but for the fact that the Drifter possesses [[Not Quite Flight]], and readily exploits these encounters to offer [[Adventure Rebuff|Adventure Rebuffs]] and unsolicited, [[Aloof Ally|passive-aggressive]] advice on Lion-O's own increasing problems while elaborately feigning disinterest.