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* [[Bastard Boyfriend]]: The man is cold or cruel toward his more delicate lover, but the relationship is played for titillation.
* [[Broken Bird]]: Life has been harsh, and the delicate girl has been shattered.
* [[
** [[Beautiful Slave Girl]]: She's enslaved by evil, but she's beautiful enough to invoke [[The Hero]]'s (and the audience's) sympathy.
** [[Chickification]]: When the [[Action Girl]] becomes defanged just to become today's [[
** [[Faux Action Girl]]: She wants, or claims, to be an [[Action Girl]], but her actions subvert it.
** [[Final Girl]]: Enforced in Hollywood because a last surviving female will seem more vulnerable and less likely to survive than a last surviving male.
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* [[Overprotective Dad]]: He always believes this trope wholeheartedly. Obviously, his daughter can't be trusted to make up her own mind.
** [[Dating What Daddy Hates]]
** [[
** [[The General's Daughter]]: She's typically seduced by the [[Military Maverick]] and daddy will fiercely protect his little girl.
** [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: She's ripe for a [[High Heel Face Turn]] after she meets our strong, heroic protagonist.
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* [[The Fake Cutie]]
** [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: She appears delicate, but only to hide her teeth.
** [[Decoy Damsel]]: When the [[
** [[Mata Hari]]: The beautiful seductress who is a spy under the enemy's very noses.
** [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: In this trope, a woman uses her delicacy (whether actual or feigned) to fool others.
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