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Line 1: {{trope}} The role of the [[~~Distressed~~ Damsel in Distress\|helpless innocent victim]] is hard to combine with taking drastic action yourself. But it can be the perfect role if your goal is to let ''others'' take action: Your plight may give them the adrenaline rush, social justification, or whatever they need to take action and strike down your foes. Thus, you can use your (real or more-or-less-pretended) victimhood to your own advantage, and to the advantage of the people who you rally to your aid. Compare ''And'' Contrast [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: The similarity is that in both tropes, a person uses the role of victimhood to his or her own advantage. The difference is that in the gambit they're manipulating someone to take their side (which may or may not be for the benefit of the ~~manipulated -- usually~~manipulated—usually not), while in this trope they're [[Empowerment\|empowering]] a person or group for their mutual benefit. Also, the gambit always uses a false victimhood, while the warcry does not have to contain any deceit. On the contrary, a real plight is a better weapon than a pretended one. However, the character might blur the line between self-sacrifice and victimhood, putting themself in harm's way so their allies can get the chance to rescue them or avenge them. If such a step is taken for nothing, it might make them a [[Martyr Without a Cause]]. Depending on the setting, this warcry either can be used by individuals and groups regardless of gender or it is restricted to [[Always Female]]. Or it's somewhere in between. In a patriarchal (male-dominated) society, it becomes easier for women to use this warcry while making it harder for them to wield power in other ways. In a setting where [[Men Are the Expendable Gender]], it's very hard for a man to use this warcry. Line 11: == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * In the first story arc of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Kaname - realizing that the [[Applied Phlebotinum\|Lambda Driver]] in Sousuke's new [[Humongous Mecha]] works based on emotion - helps him get it to work by telling him that if he loses the battle, the villain will capture, rape, and torture her. Imagining it makes him angry and determined enough to activate the Lamdba Driver and win the fight. * In the beginning of the [[World War III]] arc of the original ''[[ToA ~~Aru~~Certain ~~Majutsu no~~Magical Index]]'' [[Light Novels]], [[Lady of War\|Second Princess Carissa]], who was leading British forces against the magicians of France, engaged in this, thinking the Knights of England weren't giving their all. {{quote\|'''Carissa''': Oh, no. At this rate, those French bastards are going to capture me and then [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil\|gang rape me to death]].}} ** Needless to say, the tactic worked. However her comrade, the [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"\|Knight Leader]], responds to this act by trying to contact Carissa's mother for the authority to spank Carissa. Line 41: [[Category:Plots]] [[Category:Wounded Gazelle Warcry]] [[Category:Ambiguous Empowerment]]