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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.
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== [[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 ''[[To Aru Majutsu no 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]].}}
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