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* What happened to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwenllian_of_Wales Princess Gwenllian of Wales]] and her cousins after Wales was conquered by England. In the newborn Gwenllian's case, it was not just to keep her from marrying and having children when older, but to keep her completely hidden from the world.
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* An episode of ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' features a girl named Arieana held in a tower by [[BigBad Lucius]]. Jimmy and Beezy spend the entire episode trying to rescue her. [[spoiler: When they do, she transforms into a giant bug monster and levels Miseryville.]] As Lucius put it, "She was in there for a reason."
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* An episode of ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' features a girl named Arieana Ariane held in a tower by [[BigBad Lucius]]. Jimmy and Beezy spend the entire episode trying to rescue her. [[spoiler: When they do, she transforms into a giant bug monster and levels Miseryville.]] As Lucius put it, "She was in there for a reason."
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* An episode of ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' features a girl named Arieana held in a tower by [[BigBad Lucius]]. Jimmy and Beezy spend the entire episode trying to rescue her. [[spoiler: When they do, she transforms into a giant bug monster and levels Miseryville. ]] As Lucius put it, "She was in there for a reason."
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* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tinderbox The Tinderbox]]'' is another fairy tale with a damsel in distress who much be rescued by the handsome hero.
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* The overthrown king Peter's imprisonment in the tower called "The Needle", in StephenKing's novel "Eyes of the Dragon".
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* Raz must make his way up Thorney Tower in {{Psychonauts}}, to rescue the GirlInTheTower.
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*[[spoiler: Fai/Yuui and his twin brother]] in ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle''.
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The standard place to imprison {{distressed damsel}}s and [[ManInTheIronMask overthrown princes]]: [[TheTower A tower]]. Preferably the tallest tower, in the biggest castle, on the highest hill, in the most dangerous land in the whole wide world. After all, [[{{ptitlenc0emkf3}} it's all upstairs from here.]]
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The standard place to imprison {{distressed damsel}}s and [[ManInTheIronMask overthrown princes]]: [[TheTower A tower]]. Preferably the tallest tower, in the biggest castle, on the highest hill, in the most dangerous land in the whole wide world. After all, [[{{ptitlenc0emkf3}} it's [=~it's all upstairs from here.]]
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* The Sleeping Beauty in the ''FracturedFairyTales'' version, which is a direct parody of the Disney version. The Prince (who looks like WaltDisney) realizes he can make a fortune off tourists so he turns the castle into [=SleepingBeautyLand=].
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* The Sleeping Beauty in the ''FracturedFairyTales'' ''[[RockyAndBullwinkle Fractured Fairy Tales]]'' version, which is a direct parody of the Disney version. The Prince (who looks like WaltDisney) realizes he can make a fortune off tourists so he turns the castle into [=SleepingBeautyLand=].
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* Princess Cassima of ''[[KingsQuest King's Quest VI]]'' spends most of the game in a tower. In fact, her musical motif is called "Girl in the Tower."
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* Princess Cassima of ''[[KingsQuest King's Quest VI]]'' spends most of the game in a tower. In fact, her [[AwardBaitSong musical motif motif]] is called "Girl in the Tower."
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** The fourth book of the series has a chapter called "The Princess in the Tower" about Princess Arianne of Dorne [[spoiler: after she has tried and failed to crown Myrcella Queen of the Seven Kingdoms and start a war with the Lannisters.]]
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* ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'' has the Baron's daughter of the titular village living in a tower, and the group eventually rescues her at the game's ending.
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ending.]]
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* Jenny from the pilot of ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' is a variant of sorts. Jenny is kept in her room on the top floor, until the world needs saving. When Tuck claims to have seen a monster up there, Brad climbs up to see what it is.
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The standard place to imprison {{distressed damsel}}s and [[ManInTheIronMask overthrown princes]]: [[TheTower A tower]]. Preferably the tallest tower, in the biggest castle, on the highest hill, in the most dangerous land in the whole wide world.
world. After all, [[{{ptitlenc0emkf3}} it's all upstairs from here.]]
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* ''{{Tangled}}'', {{Disney}}'s take on ''{{Rapunzel}}''.
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* [[ASongOfIceAndFire Sansa Stark]] was held in a tower in Maegor's Holdfast after [[spoiler:her father and members of his household were killed. She didn't get rescued during her stay in it.]]
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* [[ASongOfIceAndFire Sansa Stark]] was held In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', Donella Hornwood got locked in a tower by Ramsay Snow. Sansa Stark was also held in one in Maegor's Holdfast after [[spoiler:her father and members of his household were killed. She didn't get Neither of them were rescued during her stay their stays in it.their respective towers, though Lady Donella's fate is considerably worse.]]
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* [[ASongOfIceAndFire Sansa Stark]] was held in a tower in Maegor's Holdfast after [[spoiler:her father and members of his household were killed. She didn't get rescued during her stay in it.]]
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* ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'' has the Baron's daughter of the titular village living in a tower, and the group eventually rescues her at the game's ending.
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May be attached to an EvilTowerOfOminousness or TheAlcatraz, although some are freestanding. A BedsheetLadder is an invaluable tool in such cases.
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cases. Possibly inspired by the [[TruthInTelevision Tower of London]]; originally a royal residence, the Tower later became a prison that was often used to house royal prisoners.
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* In ''[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/038.htm The Grateful Beasts]]'', the princess gets locked in the tower for complaining about her father's {{Impossible Task}}s. Which means she isn't there when the hero summons all the wolves in the land -- and it turns out they are ''hungry''.
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* In ''[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/038.htm The Grateful Beasts]]'', the princess gets locked in the tower for complaining about her father's {{Impossible Task}}s. Which means she isn't there when the hero summons all the wolves [[BigBadassWolf wolves]] in the land -- and it turns out they are ''hungry''.
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* In ''[[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/038.htm The Grateful Beasts]]'', the princess gets locked in the tower for complaining about her father's {{Impossible Task}}s. Which means she isn't there when the hero summons all the wolves in the land -- and it turns out they are ''hungry''.
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** Other tales of this type include [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/crane/snowfirered.html Snow White Fire Red]], [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/fairang.html The Fair Angiola]], and [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/stories/petros.html Petrosinella]].
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* [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Tb0TfDlx6Eo/SY9xdkMWTtI/AAAAAAAAALM/KFqJ8ZFQZzo/s1600-h/pag1.jpg This Spanish comic based on]] ''TheFairlyOddparents'' has Tootie in this role.
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* There are shades of this in the current story arc of ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' where Princess Voluptua is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100501.html under siege inside Viceroy's Spire]]--with the aversion that she's not a prisoner, and it's ''her'' tower, but she's still inside it and needs help as it's being attacked.
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* There are shades of this in the current story arc of ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' where Princess Voluptua is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100501.html under siege inside Viceroy's Spire]]--with the aversion that she's not a prisoner, and it's ''her'' tower, but she's still inside it and needs help as it's being attacked.
* There are shades of this in the current story arc of ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' where Princess Voluptua is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100501.html under siege inside Viceroy's Spire]]--with the aversion that she's not a prisoner, and it's ''her'' tower, but she's still inside it and needs help as it's being attacked.
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* [[{{Touhou}} ZUN]] must be fond of this trope:
** ''Imperishable Night'': In Eientei, Kaguya is safely hidden at the end of a long, long corridor that ''[[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace leads to outer space]]''.
** ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'': While it's more of an afterlife, the Hakugyokurou where Yuyuko resides is translated as "White Jade Tower". It's located high above the storm clouds.
** ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'': [[spoiler: Subverted, Flandre is hidden in the underground cellar.]]
** ''Imperishable Night'': In Eientei, Kaguya is safely hidden at the end of a long, long corridor that ''[[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace leads to outer space]]''.
** ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'': While it's more of an afterlife, the Hakugyokurou where Yuyuko resides is translated as "White Jade Tower". It's located high above the storm clouds.
** ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'': [[spoiler: Subverted, Flandre is hidden in the underground cellar.]]
