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* ''JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' has Rose Wilson, the daughter of President Slade Wilson. She bonds with the Martian Manhunter when he foils an attempt on her life by Red Archer.

* When Elizabeth Swann is chased after in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', she thinks it's because she's the governor's daughter... but it turns out the men were just being 'called' by a magical amulet she was wearing. She tries to avert this trope by claiming to be her own maid (she was in her undistinguished nightclothes, and the place is full of maids), using the family name of her crush - this leads them to take her for [[BloodMagic Bill Turner's]] child, [[spoiler:the person they were looking for]].
** In the sequels, she comes into her own and is no longer fought over... until being [[LivingMacguffin mistaken for a god]] in ''At World's End'', when a [[GambitPileup bargaining session]] is held on who gets to kidnap her. She manages to negotiate her way into being declared [[AscendedFangirl Pirate King]] [[SheIsTheKing as a result]].
* Jen in ''CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' is also literally the governor's daughter and her parents scour the earth for her after Lo [[LoveAtFirstPunch "kidnaps" her]].
* Subverted in BeavisAndButtHeadDoAmerica. Butt-Head makes it into Chelsea Clinton's bedroom. He flirts awkwardly with her, and then is promptly thrown out a window. Since a guard would probably cuff an intruder and take him in for questioning, it's assumed that Chelsea did the defenstration herself.

->'''Elizabeth:''' What do they want ''me'' for?

->'''Maid:''' You're the [[WrongGenreSavvy Governor's daughter!]]
-->-- ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''

* Zoey Bartlett was kidnapped in ''TheWestWing's'' Season Four finale. She's rescued in the second episode of S5 with next to nothing revealed about who kidnapped her or why.
** Unlike many examples, Zoey was a legitimate character long before any kidnappings.
*** And her being kidnapped was foreshadowed/feared by characters in the show all the way back in season 1.

*** To be fair, she only took the necessary step to become Pirate King because she didn't trust anyone else present at the crucial vote. [[spoiler: She just didn't know that [[WildCard Jack]] [[OffTheRails would agree.]]]]

* In TomClancy's novel ''Executive Orders'', the President's daughter is kidnapped briefly by terrorists as part of a bid to demoralize him and draw the Secret Service closer around him so that the final BodyguardBetrayal will be successful. [[spoiler:It isn't.]]

* ''{{Redwall}}'': Gabool the Wild intends to use Mariel as a hostage to [[spoiler:force her father Joseph to design and build a belltower for him]]. Things do not go quite according to plan.

* Lyra Belaqua in ''HisDarkMaterials'' is the "involved in a prophecy version."
* In Jacqueline Lichtenberg's first SimeGen novel, ''House of Zeor'', she had to introduce complex biology and historical-political background. To support the worldbuilding, rather than pile a complicated plot on top of a complicated SF premise, she uses a simple MacGuffin plot: The Gen protagonist Hugh's girlfriend is kidnapped by Simes because she works for the Gen government in the department that prints money. (they want to flood the Gen economy with forged currency). We don't even meet her until the climax of the story, and she clearly serves only as devices to force Hugh to infiltrate Sime Territory. The real core of the novel is Hugh's developing relationship with Klyd, the Sime who helps with his mission.

* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Liara]] [[AdventurerArchaeologist T'Soni]] starts out as this in ''MassEffect'', before subverting it by being a scarily powerful biotic in her own right. And then she [[AdrenalineMakeover becomes]] [[TookALevelInBadass seriously]] [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend badass]] in the second and third game.

* In ModernWarfare 3 the damsel in distress is the [[spoiler: Russian president's daughter]].

* JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths has Rose Wilson, the daughter of President Slade Wilson. She bonds with the Martian Manhunter when he foils an attempt on her life by Red Archer.

* River Tam from ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. Seems like everyone and their local mob boss wants to get their hands on her.

* Chibi Usa from ''SailorMoon''.

* Elizabeth Swann is chased after in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' due, it seems, to being the governor's daughter... but it turns out the men were just being 'called' by a magical amulet which leads them (when she tries to avert this trope by claiming to be her own maid, (she was in her undistinguished nightclothes, and the place is full of maids) co-incidentally using the family name of her crush) to take her for [[BloodMagic Bill Turner's]] daughter. In the sequels, she comes into her own and is no longer fought over... until being [[LivingMacguffin mistaken for a god]] in ''At World's End'', when a [[GambitPileup bargaining session]] is held on who gets to kidnap her. She manages to negotiate her way into being declared [[AscendedFangirl Pirate King]] [[SheIsTheKing as a result]].

-->-- ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]''

* ''EscapeFromLA'' had Snake Plissken sent to rescue the president's daughter who [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter voluntarily]] stole the codes to an EMP satellite to give to her terrorist paramour. Snake is sent to kill her, but can't bring himself to do it after she has a HeelFaceTurn, and brings her with him.
** In the first film, ''EscapeFromNewYork'', it was the president himself, whom Snake had to rescue.

* The Golden Child in ''TheGoldenChild'' is something of a child lama, desired by both sides. He doesn't count quite as a MacGuffin since his own abilities and efforts are conducive (if not critical) to his own escape.
* Lai, from ''TheTransporter'', serves as ThePresidentsDaughter (though her actual father [[spoiler:turns out to be the BigBad]]). Other than as a McGuffin, her contribution to the plot of the film is negligible.

* The Film/JamesBond movie ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' features Elektra King, the daughter of oil baron Sir Robert King, who was kidnapped five years earlier by the BigBad, Renard. [[spoiler:Let's just say that StockholmSyndrome may have been involved somewhere]].
* Elizabeth Swann is chased after in ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' due, it seems, to being the governor's daughter... but it turns out the men were just being 'called' by a magical amulet which leads them (when she tries to avert this trope by claiming to be her own maid, (she was in her undistinguished nightclothes, and the place is full of maids) co-incidentally using the family name of her crush) to take her for [[BloodMagic Bill Turner's]] daughter. In the sequels, she comes into her own and is no longer fought over... until being [[LivingMacguffin mistaken for a god]] in ''At World's End'', when a [[GambitPileup bargaining session]] is held on who gets to kidnap her. She manages to negotiate her way into being declared [[AscendedFangirl Pirate King]] [[SheIsTheKing as a result]].

* Lai, from ''TheTransporter'', serves as ThePresidentsDaughter. Other than as a McGuffin, her contribution to the plot of the film is negligible.

* Princess Lurichiyo from the second ''{{Bleach}}'' {{Filler}} [[OvertookTheManga Arc]] is this trope combined with RebelliousPrincess.

See also SaveThePrincess. When the hero is directly connected to the kidnapped victim, see IHaveYourWife. For more general kidnapping of women, see IHaveYouNowMyPretty, DamselInDistress. Compare LivingMacGuffin, when the person isn't kidnapped or otherwise in danger, but (like any other MacGuffin) is intensely sought after. See also MacGuffinGirl, if the girl originally ''was'' an inanimate MacGuffin. Expect them to be kept in a GildedCage.

* In one episode of GunslingerGirl, the Republican Faction plans to kidnap a Senator's daughter and hold her hostage in exchange for some of their members who are in prison. Instead, the government gets wind of this and replaces the girl with [[{{Cyborg}} Cla[[BadassAdorable es]], who happens to look similar to the girl in question. HilarityEnsues.

* In one episode of GunslingerGirl, the Republican Faction plans to kidnap a Senator's daughter and hold her hostage in exchange for some of their members who are in prison. Instead, the government gets wind of this and replaces the girl with [[BadassAdorable Claes]], who happens to look similar to the girl in question. HilarityEnsues.

See also SaveThePrincess. For more general kidnapping of women, see IHaveYouNowMyPretty, DamselInDistress. Compare LivingMacGuffin, when the person isn't kidnapped or otherwise in danger, but (like any other MacGuffin) is intensely sought after. See also MacGuffinGirl, if the girl originally ''was'' an inanimate MacGuffin. Expect them to be kept in a GildedCage.

** Fon Master Ion from ''TalesOfTheAbyss'' is a male example.

* Rui, the girl from ''PokemonColosseum'' who can identify Shadow Pokemon by sight.

* ''ResidentEvil4'' had Ashley, the president's daughter. Unlike most examples, the bad guys had a pretty good reason for picking her.

* The DavidMamet film ''{{Spartan}}'' features a MacGuffin President's Daughter played by KristenBell.

* Estelle from ''TalesOfVesperia''.