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1* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Discussed in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0482.html this strip]]: Haley is in trouble and Elan wants to rush off to rescue her. However, Durkon stops him, explaining that she is able to take care of herself. And that he is not. If he try to rescue her, he will just get himself killed, and that would make her very sad once she gets back on her own. Elan is forced to leave Haley to her fate. [[spoiler:And yes, she does save herself. And Belkar. And Roy's corpse, so it can be resurrected later.]]
2* ''Webcomic/{{CHEVALIER}}'' ([[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Chevalier hosted here]]) : Princess Faere in this fantasy adventure is a great example.
3* Turned on its head in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', by the character of [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/07/07/episode-052-meanwhile/ Princess Sara]]. Sara, through countless kidnapping attempts at the hands of countless villains, has apparently gained enough knowledge and experience to become a competent villain in her own right. She even tries to help Garland, her latest kidnapper, in his battle against the Light Warriors. Sadly, Garland isn't nearly as good at the whole "being a villain" thing as she is. "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/07/11/episode-054-a-very-bad-plan/ ... but if something's worth doing, then it worth doing right.]]"
4* Gleefully mocked (if not outright subverted) in ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'', where (lead character) Karn's mother (a White Mage) scolds neophyte White Mage, Lumi, for (among other things) "not being taught how to be kidnapped properly."
5** And in another strip, where Karashi is kidnapped, and has already freed herself and made it back to camp by the time Drecker finds the note left by the kidnapper and announces that they have to rescue her.
6* Possibly the ultimate aversion in ''Super Stupor'', a supervillain tries to kidnap a superhero's wife, and she brings him to tears, then ''maims him with a garbage disposal''. The hero visits him in hospital, and the villain says he fears for the hero's own safety.
7* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' "Painted Black" arc. Grace becomes one when she's captured while infiltrating Damien's base. She doesn't stay that way for long, and actually ends up being the one to defeat Damien after he gets her [[UnstoppableRage really, really mad.]]
8** The Princess Peach example is also [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] in [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-07 this strip.]]
9--->'''Sarah:''' You'd think the princess would be able to protect herself. She lays down the law in those fighting games.\
10'''Grace:''' Oh, it's all foreplay to her. She's kind of evil that way.
11* In ''Webcomic/MonsterOfTheWeek'' Scully is perpetually Damsel in Distress, the fact that she doesn't particularly like, up to the point where "Time for: Scully in Peril!" became a RunningGag.
12* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has Zola, who was a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090320 professional]] Damsel in Distress. She recently tried to trade up to something better, but [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090429 failed]], [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090501 badly.]]
13** [[spoiler:Except she was just [[ObfuscatingStupidity acting stupid]], and gets the better of the BigBad with a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100712 subverted]] GrandTheftMe ]]
14* ''Webcomic/RoninGalaxy'': This arguably happens twice to Taylor in the first chapter. First when she wants to escape her initial situation, and again after she believes she's out of dodge. Luckily Cecil and Giancarlo manage to track her down and save her (again.)
15** This happens yet again to Taylor, and Rin in the second chapter.[[spoiler: The latter gender-swapping the role.]]
16** And again in the third chapter with Leona.
17* ''Webcomic/TheCyantianChronicles'': Chatin and Cilke during Campus Safari, [[ActionGirl though they're not the type to be held long]].
18* ''WebComic/NerfNow'':
19** Parodied in the short story starting [[http://nerfnow.com/comic/189 here]]. For fantasy princesses it should be a FamilyBusiness, you see.
20** And [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/242 another turn]]: Peach dreams of being the heroine of her own game. Zelda dreams of being the heroine of her own game. Bayonetta, who ''is'' the heroine of her game, wants to be the one who gets rescued instead. And have a good dress.
21** Morgan plays this role in the 'Seven Day War' story arc starting [[https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/3169 on Day 3.]] She's rather annoyed by it, likely because she's forced to wear a skimpy outfit. The point, of course, is so her wife Jane is the one to rescue her.
22* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': Less so than DistressedDude, since there are fewer female characters. At one point, [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000730c Protoman deduces Roll is in trouble because she's the only female around]]. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030328 Though others have appeared since.]]
23* ''Webcomic/ThePocalypse'': Rosa, after she is captured by Andrius [[spoiler:even though she has already been transformed into a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Zompire]].]] Also in the scene 26 of chapter 2 called ''Damsel in Distress'', the heroes save a girl from vampires. [[spoiler:[[DecoyDamsel She is not actually in distress]].]]
24* ''Webcomic/WoodenRose'': Starts with Nessa taking a spill from her horse in the middle of a wintery woods, and twisting her ankle.
25* ''Webcomic/ThePhoenixRequiem'': [[http://requiem.seraph-inn.com/viewcomic.php?page=143 When Jonas abducts Anya to make her go riding, he declares he could persuade the authorities that he was rescuing a damsel in distress]].
26* In ''Webcomic/{{Endstone}}'', Kyri defeats the bad guy [[http://endstone.net/2011/04/04/5-23/ to drop, unconscious, in the midst of a horde of dinosaurs. Jon reacts swiftly.]]
27* In ''Webcomic/ThistilMistilKistil'', the [[MadeASlave slave]] Hedda is threatened with HumanSacrifice and drugged to keep her compliant.
28* In the FakeActionPrologue of Chapter 2 of ''Webcomic/TheSpecialists'', [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-62/ Lady Liberty is taken hostage.]]
29* ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'' has Peonie as the recipient of the frequent kidnapping card. Although it wasn't the first or the last time, it seems that EvilSorcerer Faden was the nastiest as she complained "I was really scared ''this'' time". She hasn't managed to stop other people targeting her for an abduction yet though, and Tiff can generally tell what time it is by whether Peonie has been kidnapped yet or not.
30* In ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'', [[MakingASplash Larima]] got kidnapped so often, [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV02CH09P015.html her team are sick of it.]]
31* In ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', [[http://dragon-mango.com/comic/chapter04/dm04-13.htm Mango thinks contemptuously of the idea of a princess in distress in this day and age. Meanwhile, a princess has vanished.]]
32* In ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'':
33** [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-87/ Princess Parfait]], prisoner and harassed by Tomato.
34** [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-141/ The shipwrecked Cucumber stumbles on one.]] [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-145/ Also a princess.]]
35** [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-347/ Princess Piano is kidnapped even before anyone realizes that the Noisemaster is loose,]] and [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-350/ begs for help.]] [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-351/ Almond assures the queen that this is not cause of despair because saving princesses is kinda their job.]]
36* In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?654 when Penny recounts meeting the cutest boy, that he helped her hide from the fox adds to her parents' anxiety about the romantic possibility.]]
37* ''Webcomic/FireSoup'' has the unnamed girl at Pig-Y Bank be threatened at gunpoint by a TotemPoleTrench burglar.
38* ''Webcomic/WhiteDarkLife'' has [[Anime/SonicX Cosmo]] get captured constantly by Dark Matt purely to spite the regular Matt (her guardian angel). Of course, given that these plans are [[spoiler:[[ThePowerOfHate actually just tricks to get the two to hate Dark Matt and extend his "lifeforce"]]]] and thus, not always thought that far out, Cosmo is usually more than capable of [[DamselOutOfDistress just walking out of trouble]].
39** The trope gets played straighter in the roleplays, but only on occasion. Notable examples include "Dark Matt Bio" [[note]]Tulip, then Lindsay[[/note]], "A rare moment indeed" [[note]]Daisy, then Peach (and later Felicia), then Cassandra, then Lindsay (sort of)[[/note]], "Fatty vs. Fairy" [[note]]Lindsay[[/note]], "And that's why he shakes" [[note]]first Tulip, then Annie and Sonja, then Lara-Le[[/note]], "Drunk Driving with Tora" [[note]]Tulip[[/note]], "Boar Bio" [[note]]too many to count -- the antagonists are a [[SexSlave sexual slavery ring]], that should say plenty[[/note]] "Professional Apologizer" [[note]]Lydia; this is the roleplay where it gets played straightest, due to the second half being an {{homage}} to ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance''[[/note]], "Blindly Fooling Thyself" [[note]]Memori[[/note]], "Inu & Uma Bio" [[note]]Dream, then (briefly) Lillian, then Miriam[[/note]], "Flight Formation" [[note]]attempted on Ivy -- [[DamselOutOfDistress key word being "attempted"]][[/note]], and "Growing Pains in the Neck" [[note]]Leila[[/note]].
40* ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'':
41** Mabel, who is captured by Lord Incubus, who demands that Sandra releases him from his prison if she wants her back.
42** Crystal during the Heaven on Earth arc, when she is captured by vampires who threaten to kill her.
43* Zigzagged in ''Webcomic/LsEmpire''. [[TomboyPrincess Daisy]] (who was kidnapped due to a case of mistaken identity) manages to break out of her cell and proceeds to wreak havoc in her captor's base until she's recaptured (though it took an entire squadron {{Zerg Rush}}ing her to do so). Ultimately, someone else had to rescue her from a DeathTrap, but she immediately used the weapon she gained in the process to go rescue another DamselInDistress and take down the BigBad.
44* Yasha from ''Webcomic/KuroShouri'' is an example, though she's not terribly happy about it. She is the human container for a wanted demon - but without any fighting skill or powers of her own, Yasha is often attacked first, and sometimes even kidnapped.
45* Kyun in ''Webcomic/{{Bastard|2014}}'' has needed to be rescued several times. It's justified, however, by the fact that she's being targeted by a serial killer [[spoiler: and later a second one]] and has no experience in that sort of situation.
46* ''WebComic/PrincessPrincess'': Sadie is introduced while locked in a tower, from which Amira rescues her. It crosses over with DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel as it's revealed she sabotaged many knights' attempts to rescue her.
47* In ''Webcomic/{{Distillum}}'' Kavitha is kidnapped by mysterious thugs. The boys saving her is what sets the plot in motion. [[spoiler: There are hints she was kidnapped on purpose to get Rob WelcomedToTheMasquerade]].

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