{{Gus}}: Your annoyances may vary.

{{Seth}}: Wow indexy

{{Ununnilium}}: Took out the FauxActionGirl link, because Peach is really the opposite of that -- she's a DistressedDamsel who can temporarily transform into a true ActionGirl if the game creators decide they need a playable female character from the ''SuperMarioBros'' franchise. It's weird.

{{Scrounge}}: I've come to the conclusion that Peach just likes being rescued. There's probably some sort of technical name for it, some variety of complex or the other, but in a nutshell? She's there waiting calmly at the end of the gam because she knows that she can fend for herself if she has to, but she'd feel much better letting Mario sweep her off her feet and carry her off into the sunset. Seriously, what other explanation is there?

{{Lale}}: Call her a GenreSavvy NeutralFemale.

BobLaRice: ''"Doesn't work as well if the audience has grown annoyed by the character and doesn't mind her dying (Fred on Angel, episode "Shells"), "''
Boooooo.


ChrisX: Shouldn't Ion be placed in JamesBondage, considering... well... he's a guy? He's really girly, I know, but he's still a guy.

SoItBegins: Funny, but everyone seems to forget the subversion where the villain ''pretends'' to be a DamselInDistress.

Nerem: Editted out the Lamia Loveless example, because that's an example of BrainwashedAndCrazy, with a heaping helping of her being a huge pain to fight. She is in no way distressed or a damsel, and she rescues herself both times, with minimal help.

* ChrisX: Again I ask... ''WHEN?'' First time, Kyosuke pulled her out. Second time, Axel pulled her out. Minimal Help Indeed. And maybe it's just this experience, but she was NEVER a pain to fight against.

Moved the Ion and Richter Belmont examples to the JamesBondage page.

Cromage: Changed the DieHard and PiratesOfTheCaribbean examples, which aren't really subversions so much as straight examples that have been updated to "modern" tastes. Lucy and first-movie Elizabeth still play the role of damsel-in-distress, even if they don't like it.

ChrisX: Further more... I suppose being just BrainwashedAndCrazy and needs to be rescued DOES count as a distress. If Richter becomes counted as JamesBondage when all he does was getting BrainwashedAndCrazy by Dracula's followers, Lamia should've counted as well. It's practically the SAME THING.

So, if there is no protest so far, I shall re-add Lamia. If you want to delete it again, be sure to remove Richter from the JamesBondage entry, because apparently, being BrainwashedAndCrazy and urges your friend to save you does not count being a DistressedDamsel or JamesBondage.

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JohnnyE: Is there a reason DamselInDistress isn't the main title? I don't see how DistressedDamsel is a better title, and not just different for difference's sake.

{{Reecer6}}: I lean more towards the title being ThePeach. Because Princess Peach is the queen of Damsels in Distress.
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DragonQuestZ: I changed the picture because it doesn't really show the trope that much. Not that the character isn't an example, just the picture doesn't show the concept that well. But I am keeping it here if someone finds a page it does fit.

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