History Main / ThePresidentsDaughter

->'''Elizabeth:''' What do [the pirates] want ''me'' for?
->'''Maid:''' You're the Governor's daughter![[note]]Ironically, in this particular case her being the Governor's daughter has [[WrongGenreSavvy absolutely nothing to do]] with them wanting to find her.[[/note]]
-->-- ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''

When a character, very often a young girl, is sought after by various factions due to her background. She may be a rich heiress held for ransom, royalty held hostage, a BarrierMaiden, or... well, [[TitleDrop The President's]] [[CaptainObvious Daughter]].

Generally, those interested in her will want her not for who she is or what she can do, but who she's connected to or what she represents. Though this is sometimes the case, if the girl is involved in a prophecy or has some extraordinary talent, the various factions will want to possess, control, destroy, or rescue her. It's distressingly common even for the good guy factions to want to rescue her not for her own good but for what she represents. Expect the more [[{{Antihero}} cold-hearted white hats]] to suggest [[ShootTheDog killing her]] to avoid [[ApocalypseMaiden a worst-case scenario]].

Usually, only the hero will see her as a person and ask her what she wants, and even then, it takes bonding through the course of the story for him to care for her.

Named for the tendency of [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Presidents]] to ''always'' have daughters,[[note]]Each of the last ten U.S. presidents has had at least one daughter, and seven of the ten have had two or more. By contrast, only five of those ten have had sons--and of those sons, [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush one]] was a President who had only daughters. However, there have been fewer presidents' daughters, totaled over all history, than president's sons.[[/note]] and they ''always'' [[DistressedDamsel get kidnapped]]. Oftentimes, she'll even [[DitchTheBodyguards do most of the bad guys' work for them]].

For more general kidnapping of women, see DamselInDistress, which also links to related tropes, and especially SaveThePrincess, which is simply a SubTrope of ThePresidentsDaughter even though it is much more of a DiscreditedTrope than this larger concept. 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.

Not to be confused with TheGeneralsDaughter, which is when someone is ReassignedToAntarctica for fooling around with said daughter.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* [[spoiler:Shirahoshi]] in ''Manga/OnePiece''. [[spoiler:Vander Decken]] wants to marry her so he can use her ability to [[spoiler:control Sea Kings.]]
* Haruka from ''{{Anime/Noein}}'' who is surprisingly the main character.
* Alvis Hamilton from ''Anime/LastExile'', the last descendant of the Hamilton family.
* Melphina from ''Anime/OutlawStar'' is relentlessly pursued by every faction, as she is the key to locating the Galactic Leyline.
* Sara in the ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie''.
* ''{{Karin}}'', in the manga by the same name, is key to preserving the vampire race.
* Platinum from ''PokemonSpecial'' is the daughter of the Berlitz family, the richest family in Sinnoh, so at one point Saturn hopes to kidnap her and hold her for ransom.
* In one episode of ''Manga/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.
* Princess Lurichiyo from the second ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' {{Filler}} [[OvertookTheManga Arc]] is this trope combined with RebelliousPrincess.
* When Hyuga Hinata from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' was a little girl she was kidnapped. She's the heir to the Hyuga clan, one of Konoha's most elite and illustrious families. The trope is subverted: it wasn't because she was Hyuga Clan's heir, but because of her [[SuperPowerfulGenetics Byakugan]] eyes. Of course, since the Main Head is always expected to be the strongest, Hinata being his daughter was only an add-up, plus the fact she wasn't marked with the Bird Cage Seal.
* ''Anime/MarsDaybreak'': Kenran Butohsai has this, very literally. ''Enora Taft'' is the daughter of the President of the Earth who plays a [[spoiler:more than willing hostage and friend to the crew of Yoake-no Fune (Ship of Aurora)]].
* From Part 5 of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Trish Una is the recently discovered illegitimate daughter of the local mafia boss. All of the boss's enemies want to capture and/or kill her, so she ends up under the protection of the heroes, thus driving most of the plot.
* Princess Charlotte from ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'' while being one of the [[SpoiledSweet kindest and sweetest]] people in the story, is only sought after for her position as being the sole heir to the throne of Midland, [[TheKingdom a kingdom]] that everyone wants for some reason.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Layla Miller who was a living MacGuffin in the ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' comics. Parodied as "Layla MacGuffin" in Matt Gardner's ''House of M'' parody in Newgrounds.
* Lady Door in Creator/NeilGaiman's ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'', though she is the protagonist and ultimately saves herself, her enemies consider her a MacGuffin to be destroyed and later captured.
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[[folder:Fan Fiction]]
* ''FanFic/GrimTalesFromDownBelow'': ''Mini. Freaking. Mandy.''
** Also partially subverted in that she was perfectly capable of kicking ass and taking names on her own. She didn't become the DamselInDistress until she had a HeroicBSOD at ''the worst possible moment''.
* FanFic/AGrowingAffection has a reoccurring OC Nyoko Honokata, the Fire Daimyo's daughter. Her introductory arc involves a group who wants to kidnap her for political and monetary gain.
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/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.
* ''Film/{{Lockout}}'' has Maggie Grace as the President's daughter in a very similar situation, trapped on a space prison.
* The Golden Child in ''Film/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 ''Film/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.
** Well, she ''did'' convince Frank to stop the human traffickers and saved his life at the end of the movie...
** The female co-star of the third movie actually was the daughter of a world leader, being used as leverage against him so he would sign documents authorizing the BigBad corporation to turn his country into a landfill.
* ''RushHour'' has the Chinese Consul's daughter, and a moment of LampshadeHanging when Chris Tucker's character is on the phone discussing the ransom payment with the girl's kidnapper: "Fifty million dollars? Man, who do you think you kidnapped? Chelsea Clinton?"
* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The President's daughter]] in ''My Date with The President's Daughter''. Very slight subversion in that the President himself ALSO legitimately cares about his daughter's well-being (while the protagonist didn't even know who she was when he asked her out), but the Secret Service is very much treating her like a MacGuffin.
* Similarly, Anna (Music/MandyMoore) is the literal President's Daughter on the run in ''Film/ChasingLiberty''. She runs away instead of being kidnapped, though.
* The Creator/DavidMamet film ''Film/{{Spartan}}'' features a MacGuffin President's Daughter played by Creator/KristenBell.
* ''Film/AirForceOne'' has the Villain use the President's daughter to force the President to do his dirty work. And later tries to use his wife. Fortunately, Creator/HarrisonFord is the president.
* In ''[[TheEliteSquad Tropa de Elite]]'' everything happens because of the Pope's visit to Rio, but the Pope actually never appears.
* 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]].
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** 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 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 ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd 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 [[SheIsTheKing Pirate King as a result]].
* Jen in ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' is also literally the governor's daughter and her parents scour the earth for her after Lo [[LoveAtFirstPunch "kidnaps" her]].
* Subverted in ''[[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Beavis and Butt-Head Do America]]''. 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 [[DestinationDefenestration defenestration]] herself.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Ellen Emerson White has the ''President's Daughter'' series of books, most of which were written in the 80's and then updated. Meg is not a plot device, but she is the first female president's daughter and in the third book, ''Long Live The Queen,'' she [[spoiler: gets kidnapped and has her knee and hand smashed to bits.]] The fourth book, ''Long May She Reign,'' deals with the aftermath of these events and is very good.
* Coral, in Creator/RogerZelazny's Merlin saga of the ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber'' series, especially after she gets her... unusual surgery.
* ''Literature/{{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.
* Jack Higgins' ''The President's Daughter''.
* In Frederick Forsyth's novel ''The Negotiator'', it's the President's son. Like a true MacGuffin, [[spoiler:we find out that the evil plot really has nothing to do with him, he was just kidnapped to set up a FalseFlagOperation]].
* In Creator/TomClancy's novel ''[[Literature/JackRyan 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.]]
* Lyra Belaqua in ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' is the "involved in a prophecy version." [[spoiler: To be precise, she is the new "Eve" and thus her destiny is to end destiny, ''without knowing what she's doing''. Needless to say, the bad guys do '''not''' want to this to happen, while her allies do their best to protect her until her moment comes.]]
* In Jacqueline Lichtenberg's first ''Literature/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.
* In ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'', Door spends most of the book being chased by everyone in sight because a) she's Lord Portico's daughter and b) she has the family ability to open doors. [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower This is a lot more valuable than it sounds]].
* In JohnCWright's ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfChaos The Orphans of Chaos]]'', the hostages' abilities are extremely inconvenient because their captors want to treat them as this (Amelia deduces they don't come from democracies because of the extent of their hostage value).
* In Richard Hoyt's ''Japanese Game,'' the Vice-President's young daughter and a friend are kidnapped during a trip abroad, with the intent to sell them off as sex slaves if the VP doesn't cooperate. Or maybe even if he does ...
* Rare gender reversal in ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'' where the Baron's ''son'' has been kidnapped (though it's not clear the Queen of the Elves knew who he was, but his riding out on a horse--which only a Baron's son would do--is implied to have led to his capture.
** It is fairly clear that that was why the vigilantes who hounded Mrs. Snappery to her death were never held to account (though they would have been if the area had had a real witch)
* Another male example is Edric Storm in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', King Robert's bastard son. Some people just want to protect him; his StrongFamilyResemblance to his father is considered evidence for [[spoiler:the illegitimacy of Cersei's children]]; and one faction wants to [[spoiler:burn him alive [[PoweredByAForsakenChild to bring a stone dragon to life]] and save the world]].
** [[spoiler:After the death of her older brother and the presumed deaths of her younger brothers]], Sansa Stark becomes this as several factions try and get their hands on her claim to Winterfell.

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* ''TheDukesOfHazzard": The episode "Lulu's Gone Away" inverts this in several ways. First, the "president" is a fat, gluttonous, white continental suit-wearing county commissioner named J.D. "Boss" Hogg, and the "daughter" in question is his wife, Lulu. While Lulu is held for ransom, the other inversion comes from the fact that she (like her husband) is grossly overweight and, to say the least, homely. (Most women fitting this trope are young and intoxicatingly beautiful.) The reason she's kidnapped is because Boss double-crossed her captors several years earlier and now they're returning to collect $1 million, and know the easiest way to collect is to kidnap the woman that means the most to Boss.
** But just like all other examples fitting this trope, an effort to rescue the "damsel in distress" – in this case, Lulu – there are a few things consistent with other examples in this trope: 1. The captors make the ominous "or else" warning (in this case, $1 million by our deadline; "do NOT involve the Duke boys"); 2. The Dukes, without hesitation, organize – and ultimately successfully carry out – a plan to rescue Lulu, reunite her with Boss and take the bad guys into custody.
* ''HumanTarget'', episode "Victoria", the ''Queen's'' daughter is targeted as she wants to drop her husband for an EMT, which would bring great shame to her family.
* Zoey Bartlett of ''Series/TheWestWing'' being kidnapped was feared by characters since the beginning. Their fears were realized when she was kidnapped in the Season Four finale. She's rescued in the second episode of S5 with next to nothing revealed about who kidnapped her or why though.
* ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'' uses this, including a literal kidnapping example with Islamic Republic of Kamistan President Hassan's daughter [[strike:Kim]] Kayla.
** Before this, Audrey Raines was kidnapped alongside with her father, Secretary of Defense James Heller. Subverted in that she was more of collateral than anything, as the father was the target so that the terrorists could make a spectacle of him on live television. Though Heller actually does become President in the later series, ''Live Another Day'', potentially subjecting Audrey to this again.
*** [[spoiler: Played straight throughout ''Live Another Day'', and quite literally by the penultimate episode's cliffhanger.]]
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' used this with Hera, the first successful Cylon/Human hybrid. She was kidnapped by both sides, fought over, hidden from her parents and even "killed" in the service of filling this trope.
* In ''Series/ConnorUndercover'', Connor is given the responsibility of looking after the daughter of the (fictional) Cordoban president.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' Lady Morgana is ambushed and captured, knowing that she is the beloved ward of King Uther.
* A 1999 TV Movie, ''First Daughter'', starring Mariel Hemingway, used this trope. Mariel Hemingway played a Secret Service agent assigned to guard the president's daughter, Jessica Hayes, played by Monica Keena.
* Spoofed in "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pool_Guy The Pool Guy]]" -- an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' in which the gang sees the fake disaster movie ''Chunnel,'' about the eponymous rail tunnel collapsing. During a scene where part of the screen was visible, they needed to use a movie Castle Rock owned the rights to, and decided on ''Film/TheAmericanPresident'', with a line dubbed in where the president is informed his daughter is among those trapped in the Chunnel.
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In the second season episode "Washington Holiday", Harm escorts Princess Alexandra, the daughter of King Josif of Romania, while Josif is preparing to petition for admittance into NATO. A group of hard-line Communist extremists threaten Alexandra's life if he does so. [[spoiler: During the climax, King Josif does not publically petition for NATO membership, but Alexandra, knowing that her father wanted this for the benefit of their country, makes the announcement herself, while Harm prevents an attempted assassination.]]
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[[folder:Music]]
* Music/TheDecemberists' ''The Perfect Crime'' (from the album ''The Crane Wife'') has "the mogul's daughter in hog tie". We don't learn much more about her than that, but the "crime" is very much in this genre.
* Music/CreatureFeature's ''"Bound and Gagged"''.
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[[folder:Video games]]
* Rui, the girl from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' who can identify Shadow Pokemon by sight.
** Well, Eagun seems to lead Agate Village (her grandfather). She's one of only two (Megg and maybe Secc) who has parents. Yeah, Orre's a CrapsackWorld.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' had Ashley, the president's daughter. Unlike most examples, the bad guys had a pretty good reason for picking her beyond the ransom. [[spoiler:They plan to infect her with the Las Plagas parasite and send her back home to daddy.]]
* In ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', Elaine Marley, the governor's daughter of Melee Island, gets kidnapped by a [[GhostShip ghost pirate]] with a prehensile beard.
** Except that she's also the governor herself--of ''three islands''. So this trope may not apply to her.
* Princess Peach in earlier ''SuperMario Bros.'' games.
* [[IAmNotShazam Princess Zelda]], most notably the original ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''. She is usually [[BarrierMaiden the key]] to saving the world and is kidnapped by the BigBad in order to give him whatever power he needs for the game's plot. Traditionally, this is her segment of the Triforce, but not always.
** Zelda herself lampshades this in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', saying that being a distressed damsel is a family tradition.
* Both ''Dynamite Cop'' games have the President's daughter as a MacGuffin, who -- being a somewhat "[[{{Gonk}} handsome]]" young lady -- also seems to have been borrowing Karl Malden's face during her two ordeals. Yeesh.
* "There's been a kidnapping! It's Rachel, daughter of the President of Sercia!" Ahh, ''TimeCrisis''.
* The Indigo Child from VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}/Indigo Prophecy.
* Estelle from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''.
** Fon Master Ion from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' is a male example.
* Subverted in ''InazumaEleven 2'': There's an AlienInvasion using soccer to demonstrate their power. Prime Minister Zaizen and his daughter Touko both like to play soccer. But the aliens ignore Touko and just kidnap the Prime Minister himself, while Touko turns out to be an ActionGirl who joins up with the protagonists to help defeat the aliens.
* In ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3'', the damsel in distress is the [[spoiler: Russian president's daughter]].
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. Though that President's daughter was more of a little girl -- and a SpoiledBrat -- than a young woman, like Ashley.
* In the "Corey and Corey Save the World" sketch from the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' episode "Federated Resources", Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are sent to rescue President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's daughters.
* Sasha in ''WesternAnimation/TitanMaximum'', who is a spoiled bitch whose father feels little more than barely restrained rage towards her.
* ''WesternAnimation/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.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "Red-Faced in the White House", she's sick of being set up with robotic dates and wants a real guy. However, then she's offended by Johnny's foolishness, she goes with the robots.
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* Spoofed in "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pool_Guy The Pool Guy]]" -- an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' in which the gang sees the fake disaster movie ''Chunnel,'' about the eponymous rail tunnel collapsing. During a scene where part of the screen was visible, they needed to use a movie Castle Rock owned the rights to, and decided on ''TheAmericanPresident'', with a line dubbed in where the president is informed his daughter is among those trapped in the Chunnel.

* Subverted in ''[[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Beavis and Butt-Head Do America]]''. 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.

* The Indigo Child from VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}/IndigoProphecy.

* The Indigo Child from {{Fahrenheit}}/IndigoProphecy.

->'''Maid:''' You're the Governor's daughter!

* Haruka from ''{{Noein}}'' who is surprisingly the main character.

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

* Sara in the ''SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie''.

* Similarly, Anna (MandyMoore) is the literal President's Daughter on the run in ''Chasing Liberty''. She runs away instead of being kidnapped, though.

* Alvis Hamilton from ''LastExile'', the last descendant of the Hamilton family.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' used this with Hera, the first successful Cylon/Human hybrid. She was kidnapped by both sides, fought over, hidden from her parents and even "killed" in the service of filling this trope.

* ''MarsDaybreak'': Kenran Butohsai has this, very literally. ''Enora Taft'' is the daughter of the President of the Earth who plays a [[spoiler:more than willing hostage and friend to the crew of Yoake-no Fune (Ship of Aurora)]].

* [[spoiler:Shirahoshi]] in ''OnePiece''. [[spoiler:Vander Decken]] wants to marry her so he can use her ability to [[spoiler:control Sea Kings.]]

* Melphina from ''OutlawStar'' is relentlessly pursued by every faction, as she is the key to locating the Galactic Leyline.

* 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.

* An episode of ''TotallySpies''. Though that President's daughter was more of a little girl -- and a SpoiledBrat -- than a young woman, like Ashley.

* In the ''JohnnyBravo'' episode "Red-Faced in the White House", she's sick of being set up with robotic dates and wants a real guy. However, then she's offended by Johnny's foolishness, she goes with the robots.

* Princess Charlotte from ''{{Berserk}}'' while being one of the [[SpoiledSweet kindest and sweetest]] people in the story, is only sought after for her position as being the sole heir to the throne of Midland, [[TheKingdom a kingdom]] that everyone wants for some reason.

* ''{{Lockout}}'' has Maggie Grace as the President's daughter in a very similar situation, trapped on a space prison.

->'''Elizabeth:''' What do (the pirates) want ''me'' for?

Not to be confused with TheGeneralsDaughter, whom you are advised not to date.

* When Hyuga Hinata from {{Naruto}} was a little girl she was kidnapped. She's the heir to the Hyuga clan, one of Konoha's most elite and illustrious families.
** Subverted. It wasn't because she was Hyuga Clan's heir, but because of her [[SuperPowerfulGenetics Byakugan]]. Of course, since the Main Head is always expected to be the strongest, Hinata being his daughter was only an add-up, plus the fact she wasn't marked with the Bird Cage Seal.

* Lady Door in NeilGaiman's ''{{Neverwhere}}'', though she is the protagonist and ultimately saves herself, her enemies consider her a MacGuffin to be destroyed and later captured.

* In ''{{Neverwhere}}'', Door spends most of the book being chased by everyone in sight because a) she's Lord Portico's daughter and b) she has the family ability to open doors. [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower This is a lot more valuable than it sounds]].