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* ''{{Change 123}}'': Played straight in the Chapter 2 where Hibiki eventually rescues Kosukegawa. A variation happens during the "Zero revealing" plot arc where Kosukegawa's kidnapping serves only as a bait for [=HiFuMi=] to lure them into a [[XanatosGambit Xanatos-style trap]].
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** And George [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020114 here]], [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020517 not quite escaping here]], and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/020601 back]].
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* BobAndGeorge: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob]]

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* BobAndGeorge: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob]]Bob]] and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010919 Mickey]]
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* BobAndGeorge: [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010902 Bob]]
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* KingsQuest has Edgar...who spends moat of his first appearance as a {{Mook}} of Lolotte's, and his second appearance [[spoiler: transmogrified into a troll]]. Both times, he's under MoreThanMindControl.

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* KingsQuest has Edgar...who spends moat most of his first appearance as a {{Mook}} of Lolotte's, and his second appearance [[spoiler: transmogrified into a troll]]. Both times, he's under MoreThanMindControl.troll]].
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* ''Film/TheATeam'': In what's probably a nod to the original show (see below), [[EstrogenBrigadeBait Face]] is captured by bad guys and tied up in tires while wearing nothing but an open bathrobe.
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** Danny and Adam both got this is the season three finale ("Snow Day").
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* Taki from ''{{Yellow}}'' gets this a bit, although it happens to Goh at least once.
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*** Also, remember that your PlayerCharacter could be DistressedDude or DistresseDamsel...

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*** Also, remember that your PlayerCharacter could be DistressedDude or DistresseDamsel...DamselInDistress...
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* Demetri Noh on ''[[FlashForward2009 FlashForward]]'', who was captured and placed in a ridiculously elaborate DeathTrap so that the crazy villain could test his timey wimey theories. It took a combination of his FBI partner Mark carrying the HeroBall and his girlfriend pulling an IDidWhatIHadToDo in order to save him.
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** [[YuGiOhAbridged "Mokuba was supposed to be there with me, but he had been kidnapped for the fiftieth time that week so his seat was empty."]]

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** [[YuGiOhAbridged [[{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}} "Mokuba was supposed to be there with me, but he had been kidnapped for the fiftieth time that week so his seat was empty."]]
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Inaccurate, and more examples


* Will Tippin in ''{{Alias}}''. The first real incident was in "Rendezvous". Will, a {{Muggle}} who is gradually losing his status via investigating SD-6, gets kidnapped by Julian Sark. He ends up in Hong Kong (or somewhere like that) and gets rescued- by Sydney. He doesn't know about her high-kicking spy job and screams when he sees her.

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* Will Tippin in ''{{Alias}}''. The first real incident was in "Rendezvous". Will, a {{Muggle}} who is gradually losing his status via investigating SD-6, gets kidnapped by Julian Sark. He ends up in Hong Kong (or somewhere like that) and gets rescued- by Sydney.Sydney saves him in France. He doesn't know about her high-kicking spy job and screams when he sees her. He is then kidnapped by [[EvilBrit Julian]] [[BlondesAreEvil Sark]]. Will ends up in [[YellowPeril China]] being tortured by a DepravedDentist, and then gets rescued by Jack. Jack later needs to be rescued by Sydney from Sloane's replacement [[TheHitcher Rutger Hauer]]. Marshal is up next when he is tortured by the same DepravedDentist, who threatens to fill Marshal's guts with a gel that will expand and crush his internal organs, and then threatens Marshal's mother. Vaughn and Dixon are also rescued by Sydney to a lesser extent a couple of times.
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* Ruggiero, a heroic knight in many medieval French chivalric romances, was once held prisoner by a wizard until rescued by his future wife, the knight Bradamante.
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** And in the first KnightsOfTheOldRepublic, you and a couple party members are kidnapped by TheDragon, and have to pick a party member to stage a jailbreak.
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* KingsQuest has Edgar...who spends moat of his first appearance as a {{Mook}} of Lolotte's, and his second appearance [[spoiler: transmogrified into a troll]]. Both times, he's under MoreThanMindControl.
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* The DistressBall was passed around pretty evenly in GalaxyRangers, as was the rescuer card. It helps that they're a BadassCrew.
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* Optimus Prime gets this with his love interest Elita One in ''TransformersGeneration1''. When arriving to [[DistressedDamsel save her]] from the Decepticons, first Optimus gets captured and watches helplessly as Elita tries to save them both, nearly getting killed for it. For one reason or another, the Decepticons decide not to finish them immediately but to hang Optimus over an acid bath where Elita will have a good view of his demise (and her demise-to-be). Elita One then activates her time powers to save Optimus Prime, which leads to him finally being able to do something to rescue her. It's pretty 50/50 with them.

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* Optimus Prime gets this with his love interest Elita One in ''TransformersGeneration1''. When arriving to [[DistressedDamsel save her]] from the Decepticons, first Optimus gets captured and watches helplessly as Elita tries to save them both, nearly getting killed for it. For one reason or another, the Decepticons decide not to finish them immediately but [[UnwillingSuspension to hang Optimus over an acid bath bath]] where Elita will have a good view of his demise (and her demise-to-be). Elita One then activates her time powers to save Optimus Prime, which leads to him finally being able to do something to rescue her. It's pretty 50/50 with them.
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* Optimus Prime gets this with his love interest Elita One in ''TransformersGeneration1''. When arriving to save her from the Decepticons, first Optimus gets captured and watches helplessly as Elita tries to save them both, nearly getting killed for it. For one reason or another, the Decepticons decide not to finish them immediately but to hang Optimus over an acid bath where Elita will have a good view of his demise (and her demise-to-be). Elita One then activates her time powers to save Optimus Prime, which leads to him finally being able to do something to rescue her. It's pretty 50/50 with them.

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* Optimus Prime gets this with his love interest Elita One in ''TransformersGeneration1''. When arriving to [[DistressedDamsel save her her]] from the Decepticons, first Optimus gets captured and watches helplessly as Elita tries to save them both, nearly getting killed for it. For one reason or another, the Decepticons decide not to finish them immediately but to hang Optimus over an acid bath where Elita will have a good view of his demise (and her demise-to-be). Elita One then activates her time powers to save Optimus Prime, which leads to him finally being able to do something to rescue her. It's pretty 50/50 with them.
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* Optimus Prime gets this with his love interest Elita One in ''TransformersGeneration1. When arriving to save her from the Decepticons, first Optimus gets captured and watches helplessly as Elita tries to save them both, nearly getting killed for it. For one reason or another, the Decepticons decide not to finish them immediately but to hang Optimus over an acid bath where Elita will have a good view of his demise (and her demise-to-be). Elita One then activates her time powers to save Optimus Prime, which leads to him finally being able to do something to rescue her. It's pretty 50/50 with them.

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* Optimus Prime gets this with his love interest Elita One in ''TransformersGeneration1.''TransformersGeneration1''. When arriving to save her from the Decepticons, first Optimus gets captured and watches helplessly as Elita tries to save them both, nearly getting killed for it. For one reason or another, the Decepticons decide not to finish them immediately but to hang Optimus over an acid bath where Elita will have a good view of his demise (and her demise-to-be). Elita One then activates her time powers to save Optimus Prime, which leads to him finally being able to do something to rescue her. It's pretty 50/50 with them.
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* Optimus Prime gets this with his love interest Elita One in ''TransformersGeneration1. When arriving to save her from the Decepticons, first Optimus gets captured and watches helplessly as Elita tries to save them both, nearly getting killed for it. For one reason or another, the Decepticons decide not to finish them immediately but to hang Optimus over an acid bath where Elita will have a good view of his demise (and her demise-to-be). Elita One then activates her time powers to save Optimus Prime, which leads to him finally being able to do something to rescue her. It's pretty 50/50 with them.
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* An entire arc is dedicated to rescuing Elliot as a catboy in ElGoonishShive.
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* To the [[FetishFuel delight]] of many a fangirl, a few ThatGuyWithTheGlasses guys have been this. [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] has been tied up twice, once by Sage to torture him with an OldShame fanfic and the other time by Mechakara... just to torture him. Paw was tied up in a recent video and covered in blood while the Nostalgia Critic was kidnapped by the Game Heroes and made to promote their stuff at gunpoint.

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* To the [[FetishFuel delight]] of many a fangirl, a few ThatGuyWithTheGlasses guys have been this. [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] has been tied up twice, once by Sage to torture him with an OldShame fanfic and the other time by Mechakara... just to torture him. Paw was tied up in a recent video and covered in blood while the Nostalgia Critic TheNostalgiaCritic was kidnapped by the Game Heroes and made to promote their stuff at gunpoint.
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* Alviss of ''{{MAR}}'', in the anime.
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* [[HandsomeLech Face]] got captured more than anyone else on ''TheATeam''. Bad guys ''loved'' to tie him up.
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** One episode centred on Ron learning an Aesop about "becoming a man," and featured one of his teachers pointing out that he can't be very good at being a "real man" -- because he ''keeps getting saved by a girl''.
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**** Except as of chapter 71 ([[ItMakesSenseInContext either one]]), Kid has found [[spoiler: an {{EldrichAbomination}}]] and as a result either has [[spoiler:gone insane]], [[spoiler:had a FaceHeelTurn]], [[spoiler:experienced GrandTheftMe]], or some combination of that. This trope's 'single female rescue party' part has been something-verted, as it's a) all of the Spartoi, including the AscendedExtras, and b) [[spoiler: right now the entire party has swapped genders.]]

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**** Except as of chapter 71 ([[ItMakesSenseInContext either one]]), Kid has found [[spoiler: an {{EldrichAbomination}}]] {{EldritchAbomination}}]] and as a result either has [[spoiler:gone insane]], [[spoiler:had a FaceHeelTurn]], [[spoiler:experienced GrandTheftMe]], or some combination of that. This trope's 'single female rescue party' part has been something-verted, as it's a) all of the Spartoi, including the AscendedExtras, and b) [[spoiler: right now the entire party has swapped genders.]]
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You don't need that many spoiler tags. Plus the bit with the plane was common knowledge pre-release.


* In ''Miles Edgeworth: AceAttorney Investigations'', this happens twice. Once when [[spoiler:Edgeworth is "arrested" for supposedly murdering another passenger on a first class transcontinental flight]] and once when [[spoiler: Edgeworth goes to deliver some ransom money to some kidnappers and gets taken hostage himself]] both times [[spoiler: he ends up with his hands either tied or handcuffed behind his back, and he has to talk other people into setting him free]]

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* In ''Miles Edgeworth: AceAttorney Investigations'', this happens twice. Once when [[spoiler:Edgeworth Edgeworth is "arrested" for supposedly murdering another passenger on a first class transcontinental flight]] flight and once when [[spoiler: Edgeworth goes to deliver some ransom money to some kidnappers and gets taken hostage himself]] both himself]]. Both times [[spoiler: he ends up with his hands either tied or handcuffed behind his back, and he has to talk other people into setting him free]]free.
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** This troper squeeed that Sasha has returned after a long absence to rescue Riff.
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* During the concluding sequence of Nar Shadda in KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2, the player gets captured and imprisoned by G0-T0 on his orbital yacht, and you get to choose two party members who break in and rescue you.
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* Ciel of ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}''.

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