Quotes / Damsel out of Distress

"Just because I'm a lady doesn't mean I cannot handle myself in a sticky situation. I had them wrapped around my hoof the entire time."

—Rarity, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "A Dog and Pony Show"

"Okay girls, from here on out, we're gonna take care of business ourselves."

—Princess Fiona to the princesses, Shrek the Third

Hercules: Aren't you...a Damsel in Distress?
Meg: I'm a "damsel", I'm in "distress"; I can handle this. Have a nice day.

— Hercules

"Understand, that while I'm not a prophet, I can tell you that if were to be sent away in a life pod and forced to watch everything I love and have fought for die before my very eyes, without even a chance to keep it together, the life pod would suffer such a terrible accident. Now, time being circular, if we know that this will happen, then we may as well assume that it has happened already, and that it is not safe for me to enter."

—Delenn, Babylon 5 ("A View From the Gallery")

"I was about to say "Captain Proton to the rescue!" but I see you have everything under control."

— Tom Paris (playing Proton), Star Trek: Voyager, "Bride of Chaotica!"

Buffy: What are you doing here?
Angel: Not saving the damsel in distress, that's for sure.
Buffy: You know me. Not big with the damsel-ing.

— Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Chosen"

They care enough to want to protect her, but not enough to ask her if she wants to be.

— Dabble in Drabble, a Warrior Cats fanfic

Lone Starr: You hold them off. I'll get the door.
Vespa: I'm not shooting this thing. I hate guns!
[A stray laser blast singes part of Vespa's hair]
Vespa: My hair. He shot my hair! Son of a BITCH!
[Cocks gun and effortlessly mows down all the Spaceball troopers]
Barf: Holy shit!
Vespa: How was that?
Lone Starr: [shrugs shoulders] Not bad...
Barf: Not bad...for a girl!
Dot Matrix: Hey, that was pretty good for Rambo!

— Spaceballs

Eggman: How many times are you gonna run? I've captured you seventeen different times!
Elise: I feel like it's gonna be at least eighteen.

— Real-Time Fandub, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

Rick Flagg: Fire on three, two...

Harley Quinn: What are you guys doing here?

Rick Flagg: You? What? We were here to save you...

Harley Quinn: You were going to save me?

Rick Flagg: It was a really good plan, too.

Harley Quinn: Why, I can go back inside and you can still do it...

Bloodsport: That's patronizing!

— The Suicide Squad Red Band Trailer

"Amalak— Are you for real? Supergirl could break those chains with one finger!"

— Superman, The Plague of the Antibiotic Man

You tried to cut me down, told me I was alone
Felt like a prisoner trapped inside my own home
You tried to kill me dead, but I won't feed your ego
Sidney Prescott, bitch, I'm in this for the sequel!
LET'S GO!

— RedHook "Cure 4 Psycho"

And then you got Toadstool. Yeah, I know: she just sits back smiling like an idiot and waits for the Mario Brothers to save her again, right? FUCK NO, the chick saves herself! Look at this badass bitch, she literally has a whole part of the story just about her breaking out and kicking ass.

— Nostalgia Critic on Princess Toadstool, Super Mario Adventures

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