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damsel in distress

theme in storytelling, stock character; a noble Lady in need of rescue, traditionally from dragons
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damsel in distress
Frank Bernard Dicksee · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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damsel in distress

Summary

damsel in distress is a cliché[1]. It draws 561 Wikipedia views per month (clich category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • damsel in distress's image is recorded as Dicksee-Chivalry-1885.jpg[3].
  • damsel in distress's instance of is recorded as cliché[4].
  • damsel in distress's instance of is recorded as stock character[5].
  • damsel in distress's instance of is recorded as narrative role[6].
  • damsel in distress's Commons category is recorded as Damsel in distress[7].
  • damsel in distress's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rywy[8].
  • damsel in distress's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Damsels in distress[9].
  • damsel in distress's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-100[10].
  • damsel in distress's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/DamselInDistress[11].
  • damsel in distress's AniDB tag ID is recorded as 3575[12].
  • damsel in distress's All the Tropes article ID is recorded as Damsel_in_Distress[13].
  • damsel in distress's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as deva-v-bede-faaeed[14].
  • damsel in distress's IMDb keyword is recorded as damsel-in-distress[15].

Why It Matters

damsel in distress draws 561 Wikipedia views per month (clich category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_damsel-in-distress_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{damsel in distress}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/damsel-in-distress}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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