#tv tropes
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Undead Lincoln, as we all know, is a Troper. In life, he loved literature and poetry (kinda!) so of course he grabbed on to TV Tropes like an over-educated lamprey. He’s referring to the Mighty Whitey trope, which is…very common in pretty much everything.
But! I wonder sometimes what it’s like from the point of view of those Mighty Whitey is there to “help.” Because, hey, if you knowthere’s a white Chosen One coming along to do the heavy lifting anyhow…
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- Both of the guys on Supernatural have been tied/chained up so often that sooner or later you start to think someone on the writing team has a fetish.
- If you’re a male on Merlin, chances are you needed to be rescued at some point.
- InDoctor Who, the Doctor gets tied up all the freaking time.
- Criminal Minds. Poor Spencer Reid.
- Face got captured more than anyone else on The A-Team. Bad guys loved to tie him up.
- NCIS has a designated “damsel” named Tony DiNozzo
- Smallville had this in its early years to the point of being female Fanservice. Ads for the premiere showed Clark tied to a cross with his shirt ripped off and a big “S” painted on his chest in what seemed to be blood
- The boys of Stargate SG-1 invoke this trope fairly often. Daniel winds up kidnapped disproportionately often in the first season or two. He’s also the Woobie, so…
- James T. Kirk not only gets manacled but stripped to the waist and rubbed down with oil. Several times. Fanservice, anyone?
- The X-Files: Fox Mulder ends up in this role a lot, though this was more due to his inability to think before charging in than a need to show off Scully’s competency. Scully’s awesomeness was kind of self-evident.
