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This trope often appears in film, and in popular culture and novels too. It features a woman who has typically experienced some kind of trauma, is quirky with a different appearance (e.g. colored hair) to “normal” women, and who jolts a male protagonist into recognising a deeper life purpose. The character often later needs "rescuing" and the male protag plays a heroic role in doing so. This character is rooted in misogynistic representations of women. The trope is comparable