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The Ingenue is a young virginal woman with the purity of a child. She is woefully naive, making her a prime target for a villain seeking to take advantage of her, often in an I Have You Now, My Pretty fashion. As a result, the ingenue is one of the most common Distressed Damsels. She is also immune to sexual innuendo. In a worst-case scenario, the character will be given no real personality beyond her purity and innocence. A young actress in a theatre troupe is often called an ingenue, as she is frequently cast in this role. Silk Hiding Steel is what a Ingenues may grow up to be.

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  • The Ingenue is a young virginal woman with the purity of a child. She is woefully naive, making her a prime target for a villain seeking to take advantage of her, often in an I Have You Now, My Pretty fashion. As a result, the ingenue is one of the most common Distressed Damsels. She is also immune to sexual innuendo. In a worst-case scenario, the character will be given no real personality beyond her purity and innocence. A young actress in a theatre troupe is often called an ingenue, as she is frequently cast in this role. Silk Hiding Steel is what a Ingenues may grow up to be.
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  • The Ingenue is a young virginal woman with the purity of a child. She is woefully naive, making her a prime target for a villain seeking to take advantage of her, often in an I Have You Now, My Pretty fashion. As a result, the ingenue is one of the most common Distressed Damsels. She is also immune to sexual innuendo. In a worst-case scenario, the character will be given no real personality beyond her purity and innocence. The ingenue is a Stock Character found throughout all media, although the character type, almost always voiced by a lyric soprano, is popular in Opera. The Princess Classic is one of the most common examples of this. Nowadays, the ingenue is parodied or subverted more often than not, because in this day and age it isn't plausible for an unsheltered girl to be completely innocent. If this character is played straight and not in a traditionally romantic setting, she may be Wrong Genre Savvy, and will usually end up getting screwed over. A young actress in a theatre troupe is often called an ingenue, as she is frequently cast in this role. Silk Hiding Steel is what a Ingenues may grow up to be. There is no direct male version Distaff Counterpart to The Ingenue which shares the same characeristics and possibitive connotations. The closest equivalent for male characters, Man Child, has rather negative connotations with immaturity and being weak, with the emphasis being more on the lack of adult characteristics in the manchild versus their childlike purity. Compare Man Child, The Pollyanna, Princess Classic, The Cutie, Purity Sue, Parasol of Prettiness, Proper Lady. Contrast The Vamp, Femme Fatale, Innocent Bigot, Seemingly-Wholesome Fifties Girl, Stepford Smiler, Wide-Eyed Idealist, Covert Pervert, Coy Girlish Flirt Pose, Old-Fashioned Rowboat Date. Examples of The Ingenue include:
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