It was hard to choose either him or Naveen, since neither do anything heroic, and are extremely passive and lazy. I chose him because he has less screen time and no personality

Like I've said in my article about my top 10 biggest animated dumba** damsel's in distress article, he's a HUGE damsel. He's been in distress more than any of the Disney Princesses. First he's captured and turned into a frog, gets trapped in a jar, chased by a dog, almost eaten by alligators, captured by frog hunters, almost shot by one of the frog hunters, captured by the shadows, captured by the shadows again, is trapped in a box, and gets captured again. That's ten times in the entire movie! I mean none of the Disney Princesses were in distress that much! He's constantly having to get saved by Tiana, Ray, and Mama Odie. I mean the blind lady isn't too bad because Garrett (Quest For Camelot) and Toph (Avatar: The Last Airbender) are also blind but capable of taking care of themselves and saving them. However a FIREFLY? SERIOUSLY? SOMETHING THAT CAN BE AND WAS SQUISHED BY A FOOT IS MORE HEROIC AND USEFUL THAN HIM? This is worse then being saved by a goat or a chicken (though I stand by my notion that the chicken didn't save Kayley). My next choice would be Flynn.

John because he was saved by Pocahontas

I love him, but- can he do anything himself other than play ukulele?

dnrbal1999- Eric, the Beast, Shang, Naveen, Flynn, and you could make a case for Aladdin were all saved by their princesses as well.

^ So true. That is like 7/10

Or Charming or Eric.

Tiana and Ray are constantly saving him. My next choice might be Flynn or Aladdin because they also need constant saving and are both saved from a life of poverty by marrying princesses.

His parents cut off his money so he had to marry a rich family. He really doesn't know what he is doing until Tiana shows him what hard work is. HE CAN'T EVEN MINCE!

He spends the whole movie trapped in his Beast form, waiting for the right girl to come along and rescue him.

Charming? When exactly is he in distress AT ALL?

Well, he does nothing with his situation. I am probably going to change to Naveen. It's that he is not heroic at all

But the question is not who is less heroic but who is more like a damsel in distress.

^ Always the one to nitpick. It relates into the question though. He is in distress of his situation clearly, but does nothing about it. Either way, I don't see it (odd opinion)

He just needs saving all the time. Also Eric needs saving quite a lot, he'd be my next choice.

It's lucky his father wanted him to get married...

But seriously, John Smith??? For real???