Prince Charming<span> is a </span>stock character<span> who appears in a number of </span>fairy tales<span>. He is the </span>prince<span> who comes to the rescue of the </span>damsel in distress<span>, and stereotypically, must engage in a </span>quest<span> to liberate her from an evil </span>spell<span>. This classification suits most </span>heroes<span> of a number of traditional folk tales, including </span>Snow White<span>, </span>Sleeping Beauty<span> and </span>Cinderella<span>, even if in the original story they were given another name, or no name at all.</span>