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* They may have marital problems in ''{{Macross 7}}'', but don't ever think of threatening any of their children or their city or their ship; coz when MamaBear Milia and PapaWolf Max Jenius [[BattleCouple team up]], you are definitely screwed. Especially emphasized on their killer combo attack in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]] as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in4mkxx-W30 here]].

* More of a Babysitter Wolf than a PapaWolf, but coming close enough, because in ''DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'', [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] never failed to protect Patty.

* Guts from ''{{Berserk}}''. Unfortunately, his son [[spoiler: was born as a freaky demon thing because of Femto's rape on the pregnant Casca]].

* In the second OAV based on the video game ''FatalFury'', titled ''FATAL FURY 2: THE NEW BATTLE'', lead hero/fighter Terry "The Wolf" Bogard has lost his will to fight and live after being beaten by Wolfgang Krauser, only to have a street kid named Tony tag along with him. Tony, who lost his father in a street fight and works as a shoe shine-boy to support his mom Elsa, worships Terry's reputation as a fighter and wants to be his disciple. After the defeat, Terry [[HeroicBSOD spends half the special getting drunk and not caring about anything]]... It is only after Axel Hawk, the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, orders his sparring partner to beat Tony within an inch of his life in a bar (after Terry drunkenly refused to fight Hawk when challenged), does Terry rise out of his funk...and drops Hawk with ONE PUNCH. Even Hawk can't believe it (as his inner narration mentions).

* Kiritsugu Emiya, Shirou's adoptive father and [[spoiler:Ilya]]'s biological father from ''FateZero''.

** In TheMovie, [[HotDad Kim Kaphwan]] gets to show off his Papa Wolf credentials as well. When [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Cheng Sinzan]] steps into a party he's attending with the main cast and his family, Kim offers to fight him so his two kids can see him kick ass. His rival, however, soon starts wiping the floor with him, so much that Joe has to be stopped by Andy from breaking in... but the very moment one of the Kim boys begs his daddy to not lose, [[HesBack Kim brings himself back]] and [[CurbStompBattle completely curb stomps his enemy]] with a single Ho-oh Kyaku.

* [[spoiler:Minato Namikaze aka the Fourth Hokage]] from ''{{Naruto}}''. In fact, the whole deal with [[spoiler:the Nine-tailed Fox]] has just recently been revealed as the struggle between him and [[spoiler: Obito Uchiha, with Obito using Minato's love for his [[BattleCouple wife/partner]] Kushina (then-host of the Nine-tailed fox) and their newborn son Naruto (future host of the same Fox) for his advantage. [[HeroicSacrifice And we already know]] [[ThanatosGambit how THAT ended]]...]]

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Hohenheim.
** Maes Hughes also counts.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Macao Conbolt.

* In the second OAV based on the video game ''FatalFury'', titled ''FATAL FURY 2: THE NEW BATTLE'', lead hero/fighter Terry "The Wolf" Bogard has lost his will to fight and live after being beaten by Wolfgang Krauser, only to have a street kid named Tony tag along with him. Tony, who lost his father in a street fight and works as a shoe shine-boy to support his HotMom Elsa, worships Terry's reputation as a fighter and wants to be his disciple. After the defeat, Terry [[HeroicBSOD spends half the special getting drunk and not caring about anything]]... It is only after Axel Hawk, the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, orders his sparring partner to beat Tony within an inch of his life in a bar (after Terry drunkenly refused to fight Hawk when challenged), does Terry rise out of his funk...and drops Hawk with ONE PUNCH. Even Hawk can't believe it (as his inner narration mentions).

** A less obvious example is Ryuuken. Despite utterly refusing to use his power for years and having an estranged relationship with his son because of that decision, he jumps into action to save Uryuu from death during a period when his son was BroughtDownToBadass. He then restores Uryuu's lost powers to him via ParentExMachina.

* Saotome Genma and Tendo Soun of ''RanmaOneHalf'' aren't as {{Badsss}} as most of the cast, but they haven't forgotten much of Happosai's TrainingFromHell.

** Also note his reaction to Medusa's [[AbusiveParents claims about her child]] [[TheWoobie Crona]]; for the first time in the series, [[BerserkButton Spirit is upset and]] '''[[BerserkButton angry]]'''.

** A less obvious example is Ryuuken. Despite utterly refusing to use his power for years and having an estranged relationship with his son because of that decision, he jumps into action to save that son from death during a period when his son was BroughtDownToBadass. He then restores his son's lost powers to him via ParentExMachina.

* Kiritsugu Emiya, Shirou' adoptive father and [[spoiler:Ilya]]'s biological father from ''FateZero''.

* Kiritsugu Emiya, Shirou' adoptive father and [[spoiler:Illya]]'s biological father from ''FateZero''.

* Kiritsugu Emiya from ''FateZero'', Shirou' adoptive father and [[spoiler:Illya]]'s biological father.

* ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'': [[spoiler:''The BigBad himself'', Saiga Furinji, is Miu's father.]]

* ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'': [[BadassGrandpa Hayato Furinji]], who's a [[PapaWolf Grandpa Wolf]] for his granddaughter Miu.
** [[spoiler:''The BigBad himself'', Saiga Furinji, is Miu's father.]]

* Tendo Soun of ''RanmaOneHalf'' isn't as BadAss as most of the cast, but disrespect any of his three little girls and you'll realize that he hasn't forgotten much of Happosai's TrainingFromHell. Saotome Genma, on the other hand, is [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting cursed to transform]] into a literal "Papa (panda) bear".

* Isshin Kurosaki from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': You can do anything to him, even completely destroy his guild and Makarov will only get irritated, but if you hurt any of his guild members, there's a very good chance he will make you stop breathing. So much, that he will flat out start a war with another guild if they hurt a guild member.

* ''Manga/BlackCat''. Have some nefarious scheme for [[CuteBruiser Eve]]? Want to study the nanomachines that she uses? Feeling compelled to [[ForTheEvulz dissect her just because you can]]? Pray to the god of every religion you've ever known that Train and Sven don't find out about it. Especially the former of the two.

** [[spoiler:''The BigBad himself'', Saiga Furinji, is Miu's father]].]]

* ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' gives us a number of examples. The most prominent ones are [[BadassGrandpa Hayato Furinji]], who's a Grandpa Wolf for his biological granddaughter Miu and also for Kenichi to a degree; Sakaki Shio and Apachai Hopachai, two of the Ryozanpakou masters who train Kenichi and will go all-out to protect him if he's in serious trouble; and most recently [[spoiler:''the BigBad himself'', Saiga Furinji, who joined Kenichi's group in disguise to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes rescue the kidnapped Miu, his daughter]].]]

* As Seto Kaiba of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' tries to inform people, it is [[BerserkButton a big mistake]] to threaten his little brother Mokuba, [[PromotionToParent to whom he's been a father since they were ten- and five-years-old]]. [[hottip:* :And yet people do it again... [[TooDumbToLive and again...and again...]]
* In the second sequel series ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', Crow goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge when he returns after the appearance of the Dark Signers' evil fog to find out the kids he's taken in have all vanished.
** Also Jeager (to an extent). You may not be able to tell when you meet him, but he'll do anything for his son.

* James of Anime/{{Pokemon}} fame is rather protective of his Pokémon in the Sinnoh arc, especially Mime Jr. (which is a ''baby'' Pokemon, by the way). Sometimes he goes as far as [[EnemyMine teaming up with Ash and company just to keep them safe]]. Oh, and when Jessie and Meowth refused to help out one of those times, ''he attacked them''.
** Ash himself counts too. Countless times, he has put his life on the line without hesitation to save his Pokemon. And for that matter, Ash's Pokemon can be fiercely protective of their owner... Just ask his Grovyle, who had been BroughtDownToNormal due to an HeroicBSOD, but recovered his powers out of sheer willpower upon seeing Ash in lethal danger!
** In the fifth movie, Latios is a Brother Wolf to Latias. He refuses to let any strangers into their secret garden, and is even willing to sacrifice his life just so his sister and the town of Alto Mare could be safe.
* The titular Onizuka from ''GreatTeacherOnizuka'' who goes through great lengths to protect his students. In fact, you don't even have to be his student. He will rescue you anyways. This includes getting shot multiple times in an attempt to rescue a school girl (who happened to be trying to discredit him as a teacher) he saw being kidnapped while on his way to take an exam.

* Konzen's (Sanzo's [[{{Reincarnation}} pre-incarnation]]) CharacterDevelopment in the ''{{Saiyuki}} [[{{Prequel}} Gaiden]]'' manga is maturing from a spoiled, bitchy, bored bureaucrat into a slightly less spoiled and bitchy Papa Wolf for Goku. The man has high-heeled sandals and no athletic abilities, yet he jumps off a stories-high stairwell/elevator shaft, catches the falling Goku, and clutches the severed elevator cable in mid-air. All to save his boy! The [[ForegoneConclusion fact that Konzen's gonna die before the end and Goku will be locked away in a mountain without any of his memories of being so devotedly loved]] makes this all the more heartbreaking.
** For that matter, in the present timeline, Sanzo's furious response and following HeroicBSOD when [[spoiler: Goku was shot and almost died]] fits this trope to a T.
*** Goku himself to Sanzo. Particularly since hurting Sanzo is a sure way to press his BerserkButton and his UnstoppableRage.
** Also, Hakkai. Don't threaten or hurt his comrades. [[TranquilFury Just]] [[CurbStompBattle DON'T!]]

* Kenshiro in ''FistOfTheNorthStar''. Anyone threatening, never mind hitting, Bat or Lin is to endure a rather slow and painful and [[YourHeadAsplode explosive]] death.
** There's an interesting straight use ''and'' subversion of this trope, pulled off by the same character (a villain). He's the leader of a wolf-themed gang, and one of their raiding parties gets their asses handed to them by Kenshiro. When he finds the bodies, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge he howls for vengeance]], taking the rest of the pack with him to hunt for Kenshiro. The subversion comes from the fact that when they are utterly defeated by [[BackToBackBadasses Kenshiro and Rei]], one of the midgets in his gang comes up to him and asks for help. He tells him to get lost, that he can start a new pack anytime he wants. [[YourHeadAsplode Then they all die]].

* Tendo Soun of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]]'' isn't as BadAss as most of the cast, but disrespect any of his three little girls and you'll realize that he hasn't forgotten much of Happosai's TrainingFromHell. Saotome Genma, on the other hand, is [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting cursed to transform]] into a literal "Papa (panda) bear". See the opening statement on why this trope is named "Papa Wolf" and not "Papa Bear" and you'll understand the {{Fanon}} that Jusenkyo curses are PersonalityPowers.
** Soun's biggest PapaWolf moment comes when his eldest daughter, [[YamatoNadeshiko Kasumi]], is possessed by the oni that makes you do evil things. He valiantly tries to endure because he couldn't bear to hurt his own daughter (a blow to the head usually gets it to leave), and shows he's a true father [[TakeMeInstead when he badassedly tells the thing to take his body instead, and get out of his daughter.]]

* One of the weirdest ([[MadDoctor and]] [[TheFaceless that's]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} saying]] [[RefugeInAudacity it]] [[LargeHam NICELY]]) examples ever is Dr. Shingen Kishitani from ''{{Durarara}}''. In the novels, we learn that [[spoiler: Shingen was the one who cut Celty's head off and sold Saika's sword off to the Sonoharas... but he did it in order to protect his young son Shinra from Namie Yagiri's grandfather, who threatened to kill Shinra if he didn't.]]

** There's also a sketch in one of the later volumes, where Kazuma meets with Kyo's {{Jerkass}} of a father, cheerfully telling him that now that [[spoiler:the Zodiac curse has been broken and Kyo is free]], it's time they had a little talk about Kyo's future. Kyo's father looks like he's pissing himself in fear. It's PlayedForLaughs, but given the psychological abuse the father heaped on Kyo (at one point he accuses Kyo of trying to kill him ''for standing too close to him''), it's very much a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* In ''Manga/HappyYarouWedding'', Yuuhi is very much one. Because his own childhood was so lonely he wants to give Shouta the best childhood he can and is fiercely protective over him.

* Daikichi from BunnyDrop makes for a realistic example, by adopting a 6 year old no one wanted to take responsibility for, and doing [[YouAreWorthHell whatever it takes]] just to make sure she gets a decent childhood. [[ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings Commander Badass]] would be proud.

** While it's not been seen in canon, fanon often makes [[TeamDad England]] this towards [[LoveFreak America]].

* Yusuke from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is a subtle example. Harming/killing at least ''one'' of his loved ones gets mad, but if it's Keiko or Kuwabara, '''''he will kick their ass!'''''