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* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': Wonder Woman frequently befriends children throughout the series. In "Baroness Von Gunther" and "My Teenage Idol Is Missing", only Wonder Woman believes the fantastic story from the child that turns out to be true. In "The Bushwackers", she befriends all of the children, including inducing the wayward and jealous son to do a HeelFaceTurn and getting the ElectiveMute orphan to talk.

* Surprisingly, Negan from ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. The man was introduced in Season 7 as a barbed-wired-bat-wielding psychopath who put the thumbscrews on any man or woman that tried to defy his authority. Unexpectedly, however, he shows massive restraint and even humor when Carl kills two of his men. Keep in mind that Negan holds a quite clear eye-for-an-eye mentality when it comes to harm done to his people. There is also the moment upon discovering the existence of Rick's toddler daughter Judith that he immediately cozies up to her like he's a long-lost uncle meeting his niece for the very first time. In Season 8, Negan [[spoiler: expresses genuine remorse over Carl's death, despite the kid being a thorn in his side along with his father Rick]]. By the beginning of Season 9, time has passed, and [[spoiler: Negan has been ousted from his leadership role of the Saviors and kept as a prisoner in Alexandria]]. While Judith has grown old enough to be more understanding of how dangerous Negan can be, the initial genuine doting that Negan paid to Judith morphed into mutual fondness.

* Jesse Pinkman in ''Series/BreakingBad''. He makes sure to keep children out of harm's way whenever possible and is particularly close and fond of his girlfriend Andrea's six-year-old son, Brock. [[BerserkButton And harming a child in any way is a good way to send him into a murderous rage.]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': The titular policeman, Cordell Walker, is this; different episodes show him going out of his way to help kids out, whether they're involved in the main story or the B-plot. [[WouldHurtAChild Anyone who hurts a child]] can expect to be beaten to a quivering pulp [[BerserkButton by Walker when finds out about it]].

* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'': Michael Scott loves children and one of his greatest wishes is to have children of his own, particular because of his childhood dream of having many friends, and he's nice to every child, including Tobey's daughter despite him hating Tobey with passion. He also promised to fund the college funds for a school and he still remembers each of the kids, but...he never managed to raise the funds.

* ''TheOfficeUS'': Michael Scott loves children and one of his greatest wishes is to have children of his own, particular because of his childhood dream of having many friends, and he's nice to every child, including Tobey's daughter despite him hating Tobey with passion. He also promised to fund the college funds for a school and he still remembers each of the kids, but...he never managed to raise the funds.

** Ditto Elliot Stabler, who is also a hothead, but is married with children and deals very well with them during cases.
** This is highlighted in the episode Resilience. When a 15-year-old girl is sexually abused by her father, she regresses to a childlike state. After several officers try (and fail) to reach her, Dr George Huang figures out that only Stabler can connect with her, as he is a kind, loving father, something she always wanted. He does, in fact, end up connecting with her.

* Michael and Fiona in ''Series/BurnNotice'' both have soft spots for children. A good example of this is that in one episode, Michael helps a desperate father get his money back from a gang of con artists who claimed to have a cheap cure for the [[LittlestCancerPatient terminal illness of the father's son.]] Fiona bonds with the child and when she goes undercover with Michael to meet with the leader of the gang of con artists (Michael and Fiona are posing as a rival gang of con artists) The leader of the con artists [[BerserkButton makes some very rude remarks about how she profits from false cures the child and how the families even thank her for it,]] and Fiona almost kills her.

* The Halliwells on ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' are all shown to be very fond of children, such as when they willingly take in an abandoned infant to protect him from a vengeful ghost, and being open and supportive of their young neighbor Jenny for the short time she lived next door. Other examples include Prue going to the rescue of a young witch when he signals for help and acts as a guardian and mentor. Piper helps a young fire starter to accept and learnt to control his magic while protecting him from demonic bounty hunters. Paige worked for Child Services and was shown to be very affected by the plight of some of her cases. But of them all Phoebe seemed to be the most compassionate, comforting a hospital-bound boy, getting a little girl being hunted by trolls to safety, and using her empathy to understand her infant nephews struggles.

** [[Characters/DoctorWhoClaraOswald Clara Oswald]] is introduced as a nanny and later becomes a teacher. The version of her from Victorian England likewise was a governess. In the endgame three-parter of Series 9, a combination of her Doctor-esque ChronicHeroSyndrome and this trope leads to her [[spoiler:being Killed Off for Real]] when she takes a risk to save Rigsy's life so he can return to his infant daughter.

*** In Series 8, one of the first signs that he isn't just a GrumpyOldMan with NoSocialSkills is his genuine concern for and liking of children, as seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E4Listen "Listen"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E10InTheForestOfTheNight "In the Forest of the Night"]], although this is tempered by his BrutalHonesty. He befriends fifteen-year-old troublemaker Courtney Woods in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E6TheCaretaker "The Caretaker"]], but his decision that she's not companion material leads into the crisis of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E7KillTheMoon "Kill the Moon"]] when Clara demands he make that up to the girl...
*** This leads to a gigantic, tragic situation in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice "The Magician's Apprentice"]]. [[spoiler:He helps save the life of young '''Davros, creator of the Daleks'''. He flees in horror upon realizing what he's done, not even finishing the rescue effort. However, his shame and compassion leads him to accept the challenge of visiting an older, dying Davros, and at the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar "The Witch's Familiar"]], he ends up truly saving boy!Davros, becoming the man who taught him compassion — which is why it's one of the few positive concepts the Daleks understand]].
*** One reason the Doctor decides to stay and help the imperiled Viking village in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied "The Girl Who Died"]] is because he doesn't want innocent children to suffer for the foolishness of the adolescents and adults.

* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': At times it seems like the only people ManipulativeBastard Thomas Barrow really likes in the house are the children, and vice versa. There is a brief scene in Series 4 where he teases Sybbie, citing his friendship with her mother, and in Series 6 he's shown to give frequent piggy-back rides to George and Marigold as well.

* In Mexico it's the tag line of the Sunday morning show ''En Familia con Chabelo'' "...Soy Chabelo amigo de todos los niños..." in Spanish.

** Stanley Bolander absolutely adores children, and treats them with surprising gentleness and kindness. One episode has him take care of an abandoned baby until the mother arrives and perpetually dote on the kid.
** The usually irascible John Munch has a soft-spot for children, and takes cases where they are harmed personally. However, this doesn't mean he's ''nice'' to them; at one point, he drives a kid to tears when he berates him.

** Later in the [[Series/KamenRider original series]], the Kamen Rider Squad is created, whch is a national team of boy squads that help the Riders reporting activities from Shocker, and of course, both Hongo and Ichimonji take care of them. They became a fixture of the sequel ''Series/KamenRiderV3'', with Shiro of course very often taking care of and helping them.

** When Din meets the Nite Owls, Mandalorians from another clan, he is clearly distrustful of them. But when the Child falls into the water during a fight, he asks one of the Nite Owls to retrieve him, and she does so ''immediately''. Neither of them comment on this after and they still don't trust each other, it is just taken as absolutely understood that Mandalorians protect children.

** The reason Matt Mudock became [[Series/Daredevil2015 Daredevil]]? To help a little girl when the law couldn't. The reason he got ambushed and beat to a pulp in the second episode? He was trying to rescue a kidnapped boy. The reason he got into a fight with Stick? His mentor killed a child. Matt is consistently compelled to defend kids to the point the compulsion can be exploited. His own rough childhood probably plays a part.

** Shiraishi Mako from ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'', being an ex-kindergarten teacher, is shown to be caring and nurturing to them. In fact, this goes to extend that if there's someone having HeroicBSOD, she sees that friend like 'a kid that needs care and nurture' and will do her best to comfort that person and sometimes with CooldownHug. One episode Akumaro abducted children so he could use their fear and sorrow. And what did Mako do in the end? She went [[SuperMode Super Shinken Pink]] and whupped his Ass!

* ''Series/SpiderManJapan'': Takuya Yamashiro, the Spider-Man of the Japanese live-action series, is shown to be good with kids and several episodes involve him helping out less fortunate children. For instance, the fifth episode of the series has him befriend an orphaned boy and donate his blood to save his life.

* Surprisingly, Negan from ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. The man was introduced in Season 7 as a barbed-wired-bat-wielding psychopath who put the thumbscrews to any man or woman that tried to defy his authority. Unexpectedly, however, he shows massive restraint and even humor when Carl kills two of his men. Keep in mind that Negan holds a quite clear eye-for-an-eye mentality when it comes to harm done to his people. There is also the moment upon discovering the existence of Rick's toddler daughter Judith that he immediately cozies up to her like he's a long-lost uncle meeting his niece for the very first time. In Season 8, Negan [[spoiler: expresses genuine remorse over Carl's death, despite the kid being a thorn in his side along with his father, Rick]]. By the beginning of Season 9, time has passed, and [[spoiler: Negan has been ousted from his leadership role of the Saviors and kept as a prisoner in Alexandria]]. While Judith has grown old enough to be more understanding of how dangerous Negan can be, the initial genuine doting that Negan paid to Judith morphed into mutual fondness.

** Mandalorians, as a culture, are extremely protective of children, which probably has something to do with how a significant number of them are "foundlings," orphans who were adopted by a clan. Outsiders are pretty much completely ignorant of this facet of their culture, which is why the Mandalorian [[spoiler:blindsides all the other bounty hunters when he breaks Guild law to save a child with a bounty on its head]].

* ''Series/MondayMornings'': Dr. Jorge Villanueva, aka "El Gato", is impressive with kids and young teens. He often bonds with them and they trust him immediately. He's one cool BaldBlackLeaderGuy.

** Series/KamenRiderBlackRX has Kotaro loving and protecting the two children of the Sahara family Shigeru and Hitomi.
** Series/KamenRiderRyuki has Shinji Kido who is shown to care for the safety of children while fighting as a Kamen Rider.
** And there are many more Kamen Riders that very much qualify.

* DowntonAbbey: At times it seems like the only people ManipulativeBastard Thomas Barrow really likes in the house are the children, and vice versa. There is a brief scene in Series 4 where he teases Sybbie, citing his friendship with her mother, and in Series 6 he's shown to give frequent piggy-back rides to George and Marigold as well.
-->''Thomas'': I hope you'll be good when I'm gone.
-->''Sybbie'': No, we won't!
-->''George'': Please don't go.
-->''Thomas'': I must, Master George. But remember, I will always be your friend wherever I am.

* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': Mandalorians, as a culture, are extremely protective of children, which probably has something to do with how a significant number of them are "foundlings," orphans who were adopted by a clan. Outsiders are pretty much completely ignorant of this facet of their culture, which is why the Mandalorian [[spoiler:blindsides all the other bounty hunters when he breaks Guild law to save a child with a bounty on its head]].

** One of the most justified examples is in ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'', given the team are all elementary school teachers.

** Kerry Weaver was also very good with children. It's adults she can't seem to deal with.

** After the retool that ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' went through, it was common in the seconf half of the show to see the team helping kids even before the villains attacked, with the child of the episode often being used as bait by the MonsterOfTheWeek somehow.

** The Zyurangers from ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' are always playing with the local kids and saving them when they need help.

* B.A. Baracus from ''Series/TheATeam''. In the army, he earned his nickname of "Bad Attitude" by striking officers, he's punched his own teammates in the mouth, he's an all around grumpy badass... and he's great with kids. He also turns into a PapaWolf quickly whenever children are threatened or bullied.

* ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'': Most of the lifeguards exhibit this trait once or twice. Special mention, however, goes to Mitch Buchannon (Creator/DavidHasselhoff) who is often shown to be both respectful of and able get along well with just about any kid.

** Sweets also became this in later seasons; when he temporary leaves the FBI to do some soul searching, he ends up working in a poor, gang run town at a community center as a youth mentor, and becomes so attached to the kids that he initially doesn't want to return to his official job. He also babysits Booth and Brennan's daughter Christine and becomes attached to her when he lives with them for a brief period of time, to the point that Christine later calls him Uncle Sweets.
** Agent Aubry fancies himself this, and eventually proves himself to be very good with Christine, who is now in first grade when he is introduced. Most likely, it's because he is a big kid himself (his office at the FBI is full of candy, video games, and beginner crime scene investigation manuals).

* Jesse Pinkman in ''Series/BreakingBad''. He makes sure to keep children out of harm's way whenever possible, and is particularly close and fond of his girlfriend Andrea's six-year-old son, Brock. [[BerserkButton And harming a child in any way is a good way to send him into a murderous rage.]]

** Michael, having been abused by his father, has a particular soft spot for children in the same situation. [[spoiler: In the first season, an assassin uses such a story to convince Michael to track down her mark for her by posing as a mother who's son has been kidnapped by her abusive husband.]]

* The Halliwells on ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' are all shown to be very fond of children, such as when they willingly take in an abandoned infant to protect him from a vengeful ghost, and being open and supportive of their young neighbor Jenny for the short time she lived next door. Other examples include Prue going to the rescue of a young witch when he signals for help and acts as a guardian and mentor. Piper helps a young fire starter to accept and learnt to control his magic while protecting him from demonic bounty hunters. Paige worked for Child Services and was shown to be very affected by the plight of some of her cases. But of them all Phoebe seemed to be the most compassionate, comforting a hospital bound boy, getting a little girl being hunted by trolls to safety and using her empathy to understand her infant nephews struggles.

*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow The Beast Below]]": When explaining to Amy that they must be observers only, and that in all his travels, [[BlatantLies it is the one rule he always sticks to]], he is watching a crying child on the monitor. He abruptly exits the TARDIS to go and help. This prompts the remark from Amy:

** [[Characters/DoctorWhoTwelfthDoctor The Twelfth Doctor]] takes a different approach than his predecessor. Eleven was OneOfTheKids, Twelve behaves more like a prickly, yet caring grandfather.

*** Early in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E10FaceTheRaven "Face the Raven"]], he coos over Rigsy's child and later saves [[spoiler:Anahson's mum]] to reunite a parent and child despite the peril this places him in. Shortly after the latter event Clara is quick to remind him during his FreakOut, in which he's swearing revenge against [[spoiler:Ashildr, the trap street, and everyone in it over Clara's imminent death]], that his rampage would be stopped the moment a child started to cry.

** Doctor Kovac cares deeply for children and gets particularly upset if they are mistreated in any way. He even watches kids' shows, like the Wiggles, to keep up with what kids like and be able to talk to them.
** Before that, there was Doug Ross. Despite all of his problems as a self-destructive womaniser he was very good with children.

** Considering that her own child died in stillbirth, Daenerys feels this greatly. When she takes command of the Unsullied, she specifically orders them not to harm any children. Her horror at Drogon's actions at the end of Season 4, burning a goat-herder's daughter, is even more acute as a result.
** Tyrion has a soft spot for kids (even the children of the enemies such as the Starks), and especially his younger nephews, except for Joffrey.

** Dr. Chase gets along very well with children, and often forms good connections with child patients.
* Harmon Rabb in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' comes across as this. He befriends the 10-year-old son of his girlfriend in Season 3, and saves him from both murderous thugs and terrorists. In Season 4, he goes after the murderer of a small girl on a Navy base and saves her twin sister from the same fate. And initially in that case, he employed JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on a convicted child molester, who were innocent but provided useful info. And he finally becomes the guardian of an adolescent girl in Season 9 with an alcoholic father.

** This is highlighted in the episode Resilience. When a 15 year old girl is sexually abused by her father, she regresses to a childlike state. After several officers try (and fail) to reach her, Dr George Huang figures out that only Stabler can connect with her, as he is a kind, loving father, something she always wanted. He does, in fact, end up connecting with her.

** PhantomThief Parker abandons a job to spring a slew of orphans from a nightmarish orphanage, even going so far as to [[Awesome/{{Leverage}} put herself physically between them and several guys with automatic weapons]]. She takes an apprentice car thief under her wing in one episode, and is seen as early as the third episode of the series teaching a little girl how to pick a lock.

** While it's a stretch to call [[Series/JessicaJones2015 Jessica Jones]] a "friend", the only people she isn't rude or abrasive to are kids, and is actually shown to be somewhat nice to them.

** Robo Knight in ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' had a rather uninterested view of humans and the rangers attempted to show him they're worth giving a damn. Aside from the rangers, the only other humans he speaks with a children (a boy whose parents were frozen by a monster, a boy waiting to see his mother on a train the villains were causing to be late, a teen who taught him rap music and a village of African children during Megaforce's own ChristmasEpisode) and he seems to get along with them as well, if not more so, than the rangers.

* David Fisher from ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' is great with kids, for instance he immediately bonds with Kieth's niece Taylor, he's glad whenever he can hold a baby or Barb's children immediately take a liking to him. Little Michaela is clearly troubled and tells him she's glad to have him in her family, and he replies he's glad to have her in his family as well. He's also distressed when an insensitive woman scolds her daughter who cries for her deceased alcoholic father when they went to arrange a funeral. He ''longs'' to have kids of his own because he's a family man. In the final season, he and Keith adopt two boys.

** In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E2OneForTheAngels One for the Angels]]", pitchman Lew Bookman is well loved by children and a truly compassionate man. He tries to escape Death, but when he learns that a child will die in his place, he [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices his life to save the kid]] by [[spoiler:distracting Death with the "ultimate pitch, one for the angels" (hence the episode's title) until his deadline is up. Afterward, Death comforts Bookman with the knowledge that his kindness got him into Heaven]].

** Mr. Bevis from "Mr. Bevis" loves to play with the children in the street, has children Christmas Carolers come into the office and who is also building a replica of an old iron ship for a kid. His guardian angel says that this part of his personality must go if he is to be successful; in the end he decides to be the same, happier in the knowledge that he likes who he is and wouldn't want to change.

* Surprisingly, Negan from ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. The man was introduced in Season 7 as a barbed-wired-bat-wielding psychopath who put the thumbscrews to any man or woman that tried to defy his authority. Unexpectedly, however, he shows massive restraint and even humor when Carl kills two of his men. Keep in mind that Negan holds a quite clear eye-for-an-eye mentality when it comes to harm done to his people. There is also the moment upon discovering the existence of Rick's toddler daughter Judith that he immediately cozies up to her like he's a long-lost uncle meeting his niece for the very first time. In Season 8, Negan [[spoiler: expresses genuine remorse over Carl's death, despite the kid being a thorn in his side along with his father, Rick]]. By the beginning of Season 9, time has passed and [[spoiler: Negan has been ousted from his leadership role of the Saviors and kept as a prisoner in Alexandria]]. While Judith has grown old enough to be more understanding of how dangerous Negan can be, the initial genuine doting that Negan paid to Judith morphed into mutual fondness.