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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Chuckie had one in an episode parodying ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' [[{{Disneyfication}} (except replace contemplating suicide with contemplating running away.)]]

* Clamavi de Profundis's song, ''[[Music/{{Chieftain}} Hidden Helper]]'', expresses a young girl's desire to understand her divine protector, and holding on to the hope/belief that such a Helper exists in spite of trying times.

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', [[https://scryfall.com/card/m15/3/avacyn-guardian-angel Avacyn]] was created by the planeswalker Sorin Markov to be a guardian angel for the people of his home plane, Innistrad. Unfortunately, after [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/11/avacyn-angel-of-hope Avacyn broke free of the Helvault]], the EldritchAbomination [[spoiler:Emrakul]] drove her to madness, causing her to become the KnightTemplar [[https://scryfall.com/card/soi/5/archangel-avacyn-avacyn-the-purifier?back Avacyn the Purifier]]. [[https://scryfall.com/card/soi/242/anguished-unmaking Sorin Markov was eventually forced to put an end to her]], as she had become a threat that couldn't be ignored any longer.

* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Gardevoir was based on the guardian angel -- its Pokedex entries state that it will guard its trainer with its life, and its name is a portmanteau of the French words for "guard" and "duty". It resembles a [[AngelicBeauty beautiful young woman]] with pale white flesh, green hair, and red eyes that is wearing a long, flowing white dress. Even when male.
* Yumei-san in GirlsLove VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'', of the dead-person variety. Saying that she's angelic would be a massive understatement. Look for IncorruptiblePurePureness in the ''Akai Ito'' page for details.
* The main PlayerCharacter in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' is a Guardian Angel.
* The lowest ranking Angels in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games are usually stated in the compendium info to be guardian angels of various people. [[OurAngelsAreDifferent They also tend to be]] [[BondageIsBad dressed in BDSM gear of some kind]], which gives this trope a bit of a darker turn.
* In the ''VideoGame/TownOfSalem'' Coven DLC, there's the Guardian Angel role, who's only job is to keep her charge safe.

-->'''Rhino''': Sometimes, though, we fully-evolved sorts decide it’d be fun to head back down to earth and serve as facilitators for those with especially challenging issues. I remember when you and Bolt made your weird pact, and I couldn’t resist volunteering. Keeping you two from straying too far away from the prize -- well, let me tell you, I drew real pleasure from that. You remember the movie "It’s a Wonderful Life", don’t you? I was kinda like Clarence, the guardian angel for you two. Only I didn’t get wings or anything if I succeeded -- just the satisfaction of knowing I helped two beings reach completion.

Zoroastrism has similar entities called Holy Guardian Angels. They are more or less exactly like Christian Guardian angels, but interestingly they chose to help people themselves, as opposed to Christian Angels, which are God's servants.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': This is revealed to be Rhino’s role in the series. Lampshaded by him in “The Gift,” even referring to the movie Film/ItsAWonderfulLife in the process. He was a fully-evolved soul in Nirvana who decided it would be fun to return to earth as a volunteer, assuring that Bolt and Mittens successfully achieve soulmate status.

A GuardianAngel is a benevolent supernatural entity, whose main function is to protect and guide a person.

%% Needs context%% * The angels of ''AngelsInTheOutfield'' are a somewhat different version than the standard GuardianAngel but they are examples of them.

* Sookie's FairyGodmother was studying up to be promoted to GuardianAngel in ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries''.

* The Gumbo's small child Pasquale in ComicStrip/RoseIsRose has a GuardianAngel, who usually looks just like little Pasquale with wings. When danger threatens, however, he morphs into a much larger, much more biblical version, with armor and a huge sword. It's implied that this is his true form, and just uses the other one to keep from frightening... well, everyone.

* The main PlayerCharacter in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' is a GuardianAngel.

Guardian angels, generally speaking, do not have as much power, they typically work in subtle ways and often act as a conscience. Sometimes they are even reduced to mere scribes, recording the person's good deeds, then there will inevitably be an imp that records evil deeds, so that it can be determined if a person's soul goes to heaven or hell (that's the canon in Islam).

* ''Disney/MelodyTime'': Johnny Appleseed has a guardian angel resembling a bearded old man wearing deerskin clothing and a raccoon hat.

-->--'''Matthew 18:10'''

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'':

%% ZeroContextExample%% * One appears at the end of ''Film/WhatWomenWant''

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* In Music/PoetsOfTheFall's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGWBGFZcKGE&index=11&list=PLjACqN5i5sDWoCTXHzphV5EZtNqPEmYaP Nothing Stays the Same]]," the singer compares the listener to an angel who stays by him through his moments of weakness and rumination.
* The titular character in the song "Camouflage" by Stan Ridgway (also covered by Music/{{Sabaton}} on their album ''The Last Stand''). The song is sung from the viewpoint of a young P.F.C. (Private first class) of the [[SemperFi United States Marine Corps]] during the UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Alone in the jungle, he fears for his life when, unexpectedly, a "big marine" comes to his rescue introducing himself as "Camouflage". The two fight together through the course of a night making their way back to base, during which the PFC notices that Camouflage is unaffected by bullets and is capable of superhuman feats. Camouflage leaves the PFC after leading him to the edge of his camp. [[spoiler:On his return, the PFC is informed that Camouflage has been on his death bed for the past week and died the previous night, his last wish being "to save a young marine".]]
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* The Gumbo's small child Pasquale in ComicStrip/RoseIsRose has a GuardianAngel, who usually looks just like little Pasquale with wings. When danger threatens, however, he morphs into a much larger, much more biblical version, with armor and a huge sword. It's implied that this is his true form, and just uses the other one to keep from frightening... well, everyone.
* In ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'' Samantha's grandmother is eventually promoted to guardian angel in order to look after the Mars mission. She got the job because Samantha's the commander of it. (Fun fact, her wings are actually made with dinosaur feathers.)
-->"Even if the afterlife, promotions are all about 'who you know'."
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%%Needs Context: * A recurring theme in ''TheFamilyCircus''.
%% Needs Context: * Pasquale's is a main character of ''RoseIsRose''
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* In the opera ''Hansel and Gretel'', the children's evening prayer sings of fourteen angels watching over them as they sleep. These fourteen appear in the ensuing DreamBallet.

[[folder:Video Games]]
* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Gardevoir was based on the guardian angel -- its Pokedex entries state that it will guard its trainer with its life, and its name is a portmanteau of the French words for "guard" and "duty". It resembles a [[AngelicBeauty beautiful young woman]] with pale white flesh, green hair, and red eyes that is wearing a long, flowing white dress. Even when male.
* Yumei-san in GirlsLove VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'', of the dead-person variety. Saying that she's angelic would be a massive understatement. Look for IncorruptiblePurePureness in the ''Akai Ito'' page for details.
* The main PlayerCharacter in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' is a GuardianAngel.
* The lowest ranking Angels in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games are usually stated in the compendium info to be guardian angels of various people. [[OurAngelsAreDifferent They also tend to be]] [[BondageIsBad dressed in BDSM gear of some kind]], which gives this trope a bit of a darker turn.
* In the ''VideoGame/TownOfSalem'' Coven DLC, there's the Guardian Angel role, who's only job is to keep her charge safe.

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sorcery101}}'', Sorcerers who are demon-hunters have angels who watch over them and guide them but aren't allowed to interfere much. Cal in particular was Ally and her family's angel.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' Cassiel has decided to assume this role towards Eponine, trouble is Cassiel is not that competent about it.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Nanase gets a spell with this as its name which [[spoiler:transforms her into the form of an angel and gives her the abilities needed to protect Ellen from Abraham]].
* In ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', by the time of the climactic Battle of London, [[spoiler: Literature/JeevesAndWooster have been guardian angels for years, Bertie takes Sir Penwood as an apprentice one (necessary because they needed all the guardian angels they could get), and, in an IronicHell, Father Maxwell became one of these as 'community service' to get out of going to hell, but he has to protect Protestants-namely, Integra's dhampyr son.]]
* In ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', [[http://dragon-mango.com/comic/chapter03/dm03-02.htm her inexplicable survival makes Mango say she must have one.]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' did an episode where Quinn was convinced she had one.
* ''Disney/MelodyTime'': Johnny Appleseed has a guardian angel resembling a bearded old man wearing deerskin clothing and a raccoon hat.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Heathcliff}}'' had a guardian angel that, in one episode, kept hitting him with the halo.
* Kenny from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''[[spoiler:, as his alter ego Mysterion,]] acted as a guardian angel to his younger sister Karen in the episode ''The Poor Kid''.
* WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo had one in [[ItsAWonderfulPlot "Johnny's Guardian Angel"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Chuckie had one in an episode parodying ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' [[{{Disneyfication}} (except replace contemplating suicide with contemplating running away.)]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AngelsFriends'' revolves round this trope. Most of the main characters are guardian angels, and most of the rest are devils sent to entice their charges to evil.

* In ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'' Samantha's grandmother is eventually promoted to guardian angel in order to look after the Mars mission. She got the job because Samantha's the commander of it.

%% ZeroContextExample%% * One appears at the end of ''WhatWomenWant''

%% ZeroContext%% * One appears at the end of ''WhatWomenWant''