History Main / ProtectionMission

* A number of quests in DungeonsAndDragonsOnline are this, including two of the quests of Korthos Island.

* ''FableII'' has quite a few of these, one where you have to protect Garth whilst he activates a gate.

* In ''[=WolfQuest=]'', one of the missions is to protect your pups from the hungry coyotes and bears.

* ''{{Prototype}}'' has the deployed toxin pumper for the protecting.

** Same with ''Game/GoldenEye 64'', except it was much more frustrating.

* Occurs in ''Game/GoldeneyeWii'' when you must protect Natalya from enemy gunfire while she tries to stop the Goldeneye satellite.

* Numerous examples from FireEmblem. Most frequently, it's an incapacitated "Ally" NPC, or some other figure such as [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Royals who aren't as talented as yours at fighting]]. While many missions are "Seize the throne", there are a few where it's inverted which would also fit this trope. Some of them are also [[LuckBasedMission Luck Based Missions]], since if you are unlucky, the character you are supposed to protect can get killed before you even have a chance to reach him/her.

* Numerous examples from FireEmblem. Most frequently, it's an incapacitated "Ally" NPC, or some other figure such as [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Royals who aren't as talented as yours at fighting]]. While many missions are "Seize the throne", there are a few where it's inverted which would also fit this trope.

* ''InFAMOUS'' has a particularly harrowing mission involving protecting a medical crate. If you've started down the [[KarmaMeter Evil path]], the waves of baddies can be subdued with a little [[ChainLightning mass damage]]... but if you have Good Cole's abilities... well, be ready to restart the mission a couple times until you manage to take out the gunner trucks and rocket launchers before they make your crate go kablooey.

* ''Battle City'' for the NES.

** Ariel Hanson's missions involve you protecting a fleet of refugees from a variety of threats as they seek out a new homeworld. These threats range from infested zombielike terrans to full-on zerg assaults to a purification squad helmed by Executor Selendis.

* The entire point of Sector Z in ''StarFox64'' is that the Great Fox [[TooDumbToLive just stops in the middle of nowhere]] while the enemy fires 6 large missiles in 1-2-3 sequences at it. Thankfully, you have plenty of time to destroy each missile, and they always come from the same direction. This mission is also paid homage to in Level 8 of ''Star Fox Assault'', when you have to protect the Orbital Gate from a lot more missiles coming from all different directions.

* ''ResidentEvil5'' has one of the BSAA members, Josh, inputing a code in order to turn on the power for the elevator for him, Chris and Sheva to escape on. You also have to do it again. He even [[LampshadeHanging remarks how much of a pain it is for you]].

* ''ResidentEvil5'' has one of the BSAA members, Josh, inputing a code in order to turn on the power for the elevator for him, Chris and Sheva to escape on. You also have to do it again. He even [[Lampshading remarks how much of a pain it is for you]].

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Tend to be easier than classic {{Escort Mission}}s, since you do not have to worry about the [[ArtificialStupidity idiot escortees]] blundering into danger.

See also TowerDefenseGame, where you're generally tasked to protect a stationary object.

* ''MajorasMask'' requires you to protect milk jugs on the back of a wagon from Lon Lon Farms.

* The penultimate (I think) battle in ''GodOfWar'', where Kratos (you) has to protect the memory of his wife and child against hordes of evil versions of himself. ItMakesSenseInContext, really!

* Occurs in ''GoldeneyeWii'' when you must protect Natalya from enemy gunfire while she tries to stop the Goldeneye satellite.