History Main / StealthEscortMission

* ''Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}'': Several stories implied that although Dick Grayson ended his partnership with Franchise/{{Batman}} on not-so-pleasant terms and desired to become is own man, Batman can't stop worrying about his adoptive son and continually keeps tabs on him, even helping from the shadows even though he knows Dick wouldn't approve. During one such instance, Dick is framed for murder but is released after his apartment is found to be clean. When he gets home, Batman lectures him about keeping his superhero gear in a more secure location.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8NApXqwQc8 "Chen's Errand"]] (a ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fanvid), Yukari sends Chen out to get medecine, but follows her in disguise to make sure no harm befalls her.

* In the first [[Literature/MagicKingdomOfLandover Landover]] novel, the protagonist insists on going jogging every morning despite not knowing much about the magical land he's come to. He's later informed that his two [[BattleButler Battle Butlers]] have been covertly following him each time, and that they had to deal with a number of dangerous wildlife that would otherwise have attacked him.

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* Played with in "Backup", a short story from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. Thomas learns that Harry's latest case is a setup by a hag, who intends to trick him and the White Council into disseminating information that ''must'' be kept secret. He secretly follows Harry and the supposed "client" to a faked evil warlock's lair, where the latter expects Harry will retrieve the book along with a missing child. To foil her scheme without his brother catching on, a hastily-disguised Thomas assumes the role of the (non-existent) warlock, grabs the book and retreats, only to return again and finish off the hag in private for messing with his brother. Harry is left clueless as to Thomas's involvement, and baffled as to why a woman who turned out ''not'' to be the child's mother had hired him to save the kid, then run off without paying.

Can overlap with BadlyBatteredBabysitter if Bob has a lot of fighting to do. See also MysteriousProtector and OverprotectiveDad. Contrast MagicFeather, for when a character wrongly believes his achievements to stem from some non-existent benefactor.

* The backstory of ''LightNovel/GuardianNinjaMamoru'' is that of a family of ninja, the Kagemori, have secretly protected another family, the Konnyaku, for centuries at the behest of their original lord. The consequence of this is that, being protected from ''everything'' for 400 years, the Konnyaku have zero ability to fend for themselves. The story follows the current generation, Mamoru Kagemori and Yuuna Konnyaku, and Yuuna is TheDitz at best and sometimes TooDumbToLive, meaning that every day is a Stealth Escort Mission for Mamoru.
* In ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' (the first anime adaptation at least) Kino encounters a man and woman traveling the other direction. The woman is an ActualPacifist, and explains to Kino that they're traveling unarmed in order to spread a message of peace and love. Then when she's out of earshot, the man reveals to Kino that he's packing heat. For the entire trip, he's been sneaking ahead and dealing with any bandits or outlaws before they can threaten the woman, so she never realizes he's been killing on her behalf.