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* ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'':
** Major Henry West utterly snaps after his men are killed by Jim.
** Jim himself becomes one for Hannah. In fact, this is what causes his rampage against West and his soldiers.
* In ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'', John [=McClane=] makes it quite clear he's going to march to hell and back to protect his son, whether his son wants it or not.
* ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'': [[spoiler:Dr. Tenma]] in the 2009 film. After he [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn accepts Astro for who he is]], it's made clear that he's willing to face the military, its angry Commander in Chief, and its scary indestructible robot to protect his boy. Makes you wonder what would happen if you threatened Astro while there was a chance Dad might get his hands on you.]]
* ''Film/AwayWeGo'': InvokedTrope when the expecting parents are discussing their future daughter:
-->'''Verona:''' [Do you promise] that her fights will be your fights?
-->'''Burt:''' I do.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': Marty gets chased out of the "dark 1985" version of his house by a baseball bat-wielding Papa Wolf, who is enraged to find Marty in what, in the altered timeline, is the bedroom of the Papa Wolf's young daughters. Based on what he's screaming, it's not the first time people had broken into his home.
* ''Film/BigDaddy'': Charlie Chaplin's SpiritualSuccessor, Sonny Koufax, is no slouch himself. He at first takes a boy as his own son to raise out of undisguised selfishness, but thanks to BecomingTheMask, ends up declaring: "I would die for this kid, just so he wouldn't have to feel a moment of sadness."
* ''Film/BigJake'': Creator/JohnWayne spends the majority of this film tracking down and in the end blasting seven hells out of a bunch of bandits who kidnapped his grandson. ''[[BadassGrandpa Grandpa Wolf]]'', indeed. [[spoiler:Note that, prior to the kidnapping, Jacob had never even ''seen'' his grandson.]]
* ''Film/TheBlackCat'': This Universal 1934 movie gives us Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Creator/BelaLugosi), who takes revenge [[spoiler:on Poelzig for killing his daughter (among other things, but that was what sent him over the edge). by ''skinning the man alive on his own embalming rack''. And what's worse is that only a few moments earlier, he had been given hope that his daughter was actually alive after thinking that she had been dead since he's been sent to the prison camp.]]
* ''Film/TheBlindSide'': Coach Cotton has a PapaWolf moment after the OpposingSportsTeam deliberately kicks Michael when he's down and after the play has already ended, and the referee not only ignores the kick, but penalizes the Wingate Crusaders.
* ''Cargo'', a short film and Finalist of Tropfest Australia 2013. It's... Well, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlhkyY37Im8 just watch.]]
* ''Film/ComingToAmerica'': Provides a nonviolent example in Cleo [=McDowell=], an amiable and slightly BumblingDad who's eager to marry his daughter Lisa off to a rich boy. He's therefore over the moon when he discovers her suitor [[KingIncognito Akeem is actually a prince]]. But when Akeem's father King Jaffe upsets Lisa, [=McDowell=] drops the bumbling act and angrily threatens to "break a foot off in your royal ass."
* ''Film/{{Commando}}'':
** ColonelBadass Ahnuld acts pretty unassumingly in civil life, but when the villains kidnap his pre-teen daughter...
** Whenever Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger plays a father in any of his action flicks, expect some ''serious'' PapaWolf action to go down if the bad guys mess with his kids. Case in point: ''Film/TrueLies'' -- when the BigBad kidnaps Harry Tasker's daughter, Harry goes after him with a ''Harrier jet fighter.'' And sends the BigBad on a missile ride.
** Arnie plays a mild-mannered ex-military helicopter pilot (who takes skiers up mountains) in ''Film/The6thDay ''. He fails to die on schedule, and the company responsible kidnaps his wife and daughter to try to force his compliance. Then he and his clone (yes, it's that kind of movie, and why he was supposed to be dead) destroy the company [[MacGyvering with a tin of aluminum oxide]] ''[[MacGyvering and one pistol between them]]''.
** The Governator doesn't even ''need'' to play a father, just having [[TeamDad a character who's got to take care of children or teens]] is enough. ''Film/KindergartenCop'' has a particularly emotional scene where his character, a police detective posing as [[BadassTeacher a school teacher]], dishes out a brutal beating to the abusive father of an emotionally damaged student. ("You hit the kid, I hit ''you''," indeed.) And then when the BigBad ''actually'' shows up and kidnaps a boy named Dominic [[spoiler: who is his biological son]] near the climax of the movie -- that's the point where Kimble really goes for blood.
** Parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'', where the movie from which Arnold's cop character is lifted includes a face-off with the BigBad who abducted his kid.
* ''Film/Cradle2TheGrave'':
-->'''Tony Fait:''' Wrong! ''Kid!'' And ''definitely'' the wrong father.
* ''Film/CrazyStupidLove'': Cal's reaction upon finding out about Jacob and Hannah, and Jessica's father's reaction when he thinks Cal is involved with his daughter.
* Film/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' sees Jor-El engages in a ''brutal'' fight with General Zod to ensure that his son makes it off of the doomed planet Krypton safely.
** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' depicts Thomas and Martha Wayne as this and MamaBear respectively as they fight to protect young Bruce from the mugger who ends up killing them.
* ''Film/DeathSentence'': This film is a very cynical take on Papa Wolf-hood, and on revenge in general. When Nick Hume's older son gets killed by a gang member and he learns that the gang member will only receive a few years in jail, he forces the case to be dropped so that he can kill the bad guy himself. In doing so, he is forced to kill another member of that gang. However, the gang's head doesn't take kindly to this and swears vengeance on Nick's family. Nick being an ActionSurvivor rather than a hardened {{Badass}}, he fails to stop the gang. Though [[spoiler:his younger son survives and]] he gets back at the gang successfully, it's quite clearly shown that Nick ends up far from the man he used to be. Not all positively.
* ''Film/DraculaUntold'': Vlad III Dracula kills the Ottoman Envoys when they say they are taking his son. The fact that Vlad was willing to become a vampire to save his family, including his son, instantly earns him this trope.
* Bob in ''Film/TheDrop'' has strong protective instincts for his pet dog and girlfriend. How strong? He [[spoiler:shoots the man who beat the dog when he came back threatening to torture it.]]
* ''Film/TheGodfather'':
** Begins with a mortician making himself a client of Vito Corleone to outsource his PapaWolf duties. TheDon of course takes his {{Papa Wolf}}ing [[ItsPersonal quite seriously]].
** Vito Corleone shows hints of this towards his own children as well, especially for his youngest son, Michael. When arranging Michael's safe return from exile with the other heads of the crime families, he makes it clear that anyone who messes with his son will regret it:
--> '''Vito Corleone''': But I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall him, if he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell, or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning, then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room. And that, I do not forgive.
* ''Film/GhostbustersII'' goes out of its way to [[ViewersAreGoldfish repeatedly remind the viewer]] that Dana Barrett's 8-month-old son Oscar is not her ex-boyfriend Peter Venkman's child, but that doesn't stop him from cutting his usual JerkAss antics and getting serious when Oscar's in danger. Ditto fellow Ghostbuster Ray Stantz, who is also unrelated to Oscar, who tells the villain of the movie to "go knock up some willing hellhound" if he wants a baby so badly. Rather gloriously averted by Egon Spengler, who gives a little girl a puppy and then takes it away [[ForScience to study if emotions affect the environment]].
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
** Woe betide anyone [[TooDumbToLive stupid enough]] to try and harm Godzilla's son, regardless of the continuity. Godzilla's children are, so far as we know, not his biologically and thus are all adopted, true, but he's a surprisingly good parent, doting on his children and utterly devoted to the safety and well being of those under his protection, whether that be his own adopted children or, in later films, humanity and the Earth itself. Not even a GiantSpider can get away with attacking his children. There's a reason that one film is called ''[[Film/AllMonstersAttack Godzilla's Revenge]]''.
** This is especially evident in the film ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' in which the death of his son, killed by Destoroyah himself, caused Godzilla to go into a [[UnstoppableRage emotional ragefest]] and attack Destoroyah out of pure unrestrained fury.
*** Destoroyah is also the single most powerful enemy in the entire series bar none, battling the King of Monsters to a standstill even when his power was at 150% overload. Killing Jr. pissed Godzilla off so hard that he actually forced the Ax-Crazy Destoroyah, who till this point had done nothing but viciously attack almost single-mindedly, into a retreat!
*** It's also worth noting that, in the origial edit of the ending, Godzilla ''pummeled Destoroyah to death'' while he died, though the JDSF would have been involved, too. The reason it was cut was only because it was seen as ''taking away from Godzilla's death'', so the scene was re-edited to have Destoroyah be killed off ''before'' Godzilla was, in order to give their monster icon centre-stage before he died.
** Likewise, there's Zilla, the monster from Film/{{Godzilla|1998}} ([[Main/InNameOnly 1998]]) who is both a Papa Wolf AND a Mama Bear. He/she is asexual and can lay at least a hundred eggs that hatch into raptor-sized Baby Zillas, and when the protagonists killed almost all of them, [[Main/BerserkButton he/she]] [[Main/DisneyDeath was]] [[Main/OhCrap PISSED]].
* ''Film/GranTorino'': An unusual although understandable example would be Walt, who is Papa Wolf toward his neighbors once he gets over some racial tension, but not toward his "own spoiled-rotten family" who treat him more like an invalid than a worthwhile individual. When he comes to Sue's rescue:
-->'''Walt Kowalski:''' Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? ''(spits on the ground)'' That's me.
* Creator/HarrisonFord:
** This man in pretty much every movie that he's been in that wasn't [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9GwtRsOYSI Indiana Jones or Star Wars]]
** ''Temple of Doom'' begs to differ. Why was he captured by the villains? Because he wanted to protect a helpless child from ''being whipped to death'', not to mention proceeding to fight ''the '''entire''' villain's army'' to free the hundreds of slave children, and giving up the mystical stones that would have made him a millionaire so the village they return to would be one filled with life and hope. Easily the '''single''' most heroic Papa Wolf performance for Harrison Ford.
*** "They're innocent children... Mola Ram, prepare to meet Kali, IN HELL!!"
** Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' with the movie "Harrison Ford Telling Random People He Wants His Family Back."
** Don't forget what pushed him into agreeing to help look for the Grail (though, given what happens [[TheMole with the man who gives him the news]], he might not necessarily have had a choice) - finding his dad. He was willing to put a guy through a ship's propeller, and if the man wasn't a soft-core KnightTemplar...
*** Does this make the actual Knight Templar at the end of the movie a metaphor?
* Wade Gustafson in ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' is a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] as only the Creator/CoenBrothers can make 'em: as a combination of this and the ObnoxiousInLaws trope, he continuously undermines and distrusts son-in-law Jerry (who says that the kidnappers gave specific instructions about him being the one who made contact and delivered the money, which would have created a problem with the kidnappers [[spoiler:even if Jerry wasn't technically their mastermind]]) and thus charges into the drop-off without any more protection than a concealed pistol or information on the kidnappers other than the time and place of delivery, [[RealityEnsues which gets him killed]] when he insists that he won't give the money unless he sees his daughter and pisses off [[HairTriggerTemper Showalter]], who expected Jerry.
* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
** Sirius Black in the fifth film:
-->'''Sirius''': [[Awesome/HarryPotter Get away from my godson]]! ''[[[HeyYouHaymaker POW]]]''
** As well as James Potter. He decided to take on Voldemort by himself, knowing it almost certainly meant death (he even said to Lily "I'll hold him off", indicating he knew he stood no chance) but would nonetheless give his wife and son a chance of escaping. Not only were his chances against the Dark Lord nonexistent under normal circumstances, but on top of that, James wasn't holding a wand. That makes this into a ''heroic sacrifice''.
* ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'': [[AFatherToHisMen Thorin]] is extremely protective of the younger dwarves, particularly his nephews Fíli and Kíli. Showcased when he revealed who he was to the Goblin King rather than let the youngest dwarves be killed in front of him.
* ''Film/HussarBallad'': Ivan, while not related to Shura by blood, treats her as a daughter. Despite being old, he is quick to help her in a fight, and surprisingly effective as well.
* ''Film/JeepersCreepers2'': In the first ten minutes, The Creeper attacks, kidnaps and kills a little boy named Billy... Let's just say that his father and older brother [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge aren't happy...]]
* ''Film/JohnQ'': Another PapaWolf score for Denzel Washington is this film, where to make sure that his IllBoy son Michael will [[BillyNeedsAnOrgan get a heart transplant]] which is being denied to him because insurance doesn't cover it, John Quincy Archibald actually ''takes a full hospital hostage'' and claims he won't back off until Michael is given priority. [[spoiler: John goes as far as improvising a ThanatosGambit so his heart will be harvested and given to his child, but it fails. In the BittersweetEnding, however, John is still trialed and incarcerated, but Michael is saved.]]
* In ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', Mowgli has many animal companions who love him and will fight to keep him safe, including a literal papa wolf, his adoptive father Akela, Bagheera and Baloo. [[spoiler: Mowgli's biological father died protecting his son from Shere Khan.]]
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' has the daddy ''T. rex''. Teamed up with his Mama Bear to shove two connected RV's off a cliff after their hatchling was taken. Of course, being a ''T. rex'', he was already a badass.
*** And later went on a rampage across San Diego just to find his baby. It doesn't help that he was high on amphetamines.
** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Owen Grady is this to, [[TheDreaded of all things,]] the ''Velociraptors''. He takes his role as [[TeamDad pack alpha]] very seriously and most of Owen's antagonism with SmugSnake Hoskins stems from his need to protect and ensure his raptors' safety. Even during the firefight, Owen never shoots directly at them, instead attempting to distract and lure the four sisters away from nearby humans. And he doesn't hesitate to punch Hoskins for trying to [[spoiler: pit them against the ''I. rex''.]]
--->'''Hoskins:''' The mother hen has finally arrived--
--->'''Owen:''' ''[punches him in the face]'' Get the hell out of here and ''stay away'' from my animals.
* ''[[Film/TheKid1921 The Kid]]'': Possibly the least likely PapaWolf ever -- Creator/CharlieChaplin's Tramp character. When an official from the local orphanage takes the [[DoorstopBaby boy he found and raised]] away, he goes into RoofHopping {{Determinator}} mode.
* ''Film/KingKong2005'': Kong behaves like this whenever he's protecting Anne Darrow, who's tiny and vulnerable enough to bring out the big fellow's Papa Silverback side.
* ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft'': The premise of this film is about a group of people who get trapped inside a house with a PapaWolf and a MamaBear after they brutalize the couple's daughter. Three guesses as to what happens next.
* ''Film/LastOfTheMohicans'': Chingachgook, though it's more out of vengeance than protection.
* ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'': L becomes this towards Maki and Near.
* ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'': John [=McClane=]. After he gets involved in the terrorists' Scheme, the BigBad decides to kidnap his daughter Lucy to try to control John. Big mistake.
* ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'': Big Chris. Made the mistake of threatening his son, Little Chris? Big Chris is just about to have another SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome with a car door.
* '''Film/LoneWolfMcQuade''':
** You can beat him, shoot him, bury him alive, and even shoot his dog and maybe survive, but if you hurt his daughter, you will open the whole can of Creator/ChuckNorris whoopass.
** Note that the bad guy who gets his ass kicked is played by David Carradine. If he couldn't stop Chuck, what chance would anyone else have? Likely something involving a 13 digit negative number.
* ''Ma and Pa Kettle'': In this classic film, [[ApronMatron Ma,]] [[HenpeckedHusband Pa,]] and their [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large family]] move into an ultra-modern house Pa had won in a sweepstakes. Eventually Pa gets fed up with all the newfangled gadgets in the house, and moves back into the family's old home: a decrepit shack in the middle of a swampy junkyard. Meanwhile, [[MamaBear Ma holds the police at a standoff with a shotgun]] after she learns the contest was a cruel publicity hoax. It takes the intervention of the Kettles' adult eldest son to bring her out of her rampage. Just as the woman who orchestrated the hoax decides not to press charges and offers Ma her most sincere apology, here comes Pa Kettle with the family wagon and a dozen or so of his Injun friends:
--> '''Pa:''' THERE THEY ARE! ''SIC 'EM, BOYS!!''
* ''Film/MachineGunPreacher'': [[BadassPreacher Sam Childers]] (Creator/GerardButler). If you threaten or harm the children of Sudan or Uganda, he will make sure that you pay. The best part: this film is based on a true story. However, "True Story" is debatable in light of some recent findings (Surprise inspections showed mistreatment of the children in the orphanage, SPLA denies any knowledge of Childers while Childers claims that he is a honorary commander in the SPLA, 60% of the donation for the orphanage are billed as "travel expenses" into Childers private funds)...seems like this "papa bear" is a con man who profits off the children he is supposed to care for.
* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]] by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, even planning to leave them behind until Furiosa negotiated. [[TookALevelInKindness But by the film's climax]], Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he attempts to grab Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max.
* The titular ''Film/MajorPayne'' becomes one over the course of the film, first showcased by dealing with Tiger's fear of the Boogeyman by ''opening fire on the closet'', and later by defending Alex from his drunken abusive step-father. The latter is the turning point where the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits ROTC Boys]], several of whom are implied to have [[ParentalNeglect uncaring parents]], come to like and respect the Major.
* ''ManOfTheHouse'': Tommy Lee Jones's role that followed that one was this film, where he's a sheriff who has to protect a bunch of cheerleader girls after they witness a murder. HilarityEnsues until not only one of the girls is almost killed by a car bomb, but the man's daughter is kidnapped...
* ''Film/ManOnFire'':
** While not actually the child's father, John "Creasy Bear" Creasy (DenzelWashington) in this movie is a spectacular example of a Papa Wolf. As a bodyguard for Lupita ([[TheOjou a rich businessman's precocious daughter]]) in Mexico City, John doesn't let multiple gunshot wounds stop him from tearing through a powerful kidnapping cartel's chain of command until finally he catches the mastermind's brother and estranged wife. When the "Voice" starts trying to bargain his way out of John's vengeance, John interrupts him to say, "Your brother wants to speak to you," and then blows off the man's hand with a shotgun. It's implied that he would move on from there to the rest of the Voice's family, including his pregnant wife, and worse: [[spoiler:"I will take your family apart, piece by piece. Do you hear me? PIECE BY PIECE!"]]
** [[AdaptationDisplacement In the novel]], it's worse: [[spoiler:Since the girl who is under his custody is dead, he ended up ''OFFING THE WHOLE MAFIOSO ORGANIZATION''. And he comes off as ''much'' more dangerous than his already incredibly dangerous performance in the movie]].
* ''Film/MeetTheParents'': Jack Byrnes is an [[KnightTemplarParent extreme example of this]], being obsessively protective of his daughter Pam. He will even go so far as to drug her boyfriends with truth serum or give them lie detector tests to make sure they don't have any unscrupulous designs on his little girl. Really, all that's missing is the shotgun on his lap.
* ''The Missing'': Creator/TommyLeeJones also played a Grandpa Wolf. He was a DisappearedDad and Grandpa hoping to try getting his family's forgiveness... and arrived back home just in time to learn that his eldest granddaughter has been kidnapped and was about to be sold as a child bride. So when his daughter (played by Cate Blanchett) went MamaBear to get her girl back, he decided he wouldn't be less and joined her cause. [[spoiler:So much that he defeated the BigBad via TakingYouWithMe, [[HeroicSacrifice killing himself]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath in the process]].]]
* ''Film/MrMom'': Jack Butler. Nobody yells at his children and gets away with it.
* ''Film/{{Nell}}'': Creator/LiamNeeson's character in this film, who winds up very protective of the borderline WildChild (wild adult, by then) he and another doctor have been observing since her mother's death. A reporter who sneaks up trying to get a picture of the rumored "wild woman" gets thrown down the front steps of Nell's cabin and his camera broken for his troubles. Neeson's character does admit he overreacted, only to chase the reporter away when the idiot keeps asking questions.
* ''Film/NorthCountry'': Josey's dad was initially aloof about his daughter for reasons relating to her first pregnancy (where she was apparently promiscuous), although he eventually stood up for her at the union rally when she tried to expose the sexual harrassment problems at the mine she works at, also calling out his coworkers on this fact. However, the biggest example of his being a PapaWolf comes in later: During the trial, Josey is forced to reveal what truly happened during her youth and the ''real'' reason she became pregnant with her son after one of the co-workers (who she also went to school with) exposed the knowledge of who the father of her first child was: It turns out that her teacher had in fact committed statutory rape on her after serving Saturday detention for skipping class and kissing said future co-worker, of which the only witness was said co-worker and he failed to stop him. As soon as the father learned the truth during the trial, he walks over to the teacher and then proceeds to go ballistic and attack him for raping Josey, resulting in him being forcibly removed from the courtroom.
* ''Film/OctoberSky'': Homer Hickham Sr. in the film version is something of a subversion: he's actually protecting somebody else's son from his stepfather, the resident abusive alcoholic. Does the whole grab-you-by-the-collar thing without the punch-you-in-the-face part, all the while plagued by soot-filled lungs. His personal CrowningMomentOfAwesome. The exchange is reproduced here:
-->'''Homer Hickam, Sr:''' Now you listen to me you drunken son of a bitch. If that boy's father were still alive, he'd kick your ass. So I'm gonna have to do it for him. If I see him with a bruise... you get a scar. If I see him with a limp... you get '''crutches'''! Do you hear me? Do you hear me?\\
'''Vernon:''' I'm reportin' you to the union!\\
'''Homer Hickam, Sr:''' Screw you and your damn union!
* In ''Film/OverTheTop'', Creator/SylvesterStallone gets to play a chara with PapaWolf chops too. You better '''not''' get between Lincoln Hawke and his chance to see his son Michael again, no way, no how.
* ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale'':
** This movie has a Papa Killer Whale, seeking bloody vengeance against the man who killed his mate and calf.
** [[ScienceMarchesOn What's now known]] of orca social behavior makes this unlikely to be a literal example of this trope. A ''son'' retaliating for the death of its ''mother'', now...
* ''Film/PacificRim'': Stacker, towards Mako.
* ''Film/ThePatriot'': Benjamin Martin is firmly against a war for independence and submissive towards the over-the-top villain... until his farm is burned down, one of his sons is killed, and another is arrested and taken away to be hanged. Then he goes after the Redcoats with muskets and hatchets...
* ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop''. Paul may be a BumblingDad, but he will protect his little girl if anyone threatens her.
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third film]], though it's too little and too late to do any good, [[spoiler:Will's father "Bootstrap" Bill Turner]] snaps out of his brainwashing, and attacks Davy Jones in a moment of Papa Wolf fury.
** Captain Teague shoots the soldier who was going to shoot Jack in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides fourth film]].
* Joe from ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' takes on a [[ParentalSubstitute fatherly/grandfatherly]] role for Mia. So much so, that he is willing to go above and beyond his duties to keep her safe and protected even if she's hurt emotionally, as Viscount Mabrey learned in the second film.
--->'''Joe''': If you hurt my girl, you will answer directly to me. And whatever crimes I commit against you, remember I have diplomatic immunity in 46 countries. Including Puerto Rico.\\
'''Viscount''': Sir, you will find that the word "fear" is not in my vocabulary!\\
'''Joe''': Perhaps. But it's in your eyes.
** [[spoiler: By the end of the film, Joe becomes Mia's legal grandfather after he [[HappilyMarried marries Queen Clarisse]]. This makes him a sort of [[PapaWolf Grandfather Wolf]] to Mia.]]
* ''Film/TheProfessional'': Léon becomes a surrogate father to the orphaned Mathilda and protects her on her quest for vengeance, taking on the entire NYPD in the process.
* ''Radio'': Coach Jones becomes this on several occasions for Radio. In one instance, he slammed the JerkJock that tricked Radio to enter the girls' locker room into the trophy case display, after the eye-opening words of, "Son, it's times like these I wish I wasn't a teacher so I could do what I really want to do to you."
* ''Film/{{Ransom}}'': Deconstructed. Tom will do anything to get his son back. When he realizes that the kidnappers are going to kill Sean anyway even if he gives them the ransom money, he tries to turn the tables on them by turning the ransom into a reward for their capture. Tom maintains his resolve when the mastermind calls him up and Tom threatens to hunt him down if he doesn't get his son back immediately. The kidnapper pretends to shoot Sean and Tom breaks down from his apparent failure. Luckily he still gets Sean back later on, but he played an immensely dangerous gamble that could just as easily have ended this way.
-->'''Tom:''' GIMME BACK MY SON!
* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'': Most of the time Nathan Wallace is an OverprotectiveDad, but when he's [[spoiler: in [[PsychoForHire Repo Man]] mode]] he flips to PapaWolf.
* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'': There's an excellent case for Mr. White fulfilling this trope in his protectiveness over young protégé Mr Orange, to the point where he takes a bullet for him. He really, really doesn't like it when you accuse Orange of being a rat. [[spoiler:When Orange indeed turns out to be the rat, Mr. White has to put the bullet to him in probably the most emotional moment of the entire movie]].
* ''Film/{{Revolution 1985}}'': Tom joined up with the Continental Army at first because he wanted to protect his son. Later on, when the British snatch Ned, Tom went after them and risked a lot to save his son's life.
* ''Film/RichieRich'': The butler Cadbury is something of a second father to Richie. The scene where [[TheDragon Ferguson]] mandhandles Richie in the beginning of the movie says it all:
--> '''Ferguson''': It's my job to protect him.
--> '''Cadbury''': Yes very well, Mr. Ferguson, but touch him that way again and it is YOU who will need protecting.
* ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'': The Warden dotes on his overgrown ManChild of a son and is fiercely protective of him. During his intro he kills one of his mooks for making his son trip and cry.
* ''Film/RomeoMustDie'': Isaak finds out [[spoiler: that Mac was the one who murdered his son]] and proceeds to strangle said person without any hesitation.
* ''Film/{{Shenandoah}}'': Charlie Anderson insists that the Civil War doesn't concern his family, even saying that his sons don't owe their state anything because the state "never came around here with a spare tit." But when some Union soldiers mistake his youngest for a rebel and take him prisoner, he starts taking the war personally.
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': Stuart, Alan's father, is usually seen for the first half of the film arguing with his son. But when the situation gets serious, he gets some pretty good moments in fighting against some of the berserk Commando Elite Toys. Another good example in particular occurs just before the climax of the film, when Alan is confronted by [[SmugSnake Larry Benson]] ([[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom the creator of the Commando Elite]]) [[BunnyEarsLawyer who makes a smug comment that Alan could be sued for his claims]], Alan's father promptly decks him for threatening his son.
-->'''Alan''': There's a problem with the Commandos.
-->'''Larry''': Really? What kind of problem? [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bear in mind, you will be called into court to substantiate your claim]].
-->''[[TalkToTheFist Stuart punches Larry in the face and knocks him down]].''
-->'''Stuart''': YOUR TOYS NEARLY KILLED MY SON!!
* ''Film/{{Snitch}}'': DwayneJohnson as John Matthews, as a father who dives headlong into a drug cartel in order to help free his convicted son.
* ''Film/SnowWhiteATaleofTerror'': As opposed to the king in the original fairy tale, Frederich in this film goes out into the storm on his horse to find Lilli when he hears she's missing.
* ''Film/SpeedRacer'': Pops puts his Greco-Roman {{wrestl|erInAllOfUs}}ing skills to work while protecting his family from ninjas, er, ''non''-jas:
-->[[Awesome/SpeedRacer "Terrible thing, what passes as a Ninja these days."]]
* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': Weirdly enough, [[BigBad Harrison]]. He's completely bent on recovering and protecting the rest of his people, and his RoaringRampageOfRevenge is mostly because he thinks they're all dead [[spoiler: (''twice'')]]. He even refers to them as his family - see EvenEvilHasLovedOnes.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Darth Vader, [[ArchnemesisDad of all people]], has his Papa Wolf moments--not surprising since his attempts to preemptively protect Padme was what drove him to the Dark Side in the first place. In ''ReturnOfTheJedi'', the Emperor's [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] of his son Luke is what [[HeelFaceTurn turns him back]] from TheDarkSide [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice and kills him]]]].
** Think about that for just a moment. This is Darth Vader. He personally hunted down almost every Jedi that survived Order 66. He executed helpless Younglings in the Jedi Temple. He has literally overseen the deaths of billions (e.g. Alderan). The mere mention of his name can inspire terror across the entire galaxy. There is only one person in the entire galaxy who is more powerful than him, but that person is so much more powerful that Vader serves him for more than two decades. Yet when that person begins killing his son, none of that matters. He knows that the Emperor's force lightning will short-circuit the electronic systems keeping him alive, but it does not matter. The only thing that matters is that the Emperor will stop hurting his son.
* ''Film/{{Steve Jobs}}'', having publicly denied that Lisa is his daughter and begrudgingly paying court-mandated child support, learns that her mother Chrisann may have thrown a cereal bowl at Lisa. Though she denies it, Jobs, very matter-of-factly, tells Chrisann that, if he ever hears something like that again, he has the resources to hire people to have her killed.
* Creator/StevenSeagal: These [[DirectToVideo Direct to DVD]] movies ''Film/BellyOfTheBeast'' and ''Film/OutOfReach''.
* ''Film/SupermanReturns'':
** ComicBook/LoisLane's NiceGuy fiancé [[TheAce Richard White]] proves this when he appears in his sea plane to save Lois and young Jason from a sinking ship in what doubles as his CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
-->'''Lois:''' How'd you get here?\\
'''Richard:''' I flew.
** Ironically, Superman never really gets to play the part of Papa Wolf in the movie, even though [[spoiler:Jason is his son]] and Lois is his LoveInterest.
* ''Film/{{Taken}}'': Creator/LiamNeeson's [[RetiredBadass Ex-Special-Forces commander Bryan]] of this film (see page quote) shows the organization that kidnapped his daughter the exact reason why you don't screw around with an ex-CIA operative's kids. In a particularly brutal example of this trope, he is willing to go as far as [[spoiler: threaten to kill a CorruptCop and former friend's innocent wife AFTER winging her with a bullet to show he's serious]] to save his daughter from being sold into prostitution. The entire movie is effectively a paean to the PapaWolf trope.
* ''Film/{{Tank}}'': You can cross CSM Zack Carey all you like, and he will calmly accept it. However, if you harm a kid, he will come down on you like a ton of bricks.
* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Splinter is NOT going to let any harm come to the turtles or April. [[spoiler:It very nearly costs him his life.]]
* Three different examples in ''Film/TellNoOne'':
** Bruno is a gangster who nevertheless loves his son, who's a hemophiliac, and he does not care about such niceties as hospital regulations when it comes to making sure his son gets the care he needs.
** Gilbert is a villainous example; [[spoiler: when his son is killed, Gilbert allows his {{Mooks}} to do just about anything, including ColdBloodedTorture and murder, to find those responsible]].
** Finally, [[spoiler: there's Jacques, whose daughter Margot was responsible for killing Gilbert's son (in self-defense); [[DeathFakedForYou he helps Margot fake her death after this]] to keep Gilbert from finding her]].
* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': The T-800 is reprogrammed by John Connor to be this to his past self. John's mother even remarks on it in her narration:
--> '''Sarah Connor:''' Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. [[CallBack The Terminator would never stop]]. It would never leave him. And it would never [[AbusiveParents hurt him, never shout at him or get drunk and hit him]], or say it was [[WhenYouComingHomeDad too busy to spend time with him]]. It would always be there, and it would die to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers that came and went over the years, this thing, this ''machine'', was the only one that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.
* ''Film/ToySoldiers'': [[spoiler: Joey Trotta]]'s father takes the news that [[spoiler: he has been killed]] very badly. [[spoiler: So he orders the murder of his murderer's father, even though that would mean all of Joey's friends would be killed in retaliation.]]
* ''TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'':
** Optimus Prime is [[AllThereInTheManual a peace-loving and kind-hearted scientist]] who respects human beings and loves them as if they are his own children. Nowhere is this more apparent than in this film with his response to Megatron's sickeningly cynical disrespect for life:
-->'''Megatron:''' Is the future of our race not worth the life of a single human?\\
'''Optimus Prime:''' You'll ''never'' stop at '''one'''!! [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments I'll take you ALL on!!]]
** The [[BewareTheNiceOnes Warrior in Optimus awakens]] to [[CurbStompBattle tear him, Grindor AND Starscream apart]], [[DualWielding wielding two swords simultaneously with the grace of a dancer]]:
---> '''Optimus Prime:''' ''[[BerserkButton You picked the wrong planet]]! '''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Give me your FACE!]]''' ''
** In the first live-action movie, Prime comes to the rescue when Sector Seven kidnaps Sam and Mikaela, lifting their car thirty feet in the air and tearing the top off while intoning, "Taking the children was a ''bad move,''" in pure bad-ass fashion.
** In ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'', after [[spoiler: Sentinel Prime, Optimus's father figure and teacher, led an invasion that enslaved and murdered ''millions'' of innocent civilians in Chicago]], Optimus would shoot said person execution style. The line he uttered as he saw [[spoiler: the destruction of Chicago]] was chilling and awesome:
---> '''Optimus''': "We will kill them all."
* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'': SubvertedTrope by Keyser Soze. In a tale told InUniverse, some Turkish mobsters break into Soze's home and brutalize his family, holding them hostage. When Soze returns home, he promptly pulls a gun on the mobsters... then turns the gun on his ''family'', saying he'd rather they die than live another day.
* ''Film/VForVendetta'': A whole ''mob'' of them shows up. As law and order starts breaking down across England, a secret policeman [[WouldHurtAChild guns down a young girl]] for wearing a "Guy Fawkes" Mask. The mob descends upon the guy, and one of the men smashes the bastard's head in with a wrench.
* Spielberg's ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' begins with the working class protagonist (TomCruise) held in utter contempt by his son and daughter, who much prefer the time they spend with his ex and her rich new husband. During the film, he must survive the terrifying alien invasion and repeatedly save his children's lives (especially the daughter) in a very heroic manner -- incidentally winning back their full and highly deserved respect.
* Paul Reiser's character in ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' demonstrates this after learning just how much his abuse that his son has been taking from his musical instructor. He ends up organizing things so that [[spoiler: Fletcher can get canned from teaching at the Academy]].
* An instance of this occurs in ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' when Sir John tries to protect Lawrence from the angry mob trying to capture him by '''shooting''' at them, and possibly even blinding someone in the process, [[PetTheDog showing]] that he may truly [[WellDoneSonGuy care for his son]]. [[spoiler:''Highly'' subverted when he ends up trying to kill Lawrence later on after revealing he already killed his brother and mother... and that he's a werewolf himself... TraumaCongaLine much? Also subverted when he lets the angry mob drag Lawrence off to an insane asylum right after the poor guy wakes up after the full moon and is scared and confused.]]
* Wolverine towards Rogue and the children at the school in the ''Film/XMen'' films.
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* ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'':
** Major Henry West utterly snaps after his men are killed by Jim.
** Jim himself becomes one for Hannah. In fact, this is what causes his rampage against West and his soldiers.
* In ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'', John [=McClane=] makes it quite clear he's going to march to hell and back to protect his son, whether his son wants it or not.
* ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'': [[spoiler:Dr. Tenma]] in the 2009 film. After he [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn accepts Astro for who he is]], it's made clear that he's willing to face the military, its angry Commander in Chief, and its scary indestructible robot to protect his boy. Makes you wonder what would happen if you threatened Astro while there was a chance Dad might get his hands on you.]]
* ''Film/AwayWeGo'': InvokedTrope when the expecting parents are discussing their future daughter:
-->'''Verona:''' [Do you promise] that her fights will be your fights?
-->'''Burt:''' I do.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': Marty gets chased out of the "dark 1985" version of his house by a baseball bat-wielding Papa Wolf, who is enraged to find Marty in what, in the altered timeline, is the bedroom of the Papa Wolf's young daughters. Based on what he's screaming, it's not the first time people had broken into his home.
* ''Film/BigDaddy'': Charlie Chaplin's SpiritualSuccessor, Sonny Koufax, is no slouch himself. He at first takes a boy as his own son to raise out of undisguised selfishness, but thanks to BecomingTheMask, ends up declaring: "I would die for this kid, just so he wouldn't have to feel a moment of sadness."
* ''Film/BigJake'': Creator/JohnWayne spends the majority of this film tracking down and in the end blasting seven hells out of a bunch of bandits who kidnapped his grandson. ''[[BadassGrandpa Grandpa Wolf]]'', indeed. [[spoiler:Note that, prior to the kidnapping, Jacob had never even ''seen'' his grandson.]]
* ''Film/TheBlackCat'': This Universal 1934 movie gives us Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Creator/BelaLugosi), who takes revenge [[spoiler:on Poelzig for killing his daughter (among other things, but that was what sent him over the edge). by ''skinning the man alive on his own embalming rack''. And what's worse is that only a few moments earlier, he had been given hope that his daughter was actually alive after thinking that she had been dead since he's been sent to the prison camp.]]
* ''Film/TheBlindSide'': Coach Cotton has a PapaWolf moment after the OpposingSportsTeam deliberately kicks Michael when he's down and after the play has already ended, and the referee not only ignores the kick, but penalizes the Wingate Crusaders.
* ''Cargo'', a short film and Finalist of Tropfest Australia 2013. It's... Well, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlhkyY37Im8 just watch.]]
* ''Film/ComingToAmerica'': Provides a nonviolent example in Cleo [=McDowell=], an amiable and slightly BumblingDad who's eager to marry his daughter Lisa off to a rich boy. He's therefore over the moon when he discovers her suitor [[KingIncognito Akeem is actually a prince]]. But when Akeem's father King Jaffe upsets Lisa, [=McDowell=] drops the bumbling act and angrily threatens to "break a foot off in your royal ass."
* ''Film/{{Commando}}'':
** ColonelBadass Ahnuld acts pretty unassumingly in civil life, but when the villains kidnap his pre-teen daughter...
** Whenever Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger plays a father in any of his action flicks, expect some ''serious'' PapaWolf action to go down if the bad guys mess with his kids. Case in point: ''Film/TrueLies'' -- when the BigBad kidnaps Harry Tasker's daughter, Harry goes after him with a ''Harrier jet fighter.'' And sends the BigBad on a missile ride.
** Arnie plays a mild-mannered ex-military helicopter pilot (who takes skiers up mountains) in ''Film/The6thDay ''. He fails to die on schedule, and the company responsible kidnaps his wife and daughter to try to force his compliance. Then he and his clone (yes, it's that kind of movie, and why he was supposed to be dead) destroy the company [[MacGyvering with a tin of aluminum oxide]] ''[[MacGyvering and one pistol between them]]''.
** The Governator doesn't even ''need'' to play a father, just having [[TeamDad a character who's got to take care of children or teens]] is enough. ''Film/KindergartenCop'' has a particularly emotional scene where his character, a police detective posing as [[BadassTeacher a school teacher]], dishes out a brutal beating to the abusive father of an emotionally damaged student. ("You hit the kid, I hit ''you''," indeed.) And then when the BigBad ''actually'' shows up and kidnaps a boy named Dominic [[spoiler: who is his biological son]] near the climax of the movie -- that's the point where Kimble really goes for blood.
** Parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'', where the movie from which Arnold's cop character is lifted includes a face-off with the BigBad who abducted his kid.
* ''Film/Cradle2TheGrave'':
-->'''Tony Fait:''' Wrong! ''Kid!'' And ''definitely'' the wrong father.
* ''Film/CrazyStupidLove'': Cal's reaction upon finding out about Jacob and Hannah, and Jessica's father's reaction when he thinks Cal is involved with his daughter.
* Film/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' sees Jor-El engages in a ''brutal'' fight with General Zod to ensure that his son makes it off of the doomed planet Krypton safely.
** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' depicts Thomas and Martha Wayne as this and MamaBear respectively as they fight to protect young Bruce from the mugger who ends up killing them.
* ''Film/DeathSentence'': This film is a very cynical take on Papa Wolf-hood, and on revenge in general. When Nick Hume's older son gets killed by a gang member and he learns that the gang member will only receive a few years in jail, he forces the case to be dropped so that he can kill the bad guy himself. In doing so, he is forced to kill another member of that gang. However, the gang's head doesn't take kindly to this and swears vengeance on Nick's family. Nick being an ActionSurvivor rather than a hardened {{Badass}}, he fails to stop the gang. Though [[spoiler:his younger son survives and]] he gets back at the gang successfully, it's quite clearly shown that Nick ends up far from the man he used to be. Not all positively.
* ''Film/DraculaUntold'': Vlad III Dracula kills the Ottoman Envoys when they say they are taking his son. The fact that Vlad was willing to become a vampire to save his family, including his son, instantly earns him this trope.
* Bob in ''Film/TheDrop'' has strong protective instincts for his pet dog and girlfriend. How strong? He [[spoiler:shoots the man who beat the dog when he came back threatening to torture it.]]
* ''Film/TheGodfather'':
** Begins with a mortician making himself a client of Vito Corleone to outsource his PapaWolf duties. TheDon of course takes his {{Papa Wolf}}ing [[ItsPersonal quite seriously]].
** Vito Corleone shows hints of this towards his own children as well, especially for his youngest son, Michael. When arranging Michael's safe return from exile with the other heads of the crime families, he makes it clear that anyone who messes with his son will regret it:
--> '''Vito Corleone''': But I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall him, if he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell, or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning, then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room. And that, I do not forgive.
* ''Film/GhostbustersII'' goes out of its way to [[ViewersAreGoldfish repeatedly remind the viewer]] that Dana Barrett's 8-month-old son Oscar is not her ex-boyfriend Peter Venkman's child, but that doesn't stop him from cutting his usual JerkAss antics and getting serious when Oscar's in danger. Ditto fellow Ghostbuster Ray Stantz, who is also unrelated to Oscar, who tells the villain of the movie to "go knock up some willing hellhound" if he wants a baby so badly. Rather gloriously averted by Egon Spengler, who gives a little girl a puppy and then takes it away [[ForScience to study if emotions affect the environment]].
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
** Woe betide anyone [[TooDumbToLive stupid enough]] to try and harm Godzilla's son, regardless of the continuity. Godzilla's children are, so far as we know, not his biologically and thus are all adopted, true, but he's a surprisingly good parent, doting on his children and utterly devoted to the safety and well being of those under his protection, whether that be his own adopted children or, in later films, humanity and the Earth itself. Not even a GiantSpider can get away with attacking his children. There's a reason that one film is called ''[[Film/AllMonstersAttack Godzilla's Revenge]]''.
** This is especially evident in the film ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' in which the death of his son, killed by Destoroyah himself, caused Godzilla to go into a [[UnstoppableRage emotional ragefest]] and attack Destoroyah out of pure unrestrained fury.
*** Destoroyah is also the single most powerful enemy in the entire series bar none, battling the King of Monsters to a standstill even when his power was at 150% overload. Killing Jr. pissed Godzilla off so hard that he actually forced the Ax-Crazy Destoroyah, who till this point had done nothing but viciously attack almost single-mindedly, into a retreat!
*** It's also worth noting that, in the origial edit of the ending, Godzilla ''pummeled Destoroyah to death'' while he died, though the JDSF would have been involved, too. The reason it was cut was only because it was seen as ''taking away from Godzilla's death'', so the scene was re-edited to have Destoroyah be killed off ''before'' Godzilla was, in order to give their monster icon centre-stage before he died.
** Likewise, there's Zilla, the monster from Film/{{Godzilla|1998}} ([[Main/InNameOnly 1998]]) who is both a Papa Wolf AND a Mama Bear. He/she is asexual and can lay at least a hundred eggs that hatch into raptor-sized Baby Zillas, and when the protagonists killed almost all of them, [[Main/BerserkButton he/she]] [[Main/DisneyDeath was]] [[Main/OhCrap PISSED]].
* ''Film/GranTorino'': An unusual although understandable example would be Walt, who is Papa Wolf toward his neighbors once he gets over some racial tension, but not toward his "own spoiled-rotten family" who treat him more like an invalid than a worthwhile individual. When he comes to Sue's rescue:
-->'''Walt Kowalski:''' Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? ''(spits on the ground)'' That's me.
* Creator/HarrisonFord:
** This man in pretty much every movie that he's been in that wasn't [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9GwtRsOYSI Indiana Jones or Star Wars]]
** ''Temple of Doom'' begs to differ. Why was he captured by the villains? Because he wanted to protect a helpless child from ''being whipped to death'', not to mention proceeding to fight ''the '''entire''' villain's army'' to free the hundreds of slave children, and giving up the mystical stones that would have made him a millionaire so the village they return to would be one filled with life and hope. Easily the '''single''' most heroic Papa Wolf performance for Harrison Ford.
*** "They're innocent children... Mola Ram, prepare to meet Kali, IN HELL!!"
** Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' with the movie "Harrison Ford Telling Random People He Wants His Family Back."
** Don't forget what pushed him into agreeing to help look for the Grail (though, given what happens [[TheMole with the man who gives him the news]], he might not necessarily have had a choice) - finding his dad. He was willing to put a guy through a ship's propeller, and if the man wasn't a soft-core KnightTemplar...
*** Does this make the actual Knight Templar at the end of the movie a metaphor?
* Wade Gustafson in ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' is a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] as only the Creator/CoenBrothers can make 'em: as a combination of this and the ObnoxiousInLaws trope, he continuously undermines and distrusts son-in-law Jerry (who says that the kidnappers gave specific instructions about him being the one who made contact and delivered the money, which would have created a problem with the kidnappers [[spoiler:even if Jerry wasn't technically their mastermind]]) and thus charges into the drop-off without any more protection than a concealed pistol or information on the kidnappers other than the time and place of delivery, [[RealityEnsues which gets him killed]] when he insists that he won't give the money unless he sees his daughter and pisses off [[HairTriggerTemper Showalter]], who expected Jerry.
* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
** Sirius Black in the fifth film:
-->'''Sirius''': [[Awesome/HarryPotter Get away from my godson]]! ''[[[HeyYouHaymaker POW]]]''
** As well as James Potter. He decided to take on Voldemort by himself, knowing it almost certainly meant death (he even said to Lily "I'll hold him off", indicating he knew he stood no chance) but would nonetheless give his wife and son a chance of escaping. Not only were his chances against the Dark Lord nonexistent under normal circumstances, but on top of that, James wasn't holding a wand. That makes this into a ''heroic sacrifice''.
* ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'': [[AFatherToHisMen Thorin]] is extremely protective of the younger dwarves, particularly his nephews Fíli and Kíli. Showcased when he revealed who he was to the Goblin King rather than let the youngest dwarves be killed in front of him.
* ''Film/HussarBallad'': Ivan, while not related to Shura by blood, treats her as a daughter. Despite being old, he is quick to help her in a fight, and surprisingly effective as well.
* ''Film/JeepersCreepers2'': In the first ten minutes, The Creeper attacks, kidnaps and kills a little boy named Billy... Let's just say that his father and older brother [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge aren't happy...]]
* ''Film/JohnQ'': Another PapaWolf score for Denzel Washington is this film, where to make sure that his IllBoy son Michael will [[BillyNeedsAnOrgan get a heart transplant]] which is being denied to him because insurance doesn't cover it, John Quincy Archibald actually ''takes a full hospital hostage'' and claims he won't back off until Michael is given priority. [[spoiler: John goes as far as improvising a ThanatosGambit so his heart will be harvested and given to his child, but it fails. In the BittersweetEnding, however, John is still trialed and incarcerated, but Michael is saved.]]
* In ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', Mowgli has many animal companions who love him and will fight to keep him safe, including a literal papa wolf, his adoptive father Akela, Bagheera and Baloo. [[spoiler: Mowgli's biological father died protecting his son from Shere Khan.]]
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' has the daddy ''T. rex''. Teamed up with his Mama Bear to shove two connected RV's off a cliff after their hatchling was taken. Of course, being a ''T. rex'', he was already a badass.
*** And later went on a rampage across San Diego just to find his baby. It doesn't help that he was high on amphetamines.
** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Owen Grady is this to, [[TheDreaded of all things,]] the ''Velociraptors''. He takes his role as [[TeamDad pack alpha]] very seriously and most of Owen's antagonism with SmugSnake Hoskins stems from his need to protect and ensure his raptors' safety. Even during the firefight, Owen never shoots directly at them, instead attempting to distract and lure the four sisters away from nearby humans. And he doesn't hesitate to punch Hoskins for trying to [[spoiler: pit them against the ''I. rex''.]]
--->'''Hoskins:''' The mother hen has finally arrived--
--->'''Owen:''' ''[punches him in the face]'' Get the hell out of here and ''stay away'' from my animals.
* ''[[Film/TheKid1921 The Kid]]'': Possibly the least likely PapaWolf ever -- Creator/CharlieChaplin's Tramp character. When an official from the local orphanage takes the [[DoorstopBaby boy he found and raised]] away, he goes into RoofHopping {{Determinator}} mode.
* ''Film/KingKong2005'': Kong behaves like this whenever he's protecting Anne Darrow, who's tiny and vulnerable enough to bring out the big fellow's Papa Silverback side.
* ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft'': The premise of this film is about a group of people who get trapped inside a house with a PapaWolf and a MamaBear after they brutalize the couple's daughter. Three guesses as to what happens next.
* ''Film/LastOfTheMohicans'': Chingachgook, though it's more out of vengeance than protection.
* ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'': L becomes this towards Maki and Near.
* ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'': John [=McClane=]. After he gets involved in the terrorists' Scheme, the BigBad decides to kidnap his daughter Lucy to try to control John. Big mistake.
* ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'': Big Chris. Made the mistake of threatening his son, Little Chris? Big Chris is just about to have another SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome with a car door.
* '''Film/LoneWolfMcQuade''':
** You can beat him, shoot him, bury him alive, and even shoot his dog and maybe survive, but if you hurt his daughter, you will open the whole can of Creator/ChuckNorris whoopass.
** Note that the bad guy who gets his ass kicked is played by David Carradine. If he couldn't stop Chuck, what chance would anyone else have? Likely something involving a 13 digit negative number.
* ''Ma and Pa Kettle'': In this classic film, [[ApronMatron Ma,]] [[HenpeckedHusband Pa,]] and their [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large family]] move into an ultra-modern house Pa had won in a sweepstakes. Eventually Pa gets fed up with all the newfangled gadgets in the house, and moves back into the family's old home: a decrepit shack in the middle of a swampy junkyard. Meanwhile, [[MamaBear Ma holds the police at a standoff with a shotgun]] after she learns the contest was a cruel publicity hoax. It takes the intervention of the Kettles' adult eldest son to bring her out of her rampage. Just as the woman who orchestrated the hoax decides not to press charges and offers Ma her most sincere apology, here comes Pa Kettle with the family wagon and a dozen or so of his Injun friends:
--> '''Pa:''' THERE THEY ARE! ''SIC 'EM, BOYS!!''
* ''Film/MachineGunPreacher'': [[BadassPreacher Sam Childers]] (Creator/GerardButler). If you threaten or harm the children of Sudan or Uganda, he will make sure that you pay. The best part: this film is based on a true story. However, "True Story" is debatable in light of some recent findings (Surprise inspections showed mistreatment of the children in the orphanage, SPLA denies any knowledge of Childers while Childers claims that he is a honorary commander in the SPLA, 60% of the donation for the orphanage are billed as "travel expenses" into Childers private funds)...seems like this "papa bear" is a con man who profits off the children he is supposed to care for.
* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]] by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, even planning to leave them behind until Furiosa negotiated. [[TookALevelInKindness But by the film's climax]], Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he attempts to grab Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max.
* The titular ''Film/MajorPayne'' becomes one over the course of the film, first showcased by dealing with Tiger's fear of the Boogeyman by ''opening fire on the closet'', and later by defending Alex from his drunken abusive step-father. The latter is the turning point where the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits ROTC Boys]], several of whom are implied to have [[ParentalNeglect uncaring parents]], come to like and respect the Major.
* ''ManOfTheHouse'': Tommy Lee Jones's role that followed that one was this film, where he's a sheriff who has to protect a bunch of cheerleader girls after they witness a murder. HilarityEnsues until not only one of the girls is almost killed by a car bomb, but the man's daughter is kidnapped...
* ''Film/ManOnFire'':
** While not actually the child's father, John "Creasy Bear" Creasy (DenzelWashington) in this movie is a spectacular example of a Papa Wolf. As a bodyguard for Lupita ([[TheOjou a rich businessman's precocious daughter]]) in Mexico City, John doesn't let multiple gunshot wounds stop him from tearing through a powerful kidnapping cartel's chain of command until finally he catches the mastermind's brother and estranged wife. When the "Voice" starts trying to bargain his way out of John's vengeance, John interrupts him to say, "Your brother wants to speak to you," and then blows off the man's hand with a shotgun. It's implied that he would move on from there to the rest of the Voice's family, including his pregnant wife, and worse: [[spoiler:"I will take your family apart, piece by piece. Do you hear me? PIECE BY PIECE!"]]
** [[AdaptationDisplacement In the novel]], it's worse: [[spoiler:Since the girl who is under his custody is dead, he ended up ''OFFING THE WHOLE MAFIOSO ORGANIZATION''. And he comes off as ''much'' more dangerous than his already incredibly dangerous performance in the movie]].
* ''Film/MeetTheParents'': Jack Byrnes is an [[KnightTemplarParent extreme example of this]], being obsessively protective of his daughter Pam. He will even go so far as to drug her boyfriends with truth serum or give them lie detector tests to make sure they don't have any unscrupulous designs on his little girl. Really, all that's missing is the shotgun on his lap.
* ''The Missing'': Creator/TommyLeeJones also played a Grandpa Wolf. He was a DisappearedDad and Grandpa hoping to try getting his family's forgiveness... and arrived back home just in time to learn that his eldest granddaughter has been kidnapped and was about to be sold as a child bride. So when his daughter (played by Cate Blanchett) went MamaBear to get her girl back, he decided he wouldn't be less and joined her cause. [[spoiler:So much that he defeated the BigBad via TakingYouWithMe, [[HeroicSacrifice killing himself]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath in the process]].]]
* ''Film/MrMom'': Jack Butler. Nobody yells at his children and gets away with it.
* ''Film/{{Nell}}'': Creator/LiamNeeson's character in this film, who winds up very protective of the borderline WildChild (wild adult, by then) he and another doctor have been observing since her mother's death. A reporter who sneaks up trying to get a picture of the rumored "wild woman" gets thrown down the front steps of Nell's cabin and his camera broken for his troubles. Neeson's character does admit he overreacted, only to chase the reporter away when the idiot keeps asking questions.
* ''Film/NorthCountry'': Josey's dad was initially aloof about his daughter for reasons relating to her first pregnancy (where she was apparently promiscuous), although he eventually stood up for her at the union rally when she tried to expose the sexual harrassment problems at the mine she works at, also calling out his coworkers on this fact. However, the biggest example of his being a PapaWolf comes in later: During the trial, Josey is forced to reveal what truly happened during her youth and the ''real'' reason she became pregnant with her son after one of the co-workers (who she also went to school with) exposed the knowledge of who the father of her first child was: It turns out that her teacher had in fact committed statutory rape on her after serving Saturday detention for skipping class and kissing said future co-worker, of which the only witness was said co-worker and he failed to stop him. As soon as the father learned the truth during the trial, he walks over to the teacher and then proceeds to go ballistic and attack him for raping Josey, resulting in him being forcibly removed from the courtroom.
* ''Film/OctoberSky'': Homer Hickham Sr. in the film version is something of a subversion: he's actually protecting somebody else's son from his stepfather, the resident abusive alcoholic. Does the whole grab-you-by-the-collar thing without the punch-you-in-the-face part, all the while plagued by soot-filled lungs. His personal CrowningMomentOfAwesome. The exchange is reproduced here:
-->'''Homer Hickam, Sr:''' Now you listen to me you drunken son of a bitch. If that boy's father were still alive, he'd kick your ass. So I'm gonna have to do it for him. If I see him with a bruise... you get a scar. If I see him with a limp... you get '''crutches'''! Do you hear me? Do you hear me?\\
'''Vernon:''' I'm reportin' you to the union!\\
'''Homer Hickam, Sr:''' Screw you and your damn union!
* In ''Film/OverTheTop'', Creator/SylvesterStallone gets to play a chara with PapaWolf chops too. You better '''not''' get between Lincoln Hawke and his chance to see his son Michael again, no way, no how.
* ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale'':
** This movie has a Papa Killer Whale, seeking bloody vengeance against the man who killed his mate and calf.
** [[ScienceMarchesOn What's now known]] of orca social behavior makes this unlikely to be a literal example of this trope. A ''son'' retaliating for the death of its ''mother'', now...
* ''Film/PacificRim'': Stacker, towards Mako.
* ''Film/ThePatriot'': Benjamin Martin is firmly against a war for independence and submissive towards the over-the-top villain... until his farm is burned down, one of his sons is killed, and another is arrested and taken away to be hanged. Then he goes after the Redcoats with muskets and hatchets...
* ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop''. Paul may be a BumblingDad, but he will protect his little girl if anyone threatens her.
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third film]], though it's too little and too late to do any good, [[spoiler:Will's father "Bootstrap" Bill Turner]] snaps out of his brainwashing, and attacks Davy Jones in a moment of Papa Wolf fury.
** Captain Teague shoots the soldier who was going to shoot Jack in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides fourth film]].
* Joe from ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' takes on a [[ParentalSubstitute fatherly/grandfatherly]] role for Mia. So much so, that he is willing to go above and beyond his duties to keep her safe and protected even if she's hurt emotionally, as Viscount Mabrey learned in the second film.
--->'''Joe''': If you hurt my girl, you will answer directly to me. And whatever crimes I commit against you, remember I have diplomatic immunity in 46 countries. Including Puerto Rico.\\
'''Viscount''': Sir, you will find that the word "fear" is not in my vocabulary!\\
'''Joe''': Perhaps. But it's in your eyes.
** [[spoiler: By the end of the film, Joe becomes Mia's legal grandfather after he [[HappilyMarried marries Queen Clarisse]]. This makes him a sort of [[PapaWolf Grandfather Wolf]] to Mia.]]
* ''Film/TheProfessional'': Léon becomes a surrogate father to the orphaned Mathilda and protects her on her quest for vengeance, taking on the entire NYPD in the process.
* ''Radio'': Coach Jones becomes this on several occasions for Radio. In one instance, he slammed the JerkJock that tricked Radio to enter the girls' locker room into the trophy case display, after the eye-opening words of, "Son, it's times like these I wish I wasn't a teacher so I could do what I really want to do to you."
* ''Film/{{Ransom}}'': Deconstructed. Tom will do anything to get his son back. When he realizes that the kidnappers are going to kill Sean anyway even if he gives them the ransom money, he tries to turn the tables on them by turning the ransom into a reward for their capture. Tom maintains his resolve when the mastermind calls him up and Tom threatens to hunt him down if he doesn't get his son back immediately. The kidnapper pretends to shoot Sean and Tom breaks down from his apparent failure. Luckily he still gets Sean back later on, but he played an immensely dangerous gamble that could just as easily have ended this way.
-->'''Tom:''' GIMME BACK MY SON!
* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'': Most of the time Nathan Wallace is an OverprotectiveDad, but when he's [[spoiler: in [[PsychoForHire Repo Man]] mode]] he flips to PapaWolf.
* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'': There's an excellent case for Mr. White fulfilling this trope in his protectiveness over young protégé Mr Orange, to the point where he takes a bullet for him. He really, really doesn't like it when you accuse Orange of being a rat. [[spoiler:When Orange indeed turns out to be the rat, Mr. White has to put the bullet to him in probably the most emotional moment of the entire movie]].
* ''Film/{{Revolution 1985}}'': Tom joined up with the Continental Army at first because he wanted to protect his son. Later on, when the British snatch Ned, Tom went after them and risked a lot to save his son's life.
* ''Film/RichieRich'': The butler Cadbury is something of a second father to Richie. The scene where [[TheDragon Ferguson]] mandhandles Richie in the beginning of the movie says it all:
--> '''Ferguson''': It's my job to protect him.
--> '''Cadbury''': Yes very well, Mr. Ferguson, but touch him that way again and it is YOU who will need protecting.
* ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'': The Warden dotes on his overgrown ManChild of a son and is fiercely protective of him. During his intro he kills one of his mooks for making his son trip and cry.
* ''Film/RomeoMustDie'': Isaak finds out [[spoiler: that Mac was the one who murdered his son]] and proceeds to strangle said person without any hesitation.
* ''Film/{{Shenandoah}}'': Charlie Anderson insists that the Civil War doesn't concern his family, even saying that his sons don't owe their state anything because the state "never came around here with a spare tit." But when some Union soldiers mistake his youngest for a rebel and take him prisoner, he starts taking the war personally.
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': Stuart, Alan's father, is usually seen for the first half of the film arguing with his son. But when the situation gets serious, he gets some pretty good moments in fighting against some of the berserk Commando Elite Toys. Another good example in particular occurs just before the climax of the film, when Alan is confronted by [[SmugSnake Larry Benson]] ([[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom the creator of the Commando Elite]]) [[BunnyEarsLawyer who makes a smug comment that Alan could be sued for his claims]], Alan's father promptly decks him for threatening his son.
-->'''Alan''': There's a problem with the Commandos.
-->'''Larry''': Really? What kind of problem? [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bear in mind, you will be called into court to substantiate your claim]].
-->''[[TalkToTheFist Stuart punches Larry in the face and knocks him down]].''
-->'''Stuart''': YOUR TOYS NEARLY KILLED MY SON!!
* ''Film/{{Snitch}}'': DwayneJohnson as John Matthews, as a father who dives headlong into a drug cartel in order to help free his convicted son.
* ''Film/SnowWhiteATaleofTerror'': As opposed to the king in the original fairy tale, Frederich in this film goes out into the storm on his horse to find Lilli when he hears she's missing.
* ''Film/SpeedRacer'': Pops puts his Greco-Roman {{wrestl|erInAllOfUs}}ing skills to work while protecting his family from ninjas, er, ''non''-jas:
-->[[Awesome/SpeedRacer "Terrible thing, what passes as a Ninja these days."]]
* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': Weirdly enough, [[BigBad Harrison]]. He's completely bent on recovering and protecting the rest of his people, and his RoaringRampageOfRevenge is mostly because he thinks they're all dead [[spoiler: (''twice'')]]. He even refers to them as his family - see EvenEvilHasLovedOnes.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Darth Vader, [[ArchnemesisDad of all people]], has his Papa Wolf moments--not surprising since his attempts to preemptively protect Padme was what drove him to the Dark Side in the first place. In ''ReturnOfTheJedi'', the Emperor's [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] of his son Luke is what [[HeelFaceTurn turns him back]] from TheDarkSide [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice and kills him]]]].
** Think about that for just a moment. This is Darth Vader. He personally hunted down almost every Jedi that survived Order 66. He executed helpless Younglings in the Jedi Temple. He has literally overseen the deaths of billions (e.g. Alderan). The mere mention of his name can inspire terror across the entire galaxy. There is only one person in the entire galaxy who is more powerful than him, but that person is so much more powerful that Vader serves him for more than two decades. Yet when that person begins killing his son, none of that matters. He knows that the Emperor's force lightning will short-circuit the electronic systems keeping him alive, but it does not matter. The only thing that matters is that the Emperor will stop hurting his son.
* ''Film/{{Steve Jobs}}'', having publicly denied that Lisa is his daughter and begrudgingly paying court-mandated child support, learns that her mother Chrisann may have thrown a cereal bowl at Lisa. Though she denies it, Jobs, very matter-of-factly, tells Chrisann that, if he ever hears something like that again, he has the resources to hire people to have her killed.
* Creator/StevenSeagal: These [[DirectToVideo Direct to DVD]] movies ''Film/BellyOfTheBeast'' and ''Film/OutOfReach''.
* ''Film/SupermanReturns'':
** ComicBook/LoisLane's NiceGuy fiancé [[TheAce Richard White]] proves this when he appears in his sea plane to save Lois and young Jason from a sinking ship in what doubles as his CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
-->'''Lois:''' How'd you get here?\\
'''Richard:''' I flew.
** Ironically, Superman never really gets to play the part of Papa Wolf in the movie, even though [[spoiler:Jason is his son]] and Lois is his LoveInterest.
* ''Film/{{Taken}}'': Creator/LiamNeeson's [[RetiredBadass Ex-Special-Forces commander Bryan]] of this film (see page quote) shows the organization that kidnapped his daughter the exact reason why you don't screw around with an ex-CIA operative's kids. In a particularly brutal example of this trope, he is willing to go as far as [[spoiler: threaten to kill a CorruptCop and former friend's innocent wife AFTER winging her with a bullet to show he's serious]] to save his daughter from being sold into prostitution. The entire movie is effectively a paean to the PapaWolf trope.
* ''Film/{{Tank}}'': You can cross CSM Zack Carey all you like, and he will calmly accept it. However, if you harm a kid, he will come down on you like a ton of bricks.
* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Splinter is NOT going to let any harm come to the turtles or April. [[spoiler:It very nearly costs him his life.]]
* Three different examples in ''Film/TellNoOne'':
** Bruno is a gangster who nevertheless loves his son, who's a hemophiliac, and he does not care about such niceties as hospital regulations when it comes to making sure his son gets the care he needs.
** Gilbert is a villainous example; [[spoiler: when his son is killed, Gilbert allows his {{Mooks}} to do just about anything, including ColdBloodedTorture and murder, to find those responsible]].
** Finally, [[spoiler: there's Jacques, whose daughter Margot was responsible for killing Gilbert's son (in self-defense); [[DeathFakedForYou he helps Margot fake her death after this]] to keep Gilbert from finding her]].
* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': The T-800 is reprogrammed by John Connor to be this to his past self. John's mother even remarks on it in her narration:
--> '''Sarah Connor:''' Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. [[CallBack The Terminator would never stop]]. It would never leave him. And it would never [[AbusiveParents hurt him, never shout at him or get drunk and hit him]], or say it was [[WhenYouComingHomeDad too busy to spend time with him]]. It would always be there, and it would die to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers that came and went over the years, this thing, this ''machine'', was the only one that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.
* ''Film/ToySoldiers'': [[spoiler: Joey Trotta]]'s father takes the news that [[spoiler: he has been killed]] very badly. [[spoiler: So he orders the murder of his murderer's father, even though that would mean all of Joey's friends would be killed in retaliation.]]
* ''TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'':
** Optimus Prime is [[AllThereInTheManual a peace-loving and kind-hearted scientist]] who respects human beings and loves them as if they are his own children. Nowhere is this more apparent than in this film with his response to Megatron's sickeningly cynical disrespect for life:
-->'''Megatron:''' Is the future of our race not worth the life of a single human?\\
'''Optimus Prime:''' You'll ''never'' stop at '''one'''!! [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments I'll take you ALL on!!]]
** The [[BewareTheNiceOnes Warrior in Optimus awakens]] to [[CurbStompBattle tear him, Grindor AND Starscream apart]], [[DualWielding wielding two swords simultaneously with the grace of a dancer]]:
---> '''Optimus Prime:''' ''[[BerserkButton You picked the wrong planet]]! '''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Give me your FACE!]]''' ''
** In the first live-action movie, Prime comes to the rescue when Sector Seven kidnaps Sam and Mikaela, lifting their car thirty feet in the air and tearing the top off while intoning, "Taking the children was a ''bad move,''" in pure bad-ass fashion.
** In ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'', after [[spoiler: Sentinel Prime, Optimus's father figure and teacher, led an invasion that enslaved and murdered ''millions'' of innocent civilians in Chicago]], Optimus would shoot said person execution style. The line he uttered as he saw [[spoiler: the destruction of Chicago]] was chilling and awesome:
---> '''Optimus''': "We will kill them all."
* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'': SubvertedTrope by Keyser Soze. In a tale told InUniverse, some Turkish mobsters break into Soze's home and brutalize his family, holding them hostage. When Soze returns home, he promptly pulls a gun on the mobsters... then turns the gun on his ''family'', saying he'd rather they die than live another day.
* ''Film/VForVendetta'': A whole ''mob'' of them shows up. As law and order starts breaking down across England, a secret policeman [[WouldHurtAChild guns down a young girl]] for wearing a "Guy Fawkes" Mask. The mob descends upon the guy, and one of the men smashes the bastard's head in with a wrench.
* Spielberg's ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' begins with the working class protagonist (TomCruise) held in utter contempt by his son and daughter, who much prefer the time they spend with his ex and her rich new husband. During the film, he must survive the terrifying alien invasion and repeatedly save his children's lives (especially the daughter) in a very heroic manner -- incidentally winning back their full and highly deserved respect.
* Paul Reiser's character in ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' demonstrates this after learning just how much his abuse that his son has been taking from his musical instructor. He ends up organizing things so that [[spoiler: Fletcher can get canned from teaching at the Academy]].
* An instance of this occurs in ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' when Sir John tries to protect Lawrence from the angry mob trying to capture him by '''shooting''' at them, and possibly even blinding someone in the process, [[PetTheDog showing]] that he may truly [[WellDoneSonGuy care for his son]]. [[spoiler:''Highly'' subverted when he ends up trying to kill Lawrence later on after revealing he already killed his brother and mother... and that he's a werewolf himself... TraumaCongaLine much? Also subverted when he lets the angry mob drag Lawrence off to an insane asylum right after the poor guy wakes up after the full moon and is scared and confused.]]
* Wolverine towards Rogue and the children at the school in the ''Film/XMen'' films.
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* ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'':
** Major Henry West utterly snaps after his men are killed by Jim.
** Jim himself becomes one for Hannah. In fact, this is what causes his rampage against West and his soldiers.
* In ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'', John [=McClane=] makes it quite clear he's going to march to hell and back to protect his son, whether his son wants it or not.
* ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'': [[spoiler:Dr. Tenma]] in the 2009 film. After he [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn accepts Astro for who he is]], it's made clear that he's willing to face the military, its angry Commander in Chief, and its scary indestructible robot to protect his boy. Makes you wonder what would happen if you threatened Astro while there was a chance Dad might get his hands on you.]]
* ''Film/AwayWeGo'': InvokedTrope when the expecting parents are discussing their future daughter:
-->'''Verona:''' [Do you promise] that her fights will be your fights?
-->'''Burt:''' I do.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': Marty gets chased out of the "dark 1985" version of his house by a baseball bat-wielding Papa Wolf, who is enraged to find Marty in what, in the altered timeline, is the bedroom of the Papa Wolf's young daughters. Based on what he's screaming, it's not the first time people had broken into his home.
* ''Film/BigDaddy'': Charlie Chaplin's SpiritualSuccessor, Sonny Koufax, is no slouch himself. He at first takes a boy as his own son to raise out of undisguised selfishness, but thanks to BecomingTheMask, ends up declaring: "I would die for this kid, just so he wouldn't have to feel a moment of sadness."
* ''Film/BigJake'': Creator/JohnWayne spends the majority of this film tracking down and in the end blasting seven hells out of a bunch of bandits who kidnapped his grandson. ''[[BadassGrandpa Grandpa Wolf]]'', indeed. [[spoiler:Note that, prior to the kidnapping, Jacob had never even ''seen'' his grandson.]]
* ''Film/TheBlackCat'': This Universal 1934 movie gives us Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Creator/BelaLugosi), who takes revenge [[spoiler:on Poelzig for killing his daughter (among other things, but that was what sent him over the edge). by ''skinning the man alive on his own embalming rack''. And what's worse is that only a few moments earlier, he had been given hope that his daughter was actually alive after thinking that she had been dead since he's been sent to the prison camp.]]
* ''Film/TheBlindSide'': Coach Cotton has a PapaWolf moment after the OpposingSportsTeam deliberately kicks Michael when he's down and after the play has already ended, and the referee not only ignores the kick, but penalizes the Wingate Crusaders.
* ''Cargo'', a short film and Finalist of Tropfest Australia 2013. It's... Well, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlhkyY37Im8 just watch.]]
* ''Film/ComingToAmerica'': Provides a nonviolent example in Cleo [=McDowell=], an amiable and slightly BumblingDad who's eager to marry his daughter Lisa off to a rich boy. He's therefore over the moon when he discovers her suitor [[KingIncognito Akeem is actually a prince]]. But when Akeem's father King Jaffe upsets Lisa, [=McDowell=] drops the bumbling act and angrily threatens to "break a foot off in your royal ass."
* ''Film/{{Commando}}'':
** ColonelBadass Ahnuld acts pretty unassumingly in civil life, but when the villains kidnap his pre-teen daughter...
** Whenever Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger plays a father in any of his action flicks, expect some ''serious'' PapaWolf action to go down if the bad guys mess with his kids. Case in point: ''Film/TrueLies'' -- when the BigBad kidnaps Harry Tasker's daughter, Harry goes after him with a ''Harrier jet fighter.'' And sends the BigBad on a missile ride.
** Arnie plays a mild-mannered ex-military helicopter pilot (who takes skiers up mountains) in ''Film/The6thDay ''. He fails to die on schedule, and the company responsible kidnaps his wife and daughter to try to force his compliance. Then he and his clone (yes, it's that kind of movie, and why he was supposed to be dead) destroy the company [[MacGyvering with a tin of aluminum oxide]] ''[[MacGyvering and one pistol between them]]''.
** The Governator doesn't even ''need'' to play a father, just having [[TeamDad a character who's got to take care of children or teens]] is enough. ''Film/KindergartenCop'' has a particularly emotional scene where his character, a police detective posing as [[BadassTeacher a school teacher]], dishes out a brutal beating to the abusive father of an emotionally damaged student. ("You hit the kid, I hit ''you''," indeed.) And then when the BigBad ''actually'' shows up and kidnaps a boy named Dominic [[spoiler: who is his biological son]] near the climax of the movie -- that's the point where Kimble really goes for blood.
** Parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'', where the movie from which Arnold's cop character is lifted includes a face-off with the BigBad who abducted his kid.
* ''Film/Cradle2TheGrave'':
-->'''Tony Fait:''' Wrong! ''Kid!'' And ''definitely'' the wrong father.
* ''Film/CrazyStupidLove'': Cal's reaction upon finding out about Jacob and Hannah, and Jessica's father's reaction when he thinks Cal is involved with his daughter.
* Film/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' sees Jor-El engages in a ''brutal'' fight with General Zod to ensure that his son makes it off of the doomed planet Krypton safely.
** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' depicts Thomas and Martha Wayne as this and MamaBear respectively as they fight to protect young Bruce from the mugger who ends up killing them.
* ''Film/DeathSentence'': This film is a very cynical take on Papa Wolf-hood, and on revenge in general. When Nick Hume's older son gets killed by a gang member and he learns that the gang member will only receive a few years in jail, he forces the case to be dropped so that he can kill the bad guy himself. In doing so, he is forced to kill another member of that gang. However, the gang's head doesn't take kindly to this and swears vengeance on Nick's family. Nick being an ActionSurvivor rather than a hardened {{Badass}}, he fails to stop the gang. Though [[spoiler:his younger son survives and]] he gets back at the gang successfully, it's quite clearly shown that Nick ends up far from the man he used to be. Not all positively.
* ''Film/DraculaUntold'': Vlad III Dracula kills the Ottoman Envoys when they say they are taking his son. The fact that Vlad was willing to become a vampire to save his family, including his son, instantly earns him this trope.
* Bob in ''Film/TheDrop'' has strong protective instincts for his pet dog and girlfriend. How strong? He [[spoiler:shoots the man who beat the dog when he came back threatening to torture it.]]
* ''Film/TheGodfather'':
** Begins with a mortician making himself a client of Vito Corleone to outsource his PapaWolf duties. TheDon of course takes his {{Papa Wolf}}ing [[ItsPersonal quite seriously]].
** Vito Corleone shows hints of this towards his own children as well, especially for his youngest son, Michael. When arranging Michael's safe return from exile with the other heads of the crime families, he makes it clear that anyone who messes with his son will regret it:
--> '''Vito Corleone''': But I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall him, if he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell, or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning, then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room. And that, I do not forgive.
* ''Film/GhostbustersII'' goes out of its way to [[ViewersAreGoldfish repeatedly remind the viewer]] that Dana Barrett's 8-month-old son Oscar is not her ex-boyfriend Peter Venkman's child, but that doesn't stop him from cutting his usual JerkAss antics and getting serious when Oscar's in danger. Ditto fellow Ghostbuster Ray Stantz, who is also unrelated to Oscar, who tells the villain of the movie to "go knock up some willing hellhound" if he wants a baby so badly. Rather gloriously averted by Egon Spengler, who gives a little girl a puppy and then takes it away [[ForScience to study if emotions affect the environment]].
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
** Woe betide anyone [[TooDumbToLive stupid enough]] to try and harm Godzilla's son, regardless of the continuity. Godzilla's children are, so far as we know, not his biologically and thus are all adopted, true, but he's a surprisingly good parent, doting on his children and utterly devoted to the safety and well being of those under his protection, whether that be his own adopted children or, in later films, humanity and the Earth itself. Not even a GiantSpider can get away with attacking his children. There's a reason that one film is called ''[[Film/AllMonstersAttack Godzilla's Revenge]]''.
** This is especially evident in the film ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' in which the death of his son, killed by Destoroyah himself, caused Godzilla to go into a [[UnstoppableRage emotional ragefest]] and attack Destoroyah out of pure unrestrained fury.
*** Destoroyah is also the single most powerful enemy in the entire series bar none, battling the King of Monsters to a standstill even when his power was at 150% overload. Killing Jr. pissed Godzilla off so hard that he actually forced the Ax-Crazy Destoroyah, who till this point had done nothing but viciously attack almost single-mindedly, into a retreat!
*** It's also worth noting that, in the origial edit of the ending, Godzilla ''pummeled Destoroyah to death'' while he died, though the JDSF would have been involved, too. The reason it was cut was only because it was seen as ''taking away from Godzilla's death'', so the scene was re-edited to have Destoroyah be killed off ''before'' Godzilla was, in order to give their monster icon centre-stage before he died.
** Likewise, there's Zilla, the monster from Film/{{Godzilla|1998}} ([[Main/InNameOnly 1998]]) who is both a Papa Wolf AND a Mama Bear. He/she is asexual and can lay at least a hundred eggs that hatch into raptor-sized Baby Zillas, and when the protagonists killed almost all of them, [[Main/BerserkButton he/she]] [[Main/DisneyDeath was]] [[Main/OhCrap PISSED]].
* ''Film/GranTorino'': An unusual although understandable example would be Walt, who is Papa Wolf toward his neighbors once he gets over some racial tension, but not toward his "own spoiled-rotten family" who treat him more like an invalid than a worthwhile individual. When he comes to Sue's rescue:
-->'''Walt Kowalski:''' Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? ''(spits on the ground)'' That's me.
* Creator/HarrisonFord:
** This man in pretty much every movie that he's been in that wasn't [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9GwtRsOYSI Indiana Jones or Star Wars]]
** ''Temple of Doom'' begs to differ. Why was he captured by the villains? Because he wanted to protect a helpless child from ''being whipped to death'', not to mention proceeding to fight ''the '''entire''' villain's army'' to free the hundreds of slave children, and giving up the mystical stones that would have made him a millionaire so the village they return to would be one filled with life and hope. Easily the '''single''' most heroic Papa Wolf performance for Harrison Ford.
*** "They're innocent children... Mola Ram, prepare to meet Kali, IN HELL!!"
** Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' with the movie "Harrison Ford Telling Random People He Wants His Family Back."
** Don't forget what pushed him into agreeing to help look for the Grail (though, given what happens [[TheMole with the man who gives him the news]], he might not necessarily have had a choice) - finding his dad. He was willing to put a guy through a ship's propeller, and if the man wasn't a soft-core KnightTemplar...
*** Does this make the actual Knight Templar at the end of the movie a metaphor?
* Wade Gustafson in ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' is a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] as only the Creator/CoenBrothers can make 'em: as a combination of this and the ObnoxiousInLaws trope, he continuously undermines and distrusts son-in-law Jerry (who says that the kidnappers gave specific instructions about him being the one who made contact and delivered the money, which would have created a problem with the kidnappers [[spoiler:even if Jerry wasn't technically their mastermind]]) and thus charges into the drop-off without any more protection than a concealed pistol or information on the kidnappers other than the time and place of delivery, [[RealityEnsues which gets him killed]] when he insists that he won't give the money unless he sees his daughter and pisses off [[HairTriggerTemper Showalter]], who expected Jerry.
* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
** Sirius Black in the fifth film:
-->'''Sirius''': [[Awesome/HarryPotter Get away from my godson]]! ''[[[HeyYouHaymaker POW]]]''
** As well as James Potter. He decided to take on Voldemort by himself, knowing it almost certainly meant death (he even said to Lily "I'll hold him off", indicating he knew he stood no chance) but would nonetheless give his wife and son a chance of escaping. Not only were his chances against the Dark Lord nonexistent under normal circumstances, but on top of that, James wasn't holding a wand. That makes this into a ''heroic sacrifice''.
* ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'': [[AFatherToHisMen Thorin]] is extremely protective of the younger dwarves, particularly his nephews Fíli and Kíli. Showcased when he revealed who he was to the Goblin King rather than let the youngest dwarves be killed in front of him.
* ''Film/HussarBallad'': Ivan, while not related to Shura by blood, treats her as a daughter. Despite being old, he is quick to help her in a fight, and surprisingly effective as well.
* ''Film/JeepersCreepers2'': In the first ten minutes, The Creeper attacks, kidnaps and kills a little boy named Billy... Let's just say that his father and older brother [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge aren't happy...]]
* ''Film/JohnQ'': Another PapaWolf score for Denzel Washington is this film, where to make sure that his IllBoy son Michael will [[BillyNeedsAnOrgan get a heart transplant]] which is being denied to him because insurance doesn't cover it, John Quincy Archibald actually ''takes a full hospital hostage'' and claims he won't back off until Michael is given priority. [[spoiler: John goes as far as improvising a ThanatosGambit so his heart will be harvested and given to his child, but it fails. In the BittersweetEnding, however, John is still trialed and incarcerated, but Michael is saved.]]
* In ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', Mowgli has many animal companions who love him and will fight to keep him safe, including a literal papa wolf, his adoptive father Akela, Bagheera and Baloo. [[spoiler: Mowgli's biological father died protecting his son from Shere Khan.]]
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' has the daddy ''T. rex''. Teamed up with his Mama Bear to shove two connected RV's off a cliff after their hatchling was taken. Of course, being a ''T. rex'', he was already a badass.
*** And later went on a rampage across San Diego just to find his baby. It doesn't help that he was high on amphetamines.
** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Owen Grady is this to, [[TheDreaded of all things,]] the ''Velociraptors''. He takes his role as [[TeamDad pack alpha]] very seriously and most of Owen's antagonism with SmugSnake Hoskins stems from his need to protect and ensure his raptors' safety. Even during the firefight, Owen never shoots directly at them, instead attempting to distract and lure the four sisters away from nearby humans. And he doesn't hesitate to punch Hoskins for trying to [[spoiler: pit them against the ''I. rex''.]]
--->'''Hoskins:''' The mother hen has finally arrived--
--->'''Owen:''' ''[punches him in the face]'' Get the hell out of here and ''stay away'' from my animals.
* ''[[Film/TheKid1921 The Kid]]'': Possibly the least likely PapaWolf ever -- Creator/CharlieChaplin's Tramp character. When an official from the local orphanage takes the [[DoorstopBaby boy he found and raised]] away, he goes into RoofHopping {{Determinator}} mode.
* ''Film/KingKong2005'': Kong behaves like this whenever he's protecting Anne Darrow, who's tiny and vulnerable enough to bring out the big fellow's Papa Silverback side.
* ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft'': The premise of this film is about a group of people who get trapped inside a house with a PapaWolf and a MamaBear after they brutalize the couple's daughter. Three guesses as to what happens next.
* ''Film/LastOfTheMohicans'': Chingachgook, though it's more out of vengeance than protection.
* ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'': L becomes this towards Maki and Near.
* ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'': John [=McClane=]. After he gets involved in the terrorists' Scheme, the BigBad decides to kidnap his daughter Lucy to try to control John. Big mistake.
* ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'': Big Chris. Made the mistake of threatening his son, Little Chris? Big Chris is just about to have another SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome with a car door.
* '''Film/LoneWolfMcQuade''':
** You can beat him, shoot him, bury him alive, and even shoot his dog and maybe survive, but if you hurt his daughter, you will open the whole can of Creator/ChuckNorris whoopass.
** Note that the bad guy who gets his ass kicked is played by David Carradine. If he couldn't stop Chuck, what chance would anyone else have? Likely something involving a 13 digit negative number.
* ''Ma and Pa Kettle'': In this classic film, [[ApronMatron Ma,]] [[HenpeckedHusband Pa,]] and their [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large family]] move into an ultra-modern house Pa had won in a sweepstakes. Eventually Pa gets fed up with all the newfangled gadgets in the house, and moves back into the family's old home: a decrepit shack in the middle of a swampy junkyard. Meanwhile, [[MamaBear Ma holds the police at a standoff with a shotgun]] after she learns the contest was a cruel publicity hoax. It takes the intervention of the Kettles' adult eldest son to bring her out of her rampage. Just as the woman who orchestrated the hoax decides not to press charges and offers Ma her most sincere apology, here comes Pa Kettle with the family wagon and a dozen or so of his Injun friends:
--> '''Pa:''' THERE THEY ARE! ''SIC 'EM, BOYS!!''
* ''Film/MachineGunPreacher'': [[BadassPreacher Sam Childers]] (Creator/GerardButler). If you threaten or harm the children of Sudan or Uganda, he will make sure that you pay. The best part: this film is based on a true story. However, "True Story" is debatable in light of some recent findings (Surprise inspections showed mistreatment of the children in the orphanage, SPLA denies any knowledge of Childers while Childers claims that he is a honorary commander in the SPLA, 60% of the donation for the orphanage are billed as "travel expenses" into Childers private funds)...seems like this "papa bear" is a con man who profits off the children he is supposed to care for.
* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]] by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, even planning to leave them behind until Furiosa negotiated. [[TookALevelInKindness But by the film's climax]], Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he attempts to grab Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max.
* The titular ''Film/MajorPayne'' becomes one over the course of the film, first showcased by dealing with Tiger's fear of the Boogeyman by ''opening fire on the closet'', and later by defending Alex from his drunken abusive step-father. The latter is the turning point where the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits ROTC Boys]], several of whom are implied to have [[ParentalNeglect uncaring parents]], come to like and respect the Major.
* ''ManOfTheHouse'': Tommy Lee Jones's role that followed that one was this film, where he's a sheriff who has to protect a bunch of cheerleader girls after they witness a murder. HilarityEnsues until not only one of the girls is almost killed by a car bomb, but the man's daughter is kidnapped...
* ''Film/ManOnFire'':
** While not actually the child's father, John "Creasy Bear" Creasy (DenzelWashington) in this movie is a spectacular example of a Papa Wolf. As a bodyguard for Lupita ([[TheOjou a rich businessman's precocious daughter]]) in Mexico City, John doesn't let multiple gunshot wounds stop him from tearing through a powerful kidnapping cartel's chain of command until finally he catches the mastermind's brother and estranged wife. When the "Voice" starts trying to bargain his way out of John's vengeance, John interrupts him to say, "Your brother wants to speak to you," and then blows off the man's hand with a shotgun. It's implied that he would move on from there to the rest of the Voice's family, including his pregnant wife, and worse: [[spoiler:"I will take your family apart, piece by piece. Do you hear me? PIECE BY PIECE!"]]
** [[AdaptationDisplacement In the novel]], it's worse: [[spoiler:Since the girl who is under his custody is dead, he ended up ''OFFING THE WHOLE MAFIOSO ORGANIZATION''. And he comes off as ''much'' more dangerous than his already incredibly dangerous performance in the movie]].
* ''Film/MeetTheParents'': Jack Byrnes is an [[KnightTemplarParent extreme example of this]], being obsessively protective of his daughter Pam. He will even go so far as to drug her boyfriends with truth serum or give them lie detector tests to make sure they don't have any unscrupulous designs on his little girl. Really, all that's missing is the shotgun on his lap.
* ''The Missing'': Creator/TommyLeeJones also played a Grandpa Wolf. He was a DisappearedDad and Grandpa hoping to try getting his family's forgiveness... and arrived back home just in time to learn that his eldest granddaughter has been kidnapped and was about to be sold as a child bride. So when his daughter (played by Cate Blanchett) went MamaBear to get her girl back, he decided he wouldn't be less and joined her cause. [[spoiler:So much that he defeated the BigBad via TakingYouWithMe, [[HeroicSacrifice killing himself]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath in the process]].]]
* ''Film/MrMom'': Jack Butler. Nobody yells at his children and gets away with it.
* ''Film/{{Nell}}'': Creator/LiamNeeson's character in this film, who winds up very protective of the borderline WildChild (wild adult, by then) he and another doctor have been observing since her mother's death. A reporter who sneaks up trying to get a picture of the rumored "wild woman" gets thrown down the front steps of Nell's cabin and his camera broken for his troubles. Neeson's character does admit he overreacted, only to chase the reporter away when the idiot keeps asking questions.
* ''Film/NorthCountry'': Josey's dad was initially aloof about his daughter for reasons relating to her first pregnancy (where she was apparently promiscuous), although he eventually stood up for her at the union rally when she tried to expose the sexual harrassment problems at the mine she works at, also calling out his coworkers on this fact. However, the biggest example of his being a PapaWolf comes in later: During the trial, Josey is forced to reveal what truly happened during her youth and the ''real'' reason she became pregnant with her son after one of the co-workers (who she also went to school with) exposed the knowledge of who the father of her first child was: It turns out that her teacher had in fact committed statutory rape on her after serving Saturday detention for skipping class and kissing said future co-worker, of which the only witness was said co-worker and he failed to stop him. As soon as the father learned the truth during the trial, he walks over to the teacher and then proceeds to go ballistic and attack him for raping Josey, resulting in him being forcibly removed from the courtroom.
* ''Film/OctoberSky'': Homer Hickham Sr. in the film version is something of a subversion: he's actually protecting somebody else's son from his stepfather, the resident abusive alcoholic. Does the whole grab-you-by-the-collar thing without the punch-you-in-the-face part, all the while plagued by soot-filled lungs. His personal CrowningMomentOfAwesome. The exchange is reproduced here:
-->'''Homer Hickam, Sr:''' Now you listen to me you drunken son of a bitch. If that boy's father were still alive, he'd kick your ass. So I'm gonna have to do it for him. If I see him with a bruise... you get a scar. If I see him with a limp... you get '''crutches'''! Do you hear me? Do you hear me?\\
'''Vernon:''' I'm reportin' you to the union!\\
'''Homer Hickam, Sr:''' Screw you and your damn union!
* In ''Film/OverTheTop'', Creator/SylvesterStallone gets to play a chara with PapaWolf chops too. You better '''not''' get between Lincoln Hawke and his chance to see his son Michael again, no way, no how.
* ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale'':
** This movie has a Papa Killer Whale, seeking bloody vengeance against the man who killed his mate and calf.
** [[ScienceMarchesOn What's now known]] of orca social behavior makes this unlikely to be a literal example of this trope. A ''son'' retaliating for the death of its ''mother'', now...
* ''Film/PacificRim'': Stacker, towards Mako.
* ''Film/ThePatriot'': Benjamin Martin is firmly against a war for independence and submissive towards the over-the-top villain... until his farm is burned down, one of his sons is killed, and another is arrested and taken away to be hanged. Then he goes after the Redcoats with muskets and hatchets...
* ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop''. Paul may be a BumblingDad, but he will protect his little girl if anyone threatens her.
* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third film]], though it's too little and too late to do any good, [[spoiler:Will's father "Bootstrap" Bill Turner]] snaps out of his brainwashing, and attacks Davy Jones in a moment of Papa Wolf fury.
** Captain Teague shoots the soldier who was going to shoot Jack in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides fourth film]].
* Joe from ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' takes on a [[ParentalSubstitute fatherly/grandfatherly]] role for Mia. So much so, that he is willing to go above and beyond his duties to keep her safe and protected even if she's hurt emotionally, as Viscount Mabrey learned in the second film.
--->'''Joe''': If you hurt my girl, you will answer directly to me. And whatever crimes I commit against you, remember I have diplomatic immunity in 46 countries. Including Puerto Rico.\\
'''Viscount''': Sir, you will find that the word "fear" is not in my vocabulary!\\
'''Joe''': Perhaps. But it's in your eyes.
** [[spoiler: By the end of the film, Joe becomes Mia's legal grandfather after he [[HappilyMarried marries Queen Clarisse]]. This makes him a sort of [[PapaWolf Grandfather Wolf]] to Mia.]]
* ''Film/TheProfessional'': Léon becomes a surrogate father to the orphaned Mathilda and protects her on her quest for vengeance, taking on the entire NYPD in the process.
* ''Radio'': Coach Jones becomes this on several occasions for Radio. In one instance, he slammed the JerkJock that tricked Radio to enter the girls' locker room into the trophy case display, after the eye-opening words of, "Son, it's times like these I wish I wasn't a teacher so I could do what I really want to do to you."
* ''Film/{{Ransom}}'': Deconstructed. Tom will do anything to get his son back. When he realizes that the kidnappers are going to kill Sean anyway even if he gives them the ransom money, he tries to turn the tables on them by turning the ransom into a reward for their capture. Tom maintains his resolve when the mastermind calls him up and Tom threatens to hunt him down if he doesn't get his son back immediately. The kidnapper pretends to shoot Sean and Tom breaks down from his apparent failure. Luckily he still gets Sean back later on, but he played an immensely dangerous gamble that could just as easily have ended this way.
-->'''Tom:''' GIMME BACK MY SON!
* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'': Most of the time Nathan Wallace is an OverprotectiveDad, but when he's [[spoiler: in [[PsychoForHire Repo Man]] mode]] he flips to PapaWolf.
* ''Film/ReservoirDogs'': There's an excellent case for Mr. White fulfilling this trope in his protectiveness over young protégé Mr Orange, to the point where he takes a bullet for him. He really, really doesn't like it when you accuse Orange of being a rat. [[spoiler:When Orange indeed turns out to be the rat, Mr. White has to put the bullet to him in probably the most emotional moment of the entire movie]].
* ''Film/{{Revolution 1985}}'': Tom joined up with the Continental Army at first because he wanted to protect his son. Later on, when the British snatch Ned, Tom went after them and risked a lot to save his son's life.
* ''Film/RichieRich'': The butler Cadbury is something of a second father to Richie. The scene where [[TheDragon Ferguson]] mandhandles Richie in the beginning of the movie says it all:
--> '''Ferguson''': It's my job to protect him.
--> '''Cadbury''': Yes very well, Mr. Ferguson, but touch him that way again and it is YOU who will need protecting.
* ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'': The Warden dotes on his overgrown ManChild of a son and is fiercely protective of him. During his intro he kills one of his mooks for making his son trip and cry.
* ''Film/RomeoMustDie'': Isaak finds out [[spoiler: that Mac was the one who murdered his son]] and proceeds to strangle said person without any hesitation.
* ''Film/{{Shenandoah}}'': Charlie Anderson insists that the Civil War doesn't concern his family, even saying that his sons don't owe their state anything because the state "never came around here with a spare tit." But when some Union soldiers mistake his youngest for a rebel and take him prisoner, he starts taking the war personally.
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': Stuart, Alan's father, is usually seen for the first half of the film arguing with his son. But when the situation gets serious, he gets some pretty good moments in fighting against some of the berserk Commando Elite Toys. Another good example in particular occurs just before the climax of the film, when Alan is confronted by [[SmugSnake Larry Benson]] ([[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom the creator of the Commando Elite]]) [[BunnyEarsLawyer who makes a smug comment that Alan could be sued for his claims]], Alan's father promptly decks him for threatening his son.
-->'''Alan''': There's a problem with the Commandos.
-->'''Larry''': Really? What kind of problem? [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bear in mind, you will be called into court to substantiate your claim]].
-->''[[TalkToTheFist Stuart punches Larry in the face and knocks him down]].''
-->'''Stuart''': YOUR TOYS NEARLY KILLED MY SON!!
* ''Film/{{Snitch}}'': DwayneJohnson as John Matthews, as a father who dives headlong into a drug cartel in order to help free his convicted son.
* ''Film/SnowWhiteATaleofTerror'': As opposed to the king in the original fairy tale, Frederich in this film goes out into the storm on his horse to find Lilli when he hears she's missing.
* ''Film/SpeedRacer'': Pops puts his Greco-Roman {{wrestl|erInAllOfUs}}ing skills to work while protecting his family from ninjas, er, ''non''-jas:
-->[[Awesome/SpeedRacer "Terrible thing, what passes as a Ninja these days."]]
* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': Weirdly enough, [[BigBad Harrison]]. He's completely bent on recovering and protecting the rest of his people, and his RoaringRampageOfRevenge is mostly because he thinks they're all dead [[spoiler: (''twice'')]]. He even refers to them as his family - see EvenEvilHasLovedOnes.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Darth Vader, [[ArchnemesisDad of all people]], has his Papa Wolf moments--not surprising since his attempts to preemptively protect Padme was what drove him to the Dark Side in the first place. In ''ReturnOfTheJedi'', the Emperor's [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] of his son Luke is what [[HeelFaceTurn turns him back]] from TheDarkSide [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice and kills him]]]].
** Think about that for just a moment. This is Darth Vader. He personally hunted down almost every Jedi that survived Order 66. He executed helpless Younglings in the Jedi Temple. He has literally overseen the deaths of billions (e.g. Alderan). The mere mention of his name can inspire terror across the entire galaxy. There is only one person in the entire galaxy who is more powerful than him, but that person is so much more powerful that Vader serves him for more than two decades. Yet when that person begins killing his son, none of that matters. He knows that the Emperor's force lightning will short-circuit the electronic systems keeping him alive, but it does not matter. The only thing that matters is that the Emperor will stop hurting his son.
* ''Film/{{Steve Jobs}}'', having publicly denied that Lisa is his daughter and begrudgingly paying court-mandated child support, learns that her mother Chrisann may have thrown a cereal bowl at Lisa. Though she denies it, Jobs, very matter-of-factly, tells Chrisann that, if he ever hears something like that again, he has the resources to hire people to have her killed.
* Creator/StevenSeagal: These [[DirectToVideo Direct to DVD]] movies ''Film/BellyOfTheBeast'' and ''Film/OutOfReach''.
* ''Film/SupermanReturns'':
** ComicBook/LoisLane's NiceGuy fiancé [[TheAce Richard White]] proves this when he appears in his sea plane to save Lois and young Jason from a sinking ship in what doubles as his CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
-->'''Lois:''' How'd you get here?\\
'''Richard:''' I flew.
** Ironically, Superman never really gets to play the part of Papa Wolf in the movie, even though [[spoiler:Jason is his son]] and Lois is his LoveInterest.
* ''Film/{{Taken}}'': Creator/LiamNeeson's [[RetiredBadass Ex-Special-Forces commander Bryan]] of this film (see page quote) shows the organization that kidnapped his daughter the exact reason why you don't screw around with an ex-CIA operative's kids. In a particularly brutal example of this trope, he is willing to go as far as [[spoiler: threaten to kill a CorruptCop and former friend's innocent wife AFTER winging her with a bullet to show he's serious]] to save his daughter from being sold into prostitution. The entire movie is effectively a paean to the PapaWolf trope.
* ''Film/{{Tank}}'': You can cross CSM Zack Carey all you like, and he will calmly accept it. However, if you harm a kid, he will come down on you like a ton of bricks.
* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Splinter is NOT going to let any harm come to the turtles or April. [[spoiler:It very nearly costs him his life.]]
* Three different examples in ''Film/TellNoOne'':
** Bruno is a gangster who nevertheless loves his son, who's a hemophiliac, and he does not care about such niceties as hospital regulations when it comes to making sure his son gets the care he needs.
** Gilbert is a villainous example; [[spoiler: when his son is killed, Gilbert allows his {{Mooks}} to do just about anything, including ColdBloodedTorture and murder, to find those responsible]].
** Finally, [[spoiler: there's Jacques, whose daughter Margot was responsible for killing Gilbert's son (in self-defense); [[DeathFakedForYou he helps Margot fake her death after this]] to keep Gilbert from finding her]].
* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': The T-800 is reprogrammed by John Connor to be this to his past self. John's mother even remarks on it in her narration:
--> '''Sarah Connor:''' Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. [[CallBack The Terminator would never stop]]. It would never leave him. And it would never [[AbusiveParents hurt him, never shout at him or get drunk and hit him]], or say it was [[WhenYouComingHomeDad too busy to spend time with him]]. It would always be there, and it would die to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers that came and went over the years, this thing, this ''machine'', was the only one that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice.
* ''Film/ToySoldiers'': [[spoiler: Joey Trotta]]'s father takes the news that [[spoiler: he has been killed]] very badly. [[spoiler: So he orders the murder of his murderer's father, even though that would mean all of Joey's friends would be killed in retaliation.]]
* ''TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'':
** Optimus Prime is [[AllThereInTheManual a peace-loving and kind-hearted scientist]] who respects human beings and loves them as if they are his own children. Nowhere is this more apparent than in this film with his response to Megatron's sickeningly cynical disrespect for life:
-->'''Megatron:''' Is the future of our race not worth the life of a single human?\\
'''Optimus Prime:''' You'll ''never'' stop at '''one'''!! [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments I'll take you ALL on!!]]
** The [[BewareTheNiceOnes Warrior in Optimus awakens]] to [[CurbStompBattle tear him, Grindor AND Starscream apart]], [[DualWielding wielding two swords simultaneously with the grace of a dancer]]:
---> '''Optimus Prime:''' ''[[BerserkButton You picked the wrong planet]]! '''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Give me your FACE!]]''' ''
** In the first live-action movie, Prime comes to the rescue when Sector Seven kidnaps Sam and Mikaela, lifting their car thirty feet in the air and tearing the top off while intoning, "Taking the children was a ''bad move,''" in pure bad-ass fashion.
** In ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'', after [[spoiler: Sentinel Prime, Optimus's father figure and teacher, led an invasion that enslaved and murdered ''millions'' of innocent civilians in Chicago]], Optimus would shoot said person execution style. The line he uttered as he saw [[spoiler: the destruction of Chicago]] was chilling and awesome:
---> '''Optimus''': "We will kill them all."
* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'': SubvertedTrope by Keyser Soze. In a tale told InUniverse, some Turkish mobsters break into Soze's home and brutalize his family, holding them hostage. When Soze returns home, he promptly pulls a gun on the mobsters... then turns the gun on his ''family'', saying he'd rather they die than live another day.
* ''Film/VForVendetta'': A whole ''mob'' of them shows up. As law and order starts breaking down across England, a secret policeman [[WouldHurtAChild guns down a young girl]] for wearing a "Guy Fawkes" Mask. The mob descends upon the guy, and one of the men smashes the bastard's head in with a wrench.
* Spielberg's ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' begins with the working class protagonist (TomCruise) held in utter contempt by his son and daughter, who much prefer the time they spend with his ex and her rich new husband. During the film, he must survive the terrifying alien invasion and repeatedly save his children's lives (especially the daughter) in a very heroic manner -- incidentally winning back their full and highly deserved respect.
* Paul Reiser's character in ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' demonstrates this after learning just how much his abuse that his son has been taking from his musical instructor. He ends up organizing things so that [[spoiler: Fletcher can get canned from teaching at the Academy]].
* An instance of this occurs in ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' when Sir John tries to protect Lawrence from the angry mob trying to capture him by '''shooting''' at them, and possibly even blinding someone in the process, [[PetTheDog showing]] that he may truly [[WellDoneSonGuy care for his son]]. [[spoiler:''Highly'' subverted when he ends up trying to kill Lawrence later on after revealing he already killed his brother and mother... and that he's a werewolf himself... TraumaCongaLine much? Also subverted when he lets the angry mob drag Lawrence off to an insane asylum right after the poor guy wakes up after the full moon and is scared and confused.]]
* Wolverine towards Rogue and the children at the school in the ''Film/XMen'' films.
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* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'': Most of the time Nathan Wallace is an OverprotectiveDad, but when he's in [[PsychoForHire Repo Man]] mode he flips to PapaWolf.
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* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'': Most of the time Nathan Wallace is an OverprotectiveDad, but when he's [[spoiler: in [[PsychoForHire Repo Man]] mode mode]] he flips to PapaWolf.
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** As well as James Potter. He decided to take on Voldemort on this own, knowing it almost certainly meant death (he even said to Lily "I'll hold him off", indicating he knew he stood no chance) because it gave his wife and son a chance of escaping.(He wouldn't have had a chance against the Dark Lord anyway, but on top of that, he wasn't holding a wand. It makes this into a ''heroic sacrifice''.)
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** As well as James Potter. He decided to take on Voldemort on this own, by himself, knowing it almost certainly meant death (he even said to Lily "I'll hold him off", indicating he knew he stood no chance) because it gave but would nonetheless give his wife and son a chance of escaping.(He wouldn't have had a chance escaping. Not only were his chances against the Dark Lord anyway, nonexistent under normal circumstances, but on top of that, he James wasn't holding a wand. It That makes this into a ''heroic sacrifice''.)
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** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Owen Grady tries to protect Zach and Gray at several points from the ''I. rex'' and other dinosaurs. However, he's also this to, [[TheDreaded of all things,]] the ''Velociraptors''. Most of his antagonism with SmugSnake Hoskins stems from his need to protect and ensure his raptors' safety. Even during the firefight, Owen never shoots directly at them, instead attempting to distract and lure the four sisters away from nearby humans. He even punches Hoskins for trying to [[spoiler: pit them against the ''I. rex''.]]
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** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Owen Grady tries to protect Zach and Gray at several points from the ''I. rex'' and other dinosaurs. However, he's also is this to, [[TheDreaded of all things,]] the ''Velociraptors''. Most of He takes his role as [[TeamDad pack alpha]] very seriously and most of Owen's antagonism with SmugSnake Hoskins stems from his need to protect and ensure his raptors' safety. Even during the firefight, Owen never shoots directly at them, instead attempting to distract and lure the four sisters away from nearby humans. He even punches And he doesn't hesitate to punch Hoskins for trying to [[spoiler: pit them against the ''I. rex''.]]
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--->'''Owen:''' ''[punches him in the face]'' Get the hell out of here and stay away from my animals.
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--->'''Owen:''' ''[punches him in the face]'' Get the hell out of here and stay away ''stay away'' from my animals.
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* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'':
** ''Ghostbusters 2'' goes out of its way to [[ViewersAreGoldfish repeatedly remind the viewer]] that Dana Barrett's 8-month-old son Oscar is not her ex-boyfriend Peter Venkman's child, but that doesn't stop him from cutting his usual JerkAss antics and getting serious when Oscar's in danger. Ditto fellow Ghostbuster Ray Stantz, who is also unrelated to Oscar, who tells the villain of the movie to "go knock up some willing hellhound" if he wants a baby so badly. Rather gloriously averted by Egon Spengler, who gives a little girl a puppy and then takes it away [[ForScience to study if emotions affect the environment]].
** ''Ghostbusters 2'' goes out of its way to [[ViewersAreGoldfish repeatedly remind the viewer]] that Dana Barrett's 8-month-old son Oscar is not her ex-boyfriend Peter Venkman's child, but that doesn't stop him from cutting his usual JerkAss antics and getting serious when Oscar's in danger. Ditto fellow Ghostbuster Ray Stantz, who is also unrelated to Oscar, who tells the villain of the movie to "go knock up some willing hellhound" if he wants a baby so badly. Rather gloriously averted by Egon Spengler, who gives a little girl a puppy and then takes it away [[ForScience to study if emotions affect the environment]].
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* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'':
** ''Ghostbusters 2''''Film/GhostbustersII'' goes out of its way to [[ViewersAreGoldfish repeatedly remind the viewer]] that Dana Barrett's 8-month-old son Oscar is not her ex-boyfriend Peter Venkman's child, but that doesn't stop him from cutting his usual JerkAss antics and getting serious when Oscar's in danger. Ditto fellow Ghostbuster Ray Stantz, who is also unrelated to Oscar, who tells the villain of the movie to "go knock up some willing hellhound" if he wants a baby so badly. Rather gloriously averted by Egon Spengler, who gives a little girl a puppy and then takes it away [[ForScience to study if emotions affect the environment]].
** ''Ghostbusters 2''
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* In ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', Mowgli has many animal companions who love him and will fight to keep him safe, including a literal papa wolf, his adoptive father Akela, Bagheera and Baloo. [[spoiler: Mowgli's biological father died protecting his son from Shere Khan.]]
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** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' depicts Thomas and Martha Wayne as this and MamaBear respectively as they fight to protect young Bruce from the mugger ends up killing them.
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** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' depicts Thomas and Martha Wayne as this and MamaBear respectively as they fight to protect young Bruce from the mugger who ends up killing them.
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** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' sees Jor-El engages in a ''brutal'' fight with General Zod to ensure that his son makes it off of the doomed planet Krypton safely.
** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' depicts Thomas and Martha Wayne as this and MamaBear respectively as they fight to protect young Bruce from the mugger ends up killing them.
** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' sees Jor-El engages in a ''brutal'' fight with General Zod to ensure that his son makes it off of the doomed planet Krypton safely.
** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' depicts Thomas and Martha Wayne as this and MamaBear respectively as they fight to protect young Bruce from the mugger ends up killing them.
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* Joe from ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' takes on a [[ParentalSubstitute fatherly/grandfatherly]] role for Mia. So much so, that he is willing to go above and beyond his duties to keep her safe and protected even if she's hurt emotionally, as Viscount Mabrey learned in the second film.
--->'''Joe''': If you hurt my girl, you will answer directly to me. And whatever crimes I commit against you, remember I have diplomatic immunity in 46 countries. Including Puerto Rico.\\
'''Viscount''': Sir, you will find that the word "fear" is not in my vocabulary!\\
'''Joe''': Perhaps. But it's in your eyes.
** [[spoiler: By the end of the film, Joe becomes Mia's legal grandfather after he [[HappilyMarried marries Queen Clarisse]]. This makes him a sort of [[PapaWolf Grandfather Wolf]] to Mia.]]
--->'''Joe''': If you hurt my girl, you will answer directly to me. And whatever crimes I commit against you, remember I have diplomatic immunity in 46 countries. Including Puerto Rico.\\
'''Viscount''': Sir, you will find that the word "fear" is not in my vocabulary!\\
'''Joe''': Perhaps. But it's in your eyes.
** [[spoiler: By the end of the film, Joe becomes Mia's legal grandfather after he [[HappilyMarried marries Queen Clarisse]]. This makes him a sort of [[PapaWolf Grandfather Wolf]] to Mia.]]
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* ''Film/BigJake'': JohnWayne spends the majority of this film tracking down and in the end blasting seven hells out of a bunch of bandits who kidnapped his grandson. ''[[BadassGrandpa Grandpa Wolf]]'', indeed.
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* ''Film/BigJake'': JohnWayne spends the majority of this film tracking down and in the end blasting seven hells out of a bunch of bandits who kidnapped his grandson. ''[[BadassGrandpa Grandpa Wolf]]'', indeed. [[spoiler:Note that, prior to the kidnapping, Jacob had never even ''seen'' his grandson.]]
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* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]] by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, but by the film's climax, Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he attempts to grab Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max.
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* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]] by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, but even planning to leave them behind until Furiosa negotiated. [[TookALevelInKindness But by the film's climax, climax]], Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he attempts to grab Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max.
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* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]] by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, but by the film's climax, Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he tries attempts to hurt grab Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max.
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* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as SexSlaves by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, but by the film's climax, Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he tries to hurt Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max.
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* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as SexSlaves [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]] by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, but by the film's climax, Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he tries to hurt Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max.
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* In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as SexSlaves by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, but by the film's climax, Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he tries to hurt Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max.
* Spielberg's ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' begins with the working class protagonist (TomCruise) held in utter contempt by his son and daughter, who much prefer the time they spend with his ex and her rich new husband. During the film, he must survive the terrifying alien invasion and repeatedly save his children's lives (especially the daughter) in a very heroic manner -- incidentally winning back their full and highly deserved respect.
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* Spielberg's ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' begins with the working class protagonist (TomCruise) held in utter contempt by his son and daughter, who much prefer the time they spend with his ex and her rich new husband. During the film he must survive the terrifying alien invasion and repeatedly save his children's lives in a very heroic manner - incidentally winning back their full and highly deserved respect.
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* Spielberg's ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' begins with the working class protagonist (TomCruise) held in utter contempt by his son and daughter, who much prefer the time they spend with his ex and her rich new husband. During the film he must survive the terrifying alien invasion and repeatedly save his children's lives (especially the daughter) in a very heroic manner - incidentally winning back their full and highly deserved respect.
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* Spielberg's ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds'' begins with the working class protagonist (TomCruise) held in utter contempt by his son and daughter, who much prefer the time they spend with his ex and her rich new husband. During the film he must survive the terrifying alien invasion and repeatedly save his children's lives in a very heroic manner - incidentally winning back their full and highly deserved respect.
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* ''Film/VForVendetta'': A whole ''mob'' of them shows up. As law and order starts breaking down across England, a secret policeman [[WouldHurtAChild guns down a young girl]] for wearing a "Guy Fawkes" Mask. The mob descends upon the guy, and one of the men smashes the bastard's head in with a wrench.
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* Wade Gustafson in ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' is a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] as only the Creator/CoenBrothers can make 'em: as a combination of this and the ObnoxiousInLaws trope, he continuously undermines and distrusts son-in-law Jerry (who says that the kidnappers gave specific instructions about him being the one who made contact and delivered the money, which would have created a problem with the kidnappers [[spoiler:even if Jerry wasn't technically their mastermind]]) and thus charges into the drop-off without any more protection than a concealed pistol or information on the kidnappers other than the time and place of delivery, [[RealityEnsues which gets him killed]] when he insists that he won't give the money unless he sees his daughter and pisses off [[HairTriggerTemper Showalter]], who expected Jerry.
* ''Film/{{Steve Jobs}}'', having publicly denied that Lisa is his daughter and begrudgingly paying court-mandated child support, learns that her mother Chrisann may have thrown a cereal bowl at Lisa. Though she denies it, Jobs, very matter-of-factly, tells Chrisann that, if he ever hears something like that again, he has the resources to hire people to have her killed.
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** Optimus Prime is [[AllThereInTheManual a peace-loving and kind hearted scientist]] who respects human beings and loves them as if they are his own children. Nowhere is this more apparent than in this film with his response to Megatron's sickeningly cynical disrespect for life:
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** Optimus Prime is [[AllThereInTheManual a peace-loving and kind hearted kind-hearted scientist]] who respects human beings and loves them as if they are his own children. Nowhere is this more apparent than in this film with his response to Megatron's sickeningly cynical disrespect for life:
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* Wade Gustafson in ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' is a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] as only the Creator/CoenBrothers can make 'em: as a combination of this and the ObnoxiousInLaws trope, he continuously undermines and distrusts son-in-law Jerry (who says that the kidnappers gave specific instructions about him being the one who made contact and delivered the money, which would have created a problem with the kidnappers [[spoiler:even if Jerry wasn't technically their mastermind]]) and thus charges into the drop-off without any more protection than a concealed pistol or information on the kidnappers other than the time and place of delivery, [[RealityEnsues which gets him killed]] when he insists that he won't give the money unless he sees his daughter and pisses off [[HairTriggerTemper Showalter]], who expected Jerry.
* ''Film/{{Steve Jobs}}'', having publicly denied that Lisa is his daughter and begrudgingly paying court-mandated child support, learns that her mother Chrisann may have thrown a cereal bowl at Lisa. Though she denies it, Jobs, very matter-of-factly, tells Chrisann that, if he ever hears something like that again, he has the resources to hire people to have her killed.
* ''Film/{{Steve Jobs}}'', having publicly denied that Lisa is his daughter and begrudgingly paying court-mandated child support, learns that her mother Chrisann may have thrown a cereal bowl at Lisa. Though she denies it, Jobs, very matter-of-factly, tells Chrisann that, if he ever hears something like that again, he has the resources to hire people to have her killed.
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* ''Film/{{Steve Jobs}}'', having publicly denied that Lisa is his daughter and begrudgingly paying court-mandated child support, learns that her mother Chrisann may have thrown a cereal bowl at Lisa. Though she denies it, Jobs, very matter-of-factly, tells Chrisann that, if he ever hears something like that again, he has the resources to hire people to have her killed.
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* ''Film/HussarBallad'': Ivan, while not related to Shura by blood, treats her as a daughter. Despite being old, he is quick to help her in a fight, and surprisingly effective as well.
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* StevenSeagal: These [[DirectToVideo Direct to DVD]] movies ''Film/BellyOfTheBeast'' and ''Film/OutOfReach''.
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* StevenSeagal: Creator/StevenSeagal: These [[DirectToVideo Direct to DVD]] movies ''Film/BellyOfTheBeast'' and ''Film/OutOfReach''.
