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| 17 | [[quoteright:254:[[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/StainedGlass.JPG]]]] |
| 18 | [[caption-width-right:254: [[Literature/TheFourGospels Let the children come to me, do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.]]]] |
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| 20 | ->''"The minute they offered him the job as director of an orphanage, he resigned from the Jewish Children's Hospital in which he worked and he closed his private practice. [...] He had a doctrine: the child is a person. He has the same rights as an adult, and all the rights that adults have must also be given to children."'' |
| 21 | -->-- '''Itzchak Belfer''' [[https://youtu.be/jq_WUJ5oWjo?t=10m14s on Yanusz]] [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Korczak]] |
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| 23 | Describing a character as being fond of and having a soft spot for children is an automatic PetTheDog since ChildrenAreInnocent with bonus points if [[LickedByTheDog the kids like the character back]]. (Double bonus points if the character is normally a hard-ass around adults) Characters who [[ChildHater don't like kids]] are usually villains or anti-heroic. Note that this trope doesn't apply if it is a disguise put on to avoid suspicion for [[PaedoHunt something else entirely]]... |
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| 25 | This is mainly a trait of the GentleGiant, the EmotionalBruiser, AllLovingHero, and a ''requirement'' for PurityPersonified[[note]]Though not every friend to all children is PurityPersonified[[/note]] unless PureIsNotGood is in play, and a redeeming trait for many {{antihero}}es and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold jerks]]. Overlaps with WouldntHurtAChild, as characters who fit this trope not only refuse to injure children, but would go out of their way to protect children if it was necessary. |
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| 27 | Gods help you if you're dumb enough to harm a child in the presence of someone with this character trait. [[ThisIsUnforgivable They will not forgive you, ever.]] (Though, this trope is a trait of many deities, so you may not get that help and may suffer even more for it in the next life.) |
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| 29 | Compare FriendToAllLivingThings and BigBrotherInstinct, and contrast ChildHater. |
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| 31 | !!Example Subpages: |
| 32 | [[index]] |
| 33 | * FriendToAllChildren/AnimeAndManga |
| 34 | * FriendToAllChildren/LiveActionTV |
| 35 | * FriendToAllChildren/VideoGames |
| 36 | [[/index]] |
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| 38 | !!Other Examples: |
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| 40 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 41 | * [[NonIronicClown Ronald McDonald]] of UsefulNotes/McDonalds fame, naturally, not only in the fantasy world of the commercials he appears in but in spirit in RealLife, via Ronald [=McDonald=] House, the charity named after him, which provides accommodation for the parents of seriously ill children so they can stay near them at the hospital. |
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| 44 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 45 | * ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': Midnighter has a surprising knack with children, and kids in return think he's pretty cool. Not bad for a SociopathicHero. |
| 46 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': {{Characters/Batman|TheCharacter}}'s [[GoodIsNotNice not the touchy-feely sort]] that usually dominates this trope, but he definitely seems to have shades of it -- possibly because his own childhood was cut off in such a nightmarish manner. Look at {{Characters/Robin}}, whom Bats adopted solely because he needed it. |
| 47 | ** He shows similar tendencies in the graphic novel ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' and several other sources, most likely due to his orphaning at such a young age. He does NOT like people to mess with kids. |
| 48 | ** In the ''[[ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand No Man's Land]]'' novel, he tells Gordon that he won't interfere if [[spoiler:he kills Joker, Joker having just shot Sarah, Gordon's wife. However, he also just kidnapped and violently endangered 30-something babies]]. In that same arc, [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] also fulfills this trope. She takes over the Gotham City Park but winds up [[PetTheDog making it a refuge for all the children orphaned in the earthquake]]. When the police try to force her out and are willing to destroy the whole place if they have to in order to defeat her monstrous plants, she [[spoiler:[[Heartwarming/BatmanNoMansLand eventually turns herself in without a fight so that one of the children can get urgently needed medical attention]]]]. |
| 49 | ** Batman practically runs an orphanage with the way he keeps taking on kids under his [[{{Pun}} wing.]] The list includes: [[BigBrotherMentor Dick/Robin/Nightwing]], [[HandicappedBadass Barbara/Batgirl/Oracle]], [[MiddleChildSyndrome Jason/Robin II/Red Hood]], [[BadassBookworm Tim/Robin III/Red Robin]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Damian/Robin V]], [[TechnicalPacifist Cassandra/Batgirl II/Orphan II]], and [[PluckyGirl Stephanie/Spoiler/Robin IV/Batgirl III]]. Even in the world of ''The Dark Knight Returns'', where [[FromBadToWorse it got worse]] with Dick, Batman still has Carrie Kelly as Robin "DKR". Cynics might point out that all of the aforementioned kids Batman takes in become Robin or/and Batgirl at some point, but Batman has fostered kids temporarily and returned them to normal life. Possibly the best-known example of this is in the "You Should've Seen Him" story (Batman #423). Batman finds a brother and sister orphan pair dumpster diving to survive and works as Bruce to reunite them with a surviving relative. In most cases, the kids ''insist'' on joining Batman's crimefighting crusade over his protests. He provides them training, support, and equipment to maximize their chances of survival. |
| 50 | ** One of the most recurring things about Batman is the fact that he's never scary to children, despite being downright ''blood-chilling'' to criminals. "The Batman Nobody Knows" (Batman #250) takes this to its logical conclusion. Bruce takes some inner-city kids camping. Naturally they swap scary stories around a campfire, and this being Gotham, all the kids talk about Batman. Their exaggeration makes Bats seem like part demon, part giant, and also "Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Shaft, and Superfly all rolled into one!" Finally, having slipped away during the last story, THE Batman leaps into the firelight. Not only are the kids not scared, they recognize him as Bruce! |
| 51 | ** Alex Ross' ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}'' shows what the superheroes would do if the world was ending. Batman would round up as many children as he can and take them to the Batcave for shelter. |
| 52 | ** ''ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier'' used this as an explanation as to why Batman adopted a friendlier look and took in Robin during UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}. He didn't like it when a child he tried to rescue ended up being even [[TerrifyingRescuer more scared of him than the thugs who kidnapped him]]. When Superman asked him about the changes, all he would tell him is that he intends to scare criminals, not children. |
| 53 | ** Subverted for most of ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'', in which he abducts the orphaned Dick Grayson and places the already-traumatized boy through a TrainingFromHell regimen that includes, among other things, being forced to hunt and eat rats in the Batcave. |
| 54 | ** As Red from WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions puts it, "Could you picture this Batman comforting a scared child? If yes, congratulations! This a certified Batman. If not, I'm afraid you instead have ComicBook/ThePunisher in a silly hat." |
| 55 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'': Like her cousin Bruce, Kate Kane also loves kids. She's rescued groups of them on different occasions as Batwoman, and they always willingly follow her, so they clearly don't find her scary. She's even been attacked by brainwashed children a few times and has never fought back when it happened, instead electing to evade them. |
| 56 | * ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Deadpool]] is usually a DeadpanSnarker and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} violent killer. But due to the fact that Deadpool has the [[PsychopathicManchild mentality of a child]], he often gets along well with children. In fact, most of his heartwarming and PetTheDog moments usually involve children (even though some children may be uncomfortable near him for [[AxCrazy good reasons]]). Try to hurt children in his presence, and he'll come after you like a ''[[TranquilFury deadly serious]]'' violent killer. |
| 57 | * ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': The series has two notable examples with the titular skeletal [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]] despite their terrifying looks and often brutal methods in vanquishing evil. |
| 58 | ** The Johnny Blaze version is very protective of children and it remains one of his most enduring traits, having once been a loving father himself before he lost his family due to the machinations of [[Characters/MarvelComicsDemons Mephisto]] and TheLegionsOfHell. Notably, even at his darkest, most selfish phase during the final years of his NinetiesAntiHero characterization, he was still capable of genuinely courageous and heroic deeds whenever a child needed saving, and would never even consider putting them in harm's way for his own benefit. One such example was during the "Heaven's on Fire" story arc from the mid-2000s run, which saw Johnny meeting Baron Skullfire and other Ghost Riders for the first time as they were gearing up to save both themselves and the world from the corrupted archangel Zadkiel's army. Johnny made it clear that he couldn't care less for the Riders' cause and almost left them to fend for themselves, but changed his mind as soon as he saw young children among those helping Baron Skullfire's resistance movement, having realized that to abandon the other Riders meant he would've condemned those children too. As of his modern day OlderAndWiser portrayals, just seeing kids smile and being happy is enough to keep Johnny motivated to continue his role as a Ghost Rider no matter how harsh and grueling the lifestyle can be. |
| 59 | ** The Danny Ketch/Noble Kale version also exhibits this trait. Like Johnny Blaze, innocent little children are never victims of his wrath and he deems them worthy of his protection. One time, he saved a little blind boy (who thought he was Santa) from human traffickers and [[PayEvilUntoEvil burned the kidnappers alive]] before returning the boy home to his parents. |
| 60 | ** Subverted by a one-off villain. She had a good reputation with children and many of them came over to her house to play. How she kept this reputation when kids kept disappearing isn't explained. After being crippled, she sells her soul to a demon that she uses to hunt down more children. |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'': Hellboy loves babies and [[CuteKitten kittens.]] This is exaggerated in [[Film/Hellboy2004 the movies]], but he's just a squishy NiceGuy. Who doesn't see many children and is adorably awkward when he does interact with them; usually along the lines of "hey, kid, don't do that, you'll die". |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner The Hulk]], when enraged, is an [[UnstoppableRage unstoppable force ready to wreak havoc on anyone who gets in his way]]... unless you're a kid who's lost, afraid, or needing help. He'll stop in his tracks to save the poor urchin's day. |
| 63 | -->"Hulk not smash kids. Hulk '''''never''''' smash kids." |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': Johnny makes a point of [[WouldntHurtAChild not murdering kids]], and has "Little Chubby Babies" listed under things he likes (in the Directors Cut). If someone tries to harm a child in his presence he gets [[PapaWolf angry]]. [[PsychoKnifeNut With knives.]] That said, kids tend to be terrified of him. [[AxCrazy This is not unjustified.]] |
| 65 | * ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'': Sara Felton has always gotten along well with children (well, except the two [[JerkAss horny teenagers at Gary Con]]), such as Timmy Jackson and the Pee Wee Hackmaster League. |
| 66 | * ''Franchise/DragonAge'': In the supplemental comic ''ComicBook/{{Magekiller}}'', Marius initially refuses to take on a mission in the Tevinter Imperium because he refuses to do work in Tevinter. However, once Marius learns that his target is sacrificing children, he changes his tune. |
| 67 | * ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': The Asgardian Volstagg of the Warriors Three loves kids; he and his wife have ''seven'' of their own, including two boys from Earth that they adopted. (When those two first met him, they mistook him for Santa Claus.) This is played utterly tragically when he takes a whole bunch of orphaned Light Elf refugees under his wing, giving them everything he has to feed them, and trying to protect them from a Muspelheim bombing raid. Unfortunately, he is a great deal more durable than they are, meaning that they burned to ash in his arms. This utterly breaks him [[spoiler: resulting in him picking up the hammer of the Ultimate Thor, full of the pain and rage of a dead universe, becoming 'the War Thor' and making a very spirited attempt at destroying Muspelheim]]. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsFrankCastle The Punisher]] usually gets along pretty well with children, [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Molly Hayes]] kicking him in the nuts notwithstanding. Having lost his own kids in his tragic backstory probably has something to do with that. |
| 69 | ** It usually involves his seeing them as his own kids that he was unable to protect. In one of his more awesome moments, he's tasked with retrieving a little girl in Russia whose blood contains an experimental supervirus along with another Special Forces guy, slaughtering the Russians sent to prevent that from happening. After he escapes (in a nuclear missile), he boards the pickup submarine and refuses to let anyone approach her, resulting in the virus decaying until it's unusable. When Frank is greeted by a large army unit and the general behind the operation, the soldiers are rather iffy about shooting him. Then Nick Fury (who gave him the mission in the first place) stands next to Frank, and the soldiers give up. |
| 70 | *** While not often shown, Nick Fury can be this trope as well. He tends to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who dislikes kids being in danger. In ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', despite some tension at first him and the titular web-slinger, Fury quickly becomes fond of the teenager and becomes an ally to him.[[note]]This makes sense when you remember that Fury knew Spider-Man's parents[[/note]] Despite his initial dislike of him later in the series, he eventually develops the same relationship with Miles Morales. |
| 71 | ** In another story, Frank is just getting ready to snipe a crime boss from a shooter's nest he'd set up in an alley off Times Square when he hears a noise and turns around to see a little girl asking if he can please help her find her dad. Frank's on a tight schedule because the crime boss won't be in the open for long, but stows his gun immediately and helps the girl. While walking through Times Square he holds her hand, lets her ride on his shoulders, buys her a doll, and keeps her very close. Even when he has to take his eyes off her in order to check his target, he always asks her a question to get her talking so that her voice will let him know where she is. This whole time, he is having ''very'' strong flashback memories to being with his own daughter before she died. When they finally find her father in an area that's a little off the beaten path, they run to each other. The dad looks up to Frank, thanking him profusely and saying that he'd just looked away from her for a minute, then just about ''shits his pants'' when he realizes he's looking at a scarred, heavily muscled and grim-faced man who's wearing a skull t-shirt and unslinging a sniper rifle. Frank tells the man to stand up and hold still, then uses his shoulder to rest his rifle in order to get a better shot at the crime boss. Frank shoots the crime boss while the man tightly hugs his daughter in order to keep her from seeing what is going on. His mission accomplished and the girl safe, he stows his rifle back under his coat and starts to walk away. Then he pauses, turns around, and tells her father one last thing: "Never look away, ''not even for a minute''." |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': Karolina Dean. She was the one who came up with the idea of rescuing 12-year-old Klara Prast from her abusive husband. It's also pretty clear that Molly and Klara love her. Victor Mancha might also count; when he and Nico were still a couple, he expressed a desire to one day have kids, and in the alternate future of ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'', he's seen taking care of a group of orphans. |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': It doesn't come up often but Dream gets along with children better than with most adults. He once has a polite conversation with a young girl on an airplane while traveling through the waking world in the ''Brief Lives'' storyline; later in ''The Kindly Ones'', Dream entertains and helps some siblings who are looking for their mother as one of many things he has to do during a busy week. |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/SinCity'': The short story, ''Silent Night'', definitely showcases Marv's soft spot for kids. This soft spot also seems to override his chivalry toward women as shown when he [[spoiler:executes a female slave trader in order to save a little girl from sexual slavery]]. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]] has to [[HeroWithBadPublicity deal with a lot of crap from adults]], but not kids. Kids ''love'' their Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. One ChristmasSpecial [[SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} has Spider-Man making his regular visit to the sick children's ward in hospital to the utter jubilation of the kids.]] Unfortunately, [[Characters/MarvelComicsJJonahJameson J. Jonah Jameson]] is also there and angrily tells Spider-Man to buzz off, however every single boy and girl, as well as the nurse, vetoes this demanding that "Spidey" can stay and the kids even [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rip into]] Jameson, pointing out all the times Spider-Man has selflessly saved and cared for them. At the end of the issue, armed criminals burst into the hospital and threaten the children, [[PapaWolf triggering]] an UnstoppableRage from Spidey. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}, in spades. {{Kid hero}}es, like the first three Robins, think Superman is extremely cool because he never talks down to them the way many heroes do to their grown-up pals' "sidekicks". Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} (and in a few of the myriad of ComicBook/PostCrisis retcons), it might stem from Superman having once been a KidHero himself (as ComicBook/{{Superboy}}). |
| 77 | ** In ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' while dying from cellular decay Clark has shrunken down Kandorians try and repair his cells but they are unsuccessful. Supes then decides to put his microscopic allies to better use and flies to a nearby hospital and visits the children who are dying of cancer and [[CallBack holding out his hand he lets the little supermen fly out]] and do their work. |
| 78 | ** In the same comic there’s the [[Heartwarming/AllStarSuperman famous moment]] where Superman despite being busy with other matters, goes out of his way to prevent a Regan teenage girl from committing suicide on a rooftop. [[AllLovingHero Telling her she’s stronger than she’ll ever know]] before giving her a CoolDownHug while she cries into his chest. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'': Spider Jerusalem seems to hate children slightly less than he does the rest of humanity. At one of his more annoyed moments, he ends up accosted by a noisy (and overly cheerful) street musician and his son -- Spider performs a GroinAttack on the musician and does some rather unpleasant things to his instrument, and then tips the kid with a hundred dollars before storming off. Another time, a little girl has to pawn her teddy bear to pay for her medicine. Spider goes into the shop, buys the bear back, and gives it to her. D'aaaaaawww. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Rorschach is a clear-cut AntiHero and also one of the main prototypes of the NinetiesAntiHero. Nevertheless, he's got a soft spot for kids. For example, he'll call his former landlady a whore to her face... but not in front of her children. (Though ''that's'' tied up with his own childhood trauma and the assholes who called him 'whoreson' -- and the fact that he hadn't realized until that moment that, unlike his mother, she ''cared'' about them.) Indeed his StartOfDarkness was a FreudianExcuse combined with what he did when he realized just what one perp had done to the kidnapped little girl he was trying to rescue. |
| 81 | ** In the prequel mini-series ''ComicBook/BeforeWatchmen: Minutemen'', there's Silhouette, a badass lesbian vigilante whose mission in life is protecting children -- and destroying all those who exploit and abuse them. |
| 82 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} adores children, partially because she was raised on an island where she was the only one and had never seen one outside of pictures prior to leaving the island. If a child is threatened, she can be scarier than ''Batman'' and this was true even back when she was the only member of DC's big three with a true no-killing rule--Bats and Supes were reluctant to kill but did not have an outright rule against it at their start like Wondy did. An example of her caring for children is [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]]'s most familiar [[ComicBook/WhoIsDonnaTroy origin story]]; she was a lone undocumented child Diana rescued from a fire, and then took to Paradise Island for treatment. As there were no records of the toddler and no one to claim her Diana's mother adopted her and Donna became Diana's little sister and eventual sidekick. |
| 83 | ** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'', the "Wonder Woman of History" feature for Annie Jump Cannon presents her love of children as the only thing to overtake her love of her astronomy work, with her allowing any kid who asked to treat her as an honorary aunt. |
| 84 | ** In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTempestTossed'', Diana argues with her mother about the refugees still in the water until she realizes some of them are children. At that point, she unhesitatingly disobeys the queen and in so doing forever loses her home as she leaves the barrier to rescue them. Once she's at the refugee camp, she spends much of her time playing with the children and continues to be protective of and friendly with kids in New York. She gives a nice summary of her mindset: |
| 85 | -->''When the rules are wrong you have to break them. Especially when little ones are in trouble.'' |
| 86 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 87 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] has a tendency to take on a mentor/big-brother role to the younger members of the team. Starting with [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]], then [[Characters/MarvelComicsJubilee Jubilee]], and then [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]] and Armor, as well as a team up with the ComicBook/PowerPack and 5-year-old Katie Power. All his mentoring storylines were combined into Rogue for ''Film/XMen1''. Case in point, when his rivalry with Cyclops boiled over in ''Schism'' and they came to blows, it was over the issue of getting the younger X-Men involved in combat (most specifically, involving Laura and Elixir in X-Force); with Cyclops willing to allow it but Wolverine dead-set against it. In the wake of the event, Wolverine took his half of the X-Men and re-established the school for young mutants that the group originally had been. |
| 88 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]] was a villain for years. The main thing that led to her HeelFaceTurn, and her chief saving grace, is that she cares deeply about any children placed in her care -- partly because her own childhood was lousy, but mainly because she feels overwhelming guilt for the death of the Hellions, the Hellfire Club's answer to the ComicBook/NewMutants, who were under her command when they died. She even snapped and killed her older sister, Adrienne, after she caused the death of Synch, one of Emma's students from ''ComicBook/GenerationX''. |
| 89 | ** ''ComicBook/XMen2019'' revealed [[Characters/MarvelComicsExodus Exodus]] to be one of these in a bit of CharacterDevelopment that made a lot of his actions in earlier stories (rescuing Luna Maximoff in ''ComicBook/{{Blood Ties|MarvelComics}}''[[note]]before succumbing to WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity and trying to kill her[[/note]], attempting to abduct the infant [[Characters/GenerationHope Hope Summers]] in ''[[ComicBook/XMenMessiahComplex Messiah Complex]]'', attempting to convert a ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} helicarrier into an "ark" for newborn mutants right before that) make a lot more sense. As a seat holder on Krakoa's governing Quiet Council, he seems to hold a role roughly analogous to Minister of Education for the island's younger mutants. |
| 90 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsCable Cable]] and his younger half-brother [[Characters/MarvelComicsXMan Nate Grey]] are both toweringly tall, and muscular to degrees varying from lean to absurd, and immensely powerful [[PsychicPowers psychics]]. They cut often intimidating figures, being perhaps the only two mutants who [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] fears and/or respects, having been raised in dystopias that he ruled. It leaves both of them a bit gruff, and in Nate's case, downright weird at times, to the point where ''everyone'' is a bit scared of them (except [[AlmightyMom their]] [[MommasBoy mother]], [[BigSisterInstinct sister,]] and [[DaddysGirl daughter/niece]], Hope). However, even at their most stand-offish and scary, they are very fond of children and very good with them - and more to the point, ''incredibly'' protective of them. |
| 91 | * ''ComicBook/YokoTsuno'': [[SadClown Pol Pitron]] makes an ''excellent'' babysitter. Just ask Poky, to start. |
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| 94 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 95 | * ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'': Protagonist Wanda [=MacPherson=], being a mother of three, is extremely patient and friendly to children, both her own and others. One story arc from the mid-90s has her face-off with a mother who began to hit her child in a grocery store; while it's not seen, we're told that Wanda got physical with the other woman. ''And won.'' |
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| 98 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 99 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': This ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' fanfiction has a couple cases. "Young ones" being threatened is one way to piss the Titan Thor off. Vivienne Graham used to babysit Ilene's twin daughters, whom are clearly very fond of her in turn. |
| 100 | * In ''Fanfic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'', Nova Shine gets along really well with the foals of Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. Twilight notes how tender the moment is, considering they came here for vastly more anger-inducing reasons. |
| 101 | * ''Fanfic/AvengersInfiniteWars''; |
| 102 | ** Being a father himself, Scott is shown to be a caring and encouraging individual to the Jedi younglings. |
| 103 | ** While protecting soldiers from the Separatists and gathering supplies, Pietro also takes time to collect a few toys for the children, and Hope later convinces a couple of clones to help her protect a Twi'lek child during the mission to Ryloth despite the additional challenge. |
| 104 | ** During Wanda's time on Dathomir, Merrin and her friend Ilyana are the only Nightsisters to be openly accepting of Wanda's presence, culminating in [[spoiler:Wanda essentially adopting them after their mothers are killed]]. |
| 105 | ** When the Avengers "adopt" the infant Mara Jade and Grogu, [[spoiler:Mara is soon considered to be essentially Natasha's daughter, while Grogu is defined as "the collective Avengers baby"]]. |
| 106 | * In ''Fanfic/TheBeastofGusu'', Wei Wuxian is very good with children and loves spending time with them. The Lan children warm up to him quickly, even in his wolf form, and lovingly call him “Brother Wolf”. This later helps show the Lans that were not aware of his shift that he’s not a SavageWolf. |
| 107 | * In ''Fanfic/TheChaoticThree'', Yoda is shown to be truly glad when Aayla returns from Tatooine safe and alive, and reflects in private that he has become attached to all the Jedi younglings he has trained over the centuries. |
| 108 | * In ''Fanfic/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived'': Mercy Gregor is a Career, but with a twist: she adamantly refuses to hurt children, considering them innocent. This is enough to cause her to break from the pack and ally with several of the younger tributes (including a Tribute from District 6) after being thrust into a Games where all the tributes reaped were 12-year-olds. [[spoiler:She also ends up [[HeroicSacrifice giving her life]] to protect several orphans from a pack of Reaper Mutts during the Second Rebellion.]] |
| 109 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has a number of characters - good, bad, ugly, and from once upon a time in the west: |
| 110 | ** Joshua in the second book ''Ghosts of the Past'' (who's kind, wise, and quite dry-witted) helps talk Harry through a lot of his problems, specifically stating - when Harry notes that he could be doing more important things - that he will ''never'' have anything more important to do than comfort a child in pain. Considering who he [[spoiler: [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} really]]]] is, this is not particularly surprising. |
| 111 | ** However, no character is so much this as the Winter Soldier, of all people. SuperSoldier and master assassin he might be, but even prior to his HeelFaceTurn he holds onto the fact that he WouldntHurtAChild like his life depends on it, [[spoiler:performs said HeelFaceTurn to save the life of a teenage girl]] and ruffles the hair of another little girl who hugged him after he saved her friend. |
| 112 | ** [[TheDreaded Doctor]] [[TimeMaster Strange]], too, while not as overtly as the first two; does tend to be considerably nicer and more honest to children than to adults, and generally drop almost all the creepy of his CreepyGood personality around them. Threatening to hurt a child reliably wakes his PapaWolf tendencies - ''not'' something you want to do with someone who considers genocide an acceptable means of keeping up his reputation as TheDreaded and can do horribly inventive things to the soul of a PhysicalGod. |
| 113 | ** The third book, ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'', has its first arc set 40,000 years in the past and heavily features the Princess Sunniva of Asgard, Host of the Phoenix (and future mother of the Indian Trimurti). For all her easygoing FishOutOfWater tendencies and relative ImmortalImmaturity as a result of being a sheltered 20-something by Asgardian standards, she is ''outraged'' to find a 15-year-old half-Asgardian - Harry - WalkingTheEarth alone, presuming that he has been abandoned. This is bad enough by our standards, as this is in the depths of the Ice Age (though Harry being Harry, he treats it more as a light camping trip). However, as Asgardians live for several thousand years, even though ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty, to her this amounts to the abandonment of someone who is basically little more than a toddler. Worse, this one is a relative of hers, even if she's not clear on exactly ''how''. The narration from her point of view promises the ''yet'' unknown parents all kinds of ''nasty'' things if the matter has not already been resolved. Later, when she gets friendly with him, she finds out he's been abused - which ''really'' wakes her MamaBear: |
| 114 | --> Oh, if this matter had not been properly dealt with [...] to her satisfaction, then it didn't matter if she would have to reach through the Gates of Time or the Veil of Death; she would have ''[[DeadlyEuphemism words]]'' with whoever was responsible. That, or with their shrivelled souls over the smouldering atoms of their corpses. She wasn't picky. |
| 115 | * Creator/CoeurAlAran: |
| 116 | ** Surprisingly enough, ''Tyrian Callows'' [[AxCrazy of]] [[PsychoSupporter all]] [[SerialKiller people]] is good at befriending and handling children (those often being Jaune's relatives) in those of Coeur's ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fics where he's played even slightly for laughs rather than pure horror -- though whether or not he's a ''good'' influence on those kids is a completely different matter. Fics which show this side of him include ''[[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY White Sheep]]'' (where he aided Salem's other councilmembers in raising her children as their "uncles"), ''Fanfic/KnightOfSalem'', and finally, ''Fanfic/{{Raise}}''. |
| 117 | ** The aforementioned ''Knight of Salem'' also portrays Salem as being remarkably good with children after she's humanized, implicitly on account of the fact she was once a mother in her canon backstory. |
| 118 | ** ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'': When Team [=RWBY=] visit a school as part of a [=PR=] mission for Beacon, only Ruby interacts well with the children. Somewhat justified as Ruby is [[TheBabyOfTheBunch the youngest of her peers]] and can more easily relate to them. |
| 119 | |
| 120 | * ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauConquerTheStars'' has [[ArtificialLimbs Major]] Firebird, who is said to be a surprisingly good babysitter. |
| 121 | |
| 122 | * ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': Swift-Pad values children and cares for them greatly; his EstablishingCharacterMoment is when he meets Apple Bloom and is friendly and joking with her. It's later explained that this is a trait of most wolves. |
| 123 | * ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsFriendshipSouls'': The Fourth Espada is considered dangerous and unstable [[EvenEvilHasStandards even by other Arrancars]], but he has a soft spot for orphaned children. ...Or rather, the orphaned children of Hollows. It's unclear how he feels about human kids, [[spoiler:though given how he saved the half-dead Human Sunset Shimmer from being killed when she ended up in Hueco Mundo and even makes trips to the human world to get her supplies]], it can probably be assumed he feels similarly about that too. |
| 124 | * In ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'', Cyril does not see himself as one, but Sasha believes he is this played straight. Yes, he is an AntiHero [[SociallyAwkwardHero who does not like to be around people, children even less]], because they remind him too much of his hardships during the Night of the Hunt. Nevertheless, he is definitely ''not'' a ChildHater and treats children with patience rather than contempt. From how some children under Sasha's care have latched onto him, as well as how he takes two sibling orphans to safety, [[spoiler:both of whom would become his apprentices later on, ]]Sasha's statement [[DownplayedTrope may not be too far from the truth]]. |
| 125 | * ''Harry Potter and the Mind'', speaking of Alastor Moody, said that "little children saw through the crust and thought him wonderful -- mostly because he talked to them as equals and took them seriously when other adults dismissed them". |
| 126 | * Elise the Indominus Rex from ''Fanfic/ItsNotTheRaptorDNA'' is very gentle and caring around children, which is part of what brought her aggression level index down to [[{{Irony}} green]]. {{Justified}} by Elise having a human mind due to the human DNA used in her creation. |
| 127 | * In ''Fanfic/LovehammerInc'', the Primarch Angron has become memetic across the Imperium as a friend to all children, as a result of a wildly successful cartoon about his thinly fictionalised exploits and of Princess Serenity popularising stuffed toys of him. |
| 128 | |
| 129 | * ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': 14-year-old Danny Fenton will snap at people who harm small children, as [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Cree]], Vicky from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Mindy's parents and [[spoiler:Katie]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' discover. |
| 130 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' fanfiction series, ''Fanfic/NegaverseChronicles'', the Negaverse version of Quackerjack definitely qualifies. Even after he goes crazy, harming kids angers him and he likes to make kids happy when he encounters them. |
| 131 | * ''Fanfic/TheNonBronyverse'' has TD, who gets along extremely well with children and genuinely loves teaching Cheerilee's class, despite how much he hates being in Equestria. |
| 132 | * ''Fanfic/PeterParkerNeedsAHug'': |
| 133 | ** While Red Hood is one of Gotham's more hardcore vigilantes, he does NOT tolerate anyone going after kids. He is ready to kill the mugger who tried to stab Peter, and only stopped because the teen asked him not to kill the criminal. Red Hood proceeds to keep tabs on/watch out for the kid for the rest of the fic. |
| 134 | ** Batman adopts kids and teenagers into his family so much that it's an InJoke in both the Bat Family and the Justice League. So it's no surprise to anyone (except Spidey) when Batman offers [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe to take the teenager in]]. |
| 135 | * In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Gym Leaders Whitney and Skyla are portrayed as very fond of kids. The former comes across a group of kids about to play a softball game with an uneven number of players and offers to fill the last spot, while the latter flies all the way to Lentimas Town to deliver Christmas presents. |
| 136 | * In ''Fanfic/TheSeasonsMyReason'', [[Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure Rosemary]] is very popular among the babies (such as [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Hugtan]], [[Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure Elle-chan]], and [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Chiffon]], for being gentle and nurtuing, with the added bonus of having soft skin and always smelling nice. In one chapter, Rosemary even mentions wanting a child of his own, which would indeed happen in a follow-up fic, ''Welcoming Chiho'', in which he and his boyfriend have a baby daughter, Chiho. |
| 137 | %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ''Fanfic/TheTaleOfSolaron''. Solaron is like this all the time, despite being a large venomous {{Snake Pe|ople}}rson. |
| 138 | * In ''Fanfic/TorqueJakAndDaxter'', Daxter gets along pretty well with the Kid when Torn has Keira take care of him for a while. He helps him with building a pillow fort and complimenting the Kids crude drawing of him, and lets him cuddle up at night when the kid is sad. Should be no surprise given the Kid's real identity. |
| 139 | * One of Haara's contacts in ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'' is an orphanage matron who moonlights as a weapons distributor, and Haara always brings the orphans hand-carved wooden toys whenever she visits. |
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| 141 | |
| 142 | * In ''Fanfic/WalkingInCircles'', [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Evelyn Trevelya]] loves children. On her third encounter with Solas, she was trying to coax an elven child out of his hiding spot and then protected him from Grieves. Her main job in the tower is to teach the younger apprentices, including secretly preparing them to survive their Harrowing. And when she becomes Herald, children in Haven flock to her with gifts of flowers and herbs which she accepts unlike everything else that she turned away. It’s deconstructed later when her love for children and seeing the younger mages being slaughtered or Tranquilized is what pushes her [[spoiler: to side with Solas in his plan of taking down the Veil]]. |
| 143 | |
| 144 | * In ''Fanfic/TheWeavingForce'', Taylor and Vicky both count as this, though in very different ways. Vicky is essentially a CoolBigSis to the jedi younglings, while Taylor is more of an OneeSama that makes sure the actual authority figures find their way to those in trouble. |
| 145 | * In most of [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1151913/ColdFusion180 ColdFusion180's]] ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' fics, Sabretooth, despite being a dangerously violent BloodKnight, is often depicted as secretly fond of children, to the point that he'll seriously main anyone he catches abusing them and heals sick ones with his [[HealingFactor regenerative blood]]. |
| 146 | [[/folder]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[folder:Films — Animation]] |
| 149 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'': |
| 150 | ** [[WordOfGod Jorge]] stated that Manolo will often give a lot of his things/donate to kids at the orphanage. |
| 151 | ** After returning to San Angel, Maria is helping the orphanage. |
| 152 | ** La Muerte is fond of all beings, especially children. [[spoiler:Then there's her scenes with the detention kids as Mary Beth.]] |
| 153 | * WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}. Right after having risked his life and evaded all the royal guards in order to steal a loaf of bread, he sees a pair of starving orphans. Without a moment's hesitation, he goes over and hands them the loaf, likely the only food he was going to get that day. Then he steps in to defend them from a boorish and arrogant prince about to whip them. These moments establish that [[HiddenDepths even if he is a thief, he really is only doing it to survive and actually has a kind and brave heart.]] ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' continues to demonstrate that both he and Jasmine have a clear soft spot for, and a protective streak towards children. |
| 154 | * Filk in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''. This isn't surprising, seeing how strong his friendship with Dot is. Flik is the one who speaks up for her when Hopper tries to feed her to Thumper, and later on, he rallies up the Blueberries to all use the fake bird to drive out the grasshoppers. |
| 155 | * {{Subver|tedTrope}}sion in ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''; while [[EnfantTerrible Darla Dimple]]'s [[VillainWithGoodPublicity PR machine]] touts her as a lover of children and animals, the real Darla is anything but. |
| 156 | * Kronk from ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. This could be partially attributed to the fact that he's really a child at both heart ''and'' [[DumbMuscle mind]]. He's also a GentleGiant and a chipmunk scout leader. |
| 157 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'', Kirk is this sort of guy. He drives a truck around, selling schnitzel on a stick, and leads several children in a big singing number, cut off by his truck being discovered vandalized. |
| 158 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MonsterMash2000'', [[FrankensteinsMonster Frank]] is shown to be fond of kids. The opening narration shows him befriending a little girl, he smiles when a human baby kisses him during the monsters' trial and he enjoys playing with Stella and Spike Tinklemeister when he's trying to scare them. |
| 159 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' opens with Clopin entertaining some children with the story of [[TheGrotesque Quasimodo]]'s backstory, and at the end of the film, he is seen carrying a little girl as he reprises the opening song. |
| 160 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': |
| 161 | ** In his glory days, Mr. Incredible had a fan club consisting of kids, of which Buddy was a member, and tried to let Buddy down easy that he didn't want him as his KidSidekick, only flat-out rejecting him when Buddy wouldn't take no for an answer and then inadvertently aided in Bomb Voyage's escape. |
| 162 | ** Thunderhead, Edna points out, was also good with kids. He, along with a male roommate, was a foster parent for five children. |
| 163 | * Wonder Woman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAemkNPY7xQ robbed an ice cream man]] to make a child happier. |
| 164 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'': Frank [=McCay=], a Scarer at Monsters Inc., takes a moment before starting work to greet the children visiting on a field trip. He's the one who inspired young Mike Wazowski to become a Scarer and attend Monsters University by giving him the iconic 'MU' hat. |
| 165 | * Mulan proves to be good with children in ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'' when she interacts with young girls. Surprisingly, she does not agree with Shang when he says that the more children they will have, the better. |
| 166 | * ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'': |
| 167 | ** Deconstructed with the Guardians. It is their duty to protect and bring happiness to children (which they do), but they all have such busy lifestyles (especially Toothiana and Sandman, who are working every day constantly) that they struggle to relate to children as individuals, as shown when a young girl accidentally ends up in the Easter Bunny's base. |
| 168 | -->'''North''': We are always working on bringing joy to children. We have no time for... children! |
| 169 | ** Played straighter in regards to Jack. He might be invisible to all children, but he still spends a lot of time around them and, aside from a few moments of Angst, seems to truly like them. |
| 170 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Judy has a soft spot for kids as she quickly falls for Nick's scam at the ice cream shop when she sees his elephant-loving "son" with dreams of becoming one (actually a disguised Finnick) that she not only buys the Jumbo Pop for Finnick but also takes him by the hand and gives him a ZPD sticker while encouraging him to pursue his dream. This even causes her to discover that she was scammed when she sees Finnick later on her shift and excitedly goes to greet him. Much later on in the film, what inspires her to take the case of Emmitt Otterton is seeing his wife pulling out a picture of their two kids. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 174 | * In ''Film/AnAmericanInParis'', the neighborhood children like to hang around Jerry Mulligan, as he gives them bubble gum and teaches them English. |
| 175 | * ''Film/{{Balibo}}'': |
| 176 | ** Shackleton and Malcolm are shown happily playing with the local children at the Portuguese fort. |
| 177 | ** Roger is quite kind to Juliana, teaching her how to flip an Australian coin and generally being rather polite to her. |
| 178 | * ''Film/TheBigRedOne''. The [[OldSoldier Grizzled Veteran]] played by Creator/LeeMarvin has nice moments with children on several different occasions, even refusing to execute a Hitler Youth {{Child Soldier|s}} who killed one of his men. |
| 179 | * ''Film/TheBlueYonder'': In 1927, pilot, inventor, and engineer Max Knickerbocker and his partner and fellow engineer Henry Coogan are quite friendly to Jonathan before either realize that he's actually Max's grandson from 1985. From the dialog, it's implied that Jonathan isn't the first kid to cross paths with Max and he's kind and generous. |
| 180 | * ''Film/ChildrensPartyAtThePalace'' has Mary Poppins and the ''actually real'' [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II]]. Both are shown to be very friendly and caring towards children during the theatrical production. |
| 181 | * ''Film/Christine2016'': Christine adores children and [[TruthInTelevision volunteers her time doing puppet shows at the children's hospital]]. She also expresses a strong desire to have children of her own someday, and this is why learning she's going to need an ovary removed as it has a cyst (which will make that more difficult) is very depressing for her. |
| 182 | * In ''Film/ColorMePerfect'', the mentally disabled woman Dina is very popular with kids due to her childlike personality, imagination, and storytelling skill. After gene therapy makes her a genius, she becomes much stricter and less friendly with the children. [[spoiler:Once she goes off the formula, she seems to get her old fondness for kids back, judging by her new career path as a special-ed teacher.]] |
| 183 | * ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'': |
| 184 | ** Despite being a grittier reboot, it preserves this trait. Unlike most of the adults, children aren't afraid of Batman, instead admiring him as a hero figure. Batman doesn't seem to mind them, either. In ''Film/BatmanBegins'', he gave away one of his gadgets when a boy said that "No one would believe [him]" about meeting Batman. |
| 185 | ** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', he rescued and then chastised his younger copycats for trying to fight crime without adequate armor, then bowed his head in grief towards [[spoiler:Gordon's son]] when [[spoiler:Gordon was supposedly killed.]] |
| 186 | ** ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'': This trope may also apply to [[spoiler:Bane.]] After all, he sacrificed his own well-being to [[spoiler:save a young Talia Al G'hul from an angry prison mob so she can escape]] and right before he [[spoiler:blows up a football field]], he remarks on a child's "lovely, lovely" singing voice, and allows him to finish singing before commencing his attack. |
| 187 | * In at least one of the ''lucha'' films starring Wrestling/ElSanto, he's given this title. It's also shown in movies that don't drag out the phrase, for instance in ''La Venganza De La Momia'' ("The Vengeance of the Mummy"), where Santo adopts a boy who has just lost his last relative to the mummy. |
| 188 | * ''{{Film/Gamera}}'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}} because this is one of his titles. Interestingly, he started off as just another rampaging {{Kaiju}} designed to compete with the [[{{Pun}} monstrous]] success of the Franchise/{{Godzilla}} movies, but director Noriaki Yuasa and screenwriter Niisan Takahashi included the scene where he rescues Toshio[=/=][[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E02Gamera Kenny]] in hopes of making him a kid-friendly icon. It worked, but the characterization wasn't cemented until the third movie, ''Film/GameraVsGyaos'', as the studio wanted a more serious and adult-focused sequel. The result, ''Film/GameraVsBarugon'', had no children in the cast and was easily the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest and most serious]] of the Showa-era movies. When it underperformed at the box office, Yuasa was handed the reins and firmly established Gamera as the benevolent protector he's known as today. |
| 189 | * In one scene of ''Film/HardBoiled'', the main character holds a baby in one arm and sings a lullaby to him while gunning down incoming Mooks with his other arm. |
| 190 | * ''Film/Hitman1998'': The protagonist may be an expert assassin and fighter, but he sure has a soft spot for children. During a scene in an amusement park, he befriends a boy and helps the child win a prize at a coin-toss stand thanks to his ImprobableAimingSkills. Another child approaches, so he wins a SecondPrize for the kid as well. A few seconds later, a whole horde of children have gathered behind our hero, who then progressively strips the stall of every available toy and prize for the kids around him, and the stall's owner is '''NOT''' amused. |
| 191 | * Mr. Duncan from ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' owns a truly amazing toy store, and donates the Christmas Eve proceeds to the children's hospital. |
| 192 | * Ian Malcolm from the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' movies. He outright says that he loves kids, being a father of three himself, and will go all PapaWolf when a child he cares about is in danger. |
| 193 | * In ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'', L, normally an antisocial loner, spends the last week of his life taking care of two children and trying to create an antidote for the virus one of them carries. PetTheDog moments abound. |
| 194 | * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'': The children of Hobbiton are delighted at the sight of [[Characters/MiddleEarthFilmTheFellowship Gandalf]] passing through to the point of rushing and converging in the hopes of seeing him set off his fireworks. Gandalf happily obliges them. |
| 195 | * Several heroes in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 196 | ** Tony Stark seems to have an affinity for kids; he's notably more patient and less acerbic around them. There's a throwaway gag where he helps a kid in ''Film/IronMan2'' (WordOfGod that it's [[spoiler:Peter Parker]]), he bonds with Harley Keener in ''Film/IronMan3'' and he's a mentor (as well as an indirect father figure) for a [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming teenage Peter Parker]]. [[spoiler: Taken to its logical conclusion when he becomes an excellent father to his [[Film/AvengersEndgame daughter Morgan]].]] |
| 197 | ** Groot, from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': while on [[WretchedHive Knowhere]], when a group of impoverished kids approach the heroes in the hopes of getting a little money, Groot offers one little girl a blue flower that he grew on his body. The little girl's face practically lights up like a Christmas tree. |
| 198 | ** T'Challa. Towards the end of ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', he calls forth one of his jets to amaze the local children in Oakland. It helps that T'Challa has a WouldntHurtAChild mentality. |
| 199 | ** Carol Danvers is much friendlier to kids than she is to other adults (save Maria Rambeau and Nick Fury), possibly owing to having an unpleasant upbringing. She's an HonoraryAunt and close friend to Maria's daughter Monica, and she quickly bonds with the Skrull children who took refuge in Mar-Vell's laboratory. She's also very pleasant to Peter Parker (a sixteen-year-old boy) during the FinalBattle of ''Endgame'', which is substantially nicer than we see her when interacting with the other Avengers. |
| 200 | ** Stephen Strange forms close bonds with the aforementioned Peter Parker and America Chavez (both teenaged heroes). |
| 201 | ** Professor Hulk, in contrast to his previous self, has children run up to him for selfies in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. |
| 202 | ** In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'', Drax the Destroyer uses silly sounds and goofy antics to calm down dozens of scared, crying girls in the High Evolutionary's ship. Taken further in the end when he [[spoiler:leaves the Guardians to devote himself as a full-time father to them]]. |
| 203 | ** Jimmy Woo, from ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' and ''Series/WandaVision'', is a [[NiceGuy very friendly]] FBI agent who has side gigs as a youth pastor and a softball coach, and makes a genuine attempt to connect with Cassie Lang by talking to her about her dad's legal troubles... even if he confuses her by using complicated legal jargon. |
| 204 | %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Miss Honey from ''Film/{{Matilda}}''. Sadly, the same can't be said for [[ChildHater her aunt]]. |
| 205 | * Of course there is the Grandfather of them all [[SantaClaus Kris Kringle]] from ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'', you can see all his attention go into a laser-sharp focus whenever there's a kid trying to talk to him, even trying to dismiss any adults around. Indeed it can be said that his goal in the movie is turning other adults and even corporations into figures such as this. |
| 206 | * ''Film/MissMeadows'': Miss Meadows is a grade school substitute teacher who shows great affection for children generally, not just her students, and is very protective of them. |
| 207 | * [[Film/MrMagoriumsWonderEmporium Mr. Magorium]]. When you're a magical old man with an equally magical toy store that's [[Series/DoctorWho bigger on the inside]], that's to be expected. |
| 208 | * Smith from ''Film/ShootEmUp'' seems to have a soft spot for infants. Why else would he go through all that trouble for one baby? |
| 209 | * Referred to in ''Film/TonganNinja'' |
| 210 | -->'''Action Fighter:''' I once knew a man who was good with children. They called him... Children Man! Do you know him?\ |
| 211 | '''Gun Man:''' Yes, I kneecapped him and killed him.\ |
| 212 | '''Action Fighter:''' Nice. |
| 213 | * The titular protagonist of ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'' film series is shown helping out children at one point in just about every movie. It's especially notable in the [[Film/TheToxicAvengerPartIIITheLastTemptationOfToxie third film]], where Satan tries to get to Toxie by forcing him to give up lest he kill a busload of children. |
| 214 | * Owen, the manager and owner of the Water Wizz water park in ''Film/TheWayWayBack'', is a bonafide ManChild who wanders the park in a bathrobe and playfully teases everyone around him. Even so, he is sensitive to 14-year-old Duncan's problems and teaches 10-year-old Peter to not be ashamed of his lazy eye. |
| 215 | * Aunt Roo from ''Film/WhoeverSlewAuntieRoo'' seems like this - she hosts a Christmas party for ten local orphans every year and talks often about how much she loves children. Then she kidnaps Katy as a ReplacementGoldfish for her dead daughter. |
| 216 | * In ''Film/WildInTheStreets'', Max starts as one, and even prefers the company of three-year-olds to people his own age. By the end of the movie, he's become DrunkOnPower and lords his status over the children he meets, causing one of them to vow, "[[HereWeGoAgain We're going to put everyone over ten out of business.]]" |
| 217 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': Professor Charles Xavier shelters, educates, and counsels young mutants, most of whom have been rejected by society. Creator/JamesMcAvoy encapsulates his character's benevolence in the "En Sabah Nur: Setting the Stage for Apocalypse" documentary on the ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' Blu-Ray. |
| 218 | -->'''[=McAvoy=]:''' He's a teacher who takes in waifs and strays, and people that the rest of the world doesn't have a place for. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 222 | * Crime fiction author Creator/AndrewVachss, also a real-life attorney who represents abused children, frequently writes about vigilante protagonists who mete out vengeance against child abusers. The most popular of his vigilante characters is the titular character of the ''Literature/{{Burke}}'' novels. |
| 223 | * Creator/DamonRunyon's characters are criminals, or at least on the shady side, but they have a soft spot for children. In "Literature/LittleMissMarker", they do their best to care for a little girl left in their hands, [[spoiler:to the length of kidnapping a famous doctor at gunpoint to tend to her when she's down with a deadly disease]]. In "Gentlemen, the King!" three New York hardboys [[spoiler:who have been recruited to kill a European king not only abort the mission instantly when they find that the King in question is a child but spend time making friends with him...and end up killing the man who hired them]]. |
| 224 | * ''Literature/TwentySixSixtySix'': Epifanio initially comes off as this with regards to Lalo Cura, but it doesn’t last. |
| 225 | * ''Literature/AdventureHunters'': When Artorius isn't working, he hangs out at an elementary school and tells the children about his adventures. |
| 226 | * ''Literature/AmaranthineSaga'': |
| 227 | ** This is a noted trait of Argent Mettlebright, which astonishes people who do not know him well. To most, he is an aloof, dryly sarcastic, and intimidating NobleDemon. To children, he is gentle, patient, and protective. An act of kindness to a child results in his being enslaved for multiple centuries, but he still does not regret the kindness. Later, he adopts a foundling and agrees to turn his home into an orphanage, as well as quickly winning over every young child to cross his path. He even has a soft spot for multiple members of the Smythe family that he might otherwise despise, seemingly because he has fond memories of them as children. |
| 228 | ** Kip and Ash in ''Tamiko and the Two Janitors'' chose to spend their unlimited life spans working in an elementary school, playing with children at recess, and gently modeling life skills. In different guises, they have been adored by generations of children. |
| 229 | * Literature/AuntDimity: Bree Pym proves to be this in ''Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince''. Not only does she help entertain Lori's seven-year-old twins when the family is suffering a bit of cabin fever (thanks in part to [[HiddenDepths newly revealed talents for juggling, acrobatics, and sleight-of-hand magic]], she befriends a poor family from a nearby town and invites them to visit her cottage near Finch on a regular basis. |
| 230 | %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* In ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' it's obviously all of them, especially Kristy. |
| 231 | * ''Literature/BleakHouse'': Esther Summerson is characteristically "fond of being confided in by children". (Her own childhood was emotionally abusive.) |
| 232 | * ''Literature/BoneStreetRumba'' has a couple of these. Gordo is loved by children and loves them in return. They think of him as a giant fat playmate. Carlos, the protagonist, is very protective of children. |
| 233 | * [[NonActionGuy Jerin Whistler]] in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' is noted for his patience and sweetness but also discipline in dealing with his numerous younger siblings; he was sort of [[PromotionToParent promoted to parent]] after his father's death and handled it well. They start crying and are inconsolable when they hear he's going to leave and get married, and he distracts them by recruiting them to help make pound cake and maple ice cream. He's also good with the young princesses, not letting them walk all over him but still befriending and teaching them. His skill with children is considered a major plus for him as prospective husband material by his future wives. |
| 234 | * Holden Caulfield, the 17-year-old protagonist from ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'', loves kids and desperately wants to preserve their innocence and protect them from the world. The title of the book comes from a fantasy Holden has where he's in a rye field with thousands of children playing and he stands near the cliff at the end of the field in order to catch the kids who come too close to the cliff or are in risk of falling off. |
| 235 | * Angel in the ''Literature/CharlieParkerSeries'', who is always the first to run and help a child in trouble, and never has any problem gaining their trust. |
| 236 | * ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfDorsa'': Adessians strongly adore children as part of their culture. Though pirates, Akella and her crew (all Adessians) hold this still. Akella would never harm one, and even the idea outrages her. Her men, who were [[ChildByRape forced to sire children]] while [[DemonicPossession shadow infected]], become protective at once after they come back to themselves and see their daughters as well without hesitation. |
| 237 | * ''Literature/DarcyAndGranDontLikeBabies'': Darcy's neighbour is sure that she must like her baby brother deep down, and she has twin toddler daughters of her own. |
| 238 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 239 | ** Nanny Ogg loves children and they (for the most part) love her, without much effort or forethought on her part. Much to the consternation of Magrat, who puts in effort (and research) to be a friend to all children, but sucked at it. (At least until she had one of her own.) |
| 240 | ** The last King of Ankh-Morpork, Lorenzo the Kind, ''possibly''. After a description of how Samuel Vimes' ancestor killed him in ''Literature/MenAtArms'', it is mentioned that his official portrait showed him surrounded by kids and "he was very fond of children". Given how later books portray him, this may be either a lie or a horrific euphemism. (''TabletopGame/DiscworldRolePlayingGame'' says that his "private depredations were so unspeakable that people actually did not speak of them".) |
| 241 | * Fitz Kreiner, from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'': DeadpanSnarker, chain-smokes, has PermaStubble, is a LovableSexManiac or at best a ChivalrousPervert... you know the type. Also, in one story, happily gets a job working at a home for kids who mostly have special needs (or are at least about as screwed-up [[BrokenHero as he is]]), and in another puts up with a [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant very]] {{creepy|Child}} WaifProphet type following him around and talking endlessly. He's far more avuncular than paternal, though, and is ''horrified'' when a DeliveryStork nearly brings him a baby... but it's just carrying a bomb. [[SkewedPriorities Whew. Crisis averted.]] |
| 242 | * Razza from ''Literature/DontCallMeIshmael'' gets along great with his girlfriend Sally’s little siblings, who adore him, and he helps to coach the younger students' football teams at school. It helps that he is [[ClassClown very entertaining]]. |
| 243 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': |
| 244 | ** [[RedBaron "Gentleman"]] Johnny Marcone is a ruthless and highly ambitious [[TheMafia mafia boss]], who is usually all about business and profit. Every book he's in has at least one mention of his evil acts and a reminder of how he's a cold, ruthless man who ''earned'' his place [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership at the head of Chicago's crime scene]]. Harm a child on his turf, however, and he will spare no expense in tracking you down and murdering you until you ''die''. You should count yourself lucky if he stops there. |
| 245 | ** Harry Dresden himself. He considers becoming a vampire of the Red Court to stop the war between them and the White Council of Wizards, but the vampire who offered fed on children (since said vampire was planning to betray him anyway, this is something of a moot point and soon the vampire was squashed by a falling satellite). Also, he named Ivy. His response to a little girl in ''Literature/{{Changes}}'' [[spoiler:(his daughter)]] being kidnapped: |
| 246 | --->Wizards are subtle and quick to anger.\ |
| 247 | ''[[TranquilFury Fuck subtle.]]'' *blows open door* |
| 248 | ** Michael also. The closest he has ever come to killing someone in cold blood was someone who kidnapped his daughter. Harry has to step in. |
| 249 | * Amos Burton from ''Literature/TheExpanse'' series. Despite being messed up in his head in some undefined manner that makes him extremely ''blasé'' about killing and death and not entirely understanding 'morality', Amos is universally friendly to children and will never, ever, harm one. He befriends multiple children and teenagers over the course of several novels and harming children in any way is the fastest way to get on his bad side. It's more or less stated outright that [[DarkAndTroubledPast his own horrible childhood]] is one cause of it. |
| 250 | * Annie from ''Literature/EyeOfAFly'' works at the Day Care Center, where she does most of the childcare. She's popular with kids due to her storytelling skills. [[spoiler:In the end, she's killed in a HeroicSacrifice saving a boy from being hit by a truck]]. |
| 251 | * Xan the witch in ''Literature/TheGirlWhoDrankTheMoon'', who dedicates herself to saving the babies the people of the Protectorate inexplicably leave in the woods to die once a year. (The Protectorate are under the impression they're sacrificing a child to the evil witch so she won't attack them.) |
| 252 | * In the ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' official {{novelization}}, [[Characters/MonsterVerseRussellFamily Madison Russell]] shows this trait when she briefly takes a moment to flash a terrified child a reassuring smile amid the Boston exodus. |
| 253 | * ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'': Roguish, charming Rhett Butler is established as this -- he's very fond of Scarlett's first two children and utterly devoted to the one he himself has with her. |
| 254 | * Hagrid of ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Sure, the fact that he's a NightmareFetishist FluffyTamer tends to freak people out, but he is rather fond of children. Put another way: you know Hagrid would never try to hurt your kid but you can't blame people for wondering if he's ''really'' the best person to be teaching a class on magical zoology. |
| 255 | * Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'': Tarma, from the ''Literature/{{Vows and Honor}}'' series. According to Kethry, children have run up to Tarma for protection while their merc unit is storming a town... and gotten it. She is probably one of the top three non-magical badasses in the series and has a voice like a chain smoker, a face like an angry hawk, and a bond with her goddess that renders her effectively asexual. She rides a really scary-looking horse and is always accompanied by a sentient being who looks like a giant wolf. And she still has an instant rapport with children, whether for playing, protection, or nurturing. Fortunately, [[HeterosexualLifePartners Kethry]] produces plenty of kids for her to help raise during their teaching careers. |
| 256 | * ''Literature/TheIdiot'': Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin was beloved by children when he was getting over his illness in Switzerland. It's also to some degree why he makes friends so easily with Kolya, who's a young teen. It's likely because Children Are Innocent so he, being the ultimate innocent, can relate to them better, and can influence them to adopt his kind and giving mindset before they become too jaded. |
| 257 | * In the ''Literature/IslandInTheSeaOfTime'' books, Swindapa loves kids, even going so far as to adopt a pair of orphans at the end of the first book and expressing a desire to adopt some more in the second book. This has caused some tensions with her partner Marian, who's older and not entirely keen on having a litter of kids underfoot. |
| 258 | * Creator/MichaelCrichton's ''Literature/JurassicPark'': Alan Grant, the paleontologist hero, is fond of children, pointing out that you couldn't find another group more enthusiastic about dinosaurs. As a result, he gets along well with Tim and Lex from the start. In [[Film/JurassicPark the movie]], this is inverted, and Grant is specifically ''not'' fond of children, so as to give him a character arc as he bonds with Lex and Tim. He later gets along well with the kids as seen in the third film. |
| 259 | * [[https://www.akg-images.de/archive/-2UMDHUV1ID9K.html The cover image]] of a 1933 German children's book called ''Kinder, was wißt ihr vom Führer?'' ("Children, What Do You Know About the Führer?") shows a smiling UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler lifting up a little girl while two young boys look on. |
| 260 | * The protagonist of ''Literature/LoneHuntress'' was adopted by a BruiserWithASoftCenter because Brock couldn't say no to the little orphan girl. Lisa grows up to become this as well, learning more than just how to fire a RayGun from her adoptive father. |
| 261 | * ''Literature/LumbanicoTheCubicPlanet'': Risperim refuses to take shelter in the protagonists' tent because he wants nothing to do with Outsider technology, but when Mela -who is about ten years old- tells him to come inside before grabbing him and dragging him into the tent, he lets himself be led around without a fuss. That is the group's first clue that the stubborn, grumpy old Guardian of the Mountains has a soft spot for children. |
| 262 | * In the ''Literature/MrsPiggleWiggle'' books, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves kids and really understands them. Similarly, in the follow-up book that features her great-niece, Missy Piggle-Wiggle, Missy Piggle-Wiggle is equally good with children. Not long after she arrives to take charge of the upside-down house, the house is soon humming with children who come over regularly to hang out or play. |
| 263 | * ''Literature/{{Otherland}}''. The Other, the apparently [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue AI]] operating system of the titular network, has a remarkable affinity for children and seeks them out wherever its sphere of influence touches on the wider 'Net. Unfortunately, its idea of "[[AndCallHimGeorge playing with]]" these children has the nasty, inadvertent consequence of {{Mind Rap|e}}ing them into comas. |
| 264 | * In ''Literature/ThePaintedVeil'', it is revealed that Walter is fond of babies, which makes him more sympathetic in Kitty's eyes and causes her to realize that maybe she has misunderstood him. |
| 265 | * ''Literature/PleaseDontTellMyParentsYouBelieveHer'': The Gerty Goat animatronic loves all children unconditionally, even those who have grown up to be adults. Penny occasionally weaponizes this by convincing Gerty that an opponent "needs more hugs". |
| 266 | * ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': Jane Bennet. It comes with being TheIngenue and a ProperLady. She was asked to take care of her little cousins when their parents went travelling in the summer. |
| 267 | * ''Literature/RainbowMagic'': Rachel and Kirsty are very kind to younger children, as is Bailey the Babysitter Fairy. |
| 268 | * ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': Blaggut from ''The Bellmaker'' adores the Abbey's children and is loved by them in return, though the adults start out not trusting him. He ''is'' a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil rat]], after all. |
| 269 | * Adrian of ''Literature/{{Renegades}}'' loves spending time with children and will always stop by to help one in need, even if the child isn't particularly keen on it (like Magpie, whom he's trying to reform from a thief into an upstanding citizen). At one point, he stops a search he's conducting when he stumbles upon a group of children at a birthday party and ends up [[ArtInitiatesLife drawing]] them all gifts. |
| 270 | %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample. How does he react to children?* ''Literature/TheSagaOfThePeopleOfLaxardal'': The young Kjartan is not only generally admired for his beauty, strength, and his physical skills, but is also unassuming, cheerful, and popular so that "every child loved him". |
| 271 | * In ''Literature/TheSecretOfPlatform13'', the narration notes that "[[GoodIsNotNice Nanny Brown wasn't a particularly nice woman]], but she loved babies." She went along with [[RichBitch Mrs. Trottle]]'s kidnapping plot partly because she was blackmailed, and partly because, well, ''someone'' had to take care of that kid, and she knew that Mrs. Trottle was too horrible to be trusted with the job. (Though, in her defense, Mrs. Trottle herself turns out to be a MamaBear.) |
| 272 | * The hero of Creator/RichardAdams' novel ''Literature/{{Shardik}}'' is nicknamed "Plays With the Children" by the other members of his tribe. |
| 273 | * ''Literature/SonOfTheMob:'' Uncle Pampers tends to hang out with the little kids whenever the mobsters and their families get together. Vince speculates that part of the appeal is that little kids are the only ones who don't feel uncomfortable around him [[ProfessionalKiller due to not knowing what he does for a living.]] |
| 274 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Although he [[TheStoic may not seem like it at first,]] ''Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}'' reveals that [[MemeticBadass Mace Windu]] actually has a soft spot for kids, is very kind to a few who were in danger, and if you mess with them, he will [[UnstoppableRage not be pleased.]] |
| 275 | * ''Literature/TortallUniverse'': The Stormwings are monstrous immortals that look like harpies with steel wings. Their entire ''raison d'etre'' is to defile the bodies of those killed in battle so that no one can pretend that war is glorious. They stink to high heaven, they have an aura of fear and they feed off of the fear they cause in others. Many individuals have a real soft spot towards children of any species. They even take 10-year-old [[Literature/TheImmortals Maura]] for a joy ride by hanging onto the ropes of a swing that she's sitting on. [[NobleDemon Rikash]] reluctantly explains "It is hard for us to bear young. That being the case, we value others' young, particularly when they are neglected. Affection has led me to indulge Lady Maura more than is wise." In a [[Literature/TrickstersDuet later book]], they perch around a square where a mob is rioting in order to feed off the fear... and then swoop down to save children who were about to be trampled. |
| 276 | * [[https://www.publishersweekly.com/cover/9780803711747 Janet The Bunny Queen]] from Creator/RosemaryWells' "Voyage To The Bunny Planet" really cares about young bunnies. She would usually drag and comfort the sleeping bunny who needs a visit to the Bunny Planet after a terrible or bad day they would have. When the young bunny is asleep, she would cradle the sleeping bunny and take them to "Bunny Planet" and shows them "The Day That Should Have Been" which takes shows them a more positive and sweet dream the bunny would have. |
| 277 | * ''Literature/WarriorCats'': As an extension of ChildrenAreInnocent, the [[CodeOfHonour warrior code]] ''mandates'' this trope, although enforcement is understandably difficult. |
| 278 | -->''No warrior can neglect a kit in pain or danger, even if the kit is from a different Clan.'' |
| 279 | * ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': |
| 280 | ** When [[TheTrickster Mat]] is infected by a HatePlague [[TheChosenOne Rand]] notices that the only people that Mat was not suspicious of were children. Later on, after he gets cured, Mat saves Olver from getting beaten and tries to hire a local innkeeper to take care of him. Mat ends up all but adopting Olver after he follows him. |
| 281 | ** Takes a dark turn in the character of Mesaana. While the other Forsaken were out leading armies against the forces of the Light during the Age of Legends, Mesaana spent her time setting up schools for children in conquered territories. However, it was there that she taught them the values of the Shadow and encouraged them to turn on their own families. Three thousand years later, people still cringe in horror at tales of "Mesaana's Children". |
| 282 | * In Creator/KennethGrahame's ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'', Mr. Badger is this. We see him giving shelter to two hedgehogs caught in a storm on their way to school when he first appears, and at the end, his ShroudedInMyth reputation that lets mother weasels scare their children into behaving is unjust. |
| 283 | * In ''Literature/TheWitchlands'', scary ImplacableMan Aeduan turns out to be surprisingly great with kids and is the only person the WildChild Owl will listen to. |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 287 | * The Music/BillyJoel song "Leningrad" tells the story of Viktor (an actual person whom Joel met while touring the Soviet Union in 1987), a former member of the Red Army who, after seeing the horrors of war, became a clown, and found happiness bringing joy to children. |
| 288 | * Roger Miller's "King of the Road": |
| 289 | -->I know every engineer on every train,\ |
| 290 | All of the children and all of their names |
| 291 | * A significant part of Music/{{Eminem}}'s persona is his love of children, due to experiencing child abuse growing up (which is usually made in his music into a HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood). He's a PapaWolf to his own children, often expresses protectiveness towards child fans in his songs (such as telling them not to fight in the War On Terror in "Square Dance"), and intends for his Slim Shady character to be [[EscapistCharacter escapism]] for kids going through what he went through. Note that his work averts ChildrenAreInnocent, instead arguing that kids are just as exposed to all of the horrors of the world as adults, and should have the power to use VulgarHumor, swear and fight back against bullies and abusive adults. |
| 292 | * One major factor in Music/DevinMillar's persona is that he loves his younger fans. He makes them the focus of his music. Also his mascot is a crossdressing teenage boy named Jack. |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 296 | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_%28legendary_creature%29 The Alan]], a birdlike trickster spirit from the Philippines, is said to be a Friend to All Children; they oftentimes take in lost or abandoned children and [[RaisedByWolves raise them as their own]]. Other times, they turn reproductive waste into children and then raise them as their own. OurMonstersAreWeird... |
| 297 | * UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}: |
| 298 | ** Budai or Hotei, the fat, laughing Buddha, favors children and is always followed by a gang of them. |
| 299 | ** There is also the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, known as Jizo in Japan, where he is the protector of the souls of children, including even stillborn ones. |
| 300 | * UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}: |
| 301 | ** UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} was both MessianicArchetype (he's the {{Trope Namer|s}}) and a FriendToAllLivingThings. He preached that ChildrenAreInnocent. In one story used in many churches to warn against the risk of corruption by self-righteousness, several children joyfully greet Christ with cries of "Hosanna! Hosanna!" (savior), only to be [[WellIntentionedExtremist reprimanded]] by their parents not to bother Him. Jesus rejoices with the children and firmly reminds the adults that they have attacked what is good and right in humanity. Many English speakers first hear of this story - and this trope - as part of his life. |
| 302 | ** St. Nicholas of Myra, the Patron Saint of Children. SantaClaus was based on him originally. |
| 303 | * In Myth/ClassicalMythology, the twins Artemis[=/=]Diana and Apollo are the protectors of young girls and boys, respectively. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 307 | * A stereotypical trait of {{masked luchador}}s, thanks to Fray Tormenta, who wrestled matches to make money for an orphanage and, to a lesser extent, Atlantis, who remained a friend of los ninos even after becoming a {{rudo}}. |
| 308 | * [[Wrestling/SamiZayn El Generico]], being a luchador parody. In an inversion to Fray Tormenta, he left pro wrestling to take care of orphans in Mexico, even though the cartel wanted him dead. |
| 309 | * Johnny Magnum on the Funkin Conservatory's ''!Bang! TV'', being that he's a children's and youth minister (among other things) when not wrestling and kids go to see his matches. |
| 310 | * Wrestling/HulkHogan, the most requested person from the Make-A-Wish foundation during the 1980s. And following in his footsteps, Wrestling/JohnCena, who has a record for filling Make-A-Wish requests that may never be topped. |
| 311 | * Tigre Metálico proves this is not limited to {{tecnico}} luchadors, being somewhat of an oddball among the rudos for his efforts to make children smile, [[AffablyEvil before the match starts at least]]. |
| 312 | * Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} 2007: Incoherence after [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] and Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}} defeated Team F.I.S.T. (Icarus and Wrestling/GranAkuma) to become [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pa/e/chikara/chikara-t.html CHIKARA Campeones de Parejas]] starting with children from the audience coming to the ring to celebrate with them. |
| 313 | * Jorge Alonso of Caged Heat Radio loves kids. In keeping with his {{butt monkey}} status, {{kids|arecruel}} don't always love him back, but he doesn't let it discourage him. |
| 314 | * Wrestling/BrayWyatt played with this trope for NightmareFuel - '''''very effectively''''' - in his feud with Wrestling/JohnCena. When you consider Cena's main target demographic, it's probable that Bray did this just because he knew it would mess with Cena's head. |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 318 | * In ''Roleplay/EmbersInTheDusk'', Seamus Lin, the Last Saint of the Emperor, spent as much time as possible in orphanages, and even his tomb had been placed in a psyker city to allow children a relatively safe haven where they can have a relative reprieve from the risks of Chaos. |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 322 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{Crimestrikers}}'', Arcana the DraconicHumanoid is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold whose gentle, compassionate side always emerges whenever she interacts with kids (or as she calls them, "wee ones"). |
| 323 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 324 | ** Tinker gnomes build auto-gnomes, {{Clockwork Creature}}s resembling gnomes which have three directives, one of which is to protect children. While whoever thought this up had good intentions, the species of the children was never specified, which can cause problems when the tinkers have to deal with races they regard as enemies. (Especially since an auto-gnome's ''first'' directive is to defend gnomes from assault by non-gnomes, and tends to malfunction if it has to deal with a situation where its directives contradict.) |
| 325 | ** Very little is known of the mysterious Zaphikiel, the mightiest of [[CouncilOfAngels the Hebdomad]] and one of the most powerful of celestial beings. One thing that ''is'' known about him is that he takes custody of the souls of murdered infants and those that died as a result of miscarriage, faithfully protecting what he sees as innocence in purest form. |
| 326 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Auwaz couatls are extremely fond of children, going to great lengths to help lost kids return home or to help them escape abusive households. |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 330 | * ''Theatre/{{Jerusalem}}'' gives us Johnny Byron, a former daredevil and local legend who lives in a trailer in the local woods, and is seen as a sort of modern-day Pied Piper. Local teenagers spend most of their free time hanging out at his place, getting drunk, doing drugs, and generally having fun; he regales them with mad stories of his former exploits and supposed encounters with real-life giants. This is portrayed as being a sort of tradition, with several characters in their late twenties and early thirties discussing how they used to be the kids who hung out at Johnny's place. Subverted in two ways, though: firstly in that Johnny's sheltering of the kids is not always seen as wholesome (naturally); and secondly in that [[spoiler:it is revealed the kids don't really care about him as a person and mock him behind his back for being a crazy loner unable to pay taxes]]. |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 334 | * Ride/WeekiWacheeSprings is a UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} Theme Park famous for its mermaid show. Their Website/YouTube channel includes a series called "Tail Mail," which encourages young children to hand-write letters to the mermaids, who then read them. |
| 335 | [[/folder]] |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 338 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] regarding [[MonsterClown Fizzarolli]]. In "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E2LooLooLand Loo Loo Land]]", one of his [[RobotMe robotic copies]] is shown [[WouldHurtAChild being rather rough with children]] due to being [[EvilKnockoff a buggy, poorly-maintained, cheap knockoff of the real Fizzarolli mass-produced by Mammon]] for the sake of making more money (and originally designed to be a SexBot to boot). The real Fizzarolli, on the other hand, is shown in "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E7MammonsMagnificentMusical Mammon's Magnificent Musical]]" to be passionate enough about his craft to communicate with [[CuteMute a mute child]] with UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage and encourage him to follow his dreams. |
| 339 | * In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Volumes 7 and 8 imply Jaune is that. He's chosen to take care of kids in their morning school course and, in turn, they look to respect him. This becomes useful later in evacuation situations, where the kids are the first to take his orders seriously. |
| 340 | * In ''WebAnimation/{{Shrapnel}}'', Reznya, a merciless [[BountyHunter hunter killer]], has a soft spot for children. This also extends to teens & adults she knew from when they were kids. |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 344 | * Dee and Dum from ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'' claim that working with kids is the best part of their job, although Alt Text suggests that it's not entirely true. Their students certainly like them, though. |
| 345 | * ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'': Every member of the Bat family is shown to be good with kids, and anyone who targets kids or teenagers ''instantly'' earns their rage. Even the more abrasive members like Red Hood can't stand to see kids scared or hurt, and do all they can to make sure they're safe. |
| 346 | * Merlow from ''Webcomic/CourtOfRoses'' is very good with the children at the Bardic Festival, [[https://courtofroses.spiderforest.com/index.php?comic_id=98 easily capturing their attention with stories and fart jokes]]. |
| 347 | * Rolan from ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' is adored by Donny and many other kids and greatly enjoys talking with any child around (possibly because he can [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny act like a child himself]]), though some adult elves are prejudiced against him and [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/537 don't want him near their children]]. |
| 348 | * ''Webcomic/FiveNightsAtFreddysLostSouls'': The animatronics were built to be this, having originally been entertainers at a children's restaurant. This is partially why they resent their current life so much, as they have to actively keep children from going near them and why the younger ones, especially Chica, cling to Bridget and Cody's visits so much. All they want is to be near and play with children again. |
| 349 | * Von Pinn from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' isn't necessarily fond of kids, but as a completely frightening construct designed to protect her charges, she cannot bring herself to harm children, even if they stand in the way of her duty. When Bangladesh Dupree tries to get around this and kills the girl standing in the way of their pursuit of Agatha, Von Pinn nearly takes her head off. |
| 350 | ** Oh, she's fond of kids. Monster Nanny terrifies the living daylights out of them, but all of them know she loves them. Tarvek and Gil [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100512 are particularly voluble]] on the subject. |
| 351 | ** The reason she is so unhinged in the first place is that she [[MyGreatestFailure failed]] to save [[spoiler:Agatha's brother when Castle Heterodyne was attacked]]. |
| 352 | * Anya, the Children's Librarian in ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'' is a legend with her storytimes. The children love her so much that their parents (and the folks who run the orphanage) are willing to overlook her 15-year-old boyfriend, Jacob. |
| 353 | * ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': Deus is a mildly creepy version. He's not a pedophile or anything, it's just the violent ''glee'' with which he is happy to help children. |
| 354 | -->'''Galatean Girl:''' My mom says you killed the evil tyrant and now we have food and houses and television, so I made this for you! ''[offers him a clay bowl]''\ |
| 355 | '''Deus:''' Angel, I would kill a thousand tyrants for you. |
| 356 | * Cale in ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' used to be this, up to a particular SadisticChoice. And although no more a friend to children than any other living being, Richard's rare, curse-breaking PetTheDog was a self-sacrifice in defense of a child. |
| 357 | * ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': |
| 358 | ** One of the Big Daddies from ''VideoGame/BioShock'' is presented [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/81 this way.]] He applies for a job at a daycare center, happily plays with the children, and is clearly upset to see them go when their parents come. It's rather adorable, up to a point. |
| 359 | ** Also, Commander Badass himself. Great with kids of all ages, including ManChild Jared. |
| 360 | * ''Webcomic/{{Marilith}}'': |
| 361 | ** Marilith when she started out in her less than lawful career, used to pay to feed an African child every time she killed someone. Eventually she could no longer afford to; [[spoiler:now the kids are banded together into something of a war group to find out what happened to her]]. She also arranged the capture, and suggested rape, of a date rapist. The girl he hurt is not all that old. It's also one of the few times she negotiates on prices. She is also partnered with her possibly Stockholm Syndromed ex-mark, who is either young or has fantastic genes. |
| 362 | ** Christi is also intent on saving Marilith's partner; being an orphan, she is sensitive to the plights of children. |
| 363 | * Adrestia in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Morphe morphE]] would rather have her throat slit than attack a child. Her character profile makes specific mention of her soft spot for kids. |
| 364 | * In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', Red. She has a SlasherSmile and is AxCrazy, but her reaction to a woman being burned to death for killing children is "[[https://web.archive.org/web/20051207025635/http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/03-11.html Not cruel enough.]]" Later, when they track down the actual killer, she disposes of her. |
| 365 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'', we have [[NewMeat Daryl]] [[LightEmUp Smithson]] and [[ProperLady Muneca]] [[GravityMaster Powell]]. The latter one, despite being an IceQueen, really does care a lot about children, so much that she turns into a MamaBear if you ''ever'' threaten a child (it doesn't matter whether the said child is bratty or evil). |
| 366 | * ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Emil, who has more than a few traits of JerkWithAHeartOfGold, is quite doting towards his three BrattyHalfPint younger cousins. In return, his cousins are very happy to get a surprise visit from him and very disappointed when he has to leave almost as soon as he came. |
| 367 | * Quentyn of ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'' is particularly sweet and tolerant of a very young child who pulls on his whiskers and twists his tail, thinking him a cat. (he quickly makes her a harmless toy that occupies her hands) |
| 368 | * ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Duane is protective of children and tries to keep them happy when they're around him. In his living days, he was extremely protective of his squad of ChildMage soldiers and was a devoted dad. He is even kind to two-toe children when most people see two-toes and less than human pests. |
| 369 | * ''Webcomic/VampireGirl'': The jobs that Levana has held down have included babysitting, and presently working as a hospital orderly tending to sick children; clearly, she enjoys what she does, and appears to enjoy caring for children. |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 373 | * Two examples from ''Felarya'': |
| 374 | ** The [[SnakePeople naga]] Fiona loves children and is often seen venturing to jungle villages to play with the local kids. In fact, she's earned the in-universe nickname of "The Kind Naga". Felaryan nagas are typically man-eaters. |
| 375 | ** Katrika (also a naga) is far more predatory than Fiona, but children and their families are completely off the menu. She'll even comfort children who've lost their families to predators. |
| 376 | * [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1810 SCP-1810]] of the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' loves children and will take care of any distressed or lost child it comes across. Which would be heart-warming, except its flawed understanding of humans and the fact that it will do horrific things to non-children if it thinks it will make a child happy renders it creepy. |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 380 | * Linkara of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' always welcomes the idea of children and families being portrayed positively in comic books, and one of his BIGGEST peeves is a child character being killed or otherwise endangered solely for the sake of shock value or plot contrivance. |
| 381 | * ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': Jane, who finds kids "a gazillion times better than most adults". |
| 382 | * In ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', one of Dr. Horrible's reasons for refusing to fight a self-proclaimed nemesis in the City Park is that "there's kids in that park." Also, when told he has to kill someone to enter the Evil League of Evil, he's offered the suggestion of a child who is destined to become President of the United States. Dr. Horrible replies that he's not going to kill a kid. |
| 383 | * Music/DoctorSteel loves children (he's a toymaker, after all). He even created a theme song for a fictional kid's show called "Smokey, The Kid-Loving Trout" (''Smokey's Theme''), and his episodes of ''The Dr. Steel Show'' are modeled after children's television shows. |
| 384 | * Harley Morenstein, of ''WebVideo/EpicMealTime'' fame, draws the line at [[BlackComedy dead baby comedy]] and gives apple pies to kids when he was shopping at UsefulNotes/McDonalds. |
| 385 | * In ''WebVideo/LongboxOfTheDamned'', Moarte has a special fondness towards children, as he likes to share scary stories with the "children" in his audience. Some of Moarte's possible origin stories tend to depict him as a former children's entertainer who met some tragic fate, but one story suggests that he may be playing up the act so he can [[ChildEater lure in children to eat them]]. |
| 386 | * WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic has declared himself the defender of all children. He even gets along with EnfantTerrible Evilina, who he's been known to babysit. Santa Christ seems to qualify as well, being a blending of the two biggest examples of this Trope possible. |
| 387 | * In ''WebVideo/{{Tabletop}}'', Wil is shown to be one. He was much more chill when playing with the kids in the Catan Jr. episode at least, no salt at all. |
| 388 | * Matt, Pat, and Woolie of ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' like to claim that they're [[ChildHater not fond of children]], but often end up becoming attached to younger characters in the games they play. Matt and Pat ended up becoming protective of both [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead Clementine]] and [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs Ellie]], and during their playthrough of {{VideoGame/Beyond Two Souls}} (which they made no secret about their disdain for), all three of them proceeded to freak out when it looked like a homeless Jodie was about to give a man a blow job for $10. |
| 389 | -->'''Pat:''' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone I REGRET THIS!]] |
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| 391 | |
| 392 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 393 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': This is a defining trait of Sam and Max in this adaptation. Although they rarely interact with kids in the rest of the series, here, they get along great with kids. Perhaps, like the creators of the cartoon themselves, Sam and Max realized that kids would love their antics, as long as they're [[{{Bowdlerize}} toned down a little]]. |
| 394 | * ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsSummerMadness'': Red has a fondness for the hatchlings, a trait taken from his [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie movie counterpart]]. |
| 395 | * The protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' oddly enough. For all his faults (including misogyny, alcoholism, rudeness, and egotism) he's great with kids, [[PapaWolf most notably his own]]. |
| 396 | * ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': |
| 397 | ** One of the hints that [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko Zuko]] is a good guy pre-HeelFaceTurn is that he's good with kids. This follows him post-redemption arc and into his reign as Fire Lord, especially once he finds out that he's got a much younger half-sister to whom he's an excellent brother. He's also implied to be an outstanding father and grandfather in ''The Legend of Korra'' (see below). |
| 398 | ** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Aang]] is really good with kids, too, as part of his AllLovingHero schtick. |
| 399 | ** This trope applies to [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderGeneralIroh Iroh]], as well. In flashbacks, he is shown to have had a loving, playful relationship with his own son, Lu Ten, and in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheTalesOfBaSingSe The Tales of Ba Sing Se]]," he gets two key moments that highlight this aspect of his personality: First, he sings "Leaves from the Vine" to help calm down a fussy toddler; later, he advises a group of kids playing earthbender soccer to own up to their accidental destruction of a window (though when the irate homeowner reveals himself, Iroh retracts this statement and tells the kids to retreat). |
| 400 | *** His conversation with Toph Beifong in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheChase The Chase]]" also demonstrates this. |
| 401 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAvatarKorra Korra]] absolutely adores Tenzin's kids, and acts as a CoolBigSis figure to them. They adore her right back. It may be partly due to the fact that she's the reincarnation of their grandfather Aang, but still. |
| 402 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Particularly in an early episode, "The Underdwellers," near the very end. Bats is threatening the episode's villain, the Sewer King, who "took in" a large number of abandoned and orphaned children, only to abuse them and teach them to steal: |
| 403 | --> '''Batman''': "[[ThouShaltNotKill I don't pass sentence]]. That's for the courts. But THIS time... THIS time, I am sorely tempted to [[NeverSayDie do the job]] MYSELF." |
| 404 | * Modo from ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' is extremely fond of children. [[spoiler: This is used against him in the TenMinuteRetirement episode "Modo Hangs It Up".]] |
| 405 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' [=/=] ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' universe, the nephews, Webby, Doofus, Gosalyn, and Honker all have a positive relationship with Launchpad [=McQuack=]. In spite of his imposing stature, he is rarely anything but {{gentle|Giant}} and [[NiceGuy friendly]] with the kids, and would put his life on the line rather than let anyone or anything harm them. |
| 406 | * [[SergeantRock Sergeant Rita Torres]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Exosquad}}'' shows her tender side when interacting with the Martian Exoscouts (who were abandoned on Mars since the war outbreak) in the second season. |
| 407 | * Uncle Pockets from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''; as a "professional imaginary friend", he'd like people to believe he never became too attached to all the kids who he's been with over the years, but as Mac found out, he was far closer to all of them than he admitted. |
| 408 | * Turanga Leela from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. While she's tough and no-nonsense, she has a soft spot for children, particularly orphans since she was one herself. When she begins making money from a children's show she created, she uses most of the money to buy books and toys for a group of orphans and wants the show to be a reminder to them that they can achieve their dreams too. |
| 409 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Lexington is shown to have a very close, big-brother relationship with Alex Xanatos. |
| 410 | * Soos of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' clearly ''loves'' kids; his two best friends are twelve years old (Soos himself is in his twenties), he'd give his life to protect them, and he's outright stated he wants seven children when he gets married. It makes sense that Soos himself has a bit of a childish personality -- he loves the local SuckECheeses without a hint of irony, always jumps in when asked to participate in a game or activity that the kids have come up with, and is hooked on video games. |
| 411 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': |
| 412 | ** Batman comforts [[spoiler:Ace, a sort-of Dark Magical Girl with massive powers, who was dying of a terminal disease and only had hours to live]]. She had asked him to stay by her side because she was scared of [[spoiler:dying alone]]... and he did. In "Injustice for All", he gently coaxed a little girl to come with him in order to escape a burning building. |
| 413 | -->'''Little girl:''' I'm scared.\ |
| 414 | '''Batman:''' Don't be. It's going to be all right. |
| 415 | ** The Flash, being FunPersonified, loves kids a lot himself. He spends every Christmas hanging out with kids at an orphanage in his hometown and giving them toys, and often steps out of fights to protect kids from collateral damage made when fighting bad guys. |
| 416 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Kaeloo and Quack-Quack are both very fond of children, and the two of them end up befriending several of Stumpy's little sisters, who are toddlers. The kids particularly enjoy Quack-Quack's company. |
| 417 | * ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Hank Hill is shown to be really good with kids in several episodes, including one where he becomes the substitute shop teacher at his son's school and is very popular with the kids because his teaching style is informal, educational, and fun. In another, he stops some kids from getting into a makeout party by using old-school party games, and they end up legitimately having fun, causing the neighbors' wives to remark that his reliability and skill with kids are very attractive traits. Naturally, the only kids he seems to have trouble getting along with are [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes Bobby]] and Caleb from "Hank's Bully" who keeps taunting Hank while the lenient parents stand idly by saying that Caleb is just expressing himself until Hank gets fed up and has Bobby start annoying Caleb's parents who ultimately lose it and start getting tough with their son. |
| 418 | * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': In the franchise, especially the non-film productions, Po prides himself as being loved by children. As such, he proves to be an excellent teacher. In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'', he makes a despicable RoyalBrat change her ways, before discovering the horrific reason why she feels she must drive everyone away. Even Tigress shows a caring side for young children every now and then as a young goose named Zan looks up to her as a big sister mentor figure while looking for his parents in "Kung Fu Day Care"; one of the panda girls in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' is fond of Tigress, after Po gave her his Tigress action figure. |
| 419 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': The Mask cares about children because some of them are Trolls like him so anyone harming one will make him go PapaWolf on them, in one episode while chasing Lonnie The Shark who then dropped a baby The Mask is shocked at what just happened and turns around to save the baby and, in another episode when he was framed for robbing the Little League he starts to think that he might have gone crazy than usual which actually got him worried so he lets himself go to prison because of it but he found out it was Pretorius who did it not him so he freed himself from prison having not to worry now because of it. |
| 420 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 421 | ** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]] is this as part of her being a FriendToAllLivingThings. In fact, threatening young ponies is a good way to anger her, as the unlucky cockatrice from "Stare Master" [[DeathGlare found out]]. |
| 422 | ** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPinkiePie Pinkie Pie]] also counts; she's acted as a CoolBigSis for Spike and Apple Bloom, chaperoned the local kids on "[[YouMeanXmas Nightmare Night]]", adores Mr. & Mrs. Cake's infant twins Pound and Pumpkin Cake and frequently plays with and watches over them, and during her ImageSong "Smile, Smile, Smile" she goes out of her way to make kids happy. |
| 423 | ** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessLuna Princess Luna]], after seeing how much the kids enjoy Nightmare Night, un-canceled it. She also helps watch over the fillies and colts of Equestria's dreams, coming into them and helping them deal with nightmares. She's done this on separate occasions for each of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, helping them overcome their doubts to become better ponies. Also in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10ARoyalProblem A Royal Problem]]", she becomes depressed after she learns she inadvertently caused local school fillies to be unable to raise enough money for a field trip. She even has a nightmare about it later, with one of the fillies tearfully asking her "Why don't you want us to go on our field trip?" It scared her so badly that [[GeniusBonus her teeth start to fall out]]. |
| 424 | ** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRainbowDash Rainbow Dash]] counts as well, surprisingly. Even though WordOfGod says she wouldn't be the best big sister, she tries her hardest to coach Apple Bloom through various activities such as karate, kite flying, juggling, and "Ultra Pony" roller derby. She is also genuinely concerned for Scootaloo's welfare in "Sleepless in Ponyville" and ends up adopting her as her surrogate little sister at the end of the episode. She's not the best role model, but she certainly tries. |
| 425 | ** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E24TheManeAttraction Countess Coloratura]], despite having the image of a "demanding diva", has stated that her favorite part of every event she goes to is meeting with the schoolponies. This is also used as part of her SecretTestOfCharacter set up by her and Applejack: when her manager [[JerkAss Svengallop]] actually believes she would cancel her contest with the schoolponies, she realizes he doesn't understand the real her at all. |
| 426 | ** Protagonist [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]] counts as well. She's eager to act as a mentor to the Cutie Mark Crusaders and is very kind and accommodating to her younger fans. In one episode, her problem is that she wants to both spend time with her baby niece and read to sick children at the hospital. |
| 427 | * ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'': Dan Danger is frequently able to overcome the perils he faces in spite of his cowardice thanks to Ruthie reminding him that failure to face his fears would mean letting down the children that look up to him. |
| 428 | * The first sign that [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' is a lot nicer than she usually presents herself is when it's revealed that she regularly reads to children at the local library. |
| 429 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/Phantom2040'' series: Hubert Graft, a monstrous cyborg who hates the heroes, stops the fight in one episode when a kid gets in danger. [[PetTheDog He rescues the child]], as the heroes look in confusion. "This war should not include children." |
| 430 | %%* The WesternAnimation/ProStars: "It's all about helping kids." |
| 431 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': Bert claims in "Stop the Clock!" that there wasn't a kid he didn't like, and although he and Bentley sometimes have their disagreements, he still considers him a friend. Also, in "The Headline Hunter!", he enjoys a picnic with a little girl, even if he was initially annoyed that she was the only person to bid on him in the BachelorAuction earlier in the episode. |
| 432 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': |
| 433 | ** Miss Grotke tends to be more forgiving and lenient towards the students of Third Street School than the rest of the faculty. |
| 434 | ** And the movie reveals that, believe it or not, Principal Prickly was one back in the 1960s when he first got into teaching. He even wanted to hold his classes outside on the playground and was horrified when he learned that [[ChildHater Phillium Benedict]] wanted to get rid of recess. |
| 435 | * While [[Characters/SamuraiJackJack the titular character]] of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' seldom encounters children, there are some episodes that make it perfectly clear that he cares about them and is willing to lend a hand when they're in need. |
| 436 | ** In "Jack is Naked", Samurai Jack spends most of the episode chasing after what he thinks is a white rabbit that stole his clothes and sword. After he gets his stuff back, he learns that they were really stolen by an orphan girl with a bunny backpack who only stole his belongings because she was desperate for something she could sell for food money. When the girl states that she figured Jack's clothes and sword were more valuable than robot slug tusks, Jack helps the girl out by retrieving a pair of robot slug tusks. The girl thanks Jack and assures him that now she'll never go hungry again. |
| 437 | ** He rescues dozens of them from mind-controlling music in "Jack and the Rave". As the fifth season shows, the same children - now adults - still remember and revere him as a savior. |
| 438 | ** In "Jack and the Haunted House", Jack encounters a little girl and defends her from a shadow-like monster. He also frees the girl's family and doesn't leave until the monster tormenting her is destroyed. |
| 439 | ** "Jack and the Baby" begins with Jack rescuing a captured infant before he is eaten by some ogres planning to have him as their dinner. On the journey to get the child back to his parents, Jack does everything he can to ensure the child's well-being, even milking various animals so that he can feed the baby and getting him to sleep by telling him the story of Momotaro. |
| 440 | ** PlayedForDrama in an episode of Season 5, as he is so emotionally destroyed at having failed to save the lives of a group of children from a madman that it's the final push he needs to [[DrivenToSuicide resign himself to suicide]]. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Ashi finds him in time and reveals that the children are in fact alive and safe, which snaps him back from his DespairEventHorizon.]] |
| 441 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Moe, a bitter bartender, actually reads to children in his spare time -- [[HiddenHeartOfGold which he tries to hide]] -- and is very fond of Maggie, and becomes her babysitter. |
| 442 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': While he doesn't interact too much with kids in this series, kids shown to love Spider-Man. The show's opening theme shows a few kids looking up at him swinging in excitement, and at least two kids in the background of the Halloween episode are shown in Spider-Man costumes. |
| 443 | ** The episode "Natural Selection" shows Peter interacting with Billy Connors, helping to console him when Curt starts going through his transformation into the Lizard. |
| 444 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': [[Characters/StarWarsAhsokaTano Ahsoka Tano]], right from her introduction in the PilotMovie was shown to be quite good with children. She started by calling Jabba's son Rotta, an infant ''Hutt'' cute and showing genuine care for him. This trait of hers culminated during the Young Jedi arc, where she repeatedly put her life at risk to protect the six Jedi younglings under her care. |
| 445 | * [[MeaningfulName Ash Firin]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' may be a horribly burned pyromaniac with a creepy voice, but when he met a little girl who was brought into Superjail by mistake, he instantly gets attached to her, throws the inmate who wanted to burn her into the incinerator and starts being his parental figure. He also inadvertently named her Cancer (pronounced San-sehr) mistaking the medical bracelet in her arm for her name. |
| 446 | * ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': |
| 447 | ** [[SirSwearsALot Fowlmouth]], a side character, swears a (bleeped out) blue streak in every known context ''except'' in the presence of babies. [[EveryoneHasStandards He believes that swearing in front of babies is crude.]] |
| 448 | ** Aside from getting even with the antagonists, Buster Bunny also helps out kids who have been or may have been victimized by them. Such examples include the short, "Ruffled Ruffee" (part of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E14MusicDay Music Day]]"), wherein he saves a bunch of kids from being bored to death by the titular arrogant children's entertainer, and the short, "Buster's New Bike" (part of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E56SonOfTheWackoWorldOfSports Son of the Wacko World of Sports]]"), wherein he exposed Bicycle Bob as a con-artist bicycle salesman who sells shoddy bikes to kids. Also, in the short, "Turtle Hurdle" (part of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E34TheWideWorldOfElmyra The Wide World of Elmyra]]"), he interrupts the segment [[DontTryThisAtHome to warn the kids watching the show NOT to attempt what Elmyra had just done]] (telling her dad to suddenly stop the car in the middle of the busy road so she can run out in traffic to save her pet turtle). |
| 449 | --->'''Buster:''' Hi kids! I just have one thing to say. Please, please PLEASE don't ever ever EVER get out of a car and cross a busy highway or street! |
| 450 | * Max on ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' is an [[EvilIsHammy EVIL mastermind]] who wants to TakeOverTheWorld! In his audition tape, however, he says he's busy with babysitting. And when there comes a challenge on the show where the contestants have to carry napping babies through sound-sensitive areas, Max is surprisingly good at calming his baby down. It is consistently giggling in Max's presence, too. |
| 451 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': A recurring theme to all Autobots; in most continuities they tend to have kids hanging out with them. ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' even had Optimus' team become the caretakers of eight-year-old Sari when her father went missing. |
| 452 | * ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' takes kids on fun and surreal adventures, even if they [[UnwantedAssistance didn't want to in the first place]]. |
| 453 | * As mentioned above, ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' has Batman being more of [[TeamDad a fatherly figure]] to Robin and the rest of the team than Superman. He's also been implied to be close to Captain Marvel, being the only Leaguer to know that he was ten years old. The tie-in comics show Batman giving him an opening to confess his secret, and while he isn't always patient with Billy, he'll explain things to him and didn't glare when Cap hugged him. |
| 454 | * Zeta in ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject''. When he saw a child learn to ride a bike and the joy it brought her mother, he knew he could never kill anyone because life was precious. Hence his peaceful and nonviolent nature. |
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