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*** Tywin is still a fearsome fighter even by the time Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion are already adults.
*** Jaime is the biological father of Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella and is a renowned badass.

* Jonathan Kent on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' was actually pretty legendary in this regard. One memorable scene was when Lionel tried to blackmail him again, or he'll expose Clark's secret to the world. He chose to beat seven shades of crap out of Lionel, nearly killing him, until he was struck with a heart attack, and died. He [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed his life]] to protect his adopted son.
** Granted, the situation was not ''quite'' what he thought it was (Lionel was actually on the way to a HeelFaceTurn at this time, and ''himself'' took Clark's secret to the grave 2 Seasons later), but given Jonathan's history with the Luthor family, his overreaction is understandable (and Lionel even admitted his fault in Jonathan's death).

* In ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', Dexter Morgan intentionally breaks his rules for the first time in order to [[spoiler:protect his girlfriend's daughter from a pervert, despite not having any proof that the perv is a murderer.]] He even compares himself to a wolf directly in [[spoiler:the Season 3 finale, as he prepares to [[{{Squick}} smash the bones in his hand]] in order to make his escape from King, and live to be a father to his unborn son.]] In general, he seems to hold a particular antipathy for any of his victims who victimize children.

* [[Series/{{Castle}} Rick Castle]]. You do not mess with his daughter. Not even if you are Mr. Macho Cool Slaughter, who can get away with saying plenty of risque things about Beckett (who Castle is normally quite protective of as well, if the situation calls for it. [[ActionGirl Not that the situation often calls for it]]) but earns a punch in the nose for even ''thinking'' about talking that way about his daughter.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Being Dad to six kids hasn't weakened Ned's ability to swing his ancestral greatsword when needed. As his own father Rickard told Little Ned, he doesn't seek to fight anyone but if a fight happens, he wants to win.
** Oberyn has eight bastard daughters and is still one of the most famous warriors in Dorne.
** Tywin is still a fearsome fighter even by the time Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion are already adults.
** Jaime is the biological father of Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella and is a renowned badass.

* ''Series/TheLstKingdom:''

* ''Literature/{{Wool}}'': Billings and Sims are seasoned peacekeepers in the thick of the first season's intrigue who also get several scenes of being loving fathers in their off-time.

* On Spike TV's ''BarRescue'', host John sends undercover employees into the failing bars to pretend to be customers; he watches on hidden cameras as they experience the food, beverages, and customer service. On the episode set at J. Murphy's bar, his daughter was one of the undercover workers - and she nearly got food poisoning from food prepared by a chef who didn't wash her hands after handling raw chicken. John broke his own protocol and called off the undercover stint, tore into the bar to stop her from eating the food, and then went into the kitchen, where he gave the chef possibly the most vicious dressing-down in the history of the show.

* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al Bundy is hardly a model dad, but he will stand up for his children when needed. A RunningGag is that he'll discover a [[OverprotectiveDad sleazebag making out with his daughter, drag him to the front door and slam him against it before tossing him out of the house]]. In one particular episode, Kelly spots her boyfriend with another girl. She simply tells Al, "Daddy, beat him up," which he promptly does.

* Ditto with ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'''s Mac Taylor... it's shown up several times with Lindsay in particular. In the episode where the lab was shot up, Mac crashed through his half broken office window to pull her out of the line of fire after she had a [[HeroicBSOD panic attack]], apparently. He’s also determined to rescue his kidnapped stepson in Season 3. Then, his BerserkButton REALLY got pushed when his girlfriend, Christine, was kidnapped in the Season 9 crossover with LV.

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': Kurt Hummel's dad Burt may not understand his son's obsession with musicals and dancing but when Kurt is refused a solo on the grounds of being of the wrong sex for it, he goes to the school and ''shouts'' at the principal and the teacher until Kurt is given a chance.
** Papa Wolf status confirmed when he rips Finn a new one and throws him out of the house for calling Kurt a fag. Also a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
--> "[[BerserkButton What did you just call him?!]]"

* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Elliot Stabler's kids may as well be his BerserkButton, he once almost beat a pedophile half to death for posting pictures of his (underaged) daughter on an internet site. Then again, given that the only thing that keeps him doing that on a regular basis is that he can't use torture as a means to extract confessions, and once removed of that restriction, he quite gleefully beat into another suspect...

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': {{Averted|Trope}} with John Winchester, who doesn't let his sons' welfare get in the way of his job. [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in that Dean is not only Sam's older brother, but also his parent in many ways. Dean's already a badass, so '''[[BerserkButton don't mess with Sammy]]'''.