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* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' has half-demon Dante not only defending humans against demons but also against his own brother.
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* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' has half-demon Dante not only defending humans against demons but also against his own brother. In the past, their father Sparda was a high-ranking and powerful demon, but he came to care about humanity that he sided with them, fought off numerous demons, and separated the human world from the demon one.
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* As well as a good cop defending citizens against a dirty cop.
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* The Creator/StevenSpielberg film ''Film/SchindlersList'' chronicles how a German industrialist picked about 1100 Jews marked for relocation to work in his factory. This started out as mere slave labor, but when these Jews consistently did good work to avoid being sent to east to the death camps, Oskar Schindler took to protecting them from his Nazi countrymen.
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* The Creator/StevenSpielberg film ''Film/SchindlersList'' chronicles how a German Nazi industrialist Oskar Schindler picked about 1100 Jews marked for relocation to work in his factory. This started out as mere slave labor, but when these Jews consistently did good work over time he TookALevelInKindness and risked his own life to avoid being sent to east to the death camps, Oskar Schindler took to protecting protect them from his Nazi countrymen.countrymen.
* Similar to the above, in ''Film/ThePianist'', the Polish Jew Wadyslaw finds an unlikely protector in Wehrmacht Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, who helps him hide during the last weeks of the occupation.
* Similar to the above, in ''Film/ThePianist'', the Polish Jew Wadyslaw finds an unlikely protector in Wehrmacht Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, who helps him hide during the last weeks of the occupation.
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* Teal'c's goal in defecting to Earth may have been to take steps to liberate his fellow Jaffa from the Goa'uld, but he is also their best candidate to oppose the Jaffa in battle due to his superior strength and knowledge of their tactics.
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* Teal'c's goal in defecting to Earth may have been to take steps to liberate his fellow Jaffa from the Goa'uld, but he is also their best candidate to oppose the Jaffa in battle due to his superior strength and knowledge of their tactics.
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* Rusty, the damaged Dalek from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E2IntoTheDalek Into the Dalek]]'' is this trope mixed with PredatorTurnedProtector. Being repaired by the Twelfth Doctor, he also shown him the life itself and he finally decided to choose life and goes against his own race and being the protector of life, being more known as a "good" Dalek.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** The [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor Tenth Doctor]]'s final episode revealed that [[spoiler:he basically became this in the final days of the Time War, choosing to destroy his own people because the Time Lord's plan to end the War would have also destroyed the rest of the universe]].
** Rusty, the damaged Dalek fromthe ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E2IntoTheDalek Into the Dalek]]'' is this trope mixed with PredatorTurnedProtector. Being repaired by the Twelfth Doctor, he also shown him the life itself and he finally decided to choose life and goes against his own race and being the protector of life, being more known as a "good" Dalek.
** The [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor Tenth Doctor]]'s final episode revealed that [[spoiler:he basically became this in the final days of the Time War, choosing to destroy his own people because the Time Lord's plan to end the War would have also destroyed the rest of the universe]].
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* ''Series/TheOrville'' sees [[spoiler:Isaac become this after the Union learn that his people, the Kaylon, were seeking to destroy all organic life; despite the insistence of the Kaylon Primary that organics will inevitably betray and enslave machines, Isaac speaks up against killing the human crew and finally turns on the Primary when ordered to kill Ty Finn, who has come to see Isaac as a father figure]].
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* In ''Series/Supergirl2015'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} the titular heroine]] and ComicBook/MartianManhunter routinely have to protect National City from villains like rogue Kryptonians and other species of Martians.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' regularly has the brothers allied with rogue members of particular species. Ruby kills demons to protect Sam, Benny kills vampires and other monsters to protect Dean, and [[spoiler:Jack]] and Castiel routinely kill angels to protect both Winchesters.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' regularly has the brothers allied with rogue members of particular species. Ruby kills demons to protectSam, Sam ([[spoiler:although it is later revealed that she was actually manipulating Sam to break the final Seal on Lucifer's cage]]), Benny kills vampires and other monsters to protect Dean, and [[spoiler:Jack]] and Castiel routinely kill angels to protect both Winchesters.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' regularly has the brothers allied with rogue members of particular species. Ruby kills demons to protect
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* In ''Series/BabylonFive'' Vir [[spoiler: smuggles 2000 Narns to safety from his own government.]]
* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor Tenth Doctor]]'s final episode revealed that [[spoiler:he basically became this in the final days of the Time War, choosing to destroy his own people because the Time Lord's plan to end the War would have also destroyed the rest of the universe]].
* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the [[Characters/DoctorWhoTenthDoctor Tenth Doctor]]'s final episode revealed that [[spoiler:he basically became this in the final days of the Time War, choosing to destroy his own people because the Time Lord's plan to end the War would have also destroyed the rest of the universe]].
* In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Odo and Garak basically take on this role for the most part, helping the Federation's efforts to defeat the Founders and the Cardassians during the Dominion War in particular.
** Also arguably applies to Worf during the show's fourth season, as he was brought to [=DS9=] as a strategic advisor after the Klingons ended their prior treaty with the Federation, [[spoiler:although this treaty was eventually restored mid-way through the fifth season and Worf's own status in the Empire restored towards the end of the same season]].
* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
** The Tok'ra may operate covertly rather than waging a more active war, but they still work to bring down the Goa'uld despite the two being essentially the same species.
** In contrast to the complete non-interference policy of their fellow Ascended, Orlin and Oma Desala were more willing to offer assistance to the SGC, and [[spoiler:Merlin and Morgan Le Fay take a particularly active role in helping SG-1 defeat the Ori, who are essentially the EvilCounterpart of the other Ascended]].
** Also arguably applies to Worf during the show's fourth season, as he was brought to [=DS9=] as a strategic advisor after the Klingons ended their prior treaty with the Federation, [[spoiler:although this treaty was eventually restored mid-way through the fifth season and Worf's own status in the Empire restored towards the end of the same season]].
* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
** The Tok'ra may operate covertly rather than waging a more active war, but they still work to bring down the Goa'uld despite the two being essentially the same species.
** In contrast to the complete non-interference policy of their fellow Ascended, Orlin and Oma Desala were more willing to offer assistance to the SGC, and [[spoiler:Merlin and Morgan Le Fay take a particularly active role in helping SG-1 defeat the Ori, who are essentially the EvilCounterpart of the other Ascended]].
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* ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' has half-demon Dante not only defending humans against demons but also against his own brother.
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* ''Series/TheFlash'' features the eponymous metahuman hero protecting the city against other metahumans.
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* ComicBook/LadyDeath in the Creator/AvatarPress continuity ended up in the Labyrinth after making a deal with specters to survive being burned at the stake. Her arch-enemy in that version was an undead wizard [[OurLichesAreDifferent Sagos]] who made a deal with the same specters for ultimate power and sought to sacrifice the Labyrinth's population just to gain his own dark domain in the afterlife.
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* Small kitten Oliver from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' makes an insane leap between speeding vehicles in order to compel TheVillain to loosen his grip on young Jenny Foxworth. Sykes seizes Oliver, and flings him into the back seat, where his vicious dobermans bare their teeth at the hopeless kitten. Suddenly, the mutt Dodger makes the leap into the villain's sedan, willing to tussle with two dobermans to save this plucky kitten.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}} regularly has the brothers allied with rogue members of particular species. Ruby kills demons to protect Sam, Benny kills vampires and other monsters to protect Dean, and [[spoiler:Jack]] and Castiel routinely kill angels to protect both Winchesters.
* While SuperSentai and PowerRangers has its share of Evil SixthRanger arcs that are resolved by a HeelFaceTurn, special mention has to go to Akira Nijino from Ressa Sentai Toqger, who was effectively a monster of the week who became a DefectorFromDecadence from the Shadow Line prior to the series start and worked as a maintenance worker for the Rainbow Line prior to becoming the SixthRanger. This is the first time that someone who willing worked for the bad guys became a Ranger (all other cases were either misinformed or brainwashed).
* While SuperSentai and PowerRangers has its share of Evil SixthRanger arcs that are resolved by a HeelFaceTurn, special mention has to go to Akira Nijino from Ressa Sentai Toqger, who was effectively a monster of the week who became a DefectorFromDecadence from the Shadow Line prior to the series start and worked as a maintenance worker for the Rainbow Line prior to becoming the SixthRanger. This is the first time that someone who willing worked for the bad guys became a Ranger (all other cases were either misinformed or brainwashed).
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* WhileSuperSentai ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and PowerRangers ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has its share of Evil SixthRanger arcs that are resolved by a HeelFaceTurn, special mention has to go to Akira Nijino from Ressa Sentai Toqger, who was effectively a monster of the week who became a DefectorFromDecadence from the Shadow Line prior to the series start and worked as a maintenance worker for the Rainbow Line prior to becoming the SixthRanger. This is the first time that someone who willing worked for the bad guys became a Ranger (all other cases were either misinformed or brainwashed).
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* The Defender faction in ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' are a group of kaiju who protect Terra and in some cases, humans directly, against other kaiju. When four of their number are transported to Equestria and need the ponies' help to get home, they agree to help safeguard Equestria from any other kaiju who might end up there as well.
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* * Disney's ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' has European explorer John Smith poised for execution by Chief Powhatan. Smith is believed responsible for the death of the Chief's best warrior, Kocoum. The chief's daughter, Pocahontas, arrives in the nick of time to block the execution. This move is witnessed by Smith's fellow settlers, who note the natives are capable of both mercy and reason.
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* Tends to happen in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'' due to every faction being at war with the other. One CiaphasCain novel has the summoning of a Slaaneshi daemon interrupted by Khornate warriors (since both gods hate each other), and Cain is all too happy to let the superhuman butchers take out the cultists since he has his own secret weapon against daemons.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', the ''ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} figure out they're dealing with a Kryptonian clone so they call Supergirl and send her, Dev-Em -another Kryptonian- and Laurel Kent -Franchise/{{Superman}}'s descendant- out.
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* {{SuperGirl}} and MartianManhunter routinely have to protect National City from villains from rogue Kryptonians and other species of Martians.
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* Franchise/{{Tron}}:
** The title character is a Program who fought malicious Programs in defense of Users. He was successful against Master Control and Sark, but not so much when it came to [[Film/TronLegacy Clu's]] forces, though his sacrifices ''did'' help Flynn. There were others who sided with Tron in the struggle; Yori, Ram and Dumont in the first film. [[WesternAnimation/TronUprising Beck]] and [[VideoGame/TronEvolution Anon]] in the ''Legacy'' canon.
** In the AlternateContinuity of ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'', Jet Bradley is uploaded in desperation by BenevolentAI [=Ma3a=] to fight a corrupted User unleashing ZombieApocalypse all over {{Cyberspace}}. This uncovers a plot that the people behind said User plan to upload an entire ''army'' to conquer the Program world. [[spoiler: As [=Ma3a=] is Lora Baines-Bradley's VirtualGhost, Alan is forcibly uploaded, and Jet has to battle the invasion while his parents act as MissionControl, this makes the Bradleys [[RussianReversal Users who fight for the Programs.]] Fitting, as Tron was Alan Bradley's Program to begin with.]]
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** The title character is a Program who fought malicious Programs in defense of Users. He was successful against Master Control and Sark, but not so much when it came to [[Film/TronLegacy Clu's]] forces, though his sacrifices ''did'' help Flynn. There were others who sided with Tron in the struggle; Yori, Ram and Dumont in the first film. [[WesternAnimation/TronUprising Beck]] and [[VideoGame/TronEvolution Anon]] in the ''Legacy'' canon.
** In the AlternateContinuity of ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'', Jet Bradley is uploaded in desperation by BenevolentAI [=Ma3a=] to fight a corrupted User unleashing ZombieApocalypse all over {{Cyberspace}}. This uncovers a plot that the people behind said User plan to upload an entire ''army'' to conquer the Program world. [[spoiler: As [=Ma3a=] is Lora Baines-Bradley's VirtualGhost, Alan is forcibly uploaded, and Jet has to battle the invasion while his parents act as MissionControl, this makes the Bradleys [[RussianReversal Users who fight for the Programs.]] Fitting, as Tron was Alan Bradley's Program to begin with.]]
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* In ''Literature/{{Congo}}'', Amy the domesticated gorilla defends the expedition from hordes of wild {{KillerGorilla}}s. She doesn't physically fight them. Instead, she deciphers the wild gorillas' language, and helps record an audio message instructing them to leave the humans alone. This message winds up being a more effective deterrent than guns or electric fences.
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* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'', Buffy and the Gang call Supergirl to help them out when a Kryptonian criminal gets turned into a vampire.
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* Disney's ''Disney/BrotherBear'' has an inverted example. Kenai, the boy turned bear, sometimes finds himself protecting his friends (particularly Koda) from other human hunters.
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A SuperTrope. This trope occurs when two or more people who have a given defining quality in common (let's call it X) are polarized on opposite ends of the good vs. evil spectrum, and the good X must defend a person or group that does not have that quality against the evil X.
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* AnimalWrongsGroup: Humans (wrongly) defends animals against other humans.
* DistressedDamsel, WifeBasherBasher and DateRapeAverted: Men must defend women against other men.
* EvilTwin: Twin must defend non-relatives against his other twin.
* HumansNeedAliens: Aliens defending human against other aliens.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Monsters must defend muggles against other monsters.
* PredatorTurnedProtector: A predator refuses to harm their natural prey, instead choosing to protect them.
* SerialKillerKiller: These killers work to defend the nonviolent against other killers.
* {{Superhero}} and {{Supervillain}}: [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals Supers]] must defend {{muggles}} against other supers.
* WhiteMansBurden: Part of the trope is about whites defending non-whites against other whites.
* ZombieAdvocate: Someone (most often a human) defends a monster/alien/etc's rights from ridicules of other humans.
Comes with the implication that people with X trait are more powerful, as well as the implication that people without it are more [[TheEveryman "like us"]] or conversely, CloserToEarth than us.
The smaller and more fantastical of a group X is, the more likely this is to result in divided loyalties. A man who refuses to defend a woman against another man, for instance, is a HeManWomanHater, but a vampire who kills other vampires will certainly have at least a moment's pause about killing vampires to save humans.
Related to TakesOneToKillOne and MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch for one reason why X would bother to defend non-X. May also lead to EnemyMine.
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!Examples
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[[folder: Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel''. The CrapsackWorld status quo is humanity having been confined to landmasses, totally at mercy of the Fleet of Fog, the mysterious alienish extremely-sophisticated armed and non-negotiating naval vessels. The protagonists' team agenda may be not about obliteration of the Fog, but its initial voyages are made possible only due to having Iona, functionally a Fog submarine, on their side.
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. The Apostle [[BloodKnight Nosferatu Zodd]] does this several times in the series.
** After fighting Guts and Griffith (impressed by Guts' ability and Griffith having a Behelit) and sparing them, he later shows up to indirectly save a disarmed Guts' life by throwing him a sword from miles away.
** After barely surviving an attack by an Apostle-form Wyald, the Band of the Hawk continues on their way... only to be stopped by the still-living but badly wounded Wyald. He grabs Griffith, demanding that he use his Behelit to save him... and then Zodd shows up to kill Wyald once and for all, since the time for the Eclipse wasn't right.
** Guts and Zodd team up to defend against an Apostle-form Emperor Ganishka. The two part without fighting each other, since Guts' first priority is to get Casca healed and Zodd doesn't want to kill the only human whe enjoys fighting so much.
* ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'' starts with OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent protagonist running into a weird sultry girl (speaking an old dialect and then optionally sprouting cat tail and ears). The girl explains his most recent heritage issues. He's a descendant of Demon Slayer family, and his power [[PubertySuperpower starts to stir now that he's 16]]. A family keepsake, actually an obfuscation charm, has depleted, and now he's a target for all kinds of spirits who may fear or otherwise oppose Demon Slayers. Finally, his ancestor has subdued a feline demon long ago, sparing it in return for servitude of protection, so the girl is here to make good on that promise, and she is a supernatural being herself. She drives off a first assailant even before actual chance to explain all this.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', [[GeneticEngineering Coordinator]] Kira Yamato defends the Naturals on ''[[CoolShip Archangel]]'' against other Coordinators.
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[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ''Franchise/{{Blade}}'' is a dhampir who defends the innocents against other vampires.
*Hawkman and Hawkwoman helped Adam Strange defend Planet Rann from Thanagarians. Because of this, they were branded as traitors and exiled from Thanagar. Which is fine with them since they regard Earth as their home. They also defend humans against their own people during ''The Shadow War'' and ComicBook/{{Invasion}}.
* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' are mutants who defend normal humans (and weaker mutants) from those mutants that want supremacy, although they're also fighting against AbsoluteXenophobe humans themselves.
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[[folder: Films -- Animated]]
* The resourceful young Viking Hiccup captures a Night Fury dragon in Dreamworks' ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', and learns firsthand that dragons are not mindless hostile antagonists, negating everything he'd been taught about them. However, when Hiccup's father Stoick learns that his son has gotten friendly with a dragon, he disowns Hiccup, and seizes the Night Fury with the the intent of using him to locate the hidden stronghold of all dragons.
* ''WesternAnimation/BattleForTerra'' has ace pilot Stewart Stanton lead a recon force against the inhabitants of an alien world. When his craft is downed, an inquisitive alien girl rescues him from certain doom, giving Stanton a chance to see how decent and noble the natives are. Later, when the GeneralRipper unleashes a genocide machine against the aliens, Stanton decides to save the aliens by attacking the deadly device.
* Blue Sky Studio's ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' has Diego the saber-tooth tiger working as a double agent, leading Manfred the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth and Bonebag the human infant to Glacier Pass. However, after being rescued from fiery doom by his companions, Diego undergoes a HeelFaceTurn, and actively defends Manfred from Soto, the ruthless leader of the tigers.
* Small kitten Oliver from Disney's ''Film/OliverAndCompany'' makes an insane leap between speeding vehicles in order to compel TheVillain to loosen his grip on young Jenny Foxworth. Sykes seizes Oliver, and flings him into the back seat, where his vicious dobermans bare their teeth at the hopeless kitten. Suddenly, the mutt Dodger makes the leap into the villain's sedan, willing to tussle with two dobermans to save this plucky kitten.
* * Disney's ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' has European explorer John Smith poised for execution by Chief Powhatan. Smith is believed responsible for the death of the Chief's best warrior, Kocoum. The chief's daughter, Pocahontas, arrives in the nick of time to block the execution. This move is witnessed by Smith's fellow settlers, who note the natives are capable of both mercy and reason.
* Monsters Jimmy Sullivan and Mike Wazowski from Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' go to extraordinary lengths to hide the human toddler Boo from the authorities. It bodes ill when one monster returns from the human world with a mere sock stuck to his fur: a code 23-19 is called which treats the sock like a contaminated bomb. Further, Mike and Sully rescue Boo from the clutches of TheDragon in his MadScientistLaboratory.
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[[folder: Films - Live Action]]
* In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', the protagonist and several others DefectorFromDecadence allies team up to protect Pandora from the U.S. military. His commander [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by essentially calling him a CategoryTraitor.
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Clark has to protect Smallville from invading Kryptonians.
* The Creator/StevenSpielberg film ''Film/SchindlersList'' chronicles how a German industrialist picked about 200 Jews marked for relocation to work in his factory. This started out as mere slave labor, but when these Jews consistently did good work to avoid being sent to east to the death camps, Oskar Schindler took to protecting them from his Nazi countrymen.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Literature]]
*In ''Literature/{{Congo}}'', Amy the domesticated gorilla defends the expedition from hordes of wild {{KillerGorilla}}s. She doesn't physically fight them. Instead, she deciphers the wild gorillas' language, and helps record an audio message instructing them to leave the humans alone. This message winds up being a more effective deterrent than guns or electric fences.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
** [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarfs]] who join the Ankh-Morpork City Watch tend to find themselves in this position due to the [[ElvesVersusDwarves ancestral hatred]] between the two species, and the fact that [[TheRealHeroes as Watchmen they have to intervene]].
-->'''Lance-Constable Detritus:''' Hah, I been a man only hardly any time, and already I fed up with you stupid trolls!
** In ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', Vimes must solve a goblin girl's murder and save the remnants of her tribe from the bigotry and exploitation of his fellow humans.
*In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', it's mentioned that several wizards have cast protective charms over nearby Muggles' houses to help protect them from Death Eaters.
* In ''Literature/TheZombieKnight'', the Vanguard is composed of [[CameBackStrong reaper servants]] who defend the world against the murderous [[OmnicidalManiac Abolish]] servants, as well as [[YourSoulIsMine aberrations]] and whatever other horrors Abolish comes up with.
* In ''{{Literature/Sunshine}}'', Con is a good vampire helping the titular character against bad vampires who want to kill them both.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' we see a Nietzschean captain on the bridge of a High Guard ship during the Commonwealth-Nietzschean war. He disagrees with the Nietzschean politics and decisions which led to them declaring war on Commonwealth, stating that the Nietzscheans need the Commonwealth in order to survive as a species.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** Angel defends civilians against other vampires, among other things.
** Former vampire hunter Gunn finds himself in the uncomfortable position of standing between his former friends and the demons they've taken to hunting for sport, [[VanHelsingHateCrimes some of whom are harmless and nonviolent.]]
*Rusty, the damaged Dalek from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E2IntoTheDalek Into the Dalek]]'' is this trope mixed with PredatorTurnedProtector. Being repaired by the Twelfth Doctor, he also shown him the life itself and he finally decided to choose life and goes against his own race and being the protector of life, being more known as a "good" Dalek.
* ''Series/TheFlash'' features the eponymous metahuman hero protecting the city against other metahumans.
* A major motif in the Franchise/KamenRider franchise is that the Hero often draws his powers from the BigBad or the same source that the BigBad uses. In a few cases, the Hero might be the villains failed attempt at a MonsterOfTheWeek.
* Monroe and Rosalee help Nick carry out his ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' duties and protect the city against rogue wessen.
* {{SuperGirl}} and MartianManhunter routinely have to protect National City from villains from rogue Kryptonians and other species of Martians.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}} regularly has the brothers allied with rogue members of particular species. Ruby kills demons to protect Sam, Benny kills vampires and other monsters to protect Dean, and [[spoiler:Jack]] and Castiel routinely kill angels to protect both Winchesters.
* While SuperSentai and PowerRangers has its share of Evil SixthRanger arcs that are resolved by a HeelFaceTurn, special mention has to go to Akira Nijino from Ressa Sentai Toqger, who was effectively a monster of the week who became a DefectorFromDecadence from the Shadow Line prior to the series start and worked as a maintenance worker for the Rainbow Line prior to becoming the SixthRanger. This is the first time that someone who willing worked for the bad guys became a Ranger (all other cases were either misinformed or brainwashed).
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mythology]]
* In the myths about the Trojan War, we often see some of the gods trying to protect the mortals from the actions of other gods.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tabletop Games]]
* Tends to happen in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'' due to every faction being at war with the other. One CiaphasCain novel has the summoning of a Slaaneshi daemon interrupted by Khornate warriors (since both gods hate each other), and Cain is all too happy to let the superhuman butchers take out the cultists since he has his own secret weapon against daemons.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' has half-demon Dante not only defending humans against demons but also against his own brother.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX''. the Maverick Hunters are a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Reploid]] military agency that is tasked with defending humanity against renegade/"Maverick" Reploids.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' has several members who have to turn against their own species for the good of the galaxy.
** Jacob, Miranda, and Shepard all turn against Cerberus when it becomes clear they're {{brainwashed}} extremist who kill in the name of humanity but are actually carrying out the will of the Reapers.
** Legion helps Tali and Shepard make headway in their battle against the feared Geth.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Real Life]]
* Forest officers defend the wildlife against illegal lumberjacks and hunters.
* The normal justification of soldiers is to defend civilians against other soldiers.
[[/folder]]
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{{Sub Trope}}s:
* AnimalWrongsGroup: Humans (wrongly) defends animals against other humans.
* DistressedDamsel, WifeBasherBasher and DateRapeAverted: Men must defend women against other men.
* EvilTwin: Twin must defend non-relatives against his other twin.
* HumansNeedAliens: Aliens defending human against other aliens.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Monsters must defend muggles against other monsters.
* PredatorTurnedProtector: A predator refuses to harm their natural prey, instead choosing to protect them.
* SerialKillerKiller: These killers work to defend the nonviolent against other killers.
* {{Superhero}} and {{Supervillain}}: [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals Supers]] must defend {{muggles}} against other supers.
* WhiteMansBurden: Part of the trope is about whites defending non-whites against other whites.
* ZombieAdvocate: Someone (most often a human) defends a monster/alien/etc's rights from ridicules of other humans.
Comes with the implication that people with X trait are more powerful, as well as the implication that people without it are more [[TheEveryman "like us"]] or conversely, CloserToEarth than us.
The smaller and more fantastical of a group X is, the more likely this is to result in divided loyalties. A man who refuses to defend a woman against another man, for instance, is a HeManWomanHater, but a vampire who kills other vampires will certainly have at least a moment's pause about killing vampires to save humans.
Related to TakesOneToKillOne and MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch for one reason why X would bother to defend non-X. May also lead to EnemyMine.
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!Examples
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel''. The CrapsackWorld status quo is humanity having been confined to landmasses, totally at mercy of the Fleet of Fog, the mysterious alienish extremely-sophisticated armed and non-negotiating naval vessels. The protagonists' team agenda may be not about obliteration of the Fog, but its initial voyages are made possible only due to having Iona, functionally a Fog submarine, on their side.
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. The Apostle [[BloodKnight Nosferatu Zodd]] does this several times in the series.
** After fighting Guts and Griffith (impressed by Guts' ability and Griffith having a Behelit) and sparing them, he later shows up to indirectly save a disarmed Guts' life by throwing him a sword from miles away.
** After barely surviving an attack by an Apostle-form Wyald, the Band of the Hawk continues on their way... only to be stopped by the still-living but badly wounded Wyald. He grabs Griffith, demanding that he use his Behelit to save him... and then Zodd shows up to kill Wyald once and for all, since the time for the Eclipse wasn't right.
** Guts and Zodd team up to defend against an Apostle-form Emperor Ganishka. The two part without fighting each other, since Guts' first priority is to get Casca healed and Zodd doesn't want to kill the only human whe enjoys fighting so much.
* ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'' starts with OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent protagonist running into a weird sultry girl (speaking an old dialect and then optionally sprouting cat tail and ears). The girl explains his most recent heritage issues. He's a descendant of Demon Slayer family, and his power [[PubertySuperpower starts to stir now that he's 16]]. A family keepsake, actually an obfuscation charm, has depleted, and now he's a target for all kinds of spirits who may fear or otherwise oppose Demon Slayers. Finally, his ancestor has subdued a feline demon long ago, sparing it in return for servitude of protection, so the girl is here to make good on that promise, and she is a supernatural being herself. She drives off a first assailant even before actual chance to explain all this.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', [[GeneticEngineering Coordinator]] Kira Yamato defends the Naturals on ''[[CoolShip Archangel]]'' against other Coordinators.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ''Franchise/{{Blade}}'' is a dhampir who defends the innocents against other vampires.
*Hawkman and Hawkwoman helped Adam Strange defend Planet Rann from Thanagarians. Because of this, they were branded as traitors and exiled from Thanagar. Which is fine with them since they regard Earth as their home. They also defend humans against their own people during ''The Shadow War'' and ComicBook/{{Invasion}}.
* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' are mutants who defend normal humans (and weaker mutants) from those mutants that want supremacy, although they're also fighting against AbsoluteXenophobe humans themselves.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Films -- Animated]]
* The resourceful young Viking Hiccup captures a Night Fury dragon in Dreamworks' ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', and learns firsthand that dragons are not mindless hostile antagonists, negating everything he'd been taught about them. However, when Hiccup's father Stoick learns that his son has gotten friendly with a dragon, he disowns Hiccup, and seizes the Night Fury with the the intent of using him to locate the hidden stronghold of all dragons.
* ''WesternAnimation/BattleForTerra'' has ace pilot Stewart Stanton lead a recon force against the inhabitants of an alien world. When his craft is downed, an inquisitive alien girl rescues him from certain doom, giving Stanton a chance to see how decent and noble the natives are. Later, when the GeneralRipper unleashes a genocide machine against the aliens, Stanton decides to save the aliens by attacking the deadly device.
* Blue Sky Studio's ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' has Diego the saber-tooth tiger working as a double agent, leading Manfred the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth and Bonebag the human infant to Glacier Pass. However, after being rescued from fiery doom by his companions, Diego undergoes a HeelFaceTurn, and actively defends Manfred from Soto, the ruthless leader of the tigers.
* Small kitten Oliver from Disney's ''Film/OliverAndCompany'' makes an insane leap between speeding vehicles in order to compel TheVillain to loosen his grip on young Jenny Foxworth. Sykes seizes Oliver, and flings him into the back seat, where his vicious dobermans bare their teeth at the hopeless kitten. Suddenly, the mutt Dodger makes the leap into the villain's sedan, willing to tussle with two dobermans to save this plucky kitten.
* * Disney's ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' has European explorer John Smith poised for execution by Chief Powhatan. Smith is believed responsible for the death of the Chief's best warrior, Kocoum. The chief's daughter, Pocahontas, arrives in the nick of time to block the execution. This move is witnessed by Smith's fellow settlers, who note the natives are capable of both mercy and reason.
* Monsters Jimmy Sullivan and Mike Wazowski from Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' go to extraordinary lengths to hide the human toddler Boo from the authorities. It bodes ill when one monster returns from the human world with a mere sock stuck to his fur: a code 23-19 is called which treats the sock like a contaminated bomb. Further, Mike and Sully rescue Boo from the clutches of TheDragon in his MadScientistLaboratory.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Films - Live Action]]
* In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', the protagonist and several others DefectorFromDecadence allies team up to protect Pandora from the U.S. military. His commander [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by essentially calling him a CategoryTraitor.
* In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Clark has to protect Smallville from invading Kryptonians.
* The Creator/StevenSpielberg film ''Film/SchindlersList'' chronicles how a German industrialist picked about 200 Jews marked for relocation to work in his factory. This started out as mere slave labor, but when these Jews consistently did good work to avoid being sent to east to the death camps, Oskar Schindler took to protecting them from his Nazi countrymen.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Literature]]
*In ''Literature/{{Congo}}'', Amy the domesticated gorilla defends the expedition from hordes of wild {{KillerGorilla}}s. She doesn't physically fight them. Instead, she deciphers the wild gorillas' language, and helps record an audio message instructing them to leave the humans alone. This message winds up being a more effective deterrent than guns or electric fences.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
** [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] and [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarfs]] who join the Ankh-Morpork City Watch tend to find themselves in this position due to the [[ElvesVersusDwarves ancestral hatred]] between the two species, and the fact that [[TheRealHeroes as Watchmen they have to intervene]].
-->'''Lance-Constable Detritus:''' Hah, I been a man only hardly any time, and already I fed up with you stupid trolls!
** In ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', Vimes must solve a goblin girl's murder and save the remnants of her tribe from the bigotry and exploitation of his fellow humans.
*In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', it's mentioned that several wizards have cast protective charms over nearby Muggles' houses to help protect them from Death Eaters.
* In ''Literature/TheZombieKnight'', the Vanguard is composed of [[CameBackStrong reaper servants]] who defend the world against the murderous [[OmnicidalManiac Abolish]] servants, as well as [[YourSoulIsMine aberrations]] and whatever other horrors Abolish comes up with.
* In ''{{Literature/Sunshine}}'', Con is a good vampire helping the titular character against bad vampires who want to kill them both.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' we see a Nietzschean captain on the bridge of a High Guard ship during the Commonwealth-Nietzschean war. He disagrees with the Nietzschean politics and decisions which led to them declaring war on Commonwealth, stating that the Nietzscheans need the Commonwealth in order to survive as a species.
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** Angel defends civilians against other vampires, among other things.
** Former vampire hunter Gunn finds himself in the uncomfortable position of standing between his former friends and the demons they've taken to hunting for sport, [[VanHelsingHateCrimes some of whom are harmless and nonviolent.]]
*Rusty, the damaged Dalek from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E2IntoTheDalek Into the Dalek]]'' is this trope mixed with PredatorTurnedProtector. Being repaired by the Twelfth Doctor, he also shown him the life itself and he finally decided to choose life and goes against his own race and being the protector of life, being more known as a "good" Dalek.
* ''Series/TheFlash'' features the eponymous metahuman hero protecting the city against other metahumans.
* A major motif in the Franchise/KamenRider franchise is that the Hero often draws his powers from the BigBad or the same source that the BigBad uses. In a few cases, the Hero might be the villains failed attempt at a MonsterOfTheWeek.
* Monroe and Rosalee help Nick carry out his ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' duties and protect the city against rogue wessen.
* {{SuperGirl}} and MartianManhunter routinely have to protect National City from villains from rogue Kryptonians and other species of Martians.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}} regularly has the brothers allied with rogue members of particular species. Ruby kills demons to protect Sam, Benny kills vampires and other monsters to protect Dean, and [[spoiler:Jack]] and Castiel routinely kill angels to protect both Winchesters.
* While SuperSentai and PowerRangers has its share of Evil SixthRanger arcs that are resolved by a HeelFaceTurn, special mention has to go to Akira Nijino from Ressa Sentai Toqger, who was effectively a monster of the week who became a DefectorFromDecadence from the Shadow Line prior to the series start and worked as a maintenance worker for the Rainbow Line prior to becoming the SixthRanger. This is the first time that someone who willing worked for the bad guys became a Ranger (all other cases were either misinformed or brainwashed).
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mythology]]
* In the myths about the Trojan War, we often see some of the gods trying to protect the mortals from the actions of other gods.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tabletop Games]]
* Tends to happen in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'' due to every faction being at war with the other. One CiaphasCain novel has the summoning of a Slaaneshi daemon interrupted by Khornate warriors (since both gods hate each other), and Cain is all too happy to let the superhuman butchers take out the cultists since he has his own secret weapon against daemons.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' has half-demon Dante not only defending humans against demons but also against his own brother.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX''. the Maverick Hunters are a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Reploid]] military agency that is tasked with defending humanity against renegade/"Maverick" Reploids.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' has several members who have to turn against their own species for the good of the galaxy.
** Jacob, Miranda, and Shepard all turn against Cerberus when it becomes clear they're {{brainwashed}} extremist who kill in the name of humanity but are actually carrying out the will of the Reapers.
** Legion helps Tali and Shepard make headway in their battle against the feared Geth.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Real Life]]
* Forest officers defend the wildlife against illegal lumberjacks and hunters.
* The normal justification of soldiers is to defend civilians against other soldiers.
[[/folder]]
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