History Main / GuardianAngel

* ''Anime/ChildOfKamiariMonth'': Shiro is a celestial being sent to guide and protect Kanna on her quest, and possesses a white rabbit that Kanna had enjoyed looking after. She is initially antagonistic to Yasha, who is an {{oni}} demon trying to usurp the quest from Kanna, though once they both mellow out they become allies.

* Some of the angels in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' are supposed to be this. Prophets specifically are said to be guarded by Archangels, who can kick the ass of any being- mortal, demon, or otherwise- who threatens their designated Prophet.

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* Sakura's mother in ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' has become one and is sometimes seen by Touya.
* ''ChildOfKamiariMonth'': Shiro is a celestial being sent to guide and protect Kanna on her quest, and possesses a white rabbit that Kanna had enjoyed looking after. She is initially antagonistic to Yasha, who is an {{oni}} demon trying to usurp the quest from Kanna, though once they both mellow out they become allies.

* ''Literature/ImTheEvilLordOfAnIntergalacticEmpire'': Liam's dog from his [[ReincarnateInAnotherWorld past life]] occasionally appears to lead him around, foiling the schemes of the TricksterGod known as The Guide. This follows the Japanese superstition that the UndyingLoyalty of dogs follows them past the grave.

* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': In ''ComicBook/Daredevil2022'', Robert Goldman reveals that he’s not a normal human and describes himself as Matt’s Guardian Angel. But, unfortunately, not Kirsten's.
* ''ComicBook/PS238'': Having one of these is Guardian Angel's power. It does things such as prevent security systems from picking her up, stopping a sentient cloud of nanites from possessing her, [[MundaneUtility protecting her from the rain]], [[BlessedWithSuck preventing anyone from delivering life saving treatment to her after it was temporarily shut off and preventing her moving on to the afterlife until she was resurrected by a classmate with healing powers]].
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': In ''ComicBook/JLA1997'', Zauriel was a Guardian Angel who got ''too'' close to the woman he was watching over.

** ''ComicBook/SupergirlWings'' is an Creator/{{Elseworlds}} reinterpretating Supergirl as an actual angel watching over a troubled teenager.

* In ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'' Samantha's grandmother is eventually promoted to guardian angel in order to look after the Mars mission. She got the job because Samantha's the commander of it. (Fun fact, her wings are actually made with dinosaur feathers.)
-->"Even if the afterlife, promotions are all about 'who you know'."
%%Needs Context:* A recurring theme in ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus''.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Rhino's role in the series is revealed to be that of a guardian angel. Lampshaded by him in "The Gift," even referring to the movie ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' in the process. He was a fully-evolved soul in Nirvana who decided it would be fun to return to earth as a volunteer, assuring that Bolt and Mittens successfully achieve soulmate status.

* Clarence, the angel from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''. His task in the film is to convince the protagonist not to commit suicide by showing him [[ItsAWonderfulPlot how worse off the world would be if he didn't exist.]]
%% Needs context%% * The angels of ''AngelsInTheOutfield'' are a somewhat different version than the standard Guardian Angel but they are examples of them.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample %% * One appears at the end of ''Film/WhatWomenWant''

* ''Tales From The Whoop: Hot Rod Brown, Class Clown'' (1990 TV movie): [[MeaningfulName Angela Gabriel]], played by Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, has been Guardian Angel to numerous historical figures, including UsefulNotes/{{Tutankhamun}}, Creator/{{Michelangelo|Buonarroti}} and UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria, although her career was somewhat stymied after her last assignment -- UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt -- sent her to negotiate with Emperor Hirohito, and [[MyGreatestFailure she failed to prevent the Pearl Harbor bombing]]. As a result, her latest job is... to help the titular ClassClown pass history, despite his lack of belief in himself and the fact that his snooty teacher hates him. (To be fair, he is destined to make a major contribution to the world in the future -- but only if he graduates.)

* Sookie's FairyGodmother was studying up to be promoted to Guardian Angel in ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries''.

* In Creator/GeneStrattonPorter's ''{{Literature/Freckles}}'', after Freckles has let slip that he thinks she's an angel, he gives her food and she argues that he's her guardian angel.
* In ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'', Joshua becomes Dora's Guardian Angel after saving her life and attaining [[GodMode Glory State]] in the process. As they're best friends and she helps him as much as he helps her, neither minds much.
* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', Azaraphale reacts with some horror to the suggestion that he is a random human's ''Gros Bon Ange''. [[note]]French: "guardian angel"[[/note]].
--> I say, that's a bit ''personal'', isn't it?
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has several Guardian Angels standing about. They are very restricted in how they can act. Like all angels in the series, they must permit Free Will to take precedence. This means if a supernatural threat attacks those mortals under their protection, the angels can stop them cold. If a stupid kid with a gun comes against them, the mortal must defend himself from harm. One named one is called Amitiel and he stands guard protecting an office in a sort of Chicago Between, where the souls of good men who don't feel ready in Moving On have taken up continuing to fight the forces of darkness. Harry once tried using his Sight, which allows him to see the True Form of a thing and would strip away any veils or masks, on just the gun Amitiel bore at his side. All he saw was it change into a silvery sword before the guardian angel stopped Harry with a word, telling him it would hurt Harry to see that.
* In ''Literature/DerMuenchnerImHimmel'', angel Aloisius is sent back to his former hometown of UsefulNotes/{{Munich}} to be a divine counselor to the Bavarian Secretary of Church and Education (in the original ShortStory) or to the entire Bavarian government (in the animated short). The main reason for this is because God has realized that Aloisius, as to be actually expected from someone from Munich, isn't made for chanting cheerfully while never getting to drink beer anymore. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that it's the latter what Aloisius does instead after his arrival in Munich.

** More generally the "Whitelighters" fill a very similar role, although they are deceased humans, not angels. The sisters' Whitelighter watches over and helps them as a force of good and connection to the BigGood in the sky (i.e. {{God}}).
** Things get confusing later when ''actual'' Guardian Angels appear. Unlike Whitelighters, everyone has one, and people never see them--they just subtly affect your actions to keep you safe from things ranging from demons to accidentally dropping stuff.
* ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' sort of does this, as does ''Series/HighwayToHeaven''.
* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' episode "It's a Wonderful Leap:" a woman claims she is Sam's guardian angel, and is there to help him help the person he leapt into. She can see Al, who is InvisibleToNormals.

* Some of the angels in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' were supposed to be this. Prophets specifically are said to be guarded by Archangels, who can kick the ass of any being- mortal, demon, or otherwise- who threatens their designated Prophet.
* The Latinoamerican [[SoapOpera Telenovela]] ''Un Angel Llamado Azul'' (An Angel Called Blue) was about a little girl's guardian angel who falls in love with her teacher.
* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' "It's a Bundy-ful Life", a Guardian Angel shows up to help Al. When he actually meets Al in person (who confirms that he's the person the angel needs to help), the angel unleashes a BigNo and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens rants angrily at God for giving him this horrible assignment (and to stop playing videogames)]]. He tells Al that he thought he was supposed to save a ''human'' soul.
* The '60s FantasticComedy ''The Smothers Brothers Show'' featured Tommy Smothers as Guardian Angel to his brother Dick.

* In Music/PoetsOfTheFall's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGWBGFZcKGE&index=11&list=PLjACqN5i5sDWoCTXHzphV5EZtNqPEmYaP Nothing Stays the Same]]," the singer compares the listener to an angel who stays by him through his moments of weakness and rumination.
* The titular character in the song "Camouflage" by Stan Ridgway (also covered by Music/{{Sabaton}} on their album ''The Last Stand''). The song is sung from the viewpoint of a young P.F.C. (Private first class) of the [[SemperFi United States Marine Corps]] during the UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Alone in the jungle, he fears for his life when, unexpectedly, a "big marine" comes to his rescue introducing himself as "Camouflage". The two fight together through the course of a night making their way back to base, during which the PFC notices that Camouflage is unaffected by bullets and is capable of superhuman feats. Camouflage leaves the PFC after leading him to the edge of his camp. [[spoiler:On his return, the PFC is informed that Camouflage has been on his death bed for the past week and died the previous night, his last wish being "to save a young marine".]]

* Music/ClamaviDeProfundis' song "[[Music/{{Chieftain}} Hidden Helper]]" expresses a young girl's desire to understand her divine protector, and holding on to the hope/belief that such a Helper exists in spite of trying times.

* In the opera ''Hansel and Gretel'', the children's evening prayer sings of fourteen angels watching over them as they sleep. These fourteen appear in the ensuing DreamBallet.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': [[https://scryfall.com/card/m15/3/avacyn-guardian-angel Avacyn]] was created by the planeswalker Sorin Markov to be a guardian angel for the people of his home plane, Innistrad. Unfortunately, after [[https://scryfall.com/card/ima/11/avacyn-angel-of-hope Avacyn broke free of the Helvault]], the EldritchAbomination [[spoiler:Emrakul]] drove her to madness, causing her to become the KnightTemplar [[https://scryfall.com/card/soi/5/archangel-avacyn-avacyn-the-purifier?back Avacyn the Purifier]]. [[https://scryfall.com/card/soi/242/anguished-unmaking Sorin Markov was eventually forced to put an end to her]], as she had become a threat that couldn't be ignored any longer.

* ''VisualNovel/AkaiIto'': Yumei-san, of the dead-person variety. Saying that she's angelic would be a massive understatement. Look for IncorruptiblePurePureness in the ''Akai Ito'' page for details.

* ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage'' has the Guardian Angels, who act as Har's bodyguards.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sorcery101}}'', Sorcerers who are demon-hunters have angels who watch over them and guide them but aren't allowed to interfere much. Cal in particular was Ally and her family's angel.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' Cassiel has decided to assume this role towards Eponine, trouble is Cassiel is not that competent about it.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Nanase gets a spell with this as its name which [[spoiler:transforms her into the form of an angel and gives her the abilities needed to protect Ellen from Abraham]].
* In ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', by the time of the climactic Battle of London, [[spoiler: Literature/JeevesAndWooster have been guardian angels for years, Bertie takes Sir Penwood as an apprentice one (necessary because they needed all the guardian angels they could get), and, in an IronicHell, Father Maxwell became one of these as 'community service' to get out of going to hell, but he has to protect Protestants-namely, Integra's dhampyr son.]]
* In ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', [[http://dragon-mango.com/comic/chapter03/dm03-02.htm her inexplicable survival makes Mango say she must have one.]]
* In ''Webcomic/BeyondTheEnd'', Multiple angels serve as End's guardian angel while he is in Purgatory, trying to protect him from Michael's wrath. Primarily, Gabriel and Uriel fill this role.

* ''WesternAnimation/AngelsFriends'' revolves round this trope. Most of the main characters are guardian angels, and most of the rest are devils sent to entice their charges to evil.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' did an episode where Quinn was convinced she had one.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Heathcliff}}'' had a guardian angel that, in one episode, kept hitting him with the halo.
* ''WesternAnimation/IceMerchants'': A father and son live in a cabin precariously hanging from the side of a glacier, but the mother is a MissingMom. The climax indicates that she may be this. With the house about to come loose and send the father and son plunging to their deaths, the father takes the boy and jumps--and they go ''up''. A woman who is presumably the mother appears, embracing them both. Then father and son are shown both alive, having landed on the giant pile of their lost hats.
* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' had one in [[ItsAWonderfulPlot "Johnny's Guardian Angel"]].
* ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'':
** The WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester]] short "WesternAnimation/ScaredyCat", where the starring characters move into a new house overrun with [[AMischiefOfMice murderous mice]], who've recently [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] the previous homeowners' cat, and possibly the owners themselves. After Sylvester flees the house when he sees the mice taking Porky away to give him the same treatment, his guardian angel appears to chew him out for his cowardice and convince him to go back into the house to fight back against the mice and save his master.
* ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime'': Johnny Appleseed has a guardian angel resembling a bearded old man wearing deerskin clothing and a raccoon hat.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "Chuckie's Wonderful Life", Chuckie had one showing him what life would be like if he wasn't born.
* Kenny from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''[[spoiler:, as his alter ego Mysterion,]] acted as a guardian angel to his younger sister Karen in the episode ''The Poor Kid''.