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[[caption-width-right:300:[[{{Comicbook/Cable}} Get away from her, you]] '''[[MemeticMutation BASTARDS]]'''!]]

---> '''Homer Hickam, Sr:''' Now you listen to me you drunken son of a bitch. If that boy's father were still alive, he'd kick your ass. So I'm gonna have to do it for him. If I see him with a bruise... you get a scar. If I see him with a limp... you get * crutches* ! Do you hear me? Do you hear me?

* ColonelBadass Ahnuld from ''{{Commando}}'' acts pretty unassumingly in civil life, but when the villains kidnap his pre-teen daughter...
** Whenever ArnoldSchwarzenegger plays a father in any of his action flicks, expect some ''serious'' PapaWolf action to go down if the bad guys mess with his kids. Case in point: ''TrueLies'' -- when the BigBad kidnaps Harry Tasker's daughter, Harry goes after him with a fucking ''Harrier jet fighter.'' And sends the BigBad on a missile ride.
*** Arnie plays a mild-mannered ex-military helicopter pilot (who takes skiers up mountains) in ''TheSixthDay''. He fails to die on schedule, and the company responsible kidnaps his wife and daughter to try to force his compliance. Then he and his clone (yes, it's that kind of movie, and why he was supposed to be dead) destroy the company [[MacGyver with a tin of aluminum oxide]] ''[[MacGyver and one pistol between them.]]'' If you can't say MadeOfAwesome, I'll do it for you.
** He doesn't even ''need'' to play a father, just to have [[TeamDad a character who's got to take care of children or teens]]. ''KindergartenCop'' has a particularly emotional scene where his character, a police detective posing as a [[BadassTeacher a school teacher]], dishes out a brutal beating to an abusive father of an emotionally damaged student. "You hit the kid, I hit ''you''," indeed.
* Liam Neeson's [[RetiredBadass Ex-Special-Forces commander Bryan]] of the film ''{{Taken}}'' shows the organization that kidnapped his daughter the exact reason why you don't screw around with an ex-CIA operative's kids. In a particularly brutal example of this trope, he is willing to go as far as threaten to kill a villain's innocent wife (and wing her with a bullet) to save his daughter from being sold into prostitution.

* Woe betide anyone [[TooDumbToLive stupid enough]] to try and harm {{Godzilla}}'s son. Not even a GiantSpider can get away with it. There's a reason that one film is called ''Godzilla's Revenge''. Unfortunately, [[SoBadItsHorrible it's the audience]] who suffer.
** This is especially evident in the film ''Godzilla VS Destoroyah'' in which the death of his son, killed by Destoroyah himself, caused Godzilla to go into a [[UnstoppableRage emotional ragefest]] and attack Destoroyah out of pure unrestrained fury.
*** Destroyah is also the single most powerful enemy in the entire series bar none, battling the King of Monsters to a standstill even when his power was at 150% overload. Killing Jr. pissed Godzilla off so hard that he actually forced the Ax-Crazy Destroyah, who till this pont had done nothing but viciously attack almost single-mindedly, into a retreat!
** Likewise, there's the American ''{{Godzilla}}'' who is both a Papa Wolf AND Mama Bear (don't ask).
* Another example: KingKong in the 2005 remake behaves like this whenever he's protecting Anne Darrow, who's tiny and vulnerable enough to bring out the big fellow's Papa Silverback side.
* Big Chris in ''LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels''. Made the mistake of threatening his son, Little Chris? Big Chris is just about to have another CrowningMomentOfAwesome with a car door.
* JohnWayne spends the majority of ''BigJake'' tracking down and in the end blasting seven hells out of a bunch of bandits who kidnapped his grandson. ''[[BadassGrandpa Grandpa Wolf]]'', indeed.
* Tommy Lee Jones also played a Grandpa Wolf in ''The Missing''. He was a DisappearedDad and Grandpa hoping to try getting his family's forgiveness... and arrived back home just in time to learn that his eldest granddaughter has been kidnapped. So when his daughter (played by Cate Blanchett) went MamaBear to get her girl back, he decided he wouldn't be less and joined her cause. [[spoiler:So much that he defeated the BigBad via TakingYouWithMe, [[HeroicSacrifice killing himself]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath in the process]].]]
* [[StarWars Darth Vader]], of all people, arguably has his own Papa Wolf moments. First, the Emperor trying to fry his son Luke is what turns him back from TheDarkSide. Then, in the ExpandedUniverse, there's ShadowsOfTheEmpire, where his rival, Prince Xizor, holds a (somewhat justified) grudge against Vader and decides to try to kill Luke. Vader eventually responds by blowing the Prince's personal space station to little tiny bits. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat With Xizor in it]].
* Benjamin Martin in ''The Patriot'' is firmly against a war for independence and submissive towards the over-the-top villain...until his farm is burned down, one of his sons is killed, and another is arrested and taken away to be hanged. Then he goes after the Redcoats with muskets and hatchets...
* Harrison Ford in pretty much every movie that he's been in that wasn't [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9GwtRsOYSI Indiana Jones or Star Wars]]
** As quoted above, ''Temple of Doom'' begs to differ. Why was he captured by the villains? Because he wanted to protect a helpless child from ''being whipped to death'', not to mention proceeding to fight ''the '''entire''' villain's army'' to free the hundreds of slave children, and giving up the mystical stones that would have made him a millionaire so the village they return to would be one filled with life and hope. Easily the '''single''' most heroic Papa Wolf performance for Harrison Ford.

** Spoofed in FamilyGuy with the movie "Harrison Ford Telling Random People He Wants His Family Back."
** Don't forget what pushed him into agreeing to help look for the Grail (though, given what happens [[TheMole with the man who gives him the news]], he might not necessarily have had a choice) - finding his dad. He was willing to put a guy through a ship's propeller, and if the man wasn't a soft-core KnightTemplar...
*** Does this make the actual Knight Templar at the end of the movie a metaphor?
* The movie ''Orca'' has a Papa Wolf of a titular killer whale, seeking bloody vengeance against the man who killed his mate and calf.
** [[ScienceMarchesOn What's now known]] of orca social behavior makes this unlikely to be a literal example of this trope. A ''son'' retaliating for the death of its ''mother'', now...
* The premise of ''TheLastHouseOnTheLeft'' is about a group of people who get trapped inside a house with a PapaWolf and a MamaBear after they brutalize and rape the couple's daughter. Three guesses as to what happens next.
* While not actually the child's father, John "Creasy Bear" Creasy (Denzel Washington) in the movie ''[[{{Film/ManOnFire}} Man on Fire]]'' is a spectacular example of a Papa Wolf. As a bodyguard for Lupita ([[TheOjou a rich businessman's precocious daughter]]) in Mexico City, John doesn't let multiple gunshot wounds stop him from tearing through a powerful kidnapping-cartel's chain of command until finally he catches the mastermind's brother and estranged wife. When the "Voice" starts trying to bargain his way out of John's vengeance, John interrupts him to say, "Your brother wants to speak to you" and then blows off the man's hand with a shotgun. It's implied that he would move on from there to the rest of the Voice's family, including his pregnant wife, and worse: [[spoiler:"I will take your family apart, piece by piece. Do you hear me? PIECE BY PIECE!"]]
** [[AdaptationDisplacement In the novel]], it's worse: [[spoiler:Since the girl who is under his custody is dead [[HarmfulToMinors (details]] [[{{Squick}} aside)]] he ended up ''OFFING THE WHOLE MAFIOSO ORGANIZATION''.]]
* Most of the time [[RepoTheGeneticOpera Nathan Wallace]] is an OverprotectiveDad, but when he's in [[PsychoForHire Repo Man]] mode he flips to PapaWolf.
* The daddy T-rex in ''JurassicPark 2''. Teamed up with his Mama Bear to shove two connected RV's off a cliff after their hatchling was taken. Of course, being a T-rex, he was already a badass.
* John [=McClane=] in ''DieHard 4'' - After he gets involved in the terrorists' Scheme, the BigBad decides to kidnap his daughter Lucy to try to control John. [[{{Understatement}} Big mistake]].
* In SupermanReturns, Lois Lane's otherwise [[RomanticRunnerUp uninteresting]] and mildly dickish fiance Richard White [[CharacterDevelopment gets a lot more likeable]] when he appears in his sea plane to save Lois and young Jason from a sinking ship in what doubles as his CrowningMomentOfAwesome:

** Ironically, Superman never really gets to play the part of Papa Wolf in the movie, even though [[spoiler:Jason is his son]].
* Though it's too little and too late to do any good, [[spoiler:Will's father Bootstrap Bill Turner]] in ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' snaps out of his brainwashing, and attacks Davy Jones in a moment of Papa Wolf fury.

* ''Lone Wolf [=McQuade=]'': You can beat him, shoot him, bury him alive, and even shoot his dog and maybe survive, but if you hurt his daughter, you will open the whole can of ChuckNorris whoopass.
** Note that the badguy who gets his ass kicked is played by David Carradine. If he couldn't stop Chuck, what chance would anyone else have? Likely something involving a 13 digit negative number.
* Chingachgook, from ''Last of the Mohicans''. The final few minutes proving forever that the worst thing you could do is dare to harm his son.
* Sirius Black gets a moment in the fifth ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter]]'' film:

* ''Death Sentence'' is a very cynical take on Papa Wolf-hood. When Nick Hume's older son gets killed by a gang member and he learns that the gang member will only receive a few years in jail, he forces the case to be dropped so that he can kill the bad guy himself. In doing so, he is forced to kill another member of that gang. However, the gang's head doesn't take kindly to this and swears vengeance on Nick's family. Nick being an ActionSurvivor rather than a hardened {{Badass}}, he fails to stop the gang. Though [[spoiler:his younger son survives and]] he gets back at the gang successfully, it's quite clearly shown that Nick ends up far from the man he used to be. Not all positively.
* Marlin in ''FindingNemo'', because how many fish do you know would risk life and death across an entire ocean that is infamous for some of the most POISONOUS and DANGEROUSLY VICIOUS creatures of the sea, to find his son? He's not even a shark, he's a goddamn clownfish.
* ''Cradle 2 The Grave'':

* [[spoiler:Dr. Tenma]] in the 2009 AstroBoy film. After he [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn accepts Astro for who he is]], it's made clear that he's willing to face the military, its angry Commander in Chief, and its scary indestructible robot to protect his boy. Makes you wonder what would happen if you threatened Astro while there was a chance Dad might get his hands on you.]]
* Parodied in ''LastActionHero'', where the movie from which Arnold's cop character is lifted includes a face-off with the BigBad who abducted his kid.
* In ''{{Film/Tank}}'', you can cross CSM Zack Carey all you like, and he will calmly accept it. However, if you harm a kid, he will [[{{Understatement}} come down on you like a ton of]] [[TankGoodness bricks.]]
* Pops from ''Film/SpeedRacer'' puts his Greco-Roman [[WrestlerInAllOfUs wrestling]] skills to work while protecting his family from [[strike:ninjas]] ''non''-jas.
* ''ComingToAmerica'' provides a nonviolent example in Cleo [=McDowell=], an amiable and slightly BumblingDad who's eager to marry his daughter Lisa off to a rich boy. He's therefore over the moon when he discovers her suitor [[KingIncognito Akeem is actually a prince]]. But when Akeem's father King Jaffe upsets Lisa, [=McDowell=] drops the bumbling act and angrily threatens to "break a foot off in your royal ass."
* Universal's 1934 movie TheBlackCat gives us Dr. Vitus Werdegast (as played by BelaLugosi), who takes revenge [[spoiler:on Poelzig for killing his daughter (among other things, but that was what sent him over the edge). by ''skinning the man alive on his own embalming rack''. And what's worse is that only a few moments earlier, he had been given hope that his daughter was actually alive after thinking that she had been dead since he's been sent to the prison camp.]]
* A strange case in TheWolfMan (2010). When Anthony Hopkins shoots on those who want to catch his son, he is a PapaWolf. [[spoiler:But later he tries to kill Lawrence. And he already killed his brother. And he ''is'' a werewolf.]]

* In ''{{Back to the Future}} II'', Marty gets chased out of the "dark 1985" version of his house by a baseball bat-wielding PapaWolf, who is enraged to find Marty in what, in the altered timeline, is the bedroom of the Papa Wolf's young daughters.
* An unusual although understandable example would be Walt from ''GranTorino'', who is PapaWolf toward his neighbors once he gets over some racial tension, but not toward his "own spoiled-rotten family" who treat him more like an invalid than a worthwhile individual.
* The male T-Rex from [[JurassicPark The Lost World]]. He will brutalize San Diego just to find it's baby. It doesn't help that he was high on amphetamines.
* TheProfessional: Léon to Mathilda. He literally throws away his life for her.

* Coach Jones of ''Radio'' becomes this on several occasions for Radio. In one instance, he slammed the JerkJock that tricked Radio to enter the girls' locker room into the trophy case display, after the eye-opening words of, "Son, it's times like these I wish I wasn't a teacher so I could do what I really want to do to you."
* In {{Terminator}} 2, the T-800 is reprogrammed by John Conner to be this to his past self. John's mother even remarks on it.

* Woe betide whoever dares to abduct [[StephenKing Popsy's]] grandson.
* ConanTheBarbarian: Although being mostly an AntiHero he won't hesitate to shed blood to save his family from any danger.
* [[JungleBook Akela]], who acts as a father for Mowgli despite not necessarily his adoptive father. And is a literal wolf.
** [[BigGuy Baloo]] and [[BadAss Bagheera]], too (despite being a bear and a black panther, respectively). Akela stood up for him when he was brought to the pack as an infant (after [[MamaBear Raksha]] saved him from Shere Khan), Bagheera bought his life and protected him ever since, and Baloo taught him the ways of the Jungle - and when he's kidnapped by the monkeys, they join with [[OldMaster Kaa]] to make it a day and a night the poo-flinging rabble will not live to regret...
** In the anime [[AdaptationDistillation Jungle Book: Shounen Mowgli]], Mowgli was adopted by the wolf pack's alpha named Alexander, son of Akela. He actually looks calm, friendly and humble, but he showed his ferocity when his pack is threatened. [[spoiler:He died in the end, with Akela taking up the role as the leader]].
*** And of course we don't have to go through Baloo of the [[Disney/TheJungleBook Disney adaption]], who is arguably good exception for naming the trope "Papa Bear".
* ''Mists of Everness'' by JohnCWright: [[BadassNormal Peter Waylock]]. Don't harm his son. Don't harm his son and pretend innocence. And don't beg for mercy, because Peter Waylock is a PersonOfMassDestruction and [[TranquilFury you won't get any.]]
* The father in Cormac [=McCarthy's=] ''The Road'' is exclusively defined as his role as this.
* Sam Vimes in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}!''. [[ThisIsSPARTA THAT! IS!! NOT!!! MY!!!! COW!!!!!]]
** Sergeant Jackrum from the earlier book ''MonstrousRegiment'' is [[spoiler:not]] an example, being AFatherToHisMen who regularly kills, injures, or otherwise incapacitates anyone stupid enough to threaten one of his Little Lads. [[spoiler:Until we find out that he's actually a she, masquerading as a male soldier for longer than she actually remembers.]]
** Subverted in ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'', in which the late King Verence ''tries'' to charge ferociously to the rescue of his son, but is balked because he's now a ghost and can't leave the castle.
* An OlderThanRadio example comes from Hector Malot's ''Sans Famille''. The travelling musician Vitalis practically purchased lead character Remi Barberin as his apprentice, but he genuinely cared for the boy and became his [[OldMaster mentor and example]]. His "Papa Wolf" side shows more strongly when [[spoiler:he discovers that the old man whom he was going to ask to look out for Remi in the winter actually abuses his protegés and forces them to steal for him]], and later when [[spoiler:he protects Remi from dying in a snowstorm... in a HeroicSacrifice]]. And he was also hinted to be one in his first apparition, when he "buys" Remi... after giving a verbal beatdown to the poor kid's [[AbusiveParents abusive and drunkard stepfather]], Jérome Barberin.
* Individual names are not given but in Harry Turtledove's ''Worldwar Tetralogy'', the Alien Fleetlord is amazed at reports of suicidal Tosevite (read: Human) attacks by both genders on his forces. Its stated that the few humans that actually survive indicate their actions are because of harm done to a Mate or Hatchling by his forces
* [[AmeliaPeabody Dr. Radcliffe Emerson]], Egyptologist-detective husband of Amelia Peabody, who is always short-tempered and becomes absolutely volcanic at any threat to his family. Since he is regularly described by his narrator-wife as "Herculean" in build, the results are impressive. For that matter, his son Ramses inherits this trait. Guess what? Their wives are definite [[MamaBear Mama Bears]]; it's a close-knit family.

** Not to mention that we have yet to see his reaction [[spoiler:to the latest atempt by Mesa to kill one of his daughters.]] The foreshadowing in At All Cost might give some clues.
** And don't forget Anton's best buddy Victor Cachat and Victor's mentor Kevin Usher, [[spoiler:who got off their asses and did something about the corupt Havenite ambasador, because of Zilwicki's daughter kidnapping.]] Honor herself [[MamaBear has her moments -- the surest way to get her to kill you, is to mess with somebody in her care]]. In fact the whole series is full of Papa Wolf and MamaBear moments, from the lowly Aubrey Wanderman to the Queen herself, to the whole nation of Grayson which are all, 2 billion of them, a bunch of Papa Wolves.
** Also don't forget Nimitz. He may be a RidiculouslyCuteCritter most of the time, charming people's socks off to glom some more celery, but if anyone harboring murderous intent gets within spitting distance of Honor, he'll instantly transform into a six-legged, self-propelled chainsaw with absolutely no mercy. (He's also [[OlderThanTheyLook probably older than Honor's father]], so he qualifies under the "Papa" portion of the trope as well.)
*** And treecats as a whole can be this when one of their own is threatened. Bear in mind that one NotSoHarmless treecat outnumbers six gunmen; when a hexapuma, an apex predator from the treecats' homeworld, corners one 'cat and the human he'd adopted, his clan's answer to his [[GondorCallsForAid distress call]] is a ZergRush which turns that predator into hamburger. In ''Mission of Honor'', [[spoiler:the [[BigBad Mesan Alignment]] kills an entire treecat ''clan'' via a ColonyDrop. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge The other treecat clans are strongly hinting they want in on the counterattack.]] ]]
* In Perry Moore's ''Hero'', Hal Creed, a 100% normal (granted of the [[BadassNormal badass variety]]) Human, beats the shit out of a Superman expy for threating his son.
* Burrich in both {{Farseer}} and {{Tawny Man}} trilogies. Just how awesome can a grumpy old man be? [[spoiler:Trek across a glacier and kill a deranged stone dragon for the adopted son who let you think he was dead for 15 years, that's how awesome.]]
* RaptorRed's consort pulls a Papa Wolf to save one of Raptor Red's nieces from an acrocanthosaur. He has mixed feelings about doing so: he gets several cracked ribs, the chick isn't related to him, and Raptor Red didn't even see his heroic actions. It does, at least, mend his relations with Raptor Red's sister for a time.
* Most David Eddings characters fall into this at some point: if you go after their wives, kids, fiancees, or friends, they begin throwing around phrases like "boiling oil", "wring him out until his hair bleeds", and "kill him just a little bit." Then they catch you. Then you discover this was them ''being nice''.
** This trope applies especially to Belgarath. He not only has a few Wolf-themed nicknames, but also likes to turn into a wolf whenever he has the chance, and is even married to one. It works especially well because most of the time he prefers to give off the impression of a lazy drunken hobo. Barak on the other hand is scary enough in his normal form, but whenever Garion's life is threatened, goes into a berzerker rage and [[EverythingsWorseWithBears turns into a bear]].
*** Belgarath certainly qualifies, particularly given the following exchange [[spoiler:after Chamdar/Asharak the Murgo has killed - by burning them alive inside a stone house - Geran and Ildera, the parents of Garion and both of whom were much loved by both Belgarath and his daughter Polgara. Who are also two, it must be said, of the most powerful beings currently walking the earth]]:

* Polgara says herself that Asharak likely crawled under a rock someplace deep and dark and very well-hidden to hide, solely to escape from the wrath of her vengeful father. A man who, it must be said, is considered by Asharak and his people to be the equivalent of the Devil. Skilled Angarak sorcerers are terrified of being within fifty miles of facing him, and she has also admitted that his power is one of the only things in the world that has held the Angaraks back from just overrunning the west with sheer numbers. Not the sort of Papa Wolf you want chasing after you with a single-minded purpose so strong that he can literally ignore rest, food, and the other necessities of "mere mortals" for weeks or even months at a time.
** As Polgara once put it: ''He has his faults, but once he gets down to business, he's [[ImplacableMan as inexorable as the tides.]]
** Eddings seems quite fond of these graphic descriptions. As pointed out by Xanetia in the Tamuli, after [[spoiler:Zalasta, former advisor and supposed ally, reveals that he has been working for the Big Bad Cyrgon since before the start of the series itself. And he has been deceiving and betraying Sephrenia, TeamMom and beloved by all the characters, for that same length of time, all in the hopes of killing the goddess she worships -- also Sephrenia's younger sister via reincarnation - and possessing her out of lust. Boiling oil, hooks (nice long ones with sharp barbs on them) and their like are mentioned by several of the main characters. The quite civilised and cultured Sarabian is somewhat unnerved, asking them all if they have to be so graphic. He is told in no uncertain terms]]:

* In ''DresdenFiles'', although Harry is grown, and was his apprentice for only two years, Ebenezar McCoy is capable of this on occasion. In ''Summer Knight'', he is so indignant that Harry is to carry out Mab's request without even knowing it that it takes Harry two tries to get through that, yes, he does know it. [[spoiler:And he dropped a Russian satellite on the headquarters of a vampire who had threatened and fought with Harry.]]
** Eb's reaction is explained in the novel ''Changes'': [[spoiler: Ebenezar is Harry's maternal grandfather.]]
** What about Michael? He's a sword wielding knight of God. He has a daughter who is [[spoiler: about to be executed by the White Council Elders, who are powerful enough that even if you manage to kill just ''one'' of them, it would release a death curse which would be the magical equivalent of head butting the trigger of a 10-mega-ton nuclear warhead.]] He is exhausted and heavily wounded from battle. Yet, without the slightest hesitation, he immediately prepares to take them all on at once. Even knowing that afterward, should he somehow miraculously survive, he would forever more be on the run from every single [[spoiler: white court wizard]] in the entire world.
** Harry also manifests this attitude toward Ivy.
** And in the upcoming novel ''Changes'', [[spoiler:Harry Dresden]] will apparently become one of these toward [[spoiler:his daughter.]]
** To elaborate: [[spoiler: The Red Court of vampires takes his daughter with the intent of sacrificing her to fuel a massive curse that will kill her entire bloodline. He responds by throwing one of them on the altar instead, ending the lives of every single Red Court vampire in existence.]]
* In ''Danny, The Champion of the World'', it's revealed that Danny's father's main reason for disliking Hazell is because he threatened Danny. Later on, [[spoiler:when Danny gets caned by his teacher, his father threatens to go down to the school and beat the teacher.]]
* Adrian Mole, upon finding that his little sister [[spoiler:has been knocked up by her boyfriend.]]
* Becomes a major turning point in TheOutsiders. Johnny [[spoiler:stabs a Soc who was going to kill Ponyboy.]] Beware the nice ones, oh GOD {{beware the nice ones}}!
* A slightly twisted variant occurs in ''[[{{Dexter}} Dexter By Design]]'': Dex, of course, is already a {{serial killer}} masquerading as Just a NiceGuy, but it wasn't until relatively recently that he decided that he had feelings of love-ish for his stepfamily and foster sister (or, you know, ''anyone''). So, when a rival slasher decides to mess with [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Domestic Daddy Dexter]] by stabbing Debbie and trying to kidnap his stepkids, out comes [[OverlyLongGag Deadly Defensive Dexter]].
* Adam Hauptman, from the ''MercyThompson'' series. Bonus points for being a literal papa werewolf; mess with his daughter Jesse and ''you. Will. '''Die.'''''
** The above also applies to Mercy. To make it worse, Adam runs a private security firm, so when he got worried about Mercy's safety, he installed an expensive security system in her house without asking her permission.

* In CharlottesWeb the Gander threatens Templeton the Rat with serious bodily harm if he even thinks about bothering one of his goslings.

* There are some of these in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse.
** In ShadowsOfTheEmpire, set some time before ReturnOfTheJedi, the real villain of the book, [[SmugSnake Prince Xizor]], does not get along well at all with Darth Vader. But they don't start to openly oppose each other until Vader finds that Xizor is trying to arrange for Luke Skywalker's death.
** By the time of [[LegacyOfTheForce a civil war between Corellia and what used to be the New Republic]], Wedge Antilles is [[BadassGrampa about sixty years old]] and has a pair of twentysomething daughters, Syal and Myri. Myri gets to stay with him on the Corellian side, where he spends about half of the series, but Syal is on the other side. And Wedge respects this, although it sadden him. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming He's very close to his daughters]], and very protective of them.

** Woe to you if you mess with anyone in Mandalorian Kal Skirata's biological or adopted family.

* [[HowlsMovingCastle Howl]] is this after his son Morgan was threatened. He punched the guy twice. Not to mention his wife, Sophie is a MamaBear also. In other words, don't mess with Morgan ever.
* Sadrao from Ursula Vernon's BlackDogs is not the protagonist, Lyra's, biological father, but he's a more than competent replacement after her real father is massacred along with the rest of her house. Sadrao's extremely {{Badass}} and is very protective of her, even going into a berserker-like rage when she's physically threatened.
* [[TheActsOfCaine Caine]]. Even if you're a god, fucking with Faith will get your ass beat.
* The man from ''The Road''.
* [[HarryPotter Dumbledore]]. Harm one of his students, and he'll return the favor.
* Don Pendleton's ''The Executioner'' series has [[BadassNormal Mack Bolan]] wipe out major crime families with dozens of thugs at their disposal after most of his family is killed due to the Mafia. When his girl-friend and younger brother are kidnapped by another crime family to try to get to him, he goes absolutely coldly berserk, terrifying even his friends and allies who have seen him in action many times.
* MatthewReilly's ''Huntsman'' series. The adopted daughter of Jack West Jr. is threatened many times by many powerful people over the course of the books. Many people have died very graphic, painful deaths.
* In the BackStory of JohnCWright's ''The Golden Age'', Helion had stayed on the Solar Array long past the point of safety to protect his son -- and his ship, but the priority was clear:

* Keith Mars from ''VeronicaMars'', who previously gave off the impression of a NonActionGuy, goes berserk when first season's villain tries to burn Veronica alive.
** From the same series, the domineering, abusive [[spoiler:and murderous]] Aaron Echolls seems oblivious that his daughter is being beaten up by her boyfriend, even appearing interested in starring in a movie he wants to pitch. However, at the start of what looked to be a pleasant dinner he administers one of the most comprehensive beatdowns ever seen on TV, before calmly concluding "I've decided I'm not interested in appearing in your movie."
* [[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 said pedo's internet site.
** Odafin "Fin" Tutuola also counts: he points out that if it had been his kid, there would have been no "half" about it.
* AceLightning's Simon Hollander is a mild mannered accountant - until you insult his son.
* Do ''not'' mess with [[TwentyFour Jack Bauer]]'s daughter. Doesn't matter [[DamselScrappy how much of a twit she may be]]. You ''will'' regret it. i.e., the end of season one, when [[DamselScrappy Kimberly]] has escaped from her captors, but the villains still want to lure Jack in, so they have TheMole tell him that his daughter's body had been found. [[WhatAnIdiot Seriously. Bad. Idea.]] Jack comes in, all right -- ''[[GunsAkimbo both guns blazing]]'' -- and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge doesn't leave a single one alive]], even [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill emptying an entire magazine]] into the surrendering BigBad.
** In fairness, magazines empty pretty quickly.
* "You just killed someone I liked, and that is ''not'' a safe place to stand. I'm [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] and you're in the biggest library in the universe. '''Look. me. up'''."
** About 5-10 minutes or so after the Doctor finally accepts Jenny as his "daughter," so to speak, in "The Doctor's Daughter," [[spoiler: she takes a bullet for him and winds up dying in his arms.]] The next minute is [[TechnicalPacifist one of the only times in the series where we see the Doctor holding someone at gunpoint.]]
** Also "NO FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE CAN STOP ME NOW!" when [[spoiler: Rose's face/consciousness is stolen]] in "The Idiot's Lantern." I think it's fairly safe to say that you ''just don't mess'' with the Doctor's companions. Ever.
* Michael has a Papa Wolf moment in ''{{Arrested Development}}'' when trying to get back with a girl he was dating. He stops his sister and mother from physically attacking her in a restaurant for writing an unflattering article about the family. Then he hears that she told his son to stop getting in the way of Michael's happiness. He steps out of the way and tells the girl she's on her own. She promptly gets her ass kicked.
* In ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', the uber-example is Noah Bennet aka "Horn Rimmed Glasses/HRG", Claire's adoptive father.
** This is also true for Dr. Mohinder Suresh and Matt Parkman, the surrogate parents of Molly Walker. They're white hats, though, so they're not as extreme in their protective measures as MamaBear Jessica or HRG.
** Future!Sylar becomes a Papa Wolf. He's gone from a homicidal psychopath to a cuddly, waffle-making single father because he keeps his murderous instinct in check for his son's sake... and when said son in killed in the crossfire of a battle between Peter and the Company, Sylar ''literally'' goes nuclear and takes out the entire ''city''.
* Lampshaded on ''{{Angel}}'': Lorne comments on Angel's strong "Mama Bear Vibe" when he becomes aggressively over-protective of his newborn son. The trope was shown in its full glory when Angel almost smothered Wesley to death after Wesley unwittingly made Angel lose his son.
** Then there was this conversation with Lilah:
--> ''Lilah'': Look, Angel, I know you've been out of the loop for a while, but I'm still evil. I don't do errands. Unless they're evil errands.
--> ''Angel'': I think you'll do this one.
--> ''Lilah'': Why? What's in it for me?
--> ''Angel'': Just this once, I'll ignore the fact that you're within fifty yards of my son. Just this once.
* In ''TheSarahJaneAdventures'', Alan Jackson is none too pleased when aliens abduct his daughter and try to RetGone her.
* In BattlestarGalactica, [[TeamDad Commander Adama]] has repeatedly referred to his crew as a family and came dangerously close to sparking off a civil war [[spoiler:between the Battlestars ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' in order to get "[his] men" back.]]
** The scene where he threatens Admiral Cain is both a CrowningMomentofAwesome and example of CrowningMusicofAwesome. "Prelude to War" is a masterpiece and it fits the scene so well. It makes Adama's Papa Wolf-ness that much more badass.
** Earlier than that, in the first season episode "You Can't Go Home Again", when Adama puts the fleet and resources in serious jeopardy before giving up on [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt a hopeless rescue operation]] to recover [[TheLancer Starbuck]]. When his son, who has something of an inferiority complex with regards to the Commander's and Starbuck's relationship, asks if the Commander would have stayed so long if it had been him down there, Adama asserts that if it were him, they would never leave.
* ''{{Lost}}'': [[spoiler:Ben]], of all people, goes all Papa Wolf on [[spoiler:Keamy]]'s ass - but with disastrous consequences, and too late to do any good.
* ''{{Firefly}}'s'' Malcolm Reynolds is a PapaWolf, and in his case, it applies to ''anyone'' [[{{Nakama}} on his crew]]. Threaten someone on his crew, and you are in for an extreme [[BerserkButton world of hurt]].
** In a similar vein, Simon is this way with his [[TheWoobie long-suffering]] sister River. He's normally a relatively unassuming and actually quite timid doctor who isn't that good at combat, but when River is in danger, he goes [[{{Determinator}} all-out]] to protect her.
*** I wonder how many times Jubal Early has gotten slamed into a bulkhead by a [[PintsizedPowerhouse 140 pound]][[MinoredInAsskicking doctor]], shot him and then got knocked down by him again?
**** Simon isn't actually short, slight, thin, or even light. Put him next to the average male Hollywood starlet and he'll look positively big and bulky. He just seems smallish next to bruisers Mal and Jayne.
** And while we're at it, don't hurt Kaylee. [[HeroicSociopath Jayne]] will make you ''pay'' if you hurt her. For that matter, so will Simon. And Mal. In fact, just don't hurt Kaylee. As Jubal Early can attest, it won't end well for you. Well, he could if he hadn't been [[spoiler:[[ThrownOutTheAirlock shoved into the endless void of space]]]].
* TeamDad Giles of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The welfare of the Scoobies is this normally quiet and reserved librarian's BerserkButton.
** In one episode [[hottip:* :Season 5, I think.]], Spike comes by asking after Buffy. The Scoobies tell him he's not welcome, and when he doesn't get the message, Giles ''picks him up by the throat'' menacingly warns him away from Buffy. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome All this time, Giles looks about ready to chuck Spike right into the sunlight.]]
** There's also "Graduation Day Part 1" where [[BigBad the Mayor]] nonchalantly mentions his plan to eat Buffy and Giles, without blinking, picks up a sword and stabs him through the chest. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, since he's nearly-demon it doesn't do much.]]

* Jack Bristow of {{Alias}} is a Papa Wolf extraordinaire for his ActionGirl daughter Sydney, despite being absent for much of her life due to his job with the CIA. Some of the more memorable instances include the very first line he says in the series being him asking about Sydney's safety (deliberate on the part of the writing staff); breaking another agent's fingers in a vise after finding out he's a traitor, then shooting him in the head after he confesses to exposing Sydney's cover; and entering a fatally radioactive room to ensure her escape.
* Aaron Hotchner of ''{{Criminal Minds}}'' is without a doubt TeamDad to the entire team. And he is not a dad you want to mess with. Although, considering his workaholic tendencies and his eventual divorce as a result, he's often a better dad to the team than he is to his actual son. He even plays PapaWolf to children involved in their cases.
** Dave Rossi reaches PapaWolf status in "Masterpiece" when Henry Grace goes after the team to get to him. He [[TheChessmaster spends the entire interview convincing Grace he's got the power]], then, in one line ("Did you get all that?") [[OutGambitted Out-Gambits]] Grace by revealing he's been playing Grace the whole time, slamming Grace's head against a window for going after his team.
*** Hotch and Rossi's co-parental status is {{lampshaded}} when team super badass/older brother Derek Morgan asks, "Where's Mom and Dad?" to which team organizer/big sister JJ responds, "Hotch and Rossi are still at the conference." No mention of which is which, but it's worth noting that Hotch's status as TeamMom has been a running gag in fandom since season 1.
** Recently, Hotch invoked this trope all over the [[ThatOneCase recurring villain]] who came after his own family. [[spoiler:Like Fin Tutuola, above, he wouldn't -- and didn't -- stop at "half".]]
** There is another episode where the kidnapper of a girl turns out to be just a lustful teenager, and the girl's father turns out to be [[RetiredBadass a retired mafia hitman]]. HilarityEnsues.
* In {{Charmed}}, Leo spent the first half of season 6 in Papa Wolf mode after both his sons were put in danger.
* [[{{Dexter}} Dexter Morgan]] is a very patient man. He tolerated Sgt. Doake's hostility and harassment for almost 2 seasons worth of television and still was unwilling to kill him. Stalk his stepchildren with a telephoto lens? Get ready to say hello to the Gulf Stream. 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.]]
** He also has a particular antipathy for any of his victims that victimized children.
* Gibbs of ''{{NCIS}}'' WILL hunt you down if you ever harm his team. Especially Abby, [[RedundantRescue not that she usually needs rescuing]].
** In one episode, Gibbs tag-teams with his FBI counterpart Fornell after a suspect tried to kill the NCIS/FBI agent pair escorting him.
** Gibbs own backstory involves him hunting down and executing the Mexican drug lord responsible for the death of his first wife and their daughter.
** In the episode "Twisted Sister", [=McGee=] goes PapaWolf in his effort to clear his little sister.
** In one episode there is a {{Flashback}} in which young Gibbs is in a fight with a bully and his dad comes out and fires a shotgun in the air. Which would indicate that it's InTheBlood.
* Luke from ''{{Gilmore Girls}}'', Rory's father figure, goes PapaWolf quite a few times, one of these even leading to Lorelai proposing to him.
* Cruelly subverted in ''{{Oz}}''. When Vern Schillinger's son Andrew arrives in Oz, [[BreakTheCutie Tobias Beecher]], [[TheChessmaster Ryan O'Reily]] and [[DepravedBisexual Chris Keller]] seize the opportunity to get even with Vern. [[spoiler:They help Andrew kick his drug addiction while implying to Vern that it's all a ploy to [[PrisonRape make Andrew their prag]]. Vern tries to warn Andrew, but it [[CallingTheOldManOut backfires]].]] Vern eventually concludes that he'd rather kill Andrew himself than to see him subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath. When the trio hears of Andrew's death, they just quip: [[XanatosGambit "It worked."]]
* [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil.]] Incidents which overlap with his CMOAs include:
** Hustling a pool hustler who tried to cheat Will out of thousands of dollars
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxQKXNHzT0Y Verbally crucifying Will's deadbeat biological father]], who planned to get a big job and ditch Will (again).
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaXwTxOFvvw Seeing right through]] an obvious EngineeredPublicConfession.
* Eric does this this a few times in ''Boy meets World''. Mostly he is a Ditz and sometimes he is a Woobie. But he can be a Papa Wolf to Cory and when he stood up to a bully bigger then him it was a Crowning Moment of Awesome.
* TeamDad [[{{Torchwood}} Captain Jack Harkness]] fits this whenever his team is put in danger... especially when it's perceived to be his fault (directly or not). All you have to see is him charging in to save his team with [[BadassLongcoat swishing coat]] and one heck of a gun in "Countrycide" to realize that you don't mess with Torchwood.

* Mork from ''MorkAndMindy''. Don't make fun of his son Mearth. Just... [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass don't]].
* ''{{Supernatural}}'': [[AvertedTrope Averted]] 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]]'''.
** Debatable. John has frequently shown a reluctance to put his boys in danger and even wasted one of the Colt's precious bullets to kill a vampire that was threatening Sammy. Even after he was dead, ''he climbed out of hell'' to kick Azazel's ass when he attacked the boys. If anything, John transforms from a BadAss to the incarnation of the Wrath of God when Dean or Sam are in trouble.
* ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'': General Hammond is usually the level-headed, occasionally obstinate commander of Stargate Command. But when you threaten his people (especially SG-1), you'd better run.
** When SG-1 was captured by a System Lord, he sent four teams to rescue them, and when they were captured as well and his superiors ordered him not to risk another rescue mission, he went offworld to gather help to rescue them himself. He and Teal'c end up piloting a fighter ''through the damn Stargate'', while Hammond shows his Texan heritage with a hearty "Yeehaw!"
** When SG-1 was sent back to 1969 in a freak accident, Hammond sent a note with them, which said only "Help them." His thirty-years-younger self found the note and indeed decided to help SG-1 escape custody, solely on the basis of recognizing his own handwriting.
** When SG-1 was nearly killed while trying to uncover an Ancient weapon to save the planet, it was Hammond who saved them at the last minute, by personally taking command of Earth's lone spaceship and giving them enough time to save the world...again.

** Several of Michael's clients are as well. One takes a beating and doesn't lose his cool because his son's being held hostage. Another, on seeing a con artist who sold fake medicine that made his son's health worse jumps out of a car, chases the guy down and beats the crap out of him.
* Although [[MarriedWithChildren Al Bundy]] is hardly a model dad, he will stand up for his children, often literally throwing those who did them wrong out the front door. For example, in one particular episode the Bundies are at the movies, and Kelly spots her boyfriend there with another girl. She simply tells Al, "Daddy, beat him up," which he promptly does.
* On {{CSI}}, Grissom (who is just about as mild-mannered as they come and at this point had few moments in which he lost his temper) gave Catherine's abusive ex an OhCrap moment by letting out a very loud "Hey!" and looking all the world like he was going to charge down the hallway when Eddie tried to bully her.
** There's also this memorable rant, showing that you do ''not'' fuck around with kids on Gil Grissom's watch:

* MamaBear and [[MisterSeahorse Papa Seahorse]] became proud parents of this trope on ''AlienNation'', when pregnant Newcomer George Francisco broke with his usual self-controlled civility, to utterly cream a thug in defense of the fetal Newcomer in his belly-pouch.
* Agent Booth from {{Bones}} won't hesitate to hurt or kill if anyone tried to get too close to Brennan. He is fiercely protective of her, escaping from the hospital despite his injuries in order to save her from a crazy ex-FBI agent.
** Max Breenan (Father of Bones) once killed, gutted, and then burned the corpse of someone who was hired to kill his children. In an earlier episode, it's mentioned that Matthew Brennan, despite being a career criminal, tried to avoid violence whenever possible. ''Killed, gutted, then set on fire.''
* {{Glee}}: Kurt's dad may not understand his son's obession 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 CMOA.
** "What did you just call him?"
* {{Psych}} : Henry has his moments in cases where Shawn is in danger. 'Shawn takes a shot in the dark' anyone?
* From {{ER}}, we have a few doctors who would go to far lengths to protect their patients. Dr Kovac once yelled at a father for leaving his young daughter alone in the waiting room for some time while he was working, where there were druggies and other not-so-sane people around. Another time, when he suspected the husband of his patient was abusing her, he went to confront him and was fully willing to put himself in danger (hence getting punched as a result) to prove to the authorities that the guy was a danger to his wife and others.
** Another time, Ray found out his ex-girlfriend had an abusive father. He helped her get away from him and when the father tried to catch the car, Ray flattened him with a punch.
* [[RetiredBadass Uther Pendragon]], from ''{{Merlin}}''. [[JerkAss For all of]] [[KnightTemplar the man's flaws]], it really is not wise to mess with either [[WellDoneSonGuy Arthur]] or [[ParentalSubstitute Morgana]]. [[KnightTemplarParent He will kill you dead.]]
* Clark Kent on {{Smallville}}, whenever children are in harm's way.
* Dr. Cal Lightman of ''LieToMe'' may be a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Deception Expert]] who has kind of a bad-boy vibe going on. But should you so much as ''threaten'' his daughter Emily (whether you're a punk kid or a cop or a federal agent), Cal will [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown destroy you]].

* Nickleback's song "I'd come for you"
* {{Eminem}}. Don't fuck with his daughter or his evil alter ego Slim Shady will kick your ass.
* The Reign of Kindo's song "Breathe Again" is about one PapaWolf, upon discovering that his kids' Christmas presents were stolen from the tree on Christmas Eve, [[{{NightmareFuel}} tracks down the thief, murders him in cold blood,]] and brings the presents back to his kids. [[{{LyricalDissonance}} Delivered in a mellow jazz-rock melody]].

* The biography of Marc Oberlindes a sample character of {{Traveller}} tells how once when his son was imprisoned he recruited [[{{Posse}} a band]] [[PrivateMilitaryContractors of mercenaries]] to rescue him.
* In the {{Ravenloft}} setting, Rudolph van Richten went PapaWolf on the Vistani band that kidnapped his son, and then hunted down the vampire who'd hired them to deliver the boy.

* Harry Mason in ''SilentHill''. Generally, he's a NonActionGuy (he has to be shown how to use a gun by ActionGirl cop Cybil) but when his [[ArcWords little girl, short black hair, just turned seven last month]] is in danger, he'll go ToHellAndBack, blunder through a TownWithADarkSecret, and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kill]] a CosmicHorror EldritchAbomination to save her. He was replaced with a woman, Rose, in the LiveActionAdaptation; cries of sexism ensued.[[hottip:* :Including [[VideoGameMoviesSuck elsewhere]] on [[{{WallBangers/Film}} this wiki]].]]
* In the SoulSeries, the best way to bring Nathaniel "Rock" Adams into action is to kidnap or threaten his adoptive son Bangoo.
* One of the most touching examples is Barret Wallace of ''FinalFantasyVII'', towards his adoptive daughter Marlene. Four years before FFVII began, Corel Village had a Mako Reactor installed to the north despite the protests of the local leader, Dyne. A few days later, the reactor had an accident (and was cleaned up enough so that it seemed normal by the time the game rolls around), but it was reason enough for Scarlet to burn the village to the ground. Out of the survivors are Dyne, his good friend Barrett Wallace, and Dyne's daughter Marlene, who was adopted by the latter. With Dyne presumed KIA, Barrett adopted the infant Marlene and raised her as if she was his own daughter. Had Dyne not crossed the DespairEventHorizon and spent those years either in a psychotic state or festering in Corel Prison, he would be the one exhibiting PapaWolf tendencies instead. [[spoiler:In his last words, Dyne asks Barrett to keep taking care of Marlene before he he either jumps to his death or lets himself die.]]
** Continuing the trend of black male playable characters being papa wolves is Sazh Katzroy from [[FinalFantasyXIII the thirteenth numerical title in the series.]]
* ''FinalFantasyVIII'' - Laguna spends much of his life doing anything he can to find Ellone.
* Ichiro Tamura a.k.a SalaryMan in OsuTatakaeOuendan. Usually comes off as an ordinary office man who is reviled even by his own family, but... the moment he sees his daughter getting threatened by a giant blue rat, he goes "HENSHIN!", turns gigantic and starts kicking the rat's ass.
* In the ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' backstory: [[spoiler:Losing his son to Scarlet Iago made Median very pliable to manipulation by Drazil and ended with him slaying Vigiliance, [[TheGrimReaper the master of death of his world]], to get revenge for his son.]]
* Christopher Belmont of ''{{Castlevania}} Adventure'' & ''Belmont's Revenge''. Just when he thought he could retire from Vampire Hunting business and leave it to his son Soleiyu... said son suddenly gets possessed by Dracula. "Screw retirement, I want my son back, you son of a bitch."
** Although it's widely believed that ''Belmont's Revenge'' is what happens when Konami learns their mistake from their extreme NintendoHard-ness of ''Adventure'', it kinda shows off that when his son is in danger, Christopher DOES NOT lose his whip's power at one measly hit (a problem plaguing ''Adventure''), except by one type of enemy. Papa Wolf to the max indeed.
* This is the default mentality of the Big Daddies in ''{{Bioshock}}'' for the [[CreepyChild Little Sisters]]. They will ignore you if you don't attack them or the Sisters (at the most, they'll shove you away if you get too close) but anybody who does so much as to slap them will face a very pissed off Big Daddy [[LightningBruiser dashing straight at you]] with his drill (or shooting at you with his rivet gun), and he will not stop until one of you is dead. The sequel will allow the player to be this, since the playable character is the SuperPrototype of the Big Daddies.
** In fact this is the plot of the sequel. Subject Delta storms the entire Rapture trying to find the little sister he was first imprinted on, who is Eleanor Lamb, the daughter of BigBad Sofia Lamb. [[spoiler:Inverted in the endgame where upon donning the Big Sister suit, Eleanor tells you that now's her time to fight for you and [[EleventhHourSuperpower gives you a plamid to call her by your side]].]]
** In the ARG for the sequel, protagonist Mark Meltzer lets his life fall apart in favor of tracking down a Big Sister who took his daughter Cindy to Rapture. [[spoiler:He succeeds in finding Rapture, but is captured by a Big Sister and taken to Lamb, who offers a SadisticChoice - be executed for trespassing, or become a Big Daddy bonded to Cindy.]]

* The main character in ''DragonQuestV''. Okay, so he's ''not'' TheChosenOne, his son is. Traditionally this means Dad will have to heroically die and the son will grow up tragically an orphan, to be strong enough to beat the BigBad as an adult. It came ''close'' to this, but hell no! The main character and his family band together, and while the Legendary Hero is still only 8 years old, his Dad helps him beat the crap out of the forces of darkness and goes ToHellAndBack to beat the King of Evil before it does anything like come to their world.
* Hector of Ostia is portrayed as a potential Papa Wolf in his B support with Eliwood in FireEmblem 7, where he tells his best friend about a prophetic dream involving his [[KidFromTheFuture still unborn daughter]] and, as he mentions a redheaded boy who takes her away in the dream, he isn't very pleased to have his "little girl" courted by the other kid. [[spoiler:Too bad Hector didn't get to be a proper Papa Wolf for Lilina, since he's [[PlotlineDeath killed off early]] in ''Fuuin''. His FamousLastWords are pretty much a plea for Roy, Eliwood's son and the "redheaded boy" from the dream, to protect her.]].
* At the end of the first ''GodOfWar'', Ares casts Kratos deep into his own mind to revisit the memory of his wife and daughter dying at his own hands. In perhaps his only moment of actual heroism motivated by a desire to protect his family, Kratos staves off the doppelgangers of himself trying to attack his family.
** Considering he has to hug his family to transfer his own health to them to stop them from dying, and he is fighting dopplegangers with his full strength and, in a few cases, magic, its a pretty damn good moment of heroism.
** In the third game, [[spoiler:he develops this sense towards Pandora due to the fact that she reminds him of his own daughter. Hephaestus as well, who tries (and fails) to kill Kratos to protect Pandora, who Kratos later states was doing what any father should: protecting his child.]]
* With PhoenixWright and Maya it's a tossup between a father-daughter and brother-sister relationship. Either way, if you try to arrest Maya he'll defend her with every last Objection! he has. If you kidnap her he'll [[spoiler: stall the trial and call in a favor with the prosecution to keep it going until she's safe.]]. And if she's in actual physical danger he'll [[spoiler: charge across a burning bridge over a hundred foot drop into an icy river to save her.]]
** And in ''Investigations'' there's Kay and her 'Uncle Badd'. [[spoiler: If Lang hadn't gotten in the way we probably wouldn't have to worry about giving Shih-na a trial.]]
* ShadowTheHedgehog. [[BerserkButton Just try and devastate the world he promised to protect]]. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge You're going to end up a black mark on the floor]]. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Even if you're a]] PhysicalGod, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu demigod, or what have you]].
** For that matter, depending on what medium you're looking at, threatening any harm to Tails, the closest thing to a little brother SonicTheHedgehog has, will show you even something as silly looking as a blue hedgehog will make you cry.
** It also wasn't a good move for those soldiers to shoot Maria either. It sent Shadow on a total "annihilate all humans" kick. [[spoiler:At least until he remembered Maria's last words, to protect humanity.]]
** No mention of Chaos from SonicAdventure? You dare hurt any [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Chao]] he protects and he will show you why he is called the [[PhysicalGod God of Destruction.]]
* Link in ''TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Even before he [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting turned into a wolf]], he was incredibly defensive of Ilia and the kids of Ordon. The Bulbins should be thanking their lucky stars that he wasn't armed at the spring. (He got his revenge anyway when he [[CurbStompBattle massacred their entire camp]] at Arbiter's Grounds about halfway through the game, though.) He also is shown, especially toward the end, to be incredibly protective of Princess Zelda and Midna.
** Rusl, from the same game, is like this too. About his own son Colin; about the other children in the village (their abduction gets ''him'' into the war as well as Link); and about Link himself, who WordOfGod states he regards as his younger brother.
* Averted in ''TheGodfather'' game. Optional sidequests allow you to contract kill the sons of the enemy Dons, but this doesn't make the eventual encounter with them any tougher.
* Purposely invoked in ''HeavyRain'', where [[spoiler:The Origami Killer/Scott Shelby's purpose was to find a father who will do anything to save his son.]]
** Play properly and [[spoiler:he does. You can do it, Ethan Mars!]]
* ''BreathOfFire III'' has Rei, the oldest in a trio of orphans that [[TheHero Ryu]] was a part of. When the group was devastated by [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Balio and Sunder]], Rei...[[{{Understatement}} didn't take it very well]], thinking that his adoptive family was killed, and that he failed to protect them. [[TimeSkip Around many years later]], he's still in his UnstoppableRage, targetting the criminal organization that Balio and Sunder were a part of. He only calmed down somewhat when he finds out that Ryu was still alive (in fact, it was Ryu who took care of Balio and Sunder for good). But that doesn't mean it was over; for Rei, anyway.

* Kazuma Kiryuu may be a [[RyuGaGotoku yakuza]], but he's usually a pretty nice and helpful guy. But if you mess with his adoptive daughter Haruka or the orphans he's taking care of... [[BerserkButton oh boy]], [[CurbStompBattle you're in for a world of pain]]. In fact, he's kinda protective of every kid he meets.
* The protagonist of {{Nier}} Gestalt is a man determined to go to any lengths to find a cure for the painful disease afflicting his daughter Yona. He also displays similar tendencies towards the group he makes his {{Nakama}}.
* Straight in Nitro Family, where mom and dad go on a killing spree to return their little child.

* {{Thespiphobia}}'s Rich Gurney will MAUL YOU if [[BerserkButton you mess with his techies]]. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Any other time, he's the sweetest, most harmless guy on the planet]]].
* In ''Wigu'', Quincy Tinkle may be a happy, somewhat dumb guy, but if Wigu or Paisley are harmed he will go to great lengths to get revenge. To date, Quincy has [[spoiler:annihilated an alien insect that bit Wigu, fought off a group of Plesiosaurs with nothing but a knife when they attacked the Tinkle family van, and almost murdered Hamburglar after the latter hospitalized Wigu.]]
* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', Vaarsuvius' mate and children are threatened by the mother of a young black dragon the Order had slain earlier. [[spoiler:Vaarsuvius makes a deal with fiends to gain enough power to not only kill the dragon but use an epic spell to [[DisproportionateRetribution slay every single relative that black dragon had]]. His/her mate was suitably horrified.]]
** Note that this example [[AmbiguousGender crosses over with]] MamaBear.
** Also in OrderOfTheStick, Belkar Bitterleaf (v2.0) can turn into a Papa Wolf if you threaten his [[TeamPet adopted cat]] Scruffy (see [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0685.html here]]). Don't push his BerserkButton. [[HairTriggerTemper (Not that he has any other buttons.)]]
* Ed in {{Digger}} appears, for a Hyena, harmless and non-violent, [[spoiler:to the point he doesn't try to defend himself from or leave his abusive wife (hyenas are matriarchal, as is a major theme in Digger). That is, until his violent, mentally ill spouse [[BerserkButton started beating their daughter.]] [[TheDogBitesBack This did not end well. ]]]]
* In ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' Mook the [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] is this to his son Rocko, almost starting a war by way of overreaction when Rocko gets stood up for a date.
* The Shintulla Chieftain from ''DominicDeegan'' gets royally pissed when [[spoiler:Jacob]] apparently kills his son. [[spoiler:Jacob's]] [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-08-28 expression]] makes it perfectly clear that he ''knows'' [[OhCrap he's screwed]].
* ElGoonishShive gives us Mr. Verres. Sure, he's a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, sure he's an [[MemeticMutation endless barrel of exposition]], and sure he's a little eccentric. But mess with his son, his niece, or any of their friends, he '''WILL''' [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2009-11-03 blast you without warning or mercy.]]
* GoblinHollow: When gargoyles come after ''his'' goblins: [[http://www.rhjunior.com/GH/00302.html Ben in action]]
* [[DaisyOwl Mr. Owl]] is a PapaWolf, despite being an owl. He's willing to go up against NASA armed only with a bear if it means saving his kids,
* Zombie of HannaIsNotABoysName is [[TheStoic usually a pretty mellow guy,]] but [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=85 don't touch his friends]]. '''Ever.'''
* In {{Megatokyo}}, Ed learned the hard way that just because Ibara may be a jerkass that leeches money off his daughter Junko doesn't mean he takes kindly to having a shotgun pointed in her general direction.
* In ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' Bob [[NoBigDeal rarely loses his composure]] much beyond his stock look of DullSurprise. We've seen him scared or frantic upon occasion, but the only times we've seen him ''furious'' are the times Jerry has threatened Molly with a gun. When Bob believed she'd actually been hit, he launched himself at Jerry (who was armed) and tackled him without hesitation.

* Did you just threaten to kill someone from [[ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum Agent Tawaki Penguin's]] family? Or a friend? You did? I'm sorry, but [[TheBerserker that red mist in his eyes]] means you're already dead.
* [[{{Pokemon}} Blastdad]] the [[MemeticMutation Pokeparent]].
* Jessi Slaughter's [[MemeticMutation "You Dun Goofed"]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJrSnxyeNU dad]]. He wouldn't hesitate to backtrack {{Troll}}s' messages and report them to the cyber-police should they harass Jessi or screw around with their computer. In short, come near his daughter, and [[ThisIsSparta consequences]]! [[BerserkButton Will never be]]! [[OhCrap The same]]!

* [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman's]] '''one''' principle is to never take a life, but if you '''dare''' to enslave innocent children to steal for you like The Sewer King did, you better damn well pray that he ''does'' hold onto it.

* [[TheSecretSaturdays Solomon "Doc" Saturday]] is both TeamDad and PapaWolf.
* ''DarkwingDuck'', whose {{Tomboy}} daughter Gosalyn has a habit of getting into trouble like making a DealWithTheDevil or releasing an evil {{trickster}} spirit. He even finds himself unable to leave the MirrorUniverse without [[MakeABetterWorld making a better world]] because he can't help thinking of Gosalyn's counterpart as his own daughter. And yes, he has worried about his enemies using her to get to him.
** In general, threatening Gosalyn is an easy way to make him quickly [[LetsGetDangerous get over his ego]] and kick your ass five ways at once.
* Both TheHero Goliath ''and'' AntiVillain David Xanatos of ''{{Gargoyles}}'' have gone to great extents to protect [[ActionGirl Angela]] or [[HalfHumanHybrids Alexander]], respectively. And in Goliath's case, he's also PapaWolf to the Gargoyles he's TeamDad to.
* In ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'' the dragon trait skipped a generation, so Jake's mother ''can't'' protect him from the supernatural threats he encounters -- instead it's Jake's grandfather who does so. Never mind that he even stands up to the Dark Dragon's minions when his entire family is threatened... and obliterates them single-handedly.
** Jake's dad OTOH, despite being an ordinary human, gets a couple good moments. He manages to save his son from some kind of winged, moose thing during a camping trip, and later saves him again from a bunch of ''vampires''.
* Charles Ofdensen, the band manager in {{Metalocalypse}}, is seen by some fans to be the Papa Wolf of metal band Dethklok. He is extremely protective, preparing and executing elaborate security measures and counter attacks for their concert in the first season finale; going against assassins twice his size in hand-to-hand combat; having Rockzo the clown beaten and tortured on two occasions for being a bad influence on the youngest member of the band; and warning another manager attempting to take over his position that he would have to kill him to keep him away from the band. [[spoiler:And then killing that man himself.[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome In a swordfight.]]]]
* Aquaman in the JusticeLeague TV series chopped off ''his own hand'' to save his infant child's life. And then he put a hook on his stump, came back to action and [[HandicappedBadass helped the Justice League kick the culprit's ass]]. Conclusion? Do NOT mess with Aquaman's kid. You'll be VERY, VERY SORRY.
** To drive that point even further, the villain was HIS OWN BROTHER. And Aquaman didn't give a single thought about kicking his ass and [[spoiler: letting him die]].
* [[KingOfTheHill Hank Hill]]. Whether it's a {{Jerkass}} boss putting Bobby in danger at his job, or a {{Jerkass}} football coach abusing Bobby and his teammates after losing, they quickly learn the hard way just how dangerous an angry Hank can be. One would think they'd know not to mess with someone who's so into propane. And propane accessories. (Otherwise, though, Hank is something of a WellDoneSonGuy.)
--> '''Thug:''' ''"I thought that old guy inside was your daddy."''
--> '''Bobby:''' ''"No, no! This is my daddy! This one right here, the one with the golf club!"''
** Dale, too, even after learning that Joseph is "part-alien."
* In the ''{{Ben 10}}'' episode, Ken 10, Ben 10,000 gets his ass handed to him by a new and improved Kevin Levin, but it is only after seeing him do the same to his son, Kenny was he able to get up, turn into Way Big and pound Kevin into the ground. HARD.
* Ever seen a BumblingDad battle and win against a 50-foot-[[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost monster]]? Congratulations, you have been pwned by [[DannyPhantom Jack Fenton]]. Now leave his kids alone.
* In FairlyOddParents, even an AdultChild BumblingDad like Mr. Turner is capable of fighting with teeth and paws to defend Timmy. Just watch the episode where Timmy wishes he could merge with dad's CoolCar, then Vicky steals the car and Mr. Turner he believes Timmy is stuck in it...
** Both of Timmy's parents, despite being [[AbusiveParents comically irresponsible]] enough to leave him with an evil babysitter, have gone to crazy lengths to protect Timmy. This came to the fore when Timmy wishes they had superpowers, and he ends up using this to his advantage when convincing them to give up their powers.
* We all know [[TomAndJerry Jerry Mouse]] is no push-over in regards to Tom the Cat. But if Tom ever lays a paw on Nibbles/Tuffy, the local HeartwarmingOrphan and Jerry's adoptive pup, he's in for ''even more'' of a pain in the tail than usual. Nibbles/Tuffy's introductory episode leaves the deal ''very'' clear; Tom spanks the little mouse and, after releasing himself from a trap and checking on the other's well-being, Jerry lets out an enraged ''lion roar'' and brutally beats up Tom.
** You also don't mess with the local neighborhood bulldog Spike's son, Tyke, in any fashion, though that really should be obvious.
* Even Peter Griffin on ''FamilyGuy'' is capable of this now and then (even if the rest of the time he is an outright AbusiveParent). An episode last season was centered around him becoming more protective of Meg after she almost drowned in a flood, even going so far as to ''smash [[TheLibby stuck-up Connie d'Amico's]] face into a glass surface until it was a bloody pulp'' for making fun of her. In another episode, Stewie gets nabbed by Disney World employees who force him to sing for the customers, and Peter manages to save him ''and'' outrun a dangerous security guard. Stewie even ''hugs him'' for it at the end.
* ''AmericanDad'' also does this. "Surro-Gate" is a good example, as it shows a CampGay who previously solved fights with dance moves out of ''AWestSideStory'' punching out Stan in one hit after he kidnaps the guy's daughter.

** Stan despite his {{Jerkass}} tendacies certainly has traits of this with his children as well, should we ever forget what he did to ''his own boss'' for insulting Hayley.
* Private of ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' has shown this. When the penguins are tasked with taking care of an egg in shifts, Private is so horrified by the other penguins' rough handling that he steals the egg away and snaps at Skipper.
* [[TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]] is the Alpha PapaWolf whenever someone threatens the Venture family. See ''Victor. Echo. November.'' for the naked, murderous evidence.
* Whether it's Disney's ''TheJungleBook'' or ''TaleSpin'', messing with Mowgli/Kit will get you trouble from Baloo. In the former, he tells BigBad Shere Khan outright, "Keep your flea-bitten paws offa my cub!" In the latter, discovering that someone has conned Kit leads to a different threat, "Wait until I get through with that guy he'll be able to count his teeth on one finger!" Both Mowgli and Kit even affectionately call him PapaBear.
** Though obviously not shown to the same extent as [[MamaBear Rebecca]], Baloo has traits of this around Molly as well (likely to further enthasise his [[ShipTease chemistry with the former]]). Whether she's been kidnapped by bandits, zapped by a microscopic ray or just wants her Christmas wish to come true, Baloo is [[{{Determinator}} pretty insistant]] she come out of it all with a smile on her face.
* Normally, {{Inspector Gadget}} is a combination of {{Inspector Oblivious}} and {{Too Dumb To Live}}. But on those ''extremely'' rare occasions when he ''notices'' that Penny and Brain are in real danger, Gadget turns into a [[LetsGetDangerous hyper-competent badass]] who uses his gadgets to rescue them with astonishing skill.
* [[MadScientist Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] of ''PhineasAndFerb'' may be an incompetent villain, but you even try to make a pass at his underage daughter and he'll teleport you to some random and extremely dangerous location without even thinking twice.
* The cartoon version of {{Beetlejuice}} is typically an easy-going prankster whose main interest is driving the rest of the Neitherworld crazy. But on those rare occasions when Lydia is in serious danger, Beetlejuice will show just how he got the title of Ghost With The Most. Insulting or humiliating Lydia is also a bad idea, as [[TheLibby Claire Brewster]] found out the hard way on more than one occasion.
* [[TheLionKing Mufasa]] is the best father ever (no matter his species), as he is wise, just and royal. But don't you ''dare'' cause ''any'' harm to his kid, or he will ''find you'', and will ''kick your ass''.
** Unfortunately, [[BigBad Scar]] ends up exploiting this to kill him.
* {{Ren And Stimpy}} ... In "A Visit To Anthony," Ren and Stimpy are severely intimidated by Anthony's father. And they have every reason to be. He's very large, heavily muscled, despite his age, and unlike most of the "lummoxes" seen in the show, he is not only healthy-looking, but reasonably intelligent. Just getting a threatening speech from him puts the fear of god into you. His silent rage is even more frightening when coupled with his weeping when he thinks his son is in danger.
* [[AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Zachary Foxx]] is normally AFatherToHisMen or TeamDad. If you threaten his biological kids, or push him to the LetsGetDangerous point by hurting his Rangers, he can and will use you for target practice.

* Race Bannon from ''TheRealAdventuresOfJonnyQuest'' is pretty much this to his only daughter, Jessie. Also, to her friends Jonny and Hadji.
* In the episode "Simple Simpson," [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] sees the Rich Texan making Lisa cry. He then throws a pie in his face. He would have beat the man, but he was told he'd go to jail if he committed another assault.
** He has gone great lengths for his children despite how people think of him as a JerkAss, like when Maggie was having trouble finding easter eggs, and trying to help Bart with his homework and Lisa become popular).
* Though his birth father hates his guts and has actively tried to kill him, Zuko from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is fortunate enough to have a replacement in his uncle Iroh, who accompanied him throughout his banishment and raised him as his own son. When Azula tries to kill Zuko with lightning after a botched attempt to imprison them both, Iroh steps in at the last second, redirects the lightning into a nearby cliff, and then kicks her overboard. Zuko's mother was [[MamaBear very protective]] of him as well.
** Hakoda also has some signs of this. Even though Katara is [[ActionGirl a very powerful Waterbender]] and Sokka becomes a [[TookALevelInBadass great warrior]], he will stay behind and be captured by the Fire Nation in order to let them escape. There is also his reaction to Katara's announcement that someone was threatening Kya in The Southern Raiders. When he hears his wife is in danger, it is obvious that if that Fire Nation sailor doesn't haul his ass out of there double time, he will find out just why the Water Tribe hasn't been overthrown yet.
* [[Film/HowToTrainYourDragon Hiccup]] is lucky enough to have two of these...one is his biological father, a BadAss Viking who's willing to punch dragons in the face and dent metal with his hammer to protect his boy, and the other is a freaking ''dragon.'' A dragon who attacks and drives off another dragon a little over three times his own size when the other threatened Hiccup.
* ''SouthPark'': I've got to save [[strike:my baby!]] mah beh-beh!
** Kyle seems to have developed traits of this around his baby brother Ike, more so than most of the brainless parents of the town anyway.
* General Molotov on ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' is very much this. [[{{Satan}} Lucius]]...not so much.
* Ratchet from TransformersAnimated doesn't like to hear his friend Omega Supreme, who he mentored during the war, being threatened. Of course, Omega is a PersonOfMassDestruction built to ''end'' the Great War, so this doesn't happen often, but...

** It should be mentioned for the un-initiated, that Ratchet is both an old man and a medic, with no offensively designed equipment. Yet you still don't doubt that he could very well hand them their asses on a plate if pressed.
* Gru from ''DespicableMe'' after his three adopted daughters [[spoiler:are kidnapped. Among other things, he hopscotches over a group of heat-seeking missiles fired towards him and ''one-punches a shark!'']]
** In a minor case, when the carnival barker denies Agnes the unicorn she wanted, even when she hit the nearly impossible target. He almost made her cry and Gru shows him why he should never mess with the adopted children of a supervillian.
* In the animated series "Kissyfur", Gus, Kissyfur's dad is this to his son as well as to the other children. Simply put, if you put them in danger, you'd better be prepared to be thrown halfway across the swamp. You would think that Floyd and Jolene, the 2 gators on the show, would have learned their lesson.

* Wolves mate for life, and a male wolf will fight even to the death to protect his mate and offspring (in the last case, often in a tag team with Mama Wolf). He is also involved with raising the pups, taking charge of the youngsters and teaching them how to hunt. ([[CaptainObvious Hence, trope title]].) Swans also mate for life - they might look serene and peaceful and cute, but just ''try'' to touch a cygnet when Papa Swan is nearby. I dare you. (...Did we mention that the wingbeats of a mute swan can break a human arm?) In contrast to papa wolves and mama bears, however, RealLife papa bears are more likely to kill and eat their cubs than anything else... usually causing their mates to go Mama Bear on ''them''.
** Same-sex couples do occur in swans and other monogamous birds, which sometimes get to raise kids. Now try getting anywhere near a cygnet with two Papa Swans.
* Buzz Aldrin did one of these! A conspiracy nut had been pestering him and other Apollo personnel, and he put up with that good-naturedly. But when said nut made an unfriendly move toward Aldrin's granddaughter, [[BadassGrandpa the 72-year-old astronaut]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome threw one punch and knocked the guy ass over teakettle]].
* Mr. Marshall Mathers aka {{Eminem}}. Even ''allude'' to [[MoralityPet his daughter Hailey]], and you'll have an angry Eminem bitching you out in interviews or his next single.
* [[http://badassoftheweek.com/wanyandie.html Tom Wanyandie]], a 78 year old Cree Indian wilderness guide who fought off a literal {{Mama Bear}} attacking his son while screaming every profanity of his native language.
** That story has {{Crowning Moment of Awesome}} written all over it.
* BruceLee was known for taking challenges from aspiring martial artists. During the making of ''EnterTheDragon'', a TooDumbToLive challenger snuck into their home and scared his children. An enraged Lee used ''one kick'' and the idiot was hospitalized.

* Long time ago some people at 4Chan started to talk about their sick fantasies featuring the underage daughter of WarrenEllis in a major role. Let's say that now they talk about what Ellis said he's going to do with them if they don't stop.
* Sun Quan, leader of the southern kingdom Wu during China's [[RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms three kingdoms]] period. When Cao Pi declared himself emperor of the powerful northern kingdom of Wei, Sun Quan agreed to act as his vassal. But when Cao Pi requested that he send his son Sun Deng to the north as a hostage (and therefore a guarantee of loyalty), Sun Quan cut off relations with Wei, declared himself emperor of Wu, and basically told Cao Pi to bring it on.
** Quite sadly, Sun Quan eventually did outlive Sun Deng, who died of an illness. Based on some of his irrational and self-destructive decisions in the following years, it appears Sun Quan came noticeably unglued as a result.
* Supposedly professional wrestler Kensuke Sasaki actually adopted Katsuhiko Nakajima, who debuted in the business ''in his teens'', to act as this both in physical presence and through the Kensuke Office organization, which is essentially a "brand name" for their family (Kensuke Sasaki and his wife, female legend Akira Hokuto also have two biological sons) and affiliated wrestlers.

** Another possibility is that the slave was adopted as his son, not unheard of in Roman times.
* Paparazzi don't bother JohnnyDepp's family at home. Why? Because he's told them in no uncertein terms that if he catches any of them sneaking around his home taking pictures of his kids he'll bite their nose off.
** He once swung at a paparazzo with a piece of wood for trying to take pictures of partner Vanessa Paradis while she was pregnant with their daughter.
* [[http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/north/story/Valley-dad-jumps-out-window-shoots-man-attacking/mcK8CYGRJEGWUnNSY5MWoQ.cspx A man finds his daughter being choked by her ex. The father shoots the man in the groin.]]

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* In ''Wigu'', Quincy Tinkle may be a happy, somewhat dumb guy, but if Wigu or Paisley are harmed he will go to great lengths to get revenge. To date, Quincy has [[spoiler:annihilated an alien insect that bit Wigu, fight off a group of Plesiosaurs with nothing but a knife when they attacked the Tinkle family van and almost murdered Hamburglar when the latter hospitalized Wigu.]]

** Same-sex couples do occur in swans and other monogamic birds, which sometimes get to raise kids. Now try getting anywhere near a cygnet with two Papa Swans.

* BruceLee was known for taking challenges from aspiring martial artists. During the making of ''EnterTheDragon'', a TooDumbToLive challenger snuck into their home and scared his children. An enraged Lee used ''one kick'' and the idiot was hospitilized.

* Long time ago some people at 4Chan started to talk about their sick fantasies with the underage daughter of WarrenEllis in a major role. Lest say that now they talk what Ellis said he's going to do with them if they don't stop.
* Sun Quan, leader of the southern kingdom Wu during China's [[RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms three kingdoms]] period. When Cao Pi declared himself emperor of the powerful northern kingdom Wei, Sun Quan agreed to act as his vassal. But when Cao Pi requested that he send his son Sun Deng to the north as a hostage (and therefore a guarantee of loyalty), Sun Quan cut off relations with Wei, declared himself emperor of Wu, and basically told Cao Pi to bring it on.

* In ''Wigu'', Quincy Tinkle may be a happy, somewhat dumb guy, but if Wigu or Paisley are harmed he has gone to great lengths to get revenge. To date, Quincy has [[spoiler:annihilated an alien insect that bit Wigu, fight off a group of Pleiosaurs with nothing but a knife when they attacked the Tinkle family van and almost murdered Hamburgler when the later hospitalized Wigu.]]
* In ''OrderOfTheStick'', Varsuvius' mate and children are threatened by the mother of a young black dragon they had slain earlier. [[spoiler:Varsuvius makes a deal with fiends to gain enough power to not only kill the dragon but used an epic spell to [[DisproportionateRetribution slay every single relative that black dragon had]]. His/her mate was suitably horrified.]]

* In the episode "Simple Simpson," [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] sees the Rich Texan making Lisa cry. He then throws a pie in his face. He would have beat the man, but he was told he'd go to jail if he was committed another assault.
** He has gone great lengths for his children despite how people think of him as a JerkAss. Like when Maggie was having trouble finding easter eggs, to trying to help his kids be successful in school (namely by helping Bart with his homework and Lisa be popular).

** He doesn't even ''need'' to play a father, just to have [[TeamDad a character who's got to take care of children or teens]]. ''KindergartenCop'' has a particularly emotional scene where his character, a CIA agent posing as a [[BadassTeacher a school teacher]], dishes out a brutal beating to an abusive father of an emotionally damaged student. "You hit the kid, I hit ''you''," indeed.

** And don't forget Rock. As seen with Garcia, and later, Yukio, he'll go to great lengths to shelter children from harm. Kidnapping and then molesting and abusing said young girl is a good way to make this [[BewaretheNiceOnes usually]] mild-mannered, diplomatic and well-spoken former {{Salaryman}} angry enough to actually [[PrecisionFStrike cuss you out]] and [[NonActionGuy physically assault you.]]

** Chouza Akimichi also deserves a mention for [[TakingTheBullet throwing himself in front of his son to protect him from Pein]], almost getting himself killed in the process.

* In Megatokyo, Ed learned the hard way that just because Ibara may be a jerkass that leeches money off his daughter Junko doesn't mean he takes kindly to having a shotgun pointed in her general direction.

* ''DarkwingDuck'', whose {{Tomboy}} daughter has a habit of getting into trouble like making a DealWithTheDevil or releasing an evil {{trickster}} spirit. He even finds himself unable to leave the MirrorUniverse without [[MakeABetterWorld making a better world]] because he can't help thinking of Gosalyn's counterpart as his own daughter. And yes, he has worried about his enemies using her to get to him.

* According to ''The Short Stories on the Tang People'' (唐人傳奇 Tangren Chuanqi), the Qian Tang Dragon King had a niece that he loved very much. When he found out that her husband abused her, he got so pissed off that he rescued the poor girl and then used his ElementalPowers to flood and destroy the city she lived in.

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* You don't want to mess with DickTracy's kids. You really don't.

* One of the most touching examples is Barret Wallace of ''FinalFantasyVII'', towards his adoptive daughter Marlene. Four years before FFVII began, Corel Village had a Mako Reactor installed to the north despite the protests of the local leader, Dyne. A few days later, the reactor had an accident (and was cleaned up enough so that it seemed normal by the time the game rolls around), but it was reason enough for Scarlet to burn the village to the ground. Out of the survivors are Dyne, his good friend Barrett Wallace, and Dyne's daughter Marlene, who was adopted by the latter. With Dyne presumed KIA, Barrett adopted the infant Marlene and raised her as if she was his own daughter. Had Dyne not crossed the DespairEventHorizon and spent those years either in a psychotic state or festering in Corel Prison, he would be the one exhibiting PapaWolf tendencies instead. [[spoiler:In his last words, Dyne asks Barrett to keep taking care of Marlene before he lets himself die.]]
** [[spoiler:It always seemed to me he jumped.]]

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[[caption-width:300:[[{{Comicbook/Cable}} Get away from her, you]] '''[[MemeticMutation BASTARDS]]'''!]]

-->Dying kidnapper: ''Who are you?''
-->Reply: ''Jacob Mc Candle!''
-->Little Jake: ''Are you my grandpa?''
-->BigJake

->''"They're [[ChildrenAreInnocent innocent children]].... Mola Ram, prepare to meet Kali... '''[[CrossoverCosmology IN HELL!!]]''' "''
-->--'''IndianaJones''', ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom''

[[caption-width:300:[[{{Aliens}} Get away from her, you]] '''[[MemeticMutation BASTARDS]]'''!]]

* The, uh... ''[[{{Understatement}} rather sup-par]]'' [[DirectToVideo Direct to DVD]] Steven Seagal movies ''[[BellyOfTheBeast Belly of the Beast]]'' and ''[[OutOfReach Out of Reach]]''. In the latter, he isn't actually even the girl's father, making it all the stupider.

* The, uh... '''[[{{Understatement}} rather sup-par]]''' [[DirectToVideo Direct to DVD]] Steven Seagal movies ''[[BellyOfTheBeast Belly of the Beast]]'' and ''[[OutOfReach Out of Reach]]''. In the latter, he isn't actually even the girl's father, making it all the stupider.

** Even [[spoiler:[[BareFistedMonk Yukyuzan Anji]] from the Juppongatana]] is one (though this is arguably a {{deconstruction}}). There was a [[FriendToAllLivingThings peaceful, gentle Buddhist monk]] who sheltered the children of rebels against the Meiji Government. The villagers didn't like it, [[MoralEventHorizon so they ambushed the monk, injured him and burnt the orphanage along with the children, killing them all.]] Poor monk [[FreakOut snapped]], subjected himself to TrainingFromHell for five years and bloodily killed all the villagers responsible with his own bare hands. [[spoiler:And that's how Anji [[StartOfDarkness joined]] [[BigBad Makoto Shishio]], since the ''very'' GenreSavvy Shishio let him [[MoralityPet have credibility to spare lives if he wished so.]] in return for recruiting him. And he did it, saving Misao from Usui's stab InTheBack at one point.

** Even [[spoiler:[[BareFistedMonk Yukyuzan Anji]] from the Juppongatana]] is one (though this is arguably a {{deconstruction}}). There was a [[FriendToAllLivingThings peaceful, gentle Buddhist monk]] who sheltered the children of rebels against the Meiji Government. The villagers didn't like it, [[MoralEventHorizon so they ambushed the monk, injured him and burnt the orphanage along with the children, killing them all.]] Poor monk [[FreakOut snapped]], subjected himself to TrainingFromHell for five years and bloodily killed all the villagers responsible with his own bare hands. [[spoiler:And that's how Anji [[StartOfDarkness joined]] [[BigBad Makoto Shishio]], since the ''very'' GenreSavvy Shishio gave him [[MoralityPet credibility to spare lives if he wished so.]] And he did it, saving Misao from Usui at one point.]]
* ''FullmetalAlchemist'': "Don't EVER mock my son." Seriously. Screw with Hohenheim's kids (''especially'' in the manga), and you're in trouble.
** Confirmed even more when [[spoiler: he immediately offers to sacrifice himself so Al can come back to the world after the GrandFinale. When Ed asks him why would he do that, he calmly replies "Because I am your father."]]

* Both TheHero Goliath ''and'' AntiVillain David Xanatos of ''{{Gargoyles}}''

** And let's not forget [[TakingTheBullet Chouza Akimichi]]. Poor Chouji.