History Main / PapaWolf

->''"If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it: I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and '''I will kill you.'''"''

Remember when adding examples that this is a male only trope. The female equivalent is "MamaBear" so all {{Distaff Counterpart}}s should be placed there. When MamaBear and PapaWolf team up, it's a BattleCouple and all pairs should be placed there. ParentsInDistress is the inversion, when Papa needs to be bailed out by the kids.

* Qrow in ''WebAnimation/((RWBY))'' may be only Yang's maternal uncle but he loves Ruby just as much as Yang and nothing would stand between him and his nieces. He rescued the child Yang and Ruby from a hoard of Grimm in the past and in Volume 4, he performed a BigDamnHeroes, protecting Ruby from being seriously injured by Tyrian, having secretly watching and protecting Team JNRR from afar for months.

* Qrow in ''WebAnimation/RWBY'' may be only Yang's maternal uncle but he loves Ruby just as much as Yang and nothing would stand between him and his nieces. He rescued the child Yang and Ruby from a hoard of Grimm and in Volume 4, he performed a BigDamnHeroes, protecting Ruby from being seriously injured by Tyrian, having secretly watching and protecting Team JNRR from afar for months.

* Qrow in ''WebAnimation/RWBY'' may be only Yang's maternal uncle but he loves Ruby just as much as Yang and nothing would stand between him and his nieces. He rescued the young Yang and Ruby from a hoard of Grimm and in Volume 4, he performed a BigDamnHeroes, protecting Ruby from being seriously injured by Tyrian, having secretly watching and protecting Team JNRR from afar for months.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** More "Uncle Wolf", but do not fuck with [[ Ruby Rose or Yang Xiao Long]] unless you're comfortable taking on their uncle Qrow. As some unfortunate Beowolves found out one night, the man is ''[[SinisterScythe death]]''.
** Possibly {{Deconstructed|Trope}} by their actual father, Taiyang. Some of Ruby and Yang's offhand comments suggest he's extremely protective of them, and that this protectiveness stems from the fact that the man [[CartwrightCurse lost both of his wives]]. He ''really'' doesn't want to lose his daughters too. Poor guy.

!!Examples:

* PapaWolf/AnimatedFilm

* PapaWolf/FanFic
* PapaWolf/{{Film}}

* PapaWolf/{{Mythology}}
* PapaWolf/NewspaperComics
* PapaWolf/{{Pinball}}
* PapaWolf/ProfessionalWrestling

* PapaWolf/{{Webcomics}}

* PapaWolf/WebVideo

-->-- '''[[WhatAnIdiot Sex Trafficker]]''', ''Film/{{Taken}}''

* PapaWolf/{{Advertising}}

This is the [[SpearCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] to MamaBear. When MamaBear and Papa Wolf ''[[BattleCouple team up]]'', no force on earth can stop them.

Subtrope of BewareTheNiceOnes. See also AFatherToHisMen. Combining this with DisproportionateRetribution can lead to a KnightTemplarParent. If the guy is a teacher instead, he's a BadassTeacher. If the guy doing this is a sibling/cousin, you get BigBrotherInstinct. Inversely, see ParentsInDistress for the kids rescuing the dad. Evil characters can use this too; after all, EvenEvilHasLovedOnes. A subtrope of the Papa Wolf is the BadassAndChildDuo, where an adult male badass takes it upon himself to protect an orphaned, unrelated young child.

Remember when adding examples that this is a male only trope. The female equivalent is "MamaBear" so all {{Distaff Counterpart}}s should be placed there. When MamaBear and PapaWolf team up, it's a BattleCouple and all pairs should be placed there. ParentsInDistress is the inversion, when Papa needs to be bailed out by the kids

Often Papa Wolf incidents serve as a way to reveal that a NonActionGuy is really a RetiredBadass or a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. In contrast to an OverprotectiveDad (who sometimes ''thinks'' he's this), a Papa Wolf is always portrayed heroically because the latter is defending their kids from genuine threats instead of imagined ones.

Remember when adding examples that this is a male only trope. The female equivalent is "MamaBear" so all {{Distaff Counterpart}}s should be placed there. When MamaBear and PapaWolf team up, it's a BattleCouple and all pairs should be placed there. ParentsinDistress is the inversion, when Papa needs to be bailed out by the kids

Remember when adding examples that this is a male only trope. The female equivalent is "MamaBear" so all {{Distaff Counterpart}}s should be placed there. When MamaBear and PapaWolf team up, it's a Battle Couple and all pairs should be placed there. ParentsinDistress is the inversion, when Papa needs to be bailed out by the kids

Remember when adding examples that this is a male only trope. The female equivalent is "MamaBear" so all {{Distaff Counterpart}}s should be placed there.

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[[caption-width-right:300: [[Film/{{Aliens}} Get away from her, you]] '''[[Film/{{Aliens}} son of a BITCH!]]]]'''

Remember when adding examples that this is a male only trope. The female equivalent is "MamaBear" so all {{Distaff Counterpart}}s should be placed there. When MamaBear and PapaWolf team up, it's a BattleCouple. ParentsInDistress is the inversion, when Papa needs to be bailed out by the kids.

->[[TooDumbToLive Good luck.]]

-->-- '''[[LiamNeeson Bryan Mills]]''', ''Film/{{Taken}}''

This is the [[SpearCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] to MamaBear. When Mama Bear and Papa Wolf ''[[BattleCouple team up]]'', no force on earth can stop them.


Not named "Papa Bear" (sorry, [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]]) because in RealLife, bears do not make good fathers. Plus, it also happens to be the name of a certain BumblingDad in [[Literature/TheBerenstainBears a children's book series]]. The male wolves, on the other hand, will react to their offspring or mate being threatened in very much the same way a female bear will. Plus, they are [[BigBadassWolf big and badass]].

Remember when adding examples that this is a male only trope. The female equivalent is "MamaBear" so all {{Distaff Counterpart}}s should be placed there.

Often Papa Wolf incidents serve as a way to reveal that a NonActionGuy is really a RetiredBadass or a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. In contrast to an OverprotectiveDad a Papa Wolf is always portrayed heroically because the latter is defending their kids from genuine threats instead of imagined ones.

This is the [[SpearCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] to MamaBear. Such incidents will be seen as more surprising because [[DoubleStandard moms are not traditionally expected to do this]] and so it will likely be seen as ''scary'' in addition to being cool. When Mama Bear and Papa Wolf ''[[BattleCouple team up]]'' (surprisingly rare) no force on earth can stop them.

Subtrope of BewareTheNiceOnes. See also AFatherToHisMen. Combining this with DisproportionateRetribution can lead to a KnightTemplarParent. If the guy is a teacher instead, he's a BadassTeacher. If the guy doing this is a sibling/cousin you get BigBrotherInstinct. Inversely, see ParentsInDistress for the kids rescuing the dad. Evil characters can use this too; after all, EvenEvilHasLovedOnes. A subtrope of the Papa Wolf is the BadassAndChildDuo, where an adult male badass takes it upon himself to protect an orphaned, unrelated young child who is usually a girl.

[[caption-width-right:300: [[Film/{{Aliens}} Get away from her, you]] '''[[Film/{{Aliens}}son of a BITCH!]]]]'''

[[caption-width-right:300: [[Film/{{Aliens}} Get away from her, you]] '''[[Film/{{Aliens}} BITCH!]]]]'''

[[caption-width-right:300: [[[Film/{{Aliens}} Get away from her, you]] '''[[Film/{{Aliens}} BITCH!]]]]'''