History Main / ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend

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[[caption-width:312: [[{{Hello}} Hello.]] [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My name is Elizabeta Hedervary.]] You stole [[MemeticMutation Austria's "vital regions"]]. [[ThePrincessBride Prepare to die]].]]

Seems harming that guy was a really bad idea. You just triggered the wrath of his girl friend (or in some cases girl who loves him yet isn't dating yet) and she's gonna kick your ass.

Female trope only as it's [[PeopleSitOnChairs expected]] for a guy to lose it when his girlfriend comes under threat.

Women in this trope essentially act like a much younger MamaBear, a trope this is strongly related to as the BerserkButton is harming the mate rather than the kids (many of these examples were axed from the MamaBear page). There can be interaction with MamaBear if she happens to be older than the love interest, also triggering maternal instincts. Very common if said woman is an ActionGirl, HotAmazon, CuteBruiser or LadyOfWar. Common trait in a {{Tsundere}}. Likely to occur if the male is a NonActionGuy or otherwise incompetent in combat himself.

It should be noted to the guy that to deride or betray such devotion is worse than to challenge [[WomanScorned Hell itself.]]

Subtrope of BerserkButton. Compare/contrast {{Yandere}} for when the obsession is so extreme that even the love interest often gets hurt. Unlike with the {{Yandere}}, the love interest is almost completly safe during her violent momments. The ViolentlyProtectiveGirlFriend is also much more stable mentally, barring said defensive instincts should they go into AxeCrazy territory.

Compare to UnderstandingBoyfriend for the NonActionGuy [[InvertedTrope variant]], and ActionGirlfriend.

* [[{{Naruto}} Hinata Hyuuga]] might have a streak like this, as shown in Chapter 437. Subverted as it [[{{Understatement}} didn't turn out so well]]. The results of that chapter were a legendary firestorm of fan rage (that burned even here), an UnstoppableRage that would make TheIncredibleHulk seem calm, and a NiceJobFixingItVillain moment.

** Shepherd herself can become this depending on the player.

Female trope only as it's [[DoubleStandard expected]] for a guy to lose it when his girlfriend comes under threat.

* ''FullMetalAlchemist'' has [[BodyGuardCrush Hawkeye and Lan Fan]],, who are [[{{Understatement}} quite protective]] of both Mustang and Ling respectively.

Compare to UnderstandingBoyfriend for the NonActionGuy [[InvertedTrope variant.]]

** [[spoiler:She then went on a two year hunt to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge kill the Shadow Broker]] for even trying to [[BerserkButton lay a hand on Shepard]].]] [[{{Understatement}} She's definitely devoted to him/her]].

* Explicitly used in the ''Shield, Sword, And Crown'' series, where Arisa declares herself both Weasel's and Edoran's bodyguard at various points in the book. Slightly subverted in that she isn't interested in them romantically at all, and thinks of them as best friends.
* [[HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets "Leave him alone, he didn't want all that!"]]

Women in this trope essentially act like a much younger MamaBear, a trope this is strongly related to as the BerserkButton is harming the mate rather than the kids (many of these examples got axed from the MamaBear page). There can be interaction with MamaBear if she happens to be older than the love interest, also triggering maternal instincts. Very common if said woman is an ActionGirl, HotAmazon, CuteBruiser or LadyOfWar. Common trait in a {{Tsundere}}. Likely to occur if the male is a NonActionGuy or otherwise incompetent in combat himself.

* ''{{Avatar}}'': Neytiri is vividly protective of Jake, crouching over him with knife drawn and teeth bared, hissing, in two scenes where he is unconscious and under threat.

* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Liara]] of MassEffect apparently subscribes to this trope. [[spoiler: After Shepard was killed in between games, she went on a one-woman crusade to recover the Commander's body from both the Shadow Broker and even the Collectors.]]
** [[spoiler:She then went on a two hunt to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge kill the Shadow Broker]] for even trying to [[BerserkButton lay a hand on Shepard]].]]

Women in this trope essentially act like a much younger MamaBear, a trope this is strongly related to as the BerserkButton is harming the mate rather than the kids (many of these examples got axed from the MamaBear page). Very common if said woman is an ActionGirl, HotAmazon, CuteBruiser or LadyOfWar. Common trait in a {{Tsundere}}. Likely to occur if the male is a NonActionGuy.

Subtrope of BerserkButton. Compare {{Yandere}} for when the obsession is so extreme that even the love interest often gets hurt.

* Willow Rosenberg from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', with regards to Tara. When Glory drove Tara insane, she only survived her battle with Willow because she was a PhysicalGod. When Warren [[spoiler:killed]] Tara, Willow ''flayed him alive''.

* ''FullMetalAlchemist'' has [[BodyGuardCrush Hawkeye and Lan Fan]],, who are quite protective of both Mustang and Ling respectively.

* Fiona from ''BurnNotice''.

* {{Vagiant}}'s single ''Seven'' is all about this trope.

* In the version of the folk song Stagger Lee recorded by the Grateful Dead, Stagger Lee murders Billy DeLion, and the police are too afraid of him to do anything about it. Then, along comes Billy's girlfriend Delia, who shoots Stagger Lee herself. [[{{GroinAttack}} In the balls.]]
* {{Vagiant's}} single ''Seven'' is all about this trope.

* FullMetalAlchemist has both [[BodyGuardCrush Hawkeye and Lan Fan]] who are quite protective to both Mustang and Ling respectively.
* LesYay version: Setsuna from MahouSenseiNegima. At the beginning of the Kyoto arc she is deadlocked against that arc's big bad swords(wo)man defender, if not being beaten back and forth, when the big bad tells the group her devious plans with Setsuna's childhood friend Konoka (which the manga puts very close to the romantic interest at several points) Setsuna freaks, beats the partner jumps into the air and goes wild all over the BigBad along with Negi. [[spoiler: After entering a Pactio with Konoka, she's even more of the Real Deal, and they become a BattleCouple.]]

* Fiona from ''BurnNotice''.