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A violently protective girlfriend essentially acts like a much younger MamaBear, except her BerserkButton is harm to her mate rather than to the kids; note that this inverts the ''usual'' expectation that the boyfriend is violently protective of the girlfriend (which may still be the case).

* Threatening or physically assaulting Eren from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is a sure-fire way to press Mikasa's BerserkButton. Not a good idea considering she's likely the second most powerful human in the world and, much more, she's perfectly willing to face down everything from a squad of cannon-armed soldiers to entire hordes of Titans to the world's strongest man himself just to keep Eren safe.

** NO ONE shall harm/beat up/capture/[[spoiler:put inside a DeathTrap]]/etc. [[ActionSurvivor Wataru Takagi]]. Because [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy his]] ActionGirlfriend and police partner just ''happens'' to be Miwako Sato, one of the most powerful {{Action Girl}}s in the cast [[spoiler: and who once lost her FirstLove/former partner Matsuda to terrorists]], so she will '''NOT''' tolerate anyone putting ''her'' Takagi in danger. [[spoiler: She has been on the verge of losing her SecondLove at least ''thrice'', [[BerserkButton and obviously was VERY unhappy about that]].]]

** While they're not a couple, [[LittleMissBadass Morgiana]] is this to [[{{Deuteragonist}} Alibaba]]. She is incredibly loyal to him and harming or insulting him is one of her [[BerserkButton berserk buttons]]... And ''[[OneWomanArmy Morgiana]]'' is not someone you would ''[[KickChick want as]] [[SuperStrength an enemy]]''.

* ''LightNovel/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'': In the AlternateTimeline ''Marie Route'', Marie has the BerserkButton of people insulting Leon, at one point going into an UnstoppableRage when Leon being called ugly for his DuelingScar pushes Marie past her RageBreakingPoint into delivering ExtremeMeleeRevenge to the offending AlphaBitch and GirlPosse.

* ''ComicBook/SheHulk'': Titania may be a DarkActionGirl and quite TheBrute, but she [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes genuinely loves and adores her hubby]] [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Crusher Creel the Absorbing Man]]. Seeing him get hurt despite the fact he’s got NighInvulnerability most of time or even threatened him is (as several Marvel heroes like Spidey and She-Hulk discovered) a massive BerserkButton for her.

* [[BewareTheNiceOnes Nutsy]] from ''[[WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill The Adventures of Blinky Bill]]'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7782580/1/Scars_Are_Forever Scars Are Forever]]'' is extremely protective of Shifty Dingo. When she finds out Jeromy [[spoiler: tortured him and he's in a coma in the hospital, she pulls a LeeroyJenkins on Jeromy and gets kidnapped but [[BigDamnHeroes Danny Dingo saves her just as she is about to get raped by him]] by shooting Jeromy in the head. Nutsy then goes ExtremeMeleeRevenge on Jeromy's corpse, beheading it, dismembering it, disemboweling it and tearing its eyes out before dousing it with gasoline and setting it on fire.]], hurting Shifty is practically Nutsy's BerserkButton in any of CanzetYote's ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' fics.

* ''Fanfic/BringMeAllYourElderly'': Mai, who has to fight off [[EstrogenBrigade a crowd of girls]] to save Zuko after he's had too much cactus juice.
** Also Katara. [[BerserkButton Big time.]]

* ''Series/WandaVision'': Wanda Maximoff is this for her husband Vision, carrying over from their film appearances. Even though their sitcom world doesn't have any combat situations, Vis is still her BerserkButton; when Dottie is making her suspicions of Wanda clear, Wanda doesn't seem too affected... but after Dottie casts aspersions on Vis, Wanda, possibly without even meaning to, makes a glass explode in Dottie's hand (though this may have also been partially in response to hearing Jimmy Woo trying to contact her through the radio set nearby). Later on, when [[spoiler:Ralph Bohner, who's pretending to be Wanda's late brother]], makes an insensitive crack about Vision, she doesn't hesitate to send [[spoiler:him]] flying with a bolt of energy in full view of a crowd, despite previously trying to hide her abilities. And she blows up at Monica when Monica brings up Hayward, since Hayward is using [[spoiler:Vision's body for the purposes of weaponizing it]].

** The episode "Biogenesis" and the entire "Sixth Extinction" arc was pretty much Scully kicking ass because the Cigarette Smoking Man and Diana Fowley had caused Mulder's fatally unusual brain activity. The same happens in Season 8, despite the fact that she's pregnant at the time. And this totally works in reverse, as well. As noted on that page, Mulder and Scully are each other's BerserkButton.

** [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Liara]] apparently subscribes to this trope. [[spoiler: After Shepard was killed at the start of the second game and spent two years in a coma, she went on a one-woman crusade to recover the Commander's body from both the Shadow Broker and even the Collectors.]] She then went on a two-year quest for revenge on the Shadow Broker (one of the most powerful individuals in the galaxy) for even [[BerserkButton THINKING about causing harm to him/her.]]

* In ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed II'', hurting or threatening Juno Eclipse is Starkiller's BerserkButton, but it works in reverse as well. [[spoiler: When Darth Vader tries to turn Starkiller to the Dark Side, Juno grabs one of Starkiller's lightsabers and attacks Vader herself!]]

*** Harming Aang was a major BerserkButton for Katara, as characters like Zuko and Hama learned the hard way.

* Considering that NiceGuy Kokuto Mikiya from ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' is the {{Love Interest|s}} and MoralityPet to {{Tsundere}} CuteAndPsycho KnifeNut RealityWarper [[MagicalEye with-eyes-capable-of-seeing-]][[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu how-to-kill-even-Cthulhu]] Ryougi Shiki, harming him is generally '''NOT''' [[TooDumbToLive a good idea]]. In the final film, [[spoiler: Lio Shirazumi]] was under the impression that if he [[MurderTheHypotenuse got rid of him]], she'd revert to her innate murderous nature and be just as crazy as he was. [[spoiler:He was only right insofar as she would resolve to kill him after [[AnArmAndALeg severing all his limbs]].]]

* Susan Richards for Reed Richards, after she TookALevelInBadass and became the most powerful member of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''. (In fact, word to the wise: [[MamaBear Don't threaten her son,]] [[BigSisterInstinct her little brother,]] or [[TrueCompanions any of her friends]] if you value your life).

* Hulkling and Wiccan are a same-sex variant for each other in ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''. While generally sticking to ThouShaltNotKill, they both make it clear they’re willing to kill to protect each other.
* [[Characters/MastersOfEvilHelmutZemoMembers Titania]] may be a DarkActionGirl and quite TheBrute, but she [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes genuinely loves and adores her hubby]] [[Characters/TheMightyThorEnemies Crusher Creel the Absorbing Man]]. Seeing him get hurt despite the fact he’s got NighInvulnerability most of time or even threatened him is (as several Marvel heroes like Spidey and She-Hulk discovered) a massive BerserkButton for her.

** No X-Lady plays this trope better than [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]], the physically strongest female X-Men member, in regards to her boyfriend-now husband [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] whom she is very protective of, probably because he isn’t a FlyingBrick like her. Dialed [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' when ComicBook/IronMan [[ChestBlaster blasts]] Gambit and Rogue [[http://i.imgur.com/gpmq0Sm.jpg goes berserk]], having [[PowerParasite absorbed]] ComicBook/SheHulk’s SuperStrength and [[UnstoppableRage temperament]].

*** In the more recent ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|2019}}'' comic, Rogue upon waking from a coma gloriously [[https://insidepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excalibur-5-spoilers-9.jpg curb]] [[https://insidepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excalibur-5-spoilers-10.jpg stomped]] and killed [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] (one of the most powerful mutants ever) when the latter severely hurt Gambit. Apocalypse [[DeathIsCheap soon got better]] though, thanks to [[Characters/GenerationHope Hope Summers]].
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] typically is violently protective of [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] inducing brutal fights with [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}}, and villains over Scott.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] is already very protective of most of her allies, but when violent moves or insults are made towards a certain king of Wakanda [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T’Challa]] (whom Ororo still cares deeply about even though their marriage ended) she tends to break out the hurricanes and lightning bolts more readily. Back in the 90s she was similarly protective of her boyfriend Forge.
** [[Characters/XMen60sMembers Polaris]] is often like this towards [[Characters/XMen60sMembers Havok]] (whom she has a regular off-and-on again relationship with), she’s the daughter of Magneto and can kick a staggering amount of ass when Alex is in danger. One time she absorbed the Malice entity rather than let Havok get possessed by it.
** [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]] too, as Lady Deathstryke found out the hard way.

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsGammaMutates Betty Ross]] was protective of her {{Love Interest|s}} and future husband [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Bruce Banner]] when she was a normal sweet girl. When she became Red She-Hulk she takes this [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] and will go on a particularly extreme UnstoppableRage at seeing Bruce get hurt whether in human form or when he's Hulked out. In ''Incredible Hulks (2010)'' #23 [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/cmx-images-prod/Item/507368/Previews/99de27407dcbe8bf75f8d9d66753a616._SX1280_QL80_TTD_.jpg she attacks the sorceress Umar with a massive piece of rubble]] when the latter ensnares Hulk [[ItMakesSenseInContext with a demonic tongue]].

* [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] becomes this each time Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} is [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered]]. For instance, there was the time after her wedding to Clark, when he was kidnapped after temporarily losing his powers. Lois took her [[MilitaryBrat army brat]] background to extremes, becoming a Film/GIJane in order to come to the rescue.
* [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]] gets this from both [[Characters/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] and [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]] which is to be expected from two {{Fiery Redhead}}s.

* Atom Eve towards Mark the titular ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' despite being far stronger than her, Eve simply won’t tolerate Mark getting hurt in any way when she has the power to stop it. She’s even unleashed her EleventhHourSuperpower when Conquest was about to kill Mark, frying Conquest’s skin off in the process. There’s also the time Anissa [[spoiler: the Viltrimite woman who raped Mark]] came uninvited to their house looking for Mark, and Eve tried to crush Anissa on the spot before Mark calmed her down.
* Characters/ScarletWitch towards ComicBook/TheVision. Wanda could, would and has taken on powerful supervillains, demons and gods who have hurt her synthetic-man and being a RealityWarper, attacking Viz in her presence is something most come to regret.

* [[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests Gwen Stacy]] is this to her best friend/boyfriend, [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Peter Parker]], in most mediums and even timelines. This is best displayed in one issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderGwen'', where she intervenes when two bullies are attacking him on a football field.

** Her ComicBook/UltimateMarvel version even ''pulls a knife'' on his bullies.
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] herself. Yeah, Peter being Spider-Man means he usually doesn’t need to be protected but when he does need help, MJ will literally crawl through rubble and take on supervillains to save him. This is played even straighter during the times where Mary Jane gets her own Spider-Powers such as in ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland''.
* In a WhatIf Silver Age story, Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} and [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] fell in love and got married while Kara/Linda was depowered and amnesiac for her superheroine identity. When she begins to regain her powers, she readily uses them to safeguard her husband. She even asks him to let her protect him always.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans:'' [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark]] is this for [[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]] in the ComicBook/New52. Cassie is ''[[UndyingLoyalty fiercely loyal]]'' to Tim, and he's one of the few people that can break through her [[SugarAndIcePersonality tough, short-tempered nature.]] In ''Teen Titans #2'', Tim is about to be attacked by an animalistic Skitter, until a furious Cassie intervenes in order to protect him.

** In ''Teen Titans #7'', Tim attempts to convince the Teen Titans to rescue [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Superboy]], despite their understandable reluctance to go on a mission to save someone that just attempted to kill them. However, when Tim makes an off-handed comment that he may not survive saving Superboy on his own, Cassie ''immediately'' decides to go with him, which causes the rest of the team to follow.

* Characters/ScarletWitch towards [[Characters/Avengers60sMembers The Vision]]. Wanda could, would and has taken on powerful supervillains, demons and gods who have hurt her synthetic-man and being a RealityWarper, attacking Viz in her presence is something most come to regret.

*** [[Characters/ScarletWitch Wanda]] for [[Characters/Avengers60sMembers The Vision]] when they're attacked by Proxima and Corvus. She repeatedly blasts them away from Vision when they try to take the Mind Stone from him, refuses to leave when he asks her (for her own safety) to do so, and prepares to take them both on by herself until [[BigDamnHeroes Cap and his team show up]]. [[spoiler:Which just makes it all the more tragic when she's forced to kill him by destroying the Mind Stone despite all her efforts to protect him. And when she sees [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] about to kill Vision again, she furiously lunges at him, only to be blown back.]]

** In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', when criminals threaten "her Frog", she flies into an UnstoppableRage. '''HIIIII-YAHHHHH'''!

* It is averted in ''Film/LetMeIn'' first because Abby asks Owen to fight himself and to defend himself against the bullies. However, she promises him that she will help him if he is too weak. Later, however, it is played straight, because when the bullies want to mutilate or drown him, Abby [[AssholeVictim kills them in the most brutal way]].

* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': At the end of episode 33, a news report mentions that Queen Bee has been absent from public events for several weeks. Paul starts to theorize what may be the cause, only for [[PlayingWithFire Danni]] to offhandedly mention that she's probably waiting for her burns to heal.[[spoiler: As Queen Bee murdered [[SparedByTheAdaption Danni]]'s current [[SparedByTheAdaption girlfriend]] around this time in canon...]]

* Rem from ''LightNovel/ReZero'' is polite, nice and calm. But if someone poses a serious threat to Subaru, she immediately beats the shit out of them. As a superhumanly strong [[{{Oni}} oni]], you shouldn't underestimate her.

* While he certainly can defend himself, Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} is very protective of her boyfriend ([[spoiler:and eventual husband]]) [[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ben Tennyson]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9420934/1/Ben-10-Unlimited Ben 10: Unlimited]]'', and one way to make her [[RageBreakingPoint absolutely furious]] and lose control is to harm him, as [[EvilKnockoff Galatea]] and [[spoiler:[[ArchEnemy Vilgax]]]] find out, much to their painful expense.

** Then, because simply killing someone who attacked her husband's reputation was not enough, she and her lawyer [[MagnificentBastard took advantage]] of the [[DoubleStandard existing stereotypes]] of the time, pleaded the unpremeditated crime of passion despite the fact that premeditation was glaringly obvious, and eventually was [[KarmaHoudini acquitted]] a mere four months after the murder, before starting a career as an art historian, while her husband stayed in politics until 1940.

** No X-Lady plays this trope better than [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rogue]], the physically strongest female X-Men member, in regards to her boyfriend-now husband [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] whom she is very protective of, probably because he isn’t a FlyingBrick like her. Dialed [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' when ComicBook/IronMan [[ChestBlaster blasts]] Gambit and Rogue [[http://i.imgur.com/gpmq0Sm.jpg goes berserk]], having [[PowerParasite absorbed]] ComicBook/SheHulk’s SuperStrength and [[UnstoppableRage temperament]].

---->"I love Zuko more than I fear you!"

* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'': As far as [[SociopathicHero Revy]] is concerned, harming Rock in any manner is punishable by a disproportionate beat down for a first offense, and a bullet for a second (or even for a first if it's severe enough). When [[spoiler:Chaka]] wants to goad her into a gunfight, he does so by [[spoiler:wantonly beating Rock]] -- and, later on, he gets [[spoiler:what he had coming for it, as Revy trashes him for a bit and then leaves him at the mercy of his ''other'' victim's bodyguard: Ginji Matsuzaki, who is quick to give him a particularly horrible CruelAndUnusualDeath for the shit he pulled on his charge, YakuzaPrincess Yukio]]. Revy doesn't even hesitate to take on [[spoiler:''[[LadyOfWar Balaleika]]'']] to protect Rock.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'': Most of the members of Issei's harem are {{Action Girl}}s by default, but the ones who fit this trope the best are with no doubt Rias and Akeno, as they're usually the first ones to fly into a rage whenever Issei gets hurt to vaporize/electocute to death the one responsible.

** No X-Lady plays this trope better than [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rogue]], the physically strongest female X-Men member, in regards to her boyfriend-now husband [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Gambit]] whom she is very protective of, probably because he isn’t a FlyingBrick like her. Dialed [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' when ComicBook/IronMan [[ChestBlaster blasts]] Gambit and Rogue [[http://i.imgur.com/gpmq0Sm.jpg goes berserk]], having [[PowerParasite absorbed]] ComicBook/SheHulk’s SuperStrength and [[UnstoppableRage temperament]].
---->'''Hulk Rogue''': HE HURT REMY. MAKE HIM PAY.
*** In the more recent ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|2019}}'' comic, Rogue upon waking from a coma gloriously [[https://insidepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excalibur-5-spoilers-9.jpg curb]] [[https://insidepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excalibur-5-spoilers-10.jpg stomped]] and killed [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] (one of the most powerful mutants ever) when the latter severely hurt Gambit. Apocalypse [[ComicBookDeath soon got better]] though, thanks to [[Characters/GenerationHope Hope Summers]].

** [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Storm]] is already very protective of most of her allies, but when violent moves or insults are made towards a certain king of Wakanda [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T’Challa]] (whom Ororo still cares deeply about even though their marriage ended) she tends to break out the hurricanes and lightning bolts more readily. Back in the 90s she was similarly protective of her boyfriend Forge.
** ComicBook/{{Polaris}} is often like this towards [[Characters/XMen60sMembers Havok]] (whom she has a regular off-and-on again relationship with), she’s the daughter of Magneto and can kick a staggering amount of ass when Alex is in danger. One time she absorbed the Malice entity rather than let Havok get possessed by it.
** ComicBook/{{X 23}} too, as Lady Deathstryke found out the hard way.

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsGammaMutates Betty Ross]] was protective of her {{Love Interest|s}} and future husband [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] when she was a normal sweet girl. When she became Red She-Hulk she takes this [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] and will go on a particularly extreme UnstoppableRage at seeing Bruce get hurt whether in human form or when he's Hulked out. In ''Incredible Hulks (2010)'' #23 [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/cmx-images-prod/Item/507368/Previews/99de27407dcbe8bf75f8d9d66753a616._SX1280_QL80_TTD_.jpg she attacks the sorceress Umar with a massive piece of rubble]] when the latter ensnares Hulk [[ItMakesSenseInContext with a demonic tongue]].

* [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] becomes this each time Franchise/{{Superman}} is [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered]]. For instance, there was the time after her wedding to Clark, when he was kidnapped after temporarily losing his powers. Lois took her [[MilitaryBrat army brat]] background to extremes, becoming a Film/GIJane in order to come to the rescue.
* [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]] gets this from both ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} and [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]] which is to be expected from two {{Fiery Redhead}}s.

* ComicBook/ScarletWitch towards ComicBook/TheVision. Wanda could, would and has taken on powerful supervillains, demons and gods who have hurt her synthetic-man and being a RealityWarper, attacking Viz in her presence is something most come to regret.

* [[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests Gwen Stacy]] is this to her best friend/boyfriend, [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], in most mediums and even timelines. This is best displayed in one issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderGwen'', where she intervenes when two bullies are attacking him on a football field.

* ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson herself. Yeah, Peter being Spider-Man means he usually doesn’t need to be protected but when he does need help, MJ will literally crawl through rubble and take on supervillains to save him. This is played even straighter during the times where Mary Jane gets her own Spider-Powers such as in ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland''.
* In a WhatIf Silver Age story, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] fell in love and got married while Kara/Linda was depowered and amnesiac for her superheroine identity. When she begins to regain her powers, she readily uses them to safeguard her husband. She even asks him to let her protect him always.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans:'' [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark]] is this for [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Tim Drake]] in the ComicBook/New52. Cassie is ''[[UndyingLoyalty fiercely loyal]]'' to Tim, and he's one of the few people that can break through her [[SugarAndIcePersonality tough, short-tempered nature.]] In ''Teen Titans #2'', Tim is about to be attacked by an animalistic Skitter, until a furious Cassie intervenes in order to protect him.

** In ''Teen Titans #7'', Tim attempts to convince the Teen Titans to rescue Comicbook/{{Superboy}}, despite their understandable reluctance to go on a mission to save someone that just attempted to kill them. However, when Tim makes an off-handed comment that he may not survive saving Superboy on his own, Cassie ''immediately'' decides to go with him, which causes the rest of the team to follow.

* Early on in ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', Thugboy has been captured by some of his associates, who are displeased that since meeting Empowered, he's no longer loyal to them. They are just about to kill him when Empowered kicks down the door and HilarityEnsues. Afterward, Emp is showing a classic case of AngerBornOfWorry.
* ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}}'': [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana]] does not like it when people mess with [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor]], and villains whose first appearance has them threatening, poisoning, or attempting to brainwash him are tracked down and beaten by her with a bit more vigor than normal, especially those that mess with his mind like Hypnota.

** Leia Organa Solo unleashes with some Force power on some guards in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7034896/1/ The Princess And The Pirate]]''. Han was already dragged off and beat up badly once, and Leia's not going to stand for him being dragged off a second time. Ultimately, they don't escape until Luke and company arrive, though.

* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} snaps and attacks [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] head-on, despite the considerable power difference, when he hurts her boyfriend (as well as her family).

* While he certainly can defend himself, {{ComicBook/Supergirl}} is very protective of her boyfriend ([[spoiler:and eventual husband]]) [[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ben Tennyson]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9420934/1/Ben-10-Unlimited Ben 10: Unlimited]]'', and one way to make her [[RageBreakingPoint absolutely furious]] and lose control is to harm him, as [[EvilKnockoff Galatea]] and [[spoiler:[[ArchEnemy Vilgax]]]] find out, much to their painful expense.

* In ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', Godzilla and Mothra share [[InterspeciesRomance an ancient, symbiotic relationship]] and Mothra is a PintsizedPowerHouse more than capable of fighting other Kaiju alongside Godzilla. When [[spoiler: Ghidorah bears down on a badly injured Godzilla]], Mothra, despite being heavily injured herself, [[GoThroughMe stands between]] [[spoiler: Ghidorah]] and Godzilla and charges onward, fully prepared to give her life to protect Godzilla.

** Ginny Weasley is this towards Harry Potter, she deeply loves him and will stand up to anyone who tries to hurt him. In the Deathly Hallows Part 2 film, when Resident AlphaBitch Pansy Parkinson tries to give Harry up to Voldermort, Ginny goes straight to Harry and stands in front of him shield him.

* Though their relationship is...complicated at best, [[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Selina Kyle]] in ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' is ''fiercely'' protective of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]], willing to do anything to protect him even if they're arguing - just ask Jerome Valeska.

* ''Series/IronFist2017'': [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Colleen Wing]] is worried that [[ComicBook/IronFist Danny]]'s chi will be corrupted if he kills Harold Meachum in revenge, so she says that ''she'' will do it for him. In a more benign form, she's often seen standing up for Danny in conversations when they turn into a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at his expense and often is the one to spew threats at enemies in his defense.

* Deconstructed in an episode of ''Series/SavedByTheBell''. Zack dates a female wrestler who saves him from an attack. He views this as a huge blow to his ego because he can't comprehend the girl saving the guy.

* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'', causing harm (direct or indirect) to Almaz is the fastest way to piss Princess Sapphire off. Many of her AxCrazy thoughts are motivated by this trope.
* [[StalkerWithACrush A one-sided example]] occurs in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' with Amy Rose, exemplified when [[WellIntentionedExtremist Silver]] tried to kill Sonic. A pic of her DeathGlare during this scene is a good page image candidate.
* ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'': Although she didn't like Oswald at first, Princess Gwendolyn shows that she is capable of wreaking all sorts of havoc when he's in danger. One of the game's major NiceJobBreakingItHero incidents revolves around this trope: Gwendolyn rescues her husband from Odette, the Queen of the Dead... [[spoiler: and by killing [[BarrierMaiden her]], she inadvertently sets free an insane, nearly-unstoppable undead monster to take control of the Underworld and attack the world of the living.]]
* This is why Rozalin in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|Cursed Memories}}'' willingly lets her SuperPoweredEvilSide out at the end of the game. How this turns out depends on the ending you get.

* Jill Valentine from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' for her "partner" Chris Redfield; in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' Jill even tackles the superhuman BigBad Albert Wesker out of a window when he tries to kill Chris.
* Tifa Lockhart from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' to Cloud Strife her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]]. Even though he’s a badass [[{{Supersoldier}} 1st Class SOLDIER]] wielding a {{BFS}}, she’ll look after him as a ActionGirlfriend with her own SuperStrength. It’s especially shown in the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake remake]] where after fighting Rufus, Cloud is [[HangingByTheFingers dangling from a girder]] and about to fall but Tifa runs in, pulls off a badass slide and catches Cloud with one arm just in time. [[spoiler: In the FinalBattle Tifa can protect Cloud from BigBad Sephiroth, destroying a massive chunk of building telekinetically thrown at him with one flip kick. Or if she’s after Aerith, Tifa rescues Cloud from Sephiroth (who’s bound his rival to the ground and about to stab him), by straight up [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kicking Sephiroth]] [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom flying]].]]

* Bobcat in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''. In Issue 19, there's a task force that finishes with a battle between your team, and her and her boyfriend Neuron. If you manage to defeat Neuron first, Bobcat gets an *enormous buff* that makes her incredibly lethal. Defeating her in this state grants you a badge. The badge says "You saw Bobcat do something no one else has seen; fight with all her effort. Despite her best efforts, you still managed to put her down."
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Kairi's first fight scene in the series was in response to seeing Sora get ambushed by Heartless, drawing them to her so that they'll leave Sora alone.
* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' plays this for laughs as the normally-quiet Yagyū shows no hesitation in uttering death threats at Katsuragi when the latter tries to grope Hibari (Kat being the type of person for whom saying "hello" includes a SkinshipGrope). Katsuragi sees no reason to believe that she isn't being serious and quickly backs off.
* In ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed II'', hurting or threatening Juno Eclipse is Starkiller's BerserkButton, but it works in reverse as well. [[spoiler: When Darth Vader tries to turn Starkiller to the Dark Side, Juno grabs one of Starkiller's lightsabers and attacks Vader herself!]]

* Kyoko and Misako in ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'' decides to beat up the whole of River City after receiving a text message that their boyfriends Riki and Kunio were kidnapped by a gang. [[spoiler:Nobody knew where their boys were]], and to make matters worse [[spoiler:they aren’t even dating. The girls turn out to be violently protective ''stalkers'']]
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'':
*** The character Aveline is introduced as her husband Wesley is disarmed by Darkspawn, upon which she blindsides it, punches it silly and cuts its head off, all the while proclaiming, "You will not have him! They will not have you, not while I breathe."
*** [[PlayerCharacter Female!Hawke]] has a moment like this if you're romancing Anders: you can tell him that, if the Templars come for him, they'll have to go through you first.
*** Alternately, if female Hawke is romancing Fenris, she can get an entire fight scene like this when his old slave master, Danarius, comes to take him back by any means necessary.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'':
*** If the Inquisitor is female and romances Josephine, she can take this route when Josephine's parents put her in an ArrangedMarriage situation by challenging the man to a duel. It's less violent than it is just a demonstration of how far she's willing to go for her girlfriend, but it still counts and it gains the tremendous respect of Josephine's betrothed (who is actually a perfectly {{nice guy}}).
* Marble in the erotic game ''Corruption Of Champions'' does not like it when others mess with the PC after she has been romanced.
* Sarah Kerrigan in ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm''. She may not be the bitch [[VideoGame/StarCraft she used to be]] anymore, but never, ever, ''ever'' try to harm Jim Raynor, if you don't want [[HumanoidAbomination her]] and her [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Swarm]] to go after you.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'': [[spoiler:[[ArmCannon Jacqui]] [[CuteBruiser Briggs]] for [[WhipItGood Takahashi]] [[{{Bishonen}} Takeda]] and [[ActionGirl Sonya]] [[{{Tsundere}} Blade]] for [[CoolShades Joh]][[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass nny]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Cage]]]].
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'':
** One of the potential "Bond" quotes when a male Avatar is married to the CuteBruiser Hana:
--->'''Hana:''' I love it when you hold me tight. It's much easier to keep you safe!\\
'''Hana: (in a somewhat guttural growl)''' Nobody's going to hurt ''my'' husband.
** [[MagicalGirlWarrior Ophelia]] is strongly implied to have a BodyguardCrush on [[WhiteMage Prince Forrest]], and even when pairing them up is optional, their overall supports ''still'' have her threatening some local merchants when she mistakenly believes they've hurt him.
* This is how the Elder Dragon Lunastra is introduced in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld''. The player is tracking down a wounded Teostra which has flown into the Astera Special Arena to feed on the gunpowder stock and recover. A Nergigante appears, shortly followed by the ''very'' angry Lunastra; not wishing to fight the pair together, the Nergigante bails and the wounded Teostra also takes the chance to run, leaving you alone with the giant draconic lioness, who considers YOU one of the threats to defend Teostra from.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Abigail Roberts looked about ready to murder Dutch van der Linde for berating John after Arthur and Sadie break him out of prison.

* The basic plot of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' is Dixie Kong fighting through the Kremling army to rescue her missing boyfriend Diddy Kong.
* In ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', Penelope comes to Bentley's rescue when he's about to be killed by Captain [=LeFwee=] by dueling the latter in a sword fight. It ends with [=LeFwee=] being thrown into the sea and eaten by sharks. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it's deconstructed in [[VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime the next game]], as Penelope turned out to be a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] {{yandere}} who's ''too'' protective of Bentley, and ends up as a PsychoExGirlfriend]].
* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'': She was already quite the {{Yandere}} in the series, but Wendy will not take kindly to Stan being attacked if she's not snarking him about it.

* Harley Quinn is a villainous example on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. See also Catwoman in the episode "Almost Got 'Im".

** Pearl will go ballistic for Rose. [[spoiler:Pearl was deeply in love with Rose and thus still fiercely protective of her love interest]].

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', although Brock and Warianna’s relationship starts off a bit rocky, the two do genuinely start a connection, which comes in handy when Think Tank crashes in to attack Brock and Rusty.
-->'''Warriana:''' Sorry if I was weird this morning.\\
'''Brock:''' It's cool. I think this makes us even.\\
'''Alexis:''' I'm just not one for pillow talk, you know? I-I've got a lot going on right now, what, with my career, my alter ego, my alter ego's career.\\
'''Brock:''' Yeah, I kind of got a lot going on myself right now. That Think Tank guy just-\\
'''Warriana:''' Whoa, whoa, Think Tank? Oh, do not even tell me that pompous son of a gorgon is messing with my man.

--> '''Cassie:''' ''[Punches the living daylights out of Skitter]'' BACK ''OFF'', ROACH!
--> '''Tim:''' ''[To himself]'' [[AmazonChaser If I'm not careful, I could fall in love with that girl!]]

---> '''Cassie:''' ''[Grabbing onto the Brain]'' I will '''KILL''' you for that!\\

-->''And then they tazed him. They frickin’ tazed him. Spike dropped to a knee and Buffy stopped analyzing and started pulverizing. They wanted to know what she was? Oh, they were going to find out first hand. Nobody beat up her boyfriend.''
-->''(Then)''
-->''It was frighteningly easy to knock them all out once she took the brakes off. And frighteningly difficult to restrict herself to only knocking them unconscious, when they were hurting her lover.''

-->'''Buffy''': ''(threatening Whistler, the agent)'' "I'll tell you how it works, demon. It's been 32 days. That leaves exactly 115 days for you and your bosses to get your shit together and send him back, or I swear, I'll visit on you every single torture memory I've ever been given. Including the scarabs. If I don't get Spike back, I'll go and get him. And I will leave a bloody, gory mess in my wake that will make it look like the First stopped by for a picnic."

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': Hurting Prince Eric in front of Ariel is not a good idea, as Ursula soon discovered. Bonus points for being the ''first Disney Princess'' to '''save her male love interest''' in the history of Disney animation (more than once, to top it all).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': Rapunzel eventually becomes this to Eugene, she uses her trademark long magical hair to pull him out of danger and even before falling in love with Eugene, was willingly to save him from a group barroom bandits armed only with a frying pan. [[spoiler: It’s taken even further in the climax as when Gothel stabs Eugene, Rapunzel despite being BoundAndGagged goes nuts and fights tooth and nail to break free of Gothel and reach him much to her kidnapper’s fury. Rapunzel even declares, she will ''never stop fighting her'', unless Gothel lets her heal Eugene meaning she’s willing to give up freedom so long as her love lives. Eugene vetoes this though by cutting Rapunzel‘s hair [[RapidAging which turns Gothel (who had been living off it) to dust]].]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' Helen aka Elastigirl to her husband Bob aka Mr Incredible even though he’s stronger than her and can usually look after himself, she’ll still break into an ElaborateUndergroundBase and take on army of armed goons as a OneWomanArmy to save him. In the [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 sequel]] when a BrawnHilda starts overpowering him, Elastigirl immediately [[RubberMan wraps around her from behind]] allowing Bob to get the upperhand.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets'': OneWomanArmy Pomeranian Gidget trashes through an ''army'' of evil pets to save Max from getting harmed.

* Lisbeth Salander of ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'' is more of a Violently Protective Sexbuddy, but all the same, do not harm Mikael Blomkvist when she's nearby.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]] is not above threatening [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt]]'s witnesses in attempts to help him or killing anyone who attacks him.

* In ''Series/HotelDelLuna'', Man-wol is this for Chan-sung, even before they officially became a couple, and for good reason, as Chan-sung is a normal human and naturally defenseless against supernatural attacks. When a ghost, who happened to be Chan-sung's old university classmate [[spoiler: and a serial killer]], threatens to hurt Chan-sung, Man-wol attacks the ghost first and would have destroyed him if not the ghost [[spoiler: receiving strength from his online followers]].

* While not explicitly a girlfriend because [[ToyShip they're 9 years old]] (though a mutual crush has been confirmed), ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''' [[EnfantTerrible Louise Belcher]] is shaping up to be one of these for [[NonActionGuy Regular-Sized Rudy]]. She has shown herself to be his knight in shining armor on several occasions; when she discovers that his crush (who causes her GreenEyedEpiphany) is only playing with his emotions for test answers and has no plans of stopping, Louise physically attacks the girl.

* This is how the Elder Dragon Lunastra is introduced in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld''. The player is tracking down a wounded Teostra which has flown into the Astera Special Arena to feed on the gunpowder stock and recover. A Nergigante appears, shortly followed by the ''very'' angry Lunastra; not wishing to fight the pair together, the Nergigante bails and the wounded Teostra also takes the chance to run with the Hunstman in pursuit, leaving you to fend off the giant draconic lioness.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Ambassador Delenn doesn't get involved in dust-ups most of the time to keep John Sheridan safe. She doesn't have to. She's got an entire space navy of {{Cool Starship}}s at her command, and she is ''not'' afraid to use them. However, when she ''does'' get into more personal fighting, that willowy, ladylike Minbari can proceed to kick ass with the rest of them. ''Don't'' hurt her boyfriend. ''Ever''. When he was about to lose the station to the forces loyal to the dictator of Earth, she arrives with four of her peoples ships and makes a declaration of protection. When the enemy tries to claim they have sovereign rights here, Delenn maintains her tranquil fury as she says:

* ComicBook/ScarletWitch towards ComicBook/TheVision, Wanda could, would and has taken on powerful supervillains, demons and gods who have hurt her synthetic-man and as a RealityWarper attacking Viz in her presence is something most come to regret.

* ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson herself, yeah Peter being Spider-Man usually doesn’t need to protected but when he does need help, MJ will literally crawl through rubble and take on supervillains to save him. This is played even straighter during the times where Mary Jane gets her own Spider-Powers such as in ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland''.

** ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'': Bruce Banner's girlfriend Betty has a moment of this when she gets angry at a taxi driver for almost causing Bruce to Hulk out. She's not exactly pleasant when Bruce tells her to calm down.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Nobody plays this trope better than [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rogue]], the physically strongest female X-Men member, in regards to her boyfriend-now husband [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Gambit]] whom she is very protective of, probably because he isn’t a FlyingBrick like her. Dialed [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' when ComicBook/IronMan [[ChestBlaster blasts]] Gambit and Rogue [[http://i.imgur.com/gpmq0Sm.jpg goes berserk]], having [[PowerParasite absorbed]] ComicBook/SheHulk’s SuperStrength and [[UnstoppableRage temperament]].
-->'''Hulk Rogue''': HE HURT REMY. MAKE HIM PAY.
** In a more recent ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur|2019}}'' comic, Rogue upon waking from a coma gloriously [[https://insidepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excalibur-5-spoilers-9.jpg curb]] [[https://insidepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excalibur-5-spoilers-10.jpg stomped]] and killed [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] (one of the most powerful mutants ever) when the latter severely hurt Gambit. Apocalypse [[ComicBookDeath soon got better]] though, thanks to [[Characters/GenerationHope Hope Summers]].

* During the Leveson Inquiry, a man broke into Parliament's chambers to throw a plate of shaving cream in Rupert Murdoch's face. His wife Wendi responded by lunging for the attacker and slamming him in the face with her palm.

* Gumball Watterson from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' is a male version of this trope. Hurting or insulting his girlfriend, [[spoiler:Penny]], will get the same reaction to the point that he scathingly calls out her father for calling her a monster after she [[spoiler:breaks out of her shell]] and he actually agrees with Gumball that he was wrong. Later in the show, he goes back to being his brutally blunt self after seeing another character who took over the show get close to his girlfriend and even unleashes his tirades on him in form of an acid attack which burn his face off! Nicole has also can be seen as this as she crushed a guy's hand for hitting her husband Richard, despite helping them