History Main / ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend

*** 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 Apocalypse (one of the most powerful mutants ever) when the latter severely hurt Gambit. Apocalypse [[DeathIsCheap soon got better]] though, thanks to Hope Summers.

** 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.
** Polaris is often like this towards 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.
** X-23 too, as Lady Deathstryke found out the hard way.

-->'''Red She-Hulk''': Get your damn tongue off him. You PIECE OF TRASH!

** Gwen Stacy is this to her best friend/boyfriend, 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 (though they weren't together in this universe).

-->'''Sasuke:''' We both know you're not a killer, Naruto. At most, you would have beaten him within an inch of his life before turning him over to the ANBU - like what you did the last three times someone was stupid enough to target your wife. \\
'''Naruto:''' Those were just the people who tried to ''kidnap'' her, the assassins never had enough of a body left behind to warrant formal investigations, once I got through with them.

* ''Fanfic/YukakoButCrime'': [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Yukako Yamagashi]] is this towards her boyfriend Koichi Hirose, a doting and loving girlfriend even after the former moved to Italy following Part 4, but gets ''very'' vicious if anyone bad mouths him or cause him on. When Mista explains this to the team's newest member Giorno, [[NotSoStoic the normally calm teen]] [[OhCrap is horrified]] because a few days prior [[CallBack he robbed Koichi lf his luggage]]... [[RightBehindMe and just revealed this to Mista while a very pissed-off Yukako was standing behind him]].

** Carol Danvers. While she and Harry aren't dating (though not for lack of epic ShipTease [[spoiler:until chapter 46 of the sequel, when they finally get the long-awaited RelationshipUpgrade]]), and Harry is generally more than capable of taking care of himself... well. Let's just say that threatening/looking like you might upset him is a very good way to get (at best) a DeathGlare or (at worst) a lot of constructively applied violence. Actually hurting him? That's ''much'' worse. As in, after it's revealed that Yelena Belova [[spoiler:molested Harry while he was the Red Son]], Carol's response is to say, [[TranquilFury with eerie calm]], that she's going to "tear that fucking bitch limb from limb." This cuts both ways, of course, with protecting her [[spoiler:or resurrecting her if she dies]] being the one circumstance in which Harry would willingly break his personal GodzillaThreshold and [[spoiler:become the Dark Phoenix again]].

* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'': [[SpicyLatina Vaggie]] doesn't take kindly to anyone who potentially wants to mess with her girlfriend, [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Charlie]]. She punches a camera demon in the face for calling her a "stupid bitch", threatens [[TheDreaded Alastor]] with a spear when he shows up at the hotel, and ''immediately'' brandishes the weapon again after [[GenkiGirl Niffty]] lifts up Charlie to look around for men.

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': Carol Danvers. While she and Harry aren't dating (though not for lack of epic ShipTease [[spoiler:until chapter 46 of the sequel, when they finally get the long-awaited RelationshipUpgrade]]), and Harry is generally more than capable of taking care of himself... well. Let's just say that threatening/looking like you might upset him is a very good way to get (at best) a DeathGlare or (at worst) a lot of constructively applied violence. Actually hurting him? That's ''much'' worse. As in, after it's revealed that Yelena Belova [[spoiler:molested Harry while he was the Red Son]], her response is to say, [[TranquilFury with eerie calm]], that she's going to "tear that fucking bitch limb from limb." This cuts both ways, of course, with protecting her [[spoiler:or resurrecting her if she dies]] being the one circumstance in which Harry would willingly break his personal GodzillaThreshold and [[spoiler:become the Dark Phoenix again]].
** Another example of this trope is Harry Dresden and Wanda Maximoff, who warns ''Magneto'' to back off when he looks like he's about to do an IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer speech to Dresden (Dresden actually tries to hide behind her. Since he's 6'9', and she's 5'6' ''at best'', this fails miserably). Mind you, she is his daughter. Additionally, when [[spoiler:Voldemort]] nearly kills Dresden, Wanda steps in and sends him running for his life.

** Between the main cast of Madoka, Homura, Mami, Sayaka, and Kyoko, Madoka tends to invoke this reaction the most. A combination of her lack of magical powers and sweet nature mean that the others do not tolerate anyone hurting her and especially trying to kill her, the latter in general being something known to generally infuriate Soulmates [[CantLiveWithoutYou for many reasons]]. The main reason Homura wants to kill certain Magical Girls immediately is them having hurt Madoka in the past, someone hurting her in gym class without apologizing leads to Homura and Sayaka, [[BullyHunter even before becoming Madoka's Soulmate]] running the girl ragged until she outright collapses, an action Mami fully supports, while a enemy magical girl actually trying to kill Madoka leads to a freshly contracted Sayaka [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown trying to tear her apart and only failing because of a building collapsing on the three of them]] and the moment Mami gets a good shot on her [[MultipleGunshotDeath said magical girl is further torn apart]]. Its not limited to just Madoka of course, when Kyoko is being tormented by a mass of Kyubey bodies she immediately tears them all apart with hundreds of magical guns.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': Helen, a.k.a. Elastigirl to her husband Bob, a.k.a. 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 [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]] 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'': [[OneManArmy Pomeranian Gidget]] trashes through an ''army'' of evil pets to save Max from getting harmed.

** In "Eclipse Lake", Amity is forced to fight Hunter/The Golden Guard when he tries to steal the portal key, which contains Titan's Blood. They only stopped when Hunter threatened to hurt Luz, leaving Amity no other choice but to give him the key, but not before telling him to stay away from his girlfriend.
** In "Clouds on the Horizon", when Odalia accuses Amity for deliberately trying to make the Blight family look bad and went as far as calling Luz a "brat" when the latter stands up for her, Amity outright ''snaps'' at her mother for how she spoke to her girlfriend. Odalia was appealed when she heard this and tells her daughter that she'll find Amity a "more suitable girlfriend" once Luz is arrested, believing that dating a criminal will tarnish the Blights' reputation. Amity becomes furious at such words and was even prepared to ''attack'' Odalia if needed to.

->''"You can attack me, you can send assassins after me, that's fine. But '''nobody''' messes with my boyfriend!"''

** While they weren't dating at the time, "Escaping Expulsion" has Amity coming to Luz's rescue (with some help from Gus and Willow, and even Amity's siblings, Edric and Emira) when the latter is forced to represent Abomination-based weaponry for her parents', Odalia and Alador's, company, Blight Industries, after they got the human girl and their friends unfairly expelled from [[WizardingSchool Hexside]]. Amity's crush on Luz [[GrewASpine even made her stand up to Odalia]] and threatens to embarrass her in front of her investors if she doesn't let her friends back into school.

* As seen on ''{{Series/Castle}}'', do not attempt to harm Castle, because Beckett will ''hurt'' you.

** While they weren't dating at the time, "Escaping Expulsion" has Amity coming to Luz's rescue (with some help from Gus and Willow, and even Amity's siblings, Edric and Emira) when the latter is forced to represent Abomination-based weaponry for her parents', Odalia and Alador's, company, Blight Industries, after they got the human girl and their friends unfairly expelled from Hexside. Amity's crush on Luz [[GrewASpine even made her stand up to Odalia]] and threatens to embarrass her in front of her investors if she doesn't let her friends back into school.

* ''ComicBook/NewGods'': Big Barda will destroy anyone who even ''looks'' at her husband Mister Miracle funny. That, or she'll teleport you to another galaxy... in the middle of space. To be fair, that's less her being a Violently Protective Girlfriend and more [[BloodKnight her being violent, period]]. Barda seems to believe all problems will go away if you beat them to an unrecognizable pulp... which admittedly is accurate most of the time.

* Lord Byron's explanation in his ''Literature/DonJuan'' for why a WomanScorned is more dangerous than a MamaBear could also apply to a Violently Protective Girlfriend:

[-[[caption-width-right:300:[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stay away from my man,]] ''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]''[[note]]Image by [[http://massgrfx.deviantart.com/art/Beach-Bully-63661693 John Masse.]] Used with permission.[[/note]]]]-]

->''"You can attack me, you can send assassins after me, that's fine. But '''nobody''' messes with my boyfriend!"''

Seems harming that guy was a really bad idea. His girlfriend is gonna kick your ass.

A violently protective girlfriend essentially acts like a much younger MamaBear, except her triggers is any 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).

This is common with an ActionGirl, AmazonianBeauty, CuteBruiser, or LadyOfWar. Sometimes a ButchLesbian will act this way about her girlfriend due to the stereotype of being [[BrawnHilda stronger]] and more "dominant", though a LipstickLesbian shouldn't be underestimated either. Personalities associated with it include PluckyGirl (who may or may not fight but is likely to be protective anyway), {{Tsundere}} (who is apt to go into rage mode when said lover is threatened despite not being able to stand them half the time) and {{Yandere}} (who is likely to bring out the AxCrazy in response to anyone threatening what they feel is theirs). A NonActionGuy or dudes otherwise incompetent in combat seem to [[WeaknessTurnsHerOn attract]] these women. Most types of TheWoobie (except a JerkassWoobie who hasn't revealed his woobie side and WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds) also draw the attention of these types of women out of an instinct to ease their suffering.

Sometimes, if she herself doesn't treat her boyfriend exceptionally well, there can be a variant that can be summed up as, "Hey, [[HypocriticalHeartwarming nobody picks on him but me]]."

Compare to UnderstandingBoyfriend for the [[InvertedTrope inverted variant]]. See also MoreDeadlyThanTheMale, ActionGirlfriend, and BodyguardCrush. Can overlap with BewareTheNiceOnes if she seems harmless until her mate is in danger. If the male lover is more than capable of protecting himself, she's BodyguardingABadass. A mutually violently protective couple is a BattleCouple. An AmazonChaser may look for one of these. A group of these focused on the same {{Protectorate}} is a BattleHarem.

* The spin-off ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' introduces us to [[CuteMonsterGirl Millie, a cute demon who is cheerful all the time]]... unless you mess with her husband [[ButtMonkey Moxxie]], if that's the case she will immediately jump to his defense.

* 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.

'''Brock:''' Yeah, I kind of got a lot going on myself right now. That Think Tank guy just-\\