History PapaWolf / Literature

* In the Creator/DaleBrown novel ''A Time for Patriots'', [[spoiler: when the FBI agents hurt and threaten Brad, Pat pays them right back, forcing them to bug out.]]

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': Jacob Black is a rather literal example (boy turns into a wolf) when it comes to Renesmee Cullen, the girl he's imprinted upon. Actually, this would apply to any wolf who has imprinted on a child.

* Officer Lenny Walker in ''Undertow'' by Michael Buckley. He'll do whatever he thinks is necessary (which usually involves his fists, gun, or badge,) to protect his wife, daughter, and the daughter's best friend in the extremely dangerous place that Coney Island has become.

* Waylander the Slayer from the ''Waylander'' series of books by David Gemmell is a rather evil version of this. Having returned home from the war to find his wife and child killed, he spends the rest of his life and wealth hunting down the eight men responsible and killing them in ways that'd make even the most villainous of villains shriek.

* Nastily subverted in Rick Hautala's ''The Mountain King.'' The protagonist sees his daughter [[spoiler: torn apart and eaten by monsters, but is too terrified to leave his hiding place.]]

* ''Literature/EricOrLittleByLittle'': During Eric's first two terms at [[BoardingSchool Roslyn]], he stays with his parents, who have hired a house near the school. One day his father happens to be walking by the playground while [[TheBully Barker]] beats Eric and his best friend Russell. Eric's father beats Barker with a riding-whip, threatens threatens to beat him even worse if he ever hurts Eric again, and excoriates the other boys for [[BystanderSyndrome not standing up to Barker]].

* Creator/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 Creator/AaronAllston's ''Literature/{{Galatea In 2D}}'', C. J. gets into the fight because his son is in danger.

** Later, after Ada's death by childbirth, the Thuggee kidnapped her daughter Darma so she'd take her mother's place. Knowing that he didn't have the resources to take on the Thuggee in spite of how tough he was, Tremal Naik (who used to [[RatedMForManly hunt tigers for a living]]) summoned Sandokan to help and, in the meantime, started killing all Thuggee he could find. Then Sandokan arrived, and by the time they were done ''there was no Thuggee cult anymore'': their main temple had been raided and destroyed, most of their numbers had been killed by the British (the Mutiny of 1857 was raging and the Thuggee, already outlaws, had sided against the British) and the Tigers of Mompracem, and [[DuelToTheDeath their leader got killed by Sandokan in single combat]] once he was finally cornered in the besieged Delhi. And then, to stay on the safe side, Tremal Naik left India with his daughter to stay away from survivors and [[GirlsWithGuns taught her to shoot a gun]] (she became a crack shot, and deadlier than the tiger she was named after).

** Graystripe himself shows this in ''Recap/WarriorCatsTheDarkestHour'', helping his kits flee from Nazi-like [=TigerClan=] and attacking any enemy warrior that tries to hurt them. Before he and his friends can do this, however, they have to ''pin him to the ground'' to stop him running right into the middle of the fray and getting them all killed by his righteous indignation.

** Graystripe himself shows this in ''Literature/TheDarkestHour'', helping his kits flee from Nazi-like [=TigerClan=] and attacking any enemy warrior that tries to hurt them.

** Sam Vimes in ''Literature/{{Thud}}!'' is very protective of his son, Sam Jr. He loves his son and will go to extreme lengths to protect him and read to him each night. After [[spoiler:he is possessed by an ancient spirit of vengeance and finds the dwarves who sent men to kill his family]] he brutally screams, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis THAT! IS!! NOT!!! MY!!! COW!!!]] and attacks the men with all his might. [[spoiler:It only because his inner sense of justice is strong enough to halt him from killing a defenseless person do they survive]].

** In ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire'', set some time before ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', the real villain of the book, [[SmugSnake Prince Xizor]], [[TheRival 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.

** This is part of the reason why Jacen Solo turned to the Dark Side and became the Sith Lord Darth Caedus, in addition to the WellIntentionedExtremist trope: When he saw into the Pool of Knowledge and saw a man clad in Dark Armor (later revealed to be Darth Krayt) sitting on the Throne of Balance and seeing Allana, his daughter, standing by his side, he decided to become a Sith Lord in order to prevent that future from occurring, or at the very least prevent the part of the future where Allana is evidentially serving Krayt as his right-hand servant.

** Booster Terrik is a {{Jerkass}} in general (especially to Corran Horn), but he cares very deeply for his daughter Mirax and his adopted son Wedge Antilles. He'll do what he can to help them... and woe to you if you threaten, hurt, or kidnap either of them. What's more, he's got a Star Destroyer, which may or may not be fully armed and dangerous...and you probably don't want to take the chance that it is.

* Literature/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.

* Charles Leeds, the husband and father of the second family of victims in ''Literature/RedDragon'', had his throat slashed in his sleep by Francis Dolarhyde. As he and his wife lay bleeding to death, Dolarhyde went down the hall to kill the children. With his throat cut open, artery spraying his lifeblood on the wall with every step he took, Leeds ran down the hallway after the killer and fought with him to protect his children.

** An odd example from the series is "Gentleman" Johnny Marcone, the local Mafia boss who is essentially a Papa Wolf to ''every child in Chicago''. If Marcone catches a person doing anything to hurt children in his city, he will personally execute said person. [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking You don't want that.]] Harry even invokes this when he needs help saving a child.

** When Jaehaerys' daughter Saera lost her virginity to a suitor, he went ballistic on the guy and killed him however other than that time, he was kinda a crappy dad especially to his daughters and granddaughters
** When Rhaenyra Targaryen's Velaryon sons had their parentage claimed, her dad Viserys ordered the tongues removed of those who dared question his grandsons' legitimacy and then when someone did say it within earshot of Rhaenyra, the boys' step-father, Prince Daemon beheaded the guy.

** The ever honorable Ned Stark was willing to sacrifice his honor if it meant keeping his children sake.

** This trope applies especially to [[Literature/TheBelgariad 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, he goes into a berserker rage and [[BearsAreBadNews turns into a bear]].

---->'''Khonar (about Asharak)''': ''[[spoiler:Our agent reported that he seemed a little nervous about something]].''
---->'''Belgarath''':''[[spoiler:I can imagine. He's done something that offended me. I want to talk with him about it, and he'd rather avoid that conversation -- since it's very likely to involve my hanging his entrails on a fence someplace]].''

* Thomas Major Senior, of ''Literature/EachLittleUniverse'' gets a chance to prove he's this late in the story, bursting in to save his son with a BigDamnHeroes moment and becoming an ActionDad in the process.

** Hagrid’s probably the most prominent example as he not only towards the students but also [[FluffyTamer towards the young monsters]] he tends to raise. But it’s his unconditional care for Harry that puts him on top of the list being the first person to show Harry any genuine affection, and scaring the shit out of Dursleys when he learns they mistreated him for ten years. Hagrid is an explicit Papa Wolf during the escape from Privet Drive in the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]] when a Death Eater comes towards Harry, and Hagrid ''leaps off the [[HoverBike flying motorbike]] and tackles the Death Eater'' falling god knows many stories to the ground. '''And survives'''.

* Good ol' Jim Davenport in ''Triggerfish Twist'' by Creator/TimDorsey. Lets everyone push him around. But [[spoiler: point a gun at his child and you will be very, very sorry, but not for very, very long.]]
** Again, in a sequel, ''When Elves Attack'', don't think you can try to [[spoiler: rape his daughter]] and not regret it.

* ''[[Literature/WarOfTheDreaming Mists of Everness]]'' by Creator/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.]]

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Tam al'Thor may be an old shepherd with no magical abilities (though he is a blademaster and an incredible archer) but his response to his son [[ChosenOne Rand]] almost ''erasing him from time'' is to [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech go and yell at]] [[TheDreaded Cadsuane,]] the woman who pushed Rand into not trusting anyone. [[BullyingADragon A woman who is a notably intimidating Aes Sedai]] (that is to say, among magic-using women known for manipulating and bullying monarchs, she's considered ''especially'' scary). [[MindOverMatter She hangs him upside down in mid air]] and he doesn't even blink, just calls her a bully, and asks her [[WhatTheHellHero what she was]] ''[[TooDumbToLive thinking]]''.[[note]] Tam's absolutely right, since while he's calling her out, Rand is off [[DespairEventHorizon nearly destroying the world]] due to his obsession with being strong enough to save it; an obsession Cadsuane is directly responsible for. [[/note]]
* In ''Literature/WolfHall'', the shadow of Thomas More looms over all of Thomas Cromwell's Protestant associates and one of his apprentices says he didn't open a letter from Tyndale so that he'd have nothing to say in case of arrest and [[ColdBloodedTorture interrogation]]. Cromwell tells him that if that happened, he'd beat More's head against the cobbles to get some of God's love in there. Another time, when someone is going on about Thomas Wyatt's infatuation with the queen, Cromwell shuts it down in a rather threatening manner. (The Wyatts are family friends, and old Henry had asked Cromwell to look after his wayward son--this is also why Tom Wyatt escaped Anne's fall unharmed.)
* Individual names are not given but in Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/{{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.
** We do get to see the lengths Liu Han (a POV character) went to over the course of several books to recover her daughter Liu Mei from the Race psychologist Ttomalss. Although this may cross over into MamaBear.

** Hikaru Sulu is one when it comes to his daughter Demora, even being willing to defy all of Starfleet to protect her. When an old adversary tries to claim Demora was not his daughter Hikaru calls his bluff as a DNA test was one of the first things Dr. McCoy did after Demora's mother Susan Ling died. Later Demora asks Hikaru if he would have considered her his daughter if they were not genetically related and Hikaru replies that yes he would have.

* A slightly twisted variant occurs in ''[[Series/{{Dexter}} Dexter By Design]]'': Dex, of course, is already a SerialKiller 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]].

** Damadora and Rana Sanga actually [[UpToEleven start a civil war]] because the Malwa empire was a threat to their families.