History PapaWolf / VideoGames

** Later games indicate Raiden cares for his protégés Liu Kang and Kung Lao to this extent, best seen in ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 MK9]]'' when he flips out at Shao Khan snapping Kung Lao’s neck and summons lightning to attack the emperor, but Liu Kang got there first. [[spoiler: In ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 MK11]]'', past Raiden is so distraught at what happened to the future versions of Liu Kang and Kung Lao, he swears he’ll never let them die acting like a real OverprotectiveDad in the process]].
** Scorpion’s hatred of Sub-Zero and motivation to kill him is due to him believing that Sub-Zero butchered his wife and child (as well as his whole clan). Quan Chi even exploits this, showing a false vision of Sub-Zero personally cutting down his family, which enrages Scorpion enough to break his deal with Raiden and burn Sub-Zero alive. [[spoiler: When Scorpion learns it was ironically Quan Chi who did the deed, he wastes no time beheading the necromancer, though he in doing so makes the situation worse.]]

** Johnny Cage can be very immature and egotistical; [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness but if there’s one thing that makes Johnny completely serious,]] it’s the safety of his beloved daughter Cassie. Kano, in both the comic and ''[=MK11=]'', learned the hard way that making sexual and physical threats towards Johnny’s “little princess” will piss him really badly. To GroinAttack extremes.
** Similarly, Jackson “Jax” Briggs cherishes his daughter Jacqui and will readily end his retirement when he learns she’s in danger. Jax does veer into OverprotectiveDad territory; when Johnny broke the news about Jacqui joining special forces, he broke Johnny’s jaw. But to be fair, Jax himself temporarily died and was zombiefied while defending Earthrealm, so you can’t fault him for not wanting his daughter to walk the same path.
** Goro’s father Shokan King Gorbak proves to be this in the comic; Kotal Khan, after besting Goro, assumed the king seeing his son literally disarmed and rendered weak would (being ProudWarriorRaceGuy) make Gorbak disappointed. Kotal then remembered too late that true fathers love their sons... as a full scale war broke out with a vengeful Gorbak leading the charge.
** Shockingly, ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 MK11]]'' reveals that Shao Kahn [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes actually cares deeply for his daughter Mileena]]; upon learning she was killed, ''he got truly pissed off''. He nearly succeeds in avenging her by attacking D’Vorah, Mileena’s killer. When Mileena returns a playable character, Shao Kahn is legitimately pleased to see her alive and well in their interactions.

* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}}'' starts off with a pretty bleak setting: The wife and daughter of ex-Marine James Heller has been killed by the Mercer virus. The prologue shows just how much Heller is willing to go through to, just to get a [[IncrediblyLamePun stab]] at the source behind it. Give him [[LovecraftianSuperpower god-like powers]], and there is no end to his [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge destructive]] [[UnstoppableRage rampage]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout4}}'':

** Assuming he hasn't harvested any Little Sisters, Jack from the first game becomes a surrogate one towards them. [[spoiler:He even temporary becomes a Big Daddy near the end of the game.]]

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'' has the [[AnAxeToGrind Axe Knight]] Hicks, who refuses to join Leif's army if the player doesn't rescue the children that have been kidnapped [[spoiler: for the child hunts]], including his son Maphy. If they do, however, he will join the group without hesitation.

** Murphy Pendleton of ''VideoGame/SilentHillDownpour'' is a deconstruction. [[spoiler:His son was murdered]], and seeking revenge has only made things worse. He's in prison, his wife has left him due to very understandable reasons, [[spoiler:and the deal he made with Sewell has him having to kill Coleridge. Even if Murphy [[MultipleEndings doesn't kill him]], Coleridge's death will still haunt him]].

* While not playable, the Courier can ''ally'' with one during the course of the ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' ExpansionPack Honest Hearts. [[BadassPreacher Joshua]] [[ImplacableMan Graham]] is acting war-chief for the Dead Horses tribe, watching over the Sorrows, an indigenous tribe to Zion, with the help of a fellow New Canaanite, Daniel. He feels ''very'' protective regarding all of these people. He is an unquestionable OneManArmy MadeOfIron and in this case, GoodIsNotNice. If the player implies he's going to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique rough up Daniel]] to speed up the process of finding a way out of Zion...

* [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Michael De Santa]] has an uneasy relationship with his wife Amanda, son Jimmy, and daughter Tracey; however, if any one of them is in danger, Michael will not hesitate to rescue them. His reaction to Jimmy being overcharged by an HonestJohnsDealership is to hide in the back of the car when it's repossessed, threaten the Repo-Man with a gun, and run the car through the front of the building. [[spoiler:Devin Weston learns the hard way what happens when you threaten to kill Michael's family.]] And then there's what he did to Lazlow when he tried getting Tracey to blow him...
** Oh, and whatever you do, do not [[spoiler: send a team of mercenaries into his house to kill his family. He will end you.]] He also shows shades of this to Franklin, [[spoiler: the aforementioned repo-man at whom Michael pointed a gun earlier in the game]], going as far as to say he's "the son I wished I had."

*** Cloud himself in ''Remake'' gradually develops Papa Wolf tendencies to his TrueCompanions in AVALANCHE, especially Wedge and Jessie while on missions with them. He even wanted to kill [[LooseLips Johnny]] after he ratted Jessie out to Shinra. Cloud also doesn’t tolerate [[PerverseSexualLust lecherous comments]] about Tifa, as when DirtyOldMan Sam made some, Cloud growls “Hey” and makes a threatening step toward Sam freaking him out. Additionally Sephiroth [[AndYourLittleDogToo threatening]] Tifa and Aerith in hallucinations, makes Cloud [[BerserkButton flip his lid]].

** Johnny Cage can be very immature and egotistical; [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness but if there’s one thing that makes Johnny completely serious,]] it’s the safety of his beloved daughter Cassie. Kano, in both the comic and ''[=MK11=]'', learned the hard way that making sexual and physical threats towards Johnny’s “little princess” will push his BerserkButton to GroinAttack extremes.

** Shadow the Hedgehog. Just try and [[BerserkButton devastate the world he promised to protect]]. You're going to end up [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge a black mark on the floor]]. Even if you're a PhysicalGod, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu demigod]], or what have you. It also wasn't a good move for those soldiers to shoot Maria either. It sent Shadow on a total "annihilate all humans" kick. [[spoiler:At least until he remembered Maria's last words, to protect humanity]].

* Kazuma Kiryuu may be a ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'', but he's usually a pretty nice and helpful guy. But if you mess with his adoptive daughter Haruka, or the orphans under his care...[[BerserkButton oh boy]], [[CurbStompBattle you're in for a world of pain]]. In fact, [[FriendToAllChildren he's kinda protective of every kid he meets.]]

*** By time the of ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 RE6]]'', despite Sherry being a grown woman, Leon [[ParentalSubstitute still cares for her greatly]]. This is seen when Leon leaps toward Sherry when Ustanak throws something heavy at her, but Jake gets there quicker. Leon also becomes very [[AdultFear concerned]] when he learns that [[BigBad Derek Simmons]] has been raising Sherry the whole time, and tells her to be more careful.

** Similarly, Jackson “Jax” Briggs cherishes his daughter Jacqui and will readily end his retirement when he learns she’s in danger. Jax does veer into OverprotectiveDad territory; when Johnny broke the news about Jacqui joining special forces, he broke Johnny’s jaw. But to be fair, Jax himself temporarily died and was zombiefied while defending Earthrealm, so you can’t fault him for not [[AdultFear wanting his daughter to walk the same path]].

** In ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'', [[spoiler: Booker himself]] becomes one [[spoiler:when he realizes that Elizabeth is really his daughter Anna. And yes, this basically means that ''every'' protagonist in the series is a Papa Wolf!]]

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' Auron is a PapaWolf to his charge Tidus protecting him from fiends and training him in swordplay, [[spoiler: it’s revealed later Tidus’s biological dad Ject tasked Auron in looking after his son in Zanarkand]]. Auron is similarly protective of Yuna.
*** Kimahri adores Yuna and goes above and beyond to protect her as one of her guardians including pulling off a YouShallNotPass against Seymour at one point to save Yuna.

** In VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears After you defeated Cecil [[spoiler:when he was controlled by Mysterious Girl (aka The Maenad)]], he falls into HeroicBSOD and you have to deal his bad stats. But he immediately snaps out of it [[spoiler:when his dark side attacked Ceodore]].

** After you defeated Cecil [[spoiler:when he was controlled by Mysterious Girl (aka The Maenad)]], he falls into HeroicBSOD and you have to deal his bad stats. But he immediately snaps out of it [[spoiler:when his dark side attacked Ceodore]].

** After you defeated Cecil [[spoiler:when he was controlled by Mysterious Girl (aka Maenad)]], he falls into HeroicBSoD and you have to deal his bad stats. But he immediately snaps out of it [[spoiler:when his dark side attacked Ceodore]].

** One of the factors that broke Cecil out of his HeroicBSoD is [[spoiler:when his dark side attacked Ceodore]].

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' Auron is a Papa Wolf to his charge Tidus protecting him from fiends and training him in swordplay, [[spoiler: it’s revealed later Tidus’s biological dad Ject tasked Auron in looking after his son in Zanarkand]]. Auron is similarly protective of Yuna.

* VideoGame/ProfessorLayton is an ActualPacifist, a GentlemanAndAScholar, and an all-around nice person who would rather settle problems over a cup of [[SpotOfTea Earl Grey]] and a StockPuzzle. But as ''[[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture Unwound Future]]'' clearly shows us, villains who are stupid enough to [[spoiler:kidnap his adopted daughter]] will find themselves pursued by a relentless {{Determinator}} who has no problem violating the laws of ''physics'' if that's what it takes to get her back.

* Dante in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' shows shades of this towards Nero [[spoiler: [[CoolUncle (his nephew)]]]]. He frequently tries to keep Nero out of danger, even telling him to leave the battlefield, and he is noticeably angry at [[spoiler: Vergil]] for tearing Nero's arm off, being more resolved than usual to kill [[spoiler: Vergil]]. [[spoiler: When Urzien overpowers Nero towards the end and chokes him with CombatTentacles, Dante swoops in his NextTierPowerUp and frees his nephew. At the end both Dante and Vergil make sure Nero doesn’t follow them into TheUnderworld, albeit in [[OffHandBackhand rough]] fashion]]. In fact, Dante may invoke this towards Nero as early as ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 DMC4]]'', as some FreezeFrameBonus in the intro reveals he was keeping an eye on Nero while he fought demons from the start.

** Assuming he hasn't harvested any Little Sisters, Jack from the first game becomes a surrogate one towards them. [[spoiler:He even becomes a Big Daddy near the end of the game.]]

*** In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' Barret extends this trope beyond Marlene to his [[LaResistance AVALANCHE]] crew in general. He’s a FatherToHisMen and any hurt to Biggs, Wedge, Jessie and Tifa will make him go GatlingGood. When Cloud is dangling from pipe and they’re getting shot at by mechs, Barret throws Tifa (who is very reluctant to leave Cloud) [[OverTheShoulderCarry over his shoulder]] and carries her away to safety.

** Hector of Ostia is portrayed as a potential Papa Wolf in his B support with Eliwood in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', where he tells his best friend about a prophetic dream involving his [[KidFromTheFuture still unborn daughter]] and, as he mentions a redheaded boy who takes her away in the dream, he isn't very pleased to have his "little girl" courted by the other kid. [[spoiler:Too bad Hector didn't get to be a proper Papa Wolf for Lilina, since he's [[PlotlineDeath killed off early]] in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]''. His FamousLastWords are pretty much a plea for Roy, Eliwood's son and the "redheaded boy" from the dream, to protect her.]].

*** In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' Barret extends this trope beyond Marlene to his [[LaResistance AVALANCHE]] crew in general. He’s a FatherToHisMen and any hurt to Biggs, Wedge, Jessie and Tifa will make him go GatlingGood. When Cloud is dangling from pipe and they’re getting shot at by mechs Barret throws Tifa (who is very reluctant to leave Cloud) over his shoulder and carries her away to safety.
*** Cloud himself in ''Remake'' gradually develops Papa Wolf tendencies to his TrueCompanions in AVALANCHE, especially Wedge and Jessie while on missions with them. He even wanted to kill [[LooseLips Johnny]] after he ratted Jessie out to Shinra. Cloud also doesn’t tolerate [[PerverseSexualLust lecherous comments]] about Tifa, as when DirtyOldMan Sam made some, Cloud growls “Hey” and makes a threatening step toward Sam freaking him out. Additionally Sephiroth [[AndYourLittleDogToo threatening]] Tifa and Aerith in hallucinations makes Cloud [[BerserkButton flip his lid]].

** While not nearly as big a Papa Wolf as Barry, Chris Redfield will still go above and beyond to protect his partners, especially the youngest member of S.T.A.R.S Rebecca Chambers in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil RE1]]. There’s also Chris’s [[BigBrotherInstinct care]] for his younger sister Claire, which is explicitly shown in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' where aside from saving her Chris manages to talk [[TheBigBad Albert Wesker]] out of killing Claire by saying [[TakeMeInstead he’s the one Wesker wants]].

*** In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' Barret extends this trope beyond Marlene to his [[LaRésistance AVALANCHE]] crew in general. He’s a FatherToHisMen and any hurt to Biggs, Wedge, Jessie and Tifa will make him go GatlingGood. When Cloud is dangling from pipe and they’re getting shot at by mechs Barret throws Tifa (who is very reluctant to leave Cloud) over his shoulder and carries her away to safety.

*** In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' Barret extents this trope beyond Marlene to his AVALANCHE crew in general. He’s a FatherToHisMen and any hurt to Biggs, Wedge, Jessie and Tifa will make him go GatlingGood. When Cloud is dangling from pipe and they’re getting shot at by mechs Barret throws Tifa (who is very reluctant to leave Cloud) over his shoulder and carries her away to safety.
*** Cloud himself in ''Remake'' gradually develops Papa Wolf tendencies to his TrueCompanions in AVALANCHE especially Wedge and Jessie while on missions with them. He even wanted to kill [[LooseLips Johnny]] after he ratted Jessie out to Shinra. Cloud also doesn’t tolerate [[PerverseSexualLust lecherous comments]] about Tifa, as when DirtyOldMan Sam made some, Cloud growls “Hey” and makes a threatening step toward Sam freaking him out. Additionally Sephiroth [[AndYourLittleDogToo threatening]] Tifa and Aerith in hallucinations makes Cloud [[BerserkButton flip his lid]].

* Dante in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' shows shades of this towards Nero [[spoiler: [[CoolUncle (his nephew)]]]]. He frequently tries to keep Nero out of danger, even telling him to leave the battlefield, and he is noticeably angry at [[spoiler: Vergil]] for tearing Nero's arm off, being more resolved than usual to kill [[spoiler: Vergil]]. In fact, Dante may invoke this towards Nero as early as [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 DMC4]], as some FreezeFrameBonus in the intro reveals he was keeping an eye on Nero while he fought demons from the start.

** Leon Kennedy has shades of this towards Sherry Birkin in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 RE2]]'', he tries to look after Sherry but she runs away from him. However in the canon Claire A/Leon B scenarios he actually carries Sherry to the escape train when she’s sick from the G-embryo and even [[TuckAndCover shields]] her from a explosion in one of the ending [=FMVs=]. [[https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/3c2a2b7e-c7aa-42c5-8467-2ce9e12291c9/d5hls67-9277acfc-137a-4e29-bbc2-b461ce9728e0.jpg/v1/fill/w_1172,h_682,q_70,strp/resident_evil_darkside_chronicles_by_wolfshadow14081990_d5hls67-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9ODM4IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvM2MyYTJiN2UtYzdhYS00MmM1LTg0NjctMmNlOWUxMjI5MWM5XC9kNWhsczY3LTkyNzdhY2ZjLTEzN2EtNGUyOS1iYmMyLWI0NjFjZTk3MjhlMC5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTQ0MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.OZUDVsS8C5PAtkJpWmDB8hr8g1LLmToYsk5PrZN3PCQ Played straighter]] in the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarkSideChronicles'' version where Leon stays with Claire and Sherry through the whole ordeal, protecting the latter. Bonus points as [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 RE3]] reveals in Leon's epilogue screen that he only joined TheGovernment under the condition that Sherry was safe and taken care of.
*** In the ''[[VideoGame/REsidentEvil2Remake RE2 remake]]'', Leon only has two scenes with Sherry, yet he still invokes this trope, as seen when a mysterious truck approaches him, Claire, and Sherry in the ending.