History PapaWolf / VideoGames

** 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.

*** 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.
*** Leon has more moments of Papa Wolf in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4]] where he goes to crazy extremes to protect [[DamselInDistress Ashley]], including putting himself at risk with the Plaga removal machine and insisting he go first in case it was fatal to remove the parasite.

** In a strange way, the mutated William Birkin is kind of a PapaWolf to his daughter Sherry, as seen in the [=RE2=] remake where he saves Sherry from both [[ImplacableMan Mr X]] and [[CorruptCop Chief Irons]]. It's regrettably subverted, however, in that G-Birkin only wants to protect Sherry so he can [[{{Squick}} implant an embryo in her]] -- and succeeds in doing so.
** Also subverted with Robert Kendo in the [=RE2=] remake, his daughter Emma is already infected and beyond saving. Still Kendo gets furious at [[FemmeFataleSpy Ada]] and points his shotgun at her, when she ruthlessly tries to shoot Emma in front of him forcing Leon to stop her. Robert then takes his daughter behind a closed door and it’s implied he [[MercyKill mercy kills]] Emma before committing suicide.

** 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]].

*** The [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX MKX comic]] shows Scorpion invokes this towards his entire clan, the Shirai Ryu, and Takeda in particular as his MoralityPet. On two separate occasions, the near death of his student is enough to make Scorpion enter an UnstoppableRage and unleash HellFire.
** 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.

** Shockingly, [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 MK11]] reveals that Shao Khan [[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.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', Galuf is a ''grandpapa'' wolf. When Galuf sees his granddaughter about to be killed by [[BigBad Exdeath]], he single-handedly breaks free of Exdeath's paralysis magic, tanks every high-level spell Exdeath throws at him (to the point that even being reduced to 0 hitpoints doesn't stop him), and sends the evil tree-man running. [[spoiler:Sadly, he exhausts himself beyond the aid of healing items or magic and dies.]]
* One of the most touching examples is Barret Wallace of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', towards his adoptive daughter Marlene. Four years before ''FFVII'' began, Corel Village had a Mako Reactor installed to the north despite the protests of the local leader, Dyne. A few days later, the reactor had an accident (and was cleaned up enough so that it seemed normal by the time the game rolls around), but it was reason enough for Scarlet to burn the village to the ground. The only survivors are Dyne, his good friend Barrett Wallace, and Dyne's daughter Marlene. With Dyne presumed KIA, Barrett adopted the infant Marlene and raised her as if she was his own daughter. Had Dyne not crossed the DespairEventHorizon and spent those years either in a psychotic state or festering in Corel Prison, he would be the one exhibiting PapaWolf tendencies instead. [[spoiler:In his last words, Dyne asks Barrett to keep taking care of Marlene before he either jumps to his death or lets himself die.]]
** ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'': Once Cloud decides to earn his forgiveness (and gets over the idea that anything he does to help will be too late, not enough, or both), he shows definite signs of this trope. He uses his sword as a boomerang to take out the shadow creepers attacking Denzel while chopping through ''buildings'' to rescue Tifa from being crushed. And all he has to say about it is, "Sorry I'm late." It is immediately followed by the fight against Bahamut SIN and the [[FastballSpecial entire team tossing Cloud through a Mega Flare at Bahamut]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Laguna spends much of his life doing anything he can to find Ellone.
* Sazh Katzroy from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' definitely qualifies. His son Dajh gets [[TouchedByVorlons branded a l'Cie]]; shortly afterwards, Dajh's new powers uncover the [[PhysicalGods Pulse fal'Cie]] Anima in Bodhum. Sazh comes to the logical conclusion that Dajh's focus is to kill Anima, and not-so-logically decides to '''do it himself'''.
** If one interprets [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Caius' feelings towards Yuel]] as those of a father towards a daughter (he ''is'' the one who [[ParentalSubstitute raises her]] each time she reincarnates), then he is probably the most extreme example of this trope ever. [[spoiler: He's willing to ''kill Death'', ''kill gods'', and ''break time'' if it means he doesn't have to watch Yuel die again.]]
* 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.
** 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.
* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'': While he [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Warrior of Light]] often comes across being [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure authoritative and strict]] when dealing directly with his allies, he still shows a great deal of concern when any of them is in danger. [[CurbStompBattle Sephiroth learned this the hard way after attempting to harm Firion]].

* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/NieR,'' Gestalt, is a man determined to go to any lengths to find a cure for the painful disease afflicting his daughter Yonah. He also displays similar tendencies toward the group who become his TrueCompanions.

*** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'', Chris becomes AFatherToHisMen and so go off the [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge deep end]] when they are all killed horribly by Clara Radames aka Ada.

* VideoGame/{{Asura|sWrath}} was cast down by his fellow gods and sealed away for some 12,000 years. Now that's enough to piss him off, but when he finds out they're using his daughter to amplify their power, [[UnstoppableRage it's time to kick some heavenly, planetary-sized ass.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', Retired Hunter Djura is the protector of beasts in Old Yharnam, not only he wears a [[AnimalMotif Gray Wolf Cap]] as a ''literal'' wolf motif, should anyone harmed his beasts, he [[DisproportionateRetribution responds]] with his '''[[GatlingGood Gatling Gun]]'''.

** When Chuck learns that [[spoiler: Sullivan]] is the key behind the outbreak, [[spoiler: Sullivan]] gets a nice fatality at the end of the battle as a reward for his actions.

** This is the default mentality of the Big Daddies in the series for the [[CreepyChild Little Sisters]]. They will ignore you if you don't attack them or the Sisters (at the most, they'll shove you away if you get too close), but anybody who does so much as to slap them will face a very pissed off Big Daddy [[LightningBruiser dashing straight at you]] with his [[ThisIsADrill drill]] (or shooting at you with his rivet gun), and he will not stop until one of you is dead. The sequel allows the player to be this, since the playable character is the SuperPrototype of the Big Daddies.
** In fact, this is the plot of the sequel. Subject Delta storms the entire Rapture trying to find the Little Sister on whom he was first imprinted - Eleanor Lamb, the daughter of BigBad Sofia Lamb. [[spoiler:Inverted in the endgame where, upon donning the Big Sister suit, Eleanor tells you that now's her time to fight for you and [[EleventhHourSuperpower gives you a plasmid to call her to your side]].]]

->''"But, above all else. I will never forgive [[{{God}} you]]....for MAKING MY DAUGHTER '''CRY!'''"''

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[[caption-width-right:350:Not even a ZombieApocalypse will keep Chuck Greene from his daughter.]]

* [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryuu]] may be a {{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.]]

* The main character in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV''. Okay, so he's ''not'' TheChosenOne; his son is. Traditionally, this means Dad will have to heroically die and the son will grow up tragically an orphan, in order to be strong enough to beat the BigBad as an adult. It comes ''close'' to this, but hell no! The main character and his family band together, and while the Legendary Hero is still only 8 years old, Dad helps him beat the crap out of the forces of darkness and goes ToHellAndBack to beat the King of Evil before it does anything like come to their world.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Not even a ZombieApocalypse can stop a Papa Wolf.]]

* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'' has Rei, the oldest of a trio of orphans which included [[TheHero Ryu]]. When the group was devastated by [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Balio and Sunder]], Rei... didn't take it very well, thinking that his adoptive family was killed, and that he failed to protect them. [[TimeSkip Many years later]], he's still in his UnstoppableRage, targeting the criminal organization to which Balio and Sunder belonged. He only calms down somewhat when he finds out that Ryu is still alive (in fact, it was Ryu who took care of Balio and Sunder for good). But that doesn't mean it's over; not for Rei, anyway.

** Ysgramor, the [[LongDeadBadass ancient]] Atmoran/Nord hero and FounderOfTheKingdom of Skyrim, was one. Don't mess with his people. The [[OurElvesAreBetter Falmer (Snow Elves)]] did, and he drove them to near extinction in an ''epic'' RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Another example is seen with Yngol and the Sea Ghosts. Yngol was a son of Ysgramor who had run afoul of evil spirits who ensnared him and his clan. Ysgramor became aware of this and demanded the ghosts set him free; in response, the ghosts summoned a terrible storm. Ysgramor fearlessly strode into it and defeated each of the ghosts, only to find Yngol and his clan dead. Filled with grief, he vented his rage on 24 of the fiercest monsters in Skyrim, slaying them all in honor of his kin. He then ordered a great barrow to be dug for Yngol and his clansmen's resting place.

** 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 Stars 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]].

** While not nearly as big a Papa Wolf as Barry, Chris still will go above and beyond to protect his partners especially the youngest member of Stars 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]].

*** Damian Tenma from case 2 is very much one as well. Throughout the entirety of his incarceration, his daughter Jinxie is never far from his mind, and he repeatedly threatens to break out of jail when he thinks she needs him. [[spoiler: Even when he was extorted with his daughter's safety to agree to a town merger, he just forged a secret identity in order to go against the merger. And that's not even mentioning ''pretending to be possessed'' in order to make himself a valid witness when Jinxie is accused of being an accomplice to his alleged crime.]] It's made overwhelmingly clear that there's nothing he won't do for Jinxie's sake.

* Do ''not'' threaten the eggs of an VideoGame/{{Angry Bird|s}} if you want to remain standing. This advice applies to pigs, their armies, their fortresses, and their ''space fleets''.

** In a strange way, the mutated William Birkin is kind of a PapaWolf to his daughter Sherry, as seen in the [=RE2=] remake where he saves Sherry from both [[ImplacableMan Mr X]] and [[CorruptCop Chief Irons]]. It's regrettably subverted, however, in that G-Birkin only wants to protect Sherry so he can [[{{Squick}} implant an embryo in her]] - and succeeds in doing so.

* [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryuu]] may be a {{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.]]
* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/NieR,'' Gestalt, is a man determined to go to any lengths to find a cure for the painful disease afflicting his daughter Yonah. He also displays similar tendencies toward the group who become his TrueCompanions.
-->'''Nier:'''You want me to understand your sadness? You think I'm gonna sympathize with you? I swore to protect my daughter and my friends. If someone puts them in danger, they must stand aside or be cut down! Come on, let's go!
* Pascal in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' is an ActualPacifist robot that established a village so that other like-minded robots could live in peace away from the ongoing conflict. When push comes to shove, particularly when the robot children are threatened, he shows that he can throw down with the best of them. He also knows how to pilot [[HumongousMecha a Goliath-class Engels]].
* Sebastian Castellanos, from ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2'', may be a drunken ex-cop, and he may be out of his depth in a MentalWorld full of monsters and artistic serial killers. '''But''' that won't stop Sebastian from saving his only daughter Lily; he's like Harry Mason, Joel, and Barry Burton rolled into one.
* In ''Nitro Family'', mom and dad go on a killing spree to return their little child.

* 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.
** While it doesn't come up as often, it's a bad idea to threaten protégé Luke in any way as well. Layton may not be the boy's father, but he's quite fond of him and has no qualms about doing everything in his power to ensure Luke's safety. An example of this is in ''[[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask Miracle Mask]]'', where the villain, the Masked Gentleman, kidnaps Luke and leaves him to dangle from a rope from a very high ceiling in order to taunt Layton about something from his past. Once again defying physics, Layton immediately grabs a tall candlestick holder and uses it to zip-line down the complex network of ropes to save Luke; once he ensures Luke's safety, he resumes his standoff with the Masked Gentleman.
*** In ''[[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox Diabolical Box]]'', a scene about [[ItMakesSenseInContext a dream involving a vampire ball]] features Luke instinctively moving closer to the Professor when frightened, indicating that he's well aware of this tendency of his mentor.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFight'': [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Mike Haggar]] piledrove all the goons of the city of which he was the mayor after they kidnapped his daughter Jessica to blackmail him.
-->'''Haggar''' ([[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 MvC3 win quote]]): Just be lucky you didn't touch my daughter, or else you would've seen me ''when I'm really angry!''
* Terra in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', as befitting his TeamDad nature, will do ''anything'' to protect his younger brother figure, Ventus, and will not hesitate to attack any who threaten to harm or kill Ven. [[spoiler:[[RageAgainstTheMentor Even their master, Eraqus]]]].
** [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Sulley]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' also qualifies, willing to charge through entire armies of Heartless and Unversed to protect Boo. At the end, he's even shown to protect 17-year-old Sora from Vanitas by [[GettingTheBoot throwing the latter through several doors]].
* Whether as a display of political power or a general Jerkass move, do not declare any intent of executing [[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Eoleo]]. [[{{Pirate}} Briggs]] may back off if things get sour, but he will come at you, again and again, to get his boy back. So tenacious does he become, you'd have to kill him to stay his wrath. [[spoiler:[[TearJerker Sadly, he goes out fighting after all]].]]
* In the last part of ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}},'' [[spoiler: Raz's father [[AllThereInTheScript Augustus]] enters the combined minds of Raz and the BigBad and helps him defeat the final boss, despite Raz's [[UnreliableNarrator earlier belief]] that Augustus hated him.]]
* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/ActionDoom2UrbanBrawl'' is willing to beat up a whole town full of gangsters, potentially take on a hulking SerialKiller psycho with his bare hands, and attack a guard-filled company headquarters all by himself, all to save his daughter. This actually backfires in you in one of the possible endings: [[spoiler:your brutality throughout the game ends up making you so blood-covered and creepy that, when you finally find her, your own daughter is afraid of you and shoots you to defend the CorruptCorporateExecutive that kidnapped her.]]
* Cyrus of ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar II'' is one of the few who refused the power armor of a full space marine to remain a scout and train the initiates. Targeting them is a surefire way to send him on a bloody warpath...er, an emotionally-charged one, since [[SuperSoldier being on a bloody warpath is basically his job description]].
* VideoGame/{{Asura|sWrath}} was cast down by his fellow gods and sealed away for some 12,000 years. Now that's enough to piss him off, but when he finds out they're using his daughter to amplify their power, [[UnstoppableRage it's time to kick some heavenly, planetary-sized ass.]]
** And when we mean he goes to kick heavenly ass, we're not talking in hyperbole here. The final battle of the DLC involves [[spoiler: fighting '''God himself''']]. Because [[GodIsEvil that motherfucker]] ''made his daughter cry.''
* ''VideoGame/TheOrionConspiracy'' presents Devlin [=McCormack=]. His son Danny died at the beginning of the game, and Devlin attends the funeral expressing his regret for not being a good father. Shortly afterwards, he receives a note revealing that Danny's death is not an accident, but a murder. At that moment, Devlin turns into this trope, vowing to find out who killed Danny and kill the murderer.
* Eli Vance from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''. [[spoiler:He manages to overcome a Combine Advisor's ''telekinesis'' to bash its face in with a pipe to try to save his daughter. Then in the retconned ending of ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'' he realizes that the G-Man has taken Alyx from the timeline and becomes uncharacteristically ''pissed off'', with his new goal being to rescue her from the G-Man with Gordon Freeman.]]
* The male Commander Shepard in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series, is potentially this depending on how he's played. If played straight, threatening his crew is about the biggest mistake you could make.
** Shepard lays a ''massive'' verbal smackdown on the Quarian Admiralty board for accusing Tali of treason in the second game, basically screaming at them until they drop the charges. Afterwards this even appears to have gained their respect, since they honestly didn't think that Shepard would prove to be that good an advocate for Tali.
** Urdnot Wrex, if he survives the first game, eventually becomes this for his entire species.
** Liara's father turns out to be one in the third game. Aside from threatening Shepard that s/he wouldn't get a lightyear of her daughter ([[HomosexualReproduction yes, that's the]] [[OneGenderRace correct pronoun]]) if s/he were still with Cerberus, the following exchange can be overheard between her and Liara.
-->'''Aethyta:''' Hey... uhm, I've called a few friends... commandos. Eclipse girls who, um, owe me some favors. They're all yours. Just... tell 'em where to go.
-->'''Liara:''' You're giving me... ''asari commandos''...?
-->'''Aethyta:''' Well, you're too old for me to buy you a damn pony!
-->'''Liara:''' ...you're the best father a girl could wish for.
* The nameless father in the ''VideoGame/DeadIsland'' trailer sees his daughter being chased down the hallway by a group of zombies. He charges out of the room, grabs a nearby fire axe, and with a bellow of rage starts hacking the nearest ones up before tenderly bringing his bitten daughter into the room. Then he fights like a maniac to defend it. [[spoiler: Shame they don't make it...and his daughter wasn't immune to turning into a zombie.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has been known to elicit this response in the [[VideoGameCaringPotential player]] regarding the [[HelloInsertNameHere Main Character's]] little cousin, Nanako. [[spoiler: In a really cruel subversion, it can easily get you ''the BAD Ending''.]]
* ''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]].
** Later on, Heller learns that [[spoiler: his daughter may actually be alive, his rage simmers down for a while, ''then'' he learns that Blackwatch scientists plan on dissecting her to learn why Heller's gene line is so resistant to the virus. Cue Heller getting so pissed off he decides screw subtlety and goes off to devour Colonel Rooks to learn where she is, the only thing that keeps him from [[HeWhoFightsMonsters become the same thing Alex is]] is overhearing a phone call between Rooks and his wife about his own daughter.]]

* Lee Everett and Kenny from VideoGame/TheWalkingDead towards Clementine and Kenny Jr./Duck, respectively. Kenny will just barely hesitate to kick your ass if you threaten his son; [[spoiler: he actually [[UnstoppableRage beat a guy to death]] when said guy grabbed Duck, before even realizing he was a zombie]]. While Lee's actions depends on the player, it is safe to assume that on default he would be a nice guy and ready to beat the shit out of anyone for even thinking of hurting Clem.

* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'', Briggs the pirate goes from a cowardly BadassNormal to trying to storm Belinsk, the most fortified city on Angara, single-handedly, ''in a run-down ship'', when his son is captured and sentenced to death. ''Twice.'' Amiti, who hates pirates, is impressed, and the beastfolk of Belinsk themselves compare Briggs's viciousness favorably to their own. [[spoiler: The Grave Eclipse happens while you're still getting Eoleo out of Death Row, and Briggs ''stays in the harbor and fights off the Eclipse-empowered monsters until you get there'', [[HeroicSacrifice sustaining lethal wounds in the process]].]]
* Corvo from ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' could potentially be included in this trope with his protection of Emily. [[spoiler: Many characters will muse upon his relationship with the Empress and whether Emily may or may not be his child (which is confirmed in the sequel). This is in addition to the picture she draws you, and the fact that she names you 'Daddy.']]

* [[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."
** Trevor sees himself as the HonoraryUncle to Michael's kids and is also very protective of them, stating that ever since they were children, he vowed to tear the skin off of anyone who would harm them. It was his idea to torment Lazlow after hearing that Tracey was going to humiliate herself on his show.
* [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs Joel]] was willing to protect his daughter [[spoiler:within her last hours]] and later displays the same tendencies toward Ellie. He basically becomes a ParentalSubstitute to Ellie throughout the game. This comes to the point where, in the ending, [[spoiler:he refuses to let the Fireflies scoop her brains out for a possible vaccine to the cordyceps and proceeds to rescue her at the possible cost of dooming humanity.]]
* John Marston from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' will go to the ends of the Earth and even kill his former friends and [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice face unavoidable death against 35 military men]]]] in order to keep his wife and son safe.
* ''Videogame/RedDeadRedemption2'' shows that the Van der Linde Gang in general were deeply protective of four-year-old Jack Marston and were willing to gun their way through a lot of people [[spoiler:to rescue him when he gets kidnapped]].
** As one commenter put it, [[spoiler:the Braithwaite line endured through the Civil War and through a hundred years of feuding with the Grays. When they kidnapped Jack, the Van der Linde gang wiped out the entire family and all their hired guns in the span of about half an hour and then razed the entire home to the ground.]]
* The alpha male in ''VideoGame/{{Wolf}}'' is a very literal example of this trope -- it could be you, your mate, or simply the leader of your pack, depending on your wolf's position. If you have any neighboring packs living near you, remember that they, too, have a PapaWolf on hand; stay out of their territory and don't even ''think'' about their cubs.


* King Varian Wrynn of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' was even chosen by the wolf demigod Lo'Gosh as his mortal champion. If you do anything, ''ANYTHING'', to even attempt to harm his son Anduin, he will hunt you down and end you. Garrosh Hellscream learned this the hard way when he gravely injured the young prince as Anduin tried to stop him from acquiring a dangerous weapon.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]], [[BigBad King of the Koopas]], has been shown to get furious when [[OverlordJr his son]] is harmed in front of him. In ''VideoGame/{{New Super Mario Bros|1}}'', if you defeat Bowser Jr. first in the final battle, he goes into a rage. It shows up again in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam''; after the two Juniors were defeated by the Bros., the Bowsers become angered to the point of [[spoiler:turning their castle into Neo Bowser Castle and using its weaponry to ''devastate'' Peach's Castle.]]
--> '''Bowser:''' What did you DO to my son?!
--> '''[[VideoGame/PaperMario Paper Bowser]]:''' How could they have done this to my son?!
* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': Outcast Rost is fiercely protective of his adopted daughter Aloy, even going so far as to [[spoiler:sacrifice his life for her when she is about to be murdered by Helis. This is made doubly-poignant by the fact that Rost had been watching her run the Proving, even after stating she would never see him again]].
** Rost is an outcast because he serial killed the hunters who killed his family. The fact that the tribe bows to him, yet he still chooses permanent exile, signifies how he still believes he acted wrongly but wouldn't change a thing.
* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', the Rathalos is a wyvern that will know when ''you'', the hunter, [[TemptingFate is trying]] [[BullyingADragon to steal one of its eggs]]. While not as well known as the Rathian, its [[MamaBear mate]] in this respect, they're every bit as protective of their young, and heaven help you [[BattleCouple if they're both on the map at the same time]]!
* The ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' Drampa. Its Pokédex entry says it loves children and if someone harms a child it’s protecting, it will burn their house down.
* 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.
* While Dizzy from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''[='s=] actual father isn't like this, Necro, one of the shapeshifting beings that makes up her wings, channels this trope to violently extreme levels. At one point in ''XX'' Dizzy is knocked unconscious, leading to [[HeroicSafeMode Necro taking control of her body]] and going on a rampage to protect her, and her Instant Kill in ''Xrd'' is Necro trying to wipe out her opponent with a KamehameHadoken with the force of a ''nuclear bomb'' before Dizzy shoves him aside to divert the blast.
* In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2ThouShaltNotDie'', Kazuma Shinguji [[spoiler:aka the Demon King]] is fiercely protective of his daughter Sakura, to the point where [[spoiler:he shields her from Kyogoku's blast, which results in his permanent death]].

* ''Franchise/SilentHill'':
** Harry Mason from ''VideoGame/SilentHill1''. Generally, he's a NonActionGuy (he has to be shown how to use a gun by ActionGirl cop Cybil) but when his [[ArcWords little girl, short, with black hair, just turned seven last month]] is in danger, he'll go ToHellAndBack, blunder through a TownWithADarkSecret, and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kill]] an EldritchAbomination/God to save her.
*** ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' further reveals that Harry ''killed'' a cultist that came after his beloved daughter. [[spoiler: Oh and it gets even better as Harry made Cheryl/Heather keep [[MagicAntidote Aglaophotis]] in a necklace which makes Heather throw up the evil God [[FetusTerrible fetus]] at the end of the game, so even from beyond the grave Harry Mason will '''never''' let any evil get his daughter.]]
** Harry in ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' is this [[spoiler:...but only in Cheryl's over-elaborate fantasy. The real Harry Mason, who is already dead, was a flawed man who was, depending on your choices, an abusive drunkard, a scummy adulterer, a weakling who was abused by his wife, or in the "best" ending, a man who simply did not love his wife anymore, though he makes it clear he still loved Cheryl. The entire game is a therapy session to help Cheryl come to terms that the fantasy father in her head didn't reflect reality.]]
** While he can’t compare to Harry in terms of fatherhood, James from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' expresses concern for Laura frequently and even adopts her in one ending. Subverted, however, as Laura was in [[ChildrenAreInnocent no danger]] from [[MentalWorld Silent Hill]].
** 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]].
* In the VideoGame/SoulSeries, the best way to bring Nathaniel "Rock" Adams into action is to kidnap or threaten his adoptive son Bangoo.

* Ichiro Tamura a.k.a SalaryMan in ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan''. Usually comes off as an ordinary office man who is reviled even by his own family, but... the moment he sees his daughter getting threatened by a giant blue rat, he goes "HENSHIN!", turns gigantic and starts kicking the rat's ass.
* In the ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' backstory: [[spoiler:Losing his son to Scarlet Iago made Median very pliable to manipulation by Drazil and ended with him slaying Vigilance, [[TheGrimReaper the master of death of his world]], to get revenge for his son.]]
* Christopher Belmont of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure'' & ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIBelmontsRevenge''. Just when he thought he could retire from Vampire Hunting business and leave it to his son Soleiyu... said son suddenly gets possessed by Dracula. "Screw retirement, I want my son back, you son of a bitch."
** Although it's widely believed that ''Belmont's Revenge'' is what happens when {{Creator/Konami}} learns from their mistake concerning the extreme NintendoHard-ness of ''Adventure'', it kinda shows off that when his son is in danger, Christopher DOES NOT lose his whip's power at one measly hit (a problem plaguing ''Adventure''), except by one type of enemy. Papa Wolf to the max indeed.

* The main character in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV''. Okay, so he's ''not'' TheChosenOne; his son is. Traditionally, this means Dad will have to heroically die and the son will grow up tragically an orphan, in order to be strong enough to beat the BigBad as an adult. It comes ''close'' to this, but hell no! The main character and his family band together, and while the Legendary Hero is still only 8 years old, Dad helps him beat the crap out of the forces of darkness and goes ToHellAndBack to beat the King of Evil before it does anything like come to their world.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** ''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.
---> "Hey, I was waiting for you guys. I heard you saved Maphy, my son. Thanks to you, I was able to hide him in a safe place, along with the other children. I'm Hicks, an Axe Knight of Manster. I was thinking it was about time to teach that Raydrik a lesson. I'll fight alongside you."
*** The backstory has Finn as both the TeamDad and as one of these for Leif and Nanna. Two of the [=CGs=] at the end of the game have him protecting toddler!Leif and running away with him after [[spoiler: the murders of Leif's parents, Fin's master/mentor Quan and his wife Ethlyn, and the fall of their homeland of Lester.]]
** 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.]].
*** However, he ''does'' play it straighter in his own route, where ''woe betide whoever dares harm his friends and crewmates''. In fact, when [[spoiler: Nino brings Jaffar along after their HeelFaceTurn]], Hector openly warns him that he has '''not''' forgiven him [[spoiler: for killing his spy and friend Leila (also Matthew's girlfriend)]], and that should the guy ever step out of line, he will kill him with his own hands.
** [[spoiler: All the playable males who get married and have kids]] become this in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' '''and''' ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', including [[spoiler: the male Avatars of both games, Prince Chrom aka TheProtagonist of ''Awakening'', and the Royal Princes in ''Fates,'']] among others.
*** Also on the note of ''Fates'', there's [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Keaton]], who is a literal version of this trope.
* Jeralt of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' faked the death of Byleth and ran away with them to protect his child from Rhea, as he was ''not'' happy about the death of his wife and suspected that Rhea had tampered with the baby as well. He frequently tells Byleth not to push themselves too hard during gameplay and taught them how to fight from a young age.
** Also there's [[spoiler: Seteth]], who is very overprotective of his daughter and finally begins to trust Byleth after they manage to rescue her from being kidnapped.
* Do ''not'' threaten the eggs of an VideoGame/{{Angry Bird|s}} if you want to remain standing. This advice applies to pigs, their armies, their fortresses, and their ''space fleets''.

* Flint in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' is a deconstruction of this trope. He starts out as a loving husband and father to his wife Hinawa and his twin sons Lucas and Claus. Then Hinawa is killed and Claus goes off to avenge her and disappears; torn apart by the death of his wife and disappearance of his son, Flint spends most of the time out searching for Claus, neglecting his only surviving child Lucas.
** The drago is a straight example though. Said humongous T-Rex...ish beasts are normally incredibly friendly and docile creatures, but when the Pigmask Army has Kumatora and her friends cornered and Lucas whistles for the baby drago to cry for help, dad shows up to tear the enemy forces apart, scare away the rest, and trash the abandoned tank in one jump just for the hell of it.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'': Messing with Tamamo no Mae's kids is a ''bad'' idea, as seen when a mysterious ''onmyōji'' slew his twins. Mae has since been on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, [[KnightTemplarParent burning down whole towns along with hundreds of innocent people]] in the process.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** With Phoenix Wright and Maya, it's a tossup between a father-daughter and brother-sister relationship. Either way, if you try to arrest Maya, he'll defend her with every last '''''Objection!''''' he has. If you kidnap her, he'll [[spoiler:stall the trial and call in a favor with the prosecution to keep it going until she's safe.]]. And if she's in actual physical danger, he'll [[spoiler:charge across a burning bridge over a hundred-foot drop into an icy river to save her.]]
*** To a lesser extent, Phoenix also displays this for his protégés, Apollo Justice and Athena Cykes, even boasting a TeamDad role in ''Duel Destinies'' when Apollo's confused feelings about Athena's apparent connection to the murder of his childhood friend Clay lead to him distancing himself from her, to her clear distress.
** And in ''Investigations'' there's Kay and her 'Uncle Badd'. [[spoiler:If Lang hadn't gotten in the way, we probably wouldn't have to worry about giving Shih-na a trial.]]
** From ''Trials and Tribulations'', we also learn that Bruto Cadaverini is a PapaWolf to his granddaughter [[spoiler: Viola]]. [[TheDon You don't want to piss this guy off]].
** In ''Dual Destinies'', there's Phoenix and Trucy. [[spoiler:When she's taken hostage, he quickly agrees to the demand to hold a re-trial for Simon Blackquill, even having it be held in a bombed courtroom to make sure it happens.]]
*** Blackquill is one as well. He is willing to accept execution for a crime he didn't commit to protect Athena.
*** Damian Tenma from case 2 is very much one as well. Throughout the entirety of his incarceration, his daughter Jinxie is never far from his mind, and he repeatedly threatens to break out of jail when he thinks she needs him. [[spoiler: Even when he was extorted with his daughter's safety to agree to a town merger, he just forged a secret identity in order to go against the merger. And that's not even mentioning ''pretending to be possessed'' in order to make himself a valid witness when Jinxie is accused of being an accomplice to his alleged crime.]] It's made overwhelmingly clear that there's nothing he won't do for Jinxie's sake.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** 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]].
** Threatening any harm to Tails, the closest thing to a little brother Sonic has, will show you that even something as silly-looking as a blue hedgehog will make you cry.
** Chaos from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. You dare hurt any [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Chao]] he protects and he will show you why he is called the [[PhysicalGod God of Destruction.]]

* Averted in ''VideoGame/TheGodfather''. Optional sidequests allow you to contract kill the sons of the enemy Dons, but this doesn't make the eventual encounter with them any tougher.
* Purposely invoked in ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', where [[spoiler:The Origami Killer/Scott Shelby's purpose was to find a father who will do anything to save his son.]]
** Play properly and [[spoiler:he does. You can do it, Ethan Mars!]]

* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'' has Rei, the oldest of a trio of orphans which included [[TheHero Ryu]]. When the group was devastated by [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Balio and Sunder]], Rei... didn't take it very well, thinking that his adoptive family was killed, and that he failed to protect them. [[TimeSkip Many years later]], he's still in his UnstoppableRage, targeting the criminal organization to which Balio and Sunder belonged. He only calms down somewhat when he finds out that Ryu is still alive (in fact, it was Ryu who took care of Balio and Sunder for good). But that doesn't mean it's over; not for Rei, anyway.
-->''I can't stop! Not until I teach those guys not to mess with me... or my family!''

* Chuck Greene of ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' spends the game attempting to raise money for/find Zombrex (Zombie infection suppressant) for his infected daughter Katey. This means that he'll have to carve his way through a seaload of Zombies to do so. Not only that, but psychopaths with chainsaws? Motorcycles? Guns? Flamethrowers? Dad will not be stopped.
** And let's not forget what happens to the AxCrazy [[JerkAss asshole]] mechanic of ''Case Zero'' who decides that because Katey's infected, she's [[MoralEventHorizon fair game for zombie hunting]].
** When Chuck learns that [[spoiler: Sullivan]] is the key behind the outbreak, [[spoiler: Sullivan]] gets a nice fatality at the end of the battle as a reward for his actions.
** In ''Off The Record,'' an UpdatedRerelease of the original ''Dead Rising 2'', [[spoiler: Chuck is ''still'' a Papa Wolf... albeit a psychopathic one who has gone insane and delusional with grief after losing Katey to the infection. [[PlayerPunch You have to put him down.]]]]

* In ''VideoGame/ChaosRingsOmega'', Dante is fiercely protective of his daughter Vahti, his newborn grandson Ohm, and his son-in-law Vieg (he's effectively a ParentalSubstitute to him since Vieg never knew his own parents). [[spoiler:He ''wades through lava'' to save Vahti and Ohm at one point. As he slowly sinks into the lava he passes the PapaWolf reins onto Vieg.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''
** Donovan Baine is the prime example seen in the games, comics and OVA. Anyone who makes any violent moves towards [[BadassAdorable Anita]] is in for ''a world of hurt'' and he even scares away normal [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters asshole humans]] who alienate her. Unfortunately, it's subverted by the end of the second game where he is overcome by blood lust and turned to [[HeelFaceTurn the dark side]], though when he meets Anita again he is unable to hurt her.
** Rikuo the [[FishPeople Fish man]] toward his sons; he even travels the Jedah's [[AnotherDimension dark dimension]] to get his son Ricky back.
** Jon Tailbane the WolfMan is a true ''Papa Wolf;'' though humans hunt him ferociously and he scorns them, he does not extend his hatred [[FriendToAllChildren to human children]] and is shown protecting them alongside Felicia and even looking after two kids in ''Darkstalkers 3''.
** Even Lord Raptor, a ''mass murderer'', gets angry when Felicia is attacked by Human Cultists in the OVA, and protects her.
** Huitzil the [[LostTechnology ancient robot]] malfunctions from original orders from [[WreathedInFlames Pyron]] to destroy all life on Earth, and instead his life's goal is to protect a little Mexican boy called Cecil.

* 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...
-->'''Joshua Graham''': If you harm Daniel or any of the Sorrows or Dead Horses, I will find you. Make no mistake. God willing, you will not leave this valley.
** Boone from the main game is a tragic example. When his beloved wife Carla and the unborn child in her womb get taken by the Legionnaires ([[SexSlave who treat women like cattle]]), he grabs his trusty sniper rifle and goes chasing after them. [[spoiler: However, when he gets to the Legion camp, Boone sees he's outnumbered, and understands it's impossible to save Carla; thus he makes the SadisticChoice and uses his one shot to MercyKill his wife and child. Boone tasks you to find the one who sold out Carla so he can blow their head off, and once Boone becomes your companion, he makes it clear that any Legionnaires he encounters with you ''are gonna die'']].
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout4}}'':
** A male [[PlayerCharacter Sole Survivor]] certainly qualifies, as a pre-war [[RetiredBadass retired soldier]] who sets out into a post-apocalyptic Boston beyond his wildest nightmares to track down his son and the man who took him.
** One side quest shows that this is a reason you shouldn't mess with a [[DemonicSpider Deathclaw's]] nest. A group of Gunners stole an egg, only for the enraged father to track them down over miles of terrain, trap them in an abandoned building, and brutally slaughter them. You can recover the egg and either sell it to the person the Gunners were trying to get it to or return it to the mother Deathclaw.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', Galuf is a ''grandpapa'' wolf. When Galuf sees his granddaughter about to be killed by [[BigBad Exdeath]], he single-handedly breaks free of Exdeath's paralysis magic, tanks every high-level spell Exdeath throws at him (to the point that even being reduced to 0 hitpoints doesn't stop him), and sends the evil tree-man running. [[spoiler:Sadly, he exhausts himself beyond the aid of healing items or magic and dies.]]
* One of the most touching examples is Barret Wallace of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', towards his adoptive daughter Marlene. Four years before FFVII began, Corel Village had a Mako Reactor installed to the north despite the protests of the local leader, Dyne. A few days later, the reactor had an accident (and was cleaned up enough so that it seemed normal by the time the game rolls around), but it was reason enough for Scarlet to burn the village to the ground. The only survivors are Dyne, his good friend Barrett Wallace, and Dyne's daughter Marlene. With Dyne presumed KIA, Barrett adopted the infant Marlene and raised her as if she was his own daughter. Had Dyne not crossed the DespairEventHorizon and spent those years either in a psychotic state or festering in Corel Prison, he would be the one exhibiting PapaWolf tendencies instead. [[spoiler:In his last words, Dyne asks Barrett to keep taking care of Marlene before he either jumps to his death or lets himself die.]]
** ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'': Once Cloud decides to earn his forgiveness (and gets over the idea that anything he does to help will be too late, not enough, or both), he shows definite signs of this trope. He uses his sword as a boomerang to take out the shadow creepers attacking Denzel while chopping through ''buildings'' to rescue Tifa from being crushed. And all he has to say about it is, "Sorry I'm late." It is immediately followed by the fight against Bahamut SIN and the [[FastballSpecial entire team tossing Cloud through a Mega Flare at Bahamut]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Laguna spends much of his life doing anything he can to find Ellone.
* Sazh Katzroy from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' definitely qualifies. His son Dajh gets [[TouchedByVorlons branded a l'Cie]]; shortly afterwards, Dajh's new powers uncover the [[PhysicalGods Pulse fal'Cie]] Anima in Bodhum. Sazh comes to the logical conclusion that Dajh's focus is to kill Anima, and not-so-logically decides to '''do it himself'''.
** If one interprets [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Caius' feelings towards Yuel]] as those of a father towards a daughter (he ''is'' the one who [[ParentalSubstitute raises her]] each time she reincarnates), then he is probably the most extreme example of this trope ever. [[spoiler: He's willing to ''kill Death'', ''kill gods'', and ''break time'' if it means he doesn't have to watch Yuel die again.]]
* 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.
** 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.
* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'': While he [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Warrior of Light]] often comes across being [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure authoritative and strict]] when dealing directly with his allies, he still shows a great deal of concern when any of them is in danger. [[CurbStompBattle Sephiroth learned this the hard way after attempting to harm Firion]].

* The alpha male in ''VideoGame/{{Wolf}}'' is a very literal example of this trope - it could be you, your mate, or simply the leader of your pack, depending on your wolf's position. If you have any neighboring packs living near you, remember that they, too, have a PapaWolf on hand; stay out of their territory and don't even ''think'' about their cubs.
* Oswald Mandus from ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'' is quite the example, what with charging into the bowels of a kilometric, mechanized slaughterhouse, controlled to the last knife and pulley by an insane conductor and patrolled by monstrous hybrids of pig and human that can kill a man barehanded, to rescue his two sons, despite being around 60 years old, and his only real training being engineering. [[spoiler:Which then leads into a horrific deconstruction as the truth starts making itself known: his sons are dead. He ''himself'' tore out their hearts. However, he did not do this out of hate, but a twisted sense of love when he learned, by way of [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent a fractured orb]], that they would die, lungs filled with gas and shrapnel, on the shores of the Somme during WWI. And so, losing his sons to his own corrupted drive to protect them, coupled with the other terrible visions of the future he saw in that same orb, drove him, in a bout of burning, misanthropic rage lasting several decades, to build the Machine that would destroy a world he saw as irreparably broken.]]
* ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' has a dark example with Pagan Min, who very much regards you as a son [[spoiler:despite the fact that you're not biologically related]]. He may be the crazy BigBad, but he takes it very poorly when his soldiers disobey orders and shoot up the bus you're in (read: personally stab to death the guy who gave the orders to do so). We later learn that [[spoiler:his hatred of the rebels is due to them murdering his infant daughter.]]

* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''
** Barry Burton from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'' firmly cements himself as this when he goes to the island ''alone'', knowing it's crawling with monsters, to rescue Moira, and goes on to encounter the helpless orphan Natalia and become so fiercely dedicated to caring for and protecting her that even his absolute cheesiest lines [[NarmCharm can be taken deadly serious]]. Moral of the story is it doesn't matter how big or horrific or unstoppable of a monster you are: if you even ''think'' of messing with Barry's children, even the ones he began [[ParentalSubstitute caring for]] a day ago, he will pump you so full of lead and pyro issue that nothing more than a bubbling black stain will be left on the floor.
** While not nearly as big a Papa Wolf as Barry, Chris still will go above and beyond to protect his partners especially the youngest member of Stars 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 ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'', Chris becomes AFatherToHisMen and so go off the [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge deep end]] when they are all killed horribly by Clara Radames aka Ada.
*** Chris is also Papa Wolf again to Rebecca in ''Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta'' saving and protecting her from the film's BigBad Glenn Arias who has a VillainousCrush on her.
** 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.
--->'''Claire''': What if it’s [[ZombieApocalypse not just the city?]]
--->'''Leon''': Get Sherry outta here. ''(goes to face the truck readying his gun)''
*** 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.
*** Leon has more moments of Papa Wolf in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4]] where he goes to crazy extremes to protect [[DamselInDistress Ashley]], including putting himself at risk with the Plaga removal machine and insisting he go first in case it was fatal to remove the parasite.
*** In ''Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration,'' Leon has a moment where he sees Claire and Ranni (the little girl she's babysitting) surrounded by zombies and, despite literally being attacked himself, Leon quickly throws Claire his gun. This turns out to be a good idea, as Claire goes MamaBear herself and shoots down every single zombie in her vicinity.
** In a strange way, the mutated William Birkin is kind of a PapaWolf to his daughter Sherry, as seen in the [=RE2=] remake where he saves Sherry from both [[ImplacableMan Mr X]] and [[CorruptCop Chief Irons]]. It's regrettably subverted, however, in that G-Birkin only wants to protect Sherry so he can [[{{Squick}} implant an embryo in her]] - and succeeds in doing so.
** Also subverted with Robert Kendo in the [=RE2=] remake, his daughter Emma is already infected and beyond saving. Still Kendo gets furious at [[FemmeFataleSpy Ada]] and points his shotgun at her, when she ruthlessly tries to shoot Emma in front of him forcing Leon to stop her. Robert then takes his daughter behind a closed door and it’s implied he [[MercyKill mercy kills]] Emma before committing suicide.
** Joe Baker from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'' is this. You can beat him, you can claw him, but '''nothing''' will stop Joe from saving his beloved niece Zoe. Oh, and unlike the previous examples, Joe tears through The Molded to save Zoe with nothing but a couple spears ''[[GoodOldFisticuffs and his bare hands]]''.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** Throughout the series, this is a trait of Malacath, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of the [[AllTheOtherReindeer Spurned and Ostracized]] and patron deity of the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]] and "[[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblin]]-[[OurOgresAreHungrier ken]]". Malacath is very protective of his followers, and messing with them in any way - especially [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil enslaving]] them - is a surefire way to get Malacath angry. Also, [[StealingTheCredit do not take credit for their accomplishments]].
** Ysgramor, the [[LongDeadBadass ancient]] Atmoran/Nord hero and FounderOfTheKingdom of Skyrim, was one. Don't mess with his people. The [[OurElvesAreBetter Falmer (Snow Elves)]] did, and he drove them to near extinction in an ''epic'' RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Another example is seen with Yngol and the Sea Ghosts. Yngol was a son of Ysgramor who had run afoul of evil spirits who ensnared him and his clan. Ysgramor became aware of this and demanded the ghosts set him free; in response, the ghosts summoned a terrible storm. Ysgramor fearlessly strode into it and defeated each of the ghosts, only to find Yngol and his clan dead. Filled with grief, he vented his rage on 24 of the fiercest monsters in Skyrim, slaying them all in honor of his kin. He then ordered a great barrow to be dug for Yngol and his clansmen's resting place.

** This was the reason why [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Mikau]] risked his life to save Lulu's eggs.

*** Blackquill is one as well. He is willing to accept execution to protect Athena.

* [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryuu]] may be a {{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, he's kinda protective of every kid he meets.

** 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 MK11, past Raiden is so distraught at what happened to the future versions of Liu Kang and Kung Lao, he swears he never let them die acting like a real OverprotectiveDad in the process]].

** Jon Tailbane the WolfMan is a true ''Papa Wolf;'' though humans hunted him ferociously and he scorns them, he does not extend his hatred [[FriendToAllChildren to human children]] and is shown protecting them alongside Felecia and even looking after two kids in ''Darkstalkers 3''.

** While not nearly as big a Papa Wolf as Barry, Chris still will go above and beyond to protect his partners especially the youngest member of Stars 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 Code Veronica]] 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]].

** King the leader of the Mimga ''only'' cares about his people and will slice apart anyone who messes with Toroko. This also a bad thing since he is so protective over the Mimga, he was willing to hold Sue for an "outsider" ransom to the doctor to get Toroko back.

** 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 is safe and taken care of.

** 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 they keep Sherry safe and take care of her.