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| 7 | {{Papa Wol|f}}ves in live-action {{Film}}s. |
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| 10 | !! Actors |
| 11 | * Creator/HarrisonFord: |
| 12 | ** This man in pretty much every movie that he's been in that wasn't [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9GwtRsOYSI Star Wars]] |
| 13 | ** Look at ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Temple of Doom]].'' Why was he captured by the villains? Because he wanted to protect a helpless child from ''being whipped to death'', not to mention proceeding to fight ''the '''entire''' villain's army'' to free the hundreds of slave children, and giving up the mystical stones that would have made him a millionaire so the village they return to would be one filled with life and hope. Easily the '''single''' most heroic Papa Wolf performance for Harrison Ford. |
| 14 | *** "They're innocent children... Mola Ram, prepare to meet Kali, IN HELL!!" |
| 15 | ** Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' with the movie "Harrison Ford Telling Random People He Wants His Family Back." |
| 16 | ** Don't forget what pushed him into agreeing to help look for the Grail (though, given what happens [[TheMole with the man who gives him the news]], he might not necessarily have had a choice) - finding his dad. He was willing to put a guy through a ship's propeller, and if the man wasn't a soft-core KnightTemplar... |
| 17 | *** Does this make the actual Knight Templar at the end of the movie a metaphor? |
| 18 | * Creator/TommyLeeJones: |
| 19 | ** ''Film/ManOfTheHouse'': He's a sheriff who has to protect a bunch of cheerleader girls after they witness a murder. HilarityEnsues until not only one of the girls is almost killed by a car bomb, but the man's daughter is kidnapped... |
| 20 | ** ''Film/TheMissing2003'': Tommy Lee Jones also played a Grandpa Wolf. He was a DisappearedDad and Grandpa hoping to try getting his family's forgiveness... and arrived back home just in time to learn that his eldest granddaughter has been kidnapped and was about to be sold as a child bride. So when his daughter (played by Cate Blanchett) went MamaBear to get her girl back, he decided he wouldn't be less and joined her cause. [[spoiler:So much that he defeated the BigBad via TakingYouWithMe, [[HeroicSacrifice killing himself]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath in the process]].]] |
| 21 | * Creator/LiamNeeson: |
| 22 | ** ''Film/{{Nell}}'': His character winds up very protective of the borderline WildChild (wild adult, by then) he and another doctor have been observing since her mother's death. A reporter who sneaks up trying to get a picture of the rumored "wild woman" gets thrown down the front steps of Nell's cabin and his camera broken for his troubles. Neeson's character does admit he overreacted, only to chase the reporter away when the idiot keeps asking questions. |
| 23 | ** ''Film/RunAllNight'': Neeson will do everything he can to protect his son from Creator/EdHarris' mob boss, who will stop at nothing to avenge his son's death at Neeson's hands. |
| 24 | ** ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn is the father figure that Anakin Skywalker needed, the only one who believes in his potential, and it's all but stated that if he [[spoiler:hadn't died]], Anakin might not have turned to the Dark Side of the Force and become Darth Vader. |
| 25 | ** ''Film/{{Taken}}'': [[RetiredBadass Ex-Special-Forces commander Bryan]] of this film (see main page quote) shows the organization that kidnapped his daughter the exact reason why you don't screw around with an ex-CIA operative's kids. In a particularly brutal example of this trope, he is willing to go as far as [[spoiler: threatening to kill a CorruptCop and former friend's innocent wife AFTER winging her with a bullet to show he's serious]] to save his daughter from being sold into prostitution. The entire movie is effectively a paean to the PapaWolf trope. |
| 26 | * Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger: |
| 27 | ** Whenever Schwarzenegger plays a father in any of his action flicks, expect some ''serious'' PapaWolf action to go down if the bad guys mess with his kids. Case in point: ''Film/TrueLies'' -- when the BigBad kidnaps Harry Tasker's daughter, Harry goes after him with a ''Harrier jet fighter.'' And sends the BigBad on a missile ride. |
| 28 | ** ''Film/Commando1985'': Taken [[ExaggeratedTrope Up To Eleven]] in Ahnuld's arguably most ridiculous action movie. Just to emphasize how much of a PapaWolf Arnold is, the audience is treated to a whole montage of Arnold having innocent fun with his daughter in the opening scenes. However, the bad guys make a terrible mistake when they kidnap her, giving ColonelBadass Arnold all the justification needed to go completely bonkers and kill every bad guy on sight. |
| 29 | --->'''Bad guy:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAWvLQvacpc Your daughter's safe Colonel. Whether she stays that way is up to you. My people have some business with you. And if you want your kid back, you gotta cooperate. Right?]]\ |
| 30 | '''Arnold:''' [[WhamLine WRONG!]] |
| 31 | ** Arnie plays a mild-mannered ex-military helicopter pilot (who takes skiers up mountains) in ''Film/The6thDay ''. He fails to die on schedule, and the company responsible kidnaps his wife and daughter to try to force his compliance. Then he and his clone (yes, it's that kind of movie, and why he was supposed to be dead) destroy the company [[MacGyvering with a tin of aluminum oxide]] ''[[MacGyvering and one pistol between them]]''. |
| 32 | ** The Governator doesn't even ''need'' to play a father, just having [[TeamDad a character who's got to take care of children or teens]] is enough. ''Film/KindergartenCop'' has a particularly emotional scene where his character, a police detective posing as [[BadassTeacher a school teacher]], dishes out a brutal beating to the abusive father of an emotionally damaged student. ("You hit the kid, I hit ''you''," indeed.) And then when the BigBad ''actually'' shows up and kidnaps a boy named Dominic [[spoiler: who is his biological son]] near the climax of the movie -- that's the point where Kimble really goes for blood. |
| 33 | ** Parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'', where the movie from which Arnold's cop character is lifted includes a face-off with the BigBad who abducted his kid. |
| 34 | ** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': The T-800 is reprogrammed by John Connor to be this to his past self. John's mother even remarks on it in her narration: |
| 35 | --->'''Sarah Connor:''' Watching John with the machine, it was suddenly so clear. [[CallBack The Terminator would never stop]]. It would never leave him. And it would never [[AbusiveParents hurt him, never shout at him or get drunk and hit him]], or say it was [[WhenYouComingHomeDad too busy to spend time with him]]. It would always be there, and it would die to protect him. Of all the would-be fathers that came and went over the years, this thing, this ''machine'', was the only one that measured up. In an insane world, it was the sanest choice. |
| 36 | * Creator/StevenSeagal: These [[DirectToVideo Direct to DVD]] movies ''Film/BellyOfTheBeast'' and ''Film/OutOfReach''. |
| 37 | * Creator/DenzelWashington: |
| 38 | ** ''Film/JohnQ'': To make sure that his son Michael will [[BillyNeedsAnOrgan get a heart transplant]] which is being denied to him because insurance doesn't cover it, John Quincy Archibald actually ''takes a full hospital hostage'' and claims he won't back off until Michael is given priority. [[spoiler: John goes as far as improvising a ThanatosGambit so his heart will be harvested and given to his child, but it fails. In the BittersweetEnding, however, John is still trialed and incarcerated, but Michael is saved.]] |
| 39 | ** ''Film/ManOnFire'': While not actually the child's father, John "Creasy Bear" Creasy is a spectacular example of a Papa Wolf. As a bodyguard for Lupita ([[{{Ojou}} a rich businessman's precocious daughter]]) in Mexico City, John doesn't let multiple gunshot wounds stop him from tearing through a powerful kidnapping cartel's chain of command until finally he catches the mastermind's brother and estranged wife. When the "Voice" starts trying to bargain his way out of John's vengeance, John interrupts him to say, "Your brother wants to speak to you," and then blows off the man's hand with a shotgun. It's implied that he would by move on from there to the rest of the Voice's family, including his pregnant wife, and worse: [[spoiler:"I will take your family apart, piece by piece. Do you hear me? PIECE BY PIECE!"]] [[AdaptationDisplacement In the novel]], it's worse: [[spoiler:Since the girl who is under his custody is dead, he ended up ''OFFING THE WHOLE MAFIOSO ORGANIZATION''. And he comes off as ''much'' more dangerous than his already incredibly dangerous performance in the movie]]. |
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| 42 | !! Films |
| 43 | * ''Film/ThreeDaysToKill'': Ethan becomes very protective of his daughter Zooey while they grow closer, protecting her not only from AttemptedRape but also [[TwerpSweating grilling her boyfriend Hugh]]. |
| 44 | * ''Film/TenToMidnight'': After his daughter Laurie is targeted by Warren Stacy, Kessler pulls out all the stops while protecting her from him. [[spoiler:Including murder]]. |
| 45 | * ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'': |
| 46 | ** Major Henry West utterly snaps after his men are killed by Jim. |
| 47 | ** Jim himself becomes one for Hannah. In fact, this is what causes his rampage against West and his soldiers. |
| 48 | * ''Film/AbsolutePower1997'': Luther, who's previously established as never using violence (he'd killed in the Korean War as a soldier, though not since then), kills Collin to protect his daughter Kate (whom Collin's about to murder). |
| 49 | * ''Film/AnUnfinishedLife'': Einar contemplates killing Gary and claiming that he was defending himself against a trespasser as soon as he learns that Gary is a threat to his granddaughter. |
| 50 | * ''Film/AwayWeGo'': InvokedTrope when the expecting parents are discussing their future daughter: |
| 51 | -->'''Verona:''' [Do you promise] that her fights will be your fights?\ |
| 52 | '''Burt:''' I do. |
| 53 | * Dean from ''Film/BackstreetDreams'' flies into a rage, [[TranquilFury tranquil]] or otherwise, whenever his three-year-old son Shane is hurt or threatened. |
| 54 | * ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'': |
| 55 | ** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': Marty is forced to escape unharmed from the 1985-A version of his house when a baseball bat-wielding Papa Wolf is outraged to find Marty in what appears to be the bedroom of the father's young daughters. Based on what he's screaming, it's not the first time people had broken into his home. |
| 56 | ** "Doc" Emmett Brown is more of a ScienceHero, but he's no slouch in the Papa Wolf department either. In ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' he tries to drive the attention of the Libyans away from Marty with his (malfunctioning) revolver, getting shot for his problem (Marty manages to help him prevent the "getting killed" part, however, through TimeyWimeyBall). In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', he establishes that GoingNative in the Old West has given him a level in badass by threatening to snipe Buford Tannen's head off with a Winchester he custom-modified himself unless he leaves Marty alone and in ''WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture'' he does plenty of insane stunts to protect his biological children Jules and Verne. |
| 57 | * ''Film/BigDaddy'': Creator/CharlieChaplin's SpiritualSuccessor, Sonny Koufax, is no slouch himself. He at first takes a boy as his own son to raise out of undisguised selfishness, but thanks to BecomingTheMask, ends up declaring: "I would die for this kid, just so he wouldn't have to feel a moment of sadness." |
| 58 | * ''Film/BigJake'': Creator/JohnWayne spends the majority of this film tracking down and in the end blasting seven hells out of a bunch of bandits who kidnapped his grandson. ''Grandpa Wolf'', indeed. [[spoiler:Note that, prior to the kidnapping, Jacob had never even ''seen'' his grandson.]] |
| 59 | * ''Film/TheBlackCat'': This 1934 Franchise/UniversalHorror film gives us Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Creator/BelaLugosi), who takes revenge [[spoiler:on Poelzig for killing his daughter (among other things, but that was what sent him over the edge) by ''skinning the man alive on his own embalming rack''. And what's worse is that only a few moments earlier, he had been given hope that his daughter was actually alive after thinking that she had been dead since he's been sent to the prison camp]]. |
| 60 | * ''Film/TheBlindSide'': Coach Cotton has a PapaWolf moment after the OpposingSportsTeam [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown deliberately kicks Michael when he's down]] and after the play has already ended, and the referee not only ignores the kick, but penalizes the Wingate Crusaders. |
| 61 | * ''Film/BloodFather'': John Link, who is an ex-convict living in a trailer trying to eke out a living as a tattoo artist. Then his runaway daughter comes to him for help because she got involved with the Mexican cartel, who are now hunting her down. Asskicking ensues. |
| 62 | %%* ''Cargo'', a short film and Finalist of Tropfest Australia 2013. It's... Well, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlhkyY37Im8 just watch.]] |
| 63 | * ''Film/ComingToAmerica'': Provides a nonviolent example in Cleo [=McDowell=], an amiable and slightly BumblingDad who's eager to marry his daughter Lisa off to a rich boy. He's therefore over the moon when he discovers her suitor [[KingIncognito Akeem is actually a prince]]. But when Akeem's father King Jaffe upsets Lisa, [=McDowell=] drops the bumbling act and angrily threatens to "break a foot off in your royal ass." |
| 64 | * ''Film/Cradle2TheGrave'': |
| 65 | -->'''Tony Fait:''' Wrong! ''Kid!'' And ''definitely'' the wrong father. |
| 66 | * ''Film/CrazyStupidLove'': Cal's reaction upon finding out about Jacob and Hannah, and Jessica's father's reaction when he thinks Cal is involved with his daughter. |
| 67 | * ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': |
| 68 | ** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' sees Jor-El engages in a ''brutal'' fight with General Zod to ensure that his son makes it off of the doomed planet Krypton safely. |
| 69 | ** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' depicts Thomas and Martha Wayne as this and MamaBear respectively as they fight to protect young Bruce from the mugger who ends up killing them. |
| 70 | ** In the same movie Bruce literally runs into the wreckage of Wayne Tower during Superman's [[DestructiveSaviour overly destructive battle]] with Zod and helps out a school group. When Bruce learns there's a missing girl he immediately goes to find her and saves her from falling rubble, as the girl cries in his arms Bruce looks up at Superman with a DeathGlare that's as strong as heat vision. |
| 71 | ** One of the more redeeming qualities of [[Characters/SuicideSquadOperatives Deadshot]] in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' is his care for his daughter Zoe, even standing up to Batman when he confronts them in an alley and making sure she's looked after and educated while he is incarcerated. |
| 72 | ** Being a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute at least on the surface to Deadshot in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', Bloodsport is coerced into being part of the titular Suicide Squad when Waller threatens his daughter with harm. [[note]] Unlike Deadshot, preventing her from dying is about the only thing he's willing to do for her, telling his daughter to stay away from him since he's a bad influence and was alright with her being sent to juvie for stealing.[[/note]] Bloodsport ends up bonding with the young Ratcatcher 2, explictly admitting that she reminds him of his daughter and vowing to keep her alive. [[spoiler: Seeing Peacemaker about to kill her gets Peacemaker a bullet to the neck immediately.]] |
| 73 | * ''Film/{{Coneheads}}'' shows this side to Beldar Conehead when informed that his daughter's boyfriend is acting like a flarndip ("an uninvited grasper of cone"). Beldar proceeds to rip open the roof of the guy's car to make his anger known. |
| 74 | -->'''Ronnie:''' H-Hi, Mr. Conehead.\ |
| 75 | '''Beldar:''' I find you unacceptable!\ |
| 76 | '''Ronnie:''' Yes, sir.\ |
| 77 | '''Beldar:''' If I did not fear incarceration from human authority figures, I would terminate your life functions by applying sufficient pressure to your blunt skull so as to force its collapse! |
| 78 | * ''Film/DDay'' has Ivan, a former Special Forces lieutenant being dragged out of retirement when mercenaries working for a dictator kidnapped his daughter. He kills over 70 people to get her back. The movie is more or less a ForeignRemake of ''Film/Commando1985''. |
| 79 | * Bizarrely inverted in ''Film/DeathMachines'' with Nathan Adams, who refuses to play ball with the criminals and orders Madame Lee's [[TheDragon assistant]] to get the hell out of his office, even after being shown photos of his daughter being abducted and mistreated. Seeing that Adams doesn't appears to care about his daughter, Madame Lee's assistant decides to handcuff Adams to a file cabinet and leave him to die via a time bomb. Even more bizarrely, the scene where Adams' daughter is abducted begins with her being on the phone with Adams and saying lines such as, "I only live 40 miles away, dad, I'm not on the other side of the world!" |
| 80 | * ''Film/DeathSentence'': This film is a very cynical take on Papa Wolf-hood, and on revenge in general. When Nick Hume's older son gets killed by a gang member and he learns that the gang member will only receive a few years in jail, he forces the case to be dropped so that he can kill the bad guy himself. In doing so, he is forced to kill another member of that gang. However, the gang's head doesn't take kindly to this and swears vengeance on Nick's family. Nick being an ActionSurvivor rather than a hardened badass, he fails to stop the gang. Though [[spoiler:his younger son survives and]] he gets back at the gang successfully, it's quite clearly shown that Nick ends up far from the man he used to be. Not all positively. |
| 81 | * ''Franchise/DieHard'': |
| 82 | ** ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'': John [=McClane=]. After he gets involved in the terrorists' Scheme, the BigBad decides to kidnap his daughter Lucy to try to control John. Big mistake. |
| 83 | ** In ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'', John [=McClane=] makes it quite clear he's going to march to hell and back to protect his son, whether his son wants it or not. |
| 84 | * ''Film/DoctorAtSea'': When Jill's father believes Dr. Sparrow is trying to take advantage of her, he tells Dr. Sparrow he's going to murder him. |
| 85 | * ''Film/DraculaUntold'': Vlad III Dracula kills the Ottoman Envoys when they say they are taking his son. The fact that Vlad was willing to become a vampire to save his family, including his son, instantly earns him this trope. |
| 86 | * Bob in ''Film/TheDrop'' has strong protective instincts for his pet dog and girlfriend. How strong? He [[spoiler:shoots the man who beat the dog when he came back threatening to torture it]]. |
| 87 | * In ''Film/EdenLake'', Brett's father[[spoiler:, who murders Jenny once he learns she murdered two members of Brett's gang]]. |
| 88 | * ''Film/Emperor2020'': When Shields sees whip scars on his son's back, he beats the white overseer (a lynching offense in the time period), then shoots him and one of his men after a fight. |
| 89 | * ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'': [[spoiler:Harry Knowles beats up Windows for (albeit unknowingly) sexting his 10-year-old niece, explicitly telling him not to say a word to her ever again]]. |
| 90 | -->[[spoiler:'''Harry Knowles''']]: Now you listen to me, perv. If you ''ever'' e-mail my niece again, I will hunt you like a [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]]! |
| 91 | * Wade Gustafson in ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' is a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] as only Creator/TheCoenBrothers can make 'em: as a combination of this and the ObnoxiousInLaws trope, he continuously undermines and distrusts son-in-law Jerry (who says that the kidnappers gave specific instructions about him being the one who made contact and delivered the money, which would have created a problem with the kidnappers [[spoiler:even if Jerry wasn't technically their mastermind]]) and thus charges into the drop-off without any more protection than a concealed pistol or information on the kidnappers other than the time and place of delivery, which gets him killed when he insists that he won't give the money unless he sees his daughter and pisses off [[HairTriggerTemper Showalter]], who expected Jerry. |
| 92 | * ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series: |
| 93 | ** Mr. Boswell from ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift Tokyo Drift]]'' is a big case of AdultsAreUseless from his very first scene, up until [=DK=]'s crew try to kill Sean in front of his house and he stops them by stepping out with his Navy-issue Beretta 92F. |
| 94 | ** Dom's actions throughout ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'' are entirely motivated by TheReveal that [[spoiler: Elena was pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy while he was busy [[Film/FuriousSeven chasing Jakande]], and is what allows [[BigBad Cipher]] [[IHaveYourWife to take a hold on him.]]]] One of the cimatic scenes has Dom waiting waiting to hear back from [[spoiler: Deckard, who along with Owen assaults Cipher's CoolPlane to rescue the child.]] |
| 95 | * ''Film/FeastOfLove'': Harry, who's come to regard Chloe as a daughter, defends her against the Bat's planned murder of her, warning that he'll kill him if he ever tries this again. |
| 96 | * Roy Burns from ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning''. [[spoiler:It's MisplacedRetribution, it's DisproportionateRetribution, but seriously, how many people are willing to avenge their mentally disabled son's death to a psychotic JerkJock by ''[[JackTheRipoff dressing up as Jason Voorhees]]'' and going on a killing spree?]] |
| 97 | * Film/{{Gamera}} may be [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 really neat and filled with meat]], but he is also the friend of children, and any monster who threatens a kid will face his wrath. And he makes sure [[KilledOffForReal they don't survive to try it a second time]]. |
| 98 | * In ''Film/{{Get Carter|1971}}'', Jack Carter [[{{Understatement}} is not happy at all]] when he finds out his niece was coerced into being in a porn film. |
| 99 | * ''Film/GhostbustersII'' goes out of its way to [[ViewersAreGoldfish repeatedly remind the viewer]] that Dana Barrett's 8-month-old son Oscar is not her ex-boyfriend Peter Venkman's child, but that doesn't stop him from cutting his usual {{Jerkass}} antics and getting serious when Oscar's in danger. Ditto fellow Ghostbuster Ray Stantz, who is also unrelated to Oscar, who tells the villain of the movie to "go knock up some willing hellhound" if he wants a baby so badly. Rather gloriously averted by Egon Spengler, who gives a little girl a puppy and then takes it away [[ForScience to study if emotions affect the environment]]. |
| 100 | ** By the time of the sequels however, Egon is revealed to have a daughter and two grandkids. And nothing, not the fact that he's nearly eighty years old, or even the fact that he ''died last week'', wil stop him from protecting them from an angry Summarian God trying to destroy the world. |
| 101 | ** Part way through the movie, it's revealed that he's basically spent the last '''thirty years''' essentially holding the apocalypse back, ''by himself'' so that his family can live in peace. |
| 102 | * ''Film/{{Girlfight}}'': While Sandro is not the world's greatest dad by any stretch of the imagination, he still goes and confronts Adrian after the latter accidentally gives Diana a black eye during a sparring match. |
| 103 | * ''Film/TheGodfather'': |
| 104 | ** Begins with a mortician making himself a client of Vito Corleone to outsource his PapaWolf duties. TheDon of course takes his {{Papa Wolf}}ing [[ItsPersonal quite seriously]]. |
| 105 | ** Vito Corleone shows hints of this towards his own children as well, especially for his youngest son, Michael. When arranging Michael's safe return from exile with the other heads of the crime families, he makes it clear that anyone who messes with his son will regret it: |
| 106 | --->'''Vito Corleone:''' But I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall him, if he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell, or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning, then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room. And that, I do not forgive. |
| 107 | ** Apollonia's father also has shades of this. He first was joking around with Michael's bodyguards until he realized one of them specifically described his daughter and angrily cut the conversation short. When he returns to Michael's group, he brought with him a few young men (possibly sons or male relatives) to defend his daughter's honor if needed. |
| 108 | * ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'': |
| 109 | ** Woe betide anyone [[TooDumbToLive stupid enough]] to try and harm Godzilla's son, regardless of the continuity. Godzilla's children are, so far as we know, not his biologically and thus are all adopted, true, but he's a surprisingly good parent, doting on his children and utterly devoted to the safety and well being of those under his protection, whether that be his own adopted children or, in later films, humanity and the Earth itself. Not even a GiantSpider can get away with attacking his children. There's a reason that one film is called ''[[Film/AllMonstersAttack Godzilla's Revenge]]''. |
| 110 | ** This is especially evident in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' in which the death of his son, killed by Destoroyah himself, caused Godzilla to go into an [[UnstoppableRage emotional ragefest]] and attack Destoroyah out of pure unrestrained fury. |
| 111 | *** Destoroyah is also the single most powerful enemy in the entire series bar none, battling the King of Monsters to a standstill even when his power was at 150% overload. Killing Godzilla Junior pissed Godzilla off so hard that he actually forced the Ax-Crazy Destoroyah, who till this point had done nothing but viciously attack almost single-mindedly, into a [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere retreat!]] |
| 112 | *** It's also worth noting that, in the original edit of the ending, Godzilla ''pummeled Destoroyah to death'' while he died, though the JDSF would have been involved, too. The reason it was cut was only because it was seen as ''taking away from Godzilla's death'', so the scene was re-edited to have Destoroyah be killed off ''before'' Godzilla was, in order to give their monster icon centre-stage before he died. |
| 113 | ** Likewise, there's Zilla, the monster from ''Film/Godzilla1998'' who is both a Papa Wolf AND a Mama Bear. He is asexual and can lay at least a hundred eggs that hatch into raptor-sized Baby Zillas, and when the protagonists killed almost all of them, he was PISSED. |
| 114 | * See below for [=MonsterVerse=] examples. |
| 115 | * ''Film/GranTorino'': An unusual although understandable example would be Walt, who is Papa Wolf toward his neighbors once he gets over some racial tension, but not toward his "own spoiled-rotten family" who treat him more like an invalid than a worthwhile individual. When he comes to Sue's rescue: |
| 116 | -->'''Walt Kowalski:''' Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? ''(spits on the ground)'' That's me. |
| 117 | * M. Gustave ''Film/TheGrandBudapestHotel'' is a dignified if hilariously foppish gentleman but he still cares deeply for his staff and in particular his middle eastern refugee employee Zero and he is gloriously willing to get angry and throw hands when the SecretPolice come to take Zero away. |
| 118 | -->'''Gustave:''' You filthy, goddamn, pockmarked, fascist assholes! Take your hands off my lobby boy! |
| 119 | * ''Film/HarryPotter'': |
| 120 | ** Sirius Black in the fifth film: |
| 121 | --->'''Sirius:''' [[Awesome/HarryPotter Get away from my godson]]! ''[[[HeyYouHaymaker POW]]]'' |
| 122 | ** When Harry is in Nockturn alley in [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets second film]] and is accosted by several extremely shady wizards, GentleGiant Hagrid comes in JustInTime to save him. |
| 123 | ** Remus Lupin whether it be protecting Harry from Dementors or just holding Harry back [[spoiler: from chasing after the woman who killed his aforementioned godfather]] safeguarding Harry's life tends to be Lupin's priority. |
| 124 | ** BigGood Albus Dumbledore is naturally very protective of Harry and saved him from falling to his death in [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban third film]] and when battling BigBad Voldemort in the fifth film he actually [[https://youtu.be/6Tbffj_04cI?t=102 knocks Harry back]] so he doesn't get hurt in the duel. Also if you pay close attention Voldemort is actually trying to kill Harry with SplashDamage throughout the duel which explains Dumbledore's rough protection of Harry. |
| 125 | ** Of course James Potter too. He decided to take on Voldemort by himself, knowing it almost certainly meant death (he even said to Lily "I'll hold him off", indicating he knew he stood no chance) but would nonetheless give his wife and son a chance of escaping. Not only were his chances against the Dark Lord nonexistent under normal circumstances, but on top of that, James wasn't holding a wand. That makes this into a ''heroic sacrifice''. |
| 126 | ** Severus Snape, as seen in a [[https://youtu.be/3QhzwjB-Sgk?t=25 delightful moment]] in the third movie where Snape, after getting knocked out by Harry, soon gets up again and is about to rip into him until Snape notices the massive Werewolf behind him and immediately [[TakingTheBullet shields]] Harry, Ron and Hermione with his body getting knocked down as a result. No it's [[AdaptationalHeroism not in the book]], but that doesn't make it any less great. |
| 127 | * ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'': [[AFatherToHisMen Thorin]] is extremely protective of the younger dwarves, particularly his nephews Fíli and Kíli. Showcased when he reveals who he is to the Goblin King rather than let the youngest dwarves be killed in front of him. |
| 128 | * ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'': Kevin's father, Peter [=McCallister=], usually keeps a level head. The one time he loses it is when he hears that the Plaza Hotel staff scared Kevin onto the streets of Manhattan over a stolen credit card. He tells them off for doing so and tells his wife that he will handle the staff while they settle into their complimentary suite. |
| 129 | * Gang-du from ''Film/TheHost2006'' is a loving father to his daughter Hyun-seo, even though he's clueless about raising her. But when she's taken by the creature that emerged from the river, he fights tooth and nail to save her. [[spoiler: Sadly, she's killed before he can reach her, but soon afterwards his fury drives him to kill the creature in return by spearing it.]] |
| 130 | ** In turn, Gang-du's father, Hee-bong, is very protective of his family, and tries to fight off the authorities when Gang-du is taken away in a bag. |
| 131 | * ''Film/HussarBallad'': Ivan, while not related to Shura by blood, treats her as a daughter. Despite being old, he is quick to help her in a fight, and surprisingly effective as well. |
| 132 | * ''Film/IndependenceDay'': Julius Levinson has no problem shouting down the US government's leaders if they disrespect his son David. |
| 133 | -->'''Nimzicki''': Shut up! Captain, get him out of here! |
| 134 | -->'''Julius''': Hey, don't tell him to shut up! You'd all be dead now if it wasn't for my David! |
| 135 | * In ''Film/TheIslandAtTheTopOfTheWorld'', Sir Anthony's single minded determination to find his son causes him to butt heads repeatedly with Captain Brieux and Professor Ivarsson, and kidnap Oomiak. |
| 136 | * ''Film/JamesBond'': |
| 137 | ** ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'': Marc-Ange Draco himself participates in the operation to rescue his daughter Tracy and take Blofeld down at Piz Gloria. |
| 138 | ** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': [[spoiler:Bond himself]] finds out he's a father and will do everything to protect his daughter and her mother in the climax. [[spoiler: Including [[HeroicSacrifice letting himself get blown to pieces]] by a missile strike after the {{Yandere}} BigBad Safin infects him with a specific poison that’s TouchOfDeath [[IfICantHaveYou to Madeline]] and her daughter Mathilde, as Bond would rather let himself die rather than lose his beloved wife and child.]] |
| 139 | * ''Film/JeepersCreepers2'': In the first ten minutes, The Creeper attacks, kidnaps and kills a little boy named Billy... Let's just say that his father and older brother [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge aren't happy...]] |
| 140 | * In ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', Mowgli has many animal companions who love him and will fight to keep him safe, including a literal papa wolf, his adoptive father Akela, Bagheera and Baloo. [[spoiler: Mowgli's biological father died protecting his son from Shere Khan.]] |
| 141 | * ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': |
| 142 | ** ''Film/JurassicPark1993'': Alan Grant in some amazing CharacterDevelopment becomes this for Tim and Lex. He starts the movie finding children intolerable and gets incredibly irritated at Ellie trying to get him to bond with them. Yet when the kids are about to be eaten by the T-Rex, Alan saves them and then spends the rest of the movie protecting them and growing to genuinely like them to the point where they both sleep on his lap like he’s their real father on the escape helicopter. |
| 143 | ** ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' has the daddy ''T. rex''. Teamed up with his Mama Bear to shove two connected RV's off a cliff after their hatchling was taken. Of course, being a ''T. rex'', he was already a badass. |
| 144 | *** And later went on a rampage across San Diego just to find his baby. It doesn't help that he was high on amphetamines. |
| 145 | ** In ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', the male alpha velociraptor along with his pack goes to hunt down the protagonists after one of them stole his mate's eggs. |
| 146 | ** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Owen Grady is this to, [[TheDreaded of all things,]] the ''Velociraptors''. He takes his role as [[TeamDad pack alpha]] very seriously and most of Owen's antagonism with SmugSnake Hoskins stems from his need to protect and ensure his raptors' safety. Even during the firefight, Owen never shoots directly at them, instead attempting to distract and lure the four sisters away from nearby humans. And he doesn't hesitate to punch Hoskins for trying to [[spoiler:pit them against the ''I. rex'']]. |
| 147 | --->'''Hoskins:''' The mother hen has finally arrived--\ |
| 148 | '''Owen:''' ''[punches him in the face]'' Get the hell out of here and ''stay away'' from my animals. |
| 149 | * ''Film/{{The Kid|1921}}'': Possibly the least likely PapaWolf ever -- Creator/CharlieChaplin's Tramp character. When an official from the local orphanage takes the [[DoorstopBaby boy he found and raised]] away, he goes into RoofHopping {{Determinator}} mode. |
| 150 | * ''Film/KingKong2005'': Kong behaves like this whenever he's protecting Anne Darrow, who's tiny and vulnerable enough to bring out the big fellow's Papa Silverback side. |
| 151 | * [[Film/KongSkullIsland King Kong]] from the ''Franchise/{{Monsterverse}}'' is no different in this regard, if anything he’s a bigger Papa Ape as ''[=MonsterVerse=]'' Kong is fiercely protective of ''anyone'' [[BruiserWithASoftCenter he cares about]] and will bring a Kaiju-sized world of hurt to anyone and anything who means them harm. In his first movie he willingly endangers himself to save Ann-{{expy}} Mason Weaver, when she falls in the river while he is fighting the Skull Devil. In ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' Kong has a close bound with little deaf girl Jia, and as you can imagine anyone suicidal enough to endanger her in Kong’s presence (including other monsters) aren’t getting away with it. [[spoiler: TheMole Maia learns this the hard away as upon betraying the heroes Nathan and Ilene she has her {{Mooks}} point guns at them and Jia, Kong is enraged and grabs Maia‘s escape shuttle and after checking that Jia isn’t inside, [[AGlassInTheHand crushes it like a soda can.]]]] |
| 152 | * ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft'': The premise of this film is about a group of people who get trapped inside a house with a PapaWolf and a MamaBear after they brutalize the couple's daughter. Three guesses as to what happens next. |
| 153 | * ''Film/LastOfTheMohicans'': Chingachgook, though it's more out of vengeance than protection. |
| 154 | * In ''Film/TheLastRitesOfRansomPride'', Early Pride's sole motivation is to protect his remaining son. |
| 155 | * ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'': L becomes this towards Maki and Near. |
| 156 | * ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'': Big Chris. Made the mistake of threatening his son, Little Chris? Big Chris is just about to have another moment with a car door. |
| 157 | * '''Film/LoneWolfMcQuade''': |
| 158 | ** You can beat him, shoot him, bury him alive, and even shoot his dog and maybe survive, but if you hurt his daughter, you will open the whole can of Creator/ChuckNorris whoopass. |
| 159 | ** Note that the bad guy who gets his ass kicked is played by David Carradine. If he couldn't stop Chuck, what chance would anyone else have? Likely something involving a 13 digit negative number. |
| 160 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': |
| 161 | ** General Thaddeus Ross is by no means a good person. He's quite [[GeneralRipper tyrannical]], and both ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' show he is a huge {{Hypocrite}}. But if Ross has one redeeming feature, it's his care for his daughter Betty, considering he did protect her from ''the goddamn Hulk''. |
| 162 | ** Tony Stark, aka ''Film/IronMan'' gradually becomes this, as well a FriendToAllChildren. |
| 163 | *** In the [[Film/IronMan2 second movie]], during all the chaos at the Expo, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RzySJL81CSE Tony immediately blows a Hammer Drone to shreds as it attempts to murder a child wearing an Iron Man-mask]][[note]]WordOfGod later confirmed that this child was a young [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Peter Parker]][[/note]]. |
| 164 | *** In the [[Film/IronMan3 third movie]], Tony has a huge Papa Wolf moment when [[TheDragon Eric Savin]] holds Harley (the kid who had been helping Tony) hostage and threatens to kill him while Tony was trapped under debris. Tony burns his face off with a repulser blast. Hell in a deleted scene Tony pulls out his Arc Reactor to restart some random kid's heart. |
| 165 | *** Tony becomes a pretty big Papa Wolf to Peter Parker, while trying to give the kid the support that his father Howard Stark [[WellDoneSonGuy never gave]] him when he was growing up. In ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]'', he immediately orders Peter to leave the battlefield after he gets knocked down by a sixty foot tall Ant-Man, and in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' he saves Spidey from drowning. As it turns out, Tony has been keeping track of Peter using the ''Training Wheels Protocol'' installed inside the [[ClothesMaketheSuperman Techno Spider-Suit]] to curb his actions, while simultaneously protecting him. In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' he gave Peter the Iron Spider-Suit insuring he wouldn’t suffocate in the stratosphere; of course ''Infinity War'' also cruelly subverts this by having Tony be helpless to stop Spidey turning into dust in his arms. [[spoiler: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' Tony is directly inspired to return to his heroics over Peter and manages to bring Spidey back along with half the universe.]] He is also a massive PapaWolf to [[spoiler:his daughter, as he didn't want to participate in the Time Heist in the off-chance her existence is erased, and eagerly took part once she was out of danger, and part of his HeroicSacrifice is not only to save Peter, but also to save Morgan from being erased by Thanos]]. |
| 166 | *** Taking after Tony, his bodyguard Happy Hogan becomes very protective of Spidey in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' seen when he flew to the Netherlands in a private jet as soon as Peter called him for help. Happy tries his best to protect Spidey’s schoolmates MJ, Betty, Ned and Flash when they’re cornered by drones. |
| 167 | ** Odin Borson, the former King of Asgard, while he certainly wasn't perfect, at his very best was a good father. Adopting a baby Frost Giant who was left to die (aka Loki) and raising him as his own son, and saving his biological son Film/{{Thor}} from the said Frost Giants and then sending him to Earth [[BroughtDowntoNormal depowered]] to teach him a lesson. And when Thor redeems himself with a HeroicSacrifice Odin made sure he'd get his [[ShockandAwe powers]] back. [[spoiler:Even when he dies in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Odin returns as a [[SpiritAdvisor spirit]] to get Thor to help him discover his true power when he's in danger.]] |
| 168 | ** Nick Fury reveals he is like this towards [[FemmeFataleSpy Black Widow]] in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. When Pierce holds her hostage with a ExplosiveLeash, Nat shocks herself to diffuse the explosive she’s wearing and collapses and after Fury guns Pierce down, he rushes over to Natasha with concern. Considering her reaction to Fury being seemly killed, it's clear she [[ParentalSubstitute views him]] in this light. |
| 169 | ** Clint Barton aka ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} initially seems like just a ProfessionalKiller, [[spoiler: but it turns he's a FamilyMan, and the reason he keeps his personal life off the record is to protect them]]. In the [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron same movie]] when escorting civilians off the battlefield Clint used his body to shield a little boy from Ultron's gunfire, [[spoiler: only surviving because Quicksilver jumped in to shield ''him'']]. There's also his care and advice to Scarlet Witch which inspires her to become a hero and join the Avengers. [[spoiler: Much like Tony however ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' subverts with Hawkeye as Clint has lost his family thanks to Thanos and is a shell of his former self as a result, to the point where he is murdering mob members and criminals out of rage that his family was killed and they weren't. Thankfully, he redeems himself and, due in part to his help, the victims, including his family, are eventually resurrected.]] |
| 170 | ** In ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'', amoral {{Space Pirate|s}} Yondu Udonta rarely passes up the chance to rant and rave about how much adoptive son Peter Quill is a thorn in his side. However, [[HiddenHeartOfGold his true feelings]] come to the forefront in ''Vol. 2'' when [[spoiler: he realizes that Peter is with [[OmnicidalManiac Ego]], travels halfway across the universe to rescue him, and ultimately [[HeroicSacrifice gives up his life]] to save Peter from suffocating in space]]. |
| 171 | *** Drax’s all [[UnstoppableRage consuming rage]] towards Ronan is because he killed his wife and daughter... ''and laughed''. In the sequel Drax cares deeply for Mantis (his daughter surrogate) and at one point risks his own life to save her from the ground sinking beneath them. |
| 172 | *** Peter, Rocket and Drax all have this attitude to Baby/Teen Groot. |
| 173 | ** Scott Lang from ''Film/AntMan1'' is the king of this trope in the MCU as there’s nothing he won’t do to protect his precious daughter Cassie, [[spoiler: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ulUMjqhbYPs including going subatomic]] and destroying Yellowjacket from the inside out]]. By the time of ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Scott TookALevelInBadass as [[StormingTheCastle he goes Giant-Man and stomps his way through Kang's defenses to get Cassie back.]] |
| 174 | --->[[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qDVWnNGWS00 "Kang! We had a deal!"]] |
| 175 | *** It’s revealed Hank Pym was only [[WhenYouComingHomeDad distant]] with his daughter Hope because he didn’t want to lose her like he lost his wife Janet. |
| 176 | *** [[spoiler: Bill Foster has this attitude towards Ava Starr in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' at the end he refuses to leave despite the crimes she’s committed]]. |
| 177 | ** Alexei Shostakov aka Red Guardian from ''Film/BlackWidow2021''. Initially it seemed in the {{flashback}} opening like his care for his pretend daughters Natasha and Yelena was just an act and after getting them and their pretend mother Melina out of America, he let BigBad Dreykov take his daughters away. In a touching case of BecomingTheMask however, Alexei reveals in the present this was the biggest regret of his life and that he did genuinely love his wife and daughters. In the finale not only does Alexei take on Dreykov's army and TheDreaded Taskmaster to save Natasha, [[spoiler: but he's also willingly to stay by her side and fight when GeneralRipper Thaddeus Ross and US government come to arrest Nat]]. |
| 178 | ** [=MCU=] has a villainous Papa Wolf example in [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] as he [[ParentalFavoritism treasures]] his “adoptive” daughter Gamora and becomes angry with Ronan for alienating her. [[spoiler: ''Infinity War'' doubles down on this while ultimately subverting it in a FlashBack Thanos protects Gamora as a little girl in her homeworld even [[CoverInnocentEyesAndEars shielding her eyes]] from slaughter of her people... ''the one he’s causing!'' Then years later when Gamora is begging Peter to MercyKill her when she’s held hostage by him, Thanos turns Peter’s Blaster shots into bubbles showing he just wanted to cruelly test Quill and wanted no actual harm to Gamora. Ironically this twisted protection of Gamora comes back to royally bite him in the ass, as Thanos learns he can only get the Soul Stone by [[KillTheOnesYouLove sacrificing the thing he loves]] the most... and he does so very regretfully.]] |
| 179 | *** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[spoiler: Suprisingly 2014 Thanos has shades of this towards 2014 Nebula [[TheUnfavourite of all people]] as he stops Ebony Maw from killing her, and becomes notably anxious when she isn't answering her comms in the FinalBattle]]. |
| 180 | ** Another villainous example with Xu Wenwu [[spoiler: aka the Mandarin]] from ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings''. While he is a brutal and tyrannical global terrorist and former conqueror, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes he does genuinely love his family]]. His main motivation in the movie is bringing his wife back [[spoiler: after she was murdered when he was away]], so that they can be a family again. [[spoiler: In the climax despite fighting and hurting his son Shang-Chi, when the Dweller-in-Darkness goes to suck Shang’s soul out, Xu Wenwu [[HeroicSacrifice pushes his boy out of the way and bestows him with Ten Rings before dying]].]] |
| 181 | ** Dr. Stephen Strange gets in on this too in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''. Though he initially finds LivingMacGuffin America Chavez annoying and is only protecting her from demons [[spoiler:and BigBad Scarlet Witch]] for the sake of the greater good (the Multiverse), after getting to know America [[KnightInSourArmour and opening up to her]] Strange goes to unimaginable lengths to save her [[spoiler:including possessing a rotting corpse of his AlternateSelf in the MCU universe in order to save America from Wanda while stuck in a another universe.]] Funnily enough this was averted in TheTeaser where another version of Strange was coldly willingly to kill America so the villain couldn’t take her power, which is why she didn’t at all trust the Strange the audience knows. Thankfully the MCU Sorcerer Supreme proves her distrust unfounded [[spoiler:even [[WhatYouAreInTheDark when tempted]] by Wanda.]] |
| 182 | * ''Ma and Pa Kettle'': In this classic film, [[ApronMatron Ma,]] [[HenpeckedHusband Pa,]] and their [[MassiveNumberedSiblings large family]] move into an ultra-modern house Pa had won in a sweepstakes. Eventually Pa gets fed up with all the newfangled gadgets in the house, and moves back into the family's old home: a decrepit shack in the middle of a swampy junkyard. Meanwhile, [[MamaBear Ma holds the police at a standoff with a shotgun]] after she learns the contest was a cruel publicity hoax. It takes the intervention of the Kettles' adult eldest son to bring her out of her rampage. Just as the woman who orchestrated the hoax decides not to press charges and offers Ma her most sincere apology, here comes Pa Kettle with the family wagon and a dozen or so of his Injun friends: |
| 183 | -->'''Pa:''' THERE THEY ARE! ''SIC 'EM, BOYS!!'' |
| 184 | * ''Film/MachineGunPreacher'': [[BadassPreacher Sam Childers]] (Creator/GerardButler). If you threaten or harm the children of Sudan or Uganda, he will make sure that you pay. The best part: this film is based on a true story. However, "True Story" is debatable in light of some recent findings (Surprise inspections showed mistreatment of the children in the orphanage, SPLA denies any knowledge of Childers while Childers claims that he is a honorary commander in the SPLA, 60% of the donation for the orphanage are billed as "travel expenses" into Childers private funds)...seems like this "papa bear" is a con man who profits off the children he is supposed to care for. |
| 185 | * In ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', Max ends up developing a fierce protective side over the Wives, five young women who've been kept as [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]] by BigBad Immortan Joe. He considers them little more than a nuisance at first, even planning to leave them behind until Furiosa negotiated. [[TookALevelInKindness But by the film's climax]], Max will happily shoot anyone who tries to hurt them. Rictus learns this the hard way when he attempts to grab Capable and The Dag, but is instead tackled and beaten near to death with an oxygen tank by an enraged Max. |
| 186 | * The titular ''Film/MajorPayne'' becomes one over the course of the film, first showcased by dealing with Tiger's fear of the Boogeyman by ''opening fire on the closet'', and later by defending Alex from his drunken abusive step-father. The latter is the turning point where the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits ROTC Boys]], several of whom are implied to have [[ParentalNeglect uncaring parents]], come to like and respect the Major. |
| 187 | * ''Film/MeetTheParents'': Jack Byrnes is an [[KnightTemplarParent extreme example of this]], being obsessively protective of his daughter Pam. He will even go so far as to drug her boyfriends with truth serum or give them lie detector tests to make sure they don't have any unscrupulous designs on his little girl. Really, all that's missing is the shotgun on his lap. To a lesser degree, in the sequel, when said boyfriend's father learns that Jack injected truth serum into his son, he prepares to fight him. [[EpicFail He ends up kicking his son in the face]]. |
| 188 | * Franchise/MonsterVerse: |
| 189 | ** ''Film/Godzilla2014'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Joe Brody]]. After getting arrested again, before he even demands answers, the first thing he demands is to see his son Ford, who they also captured. Just by the tone of his voice, he was both scared and mad at the thought of losing him too. |
| 190 | ** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': The moment Mark Russell sees his ex-wife and daughter being held hostage during a gun battle, he leaves the other scientists behind, grabs a pistol, and attempts to rescue them himself. Also [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] by [[Characters/MonsterVerseIshiroSerizawa Serizawa]] in the film's {{novelization}}, as he wonders in response to Mark's example if he too would pull a LeeroyJenkins if it were his own son Ren who was being held hostage. |
| 191 | ** See the [[PapaWolf/ComicBooks Comic Books]] page for more examples. |
| 192 | * ''Film/MrMom'': Jack Butler. Nobody yells at his children and gets away with it. |
| 193 | * In ''Film/TheMummyReturns'' already established badass Rick O'Connell becomes this for his son Alex, seen when he desperately chases after him when Imhotep‘s followers kidnap Alex when the MacGuffin attaches itself to his arm. In the same movie Evey [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badassery]] as MamaBear and [[BattleCouple joins]] Rick in wrecking the villains and rescuing their son. The highlight of Rick's Papa Wolfery comes when he has to get Alex to the Scorpion King's temple before the sun rises upon it or Alex will die, picking up his boy Rick literally outruns the sunlight and gets there JustInTime. |
| 194 | -->'''Rick''': You know, (panting) it's not easy being a... dad. |
| 195 | -->'''Alex''': Yeah, but you do it really good. |
| 196 | * ''Film/TheNiceGuys'': Holland March played by Creator/RyanGosling, after spending 80% of the movie as a laughably pathetic BumblingDad to his [[HyperCompetentSidekick more competent]] daughter Holly, really steps up in the climax. [[spoiler: When TheDragon played by Creator/KeithDavid holds his Holly hostage, he [[CrocodileTears pretends to drunkenly cry]] distracting the henchmen and telling his daughter to duck smashes the guy with a chair, elbows him in the face and shoots him several times in the chest making him fall backwards off the room. Also when the henchmen tries to pull Holly off the roof whilst falling, Holland tackles him making him let go and for both men to fall, but thanks a convenient [[SoftWater pool]] Holland survives. Compared to the loser he was prior, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bKWBb1_NJe8 it’s pretty awesome.]]]] |
| 197 | * Played for tragedy in ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'', when [[spoiler:Gant's taunting of the Judge takes this route]]. |
| 198 | * ''Film/NorthCountry'': Josey's dad was initially aloof about his daughter for reasons relating to her first pregnancy (where she was apparently promiscuous), although he eventually stood up for her at the union rally when she tried to expose the sexual harrassment problems at the mine she works at, also calling out his coworkers on this fact. However, the biggest example of his being a PapaWolf comes in later: During the trial, Josey is forced to reveal what truly happened during her youth and the ''real'' reason she became pregnant with her son after one of the co-workers (who she also went to school with) exposed the knowledge of who the father of her first child was: It turns out that her teacher had in fact committed statutory rape on her after serving Saturday detention for skipping class and kissing said future co-worker, of which the only witness was said co-worker and he failed to stop him. As soon as the father learned the truth during the trial, he walks over to the teacher and then proceeds to go ballistic and attack him for raping Josey, resulting in him being forcibly removed from the courtroom. |
| 199 | * ''Film/OctoberSky'': Homer Hickham Sr. in the film version is something of a subversion: he's actually protecting somebody else's son from his stepfather, the resident abusive alcoholic. Does the whole grab-you-by-the-collar thing without the punch-you-in-the-face part, all the while plagued by soot-filled lungs. The exchange is reproduced here: |
| 200 | -->'''Homer Hickam, Sr:''' Now you listen to me you drunken son of a bitch. If that boy's father were still alive, he'd kick your ass. So I'm gonna have to do it for him. If I see him with a bruise... you get a scar. If I see him with a limp... you get '''crutches'''! Do you hear me? Do you hear me?\ |
| 201 | '''Vernon:''' I'm reportin' you to the union!\ |
| 202 | '''Homer Hickam, Sr:''' Screw you and your damn union! |
| 203 | * In ''Film/OverTheTop'', Creator/SylvesterStallone gets to play a character with PapaWolf chops too. You better '''not''' get between Lincoln Hawke and his chance to see his son Michael again, no way, no how. |
| 204 | * ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale'' has a Papa Killer Whale, seeking bloody vengeance against the man who killed his mate and calf. [[ScienceMarchesOn What's now known]] of orca social behavior makes this unlikely to be a literal example of this trope. A ''son'' retaliating for the death of its ''mother'', now... |
| 205 | * ''Film/PacificRim'': Stacker in his HumongousMecha is revealed to have personally saved Mako when she just was a little girl orphaned by the Onibaba {{Kaiju}} and adopted her as his daughter. Stacker's [[FantasyForbiddingFather refusal to let Mako pilot a Jaegar]] was out of fear for her safety, especially as piloting his Jaegar had taken a toll on him. |
| 206 | * Played with in ''[[Film/Parasite2019 Parasite]]'' Ki-taek Kim despite his criminal actions deeply loves his wife and children and will do anything to make ensure his family's dismal life can improve. He is also willingly to take all the blame for lying to the Park family, despite the whole Kim family being complicit in the crime. [[spoiler: At the end when he is impersonating as a chauffeur to Mr. Park, Ki-taek refuses to leave his daughter's Ki-jung (who's impersonating as a babysitter) after she had just been stabbed by the AxCrazy Geun-sae or hand over the car keys to the imploring Park family who don't know he is trying to stop his daughter from bleeding to death. However when he sees Mr Park react in disgust at the "low-class smell" of Geun-sae, Ki-taek stops applying pressure to his daughter's wound and stabs Mr Park himself before fleeing the scene. He deeply regrets his actions and mourns for Ki-jung and Mr Park soon after.]] |
| 207 | * ''{{Film/Pariah}}'': Arthur flips out when one of his friends mockingly suggests that Alike is a ButchLesbian and gets protective when said friend encounters her in public. [[spoiler:He also defends Alike against Audrey, albeit rather half-heartedly. He later apologizes for letting Audrey hit her, and has accepted Alike by the end of the film.]] |
| 208 | * ''Film/ThePatriot2000'': Benjamin Martin is firmly against a war for independence and submissive towards the over-the-top villain... until his farm is burned down, one of his sons is killed, and another is arrested and taken away to be hanged. Then he goes after the Redcoats with muskets and hatchets... |
| 209 | * ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop''. Paul may be a BumblingDad, but he will protect his little girl if anyone threatens her. |
| 210 | * ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': |
| 211 | ** Though he’s more a BumblingDad Governor Weatherby Swann still loves his daughter Elizabeth dearly and succeeded in breaking her out of jail in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second movie]]. Even though it was treason to the East India Company, he just couldn’t stand to see his daughter go to the gallows. |
| 212 | ** In the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third film]], though it's too little and too late to do any good, [[spoiler:Will's father "Bootstrap" Bill Turner]] snaps out of his brainwashing, and attacks Davy Jones in a moment of Papa Wolf fury. |
| 213 | ** Captain Teague shoots the soldier who was going to shoot Jack in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides fourth film]]. |
| 214 | * In ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'', ater Mr. Jones reads Naked Revolt, he believes that Miss Jones (his daughter and Edward's secretary) has been taken advantage of by Edward, leading for him to track down Edward and punch him in the face. |
| 215 | * Joe from ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' takes on a [[ParentalSubstitute fatherly/grandfatherly]] role for Mia. So much so, that he is willing to go above and beyond his duties to keep her safe and protected even if she's hurt emotionally, as Viscount Mabrey learned in the second film. |
| 216 | -->'''Joe''': If you hurt my girl, you will answer directly to me. And whatever crimes I commit against you, remember I have diplomatic immunity in 46 countries. Including Puerto Rico.\ |
| 217 | '''Viscount''': Sir, you will find that the word "fear" is not in my vocabulary!\ |
| 218 | '''Joe''': Perhaps. But it's in your eyes. |
| 219 | ** [[spoiler: By the end of the film, Joe becomes Mia's legal grandfather after he [[HappilyMarried marries Queen Clarisse]]. This makes him a sort of [[PapaWolf Grandfather Wolf]] to Mia.]] |
| 220 | * ''{{Film/Prisoners}}'' is a 'brutal' deconstruction of this trope. [[spoiler:The film is basically the counterpoint to all of those movies that aggrandize the father of imperiled children going on a RoaringRampageOfRescue. Instead, Keller's attempt to take the law into his own hands causes him to do [[ColdBloodedTorture unspeakable things]] to an innocent man to no avail, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming almost as bad as the kidnapper he's hunting down in the process]].]] It's further deconstructed by the revelation that [[spoiler: this was the kidnapper's motive all along, weaponizing Keller's PapaWolf tendencies (and that of countless other parents) to make him devolve into a revenge-driven monster, meaning that Keller's actions were AllAccordingToPlan]]. |
| 221 | * ''Film/TheProfessional'': Léon becomes a surrogate father to the orphaned Mathilda and protects her on her quest for vengeance, taking on the entire NYPD in the process. |
| 222 | * ''Radio'': Coach Jones becomes this on several occasions for Radio. In one instance, he slammed the JerkJock that tricked Radio to enter the girls' locker room into the trophy case display, after the eye-opening words of, "Son, it's times like these I wish I wasn't a teacher so I could do what I really want to do to you." |
| 223 | * ''Film/{{Ransom}}'': Deconstructed. Tom will do anything to get his son back. When he realizes that the kidnappers are going to kill Sean anyway even if he gives them the ransom money, he tries to turn the tables on them by turning the ransom into a reward for their capture. Tom maintains his resolve when the mastermind calls him up and Tom threatens to hunt him down if he doesn't get his son back immediately. The kidnapper pretends to shoot Sean and Tom breaks down from his apparent failure. Luckily he still gets Sean back later on, but he played an immensely dangerous gamble that could just as easily have ended this way. |
| 224 | -->'''Tom:''' GIMME BACK MY SON! |
| 225 | * ''Film/RedWater:'' The shark's first victim is the daughter of an industrialist who posts a $50,000 reward for the animal's death, and then doubles it after the shark kills again and evades the hunters. |
| 226 | * ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'': Most of the time Nathan Wallace is overprotective, but when he's [[spoiler: in [[PsychoForHire Repo Man]] mode]] he flips to PapaWolf. |
| 227 | * ''Film/ReservoirDogs'': There's an excellent case for Mr. White fulfilling this trope in his protectiveness over young protégé Mr Orange, to the point where he takes a bullet for him. He really, really doesn't like it when you accuse Orange of being a rat. [[spoiler:When Orange indeed turns out to be the rat, Mr. White has to put the bullet to him in probably the most emotional moment of the entire movie.]] |
| 228 | * ''Film/{{Revolution 1985}}'': Tom joined up with the Continental Army at first because he wanted to protect his son. Later on, when the British snatch Ned, Tom went after them and risked a lot to save his son's life. |
| 229 | * ''Film/RichieRich'': The butler Cadbury is something of a second father to Richie. The scene where [[TheDragon Ferguson]] manhandles Richie in the beginning of the movie says it all: |
| 230 | -->'''Ferguson:''' It's my job to protect him.\ |
| 231 | '''Cadbury:''' Yes very well, Mr. Ferguson, but touch him that way again and it is YOU who will need protecting. |
| 232 | * ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'': The Warden dotes on his overgrown ManChild of a son and is fiercely protective of him. During his intro he kills one of his mooks for making his son trip and cry. |
| 233 | * ''Film/RomeoMustDie'': Isaak finds out [[spoiler: that Mac was the one who murdered his son]] and proceeds to strangle said person without any hesitation. |
| 234 | * The entire premise and plot of ''Film/{{Searching}}'' is about exactly how far David Kim will go to find his presumed dead daughter Margot, and when one asshole jokes about Margot online, ''he puts the idiot in hospital''. [[spoiler: Even when it seems like his Margot is dead for certain, David [[{{Determinator}} doesn't give up]] and finds her alive in a ravine albeit in critical condition.]] |
| 235 | * ''Film/{{Shenandoah}}'': Charlie Anderson insists that the Civil War doesn't concern his family, even saying that his sons don't owe their state anything because the state "never came around here with a spare tit." But when some Union soldiers mistake his youngest for a rebel and take him prisoner, he starts taking the war personally. |
| 236 | * {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in ''Film/ShutterIsland''. TheReveal is that Andrew Laeddis aka [[spoiler: Edward "Teddy" Daniels]] returned home from the war to discover his wife Dolores (who likely had Munchausen syndrome) had drowned their children. In a fit of rage, Andrew killed his wife in revenge for his kids, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone utterly breaks his psyche]] in the process. The whole movie revolves around the doctors attempting to treat the violently hallucinating and delusional Laeddis who is unable to face what he has done, and eventually accepts being lobotomized. |
| 237 | * ''Film/{{Sleepers}}'': ParentalSubstitute Father Bob to the four boys. He encourages them to keep on the straight path and threatens to harm the boyfriend of John's mother after said boyfriend hit John. [[spoiler: He ultimately decides to lie in court in order to get justice for both John and Tommy]]. |
| 238 | * ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': Stuart, Alan's father, is usually seen for the first half of the film arguing with his son. But when the situation gets serious, he gets some pretty good moments in fighting against some of the berserk Commando Elite Toys. Another good example in particular occurs just before the climax of the film, when Alan is confronted by [[SmugSnake Larry Benson]] ([[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom the creator of the Commando Elite]]) [[BunnyEarsLawyer who makes a smug comment that Alan could be sued for his claims]], Alan's father promptly decks him for threatening his son. |
| 239 | -->'''Alan:''' There's a problem with the Commandos.\ |
| 240 | '''Larry:''' Really? What kind of problem? [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bear in mind, you will be called into court to substantiate your claim]].\ |
| 241 | ''[[[TalkToTheFist Stuart punches Larry in the face and knocks him down]]]''\ |
| 242 | '''Stuart:''' YOUR TOYS NEARLY KILLED MY SON!! |
| 243 | * ''Film/{{Snitch}}'': Wrestling/DwayneJohnson as John Matthews, as a father who dives headlong into a drug cartel in order to help free his convicted son. |
| 244 | * ''[[Film/SnowWhiteATaleofTerror Snow White: A Tale of Terror]]'': As opposed to the king in the original fairy tale, Frederich in this film goes out into the storm on his horse to find Lilli when he hears she's missing. |
| 245 | * ''Film/SpeedRacer'': Pops puts his Greco-Roman {{wrestl|erInAllOfUs}}ing skills to work while protecting his family from ninjas, er, ''non''-jas: |
| 246 | -->'''Pops:''' [[Awesome/SpeedRacer Terrible thing, what passes as a Ninja these days.]] |
| 247 | * ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': Weirdly enough, [[BigBad Harrison]]. He's completely bent on recovering and protecting the rest of his people, and his RoaringRampageOfRevenge is mostly because he thinks they're all dead [[spoiler: (''twice'')]]. He even refers to them as his family - see EvenEvilHasLovedOnes. |
| 248 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': Darth Vader, [[ArchnemesisDad of all people]], has his Papa Wolf moments--not surprising since his attempts to preemptively protect Padme was what drove him to the Dark Side in the first place. In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', the Emperor's [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] of his son Luke is what [[HeelFaceTurn turns him back]] from TheDarkSide [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice and kills him]]]]. Think about that for just a moment: this is Darth Vader. He personally hunted down almost every Jedi that survived Order 66. He executed helpless Younglings in the Jedi Temple. He has literally overseen the deaths of billions (e.g. Alderan). The mere mention of his name can inspire terror across the entire galaxy. There is only one person in the entire galaxy who is more powerful than him, but that person is so much more powerful that Vader serves him for more than two decades. Yet when that person begins killing his son, none of that matters. He knows that the Emperor's force lightning will short-circuit the electronic systems keeping him alive, but it does not matter. The only thing that matters is that the Emperor will stop hurting his son. |
| 249 | ** In [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends the old EU]] it's revealed that ''[[AxCrazy Wilhuff Tarkin]]'' was one to his son Garoche. It's very much PlayedForDrama, as [[MoralityChain Garoche was the only reason Tarkin wasn't completely evil]] and the Emperor ordered Vader to kill him and frame the Atoan insurgents specifically to drive him over the edge-and indeed, upon being told by Vader that his son was killed by those insurgents Tarkin [[DisproportionateRetribution ordered the complete extermination of the Atoan race]], [[MoralEventHorizon killing almost all compassion he still had]]. Many years later, after his brother's death, [[ParentalSubstitute he takes in his niece Rivoche]] and ''tries'' to be a good guardian and this, but [[DisproportionateRetribution jailing a servant girl and her family for enabling her bratty behaviour during grieving rather than show her the right way]] just show how much he decayed. |
| 250 | ** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': She's not their daughter, but Sio Babble and Panaka react this way whenever the queen is threatened. When Qui-Gon mentions that if the queen stays on Naboo then she'll be killed, Sio Babble says, "They wouldn't dare!" vehemently. Then Panaka logically tries to point out the Trade Federation can't freaking kill the leader of the planet they're invading and stay on good terms with Coruscant; the men only acquiesce when Qui-Gon counters the Trade Federation may elect a pawn in Amidala's place to sign a treaty. Panaka agrees to go off-planet with the queen to protect her, and is ready to draw fire on anyone who dares attack, as Sio Babble tries to reason with the Trade Federation to withdraw. |
| 251 | * ''Film/SteveJobs'', having publicly denied that Lisa is his daughter and begrudgingly paying court-mandated child support, learns that her mother Chrisann may have thrown a cereal bowl at Lisa. Though she denies it, Jobs, very matter-of-factly, tells Chrisann that, if he ever hears something like that again, he has the resources to hire people to have her killed. |
| 252 | * ''Film/SupermanReturns'': |
| 253 | ** [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]]'s NiceGuy fiancé [[TheAce Richard White]] proves this when he appears in his sea plane to save Lois and young Jason from a sinking ship: |
| 254 | --->'''Lois:''' How'd you get here?\ |
| 255 | '''Richard:''' I flew. |
| 256 | ** Ironically, Superman never really gets to play the part of Papa Wolf in the movie, even though [[spoiler:Jason is his son]] and Lois is his {{Love Interest|s}}. |
| 257 | * ''Film/{{Tank|1984}}'': You can cross CSM Zack Carey all you like, and he will calmly accept it. However, if you harm a kid, he will come down on you like a ton of bricks. |
| 258 | * In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Splinter is NOT going to let any harm come to the turtles or April. [[spoiler:It very nearly costs him his life.]] |
| 259 | * Three different examples in ''Film/TellNoOne'': |
| 260 | ** Bruno is a gangster who nevertheless loves his son, who's a hemophiliac, and he does not care about such niceties as hospital regulations when it comes to making sure his son gets the care he needs. |
| 261 | ** Gilbert is a villainous example; [[spoiler: when his son is killed, Gilbert allows his {{Mooks}} to do just about anything, including ColdBloodedTorture and murder, to find those responsible]]. |
| 262 | ** Finally, [[spoiler: there's Jacques, whose daughter Margot was responsible for killing Gilbert's son (in self-defense); [[DeathFakedForYou he helps Margot fake her death after this]] to keep Gilbert from finding her]]. |
| 263 | * ''Film/ATimeToKill'': |
| 264 | ** Carl Lee Hayley is the embodiment of this trope throughout the story. He’s understandably pissed off once discovering his little girl has been brutally raped by two grown men, and [[DeepSouth the whole community]] knows all too well that the perpetrators [[KarmaHoudini have a strong chance of getting acquitted]] because they’re white while the victim is black. Carl Lee waste no time at charging into the court house and fatally shoots his daughter’s rapists (while accidentally shooting a deputy escorting them). At the trial, the district attorney repeatedly goes over the rapists attacks and aggressively questions if they deserved to die. Carl Lee unapologetically roars out “'''YES THEY DESERVE TO DIE, AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!!!'''” |
| 265 | ** Deputy Looney also counts. [[EasilyForgiven He held no grudge against Carl Lee over the loss of his legs when he accidentally shot him]] to get to his daughter’s rapists, as it did help that Carl Lee visited him at the hospital and apologized while explaining his motivation. Looney simply states while on the stand that he says he would have done the same thing—"I got a little girl. Somebody rapes her, he's a dead dog. I'll blow him away just like Carl Lee did." |
| 266 | ** Jake Brigance also sympathizes with Carl Lee for the same reasons as Deputy Looney. When asked by Carl Lee what he would have done if his daughter [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil went through the same trauma]] as his own kid, Jake admits to his wife that he would have killed the rapists as well. |
| 267 | * ''Film/ToySoldiers'': [[spoiler: Joey Trotta]]'s father takes the news that [[spoiler: he has been killed]] very badly. [[spoiler: So he orders the murder of his murderer's father, even though that would mean all of Joey's friends would be killed in retaliation.]] |
| 268 | * ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'': |
| 269 | ** In ''Film/Transformers2007'', Prime comes to the rescue when Sector Seven kidnaps Sam and Mikaela, lifting their car thirty feet in the air and tearing the top off while intoning, "Taking the children was a ''bad move,''" in pure bad-ass fashion. |
| 270 | ** ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'': |
| 271 | *** Optimus Prime is [[AllThereInTheManual a peace-loving and kind-hearted scientist]] who respects human beings and loves them as if they are his own children. Nowhere is this more apparent than in this film with his response to Megatron's sickeningly cynical disrespect for life: |
| 272 | ---->'''Megatron:''' Is the future of our race not worth the life of a single human?\ |
| 273 | '''Optimus Prime:''' You'll ''never'' stop at '''one'''!! I'll take you ALL on!! |
| 274 | *** The [[BewareTheNiceOnes Warrior in Optimus awakens]] to [[CurbStompBattle tear him, Grindor AND Starscream apart]], [[DualWielding wielding two swords simultaneously with the grace of a dancer]]: |
| 275 | ----> '''Optimus Prime:''' ''You picked the wrong planet! '''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath Give me your FACE!]]''' '' |
| 276 | ** In ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Dark of the Moon]]'', after [[spoiler: Sentinel Prime, Optimus's father figure and teacher, led an invasion that enslaved and murdered ''millions'' of innocent civilians in Chicago]], Optimus would shoot said person execution style. The line he uttered as he saw [[spoiler: the destruction of Chicago]] was chilling and awesome: |
| 277 | --->'''Optimus:''' We will kill them all. |
| 278 | ** Then in ''[[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Age of Extinction]]'', Optimus goes into full rage mode after finding out [[spoiler: Cemetery Wind has killed Ratchet]]. |
| 279 | --->[[spoiler: '''Optimus:''' They SLAUGHTERED RATCHET! I'm going to tear them apart!]] |
| 280 | *** When he and his Autobots [[spoiler: storm KSI headquarters]], this is his response to Joshua Joyce's statement that the collected dead Transformers are KSI property: |
| 281 | --->'''Optimus:''' They're not your property! They were my friends! |
| 282 | * ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'': SubvertedTrope by Keyser Soze. In a tale told InUniverse, some Turkish mobsters break into Soze's home and brutalize his family, holding them hostage. When Soze returns home, he promptly pulls a gun on the mobsters... then turns the gun on his ''family'', saying he'd rather they die than live another day. |
| 283 | * ''Film/VForVendetta'': A whole ''mob'' of them shows up. As law and order starts breaking down across England, a secret policeman [[WouldHurtAChild guns down a young girl]] for wearing a "Guy Fawkes" Mask. The mob descends upon the guy, and one of the men smashes the bastard's head in with a wrench. |
| 284 | * ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'' begins with the working-class protagonist Ray Ferrier held in utter contempt by his son and daughter, who much prefer the time they spend with his ex and her rich new husband. During the film, he must survive the terrifying alien invasion and repeatedly save his children's lives (especially the daughter) in a very heroic manner -- incidentally winning back their full and highly deserved respect. |
| 285 | * Paul Reiser's character in ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' demonstrates this after learning just how much his abuse that his son has been taking from his musical instructor. He ends up organizing things so that [[spoiler: Fletcher can get canned from teaching at the Academy]]. |
| 286 | * An instance of this occurs in ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' when Sir John tries to protect Lawrence from the angry mob trying to capture him by '''shooting''' at them, and possibly even blinding someone in the process, [[PetTheDog showing]] that he may truly [[WellDoneSonGuy care for his son]]. [[spoiler:''Highly'' subverted when he ends up trying to kill Lawrence later on after revealing he already killed his brother and mother... and that he's a werewolf himself... TraumaCongaLine much? Also subverted when he lets the angry mob drag Lawrence off to an insane asylum right after the poor guy wakes up after the full moon and is scared and confused.]] |
| 287 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 288 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] towards [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] and the children at the school. Played with in ''Film/{{Logan}}'' as by all rights Wolverine should be like this to his OppositeSexClone Laura aka [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]] who is given an AgeLift to be a little girl in need of some Papa Wolf. [[spoiler: Yet when the bad guys come for her, Logan outright leaves Laura to die not giving a single crap about her, as he cares more for Professor Xavier. Even after Xavier’s death, Logan explains bad shit happens to people he care about which makes Laura retort that means [[StealthInsult she should be fine then]]. Thankfully played straight in the ending when Dr Rice’s kill squad has Laura and other mutant kids cornered at the Canadian border, Wolverine regains the will to fight and goes on a full UnstoppableRage to protect his clone daughter and the future of Mutantkind.]] |
| 289 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]] tends to invoke this in regards his students and children in general, as in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' Jason Stryker was able trick the professor by disguising himself as a child in need. |
| 290 | --->'''Magneto''': Doesn't it ever wake you in the middle of the night? The feeling that some day, some day very soon, they will pass [[SuperRegistrationAct that foolish law]] - or one just like it - and they will come for you and your children? Take you all away?\ |
| 291 | '''Professor X''': It does indeed.\ |
| 292 | '''Magneto''': And what do you do when you wake up to that?\ |
| 293 | '''Professor X''': I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul who comes to that school looking for trouble. |
| 294 | ** [[spoiler:Coming back in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' Professor X again shows his knack for this. He psychically fights Scarlet Witch possessing his universe’s Wanda to protect America Chavez but he also enters Wanda’s mind (who is a complete stranger to him by the way) just try and save the trapped innocent version of her out of genuine compassion, though it gets him killed in the attempt.]] |
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