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** Kenpachi Zaraki subverts this during the Arrancar arc, when Nnoitra threatens Yachiru. He also did so in the past when Ikakku did the same thing. Granted, Kenpachi is already a [[Blood Knight]] and [[Ax Crazy]], but threaten Yachiru, and you might as well have signed your own death warrant.

** Stark is a less notable example of this. Lilynette, his fraccion, is like a daughter to him, and he becomes noticeably upset and less focused when she is in danger. Fittingly, his [[Animal Motif]] is the wolf - his zanpakuto is called 'Los Lobos', and he summons a pack of explosive wolves.

* Konzen's (Sanzo's [[Reincarnation|pre-incarnation]]) [[Character Development]] in the ''[[Saiyuki]] [[Prequel|Gaiden]]'' manga is maturing from a spoiled, bitchy, bored bureaucrat into a slightly less spoiled and bitchy Papa Wolf for Goku. The man has high-heeled sandals and no athletic abilities, yet he jumps off a stories-high stairwell/elevator shaft, catches the falling Goku, and clutches the severed elevator cable in mid-air. All to save his boy! The [[Foregone Conclusion|fact that Konzen's gonna die before the end and Goku will be locked away in a mountain without any of his memories of being so devotedly loved]] makes this all the more heartbreaking.

** For that matter, in the present timeline, Sanzo's furious response and following [[Heroic BSOD]] when {{spoiler|Goku was shot and almost died}} fits this trope to a T.

** An old man in the episode "Free the Future", while Android 18 was blowing things up after getting angered with Android 17 for killing a boy she thought was cute, attempted to shoot Android 17 (as that boy was in fact his son). It failed, because Android 17 was resistant to gunfire, and needed saving by the time Trunks arrived.

* Yusuke from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' is a subtle example. Harming/killing at least ''one'' of his loved ones gets mad, but if it's Keiko or Kuwabara, '''''he will kick their ass!'''''

** Luffy himself is a version of this trope, as any attack on the physical or emotional well-being of his crewmembers is taken personally and likely to result in an angry and violent beatdown, like he did when Nami had a hertbreaking [[Heroic BSOD]] once her efforts to save her village were thwarted by her [[Bad Boss]] and he epically beat up and defeated said boss. Prior to the [[Time Skip]], however, he was just a fledgling, made clear from {{spoiler|the fact that he isn't quite strong enough to back up this fierce protective instinct yet. He found that out the hard way in Shabaody, where the entire crew was more or less beaten half to death and scattered to the four corners of the Earth by Bartholomew Kuma and he was helpless to stop it. But especially, considering the fact that Kuma was on their side, that was ''nothing'' compared to when he went to [[The Alcatraz]] and then the World Government's headquarters to rescue his older brother from execution, only to have him die in his arms.}} Seriously, if he hadn't had Jinbe there to [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|knock some sense into him]], he wouldn't have been able to [[Took a Level in Badass|Take A Level In Badass]] to transcend pretty much all the limitations he had, and then some.

*** Zoro too. He's normally not the type to take revenge. But Ohm made him reconsider that when he set traps that brutally injured Chopper. Also, when Robin was almost killed by Enel, he caught her before she fell (despite his earlier distrust against her) and furiously attacked Enel as a result. In fact, any member of the Straw Hats will beat up '''anyone''' who dares to hurt their [[True Companions]], as proven when the Franky Family beat up Usopp, and the remaining male members returned the favour and destroyed their house in retaliation.

** Garp is a Grandpa Wolf who would have killed {{spoiler|Akainu for killing Ace}} if Sengoku, the ''Fleet Admiral'', hadn't stopped him. He even tells Sengoku to keep him down or he would have tore {{spoiler|Akainu}} to pieces.

*** Also, {{spoiler|Luffy's actual father Dragon the Revolutionary}} has appeared only once or twice, but one of these apparitions puts him squarely here. When Luffy was about to be executed by Smoker... {{spoiler|a lighting fell from the sky and Dragon showed up. He went to Smoker and spoke to him... and Smoker ''nearly pissed in his pants'' due to that, and let Luffy go.}}

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'''s Antonio aka Spain goes from [[Doting Parent]] [[Team Mom]] to Papa Wolf as soon as his protégé, Romano/South Italy, is kidnapped by Sadiq/Turkey.

** [[The Gunslinger|Switzerland]] is scary enough on a regular day. Now try doing ANYTHING to [[Morality Pet|Liechtenstein]], I dare you.