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* Just ''[[Tempting Fate|try]]'' and hurt a kid in front of [[Captain Harlock]].

** Most people try to kill vampires with stakes. Henry uses ''uprooted trees''.

* Hon Arkraptor from ''[[Tower of God]]'' is a [[Papa Wolf]] who failed to protect his daughter. As a result, he is overcautious whenever it comes to Miseng, who resembles her. This includes trying to fail her so she gets out of the inner section of the Tower and beating up the creeps that get too close to her. Their relationship is rather shaky, to say the least.

* Negi Springfield of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. Threaten his students, and he will [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|pull the spear you impaled him on out of his chest and beat you half to death with it]].

** {{spoiler|Takahata is this way as well, but to Asuna in particular he's an adoptive father. Although only because his self esteem is too low to be her boyfriend.}}

** {{spoiler|In chapter 107 he openly declares himself to be Beel's parent, emphasizing this trope even more.}}

* Isshin Kurosaki from ''[[Bleach]]'' is this in spades when it comes to his daughters. They don't appreciate it. [[Hilarity Ensues|Slapstick ensues]].

** 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.

** Also Jeager (to an extent). You may not be able to tell when you meet him, but he'll do anything for his son.

* 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.

*** Goku himself to Sanzo. Particularly since hurting Sanzo is a sure way to press his [[Berserk Button]] and his [[Unstoppable Rage]].

** Also, Hakkai. Don't threaten or hurt his comrades. [[Tranquil Fury|Just]] [[Curb Stomp Battle|DON'T!]]

** He also acts ''a lot'' more professional when he knows a child's life is at stake; this is seen in the kidnapping episode.

** [[The Lestrade|Inspector Juzo Megure]] is also ''very'' protective of the kids who hang out with Mouri and of his own subordinates. Better shown when he goes [[It's Personal]] mode in a case involving young women being attacked: he refuses to let [[Action Girl]] Satou act as a decoy once his [[Berserk Button]] was pressed, and later took ''a metal pipe to his head'' while protecting Sonoko from the culprit. {{spoiler|It's explained that this comes from one of his first cases, where he failed to protect a schoolgirl posing as a decoy and she almost died. Fortunately, the girl got better... [[May-December Romance|and then they got]] [[Happily Married]].}}

** While there are many Papa Wolves and [[Mama Bear|Mama Bears]] among the [[Sympathetic Murderer|Sympathetic Murderers]], there was a specially dark take on this trope during a two-part anime only episode. {{spoiler|A businessman had contacted Kogoro to locate an assassin whom he had hired to kill him, having backed off the deal but not being able to find him and tell him so. It turned out that he was using Kogoro and others in a [[Batman Gambit]] destined to find and ''kill'' said hitman with his own hands, since one of his assassinations jobs led to the accidental death of the tycoon's beloved daughter. Conan had to beg the grieving and ''very'' pissed off father to not exact said revenge, but he also made sure that the hitman's threat was neutralised and he was taken into custody.}}

** Gohan's ''actual'' dad, Goku, can be as much as a [[Papa Wolf]] as Piccolo. Goku did rush (with Piccolo, no less) to finish his long-lost brother Raditz after he kicked off the reunion by kidnapping little Gohan. ([[Heroic Sacrifice|He died]], [[Back From the Dead|but came back]]), and then saved Gohan's life after Piccolo died with Kinto'un, and beat up [[The Brute|Nappa]], the one responsible. But [[Berserk Button|what really set Goku off]] [[And Your Little Dog, Too|was when Frieza threatened to kill Gohan]]. That drove Goku past the edge and turned him from the kind, gentle [[Idiot Hero]] into a [[Super-Powered Evil Side|vengeance-filled warrior]].

** Despite wanting nothing to do with Future Trunks (usually ignoring him or just pushing him aside whenever Trunks tried to reach out to him), Vegeta [[Berserk Button|went crazy]] after {{spoiler|Cell killed Trunks}}.

*** Throughout the movie, Vegeta appeared to have lost his passion for fighting since Goku died, not even watching the competition. But when Trunks was in danger, he immediately sensed something was wrong and headed to the battlefield, making a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment to help Trunks out of a tight spot.

** 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.

** After {{spoiler|Ace's death}}, instead of going [[Unstoppable Rage|insane with rage]] like most had expected, Whitebeard in a frightful and calm way {{spoiler|defeated his ''very'' powerful murderer Akainu in two blows and, in the same blow, split the entire Marine island in half... despite being stabbed, blown up, gutted and with half his face burnt off. All to avenge poor Ace's death}}. [[Tranquil Fury|And you thought Whitebeard on a rampage was bad?]]

** There's also Chef Zeff, who was like this towards the young Sanji. [[Volleying Insults|When they didn't chew each other up, of course]]. This *is* the [[Retired Badass|ex-pirate]] who either {{spoiler|ate his own leg so child Sanji would have enough food to survive}} in the manga or {{spoiler|had the same leg cut off to rescue the kid from drowning when the shp he worked in was sunk}} in the anime, after all.

** 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.}}

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

** While it's not been seen in canon, fanon often makes [[Team Dad|England]] this towards [[Love Freak|America]].

** Kurogane is like this. Though he has an initially calm attitude when Seishiro "kills" Syaoran in Oto, you can just tell there's the hint of death in his dialogue and in his face. Though it's hard to tell if he's more mad about Syaoran's "death" or Fai's. Either way, don't mess with anybody in his party.

* ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'''s Koichi Minamoto is basically just a normal guy who tasked to watch [[Person of Mass Destruction|three powerful girls with insane psychic power.]] But when he gets pissed off enough, such as if someone harms his girls or they're harming themselves, you'll understand [[Badass Normal|why they made him guardian of those girls.]]

* Sesshoumaru from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' usually [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|doesn't get too excited about much]]. Threaten [[Morality Pet|Rin]], though, and a beatdown like none other will commence. The best example comes from the manga... {{spoiler|when Rin is taken to the underworld by a hellhound, Sesshoumaru follows and kills it. When she is already dead, [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|whoops the King of Hell's ass]] to get her back. When this doesn't work, he actually shows the closest thing to human emotion he's ever done in the series, purifies the souls of the dead as an afterthought, then rips a hole back into normal reality. After all of this, his youkai queen mother acknowledges this and uses her powers to resurrect Rin since ''Sesshoumaru'', of all people, is clearly unhappy about her death. He goes from [[Aloof Big Brother]] to a combination of John Creasy, Jesus, and Spawn in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] unparalleled in the other 500+ chapters of the manga.}}

* {{spoiler|Kou Shouka}} in ''[[Saiunkoku Monogatari]]'' is mostly a {{spoiler|[[Retired Badass]] who prefers to employ [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] and play the role of}} [[Bumbling Dad]]. When his children are threatened, however, he goes out for ''blood.''

* Despite being the hero of ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]'', Ogami Itto averts this trope - if anything he's an Underprotective Dad. Mainly because his toddler son Daigoro is a [[Samurai]] too, and though he he does love his kid... if he should be killed, that's a risk that comes with the job.

** However, Ogami has pulled more than one [[You Shall Not Pass]] for his clients either in the process of getting the job done or to repay a debt of honor: once, he stopped by a village whose men had all been drafted for war and helped them till a field, even to the point of cutting down anyone who tried to pull him away, because he'd been asked to do so by his last assassination target.

** An ironic example is Sergei Smirnov, who ''has'' been called [[Memetic Mutation|''Papa Bear'']] (because in-universe he's [[Red Baron|nicknamed]] "the Wild Bear of Russia") by fans with the description of Papa Wolf in mind. He ''did'' fit the Papa Bear description given above regarding his treatment of his son Andrei, but with Soma Peries he was Papa Bear all the way.

* In one of the ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' mangas, {{spoiler|King Peacecraft}} performs a badass [[You Shall Not Pass]] [http://aboutgundamwing.com/Pending/chronicle6.jpg in the middle of a burning palace], so his butler and his [[Number Two]] can take his daughter {{spoiler|Relena}} to safety. He doesn't make it alive, but the others manage to reach safety with the little girl, {{spoiler|who later becomes a key player in the story.}}

* You can do anything to him, even completely destroy his guild and [[Fairy Tail|Makarov]] will only get irritated, but if you hurt any of his guild members, there's a very good chance he will make you stop breathing.

** No. He ''will'' [[Curb Stomp Battle|crush]] you if you so much as ''think'' about hurting any member of [[Fairy Tail]]. So much, that he will flat out start a war with another guild if they hurt a guild member. Also, pretty much everyone in the guild will turn into a [[Papa Wolf]] or [[Mama Bear]] if you hurt another member of the guild, particularly Levi...

* While not a biological father, Sousou/Cao Cao from ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' is this towards his friends. So much, that his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] took full control of him whenever he saw them in danger. It first happened with {{spoiler|his [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] Chuukou (he thought the bullies at their judo club were attempting to rape her)}}, and later with {{spoiler|his [[Bash Brothers]] Kakouton (who lost his eye while shielding him))}}. And in the anime series, he also recruited {{spoiler|Myousai}} by protecting her from a rapist and offering her a chance to be his subordinate and fighter instead of {{spoiler|a [[Child Soldier]].}}

* They may have marital problems in ''[[Macross 7]]'', but don't ever think of threatening any of their children or their city or their ship; coz when [[Mama Bear]] Milia and [[Papa Wolf]] Max Jenius [[Battle Couple|team up]], you are definitely screwed. Especially emphasized on their killer combo attack in [[Super Robot Wars Alpha|Super Robot Wars Alpha 3]] as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in4mkxx-W30 here].

{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Gesicht:}}''' Even if the world ends, I won't let you go.}}

* One of the weirdest ([[Mad Doctor|and]] [[The Faceless|that's]] [[Cloudcuckoolander|saying]] [[Refuge in Audacity|it]] [[Large Ham|NICELY]]) examples ever is Dr. Shingen Kishitani from ''[[Durarara]]''. In the novels, we learn that {{spoiler|Shingen was the one who cut Celty's head off and sold Saika's sword off to the Sonoharas... but he did it in order to protect his young son Shinra from Namie Yagiri's grandfather, who threatened to kill Shinra if he didn't.}}

* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', we have Kazuma Sohma, foster father to Kyo Sohma. In one chapter of the manga, Kazuma proclaims his intent to protect Kyo single-handedly from the [[Big Screwed-Up Family|entire Sohma family]] if he must.

** There's also a sketch in one of the later volumes, where Kazuma meets with Kyo's [[Jerkass]] of a father, cheerfully telling him that now that {{spoiler|the Zodiac curse has been broken and Kyo is free}}, it's time they had a little talk about Kyo's future. Kyo's father looks like he's pissing himself in fear. It's [[Played for Laughs]], but given the psychological abuse the father heaped on Kyo (at one point he accuses Kyo of trying to kill him ''for standing too close to him''), it's very much a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* Kotetsu T. Kaburagi of [[Tiger and Bunny]] may have a strained relationship with his daughter, Kaede, due to his job as a superhero (which she isn't aware of) meaning that he has to spend a lot of time away from home, but he's not about to let anything harm his little girl. This is showcased {{spoiler|when he lifts a collapsed tree to save Kaede from a collapsing shrine ''even when his powers run out'', and later, when Maverick has a gun to Kaede's head, Kotetsu reveals himself to be [[Not Quite Dead]] and punches Maverick in the face.}}

** Ash himself counts too. Countless times, he has put his life on the line without hesitation to save his pokemon.

* The titular Onizuka from ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'' who goes through great lengths to protect his students. In fact, you don't even have to be his student. He will rescue you anyways. This includes getting shot multiple times in an attempt to rescue a school girl (who happened to be trying to discredit him as a teacher) he saw being kidnapped while on his way to take an exam.

* Guts from ''[[Berserk]]'' acts like this toward the [[Cute Witch]] Schierke, and toward his [[True Companions]] in general. Ironically, he doesn't act too much like this toward his {{spoiler|insinuated}} son, the mysterious [[Creepy Child|Moonchild,]] but most likely because [[Mama Bear|Casca]] won't let Guts near the little boy or because whenever the Child does appear, larger than normal battle shit happens and they never spend any "quality" time together. However, when the latter happens, [[Parents in Distress|the roles get switched.]]