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* ''[[Little House On the Prairie (TV)|Little House On the Prairie]]'': Several times, Charles playing watchdog over his daughters. More than once, Laura's husband-to-be, Almonzo, would be on the wrong end of Charles' wrath ... until Charles sees that "Manly" has pure motives. Indeed, Almonzo and Laura (despite their 10-year age difference) were a life-long couple, the (real-life) marriage ending only when Almonzo suffered a fatal heart attack in 1949, aged 92.
* A very literal example is Leanbow in ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'' given that he is the Wolf Knight, when he becomes the red Wolf Warrior, he protects his son and his friends in a truly awesome battle. The same largely applies to his counterpart from ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'', save that all the core rangers are his children in that version.
* Keith Mars from ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', who previously gave off the impression of a [[Non
** He is actually shown to be a [[Badass]] throughout the show, but in between the odd times that we ever see him get in a fight, most reports we hear of his exploits (he does a lot of work out of town chasing down bail jumpers) are Offstage Heroics at best, and an [[Informed Ability]] at worst. His ability to handle himself in a fight is in fact a [[Chekhov's Skill]].
** From the same series, the domineering, abusive {{spoiler|and murderous}} Aaron Echolls seems oblivious that his daughter is being beaten up by her boyfriend, even appearing interested in starring in a movie he wants to pitch. However, at the start of what looked to be a pleasant dinner he administers [[No Holds Barred Beatdown|one of the most comprehensive beatdowns ever seen on TV]], before calmly concluding "I've decided I'm not interested in appearing in your movie."
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** A number of the female victims father found out that someone had killed his daughter and went out and killed the perp.
* ''[[Ace Lightning]]'''s Simon Hollander is a mild mannered accountant - until you insult his son.
* In ''[[Twenty Four (TV)|Twenty Four]]'', do ''not'' mess with Jack Bauer's daughter. You ''will'' regret it. i.e., the end of season one, when Kim has escaped from her captors, but the villains still want to lure Jack in, so they have [[The Mole]] tell him that his daughter's body had been found. [[What an Idiot!|Seriously. Bad. Idea.]] Jack comes in, all right -- ''[[Guns Akimbo|both guns blazing]]'' -- and [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|doesn't leave a single one alive]], even [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|emptying an entire magazine]] into the surrendering [[Big Bad]]. There is a good reason why he is the [[Trope Namer]] for the [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]].
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': "You just killed someone I liked, and that is ''not'' a safe place to stand. I'm The Doctor and you're in the biggest library in the universe. '''Look me up'''."
** About 5-10 minutes or so after the Doctor finally accepts Jenny as his "daughter," so to speak, in "The Doctor's Daughter," {{spoiler|she takes a bullet for him and winds up dying in his arms.}} The next minute is [[Technical Pacifist|one of the only times in the series where we see the Doctor holding someone at gunpoint.]]
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* ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'s'' Malcolm Reynolds is a [[Papa Wolf]], and in his case, it applies to ''anyone'' [[True Companions|on his crew]]. Threaten someone on his crew, and you are in for an extreme [[Berserk Button|world of hurt]].
** In a similar vein, Simon is this way with his [[The Woobie|long-suffering]] sister River. He's normally a relatively unassuming and actually quite timid doctor who isn't that good at combat, but when River is in danger, he goes [[Determinator|all-out]] to protect her.
*** I wonder how many times Jubal Early has gotten slammed into a bulkhead by a [[Pint
** And while we're at it, don't hurt Kaylee. [[Sociopathic Hero|Jayne]] will make you ''pay'' if you hurt her. For that matter, so will Simon. And Mal. In fact, just ''don't hurt Kaylee''. As Jubal Early can attest, it won't end well for you. Well, he could if he hadn't been {{spoiler|[[Thrown Out the Airlock|shoved into the endless void of space]]}}.
* [[Team Dad]] Giles of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. The welfare of the Scoobies is this normally quiet and reserved librarian's [[Berserk Button]].
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'''Mayor:''' Oh, I will. I'll do worse! Murderous little fiend! [[Faux Symbolism|Did you see what she did to my]] [[Ironic Names|Faith]]?!<br />
'''Angel:''' I got no plans to weep over that.<br />
'''Mayor:''' Yeah, well, I'd get set for a world of weeping! I'd get set for a world of pain! Misery loves company young man, and I'm more than willing to share that with you and your '''''[[Precision F
* Another Simon, this time the [[Magnificent Bastard]] from ''[[Flash Forward 2009]]''. While definitely not a [[Nice Guy]], he is very protective of his family, especially his younger sister Annabelle.
** Aaron Stark also qualifies. {{spoiler|Don't try to hurt Tracy. ''Ever''.}}
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** Somewhat subverted in ''Children of Earth'' when {{spoiler|Jack sacrifices his own grandson to save millions of other children.}}
** From ''[[Torchwood Miracle Day (TV)|Torchwood Miracle Day]] Miracle Day]]'': Known murderer and paedophile Oswald Danes is in Gwen and Rhys' house and makes the mistake of laying a hand on their daughter. Rhys spends the remainder of the episode threatening to kill him. Danes even notes at one point that Rhys would probably do it.
* Mork from ''[[Mork and Mindy]]''. Don't make fun of his son Mearth. Just... [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|don't]].
* ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'': [[Averted Trope]] with John Winchester, who doesn't let his sons' welfare get in the way of his job. [[Playing With a Trope|Played with]] in that Dean is not only Sam's older brother, but also his parent in many ways. Dean's already a [[Badass]], so '''[[Berserk Button|don't mess with Sammy]]'''.
** Actually, John has frequently shown a reluctance to put his boys in danger and even wasted one of the Colt's precious bullets to kill a vampire that was threatening Sammy. Even after he was dead, ''he climbed out of hell'' to kick Azazel's ass when he attacked the boys. If anything, John transforms from a [[Badass]] to the incarnation of the Wrath of God when Dean or Sam are in trouble.
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** When SG-1 was sent back to 1969 in a freak accident, Hammond sent a note with them, which said only "Help them." His thirty-years-younger self found the note and indeed decided to help SG-1 escape custody, solely on the basis of recognizing his own handwriting.
** When SG-1 was nearly killed while trying to uncover an Ancient weapon to save the planet, it was Hammond who saved them at the last minute, by personally taking command of Earth's lone spaceship and giving them enough time to save the world...again.
* In ''[[Burn Notice (TV)|Burn Notice]]'' Michael Westen often accuses his little brother of being a ne'er-do-well. But when his little brother is in trouble he'll always stick up for him. It is [[
** While we're at it, it also wouldn't be wise to hurt [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Michael's mother]].
** Several of Michael's clients are as well. One takes a beating and doesn't lose his cool because his son's being held hostage. Another, on seeing a con artist who sold fake medicine that made his son's health worse, jumps out of a car, chases the guy down and beats the crap out of him.
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{{quote| "[[Berserk Button|What did you just call him?!]]"}}
** Then there's what he's inches away from doing to Karofsky before Kurt pulls him off. Which is not too long after suffering {{spoiler|a serious heart attack and week-long coma}} to boot...so, simply put? ''Do not'' mess with Kurt Hummel; you won't like the results. And he didn't even know [[Stalker With a Crush|the real reason Karofsky was threatening Kurt...]]
* In ''[[
* ''[[Psych (TV)|Psych]]'': Henry has his moments in cases where Shawn is in danger. 'Shawn takes a shot in the dark' anyone?
* From ''[[ER (TV)|ER]]'', we have a few doctors who would go to far lengths to protect their patients. Dr Kovac once yelled at a father for leaving his young daughter alone in the waiting room for some time while he was working, where there were druggies and other not-so-sane people around. Another time, when he suspected the husband of his patient was abusing her, he went to confront him and was fully willing to put himself in danger (hence getting punched as a result) to prove to the authorities that the guy was a danger to his wife and others.
** Another time, Ray found out his ex-girlfriend had an abusive father. He helped her get away from him and when the father tried to catch the car, Ray flattened him with a punch.
** Don't forget the time when Malucci found out that [[Parental Incest|a little girl he was tending for was sexually abused by her dad.]] After hearing about the "games" he played with her, [[Heroic BSOD|the poor guy's mind completely shut off]]... and then he burst into the operation room where the father was being treated and beat him up while crying and screaming.
* [[Retired Badass|Uther Pendragon]], from ''[[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]]''. [[Jerkass|For all of]] [[Knight Templar|the man's flaws]], it really is not wise to mess with either [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Arthur]] or [[Parental Substitute|Morgana]]. [[Knight Templar Parent|He will kill you dead.]]
** A non-parental example on the same show is Merlin toward Arthur and Guinevere. A memorable scene in season three is Merlin telling [[Alpha Bitch|Morgana]] in no uncertain terms that if she dares hurt either of them, she'll be going down ''hard''. {{spoiler|And she does}}.
* Clark Kent on ''[[Smallville (TV)|Smallville]]'', whenever children are in harm's way. Also Jonathan Kent and later on, Lionel Luthor.
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* [[Da Chief|Police Commissioner Frank Reagan]] of ''[[Blue Bloods]]'' unhesitatingly shoots and kills the [[Complete Monster|rapist/killer]] who was threatening his Assistant DA daughter, [[Principles Zealot|Erin]]; who had [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|prosecuted the guy a few years earlier.]]
* ''[[Raising Hope]]'': Burt Chance loves his family. When his rock hero insults his wife, son, and granddaughter all at once, he gives the jerk a guitar to the back of the noggin. He even got a youtube mix out of it!
* ''[[The West Wing (TV)|The West Wing]]''. President Bartlett had a very memorable rant about what would happen if [[The
** Played straight on several other occasions, notably when Bartlet believes a reporter has approached his daughter Ellie despite strict rules forbidding them to do this.
** Toby is also a straight example before his children are even born:
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* Sheriff Jack Carter of ''[[Eureka]]''. A nice guy who'd rather avoid nuclear anything, much less the radiation that comes with it. However, when his smart house goes crazy and targets his daughter, Zoe, with a destructo raygun, he breaks out his prized World Series autographed bat and wails on the house's nuclear generator in the hopes of knocking off the power... Which theoretically would have killed him and the five people trapped in the house with him. Sorry Boss, Best-Friend, Love Interest, and two mostly innocent bystanders, Jack's daughter ranks above all of you.
* Walter from ''[[Fringe (TV)|Fringe]]'' was literally willing to ''destroy the fabric of the universe'' in order to save {{spoiler|the parallel universe version of}} his son.
* Despite ''[[Modern Family (TV)|Modern Family]]'''s Cameron being overly dramatic and somewhat effeminate, when he thinks there's a stranger in Baby Lily's room he jumps out of bed, grabs a baseball bat, and charges in with a [[Pre
* Alvaro Cueva, Mexican critic of Alta Definición fame, HATES seeing children being treated as idiots by some shows, and exploited (made fun of or worse, making kids dance in ways pedobear would approve) by others.
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'': Walt White is not too fond of people making fun of or hurting Walt Jr. or [[Parental Substitute|Jesse]]. If you do either of those, prepare to PAY for it, and pay it dearly.
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