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* Keith Mars from ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', who previously gave off the impression of a [[Non-Action Guy]], goes berserk when first season's villain tries to burn Veronica alive.
** 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
*** {{spoiler|It would appear that the same protectiveness doesn't apply to Logan, though.}}
* ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit (TV)|Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'': Elliot Stabler's kids may as well be his [[Berserk Button]], he once almost beat a pedophile half to death for posting pictures of his (underaged) daughter on an internet site. Then again, given that the only thing that keeps him doing that on a regular basis is that he can't use torture as a means to extract confessions, and once removed of that restriction, he quite gleefully beat into another suspect...
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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.
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** 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.]]
** Also "NO FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE CAN STOP ME NOW!" when {{spoiler|Rose's face/consciousness is stolen}} in "The Idiot's Lantern." I think it's fairly safe to say that you ''just don't mess'' with the Doctor's companions. Ever.
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'''Angel''': Just this once, I'll ignore the fact that you're within fifty yards of my son. Just this once. }}
** And of course, there was his little speech to Linwood in "Dad" where he promised to inflict upon him any pain Connor experiences, even when Wolfram&Hart couldn't have possibly had anything to do with it.
* In ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV)|The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', Alan Jackson is none too pleased when aliens abduct his daughter and try to [[Ret
* In ''[[
** The scene where he threatens Admiral Cain is both a [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]] and example of [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]]. "Prelude to War" is a masterpiece and it fits the scene so well. It makes Adama's Papa Wolf-ness that much more badass.
** Earlier than that, in the first season episode "You Can't Go Home Again", when Adama puts the fleet and resources in serious jeopardy before giving up on [[Like You Would Really Do It|a hopeless rescue operation]] to recover [[The Lancer|Starbuck]]. When his son, who has something of an inferiority complex with regards to the Commander's and Starbuck's relationship, asks if the Commander would have stayed so long if it had been him down there, Adama asserts that if it were him, they would never leave.
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** This is all nothing compared to his retaliation against his own wife, [[Magnificent Bastard|Irina]] [[Lady of War|Derevko]]. In "Dead Drop", he believes Irina isn't genuine in her desire to help the CIA, so he {{spoiler|rigs the safe house Sydney has gone to on Irina's intel to blow}}, which makes Sydney believe her mother lied to her and meant her harm. As we see in "Search and Rescue", he even {{spoiler|''executed'' Irina - or, [[Artificial Human|a double of Irina]]}} because he believed she ordered a hit on Sydney.
* Aaron Hotchner of ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'' is without a doubt [[Team Dad]] to the entire team. And he is not a dad you want to mess with. Although, considering his workaholic tendencies and his eventual divorce as a result, he's often a better dad to the team than he is to his actual son. He even plays [[Papa Wolf]] to children involved in their cases.
** Dave Rossi reaches [[Papa Wolf]] status in "Masterpiece" when Henry Grace goes after the team to get to him. He [[The Chessmaster|spends the entire interview convincing Grace he's got the power]], then, in one line ("Did you get all that?") [[Out
*** Hotch and Rossi's co-parental status is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] when team super badass/older brother Derek Morgan asks, "Where's Mom and Dad?" to which team organizer/big sister JJ responds, "Hotch and Rossi are still at the conference." No mention of which is which, but it's worth noting that Hotch's status as [[Team Mom]] has been a running gag in fandom since season 1.
** Hotch invoked this trope all over the [[That One Case|recurring villain]] who came after his own family. {{spoiler|Like Fin Tutuola, above, he wouldn't -- and didn't -- stop at "half".}}
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** Jonathan Kent was actually pretty legendary in this regard. One memorable scene was when Lionel tried to blackmail him again, or he'll expose Clark's secret to the world. He chose to beat seven shades of crap out of Lionel, nearly killing him, until he was struck with a heart attack, and died. He literally [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrificed his life]] to protect his adopted son.
*** Granted, the situation was not ''quite'' what he thought it was (Lionel was actually on the way to a [[Heel Face Turn]] at this time, and ''himself'' took Clark's secret to the grave 2 Seasons later), but given Jonathan's history with the Luthor family, his overreaction is understandable (and Lionel even admitted his fault in Jonathan's death).
* Dr. Cal Lightman of ''[[Lie to Me (TV)|Lie to Me]]'' may be a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Bunny Ears Deception Expert]] who has kind of a bad-boy vibe going on. But should you so much as ''threaten'' his daughter Emily (whether you're a punk kid or a cop or a federal agent), Cal will [[No
* Averted in ''[[Republic of Doyle]]''. Malachy could care less about Jake.
* [[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.]]
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