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* Eli Vance from ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}''. [[spoiler:He manages to overcome a Combine Advisor's ''telekinesis'' to bash its face in with a pipe to try to save his daughter.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem: Thracia 776]]'' has the [[AnAxeToGrind Axe Knight]] Hicks, who refuses to join Leaf's army if you don't rescue the children that have been kidnapped [[spoiler: for the child hunts]], including his son Maphy. If you do, however, he will join the group without hesitation.
--> "Hey, I was waiting for you guys. I heard you saved Maphy, my son. Thanks to you, I was able to hide him in safe place, along with the other children. I'm Hicks, an Axe Knight of Manster. I was thinking it was about time to teach that Raydrick a lesson. I'll fight alongside you."

* Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Even before he was [[{{Animorphism}} turned into a literal wolf]], he was incredibly defensive of Ilia and the kids of Ordon. The Bulbins should be thanking their lucky stars that he wasn't armed at the spring. (He got his revenge anyway when he [[CurbStompBattle massacred their entire camp]] at Arbiter's Grounds about halfway through the game, though.) He also is shown, especially toward the end, to be incredibly protective of Princess Zelda and Midna. When the Bulbin warlord uses Colin as a war flag, Link [[FoeTossingCharge crashes through]] the Bulbin cavalry, beats the warlord [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown out of his armor]], and then throws him [[GravityIsAHarshMistress off a bridge]].
** Rusl, from the same game, is like this too. About his own son Colin; about the other children in the village (their abduction gets ''him'' into the war as well as Link); and about Link himself, who WordOfGod states he regards as his younger brother.
** Just ''' ''try'' ''' and harm Zelda in Skyward Sword

** Although it's widely believed that ''Belmont's Revenge'' is what happens when {{Konami}} learns their mistake from their extreme NintendoHard-ness of ''Adventure'', it kinda shows off that when his son is in danger, Christopher DOES NOT lose his whip's power at one measly hit (a problem plaguing ''Adventure''), except by one type of enemy. Papa Wolf to the max indeed.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'', [[BadAss Sagat]] is ''pissed off'' when a young boy from a Thai village tells him that his little sister, a girl that Sagat once rescued, has disappeared again. Then, Dhalsim appears in front of him and tells him that several children from his village have also vanished. The two fighters go into full PapaWolf mode, so they decide to team up to both rescue the abducted children and go to the Antartica, where [[MacGuffin the Pandora box]] is located.

* Whether as a display of political power or a general Jerkass move, do not declare any intent of executing [[GoldenSunDarkDawn Eoleo]]. [[{{Pirate}} Briggs]] may back off if things get sour, but he will come at you, again and again, to get his boy back. So tenacious, does he become, that you'd have to kill him to stay his wrath. [[spoiler:[[TearJerker Sadly, he went out fighting after all]].]]

* In the SoulSeries, the best way to bring Nathaniel "Rock" Adams into action is to kidnap or threaten his adoptive son Bangoo.

* ShadowTheHedgehog. Just try and [[BerserkButton devastate the world he promised to protect]]. You're going to end up [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge a black mark on the floor]]. Even if you're a PhysicalGod, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu demigod]], or what have you.

* ''SplinterCell'''s Sam Fisher. When he learns that [[spoiler:his daughter, Sara, isn't actually dead and was removed from him to send him undercover into a terrorist organization,]] he goes batshit insane. He no longer chokes people unconscious, preferring to leave a trail of bodies behind him, and the black humor and psychological mindgames he used to use in his interrogations is now gone; he prefers the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique.

* Purposely invoked in ''HeavyRain'', where [[spoiler:The Origami Killer/Scott Shelby's purpose was to find a father who will do anything to save his son.]]

* [[RyuGaGotoku Kazuma Kiryuu]] may be a {{yakuza}}, but he's usually a pretty nice and helpful guy. But if you mess with his adoptive daughter Haruka or the orphans he's taking care of... [[BerserkButton oh boy]], [[CurbStompBattle you're in for a world of pain]]. In fact, he's kinda protective of every kid he meets.

** Murphy Pendleton of ''SilentHillDownpour'' is a deconstruction. [[spoiler:His son was murdered]], and seeking revenge has only made things worse. He's in prison, his wife has left him due to very understandable reasons, [[spoiler:and the deal he made with Sewell has him having to kill Coleridge. Even if Murphy [[MultipleEndings doesn't kill him]], Coleridge's death will still haunt him]].

* Ichiro Tamura a.k.a SalaryMan in ''OsuTatakaeOuendan''. Usually comes off as an ordinary office man who is reviled even by his own family, but... the moment he sees his daughter getting threatened by a giant blue rat, he goes "HENSHIN!", turns gigantic and starts kicking the rat's ass.
* In the ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' backstory: [[spoiler:Losing his son to Scarlet Iago made Median very pliable to manipulation by Drazil and ended with him slaying Vigiliance, [[TheGrimReaper the master of death of his world]], to get revenge for his son.]]

** AdventChildren: Once Cloud decides to earn his forgiveness (and gets over the idea that anything he does to help will be too late, not enough, or both), he shows definite signs of this trope. He uses his sword as a boomerang to take out the shadow creepers attacking Denzel while chopping through ''buildings'' to rescue Tifa from being crushed. And all he has to say about it is "Sorry I'm late." I'd call it a CrowningMomentOfAwesome if it wasn't immediately followed by the fight against Bahamut SIN and the [[FastballSpecial entire team tossing Cloud ''through a Mega Flare'' at Bahamut]].

* Do ''not'' threaten the eggs of an [[AngryBirds Angry Bird]] if you want to remain standing. This advice applies to pigs, their armies, their fortresses and their ''space fleets''.

* Cyrus of ''DawnOfWar II'' is one of the few who refused the power armor of a full space marine to remain a scout and train the initiates. Targeting them is a surefire way to send him on a bloody warpath.

* ''FinalFight'': [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Mike Haggar]], who piledrove all the goons of the city he was the mayor of after they kidnapped his daughter Jessica to blackmail him.

* VideoGame/ProfessorLayton is an ActualPacifist, a GentlemanAndAScholar, and an all-around nice person who would rather settle problems over a cup of [[SpotOfTea Earl Grey]] and a StockPuzzle. But as ''Unwound Future'' clearly shows us, villains who are stupid enough to [[spoiler:kidnap his adopted daughter]] will find themselves pursued by a relentless {{Determinator}} who has no problem violating the laws of ''physics'' if that's what it takes to get her back.

* With PhoenixWright and Maya it's a tossup between a father-daughter and brother-sister relationship. Either way, if you try to arrest Maya he'll defend her with every last Objection! he has. If you kidnap her he'll [[spoiler:stall the trial and call in a favor with the prosecution to keep it going until she's safe.]]. And if she's in actual physical danger he'll [[spoiler:charge across a burning bridge over a hundred foot drop into an icy river to save her.]]

* ''{{Persona 4}}'' has been known to elicit this response in the [[VideoGameCaringPotential player]] regarding the [[HelloInsertNameHere Main Character's]] little cousin, Nanako. [[spoiler: In a really cruel subversion, it can easily get you ''the BAD Ending''.]]

* Christopher Belmont of ''{{Castlevania}} Adventure'' & ''Belmont's Revenge''. Just when he thought he could retire from Vampire Hunting business and leave it to his son Soleiyu... said son suddenly gets possessed by Dracula. "Screw retirement, I want my son back, you son of a bitch."

* Chuck Greene of ''DeadRising2'' spends the game attempting to raise money for/find Zombrex (Zombie infection suppressant) for his infectee daughter Katey. This means that he'll have to carve his way through a seaload of Zombies to do so. Not only that, but psychopaths with chainsaws? Morotcycles? Guns? Flamethrowers? Dad will not be stopped.

* The nameless father in the ''DeadIsland'' trailer sees his daughter being chased down the hallway by a group of zombies. He charges out of the room, grabs a nearby fire axe, and with a bellow of rage starts hacking the nearest ones up before tenderly bringing his bitten daughter into the room. Then he fights like a maniac to defend it. [[spoiler: Shame they don't make it...]]

* The male Commander Shepard in the ''MassEffect'' series, is potentially this depending on how he's played. If played straight, threatening his crew is about the biggest mistake you could make.

* In ''StreetFighterXTekken'', [[BadAss Sagat]] is ''pissed off'' when a young boy from a Thai village tells him that his little sister, a girl that Sagat once rescued, has disappeared again. Then, Dhalsim appears in front of him and tells him that several children from his village have also vanished. The two fighters go into full PapaWolf mode, so they decide to team up to both rescue the abducted children and go to the Antartica, where [[MacGuffin the Pandora box]] is located.

* Similarly, [[AProtagonistIsRyu Ryu]] has a big PapaWolf moment towards [[HeroWorshipper Sakura]] in ''StreetFighterAlpha 3'', where [[spoiler: Sakura pulling a GoThroughMe to protect him from Bison and being injured as a result]] is one of the triggers that let him [[spoiler: shake off Bison's Psycho Power-based {{brainwashing}}.]] When this happens, an absolutely pissed off Ryu goes to [[spoiler: Bison]] and ''one-shots him.''

--> "Hey, I was waiting for you guys. I heard you saved Maphy, my son. Thanks to you, I was able to hide him in safe place, along with the other children. I'm Hicks, an Axe Knight of Manster. I was thinking it was about time to teach that Leidrick a lesson. I'll fight alongside you."
** Also, the backstory has Fin as both the TeamDad and as one of these for Leaf [[spoiler: and his daughter with Lachesis, Nanna.]] Two of the CG's at the end of the game have him protecting toddler!Leaf and running away with him after [[spoiler: the murders of Leaf's parents, Fin's master/mentor Cuan and his wife Ethlin, and the fall of their homeland of Lester.]]

* One of the most touching examples is Barret Wallace of ''FinalFantasyVII'', towards his adoptive daughter Marlene. Four years before FFVII began, Corel Village had a Mako Reactor installed to the north despite the protests of the local leader, Dyne. A few days later, the reactor had an accident (and was cleaned up enough so that it seemed normal by the time the game rolls around), but it was reason enough for Scarlet to burn the village to the ground. Out of the survivors are Dyne, his good friend Barrett Wallace, and Dyne's daughter Marlene, who was adopted by the latter. With Dyne presumed KIA, Barrett adopted the infant Marlene and raised her as if she was his own daughter. Had Dyne not crossed the DespairEventHorizon and spent those years either in a psychotic state or festering in Corel Prison, he would be the one exhibiting PapaWolf tendencies instead. [[spoiler:In his last words, Dyne asks Barrett to keep taking care of Marlene before he he either jumps to his death or lets himself die.]]
** Continuing the trend of black male playable characters being papa wolves is Sazh Katzroy from [[FinalFantasyXIII the thirteenth numerical title in the series.]]

* ''FinalFantasyVIII'': Laguna spends much of his life doing anything he can to find Ellone.

** Hector of Ostia is portrayed as a potential Papa Wolf in his B support with Eliwood in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'', where he tells his best friend about a prophetic dream involving his [[KidFromTheFuture still unborn daughter]] and, as he mentions a redheaded boy who takes her away in the dream, he isn't very pleased to have his "little girl" courted by the other kid. [[spoiler:Too bad Hector didn't get to be a proper Papa Wolf for Lilina, since he's [[PlotlineDeath killed off early]] in ''Fuuin''. His FamousLastWords are a plea for Roy, Eliwood's son and the "redheaded boy" from the dream, to protect her.]].