History Main / ExtremelyProtectiveChild

** In Future, when Ruby and Aquamarine threaten Greg's life, Steven demands they leave him alone. Greg manages to think quickly and cuts his hair free from the two and escape, however Steven doesn't let them go as he becomes enraged over the fact they hurt his dad.

* In ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' Ariel may not always get along with her father, but when Ursula turns him into a BalefulPolymorph, Ariel straight up attacks Ursula despite Ursula being a powerful sea-witch and has her father's ultimate weapon in her hands.
* The entire plot of ''Disney/Mulan'' happens because Mulan is determined to protect her father and stop him from going to war, where he will surely be killed thanks to his advanced age and previous injuries.

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* Franchise/{{Superman}}. The Big Blue Boy Scout. Possibly the ''nicest'' guy to cross the DCU. And may every God on Earth and Krypton protect you if you try to start anything with Ma and Pa Kent. Kal is going to ''strongly'' object.

* In ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'' reveals that one of the reasons why Lisbeth Salander despises her father with the intensity of thousand suns is because she protects her mother from her father's abuse. That lead her to throw a gasoline and a lighter to burn him alive as a desperate attempt to stop him for harming her mother further. That attack also lead her to be labeled as mentally incompetent thanks to her father's connections to the Swedish government while getting away from his domestic abuse and other criminal activities. That doesn't stop Lisbeth to get even against him.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Anakin Skywalker is very protective of his mother, Shmi.
As a [[Film/ThePhantomMenace nine year old boy]], he promises Shmi he will come back and free her from slavery someday. [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Ten years later]], he defies the Jedi Council and drops everything to go back to Tatooine when he has recurring dreams of her being in danger. Upon learning she was kidnapped by Tusken Raiders, he refuses to give up on her and doesn't rest until he finds her. Unfortunately, this trope is taken to the extreme when Shmi ends up dying, with Anakin massacring ''the entire camp'' of Tusken Raiders out of grief and rage.

* [[Characters/XMen2010sMembers Honey Badger/Scout]] is ''very'' protective of her [[ParentalSubstitute big sister]], Comicbook/{{X 23}}. If you so much as threaten to give Laura a bad day, Gabby ''will'' come for you.

* Kurama/Shuichi Minamori in ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' is this to his mother. Yoko Kurama, a demon fox nearly dies, he flees in his spirit form to the Human World and merges with the body of unborn child, Shuichi Minamori. Despite Kurama's original dislike of his inferior "human" mother, Shiori showers her son with love and kindness. After she gets injured protecting him, Kurama changes his ways and eventually learns to love his mother and becomes very, very protective of her. He willingly kills anyone that threatens her and tries to sacrifice his life using the Forlon Hope in order to save her when she nearly dies due to sickness.

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* Kurama/Shuichi Minamori in ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' is this to his mother. Yoko Kurama, a demon fox nearly dies, he flees in his spirit form to the Human World and merges with the body of unborn child, Shuichi Minamori. Despite Kurama's original dislike of his inferior "human" mother, Shiori showers her son with love and kindness. After she gets injured protecting him, Kurama changes his ways and eventually learns to love his mother and becomes very, very protective of her. He willingly kills anyone that threatens her and tries to sacrifice his life using the Forlon Hope in order to save her when she nearly dies due to sickness.
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* In the Creator/AgathaChristie novel, ''The Man in the Brown Suit'', Anne's father is an absent-minded scientist, so it's her job not only to take care of the practical side of their lives, but also to make sure her father is properly dressed for bad weather.

** Jake Peralta is very protective of his mother Karen, knowing the struggles she went through to provide for them. Ever since childhood, he has tried (unsuccesfully) to shield her from the full extent of his father Roger's infidelity and sleazeness, to the point that Karen suggests it was protecting her that made Jake what to be a police officer (Jake disagree's claiming it was [[RecurringGag Film/DieHard]]). After finding out his mother and father have gotten back together, and excepting he can't interfere with Karen's decissions, Jake flat out tells Roger that if he ever hurts her again, he'll ensure he spends the rest of his life in a cell.

* In ''Series/CastleRock'', Henry Deaver is generally very concerned about his mother, Ruth's health when he finally returns home. But the straightest example occurs with TheReveal that he [[spoiler:killed his father Matthew because Matthew found out about Ruth's affair with Alan [[IfICantHaveYou and was going to ''kill her''.]]]]]

** Jake Peralta is very protective of his mother Karen, knowing the struggles she went through to provide for them. Ever since childhood, he has tried (unsuccesfully) to shield her from the full extent of his father Roger's infidelity and sleazeness, to the point that Karen suggests it was protecting her that made Jake what to be a police officer (Jake disagree's claiming it was [[RecuringGag Die Hard]]). After finding out his mother and father have gotten back together, and excepting he can't interfer with Karen's decissions, Jake flat out tells Roger that if he ever hurts her again, he'll ensure he spends the rest of his life in a cell.

* Norman Bates in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' is arguably one of the most disturbing [[spoiler:villainous]] examples ever to his mother, MyBelovedSmother Norma, to whom he's TheCaretaker. [[spoiler:One interpretation of his murder of Marian is that he does it because she criticizes and mildly insults his ''dead'', abusive mother. Although he didn't know that.]]

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* In ''Literature/AboutABoy'', Marcus needs to be very protective of his mentally ill mother, as she is barely capable of looking after him and as a result he is often teased at school.
* Norman Bates in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' is arguably one of the most disturbing [[spoiler:villainous]] examples ever to his mother, MyBelovedSmother Norma, to whom he's TheCaretaker. [[spoiler:One interpretation of his murder of Marian is that he does it because she criticizes and mildly insults his ''dead'', abusive mother. Although he didn't know that.]]
* Ree in ''Film/WintersBone'' needs to be this to her mom as a result of her mental illness that leads to her being exploited by Ree's violent father.

* A realistic example in ''Literature/{{Room}}''. Jack hates being separated from Ma for any time and is quick to comfort her when she needs him. When she's Gone, he often tries taking care of her, such as making her food.

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* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'': Having always been close to his father Fred, and understanding he's given up a lot for him Archie Andrews always tries to help and protect Fred when he can.

** Following Fred nearly dying at the hands of the [[SerialKiller Black Hood]] in season two, Archie takes this to extremes. Developing a massive guilt complex at his perceived failing, he vows to protect Fred even sitting up all night on guard with his baseball bat in case the killer comes back. In his attemps to protect his father (and home town), Archie illegally purchases a gun and forms his own vigilante militia. Even after realising he's made a horrible mistake, Archie caries on trying to protect Fred, leading to him doing deals and jobs for [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Hiram Lodge]] to get Fred out of his debts to Hiram. Until his growing PTSD and being caught up in Hiram's promises of restoring safety and prosperity to Riverdale caused him to lose sight of his goals, and indirectly end up hurting Fred. Still even after committing numerous illegal acts for him when Hiram's attempt to rub his victory in Fred's face it causes Archie to undergo a massive HeelRealization.