History Main / ExtremelyProtectiveChild

** It's worth noting that every time Korra has outright threatened to kill someone, it's because they harmed her parents in some manner.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': "Young Blood, Old Souls" shows that Luz becomes violent towards anyone keeping her from rescuing Eda. This includes the Warden, Lilith, and even the Emperor. She also destroys the portal door to keep her mother safe from Belos' "Day of Unity".

** "The Devil Wears Nada": Bart gets angry enough to beat up ''[[TheBully Nelson]]'' of all people for making perverted comments about Marge after she drunkenly participates in a calendar shoot. He also does not take kindly to Ned Flanders yelling at Marge about the townspeople's pitiful attempt at building a new house for his family, outright stepping in front of her and yelling at him to back off.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': The fastest way to get on Ezra Bridger's bad side is to threaten or speak ill of his parents, either his biological ones or his [[ParentalSubstitute parental substitutes]]. His deceased biological parents are his RelativeButton, and it's also not a good idea to mess with [[TeamDad Kanan]] or [[TeamMom Hera]] when Ezra’s around. The Grand Inquisitor threatening Kanan is what enrages Ezra enough to tap into the dark side and [[SummonBiggerFish summon a giant cave monster]] to attack his enemy, and the season 1 finale has him spearheading a gung-ho plan to rescue Kanan from Imperial captivity.

** During the "Out of this World" event, Greg is kidnapped by Blue Diamond and Steven is determined to save him at whatever cost. Whether it's traveling at the speed of light, entering into a (presumably dangerous) human zoo, or ready to fight those he perceives as trying to keep his father against his will.
** ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': When Eyeball 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.

* Kurama in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is this to his mother, Shiori. He was Yoko Kurama, a demon fox who nearly died, so he fled in his spirit form to the Human World and merged with the body of Shiori's unborn child, Shuichi. 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 Forlorn Hope in order to save her when she nearly dies due to sickness.

* Kurama/Shuichi Minamino in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is this to his mother. He was Yoko Kurama, a demon fox who nearly died, so he fled in his spirit form to the Human World and merged with the body of an unborn child named 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.

* Kurama/Shuichi Minamori in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is this to his mother. He was Yoko Kurama, a demon fox who nearly died, so he fled in his spirit form to the Human World and merged with the body of an unborn child named 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.

* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonFour'', Clementine may not be AJ's biological mother, but she's raised him since birth, and not only does she tell Javier in season three that she's always felt like his mom, but Clementine's voice actress said, in response to a fan's question, that that's how AJ sees her as well. AJ is just as willing to do anything for Clementine as she's willing to do anything for him. The game explicitly tells you that AJ values her approval above all else, and he repeatedly goes up against walkers as well as people people bigger, stronger, and older than him to either protect Clementine or impress her.

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** Eleven is this to her mother, Terry Ives. It begins when she tracks Terry down, who shares her memories with Eleven; this reveals to Eleven that Terry never stopped looking and fighting for her until she was forcibly silenced by Brenner. After this, Eleven shows a strong desire to get vengeance on the people who hurt her mother, and the memory of her own birth and then Terry's separation from her gives her the power to destroy One/Timothy Creel and cause him to be recreated as Vecna.

* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E11Powerprof despite some]] [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E9HotAirBuffoonPloysRUs questionable instances]],love their father, The Professor, and god help you if you mess with him or you'll have three ''very'' angry {{Flying Brick}}s ready to kick your ass to save him. Mojo Jojo learned this one the hard way [[AesopAmnesia more than once]].

* Ranni of VideoGame/EldenRing is very protective of her mother [[MadwomanInTheAttic Rennala]], as any player hunting for Rennala's Great Rune will quickly discover. While she doesn't personally show up, she'll step in for the second half of the boss fight, conjuring an illusion of her mother in her prime to pummel the player with high-level spells and summons.

** While ComicBook/JeanGrey or ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} rarely needs rescuing, her younger children, ComicBook/RachelSummers and [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]] are both more than happy to get violent in her name if needs be.
*** Rachel flew off from a ''{{ComicBook/Excalibur}}'' mission when she felt an alternate Jean in danger (and avenged her death, with prejudice).

** While ComicBook/JeanGrey rarely needs rescuing, her younger children, ComicBook/RachelSummers and [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]] are both more than happy to get violent in her name if needs be.

** Do ''not'' mess with Josuke Higashikata's mother or grandfather if you want to avoid a FateWorseThanDeath. When Angelo killed his grandfather Ryohei, Josuke defeated him and turned him into a rock structure to continue watching Morioh as Ryohei had.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': It's worth noting that every time Korra has outright threatened to kill someone, it's because they harmed her parents in some manner.

** Myne has PastLifeMemories of reaching her early twenties on Earth before dying and regaining self-cousciouness as a five year old in the story's main setting. She grows quite protective of her new family and her closest friends. This includes her parents and adults who are technically extra guardians to her. Case in point, when the [[SinisterMinister High Bishop]] tries to take Myne away from her parents by force and then tries to have her parents executed for daring to oppose him, Myne responds by using her magic to ''[[PsychicStrangle strangle the life out of him]]'', only being stopped by Ferdinand pointing out how Myne's parents will become accessories to the High Bishop's murder if she continues.

* Series 3 of ''Series/BronBroen'':

** Myne has PastLifeMemories of reaching her early twenties on Earth before dying and regaining self-cousciouness as a five year old in the story's main setting. She grows quite protective of her new family and her closest friends. This includes her parents and adults who are technically extra guardians to her.

* In the poem ''Disobedience'' by Creator/AAMilne a boy named James Dupree[[note]]Or, in full, [[OverlyLongName James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree]][[/note]] is said to have "taken great care of his mother (or 'great C of his M***' in the CensoredForComedy version) although he was only three", and he insists that she never go to the end of town without consulting [[LittleProfessorDialog (yes, he used that word)]] him. Later, she does go to the end of town without his say-so [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight and she does disappear.]]
* In the Creator/AgathaChristie novel, ''Literature/TheManInTheBrownSuit'', 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.

* A realistic example occurs 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.

* Jax from ''Literature/TheGrimReapersApprentice'' decides to fight the gods because of the punishment they gave his parents.

* ''Literature/AscendanceOfABookworm'':
** Myne has PastLifeMemories of reaching her early twenties on Earth before dying and regaining self-cousciouness as a five year old in the story's main setting. She grows quite protective of her new family and her closest friends. This includes her parents and adults who are technically extra guardians to her.
** When she realizes that her TripleShifter mentor Ferdinand, who is one of the aforementioned extra guardians, is not going to do much to reduce his own workload, she takes it upon herself to do it for him. Her efforts to put a lid on the portion of work coming from Ferdinand's own ChildhoodFriends results in the latter teasing her about acting like she's Ferdinand's mother.

* Anos Voldigoad from ''LightNovel/TheMisfitOfDemonKingAcademy'' loves his parents, especially his mother, and speaks very fondly of them. When Emilia Ludowell threatens to kill her, he was ''absolutely livid'', restraining her with magic and teleporting her to an empty colosseum where he not only kills her, but also forcibly reincarnates her as a HumanDemonHybrid before cursing her soul to always become a hybrid no matter how many times she is reborn, which for a proud royal like her is considered a FateWorseThanDeath. His protectiveness is fully understandable since in his past life, his mother was killed by humans while she was still at term, which caused him to declare war on humanity from the moment he was born.

** Joseph Joestar is very protective of his grandmother Erina and his CoolUncle Speedwagon, given they were the only family he had with both of his parents [[spoiler:supposedly]] dead. He beats up a mafia leader for callously making Erina cry with news of Speedwagon's alleged death, then travels all the way to Mexico and breaks into a Nazi compound to rescue him.
** Jotaro initially didn't want anything to do with the conflict with DIO. That was until he learned that Dio was causing his mother Holly's Stand to flare up and making her deadly ill, at which he joins Joseph's crusade to take down DIO once and for all.
** Do ''not'' mess with Josuke Higashikata's mother of grandfather if you want to avoid a FateWorseThanDeath. When Angelo killed his grandfather Ryohei, Josuke defeated him and turned him into a rock structure to continue watching Morioh as Ryohei had.

** Franky's reaction to Tom being taken away for execution was to pistol whip Spandam, the arresting officer and the one who framed Tom in the first place, so bad that his face became permanently disfigured and to later try to stop the train taking Tom to Enies Lobby, first by shooting it with a {{BFG}} and later by catching it with his bare hands.

** Franky's reaction to Tom being taken away for execution was to pistol whip Spandam, the arresting officer and the one who framed Tom in the first place, so bad that his face became permanently disfigured and to later try to stop the train taking Tom to Enies Lobby with his bare hands.
** Chopper, who was nine at the time, attempted to ''kill'' Wapol after the FatBastard mocked Hiriluk's death and only stopped after [[NobleTopEnforcer Dalton]] managed to talk some sense into him, pointing out that, if Chopper couldn't beat him, then that he wouldn't be able to beat Wapol. Before that, Chopper also fought the leader of his old herd in order to get a special mushroom in the hopes of curing Hiriluk's terminal illness.

** "The Devil Wears Nada": Bart gets angry enough to beat up ''[[TheBully Nelson]]'' of all people for making perverted comments about Marge after she drunkenly participates in a calendar shoot.

* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS3E11Powerprof usually]] love their father, The Professor, and god help you if you mess with him or you'll have three ''very'' angry {{Flying Brick}}s ready to kick your ass to save him. Mojo Jojo learned this one the hard way [[AesopAmnesia more than once]].