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Related tropes: [[Kids Are Cruel]], [[Teens Are Monsters]] (because the big brother/sister is often a teenager as compared to the younger more sympathetic protagonist).
Compare [[Aloof Big Brother]], [[Sibling Rivalry]]. Contrast [[Big Brother Instinct]]; oftens mixes with it in the "[[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|The only one allowed to]] [[Hypocritical Heartwarming|bully my little brother is me!]]" sense.
Unfortunately, ''very'' [[Truth in Television]] ... and sometimes even a big sister.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Futari Ecchi]]'', where male lead Makoto's older brother Akira keeps butting into his and Yura's sex life whether Makoto wants it or not.
* ''[[
* Inverted with the Kongo Bros in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''; the younger twin tends to pick on the older one.
* Maho from ''[[
* [[Durarara
* [[Gender Inverted]] by ''every'' big sister in ''[[
* [[Spider-Man]] villain Sergi Kravenoff (aka Kraven the Hunter) was this to his younger half-brother (and later partner in crime) Dmitri, aka the Chameleon. Downplayed, as Dmitri didn't know until several years after Sergi's suicide that he and Sergi were half-brothers.
== [[Film]]
* ''[[
* ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'': Rodrick, Rodrick, RODRICK.
* ''[[Home Alone]]'': Buzz McCallister. He had a tarantula.
* ''Fanboys'': Eric Bottler's older brother constantly belittling him and his friends for their love of [[Star Wars]]. In the end of the movie, he shows up while they're in line for [[The Phantom Menace]] and [[Jerk
* ''Sex Drive'': with the big brother constantly [[A Man Is Not a Virgin|giving his brother crap]] about his supposed sexuality (or lack thereof). On the other hand, the brother does give him a ride to work in his [[Cool Car|Pontiac Judge]] and helps him out in the end.
* ''[[Weird Science]]'': Wyatt's [[Jerk Jock]] older brother Chet.
* Pino to Vito in ''[[Do the Right Thing]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Ender's Game]]'': Peter to Ender and Valentine.
* ''[[Harry Potter (
* ''[[
** Gregor Clegane, towards Sandor and their unnamed baby sister. He ''kills'' the little girl and almost does the same to the little boy, leaving him badly scarred.
** Viserys Targaryen towards his younger sister Daenerys.
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* Edmund Pevensie is this to Lucy in the beginning of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'', despite not being the oldest. In fact, Peter ''harshly'' calls him out on it when he pretends to side with her and then humiliates her.
* [[Played for Drama]] in ''When She Was Good'' by Norma Fox Mazer. Em's older sister Pamela brutally abuses her, physically and emotionally. In fact, she is suspected by psychologists to have some sort of mental illness. Em and Pamela end up moving out, and Em works while Pamela stays at home and forces her to have a very strict routine, cooking for her and cleaning for her. The book deals with what happens after Pamela unexpectedly dies of a stroke.
* In ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'', Rodrick. Just like in the movies, he's a ''complete'' [[Jerkass]] who just ''abuses'' Greg and his friends ''gets away with it''. Greg has his moments and had intended to become this to Manny, but he's much ''less'' of a jerk than his brother and a couple times when he's done stuff to Manny it was usually good-natured. (Likely because he can't get away with ''a thing'' with Manny.)
* Fisk claims that his older sister Judith in the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]'' was and perhaps still is one of these (he expresses a desire repeatedly for her to turn out to be the criminal they're tracking). While some of the past actions he claims sound rude at best, she does nothing worse than one-up him in arguments while present in the story.
* [[Amelia Peabody]] got this from pretty much all her brothers, but especially her oldest brother James:
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* Charlie Angelfield in ''[[
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
▲* Ian and Paul Branagh to Robin in ''[[Young Dracula]]''.
* ''[[The Wonder Years]]'': Kevin's big brother Wayne.
* ''[[Malcolm in
* ''[[Star Trek:
** Also Lore to Data.
* ''[[That
* Brad and Randy to Mark on ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', especially in the earlier episodes, when they were too young to really know better.
* ''[[Frasier]]'': Crane has elements of this towards his little brother Niles. However, Niles is far from a poor helpless victim of his brother's torment, and can usually give as good as he gets.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Monkey Island 2:
* Leon in ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' and its [[Yggdra Unison|related]] [[Blaze Union|games]]. In ''[[Blaze Union]]'' it's pretty clear that this is just a part of his [[Tsundere]] nature, but it's [[Played for Drama]] in ''[[Yggdra Union]]'', where his being a jerk to his little sister Elena and everyone else is representative of the fact that he recently took a dive off the deep end.
* Female example: Beldam from ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Mike to Angel in ''[[The Good Witch]]'', but only in their original history; his memory of that has been erased.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The Other Guy to [[
* It is heavily implied that Marie Swanson of ''[[Erikas New Perfume]]'' was this to the title character before getting [[Fountain of Youth|turned into a three-year-old]]. The sequel had her get turned back into a 16-year-old and strike fear into Erika every chance she got.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n'
** Inverted with little sister Sarah bullying big brother Ed.
* Mac's cruel older brother named Terrence from ''[[
* [[Kick Buttowski]]'s older brother Brad.
** In one episode, Kick gets wrestling lessons from a former wrestler, whose wrestling school was taken over by his own
* Raphael in the second ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon was shown to bully Michelangelo when they were little, although he is a bit nicer to him when they're older he does [[Dope Slap|smack him when he says something stupid]].
* ''[[South Park]]'': Stan's older sister Shelly
** Also Kyle to Ike in the first season. "[[Catch Phrase|Kick the baby!]]"
* Tommy Turnbull's older brother, Donnie, from ''[[Robotboy]]''.
* Duncan Douglas, the older brother of [[Freakazoid!|Dexter Douglas]].
* Inverted in ''[[
* ''[[Bobby's World]]'': Bobby's older brother Derek
* ''[[Hey Arnold
* In the ''[[Mega Man (
* ''[[Recess]]'': Averted with Vince's older brother Chad, subverted with T.J.'s older sister Becky, since she's nicer to him at the end of ''[[Recess:
* In ''[[
* Vicky is this to her little sister Tootie in ''[[The Fairly
* The first few episodes of ''[[Stanley]]'' depicted Lionel as this; He turned into a [[Big Brother Mentor|Cool Big Brother]] after that.
* On the ''U.S. Acres'' version of ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', Orson is unlucky enough to have ''three'' brothers like this. They're not just bullies towards him either, the whole farm is scared of them.
* On ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter has a Big ''Sister'' Bully, Karen being a [[Brawn Hilda]] of a pro-wrestler who had bullied him since they were children.
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