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[[File:parallelgeass2.jpg|link=Code Geass|frame|[[Brother-Sister Incest|Don't get any funny ideas]].]]
{{quote|''Big brothers...you know why they're born first? To protect the little ones that come after them!''
|'''Ichigo Kurosaki''', ''[[Bleach]]'' }}
One very common way to establish that a male character is a [[Nice Guy]] (even if [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|the niceness is hidden under a gruff exterior]]) is to give him an instinctive desire to be a big brother to smaller, younger, weaker or female characters. These other characters may be truly younger siblings, or they may be completely unrelated, or even older, and the tendency for males to act as their protector is the '''Big Brother Instinct'''. Female examples exist, though in a smaller proportion.
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Has nothing to do with the TV show ''[[Big Brother]]''. The ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'' meaning of "Big Brother" is covered under [[Big Brother Is Watching]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Brock from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' is pretty much this trope. He takes care of nine siblings when his parents hit the road.
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** Demon prince Kougaji cares deeply about his half-sister Lirin and would do anything for her.
** Gojyo's half-brother is this, despite being on opposite sides with Gojyo and feels tremendous guilt for not being able to protect him from the abuse of his mother. His extreme protectiveness over Kougaji is motivated by how he couldn't keep his biological half-brother safe and a way to gain redemption for not being able to. His complete psychological breakdown when he thinks he couldn't keep Kougaji safe reflects this.
* In ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', Kamina has this towards Simon. Expressed elegantly with this line:
{{quote|'''Kamina:''' Don't call me Kamina, call me bro!}}
* Inverted in ''[[Rave Master]]'' where younger brother Haru is fiercely protective of his older sister Cattleya. He had once beaten up a guy who broke her heart and would have done it again when he ran into the guy later on in the series.
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* In the ''[[Wild Series]]'', Kiri has a strong caring instinct for his little brother, Mao. Granted, it doesn't stop him from immediately trying to kill Mao when Mao [[Shapeshifter Identity Crisis|loses control of his beast side]], but he probably considered that a favour.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' Crow shows this attitude towards; Leo, Luna, Yusei, Akiza, Jack and even his younger siblings. To the point where he'd become the ''[[Idiot Hero]]''
* Guache of ''[[Tegami Bachi]]'' has this for his little sister, Sylvette. {{spoiler|Until he looses all of his memories, anyway.}}
* Maho from ''[[Wandering Son]]'' may be a bully to her little brother, but don't you dare mess with him.
* Kanba Takakura from ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]'' has such a strong one towards his and Shoma's little sister Himari—that it borders on [[Brother-Sister Incest]].
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' plays with this with a few of its members, most notably in the episode where Nekozawa's little sister Kirimi wanders up to the high school, putting both Nekozawa and Tamaki in the big-brother spotlight in turn.
** In addition, Hunny and Mori have this relationship with their brothers Yasuchika and Satoshi (manga-only), though Hunny's way of showing it is admittedly...weird, to the point that the anime completely overlooked it.
** And Hikaru and Kaoru, being twins with a lot of identity issues to work out, go back and forth on treating each other this way. Usually Kaoru takes up this role while guiding Hikaru to maturity, but when he gets too self-sacrificing for his own good Hikaru will press his big-brother advantage to set him straight.
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* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', Kira attacks anyone who so much as talks to his brother Maya initially. Considering the [[Fantastic Racism]] they are usually subject to, this is somewhat justified, but it also scares off potential friends.
* Natsuki from ''[[Tsuritama]]'' over his little sister Sakura, to the degree that she's one of the very few things that can crack through his grumpy demeanor and get him to smile. Haru saying to Sakura that Natsuki'll be teaching him and Yuki how to fish is the only reason Natsuki agrees to do it, just to keep her from feeling let down.
* In ''[[Persona Trinity Soul]]'', Ryou used to be like this 10 years ago.After their family reunited he turned out to be {{spoiler|[[Aloof Big Brother]]}}.His younger brother Shin also have this toward their youngest brother Jun.Shin is really worried about Jun,he really worried when Jun came back home 30 minutes late than usual,including {{spoiler|[[Date Peepers|peeking]] him on his date}}.But it turns out {{spoiler|that it was not really a date}}.
== Comic Books ==
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* The ''[[Firefly]]'' fanfic ''[[Forward]]'' has a very plausible version of this develop between Jayne and River, after {{spoiler|they end up relying on one another to survive and escape being tortured by Niska.}}
* Uriel Dolheb Sohryu in the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' fanfic ''[[Nobody Dies]]'' has this towards Asuka Langley Sohryu, given that she's his adopted sister and he feels compelled to protect her and make her happy, even if he has absolutely no idea how to do it beyond giving Shinji the [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]] speech. His Big Brother Instinct also extends to Asuka's half-sister Mari Illustrious Makinami, to the point where [[Not Blood Siblings|her attempts to flirt with him]] fly ''completely'' over his head.
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