Big Brother Instinct: Difference between revisions

** In the 7th book, Mikuru is kidnapped. Kyon flies into a rage (for the second time in the novels), and immediately calls up Haruhi for help, forgetting she still doesn't know she's a [[Reality Warper]]. He claims it was a failed practical joke to cover up.

** In the 10th novel after {{spoiler|Yuki is incapacitated by the Sky Canopy Domain}} Kyon completely loses it and runs out to track down Kuyo Suou and personally make her fix it. To reiterate, he actually went out of his way to get into a confrontation with an alien interface who he ''knows'' has god-like powers. Naturally, he's totally out-classed but it's the thought that counts.

* Mai Tokiha from ''[[Mai Hi ME]]'' has a Big '''Sister''' Instinct towards her kid brother Takumi.

* ''[[Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora|Shattered Angels]]'': Kyoshiro and Kazuya. It's a bad one too; people die. Quite a few people, actually.

* In ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', Portgas D. Ace is very protective of his {{spoiler|adoptive}} little brother Luffy. This goes from {{spoiler|taking on Blackbeard to sacrificing his life against Akainu.}}

** Also Zoro to Chopper, who keep an eye out for the little guy and becomes upset when anyone hurts Chopper.

* In [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]], Cinque of the Numbers is quite protective of her younger sisters, staying behind to fight Subaru and getting badly injured in the process to allow Nove and Wendi to escape. Even though her crimes are more severe than the other Numbers and she does not expect to ever be completely free, she decides to atone for them and cooperate with the investigation so she can help her younger sisters.

* In ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]'' Kawachi does this to Azuma, due to Azuma having to worry about Kawachi. When Kawachi lost the battle with Kanmuri in the Pantasia Newcomer's Battle

{{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.

* 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 5 Ds]]'' 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]]''

* The ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' fanfic ''[[Forward (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 (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.

* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'''s Fanon, it's a known fact that America is protective of his twin brother Canada. Sometimes, he's portrayed as an over-protective brother whenever another nation is interested in Canada.

** There was this one story (based on [[Vocaloid]]'s "Servant of Evil" series), where Russia had killed Canada, mistaking him for America. Bad move, as America promptly declares war on Russia.

* [[Dragonlance]] Chronicles: Critical to Raistlin Majere's backstory. He spent his youth under the overprotective influence of his twin brother, Caramon. [[Different As Night and Day|While Caramon grew up tall, handsome, muscular, and a bit dense, Raistlin was intelligent,]] but [[Loners Are Freaks|sickly and alienated, with no friends but his brother.]] Seeking to prove his worth to his smothering "big brother" and the world at large, Raistlin [[A God Am I|seeks the power to topple Gods, and gets it.]] Deprived of a little brother to protect, Caramon falls into alcoholic depression.

* Ron Weasley reveals this in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets|Harry Potter]]'' while nearly cursing Malfoy (with a broken wand that has already backfired once on him) for being mean to Ginny. Basically, the two best ways to get Ron angry are to insult either Ginny or Hermione.

* ''[[Eclipse Hunter]]'': Devon falls under this trope very easily, and fills many different archetypes. He's willing to {{spoiler|shoot his own father}} if it means protecting Daren.

* In ''[[The Thief Lord]]'', Prosper's protectiveness of Bo is the main motivation behind his character. He runs away from his aunt with Bo to prevent their separation, joins a gang of urchins and even steals to make sure his brother is well fed and sheltered, and goes into a major [[Heroic BSOD]] when Bo is finally taken away.

* ''[[The City of Lost Children]]'': One for Denree and Miette.

* ''[[Star Wars]]'': He's only the big brother by about six or seven minutes, tops, but Luke Skywalker definitely qualifies. He's all [[The Messiah|redeeming]] and peaceful and unflappable in the face of evil despite a million reasons not to be, but all bets are off when the [[Big Bad]] makes a totally impotent, ''hinted'' threat towards [[Berserk Button|his sister]]. Suffice to say, he [[Unstoppable Rage|doesn't react well]].

* Seen in ''[[West Side Story]]'' when Bernardo interferes in his sister Maria's budding romance with Tony. [[Double Subverted]] in that Tony is the only decent member of the Jets, genuinely in love with Maria and with good intentions... but then he ends up killing Bernardo in a fit of rage over the death of his friend.

* Eomer to Eowyn in ''The Lord of the Rings''. He was furious that Wormtongue was [[Stalker With a Crush|following his sister.]] For that matter, Eowyn didn't want Wormtongue anywhere near her either.

* Axel of [[Kingdom Hearts]], towards Roxas, after he started essentially [[Promotion to Parent|raising]] the amnesiac Nobody. Sort of a [[Knight Templar Parent|knight templar big brother]], given how much of a [[Poisonous Friend]] he is. Often misinterpreted as [[Ho Yay]] since the whole "raising Roxas" wasn't shown until a sequel released several years after the game where the [[Big Brother Instinct]] was initially shown.

** In the prequel game [[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep|Birth by Sleep]], Terra has this towards Ventus. Threaten a hair on that kid's head and it doesn't matter if you're {{spoiler|Master Eraqus}}, he'll still beat you into the ground.

** Also in ''Twilight Princess'', he receives the same sort of treatment from Rusl, one of the villagers, who [[Word of God]] specifically states considers Link to be his younger brother.

* [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] treats Tails like a little brother. He will also protect him just like a big brother would, as Dr. Robotnik/Eggman learned ''the hard way'' in the 8-bit version of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''.

* Merrill, the [[Moe|ridiculously cute]] and [[Adorkable|adorably awkward]] [[Blood Magic]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|mage]] of ''[[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|Dragon Age II]]'' seems to have the power to instill this in those around her. Half the party actively looks out for her, especially the [[Pirate Girl|amoral pirate captain]] and the dwarven spymaster, and even Anders starts to look out for her, in his own extremist blood magic-hating way. The only one who truly dislikes her is Fenris, and even then, he tries to get her to change her ways, albeit in the only way [[Brutal Honesty|he knows how]]. Even [[Player Character|Hawke]] can easily turn into this if s/he doesn't romance her.

** Bethany Hawke as well. The first thing Hawke does when they meet Wesley is give the Templar a [[Death Glare]], ''before'' he makes clear his intentions. This is the reason her relationship meter is heavily tilted toward "friend." That, and her baaad case of [[Big Brother Worship]] (not that the two are unconnected).

* ''[[Corpse Party]]'' has Satoshi Mochida, who has this for his younger sister Yuka. Yuuya Kizami, who Yuka meets after she and Satoshi are separated, is also looking for his younger sister. {{spoiler|Except he doesn't ''have'' a younger sister and is, in fact, a brutal subversion.}}

* Luigi might have a bit of a "Little Brother Instict" when it comes to Mario. [[Mario Is Missing (Video Game)|By that]], he plowed through a planet-scale army by himself, with his bare hands, and [[Beyond the Impossible|didn't get hit once]] because Bowser kidnapped Mario.

** Later, [[Luigis Mansion (Video Game)|he overcomes his fear of ghosts]] to save Mario after he got kidnapped by King Boo.

** For added humor, Ducio turns up years later in ''Brotherhood'', still talking trash about Claudia, and Ezio gets to beat him up again.

* King from ''[[Cave Story (Video Game)|Cave Story]]'' has is this towards Toroko. He gets angry when she refuses to give him the key to Arthur's house, but will also fly into rage when ''she'' gets kidnapped (and that's without touching [[Psycho Serum|red flowers]], either).

** In the movie ''[[Phineas and Ferb The Movie Across The 2nd Dimension|Across the Second Dimension]]'', Candace-2 from the alternate dimension is fiercely protective of her brothers Phineas and Ferb. {{spoiler|To the point she is willing to abandon the alternate Phineas and Ferb to protect her own. Though she eventually came back for them.}}

{{quote| '''Candace-2:''' [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|I'll do anything to protect the ones I love.]]}}

** Sarah herself is this to Jimmy, she maybe is a [[Spoiled Brat]] but this is arguably one of her redeeming qualities.

** {{spoiler|'''''BRUTALLY''''' subverted with Eddy and his brother.}}

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