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{{trope}}
{{quote|Is she really my ''big'' sister?|Basra|[[Vigor Mortis]]}}
When someone mentions his or her “little brother”, you usually expect a smaller, weaker individual, most likely a child or teenager. The big little brother is the polar opposite of this. It’s someone who may be the youngest member of his family, but just so happens to be stronger, taller and overall more physically impressive than his older siblings. The revelation of this usually comes as a surprise to both the audience and the characters in a story. This trope is usually used for comical effect.▼
▲When someone mentions his or her “little brother”, you usually expect a smaller, weaker individual, most likely a child or teenager. The
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* Mitsukuni Haninozuka from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' is much shorter than his younger brother Yasuchika.
* Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold from ''[[One Piece]]'' are both taller than their eldest sister, Boa Hancock. And this is considering that Hancock herself [[Statuesque Stunner|is already more than 6 feet tall.]]
** Also
* Michio Kawata from ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' is ''way'' taller than his older brother Masashi. Also [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: Michio is a [[Gentle Giant]] while Masashi is [[Hot-Blooded]].
* Exaggerated in ''[[Recorder and Randsell]]'': Atsushi Miyagawa is a fifth grader who looks 17. On top of this, his older sister is in high school and looks his age.
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* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'': Six-and-a-half-feet-tall Harry Dresden is also more powerful than his six foot nothing older brother, though Thomas is physically stronger.
** Played with (for laughs) with the Gruffs. The Gruffs (as in, ''Billy Goat'') are the Summer Queen's troubleshooters (trouble? they'll shoot it), and each one is progressively larger than the one before, just like in the fairy tale. After having fought off one marginally smaller than a school bus and having been warned that ''its'' big brother was on the way, Harry begins to be seriously worried. When Harry realizes that last one has him cornered, he starts making his peace. On the way in, the Eldest Gruff casually destroys a Denarian (a Fallen Angel in a mortal host) ''with love and happiness''. {{spoiler|He's five feet tall and Harry defeats him with a donut.}}
* ''[[Harry Potter and
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'''Tom:''' I... I didn't say he was older.
'''Zack:''' Tom's a loser! }}
* In ''[[Vigor Mortis]]'', after Vita got home after the time skip, she finds that her at least some of her siblings are taller than her. They are presumably less capable of physical feats though (except reaching things in high places without having to jump or something), although Vita would be cheating in accomplishing her feats by augmenting her strength with her soul. At the time Vita got home the average person in her city would find her more intimidating, but that is from a variety of factors the most important of which is she is a notorious criminal.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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[[Category:Sibling Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Big Little Brother]]
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