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If your show is aimed at a younger audience, this young woman (usually in her mid to late teens, sometimes in her early 20's) will be older than the [[Shorttank]] and be the girl everyone thinks is hot (if they're nice) or a slut (if they're not). The Shorttank girls often admire them, even when they playfully flirt with the much younger male lead and steal everyone's attention. Also, the [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] or [[Shrinking Violet]] girls will admire and at the same time envy how more open their Big Sister figure is with her thoughts and feelings.

This young lady may or may not catch a [[Shonen]] series lead's eye; if he hasn't entered puberty yet, she's more likely to be paired up with either [[The Big Guy]], the [[Team Dad]] or the [[Big Brother Mentor]]. Or ''maybe'', if she's persistent enough, she'll end up in an [[Odd Couple]] with an [[Aloof Big Brother]] or a single [[Hot Dad]]. She may also evolve into a [[Team Mom]] thanks to [[Character Development]].

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** And of course, Rosette plays the role straight towards Azmaria, as the picture above shows.

* The GODDESS of Cool Big Sisters: Kazumi Amano of ''[[Gunbuster]]''.

* Milly Ashford, the [[Student Council President]] from ''[[Code Geass]]'', is actually referred to on the show's official website as a "reliable older sister" to her friends (when she isn't tormenting them with her playful antics and "magic spells"). She's one of the more popular side characters due to this, as well as her... um... [[Monty Python and ~~The~~ Holy Grail|huge tracts of land]] and [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant|eagerness to grope the female Student Council members]].

* Milly Ashford, the [[Student Council President]] from ''[[Code Geass]]'', is actually referred to on the show's official website as a "reliable older sister" to her friends (when she isn't tormenting them with her playful antics and "magic spells"). She's one of the more popular side characters due to this, as well as her... um... [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|huge tracts of land]] and [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant|eagerness to grope the female Student Council members]].

** Cornelia is one to her little sister Euphemia, who in turn was one to Nunnally.

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Nami and Robin tend to alternate between this and the [[Team Mom]] trope. Nami is definitely the [[Cool Big Sis]] type to both Vivi and Chopper, while to the rest of the crew, she is definitely the [[Team Mom]]. Robin is the [[Cool Big Sis]] to Nami, and is often referred to as "oneesama" by Nami.

** Nami also has Nojiko, her "sister" who was adopted with her by Bellemere.

* In ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma ~~One Half~~]]'', though she [[Flanderization|ends up]] playing the [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] so straight she becomes a parody of it, Kasumi Tendô is a gentle, kindhearted woman who holds the Tendô household together, always tries to comfort her family, thinks the best of others and displays a subtle comic wit, often trying to pull off a one-woman [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]. [[Tomboy|Akane Tendô]], her [[Tsundere]] little sister [[Promotion to Parent|whom she helped raise]], ''adores'' her "Kasumi-neechan" and desperately wants to be like her, but without giving up her martial arts abilities.

* In ''[[Ranma ½|[[Ranma Â½]]'', though she [[Flanderization|ends up]] playing the [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] so straight she becomes a parody of it, Kasumi Tendô is a gentle, kindhearted woman who holds the Tendô household together, always tries to comfort her family, thinks the best of others and displays a subtle comic wit, often trying to pull off a one-woman [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]. [[Tomboy|Akane Tendô]], her [[Tsundere]] little sister [[Promotion to Parent|whom she helped raise]], ''adores'' her "Kasumi-neechan" and desperately wants to be like her, but without giving up her martial arts abilities.

* Misato Katsuragi in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Or at least, she attempts to be one.

* Averted for both Lina and Amelia in ''[[Slayers]]''; Lina is terrified of her older sister, Luna, who [[Noodle Incident|allegedly put her through torment]] during her childhood ([[Subverted Trope|which Lina did deserve]]), and {{spoiler|while Amelia's older sister, Gracia/[[Goldfish Poop Gang|Naga]] taught her some magic per [[Word of God]], she ran out on Amelia and her father when they were young after their mother was killed; Amelia did not hear from her since, and in the novels she's quite saddened by it.}}

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* Override in ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]'' fits the type even if she ''is'' a [[Humongous Mecha|Giant Robot]] (and is only a [[She's a Man In Japan|girl in the dub]]). She even refers to one of the humans as "little sis".

* Nobue in ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]''.

* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''

** Kasumi (Misty) has not one, not two, but ''three'' Cool Big Sisters, actual sisters at that. She doesn't exactly idolize them, though, getting along only with the eldest of the trio.

** A more straight example is [[Lady of War]] Soledad (Saori) from ''Advanced Generation'', who acts like a cool big sis to [[Shipper on Deck|May and Drew]].

** Zoey/Nozomi tries to act like this for Dawn/Hikari, but ends up looking like [[Butch Lesbian|something else.]]

** Dawn's Togekiss, who acts in this role towards Piplup. This is mainly seen by Togekiss deflecting wayward Draco Meteor attempts back at Ash and Gible to keep them from falling on Piplup, and scolding Gible for repeatedly hitting Piplup.

** Ash's [[Sugar and Ice|Snivy]] fills the role for the Unova gang. She's always watching out for them but would rather stay out of pointless squabbles. She also developed a rivalry with Iris' Emolga because of a [[Good Bad Girl|personality clash.]]

* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', Blue probably sees herself as Silver's older sister-type figure (though shippers say that Silver feels something a ''little'' bit more for her). She also occasionally looks out for Yellow.

* Mitsumi from ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure]]'' acts like this towards Hareta.

* Nikora in ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''.

* Kaya, {{spoiler|more specifically, her alter ego Nagato-sensei,}} in ''Mugen Densetsu Takamagahara: Dream Saga''.

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* ''[[Ashita no Nadja]]''

** Sylvie "Songbird" Arte is this to the lead girl.

** Also, [[The Ojou|Julietta]]. {{spoiler|When Nadja is caught in a [[Love Triangle]] with the twins Keith and Francis, Julietta tells her "Choose the guy ''you'' truly want!"..}}

** Curiously, ''Nadja herself'' used to be the [[Cool Big Sis]] of her [[Orphanage of Love]].

* Cathy Taymor and Pamela (also a [[Hot Shounen Mom]]) from ''[[Kaleido Star]]''. Sarah Dupont is ''both'' this and the local [[Team Mom]].

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** Hungary, before she "graduates" into [[Team Mom]] and marries Austria.

** In Finland's notes, Belgium is hinted to be a [[Cool Big Sis]] too, but she has only had cameos so far. [http://pics.livejournal.com/melcratch/pic/00003xx2/ Confirmed in the published manga], so much that little!Romano gets a [[Precocious Crush]] on her.

** Ukraine ''might'' qualify as this, but both her younger siblings Russia and Belarus are [[Yandere|Yanderes]] and she's very much a [[Shrinking Violet]]. Russia ''does'' seem to consider her as one, considering [[Pet the Dog|his genuine affection for her and how fondly he remembers their childhood.]]

** Ukraine ''might'' qualify as this, but both her younger siblings Russia and Belarus are [[Yandere (disambiguation)|Yanderes]] and she's very much a [[Shrinking Violet]]. Russia ''does'' seem to consider her as one, considering [[Pet the Dog|his genuine affection for her and how fondly he remembers their childhood.]]

** [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Vietnam]] tends to get this treatment in fanon, and shows shades of this in the 2011 Bloodbath when she takes charge of the girls' meeting.

* Melissa Mao from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''. She mentions the trope almost by name in ''The Second Raid'' when she confronts Sousuke about [[Heroic BSOD|spacing out in the middle of a mission]]. Not to mention that Kurz calls her "Sis."

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* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' has Mami Tomoe. {{spoiler|She doesn't last long.}} Also, like [[Genre Deconstruction|many other things on this show]], deconstructed {{spoiler|in one of the previous timelines, where upon confronted with the [[Awful Truth]], decides to ''kill'' her younger comrades (and implies that she plans to end her own life as well), reasoning that it's better that they die rather than grow into [[Eldritch Abomination|witches]]. While this fits with her protective, motherly personality, it's clear she's more "insane" than "cool" at this point.}}

* In ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'', Kiki has a bout of insecurity and loneliness {{spoiler|when she loses her witch's powers}}. One of her friends, a young painter named Ursula, {{spoiler|invites her to stay in her forest cottage and helps her mental block.}}

* ''[[Madlax]]''

** Elenore is this to Margaret as well as being ''[[Mama Bear]]'' to her.

** Vanessa is this likewise to both Margaret and Elenore.

* In episode 16 of ''[[Nichijou]]'', Yuuko befriends {{spoiler|the Professor}} and becomes this.

* Ayako of [[Slam Dunk]] personified this trope in the early chapters, being much more outgoing then the more [[Moe]] Haruko. Later on she becomes more a [[Team Mom]].

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== Live-Action TV ==

* In the reimagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'', Kara Thrace is said to have filled this role for Sharon Valerii.

* In the [[Korean Series]] ''[[Boys Before Flowers]]'', Joon Hee is the white Ferrari-driving older sister of Jun Pyo.

* On ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Buffy originally filled this role for Dawn. However, after dying, coming back and basically abandoning her, it stopped applying for a bit. It was repaired in Season 7, only to be destroyed again and still be in pretty bad shape over a year later in Season 8.

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* Mako's this in ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]'', much to Ryuunosuke's dismay. Additionally, Kotoha's older sister (who was meant to be Shinken Yellow [[Soap Opera Disease|before getting sick]]).

** This dynamic is repeated in ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'', with Mia (Pink Ranger), and Emily's sister, Serena (original Yellow Ranger).

* In flashbacks on ''[[The West Wing]]'', a college age Jed Bartlett meets a young Mrs. Landingham, who says he needs a "big sister" to help guide him. She will later become his loyal but [[Sassy Secretary]] when he becomes President of the United States.

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* Lightning from ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'', most evident toward Hope.

* In ''[[Mass Effect]]'' a female [[Player Character|Shepard]] can be this to [[Wrench Wench|Tali]] to the point where in the second game she seems to have something of a [[Even the Girls Want Her|crush]] on the Commander. She's also something like this to [[Cowboy Cop|Garrus]] during the first game. Shepard's role as the team's [[Living Emotional Crutch]] does seem to put him/her in this position a lot.

* Isabela acts like this towards Merrill and Bethany in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', especially the former. Whenever Fenris / Anders would be ragging on Merrill for her use of [[Blood Magic]], Isabela just tries to comfort her and asks if it's what she really wants. Party banter between them involves offering to teach Merrill about body-shots and trying to get Bethany a night at the local brothel. If the PC romances Merrill, Isabela gives him / her the [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]] speech, threatening a male PC with ''castration''.

* In ''[[Nie R]]'', [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Kaine]] plays this role to [[The Woobie|Emil]], in that she can relate to the idea of having a part of their body that makes them hated (Emil has [[Evil Eye|Evil Eyes]] while Kaine is a [[Hermaphrodite]] possessed by a Shade) and tells him to never be ashamed of himself for what he is.

* Esperia seems to have this role among the spirits in ''[[Eien no Aselia]]''. Halion really tries, but she's a bit too slow and strange to pull it off.