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{{quote|''"She loves me. She's like the big sister I never had. Only, you know...short."''|'''[[The Flash]] on Hawkgirl''', ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''}}
Sometimes, two characters of the opposite sex are very close - so close that you might expect them to be dating. Except they're not. They admit that they matter a great deal to each other, that they would die for each other, that they can't imagine life without each other. They aren't just any pair of friends. They're as close as family. They're
Often, other people don't believe them. They assume that the couple must be dating—or at least that they [[Just Friends|secretly wish they were]]. The couple is at pains to explain that this isn't the case. They love each other, like a brother and sister love each other, but they're not ''in'' love. They really are "just" friends. Other characters will waste no time in pointing out the one tiny but debilitating flaw with this theory: They are ''not'' brother and sister.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Toshiro Hitsugaya and Momo Hinamori [[All There in the Manual|are this]]. Justified because they were raised together by the same old woman they refer to as "grandmother" (a custom in the Rukongai is for strangers to form family groups since it's nearly impossible to find blood relatives).
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* Ban and Himiko from ''[[GetBackers]]''. {{spoiler|After spending almost 95% of the series like this, the 37th volume reveals that they might not be completely unrelated after all -- but the exact nature of their blood relationship is not specified.}}
* This is how Flit feels about Emily in ''[[Gundam AGE]]'', but he eventually marries her to make her happy after the girl he really wanted to be with is killed in battle.
== Comic Books ==
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* Dwight and Miho from ''[[Sin City]]'' have this relationship.
== Fan
* [[DC Nation]] takes the Troia and Nightwing dynamic and cranks it to eleven. One of the alternate universe plotlines even implied that they may have been brother and sister in ''several'' of Donna's other "short and unhappy lives."
** In the same universe, Connor Hawke will ''say'' his feelings for Mia (Speedy) are like this...the truth is a bit more complex.
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== Films ==
* Xavier and Mystique in ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men: First Class]]'', although there are subtle hints that Mystique's feelings might be a bit stronger.
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* In [[Chronicles of Chaos]], Amelia, who has been in love with Victor since day one, has her hopes crushed when he curtly tells [[Handsome Lech|Colin]] to "stop molesting his [[Secret Project Refugee Family|sister.]]" Victor is ''actually'' tacitly warning Colin to back off.
* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]:
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** Xander and Willow also end up like this. They start off more like [[Platonic Life Partners]], but as the series progresses they drift apart a bit, and form close relationships with other people. They remain good friends, though, not to mention part of the same group of [[True Companions]].
* On ''[[Angel]]'', Cordelia and Wesley bicker and taunt each other mercilessly, but they are good friends, and are always there to defend each other in times of danger. If it wasn't for the accent difference, they could almost ''be'' brother and sister.
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* In the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] series, Tails and Amy act like this. Amy's [[Stalker with a Crush]] status can make things a bit tense, however.
== Web Comics ==
* Trigger and Layla in ''[[Far Out There]]'' are most emphatically [https://web.archive.org/web/20130715105603/http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1027274/page-28-i-dont-think-thats-very-funny-at-all/ in this sort of relationship].
* In ''[[Something*Positive]],'' Davan and Aubrey are like this, especially since they've known each other long enough for the Westermark Effect to be in place.
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* Creepknight and Bowler certainly seem to reflect this in ''[[Voodoo Walrus]]''. At very least, they [https://web.archive.org/web/20190928172221/http://www6.voodoowalrus.com/?s_token=1569691339.0015677289&kw=Comics&term=Read argue like brother and sister].
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'': Roy and Haley. Also, assuming [[Ambiguous Gender|Vaarsuvius]] is a guy, him and Haley as well.
== Web Original ==
* Apollo and Calliope in ''[[Thalia's Musings]]'', except on rare occasions when Calliope is drunk.
* Aiden and Lake in ''Disventure Camp'' are rather close. Their relationship is justified due to Aiden being transsexual and Lake being a lesbian.
** In addition to Aiden and Lake, there’s also Hunter and Tess. Hunter is in a relationship with Ally but the two are still close.
== Western Animation ==
* Flash and Hawkgirl in ''[[Justice League]]''. Any flirting between these two can be entirely attributed to Flash's tendency to hit on [[Handsome Lech|anything in a skirt]], and even that stops by the shift to ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''. He even describes her as being like his "big sister" in the final season of the series.
* Also from ''[[DCAU]]'', this is how [[Superman|Clark Kent]] seems to have come to view his ex Lana Lang, though she threatens to go back to [[Lex Luthor]] if he ever calls her that.
* Lance and Illana from ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]'' poses as siblings in their high school. Gennedy Tartakovsky said before there was to be no romance between those two.
* Terry (Batman) and Maxine in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' have this, being really really close. Although many fans think they'd just be better off dating, neither charaters actually show any interest in the other that way.
** [[Word of God]] states they were thinking of actually [[What Could Have Been|making them a couple]], but the creator decided to have them stay purely as friends.
* Played with in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'':
{{quote|'''Birdgirl:''' You realize there's absolutely no chance we'll be kissing, right?
'''Peanut:''' Yeah, d'uh, of course; you're like my sister. (pause) Which given a little thought could be a very hot concept. }}
* The titular character and Ingrid Third in "Fillmore" are the Safety Patrol's best officers and friends.
* Henry and June from ''[[KaBlam!]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20110918235116/http://s1.zetaboards.com/The_KaBlam_Forum/topic/4265635/1 according to] [[Word of God]].
* In the ''[[Brandy and Mr. Whiskers]]'' theme song, the eponymous duo are described as "like a dysfunctional brother and sister."
== Real Life ==
* This is quite common in real life amongst childhood friends. Studies show that children who know each other during their early childhood will rarely develop any romantic interest later in life. It's hypothesized that this is part of an instinctual mechanism designed to minimize the possibility of [[Incest Is Relative|inbreeding]]. It's called [[wikipedia:Westermarck effect|Westermarck effect]]. But do Middle/High schoolers with those two friends who have known each other since preschool care? Nooooooo....
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and [[Kate Winslet]], having been very close friends after [[Titanic]] and collaborated again in [[Revolutionary Road]] and nothing more. [[Actor Shipping|Shippers]] disagree. Kate's kids call him "Uncle Leo", and for a kissing scene in [[Revolutionary Road]], Leonardo stated that it felt slightly weird because kissing Kate was like kissing a family member.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' actors [[Rupert Grint]] and [[Emma Watson]] said it was weird to kiss each other for the eighth and last movie because they had grown up together since the first one and thought of each other as brother and sister. Same when Emma had to kiss [[Daniel Radcliffe]] (though the relevant scene itself was already decidedly unpleasant in context).
* Arguably the luckiest of King Henry VIII's wives was [[wikipedia:Anne of Cleves|Anne of Cleves]]. Misled by flattering portraits on both ends and a need for a political alliance, they married. As soon as it was time to consumate things, the pair found out that there was absolutely ''zero'' attraction and Henry opted for an annullment. Lucky Anne, though, kept in good standing with Henry, and became known as the "King's beloved sister."
* David Faustino denied that there was ever any romance between him and Christina Applegate on ''[[Married... with Children]]'', instead defining their relationship as this trope.
* [[Jennette McCurdy]] has specifically said that kissing [[Nathan Kress]] feels like kissing a brother, and it's part of the reason some fans see the relationship of Sam and Freddie in the 5th season of ''[[iCarly]]'' as being subject to [[Shipping Bed Death]] due to the lack romantic chemistry.
* During an interview with [[Craig Ferguson]], [[Jet Li]] literally stated that his fellow actress [[Michelle Yeoh]], whom he had quite some history working with, is "Like a brother to me".
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