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Relative, family member, or longtime friend of a character who is "blind" to their actions.
If this is a heroic character or someone designed to impress, the
They might act as a [[Morality Pet]], but in extreme cases this can drive a [[Clingy Jealous Girl|one-sided dependency]] on [[Brother
Sometimes it's a fan instead of an actual sibling, and a chain is made where [[The Hero]] is a fan of a more famous hero, and the fan of [[The Hero]] sees them the same way but won't acknowledge [[The Hero]] acts like a dork most of the time.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Love Hina]]'', Kanako's [[Retcon|fond memories]] of her stepbrother, Keitaro, makes her somewhat oblivious to his failures. But maybe sympathy, among [[Brother
* ''[[S-Cry-ed]]'' has the reverse situation, where Kanami seems oblivious to Kazuma's powerful Alter abilities and sees him as a kind-hearted layabout. It's later shown that Kazuma intentionally acts uncharacteristically pathetic around Kanami to encourage her to be more independent, apparently so that she'll have an easier time coping if the male half of their two-member family were to die violently.
* Yuzu in ''[[Bleach]]'' is similarly oblivious to her brother's powerful abilities and the supernatural activities and entities that surround them. This is most likely due to her faint spiritual awareness, especially in comparison to her sister Karin, who knows all about what Ichigo is and does.
* Both of Chitose's "adopted" sisters in ''[[Happy Lesson]]'' frequently handwave their brother's grouchy outbursts.
* Subverted in ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'': Chika has no illusions about her elder sister Nobue. Still, the trope applies, as Nobue is the [[Cool Big Sis]] to all four girls regardless.
* Likewise subverted in ''[[
* Inverted in ''[[Kamichu!]]''. Shoukichi is the only one that seems to realize just how weird everything is, including the cat's possession.
* Mokuba Kaiba (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'') is absolutely devoted to his older brother, Seto. Indeed, he is the only regular character who calls Seto by his first name.
** Though he's not exactly oblivious in either the manga or anime.
* Shuuichi, the little stepbrother of [[Noble Demon|Kurama]] in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', is completely oblivious to his brother's demonic heritage and supernatural activities.
* Pop Harukaze from ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]''
* Carole Amherst, in ''[[Mutant Ninja Turtles Gaiden]]'', thinks that her brother's funeral was staged and he's now become an actor who plays the role of a mutant turtle studying with fellow actor Raphael. If you think that's oblivious, read chapter six of the comic.
* Partially subverted in ''[[Sekirei]]'' where the younger sibling is also a part of the plan, but doesn't know of her brothers involvement in it.
* Inverted and subverted in ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]''; {{spoiler|Yoh, the apparently oblivious ''older'' sibling, reveals he's known about his little sister Minatsuki's [[Cute and Psycho]] tendencies all along, but wants to protect her anyway.}}
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', the older brother Ace is horrified and angry when Luffy {{spoiler|goes to [[The Alcatraz|Impel Down]] to rescue him}} because he believes that Luffy's just being the typical reckless, idiotic younger brother that he remembers that always made him worry.
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* Nunnally in ''[[Code Geass]]'' missed that whole bit about her brother being [[The Strategist]] for [[La Résistance]] during all those times when he was [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job|cutting class]]. Justified, since he goes out of his way to hide it from her.
** Although, the fact that she is very good at recognising voices (being blind) yet does not recognise Zero's voice as her brother's despite the digital distortion being very slight does make her fairly oblivious.
* Eve from ''[[Baccano
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Lyle Bennet on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' was pretty good about this for a while. Then he found out and ran away from the discovery. Then he got over it and became somewhat competent.
* In ''[[Noob (TV series)|Noob]]'', one of the titular guild's members has a younger brother who is also playing the MMORPG and has reached a higher level than his. He doesn't notice for quite a while despite the fact that they sometimes take turns on the same computer.
* Gioffre of ''[[The Borgias]]'' doesn't seem to take any notice of the corrupt political world the rest of his family are embroiled in.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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