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A common plot is where the Patriarch is too much [[The Stoic]] to give a [[So Proud of You]] until the very end, which of course will likely be a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] (unless it is meant to tragically come too late). And if a Patriarch is married to an [[Apron Matron]], then we shall have something to see... This trope may be less common now and milder father-figures seem to be somewhat in vogue, but it still persists.
Similarly, the Patriarch's overbearing authority may crush his sons into mere [[Nice Guy
See also [[Reasonable Authority Figure]], [[A Father to His Men]]. Indeed, if there's a [[Blue Blood]] in a society where this is important, it will frequently overlap with these tropes.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Winfred Kitaki (Tsunekatsu Kitaki) in ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'' is a mob/yakuza boss who is trying to leave the criminal world {{spoiler|to get legal money for an operation that is needed to save his son's life}}.
* [[Deconstructed]] in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', where you meet a Krogan on Omega who's referred to as Patriarch, because he was given that nickname as a [[Stealth Insult]] by Aria, the Asari who beat him and kept him around as a trophy, since the Asari, being a [[One-Gender Race]], don't even have an equivalent term. Depending on your actions you can turn this around and have it be [[
* Sun Jian in the ''Dynasty Warriors'' series.
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