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* ''Literature/{{Quarters}}'': Garek is protective with Magda, his little half-sister, offering her immediate help and care whenever she needs it.
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* Halfway through ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'', Campbell gets so fed up with suitors pestering his sister that he says that any man who wants to propose must defeat him first. He ends up killing two powerful knights to give his sister some peace.
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* Played with in ''Literature/DarkPlaces''. In the Satanic Panic of TheEighties, Libby Day testified against her older brother, Ben, for the murders of their mother and two other sisters. In the present day, she realizes over the first few chapters that it might not be that simple. When the PlotTwist towards the end of the book happens, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Ben ''didn't'' kill his family, but he ''did'' stand and watch his girlfriend, Diondra, strangle his sister Michelle after Michelle found out that Diondra was pregnant. Immediately after Michelle dies, Ben runs to find Libby and tells her to stay where she is so Diondra won't kill her, too.]]
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* Played with in ''Literature/DarkPlaces''. In the Satanic Panic of TheEighties, The80s, Libby Day testified against her older brother, Ben, for the murders of their mother and two other sisters. In the present day, she realizes over the first few chapters that it might not be that simple. When the PlotTwist towards the end of the book happens, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Ben ''didn't'' kill his family, but he ''did'' stand and watch his girlfriend, Diondra, strangle his sister Michelle after Michelle found out that Diondra was pregnant. Immediately after Michelle dies, Ben runs to find Libby and tells her to stay where she is so Diondra won't kill her, too.]]
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* ''Literature/CrescentCity'': Bryce and Ruhn don't get along, really, but Ruhn is very protective of his sister.
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* ''Literature/DaisyJonesAndTheSix'': Billy Dunne is initially very protective of his younger brother Graham. When someone suggests they replace Graham as The Six's guitarist Billy flatly refuses and makes it clear he'd replace everyone else before letting go of Graham. [[SubvertedTrope However]], as time goes on and the band's success grows, Billy starts to neglect Graham to focus on his own issues. When Graham presents a song he wrote alone Billy completely dismisses it. Graham finally quits the band when he tries to reach out to Billy for support during a major personal crisis, only for Billy to completely ignore him.
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* ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': Rhysand had a younger sister he adored. She and her mother were brutally murdered and had their wings clipped off and kept as trophies by Tamlin's family.
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* ''Literature/MurderForTheModernGirl'': Ruby Newhouse is particularly protective of her younger twin sisters. She taught them how to fire guns, soothe them when they have nightmares, and is determined to keep them safe after their father almost got assassinated. Later on in the story, Ruby's protectiveness gets exploited by [[spoiler:Ferry, who kidnaps one of the twins, Henrietta, predicting that Ruby will go rescue her. He's correct as Ruby heads to the Bull and Owl bar to save Henrietta.]]
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** Daniar sees her little sister Erowin's safety as her personal responsibility. [[spoiler: [[HeroicBSOD she doesn't take it well]] when Erowin is killed.]]
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* In ''Literature/HeIsYourBrother'', Mike tells off anyone who insults or makes fun of his autistic little brother Orry.
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* Katniss Everdeen of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' will go to any lengths to protect her younger sister Primrose, including volunteering for the titular DeadlyGame in her sister's place, a seemingly suicidal gesture.
** Katniss takes on this role for Rue as well, doing her best to protect her in the DeadlyGame.
** Katniss takes on this role for Rue as well, doing her best to protect her in the DeadlyGame.
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** Katniss Everdeenof ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' of will go to any lengths to protect her younger sister Primrose, including volunteering for the titular DeadlyGame in her sister's place, a seemingly suicidal gesture.
** Katniss takes on this role for Rue as well, as she reminds her of Primrose, doing her best to protect her in the DeadlyGame.
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** Katniss takes on this role for Rue as well, as she reminds her of Primrose, doing her best to protect her in the DeadlyGame.
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* In ''Literature/{{Coda}}'', Anthem is very protective of his siblings, Alpha and Omega.
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*** Daniar sees her little sister Erowin's safety as her personal responsibility. [[spoiler: [[HeroicBSOD she doesn't take it well]] when Erowin is killed.]]
*** Rana's makes a big electric BOOM to save Daniar from wind witches. "LEAVE… MY SISTER… ALONE!"
*** Averted, oddly enough, with the eldest sister. Zarracka can't stand any of them. [[spoiler: In the sequel she develops ''Aunt Instinct'' for her nephew, Benji.]]
*** Rana's makes a big electric BOOM to save Daniar from wind witches. "LEAVE… MY SISTER… ALONE!"
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** Creator/TerryBrooks ''loves'' this trope. The vast majority of [[TheHero heroes]] in the very [[LongRunner long running]] ''Shannara'' series have that sort of sibling relationship, starting with the very first book. It reaches its logical conclusion in the final series, ''Literature/TheDefendersOfShannara''. Its first book, ''The High Druid's Blade'', is basically Big Brother Instinct: The Book.
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** Creator/TerryBrooks ''loves'' this trope. The vast majority of [[TheHero heroes]] in the very [[LongRunner long running]] ''Shannara'' ''Literature/{{Shannara}}'' series have that sort of sibling relationship, starting with the very first book. It reaches its logical conclusion in the final penultimate series, ''Literature/TheDefendersOfShannara''. Its first book, ''The High ''High Druid's Blade'', is basically Big Brother Instinct: The Book.
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* In Literature/TheWindwaterPack Ashtree becomes Zephyr's "spirit sister", acting like his protective elder sister, and he returns the favor when she becomes Sín Nara, despite considering her his big sister.
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* In Literature/TheWindwaterPack ''Literature/TheWindwaterPack'', Ashtree becomes Zephyr's "spirit sister", acting like his protective elder sister, and he returns the favor when she becomes Sín Nara, despite considering her his big sister.
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* Tane's backstory in the first book of ''Literature/TheBraidedPath'' trilogy. [[spoiler: He comes home to find his father has raped his little sister, with the excuse that Tane was not around to take the abuse instead. Tane invites his father to have a drink with him, and then poisons the man, leaving him to die in agony.]]
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* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidTheGetaway'', in a rare case of Rodrick actually having a heart in the books, he willingly tried to help Greg to safety when he saw him in serious danger of getting beat up by an angry mob.
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* ''Literature/AngelChildDragonChild'': ''Little'' sister instinct, but Ut finally fights back against Raymond when he throws a snowball at her older sister.
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* [[HiddenHeartOfGold Mr Darcy]] towards his younger sister Georgiana in ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.
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** [[HiddenHeartOfGold Mr Darcy]] towards his younger sisterGeorgiana in ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice''.Georgiana, whose [[PromotionToParent legal guardian]] he is due to their parents' deaths. There's nothing he won't do for her, and his concern for her reputation prevents him from telling anyone but Elizabeth about her [[spoiler: near elopement with Wickham.]]
** Inverted with Elizabeth, who has this instinct toward her softer, sweeter older sister Jane. When she learns that it was Mr. Darcy who dissuaded Mr. Bingley from proposing to Jane, breaking her heart, Elizabeth is beside herself with rage – creating the worst possible timing when Darcy proposes marriage to her just after she finds out.
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** Inverted with Elizabeth, who has this instinct toward her softer, sweeter older sister Jane. When she learns that it was Mr. Darcy who dissuaded Mr. Bingley from proposing to Jane, breaking her heart, Elizabeth is beside herself with rage – creating the worst possible timing when Darcy proposes marriage to her just after she finds out.
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* Literature/HerCrownOfFire: Big Sister, rather. Rose is extremely protective of Tyson, a reversal of their roles on Earth, as he has no magic and will be killed if discovered by the Lotherian authorities. "She Will Start A War To Save Him" is the tagline of the book.
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* Inverted with Bruno Riefenstahl in ''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte''. The original reason for him to begin training in both swordplay and magic to because he wanted to protect his DelicateAndSickly ''older'' brother August.
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** Nicol often protected his little sister Sophia from all the discrimination she faced for being {{albino|sarefreaks}} when they were younger. [[BigBrotherAttraction It caused her to develop a crush on him in the game's timeline.]] One of the reasons he ends up falling in love with Catarina in the novel's timeline is her being the first person to befriend Sophia.
** Catarina always wanted a younger brother in her past life, and when she gets the opportunity she becomes a doting older sister to Keith. A big part of the reason she does so is that if she doesn't he'll grow into a playboy whose pursuit of Maria would eventually result in her death or exile, but she also just finds him cute and lovable enough to deserve doting on.
** Nicol often protected his little sister Sophia from all the discrimination she faced for being {{albino|sarefreaks}} when they were younger. [[BigBrotherAttraction It caused her to develop a crush on him in the game's timeline.]] One of the reasons he ends up falling in love with Catarina in the novel's timeline is her being the first person to befriend Sophia.
** Catarina always wanted a younger brother in her past life, and when she gets the opportunity she becomes a doting older sister to Keith. A big part of the reason she does so is that if she doesn't he'll grow into a playboy whose pursuit of Maria would eventually result in her death or exile, but she also just finds him cute and lovable enough to deserve doting on.
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* ''LightNovel/FailureFrame'': Do ''not'' abuse a child around [[AntiHero Mimori Touka]]. Child abuse is a TraumaButton for him. If you abuse children, pray to whatever god(s) you worship that he doesn't learn of it, or worse, see it, because if he does, your death will be especially graphic. The mistress of the bar where Lizbet worked got beat up by Eve when she saw the abuse, before Eve took custody of Liz and Liz's "Back pay." Mimori didn't think that was enough, so he went back when nobody else was around, and ''really'' made her pay...
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* ''LightNovel/FailureFrame'': ''Literature/FailureFrame'': Do ''not'' abuse a child around [[AntiHero Mimori Touka]]. Child abuse is a TraumaButton for him. If you abuse children, pray to whatever god(s) you worship that he doesn't learn of it, or worse, see it, because if he does, your death will be especially graphic. The mistress of the bar where Lizbet worked got beat up by Eve when she saw the abuse, before Eve took custody of Liz and Liz's "Back pay." Mimori didn't think that was enough, so he went back when nobody else was around, and ''really'' made her pay...
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* In ''Literature/DeadSpaceCatalyst'', Jensi has spent most of his life taking care of his older brother Istvan who has an AmbiguousDisorder that can sometimes turn violent. Unusually for this trope, Jensi's protectiveness of his ill brother is shown to be a bad thing. Jensi gets in trouble trying to protect Istvan, guilt over failing to protect Istvan from things Jensi could not control causes Kensi to live a depressed and meaningless life, and since this is ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', Jensi extreme desire to keep his brother safe eventually lands him in the middle of space zombie outbreak.
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* In ''Literature/DeadSpaceCatalyst'', Jensi has spent most of his life taking care of his older brother Istvan who has an AmbiguousDisorder a mental illness that can sometimes turn violent.cause violent outbursts. Unusually for this trope, Jensi's protectiveness of his ill brother is shown to be a bad thing. Jensi gets in trouble trying to protect Istvan, guilt over failing to protect Istvan from things Jensi could not control causes Kensi to live a depressed and meaningless life, and since this is ''Franchise/DeadSpace'', Jensi extreme desire to keep his brother safe eventually lands him in the middle of space zombie outbreak.
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* Hartboy spends much of ''Literature/TheWildWayHome'' with IdentityAmnesia. The only thing he can remember is the need to find and protect his baby sister, Mothgirl.
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* The ''Literature/DarkestPowers'' series gives us Derek. He has a Big Brother Instinct for his foster brother, Simon. Derek is also a werewolf. So on top of the fact that he is, personality-wise, very protective of Simon (and anyone else he cares about), he also has the wolf's "protect my pack" instinct to deal with. Assaulting one of his "pack" is his BerserkButton. Unfortunately for Derek, since he can't usually control his reaction when his brother is in danger no matter how much he's tried to coach himself, his supercharged Big Brother Instinct has led to at least one MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.
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* In Creator/DavidBaldacci's novel ''Literature/WishYouWell,'' when the protagonist, 12-year-old [[{{Tomboy}} Lou Cardinal]], is confronted by a schoolyard bully, she is content to endure his harassments...until he makes the mistake of [[BerserkButton pushing down her eight-year-old brother.]] She then rather handily mops the floor with him.
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* In Creator/DavidBaldacci's novel ''Literature/WishYouWell,'' when the protagonist, 12-year-old [[{{Tomboy}} Lou Cardinal]], is confronted by a schoolyard bully, she is content to endure his harassments...until he makes the mistake of [[BerserkButton pushing down her eight-year-old brother.]] brother. She then rather handily mops the floor with him.
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* The ''Literature/DarkestPowers'' series gives us Derek. He has a Big Brother Instinct that's UpToEleven when it comes to for his foster brother, Simon. Derek is also a werewolf. So on top of the fact that he is, personality-wise, very protective of Simon (and anyone else he cares about), he also has the wolf's "protect my pack" instinct to deal with. Assaulting one of his "pack" is his BerserkButton. Unfortunately for Derek, since he can't usually control his reaction when his brother is in danger no matter how much he's tried to coach himself, his supercharged Big Brother Instinct has led to at least one MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.
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* ''Literature/CatwomanSoulstealer'': Well, Big Sister Instinct. Selina adores her little sister Maggie. In the end, it turns out that everything Selina did was to save Maggie, who was incurably ill with cystic fibrosis, and could only be saved by a Lazarus Pit. She succeeds too.
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* Played straight and inverted with Frank and Joe Hardy respectively in ''Literature/TheHardyBoys''. While both are capable of taking care of themselves and both know it, the quickest way to scare one of them or piss them off is to threaten or harm the other one.
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* ''Literature/CampX'': George's older brother, Jack, won't allow anyone else to pick on his little brother. When a trio of bullies try to take newspapers from George by force, Jack decks one of them in the face.
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* ''Literature/TheLoveAndLiesOfRukhsanaAli'': Aamir is Rukhsana's younger brother, but he's nonetheless protective of her and this has been his way since childhood.
