History Main / AFathertohisMen

** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', it is hinted that Breakdown is (or [[KilledOffForReal was]]) this to the Decepticon {{Mooks}} under his command

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus Prime. Whenever he isn't depicted as suffering from the TheChainsOfCommanding.

** Believe it or not, ''Megatron'' is actually this in quite a few versions, albeit a gruff aloof one.

* There’s a reason they call Franchise/{{Batman}} and his sidekicks the ''Bat-Family'' because even if he’s only biologically related to one of them (Damien, his son) Bruce still treasures every single one of his protégés as his children in one way or another. Hurting, maiming or killing any Robin or Batgirl (as ComicBook/TheJoker is fond of doing) is a surefire way to piss Batman [[BerserkButton the hell off]] and guarantees a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown from him if your lucky.

* Theatre/{{Dunsinane}}: Also {{Deconstructed}} with Siward. He cares so much about the lives of his men that he resorts to [[KnightTemplar increasingly drastic and brutal measures]] (such as [[KillItWithFire burning civilians alive]] as an intimidation tactic) to try and end the war, [[FallenHero sacrificing any semblance of morality in the process]], which of course [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ends up getting many more of his soldiers killed]].

** ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}. While this is often overlooked, he has a tendency to be protective of new members and often acts as TeamDad when around younger members. He may generally suck at social interaction and he failed his actual son (though, in fairness to him, he didn't intend to abandon him the first time, and eventually he had to give him up to save his life), but when it comes to his team, he'll bromance with the older ones and do his best to keep the younger ones safe and prepared. Special mention should go to his treatment of the early-mid 2000s class (especially Pixie, Rockslide, Nori, and Anole, and to a lesser extent X-23), with it being him who noted they should reach out and try to take better care of them. [[RunningTheAsylum Though, this depends on the writer and how they want to treat Cyclops.]]

* ''Film/TripleThreat'': As ruthless as he is, the mercenary second-in-command Devereaux appears to care about his subordinates, unlike his superior, the cold and bloodthirsty Collins, as seen when Devereaux expresses concern upon realizing that two mercenaries are unaccounted for.

* Wolfstan in ''Film/BlackDeath''.

* Creator/RussellCrowe seems to play these characters well. The Roman general he played in ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' cared deeply for his men, and in some ways even more for his fellow gladiators. Captain Jack Aubrey in ''Film/MasterAndCommander'' is this even moreso.

* General Robert E. Lee in ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}''. Exemplified in one scene shortly after the titular battle, where Lee apologizes to his men for their defeat at the hands of the Union army and takes all the blame for their failure. His men, on the other hand, refuse to blame Lee and plead with him to send them back into battle to redeem themselves.

* It's very understated, but Captain Nemo appears to have this relationship with his men in ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. This is a nod to his source material, as these men continued to follow him even after he was exiled from his homeland, where he had been a [[RoyalBlood prince in the ruling family]] before their massacre.

** ComicBook/{{Storm}} is definitely a mother to her X-Men especially in Claremont’s run, Ororo adores her “brothers” and “sisters” and will do anything to protect them when she’s the leader. Storm is also very loving to younger members and her students as she acts as a mother figure to ComicBook/KittyPryde and [[TakingTheBullet once took a blast aimed for]] ComicBook/{{Rogue}} when the latter joined to team. [[spoiler: In ''House of X'' Storm is the one who heralds the newly resurrected Cyclops, Jean, Nightcrawler, Logan and co kissing their foreheads and proudly declaring them Mutants to the crowd]].

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Lieutenant Commander Pasternak is this, from what we see of his interactions with Krupin, one of the men under his command, when going after him during the Monarch rescue operation. There's also the captain of the Beta-3 "Salamanders" assault team, who gets pissed at Tejada for speaking ill of one of his missing men.

* Papa Smurf is this to ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs''. In fact, in the English vocal track of [[Film/TheSmurfs the live-action movie]], Gargamel goes so far as to have Papa Smurf say he has 99 sons and one daughter. Papa Smurf himself says that they're his family. In the film sequel ''Film/TheSmurfs2'', Papa Smurf treats Smurfette like his daughter.
** And as he claims in [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs the cartoon]], Grandpa Smurf was exactly the same when Papa Smurf was a young Smurf.

* Creator/RussellCrowe seems to play these characters well. The Roman general he played in ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' cared deeply for his men, and in some ways even more for his fellow gladiators. Captain Jack Aubrey in ''Film/MasterAndCommander'' is this even moreso.

* ''Film/ThreeHundred'': Emperor Xerxes of the Persians gladly sends thousands of soldiers from his massive million-man army to death in ZergRush tactics, because WeHaveReserves. King Leonidas of the Spartans, in contrast, knows each of the 300 men under his command by name, cares about all of them - and in return, all 300 ''volunteered'' to stand by him in this suicidal last stand. Xerxes doesn't fight but commands from behind, while Leonidas fights on the front line alongside his men. Leonidas also flat out tells Xerxes that (while he is prepared for a suicidal last stand), his one half-hope for victory is that it's only a matter of time until Xerxes's slave-soldiers grow to fear Spartan spears more than Persian slave-whips, and they'll start mutinying against him. This exchange between the two exemplifies this trope:

* ''Film/TheFugitive'': Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard, mother hen extraordinaire. Tells Poole to get new boots and wear two coats, keeps Newman with him whenever possible, makes sure he's okay after a traumatic experience. Whenever he praises someone, they ''visibly light up''. He also explicitly refers to his team as his kids - speaking of which: Do. Not. Threaten. His. Kids.

** Black Widow surprisingly manages to be a [[TeamMom mother figure]] to The Avengers as will readily console or reprimand her teammates but as ''Endgame'' shows she treasures them and is one who keeps tabs on all of them. [[spoiler: After her HeroicSacrifice, Tony asks Cap if Nat has any family and Cap just replies “Yeah us”]].
** Yondu from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' is this for the Ravagers whom he cares greatly for especially Peter Quill aka Starlord, whose his surrogate son. In the [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 sequel]] when Taserface mutinied and killed every man who was loyal to Yondu who ForcedToWatch, Yondu went on a OneManArmy RoaringRampageOfRevenge killing every single foe with his Yaka Arrow.

* ''Film/StopLoss'' plays this for drama. The protagonist, Sgt Brandon King, is respected and loved by his squad. His term is almost up - until he's informed that he's about to be sent back out there. As he flees this sentence, the rest of his men quickly fall apart without his influence. [[spoiler: This partly plays into his decision to serve the extra time in Iraq rather than go AWOL]].

* Captain Flowers of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' isn't just a Father To His Men; he's a [[GoodParents pathologically paternal]] NiceGuy. [[spoiler:He's also Agent Florida of Project Freelancer so this is somewhat questionable as the begininning of Season 14 shows.]] The best example of this is Sarge. Despite his abusive treatment throughout the show, he does really care about the Blood Gulch teams, [[spoiler:Wash, and Carolina]] more than he lets on. When the teams are under attack in the season 11 climax, he can be loudly heard yelling "You Bastards stay away from my men!" [[spoiler:before he gets shot by Locus's concussion rifle, knocking him out, and the team loses it's first major battle. MoodWhiplash at its finest. He also takes Grif's departure in season 15 pretty hard. They have an awkward reunion once they meet again.]]
* The founder of the Blog/KnightsOfFandom is a Mother to Her Followers.

* ''{{Literature/Deviant}}'': Tsunami, leader of the superhero team Terminus, could be considered a team mom, often disregarding formalities and going out of her way to keep her team alive. She's also friends with most of the team, especially best friend Blizzard and husband Alpha.
* WebVideo/TheMightyJingles once referred to his commanding officer from his Royal Navy days by the words "We would have gone anywhere, fought anyone for him."
* [[EmbarrassingNickname Kitten]], Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes in ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', was elected Captain-General in the first place ''because'' his men adore him for his caring nature. They even tell him in episode 28 that they need a father more than a Warmaster. Even Whammudes, who only listens to him when he feels like it and [[spoiler:steals the position of Emperor's Caretaker from him]], admits that Kitten works two exhausting jobs for both the Emperor and his fellow Custodes. For instance, he bakes a custom pizza pie for every Custodes (numbering around 10,000) every day, and they're delicious.
** Magnus the Red, as above, is so beloved by the Thousand Sons that they were willing to send a message to the ''Emperor'', their ''ArchEnemy'', after he disappeared.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': In Alexs' own words, back when he was evil, he treated his Mooks with respect and referred to them as 'bodyguards' rather than 'underlings' or any similar word.

* Many Jedi in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' are this to their clones. One of the best examples for that is Plo Koon, who outright tells his men that if it came around to choosing between a sucessful mission and their lives, he'd choose the latter in a heartbeat.

* ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'': This element of Captain Barnacles' character is further developed in this fanfic, which is most strongly demonstrated by his interactions with Shellington and Deborah ([[OOCIsSeriousBusiness barring a certain incident in]] [[Recap/JuniorOfficersS1E21EvenTheBestFallDownSometimes "Even the Best Fall Down Sometimes"]]) during the Kelp Forest arc.

* There’s a reason they call Franchise/{{Batman}} and his sidekicks the ''Bat-Family'' because even if he’s only biologically related to one of them (Damien, his son) Bruce still treasures every single one of his protégés as his children in one way or another. Hurting, maiming or killing any Robin or Batgirl (as ComicBook/TheJoker is fond of doing) is a surefire way to piss Batman [[BerserkButton the hell off]] and guarantees a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown from him if your lucky.

* The love Doctor Doom feels for the people of Latveria is the '''one''' thing that is stronger than his hate for Reed Richards; he would gladly lay down his life or even (temporarily) ally with the Comicbook/FantasticFour to protect them.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. Any team he gets put in charge he treats like his family, possibly because of his late Sidekick Bucky.
* ComicBook/NickFury during his more sympathetic moments. Special Mention to the Siege event, where he makes special attention to make it very clear that the plan to stop Osborn was his idea, so that if all fails, only he will be arrested for Treason.

* Headmaster Gentis in the comic book arc ''Franchise/StarWars: Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison'' deeply cared for his students. This, along with witnessing the Imperial cremation center's constantly churning dead Imperial bodies, [[WellIntentionedExtremist is what led him to decide to overthrow Palpatine in order to stop the constant warmongering]] via a MilitaryCoup.
* Papa Smurf is this to ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs''. In fact, in the English vocal track of [[Film/TheSmurfs the live-action movie]], Gargamel goes so far as to have Papa Smurf say he has 99 sons and one daughter. Papa Smurf himself says that they're his family. In the film sequel ''Film/TheSmurfs2'', Papa Smurf treats Smurfette like his daughter.
** And as he claims in [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs the cartoon]], Grandpa Smurf was exactly the same when Papa Smurf was a young Smurf.
* Reed Richards of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' is the father of his team. Given that their thing is that they're a family of superheroes, this is his thing, besides being TheSmartGuy above all Smart Guys in the Marvel Universe.
* You'd expect a character with a name like [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathsaurus]] would be hell to work for... except he's not. In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'', a setting where almost all of the Decepticon leaders ([[GrayAndGreyMorality and a fair number of Autobots]]) are {{Bad Boss}}es of terrifying calibers, Deathsaurus actually broke from the main Decepticon ranks because none of them cared about the state of the common soldier, like the ones in his division. He goes on to fight [[TheDreaded Tarn]], leader of the Decepticon Justice Division, to try and preserve the lives of his soldiers when the DJD shows up on his ship. He even refuses a very generous offer on the part of Tarn to have his name removed from the DJD's target list unless all of his subordinates are also removed from that list. When Tarn offers to join forces with him, Deathsaurus instead puts Tarn through a SecretTestOfCharacter to see if Tarn is willing to sacrifice his subordinates--and upon finding that Tarn is unwilling to throw away the lives of his team, Deathsaurus commends him and readily agrees to the alliance. [[spoiler: And once Tarn has a VillainousBreakdown and starts attacking his underlings, Deathsaurus immediately rounds up his troops and pulls a mass ScrewThisImOuttaHere.]]
* A villainous example occurs in ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' with Harry Ebbing, an energy tycoon who brought his struggling company to new heights by taking advantage of loopholes in financial regulations to inflate the stock price. The only thing he asks of his employees is that whenever there's a problem of ''any'' magnitude, [[SurroundedByIdiots they immediately tell him so he can handle it.]] In return, he frequently throws lavish, drug-fueled Wall Street parties for all his employees and makes use of his money and underworld connections to give them anything they could ever want. He's so well-loved that an erstwhile whistleblower who is beaten and left for dead for threatening to tell the FBI about one of his more dangerous schemes comes back and ''begs'' to be allowed to return to the lifestyle Harry offers.
* In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, the otherwise stoic Nick Fury began to appreciate Peter Parker and groomed him, hoping that he would become a great superhero when he grows up. And when he died, he shed ManlyTears for him.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** Diana can be a [[TeamMom mother figure]] for her own Amazons or even the Justice League members as she cares for both equally or anyone whose she’s close to in general.
** Mala, who was the warden of Reformation Island in the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age]] is beloved and looked up to by her coworkers and many of the prisoners alike, who find that her considerate and compassionate approach to her job have made her like family.
** Philippus, Captain of the Guard and in [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Vol 2]] later Chancellor of Themyscira, sees her guard as her sisters and has had centuries to get to know and care for each of them.
** ComicBook/SteveTrevor started out working solo missions and rarely with the same group twice (outside of Di and Etta) but was always a firm believer in NoManLeftBehind. With his promotions and eventually gaining a constant squad he's in charge of on espionage missions he looks after them like family.
** ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Alcippe is like a strict mother to her guard, but centuries of watching her women grow old and die while she remains immortal have caused her to try and distance herself from them. It is still clear they look up to her and she is protective of them and still keeps track of each of her trainees throughout their lives.

%%* Boss Wolf from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''.

* General Waverly in ''Film/WhiteChristmas''.
-->'''Bob Wallace:''' We ate, and then he ate. We slept and then he slept.
-->'''Phil Davis:''' Yeah, then he woke up and [[ToughLove nobody slept for forty-eight hours]].
** The feeling is mutual, as expressed by the CrowdSong "The Old Man," where the soldiers of the 151st sing of their devotion to the General.
* John Wayne's character in ''Film/SheWoreAYellowRibbon''
* Creator/RussellCrowe seems to play these characters well. The Roman general he played in ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' cared deeply for his men, and in some ways even more for his fellow gladiators. Captain Jack Aubrey in ''Film/MasterAndCommander'' is this even moreso.
* In ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) alludes to Lieutenant-Colonel "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" Kilgore (Robert Duvall) as falling into this trope. Arguably he comes across as more of a Cool Uncle or Older Brother.
* The Captain in ''Film/DasBoot'' is very much like this, although he is only thirty years old and the men are in their late teens.
* It's very understated, but Captain Nemo appears to have this relationship with his men in ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. This is a nod to his source material, as these men continued to follow him even after he was exiled from his homeland, where he had been a [[RoyalBlood prince in the ruling family]] before their massacre.
* ''Film/TheThinRedLine''
** Captain Staros' parting words to his men are: "You've been like my sons. You are my sons."
** InvokedTrope in Creator/GeorgeClooney's cameo as Captain Bosche. When giving a speech to the soldiers he describes [[CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough himself as their father and Sgt Welsh as their mother]]. Welsh's private dialogue shows he's not impressed.
* General Robert E. Lee in ''Film/{{Gettysburg}}''. Exemplified in one scene shortly after the titular battle, where Lee apologizes to his men for their defeat at the hands of the Union army and takes all the blame for their failure. His men, on the other hand, refuse to blame Lee and plead with him to send them back into battle to redeem themselves.

* General Kuribayashi from ''Film/LettersFromIwoJima'' tries to be this, but the other officers in the army have the soldiers still be {{Red Shirt}}s, and the only one this has good effect on is Shimizu.
* Hunter, in ''Film/CrimsonTide'', leads from the bottom up, contrasting with TheCaptain's lead from the top style.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
** In ''Film/StarTrek2009'', Captain Pike is practically young Jim Kirk's WellDoneSonGuy.
** In the [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness sequel]], [[BigBad John Harrison]] is this, as part of his motivation is to save his crew. He even calls them his family
---> '''Harrison''': My crew is my family, Kirk. Is there anything you would not do for your family?
* ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone''. Miller snidely suggests that Mallory play this part when he's trying to convince Mallory to shoot TheMole.
* In ''Film/TheRock,'' the "being torn up about sacrifices" part leads Brigadier General Francis Hummel into the villainy. It's notable how everyone even remotely knowledgeable still talk all respect about him even after he initiates a hostage/terrorist plot. [[spoiler:Which he intended to be just a bluff.]]

* Wolfstan in ''Film/BlackDeath''.
* Major West in ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' is a dark version of this.
* Col. Keith Davenport, ''Film/TwelveOClockHigh''. So much a father to his men that it is undermining his combat effectiveness, as he can't make the hard decisions to send men to their deaths. So beloved by his men that after he is relieved of command and Gen. Savage replaces him, EVERY pilot in the group requests a transfer out of the 918th.
* In ''Film/AfterEarth'' General Cypher Raige is respected and looked up to by his fellow rangers, including one who was apparently saved by him from an Ursa.

* ''Film/TheFugitive'': Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard, mother hen extraordinaire. Tells Poole to get new boots and wear two coats, keeps Newman with him whenever possible, makes sure he's okay after a traumatic experience. Whenever he praises someone, they ''visibly light up''. He also explicitly refers to his team as his kids - speaking of which: Do. Not. Threaten. His. Kids.
-->'''Gerard''': "What can I say, sir? [[spoiler:Mr Copeland]] was a bad man, he was gonna kill one of my kids. ... Well, sir, you can blame me; I'm the one that shot him."
* In ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' Captain Ramius stationed many of his former officers on the Red October and they are willing to risk their lives to help him carry out his plan [[spoiler: to defect with the submarine to the USA.]] One of his officers even [[spoiler: takes a bullet]] for Ramius.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': The vast majority of the X-Men view Professor Charles Xavier as a father figure, and he in return treats them like his own children. His tendency to act as a ParentalSubstitute and BadassTeacher has reinforced UndyingLoyalty amongst his students, starting with the boys in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and extending all the way to the BadFuture of 2023 in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Old habits die hard, and ''Film/{{Logan}}'' has him being an attentive grandfather to Laura.
* The titular ''Film/MajorPayne'', while definitely a DrillSergeantNasty and (in the words of Emily) an "an insecure, overbearing, psychopathic, edictorial, ego maniacal, frigid lunatic asshole", but in his own warped way he definitely cares about his men. Be it by breaking a comrade's finger to take his mind off the pain of being shot, shooting the closet to "terminate the Boogeyman with extreme prejudice" so the young Tiger can go to sleep, or defending one of his students from their abusive and drunken step-father. [[spoiler:In fact, he becomes a ''literal'' example of this to one of his men in the end of the film where he marries Emily and adopts Tiger.]]
* In ''Film/OHomemDaCapaPreta'', as in real life, many of Tenório´s bodyguards and supporters were in fact close family relations or acquaintances from his state in the Brazilian Northeast and around Caxias favelas.

* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'': Major Chip Hazard is one of the few villainous examples, but he shows genuine concern for his subordinates and sheds several ManlyTears at Nick Nitro's death.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' Princess Leia is a rare female example. She really does seem to care about the RedShirts, which is particularly evident during the start of the Battle Of Hoth.
* ''Film/{{Python}}'': Agent Parker says that he never met the flight crew who the python killed, but they were under his command, and he will avenge them.
* Lt. Clifford in ''Film/TheOddAngryShot'' doesn't get a lot of screen time, but what he does get shows him to be this kind of officer: especially the scene at Vũng Tàu where he saves his men from being placed on charges and puts a [[SoldiersAtTheRear REMF sergeant-major]] in his place.

* In ''Theatre/AllMySons'', Chris's Army nickname was "Mother [=McKeller=]." While little is said about his commanding abilities, he respected and was respected by his men, and was prouder to see them fighting selflessly and dying honorably (almost all were lost) than of going back to work with his father, where civilians hadn't changed their old money-grubbing ways.

* Shi-Long Lang from ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' takes this to comedic levels. He does a roll call with his men, and when they start counting off "1! 2! 3! etc." he immediately becomes angry... because ''all'' of his men are #1 in his book! [[BrickJoke The next time he does a roll call later in the game]], his men count off "1! 1! 1! etc." instead. He also gives a birthday present to one of his men, who says he is grateful, but it's not his birthday. Lang then says that he knows that, and the present isn't for him, it's for his ''[[CrazyPrepared younger brother's wife's younger brother!]]'' It's played more seriously when [[spoiler:he takes a bullet for his second-in-command, who had just revealed herself as TheMole, because she was still his subordinate and he feels it's his duty to protect his subordinates at any cost. Then he arrests her]]. All of this inspires UndyingLoyalty in his men ([[spoiler:except for TheMole, obviously]]), who address him with great reverence as "Shifu".[[note]]A Chinese term of respect that means "master".[[/note]]

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', [[SuperSoldier Jaegergeneral]] Gkika is a ''mother'' to her men. They even call her Mamma Gkika. Considering that she's one of only two female Jaegers that we've seen, and she's made it to be one of the eight Generals (out of thousands of Jaegers), it's quite an achievement.
* ''Webcomic/IDontWantThisKindOfHero'': Escorts Naga from school when he's afraid of Knife targeting him; is an actual ParentalSubstitute to Guineung; makes it clear that even if her subordinates screw up (outside of trivial stuff, anyway), Dana will take responsibility as their superior so they don't need to worry; comforts Raptor after [[spoiler: Young Jeong's death...]] Temper aside, Dana is a great boss to work for.
* ''Webcomic/CrimsonKnights'': [[spoiler:Once he becomes Grandmaster]], Mot becomes very caring of his warriors, going so far as to fly into a massive rant about Itham's values when he is insulted by his step-mother.
* ''{{Webcomic/Sarilho}}'': implied to be the case of Olivia Mezzaferro, as she may seem distant but shows up to [[spoiler: Mikhail's funeral]] and even has some kind words to share with Nikita.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus Prime. Whenever he isn't depicted as suffering from the TheChainsOfCommanding.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', it is hinted that Breakdown is (or [[KilledOffForReal was]]) this to the Decepticon {{Mooks}} under his command
** Believe it or not, ''Megatron'' is actually this in quite a few versions, albeit a gruff aloof one.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretWorldOfSantaClaus'', Santa is this to the elves, serving as their mentor and confidant. The analogy is reinforced by Santa being a kind old man, and the elves looking like children.

* Franchise/SherlockHolmes to his Baker Street Irregulars ([[HyperCompetentSidekick Wiggins]], especially) in the ''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries''...

* Anyone else get the feeling General Iroh from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was like that towards his soldiers?
** [[DaChief Lin Bei Fong]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' is like this to her metalbending police officers.

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** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', it is hinted that Breakdown is (or [[CharacterDeath was]]) this to the Decepticon {{Mooks}} under his command