History Main / CoolUncle

%%* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': Scrooge [=McDuck=] may count as this to Huey, Dewey, and Louie, though he is technically their great uncle.

%%* ''Film/UncleBuck'': Starring Creator/JohnCandy.

* ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'': Scrooge [=McDuck=] is Donald's wealthy uncle and Huey, Louie, and Dewey's granduncle. When it comes down to it, the triplets also think the world of "Unca" Donald himself.
** And Professor Ludwig von Drake, Donald's other uncle, who is a scientist.

* King William IV was this to his niece, the future UsefulNotes/{{QueenVictoria}}, and rather infamous for being a casual man. He was blistering to Victoria's emotionally abusive mother and made sure to live until Victoria was 18 to ensure that Victoria's distant and controlling mother and advisors couldn't become a RegentForLife for her.

* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': Rapunzel's Aunt Willow is an energetic, impulsive lady who DoesNotLikeShoes; a [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling complete contrast]] [[SiblingYinYang to her sister]] [[TheHighQueen Queen Arianna]]. Rapunzel bonds with her over their shared free-spirited nature. In doing this, they accidentally make Arianna feel left out on her birthday.

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'': In the original Nutcracker Drosselmeyer is Clara/Marie's godfather; in this version [[GenderFlip Aunt]] Drosselmeyer is not a magician but a world-traveling adventuress whose stories and presents excite Clara, to the disapproval of her grandfather. She also appears to know about Parthenia, and it's heavily implied that the king she danced within her story was Prince Eric's father.

* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': Rapunzel's Aunt Willow is an energetic, impulsive lady who DoesNotLikeShoes; a [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling complete contrast]] [[SiblingYingYang to her sister]] [[TheHighQueen Queen Arianna]]. Rapunzel bonds with her over their shared free-spirited nature. In doing this, they accidentally make Arianna feel left out on her birthday.

* ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'': Uncle Gard is the jovial, fun-loving uncle to Samantha, an orphan being raised by her strict, old-fashioned grandmother. Gard does eventually settle down and marry Cornelia, but as a couple they're both still incredibly forward-thinking and adventurous for their class.

* ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'': Uncle Gard is the jovial, fun-loving uncle to Samantha, an orphan being raised by her strict, old-fashioned grandmother. Gard, does eventually settle down and marry Cornelia, but they're both as a couple still incredibly forward-thinking and adventurous for their class.

* ''Series/WandaVision'': Invoked when [[spoiler: Wanda's brother Pietro seemingly comes back from the dead and moves into the family house. He instantly takes a liking to the kids, especially Tommy (who inherits his powers). When Wanda starts to question him, he admits he's pretty much there to give her and Vision grief while bonding with the kids. Then it turns out he was an imposter bewitched by [[BigBad Agatha Harkness]] to spy on Wanda.]]

** Role made explicit with the related short film ''Auntie Edna''.

Lots of fictional families seem to have that one uncle that all the kids just ''love''. Most often, he's a youngish bachelor with no children of his own and has no intention of settling down any time soon, though he may be romantically involved. He may travel a lot and wow the kids with stories of meeting celebrities and traveling the world (and if so, he ''always'' brings back the coolest souvenirs, which he naturally gives away as presents), and he's much more free-spirited than the kids' straitlaced parents.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': Edna Mode takes on this role for the Parr family. When Bob (a.k.a. Mr. Incredible) is exhausted trying to manage Jack-Jack's emerging powers and asks Edna to watch him for the night, she initially pulls away before observing his potential as a super, after which she shoos Bob out and says that "Auntie Edna" will take care of everything.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. How young Simba initally saw Scar. Scar took advantage of this and manipulated him into exile.

* ''Film/ShadowOfADoubt'': Uncle Charlie.

* ''Film/UncleBuck'': Starring Creator/JohnCandy.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Arthur}}'': The episode "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" introduces clumsy, but well-meaning Uncle Fred, whom both Arthur and D.W. find hilarious. After Arthur accidentally breaks the Christmas present he got for his mom, Fred saves the day by passing off his own gift to Jane (a tea set he broke last Christmas) [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments as being from Arthur.]]

* In ''Literature/{{Another}}'', Kouichi has a close relationship with his aunt Reiko (his mother's much younger sister), who serves as his guardian while he's in Yomiyama, [[spoiler:as well as his homeroom teacher]]. She looks after him, gives him advice on matters such as whether to pursue a career in art and generally is the person he's closest to in his family. [[spoiler:By the time he realizes that she's the "nonexistent person" and has to be killed in order to end the calamity, he realizes that he's come to think of her as being like his mother]].

** Hiashi Hyuga may count to Neji, as both of them are friendlier to each other now.

** Hanabi is this to Boruto and Himawari in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'', though her clinginess and GenkiGirl personality can annoy Boruto.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': One of Roger’s many personas, a relative known as “Uncle Cappy”, has shades of this. When adopting this persona for Thanksgiving dinner (as a precaution against Stan’s half-brother recognizing him as an alien), Roger discreetly slips Steve a switchblade knife and a nudie magazine.

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has Ruby and Yang's uncle Qrow Branwen[[note]]He's Yang's maternal uncle and isn't actually blood-related to Ruby, but he was teammates with their father and both their mothers so as far as everyone's concerned, he's family[[/note]], a snarky, argumentative grump who's perpetually drunk. However, he's also an exceptionally talented hunter, having saved the girls once when they were little and Yang got them lost in the forest, and he was the one who taught Ruby how to wield a [[SinisterScythe scythe]] (the most dangerous Huntsman weapon, something that's implied to be against school policy). Whenever he's around he dotes on the girls, playing video games with them and telling them stories about his adventures and missions, and the girls absolutely adore him. The only reason he's not around more is that he's busy with his work [[spoiler:and because his Semblance is an [[TheJinx always-on bad luck power]] and he doesn't want to risk hurting his nieces with it.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The titular family has Homer's half-brother "Uncie Herb."
** Milhouse also has his uncle Zack who took him in when Milhouse thought his parents had died.

** Inverted in the ''[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 Duck Tales]]'' reboot with Donald and Della's relationship to Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Donald is their uncle, but he has been taking care of them since before they hatched, so they know him as their only parent regardless of how they address him. Donald's twin sister Della is their mother, but they didn't meet her until they were ten; and because she is still learning how to be a mother, most of her attempts to bond with her children involve fun and exciting activities more associated with a Cool Aunt.