History Main / CoolUncle

* In ''TazMania'', Taz and his siblings have an Uncle Drew, whom they adore. Maybe because he's an Expy of BobHope.
* On ''{{Daria}}'', Daria's Aunt Amy is a Cool Aunt.

* Scrooge [=McDuck=], DonaldDuck'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.

* Scrappy-Doo thinks of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo as a Cool Uncle, despite Scooby's cowardice.
* On ''TheSimpsons'', the titular family has "Uncie Herb."

* ''[[WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter PB&J Otter]]'' has Aunt Nanner, who is a very cool aunt to Peanut, Baby Butter and Jelly. Around the end of the series, she gets married to Redolfo, who is rather cool in his own right. [[PlayingWithATrope Discussed]] in one episode where they worry about how boring they must seem compared to all of her adventures. She assures them that coming home to be with them is precisely what she looks forward to while on those adventures.

* Great Uncle Stan from '''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is actually the children's great uncle, but he fits this trope to a T anyway: unmarried, knows lots of cool magic tricks and allows them to climb on the roof. Oh yeah, and he's also a wanted criminal. Not the most responsible uncle in the world.

* Uncle Iroh was this to Zuko during his childhood in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. As a teenager, Zuko treated his uncle as more of a buffoon, but then came around to accepting Iroh's guidance--which encouraged Zuko to reject his father's philosophies about honor, and [[{{Wangst}} lighten up a bit]].

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Tyrion Lannister loves his niece and nephew Myrcella and Tommen and they love him too. Tyrion tries his best to be this for Joffrey and does what he can to fix Joffrey's mistakes. Tyrion's own aunt Genna, and his uncles Kevan, Tygett and Gerion were also far kinder to him than his own father was.

** Eddard Stark's younger brother Benjen is this to Ned's bastard son [[spoiler: though possibly his nephew]] Jon Snow, as Jon has wanted to join the Night's Watch his entire life. He is also this to a lesser extent to Arya and Sansa Stark, who end up with a very different image of what the Watch is like based on him than reality. Averted with Edmure Tully, who despite having all the personality traits of a Cool Uncle only actually meets one of his nephews and none of his nieces; and even then not until a war is going on and he doesn't have much chance to be one.

** Eddard Stark's younger brother Benjen is this to Ned's [[spoiler: nephew]] Jon Snow, as Jon has wanted to join the Night's Watch his entire life. He is also this to a lesser extent to Arya and Sansa Stark, who end up with a very different image of what the Watch is like based on him than reality. Averted with Edmure Tully, who despite having all the personality traits of a Cool Uncle only actually meets one of his nephews and none of his nieces; and even then not until a war is going on and he doesn't have much chance to be one.

* Cecil Palmer of WelcomeToNightVale has a niece named Janice, of whom he is so fond that he bought out her Girl Scout cookie supply when her no-good father wouldn't help her sell them.

Regardless, he will often be secretly be envious of the stability and loving home life that his brother or sister enjoys, even as he boasts of his own independence. The uncle may be the BlackSheep of the family.

* ''Series/FamilyTies'' had Uncle Ned, played by TomHanks. He was really cool, but he had a drinking problem.

** In the SequelSeries, ''TheLegendOfKorra'', Bumi is this for Meelo, Ikki and Jinora, much to [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Tenzin's annoyance]]. Tenzin's sister, Kya, is also a Cool Aunt to Jinora.

* Literature/{{Discworld}}: City ruler Lord Havelock Vetinari is the epitome of cool and cunning. But from the novel ''Discworld/NightWatch'' onwards, the character of his only living relative, the aunt alluded to in ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', is opened up a little: it is hinted that Vetinari learnt a lot of his skills from Auntie Bobbie (Lady Roberta de Meserole), who is a political manipulator, a Seamstress where she needs to be, possibly one of only a handful of female Assassins, and a lady of guile, insight, cunning and wisdom. She has certainly raised Havelock in loco parentis after the undetailed death of his parents. A second wise woman in Havelock Venturi's life, an aunt-like character, has been the vampire Lady Margollota (although some interpretations hint at a sexual relationship.)

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

* Walker Boh of the ''{{Shannara}}'' series served this role to Par and Coll Ohmsford, albeit in a more cranky manner than most.

** In the SequelSeries, ''TheLegendOfKorra'', Bumi is this for Meelo, Ikki and Jinora, much to [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Tenzin's annoyance]].

-->''"Hey kids! Uncle Bob's here!"''
-->''"Yay! Uncle Bob!"''

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* Uncle Iroh was this to Zuko during his childhood in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. As a teenager, Zuko treated his uncle as more of a buffoon, but then came around to accepting Iroh's guidance--which encouraged Zuko to reject his father's philosophies about honor, and [[{{Wangst}} lighten up a bit]].
** In the SequelSeries, ''TheLegendOfKorra'', Bumi is this for Meelo, Ikki and Jinora, much to [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Tenzin's annoyance]].
* In ''TazMania'', Taz and his siblings have an Uncle Drew, whom they adore. Maybe because he's an Expy of BobHope.
* On ''{{Daria}}'', Daria's Aunt Amy is a Cool Aunt.
* Despite his name, Uncle from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' is more of a BadassGrandpa. However ''Jackie'' fits the trope quite well. No matter how much Jade gripes, it's shown on multiple occasions how much more freedom Jade has with him than with her traditional parents in China, and how much she idolizes Jackie.
* Scrooge [=McDuck=], DonaldDuck'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.
* Scrappy-Doo thinks of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo as a Cool Uncle, despite Scooby's cowardice.
* On ''TheSimpsons'', the titular family has "Uncie Herb."
** Milhouse also has a cool uncle who took him in when Milhouse thought his parents had died.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter PB&J Otter]]'' has Aunt Nanner, who is a very cool aunt to Peanut, Baby Butter and Jelly. Around the end of the series, she gets married to Redolfo, who is rather cool in his own right. [[PlayingWithATrope Discussed]] in one episode where they worry about how boring they must seem compared to all of her adventures. She assures them that coming home to be with them is precisely what she looks forward to while on those adventures.

* [[spoiler: Subverted hard with]] Charlie's Aunt Helen in ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower.