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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' -- Gideon and Rossi, the latter's status as TeamDad being lampshaded by one of the team asking ''"Where are Mom and Dad?" "Oh, [[TeamMom Hotch]] and Rossi are still at the conference."
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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' -- Gideon and Rossi, the latter's status as TeamDad being lampshaded by one of the team asking ''"Where asking, "Where are Mom and Dad?" "Oh, [[TeamMom Hotch]] and Rossi are still at the conference."
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* Dr Harrison Wells of ''Series/TheFlash2014''. He's the head of S.T.A.R. Labs, making him Caitlin and Cisco's boss, but his relationship with the younger members of Team Flash is much more than that of boss and employee. He talks to Cisco about his problems with his family, helps Caitlin to deal with the loss of her fiance, and guides Barry through the ups and downs of being the Flash. Cisco in particular is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]], and he tells him as much when talking him out of quitting the team after [[spoiler: he was forced to tell Captain Cold Barry's secret identity]]. At the end of the first season, [[spoiler: this gets nastily subverted when he turns out to be Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash, though it's indicated that he still cares about Cisco to a certain extent, and somewhat less so Caitlin]].
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* Dr Harrison Wells of ''Series/TheFlash2014''. He's the head of S.T.A.R. Labs, making him Caitlin and Cisco's boss, but his relationship with the younger members of Team Flash is much more than that of boss and employee. He talks to Cisco about his problems with his family, helps Caitlin to deal with the loss of her fiance, fiancé, and guides Barry through the ups and downs of being the Flash. Cisco in particular is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]], and he tells him as much when talking him out of quitting the team after [[spoiler: he was forced to tell Captain Cold Barry's secret identity]]. At the end of the first season, [[spoiler: this gets nastily subverted when he turns out to be Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash, though it's indicated that he still cares about Cisco to a certain extent, and somewhat less so Caitlin]].
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* ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' has Captain Pike, who cooks means for his officers and has a very warm, paternal command style.
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** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'': Sensei Watanabe, TheMentor and the father to team's HypercompetentSidekick Cam can parent the entire team even after getting hit with BalefulPolymorph.
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** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'': Sensei Watanabe, TheMentor and the father to team's HypercompetentSidekick Cam can parent the entire team even after getting hit with BalefulPolymorph.ForcedTransformation.
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* ''Series/DeadEnders'': Mac is the team dad, being the most well versed doom prepper, as well as calling everyone kiddo and dishing out advice and affection when needed.
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* ''Series/DeadEnders'': Mac is the team dad, being the most well versed doom prepper, as well as calling everyone kiddo and dishing out advice and affection when needed.
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** Mighty Morphin through Turbo: The ancient sorcerer Zordon also served as TheMentor and was aided by his robot assistant Alpha 5, the TeamMom.
** Lightspeed Rescue: Captain Mitchell, who was the actual father of two of the rangers on the team and would also parent the rest if it came to that. It tended to overlap with AFatherToHisMen due to the nature of Lightspeed Rescue as a military organization.
** Ninja Storm: Sensei Watanabe, TheMentor and the father to team's SixthRanger [[DeadpanSnarker Cam]] can parent the entire team even after getting hit with BalefulPolymorph.
--> '''[[BeleagueredAssistant Cam]]:''' My father is not a rat. He is a guinea pig.
** Dino Thunder: [[OlderAndWiser Dr Tommy Oliver]]. It's no wonder he was reluctant at first and the team's antics would often drive him up the wall. He wanted a peaceful life away from all this mess and it caught up to him anyway. Even though he is one of the most experience veteran rangers out there and led several teams before, they were all staffed by the "idealized youth" sort of teenagers, not the [[PokeThePoodle petty]], scatterbrained, [[DeadpanSnarker eternally bickering]] kind. That doesn't stop him from trying his best to guide them through the hardships of the Ranger duty and keeping the team together or occassionally confiding his stresses and fears to the TeamMom Hayley.
** [=SPD=]: Doggie Kruger is also AFatherToHisMen, due to [=SPD=]'s nature as police force. He is strict, but fair and always expect the best from them.
** Operation Overdrive: Andrew Hartford and/or Spencer.
** Jungle Fury: RJ
** Lightspeed Rescue: Captain Mitchell, who was the actual father of two of the rangers on the team and would also parent the rest if it came to that. It tended to overlap with AFatherToHisMen due to the nature of Lightspeed Rescue as a military organization.
** Ninja Storm: Sensei Watanabe, TheMentor and the father to team's SixthRanger [[DeadpanSnarker Cam]] can parent the entire team even after getting hit with BalefulPolymorph.
--> '''[[BeleagueredAssistant Cam]]:''' My father is not a rat. He is a guinea pig.
** Dino Thunder: [[OlderAndWiser Dr Tommy Oliver]]. It's no wonder he was reluctant at first and the team's antics would often drive him up the wall. He wanted a peaceful life away from all this mess and it caught up to him anyway. Even though he is one of the most experience veteran rangers out there and led several teams before, they were all staffed by the "idealized youth" sort of teenagers, not the [[PokeThePoodle petty]], scatterbrained, [[DeadpanSnarker eternally bickering]] kind. That doesn't stop him from trying his best to guide them through the hardships of the Ranger duty and keeping the team together or occassionally confiding his stresses and fears to the TeamMom Hayley.
** [=SPD=]: Doggie Kruger is also AFatherToHisMen, due to [=SPD=]'s nature as police force. He is strict, but fair and always expect the best from them.
** Operation Overdrive: Andrew Hartford and/or Spencer.
** Jungle Fury: RJ
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** Mighty Morphin ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' through Turbo: ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'': The ancient sorcerer Zordon also served as TheMentor and was aided by his robot assistant Alpha 5, the TeamMom.
**Lightspeed Rescue: Captain Mitchell, who was the actual father of two of the rangers on the team and would also parent the rest if it came to that. It tended to overlap with AFatherToHisMen due to the nature of Lightspeed Rescue as a military organization.
** Ninja Storm:''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'': Sensei Watanabe, TheMentor and the father to team's SixthRanger [[DeadpanSnarker Cam]] HypercompetentSidekick Cam can parent the entire team even after getting hit with BalefulPolymorph.
-->'''[[BeleagueredAssistant '''[[DeadpanSnarker Cam]]:''' My father is not a rat. He is a guinea pig.
**Dino Thunder: ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': [[OlderAndWiser Dr Tommy Oliver]]. It's no wonder he was reluctant at first and the team's antics would often drive him up the wall. He wanted a peaceful life away from all this mess and it caught up to him anyway. Even though he is one of the most experience veteran rangers out there and led several teams before, they were all staffed by the "idealized youth" sort of teenagers, not the [[PokeThePoodle petty]], scatterbrained, [[DeadpanSnarker eternally bickering]] kind. That doesn't stop him from trying his best to guide them through the hardships of the Ranger duty and keeping the team together or occassionally confiding his stresses and fears to the TeamMom Hayley.
**[=SPD=]: Doggie Kruger is also AFatherToHisMen, due to [=SPD=]'s nature as police force. He is strict, but fair and always expect the best from them.
** Operation Overdrive:''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'': The [[AdventurerArchaeologist Indiana Jones]]/[[Fiction500 Batman]] expy Andrew Hartford and/or Spencer.
alongside the Hartford family's butler, [[ServileSnarker Spencer]]. Given the motley crew Andrew assembled as the team to find the ArtifactOfDoom before the bad guys, there is a significant need for guidance and supervision.
**Jungle Fury: RJ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'': [[CloudcuckooLander RJ]] is the father figure to the team with his wise, laid back attitude that irons out the road bumps between conflicting personalities of the unsteady, inexperienced Casey, the acerbic perfectionist Theo and the confident, energetic Lily.
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'': Averted. Colonel Truman is AFatherToHisMen and the real father to the team's red ranger Scott, but he generally avoids him (and by extension the whole team) because of their [[ParentalFavoritism strained]] [[WellDoneSonGuy relationship]].
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** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'': Averted. Colonel Truman is AFatherToHisMen and the real father to the team's red ranger Scott, but he generally avoids him (and by extension the whole team) because of their [[ParentalFavoritism strained]] [[WellDoneSonGuy relationship]].
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* Many ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' teams had team dads:
** Mighty Morphin through Turbo: Zordon
** Lightspeed Rescue: Captain Mitchell, who literally was the father of two rangers.
** Ninja Storm: Sensei Watanabe, also Cam's dad... who managed to pull this even in the days when he was turned into a Guinea pig.
** Dino Thunder: [[OlderAndWiser Dr Tommy Oliver]].
** SPD: Doggie Kruger
** Mighty Morphin through Turbo: Zordon
** Lightspeed Rescue: Captain Mitchell, who literally was the father of two rangers.
** Ninja Storm: Sensei Watanabe, also Cam's dad... who managed to pull this even in the days when he was turned into a Guinea pig.
** Dino Thunder: [[OlderAndWiser Dr Tommy Oliver]].
** SPD: Doggie Kruger
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* Many ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' teams had team dads:
** Mighty Morphin through Turbo:Zordon
The ancient sorcerer Zordon also served as TheMentor and was aided by his robot assistant Alpha 5, the TeamMom.
** Lightspeed Rescue: Captain Mitchell, wholiterally was the actual father of two rangers.
of the rangers on the team and would also parent the rest if it came to that. It tended to overlap with AFatherToHisMen due to the nature of Lightspeed Rescue as a military organization.
** Ninja Storm: Sensei Watanabe,also Cam's dad... who managed TheMentor and the father to pull this team's SixthRanger [[DeadpanSnarker Cam]] can parent the entire team even in the days when he was turned into after getting hit with BalefulPolymorph.
--> '''[[BeleagueredAssistant Cam]]:''' My father is not aGuinea rat. He is a guinea pig.
** Dino Thunder: [[OlderAndWiser Dr TommyOliver]].
Oliver]]. It's no wonder he was reluctant at first and the team's antics would often drive him up the wall. He wanted a peaceful life away from all this mess and it caught up to him anyway. Even though he is one of the most experience veteran rangers out there and led several teams before, they were all staffed by the "idealized youth" sort of teenagers, not the [[PokeThePoodle petty]], scatterbrained, [[DeadpanSnarker eternally bickering]] kind. That doesn't stop him from trying his best to guide them through the hardships of the Ranger duty and keeping the team together or occassionally confiding his stresses and fears to the TeamMom Hayley.
**SPD: [=SPD=]: Doggie KrugerKruger is also AFatherToHisMen, due to [=SPD=]'s nature as police force. He is strict, but fair and always expect the best from them.
** Mighty Morphin through Turbo:
** Lightspeed Rescue: Captain Mitchell, who
** Ninja Storm: Sensei Watanabe,
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** Dino Thunder: [[OlderAndWiser Dr Tommy
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* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': Phil Coulson, especially towards the younger members of his team. Skye even refers to him as such. One particularly notable occasion has him buying groceries and cooking a meal for Simmons after looking in her fridge and realizing how poorly she was eating [[spoiler:due to the stress of being undercover.]]
* ''Series/TheATeam'': [[ColonelBadass Col.]] John "Hannibal" Smith smiles at (and sometimes plays along with) Murdock's antics like a parent watching their young child act out fantasies, he can keep B. A. under control, and he reminds Face to keep his wandering eye in check and focus on the task at hand. He also has this cute habit of referring to the other members of the A-Team by their military ranks (Captain, Lieutenant, and Sergeant, respectively), even though they've all technically been discharged, and they often refer to him as "Colonel". He always has unwavering faith that his men will get the job done, and his {{nerves of steel}} are likelier to be rattled by something threatening Face, B.A., or Murdock than him.
* While Leonard on ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' is a DeadpanSnarker at times, when it comes down to it he's the go to guy for moral support. Fittingly, his on-again off-again girlfriend [[spoiler: and later wife]] is the CoolBigSis /TeamMom.
** Most notably, they're this with Sheldon, Leonard's roommate. While Leonard is unusually exasperated if not always annoyed with his roommate, he cares deeply for him.
* ''Series/TheBill'' -- Sgt. Bob Cryer (for uniform branch) and DCI/Supt Jack Meadows (for the CID).
* At times, Dr. Goodman seemed to be something of this in the first season of ''Series/{{Bones}}''.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Captain Raymond Holt acts as the strict parental figure to the precinct, getting every member to reach their potential through discipline, and he is willing to put his team first in every decision he makes.
* ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'':
** Giles, particularly with respect to Buffy. ("Wish I could play the father, and take you by the hand." -- "Once More With Feeling")
*** For Giles, it helps that he's a ParentalSubstitute for a bunch of kids with [[ParentalAbandonment few if any parents]], especially fathers. Buffy and Dawn's father is in another country with his secretary, Willow's father was mentioned once and basically never again, Xander's is an alcoholic, Anya's has been dead for centuries, and Tara's is an [[AbusiveParents abusive bastard]]. Giles is literally the only positive adult male in any of their lives.
** Xander to the new Slayers in Season 8. Any Slayer who ever seems depressed or on the verge of a HeroicBSOD is always quickly cheered up by Xander.
** ''Angel'' villain [[KnightTemplar Holtz]] tries to be this, but ends up forming a cult.
** Angel himself. Lampshaded early on, in which Angel addresses to a bickering Cordelia and Wesley as "children."
* Sam Axe from ''Series/BurnNotice'' though he prefers to be CoolOldGuy and a best friend/PluckyComicRelief, when one of Team Weston is in trouble, going crazy or approaching either the MoralEventHorizon or DespairEventHorizon he will step in and either pep talk or start a "what is wrong with you" fight, though usually he leaves it to Maddie.
* ''Series/CharliesAngels'' -- Charlie; in the TV series, he is just VoiceWithAnInternetConnection and acts as MissionControl, but the movies emphasize the parental relationship he has with his "Angels".
* ''Series/{{Community}}'' -- Jeff Winger is the de facto TeamDad, with Shirley acting as the TeamMom. Lampshaded with both of them ''really'' acting like the parents of unruly children in "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples."
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' -- Gideon and Rossi, the latter's status as TeamDad being lampshaded by one of the team asking ''"Where are Mom and Dad?" "Oh, [[TeamMom Hotch]] and Rossi are still at the conference."
* ''Series/CrossingJordan'' -- Dr. Garret Macy.
* The Series/CSIVerse almost always has a Team Dad:
** ''Series/{{CSI}}'' -- Gil Grissom, then DB Russell
** ''Series/CSIMiami'' -- Horatio Caine.
** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' -- Mac Taylor.
** ''Series/WithoutATrace'' -- Jack Malone.
* ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' -- Rube.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' -- the Doctor, depending on which [[TheNthDoctor incarnation]] we're talking about. The Doctor is almost always a ParentalSubstitute to his companions, and as such is generally this when he has more than one companion at a time. Notable examples include the First, Second, Fifth (who was a little less off-the-wall than normal), and Thirteenth Doctors with their respective TARDIS teams (despite the Thirteenth being a woman, she still ''acts'' like a man more often than not), while the Eleventh Doctor is an aversion due to how he treated Amy and Rory more like friends than children. [[spoiler: Which turns out to be appropriate, given that they're his sort-of parents-in-law]]. However, even then he still has moments of being a ParentalSubstitute, such as going full PapaWolf when [[spoiler: Amy is kidnapped]], acting as a ShipperOnDeck to them, and referring to them as "the kids" while talking to [[SpaceshipGirl the TARDIS]].
* ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' -- Renn. Well, technically, he says [[http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/11501666128/1/tumblr_lt4o1lRpXD1qafkht "stopping children from fighting is a mother's job"]], but you get the idea.
* ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' -- Mal Reynolds.
** Demonstrated especially well in the episode "Out of Gas," when he handles each of his people differently during a crisis.
** "You're on my crew."
*** "Why are we still talking about this?"
*** "One of you is gonna fall and die and I'm ''not'' cleaning it up!"
* The character "Competitive Dad" from ''Series/TheFastShow'' takes the concept and blows it up to a ludicrous extreme.
* Dr Harrison Wells of ''Series/TheFlash2014''. He's the head of S.T.A.R. Labs, making him Caitlin and Cisco's boss, but his relationship with the younger members of Team Flash is much more than that of boss and employee. He talks to Cisco about his problems with his family, helps Caitlin to deal with the loss of her fiance, and guides Barry through the ups and downs of being the Flash. Cisco in particular is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]], and he tells him as much when talking him out of quitting the team after [[spoiler: he was forced to tell Captain Cold Barry's secret identity]]. At the end of the first season, [[spoiler: this gets nastily subverted when he turns out to be Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash, though it's indicated that he still cares about Cisco to a certain extent, and somewhat less so Caitlin]].
** Detective Joe West (already Barry's foster father) slowly evolves into this for the rest of Team Flash, and provides a more human perspective to counter Dr Wells' ForScience tendencies.
* ''Series/{{House}}, M.D.'' -- Dr. Gregory House, with Wilson and/or Cuddy as his TeamMom. Wilson and [[TeamMom Cuddy]] also often act strikingly like they're ''House's'' parents.
-->'''House''': *calling Wilson on the phone*[[LampshadeHanging Hi, honey. How are the kids?]]
* Ted in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', who often lectures and bosses the others around when they're uncooperative or behaving stupidly, and always seems to be the go-to guy whenever anyone needs advice.
** This is lampshaded in the episode dealing with Lily and Marshall having a kid. He denies it, but we're then treated to flashbacks of him telling cheesy jokes and chastising Barney and Robin for breaking a model ship. He retorts with a sharp, "I don't like your tone, young lady."
** His most definitive example of dad-ness is probably "False Positive", where he after the group begin making large life-changing decisions, only to begin chickening out at the last minute, he finally snaps and gives them one hell of a chastising speech to their group of friends (and a brief moment later, Punchy on the phone) to get them to stop being cowards and pursue said life-changing decisions -- a move which ''drastically'' improves all of their lives for the rest of the show. Comes complete with Barney snickering [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Marshall and Lily got in troooouble!"]]
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Rear Admiral AJ Chegwidden, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy (boss of the team) and a former Navy Seal.
** When Harm [[TenMinuteRetirement goes back to flying Tomcats for a while]], ''he'' is considered this by the younger aviators.
* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' -- Jack [=McCoy=]; previously, Adam Schiff and Arthur Branch were ''his'' Team Dads.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' - Captain Donald Cragen; his role in the show is more that of MissionControl, but his relationship with his subordinates is Dad-like. At one point, Fin lampshades the trope by greeting Stabler and Benson with "Dad's mad." When he's temporarily reassigned after the nightmare that was Season 8, he bids the team farewell with, "Try to behave yourselves."
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' -- Part of Nathan's CharacterDevelopment is his growth from mere MissionControl to surrogate father for a RagtagBunchOfMisfits. Cemented by his romantic tension with Sophie, who becomes the TeamMom : in a Christmas episode, he has gotten Parker, Harrison, and Elliot gifts, which he and Sophie watch them play with, the parallel to parents watching their kids play obvious.
* Station Officer Sidney Tate in the first three series of ''Series/LondonsBurning''.
* Makito in ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'', [[PromotionToParent due to]] the team's real dad being [[DisappearedDad MIA]]. [[spoiler: It turns out their Dad is actually TheDragon, only brainwashed, and he joins the team for good later.]]
* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' -- Colonel Potter. Before Potter took over, Colonel Blake was a sort of "older brother" figure filling this role: at least the officers in the main cast almost invariably called Blake "Henry" except when deliberately speaking formally or to third parties; only ''very'' rarely did anyone dare to call Potter "Sherman".
* ''Series/TheMonkees'' -- Insofar as the group has one, it's definitely [[Creator/MichaelNesmith Mike]].
* Joel of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' treats the Bots like wayward children, offering support when they're down (or struggling to keep their sanity through the terrible movies) and admonishing them when they go too far. Of course, he also ''built'' the Bots, so in a sense he actually ''is'' their father.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' -- Jethro Gibbs is often seen as this, though it is debated as to which characters see him in this light.
** Abby also spells out the entire "Mom and Dad" setup with Jenny Shepard, preempting an oncoming argument with a pretty accurate summary of what's about to happen, and ending:
--->'''Abby''': The kids don't like it when Mommy and Daddy fight.
** When trying to calm down an unwitting human bomb, Gibbs says "My son, Tony, plays that same game" as a way to start a conversation.
** Not to mention Ziva calling him, with tears in her eyes, "the closest thing I have to a father".
** Later, Gibbs directly calls Ziva his "kid".
** When Ziva was considering marrying her boyfriend in Season 9, Tony tells Gibbs that he "should be getting ready to play father of the bride."
** Gibbs also easily stepped into the "father of the groom" role at [=McGee=] and Delilah's wedding.
* ''Series/NoahsArc'': Chance, being the typically more rational, level-headed leader. Also is the oldest of the main 4 characters.
* ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'': Don Eppes. He cultivates a slightly less authoritarian manner than Gibbs -- not quite first among equals but not as forbidding. Kind of "team big brother".
** Alan Eppes also plays out aspects of this trope despite not actually being a member of the team in question. By midway through the series, various members of the team are coming to him for advice, and the entire group is regularly included in family dinners.
* Many ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' teams had team dads:
** Mighty Morphin through Turbo: Zordon
** Lightspeed Rescue: Captain Mitchell, who literally was the father of two rangers.
** Ninja Storm: Sensei Watanabe, also Cam's dad... who managed to pull this even in the days when he was turned into a Guinea pig.
** Dino Thunder: [[OlderAndWiser Dr Tommy Oliver]].
** SPD: Doggie Kruger
** Operation Overdrive: Andrew Hartford and/or Spencer.
** Jungle Fury: RJ
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' -- Dr. Cox, [[strike:mostly]] unwillingly.
* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' -- Magnus and Alec act as the Team Dad couple to the rest of the characters, Magnus is most notably a father-figure to Raphael and Simon.
* DI Greg Lestrade often plays this role in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' fanfiction, due to being the show's leader type[=/=]cool older guy (relative to John and Sherlock)[=/=]ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
* ''Series/SirArthurConanDoylesTheLostWorld'' -- George Challenger. Summerlee could be considered the Team's grandfather.
* ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' -- Professor Arturo.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' -- O'Neill and Hammond both qualify.
** Jacob Carter has this role to a degree, particularly when he actually ''is'' the father of Samantha Carter.
** As well as Landry in the last two seasons.
* In ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' John Sheppard picks up the role, with Weir as his TeamMom counterpart.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' -- Jean-Luc Picard.
* The reality show ''Series/TheSurrealLife'' featuring former celebrities living under one roof, always seemed to develop a Team Dad (although not always a Team Mom, curiously). Celebrities such as Music/MCHammer, Dave Coulier (Joey from ''Series/FullHouse''), Christopher Knight (Peter from ''Series/TheBradyBunch''), and the lead singer of Music/SmashMouth all acted as the dad in their respective seasons.
** This is lampshaded by Christopher Knight who lamented that he was "the dad" despite never having been a father or being in a similar position.
* Red Foreman (played by Kurtwood Smith) from ''Series/That70sShow''. Much to his own displeasure.
--> '''Red:''' This house is always littered with kids! It's like we're... ''Mormons''!
* Malcolm Tucker of ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' is ''Her Majesty's Government's'' Team Dad. The scariest, most abusive one imaginable.
--> "Never mind what Mummy says, just do what Daddy says"
* Jeff Tracy in ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is literally and figuratively the daddy of the team.
* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': Captain Jack Harkness (at least to the team members he's not actively hitting on).
* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'': Artie, so much, particularly to Claudia. Even outright stated by Pete in one of the Christmas specials:
-->'''Pete:''' I'm like your [[BigBrotherInstinct big brother]], Myka is like your [[CoolBigSis big sister]], and Artie is so much like your dad it's kinda annoying.
* ''Series/{{Waterloo Road}}'': Tom Clarkson. This teacher has acted as a father figure for numerous kids at the school: Chlo and Mika Grainger (Series 3-4); all the Kellys (series 4 onward); his biological son Josh (series 5 onwards); plus other kids experiencing moments of distress. Sambuca Kelly openly declares that she "found her dad" in him [[spoiler:just before her death]].
* President Bartlet on ''Series/TheWestWing'', countering Leo's non-female TeamMom. (Hilariously, Creator/MartinSheen and Creator/JohnSpencer acknowledged this in interviews, but each said the other was actually the TeamMom.)
* ''Series/WhiteCollar'': Peter is the team dad of the FBI's white-collar division. All the agents, especially Jones and Diana, are 100% loyal to him. And he has to practice tough love with Neal. A lot.
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* ''Series/TheATeam'': [[ColonelBadass Col.]] John "Hannibal" Smith smiles at (and sometimes plays along with) Murdock's antics like a parent watching their young child act out fantasies, he can keep B. A. under control, and he reminds Face to keep his wandering eye in check and focus on the task at hand. He also has this cute habit of referring to the other members of the A-Team by their military ranks (Captain, Lieutenant, and Sergeant, respectively), even though they've all technically been discharged, and they often refer to him as "Colonel". He always has unwavering faith that his men will get the job done, and his {{nerves of steel}} are likelier to be rattled by something threatening Face, B.A., or Murdock than him.
* While Leonard on ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' is a DeadpanSnarker at times, when it comes down to it he's the go to guy for moral support. Fittingly, his on-again off-again girlfriend [[spoiler: and later wife]] is the CoolBigSis /TeamMom.
** Most notably, they're this with Sheldon, Leonard's roommate. While Leonard is unusually exasperated if not always annoyed with his roommate, he cares deeply for him.
* ''Series/TheBill'' -- Sgt. Bob Cryer (for uniform branch) and DCI/Supt Jack Meadows (for the CID).
* At times, Dr. Goodman seemed to be something of this in the first season of ''Series/{{Bones}}''.
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Captain Raymond Holt acts as the strict parental figure to the precinct, getting every member to reach their potential through discipline, and he is willing to put his team first in every decision he makes.
* ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'':
** Giles, particularly with respect to Buffy. ("Wish I could play the father, and take you by the hand." -- "Once More With Feeling")
*** For Giles, it helps that he's a ParentalSubstitute for a bunch of kids with [[ParentalAbandonment few if any parents]], especially fathers. Buffy and Dawn's father is in another country with his secretary, Willow's father was mentioned once and basically never again, Xander's is an alcoholic, Anya's has been dead for centuries, and Tara's is an [[AbusiveParents abusive bastard]]. Giles is literally the only positive adult male in any of their lives.
** Xander to the new Slayers in Season 8. Any Slayer who ever seems depressed or on the verge of a HeroicBSOD is always quickly cheered up by Xander.
** ''Angel'' villain [[KnightTemplar Holtz]] tries to be this, but ends up forming a cult.
** Angel himself. Lampshaded early on, in which Angel addresses to a bickering Cordelia and Wesley as "children."
* Sam Axe from ''Series/BurnNotice'' though he prefers to be CoolOldGuy and a best friend/PluckyComicRelief, when one of Team Weston is in trouble, going crazy or approaching either the MoralEventHorizon or DespairEventHorizon he will step in and either pep talk or start a "what is wrong with you" fight, though usually he leaves it to Maddie.
* ''Series/CharliesAngels'' -- Charlie; in the TV series, he is just VoiceWithAnInternetConnection and acts as MissionControl, but the movies emphasize the parental relationship he has with his "Angels".
* ''Series/{{Community}}'' -- Jeff Winger is the de facto TeamDad, with Shirley acting as the TeamMom. Lampshaded with both of them ''really'' acting like the parents of unruly children in "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples."
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' -- Gideon and Rossi, the latter's status as TeamDad being lampshaded by one of the team asking ''"Where are Mom and Dad?" "Oh, [[TeamMom Hotch]] and Rossi are still at the conference."
* ''Series/CrossingJordan'' -- Dr. Garret Macy.
* The Series/CSIVerse almost always has a Team Dad:
** ''Series/{{CSI}}'' -- Gil Grissom, then DB Russell
** ''Series/CSIMiami'' -- Horatio Caine.
** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' -- Mac Taylor.
** ''Series/WithoutATrace'' -- Jack Malone.
* ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' -- Rube.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' -- the Doctor, depending on which [[TheNthDoctor incarnation]] we're talking about. The Doctor is almost always a ParentalSubstitute to his companions, and as such is generally this when he has more than one companion at a time. Notable examples include the First, Second, Fifth (who was a little less off-the-wall than normal), and Thirteenth Doctors with their respective TARDIS teams (despite the Thirteenth being a woman, she still ''acts'' like a man more often than not), while the Eleventh Doctor is an aversion due to how he treated Amy and Rory more like friends than children. [[spoiler: Which turns out to be appropriate, given that they're his sort-of parents-in-law]]. However, even then he still has moments of being a ParentalSubstitute, such as going full PapaWolf when [[spoiler: Amy is kidnapped]], acting as a ShipperOnDeck to them, and referring to them as "the kids" while talking to [[SpaceshipGirl the TARDIS]].
* ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' -- Renn. Well, technically, he says [[http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/11501666128/1/tumblr_lt4o1lRpXD1qafkht "stopping children from fighting is a mother's job"]], but you get the idea.
* ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' -- Mal Reynolds.
** Demonstrated especially well in the episode "Out of Gas," when he handles each of his people differently during a crisis.
** "You're on my crew."
*** "Why are we still talking about this?"
*** "One of you is gonna fall and die and I'm ''not'' cleaning it up!"
* The character "Competitive Dad" from ''Series/TheFastShow'' takes the concept and blows it up to a ludicrous extreme.
* Dr Harrison Wells of ''Series/TheFlash2014''. He's the head of S.T.A.R. Labs, making him Caitlin and Cisco's boss, but his relationship with the younger members of Team Flash is much more than that of boss and employee. He talks to Cisco about his problems with his family, helps Caitlin to deal with the loss of her fiance, and guides Barry through the ups and downs of being the Flash. Cisco in particular is [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]], and he tells him as much when talking him out of quitting the team after [[spoiler: he was forced to tell Captain Cold Barry's secret identity]]. At the end of the first season, [[spoiler: this gets nastily subverted when he turns out to be Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash, though it's indicated that he still cares about Cisco to a certain extent, and somewhat less so Caitlin]].
** Detective Joe West (already Barry's foster father) slowly evolves into this for the rest of Team Flash, and provides a more human perspective to counter Dr Wells' ForScience tendencies.
* ''Series/{{House}}, M.D.'' -- Dr. Gregory House, with Wilson and/or Cuddy as his TeamMom. Wilson and [[TeamMom Cuddy]] also often act strikingly like they're ''House's'' parents.
-->'''House''': *calling Wilson on the phone*[[LampshadeHanging Hi, honey. How are the kids?]]
* Ted in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', who often lectures and bosses the others around when they're uncooperative or behaving stupidly, and always seems to be the go-to guy whenever anyone needs advice.
** This is lampshaded in the episode dealing with Lily and Marshall having a kid. He denies it, but we're then treated to flashbacks of him telling cheesy jokes and chastising Barney and Robin for breaking a model ship. He retorts with a sharp, "I don't like your tone, young lady."
** His most definitive example of dad-ness is probably "False Positive", where he after the group begin making large life-changing decisions, only to begin chickening out at the last minute, he finally snaps and gives them one hell of a chastising speech to their group of friends (and a brief moment later, Punchy on the phone) to get them to stop being cowards and pursue said life-changing decisions -- a move which ''drastically'' improves all of their lives for the rest of the show. Comes complete with Barney snickering [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Marshall and Lily got in troooouble!"]]
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Rear Admiral AJ Chegwidden, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy (boss of the team) and a former Navy Seal.
** When Harm [[TenMinuteRetirement goes back to flying Tomcats for a while]], ''he'' is considered this by the younger aviators.
* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' -- Jack [=McCoy=]; previously, Adam Schiff and Arthur Branch were ''his'' Team Dads.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' - Captain Donald Cragen; his role in the show is more that of MissionControl, but his relationship with his subordinates is Dad-like. At one point, Fin lampshades the trope by greeting Stabler and Benson with "Dad's mad." When he's temporarily reassigned after the nightmare that was Season 8, he bids the team farewell with, "Try to behave yourselves."
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' -- Part of Nathan's CharacterDevelopment is his growth from mere MissionControl to surrogate father for a RagtagBunchOfMisfits. Cemented by his romantic tension with Sophie, who becomes the TeamMom : in a Christmas episode, he has gotten Parker, Harrison, and Elliot gifts, which he and Sophie watch them play with, the parallel to parents watching their kids play obvious.
* Station Officer Sidney Tate in the first three series of ''Series/LondonsBurning''.
* Makito in ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'', [[PromotionToParent due to]] the team's real dad being [[DisappearedDad MIA]]. [[spoiler: It turns out their Dad is actually TheDragon, only brainwashed, and he joins the team for good later.]]
* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' -- Colonel Potter. Before Potter took over, Colonel Blake was a sort of "older brother" figure filling this role: at least the officers in the main cast almost invariably called Blake "Henry" except when deliberately speaking formally or to third parties; only ''very'' rarely did anyone dare to call Potter "Sherman".
* ''Series/TheMonkees'' -- Insofar as the group has one, it's definitely [[Creator/MichaelNesmith Mike]].
* Joel of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' treats the Bots like wayward children, offering support when they're down (or struggling to keep their sanity through the terrible movies) and admonishing them when they go too far. Of course, he also ''built'' the Bots, so in a sense he actually ''is'' their father.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' -- Jethro Gibbs is often seen as this, though it is debated as to which characters see him in this light.
** Abby also spells out the entire "Mom and Dad" setup with Jenny Shepard, preempting an oncoming argument with a pretty accurate summary of what's about to happen, and ending:
--->'''Abby''': The kids don't like it when Mommy and Daddy fight.
** When trying to calm down an unwitting human bomb, Gibbs says "My son, Tony, plays that same game" as a way to start a conversation.
** Not to mention Ziva calling him, with tears in her eyes, "the closest thing I have to a father".
** Later, Gibbs directly calls Ziva his "kid".
** When Ziva was considering marrying her boyfriend in Season 9, Tony tells Gibbs that he "should be getting ready to play father of the bride."
** Gibbs also easily stepped into the "father of the groom" role at [=McGee=] and Delilah's wedding.
* ''Series/NoahsArc'': Chance, being the typically more rational, level-headed leader. Also is the oldest of the main 4 characters.
* ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'': Don Eppes. He cultivates a slightly less authoritarian manner than Gibbs -- not quite first among equals but not as forbidding. Kind of "team big brother".
** Alan Eppes also plays out aspects of this trope despite not actually being a member of the team in question. By midway through the series, various members of the team are coming to him for advice, and the entire group is regularly included in family dinners.
* Many ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' teams had team dads:
** Mighty Morphin through Turbo: Zordon
** Lightspeed Rescue: Captain Mitchell, who literally was the father of two rangers.
** Ninja Storm: Sensei Watanabe, also Cam's dad... who managed to pull this even in the days when he was turned into a Guinea pig.
** Dino Thunder: [[OlderAndWiser Dr Tommy Oliver]].
** SPD: Doggie Kruger
** Operation Overdrive: Andrew Hartford and/or Spencer.
** Jungle Fury: RJ
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' -- Dr. Cox, [[strike:mostly]] unwillingly.
* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' -- Magnus and Alec act as the Team Dad couple to the rest of the characters, Magnus is most notably a father-figure to Raphael and Simon.
* DI Greg Lestrade often plays this role in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' fanfiction, due to being the show's leader type[=/=]cool older guy (relative to John and Sherlock)[=/=]ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
* ''Series/SirArthurConanDoylesTheLostWorld'' -- George Challenger. Summerlee could be considered the Team's grandfather.
* ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' -- Professor Arturo.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' -- O'Neill and Hammond both qualify.
** Jacob Carter has this role to a degree, particularly when he actually ''is'' the father of Samantha Carter.
** As well as Landry in the last two seasons.
* In ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' John Sheppard picks up the role, with Weir as his TeamMom counterpart.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' -- Jean-Luc Picard.
* The reality show ''Series/TheSurrealLife'' featuring former celebrities living under one roof, always seemed to develop a Team Dad (although not always a Team Mom, curiously). Celebrities such as Music/MCHammer, Dave Coulier (Joey from ''Series/FullHouse''), Christopher Knight (Peter from ''Series/TheBradyBunch''), and the lead singer of Music/SmashMouth all acted as the dad in their respective seasons.
** This is lampshaded by Christopher Knight who lamented that he was "the dad" despite never having been a father or being in a similar position.
* Red Foreman (played by Kurtwood Smith) from ''Series/That70sShow''. Much to his own displeasure.
--> '''Red:''' This house is always littered with kids! It's like we're... ''Mormons''!
* Malcolm Tucker of ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' is ''Her Majesty's Government's'' Team Dad. The scariest, most abusive one imaginable.
--> "Never mind what Mummy says, just do what Daddy says"
* Jeff Tracy in ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' is literally and figuratively the daddy of the team.
* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': Captain Jack Harkness (at least to the team members he's not actively hitting on).
* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'': Artie, so much, particularly to Claudia. Even outright stated by Pete in one of the Christmas specials:
-->'''Pete:''' I'm like your [[BigBrotherInstinct big brother]], Myka is like your [[CoolBigSis big sister]], and Artie is so much like your dad it's kinda annoying.
* ''Series/{{Waterloo Road}}'': Tom Clarkson. This teacher has acted as a father figure for numerous kids at the school: Chlo and Mika Grainger (Series 3-4); all the Kellys (series 4 onward); his biological son Josh (series 5 onwards); plus other kids experiencing moments of distress. Sambuca Kelly openly declares that she "found her dad" in him [[spoiler:just before her death]].
* President Bartlet on ''Series/TheWestWing'', countering Leo's non-female TeamMom. (Hilariously, Creator/MartinSheen and Creator/JohnSpencer acknowledged this in interviews, but each said the other was actually the TeamMom.)
* ''Series/WhiteCollar'': Peter is the team dad of the FBI's white-collar division. All the agents, especially Jones and Diana, are 100% loyal to him. And he has to practice tough love with Neal. A lot.
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