History BigBrotherInstinct / AnimatedFilm

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* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'':
** Fievel tries to ward off the Cossacks' cats for this reason.
** Tony instantly develops this for Fievel, trying to help the kid find his family and keeping him safe from any danger they encounter. Part of the reason why he used his slingshot on Warren was because he was demanding that the mice give him Fievel.
* Tadashi in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' for his younger brother Hiro, against threats both physical (his rescue of Hiro from a bunch of SoreLoser bot fighters) and non ("Mr. Krei? That's ''my brother's''" anyone?). Later on, the rest of Tadashi's friends, especially [=GoGo=], look after Hiro after [[spoiler: Tadashi died]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'': Kenai hates bears and finds [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Koda]] REALLY annoying at first, but after some bonding and a lot of CharacterDevelopment, he would still go through anything to protect him. In fact, Kenai and Koda were previously the page image for this trope.
** He likely gets it from his own brothers. His oldest brother dies early on in the movie, protecting Kenai from the MamaBear he angered. His second-oldest brother spends the movie in a misguided attempt to kill Kenai in bear form, [[MistakenForOwnMurderer mistakenly thinking that bear-Kenai killed human-Kenai]].
** This carries over into ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear2'', where Kenai risks storming into a village of hunters and fighting them to protect Koda, who's been run up a tree by the villagers.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'':
** After Anna informs Elsa about the EndlessWinter, Elsa panics and accidentally shoots Anna in the heart. Worrying Anna isn't safe near her, she conjures a giant {{snowlem}} to throw Anna out of her ice palace, believing this will help protect her.
** The film also gives an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with the same pair. Anna is quick to speak in defense of Elsa when Elsa freezes the kingdom and it appears as if it was on purpose, is the one to insist saving ''both'' Elsa and the kingdom is possible and sets out alone on a quest to do just that, and at the climax, [[spoiler:she makes a HeroicSacrifice by jumping in between Elsa, and Hans's sword. When she turns out to be alright, her only explanation for why she did it is that she loves Elsa, and the tone she says it in makes it sound like something Elsa should've expected rather than be surprised about. ]]
* Fly in ''WesternAnimation/HelpImAFish'', who's pretty caring when it comes to Stella, his little sister. Case in point: When it seems like searching for her [[BalefulPolymorph in starfish-form]] in the ocean via boat is hopeless, he doesn't hesitate to drink a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting potentially dangerous potion]] and dive in, in order to continue searching.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':
** Dash has a little brother instinct towards his sister Violet. Four words: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "DON'T! TOUCH! MY! SISTER!"]]
** Violet fully reciprocates. To specify, her Big Sister Instinct goes as far as throwing herself between Dash and multiple machine guns and her dialogue when Dash asks how she managed to throw up a ball-shaped shield that covers both of them all but states that she fully intended to ''die'' TakingTheBullet for him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'' (a {{Prequel}} to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), Joseph's many older brothers plan on having this when their baby brother is born. Unfortunately, a whole lot of ParentalFavoritism sours that, leading them to sell Joseph into slavery in Egypt and tell their father he was killed by a wolf. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, it's revealed that the brothers feel immense guilt over what they did and are ''very'' protective of Benjamin, to the point where, when Joseph tries to arrest Benjamin for a crime that wasn't committed, all of the brothers offer themselves up in his place. This moves Joseph enough to forgive them all.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', Dodger initially wanted nothing to do with Oliver but after accidentally getting Oliver involved with the gang's troubles with Stykes, he starts to consider Oliver his responsibility and looks after the little kitten, considering Oliver as much as a member of the gang as the other dogs.
* Eventually [[spoiler:Courtney]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Paranorman}}'' gets to be this way, to the point where [[spoiler:she'll throw herself between an oncoming mob and her little brother.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'':
** Ramesses's first reaction to his little brother killing a man in front of multiple witnesses is to declare him innocent. When Moses returns after years of being gone he is ready to give his brother a high position and wipe away the crime. That doesn't work out.
** There's also Moses's biological brother Aaron, who tries to protect Miriam when they first encounter Moses, who at this point is still considered Egyptian royalty and therefore a threat to them.
** Miriam herself goes into protective big-sister mode with Moses: Right at the beginning of the film when she follows baby Moses' basket down the Nile, and then later when she steps in to save Moses, who is no longer a royal and is about to be the focus of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the hands of mob of angry Hebrews led by Aaron.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree'', human Celestia mixes this with shades of MamaBear, when shielding Luna and some of their students from the magic-crazy BigBad.
* Jack Frost in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' acts much like an older brother to all the children around him. [[spoiler:It makes sense as what led to him becoming a guardian was him sacrificing himself to save his little sister from drowning.]]
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Bunnymund]] shows [[HypocriticalHeartwarming shades]] of this to Jack as well. Most of the time, though, he treats him as something like an [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Annoying Younger Brother]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' has the titular character acting this towards Skippy and the other children. After the Sherif takes Skippy's birthday present (a gold coin his family saved for him), Robin Hood comes in to cheer Skippy up and gives him a bow and arrow and his hat. Later on, when one of Skippy's sisters struggles to catch up with the escaping villagers from Prince John's castle, Robin Hood doubles back to get her.
* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': Marianne, whose instinct is strong enough that she's willing to single-handily [[StormingTheCastle storm the castle]] of the Bog King to rescue her kidnapped sister. [[spoiler:It's not strong enough to prevent a romance from blossoming between her and the Bog King, though.]]
** Actually, it most definitely is. [[spoiler:Only after Marianne grudgingly acknowledges that the [[PerpetualFrowner Bog King]] has been a perfect [[IncrediblyLamePun gentlemantis]] to her sister does Marianne warm up toward him.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', Andy is a kind brother to his sister, Molly, despite their light bickerings. When she had trouble lifting a box, he immediately went to help her. And at the end, [[spoiler:with Bonnie, who is a ShrinkingViolet. He kneels down at eye-level to her, introduces all his toys to her, and played with all his toys one last time with Bonnie before he left.]]
* Scowler from the ''WesternAnimation/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' movie eventually does this. When he sees Patchi return after kicking him out of the herd, he quickly warns him to keep away from the attacking ''Gorgosaurus'' and get to safety.
* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': The title character is this towards Vanellope. At first he wants nothing to do with her, especially after she steals a medal that he believes will earn him the respect of those he works with. As the two spend time with each other, and seeing they are NotSoDifferent, Ralph becomes protective of her.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'' (a kind of SpiritualSequel to ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''), Joseph's many older brothers plan on having this when their baby brother is born. Unfortunately, a whole lot of ParentalFavoritism sours that, leading them to sell Joseph into slavery in Egypt and tell their father he was killed by a wolf. [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, it's revealed that the brothers feel immense guilt over what they did and are ''very'' protective of Benjamin, to the point where, when Joseph tries to arrest Benjamin for a crime that wasn't committed, all of the brothers offer themselves up in his place. This moves Joseph enough to forgive them all.]]

** Violet fully reciprocates. To specify, her Big Sister Instinct goes as far as throwing herself between Dash and multiple machine guns.

** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Bunnymund]] shows [[HypocriticalHeartwarming shades]] of this to Jack as well. Most of the time, though, he treats him as something like an [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Annoying Younger Brother]].

* Dash of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' has a little brother instinct towards his sister Violet. Four words: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "DON'T! TOUCH! MY! SISTER!"]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', Ramesses's first reaction to his little brother killing a man in front of multiple witnesses is to declare him innocent. When Moses returns after years of being gone he is ready to give his brother a high position and wipe away the crime. That didn't work out.

*** Miriam herself goes into protective big-sister mode with Moses: Right at the beginning of the film when she follows baby Moses' basket down the Nile, and then later when she steps in to save Moses, who is no longer a royal and is about to be the focus of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the hands of mob of angry Hebrews led by Aaron.

** The film also gives an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with the same pair. Anna is quick to speak in defense of Elsa when everyone else thinks the latter is a monster (or the duke does anyway) and at the climax, [[spoiler:she makes a HeroicSacrifice by jumping in between Elsa, and Hans's sword. When she turns out to be alright, her only explanation for why she did it is that she loves Elsa, and the tone she says it in makes it sound like something Elsa should've expected rather than be surprised about. ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}'': Multiple:

* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'': Kenai hates bears and finds [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Koda]] REALLY annoying at first, but after some bonding and a lot of CharacterDevelopment, he would still go through anything to protect him. In fact, Kenai and Koda were previous the page image for this trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'': Kenai hates bears and finds [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Koda]] REALLY annoying at first, but after some bonding and a lot of CharacterDevelopment, he would still go through anything to protect him. In fact, Kenai and Koda provide the page image for this trope.

* Tadashi in ''Disney/BigHero6'' for his younger brother Hiro, against threats both physical (his rescue of Hiro from a bunch of SoreLoser bot fighters) and non ("Mr. Krei? That's ''my brother's''" anyone?). Later on, the rest of Tadashi's friends, especially [=GoGo=], look after Hiro after [[spoiler: Tadashi died]].
* ''Disney/BrotherBear'': Kenai hates bears and finds [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Koda]] REALLY annoying at first, but after some bonding and a lot of CharacterDevelopment, he would still go through anything to protect him. In fact, Kenai and Koda provide the page image for this trope.

** This carries over into ''Disney/BrotherBear2'', where Kenai risks storming into a village of hunters and fighting them to protect Koda, who's been run up a tree by the villagers.
* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'':

* ''Disney/RobinHood'' has the titular character acting this towards Skippy and the other children. After the Sherif takes Skippy's birthday present (a gold coin his family saved for him), Robin Hood comes in to cheer Skippy up and gives him a bow and arrow and his hat. Later on, when one of Skippy's sisters struggles to catch up with the escaping villagers from Prince John's castle, Robin Hood doubles back to get her.

* The title character of ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' is this towards Vanellope. At first he wants nothing to do with her, especially after she steals a medal that he believes will earn him the respect of those he works with. As the two spend time with each other, and seeing they are NotSoDifferent, Ralph becomes protective of her.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree'', Human!Celestia mixes this with MamaBear tendencies, when shielding Luna and some of their students from the magic-crazy BigBad.

* Elsa constantly displayed this attitude in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' where the reason that she constantly shuts Anna out of her life is because she believes it will protect her little sister from her ice powers that she almost killed her when they were children. On a more specific example, after Anna informs Elsa about the EndlessWinter, Elsa panics and accidentally shoots Anna in the heart. Worrying Anna isn't safe near her, she conjures a giant {{snowlem}} to throw Anna out of her ice palace, believing this will help protect her.

* Big sister example in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': After Anna informs Elsa about the EndlessWinter, Elsa panics and accidentally shoots Anna in the heart. Worrying Anna isn't safe near her, she conjures a giant {{snowlem}} to throw Anna out of her ice palace, believing this will help protect her.
** The film also gives an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with the same pair. Anna is quick to speak in defense of Elsa when everyone else thinks the latter is a monster (or the duke does anyway) and at the climax, [[spoiler: she makes a HeroicSacrifice by jumping in between Elsa, and Hans's sword. When she turns out to be alright, her only explanation for why she did it is that she loves Elsa, and the tone she says it in makes it sound like something Elsa should've expected rather than be surprised about. ]]

* Big sister example in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': Elsa loves her little sister, Anna, dearly. When she accidentally struck her with her ice powers when they were little, she locked herself in her room and didn't play with or speak to Anna anymore. Elsa shut her out because she was terrified of hurting her sister or anyone else with her powers again. She continues to have this attitude throughout the majority of the film's events.

* ''Disney/BrotherBear'': Kenai hates bears, and finds [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Koda]] REALLY annoying at first, but after some bonding and a lot of CharacterDevelopment, he would still go through anything to protect him. In fact, Kenai and Koda provide the page image for this trope.

* ''Disney/BrotherBear'': Kenai hates bears, and finds [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Koda]] REALLY annoying at first, but after some bonding and a lot of CharacterDevelopment he would still go through anything to protect him. In fact, Kenai and Koda provide the page image for this trope.

* ''Disney/BrotherBear'': Kenai hates bears, and finds [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Koda]] REALLY annoying, but would still go through anything to protect him.

* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': Marianne, whose instinct is strong enough that she's willing to single-handily [[StormingTheCastle storm the castle]] of the Bog King to rescue her kidnapped sister. [[spoiler:Its not strong enough to prevent a romance from blossoming between her and the Big King though.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'': Fievel tries to ward off the Cossacks' cats for this reason.

* Tadashi in ''Disney/BigHero6'' for his younger brother Hiro. Later on, the rest of Tadashi's friends, especially [=GoGo=], look after Hiro after [[spoiler: Tadashi died]].