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** And of course, both Violet and Dash become [[{{Pun}} incredibly]] protective of their baby brother Jack-Jack [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 in the sequel]]. When they're on a mission to save their parents and foil the plans of the movie's villain, they make it a priority to keep Jack-Jack safe from all the Screen-Slaved supers.
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** And of course, both Both Violet and Dash become [[{{Pun}} incredibly]] incredibly protective of their baby brother Jack-Jack [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 in the sequel]]. When they're on a mission to save their parents and foil the plans of the movie's villain, they make it a priority to keep Jack-Jack safe from all the Screen-Slaved supers.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': Mario to Luigi, in spades. His whole motivation upon landing in the Mushroom Kingdom is saving Luigi from Bowser. It's even showcased in the opening scene with Foreman Spike, where the one thing that makes Mario visibly upset isn't Spike mocking Mario or his ambition of starting his own business, but Spike talking shit about his little brother by calling Luigi an idiot.
-->'''Mario:''' [[TranquilFury Say that again about my brother, and you're gonna regret it]].
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* ''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 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.]]
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* ''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 only after Marianne grudgingly acknowledges that the [[PerpetualFrowner Bog King]] has been a perfect [[IncrediblyLamePun gentlemantis]] gentlemantis to her sister does Marianne warm up toward him.]]
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* 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.
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* 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 [[ForcedTransformation 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.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'': While he's not related to her, Flik is quite protective and caring toward Dot. He's the only one who steps in to stop Hopper from terrorizing Dot in the beginning, and he gives her a motivational speech about how she can do amazing things despite being so small.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Rémy realizes Émile is about to get caught in a trap set by Skinner, and saves him, causing himself to be caught in the trap. Émile immediately rushes off to get Django to set Rémy free.
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* ''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.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' 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.
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** Fievel tries to ward off the Cossacks' cats for this reason.
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** And of course, both Violet and Dash become [[{{Pun}} incredibly]] protective of their baby brother Jack-Jack [[WesternAnimation/Incredibles2 in the sequel]]. When they're on a mission to save their parents and foil the plans of the movie's villain, they make it a priority to keep Jack-Jack safe from all the Screen-Slaved supers.
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* 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]].
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* 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]].dies]].
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** 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. ]]
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** 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, Elsa and Hans's sword. When she turns out to be alright, her Anna's 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. ]]
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** 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.
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** Violet fully reciprocates. To specify, her Big Sister Instinct goes as far as throwing herself between Dash and multiple ''multiple machine guns and her guns''. 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.
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* Chuck in ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'' is very protective of his little sister, Silver, to the point of threatening to break every bone in Red's body if he tries anything and reacting with suspicion anytime he finds the two together. By the end of the movie, he chills out a bit.
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* ''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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* ''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, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer surprisingly similar]], Ralph becomes protective of her.
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* 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.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', Dodger initially wanted nothing to do with Oliver but after accidentally getting Oliver involved with in the gang's troubles with Stykes, Sykes, 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.
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** He likely gets it from his own brothers. His oldest brother dies early on in the first 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.
** 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.
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** He likely gets it from his own brothers. His oldest brother Sitka dies early on in the first movie, on, protecting Kenai from the MamaBear he angered. His second-oldest brother Then, Denahi (the middle 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'', [[WesternAnimation/BrotherBear2 the sequel]], where Kenai risks storming into a village of hunters and fighting them off the residents to protect Koda, who's been run up a tree by the villagers.
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* ''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]].
** 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]].
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** 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 first 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]].
** 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 first 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]].
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* ''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.]]
** 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.]]
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** Actually, it most definitely is. [[spoiler:Onlyonly after Marianne grudgingly acknowledges that the [[PerpetualFrowner Bog King]] has been a perfect [[IncrediblyLamePun gentlemantis]] to her sister does Marianne warm up toward him.]]
** Actually, it most definitely is. [[spoiler:Only
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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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* ''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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