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* ''WesternAnimation/AngelWars'': Eli and Kira have this dynamic, even though they aren't called siblings in the show. Eli keeps wishing to showboat, ignores orders, resorts to violence quickly, and acts without thinking or analyzing the situation, while Kira is much more by-the-book and analytical.
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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* In the '80s sitcom ''Double Trouble'', Alison is responsible while Kate is foolish.

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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* In the '80s sitcom ''Double Trouble'', ''Series/DoubleTrouble'', Alison is responsible while Kate is foolish.
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* ''Series/{{CriminalMinds}}'' has the Hotchner brothers, Aaron and Sean. Aaron is a well respected lawyer turned FBI agent. Sean cooks in a diner and later tends bar.

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* ''Series/{{CriminalMinds}}'' ''Series/CriminalMinds'' has the Hotchner brothers, Aaron and Sean. Aaron is a well respected lawyer turned FBI agent. Sean cooks in a diner and later tends bar.
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* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'': [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with Molly and Lorelai Blyndeff, especially in ''Literature/EpithetErasedPrisonOfPlastic''. Molly being "the responsible one" means that her ChildishOlderSibling Lorelai and their ManChild father tend to pile all the work on her in order to live in their own little worlds, and [[TripleShifter the resultant overwork]] is clearly doing a number on both her mental health and her academic performance, since she has trouble even fitting in her homework; meanwhile, Lori constantly takes Molly for granted and resents that her sister doesn't have time to play with her, [[NeverMyFault never mind that one of the biggest demands on Molly's time is doing the chores Lorelai and Martin can't be bothered to]]. The relationship between the sisters is clearly fraying as a result of Lorelai's toxicity even before she abducts Molly's speech teacher because she thinks it'll impress her new crush Giovanni, [[spoiler:and by the end of the novel, Molly seems to have given up on it entirely and moved on with her life]].
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She works 9 hours a day, 7 days a week. I'd say that counts as full time.


* In ''VideoGame/StardewValley'', Haley is the Foolish to Emily's Responsible. Despite her outgoing attitude, Emily is the more mature of the two and works part-time in Gus' bar, while Haley seems very childish for her age, throwing tantrums at the thought of being forced to do household chores and mostly just loitering about.

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* In ''VideoGame/StardewValley'', Haley is the Foolish to Emily's Responsible. Despite her outgoing attitude, Emily is the more mature of the two and works part-time full-time in Gus' bar, while Haley seems very childish for her age, throwing tantrums at the thought of being forced to do household chores and mostly just loitering about.
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* ''Manga/ToYourEternity'' has Bon and Torta, the princes of the Kingdom of Uralis, who end up being a DeconReconSwitch of this trope. Bon, the older sibling, craves fame and power and is prone to showing off. Torta, the younger sibling, is level-headed and sensible. It is Torta's down-to-earth nature that leads their father to name him as the heir over Bon. Bon, who desperately wants to regain his inheritance, tries to associate himself with Fushi in order to get back his status. This results in Bon [[spoiler:being named a heretic by the Church of Bennett and ending up on the executioner's block. Even though Fushi manages to save him from being executed, Bon is forced to forsake his royal status entirely and live under an alias to avoid the Church from targeting his family. However from that point onward, Bon ends up learning humility from accompanying Fushi and he eventually dies peacefully surrounded by his family]].
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* ''Webcomic/FiveNightsAtFreddysLostSouls'': Freddy often has to be the responsible party pooper to the more carefree, younger animatronics. It's not a role he particularly enjoys, but if it keeps everyone alive and safe, he's willing to play it.
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*''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'': While Franz Courtot was a hard-working doctor, his sister and her husband were poorer, lazy and had no desire to work, instead opting to sell Jeudi for money instead.
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* The film version of ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' is shown to have this. Conrad (Foolish) is destructive, rule breaker, and misbehaved sibling up until the end of the film, while Sally (Responsible) is the rule obeyer, and somehow bossy sibling.

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* The film version of ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' is shown to have this. Conrad (Foolish) is the destructive, rule breaker, and misbehaved sibling up until the end of the film, while Sally (Responsible) is the rule obeyer, and somehow bossy sibling.
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*''Series/HimitsuNoHanazono2007'': Discussed in-universe. Yoh says that he wants to be independent and help Wataru follow his passion of being a painter, unlike Osamu who's irresponsible and a geek.
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* In the Website/GoAnimate "Character gets grounded" videos, a lot of the troublemakers have this dynamic with their siblings. It's worth pointing out that these are simply the most common dynamics between these characters in the grounded videos, and some videos have been known to reverse the characters' dynamics or even have both be Foolish:

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* In the Website/GoAnimate Platform/GoAnimate "Character gets grounded" videos, a lot of the troublemakers have this dynamic with their siblings. It's worth pointing out that these are simply the most common dynamics between these characters in the grounded videos, and some videos have been known to reverse the characters' dynamics or even have both be Foolish:
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* ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'' Season 1:
** Among the "Rose-blings", fWhip is the {{fiery|Redhead}}, Foolish MadBomber twin to Gem's more [[OnlySaneMan level-headed]], [[TheSpock logical]] Responsible twin.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with the Sea-blings; Jimmy is the BoisterousWeakling Foolish Sea-bling who easily antagonizes his neighbours to Lizzie's PluckyGirl Responsible Sea-bling. Somewhat {{justified|Trope}} in this case, as Jimmy is the younger of the two and was [[spoiler:[[ChildhoodBrainDamage hatched from a damaged egg]] which Lizzie had spent ''hundreds of years'' [[PromotionToParent protecting]]]]. However, while Lizzie is certainly more competent and responsible than Jimmy, considering that she once ate a magical artifact without even thinking of the consequences, didn't know what a birthday was for years, and often trends towards chaotic, it's hard to call her responsible ''in general''.

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