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At the very least they're both adults, or close enough to it in Juane's case. I think at that point it would only be an example if Juane being taller was considered unusual, which there's no indication of.
In that case, certain examples of that trope seem a bit Chairsy. Not all of them, but a lot of them.
I wouldn't be surprised. It's probably like You Gotta Have Blue Hair, where people would put it in for any hair color that wasn't typical. I think that's why the mods had issues with appearance-based tropes some time ago.
Usually, I try to go by the benchmark of "is the trope something that can be noticed in-series". In other words, is it remarked upon at any time, like the Elric brothers in Fullmetal Alchemist, where Alphonse being bigger is a running joke.
I always thought the trope was about Younger Siblings are more mature then their older ones.
...The episode's only been out for half a day and we're already edit-warring? Not surprised considering this fandom.
Anyway, we probably need more information on the Arc family before we can 100% say whether this is an example or not.
I had a dog-themed avatar before it was cool.
^^ I think that's just one aspect of the trope rather than the trope in itself. The basic idea, as I follow it, is that the younger sibling can be easily mistaken for the older In-Universe.
^ Not if we're just talking about the sister met most recently. Though even then I'm inclined to think no, not an example.
Edited by sgamer82
The trope Big Little Brother was removed from Jaune's entry on the RWBY character page with this edit reason "Trope misuse. He's a man and she's a woman. It's natural at this point for him to be taller." And now I'm curious.
There's nothing on the trope page that seems to indicate younger brother/older sister pairs are exempt, it just says it's more normal for it to be the case.