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* Kitten of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' is a male TeamMom to his brothers the [[PraetorianGuard Adeptus Custodes]]. The 'same age' is zigzagged; on one hand, he's definitely older than at least 9,000 of them, and given that they're all ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, he's older by most of them by centuries, if not millennia [[note:The math?]] Kitten lived through the Horus Heresy 10,000 years ago, during which the Custodes were reduced from ten thousand to a thousand. They eventually restored their ranks, but not all at once because Custodes are insanely expensive to make[[/note]]. On the other, Brother Santodes and Whammudes, fellow survivors of the Horus Heresy, consider him the 'Daddy' of the Custodes.

* In the season four premiere of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Deep Down," most of the Fang Gang of Angel Investigations have gone their separate ways, with Angel, Cordelia, Lorne, and Wesley all enmeshed in some situation that keeps them from seeing the group. Subtracting these characters from the group left us with Gunn, Fred, and Connor: i.e., a romantically involved adult couple and a teenage boy. Gunn and Fred were clearly growing into the role of acting as Connor's parents, worrying about his tendencies toward destructive rebellion in the way that his own parents might worry about it.

* Piper and Leo from ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' started to fulfill these roles after they got married and Prue died.

* Meiko and Kaito in ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' fanon, presumably due to the fact that of the Crypton Future Media Vocaloids, they're the "oldest" and most mature looking. Kaito is typically seen as the Vocaloids' [[BumblingDad bumbling]] TeamDad while Meiko plays a [[WomenAreWiser wiser]] but [[HairTriggerTemper more aggressive]] [[TeamMom mother figure]].

* Katara and Zuko are this in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Katara as the TeamMom is the most caring of the group, often to the point of being naggy. She can easily pass herself off as actual Aang's mother, and Sokka even says to Toph that Katara had replaced Kya in his mind. Zuko is the TeamDad, he is caring but not sentimental like Katara is. He is instead focused on discipline and order within the group. He encourages Aang to work out problems on his own and breaks up a fight between Toph and Bumi. Zuko and Katara are seen discussing on how best to deal with Aang's obsession with Sokka's non-benders club, and they take over leadership when he temporarily disappears in the finale.

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* Katara is this in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. She's the most caring of the group, often to the point of being naggy. Sokka even says as much to Toph in one episode.

* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' has Sanzo and Hakkai. The former is the team leader who controls the finances of their journey, and exercise discipline on {{Man Child}}ren Goku and Gojyo by beating them up when they start bickering (usually over food). Hakkai is the gentle medic who typically cleans up after the rest of the guys.

* Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye to their State Alchemist subordinates in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.

* In ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', Fai accurately identifies himself and Kurogane as the "[[TeamMom mommy]]" and "[[TeamDad daddy]]" of the group.
* Sugawara Koushi and Sawamura Daichi from {{Haikyuu}}. Sugawara acts as the gentle and caring 'mom' of the team and Daichi acts as the 'dad' who getts them into line.

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* Sugawara Koushi and Sawamura Daichi from {{Haikyuu}}!!. Sugawara acts as the gentle and caring 'mom' of the team and Daichi acts as the 'dad' who getts them into line.

* Joe becomes the surrogate father as are Sora becoming the surrogate mother for the immature Digidestined from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''.

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* Carlisle and Esme Cullen of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' are the adoptive parents of Edward, Emmett and Alice Cullen, as well as Rosalie and Jasper Hale despite the fact that everyone except Carlisle is about the same age.
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* Katara is this in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. She's the most caring of the group, often to the point of being naggy. Sokka even says as much to Toph in one episode.