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* Lady Felecia in ''Series/FatherBrown'', which is used to explain her having a number of unladylike skills. In the [[BaseballEpisode Cricket Episode]] "The Last Man'', she is sent in to bat in a DownToTheLastPlay moment and scores a six off the final ball to win the match. She then explains that her four brothers used to use her to practice their bowling, and she became an adept batsman in the process.

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* On a ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' episode, Alan warns Rose about the intensity of Jake's farts after he [[{{GassHole}} lets one rip]], to which Rose remarks that she's used to it considering that she's got two older brothers.

* On ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls,'' Wendy's tomboyish nature probably comes from having three younger brothers, [[MissingMom no visible mother]] and [[RatedMForManly Manly Dan]] for a father.

** In the final book, Harry also notes that having six older brothers probably explains Ginny's toughness.
** One Tumblr post posits that each of Ginny's brothers has qualities that could make them a target for bullying, so Ginny toughened up from an early age to protect ''them'' rather than vice versa.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Despite being a highborn lady, Arya's tomboyish pursuits (exploring, swordfighting, horseback riding) are encouraged by her father and older brother Jon.

* Deliberately subverted in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Sansa and Arya both have two older brothers and two younger brothers, but while Arya goes the tomboy route, Sansa is hopeless at anything she doesn't think of as "ladylike". Aryais supposed to take after her father (or, more accurately, her late aunt) while Sansa greatly resembles her mother. There's also Brienne of Tarth, where it's also subverted because every one of her prospective older brothers died relatively soon into their lives. Brienne herself was unable to keep out of fights, so her father decided he should teach her to fight so that she wouldn't get hurt all the time. The result is a strong, skilled fighter that can defeat one of the best knights (Albeit while he was under a severe handicap) in the Seven Kingdoms in a fight.

--->Yeah, Bill [[TheDandy has long hair and wears jewelry]], Charlie is [[NotGoodWithPeople a recluse with dozens of animals]], Percy is a huge nerd, Fred and George have a reputation as bad kids, Ron has a huge inferiority complex, and [[BadassBoast I wasn't going to let anyone give them any shit for any of that]].

* Katarina from ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' had two older brothers in her original life, which led to her current tomboyish personality.

* In the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' story ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10591096/1/Needlework Needlework]]'', Roy Mustang pulls an [[GenderFlip I Have Sisters]] when Riza Hawkeye expresses surprise that he knows how to sew.

* Deliberately subverted in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. Sansa and Arya both have two older brothers and two younger brothers, but while Arya goes the tomboy route, Sansa is hopeless at anything she doesn't think of as "ladylike". Arya's fire is because she's supposed to take after her father (or, more accurately, her late aunt) than Sansa, who greatly resembles her mother. There's also Brienne of Tarth, where it's also subverted because every one of her prospective older brothers died relatively soon into their lives. Brienne herself was unable to keep out of fights, so her father decided he should teach her to fight so that she wouldn't get hurt all the time. The result is a strong, skilled fighter that can defeat one of the best knights (Albeit while he was under a severe handicap) in the Seven Kingdoms in a fight.

* Parodied by [=KoreanBeef27=] in "[[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/26TJDA4KNuU Reversing the Hot Girl who knows Cars Trope]]".

* Male version: On ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', Raj plans [[spoiler: Lumpus and Jane]]'s wedding because "I have [[MassiveNumberedSiblings 17 older sisters]]. I think I know a thing or two about weddings."

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lincoln Loud, the lead character, is [[MiddleChildSyndrome the middle child]] and [[MassiveNumberedSiblings only son of eleven kids]], and while he does have typical boyish interests like comic books and video games, most of the "feminine" things that he knows about are related to things that his sisters are interested in (such as Lola's interest in beauty pageants leading Lincoln to know which types of fabric are harder to clean than others), are practical (such as being able to cook) and learning to be kind and sensitive (as shown in [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E23OneOfTheBoysATattlersTale "One of the Boys"]]). However, as shown in [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E19LincolnLoudGirlGuruComeSaleAway "Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru"]], just because Lincoln has a bunch of sisters, it doesn't automatically make him a "girl expert."

* Yor in ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' invokes this by claiming that she learned how to fight from her brother. Yor's brother is seven years younger than her, and she's lying to cover up how she's a ProfessionalKiller; a woman learning self-defense from her brother is less suspicious than one who learned all on her own.

* Hope O'Dare from ComicBook/{{Starman|DCComics}} has four brothers. She and her brothers are all cops and it's mentioned that she is the one everyone is frightened of.