History Main / LittleBrotherIsWatching

** Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket has "Rescue the Tomboy", a story where Lupin steals a person from her uncle! [[spoiler: Her father was in Lupin II's gang, and asked Lupin the Third to bring her back because her "uncle", the third man of their gang, is trying to blackmail him by threatening her life.]]

* ''Film/{{Boy|1969}}'': A pretty scummy con artist couple routinely run a {{Flopsy}} in which they have their older son, a 10-year-old, step in front of cars to fake accidents. One day the younger son, a toddler, does what he's seen his older brother do so many times, and steps in front of a car. The motorist swerves to avoid him and is killed.

* ''Fanfic/DownAndOut'': Grace goes out of her way to make sure none of the remaining Apex children are aware that she is keeping Simon prisoner, only visiting him when they leave to explore nearby cars or are sleeping.

* Sam Vimes' ''own past self'' basically fills this role in ''Discworld/NightWatch''. The "present" Vimes is stuck in the past playing the role of his own mentor, John Keel, and knows that his younger self needs a swift crash course in being LawfulGood to get him to Discworld/GuardsGuards with his morals more-or-less intact. On three separate occasions (only two of which young Sam is actually there for), he takes the heroic / risky approach over the fast and brutal one because of this.

* In an anti-drug PSA a father is yelling at his son about the marijuana he found. "Where did you learn to do this stuff?" "From you, alright? I learned it by watching you!"

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* At the end of ''Film/AngelsWithDirtyFaces'', Jerry tells Rocky that the boys in Jerry's care look up to Rocky and stand a chance of becoming criminals themselves because they idolize Rocky so. When Rocky is finally taken to the electric chair, instead of acting tough like he bragged about, he screamed, cried, begged for his life and "died yellow". It's ambiguous whether he truly panicked or just acted that way to discourage the kids from thinking he was cool. (Perhaps a bit of column A, a bit of column B?)
** Jerry, who became a priest instead of a crook like Rocky, then asks the boys to pray for the soul of a little boy who couldn't run as fast.
* ''Film/Boy1969'': A pretty scummy con artist couple routinely run a {{Flopsy}} in which they have their older son, a 10-year-old, step in front of cars to fake accidents. One day the younger son, a toddler, does what he's seen his older brother do so many times, and steps in front of a car. The motorist swerves to avoid him and is killed.

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* In the "Mother Russia" arc of ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX'', Frank is trying to retrieve a young girl (around the same age as his daughter was) whose blood contains a biological superweapon that will eat her alive if he doesn't get her out of there. The Russians send a guy called the Mongolian, who kicks Frank's ass until he threatens the girl. Frank goes PapaWolf, "twisting his leg off like a drumstick until I realize she's watching". Later on, he sees her pick up a gun to help him and immediately takes it from her so she won't shoot herself or someone.

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* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has JD parody the anti-marijuana PSA mentioned above in his head with himself being a caffeine-addict finding a coffee-machine in his son's room.
--> JD: *sniffs* At least he's using good beans...

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-->-- Does this mean we'll have to watch our language and all that stuff?
-->-- Um. You've ''met'' Alice, right?
* When ''{{Wigu}}'' and his father Quincy stumble upon a stash of illegal drugs, Quincy considers selling them and has a GoodAngelBadAngel moment. The good angel wins out by showing him a vision of Quincy in jail and Wigu looking unhappy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': When the baby of the family, Lily, hears her older siblings say the word "Dammit" in the episode "Potty Mouth", she also starts saying that, to their horror. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} as it turns out she was actually trying to say "doughnut", they just heard it as "dammit"...but then double-subverted when the family dog Charles steals her doughnut and she blurts out an [[SoundEffectsBleep actual bad word that's censored]].]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/LeapFrog: A Tad of Christmas Cheer'', after Tad wishes a world in which he never existed and nobody knows him, he discovers that his older brother Leap is now a wimp and his brother and friends are now ruled over by the bully Parker Pig. It turns out that Leap became who he was because Tad looked up to him and so he stood up to him. When Tad shows up in the new reality, his presence briefly inspires Leap to stand up to Parker again, but then he tells Tad to leave because he doesn't know him and therefore can't keep standing up for him.

It's been said before that [[IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery imitation is the most sincere form of flattery]]. However, what if the behavior in question really shouldn't be complimented? ChildrenAreInnocent, but sometimes that AmbiguousInnocence leads them to copy behaviors from their role models that are less than ideal. While some, like the CardCarryingVillain, may appreciate this, and others, like the AntiRoleModel, may not care, some others do care and don't necessarily like where it leads. Some EvilParentsWantGoodKids, after all.

* {{Invoked}} in Creator/BioWare games. There's often one party member that's younger than the PlayerCharacter ([[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Mission Vao]], [[VideoGame/JadeEmpire Wild Flower]], [[Franchise/DragonAge Merrill]]) , and they're often naive and good-natured. While you ''can'' do evil actions while they're in the party, their reaction is tailored toward WhatTheHellPlayer?

[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused]] with BigBrotherIsWatching, where the government makes sure you are responsible by being ready to punish any immoral acts.

* ''Film/{{Boy}}'': A pretty scummy con artist couple routinely run a {{Flopsy}} in which they have their older son, a 10-year-old, step in front of cars to fake accidents. One day the younger son, a toddler, does what he's seen his older brother do so many times, and steps in front of a car. The motorist swerves to avoid him and is killed.

* In ''LittleLordFauntleroy'', the Earl of Dorincourt becomes less selfish and more considerate, because his grandson Cedric thinks about him as a kind-hearted, generous man and looks up to him, and the earl doesn't want to disappoint the boy.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': When the baby of the family, Lily, hears her older siblings say the word "Dammit" in the episode "Potty Mouth", she also starts saying that, to their horror. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} as it turns out she was actually trying to say "doughnut", they just heard it as "dammit"...but then double-subverted when the family dog Charles steals her doughnut and she blurts out an [[SoundEffectsBleep actual bad word that's censored]].]]

* In ''CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'', what finally persuades Mikey to clean up is Corey reaching for his box of drugs.

* Ian and Lip in the US version of ''{{Shameless}}'' make their little brother Carl wear earmuffs at night so they can talk about various illegal activities openly. However, Carl is naturally more sociopathic than either of his older brothers.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': When the baby of the family, Lily, hears her older siblings say the word "Dammit" in the episode "Potty Mouth", she also starts saying that, to their horror. [[spoiler: Subverted as it turns out she was actually trying to say "doughnut", they just heard it as "dammit".]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': When the baby of the family, Lily, hears her older siblings say the word "Dammit" in the episode "Potty Mouth", she also starts saying that, to their horror.

* On ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' in "Franklin's Word," Franklin's thoughtless use of the word "stupid" causes his little sister, Harriet, [[InnocentSwearing to start doing it as well]]. This causes him to realize that his little sister really does see him as a role model and he resolves to start being more thoughtful in his words and behavior when she's around.

* At the end of Film/AngelsWithDirtyFaces, Jerry tells Rocky that the boys in Jerry's care look up to Rocky and stand a chance of becoming criminals themselves because they idolize Rocky so. When Rocky is finally taken to the electric chair, instead of acting tough like he bragged about, he screamed, cried, begged for his life and "died yellow". It's ambiguous whether he truly panicked or just acted that way to discourage the kids from thinking he was cool. (Perhaps a bit of column A, a bit of column B?)

->''Careful the things you say; \\

But children will listen...''

* In Episode 8 of ''[[AsurasWrath Asura's Wrath,]]'' after beating Kalrow's minions, Asura mercilessly beats on a surviving Doji, his Burst Gauge filling with every punch. But when he sees [[NoNameGiven The Girl]] beating the corpse of another Doji with a rock and crying, his Burst gauge empties.

* A early ''FullHouse'' episode had Joey giving up on his comedy career only to find out that DJ has quit trying to play the guitar as a result. A few seasons later there was a similar episode. Jesse has quit going back to school so Michelle quits learning to tie her shoes.

* ''Scrubs'' has JD parody the anti-marijuana PSA mentioned above in his head with himself being a caffeine-addict finding a coffee-machine in his son's room.