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** [[spoiler:[[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko Prince Zuko]]]] takes this role after his HeelFaceTurn -- kids, you can have your [[BeachEpisode beach party]] ''after'' you save the world! The team unanimously follow him when TheHero disappears. They seem to be emphasizing this trait in the [[http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/Eternal_Light55/Bumi%20Vs%20Toph%20Comic/BvsT8.jpg new]] [[http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/Eternal_Light55/Bumi%20Vs%20Toph%20Comic/BvsT10.jpg comics]]. Even before that, there's his "You're a talented kid" speech in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheFirebendingMasters The Firebending Masters]]". The camera angles, which exaggerate the height difference between him and Aang, clearly were meant as a reference to this trope. Did not help to stop those who shipped him with Katara, the TeamMom -- [[HoYay or Aang himself]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' -- Zachary Foxx is not only raising his two children after his wife met AFateWorseThanDeath at the hands of the series BigBad, but often acts as a father figure to his team, especially Shane and Niko, who do not have parents.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has [[spoiler: [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZuko Prince Zuko]]]] -- Kids, you can have your [[BeachEpisode beach party]] ''after'' you save the world! The team unanimously follow him when TheHero disappears. They seem to be emphasizing this trait in the [[http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/Eternal_Light55/Bumi%20Vs%20Toph%20Comic/BvsT8.jpg new]] [[http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/Eternal_Light55/Bumi%20Vs%20Toph%20Comic/BvsT10.jpg comics]]. Even before that, there was his "You're a talented kid" speech in "The Firebending Masters". The camera angles, which exaggerated the height difference between him and Aang, clearly were meant as a reference to this trope. Did not help to stop those who shipped him with Katara, the TeamMom. [[HoYay Or Aang himself]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BionicSix'' -- Jack Bennet aka Bionic-1. The Bionic 6 are made up of him, his wife and TeamMom Helen, and their children -- biological and adopted.

* '' WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' -- Goliath (also ActionGirl Angela's father) and Hudson. (Who really is the father of Broadway, according to WordOfGod.)

* ''WesternAnimation/OnyxEquinox'': by the end of the first season, [[PantheraAwesome Yaotl]] would die for any of the kids he's traveling with.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' -- Solomon "Doc" Saturday (also a literal/biological father).

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' -- Optimus Prime. Most versions of Optimus could count (especially [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Primal]]), but ''Animated'' Optimus is the most explicitly dad-like.

* Aqualad took on this role early in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. Since he's the most mature of the group, he often ends up playing mediator between his teammates' conflicting egos. He's also a BigBrotherMentor to both Robin and ComicBook/{{Superboy}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has [[spoiler:[[SixthRanger Prince Zuko]]]] -- Kids, you can have your [[BeachEpisode beach party]] ''after'' you save the world! The team unanimously follow him when TheHero disappears. They seem to be emphasizing this trait in the [[http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/Eternal_Light55/Bumi%20Vs%20Toph%20Comic/BvsT8.jpg new]] [[http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii175/Eternal_Light55/Bumi%20Vs%20Toph%20Comic/BvsT10.jpg comics]]. Even before that, there was his "You're a talented kid" speech in "The Firebending Masters". The camera angles, which exaggerated the height difference between him and Aang, clearly were meant as a reference to this trope. Did not help to stop those who shipped him with Katara, the TeamMom. [[HoYay Or Aang himself]].
** Before he came along, Sokka ''tried'' to serve as the group's dad, which Katara even lets him know he's not good at it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', both Tenzin and Mako have tried their hands at this, with different degrees of success. Bonus points for Tenzin since not only he is Aang's son, but he himself is the father of three Airbending kids. [[spoiler: And later his fourth child is born, though we don't know if Rohan is an Airbender or not.]]

* [[TheHero Twilight Sparkle]] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is a rare female example. She's [[OnlySaneMan the most down-to-earth member of the heroes]] ([[NotSoAboveItAll most of the time]]), has good leadership and planning skills, and also [[CoolBigSis shows some parenting skills when looking after]] [[KidSidekick Spike]].

* Stan from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has some shades of this [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]]. He's the oldest from the group, but not by much and it's rarely brought up. However he is basically TheLeader and often the OnlySaneMan, as well as a {{determinator}} who tries to set an example. He can be quite protective towards the others (not so much towards Cartman though) and is also prone to scolding them if he disagrees with what they are doing. From the group he fights the least with Cartman, the latter showing some respect towards him, but that's not saying much.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Garnet is a ([[OneGenderRace sort of]]) female example of this trope. She is the de facto leader of the Crystal Gems, be the serious one who reins in the team and they all look up to her. However, she's mainly this with Steven (while Pearl is the TeamMom and Amethyst is the CoolBigSis to him.) Greg somewhat functions this as Steven's dad, though the others have awkward friendships with him, at least in the beginning. They begin respecting him more over time, including Pearl.

** His incarnation on the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'' has Wilbur as his only biological son, but he acts as a father figure in the lives of Tommy, Tubbo and Ranboo, and has a fatherly demeanor towards pretty much anyone he interacts with. As a result, "Dadza" is one of his most popular nicknames, both in and out of the SMP. However, his ''actual'' parenting skills may leave much to be desired, most prominently seen when [[spoiler:he helps his son commit SuicideByCop with little to no hesitation, just minutes after he joined the server]].

* Brock Samson from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', despite being a macho brute of a badass ActionHero, has quite clearly taken up the role of Hank and Dean's parental figure; he's responsible for the feeding and clothing of the kids (and their father) and in one episode can be seen checking the boys over for head lice as he outlines a combat plan to one of his colleagues. Hank, at least, also looks up to him and asks him for advice.

* Santa Christ from WebSite/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, although even [[BigGood he]] finds dealing with thirty overgrown children hard to cope with.

* It's something of a tradition if not a meme in fantasy games for ThePaladin (or other usually lawful character class) to be the party babysitter, that is, keeping the ChaoticStupid characters from getting themselves killed or starting a war with the NPCs, not to mention preventing teammates from killing each other.