History Main / ThePatriarch

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': All the major houses have one, of course, but Tywin Lannister wins the prize. His very first appearance has him giving Jaime an impassioned speech about the importance of the family legacy while skinning a deer. He orders his children around all he wants, and even his psychopathic ''boss'' and grandson King Joffrey (who outright threatens to kill his own mother and tried to assassinate his uncle) is scared of him.

* ''Kichikujima''- A more villainous example is Yoshikazu who is the big bad of the series.

He will likely be overprotective and perhaps a KnightTemplarParent. On the plus side he will almost certainly be a very efficient PapaWolf if any of his people are in danger, especially his young daughters, doubly so if he only has one daughter among several sons. He will definitely be the family's TeamDad, whatever else he is. Villainous Patriarchs will often be AbusiveParents, and/or a FallenHero. They might also be TheDon in TheMafia. Heroic ones will tend to have [[GoodIsNotNice rough edges]], though they will often be {{Mentors}} for their children, nephews, and grandchildren. This kind of character is often also a DeterminedHomesteader, and a WastelandElder.

* ''Literature/WagonsWest'': Toby very much became one in the follow up series ''The Holts'', as he advised and criticized his children as they went to their adult professions as he felt needed.

Similarly, the Patriarch's overbearing authority may crush his sons into mere {{Nice Guy}}s, whom he can not respect for their [[ExtremeDoormat spinelessness]]. A nastier sort may try to crush rebellion with the threat of his will and finally despise them as the spineless {{Nice Guy}}s and [[TheDutifulSon Dutiful Sons]] he made them, declare them InadequateInheritor, and opt for PassedOverInheritance. This may be why the BlackSheep is his [[ParentalFavoritism favorite.]].

* Kyosuke and Kirino's dad in ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'' is this. Is permissive to his children so long as they follow certain conditions, such as his allowing Kirino to be a model if she excels at schoolwork. He doesn't take very well finding out that she is an {{otaku}}, not because of any stupidity concerning the AnimationAgeGhetto, but because of the attached stigma of being one, which he does not want her to suffer. However, no amount of reasoning can make him accept her ownership of {{eroge}} (since Kirino's still in junior high), so Kyosuke [[TakingTheHeat takes the heat for that]].

He will likely be an OverprotectiveDad and perhaps a KnightTemplarParent. On the plus side he will almost certainly be a very efficient PapaWolf if any of his people are in danger, especially his young daughters, doubly so if he only has one daughter among several sons. He will definitely be the family's TeamDad, whatever else he is. Villainous Patriarchs will often be AbusiveParents, and/or a FallenHero. They might also be TheDon in TheMafia. Heroic ones will tend to have [[GoodIsNotNice rough edges]], though they will often be {{Mentors}} for their children, nephews, and grandchildren. This kind of character is often also a DeterminedHomesteader, and a WastelandElder.

%%* Voralonus L. Vollotorian in the Solaranian Territories short stories.

This is the SpearCounterpart to an ApronMatron. He is a tough family male elder and he just oozes authority wherever he goes. Likely he will be head of TheClan, a CoolOldGuy, and possibly an OldMaster. Younger versions are allowed, though usually not too young. Just as an Apron Matron is a badass woman whose formidability is tied to running the family, he is a man whose formidability is associated in the same way.