History Main / ThePatriarch

* {{Vampire the Masquerade}}:Has Augustus Giovanni

** By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build, the father only builds, never destroys"-Douglas MacArthur. Ironically, MacArthur was a rather flawed patriarch by accounts I have read, being probably(of course, he's MacArthur)overbearing and apparently even adulterous. But he tried and in any case it is not a bad sentiment.

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 a CoolOldGuy and of course a BadassGrandpa. But 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.

** By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build, the father only builds, never destroys"-Douglas MacArthur. Ironically, MacArthur was a rather flawed patriarch by accounts I have read, being probably(of course, he's MacArthur)overbearing and apparently even adulterous. But he tried and in any case it is not a bad sentiment

-->''By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build, the father only builds, never destroys.''
-->[[FourStarBadass Douglas MacArthur.]]

* {{Deconstructed}} in ''MassEffect2'', where you meet a Krogan on Omega who's referred to as Patriarch, because he was given that nickname as a StealthInsult by Aria, the Asari who beat him and kept him around as a trophy, since the Asari, being a OneGenderRace, don't even have an equivalent term. Depending on your actions you can turn this around and have it be {{reconstructed}} and help him regain his confidence so he sees the title as a positive thing again.

* In ''MassEffect2'' you meet a Krogan on Omega who's referred to as Patriarch, because he was given that nickname as a StealthInsult by Aria, the Asari who beat him and kept him around as a trophy, since the Asari, being a OneGenderRace, don't even have an equivalent term. Depending on your actions you can turn this around and help him regain his confidence so he sees the title as a positive thing again.

[[StrawFeminist Obviously a product of the patriarchy.]]

-->''By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build, the father only builds, never destroys''

* {{Vampire the Masquerade}}: Why isn't Augustus Giovanni here already?

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* Tommey Lee Jones plays a surrogate for this in ''Man of the House''. He is also this to his daughter in the same movie.

* Kyosuke and Kirino's dad in ''OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai'' 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 eroge (since Kirino's still in junior high), so Kyosuke [[TakingTheHeat takes the heat for that]].
** Who then gets punched in the face for claiming he's going in his sister's room to use her computer to play games about doing inappropriate things to his sister.

* Kyosuke and Kirino's dad in ''OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai'' 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, but 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 eroge (especially since Kirino's still in junior high), so Kyosuke [[TakingTheHeat takes the heat for that]].

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* Big Daddy in ''{{Cat On a Hot Tin Roof}}''.

* Frank Reagan in BlueBloods

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* Rebbe Saunders in ''TheChosen''.
* Denethor and Theoden in ''LordOfTheRings''.
* TheBible : Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. David too.
* In ''Scipio Africanus: The Man Who Defeated Hannibal'' by Ross Leckie, Scipio's father is portrayed as almost a stereotype of the Roman version of this trope. He is stern and stoic, yet has a great tenderness underneath and raises Scipio to love and admire Rome and it's values and understand his duty to it.
* In Wen Spencer's ''Endless Blue'', Viktor was this in the BackStory.
* FunnyBoy: Arjie's father has ultimate authority over the family. For example, his wife wants to go to Canada to escape the conflict, but he would rather stay, so they stay. Arjie experiences him as someone who is not involved in the day-to-day life of the family, but who makes the major decisions.

* In ''{{NCIS}}'' Eli David is an antiheroic version of this. He crossed the MoralEventHorizon to many times to be a hero per se, but he is at least a FallenHero and a KnightTemplar . He also is something of a [[TheWoobie Woobie]], for one can pity him and regret how far he fell.

* Vampire the masquerade: Why isent Augustus Giovanni here already?

* Many famous Royalty and Nobility for obvious reasons.

He will likly 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. And 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 chiefs in the {{Mafia}}. Heroic ones will tend to have rough edges, though they will often be [[{{Mentors}} the Mentor]] for children, nephews, and grandchildren. This kind of character is often also a DeterminedHomesteader, and a WastelandElder.

* Big Daddy in ''Cat On A Hot Tin Roof''.