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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}} the Mentor]] for children, nephews, and grandchildren. This kind of character is often also a DeterminedHomesteader, and a WastelandElder.

%%* Charlie Anderson in ''Film/{{Shenandoah}}''.

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* {{Deconstructed}} in ''VideoGame/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 {{reconstruct|ion}}ed and help him regain his confidence so he sees the title as a positive thing again.

* In ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'', Mr. Conklin is ThePatriarch of his family. In addition to being the dictatorial principle at Madison High School, he views himself as head of his family in the traditional sense. He is very pompous, having a large photo of himself above the fireplace. He is unmovable when he makes a decision, as his daughter Harriet well knows. He shouts out orders. In "Bartering With Chief Thundercloud" (he orders the visiting Miss Brooks to answer the door). In the "Yodar Kritch Award", Walter Denton relates how Mr. Conklin couldn't find a sock and shouted orders at everyone in the house. However, Mr. Conklin's authority isn't absolute. Episodes like "The Embezzled Dress" and "Connie and Frankie" show that Mrs. Conklin can also put her foot down.

* In ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'', Mr. Conklin is the {{Patriarch}} of his family. In addition to being the dictatorial principle at Madison High School, he views himself as head of his family in the traditional sense. He is very pompous, having a large photo of himself above the fireplace. He is unmovable when he makes a decision, as his daughter Harriet well knows. He shouts out orders. In "Bartering With Chief Thundercloud" (he orders the visiting Miss Brooks to answer the door). In the "Yodar Kritch Award", Walter Denton relates how Mr. Conklin couldn't find a sock and shouted orders at everyone in the house. However, Mr. Conklin's authority isn't absolute. Episodes like "The Embezzled Dress" and "Connie and Frankie" show that Mrs. Conklin can also put her foot down.

* Ironically, UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur (see page quote) was a rather flawed patriarch by many accounts, being overbearing and apparently even adulterous. But he tried and in any case it is not a bad sentiment.

Similarly, the Patriarch's overbearing authority may crush his sons into mere {{Nice Guy}}s, whom he can not respect for their 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.]].

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 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.

* A [[Film/{{Aliens}} Gene]][[{{Expy}} stealer]] from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'' will turn into a mighty Broodlord if it successfully infiltrates a planet and starts [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong "mating"]]. The resultant family of hybrids and cultists start worshiping the Broodlord, helping it grow even larger and deadlier, and it even starts manifesting PsychicPowers.

%%* Papa Smurf in ''TheSmurfs''.

* Creator/TommyLeeJones plays a surrogate for this in ''Man of the House''. He is also this to his daughter in the same movie.

* {{Deconstructed}} in ''VideoGame/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 {{reconstruct}}ed and help him regain his confidence so he sees the title as a positive thing again.

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. 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 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.

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. 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 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.

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* [[spoiler: Kalish]] becomes one in the DistantFinale of ''UniversalWarOne''. This trope is even the last issue's title.

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* Many--if not ''most''--of {{the clan}}s in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and [[Series/GameOfThrones the TV adaptation]] are lead by patriarch.

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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. 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.

* Johnny Rose is this on ''Series//SchittsCreek''. His hard work built the family's fortune, and when they go broke, he's the one who holds the family together.

A common plot is where the Patriarch is too much TheStoic to give a SoProudOfYou until the very end, which of course will likely be a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming (unless it is meant to tragically come too late). And if a Patriarch is married to an ApronMatron, then we shall have something to see... This trope may be less common now and milder father-figures seem to be somewhat in vogue, but it still persists.

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 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.

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. 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 TheDon 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.

* Robert Crawley, Lord of Grantham, in ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.

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* Tony Soprano in ''Series/TheSopranos'' thinks he is this. He is fooling himself, and that is kind of the point of the show. His "associates" all treat him with a mix of fear and respect, but in his own family his wife is nagging, his daughter is usually trying to piss him off, and his son is an overemotional underachiever.

* UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar is the patriarch of his family in ''Series/{{Rome}}'', as he was in real life.