My cousins are like this. The big brother does better in school, is more mature, and he is also very laconic and stoic, unless provoked. His little brother is less of a troublemaker, that's why his parents like him better than the old brother.

Minus the "cool" part at school, and much of the bishonen part (well, YourMileageMayVary on that one), this troper is a good example

If I didn't know any better, I'd swear my own brother was Zuko or Seto Kaiba (he's a little brother to me, but he's a big brother to our other two sisters). He seems to think showing emotions or affection is a crime. ''And'', like most {{Aloof Big Brother}}s, he's a ChickMagnet; our sister once ran a brisk business selling copies of his school photo to her friends. But he's not a loner; no, that's me.

Took This Troper thirteen years to realize ''he'' was this kind of brother! He's not even so antisocial; just quiet, introverted, and ten years older than a little brother with very different interests. God willing, the kid won't get weird ideas about his big bro from {{Main/Naruto}}.

Genderflipped when it comes to this female troper and my own youngest sister. A twelve-year age difference as well as personalities that are entirely too similar in some ways combine to create a pretty darn aloof relationship between us, especially when given my rather aloof personality in general. It gets particularly bad when it's factored in that I don't intuitively understand the differences between six-year-old thought and adult thought and subconsciously expect her to behave like an adult--the kid's pretty darn smart for her age, but not ''that'' smart.

This troper is a GenderFlip too; she's aloof and constantly bored, a DeadpanSnarker, an artistically talented TeenGenius, and taller and better-looking -- in her opinion, anyways -- than the more ordinary younger sister she looks down upon. (Of course, the fact that said sister is ''ridiculously annoying'' means that the aloof part doesn't last very long if we're in each other's presence for a prolonged period of time.)

Wow, what an attitude to have towards a little sister...

Forget having that attitude towards your sister; try having that attitude about ''yourself.'' I suppose it's a relief to know that at least ''someone'' isn't suffering from a low self-esteem...

Not uncommon in the least. I feel the same way towards my own sister.

(Original troper here) It's... more complicated than I made it out to be. My sister is the well-adjusted normal one, annoying though she may be; I have enough issues to give out monthly subscriptions, crippling social anxiety outside of the internet and my relatives, and have made a complete hash of my life in the last five years or so. And she's always been much easier to deal with (SanityHasAdvantages is a largely irrelevant trope but an apt phrasing), which I suspect caused our parents to prefer her over me; we form a lovely jealousy yin-yang. Our relationship is not healthy at all. And it's not entirely one-sided, as she thinks I'm a stuck-up blowhard.

I don't remember writing the above entry. Someone must have cloned me when I wasn't looking.....

I have a good idea...

This troper is an Aloof ''Little'' Brother.

I try to be an Aloof Little Brother to my four older siblings and an Aloof Big Brother to my 10 years younger brother. It's impossible though because apparently if I'm within 500ft of the house everyone cannot stand to be away from and not talking to me for more than 10 minutes at a time.

Subverted; this troper seems like the gender flip of this to her friends and her brother's friends, but is actually quite close and friendly with her brother when friends aren't around. This ''may'' be attributed to the fact most people seemed to hate their younger siblings, and younger siblings complained about how mean their elder ones were. Also considering the fact her brother is more talented in certain academic fields than her (such as math), she doesn't ''quite'' fit the trope.

This troper is almost a genderbended version. Mostly a loner, but instead of mingled awe and fear/respect, my sister's friends are just plain terrified of me, and they fear for my sanity. Nasty little ten year olds.

This Troper is an Aloof Big Sister, but finding that out took her completely by surprise. Most friends of my sister, friends of mine, and family-members believe that I fit this trope to a 'T' because my sister and I primarily communicate in one-liners around others, but in actuality I'm a lot warmer than the cliche. That part about having supreme self-confidence and achievements is true, though; that does, in fact piss her off.

Oddly enough, this Troper's big brother acts rather aloof to her, yet becomes one of the loudest, happiest, and most social people on Earth in the presence of anyone else.

This Troper is freakishly tall (5'9 when she was ELEVEN!), doesn't show much emotion around other people, is extremely antisocial, and a brilliant artist. However, she is an epic failure in mathematics and writing anything except stories (letters, summaries, etc.) I can't recall one instance in my school (other than assemblies, when they're not allowed) where there wasn't a book in my hands, either...

You sound A LOT like this Troper's former stalker, Carley.

This troper's brother fits this trope, except that he's lazy, and a jerk. But the ChickMagnet stuff still surprises me. He's going to be 30 this year.

@/raekuul is one, usually.

I'm one of the people that goes around adding ''City of Heroes'' examples, so it probably doesn't come as a surprise that I play the game. One of my friends, who frequently decries modern anime but still watches DBZ reruns, dreamed up a rivalry between one of his characters, a HotBlooded BloodKnight with Woobie overtones, and my "main character," a ProudWarriorRaceGuy in his backstory. His description of one of their fights had dialogue that could have been transplanted straight into a fight between Byakuya and Ichigo, and was startled when I told him so. Still can't get him to actually watch the series, though.

This Troper is one most of the time, but can become insanely outgoing at the drop of a hat.

I've got one of these. My big brother is pretty much a text book example of this, with shades of WellDoneSonGuy thrown in, just for kicks. Raging inferiority complex and years of therapy, here I come!

Subverted- This Troper's older brother, despite a twelve year age-gap and very different interests, have always gotten on remarkably well, and tend to have an easy (and deeply, DEEPLY sarcastic) conversation going on most of the time.

This troper's husband is often mistaken for an Aloof Middle Brother. His elder brother and younger sister are talkative, outgoing, athletic and have lots of social activities. Troper's Husband is shy, quiet, an avid reader, and prefers to use his computer or play video games. He loves his family very dearly and his siblings know he's not aloof, but other people don't always know what to make of him.

This Troper is one, being a misanthrope.

This troper is actually an Aloof Little Brother, often forced to play MetaGuy or DeadpanSnarker to his older brother's antics.

Genderflip! This troper loves her siblings, but usually won't hang around them much.

This troper. He's also the favorite child do to being a hard worker who generally gets better grades then the siblings who he ignores.

This troper, played straight so very hard with his younger step-sisters and half-brothers. He's considered the smart, quiet, and more serious one, is a loner, and his lack of belief might not go over well with their Born-again perspective. They enjoy each other's company, but they only see each other every few years.

This troper has adopted a role model of hers as Aloof Big Sister, despite already having a real Aloof Big Sister of her own. Glutton for punishment, I guess.

This troper is a mild example of this to his younger sister.

This troper's big brother. She named her daughter after him.

This troper used to be this to her twelve-years-younger sister. We got better.

This Troper was once called out on this trope by his mother (not seeming to care about her and my younger sister, not showing interest in my sister's antics (which tend to feature drink. She first went into hospital for a drink related blackout at FIFTEEN! She is currently sixteen. Just) and just not being there as often as I could (which is a bit harsh when you consider I need to get the bus just to get there and our bus service basically is one bus every two hours from seven am to seven pm). His response was either stupid or badass (I haven't decided which): "Being able not to show emotion is sometimes a useful thing." Did I mention that I smile about as frequently as Seto Kiaba? There are three reason for this viewpoint. One, too much knowledge about how teenagers act. Two, I've been a loner for almost seven years due to an incident involving a broken friendship with a school gang and a large number of bullies whilst my sister seems incapable of functioning without a friend while out the house. Thirdly, I embarrass her.

I only found out recently I am this to my sister; she says I'm a better artist, her inspiration for her books, her threat (I'll tell my sister!), and her source of information when she's stumped.

This troper's neighbor's grandchildren, whom troper regards as her honorary cousins (their father and my mother grew up together), have a relationship like this. Big brother is TheStoic, and when he does talk he's a DeadpanSnarker. Little sister is an affectionate GenkiGirl with the metabolism of a hummingbird. Both kids are whip-smart and a lot of fun to be around, and nobody else in the world had better mess with little sister, but big brother pokes at her a lot.

This troper plays straight and subverts this as an Aloof Little Brother.

If you think having just one AloofBigBrother is bad, try two (though one is a girl). It's hard to find your own little niche when your siblings want nothing to do with you and already cover enough of the spectrum of niches and flawlessly pull them off. I'm just left with all the junk and stuck with an inferiority complex that is on Luigi-like levels.

Subverted with ThisTroper, who is less BigBrotherMentor, more HotBlooded WideEyedIdealist IdiotHero CloudCuckooLander. My Stoic younger brother takes over the "aloof" role. There's a RunningGag in our family that he wishes he could swap ages with me for it.

Gender flipped with this Troper, who is an Aloof Big Sister. I rarely get out of my room, I communicate mostly with "yes", "no" or "whatever". Not much of a loner, but she is very quiet, introverted, spends much of her time reading, drawing or writing and when she doesn't seem to be listening when someone talks to her.

Another subversion with an Aloof Younger Brother. As the elder brother, I have an Ayame - Yuki Sohma relationship with my brother, only I'm a helluva lot less charismatic and didn't do anything to deserve it >.>

This Trooper has never had a close bond with her older brother, they just simply never clicked well with differing personalities and interests. Our car rides together are always in awkward silence. One day his friend became my co-worker and bullied me relentlessly at work. Trooper went home in tears finally after a recycling bin full of water was dumped on her head. Cue utter surprise when co-worker came in with a black eye and her brother's knuckle slightly bruised. He never said anything about it. My aloof big brother has a heart of gold.

This Troper has come to find out she's a gender-flipped version and apparently has influenced her younger brother to start acting like a (somewhat) straight example of this to their little sister. This Troper's excuse is that she's actually awkward and can't tell what her younger siblings actually want from her all the time/ She's not even a straight example seeing as how she's The UnFavorite

This troper is the big brother, despite living seperately from them and shrugging them off on most occassions, they genuinely love me, (And I do too, just don't tell them that).