Basic Trope: An uncle or aunt who is well-loved by their nieces/nephews.
- Straight: Alice's uncle, Bob, is one of her closest relatives. They enjoy each other's company, and Uncle Bob loves telling Alice jokes and interesting stories.
- Exaggerated: Alice has a lot of uncles and aunts that she all considers really cool, ranging from Cool Big Sis Claire, Big Brother Mentor David, Cool Old Lady Elaine, and Cool Old Guy Frank.
- Downplayed:
- Bob is an Honorary Uncle or something similar, but the trope still plays out.
- Alice doesn't get to see Uncle Bob that often, but she thinks he's pretty cool anyway.
- Justified:
- Uncle Bob has a lot of similarities to Alice, and they get along well because of that.
- Uncle Bob disagrees with his brother's strict parenting style and lets Alice get away with things that her parent's wouldn't.
- After Alice's dad died, Uncle Bob stepped up as a Parental Substitute and formed a closer bond with her.
- Inverted: Creepy Uncle and/or Evil Uncle
- Gender-Inverted: Alice thinks her aunt, Charlotte, is awesome.
- Subverted:
- Uncle Bob turns out to be Evil All Along.
- Uncle Bob is a celebrity, that's what Alice loves.
- Double Subverted:
- Despite being an Evil Uncle, he turns out to be Affably Evil, and a case of Evil Is Cool, and he definitely does care about Alice.
- What are you talking about? Alice has no knowledge of his celebrity status.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Alice doesn't have any mentioned uncles or aunts.
- Lampshaded: "So, kids always love the uncle, huh?"
- Invoked: Uncle Bob deliberately makes himself the "cool uncle" in Alice's eyes by getting her gifts and being more lenient with her.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Alice is drawn towards Uncle Bob, but he doesn't like kids and rebuffs her.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I wish I had an uncle as cool as Bob!"
- Implied: We never see him onscreen, but Alice often mentions having an uncle who she talks about very favorably.
- Deconstructed: At a young age, Alice thinks of her uncle as being "cool" because he compliments her appearance and shows her explicit movies. Her parents don't see the warning signs because Alice likes him.
- Reconstructed: Then his brother Charlie exposes the abuse and helps Alice recover. Now he's the cool uncle because he's Alice's hero.
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