Because being a dad has nothing to do with blood relations.
Uncle Jesse and Joey from Full House
Admit it, you always wanted Jesse and Joey to sing you the "Teddy Bear" song before bedtime.
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Alfred Pennyworth from Batman
"Why do we fall sir? So we might learn to pick ourselves up" — Alfred Pennyworth
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Wilson from Home Improvement
Though not always conventional, Wilson gives advice to the entire Taylor clan, all without ever showing his face.
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John Keating from Dead Poets Society
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys — to woo women — and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.”
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