Unflappable Guardian

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• Bleach: Kisuke Urahara is unfazed by anything and will steer The Protagonist (or others) where he wants them while they think it was their idea. All the while, he will pretend to be a silly guy in clogs. Of course, nobody from Soul Society is fooled, knowing that he's not only a former captain but also the founder of the R&D department.
• Death Note: Watari created the Wammy Foundation to look after gifted children such as L. People like that tend to be eccentric and L, in particular, gets involved in dangerous situations due to his job as a private investigator. Through it all, Watari remains composed and never slips out.
• Fruits Basket: Shigure is a skilled manipulator who uses Obfuscating Stupidity to his advantage; he may be well-intentioned, but if you're looking for it, it's painfully easy to see where seemingly innocuous or teasing comments have another purpose.
• Happy World!: Sanae is immediately but quietly suspicious of her nephew's sudden Magical Girlfriend. She also puts down (violently) the perverted advances of her daughter towards other characters.
• I'm Gonna Be an Angel!:
  • Mikael fits this trope to a T, mostly in regard to Noelle even going evil later on in the series.
  • Raphael, on the other hand, while may not look like it at first glance, is this trope (albeit well-intended) to Mikael.
• Love Hina: Aunt Haruka is this in the anime. The manga, though, shows her making a quick and uncharacteristic exit from Kanako, and a full-blown loss of temper at Seta.
• Maria†Holic: God, the dorm leader. She holds an iron grip over the dormitories, and occasionally shows mercy towards her students, but is definitely smarter than she lets on. Everything is accounted for.
• Ranma ½: Kasumi Tendou is practically the prototype of the trope: She's the only member of the cast (regular or extended) who doesn't have some sort of major mental issue (or three).
• Sekirei: Miya Asama, the Team Mom. Though she maintains a cool charm, sekirei familiar with her are terrified of her power, and she can make herself understood without losing her arete.
• Tenchi Muyo!: Tenchi's grandfather Katshuhito, aka Prince Yosho of Jurai.
• UFO Baby: Mr. Deerfield, Christine's all-purpose butler. He contains Evil Chris when her fits get out of hand, serving as a reverse Berserk Button.

• Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter: O-Sensei is unflappable in the face of the oddities he faces, calmly reacting to Richard trying to steal from him by, somewhat forcefully, taking him on as a student.

• Paradoxus: Snotra becomes Altalune's guardian during her stay on Earth after her mother's death. Snotra, despite being haunted by her fair share of trauma from the wars she's lived in, is a calm woman. Something remarkable given that she essentially raised the moody, explosive, grieving Altalune.

Helluva Boss

• Helluva Dad:
  • Striker puts Jake first and everything else last. He won't hesitate to put bullets in skulls to protect his son.
  • Crimson might be the Don, but Alessio is the one who keeps the organization in order. While Ale isn't as ruthless as the boss, the subordinates find him even scarier than Crimson, especially when his instructions aren't followed.

Potter Verse

• Enchanting Melodies: Arcturus Black approaches Harry Potter to take him under his wing if he proves to be a suitable Heir to the Black fortune and, as time passes, ends up loving him as a grandson. He adopts him when Dumbledore—who has a lot of sway in Harry's fate because he is a ward of the Ministry—becomes weirdly obsessed with keeping the boy in line. In the staged guardianship hearing, he has a backup plan to ensure Dumbledore wouldn't be able to reverse the adoption. Then, when the Smiling Killer is revealed to be an undead Sirius Black, Arcturus processes his grief in a mature manner (he's lived through two major magical wars, after all) and still chooses to side with Harry. Moreover, while Harry's prodigious ability with magic leaves him flabbergasted, Arcturus does his best to help nurture it and provide emotional comfort to Harry, who can be a moody teenager like anyone else.

• Artemis Fowl: Butler who stands by his charge no matter what. Come fairies, interspecies war, magic, or time travel, he will always have Artemis' back, reacting calmly (after maybe a wry quip or two) to whatever craziness Artemis is involved in this month.
• The Moomins: Moominmama, who even in the face of the numerous magical happenings around Moomin Valley barely ever shows the slightest surprise, concerning herself with housework first and foremost. This even extends to when she herself gets shrunk down to miniature size, and she comments that she'll have to cook smaller portions for dinner from now on.

• El Goonish Shive has the Dunkels. Dear God, the Dunkels. Utterly unflappable. Their response when their son accidentally creates a magical, opposite-gender clone? He doesn't get any dessert because he snuck out on a school night. His clone still gets some, she wasn't in on the decision. In a world of weirdness, they take EVERYTHING in stride. They are also more than able to organize a search party for maximum efficacy, including how to use people that can fly to cover more ground.

• Molly of Denali: Tooey's dad, Kenji, keeps a calm, level head in almost any situation. His reaction when he found out that Molly and Tooey were spying on him was to offer them a snack. The only time he lost his cool was in "Tooey's Hole-i-Day Sweater" where he flips out upon learning that Tooey ripped a hole in his Homemade Sweater from Hell.
• Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures: Jedi Master Zia Zaldor Zanna is almost impossible to upset, even by Jedi standards. She is endlessly understanding and will always try to calmly regard a situation before acting rashly. In fact, the lesson of hers that comes back most often in the series is the simple advice to "take a breath and calm down" whenever in a stressful situation, which her students repeat and exercise often.