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* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': When six of the parents of the six noble heirs of Castwell's Peak are introduced in Chapter 32, their dynamics have noticeable similarities with those of their children. Alan's father in particular is similarly carefree, likes to tease Philip's father, and is a SitcomArchNemesis with Amelia's mother.

* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', Princess Cadance closely resembles an alicorn version of her ancestor, the late Princess Amore, with some slight color tweaks. It's so great that King Sombra briefly mistakes Cadance for Amore when she's wearing her predecessor's armor. [[spoiler:The similarity in appearance is justified as it's heavily implied that Cadance is actually Amore's time-displaced daughter.]]

* The ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1745270/1/Always-A-Ranger-Series Always a Ranger]]'' often draws attention to the idea that the Dino Thunder team is very similar to the original Rangers, with Conner and Ethan bonding with Jason and Billy in particular when they come to visit Reefside (as well as Ethan being grateful to see some ethnic diversity when Adam and Zack drop in), Tommy sharing his own history as a minion of evil with Trent, and Kira coming to see Kimberly as a kind of older sister even before Kim finds the Pink Dino Gem, with Kim returning the sentiment to the extent of asking Kira to be a bridesmaid to replace the deceased Trini.

* ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'': Despite the fact that they have completely different personalities (and their relationship being strained for the first half of the story), Gobber (and later Mirabel) notes that the two are both stubborn, determined men who do whatever they can to protect the ones they love (they simply go about it in different ways).

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* Most "Next Gen" fic will feature kids who are either 1.) Exact carbon copies of their parents or 2.) [[AllGenesAreCodominant Have a blend of traits]] that the writer thought were the coolest aspects of said parents. This applies to personality, fighting styles, what the kids want to be when they grow up, etc.... Occasionally the kids will have certain aspects of their grandparents if they showed up in the series and they were likable enough. When you get right down to it, many of these "original characters" are the same damn people and the only difference will depend on what the writer's favorite name is. Particularly prevalent in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', among many, ''many'' other fandoms.
** This can also be a feature of sibling fics; a common feature of fics that give Harry a sister, such as ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7405386/1/My-Brother My Brother]]'', will make the sister basically Lily with James' eyes just as Harry has been described as James with Lily's eyes.
*** And while we're on the subject, this leaches into the shipping as well. For example, if the writer is a Harry/Draco fan, this will come across/feature in an Al/Scorpius fic. Same goes for Rose/Scorpius = Hermione/Draco, among others.
** Hell, the ''Sailor Moon'' fanseries "Sailor Moon Z(odiac)" does this with by giving almost every named character a Silver Millenium counterpart, up to and including (Insert Name Here)'s family status and relationships!
* Ninety-nine percent of "Offspring Fic" use this, no matter ''what'' the fandom. Magical-girls will grow up and produce magical-girls of their own, [[Manga/OnePiece the children of pirates and swordsmen will go off and form their own crews all made up of the children of the previous crew]]...There is a ''VisualNovel/{{Higurashi|WhenTheyCry}}'' fic with the offspring of all the canon characters, and there was a massive GroundHogDayLoop going on, with the offspring going insane in the exact order of their parents!

* ''Fanfic/ShadowOfTheDragon'': n chapter 13, it's established that Sakura, Tomoyo, Rika, Naoko, and Chiharu's mothers are similar to their daughters, albeit with slight differences:

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* ''Fanfic/VillainousLove'': Izuku's whole family feared that she'd end up turning out like her grandmother, Chiemi. When she's accused of having a secret love affair behind their backs with Bakugou, they're all outraged.

* ''Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}''; averted. Being compared to his ancestor is now Gamzee's BerserkButton, [[RapeAsDrama with good reason]].

* In the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7887728/11/Shatterpoint Shatterpoint]]'', Raya's tales of Jor-El's life basically presents her as the equivalent of Chloe Sullivan back on Krypton, as she was a close friend to Jor-El who he never saw as anything more than a close friend after the death of Louise Lang before falling in love with Lara.

* Suggested in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14281551/chapters/32943219 The Blood of the Covenant]]'' when Miss Hardbroom expresses some concern when she finds herself basically acting as Mildred's guardian after the deaths of her family, which Miss Pentangle identifies as Miss Hardbroom being concerned that she will treat Mildred the way her own mentor, Mistress Broomhead, treated her.

* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', Princess Cadance closely resembles an alicorn version of her ancestor, the late Princess Amore, with some slight color tweaks. It's so great that King Sombra briefly mistakes Cadance for Amore when she's wearing her predecessor's armor. [[spoiler: The similarity in appearance is justified as it's heavily implied that Cadance is actually Amore's time-displaced daughter.]]

* In the ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/149385/cmc-the-next-generation CMC: The Next Generation]]'', a SpinOff of the ''Fanfic/BrideOfDiscord'' "verse", we have Rainbow Dash's daughter Prism, who can be best described as a cross between Applebloom and Scootaloo personality-wise with her mother's looks, who on advice from [[HonoraryUncle Aunt Scootaloo]], forms the titular new generation [[note]] technically the third generation[[/note]] of the CMC with her friends.

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* Black Alice and Heinrich, the two main characters of ''Fanfic/TheTyrantAndTheHero'' are a Monster Lord and a human hero who's initially unaware of the former's true nature (and later gains the power of the Four Spirits), like their eventual descendants Alice and Luka. However, one difference is that the Monster Lord in this story starts out naive and is also the one who initially handles the fighting, whereas the human is the (relatively) more worldly one, the opposite of their descendants.



* Lampshaded by Garp in ''Fanfic/ThisBites'' after seeing his grandson Luffy and his crew fly off on their ship and Iceberg (one of Puffing Tom's apprentices) leading the shipwright of [[spoiler:the seceeded]] Water 7 in defense of their home, with him asking where is his clone. Cue his own apprentice Coby coming over and asking for further orders for the other marines. Garp smiles and states to himself "asked and answers" before giving his command
** At the end of the Skypeia arc, Conis tells the Strawhats that she wants to join them in exploring the world. Her father Paguya then tells them that Conis's mother Serra previously sailed with another crew of Blue Sea pirates: the Roger Pirates.
* Ren Shirogami-Tatsumi in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25696444/chapters/62390986 Sleuthing Tricker of Crafts]]'' shares traits with both of his parents, such as a passion for sewing from his father Kanji and detective reasoning along with a strong sense of justice from his mother Naoto, and was training to become a detective like her before being charged for assault.
* ''Fanfic/FlagFlyingHigh'' manages to replay the Wangxian romance with both men's ''adopted'' sons, Sizhui being the tightlaced, emotionally repressed, and white-clad Lan sect member helplessly falling for Harry, the quirky outsider who drags an aura of danger and dresses in black. Lan Qiren's [[HereWeGoAgain reaction]] lampshades it.

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* Shiratamama's series of ''Manga/KOn'' fancomics about the daughters of Mio and Ritsu.
* The ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' fic “[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1745270/1/Always-A-Ranger-Series Always a Ranger]]” often draws attention to the idea that the Dino Thunder team is very similar to the original Rangers, with Conner and Ethan bonding with Jason and Billy in particular when they come to visit Reefside (as well as Ethan being grateful to see some ethnic diversity when Adam and Zack drop in), Tommy sharing his own history as a minion of evil with Trent, and Kira coming to see Kimberly as a kind of older sister even before Kim finds the Pink Dino Gem, with Kim returning the sentiment to the extent of asking Kira to be a bridesmaid to replace the deceased Trini.
* In the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7887728/11/Shatterpoint Shatterpoint]]", Raya's tales of Jor-El's life basically presents her as the equivalent of Chloe Sullivan back on Krypton, as she was a close friend to Jor-El who he never saw as anything more than a close friend after the death of Louise Lang before falling in love with Lara.
* Suggested in the 2017 ''Literature/TheWorstWitch'' fic *[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14281551/chapters/32943219 The Blood of the Covenant]]" when Miss Hardbroom expresses some concern when she finds herself basically acting as Mildred's guardian after the deaths of her family, which Miss Pentangle identifies as Miss Hardbroom being concerned that she will treat Mildred the way her own mentor, Mistress Broomhead, treated her.
* In ''Fanfic/WhiteRain'', Sakura uses something similar to Kakashi's bell test on her own genin team... with her own twist.
** An even more critical part of the plot is [[spoiler: Uchiha Itachi's two children. The older son (also named Itachi) takes more after Sasuke -- but the younger daughter (Rina) is the one who takes after her father]].
* In ''Fanfic/MirrorsImage'' Twilight and her mother [[spoiler:Chrysallis]] have pretty similar backstories: Both were students of Celestia, both had used the Element of Magic, and both were [[spoiler:SwitchedAtBirth]].
* ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds'': Megan is stunned at the similarities between the Applejack and Spike she knew and the present ones. And then we find out that AJ is in fact descended from the original Applejack and Spike is [[spoiler: G1 Spike's (now King Spykoran) grandson]].
* ''Fanfic/{{Hivefled}}''; averted. Being compared to his ancestor is now Gamzee's BerserkButton, [[RapeAsDrama with good reason]].
* In ''Fanfic/EpicUnicornHistoryTheBeardsOfHarmony'', our six bearded heroes seem and act suspiciously like our six young heroines from the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic show]]. They are also destined to become friends and save the newly founded Equestria from a threat in the Everfree Forest.
* The sheer VOLUME of WesternAnimation/TeenTitans fan characters that are simply palette-swapped expies of their parents, typically the creators' preferred ship, could fill a couple of dimensions in the multiverse alone. [[http://glee-chan.deviantart.com/art/Robin-s-Daughters-424025409 Of course, some people have some fun with the idea]]...

* In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'', Princess Cadance closely resembles an alicorn version of her ancestor, the late Princess Amore, with some slight color tweaks. It's so great that King Sombra briefly mistakes Cadance for Amore when she's wearing her predecessor's armor. [[spoiler: The similarity in appearance is justified as it's heavily implied that Cadance is actually Amore's time-displaced daughter.]]
* The ''Manga/Reborn2004'' Fanfic ''Fanfic/VigilanteTendency'' has Sawada Tsunayoshi (accidentally) start a vigilante group, just like his ancestor Sawada Ieyasu, aka Giotto, Vongola Primo. Once the Vongola enter the scene, rumors start up about how Tsuna might actually be Primo's ''clone''.

* In a supremely [[{{Irony}} ironic]] subversion, ''Fanfic/PurpleDays'' shows the Stormlords come to think of this of Joffrey Baratheon after seeing his sheer martial skill on the battlefield.
* Black Alice and Heinrich, the two main characters of ''Fanfic/TheTyrantAndTheHero'' are a Monster Lord and a human hero who's initially unaware of the former's true nature (and later gains the power of the Four Spirits), like their eventual descendants Alice and Luka. However, one difference is that the Monster Lord in this story starts out naive and is also the one who initially handles the fighting, whereas the human is the (relatively) more worldly one, the opposite of their descendants.
* ''Fanfic/TheMerryGoRoundBrokeDown'' is a ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit?'' fanfic set over 60 years later. Eddie has since passed, but his grandson Freddie carries on the family business of detective work.

* [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in Weiss' case in ''Fanfic/BoopTheSnootForCriticalDamage''. She may have inherited Willow's looks, but she's actively trying very hard not to become like her alcoholically depressed mother, even though Pandora's insanity seems hell-bent on making her take up the bottle to cope with it all.
-->'''Weiss:''' Must not form drinking habit. Genetic inclination would make it disastrous.