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-> ''"Moria had been taken by legions of Orcs, led by the most vile of all their race, Azog the Defiler. The giant Gundabad Orc had sworn to wipe out the line of Durin. He began by beheading the King. Thrain, Thorin's father, was driven mad by grief. He went missing, taken prisoner or killed; we did not know. We were leaderless, defeat and death were upon us. That is when I saw him; the young dwarf prince facing down the Pale Orc. He stood alone against this terrible foe, his armour rent, wielding nothing but an oaken branch as a shield... Azog the Defiler learned that day that the line of Durin would not be so easily broken."''
-->--'''Balin''', ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney''
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': As there are several continuities where Wonder Woman fights alongside several generations of Etta Candy's family, Etta, and her children and grandchildren have found themselves fighting ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} and Circe.

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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': As there are several continuities where Wonder Woman fights alongside several generations of Etta Candy's family, Etta, and her children and grandchildren have found themselves fighting ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} [[Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]] and Circe.
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** A generation-spanning feud between the modern Possible and Lipsky families is implied in "Rewriting History". While Mim Possible and Jon Stoppable's adventure and conflict with Bartholomew Lipsky in the early 1900s was ultimately AllJustADream, the characters' ancestors themselves were implied to have still existed; and in the ending of the episode, the museum curator reveals the new exhibit coming into the museum after the Tri-City Expo exhibit which prominently features the Ancient Roman gladiator Ronacus, who fought both for survival and to thwart the attempts at conquest of Dracus Maximus with the aid of a mysterious masked female warrior, who was said to be the true key to the many victories of Ronacus.

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* ''ComicBook/DraculaMarvelComics'': The Van Helsing and Harker families have spent about four generations trying to kill Dracula for good, even as their numbers dwindle.



* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': The Van Helsing and Harker families have spent about four generations trying to kill Dracula for good, even as their numbers dwindle.

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** The 7 golden vampires clash with the eight grandchildren of two farmers who their army killed in the past. The grandfather got a DyingMomentOfAwesome that struck back at the monsters, so they have cause to remember his family.

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** The 7 golden vampires clash with the eight grandchildren of two farmers who whom their army killed in the past. The grandfather got a DyingMomentOfAwesome that struck back at the monsters, so they the vampires also have cause to remember his family.



* ''Film/SomethingWickedThisWayComes'': Reading old diaries, Jim and his father learn that Jim's grandfather also battled their EmotionEater nemesis the last time he came through town, decades earlier.



* ''Film/{{Wolves}}'': A (possibly) single generation version with bad people on both sides appears. Connor is on bad terms with the three Wills brothers: he harasses, kills, and cannibalizes Carter Wills with little provocation and ran Wild Joe out of town years ago after blinding him him in one eye. [[spoiler:Joe (who was run off for being EvilerThanThou to Connor) holds a grudge, and engineers a LongGame to kill Connor in revenge.]] The third brother, Larson, is too cowardly to fight Connor no matter how awful his actions are, but still dislikes him. The Wills' TangledFamilyTree (their second cousin is Connor's son) means that either they and Connor are ClashingCousins or their familial feud with Connor goes back a generation further. If they aren’t Connor's cousins, then they are nephews of either John Tollerman (who fights Connor in the present) or John's late brother-in-law (who Connor still hates for keeping him and John’s niece Lucinda apart, regardless of whether their relationship was consensual).

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* ''Film/{{Wolves}}'': A (possibly) single generation single-generation version with bad people on both sides appears. Connor is on bad terms with the three Wills brothers: he harasses, kills, and cannibalizes Carter Wills with little provocation and ran Wild Joe out of town years ago after blinding him him in one eye. [[spoiler:Joe (who was run off for being EvilerThanThou to Connor) holds a grudge, and engineers a LongGame to kill Connor in revenge.]] The third brother, Larson, is too cowardly to fight Connor no matter how awful his actions are, but still dislikes him. The Wills' TangledFamilyTree (their second cousin is Connor's son) means that either they and Connor are ClashingCousins or their familial feud with Connor goes back a generation further. If they aren’t Connor's cousins, then they are nephews of either John Tollerman (who fights Connor in the present) or John's late brother-in-law (who Connor still hates for keeping him and John’s niece Lucinda apart, regardless of whether their relationship was consensual).
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* ''[[Creator/TimDorsey Serge A. Storms]]'': After Jim Davenport tricks Skag [=McGraw=] (an armed robber threatening Jim's baby daughter) into being killed by a defective car feature, Skag's brothers and cousins make repeated AvengingTheVillain attempts on Jim's life throughout ''The Triggerfish Twist'' and ''Atomic Lobster'', with Jim killing two more members of the family while Serge Storms defends him from others.

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* ''[[Creator/TimDorsey Serge A. Storms]]'': ''Literature/SergeStorms'': After Jim Davenport tricks Skag [=McGraw=] (an armed robber threatening Jim's baby daughter) into being killed by a defective car feature, Skag's brothers and cousins make repeated AvengingTheVillain attempts on Jim's life throughout ''The Triggerfish Twist'' and ''Atomic Lobster'', with Jim killing two more members of the family while Serge Storms defends him from others.
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** In ''Crossings'', HunterOfMonsters Bobby Lee Tooker asks the Scooby Gang for help in fighting the demon Dredfahl, who his BadassFamily has killed four times over the centuries since African slaves were brought to America, only for him to always eventually come back for more battles. Dredfahl's fourth defeat was a MutualKill between him and Bobby Lee's grandfather, and he killed Bobby Lee's father after coming back from that. With Bobby Lee's help, Buffy finally kills Dredfahl for good.
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* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' fills this role toward various villainous families in comics written by Creator/GarthEnnis (who tends to avert ComicBookTime).

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* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': The Punisher fills this role toward various villainous families in comics written by Creator/GarthEnnis (who tends to avert ComicBookTime).



* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': As there are several continuities where Wonder Woman fights alongside several generations of ComicBook/EttaCandy's family Etta and her children and grandchildren have found themselves fighting ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} and ComicBook/{{Circe}}.

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* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': As there are several continuities where Wonder Woman fights alongside several generations of ComicBook/EttaCandy's family Etta Candy's family, Etta, and her children and grandchildren have found themselves fighting ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} and ComicBook/{{Circe}}.Circe.
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* ''[[Creator/TimDorsey Serge A. Storms]]'': After Jim Davenport tricks Skag [=McGraw=] (an armed robber threatening Jim's baby daughter) into being killed by a defective car feature, Skag's brothers and cousins make repeated AvengingTheVillain attempts on Jim's life throughout ''The Triggerfish Twist'' and ''Atomic Lobster'', with Jim killing two more members of the family while Serge Storms defends him from others.
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* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': Aro, leader of the vampire government, is out to destroy the Cullen Family (although, unlike most examples of the trope, they are an adoptive family), except for their most talented members, who he wants to forcibly recruit. The whole family comes to loathe him as a result of his actions.

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* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'': Aro, leader of the vampire government, is out to destroy the Cullen Family (although, unlike most examples of the trope, they are an adoptive family), except for their most talented members, who he wants to forcibly recruit. The whole family comes to loathe him as a result of his actions.
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* ''Literature/JudgeDee'': The BigBad of ''The Chinese Bell Murders'' has spent decades framing, killing, and otherwise persecuting three generations of a family that he feels envious of.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': While Mr. Incredible is the hero who Syndrome really hates, he has no problem with targeting his nemesis’s wife and kids, and they gladly oppose him in turn.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': While Mr. Incredible is the hero who Syndrome really hates, he has no problem with targeting his nemesis’s wife and kids, and they gladly oppose him in turn.
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* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' starts as the hijinxes of a ChildMage in training, but [[TheHero Negi]] ends up battling the [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Mage of the Beginning]], like his father before him. In the sequel ''Manga/UQHolder'' set in an alternate future, it takes Negi's "grandson" Touta to take her down once and for all.
* The various parts of ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' chronicle the exploits of individual descendants of the Joestar family and their battles with the incarnations of their family nemesis Dio Brando.

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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': The series chronicle the exploits of individual descendants of the Joestar family and their battles with their family nemesis; Dio Brando.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' starts as the hijinxes of a ChildMage in training, but [[TheHero Negi]] ends up battling the [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Mage of the Beginning]], like his father before him. In the sequel ''Manga/UQHolder'' set in an alternate future, it takes Negi's "grandson" Touta to take her down once and for all. \n* The various parts of ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' chronicle the exploits of individual descendants of the Joestar family and their battles with the incarnations of their family nemesis Dio Brando.



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* ''Film/TheRaven1963'': Dr. Scarabus was a bitter rival of the late Roderick Craven for decades and drove him to an early grave. During the film, he manipulates, kidnaps and threatens Roderick's son and granddaughter.

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* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** In ''The Gatekeeper Trilogyu'', flashbacks show that Il Maestro and his rival, the far more benevolent, Medici CourtMage Richard Regneir tried to fight each other’s influence. Fulcanelli won the political battle, but after his fall from grace, he killed Richard’s wife and only failed to kill his son by chance. After Richard and his descendants become LongLived {{Gate Guardian}}s, Fulcanelli spends a long time weakening dimensional barriers, making their jobs harder, while plotting to eventually kill the Regneir gatekeeper and bring about the apocalypse, while also getting his revenge on the family. He makes his attempt while Richard‘s grandson is dying and also targets Richard's young great-grandson.

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* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
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** The BigBad of ''Sins of the Father'' is a demon who has been a sworn enemy of the Giles family for fifty years. Giles's grandmother badly injured Malthus in one fight and subjected him to fifteen years of ForcedTransformation into a crone after another encounter. However, he left her with twenty-five years of nightmares and the family hates him as much as he hates them. In the present, he sets out to mentally and physically break Giles as brutally as possible and then kill him. He nearly succeeds, but ends up dead himself.
** In ''The Gatekeeper Trilogyu'', Trilogy'', flashbacks show that Il Maestro and his rival, the far more benevolent, Medici CourtMage Richard Regneir tried to fight each other’s influence. Fulcanelli won the political battle, but after his fall from grace, he killed Richard’s wife and only failed to kill his son by chance. After Richard and his descendants become LongLived {{Gate Guardian}}s, Fulcanelli spends a long time weakening dimensional barriers, making their jobs harder, while plotting to eventually kill the Regneir gatekeeper and bring about the apocalypse, while also getting his revenge on the family. He makes his attempt while Richard‘s grandson is dying and also targets Richard's young great-grandson.

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In ''Literature/TalesOfTheSlayer: The Code of the Samurai'', Lord Asano views his living descendants (known as the Asano Living Clan) as a stain on the honor of his vampiric clan and is obsessed with brutally killing them, regardless of whether they're actively seeking battle with his undead clan or are trying to flee the country and forget he exists. Ultimately, this is his undoing, as the Asano Living Clan summon the Slayer for help and their leader helps her kill Asano by distracting him at a key moment.

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** In ''The Gatekeeper Trilogyu'', flashbacks show that Il Maestro and his rival, the far more benevolent, Medici CourtMage Richard Regneir tried to fight each other’s influence. Fulcanelli won the political battle, but after his fall from grace, he killed Richard’s wife and only failed to kill his son by chance. After Richard and his descendants become LongLived {{Gate Guardian}}s, Fulcanelli spends a long time weakening dimensional barriers, making their jobs harder, while plotting to eventually kill the Regneir gatekeeper and bring about the apocalypse, while also getting his revenge on the family. He makes his attempt while Richard‘s grandson is dying and also targets Richard's young great-grandson.
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In ''Literature/TalesOfTheSlayer: The Code of the Samurai'', Lord Asano views his living descendants (known as the Asano Living Clan) as a stain on the honor of his vampiric clan and is obsessed with brutally killing them, regardless of whether they're actively seeking battle with his undead clan or are trying to flee the country and forget he exists. Ultimately, this is his undoing, as the Asano Living Clan summon the Slayer for help and their leader helps her kill Asano by distracting him at a key moment.

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