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* Both Creator/BruceLee and his son, Creator/BrandonLee, died under weird circumstances, leaving half-finished films behind that would later be completed posthumously (Bruce ''Film/GameOfDeath'', and Brandon ''Film/TheCrow''). The similarities between their deaths led to a number of conspiracy theories involving the Triads and other Asian organized crime associations.

* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': In [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]'s own history this is the case. In ''ComicBook/Origin2001'', the miniseries that detailed Logan's formative years, writer Paul Jenkins intentionally invoked characters from Logan's future.

* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': In [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]'s own history this is the case. In the ''ComicBook/WolverineOrigins'' miniseries that detailed Logan's formative years, writer Paul Jenkins intentionally invoked characters from Logan's future.

* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': The basic theme of Creator/PeterDavid's ''Aquaman: The Atlantis Chronicles''. Aquaman and Ocean Master are just the latest generation of feuding royal brothers, dating back to the founding of Atlantis.

** During TheSixties, DC Comics introduced the Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} of the 30th Century (later changed to 25th so it didn't contradict the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' continuity) and the Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} of the Future (which starred [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]] and Bruce Wayne, Jr. as Batman and Robin).

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]] --> Spider-Girl; ComicBook/SpiderWoman --> Spider-Man; Captain America --> American Dream; ComicBook/AntMan --> Stinger; Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}} --> [[spoiler:Scarlet Spider]]; [[spoiler:[[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Daredevil]], ComicBook/GhostRider, and Ben Reilly]] --> Darkdevil; [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]] --> Blue Streak; [[Characters/CaptainAmericaHeroes The Falcon]] --> Ladyhawk; Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} --> J2; [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] and [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]] --> Wild Thing; etc, etc.

* ''WesternAnimation.TheLionKingIISimbasPride'': Deconstructed with Kovu. Although he looks ''exactly'' like a younger Scar (he even ends up with an identical eye scar) and shares some similar mannerisms (like being a DeadpanSnarker), ultimately, he's a good cub who's ''nothing'' like Scar in personality... but try telling Simba's [=PTSD=] that.

* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': Played with. [[Characters/AntManHeroes Stature]] plays it straight (size-changing powers, daughter of ComicBook/AntMan); Speed plays it pretty much straight (speed powers, nephew of [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]]); [[Characters/MarvelComicsKateBishop Hawkeye]] and Vision avert it (Hawkeye uses equipment from the original [[Characters/MarvelComicsClintBarton Hawkeye]], Characters/{{Mockingbird|MarvelComics}}, and Swordsman, but has no relation to any of them; Vision is the operating system of [[Characters/TheVision the original]] in a new body, making them separate entities); Iron Lad, Hulkling, and [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam Wiccan]] subvert it (Iron Lad is a young Kang with no connection to [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Iron Man]], Hulkling is the half-Skrull son of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Mar-Vell]] with no connection to [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner the Hulk]], and Wiccan--who patterns himself after [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]]--is the son of Characters/ScarletWitch); and Patriot is just all over the place (he's the grandson of ''a'' Captain America, but not ''the'' [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]], he gets his powers from a mutant drug instead of his heritage, and his costume is based on [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky]] anyway). Furthermore, nobody except Stature had met the people they're following in the footsteps of before they became superheroes.

* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': Played with. [[Characters/AntManHeroes Stature]] plays it straight (size-changing powers, daughter of ComicBook/AntMan); Speed plays it pretty much straight (speed powers, nephew of [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]]); [[Characters/MarvelComicsKateBishop Hawkeye]] and Vision avert it (Hawkeye uses equipment from the original [[Characters/MarvelComicsClintBarton Hawkeye]], Characters/{{Mockingbird|MarvelComics}}, and Swordsman, but has no relation to any of them; Vision is the operating system of [[Characters/TheVision the original]] in a new body, making them separate entities); Iron Lad, Hulkling, and [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam Wiccan]] subvert it (Iron Lad is a young Kang with no connection to ComicBook/IronMan, Hulkling is the half-Skrull son of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Mar-Vell]] with no connection to [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner the Hulk]], and Wiccan--who patterns himself after [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]]--is the son of Characters/ScarletWitch); and Patriot is just all over the place (he's the grandson of ''a'' Captain America, but not ''the'' [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]], he gets his powers from a mutant drug instead of his heritage, and his costume is based on [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky]] anyway). Furthermore, nobody except Stature had met the people they're following in the footsteps of before they became superheroes.

* In ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen Century: 1910'', Macheath from ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera'' is the descendant of Macheath from ''Theatre/TheBeggarsOpera''. Since ''The Threepenny Opera'' was essentially TheRemake of ''The Beggar's Opera'', the two Macheaths presumably had nearly identical lives.
* An early ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' in ''ComicBook/ActionComics #267'' story had Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} join a Legion who said they were the children of the Legion ComicBook/{{Superboy}} joined. This was never referenced again, and Superboy and Supergirl were members of the same Legion from then on. L.E.G.I.O.N. sometimes plays with this, with ''ancestors'' of the LOSH characters having similar stories.
* While many Creator/DCComics characters have descendants who intentionally [[LegacyCharacter take up their mantles]], Libby Lawrence, the original Liberty Belle, was ''unknowingly'' the descendant of Bess Lynn, who took the name Miss Liberty during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.
* Both played straight and subverted for all it's worth in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. Each of the titular characters has inherited something from their parents, whether a tactical mind or technology to some form of superpower, but the Runaways for the most part are determined not to be villains like their parents.
* In ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', and [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 related series like A-Next]], most of the characters are awfully similar to their parents, mentors, or inspirations. The next generation of superheroes has [[DistaffCounterpart different demographics]], however, as a disproportionate number of daughters fill their fathers' shoes, with there being some [[AffirmativeActionLegacy more racial diversity as well]]. In their favour, they often have different personalities and motives, just similar career and fashion choices.

* Used (and to an extent {{invoked|Trope}}) in Creator/GeoffJohns's ''ComicBook/{{Superboy|2011}}'' run, when Conner was living in Smallville with the Kents in a deliberate attempt to duplicate Clark's childhood. Since he befriended a TeenGenius-slash-MadScientist In Training and met a girl with the initials LL who kept trying to learn his secret identity, he was pretty successful. (Both of these have twists--Simon Valentine never actually turned evil that we saw, and Lori ''did'' discover Conner's secret ... oh, and she's Luthor's niece.)
* During TheSixties, DC Comics introduced the ComicBook/{{Superman}} of the 30th Century (later changed to 25th so it didn't contradict the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' continuity) and the ComicBook/{{Batman}} of the Future (which starred [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]] and Bruce Wayne, Jr. as Batman and Robin).
* ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'' had Dick Grayson as Batman and Bruce's son as Robin, with FlashForward stories revealing that Damian Wayne will eventually be Batman himself. It seems to have gone down a bit better this time.

* Ulysses Klaw and his father, Fritz Klaue. Both men are obsessed with vibranium, both tried (unsuccessfully) to overthrow Wakanda, and both lost a hand only to have it replaced with a high-tech prosthesis.

* Dejah Thoris and her mother Heru in ''ComicBook/WarlordOfMars''. They are [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Red Martian princesses]] with a [[DamselInDistress knack for getting in distress]] and both of them fell in love with Earthmen. Their resemblance to each other is so great that Heru's old flame mistook her daughter for her.
* In Wolverine's own history this is the case. In the ''Origin'' miniseries that detailed Logan's formative years, writer Paul Jenkins intentionally invoked characters from Logan's future.

* The ComicBook/XMen are experiencing a bit of this with some of their newest team members.

* The 2019 revival of ''ComicBook/XStatix'' brings back about half of the original team, with the rest of the group rounded out by {{Legacy Character}}s. One of them is the new U-Go Girl, Katie Sawyer, the now-teenage daughter of Edie Sawyer, the original U-Go Girl (who was killed off in the previous series).

* Gus [=McGogan=] in ''ComicBook/AmericanVampire'' mirrors his father Cash in the most tragic way: [[spoiler:Both were orphaned at an early age, both were unwanted children until someone nice enough adopted them]]. Gus is also a vampire, just like his adoptive grandfather and [[DeadGuyJunior namesake]], though the difference is that Gus the elder was a Gaelic vampire, while the younger is an American Vampire.
* The basic theme of Creator/PeterDavid's ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}: The Atlantis Chronicles''. Aquaman and Ocean Master are just the latest generation of feuding royal brothers, dating back to the founding of Atlantis.

* The Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis ComicBook/BlackCanary are mother and daughter. They're both named "Dinah", both wear more-or-less the same superhero costume, both use the same superhero alias, and both have black hair naturally. The main difference is the modern Canary has her Canary Cry powers while her mom was a BadassNormal. (Out of universe, the reason is that they were the exact same person before being hastily {{Retcon}}ned into two when it created a continuity issue.)
* Baron Heinrich Zemo and his son, Baron Helmut Zemo, right down to their faces being disfigured at the hands of [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]]. The major difference was that Heinrich was a Nazi, while Helmut eventually renounced his father's racist ideology and became a villainous WellIntentionedExtremist. The ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] / ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' shows that Helmut shares his more self-destructive tendencies (namely his massive ego and complete inability to deal with anything less than unanimous praise) with Harbin Zemo, the original [[Characters/CaptainAmericaCentralRoguesGallery Baron Zemo]] from 1480. Harbin's tale is used as a {{Book End|s}} to parallel Helmut's own fall from grace.
* ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'': John Constantine's 19th-century ancestor, Lady Johanna Constantine, is a suave, dashing sorceress with a tendency to doom her loved ones to horrible fates. The immortal [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 Hob Gadling]] also met an Elizabethan warlock called Jack Constantine, who came to a nasty end in a graveyard.
* ''ComicBook/Criminal2006'' is all over this trope. Particularly in the case of Tracy Lawless, who like his father Teeg, [[spoiler: is a war veteran who robbed the wrong person and ended up in service to Sebastian Hyde]].
* Kent V. Nelson, the great-nephew of Kent Nelson, the original ComicBook/DoctorFate, also became Doctor Fate. And he also has a sort-of-relationship with a woman called Inza, which isn't exactly a common name.
* A very simple example in the ComicBook/{{Green Lantern}}s and [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flashes]] of Franchise/TheDCU, who are always friends. Alan Scott and Jay Garrick from the Golden Age, Hal Jordan and [[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry Allen]] of the Silver Age, and Kyle Rayner and [[Characters/TheFlashWallyWest Wally West]] from the modern age (although they were more VitriolicBestBuds than their predecessors). Jesse Quick and Jade, DistaffCounterpart to Flash and Lantern respectfully, are also shown as pretty close friends when the two are on the Justice League together.

* Outside of their friendships and what-have-you, The Flash maintains a few odd similarities in each generation, despite not being blood-related. Jay Garrick was a scientist and had a sense of humor. Barry Allen was also a scientist, though lacked the sense of humor; Wally West lacked the scientist (though he was a rationalist who had some interest in the field but never studied it), but he very much had the sense of humor. Bart Allen's scientific knowledge is DependingOnTheWriter, but he was easily the most FunPersonified of the Flash fam. Both Barry and Wally also married reporters, Barry dating Iris West (and through her met and mentored Wally), while Wally married Linda Park, and both couples had twins (Don and Dawn Allen, 'the Tornado Twins', and Irey and Jai Park-West).
* ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'': Genis-Vell takes after dear old dad, the first Captain Marvel. Not only did he inherit Mar-Vell's costume and Nega-Bands, but also his "Cosmic Awareness" and connection to [[KidSidekick Rick Jones]]. And like his father, he ended up dying a rather tragic death.
* In ''[[ComicBook/JonahHex All-Star Western]]'', the [[ClassyCatBurglar Lord of Thievery]] in 19th century Gotham's [[ReligionOfEvil Church of Crime]] is the cat-loving [[Characters/{{Catwoman}} Lorna Kyle]].

* In Creator/PaulCornell's ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd Megazine'' strip "Deathwatch" one of the members of Psi-Judge Dee's Elizabethan Judge squad is Celibacy Steel, ancestress of Judge Treasure Steel from Dave Stone's ''Armitage'' and Judge Becky Steel from ''Pan-African Judges''

** ComicBook/SpiderMan --> Spider-Girl; ComicBook/SpiderWoman --> Spider-Man; Captain America --> American Dream; ComicBook/AntMan --> Stinger; Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}} --> [[spoiler:Scarlet Spider]]; [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, ComicBook/GhostRider, and Ben Reilly]] --> Darkdevil; [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]] --> Blue Streak; [[Characters/CaptainAmericaHeroes The Falcon]] --> Ladyhawk; Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} --> J2; Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} and [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]] --> Wild Thing; etc, etc.

** Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} is trying his best to make sure that [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]] doesn't fall into this. It's [[ComicBook/XForce2008 not really working]].

* Played with in ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''. [[Characters/AntManHeroes Stature]] plays it straight (size-changing powers, daughter of ComicBook/AntMan); Speed plays it pretty much straight (speed powers, nephew of [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]]); Characters/{{Hawkeye|KateBishop}} and Vision avert it (Hawkeye uses equipment from the original Characters/{{Hawkeye|ClintBarton}}, Characters/{{Mockingbird|MarvelComics}}, and Swordsman, but has no relation to any of them; Vision is the operating system of [[ComicBook/TheVision the original]] in a new body, making them separate entities); Iron Lad, Hulkling, and [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam Wiccan]] subvert it (Iron Lad is a young Kang with no connection to ComicBook/IronMan, Hulkling is the half-Skrull son of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Mar-Vell]] with no connection to [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner the Hulk]], and Wiccan--who patterns himself after [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]]--is the son of Characters/ScarletWitch); and Patriot is just all over the place (he's the grandson of ''a'' Captain America, but not ''the'' [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]], he gets his powers from a mutant drug instead of his heritage, and his costume is based on [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky]] anyway). Furthermore, nobody except Stature had met the people they're following in the footsteps of before they became superheroes.