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* ''Anime/CodeGeass''. An Emperor and his partner, to whom he is ''very'' close, form a ''[[GambitRoulette very]]'' [[GambitRoulette elaborate plan]] to unite the world for its own good [[WellIntentionedExtremist by any means necessary]], so [[LoveMakesYouEvil those they love will be happy]]. Now, thinking carefully, [[spoiler: am I talking about Emperor Charles di Brittannia and Marianne "The Flash" Lamperouge, or Lelouch vi Britannia/Lamperouge and Suzaku "Knight of Zero" Kururugi?]]
** Then [[spoiler: Rolo]] is a Xerox of [[spoiler: V.V.]]

* Also, a very subtle version but...a young revolutionary eventually talks his relunctant best friend to join the cause against Britannia, dies, and his best friend finds himself inheriting his position and becoming the protector of the dead friend's younger sister. Are we talking about [[spoiler: Naoto Koizuki, Ohgi Kaname,and Kallen or Lelouch, Suzaku, and Nunally?]]

*** The coffee scene is much more RuleOfFunny than anything, if not [[CaffeineBulletTime a trope unto itself]].
* In the [[CiemWebcomicSeries Gerosha universe]], we have the Flippo-[=McArthur=]-Spanz clan. Candi was an orphan by the time she got married. So was her daughter Dana. Both gals' parents were StuffedIntoTheFridge. Both gals have had to escape aliens trying to hack their heads off. Both girls have [[AuthorAppeal black hair, dark skin, brown eyes]], [[LegacyCharacter have been Ciem at one point]], have killer good looks, and their first husbands were well-mannered White And Nerdy types who dressed in white and had brown hair. Candi was married to ''Denny'' at one point. Dana eventually marries ''Devin''.
** Shalia adopted Erin. Candi adopts Charlie. Both Shalia and Candi have had five children in one sense or another.
** Shalia married a blonde guy. Miriam married a blonde guy.
** Reily and Kirby are both chefs.

* Creator/PeterSellers and his son Michael, who was also an actor, both died from heart attacks exactly 26 years apart.

* TheHero [[FlameOfRecca Recca]] finds out he is exactly like his birth father, Oka when they finally meet. And coincidentally, he is exactly like his adopted father as well!
** Averted with his half brother Kurei who unlike his adopted father, actually cares about his real friends and has plenty of redeeming qualities.

*** Though in this particular case, it should be noted that the only reason he didn't kick Bellamy's ass right away was because he promised Nami he wouldn't fight. Had he not promised that, he would have beaten him up as soon as Bellamy threw the first punch.
*** No, he ignored that rule. Once he saw Bellamy was mocking them for believing in Sky Island, he decided it wasn't worth fighting over, and ordered Zoro not to fight them. Which is exactly what Shanks would've done.

** Marle herself is the spitting image of Queen Leene, to the point that Yakra I (600 A.D.), his army of monsters, and the entire staff and residence of Guardia Castle mistook her for Leene, allowing what would have happened to Leene to happen to Marle instead.

* FanFic/MemoriesOfDaysLongPast

* In ''[[JonahHex All-Star Western]]'', the [[ClassyCatBurglar Lord of Thievery]] in 19th century Gotham's [[ReligionOfEvil Church of Crime]] is the cat-loving [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Lorna Kyle]].

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryuu Ishida's [[VitriolicBestBuds cordially vitriolic]] interactions are almost carbon copies of the interactions between their fathers, Isshin Kurosaki and Ryuuken Ishida. Same Shinigami vs. Quincy rivalry, same gut instinct vs. analysis divergence, same trickster mentor relationship with Urahara. Isshin and Ichigo even share their ultimate sword technique, Final Getsuga Tensho.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryuu Ishida's interactions are almost carbon copies of the interaction between their fathers, Isshin Kurosaki and Ryuken Ishida. [[spoiler: And both sons have the same powers as their fathers: Ichigo is a Soul Reaper like Isshin (though Ichigo only recently learned this) and Ryuken has the same Quincy powers that Uryuu has, only much stronger.]] The relationship between Ichigo and Uryuu seems to be slightly friendlier than those between their fathers, though.
** The similarity between Isshin and Ichigo goes further than that, it turns out. [[spoiler:Both have moon-themed [[EmpathicWeapon zanpakutou]]: Isshin's Engetsu ("Scathing Moon") and Ichigo's Zangetsu ("Slaying Moon"). Both have the same signature attack, [[KiAttacks Getsuga Tenshou]], which is to date the only example of two Soul Reapers being able to use the same zanpakutou technique. Both have at one point [[BroughtDownToNormal lost their powers]] by using the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Final Getsuga Tenshou]], then regained them at a later date. Ichigo's mentors, Urahara and Yoruichi, turn out to be old friends of Isshin.]]

* BillCosby has called this "the curse," in that problematic children will have kids of their own that behave just like their parents in order for the problematic children to understand just what they put their parents through.

* In ''TheZetaProject'', Bennett's son is visually identical to him but, personality wise, is much more mellow, carefree and easy going. Oddly, despite being a confrontational person, Bennett gets along great with his kid despite the night and day difference. It's implied that, pre SanitySlippage, this is what Bennett himself was like.

* ''StarWars'': Young Skywalker is whisked away from his home on Tattooine by a Jedi Master. He then saves the day by flying a starfighter into battle and improbably blowing up the enemy space station, befriending R2-D2 in the process. He then receives training in the Force against Yoda's protests, leading him to overconfidently attack Palpatine's [[TheDragon Dragon]], losing an appendage for his troubles. Now, are we talking about Luke or Anakin?

*** It depends on what you qualify as "repenting". Moments before [[spoiler:his sister Jaina]] kills him, he seems to realize that he was as much of an idiot as his grandfather was. Unfortunately, he only realizes this [[spoiler:at about the same time he's stabbed through the chest]].
*** In the YoungJediKnights series, Jaina is described as looking a lot like Leia, but her personality more resembles Han. Leia, meanwhile, shares her mother's affection for interesting hair arrangements.

* In ''ForrestGump'', both Bubba's mother and Lieutenant Dan are depicted as coming from long lines of service (the Blue clan comes from a long line of servants, and Lieutenant Dan's ancestors had died in each of America's wars.) In both cases, it's Forrest's intervention that breaks their cycles: He saves Lieutenant Dan from death (but not from losing his legs) in Vietnam, and he gives Bubba's mother a cut of his shrimping money (the last scene she's in has someone serving her.)

* Played with in ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers''. Stature plays it straight (size-changing powers, daughter of Ant-Man); Speed plays it pretty much straight (speed powers, nephew of Quicksilver); Hawkeye and Vision avert it (Hawkeye uses equipment from Hawkeye, Mockingbird, and Swordsman, but has no relation to any of them; Vision is himself in a new body); Iron Lad, Hulkling, Wiccan, and Speed subvert it (Iron Lad is a young Kang, Hulkling is the half-Skrull son of Captain Marvel, and Wiccan - who patterns himself after Thor - is the son of Scarlet Witch); and Patriot is just all over the place (he's the grandson of *a* Captain America, but not *the* Captain America, he gets his powers from a mutant drug instead of his heritage, and his costume is based on [[BuckyBarnes Bucky]] anyway). Furthermore, nobody except Stature had met the people they're following in the footsteps of before they became superheroes.

* {{Nasuverse}} example: ''"Let us tell a story of a certain man. The tale of a man who, [[WideEyedIdealist more than anyone else, believed in his ideals,]] [[FatalFlaw and by them]] [[DespairEventHorizon was driven into despair.]]"'' [[spoiler:[[FateZero Kiritsugu?]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Or his foster son Archer, aka Shirou?]]]]
* Used and [[InvokedTrope invoked]] in ''{{Ever17}}'':
** [[spoiler:Tanaka Youbisei''aki''kana is specially raised by her mother Youbisei''haru''kana to be her perfect copy, including making her believe that [[DisappearedDad her father has mysteriously disappeared]]. (You'aki doesn't really have a father, as she is You'haru's clone)]]
** [[spoiler:In wider sense of "generation", people in 2034's accident are brought together to resemble 2017's party: Tsugumi comes to [=LeMU=] again, Sora stays the same, You'aki is You'haru's clone, Kaburaki [[DeadPersonImpersonation takes Takeshi's appearance and behaviour]], and Hokuto loses his memory like Kaburaki did.]]
** [[spoiler:In an unfortunate example, Hokuto and Sara end up sharing the same fate as their mother, Tsugumi, being captured by Leiblich and experimented on for a good portion of their lives due to their Cure/Sapiens-Cure status.]]