History Main / GenerationXerox

* Camilla Parker Bowles was the longtime mistress of [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Charles]] before they married in 2005, echoing Camilla's great-grandmother Alice Keppel, who was the longtime mistress of King Edward VII, the one-time Prince of Wales and great-great-grandfather of Charles.

* ''Machinima/{{Anon}}'': Candace and Ryan's storyline started out very similar to how Candace's mother Chelsea's storyline was at the start (Chelsea/Candace caught between nice guy Kyle/Ryan and troubled bad boy Tucker/Logan).
** Candace is also held hostage in Season 8 at the same hotel that her parents were in Season 4.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
** ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]'': It's heavily implied that [[LazyBum Grif]] and [[TheDitz Sister/Kaikaina's]] mom was just as lazy as the former and [[ReallyGetsAround promiscuous]] as the latter.
** ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'': A variant not involving actual children. During Season 12, when [[ChivalrousPervert Tucker]], Grif, [[{{Nerd}} Simmons]], and [[CloudCuckoolander Caboose]] all join [[LaResistance the New Republic Army]], they're each promoted to the rank of Captain and tasked with overseeing squads of Rebel soldiers. The Lieutenants in charge of each squad have the personality (more or less) of their corresponding leader during the first five seasons of the show before their respective CharacterDevelopment. In practice, it basically becomes MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness for the squad overseers in question ([[IHatePastMe much to their consternation]]), though each Lieutenant is still given noteworthy differences from their counterpart in the Reds and Blues.
*** Like Tucker, [[ButtMonkey Palomo]] is a laid-back CasanovaWannabe that nonetheless loves to be the center of attention. However, Palomo's friendlier, goofier, and more of TheDitz than Tucker ''ever'' was. Palomo's also quite SarcasmBlind, while Tucker's ''very'' sarcastic.
*** Like Grif, [[TheFatalist Bitters]] is a lazy, snarky, and cynical SourSupporter. Amusingly, Grif [[HypocriticalHumor gets so frustrated by Bitters' laziness]] that he starts to treat him like how ''[[DrillSergeantNasty Sarge]]'' treats him (much to his own horror).
*** Like Caboose, [[ConsummateProfessional Andersmith]] has UndyingLoyalty towards a man [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter who doesn't match his mental image]] at ''all.'' They also both have a CharlesAtlasSuperpower, and are the most civil members of their respective teams. However, Caboose is almost completely divorced from reality, whereas Andersmith [[TheComicallySerious always tries to come across as a professional soldier]].
*** Finally, like Simmons, Jensen is a wimpy and empathetic nerd that knows lots of science facts and is also [[TVGenius a veritable wizard with advanced technology]]. That being said, Jensen is also shown to be in [[HeroWorship more legitimate awe over]] Simmons and the other Reds and Blues while Simmons was both a ProfessionalButtKisser and TheStarscream.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':
** ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]'': It's heavily implied that [[LazyBum Grif]] and [[TheDitz Sister/Kaikaina's]] mom was just as lazy as the former and [[ReallyGetsAround promiscuous]] as the latter.
** ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'': A variant not involving actual children. During Season 12, when [[ChivalrousPervert Tucker]], Grif, [[{{Nerd}} Simmons]], and [[CloudCuckoolander Caboose]] all join [[LaResistance the New Republic Army]], they're each promoted to the rank of Captain and tasked with overseeing squads of Rebel soldiers. The Lieutenants in charge of each squad have the personality (more or less) of their corresponding leader during the first five seasons of the show before their respective CharacterDevelopment. In practice, it basically becomes MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness for the squad overseers in question ([[IHatePastMe much to their consternation]]), though each Lieutenant is still given noteworthy differences from their counterpart in the Reds and Blues.

* Baron Heinrich Zemo and his son, Baron Helmut Zemo, right down to their faces being disfigured at the hands of Characters/{{Captain America|TitleCharacter}}. 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.

* 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 Barry Allen of the Silver Age, and Kyle Rayner and 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.

** Franchise/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; ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} --> J2; ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and Characters/{{Elektra}} --> Wild Thing; etc, etc.

** ComicBook/RachelSummers is perhaps the prototype of this among the X-Men, being in many ways a carbon-copy of her mother in terms of appearance and power-set (with an additional temporal component), right down to claiming the name and powers of the Phoenix. This is occasionally lampshaded. However, their relationships with the Phoenix and their personalities are quite different... not entirely surprising, given that Rachel was trained as a mutant-hunting Hound and raised in a concentration camp.

** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} is trying his best to make sure that Comicbook/{{X 23}} doesn't fall into this. It's [[Comicbook/XForce 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 Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}, 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/{{Captain America|TitleCharacter}}, 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 ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', this trope is built into Alternian society itself. Although thanks to BizarreAlienReproduction trolls don't have parents in any conventional sense, they have "[[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ancestors ancestors]]" -- trolls from the past with the same blood color and symbol. Young trolls are then encouraged to seek out information about their ancestors and follow in their footsteps; even if they don't, their personalities and roles in society wind up being eerily similar.

** The alternate versions of the ancestors introduced in Act 6 tend to be similar to their counterparts among the playable trolls... mainly because Andrew Hussie based most of them off fan stereotypes unless he had a better idea for what they should be like, so Cronus {{flanderiz|ation}}es Eridan's pathetic and sleazy traits, Meulin is Nepeta turned [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]], Mituna is basically Sollux with literal brain damage, and Horuss has Equius's sweat, super-strength, and creepy horse fetish and not many other traits. Others are more like {{Foil}}s; both Karkat and Kankri like the sound of their own voices but Karkat is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who constantly berates and insults the people he cares about to hide his true feelings, while Kankri is a HolierThanThou {{Hypocrite}} who pretends to care about the plights of various oppressed groups by giving patronizing and condescending sermons that end up drowning out the voices of members of the groups in question.

* ''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.

** Franchise/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}} --> J2; ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and Characters/{{Elektra}} --> Wild Thing; etc, etc.

* [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam Hulkling]]'s older half-brother Genis-Vell also took after dear old dad. Not only did he inherit [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels 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.

** Franchise/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/Avengers60sMembers Quicksilver]] --> Blue Streak; [[Characters/CaptainAmericaHeroes The Falcon]] --> Ladyhawk; Characters/{{Juggernaut}} --> J2; ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and Characters/{{Elektra}} --> Wild Thing; etc, etc.

* 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/Avengers60sMembers Quicksilver]]); Characters/{{Hawkeye|KateBishop}} and Vision avert it (Hawkeye uses equipment from the original Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}, 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/{{Captain America|TitleCharacter}}, 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.

* [[Franchise/IndianaJones Henry Jones and his son, Indiana]]. At first, the two seem night and day: Indy is a [[WhipItGood whip-cracking]] [[TwoFistedTales Nazi-punching]] AdventurerArchaeologist, while Henry is a doddering old professor. But while Indy has modeled [[IconicOutfit his look]] and [[GraveRobbing his attitude]] on a badass tomb robber who bested him as a youth ([[WorthyOpponent and actually showed him some respect for it]]), he's got far more in common with his father. They're both archaeology professors, they're obsessed with antiquities, they're ladies' men—in one case, it's even the same lady, they both wear a NiceHat (Indy's iconic fedora and Henry's bucket hat), carry a surprisingly useful tool (Indy's whip and Henry's umbrella), have a [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes phobia centering around an animal]] (Indy has snakes and Henry has rats) and they're both pretty useful in a crisis. Aside from the choice of hat, Indy's teaching outfit -- tweed and a bow tie -- is identical to his father's outfit. The main difference between them is that, unlike his son, Henry doesn't have a costumed secret identity and doesn't seek out dangerous adventures or occult villains.

* ''Film/TopGunMaverick'': Rooster is an elite fighter pilot with a bird-themed callsign, a glorious {{pornstache}}, and he even plays "Great Balls of Fire" on the piano... in short, he's practically a carbon copy of his father Goose, Maverick's GuyInBack from [[Film/TopGun the first film]]. It's implied that Rooster's similarities to Goose are a driving factor in the tension between him and Maverick, who [[ItsAllMyFault still blames himself for Goose's death]] and [[spoiler:sabotaged Rooster's application to join the Navy at his mother's behest]]. [[spoiler:During the climax, when the two of them are stuck behind enemy lines and have to steal a Tomcat to escape, Rooster steps into the role of Maverick's GuyInBack, although he struggles with it at first (as the plane is [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece massively outdated]] and Rooster's more used to being the guy in ''front'').]]

* On the same line, Frederick Frankenstein from ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' is a physician trying to distance himself from his grandfather's shadow, down to pronouncing his surname differently... but then he finds Victor's secret lab and journals and decides to continue the family legacy and making his own ArtificialZombie. His assistant Igor is also the IdenticalGrandson of [[TheIgor the hunchback who helped make the first monster]].

* A strangely endemic situation in the Philippines, owing to the existence of warlords and [[HereditaryRepublic political dynasties]]. Many present-day figures tend to either be children of, or at least descended from, long-standing families like the Cojuangcos, Macapagals, and even the Aquinos. Or, in the case of recent president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, a child of ''two'' of these families (his late mother Corazon, also a president, was born a Cojuangco).

* Lord Randolph Churchill was a rising star maverick in the Conservative Party who repeatedly switched factions, commanded the support of the public with his wit and charisma, suffered controversy, and eventually became Chancellor of the Exchequer before blowing it with a political misjudgment that ended his career. His son UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill had ''exactly the same career path''...the only difference being that he lived long enough to make the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII awesome comeback]] that is the only part anyone now remembers.

* [[Franchise/IndianaJones Henry Jones and his son, Indiana]]. At first, the two seem night and day: Indy is a [[WhipItGood whip-cracking]] [[TwoFistedTales Nazi-punching]] AdventurerArchaeologist, while Henry is a doddering old professor. But while Indy has modeled [[IconicOutfit his look]] and [[GraveRobbing his attitude]] on a badass tomb robber who bested him as a youth ([[WorthyOpponent and actually showed him some respect for it]]), he's got far more in common with his father. They're both archaeology professors, they're obsessed with antiquities, they're ladies' men—in one case, it’s even the same lady, they both wear a NiceHat (Indy's iconic fedora and Henry's bucket hat) and carry a surprisingly useful tool (Indy's whip and Henry's umbrella), and they're both pretty useful in a crisis. Aside from the choice of hat, Indy's teaching outfit -- tweed and a bow tie -- is identical to his father's outfit. The main difference between them is that, unlike his son, Henry doesn't have a costumed secret identity and doesn't seek out dangerous adventures or occult villains.

* ''ComicBook/{{Criminal}}'' 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]].

[[folder:Web Comics]]

*** A GuileHero Noble falls in Love with a Heterodyne Girl who also has a relationship with a Spark associated with flying machines. Is this Andronicus /Euphrosynia / Ogglespoon or Tarvek/Agatha/Gil. (Though [[spoiler: to date the only place that "Ogglespoon" has been mentioned is in an opera whose relationship to actual history is very much open to question, and may even have been revived as explicit anti-Wulfenbach propaganda]].)
*** A beautiful female spark has two suitors. One is morally ambiguous and quite willing to KicktheDog, the other is a more outwardly heroic man who loses it when it's believed that she is dead. Lucrezia/Klaus/Bill or Agatha/Tarvek/Gil?

* The entire premise of ''Webcomic/{{Sire}}''. The whole cast are Generation Xeroxes of classic literature characters, more or less. Whether or not they learn the "morales" of their sires and dams decides whether they [[EarnYourHappyEnding get a "happy ending"]] or suffer major DeathByIrony.

* The Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis Characters/{{Black Canary|TheBlackCanary}} 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.)

When it's only the appearance that's the same between generations, it's likely an instance of StrongFamilyResemblance. If the similar appearance is sustained over a lot of the family tree, rather than just parent and child, it's UncannyFamilyResemblance. If this is done by using the exact same actors to portray both ancestors and descendants, you have an IdenticalGrandson.

* ''{{Machinima/Anon}}'': Candace and Ryan's storyline started out very similar to how Candace's mother Chelsea's storyline was at the start (Chelsea/Candace caught between nice guy Kyle/Ryan and troubled bad boy Tucker/Logan).

%%* There was an arc based on the children of the characters in Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars.

* Musician Music/HankWilliams died tragically in 1953 when he was only 29-years-old from heart failure in combination with other health issues. Sixty-seven years later, in 2020, his granddaughter Katherine Diane Williams died tragically at the age of 27 in a car accident.

* Pierre and Marie Curie were both physicists and chemists who studied radioactivity, which earned them the Nobel Prize in chemistry of 1911 for the discovery of polonium and radium. Their daughter, Irène, became a chemist as well, married Frédéric Joliot-Curie and, together, they earned the Nobel Prize in chemistry of 1935 for the discovery of inducted radiation. And since science decidedly runs deep in this family, both of Irène's children and all of her grandchildren became scientists themselves. More darkly, both Marie and Irène died from leukemia due to their exposure to radiation during their research.
* In ''Film/StraightOuttaCompton'', Music/IceCube was played by none other than his son O'shea Jackson Jr.

* Music/JohnLennon's parents abandoned him at an early age, and he was left with his Aunt Mimi for most of his childhood. He had a tumultuous relationship with his father Freddie, who only returned to his son after John became famous. His mother Julia returned to John for a short while in his childhood but just as they were beginning to mend their relationship, Julia was run over and killed by a drunken off-duty policeman in a hit-and-run accident. Similarly, John, who had a rocky relationship with his first wife Cynthia and son Julian during the days of Beatlemania, abandoned them to live with Music/YokoOno. Julian and John's relationship was only beginning to mend in the last five or six years of John's life before John was shot to death in New York City in 1980.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'': A sibling example occurs with the Kominato brothers, Ryosuke and Haruichi. The latter has a serious case of BigBrotherWorship, to the point he imitates Ryousuke in pretty much everything (choosing the same type of bat, playing the same position, and going to the same school) despite Ryousuke explicitly telling him to ''not'' do so. Becomes more evident during Act II after Ryousuke graduates and leaves the team; Haruichi takes over his position as 2nd Baseman and plays in combination with Kuramochi (the team's Shortstop), and he's also taken to talk with a dry wit and a bit of a sadistic streak, much like Ryousuke did before him.
* Seiichirou Kitano from ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'' not only is as scary as his father. He gets in the same exact problems at school because of that and knows his girlfriend only when she understands he's an AllLovingHero. Exactly the same as his father's. The only, marginal, difference between the two is that Seiichirou trades in being TheJuggernaut (on top of being a LightningBruiser) for a metric ton of SelectiveObliviousness.
* ''Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge'' inverts the situation: when Ric's dad shows up on the bridge, his trousers are stolen. To avoid owing Nino a debt, he refuses her help -- abandoning his trousers and getting taken away by a police officer for indecency. ForWantOfANail (Nino retrieving the trousers), this is exactly what happened to Ric in the first chapter.
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': A boy is born under unusual/supernatural circumstances to a gruff, unloving mercenary father and an ill-fated yet loving mother. The child wants the approval of their father-figure, but the father only has resentment for the son, seeing their "cursed" existence as the cause/reminder for their lover's unfortunate fate; at some point, this resentment turns into an attempt on the son's life, but fails. This describes the origin story of main protagonist Guts and later, his cursed, unnamed son.
* 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 and Uryuu's post-time skip bow now looks very similar to Ryuuken's small bow. [[spoiler:In the epilogue, Ichigo and Uryuu have even followed their fathers into the medical profession. Ten years after Yhwach is killed, Ichigo is in charge of the Kurosaki Clinic and Uryuu has become a doctor at his father's hospital.]]
* In ''Anime/CardcaptorSakura'', Tomoyo has an unrequited crush on Sakura, who happens to be Tomoyo's second cousin. Their respective mothers, who were first cousins, had a similar relationship, as Sonomi had been in love with Nadeshiko, who ended up marrying Sakura's father. There is a slight difference, though; Tomoyo accepted that Sakura would never love her and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy even helps Syaoran confess his feelings for her]], whereas Sonomi could not accept Nadeshiko marrying Fujitaka and would hate the latter for years afterward.
* As much as Tomoya Okazaki of ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' hates his father for neglecting him to dull the pain of his mother's death, [[spoiler: he has become exactly the same to his own little girl Ushio to forget that her birth killed Nagisa. Thankfully, both cases get better. [[TearJerker And worse.]] [[RetCon And better, again]]]].
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** An Emperor and his highly accomplised Knightmare Frame pilot 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, are we talking about [[spoiler: Emperor Charles di Brittannia and Marianne "The Flash" Lamperouge]], or [[spoiler: Lelouch vi Britannia/Lamperouge and Suzaku "Knight of Zero" Kururugi]]?
** Then [[spoiler: Rolo]] is a Xerox of [[spoiler: V.V]]. Think of it: [[spoiler: they're the younger brother to the Emperor/Emperor candidate (even if just adopted, in Rolo's case), are obsessively attached to said brother, and ultimately murder someone who said Emperor deeply cared for due to utter jealousy (Marianne in V.V.'s case, Shirley in Rolo's.) Pretty much the biggest difference is that Charles kills V.V upon finding out, while Lelouch doesn't kill Rolo to further his plans -- which leads to Rolo pulling a HeroicSacrifice for him]].
** ''Geass'' contains another, more layered example: Lelouch tells Suzaku that despite the difference in their social status, they can still be friends, citing the example of the first Britannian Emperor and the original Knight of One, who were also lifelong friends (as detailed in the history lessons [[AllThereInTheManual in the DVD inserts]]). This is also true of Emperor Charles and ''his'' Knight of One, Bismarck Waldstein [[spoiler:and again when Lelouch usurps the throne and Suzaku, having patched up their differences, serves as his Knight of Zero]].
** Also, a very subtle version but... a young revolutionary eventually talks his reluctant best friend to join the cause against Britannia, dies fighting the Empire, and said best friend finds himself inheriting his position and becoming the protector of the dead friend's younger sister. Are we talking about [[spoiler: Naoto Kouzuki, Kaname Ohgi, and Kallen Kouzuki -- or Lelouch, Suzaku, and Nunnally]]?
* ''Manga/CrimsonSpell'':
** A century before the series takes place, King Fleivangr had a [[HomoeroticSubtext very cozy relationship]] with [[CourtMage Halceles]], his protector and advisor, but the relationship ended after [[StakingTheLovedOne the king was cursed and Halceles was forced to kill him]]. His IdenticalGrandson, Valdrigr, ends up under the same curse and seeks out one of Halceles' proteges, Halvir, for help. Halvir seduces and vows to protect him. When he sees them together, Halceles gets ''very'' nervous, but Halvir insists that he won't let it end the same way for him as it did for his master.
** Another of the king's {{Court Mage}}s, Rimris, [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this when he reveals that he served Fleivangr using SexMagic. He uses this as an argument to try to persuade Vald to sleep with him, to Vald's great consternation.
* ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'': The main character Jeremy looks EXACTLY like his DeceasedParentsAreTheBest father. And they share the same name. And it is creepily hinted at in just a couple of panels that Jeremy's mother Sandra asked him to call her by her first name when he was a child to replace her husband. It doesn't help that she then appears to kiss him on the lips.
* The final episode of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the second season of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'', ends with a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue in which [[spoiler:all twelve of the heroes from the past two seasons bring their children to the Digital World for a get-together. Not only do many of the kids look somewhat like their parents, but ALL their partner Digimon are lower-level forms of their parents' own partner Digimon]]. This scene is [[FanonDiscontinuity not popular with the fans]], though that's mainly for [[ShipToShipCombat shipping-related]] [[OfficialCouple reasons.]]
* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' is particularly blatant with [[IdenticalGrandson Son Goku]] [[DeadGuyJunior Jr.]] (and later Vegeta Jr.) in the TV special and the DistantFinale of the final episode.
** As well in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' with Bardock, Goku, and Goten before he cut his hair.
** ''Dragon Ball Minus'', a prequel manga, introduces Gine, an ActualPacifist from whom Goku and his progeny ultimately inherited their gentle natures. Goku's brother Raditz takes more after her in looks than Bardock and her great-granddaughter Pan also looks remarkably like her.
** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] with Gohan, who seems to start off as something of daddy's boy, even surpassing Goku in potential, but whose gentle, pacifistic nature ultimately drives him to abandon his father's fighting legacy and making him more of a xerox of his grandmother who also chose to abandon fighting because of her gentle nature.
* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'': TheHero and title character 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!
* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** Edward Elric looks almost exactly the same as the younger version of his father, Van Hohenheim, as shown in the flashbacks. Later, [[spoiler:Ed and Winry's [[BabiesEverAfter children]] both bear a resemblance to them, especially in the ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Brotherhood]]'' anime where [[http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/186/5/a/A_Happy_Ending____by_swiftblade_tenshou.png the son's hair has Ed's shade of blond while the daughter has Winry's]]]]. [[spoiler:Edward]]'s son has the same style as him as a toddler and looks like a miniature version of him.
** In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime version]] is even more obvious where in an {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VA ''everyone'' is shown to have a relative that looks exactly like them 100 years later. Ed's great-grandchildren look like him, Alphonse, and... Winry. [[spoiler:Whether this means either brother married Winry's Earth alter or whether Winry made it past the Gate is unexplained.]]
* ''Anime/HanasakuIroha'' shows that Ohana's mother Satsuki was a lot like her daughter when she was younger (complete with the same voice actress). The situations were reversed (other work vs the inn) but played out exactly the same.
* ''Manga/InitialD'': In the Third Stage movie, Takumi races the son of his father's former rival. [[spoiler:And wins, just like his dad did.]]
* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is a downplayed example. While nearly every member of the Joestar family is HotBlooded and wins their fights more through cunning than brute force, the similarities end there, and the series opts for {{Contrasting Sequel Main Character}}s instead. ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' also has Avdol and his father [[spoiler:(who also subverts it by actually being Avdol himself in disguise)]].
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
** Both Dr Tanuma and his son are doctors who had a kid at seventeen. [[spoiler:And considering the fact that his grandson Tsubasa is currently seventeen, has plans on attending medical school, and is long established as having a sexually active relationship with Kashiwagi...]]
** Chapter 186 implies that Hayasaka's relationship with Kaguya mirrors the one that her mother had with Kaguya's older brother Unyo. [[spoiler:The big difference is that Kaguya was able to forgive Hayasaka for her betrayal, while Unyo wasn't.]]
* Used as a plot point in ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'', where [[spoiler:Masumi and Naoko]] have very similar life experiences, and they develop very similar personalities as a result. This allows [[spoiler:Naoko]] to manipulate [[spoiler:Masumi]] into committing murders on [[spoiler:her]] behalf, because [[spoiler:she knows Masumi's triggers and is able to predict Masumi's actions]] due to to their similarities.
* The ''Franchise/LupinIII'' SpinOff ''Lupin Kozou'' is about Lupin's son, another thief with a [[MasterOfDisguise penchant for disguises]] and a weakness for cute girls. His main accomplice is Marilyn Aiki, who like Fujiko Mine, is a beautiful and mysterious girl who is both tougher than she looks and is a [[DamselInDistress frequent kidnapping target]]. The major difference is that Lupin, Jr. and Marilyn are both much younger than their respective counterparts.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': Our main character is an over-powered MagicalGirlWarrior despite being an elementary schoolgirl who started off as a secondary character in a different series. Her first magic teacher is Yuuno, [[ThoseTwoGuys she has a pair of ordinary friends of contrasting personalities]], and looming over the horizon is a brooding, mysterious DarkMagicalGirl rival who [[IHaveTheHighGround enjoys balancing on high places]], [[WhatBeautifulEyes has beautiful eyes]], and is every bit her equal. Now, is this Nanoha Takamachi in the [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha first season]] or Vivio Takamachi in ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid ViVid]]''? Of course, unlike her Nanoha-mama, Vivio has the advantage of the old cast looking after her, [[spoiler:so while DarkMagicalGirl Fate remained at large for the entire first season, DarkMagicalGirl Einhart got [[DefeatMeansFriendship befriended]] almost immediately at the start of ''[=ViVid=]'' when her attempt at defeating [[{{Cyborg}} Nove]] backfired on her]].
** The two friends of the latter are neither ordinary nor are they [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]], they are main characters and {{Magical Girl}}s instead.
*** In ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaINNOCENT'', Nanoha's two friends are main characters and {{Magical Girl}}s, too.
** In Chapter 6, [[spoiler:Vivio spars with Einhart and loses easily, disappointing her, as she thinks Vivio cannot possibly be the Sankt Kaiser. Vivio proposes a rematch in a week and hopes to get strong enough to satisfy her. Since Vivio heard about Nanoha fighting Fate in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' Sound Stage 02, it seems she's inherited Nanoha's ideas about making friends]].
** Vivio vs Miura is the ''[=ViVid=]'' version of Nanoha vs [[spoiler:Vita]] or Fate vs [[spoiler:Signum]] (who are two of Miura's instructors). What does that mean? [[spoiler:Vivio loses. In a ''tournament''.]]
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' gets hit with this quite badly in the official sequel novel ''Frozen Teardrop'', with most of the original cast members having a younger counterpart who looks and acts just like they did in the original anime; this includes Duo Maxwell II (Duo's son), Kathy Po (Sally's daughter), Trowa Phobos (Trowa Barton's protégé), Katerina Winner (Quatre's younger sister), and possibly Zechs Merquise II, whose relation to Milliardo Peacecraft remains unknown and who has yet to do anything other than show up at the latter's funeral. Zechs and Noin's children Milou and Naina also apply, though they're {{Gender Flip}}ped versions (Naina looks like a female Zechs while Milou looks like a male Noin).
** It goes backward in time as well: later chapters show the history of the real Heero Yuy, including his LoveTriangle with sisters Katrina and Sabrina Peacecraft. They, of course, look exactly like Heero Yuy and Relena Peacecraft, the show's protagonists (in the case of the Heero it's even worse because, as with Trowa, the two are not related in any form or fashion
*** The lives of Katrina and Sabrina Peacecraft mirror the lives of Relena and Milliardo, who are Sabrina's grandchildren. Like Relena and Milliardo, they were separated at a young age before eventually being reunited with one sibling going to rule the Sanc Kingdom (Sabrina in the twins' case, Relena in the grandchildren's case), while the other went on to become a warrior under an assumed name (Zechs Merquise in Millardo's case, Sith Merquise in Katrina's case). Katrina's Sith Merquise mask even looks like Milliardo's Zechs Merquise mask.
* ''Manga/TheMoroseMononokean'': [[TheProtagonist Ashiya]] shares a lot of history with his DisappearedDad, Sakae. [[spoiler: Sakae was an employee of the Mononokean, serving under Aoi, just as Ashiya is now serving under Abeno. Sakae also met his eventual wife (Ashiya's mom) after exorcising a demon who was haunting her and left her ill. Similarly, Ashiya crosses paths with Abeno while trying to get rid of the demon that was draining his life-force and leaving him in the infirmary.]]
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a variant that doesn't go from father to son or the like. Midoriya starts off without a Quirk before inheriting One For All, hoping to use it to become the world's greatest hero. All Might, the one who passed the Quirk down to him, is revealed later to have also been a previously-Quirkless inheritor of One For All who did become the world's greatest hero with it.
* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'':
** The hero Kuromine Asahi being the SecretKeeper to Shiragami Youko about her being a vampire. He ends up being a good friend of hers. Youko notes that her father, a vampire, had his secret discovered by a girl in his school and she kept the secret too. The girl would go on to be Youko's mother. Their relationship mirrors Touko and Genjirou's (Youko's parents) a great deal, sometimes to the point of ContrivedCoincidence.
*** Later on in the story, Youko actually reveals that she's been {{invok|edTrope}}ing this on purpose, going to the same school where her parents met and doing the same things that lead to their falling in love because she grew up listening to her mother's stories and wanted to have the same experience. However, her father Genjirou has been warning Asahi against letting this happen, [[VaguenessIsComing vaguely implying]] that if they follow his and Touko's story too closely it'll only hurt both of them.
*** Late in the series it goes in a dramatic direction: [[spoiler:Asahi gets sent 20 years into the past and befriends the teenage Genjirou and Touko when they were high schoolers; their relationship is basically a gender-inverted version of Asahi and Youko's. However, things went to Hell just days before graduation when Genjirou's vampiric nature went out of control and he had to drop out of school, which is what Genjirou was warning Asahi about. Genjirou also had a trio of friends just like Asahi's own friends, but they turned on him when he went berserk, which has Asahi worried that his friends might do the same. Even worse, Asahi's [[KidFromTheFuture Granddaughter from the Future]] subsequently tells him that history ''did'' repeat, with Youko going berserk like her father and disappearing forever; the final arcs of the series are dedicated to the cast doing everything they can to prevent the BadFuture despite being told that YouCantFightFate]].
*** In terms of non-relationship connections, during their senior year Asahi and Youko both decide that they want to become teachers and help out young people with secrets; at the end of the chapter, we learn that Genjirou had the same wish, but was unable to carry it out because he had to leave school during his senior year.
** Later they meet the angel girl Shirogane Karen, who is the best friend of Youko's parents, just like the alien Aizawa Nagisa. Karen and Genjirou even found out each other's secrets in exactly the same way Youko and Nagisa did. However, unlike Nagisa who is struggling between her feeling for Asahi and her friendship with Youko, Karen was a complete ShipperOnDeck for Touko and Genjirou.
** Akane was the homeroom teacher of Youko's parents. In the current day, Asahi and Youko's homeroom teacher is Akari, [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Akane's]] great-great-granddaughter, while Akane herself is now the principal of the school.
* In ''Anime/MyOtome'', both Arika and her mother [[spoiler:Lena Sayers]] have a blonde friend who is apparently a lesbian and [[spoiler:turns out to be secretly working against them; Erstin for Schwarz, Elliot for a Five Columns conspiracy to kill Sifr (although she decides to oppose the Columns and rescue Sifr with Lena)]]. Arika and Nina's personalities are similar to [[spoiler:Lena]] and Sifr's, although [[spoiler:the roles are reversed; Arika's mother Lena is like a somewhat more relaxed but still consistently serious Nina, and Nina's mother Sifr is like Arika]].
* In one Naoko Kodama one-shot, a young woman goes before the parents of her girlfriend Nami, asking for Nami's hand in marriage. It turns out that not only is it true that Nami HasTwoMommies, but so does at least one of Nami's mothers.
* One of the themes of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is the recurrence of certain characters, traits, and patterns across the generations.
** Team 7's relations and characteristics are a dead ringer for those of the Legendary Sannin. This was one reason many fans were able to pick up on a LukeIAmYourFather revelation long before it was revealed in canon.
** As a matter of fact, the relationship between Naruto and his friend/rival Sasuke works as this across multiple generations, dating all the way back to the very ''invention of ninjutsu''.
** There's now an explanation for the phenomenon. It turns out that even after the sons of the Sage of the Six Paths died, their chakra kept reincarnating into their descendants again and again for generations to continue their feud. And before Naruto/Sasuke, the previous vessels were Hashirama/Madara.
** There's also Team Minato in regards to Team 7, with Minato/Kakashi as the mentor, Obito/Naruto as the brash, hot-headed one with a one-sided crush on TheChick, Rin/Sakura as TheMedic with a crush on the genius [[TheLancer Lancer]], and finally young Kakashi/Sasuke who are TheStoic. Though this particular generation is inverted in that that it was [[FallenHero Obito]] [[InTheBlood who ended up being the bad guy]] and Kakashi being the hero.
*** To further deepen the parallels between Team Minato and Team 7, [[spoiler:Kakashi ended up becoming Hokage, just like his sensei did. Though it's also inverted in regards to their respective teams, as Naruto, Obito's counterpart, is the one who became Hokage -- then again, it was ''also'' Obito's dream, at least until he became evil. Then Obito became good again, and knowing that he could no longer achieve that dream after all the damage he had done, passed it on to his best friend Kakashi to fulfill]].
** Team Ame might count too. Yahiko/Naruto as the brash, hot-headed one and underdog, Konan/Sakura as the "smart" one of the three, Nagato/Sasuke as the Genius and most talented of the three. There's also hints of a LoveTriangle going on but was resolved peacefully.
** Part of the drama/storyline is that Generation Xerox is present, but also a curse of types. Sasuke is the biggest example/offender that he seems like silly putty. Is he going to be a copy of Kakashi, Orochimaru, Itachi, Obito, or Madara?
** While Naruto inherited one of his father's signature techniques, it's really his mother whom he takes after the most: HotBlooded, addicted to ramen, similar {{Verbal Tic}}s (his "dattebayo" vs. her "dattebane"), [[SealedEvilInACan Jinchuuriki for the nine-tailed fox]], etc.
*** [[spoiler:In the epilogue, his own ''son'' is shown to take after him, both in appearance and personality. Boruto is every bit the prankster his father and his sensei, Konohamaru, were as kids. He even has a similar VerbalTic ("dattebasa"). The difference is that Boruto is shown to ''hate'' the Hokage, as the position means his father can't spend more time with him. Meanwhile, his sister Himawari is shown to take after their mother, Hinata, though both children inherited their father's facial markings.]]
*** [[spoiler: Boruto's similarity to Naruto is played with in ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie''. Their differences in personality help drive much of the plot. For example, Naruto earned his current place through hard work, training, and determination; Boruto, born a prodigy and connected to very powerful clans, is more than willing to take shortcuts or straight-up cheat his way to victory. Even the animation plays with this a bit: despite his great likeness to Naruto, there's a certain softness to his facial features that make him similar to Hinata when the two are compared]]. LikeFatherLikeSon mixed with ItRunsInTheFamily since in his own youth, Naruto bore a [[StrongFamilyResemblance strong resemblance]] to his father but had his mother's face. At least until it was reversed in ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', where the 19-year-old Naruto resembled his mother more than his father.
** Relatedly, it is eventually hinted that Naruto is very much like Kurama was when he was young. Who is Kurama? [[spoiler:The nine-tailed fox]], of course.
** [[BrilliantButLazy Nara men]] [[OppositesAttract have a thing for]] [[{{Tsundere}} troublesome women]]. [[spoiler:Shikamaru, just like his father, did marry a ''very'' troublesome woman -- Temari.]]
** The Ino-Shika-Cho formation and its relationship with the Sarutobi clan goes back ''16 generations''. [[spoiler:In the epilogue, their children are shaping up to follow.]]
** [[spoiler:Hinata, like her father Hiashi, was ready to die to protect something -- in this case, Naruto. However, at the last second, Neji [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]] for her, just like how his father Hizashi, Hiashi's twin brother, did before him. Also, just like his father, Neji didn't do it out of duty but out of love for Hinata and Naruto, who are a part of his closest friends and family.]]
** When first shown as resurrected zombies under Orochimaru's control due to Edo Tensei, the First and Second Hokages had muted, very stoic personalities, to the point that the only difference between the brothers was their radically different appearances. [[spoiler:When they're revived again by a more complete version of the jutsu, [[TheStoic Tobirama]] is about the same overall, but Harashima is far more jovial and energetic, resembling his distant blood relative Naruto and heightening the Xerox effect due to his own relationship with friend-turned-rival Madara Uchiha.]]
** This is later revealed to be an important plot point for the Uchiha clan, as their [[spoiler:Curse of Hatred]] (beginning with the clan's [[DrivenByEnvy forefather]]) is connected to [[spoiler:their [[SuperpowerfulGenetics Kekkei Genkai]], the [[MagicalEye Sharingan]]. The Uchiha clan is capable of great devotion, love, and friendship, but the moment they lose a loved one (whether it be death or a perceived betrayal), [[LoveMakesYouEvil they tend to go]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy off the deep end]], [[ThePowerOfHate their newfound despair and hatred creating the Sharingan]]. [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity The more powerful the Sharingan becomes, the deeper they fall into madness]]]]. The few Uchiha who have been able to transcend this and adopt Konoha's Will of Fire philosophy all come across as similar in personality, such as [[spoiler:Itachi, his best friend Shisui, and Shisui's father Kagami (a subordinate of the Second Hokage). And also Obito, who seems to have overcome his Curse of Hatred and returned his belief in the Will of Fire]].
** While Naruto took after his mother more than his father, especially in personality (as stated above), [[spoiler:his future wife Hinata fell in love with him the same way Kushina fell in love with Minato: RescueRomance, and the RedStringOfFate was utilized in both rescue scenarios. Despite the ShipTease with Sakura and Kushina saying he should [[LikeParentLikeSpouse marry a girl like her]] -- which, as [[WordOfGod Kishimoto has stated in several post-series interviews]], were [[RedHerring deliberate misleads]] to [[TrollingCreator mess with the shippers]] -- Hinata matches ''Minato'' in personality, both being nice, quiet ninjas who have loved their boisterous counterpart since childhood. Given that all of the {{Official Couple}}s in the Narutoverse, including Kushina and Minato, embody OppositesAttract, [[FridgeBrilliance this actually explains why Naruto and Hinata work as a couple]]]].
* Rapidly subverted in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', which has the earnest, 10-year-old genius mage Negi following in the footsteps of his hugely famous DisappearedDad, the "Thousand Master" Nagi... Only later Nagi is shown to be a laidback magic school dropout who, although quite powerful, had to read spells off of a card and resorted to cheap tricks whenever possible (like, say, [[MundaneSolution luring a certain vampire into a covered hole in the ground]]). In power and personality, they're completely different, and Negi increases the divide even further by choosing [[spoiler:the powers of darkness]].
** That all said ''many'' comparisons can be made between generations, and grow with each revelation: Negi=Nagi, Kotarou=Jack Rakan, Setsuna=Eishun, and of course Ala Alba=Ala Rubra. For that matter, Albrieo Imma is rather mischievous and the team healer, like Konoka. And with the Nagi calling the Zect his "master" recalls Eva.
*** In Chapter 258 Rakan's flashback confirms above, and also shows that there is a sticking resemblance between the relationship that Negi's parents had and the one he shares with his partner, Asuna. Of course, this is only in reference to their relationships, as the personalities of the parties involved are sometimes totally opposite.
*** Also it seems that for all their differences Negi and Nagi have the same goals and priorities (namely saving Asuna and the world while they are at it) the difference is their approach to this (Nagi "beat the guys who threaten them" vs Negi's "eliminate the villains ''reason'' for threatening them")
*** To further hammer the point in, the ships used by Ala Alba and Ala Rubra look remarkably similar (similar enough to ''possibly be the same ship'', even). The only difference is the Ala Alba logo on the Great Paru-sama.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
** A HotScientist gets involved with one of her bosses, [[LoveMartyr is used and manipulated by her lover]], [[HeroicBSOD breaks down horribly]] when she realizes what has been truly going on, sees a very young girl as her rival [[spoiler: and kills her, sorta]], and ultimately meets her doom in quite the fucked up way. Dr. Ritsuko Akagi or her mother Naoko? Note that said boss happens to be '''the same for both'''.
** It is indicated that some of the problems between [[WellDoneSonGuy Shinji and his father]] are a result of the fact that both of them are very socially awkward. Furthermore, they share a depression induced by not being accepted by their peers, which is especially present when seeing the flashbacks of Gendo. Indeed, it has led some fans to speculate that if Shinji actually grew up, he could have ended up like Gendo.
** [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion The Rebuild film series]] more deeply explores the theme of "children walking in parents' footsteps", with both Shinji/Gendo and [[spoiler: Rei/Yui]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Subverted: The exploits of Luffy are implied to very closely mirror those of Gold Roger, the previous Pirate King; he also meets quite a few people who personally knew the guy (either that, or the successor of said person), and his actions are consistently described by these people as being exactly what Roger would do. However, it's pretty clear right from the start that Roger isn't Luffy's father, and it's outright confirmed later on. But the ''real'' kicker came in fairly recently: [[spoiler: Roger actually did have a son: ''Ace'', Luffy's older [[BloodBrothers "brother,"]] who absolutely ''despises'' the guy and wants nothing to do with him. And is now dead. Also subverted in that, according to Whitebeard (who was Roger's rival), Ace wasn't much like his father in terms of personality]].
** Luffy is looking to be this way with Shanks, sharing the ObfuscatingStupidity and later in a bar scene with Bellamy, he refuses to fight until his friends are harmed much like his idol.
** In another chapter, it is revealed a young Gold Roger looked ''exactly'' like Luffy, right down to the trademark hat. [[spoiler: Which was passed down from Roger to Shanks to Luffy.]]
** Roger and Rayleigh's first meeting (particularly in the anime) has parallels to Luffy and Zoro's first meeting. Roger wanted Rayleigh to join him with Rayleigh refusing. And the boat they started with was a small one.
** Franky and Iceburg's adoptive father built the ''Oro Jackson'', the ship that Gold Roger used to conquer the Grand Line. [[spoiler: After ''Going Merry's'' death, Franky and Iceburg would be the ones to build the ''Thousand Sunny'' for the Straw Hats.]]
** Robin is an archaeologist like her mother, can read Poneglyphs like her mother, and even ''looks'' just like her mother, safe for the hair, which is ''black''.
** Trafalgar Law ultimately became an incredibly skilled doctor and surgeon, just like his mother and father. And in flashback scenes, he's shown to look very similar to his father, although with his mother's grey eyes.
** Most of the Straw Hats can easily be compared to one or more of an older generation, either ability-wise or personality-wise. Some to relatives and mentors, others are completely by chance:
*** Luffy to Roger (his journey and goals), Shanks (his outlook and beliefs), Garp (his personality), and Dragon (his charisma and willpower).
*** Zoro to Mihawk and Rayleigh -- they are all Devil Fruit-less swordsmen, Zoro shares Mihawk's attitude towards weak opponents, and Rayleigh's relationship with Roger mirrors Zoro's with Luffy. Zoro begins to resemble Mihawk even more after the TimeSkip, largely due to training with the man in question.
*** Usopp to Yasopp -- he looks identical to his father with exception of his nose and hair, Yasopp hasn't been given enough screen time to say anything for personality. Yasopp has the same role in Shanks' crew as Usopp has in Luffy's.
*** Sanji to Zeff -- his mentor, also a master chef who dreamed of All Blue and fought by kicking.
*** Chopper to Hiluluk -- his "father," a doctor with faith in miracles, who wanted to cure all diseases.
*** Robin to her mother, Olvia, as stated above.
*** Franky's relationship to Luffy can be compared to his mentor Tom's relationship with Roger. Lines can also be drawn to the set of Vegapunk and Kuma -- Vegapunk is a genius inventor of whom Franky [[spoiler:adopted the designs of during the time-skip,]] and Kuma is a cyborg built by Vegapunk -- much like Franky is a cyborg built by himself.
** [[spoiler: The Toy Soldier/Kyros and his daughter Rebecca]] are both gladiators with exceptional skill but are widely hated by the audience, though in both cases, said audience eventually got over their hatred of them and came to like them. On the same topic, [[spoiler:Rebecca also threw her status as princess away to live with Kyros, just like her mother Scarlett before her. This was even lampshaded by King Riku, Rebecca's grandfather]].
** Luffy's relationship with Smoker is a near carbon copy of Roger's relationship with, ironically, [[spoiler:Garp, Luffy's grandfather]]. By the time Roger died, he and his marine nemesis were FireForgedFriends (even if said nemesis would never admit it), and Roger trusted him as much as he did his own crew. [[spoiler:So much so that Roger entrusted Garp with the life of his unborn child, Ace]]. Luffy's relationship with Smoker is very much the same, having been forced into several EnemyMine situations over the course of the series. By the end of the latest one, their interactions border on that between {{friend|lyEnemy}}s (even if Smoker will be back to chasing Luffy around by the next time they meet).
** After being implied occasionally over the course of the series, the Wano Arc confirms that Zoro is a ''dead ringer'' for "Sword God" Shimotsuki Ryuma, the FamousAncestor of his childhood rival Kuina and the Shimotsuki Family of Wano, and the man/[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot zombie]] he inherited Shusui from. On top of the physical resemblance, Ryuma was also a one-eyed samurai who shared a similar fighting style and code of honor with Zoro (in part due to the latter being trained by one of his descendants). These similarities are why the natives of Wano come to trust Zoro so much, with many noting that the fact Zoro was the one to (admittedly unwillingly) return Shusui to Wano ''cannot'' be a coincidence but rather an act of fate.
* In ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'', Count D's dad is portrayed throughout the series as a nasty piece of work, a ManipulativeBastard supreme. It's surprising then, when a short story reveals that D's dad was much like his son when he was younger, to the point he even had a "Leon" of his own in the form of Vesca Howell -- a loud-mouthed and brash best friend who he was exceedingly fond of [[spoiler: but whom he ultimately abandoned, just as D abandoned Leon at the end of ''Petshop'']]. The elder D's later "madness", [[spoiler: and the fact that he and Howell were eventually responsible for each other's deaths]], doesn't bode well for his son, especially given the "Count D" family's odd connection to karma.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Grace, formerly a professional Rhyhorn Racer, ''tries'' to enforce this with her daughter Serena, intending her to become a Rhyhorn Racer as well. Serena has no intention of letting it happen though and finds her own path as a Pokémon Performer instead. When she sees Serena's determination, Grace decides to let her follow her dream.
* In ''Manga/PrincessKnight'' sequel "Twin Knight", her son Daisy is kidnapped, and Sapphire has to dress his twin sister Violetta like a boy and present her as "prince Daisy" every two days. Crossdressed like her mom before, Violetta will also have a long wandering far from her kingdom, before finding her brother and become a girl again.
* Reina of ''Anime/QueensBlade'' with her mother Maria Vance, all the more so because Reina took up her mother's armor.
* Taken to extremes by ''Manga/Reborn2004'' where Tsuna, the tenth boss of the Vongola Mafia Family, looks almost identical to the ''first'' boss, despite the fact that ''ten generations'' separate the two (and the fact that none of the other bosses look very much like him, despite it supposedly being a direct line). On top of that, every member of Tsuna's inner circle is said to bear a strong resemblance to a member of the First Vongola's circle, despite the fact that none of them are blood-related.
** Not only do they each resemble their first-generation counterpart physically, but they also use the same weapons, have the same general personalities, and in some cases even seem to have the same life stories. All of which seems to have happened ''completely by coincidence''.
** Actually, Tsuna's the only boss of the Vongola to be directly related to the first boss[[note]]And even ''that'' was by coincidence, as Tsuna had the weakest blood ties of all the Vongola candidates; nobody said that thin tie led to the top.[[/note]] -- the rest are direct descendants of the ''second'' boss, who was the first's cousin.
** However, during the [[spoiler:Future]] arc, [[spoiler:Yuni specifically mentions that this is a special trait of the Vongola Family, and in a recent chapter it is at least heavily suggested (if not outright stated) by Daemon Spade that the tenth generation Vongola are in fact reincarnations of the first generation]].
*** But [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} that just raises further questions]] since [[spoiler: at least one member of the first generation is still alive]]. Although, there may be a bit of a [[Manga/InuYasha Kagome-Kikyo thing]] going on.
* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': In ''Capu 2'', Kurumu and Mizore's rivalry over Tsukune echoes that of their mothers' over a male student during their time at the academy. Neither won and the guy (who is Saizou's dad) turns out as a {{Gonk}} over the years; nowadays, they seem to view Kurumu and Mizore's status in Tsukune's UnwantedHarem as a means to renew their old feud and see who's daughter wins Tsukune's heart. Of course, Kurumu and Mizore are a lot less openly hostile towards one another than their mothers were.
** In the manga, San, Ginei, and Haiji have a very similar relationship like the Three Dark Lords. [[spoiler:San and Akasha are both TheSmurfettePrinciple, Akasha is the strongest of them and the leader, San is the strongest in Yokai Gakuen's history and she led Ginei and Haiji's paths in their school life as their senpai. Ginei and Toho Fuhai are both {{Chivalrous Pervert}}s and they have a VitriolicBestBuds relationship with Haiji and Mikogami, respectively, and they are more {{Bishonen}} than the latter. Haiji and Mikogami are both more of muscles. Ginei and Haiji admire San, and it's revealed that both Toho Fuhai and Mikogami have flirted with Akasha. Also, all of them are high-class yokais.]]
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'':
** A rough-looking JerkWithAHeartOfGold from the north punches his way through adversity, [[NoSenseOfDirection gets lost easily]] and is very HotBlooded. Sanosuke Sagara, or his father Kamishimoemon?
** Also Kenshin's son, Kenji. Takes after his father in both appearance and the whole WalkingTheEarth and swordsmanship thing. Also, the cute-looking girlfriend with long black hair.
* A few years after ''Manga/SailorMoon'' finished up, Creator/NaokoTakeuchi released ''Parallel Sailor Moon'', a one-shot AlternateUniverse sequel starring Kousagi Tsukino, Usagi's daughter. Not only did Kousagi [[LegacyCharacter carry on her mother's legacy as the new Sailor Moon]], but it then turned out that ''all'' the Inner Senshi had given birth to daughters who ended up inheriting their mantles. [[UncannyFamilyResemblance The girls all strongly resembled their mothers as well]]. Though as a bit of a twist, [[spoiler: the other girls don't actually like Kousagi, which is a far cry from Usagi's close friendships with the original Inner Senshi]].
* In the ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' SpinOffspring anime ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'', one of the original protagonists, Dragon Shiryu, finally settled down with his childhood sweetheart Shunrei, and the two had a son together. Not only does said son inherit his father's Dragon Cloth, he also has both of his parents' calm and polite personality, fights several battles that are nigh-identical to the ones his father faced, although with different outcomes (such as him not having to blind himself in order to defeat the Perseus Saint), and even has a PowerTattoo just like his father's. The kid also happens to look a lot like his mom.
* ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'': Meliodas fought Ban and gave him a permanent scar. Later, Meliodas' son Tristan and Ban's son Lancelot fight and Tristan gives Lancelot a permanent scar.
* A flat-chested sorceress from Zephilia meets a mercenary swordsman and they fall in love while fighting to make a buck. Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev from ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'', or Lina's parents?
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' gave us the worthwhile [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJWQybYBE80 Parallel Works 8]] which covers at least seven years of time. It shows a boy finding a Gurren AfterTheEnd, creating and leading LaResistance, then rebuilding a civilization capable of challenging the Anti-Spirals. [[spoiler: The stories diverge when Simon is reminded he has someone worth fighting for.]]
* There is a possible application in ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle''. Due to time travel and reincarnation, [[spoiler: The Syaoran and Sakura that we start the manga with]] turn out to be the ''parents'' of one of the people they are [[ArtificialHuman cloned from]] and virtually identical to. Whether the clones are imitating their originals, or the younger male is imitating his father (who just happens to also be his clone) is a matter best left to ''[[MindScrew illegal substances]]'', or at least [[INeedAFreakingDrink alcohol]].
* ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' has two prominent examples:
** [[spoiler:Canute]] spends much of the second arc tempted by and ensnared in TheChainsOfCommanding much like his father, [[spoiler:not helped at all by his father's head acting as a stress-induced SpiritAdvisor telling him to commit to his darker impulses]], employing assassination and terror tactics as means to hold on to power and employing TheNeedsOfTheMany logic [[spoiler:in order to become a DarkMessiah that will save Europe from the vikings. Ultimately, Thorfinn is able to make him remember why he's doing it, causing Canute to take a step back from the precipice and avoid TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget.]]
** The more the story progresses, the more Thorfinn follows in the steps of his father Thors. [[spoiler:He begins as a cold-blooded killer before having a spiritual awakening and becoming a MartialPacifist, seeking to escape the wars and death of the old world by building a new and better life in the west. Only instead of stopping in Iceland like his father, Thorfinn is aiming even further by wishing to settle Vinland.]]
** Thorfinn also begins resembling his ParentalSubstitute Askeladd during the Baltic War arc, [[spoiler:becoming more cynical and disgusted with man's capacity for violence, and begins to employ guile and trickery as a means to intimidate enemies and defuse conflicts, something Thors generally avoided. Unlike his mentor he avoids fully falling into HeWhoFightsMonsters territory, though [[SurroundedByIdiots his attitude comes close at times]].]]
* In ''Manga/WildRock'', Yuni and Selim, from FeudingFamilies, fall in love but go their [[StarCrossedLovers separate ways]]. When their sons meet they too fall in love as well, and unite the two clans.
* In ''Manga/WolfGuyWolfenCrest'', [[spoiler: the protagonist Akira Inugami falls in love with his teacher Akiko Aoshika.]] The same thing happened around 20 years before: [[spoiler: when Inugami's dad Tetsuya was teaching at Stanford, he and his student Lois (who was a werewolf woman) fell in love and got married.]]
* ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowsideTheReturnOfTheOniKing'' opens stating that "There used to be a boy who could control Yo-kai with a mysterious watch. However, he became unable to see Yo-kai when he became an adult. With the boy's duties finished, the watch was buried away in space-time." The name of the boy in question? Keita Amano (Nate Adams if you need a hint. "...Then 30 years later, quiet everyday life comes to an end as a fateful day begins with a comet drawing near. The terrible Yo-kai virus Onimaro infects people's malevolent intentions and spreads infinitely. The one chosen by the Yo-kai Watch is the one who can save humanity from its crisis. The bond between humans and Yo-kai may be recovered with the attainment of a new Yo-kai Watch." The name of the one chosen by the new Yo-kai Watch who has to save humanity from the Onimaro and rebuild the bonds between humans and Yo-kai? ''Natsume Amano''. She even gets to solve incidents revolving around Yo-kai (though these Yo-kai are more terrifying) in the [[Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside sequel series]], though with some of her friends and her younger brother (who ''looks like Nate'' but he's very different personality-wise) in this case.
* Part of why Asagi Ayase and her mother don't get along in ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' is because they're almost exactly alike. When Asagi's father points this out, ''both'' turn and shout "How rude!" at the same time.
* One episode of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' features a duel between Yugi and a girl named Rebecca, who accuses Yugi's grandfather of stealing his Blue-Eyes White Dragon card from her grandfather. The duel ends up mirroring exactly a duel between the two grandfathers held in a caved-in archaeological site, with the last bit of water on the line. [[spoiler:Both Yugi and his grandfather ended up surrendering their duels even though they would have won with their last card draw.]]
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* Especially common in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''Literature/HarryPotter'' (Marauders or next generation) FanFic. Even before the ''Deathly Hallows'' epilogue.
** It's not just those two series, it's ''everywhere''. 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.
*** 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 ad 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!
* 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]]...
* ''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:
** Tomoyo is a LipstickLesbian and [[AllLoveIsUnrequited in]] [[KissingCousins love]] with Sakura, echoing the relationship between their mothers Sonomi and Nadeshiko.
** Nadeshiko was in a TeacherStudentRomance, whereas Rika is in one with Mr. Terada.
** Yuuka, Rika's mother, had a "foreign boyfriend" (Rika's father Jyou is [[ButNotTooForeign Japanese-American]]); Sakura is in a relationship with Syaoran, a Chinese boy.
** Chiharu's mother, Yukiko, had a tendency to [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale strangle]] her then-boyfriend just as Chiharu does to Takashi, though in that case, it's for getting lost in sports stories rather than telling lies.
* 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''.
* ''[[Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird]]'' features a non-genetic variant, as there is no blood relationship whatsoever between any of the characters involved. But in 9:30 Dragon, a human noblewoman, and an elven rogue worked together {{like brother and sister}} to [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins defeat the Blight]]; now, eleven years later, a human noblewoman and an elven rogue work together {{like brother and sister}} to [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition defeat the Elder One]].
* 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.
* 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.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7078213 The Long Suffering Ruby Rose]]''. Ruby and her half-sister Yang are products of a {{polyamory}} relationship between their dad and two of his teammates. Ruby doesn't believe her Uncle Qrow when he says to watch out for Yang taking after their dad. In the end, Yang does end up dating their two other teammates Blake and Weiss.
* [[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.
* 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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[[folder:Literature]]
* In SA Swann's ''Literature/{{Apotheosis}}'' series, Salmagundi practices a peculiar form of ancestor worship, which expects everyone to download 5-12 of their ancestors into themselves. Since each of those ancestral minds is usually a melding of the half-dozen or more minds that ''they'' had downloaded, each of which is a blending of minds etc., this leads to people who are remarkably alike in personality, since everyone is a distillation of their ancestors, and a lot of people have overlapping sets of ancestors.
* ''Between'' by Jessica Warman demonstrates this through the main character Liz. Liz [[DeadToBeginWith was]] a xerox of her mother's seemingly golden status yet dealing with anorexia. [[spoiler: And just like her mother, she also faces her best friend attempting to seduces the man was in a strong and genuine relationship.]]
* Implied in the third book in ''Literature/TheBeyonders:'' [[spoiler: Darien the Seer's message to Jason implies that he will some day have a daughter who will also go on a journey across Lyrian like he did, and, in the process, end up having to explore Darien's lair just like Jason did]].
* In Creator/RobertRankin's fifth ''Brentford Trilogy'' novel, ''The Brentford Chainstore Massacre'', we're told that Omalley's ancestor was sent to Brentford by the Pope to kill Pooley's ancestor and that Pooleys and Omalleys have been killing each other over the Brentford Scrolls ever since. However, the current Pooley and Omalley are best friends.
* In Creator/NealStephenson's novel ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'' and its multipart {{Prequel}}, ''Literature/TheBaroqueCycle'':
** The characters of Lawrence Waterhouse and his ancestor Daniel are both descended from nonconformist preachers (Lawrence's grandfather, Bunyan, and Daniel's father, Drake). Despite an unconventional childhood, they attend a prestigious university (Princeton/Cambridge) where they form a strong but uneasy friendship with an obsessive, gay uber-genius (Alan Turing[=/=]UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton). They subsequently come onto the radar of the mysterious immortal Enoch Root, and become involved in a complex secret war involving hidden gold and cryptography, with the assistance of Sergeant Bob Shaftoe (of the US Marines/the King's Own Black Torrent Guards), while also becoming involved with the political machinations of the Comstock family (Earl Comstock, first head of the NSA/Roger Comstock, Marquis of Ravenscar) and working on early computers (''[[ClockPunk very]]'' early in Daniel's case). Oh, and amongst the genuine historic figures Waterhouse meets is the famous military leader, Churchill (UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill[=/=]John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough).
** Laurence's grandson Randy in ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}''[='s=] 1990s sections, also fits the pattern to some extent; he's a computer geek, he becomes involved in Root's conspiracy, works with Bobby Shaftoe's son (and has a relationship with his granddaughter), and deals with the political machinations of Earl Comstock's descendant. Admittedly, he starts out with an interest in his grandfather's work, but that doesn't explain all of it, and certainly not why his capitalist venture partner just happens to be descended from a member of the original Bob Shaftoe's brother's pirate crew (as, incidentally, is Goto Dengo, one of a handful of characters to appear in the 1940s and 1990s sequences of ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}''. He's a Japanese soldier who converts to Christianity; his ancestor was one of the "[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian Kirishitan]]" Jesuits persecuted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi).
* The writing of Creator/DavidEddings, especially the ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad Belgariad/Malloreon]]'' series and ''[[Literature/TheElenium The Elenium/Tamuli]]'' series, in which characters specifically point out the similarity of events. This repetition is put down to Destiny by DirtyOldMan / ByronicHero Belgarath and CreepyChild / OracularUrchin / PhysicalGod Aphrael, respectively. At the end of both series, however, it is claimed that this cycle of Destined Events has been broken, making the future unpredictable.
* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, "Old Stoneface" Vimes is the Knight Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch and is well known for his belief that ''nobody'' is above the law, to the extent that he famously arrested the ruler of the city. While this obviously refers to Sam, during the time period of the novels, it's also a description of Suffer-Not-Injustice, some 300 years earlier.
* ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'': All that we learn about Dante Alighieri's great-grandfather, who gave the family the name Alighieri, is that he has spent a century in Purgatory to rid himself of {{Pride}}. Vices appear to be genetic because Dante had earlier admitted that he would almost certainly end up in that part of Purgatory for a long, long time.
* An unusual RealPersonFic example in the ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' short story "Doctor Who and the Adaptation of Death" by Graeme Burk. Set in TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Hollywood, the big movie stars the screenwriter viewpoint character mentions are all the kids or grandkids of present-day stars, either real (Kal-El Cage) or imagined (Jude Law III). Also, Creator/JKRowling has a descendent called P. Q. Rowling who wrote ''Literature/HarryPotter and the Half Moon Dentist''.
* In ''Literature/EmilyTheStrangeTheLostDays'', Emily/Earwig discovers she very closely resembles [[spoiler: her Great Aunt Emma]].
* Chris and Cathy in ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'' not only look eerily like their parents, but they also end up basically the same way, BrotherSisterIncest and all.
* In Creator/SarahAddisonAllen's ''Literature/TheGirlWhoChasedTheMoon'', after Dulcie and Logan's history in the BackStory, Logan's brother fears it will happen again with his son Win and Dulcie's daughter Emily.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', this cuts both ways. Harry's father and his cohorts from their days at Hogwarts, the Marauders, map well onto Harry and ''his'' friends -- and he meets every single one of them before the end of the third book. And [[spoiler:the "first day at Hogwarts" at the end of ''Deathly Hallows'' is a dead ringer for Harry's own "first day" way back in ''Philosopher's Stone''. This is emphasized when Harry's daughter Lily whines that she wants to go to Hogwarts ''now'' to her mother, Ginny, said the same thing six books earlier]].
** This is also subverted to an extent with Harry's father -- Harry unthinkingly assumes that their characters were xeroxed until Harry's father James turns out to have been a pampered JerkJock in his teenage years, properly maturing only in the last year or two of school. It's implied that Harry's unhappy upbringing has made him a better person in some respects. Dumbledore also comments to Snape he finds Harry's personality much like his mother's, rather than his father's.
*** Harry is constantly described as looking exactly like his father, except that he has his mother's green eyes. [[spoiler:When Harry actually gets a look of what James looked at his own age, due to reading Snape's memories, he notices that looking at his father's face is much like staring into an uncanny mirror. It looks almost the same, but some details are just slightly ''off''.]]
*** Also, both Harry and James fall in love with and marry a red-haired woman, making both couples very alike in looks. Although this is subverted because Harry is a half-blood whose wife Ginny is a pureblood, while James was a pureblood whose wife Lily was muggle-born.
*** Also the situation of an orphaned godson is repeated. The books start out with Harry, an orphan, living with his relatives. He grows very close to his godfather, Sirius. The books end with Teddy Lupin, an orphan, living with his relatives. Jo tells us he becomes very close to his godfather, Harry.
** [[TheRival Draco Malfoy]] plays this trope around across the saga. When we meet his father Lucius it's very much clear that Draco takes after him physically and does everything he can to imitate him, putting on airs with a snobby attitude and looking down on others. However, come ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', [[spoiler:when he finally joins the Death Eaters and is given the (seemingly) impossible task of assassinating Dumbledore]], he starts realizing what it really means to be like his father, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor and he does not enjoy it one bit]]. [[spoiler:[[Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild Many years later]], he goes out of his way to defy this trope and raise his son so he doesn't turn out like him or Lucius]].
* In Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, the Ashkevrons are shown to be very much like this generation after generation. Queen Selenay jokes, not inaccurately, that members of the family who don't inherit the usual resemblance generally find excuses to run off to the capital city. To give one of the more egregious examples: the main characters of the books are identical twin girls with an older brother. Of the past five generations of their mother's family, [[HereditaryTwinhood three have consisted of identical twin girls with an older brother]].
* ''{{Literature/Holes}}'' largely hinges on a {{downplayed|Trope}} version of this: Elya Yelnats accidentally broke a promise to a one-legged Gypsy named Madame Zeroni, resulting in a curse on all his descendants. The protagonist, his great-great-grandson Stanley, winds up breaking the curse [[DramaticIrony entirely by accident]], when he happens to [[spoiler:befriend Madame Zeroni's descendant and help him in all the ways that Elya forgot to help her]].
* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', Katniss looks like her father, Mr. Everdeen, has inherited his hunting abilities, singing voice and, like him, [[spoiler: will marry someone from the town]]. Her sister, Prim, looks like Mrs. Everdeen and has inherited her passion for healing. Also, Mrs. Everdeen was close friends with Katniss' friend, Madge's mother, as a teenager and the father of Katniss' love interest Peeta had a crush on Mrs. Everdeen.
* The immortal witch Azusa of ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesForThreeHundredYearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' meets a guild receptionist named Natalie during her first visit to Flatta village. Three hundred years later, she meets her descendant, also named Natalie, also working as the receptionist, and looking so alike Azusa thinks she's the same person.
* A bizarre variant, in which there's no blood relationship, is the "Jack and Susan" mysteries by Michael [=McDowell=]. Whether it's 1913, 1933, or 1953 (and [=McDowell=] originally intended to write stories for the "_3" year of ''each'' decade), Jack Beaumont and Susan Bright are always 27 years old, meeting and falling in love for the first time. No explanation is ever even attempted -- this is just the way it happens.
* In the ''Literature/JackRyan'' series, Jack Ryan Jr. eventually joins the CIA like his father, while Sally goes to medical school like her mother (the same one, to top it off).
* ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' has a variation on this in that most of the people that the gods possess tend to live variations of the tales of the gods; e.g. Julius Kane (possessed by Osiris) is kidnapped by Set while his children Carter and Sadie Kane are forced to escape (Horus and Isis respectively). Justified in that the gods don't have imagination and can only repeat stories, while humans can change these.
* In ''Literature/{{Kunoichi}}'', this is implied to have occurred with Michiru Fujimori and her daughter Anna, both skilled [[InformedAbility computer scientists]]. Right down to the [[spoiler: SplitPersonality]].
* A non-heroic example is present in Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez's novel ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude''. The names and the personality traits associated with those names emerge in each generation of the Buendí­a family, leading to a cycle of repeating mishaps and tragedies which only ends [[spoiler:with the death of the last member of the family and the destruction of the town the family founded]]. The exception being the twins Aureliano Segundo and José Arcadio Segundo. The former is sociable, jolly and likes to party, which are traits associated with the José Arcadios; the latter is reserved and gloomy, and has military interests, like the previous Aurelianos. It's implied that this is because the twins swapped names so often that eventually they lost track of their own identities -- it's quite possible that Aureliano Segundo ''was'' José Arcadio Segundo and vice-versa.
* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt does this in her debut novel ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}'', where the female protagonist Beatrice seems to have inherited both her appearance and her personality from her paternal grandmother. Her cousins have some of this too. Edvard has inherited his abusive side from his father, Sofia is beautiful but weak like her mother. Not to mention that Beatrice must have inherited her intelligence from her father, who was a professor at Uppsala University.
* ''Every'' generation of the Ohmsford family in Creator/TerryBrooks ''Literature/{{Shannara}}'' series includes one member who [[JumpedAtTheCall Jumps At The Call]] of the druid Allanon (or his successors). This family member stands a good chance of being friends with the impulsive Prince of Leah, and will almost certainly encounter the King of the Silver River and be accompanied by a group of Men, Dwarves, and Elves (probably including Elven royalty) against the BigBad. They may also have a more sensible sibling who accompanies them to stop them getting into trouble, encounter a LovableRogue named Creel, and befriend a Moor Cat. Although there's usually an element or two from this list missing in each generation.
* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': [[InterspeciesRomance Elu Thingol stumbles upon Melian]] singing surrounded by nightingales while wandering alone in the forests of Doriath. Immediately "an enchantment fell upon him" and he takes her hand and they fall wordlessly in love. Several thousand years later, [[InterspeciesRomance Beren stumbles upon their daughter Lúthien]] dancing while ''he'' is wandering alone in the forest of Doriath and nicknames her Nightingale; he "fell into an enchantment", embraces her, and they fall wordlessly in love.
** Inverse situations end their narratives as well: when Beren dies of wounds received fighting Carcharoth immediately after presenting Thingol with the Silmaril, Lúthien deliberately dies in grief and follows his soul to Mandos. Thirty-six years later, when Thingol is killed by the Dwarves over the Silmaril, Melian deliberately relinquishes her mortal fána and returns herself to Valinor in grief.
* It is rather subtle but the similarities between the younger generation of (especially, but definitely not just them) Stark children in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and the previous generation has been pointed out.
** This also happens to Ned in regards to older members of his family. His father Lord Rickard was unjustly executed by the [[TheCaligula evil King "Mad" Aerys II]] and his oldest son was also killed horrifically. [[spoiler:Near the end of the first book Ned is executed by the evil King Joffrey and later his oldest son is killed in a horrific manner.]]
** Arya is noted to be Generation Xerox for her Aunt Lyanna in both appearance and personality, as a similarly wild, tomboyish RebelliousPrincess with an interest in riding and fencing over ladylike arts, and [[ChronicHeroSyndrome concern for the smallfolk.]] Ned even admits he's worried about the similarities.
--> Ned: "Lyanna would have carried a sword if my lord father had allowed it. You remind me of her sometimes, you even look like her. Beautiful, willful...and dead before her time."
** Examined by the various members of the Lannister family. Jaime and Cersei both believe themselves to be just like their father. Both claims are refuted by other members of the family. Cersei is considered to be too [[WildCard mercurial]] in comparison to the [[TheStoic rock-solid]] Tywin by both her brothers. Tywin's sister Genna dismisses Jaime's claim, as [[TheUnfavourite Tyrion]] is most like Tywin, while noting he ''does'' have similarities to most of his uncles.
** The noble houses in ASOIAF in general work like this, both in appearance (Martin's genetics is... peculiar) and in behavior (nobles are encouraged to imitate their more famous ancestors). One character (Joffrey Baratheon) was even correctly outed as not a real Baratheon by numerous characters, by virtue of him neither looking the part nor acting like how a proper Baratheon acts. By contrast, Robert's bastard children all act in a stubborn manner and have the Baratheon coloring.
** Robert's brother Stannis has similar qualities to his great-great-grandfather King Maekar I. They were both stern and unforgiving younger sons who are great military men but feel unappreciated, unexpectedly inherit the Iron Throne, and both kill a better-liked brother of theirs.
** Robert's [[HeroicBastard bastard son]] Gendry manages to demonstrate the traits of his father and uncle Stannis, despite not even knowing he's a Baratheon. He's inherited Robert's strength and fondness for a war hammer while being very similar in personality to the serious, honorable, and reserved Stannis. He even ends up best friends with Arya Stark -- the daughter of ''Robert's'' best friend Ned -- and is hinted to be developing feelings for her, who (as noted above) is similarly Generation Xerox of Lyanna Stark, the woman Robert spent his life in love with.
* The ''[[Literature/SweetValleyHigh Sweet Valley Saga]]'' books rely on the idea that the present inhabitants of Sweet Valley largely are Xeroxed from the ancestors who are the subjects of the books. Patmans and Fowlers are of course in some way derived from nobility, for example.
* The whole plot of Creator/MadeleineLEngle's ''Literature/ASwiftlyTiltingPlanet'' is Charles Wallace performing MentalTimeTravel into members of the Maddox-Llawcae clan, two AlwaysLawfulGood families that repeatedly intermarry. Also featured are the Mortmain, O'Keefe, and "Gwydyr" families, whose members are AlwaysChaoticEvil[[note]]Except for Calvin O'Keefe, but he's got a mom from the Maddox-Llawcae family[[/note]]. Basically each stop involves one or more members of an "evil" family trying to seduce/oppress someone from the Maddox-Llawcaes. A common criticism of this book is that InTheBlood is the actual moral.
* As [[AllThereInTheManual revealed]] in the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' spin-offs ''The Island of Sodor'' and ''Sodor: Reading Between the Lines'', there have been three Fat Controllers: Sir Topham Hatt, his son Sir Charles Topham Hatt, and ''his'' son Sir Stephen Topham Hatt. Within the books, the Fat Controllers appear identical.
* Played with several times in Creator/TamoraPierce's ''Literature/TortallUniverse'':
** Aly of the ''Literature/TrickstersDuet'' is completely different from Alanna — she's flippant and unambitious at the start of the book, with no interest in being a knight. However, she does take after her dad George the spymaster. Her twin brother Alan ''is'' a knight-in-training, and her other brother Thom follows after his namesake in studying magic.
** The ''Literature/BekaCooper'' books {{invert|edTrope}} this completely. TheHero, Beka Cooper, is George Cooper's great-something grandmother... a legendary ''police officer''. Also in her books is Lord Lionel of Trebond, a sexist who thinks that women are weak and delicate and who is far too cowardly to stand up to the BigBad of the book.
* There is something like this in ''Literature/VanityFair'' -- Amelia, who is something of a WideEyedIdealist ProperLady has a son George whom she terribly spoils, leading him on a path to become like his father (also named George), who was a snobbish JerkJock wannabe aristocrat. However, whereas DoggedNiceGuy Dobbin wasn't successful in reforming the earlier George, he is able to mold the younger George, [[spoiler: his step-son]], into a better person. The other [[VillainProtagonist "heroine"]], [[TheVamp Becky Sharpe]], has a FreudianExcuse for some of her behavior. She neglects her son Rawdon, who is named after his father who was better than most of his family who were a long line of [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]]. While less of a character than young George, the younger Rawdon also seems to grow up to be a better person than his parents -- he gives his mother a settlement [[CallingTheOldManOut not to come near him ever again]] which contrasts with how his grandfather, [[DastardlyWhiplash Sir Pitt Crawley]] tried to cheat his children out of inheritance owed to them.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', characters tend to be the subject of a prophecy or take on a role like a leader if it happened to their mentor or parents. For instance, the last few [=ThunderClan=] leaders have been a series of mentors and their apprentices: Sunstar mentored Bluestar who mentored Firestar who mentored Bramblestar. Hawkfrost tried to take over the Clans like his father Tigerstar and there was a prophecy about the final confrontation that stopped each one. Being the subject of a prophecy and saving the Clans in some way also seems to run in Firestar's bloodline.
* Happened in ''Literature/WelkinWeasels'' -- even their names are very similar: the descendants of Mawk and Scirf are named Maudlin and Scruff, respectively.
* In ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', Heathcliff and Isabella's son Linton Heathcliff has the worst traits of both of his parents, being a nasty, cowardly snob. On the positive side, Hareton Earnshaw and Catherine Linton have a lot in common with young Heathcliff and young Catherine Earnshaw (in fact, Heathcliff deliberately keeps Hareton uneducated to mold him into a new version of himself), but turn out to be better than the older generation.

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* In the ''Series/AgentCarter'' episode "A Sin to Err", the search for the Black Widow requires Carter and Jarvis to dig into Howard Stark's personal life, which he has been conducting much the same way his son will 60 years later in ''Film/IronMan1''.
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': {{Flash Forward}}s show that Oliver and Felicity's children end up exactly like them. William is an adorkable computer nerd and literal genius just like his step-mother Felicity, while Mia is a stoic badass who is an unparalleled archer and all-around combatant but bottles up her emotions and only ''barely'' lets down her walls around family, just like her father Oliver.
* ''Series/AshesOfLove'':
** The most beautiful woman in all Six Realms is caught in a love triangle with two power deities, one of whom is the Heavenly Emperor, [[spoiler: which ends with her death]]. Are we talking about Jin Mi or her mother Zi Fen?
** A prince removes his more popular brother to become Heavenly Emperor. Tai Wei or Run Yu?
* In ''Series/AuctionKings'', Bob runs an auction house. Paul runs an auction house. Elijah is considering joining the auction world as well.
* Although the various generations of the ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' family are accompanied by [[BumblingSidekick Baldrick]] and an UpperClassTwit, it's not until ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' that we get a real sense of history repeating, with more recurring characters from previous series than before, including one-off characters who take their own plotlines from the earlier series with them (Bob\Kate the SweetPollyOliver, for instance, or Nurse Mary, who's a WWI version of Amy Hardwood from ''Third''). The fact the basic set-up is similar to ''Blackadder II'' (Edmund, Balders, and the twit are all based in location 1. Blackadder is frequently summoned to location 2 where an obsequious hanger-on with equal status tries to get him in trouble [[SitcomArchNemesis (Lord Melchett in series II, Kevin Darling in series IV)]] with a [[AxCrazy psychotic loon]] who has power of life and death over everyone involved ([[PsychopathicManChild Queenie]] in series II, [[TheNeidermeyer General Melchett]] in series IV) is just the icing on the cake.
** And they both have [[TheAce Lord Flashheart]] swoop in, [[SpotlightStealingSquad steal the show with his]] LargeHam, and steal away Bob.
* On ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', Jimmy Darmody and his mother Gillian both have their StartOfDarkness [[spoiler: as a result of sexual abuse]].
* Played with in Season 7's first episode of ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' -- Dawn's arc is paralleled with her older sister Buffy's arc in Season 1. Dawn is joined by two outcast classmates -- a mousy shy girl and a loudmouthed guy, paralleling Buffy becoming friends with Willow and Xander -- and fights monsters on their first day at the newly rebuilt Sunnydale High. Dawn's new friends are subsequently forgotten. She talks to Mousy Shy Girl on the phone in "Conversations With Dead People," but other than that, Dawn's aforementioned friends are never mentioned again.
* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'':
** Piper later discovers that her mother ended up falling in love with her whitelighter, as she did for Leo. At the time she realises this, she's dating Dan and leaves him for Leo. And their mother's affair with Sam produced a half witch, half whitelighter child -- and Piper and Leo have a child, too.
** It's shown in the last episode that each of the sisters will have three children each, who will be trained to follow in the footsteps of the previous generation.
* In ''Series/ChinesePaladin'', Ling'er, like her mother, [[spoiler: is destined to die after saving the world, leaving behind a daughter to continue the cycle]].
* The Scottish sitcom ''City Lights'' was about a Glaswegian bank-teller called Willie Melvin, whose attempts to publish his autobiographical novel ''My Childhood Up A Close'' were forever being derailed by his dodgy best friend, Chancer. In one episode he researches his family tree, and discovers the medieval Lord William Melvin, who was killed by Chancer the Bruce just after completing ''My Childhood Up A Castle''.
* On ''Series/DesigningWomen'' Julia and Suzanne's nieces bicker just the way they do but they've been doing it for so long they don't notice it until Mary Jo and Charlene point it out.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** In the episode "The One Where Nana Dies Twice", Monica and Ross's mother reflects on how critical Nana was of everything she did, unaware that this is exactly how she treats Monica. Also, a photo at the end reveals that when Nana was in her twenties she looked exactly like Monica, and hung out with her friends at a coffee house.
** Discussed in "The One with The Lesbian Wedding." Rachel's mom asks her "what's new in sex?" and Rachel snaps, calling her out for being so casual about her upcoming divorce, and she responds that she thought she felt unhappy in her marriage for a long time, but became sure she wanted to end it when [[RunawayBride Rachel ran out on Barry]]. When Rachel asks what that had to do with her divorce, her mom says: "you ran out on your Barry, but I married mine."
* In the ''Series/FullHouse'' continuation ''Series/FullerHouse'' this is the case. D.J., Stephanie, and Kimmy being promoted into the Danny, Jesse, and Joey roles respectively. The first ones each being the responsible straight-laced single-parent, the second as the cool musically-inclined uncle/aunt who moves in, and the third as the wacky best friend who lives with them. When it comes to the kids Jackson, Max, and Tommy take up the positions D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle held in the original series as D.J.'s kids. The eldest and middle children similarly having a tenuous relationship with each other, including also like their predecessors having to share a room, and the third at least starting out the series as a baby who is played by a pair of twins.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** The Stark children have many similarities with their parents:
*** Like his father, Robb is a skilled tactician and compassionate leader (both in war and peace) with a sense of duty and honor who rebels against a king in the name of family -- fittingly, as he is the heir of Winterfell. Richard Madden even mentions this in Robb's featurette. Though there is one crucial difference that separates them, as pointed out by Catelyn herself: Ned entered into a political marriage during the course of Robert's Rebellion, and honored that vow, refusing to MarryForLove even if there might have been another woman in his life (and allegedly the existence of Jon Snow would imply that there was).
*** Jon, the bastard half-brother, resembles his father Ned the most out of the Stark children and is a solemn, honorable (and known for this honor), and levelheaded leader and skilled swordsman like Ned, with Ned's sense of duty, compassion, and love for family, who carries out executions himself. All of this makes it even more ironic [[spoiler:because Ned is not his biological father, but his uncle]].
*** Sansa is a beautiful ProperLady like her mother Catelyn -- a few characters remark that she looks very much like Catelyn did when she was young. Littlefinger even says she's ''more'' beautiful than her mother was at that age. Appropriately enough, she gradually starts exhibiting more and more of Catelyn's character traits as she gets older, save for acquiring a cold pragmatism her mother lacked which Sansa likely acquired from her time around the court, particularly around Littlefinger. So, in a way, she became the child Littlefinger never got to have with Cat. This is even more striking in Season 6 as she has now taken over the role of TheConsigliere to her brother Jon, like Catelyn used to do with her husband Ned and son Robb -- Sansa and Jon's father and brother respectively. In regards to her father, despite her earlier infatuation for Joffrey, she has her father's idealism, patience, self-control, compassion, and love for her family and home, Winterfell.
*** Arya has her father's grim determination, a fierce sense of justice, and love and empathy for the smallfolk. She also ends up best friends with Gendry during the war -- who is the son of Ned's friend Robert who he fought alongside during the last war.
*** Like his father, Bran is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure with an overriding concern for his subjects (literally begging for Ser Rodrik's life) with NervesOfSteel, like Arya his closest allies end up mirroring his father's, as he befriends the children of Howland Reed, Ned's best friend, and considering his resemblance to Kid!Ned in the flashbacks, probably the child who most closely resembles him physically.
*** Rickon has his father's compassion and love for family.
** Ned comments that Arya takes after Lyanna (Ned's sister[[spoiler:, Jon's mother]]) in both appearance and personality. The flashbacks of a young Lyanna show her as a spirited tomboy wearing boy's clothing, befriending smallfolk, and literally riding circles around her brothers -- all supporting Ned's comments about Arya.
** The Smalljon inherits his father's boastful nature, the size, the massive beard, the temper, and the brutal honesty. He just seems a tad more villainous.
** Tytos Lannister's trait as a WeakWilled, indecisive ruler with a strong desire to be liked and easily manipulated by the people around him was inherited by his great-grandson, Tommen.
** Myrcella looks strikingly like Cersei did when she was young, though thankfully lacks her mother's temperament. By coincidence, the actresses who portray Myrcella and a young Cersei share an uncommon first name.
** Drogon's features and temperament towards burning people in battle recalls the historical actions of Balerion the Black Dread, Aegon the Conqueror's own dragon. In the books, the coincidence is actually commented upon by Daenerys herself, even believing that Drogon is Balerion reincarnated — even if she gave him a new name to honor his new life.
** Gendry is tall, strong, and handsome like his father, and his best friend is — just like his father's was — a Stark. Ned even realizes that he's Robert's bastard for certain when he stubbornly insists that his bull helmet's not for sale, even though slighting the Hand of the King could get his tongue ripped out. They also both prefer to use warhammers in combat. That said he's managed to escape on a lot of his father's worst traits such as his bloodthirstiness, arrogance, impulsiveness, and whoring, and is generally much kinder and more serious than Robert ever was.
* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'':
** Lorelai and Rory. It's mentioned several times in the series how alike their personalities are. Rory's first boyfriend reminds Lorelai of Rory's father, for example.
** But also subverted in that the focus of Lorelai's life ([[CloudCuckoolander to the extent]] [[GenkiGirl she has focus]]) is to keep Rory from making the same mistakes she did.
*** This is being replayed with Lauren Graham's ''Series/{{Parenthood}}'' character Sarah and ''her'' daughter Amber.
** Also, Luke and his nephew Jess. They are both [[OnlySaneMan snarky, cynical,]] and totally in love with their respective Gilmore girl. Luke eventually hooking up with Lorelai and Jess with Rory only makes the whole parallel funnier.
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': Harm's dad just so happened to look in his prime exactly like his son later does in his prime (save for the mustache).
* Parodied in ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' where Lizzie imagines becoming a homemaker like her mother. She ends up with the same glasses and hairstyle, as well as having two children identically like Matt and Lizzie.
* ''Series/{{Lucifer 2016}}'': When Lucifer's mother, the Goddess of Creation, gets a human body for the first time, she quickly turns into a hedonistic sex-crazed party animal who is dismissive of humans, focused completely on herself, learns all the wrong lessons whenever anyone tries to give her advice, is violently protective of the people she cares about, and is extremely short-sighted. Even humans who don't know they're related immediately recognize the massive similarities.
-->'''Lucifer:''' What, you think I took after my dad?
* Pretty much the whole concept of the new series of ''Series/{{Minder}}''. Archie Daley, the nephew of Arthur Daley? Who picked up a taxi driver as an assistant? Okay.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has Henry and Mary Margaret aka Snow White. Both had Regina as a mother figure. Both knowingly [[spoiler: ate (the same) poisoned apple created by Regina]] to save someone they love (Charming and Emma, respectively). Both of them [[spoiler: received True Love's Kiss from those specific loved ones to awake from their sleeping curses]]. Like grandmother, like grandson. In Season 2, this is sometimes PlayedForLaughs when Henry demonstrates traits of his biological parents.
-->'''Emma''': [after Henry has ditched his father] He's YOUR son!
-->'''[[spoiler:Neal]]''': [after Henry demonstrates a signal Emma taught him] Oh hell no, I taught her that!
* In an episode of ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'', Parker's father gets back together with his high school buddies at a reunion and they all behave in the same manner as Parker's crew.
* In ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', Skull's son Spike is ''exactly'' like his father. Spike even laughs like his father.
* In ''Series/PressGang'', it is revealed in a flashback that Spike's mom and Spike's dad were carbon copies of Spike and Lynda when in High School.
* In ''Series/PrincessReturningPearl'', Zi Wei and her mother Yu He are played by the same actress. This is a common trope in Chinese series in general.
* As much as neither of them will admit it, Shawn and Henry from ''Series/{{Psych}}''. At least Lassiter seems to think so.
-->'''Lassiter''': Working with [Henry] is exactly like working with Shawn.
* In the ''Series/RobinHood'' episode "Bad Blood" {{Flashback}}s reveal that [[spoiler: the enmity between the Gisbournes and the Locksleys started due to a love triangle between Guy and Robin's fathers, which ended with the woman involved being killed by one of them (Malcolm of Locksley, and unlike Guy's murder of Marian, it was an accident). Ghislane of Gisbourne also shows flashes of her daughter's political ambition, and gets shouted down by a sexist community leader in a similar manner to the arrival of Isabella's husband]].
* In the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode "Relic", Clark sees flashes of his father's brief time in Smallville as a young man. Jor-El, Clark's dad, falls in love with Lana Lang's great aunt, Jonathan Kent's father is seen as a noble farmer who helps Jor-El, and the bad guy is a Luthor, Lex's grandfather. [[spoiler: And a corrupt Sheriff. The first Sheriff in Smallville is also found out to be corrupt.]]
* A recurring theme in ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' is that the current generation of SAMCRO is following in the footsteps of the previous generation. Especially Jax, who is repeating the mistakes that both Clay and JT made. In the series finale [[spoiler:Jax kills himself in the same way his father did, [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou and sends his sons as far away as possible]] [[EvilParentsWantGoodKids to make sure they don't grow up like he did]]]].
* Played with in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Crystal Skull"; turns out both Daniel ''and'' his grandfather are right about their pet archaeological notions that were laughed at and dismissed by everyone else in the business, including each other.
* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe Dr. Soong was an eccentric scientist, whose work on creating artificial humanoids made him distrusted. One of his more powerful creations turned out to be a conscienceless monster who had to be stopped by the crew of the ''Enterprise''. Another, however, was a good person who aided the ''Enterprise'' crew in this. Arik (and Malik and Udar) from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' or Noonien (and Lore and Data) from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''?
** An in-universe example in a ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode, where Garak asks Bashir what he thought of a Cardassian best-selling novel. Bashir says he found it too repetitive, citing how the same thing happened to seven generations of Cardassians. Garak simply replies that he considers the [[GenerationalSaga repetitive epic]] the most elegant form of Cardassian literature.
* MTV's ''Series/TheState'' was a sketch comedy that featured a character named "Doug" who was a whiney emo teen who believed no one understood him, his parents least of all. Turns out his father was just the same, only where Doug's CatchPhrase was "I'm outta here!" his father's was "I'm splittin'!" One sketch had Doug in an ImagineSpot where he was now an adult with a kid just like him.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** They might have got better ([[MindScrew kind of]]) but in "Mystery Spot", Dean died and Sam became a ruthless hunter, bent on revenge against Dean's killer. Their mother died (she didn't get better) and their father became a ruthless hunter, bent on revenge against ''her'' killer. And yes, it's as [[{{Hoyay}} slashy]] as it sounds.
** Sam is John 2.0 Period. (He did a less extreme version of this back in season one after Azazel killed his fiancee, but between having Dean to help him through it and it already being his father's quest, it just wasn't as all-consuming. John appears to have been orphaned even before he married.)
*** It explains why they didn't get on most of the time, they were just too damn similar.
*** Sammy's IJustWantToBeNormal also goes back to his mom. The demon deals thing is just a family tradition at this point. They even spread it to the adopted members, and back to people who died before they were born.
** Season 5 also plays a weird version of it with generation one being God and two of his archangels, and the Xerox being the original Winchester triad. Dean being the 'good son' Michael the soldier, and Sam being [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]], the rebellious one. Gabriel makes this explicit. While at the same time, Castiel's quest for an unanswering God is clearly meant to parallel the original series premise of 'two brothers on a road trip, looking for their father and killing evil things,' with a smidgen more subtlety.
*** In all cases God is, if not evil, definitely a dick. This is a show that prefers lateral relationships in all cases to vertical ones. Equality fuck yeah.
** In Season 7, after [[spoiler: Castiel]] dies, Dean mourns the same way his father mourned his mother: by burying himself in work, drowning himself in alcohol, and becoming obsessed with taking revenge on those he holds responsible for his loss. [[spoiler: And Castiel's death echoes Mary's: both made an impulsive deal with a powerful demon in order to protect the man they loved the most (although Cas had [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans other reasons, too]]), and both paid the price for it.]]
* ''Series/{{Taken}}'':
** In spite of his attempts to become a better man, Eric Crawford is very much like his father Owen. They are both ambitious, ruthless, and willing to step on anyone that gets in their way. In "God's Equation", he comes to feel guilty about all of the terrible things that he has done, something that Owen never does. Mary proves to be cut from the same cloth as her grandfather. Also in "God's Equation", Eric mentions that she possesses the same clarity of purpose as his father, which is probably related to their lack of morals.
** In "Beyond the Sky", Sally Clarke is a lonely, unhappy woman whose husband Fred neglects and disrespects her. Her children Tom and Becky are her main source of happiness. Her unsatisfactory marriage leads her to have an affair with the alien John. In "Jacob and Jesse", she has a brief relationship with Owen but it turns out that he was merely using her so that he could have an opportunity to kidnap Jacob. In "Maintenance", Becky is married to a man named Ronnie, who treats her in much the same way as Fred treated Sally. Her children Kim and Andy are the only good things to come from her marriage. Becky's unhappy marriage leads her to have an affair with Eric. Becky and Eric's relationship differs from Owen and Sally's in that Eric genuinely develops feelings for her but Becky ends it when she realizes that she doesn't trust him.
** Three generations of the Keys family, Russell, Jesse, and Charlie, [[AlienAbducteesFightBack fight valiantly against the aliens whenever they abduct them]]. Although it is secondary to [[TheImmune their immunity]] to the [[BrownNote effects of their technology]], this is a source of great interest to the aliens. Furthermore, both Russell and Jesse are war veterans (UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in Russell's case and UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar in Jesse's) who return home more traumatized by their abductions than by the war itself.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "The Wall", Major Alex [=McAndrews=] joined the military in order to defend the US and its citizens, as his father and grandfather did before him.
* The premise of ''Series/WillAndGrace'' was that years before the show's premiere episode, Will and Grace had met in college and dated until Will came out of the closet, and then had stayed close friends. In the series finale, the pair end up growing apart -- until years later, when their kids meet in college and date (although their kids then go on to get married).
* In ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', the three main siblings, Justin, Alex, and Max, have personalities similar to those of their father and his brother and sister -- Jerry, Megan, and Kelbo -- with Alex pretty much being the same as her aunt, an antisocial DeadpanSnarker, Max being TheDitz just like Kelbo and Justin, the mature and the oldest one, just like his father, Jerry. Not to mention the conflict between Jerry and Megan, which resembles a lot the [[SiblingRivalry antagonism]] Justin and Alex have most of the time. To cap it all off, [[spoiler: Justin won the Wizard competition, but gave up his powers, just like Jerry, though both the reason he did it and the sibling he gave his powers to are different.]]
* ''Series/{{Wonder Woman|1975}}'': Steve Trevor Sr. landed on Paradise Island, was discovered by Princess Diana who then took on the mantle, uniform, bracelets, lasso, tiara, and belt of strength of Wonder Woman, and escorted him back to America. Then she took a job as his subordinate so that she'd be in a position to watch over him and know when and where she was most needed. 35 years later, the exact same thing happened to Steve Trevor Jr. -- who just happens to be a dead ringer for his father.
* A variation involving a future generation; in the ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' ClipShow episode "The Xena Scrolls", AdventurerArchaeologist Janice Covington (played by Renee [=O'Connor=]) and linguistics expert Melinda Pappas (Creator/LucyLawless) learn that they are descendants of Gabrielle and Xena respectively, and end up kicking Ares' butt all over again (complete with a possible descendant of Joxer).

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* Music/TheOffspring's "Way Down the Line" is entirely about this trope.
-->There is a chain that's never broken
-->You know the story it's sad but true
-->An angry man gets drunk and beats his kids
-->The same old way his drunken father did
-->What comes around, well it goes around...
* Music/HarryChapin's song "Cat's in the Cradle":
-->And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
-->He'd grown up just like me
-->My boy was just like me
* Andrew Gold's "Lonely Boy" is about a boy who grows up feeling neglected in favor of his younger sister until he leaves home. The final verse states that the sister also grew up, married, and had a son of her own. The singer then [[BookEnds repeats the lines from the first verse]] ("they dressed him up warmly, they sent him to school"), implying that his childhood will be the same.
* The ''Music/TheyMightBeGiants'' song "I Palindrome I" is about a guy waiting for his mother to die so he can inherit her fortune; the last verse of the song implies his own kids end up giving him the same treatment.
-->Someday Mother will die and I'll get the money\\
Mom leans down and says "My sentiments exactly"\\
\\
See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding\\
See the hands of my offspring making windmills
* Level 42's "Running in the Family" is all about kids making the same mistakes and getting into the same trouble as their dad, despite his best efforts.
-->We ran / Though we knew it couldn't last
-->Running from the past / From things that we were born to be
-->Looking back it's so bizarre
-->It runs in the family
-->All the things we are
-->On the back seat of the car
-->With Joseph and Emily
-->We only see so far
-->and we all have our daddy's eyes
* Music/DreamTheater's song "Someone Like Him" plays around with this. It's part of a bigger, 24-minute long song (yes, really!) about being trapped in patterns, and Someone Like Him discusses a character who's trying very hard to beat this trope and carve a different niche to his father's cushy lifestyle. He changes his mind.
--> As far as I could tell there's nothing more I need
--> But still I ask myself could this be everything?
--> And all I swore that I would never be was now...
--> So suddenly
--> The only thing
--> I wanted to become
--> To become someone like him
* Implied in "In The Ghetto" by Music/ElvisPresley from his album ''Music/FromElvisInMemphis'': The song is about a baby being born in the Chicago ghetto, then growing up in poverty and turning to crime to survive, before breaking away, and dying, as another baby is born, implying that if we ignore the issue of poverty, he will suffer the same fate of the young man who just died.
* "It Runs In The Family" by Music/AmandaPalmer is a song about how your genetics can shape your life.
* The first verse of "1941" by Harry Nilsson starts off "In 1941 a happy father had a son. And in 1944 the father walked right out the door." The final verse starts "In 1961 a happy father had a son. And in 1964 the father walked right out the door."

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* Wrestling/BarryWindham to his father, even forming a "New Blackjacks" {{tag team}} modeled after his dad's team.
* Yinling's daughter in Wrestling/FightingOperaHustle, [[PunnyName Newling]]. [[ActingForTwo She even looked just like her mother]].
* This trope is exhaustively covered in the WrestlingFamily article.

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* Subverted in the ''Stanley Baxter's Playhouse'' episode "The King's Kilt", when Miss [=MacEvoy=], descendent of the kindly landlady from Walter Scott's ''The Chronicles of Canongate'', turns out to be a nasty, bad-tempered woman, who is insanely suspicious of the guests at her B&B. However, it's {{double subver|sion}}ted when it's revealed the original Janet [=MacEvoy=] was just as bad but was blackmailing Sir Walter into his portrayal.

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* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'':
** Daigusto Synchro Monsters is similar to that of Dragunity Knights in terms of appearance, consisting of rider and its mounts (Winged Beast and Dragons for "Dragunity" and Psychic and Winged Beasts for "Gusto", respectively). "Daigusto Sphreez" is the only exception, since she does not have a mount. This is probably referencing to the partnership between "Mist Valley" and "Dragunity" in the past. According to the Duel Terminal story, Gusto tribe are the Mist Valley tribe's descendants who inhabited the region after Trishula's rampage. This relationship is later adopted by Lavals in the form of Lavalval Dragun.
** Pirika appears to be related to "Reeze, Whirlwind of Gusto", based on her hair color. She also has odd-numbered Level among the non-Synchro Psychic-type Gusto monsters (being Level 3), while Reeze is Level 5.
** The Gishki are the descendants of a defecting faction within the Ice Barrier clan. They also use rituals like the Ice Barrier, but for wicked purposes.

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* Prior Walter, the protagonist of ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' has an extensive family history; the Walters go back for centuries, and Prior is an old family name. Not too long after discovering he is suffering from AIDS, Prior is visited by the ghosts of two of his ancestors, both of whom were also named Prior, and both of whom also suffered from fatal diseases and (as is implied might happen to Prior) died alone.

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* In ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'', a grown-up Amanda Ripley goes in search of [[Film/{{Alien}} her lost mother Ellen]], and through the game ends up going through a number of the same situations her mother did way back in the original 1979 movie.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'', due to the bleeding effect.
* The ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'' series always features a green bubble dragon and a blue bubble dragon, regardless of setting. In games where the dragons take human form, they are always depicted as young boys in overalls, whose only distinguishing features are the color of said overalls and hair.
* The Belmont family from ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''. For hundreds of years, each generation's males (and many of the females) had to fight Dracula (or ''his'' offspring) at least once. This is due to some vague "curse" in the family (which also carried over to other family lines). The Sorrow games go even further. The six main protagonists are Soma ([[spoiler:the reincarnation of Dracula]]), [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend his "friend" Mina]], vampire hunter Julius Belmont, witch Yoko Belnades, Genya Arikado ([[spoiler:aka Alucard]]), and Hammer (who was originally going to be playable in [[NonStandardGameOver Julius Mode]] in ''Dawn of Sorrow'', and fanon suggests would have played like Grant [=DaNasty=]). Everyone is essentially a counterpart to someone from the story behind ''Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse'', except that Mina (the Lisa counterpart) isn't dead.
* The Yakras in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. The original posed as the chancellor of Guardia to get closer to the Queen so that he could kill her and sever the royal bloodline (which includes [[spoiler:Marle, a.k.a. the present-day Princess Nadia]]). All of his descendants followed a similar pattern, but you only get to kick the butts of Yakra I (600 A.D.) and Yakra XIII (1000 A.D., much later in the game).
** 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. In the ImagineSpot where Lucca explains why [[spoiler: Marle seems to have disappeared into the ether]], the entire Guardia line seems more or less identical.
** Ozzie (600 A.D.), part of Magus' QuirkyMinibossSquad, also has an identical (but {{Palette Swap}}ped) descendant in 1000 A.D.
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'':
** An interesting example happens in ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'', where [[spoiler: the lead character turns out to be the descendant of the character from the first game, kind of, and he/she faces some similar obstacles and decisions as JC Denton did the first time around]].
** Also done in the prequel, ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', where [[spoiler: Adam Jensen is heavily implied to be the ancestor of JC and Paul (and Alex, by extension). And of course, Adam's no stranger to fighting worldwide conspiracies, either]].
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' does this with Dante performing similar actions to his father, Sparda, which in chronological order seems to be showing that Dante surpasses his father over time:
** ''[=DMC3=]'': Sparda sealed Temen-ni-gru, Dante fights demons there but the tower's fate is never gone into.
** ''[=DMC1=]'': Sparda defeated Mundus as does Dante.
** ''[=DMC4=]'': Sparda sealed the Hell Gates, Dante destroys them.
** ''[=DMC2=]'': Sparda defeated Argosax, Dante kills him.
** There's also the fact that Dante wields his father's main sword in ''[=DMC1=]'' and one he inherited from him in all the other games. He also uses the one his brother inherited in ''[=DMC4=]''.
** And Nero with his father Vergil as both use Yamato and Summoned Swords and come into conflict with Dante (and beat him the first time).
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'':
** Played straight with Prince Harry's son Kendrick being the same selfish brat his father once was. He even does the same prank Harry first did to the Hero when he was a kid, this time [[spoiler: to the Hero's children.]] Not to mention Kendrick shares the same sprite with the young Harry.
** In another example, [[spoiler: after the Hero's mother Queen Mada was captured by the Evil Order of Zugzwang, King Pankraz leaves his kingdom to go on a journey along with his son and Sancho in order to her after she had given birth to their son the Hero. Later, the Hero pursues the same quest while searching for his wife who was ''also'' captured by the Order of Zugzwang, right after giving birth to their son and daughter]].
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' has M'aiq the Lair, a recurring EasterEgg LegacyCharacter who has appeared in every game since ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''. According to the dialogue of the M'aiq in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', they are all related. Each has the same traits of being a MetaGuy AuthorAvatar FourthWallObserver (and [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Leaner]] and sometimes ''{{Break|ingTheFourthWall}}er'') who is [[DeadpanSnarker fond of deadpan sarcasm]], are [[BlatantLies untrustworthy]], and who seems [[CloudCuckoolander very detached from the game world]]. Based on the appearance of a M'aiq in the prequel ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', which takes place in the mid 2nd Era, they've been at this for ''centuries''.
--> '''M'aiq:''' ''"M'aiq's father was also called M'aiq. As was M'aiq's father's father. At least, that's what his father said."''
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', [[spoiler:Laguna Loire]] had a long-time crush on Julia Heartilly. When the two got to know each other more, Julia fell for him. However, he is given a mission and never returned leaving Julia waiting to meet him again. When Julia became an IdolSinger, she married General Fury Caraway and had a daughter named Rinoa. [[spoiler:Laguna]] on the other hand was injured and nursed back to health in [[spoiler:Winhill Village]]. He fell in love with Raine, the woman who took care of him, and they had a child named Squall. Seventeen years later, Squall and Rinoa meet and as the story progresses, they fell for each other.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', Tidus travels with Yuna and several guardians including Auron on a pilgrimage to defeat Sin. Tidus, having come from an alternate world, hopes to find a way home as well. Ten years before, Tidus' father Jecht traveled with Yuna's father Braska and a younger Auron on a pilgrimage to defeat Sin, Jecht hoping to find a way home along the way. Turns out this is on purpose -- Jecht [[spoiler:as Sin]] arranged for Tidus to be called to Spira with Auron helping, and Auron later made sure Tidus stuck around with Yuna. Furthermore, Auron is attempting to subvert this trope because he's seen first-hand that the traditional way of fighting Sin that Braska opted for solves absolutely nothing, and thus he influences Tidus and Yuna to realize that and try to find another way.
** Similarities between Zack in ''Final Fantasy VII: VideoGame/CrisisCore'' and Cloud in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' are [[FakeMemories pretty much unavoidable]]. However, Zack's journey ends up mirroring Cloud's in ways far more extreme than Cloud's borrowed memories would suggest -- for example, both Cloud and Zack end up accidentally falling through the roof of Aeris's church, doing squats to warm up their body temperature on missions in the snow, peering through keyholes, riding around on top of trains...
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' manages to distill this into a single game. All of the characters in the second half are the children of the characters in the first half, and the female characters all have the same classes as their mothers (well, most of them, anyway -- gender inheritance is reversed for Brigid's children and there were extenuating circumstances for Altenna [[spoiler:kidnapped at a young age, brought up in a foreign land]] and Nanna [[spoiler:her mother's class was "Princess", and, well, she kind of abdicated that when she joined Sigurd's army]]); likewise, Aless and Seliph, whose fathers are ''not'' up for interpretation, share a class with said fathers. (You can pair up the other members of your army such that the male children -- and Brigid's daughter, Patty -- have the same classes as their fathers, [[CrackPairing though you may get some slightly odd results.]]) Furthermore, it is quite possible by exploiting bugs to pair up [[BrotherSisterIncest Seliph and Julia]], mirroring the romance between Sigurd and Diadora, and the fifth game ''strongly'' hints that Leaf and Nanna is more or less canon. As mentioned before, Nanna does not share a class with her own mother; she ''does'' have the same class as ''Leif'''s mother, so this would qualify as mirroring the relationship between Leif's parents. ([[spoiler: Actually, the same thing sort of applies the other way around, as Leif's class is Prince, which plays out only slightly different than Lachesis's Princess class in that Leif cannot use staves before promoting.]])
** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'' and its prequel ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'' have this, albeit mixed with {{Distaff Counterpart}}s. Many characters who appeared in ''The Binding Blade'' had parents who served in ''The Blazing Blade''. And sure enough...they look almost ''exactly'' like that one parent. The other parent is left rather open. For example, Roy looks ''exactly like'' Eliwood. His mother can be either Lyndis, Ninian [[spoiler: the half-dragon girl]] or Fiora. None of which are shown or even ''mentioned'' in ''The Binding Blade'', as they were specially created for ''Blazing Sword''. Hector meanwhile has a daughter named Lilina who is pretty much a DistaffCounterpart of him (He's a fighter, she's a mage) and likewise, ''her'' mother is not shown or named. It can be either Lyndis (once more), Florina, or Farina (It is also important to note that Florina, Fiora, and Farina are the Pegasus Sisters in ''The Blazing Blade''). Lugh and Ray are likewise basically Nino if she was genderswapped (Their fathers are either the Assassin Jaffar or the Mage Erk). Sue is also a DistaffCounterpart to Rath, and looks ''exactly'' like him if he were a girl; her mother is also not mentioned, but it's possible it was actually [[spoiler:Lyndis]] due to one of her endings.
*** Meanwhile, several characters who have children in ''The Binding Blade'' do mention their parents. Fir the Myrmidon is a Generation Xerox of LadyOfWar Karla -- and the resemblance between her and her uncle Karel (appears in both ''Binding Blade'' and ''Blazing Blade'') are also obvious. But who's Fir's father? Well, it's actually BoisterousBruiser Bartre -- who actually ''can join alongside her'' and is in both ''Binding Blade and Blazing Blade''(Amusingly, if he's defeated in ''Blazing Blade'', Barte actually says "Uh oh, I'll be back when I heal this wound!"). Canas in ''Blazing Blade'' also has a son named Hugh in ''Binding Blade'', but he was mentioned as already being born in the former (Canas's mother Niime also joins in ''Binding Blade'').
*** Hugh is actually a massive subversion. Canas is softspoken, a bit of a CloudCuckoolander, and uses [[DarkIsNotEvil Dark Magic.]] ([[InsistentTerminology But don't call it Dark, please]]). Hugh is OnlyInItForTheMoney, can be pretty harsh, and uses Anima Magic instead. ([[spoiler:He inherited the magic talents of Canas's wife aka Hugh's ''mother'', strongly hinted in ''Blazing Blade'' to be the sister of Nino's murdered biological mom and a member of a powerful mage clan]].) Pretty much their only real similarity is their hair color (Though Niime says that Canas might have been a scoundrel when he was younger. Who knows).
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' brings back children and the pairing system a la ''Genealogy'', albeit this time the kids are [[KidFromTheFuture from a horrible future where the world is on the brink of collapse]]. All of the children are tied to their mothers, save for [[spoiler:Lucina]] (tied to [[TheHero Chrom]], the main Lord of the game) and a female Morgan (tied to your PlayerCharacter if he's male; a female Avatar brings a male Morgan instead), and all of them are similar to their parents in some fashion, either in personality[[note]]Nah, while mature most of the time, can be extremely immature like her childish mother Nowi, Cynthia is as clumsy as her mother Sumia and Kjelle is as much of a BloodKnight as her mother Sully[[/note]] or in character class, albeit not to the same degree as ''Genealogy.'' The child who is most like his mother is [[TeenGenius Laurent]], the son of the mage [[TheStoic Miriel]]; both of them are mages, dress in the same black garb (his hat, he mentions, was actually Miriel's), speak with the same overly-complicated lexicon, and are highly intelligent; however, it's subverted to a degree -- Laurent is nowhere ''near'' as stoic as his mother (whereas she is to an almost stupefying degree), and he prefers to pursue studies and experiment to serve others or find a practical need for them, whereas Miriel does most of her studies purely ForScience. All children also inherit their father's hair color (or mother's, in the case of female Morgan). And then Tiki takes this to a truly exaggerated level by telling Chrom that he resembles an ancestor of his who also always fought for what he thought was right, which doesn't reference even Marth (who already lived 2,000 years before Awakening began), but ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Sigurd]]'', who lived in some age ancient to even ''Marth''.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' also brings the pairing/children system, with the kids [[spoiler: being raised away from their parents in {{Pocket Dimension}}s and [[YearInsideHourOutside aging up faster than they normally would]].]] These children are tied to the ''fathers'' this time, save for Shigure (tied to [[LadyOfWar Azura]]) and a male Kana (tied to a Female Avatar, with a Male one bringing a Female Kana instead), and generally inherit the mother's hair color (or father's, for male Kana). The ones who resemble their parents the most are: the aforementioned Shigure (both he and Azura have light blue hair, are excellent singers, and are [[SilkHidingSteel gentle yet very mentally strong]]), Benny's son Ignatius (both are {{Gentle Giant}}s and {{Socially Awkward Hero}}es with [[AmbiguouslyBrown tanned skins]] and starting in the Knight class), Xander's son Siegbert (tall mounted knights with honorable and kind natures), Odin's daughter Ophelia ([[MrFanservice very]] [[MsFanservice hot]] {{black mage}}s with [[LargeHam loud presences]] [[spoiler: and the [[BirthmarkOfDestiny Mark of Naga]] in their arms]]) and Laslow's daughter Soleil (cheerful mercenaries who [[HandsomeLech hit on girls]])
* One of the racers in ''VideoGame/FZero'': Maximum Velocity, Kent Akechi, claims to be the son of famous racer Captain Falcon. He also drives a vehicle that greatly resembles the Blue Falcon.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' fell into this trope and subverted it at the same time. Of the first three known characters, two are virtually identical to previous protagonists. The third protagonist, a green-haired girl, drove the fandom insane from trying to figure out who she is.
** She turned out to be the violet-eyed Wind Adept daughter of the original violet-eyed Wind Adept. Gasp, shock. At least she differs by having a series of healing spells and a more volatile personality.
** And then along came our fourth party member who, aside from being a boy whose utility spell is Douse instead of Frost, is a ''perfect clone'' of the first-gen Water Adept (a point hammered home by his older sister, who differs from Mia only in [[{{Tsundere}} attitude]] and [[GirlishPigtails hairstyle]]).
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'':
** As the plot unfolds, it appears that the protagonist's DisappearedDad took mostly the same path before them, becoming a skyfarer with similar goals [[spoiler: and a very similar crew, including Vyrn, Rosetta, and Lecia's father Walfried. Rosetta even lampshades it when she finds out Lecia joined with the crew during her time stuck on Lumacie, ultimately chalking it up to fate]].
** [[spoiler: This goes a bit further when you obtain Seox and play his second fate episode which hints that both the protagonist's father and Seox's father were good friends and the protagonist's father helped Seox out. So recruiting Seox can be seen like this.]]
* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':
** In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' (or ''[[DistaffCounterpart Cute]]''), all the characters are descendants of the characters from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' and ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonFriendsOfMineralTown''. They look the same (and most of them even have the same names, but only in the English version... although their original names were just small variations upon the ancestors' name, such as Sepiria [''AWL''!Celia] -> Serena [''DS''!Celia]), except for a few minor details in some of the characters (like eye color), act the same and fall in love with the same people. They wear similar wedding clothing to their (great-?) grandparents. For example, Celia. DS and [[http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/qq56/shilahalo/thCelia31.jpg AWL]].
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility'' takes this to an absurd point. If you start a NewGamePlus you get to play as your son, or daughter, who looks [[IdenticalGrandson exactly]] like you, or your opposite-gender counterpart. Also, the villagers ''revert back to their original statuses''.
** All the bachelorettes from ''VideoGame/{{Harvest Moon 64}}'' bare some level of similarities to their grandmothers, the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon1'' bachelorettes. Maria (renamed "Mary" in future games) is the TokenReligiousTeammate like Maria, Popuri is the bubbly pink-haired florist like Nina, Karen is a bartender with emotional baggage like Eve, and Elli is sweet and looks near identical to her grandmother Ellen.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'' has Cairne Bloodhoof, who, when killed, is replaced with his son Baine. This trope applies in that the two of them are statistically identical.
* ''VideoGame/InfinityBlade'' has this as a major element of the plot. In the prologue, a warrior ends up being killed by the [[BigBad God King]], with the game than showing his son vowing to avenge his father and fighting his way to the God King. Unfortunately, due to inadequate equipment and level-grinding, the warrior ends up getting killed. Years later, ''his'' son (who somehow has the same level and equipment of his father when he died) vows to avenge him and fights his way up the tower. Rinse and repeat.
** [[spoiler:However, the first novel tie-in and the second game reveals it's not this trope happening and is and actually a case of BornAgainImmortality, with the main character getting his memories wiped and rewritten to believe he is avenging his "father"'s death. Also, the warrior in the prologue is revealed to be the character's ''actual'' son from one of his reincarnations, which would make your first playthrough an inversion of sorts.]]
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' does this as well, to the point of being lampshaded by the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
** And taken to ridiculous extents in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks''. As if an army of [[TheHero Links]] and Zeldas wasn't already enough.
*** Technically though, we only know certain Zeldas are related; and only [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime two]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Links]] are explicitly related by blood, and generally they just seem to be random coincidences contrived by fate. However, as revealed in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' [[spoiler: the truth is that each Link and Zelda are a reincarnation of the Link and Zelda in Skyward Sword in which Zelda is the Goddess Hylia in human form and Link is her childhood friend and chosen champion]].
** And it ''ain't'' just Link and Zelda. Many Zeldas were raised by an Impa. There's also more than one Anju who needs you to get her chickens back, ''and'' more than one Guru-Guru playing the Song of Storms in a windmill. (Interestingly, in both cases, you get the characters unnamed in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', named [[AndYouWereThere but with different roles]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', then they return in other games with their OOT roles but their MM names.) There are also a lot of identical mailmen -- even the ''bird guy'' who's a mailman looks less like the other Rito and more like the usual mailman with wings and a funky 'do. That's just a taste; a full list would be endless. And then there are the slight name changes, like Marin and Tarin becoming Malon and Talon but essentially being the same. Other partial examples like the four carpenters (look alike, names change ''completely'') exist.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' is this trope personified. You've got the Link and Zelda as {{Legacy Character}}s. You've got the same world map as in A Link to the Past. The same music (for the most part). The same items (for the most part) used. Link ends up helped by the IdenticalGrandson of Sahasrahla. He explores Lorule, a location similar the Dark World complete with most dungeons having the same names and themes, fights bosses which are the Lorulean counterparts of the ones fought in the Dark World (like Arrghus, Stalblind and Grinexx), goes up against a villain with a similar plan to Agahnim and a design suspiciously like Ghirahim, Chancellor Cole and Ganondorf... Everything that occurs is basically a repeat of the Link to the Past storyline.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has a single game example with Kodah and her daughter Finley [[InterspeciesRomance both falling in love with Hylians]] (though the former didn't end up with the object of her affection).
* ''VideoGame/LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/LufiaTheLegendReturns'', feature the same premise, a ReincarnationRomance and heroes gathering journey to slay four {{Big Bad}}s with a magic sword wieldable only by the descendant of the legendary hero Maxim.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', [[spoiler:Thane attempts to avert this in his personal mission, where he stops his son from carrying out an assassination and follow in his footsteps. It ends with father and son forced to confront each other after years of estrangement]].
* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' plays with this, with the protagonists taking on elements similar to their Milky Way predecessors: the human thrust into a position of influence and responsibility (Shepard and Ryder), the inquisitive asari (Liara and Peebee), the cranky old krogan (Wrex and Drack), and the turian who doesn't play by the rules (Garrus and Vetra), to name a few examples.
* Sort of used in ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'', where Geo and all of his friends directly parallel Lan and company from ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork''. In fact, Echo Ridge looks almost exactly like AC/DC. Though in this case there's no biological connection, it's still one hell of a coincidence that many of the same events played out between two very similar groups of people two hundred years apart.
** Specifically, it's Lan and Geo, Bud and Dex, Sonia and Mayl, Luna and Yai, and Zack and Eugene. Though it should be noted that the boys have far more in common with their counterparts than the girls do.
*** Although there are points where characters mix, such as Sonia being Geo's main backup, while Zack never gets a chance to help. But there are still parallels even then, as characteristics are still taken from the ordinal just being given to other characters, with Harpnote replacing Protoman as the reliable fighter aside from Mega Man.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** Subverted, deconstructed, and generally hashed into pieces by ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. The new player character seems to experience a sequence of events extremely similar to ones experienced by the previous player character in the previous game, with note-for-note character analogues and extremely similar level design. The character noticed this, too, and began to get pretty existentialist about it, wondering if he was somehow insane and imagining the whole thing. It turned out it was all [[GambitRoulette deliberately orchestrated]] to have precisely that effect on him. The game was a satire of reiterated sequels, hence the dark use of this trope.
** An agent, codenamed Snake goes on a solo mission to rescue somebody. There he finds out plans to build a nuclear-armed tank. Eventually, he discovers that his mentor is part of the plot, and after a battle, kills the mentor in combat. Now, are we talking about [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Big Boss]] or [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]]? This is made obvious by [[spoiler:the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' when Big Boss and Snake are standing next to each other]]. That said, [[spoiler:the point of ''4'' is that Snake ''isn't'' exactly like Big Boss after all. At the end, he's the only one to be able to live his own life. Big Boss even acknowledges this by saying "If you were in my place back then, perhaps you wouldn't have made the same mistakes I did..."]]
** A person who is surrounded by and exemplifies the savage joy of battle, whose life partner is a person who is surrounded by and exemplifies loss and regret, with the two eventually giving the world a prodigious child [[spoiler: who saves humanity]]. Now, are we talking about Big Boss's mentor (the Boss) and her relationship to the Sorrow and [[spoiler: Ocelot]], or Big Boss's successor (Solid Snake) and his relationship to Otacon and Sunny?
** In-universe, [[WhereItAllBegan The main conflict began when]] [[spoiler:Naked Snake/Big Boss killed The Boss]]. [[BookEnds The main conflict finally ends]] when [[spoiler:Solid/Old Snake (who is literally a [[CloningBlues a copy of Big Boss]]) killed (his FOXDIE did anyway) The Boss's son [[BigBad Ocelot]]]].
** Hal "Otacon" Emmerich was a peace-loving scientist who became a loyal companion of Snake, similar to how his own father was a loyal follower of Big Boss during the time of ''Videogame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker''. [[spoiler:As of ''Videogame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'', the similarities end there.]]
* Played subtly for drama in ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', only obvious to those familiar with ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''. Celebrimbor starts out with a justified desire for revenge in [[VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor the first game]], but becomes cruel and tyrannical as he gains more power, causing much suffering [[spoiler:and nearly becoming just as bad as Sauron]]. Celebrimbor is the grandson of Feänor, another elf who went on a justified crusade for revenge against a dark lord but caused much suffering in the process (and was a colossal [[{{Jerkass}} ass]]).
* The HGame ''Monster Girl Quest!'' follows the travels of Luka, a young human hero, and Alice, the MonsterLord. Eventually, Luka fights and defeats Alice in battle, and even kills her in one bad ending... just as his father Marcellus did to Alice's mother, the previous Monster Lord. To take this further, the ancestor of both Luka and Marcellus was Heinrich, a legendary hero who killed another previous Monster Lord, Black Alice... and as ''Monster Girl Quest! Paradox RPG'' reveals, this was preceded by him and Black Alice travelling around the world together, just as Luka and Alice do in the present!
* An example shows up between ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes''. In the first, one of the bosses is an {{ax crazy}} [[BatterUp bat-toting]] [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] with a BDSM theme by the name of Bad Girl. As it turns out in the latter game, she has a father [[YouKilledMyFather looking to her avenge her death at the hands of the protagonist]]: an ax crazy, bat-toting alcoholic with a BDSM theme by the name of Bad Man.
* A comment made by Palmer in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokemon Platinum]]'' implies this. He says he and the protagonist's father were childhood friends who got their first Pokemon similarly to you and your rival.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'': Jake Muller and Sherry Birkin become very close over the course of this game (with quite a bit of ShipTease). [[spoiler: Jake is the son of Albert Wesker, who was [[HoYay/VideoGames close friends]] with Sherry's father William Birkin for many years. Jake is a snarky and intimidating, very skilled fighter with a military background and superpowers, who is arrogant and has BloodKnight tendencies, and is also very intelligent (even if not as obviously so as Wesker). Towards the end, he even starts wearing sunglasses like his father and has a similar fighting style. His similarities with his father are often commented on although thankfully he's a much better person. Sherry doesn't have quite as much in common with her father, but to a certain extent takes after him in appearance and in her general dynamic with Jake, as well as being infected with the G-Virus.]]
* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa2'' is this trope [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]]. The game runs on generations system, but except for Leon, Victor, Gellard, and the Final Emperor/Empress, there will always be the same lines of characters available to provide you quests and similar recruitable characters with PaletteSwap to fill your class rosters no matter how many hundred years have passed.
* The second episode of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse'' stars Sameth and Maximus, the titular duo's great-grandfathers. They look and behave exactly like our heroes, only Sameth has a mustache and Maximus wears clothes. Except for one thing: [[spoiler:both Sameth and Maximus are killed at the end of their adventure, while only Max is killed at the end of the game (although, Sam is killed in an AlternateUniverse, which could make this trope work fully)]].
* James [=McCloud=], father of Fox [=McCloud=] from the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' series, is basically just Fox with a pair of CoolShades. Fox's own son Marcus [=McCloud=] also forms a peace-defending squadron in one of ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand'''s MultipleEndings.
* ''Series/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': The Sith Inquisitor goes to Taris hoping to capture the Force ghost of former Jedi Master Kalatosh Zavros, who [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic left the Jedi Order to follow Revan and Malak and fell to the dark side]]. In the process, they end up recruiting his descendant, Jedi Padawan Ashara Zavros, as a companion: she too ends up formally leaving the Jedi Order partially out of dissatisfaction with its attitude to the galaxy's more mundane problems.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' reveals itself to be this in the opening cut scene. Playing the game shows that the kids are apparently more competent.
* Played with in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''. Everyone thinks Welkin is following in his war-hero father's footsteps, while what he really wants is to become a teacher.
* In the ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' games, the Vandole family suffers from this. It's vaguely established that the original Vandole was a young adventurer who stumbled upon and absorbed the power of the Mana Tree, which [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity drove him insane]] and altered his body composition so that he was no longer quite human. His descendants (or at least the notable ones) are all addicted to Mana and eventually fall prey to their bloodline's need to seek it, which leads them to duplicate their infamous ancestor's empire and/or gambit for the Mana Tree. At this point, they all usually choose to go by their surname or [[FantasticRacism start being referred to like it by those opposing them]]. Every one of them also seems to have bright red hair and very dark green eyes, and they may or may not be the reincarnations of the original.
** This is a large part of the YouCantFightFate theme in ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'', where many of the heroes have similar roles to the Gemma Knights, and Vandole's only living descendant [[spoiler:''literally'' gets [[HijackedByGanon possessed by his ancestor]] (or something) and tries to carry out the same kind of plan Vandole did]].
* The family of Fungalmancer Glop in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' takes this trope to the most absurd extreme imaginable. Every generation of the Glop family line is ''identical'' to the one before, having the same name, same appearance, same occupation, and ''exact same response when attacked''. Taking out the latest Fungalmancer Glop is a daily quest, and the trope is taken [[ExaggeratedTrope so far beyond eleven]] that you'd think you were killing the same stone trogg every day.
** Certain Horde leaders tend to fall victim to this as well. You have Grom Hellscream from ''VideoGame/WarcraftII: Beyond the Dark Portal'', a generally bloodthirsty and hotheaded orc to begin with, dooming his people to slavery via the demon blood because he wanted its power, and eventually had to be taken down by a combined Alliance/Horde force in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII: Reign Of Chaos''. Fast forward to the ''World of Warcraft'', specifically the ''Burning Crusade'' expansion, where we meet his son Garrosh, who is fairly youthful but otherwise not particularly aggressive Orc. However, after being told of his father's legacy, begins to take on many of his less-desirable traits, culminating in dooming his people to slavery via the Sha because he wanted its power, and eventually had to be taken down by a combined Alliance/Horde force in ''Mists of Pandaria''.
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Implied to have happened since 1780, when the first Aishi was born: females born into the Aishi family are {{Yandere}}s that find their senpais and make them theirs, by force if necessary, and possibly eliminating all rivals for Senpai. Shown strongly with Ryoba and her daughter Ayano, since they're the protagonists of 1980s Mode and the main game respectively: both are {{Emotionless Girl}}s, both are capable of murder and manipulation, and they even look very similar (and share the same voice actor to boot). Even their tastes in senpais run similar: Jokichi looks an awful lot like Taro (and they ''also'' share a voice actor). [[spoiler:The S+ secret ending in 1980s mode reveals that, like Ryoba, Ryoba's mother kidnapped her Senpai, and Ryoba's sister 'eliminated' all other rivals for ''her'' Senpai's affections.]]

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Used and {{invoked|Trope}} in ''VisualNovel/{{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 behavior]], 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.]]
* Franchise/{{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:[[LightNovel/FateZero Kiritsugu?]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Or his foster son Archer, aka Shirou?]]]]
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Despite not being related by blood, in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'' case 4, when a young Edgeworth appears in a flashback, he looks disturbingly similar to his mentor, Manfred Von Karma, even copying a few of his trademark gestures (like the [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger finger wave]]).
** Franziska, Manfred's daughter by blood, takes this to greater levels. Not only does she dress in a similar style, when she gets annoyed she folds her arms and bunches her fingers in her sleeve ''exactly'' as her father does in his frustrated animation. In the final case of ''Justice for All'', she even [[spoiler:gets shot in the shoulder like her father, although one presumes she didn't carry the bullet around for fifteen years]].
** The {{prequel}}[=/=]SpinOff series ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' stars Ryunosuke Naruhodo, a newbie defense lawyer who while a ButtMonkey, over time becomes a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass who stands for finding the truth and bringing justice to light. Unsurprisingly, he's the ancestor of defense attorney Phoenix Wright (Ryuichi Naruhodo).
--> '''Western release Announcement Trailer''': ''Being an Ace Attorney... runs in the family, it seems.''
* Inverted in ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' with Akira and his mother. Satomi had a weak constitution and so took to reading to pass the time. Akira is the complete opposite -- a physically fit young man who hates books and gets headaches when he tries to research.

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* ''Webcomic/AkumasComics'': Both FanCreatedOffspring TJ and Jenny Wily are child prodigies as smart, if not more so than their parents [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Tails]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr Wily]]. TJ even looks [[IdenticalGrandson just like his father]], and while Jenny doesn't look like her dad she has his rivalry with Mega Man, even if she's not as evil.
* ''Webcomic/BetterDays'' actually has a chapter called "[[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517141223/http://www.jaynaylor.com/betterdays/archives/chapter-21-fath/ Father's Footsteps]]." Which reveals that the stories told to Fisk of his father's life were a lie. Instead of the honorable war hero he had believed his father to be, Jim was actually a hitman working for a secret underground operation who fought terrorists on a "more direct front" to defend the U.S., using Vietnam as his cover. One of the characters who explain this met Fisk in his adolescence earlier in the comic and was Jim's friend. Aside from one question accompanied by a frown, Fisk doesn't seem at all angered, dismayed, or even shocked by this groundbreaking discovery. He of course hastily agrees to begin training for this new venture even though Beth was expecting him to come live with her and lead a more domestic life once his army contract expired.
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', this is happening on two different levels one with the previous generation and two hundred years ago.
** All three have a LoveTriangle.
*** A GuileHero Noble falls in Love with a Heterodyne Girl who also has a relationship with a Spark associated with flying machines. Is this Andronicus /Euphrosynia / Ogglespoon or Tarvek/Agatha/Gil. (Though [[spoiler: to date the only place that "Ogglespoon" has been mentioned is in an opera whose relationship to actual history is very much open to question, and may even have been revived as explicit anti-Wulfenbach propaganda]].)
*** A beautiful female spark has two suitors. One is morally ambiguous and quite willing to KicktheDog, the other is a more outwardly heroic man who loses it when it's believed that she is dead. Lucrezia/Klaus/Bill or Agatha/Tarvek/Gil?
** There's also a lesser version with Itto, one of the children on board ''Castle Wulfenbach''.
--->'''Lakya:''' He says he was alone.\\
'''Klaus:''' Yes, that's just what I would ''expect'' the son of Jurgen Wheelwright to say.\\
'''Itto:''' It was all me, Herr Baron.\\
'''Klaus:''' [[SarcasmMode I'm sure it was]].
* Surma sends her daughter Antimony to the same school as she herself attended -- ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. It seems as if Annie's parents were the only members of that generation who moved away from the court, since Annie runs into most of her parents' social circle (who are now teachers), befriending the daughter (Kat) of Surma's friends. She also meets another acquaintance of Surma's -- Reynardine. Instead of walking up to her and saying "Hello, I knew your mum," however, Reynardine comes crashing through Annie's ceiling -- and she's the only student in the ''entire dorm'' to see him.
** Given her SecretLegacy, it also appears that Annie is destined to acquire Surma's role in the Court, as well as her powers.
*** One flashback has shown that Surma, who looks ''exactly'' like an older Annie, appeared to have had an almost identical relationship to Kat's mother as Annie has to Kat.
*** As it turns out, in Antimony's case at least there's a ''very'' good reason for this.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', this trope is built into Alternian society itself. Although thanks to BizarreAlienReproduction trolls don't have parents in any conventional sense, they have "[[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ancestors ancestors]]" -- trolls from the past with the same blood color and symbol. Young trolls are then encouraged to seek out information about their ancestors and follow in their footsteps; even if they don't, their personalities and roles in society wind up being eerily similar.
** A bizarre semi-example shows up in Act 6 with [[spoiler: the Scratched universe. In this universe, the pre-Scratch ectobiological parents/guardians are now the players and vice versa. The result is something like this trope. This appears to actually be a standard feature of Sburb]].
** Dad Egbert is romantically interested in Mom Lalonde while John has ShipTease with Roxy Lalonde [[spoiler: the post-scratch version of her.]]
** The alternate versions of the ancestors introduced in Act 6 tend to be similar to their counterparts among the playable trolls... mainly because Andrew Hussie based most of them off fan stereotypes unless he had a better idea for what they should be like, so Cronus {{flanderiz|ation}}es Eridan's pathetic and sleazy traits, Meulin is Nepeta turned [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]], Mituna is basically Sollux with literal brain damage, and Horuss has Equius's sweat, super-strength, and creepy horse fetish and not many other traits. Others are more like {{Foil}}s; both Karkat and Kankri like the sound of their own voices but Karkat is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who constantly berates and insults the people he cares about to hide his true feelings, while Kankri is a HolierThanThou {{Hypocrite}} who pretends to care about the plights of various oppressed groups by giving patronizing and condescending sermons that end up drowning out the voices of members of the groups in question.
* ''Webcomic/KarinDou4koma'': The Heavenly trio are looking for successors and find a trio of friends of exactly the right types and even similar backgrounds: Shigure --> Ran (former vengeful ghosts), Rindou --> Tamaryu (blue dragons), and Sachi --> Shizuki (miko foxes).
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Elan's entire family is susceptible to this. Elan, Nale, and their father Tarquin are drawn ''exactly the same'', with the only differences between them, besides clothing, being Tarquin's gray hair and Nale's [[BeardOfEvil goatee]]. Furthermore, Elan and Tarquin both share their {{genre savv|y}}iness and love of drama, and Nale and his and Elan's mother (Tarquin's first wife) share a love of needlessly complex plans; however, each twin gets their outlook on life from the opposite parent (Elan and Elan's mother are Good, while Tarquin and Nale are Evil). [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0723.html Lampshaded by V]].
--->'''V:''' Heredity is a cruel mistress.
** Subverted by Haley and her father, Ian Starshine. After the death of Haley's mother, Ian ingrained in her mind that family was the only people who could be trusted, and anyone else was out to get her -- effectively making her a copy of him. While this is seemingly sound advice for a family of thieves, it leads to massive trust issues down the road for Haley. When she eventually [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on it]], he thinks that Elan has somehow brainwashed her and even refuses her rescue attempt, believing it to be a trap by Tarquin (somewhat justified, considering that Elan's father, Tarquin, is the ShadowDictator of the Empire of Blood and has been for a long while).
** Also subverted with Roy and Eugene Greenhilt. Despite Eugene's wishes (who wanted Roy to be a Wizard like him), Roy grew up to be a Fighter like his grandfather. As it turns out, Eugene wanted him to be a Wizard because of his unresolved Blood Oath with Xykon, and he believed a Wizard to be better equipped to take on an Epic-level Sorcerer Lich than a Fighter (even after Roy defeats Xykon for the first time). This leads to a lot of unresolved conflict between them, and most of the beginning of ''Don't Split the Party'' is Roy and Eugene snarking at each other [[spoiler:in the Celestial Realm]], because, as Eugene (rightly) points out, being a Wizard would have [[spoiler:prevented Roy's death]] and maybe even turned the tide of the battle in the Order and Azure City's favor.
** Interestingly enough, Eugene *also* defied this trope with his own father, who was a Fighter just like Roy. In other words, [[MindScrew the one thing that Roy and Eugene have in common is that they don't have anything in common with their respective fathers]]. Roy and his grandfather, on the other hand, play it pretty straight; it helps that Roy deliberately chose to embrace the legacy.
* One of the running jokes in ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}'' is that Autumn Pingo is doomed to follow her parents down the road of library science; between this and the strong resemblance between all three family members, the rest of the cast likes to joke that the Pingos reproduce by cloning. Despite Autumn's protests that she won't fall into the trap, she certainly has the talent and inclination for her parents' field. Her mother Ivy also seems to share much of her mischievous and scheming nature.
* The entire premise of ''Webcomic/{{Sire}}''. The whole cast are Generation Xeroxes of classic literature characters, more or less. Whether or not they learn the "morales" of their sires and dams decides whether they [[EarnYourHappyEnding get a "happy ending"]] or suffer major DeathByIrony.
* Riff of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' seems to be following in his father's footsteps of reckless science, exploration, and demonism. This is impressive because they last saw each other when he was in kindergarten. Meanwhile, he's dating a woman as controlling and evil as his mother (slightly less cruel, but more interested in exterminating humanity). [[spoiler:Until Oasis killed her.]]
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''{{Machinima/Anon}}'': Candace and Ryan's storyline started out very similar to how Candace's mother Chelsea's storyline was at the start (Chelsea/Candace caught between nice guy Kyle/Ryan and troubled bad boy Tucker/Logan).
** Candace is also held hostage in Season 8 at the same hotel that her parents were in Season 4.
* ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'':
** The children of [[Franchise/SuperMariobros Luigi and Daisy]] in the game ''Here We Gooooo!'' are Duigi and Dario. Like their father and uncle, they are a BigGuyLittleGuy duo, and Dario looks just like Daisy but with a plumber outfit and Luigi's mustache. Not to mention their names are combinations of "D" (from Daisy) and their father[=/=]uncle's names.
** T. Yoshisaur Munchikoopas the 52nd is this in spades, as he's identical to the OG Yoshi (and all other green Yoshis) except for his shoes being blue instead of red.
%%* There was an arc based on the children of the characters in Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars.
* In the official ''Series/DoctorWho'' webcast "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNVMX5K8oVQ&feature=emb_logo The Descendents of Pompeii]]", Evie has noticed that the same professions seem to keep recurring in her family: Evie herself is a writer like her grandmother, her brother Quin is a doctor like their grandfather, their father is an architect like their great-grandfather, and their mother is a policewoman like their great-grandmother. She wonders how far back this goes; the viewers know that Quin's profession at least dates back to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii the first century]] and his ancestor Quintus Caecillus. The others are less clear, but architecture could be derived from Lobus Caecillus being a marble dealer with a taste for artwork, a writing career from Evelina's powers of prophecy, and the police possibly from Metella's worship of a police box as a household god.
* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':
** ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]'': It's heavily implied that [[LazyBum Grif]] and [[TheDitz Sister/Kaikaina's]] mom was just as lazy as the former and [[ReallyGetsAround promiscuous]] as the latter.
** ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'': A variant not involving actual children. During Season 12, when [[ChivalrousPervert Tucker]], Grif, [[{{Nerd}} Simmons]], and [[CloudCuckoolander Caboose]] all join [[LaResistance the New Republic Army]], they're each promoted to the rank of Captain and tasked with overseeing squads of Rebel soldiers. The Lieutenants in charge of each squad have the personality (more or less) of their corresponding leader during the first five seasons of the show before their respective CharacterDevelopment. In practice, it basically becomes MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness for the squad overseers in question ([[IHatePastMe much to their consternation]]), though each Lieutenant is still given noteworthy differences from their counterpart in the Reds and Blues.
*** Like Tucker, [[ButtMonkey Palomo]] is a laid-back CasanovaWannabe that nonetheless loves to be the center of attention. However, Palomo's friendlier, goofier, and more of TheDitz than Tucker ''ever'' was. Palomo's also quite SarcasmBlind, while Tucker's ''very'' sarcastic.
*** Like Grif, [[TheFatalist Bitters]] is a lazy, snarky, and cynical SourSupporter. Amusingly, Grif [[HypocriticalHumor gets so frustrated by Bitters' laziness]] that he starts to treat him like how ''[[DrillSergeantNasty Sarge]]'' treats him (much to his own horror).
*** Like Caboose, [[ConsummateProfessional Andersmith]] has UndyingLoyalty towards a man [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter who doesn't match his mental image]] at ''all.'' They also both have a CharlesAtlasSuperpower, and are the most civil members of their respective teams. However, Caboose is almost completely divorced from reality, whereas Andersmith [[TheComicallySerious always tries to come across as a professional soldier]].
*** Finally, like Simmons, Jensen is a wimpy and empathetic nerd that knows lots of science facts and is also [[TVGenius a veritable wizard with advanced technology]]. That being said, Jensen is also shown to be in [[HeroWorship more legitimate awe over]] Simmons and the other Reds and Blues while Simmons was both a ProfessionalButtKisser and TheStarscream.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* An episode of the ''Film/AceVentura: Pet Detective'' AnimatedAdaptation shows Ace Ventura's medieval ancestor as a pet detective, Guado's ancestor as a corrupt sheriff, and Woodstock's ancestor as the informer of Ace's ancestor (complete with a steampunk computer).
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
** Hayley and Stan have exactly the same personality -- both are controlling, obsessed with being right, and generally treat their partners like crap. The twist is that while Stan is a hardcore conservative, Hayley is a hardcore liberal. This is reinforced by the similarity of appearance -- they're the only two members of the family to share the same hair color.
** Stan was a geek in his youth just like Steve...something he's spent most of his adulthood trying to cover up.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' had a FlashBack to TheSeventies, when Grandpa was the Chinese Dragon. And far from the wise OldMaster Jake knows, he's an [[SmugSuper egotistical showboater]] who talks in a constant stream of [[TotallyRadical barely comprehensible slang]], just like Jake.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': The sisters Vi and Powder parallel Vander and Silco : [[spoiler:a pair of siblings, with the younger one idolizing the older until they experience what they perceive as a betrayal and abandonment by their sibling, with the incident dividing them onto opposite sides of a conflict. In addition, the older sibling is a physically-powerful hand-to-hand fighter, with the younger being weaker and requiring weapons and pragmatism to be an effective fighter. Though Vander adopted both Vi and Powder, the show focuses on him mentoring Vi while Silco comes to adopt [[MeaningfulRename Powder turned Jinx]]]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'':
** Subverted quite a bit as the DistantFinale shows Terry [[spoiler:was a TykeBomb that was designed to follow the path to becoming Batman almost exactly]], but despite this, he ends up being somewhat different. For instance, Terry is ''not'' [[ThouShaltNotKill afraid to kill his enemies]] if he has to, and as he demonstrated to [[spoiler:the Joker himself]], he's not afraid of fighting dirty or turning someone's mind games around on them. By the time of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' Bruce is just a reclusive old man, and Waller tells Terry that he doesn't have to [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies be a loner to be Batman]], and he's still seeing his high school girlfriend [[spoiler:and was last seen planning to propose to her]].
** The tie-in comic revealed that the Wayne Powers enforcer who killed Warren [=McGinnis=] was Jake Chill, great-nephew of Joe.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''
** In "Time Out For Vengeance", the show's take on ''[[Comicbook/GrantMorrisonsBatman The Return of Bruce Wayne]]'', the historic Batmen are Bruce's ancestors, rather than Bruce travelling through time. Yes, even Cave Batman.
** The WhatIf episode "The Knights of Tomorrow!" ends with Damian Wayne having become the new Batman, and his son acting as the new Comicbook/{{Robin}}.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Played with in the WhatIf FlashForward episode "Ken 10", featuring Ben's [[IdenticalGrandson nearly-identical son Ken]] (he has darker skin, like his mother, and slightly darker brown hair, but is otherwise a Ben clone) is given an Omnitrix by his father on his tenth birthday because he got his when he was ten. It also has the same limitations as his original (time limit, a limited number of aliens), and then Ken goes on to meet Devlin, the [[SuperpowerfulGenetics transforming, superpowered son]] of Ben's formal rival Kevin (ThemeNaming, anyone? Oh yes). Ken also offers Devlin the opportunity to join the Tennyson family, the same offer Ben made Kevin as a child. However, Devlin actually accepts the offer, unlike his father. Also, Ken must have inherited his mother's brains, as he actually thinks to [[spoiler: use Grey Matter to hack the Omnitrix's master control]], something neither Ben, Gwen, or Max ever considered. The episode's [[AnAesop moral]] is in defiance of this trope, basically saying that no matter how similar they may seem, children are not carbon copies of their parents and will take different paths.
* One time-traveling (of sorts) episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' revealed Jack's obsession with ghost hunting isn't self-contained; his pilgrim ancestor [[IdenticalGrandson John Fenton Nightingale]] did it, too!
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} on ''{{WesternAnimation/Daria}}'' -- Daria looks and acts remarkably similar to her aunt, Amy, while one could argue there's at least some personality resemblance between Quinn and their other aunt, Rita. Their mother Helen and Rita can't be in the same room for more than a few minutes without fighting, and though Amy keeps distant from the rest of the family, it turns out she becomes just as petty when added to the mix; all this makes Quinn begins to worry that she and Daria will never grow out of their own [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry issues]] and hate each other forever.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "[[Recap/DarkwingDuckS1E38DarkwingDoubloon Darkwing Doubloon]]", we learn that in the late 1600s, there was still a Drake Mallard who fought evildoers under the identity of the Darkwing Doubloon. His crew includes historical versions of his daughter Gosalyn, his pilot Launchpad [=McQuack=], and fellow Justice Ducks Stegmutt and Gizmoduck, while their nemeses include pirate versions of the Fearsome Five, led by Captain Negaduck. Drake's present-day neighbours, the Muddlefoots, were royalty in those days, and King Herb is just as good-natured but naive as his descendant, while Prince Tank still bullies his younger brother Honker.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'':
** Inverted in one episode when Dexter ages himself into an old man with an aging machine by accident, and his family mistakes him with his grandpa. In a later episode, we actually get to see his grandfather.
** At the beginning of another episode, Mom makes muffins, acting in Dexter's typical grandiose manner ("AT LAST! MY MUFFINS ARE COMPLETE!"), while Dad screws around the kitchen in a very Deedee-like fashion. It's here that viewers are clued into who takes after whom.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''.
** Done as a quick gag in the season two finale "Moonvasion!". [[DitzyGenius Fethry]], [[BornLucky Gladstone]], [[{{Determinator}} Donald]], and [[ActionMom Della]] strike action poses as they make their way to the main fight. The camera then zooms out to show [[TheSmartGuy Huey]], [[TheSlacker Louie]], [[FearlessFool Dewey]], and [[ActionGirl Webby]] respectively in the same exact stances. When Dewey realizes this, he's dismayed to realize that he's the Uncle Donald of the group.
** "The Outlaw Scrooge [=McDuck=]" features an ancestor of Fenton who not only looks identical to him and has the same dorky mannerisms, he even ends up wearing a {{Steampunk}} version of the Gizmoduck armor.
* ''{{Enforced|Trope}}'' in ''Toys/EverAfterHigh''. The main characters are the children of fairy tale characters and are expected to pledge to completely follow their parents' stories and replace them so that the story continues to live on in a parallel Earth (implied to be the same Earth upon which ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' is set, which gives the Scarily Ever After line a new meaning). This has been going on for centuries, with Apple White being from a very long line of princesses who graduated to live out the story of Snow White. The story begins when the other main character, Raven Queen, wonders if maybe she should ScrewDestiny and ''not'' poison Apple when she becomes Snow.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Timmy's 19th-century ancestor has Cosmo and Wanda as his fairy godparents. And his successor from the far beyond future will also have them. And his ''future kids''. Makes sense. Fairies go to the kids that need them most, and flash-forwards show that Timmy is going to be [[TruthInTelevision just as neglectful as his parents were]]. Going even further into this trope, we even see that he uses a [[KillerRobot freakily similar babysitter]].
* ''Famous 5: On The Case'', the Creator/{{Disney}} cartoon based loosely on [[Creator/EnidBlyton The Famous Five]], plays this straight with the children of the original Five. Both boys have sons, both girls have daughters. Julian and his son Max are both action leaders, Dick and Dylan are both [[TheSmartGuy smart guys]], George and Jo are tomboys, Allie and Anne are girly girls. And, well, Timmy Jr is still a dog, but that one's justified. George herself becomes a {{Gender Flip}}ped version of her father Quentin, as the eccentric scientist whose discoveries sometimes lead to the Five's cases.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** A major theme as the protagonists are PolarOppositeTwins named [[SeekerArchetype Dipper]] and [[CloudCuckoolander Mabel]], who eventually learn that they have the same [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling dynamic]] as [[spoiler:their great-uncles [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Stan]] and [[ScienceHero Ford]]]], who have been estranged for decades ([[spoiler: even ''before'' the accident that caused Ford to go missing for 30 years]]) despite being inseparable as children. Mabel begins to worry that the same thing will happen to them eventually. [[spoiler:The BigBad manipulates these feelings to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]]
** More humorously, we learn that Shmebulock the [[OurGnomesAreWeirder gnome]] had an identical father named Shmebulock Sr.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
** A subversion of the "replay with last-minute change" occurs when Helga is a finalist in the same spelling bee as her sister before her and gets the same last word, "qualm". Like her sister Olga, Helga ''does'' know how to spell the word... but deliberately misspells it, in order to defy her father and step out of Olga's shadow.
** In another episode Grandpa tells Arnold about his childhood and the girl that bullied him. Although it skips a generation, we learn that Pookie picked on Phil the same way Helga picks on Arnold.
** Arnold and Gerald get in a fight. Phil and his best friend had a similar argument in their youth.
** And then there was the episode where it was revealed that every man from his grandpa's line dies at midnight of his 81st birthday. Arnold's grandfather thought that he was going to die but then he realised that he did a miscalculation and he has 10 more years to live.
** Grandpa's father seemed very similar to him in personality as did his grandfather. In one flashback we see that Phil even had a similar relationship with his grandfather that Phil currently has with Arnold.
* In TheWestern, IdenticalGrandson episode of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', Valmont's ancestor is trying to release Shendu, and ends up being defeated by Jackie's ancestor.
** Lampshaded when Jade ''insists'' that one character was her counterpart, and a sudden dust cloud hides the character's replacement by Old West!Jade.
** Young Jackie was sent to San Francisco from Hong Kong to be with his uncle, just like Jade was sent to be with Jackie.
* Jerrica from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' looks like her deceased mother and became a popular musician like her as well. No one outside of her bandmates knows this though since Jerrica sings as her alter ego "Jem" and Jerrica just seems like the band's manager.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' shows her 19th-century ancestor as an adventurous reporter in the vein of Tintin, Ron's ancestor as her partner, and the ancestors of Shego and Drakken as her archenemies. (Of course, that turns out to be AllJustADream... OrWasItADream) Naturally, Ron spends half the episode {{lampshad|eHanging}}ing the trope. Word of God says the Generation Xerox characters were real.
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' Book 3, Jinora finally becomes an Airbending master, [[spoiler:getting her entire head shaved and getting her Airbender tattoo. In fact, she looks just like her grandpa Aang]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
** Subverted with Toph's family. [[spoiler: Toph tries to enforce this trope by ending her parental supervision of her daughters Lin and Suyin after they become teenagers, to simulate her leaving her parents behind in the original series to find her place in the world after she became a teenager. Instead, it causes both daughters to have personal mental issues that haunt them throughout their lives. Toph later apologizes to Lin for her actions.]]
** Bumi, Kya, and Tenzin have a similar dynamic to that of their parents Aang and Katara and Uncle Sokka who were the main PowerTrio of the original show. Bumi is the oldest, a BadassNormal, and TheSmartGuy like Sokka. Kya is the middle in age, only girl, and a waterbender like their mom. Tenzin is TheBabyOfTheBunch airbender like their dad. Although in personality, Bumi is the most like Aang and Tenzin is like Katara.
* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' had Alexis Luthor, a [[RichBitch spoiled rich kid]] who befriended Superman before going off to become a villain. Not surprisingly, she's revealed to be a distant descendant of [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'', one of the episodes heavily features flashbacks to the time of Henrietta Twombly, great-great-grandmother of Mrs. Twombly, the owner of Littlest Pet Shop. In the flashback, Henrietta looked exactly like Mrs. Twombly, except with typical 19th-century clothing, and had pets that look and sound exactly like the day camp regulars (and happened to be named [[ADogNamedDog Dog, Hedgehog, Skunk, Monkey, Panda, Mongoose, and Gecko]]). This also extends to [[Main/RichBitch Brittany and Whittany Biskit's]] ancestors from that time, Whittman and Brittman Biskit, who were male but otherwise looked like the Biskit Twins (with handlebar mustaches) and even used the same LikeIsLikeAComma [[AnachronismStew speech]]. To top it all off, Blythe also had an ancestor from that time, a young sheriff named Sheriff Blythe, who looked and sounded exactly like modern-day Blythe.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' plays with this. Clay's relationship with his father as a child was somewhat similar to his own relationship with his son. Although Clay was less of a CheerfulChild than Orel and more of a SpoiledBrat with a FreudianExcuse. [[spoiler:This is averted in the DistantFinale, in which Orel grows up to be a happier, much better family man than Clay.]]
* The French cartoon called ''Once Upon A Time... Mankind'' is about the history of humanity, and features the same five characters from prehistoric times until TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.
* ''WesternAnimation/PopeyeAndSon'' (Hanna-Barbera, 1987). Popeye Jr. hates spinach but will eat it when the chips are down.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'' episode "West In Pieces," the 19th-century ancestor of Professor Utonium creates the Steamypuff Girls using {{steampunk}} technology.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', the Ashleys are this to their mothers. They even have a CatchPhrase: "Ludicrous!" instead of "Scandalous!"
* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' had a ''Fractured Fairy Tales'' segment consisting of a follow-up to ''Literature/SnowWhite'' where the Wicked Queen's son became jealous of Snow White's son being deemed by the Magic Mirror to be the handsomest man in the land. The story follows most of the same beats as the original fairy tale, the only difference being that the one who wakes Joe White up with a kiss is his sister Flo White.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** In one episode, Tommy's great-aunt Miriam visits; at the end of the episode, we find out that, as a child, she had the same relationship with Grandpa that Angelica has with Tommy, and even mentions "those two kids from down the street, Bill and Jill". It's even lampshaded when she says that Angelica is just like her.
** The episode "Sour Pickles" reveals that Stu Pickles acted and sounded like his son Tommy when he was his age, making it a three-generation Xerox. Similarly, Drew Pickles acted a bit like a male version of his daughter Angelica as a toddler, while Chuckie's father Chas is essentially an older version of Chuckie with a mustache.
** Another episode reveals that Charlotte Pickles acted like her daughter Angelica when she was her age.
** Dil Pickles inherits Stu's love for inventing in ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', and his inventions are just as eccentric. Drew comments that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' had Scooby and the gang find that they've unknowingly been following in the footsteps of the original Mystery Inc, which also consisted of two guys, two girls, and an animal. [[spoiler: In fact, the original group's counterparts to Fred and Daphne turn out to be Fred's biological parents.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish," Abe Simpson's WWII military unit was revealed to mostly consist of the fathers of male Springfielders, including those of Chief Wiggum, Barney Gumble, and Seymour Skinner -- all of whom looked and acted exactly like their sons (even though Sheldon Skinner was later revealed to not be Seymour's biological father).
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': King Gideon IV once jumped to conclusions and thought trolls were attacking. (They were just banging the clubs on the floor because they like the sound) He ordered the guards to seize the trolls, who ran away to the cave under the palace and ever since forbidden from leaving. Upon learning the trolls' side of the story, Princess Sofia tried to set things right but King Roland II (King Gideon IV's grandson) had basically the same reaction his grandfather did. [[spoiler:The misunderstanding was eventually cleared.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** Played darkly as Pearl tries to make Connie into the same suicidal overly-protective knight figure for Steven that Pearl had been for Steven's mother, Rose. Steven realizes this before it is too late, and manages to convince Connie that Pearl is wrong and they should be a BattleCouple instead.
** A major conflict of the series is Steven himself worrying about whether he's a carbon copy of his mother, and if that is a good thing or not.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'':
** One episode features the team that came before Sam, Alex, and Clover: Pam, Alice, and Crimson.
** A better example come from the girls' mothers Carmen, Gabriella, and Stella, who look like older versions of the girls. They even become WOOHP agents.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus and his crew crash-land in the distant past on Earth and must fend off attacks from Megatron and his band of miscreants while defending the planet and attempting to return to Cybertron. Now, are we talking about [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Prime]] or [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Primal]]? To further draw parallels, Cheetor takes up [[KidAppealCharacter Bumblebee]]'s mantle and Terrorsaur makes a good [[TheStarscream Starscream]] {{Expy}}.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "ORB" shows a flashback of [[SteamPunk Victorian era]] adventurers who all seem conspicuously similar to modern characters. (Granted, the modern equivalents aren't a team anymore.)
* The unaired pilot for a ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' revival, ''Wacky Races Forever,'' had the offspring of the original racers. The [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces2017 reboot]] features an episode with Dick Dastardly the [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines pilot]] as the grandfather of Dick Dastardly the 2017 racer. The leaf usually doesn't fall far from the tree, but in this case, it's grandfather telling his grandson to just cross the finish line, advice that gets ignored since as the token villain, Dastardly the racer [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat has to cheat.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/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.
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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.
* In an interesting inversion, UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, was saved from nearly being killed by a train by the brother of John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth. Ironically, Robert would go on to be at the train station next to UsefulNotes/JamesGarfield when he was shot, as well as arriving in Buffalo right when [[UsefulNotes/WilliamMcKinley McKinley]] was shot. Weird. Robert himself was aware of this weirdness and apparently didn't like it. When invited to a presidential function after the incident with [=McKinley=], he refused, saying "No, I'm not going, and they'd better not ask me, because there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present."
* UsefulNotes/EleanorofAquitaine married King Louis VII of France at the age of 15. Their marriage was annulled and she subsequently married UsefulNotes/HenrytheSecond of England. Eleanor ruled England as regent for their son, UsefulNotes/RichardtheLionheart, who spent most of his reign on crusades and other conflicts. Toward the end of her life, Eleanor arranged the marriage of her granddaughter, Blanca of Castile, to the Dauphin of France. Blanca (known as Blanche to the French) would rule France as regent for her own crusading son, Louis IX (aka St. Louis).
* Emperor Peter III of [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]] was a staunch Prussophile militarist, had a personality which oscillated between CloudCuckoolander and AxCrazy, hated his wife UsefulNotes/CatherineTheGreat, and led an erratic and inconsistent internal and foreign policy. He was deposed in a palace coup orchestrated by Catherine and then murdered in prison. His son Paul I was a staunch Prussophile militarist, had a personality which oscillated between CloudCuckoolander and AxCrazy (with hints of BunnyEarsLawyer), hated [[MyBelovedSmother his mother]] UsefulNotes/CatherineTheGreat (and tried to undo many of her reforms) and led an even more erratic and inconsistent internal and foreign policy. He was murdered in a palace coup [[SelfMadeOrphan tacitly supported by his estranged son]] Alexander I, who, after assuming the throne, promised that "everything will be done as it used to be done by my grandmother". Unsurprisingly, both Peter and Paul are subject to lots of AlternativeCharacterInterpretation and VindicatedByHistory.
* Camilla Parker Bowles was the longtime mistress of [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Charles]] before they married in 2005, echoing Camilla's great-grandmother Alice Keppel, who was the longtime mistress of King Edward VII, the one-time Prince of Wales and great-great-grandfather of Charles.
* A strangely endemic situation in the Philippines, owing to the existence of warlords and [[HereditaryRepublic political dynasties]]. Many present-day figures tend to either be children of, or at least descended from, long-standing families like the Cojuangcos, Macapagals, and even the Aquinos. Or, in the case of recent president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, a child of ''two'' of these families (his late mother Corazon, also a president, was born a Cojuangco).
* Creator/PatrickSwayze and his father Jesse both died at age 57. Patrick died from pancreatic cancer, and Jesse died from a heart attack.
* Creator/BillBryson writes in ''I'm A Stranger Here Myself'' about his son reading Bryson's own ''The Lost Continent'' a book where the author recalls the various dull habits of his father (like reading out license plates of other cars when on holiday) -- and his son's reaction;
-->"But this is ''dad!''", meaning of course ''me''. I have to admit it, I have become my father. I even read license plates.
* Lord Randolph Churchill was a rising star maverick in the Conservative Party who repeatedly switched factions, commanded the support of the public with his wit and charisma, suffered controversy, and eventually became Chancellor of the Exchequer before blowing it with a political misjudgment that ended his career. His son UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill had ''exactly the same career path''...the only difference being that he lived long enough to make the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII awesome comeback]] that is the only part anyone now remembers.
* Creator/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.
* Creator/PeterSellers and his son Michael, who was also an actor, both died from heart attacks at almost the same age exactly 26 years apart. Peter was 54 when he died, Michael was 52.
* Three US presidents were direct descendants of previous presidents: UsefulNotes/JohnQuincyAdams was the son of UsefulNotes/JohnAdams, UsefulNotes/BenjaminHarrison was the grandson of UsefulNotes/WilliamHenryHarrison, and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush is the son of UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush. Among unsuccessful presidential candidates there have been a few fathers and sons, as well as sons of presidents: George and UsefulNotes/MittRomney, UsefulNotes/{{Ron|Paul}} and Rand Paul, Pat and Jerry Brown, Robert Taft (son of President UsefulNotes/WilliamHowardTaft), Jeb Bush (son of President George H.W. Bush).
* Musician Laura Nyro and her mother Gilda (who was an amateur musician) both died from ovarian cancer at exactly the same age. Both were 49 when they died.
* Buddy Ryan is a now-deceased NFL coach known for being an awesome defensive coordinator, but having limited success as a head coach. His son Rex Ryan had great success as a defensive coordinator for the Ravens and has masterminded great defenses with the Jets, but has overall been an underwhelming coach. Rex's twin brother Rob has been very successful as the defensive coordinator for several different teams. All three men have been instrumental in crafting the defense of an NFL championship-winning team (Buddy with the 1985 Bears, Rex with the 2000 Ravens, and Rob with the 2001 and 2003 Patriots).
* Music/JohnLennon's parents abandoned him at an early age, and he was left with his Aunt Mimi for most of his childhood. He had a tumultuous relationship with his father Freddie, who only returned to his son after John became famous. His mother Julia returned to John for a short while in his childhood but just as they were beginning to mend their relationship, Julia was run over and killed by a drunken off-duty policeman in a hit-and-run accident. Similarly, John, who had a rocky relationship with his first wife Cynthia and son Julian during the days of Beatlemania, abandoned them to live with Music/YokoOno. Julian and John's relationship was only beginning to mend in the last five or six years of John's life before John was shot to death in New York City in 1980.
* Two famous drummers had drummer sons of their own: Music/LedZeppelin's John Bonham with Jason (who even played with dad's bandmates in 2007), and Music/TheBeatles' Music/RingoStarr with Zak Starkey (who played in his father's All-Starr Band for three years and would even join famed Beatlesque group Music/{{Oasis}}).
* Paula Yates, wife of Bob Geldof, died in 2000 of a heroin overdose. Her daughter Peaches Geldof died in 2014 of the same cause.
* Dianna De La Garza, Music/DemiLovato's mother, has admitted in an interview that she too was secretly suffering from bipolar disorder and an eating disorder at the same time as Demi, with both keeping their struggles secret from each other, hence she couldn't have helped her child at the time. In fact, Demi temporarily separated from their mother and had her sent to rehab, partly as Dianna's habits were threatening to set a poor example for Demi in their recovery. Demi's estranged biological father, Patrick Lovato, was also discovered to have had bipolar disorder; he and Demi were only beginning to mend their relationship again the year before he died. (Demi then set up the Lovato Treatment Scholarship Program in his honor.)
* UsefulNotes/NorthKorea has had reigns of terror from the father-son-grandson dynasty of dictators Kim Il-Sung (1972-1994), Kim Jong-Il (1994-2011), and Kim Jong-Un (2011-present).
* Ethel Gumm, her daughter Creator/JudyGarland, and her granddaughter Creator/LizaMinnelli all married closeted gay men.[[note]](''Allegedly''.)[[/note]]
* Queen Isabella II ascended to the throne of Spain in 1833, at the premature [[AChildShallLeadThem age of 3]]. Obviously, she played no part in politics during her earliest reign, but as she grew older her unwelcome, conservative-bent interferences became too common. Eventually, she alienated too many people and opted to leave the country in 1868 when a liberal revolution broke against her rule. While in exile she abdicated her claim on her son Alfonso, who returned to Spain while it was embroiled in a civil war in 1874 and was proclaimed king by coupist general Martínez-Campos. The now king Alfonso XII then died in 1885, leaving the throne to his son, an even more premature Alfonso XIII, who in fact [[ExaggeratedTrope had not been born yet]]. Obviously, he played no part in politics during his earliest reign, but as he grew older his unwelcome, conservative-bent interferences became too common. Eventually, he alienated too many people and opted to leave the country in 1931, when local elections were won largely by pro-republican parties. While in exile he abdicated his claim on his son Juan, who returned to Spain while it was embroiled in a civil war in 1936 and was... promptly expelled by coupist General Mola, who had no intention of restoring the monarchy.
* Justin Trudeau has followed in his father UsefulNotes/{{Pierre|Trudeau}}'s footsteps by becoming first leader of the Liberal Party, then Prime Minister of [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics Canada]] in 2015.
** They are still behind the Papandreou family in Greece, who had three generations of prime ministers: grandfather [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios_Papandreou Georgios]], father [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Papandreou Andreas Georgios]], and son/grandson [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Papandreou Georgios Andreas]] (called "George" in English media to distinguish between him and his grandfather).
** [[http://i.huffpost.com/gen/992957/images/o-PIERRE-JUSTIN-TRUDEAU-facebook.jpg There's an iconic 1973 photograph]] of Pierre Trudeau carrying a young Justin with RCMP Insp. Denis Ling saluting them. [[https://youtu.be/BPsTJMSw3ko 40 years later, in 2013]], Justin met Ling's son, Jeffrey, who followed in his own father's footsteps by becoming a policeman, too.
* Jean-Marie Le Pen is a French politician and founder of the right-wing populist National Front party who advanced to the presidential runoff in the 2002 election but lost in a landslide to the moderate incumbent President Jacques Chirac. His daughter, Marine Le Pen, later took over the party and in the 2017 presidential election advanced to the runoff, but similarly lost in a landslide to the moderate candidate Emmanuel Macron.
* Too many professional athletes[[note]]"sportspeople" to our friends outside North America[[/note]] to count are the children of other pros, usually (but not always) in the same sport. Cesare Maldini and his son Paolo take the cake in this regard. Both were soccer players who had played as defenders. Both were famous players who spent most/all of their professional careers with AC Milan as well as the Italian national team in which both of them had captained during their playing days.
* Additionally, many famous actors are descended from other famous actors (Creator/BenStiller, Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/DakotaJohnson, etc). Exaggerated by American film actor Creator/TyronePower, whose distant 19th-century ancestor was an Irish stage actor also named Tyrone Power.
* King John II of Castile and his son, Henry IV, were both weak-willed monarchs dominated by their prime ministers, married twice, and fought a battle against an aristocratic rebellion... in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Olmedo same]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Olmedo town]], but 22 years apart.
* Crown Prince Rudolf and his daughter, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria. Both were born at Laxenburg Castle and were much more liberal than their family/period. [[note]](Rudolf anonymously wrote firebrand articles protesting Emperor Franz Joseph's regime, Erzsi was a socialist and member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party, nicknamed the Red Archduchess.[[/note]] They had initially good relationships with their family which deteriorated later on. [[note]]Rudolf's mother Elisabeth -- Sisi -- stopped doting on him as soon as he grew up, and turned the family dynamics into "Sisi & Marie Valerie (her youngest daughter) versus everyone else". Erzsi ordered the police, on her deathbed, to close her villa to her two surviving children, and Rudolf wrote a suicide letter to everyone in his life except his father.[[/note]] They openly had affairs after their first marriage. Both died in the vicinity of Vienna (the Mayerling hunting lodge was in the Vienna Woods, and Erzsi's villa is on the outskirts of the city).
* British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves died climbing [=K2=] in 1995. Her son, Tom Ballard, died in 2019 while climbing Nanga Parbat, also in the Himalayas.
* At the Battle of Sullivan's Island during the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution American Revolutionary War]], Sir Peter Parker, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever 1st Baronet]], was shot in the thigh by American militiamen. Years later, at the Battle of Caulk's Field during the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812, his grandson, Sir Peter Parker, 2nd Baronet, was also shot in the thigh by American militiamen. Unlike his grandfather, however, the wound proved fatal and he died from a severed femoral artery.
* Historically, it is easy enough to find examples of military personnel whose parents or kids were military personnel. This can sometimes lead to concerns regarding nepotism (it's easy enough to find examples of general officers whose parents or grandparents were also general officers). Ever since the United States shifted to an all-volunteer force, [[https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-05-02/a-photo-of-a-generals-family-highlights-civil-military-concerns there have also been concerns about sociological trends regarding military service]], namely that people are more likely to serve if they had family who served, and that the inverse is also true: Those who ''don't'' have family who served are less likely to serve. Over the course of several generations, you end up with something resembling a military caste, with limited interaction between military and civilians, resulting in what is referred to as the Civil-Military Divide.
* Musician Music/HankWilliams died tragically in 1953 when he was only 29-years-old from heart failure in combination with other health issues. Sixty-seven years later, in 2020, his granddaughter Katherine Diane Williams died tragically at the age of 27 in a car accident.
* When ''Film/TheatreOfBlood'' was adapted for the stage, Creator/DianaRigg's role was filled by her daughter Creator/RachaelStirling.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Creator/PatrickTroughton's son David played the Second Doctor in a few Creator/BigFinish audio plays.
** Creator/JonPertwee's son Creator/SeanPertwee dressed [[https://i.redd.it/jug9z28r42a21.jpg a photo]] of him cosplaying as the Third Doctor.
** Following Creator/ElisabethSladen's death, her daughter Sadie Miller took on the role of Sarah Jane Smith in Creator/BigFinish audio plays.
* Creator/SeanConnery played Myth/RobinHood in ''Film/RobinAndMarian'' and his son Jason would later replace Michael Praed as the lead in the final season of ''Series/RobinOfSherwood''.
** Creator/PatrickTroughton was the first actor to play Robin Hood on British television in 1953. His grandson Creator/SamTroughton would later play Much the Miller's Son in ''Series/RobinHood''.
* Creator/IvanReitman's son Creator/JasonReitman grew up on movie sets, such as ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''. He would later become a director in his own right and directed ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''.
* Voice acting legend Creator/MauriceLaMarche and his son Jonathan have both dealt with the loss of a loved one due to a murder. Maurice's father was shot to death by a one-time family friend in March 1987. Years later, Jonathan [=LaMarche=] became a close friend of Music/ChristinaGrimmie and played bass in her band. She would tragically lose her life at the hands of a [[LoonyFan deranged fan]] in June 2016.
* Creator/ErrolFlynn's son Sean starred in ''The Son of Captain Blood'', the sequel to his father's breakthrough film ''Film/CaptainBlood''.
* Rod Hull's son Toby brought Emu out of retirement for the first time since his father's death during the 2003 pantomime season, appearing in ''Cinderella'' at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Toby Hull and Emu appeared in their own series on CITV.
* Creator/JamesGandolfini's son Creator/MichaelGandolfini played his father's iconic role of Tony Soprano in ''Series/TheSopranos'' {{prequel}} film ''Film/TheManySaintsOfNewark''.
* On ''Series/TheWestWing'', the younger version of Jed Bartlett was played by Creator/MartinSheen's son Creator/EmilioEstevez. On a similar note, when Creator/CharlieSheen was cast as the President of the United States in ''Film/MacheteKills'', there were immediate comparisons to his dad's famous role.
* Pierre and Marie Curie were both physicists and chemists who studied radioactivity, which earned them the Nobel Prize in chemistry of 1911 for the discovery of polonium and radium. Their daughter, Irène, became a chemist as well, married Frédéric Joliot-Curie and, together, they earned the Nobel Prize in chemistry of 1935 for the discovery of inducted radiation. And since science decidedly runs deep in this family, both of Irène's children and all of her grandchildren became scientists themselves. More darkly, both Marie and Irène died from leukemia due to their exposure to radiation during their research.
* In ''Film/StraightOuttaCompton'', Music/IceCube was played by none other than his son O'shea Jackson Jr.
* Creator/GaryBusey appeared in ''Film/Predator2''. In ''Film/ThePredator'', his character's son was played by none other than Creator/JakeBusey.
* Creator/JudyGarland's most iconic role was Dorothy Gale in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. Her daughter Creator/LizaMinnelli voiced the character in ''WesternAnimation/JourneyBackToOz''. She's also performed "Over the Rainbow". Unsurprisingly, they both have ''huge'' {{LGBT fanbase}}s.
* Creator/GiancarloGiannini starred in the original Italian ''Film/SweptAway'', while his son Adriano starred in the American remake.
* On Creator/{{HBO}}'s limited series ''Series/WinningTime'', Los Angeles Lakers player Norm Nixon is played by his son [=DeVaughn=].
* Creator/JamieLeeCurtis [[https://static.onecms.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/09/jamie-lee.jpg re-enacted]] her mother Creator/JanetLeigh's iconic ShowerScene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}''. She later [[https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/xUaJeTXWoV_mtDZ.aQC1dw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTY0MA--/https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/SWcWUSNFsGOyRjzxQdZ3TQ--~B/aD02NTA7dz02NTA7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/bang_showbiz_628/8b99aeed71fbed578a5fd7e7e72e2b0b dressed as Marian Crane]].
* Film/JamesBond:
** The series was co-produced by Creator/AlbertRBroccoli. It is currently overseen by his daughter Creator/BarbaraBroccoli.
** Creator/EuniceGayson played Sylvia Trench in ''Film/DrNo'' and ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''. Her daughter Kate appeared in the casino scene in ''Film/GoldenEye''.
** Pedro Armendariz played Kerim Bey in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''. His son Pedro Armendariz Jr. played President Lopez in ''Film/LicenceToKill''.
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** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' brings back children and the pairing system a la ''Genealogy'', albeit this time the kids are [[KidFromTheFuture from a horrible future where the world is on the brink of collapse]]. All of the children are tied to their mothers, save for [[spoiler:Lucina]] (tied to [[TheHero Chrom]], the main Lord of the game) and a female Morgan (tied to your PlayerCharacter if he's male; a female Avatar brings a male Morgan instead), and all of them are similar to their parents in some fashion, either in personality[[note]]Nah, while mature most of the time, can be extremely immature like her childish mother Nowi, Cynthia is as clumsy as her mother Sumia and Kjelle is as much of a BloodKnight as her mother Sully[[/note]] or in character class, albeit not to the same degree as ''Genealogy.'' The child who is most like his mother is [[TeenGenius Laurent]], the son of the mage [[TheStoic Miriel]]; both of them are mages, dress in the same black garb (his hat, he mentions, was actually Miriel's), speak with the same overly-complicated lexicon, and are highly intelligent; however, it's subverted to a degree -- Laurent is nowhere ''near'' as stoic as his mother (whereas she is to an almost stupefying degree), and he prefers to pursue studies and experiment to serve others or find a practical need for them, whereas Miriel does most of her studies purely ForScience. All children also inherit their father's hair color (or mother's, in the case of female Morgan).

** 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, are we talking about [[spoiler: Emperor Charles di Brittannia and Marianne "The Flash" Lamperouge]], or [[spoiler: Lelouch vi Britannia/Lamperouge and Suzaku "Knight of Zero" Kururugi]]?

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has a variant that doesn't go from father to son or the like. Midoriya starts off without a Quirk before inheriting One For All, hoping to use it to become the world's greatest hero. All Might, the one who passed the Quirk down to him, is revealed later to have also been a previously-Quirkless inheritor of One For All who did become the world's greatest hero with it