History Main / LegacyOfService

* According to supplementary material in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaWaKokurasetai'', Hayasaka's family has served the Shinomiyas for generations and have earned their trust. She has served as Kaguya's valet since they were both seven. The two of them are very close to each other as a result (to the point that they consider themselves sisters) and their bond is the only thing that Kauya considers more important than her crush on Shirogane.

** Alfonzo from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'' was once a member of New Hyrule's castle guard, his family having served the royal family for generations. Given that [[spoiler:he's a descendant of Gonzo, who was Tetra's head pirate]], this legacy of service has lasted through ''two'' different iterations of the Kingdom of Hyrule, plus the lengthy interregnum in between.

* Afanasiy Zyukin from ''[[Literature/ErastFandorin The Coronation]]'' is a butler in the third (I think) generation.

* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'': Mori is the son of a family that has served Honey-chan's family since the Warring States Era, and despite the relationship being officially dissolved, he continues to serve and protect Honey-chan with supreme loyalty.

* The Shiekah of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' has ever been faithful to the Royal Family of Hyrule, and has served them for generations as retainers, with Impa being the latest in a long line.
* While not outright stated in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', a number of hints (in particular [[spoiler:a portrait in Hyrule Castle of the pirates' near-identical ancestors serving as Princess Zelda's retainers]]) suggest that Tetra's pirate crew has been loyal to her family for quite some time.

* In David Eddings' ''Literature/TheElenium'' there are two parallel service legacies going on -- the Sparhawk line has been hereditary champions of the monarchs of Elenia for several generations (it gets broken by Sparhawk marrying Queen Ehlana -- he is still her champion as well as her prince-consort, but their daughter obviously can't serve as her own hereditary champion, and Ehlana will only have one child), while Kurik's family have been squires for the Sparhawks for several generations (this does ''not'' get broken -- [[spoiler: Kurik's son Khalad is squire for Sparhawk in ''The Tamuli'', after Kurik's death in the last book of the ''Elenium'']]).

* The original story for [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]'s butler, Alfred Pennyworth, whose father, Jarvis, had been Thomas Wayne's butler. This particular version of Alfred was canon until FrankMiller's ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', which established that Alfred had himself been Thomas Wayne's butler/valet, and had worked for the Wayne family since before Thomas and Martha Wayne were killed.

Sometimes, there are servants who do get very attached to the master family. So much that their children [[FollowInMyFootsteps follow in their footsteps]] and continue serving the family's descendants. Hence the reason why there are servants who come from a ''very'' long line of faithfully serving their masters.

* Subaru Konoe from ''VisualNovel/MayoChiki'' comes from such a line of butlers. The position is traditionally reserved for males, but Subaru has no brothers, and so Subaru has to jump through numerous hoops (most notably [[SweetPollyOliver posing as a boy in public]]) to prove herself worthy.

* Subaru Konoe from ''MayoChiki'' comes from such a line of butlers. The position is traditionally reserved for males, but Subaru has no brothers, and so Subaru has to jump through numerous hoops (most notably [[SweetPollyOliver posing as a boy in public]]) to prove herself worthy.

* On ''TheNanny'', Niles' father was the butler for Maxwell Sheffield's family before Niles himself became Maxwell's butler.
* Hudson, Rose and Mrs Bridges from UpstairsDownstairs all came from the Southwold Estate and serve the Bellamy family for more than thirty years without [[DawsonCasting appearing to age at all]]. Other servants come and go - Ruby and Edward being pretty long-standing - but these three are rather immortal and look like they will outlive even Sir Richard...

* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': Although it's only in the first/second generation it seems likely that the Clinkscales and LaFollet's will become this for the Harrington clan. In the case of the Clinkscales two generations have served her as Regent and Honor has actually formally adopted the clan as an extended part of the Harrington clan. In the case of the LaFollets at least four members of the clan have served her in various positions (two male members as bodyguards and two female members as maids/advisors).

* ''[[KittyNorville Kitty Goes to Washington]]'' features a family that has served a female vampire for centuries. It turns out they are all descended from the two children she had before she became a vampire.

->'''Blackadder''': [[SoWasX So has syphilis]], now get out.

* The author of TopDog creates one between the Hyuugas and the family of the Fourth Hokage in the Naruto branch; this immediately colors Hiashi Hyuuga's reaction to Naruto once he finds out his parentage.

* It seems that the Edrok family from ''TowerOfGod'' has long served as personal servant of various [[AmazonBrigade Princesses of Zahard]].

* ''YoungFrankenstein'': "My grandfather worked for your grandfather." --Igor

* The Brands of DavidEddings' ''{{Belgariad}}'' are hereditary servants to the Kings of Riva, serving as a sort of chancellor - handling the day-to-day drudge while the king makes the big decisions. So dedicated are they to their duty that upon assumign office, they abandon whatever name they had before, becoming known simply as 'Brand' (which was the name of the first one to hold the office). Similar to the ''LordOfTheRings'' example, they've spend a long time taking care of Riva and its throne while waiting for the return of the true king, but once he DOES show up, they never falter, and continue to serve faithfully. (With one notable, but quickly-corrected exception.)

* Thomas and Cyril Tanner from ''Literture/TheInfernalDevices'' come from a long line of people who've had a touch of the Sight, which is required for servants of the Nephilim. Needless to say, their family's been serving the Institute for a while.

* Thomas' family in ''The InfernalDevices'' is a ''long'' line of people with a touch of the Sight, which enables them to serve the Nephilim.

* The Bakers have served the Burtons for centuries in ''{{Madlax}}''.

* Afanasiy Zyukin from ''[[ErastFandorin The Coronation]]'' is a butler in the third (I think) generation.

* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': The Ishtar family has been serving the Pharaoh for thousands of years, most of that living in an underground labyrinth protecting his tomb. Resentment over this is a huge part of what fuels Marik's Start Of Darkness.

* The BattleButler Sayoko Shinozaki from Code Geass, she is the 37th sucessor of the Shinozaki school.
* NegimaNeo turned this into (one of) Setsuna's motivations for protecting Konoka.

* In ''ForrestGump'', Bubba's family has apparently been in service for at least a century. The montage which shows different generations serving seems to imply that they are serving different generations of the same family. In this case, it's treated as a bad thing, since their service originated during the time of slavery.