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* The ''WesternAnimation/PotatoHeadKids'' segment of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony'n Friends focuses on the children of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Most of the characters are just expies of the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cast, except for Gogo Dodo who is the son of the Dodo from ''WesternAnimation/PorkyInWackyland''.

* Inverted in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', where a minor character is implied to be an ancestor of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'''s Worf, played by the same actor.

* Peter Stone, originally of the short-lived ''Series/ChicagoJustice''[[note]]which had previously been established as a SharedUniverse with the ''Law & Order'' franchise[[/note]] and later transplanted to ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', is the son of Ben Stone, the original prosecutor on the original ''Series/LawAndOrder''.

* ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues'' featured Kwai Chang Caine, the IdenticalGrandson of the protagonist of the original ''Series/KungFu''... so identical that he was also played by Creator/DavidCarradine. The series also features the younger Caine's estranged son Peter.

* The new ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' TV series on TNT, a revival of the original, focuses on the rivalry between John Ross Ewing III, the son of J.R. and Sue Ellen Ewing, and Christopher Ewing, the adopted son of Bobby and Pam Ewing.

** Plastic Man would later have a son who was born with his powers and appeared in the ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' semi-sequel ''ComicBook/TheKingdomDC'' and a one-shot special, who is actually called "Offspring". Other Spin-Offspring characters in 'Kingdom Come'' who got their own one-shots are Nightstar ([[ComicBook/TeenTitans Starfire and Nightwing]]), Kid Flash ([[ComicBook/TheFlash the Wally West Flash]]) and Ibn al Xu'ffasch (ComicBook/{{Batman}} and Talia; i.e. this world's counterpart to Damian Wayne).

* ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' and the majority of the teen hero characters from Creator/MarvelComics' [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 MC-2]] lineup.
** ''ComicBook/SpiderHam'' eventually did its own take on Spider-Girl in the fourth issue of ''Amazing Spider-Man Family'' and the ''Spider-Ham 25th Anniversary Special'' one-shot. The premise was that Spider-Ham had a daughter with Mary Crane Watsow named May Porker, who decides to become Swiney-Girl after learning that she's inherited her father's powers.
* In another example from Creator/MarvelComics, three of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers (Stature, Wiccan, and Speed) are children of former Avengers members. A fourth (Patriot) is the grandson of the ''first black'' ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.

* Creator/MarvelComics wanted to do a spinoff of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' for a DVD. Instead of using the popular ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' franchise because characters were linked to controversial topics like drug-abuse, rape, and homosexuality, they made ''WesternAnimation/NextAvengersHeroesOfTomorrow'', which is essentially "Avengers Babies" with 12-year old children of the Avengers having adventures. No, really.(Think Franchise/SailorMoon Chibi-Usa and Manga/DragonBall Gohan for Kid Hero trope)

* The short-lived incarnation of the Seven Soldiers of Victory in Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers'' #0 included the Whip III, granddaughter of the Whip II (a NewOldWest {{Franchise/Zorro}} wannabe) and great-great-granddaughter of the Whip I (an [[{{Western}} Old West]] Zorro wannabe); I, Spyder, son of the original [=7SoV=] member (and traitor) Alias the Spider; and Gimmix, daughter of Merry the Gimmick Girl and, therefore, neice of the first Star-Spangled Kid, who was also an original [=7SoV=] member. In ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers'' #1, the Bulleteer turns out to be directly descended from [[spoiler: Aurakles, the world's first superhero.]]

* ''ComicBook/FantasticForce'' was a team led by Reed Richards and Susan Richards' son Franklin Richards after a PlotRelevantAgeUp.

* The sequel to ''Literature/TheIntercontinentalUnionOfDisgustingCharacters'' is called ''The Sick Kids''. Guess who gets the spotlight!
* ''Fanfic/UndocumentedFeatures'': The high school students introduced in the ''Symphony of the Sword'' series include the children of some members of the [[SelfInsertFic Wedge Defense Force]], many of whom are around the same age due to Ragnarok triggering a baby boom.

* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaEmptyQuiver'' picks up about twenty years following the events of ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaOccupationalHazards'', with the daughter and son of the leading couples. Don't think too hard about how two pairs of stallions had foals.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SilfofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics, UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura have two children Yuki and Masa, with Yukimura being [[MisterSeahorse the mother]], and the spotlight occasionally shining on the two.
* Downplayed in Fanfic/TheVictorsProject, where Granyte's niece, [[OCStandIn Lyme]], has her own chapter that chronicles her Trials (taken as a non-Institute student) with a brief description of how her Hunger Games went.

* ''WesternAnimation/NextAvengersHeroesOfTomorrow'' takes place in an alternate universe BadFuture where Utron is in the process of completely dominating the planet and the only hope left for the world, are the children of the Avengers, who were hidden away and raised by Iron Man.

* ''Film/{{Shaft 2000}}'' stars Creator/SamuelLJackson as the nephew of the original ''Film/{{Shaft}}'', played by Creator/RichardRoundtree who makes a cameo appearance.
** ''Film/Shaft2019'' has Jackson appear as the protagonist's father.
* Although we see Creator/ErnestBorgnine throughout the 1997 film [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McHale%27s_Navy_(1997_film) McHale's Navy]], he is a Naval Admiral constantly referred to as "Cobra". It is not until the final scene when the main character, portrayed by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Arnold_(actor) Tom Arnold]], calls the Admiral "Dad" that we know that Borgnine is portraying his [[Series/McHalesNavy original character]] and Arnold's character is his son.

* ''Film/AceVentura Jr.'', concerning the adventures of a fat kid with the classic Ace's hairstyle.
* 1993's ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' stars Roberto Benigni as Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli, the illegitimate son of the late Inspector Clouseau.
* ''Film/TheFlyII'' focuses on Brundle's son.

* ''Film/TronLegacy'': Sam Flynn proves to take after his dad.
** The AlternateContinuity of ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Tron 2.0]]'' plays it a bit sideways - Jet Bradley is the son of Flynn's friends Lora and Alan. [[note]] Which, from a certain point of view, makes him a ''younger brother'' of Tron and Yori. There's also a [[WildMassGuessing fan theory]] that he may be [[WesternAnimation/TronUprising Beck's]] User, which would bring it full circle.[[/note]]

* Ultraman Zero, the main character of [[Franchise/UltramanZero a series of films]], is the son of Series/UltraSeven.
* The appropriately-titled Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Film/{{Descendants}}'' franchise, which has many of the main characters be the children of heroes and villains from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, such as Prince Ben (son of [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle and Adam]]) and Carlos De Vil (son of [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella De Vil]]). All of them except Drizzy [[HighSchoolAU are teenagers]].
* The 1987 ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' film features Creator/DanAykroyd as the nephew of Jack Webb's Joe Friday from the radio and TV series ([[NamesTheSame with the same name]]). Interestingly, Harry Morgan reprises his original role as Bill Gannon in the film, now as a captain.
* ''Film/{{Creed}}'' features the son of Apollo Creed being trained by his father's friendly rival, Rocky Balboa.
* [[TheHeavy Kylo Ren]] from ''Franchise/StarWars Episode VII: Film/TheForceAwakens'' is revealed to be related to [[spoiler:the three leads from the Original Trilogy. Formerly called Ben Solo, his parents are Han Solo and Leia Organa, and Luke Skywalker is his uncle. Not to mention that Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, the leads from the Prequel Trilogy, are his maternal grandparents]].
** Rey herself is [[spoiler:the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine]], as revealed in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''.
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', Captain Jack Sparrow is aided by two young adults, Henry and Carina, throughout the film. [[spoiler:Henry is the son of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, and Carina is the daughter of Captain Barbossa]].
* ''Film/OceansEight'', which is set in the same continuity as the ''Film/OceansEleven'', ''Film/OceansTwelve'' and ''Film/OceansThirteen'' trilogy, is about Danny's sister Debbie Ocean organizing a new heist with an all-female crew. Danny himself is said to [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome have died between movies]], although Debbie suspects [[FakingTheDead he probably faked it]].
* ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' is the sequel to ''Film/MaryPoppins'', and it features Michael's three children.

* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfShirleyHolmes'' (Literature/SherlockHolmes' great-grandniece).

* Peter Stone, originally of the short-lived ''Series/ChicagoJustice''[[note]]which had previously been established as a SharedUniverse with the ''Law & Order'' franchise[[/note]] and later transplanted to ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', is the son of Ben Stone, the original prosecutor on the original ''Series/LawAndOrder''.
* In a way, the Sci-Fi limited series ''Series/TinMan'' does this: It's revealed that [[spoiler:DG and Azkadelia are descended from the Gray Gale - Dorothy Gale]].
* The entire premise of each new season of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', with some extra generations thrown in. Never mind that none of them are ever seen to settle down and have kids; they're all {{bastard|bastard}}s anyway.
* While there's a notable lack of family ties between them, three generations of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' share this trope's characteristics. Even more so if you rate the ''USS Enterprise'' an actual '''character''', in which case Picard's crew travel in the Kirk-era starship's great-great-granddaughter.

* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' begat a couple of movies that starred Ryotaro's Grand-KidFromTheFuture and [[EnsembleDarkhorse the Taros]], plus several characters that weren't even in ''Den-O'' originally.
* ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' is a spin-off from ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' with Cory and Topanga's daughter Riley as the main character, as well as Riley's little brother, Auggie. One of her friends is Farkle Minkus, who is the son of Stuart Minkus and [[spoiler:Jennifer Bassett, one of Shawn's exes]].
* The TV series ''Young Maverick'' dealt with the adventures of Ben Maverick, the son of Beau Maverick (and cousin of Bret and Bart Maverick) from the original ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' series.
* ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues'' featured Kwai Chang Caine, the IdenticalGrandson of the protagonist of the original ''Series/KungFu''... so identical that he was also played by Creator/DavidCarradine. The series also features the younger Caine's estranged son Peter.
* The new ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' TV series on TNT, a revival of the original, focuses on the rivalry between John Ross Ewing III, the son of J.R. and Sue Ellen Ewing, and Christopher Ewing, the adopted son of Bobby and Pam Ewing.
* ''Son of Series/{{Svengoolie}}''
* ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' has Spike Skullovitch, son of Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.
* The 1988 ''Series/MissionImpossible'' combined this with an ActorAllusion by having Grant Collier (Phil Morris) be the son of Barnard Collier (Grant Morris).
* In the 2017 revival of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', BigBad Kinga is the daughter of the original villain Dr. Forrester, and her assistant Max is the son of Dr. Forrester's assistant Frank.
* Played with ''Series/RavensHome''. It's a sequel to the KidCom ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' with a GenreShift towards DomCom. Raven and Chelsea are now adults, recently divorced, and raising their kids together as roommates. The protagonists are their preteen children, however Chelsea and Raven still receive a large amount of screentime and usually have b-plots centered around them.

* ''Crikey! It's The Irwins'' focuses on Series/CrocodileHunter Steve Irwin's kids Bindi and Robert grown up and carrying the animal conservation torch he left more than a decade after his death, cemented when the first episode has Robert feeding the notorious saltwater croc Graham on his own. Steve's widow Terri still gets screentime helping out around Australia Zoo and narrating events just as she did originally.
* ''Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries'' is a spin-off of TheRoaringTwenties-set ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries'', featuring Phryne Fisher's niece Peregrine in TheSixties.

* ''Series/GetSmart'' had an attempted reboot in 1995, with Don Adams and Barbara Feldon reprising their roles as Max (now chief of CONTROL) and 99, and starring Creator/AndyDick as Zach Smart, one of their twins from the original series, now a CONTROL agent himself. (The series lasted 7 episodes.)
* ''Series/GossipGirl2021'' has Milo Sparks, the twelve-year-old son of Georgina Sparks from the original ''Series/GossipGirl'' show.
* ''Series/TurnerAndHooch2021'' stars Creator/JoshPeck as Scott Turner, Jr., son of Creator/TomHanks' character from the original ''Film/TurnerAndHooch''.
* ''Series/{{Legacies}}'' focuses on Hope, daughter of Klaus Mikaelson, the protagonist of ''Series/TheOriginals''. Two of the main characters, Josie and Lizzie, are daughters of Alaric Saltzman, who has been an important cast member since the first season of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' (and continues to be important in ''Legacies'').

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'' is about Kyle, the son of the two main characters from the first game, but aside from him, that's it.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' played around with this on occasion. The fourth game, ''Genealogy of the Holy War'', had the main characters at the start of the game [[spoiler:die off halfway through and]] be replaced with their children. Many (though not all) of the characters in ''The Binding Blade'' were the children of characters in ''The Blazing Blade'', which is actually an ''inversion'' of the trope since ''Binding Blade'' was made first. (A couple of characters from ''Binding Blade'' were the parents of characters in ''Blazing Blade'', and grandparents of other characters in ''Binding Blade''.)
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'', starring the son of Cecil and Rosa, the main characters of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''. There's also the daughter of [[BareFistedMonk Yang]] and Sheila joining in.
* The ''VideoGame/MrDriller'' series stars Susumu Hori, who is the son of ''VideoGame/DigDug''s Taizo Hori and of Kissy from the little-known ''Baraduke''. Both father and son have made appearances in each other's games since the first ''Mr. Driller'' game.

** At least some of the player characters are apparently the descendants of the player characters from the original GBA games (example: Matthew, TheHero, is Isaac's son, and [[GenerationXerox looks and plays a lot like him]]). Due to the series' extensively developed {{Shipping}} community, along with the equally awe-inspiring ShipToShipCombat, this may have some interesting results in the fandom.

* The fairly mental Amiga/Atari ST game ''Wizkid'' was a sequel to ''Wizball'', and Wizkid was, unsurprisingly, Wizball's son.
* ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'' features Kuninushi, the son of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''[='=]s Susano and Kushi, teaming up with Chibiterasu, son of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''[='=]s protagonist Amaterasu (as well as one of the cutest things ever). Also worthy of mention are the brush gods' children.

* ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'':
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' takes place two generations after ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon1''. The protagonist inherits his grandfather's (the original protagonists) farm and begins living in Flowerbud Village. The only member of the first game left in town is Ellen [[spoiler:and she dies if you marry her granddaughter Elli.]]
** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' and its DistaffCounterpart ''DS Cute'' take place roughly 100 years after ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' and ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonFriendsOfMineralTown''. Everyone is an [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Grandchild]] and the valley folk fall in love with the [[ReincarnationRomance same people]]. The only differences are their [[{{flanderization}} characterizations]], some designs, and their names ([[DubNameChange in Japan]]). Unlike ''64'', this was more an excuse to explain why they're reusng the characters. The DS games feature many errors and oddities caused by the fact it's a sequel and not a reimagining.
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'': While Graham hasn't exactly retired from adventuring, the [[VideoGame/KingsQuestIII third]], [[VideoGame/KingsQuestIV fourth]], [[VideoGame/KingsQuestVI sixth]], and [[VideoGame/KingsQuestVII seventh]] games followed [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn his kids]].
* Isa, the male protagonist of ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor'', is the son of the two protagonists of the first ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment''.
* ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]'' has Sophitia's kids becoming the new main characters.
* ''VideoGame/RedFaction'' did this with its spinoff movie, Origins, and last game, Armageddon - the protagonists of each, Jake and Darius Mason respectively, are the son and grandson of Alec Mason, protagonist of Guerrilla.
* ''VideoGame/LandsOfLore 2'' follows of the son of the ''villain'' of the first game.
* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' features Claude Kenny, son of two major characters from the original.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Fate}}'' games give you the option to play this trope straight, letting you retire a character who's completed the game's challenges and pass one possession of your choice down to a new-made "descendent".

* ''Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck'' stars the infant son of the original ''VideoGame/ChuckRock'' protagonist.
* ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' is a rare case where the ''villain's'' son is the Spin-Offspring. (Though this was because of Mario's FaceHeelTurn, where he wanted to give Donkey Kong a taste of his own medicine. Junior tries to stop this, thinking Mario might be going too far and thus into HeWhoFightsMonsters territory.)
** The ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' games star either the son (or maybe grandson, [[FlipFlopOfGod there's conflicting information]]) of the original ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' (who now goes by Cranky).

* More of an AllThereInTheManual than something explicitly stated: [[VideoGame/CommanderKeen Billy Blaze]] is the grandson of [[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D B.J. Blazkowicz]], with an Anglicized last name.
* ''VideoGame/RecordOfAgarestWar'' is basically Spin-Offspring: The Video Game. The original in the series features five chapters and each ends with the hero [[DatingSim romancing one of several female companions]] and having a kid who grows up to become the hero of the following chapter. Lather, rinse, repeat.
* The ''VideoGame/FantasyZone'' portable installment ''Fantasy Zone Gear'' stars Opa-Opa's son, Opa-Opa Jr.
* ''Trials Of The Blood Dragon'' stars the children of the hero and love interest of ''Videogame/FarCry3BloodDragon''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}'': The Mayan Adventure, an early [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows 95]] game, featured Pitfall Harry Jr, the son of the protagonist from the original 8-bit Pitfall, whom the younger Pitfall Harry has to rescue.
* ''VideoGame/HeroAndDaughter'': {{Discussed}} in a RandomEvent:
--> '''Goral:''' You oughta marry, have a kid... To be the protag of Hero & Daughter 2!
* The main character of ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar 4'' JD Fenix is the son of Marcus Fenix and Anya Stroud, the protagonist and a major character of the first 3 ''Gears of War'' games, respectively.
* Two of the spinoffs of the [[ProtagonistTitle protagonist-titled]] ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' series, ''VideoGame/LaytonBrothersMysteryRoom'' and ''VideoGame/LaytonsMysteryJourneyKatrielleAndTheMillionairesConspiracy'', respectively feature his son Alfendi and daughter Katrielle as the protagonists.
* ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', of a sort: [[spoiler:VisualNovel/{{Phoenix Wright|AceAttorney}} adopted Trucy as his daughter, and the titular protagonist is Trucy's biological brother, effectively making this game a Step-Spin-Offspring.]]
* ''The VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead III'' features Lisa Rogan, the daughter of ''The House of the Dead'' protagonist Thomas Rogan, as the player 1 character. In the final chapter, Daniel Curien, the son of ''[=THotD1=]'' BigBad Dr. Roy Curien, becomes the player 2 character.
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' features Alucard, the son of recurring BigBad {{Dracula}}, as an available sidekick character, but it wasn't until ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' that he was given a more significant role.

* ''VideoGame/LaMulana2'' follows the adventures of Lumisa Kosugi, daughter of Lemeza Kosugi, the main character of ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' and granddaughter of Shawn Kosugi.[[spoiler:(Or perhaps his illegitimate child).]]
* ''[[VideoGame/StreetsOfRage Streets of Rage 4]]'' has this with Cherry Hunter, the daughter of Adam Hunter, who is one of the three protagonists from the first game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' has a 19-year timeskip between ''2'' and ''3'', during which time Kazuya Mishima (by then the series' central character) and Jun Kazama have an affair and give birth to a son, Jin Kazama, who replaces his father as protagonist from ''3'' onward. Kazuya later shows up again, but as an [[ArchnemesisDad antagonist]].
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' has Vergil's son Nero as the main protagonist, which is carried on into its [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 sequel]].
* Many of ''[[VideoGame/{{Spelunky}} Spelunky 2]]'''s characters are descendents of the characters of the first game. The main character is the daughter of the Spelunky Guy and the yellow miner hat lady (Tina).

* The main characters of ''Webcomic/UmlautHouse 2'' are mostly the kids and students of the characters from the first comic. Two of whom, Volair and Saundra's son Pierce and Jake and Rick's daughter Rhonda, were actually introduced [[KidFromTheFuture a year before "1" ended.]]
* ''Webcomic/OriginalLife'' follows the children of Fisk Black, main character of ''Webcomic/BetterDays''.

* ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr'' (claimed by the theme song to be Film/JamesBond's {{nephew|ism}}, because although Bond did enough sleeping around that he probably could staff a spy agency with his juniors, you [[ChasteToons can't say that]] in the title sequence of a SaturdayMorningCartoon!)

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePebblesAndBammBammShow'' to ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.
** And to complete the cycle, the show had a spiritual [[SpinoffBabies spinoff baby spinoff]] years after: ''WesternAnimation/CaveKids: Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm''. It was ahead of its time, but it got ScrewedByTheNetwork.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOzKids'', which starred Dorothy's children Dot and Neddy, the Tin Boy, Scarecrow Jr., Jack Pumpkinhead Jr., the Cowardly Lion's cubs Boris and Bela, the Wizard's son Frank, and Glinda's daughter Andrea.
* The ''WesternAnimation/PotatoHeadKids'' segment of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony'n Friends focuses on the children of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head.

* It's never made clear the relationship between ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Gadget Boy|AndHeather}}'', particularly if it's the same character at different ages or two distinct ones such as father and son. Heather is not unlike an older Penny, but the two girls are clearly different.

* ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'': Two of the protagonists (Jake Kong Junior and Eddie Spencer Junior) are sons of protagonists (Jake Kong Senior and Eddie Spencer Senior) of the series it spun from.
* ''WesternAnimation/PopeyeAndSon'': Popeye and Olive Oyl finally marry and have a son named Popeye Jr. (usually called Junior). Bluto marries a woman named Lizzie, has a son named Tank, and just like his father is with Popeye, he is a rival with Junior.

* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' is a series about the ''children'' of famous monsters such as Dracula and the Mummy who go to the same high school. Similarly, the spinoff ''Toys/EverAfterHigh'' is about the children of famous fairy tale characters.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiritRidingFree'' features the son of ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron''.

* ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' received a cartoon called ''Famous 5: On The Case'' in 2008. It was set in contemporary times and starred the children of the original characters: Max, Dylan, Jo, and Allie. It also used GenerationXerox (for example, George's tomboyish daughter Jo hates being called "Jyoti").

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Most of the characters are just expies of the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cast, except for Gogo Dodo who is the son of the Dodo from ''WesternAnimation/PorkyInWackyland''.
* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet'' is set in ThePresentDay, with Delilah and her side of the blended family being descended from Pongo and Perdita.
* Hank from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally conceived]] as the son of Tom Anderson from ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' but the studio couldn't get access to the copyrights.
* ''WesternAnimation/RegalAcademy'' centers around teenagers who are the offspring of various famous fairytales; the protagonist Rose in particular is the granddaughter of Cinderella. In addition, their last names are taken from whom they are descended from (again, Rose's full name is Rose Cinderella).
* The ''WesternAnimation/RipleysBelieveItOrNot'' animated series features Rip Ripley, who is the nephew of Robert Ripley.
* ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' features the King Features comic strip heroes such as ComicStrip/FlashGordon, ComicStrip/ThePhantom, and ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician fighting evil alongside their children.
* Speaking of the Phantom, there's also ''WesternAnimation/Phantom2040'', a {{Cyberpunk}} series starring the descendant of the original Phantom.
* The ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'' episode, "Mitzvah For Miss Nanny" reveals that Miss Nanny is the daughter of Nanny from the original 1984 ''[[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984 Muppet Babies]]'' series, as the two are seen in a photo together.

** Unfortunately, due to the abundance of anti-aging magic in the Xanthverse, ''all'' these characters are still alive -- as well as their kids, grandkids, and great, great grandkids. Meaning, well, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters you know...]]

* [[TheHeavy Kylo Ren]] from ''Franchise/StarWars Episode VII: Film/TheForceAwakens'' is revealed to be related to [[spoiler: the three leads from the Original Trilogy. Formerly called Ben Solo, his parents are Han Solo and Leia Organa, and Luke Skywalker is his uncle. Not to mention that Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, the leads from the Prequel Trilogy, are his maternal grandparents.]]
** Rey herself is [[spoiler: the granddaughter of Emperor Sheev Palpatine]], as revealed in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''.

** "Literature/SearchByTheFoundation": Arcadia (Arkady) Darell is a granddaughter of Bayta Darell.

* Most of the main characters of ''Literature/TheLastHours'' are children of the main characters of ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices''. The protagonist, Cordelia Carstairs, is an exception; she is a cousin instead of daughter of Jem Carstairs (though [[PracticallyDifferentGenerations she is young enough to be his daughter]]).

* Inverted in ''StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', where a minor character is implied to be an ancestor of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'''s Worf, played by the same actor.

* ''Tetsujin 28 FX'', the sequel to [[Anime/Gigantor the original black-and-white show]], featured Masato Kaneda, the son of the original hero Shotaro Kaneda, as a main protagonist. Shiori Nishina, one of the main cast, was supposed to be the granddaughter of Inspector Otsuka, the sidekick of Shotaro, according to the series bible.

** Albert d'Andrésy, the new character introduced in Part V, was hinted to be another descendant of the original Lupin (thus kind of cousin to the current Lupin) based on his surname which was directly adapted from Raoul d'Andrésy, the famous alias of the original Lupin.

* Canon ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' has done this with the descendants of Max and Milia from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''; Mylene from ''Anime/Macross7'' is their youngest daughter, while Mirage from ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' is one of their granddaughters. The obscure spin-off video game ''Macross 2036'' features their first daughter Komilia (who appeared in the original series as a toddler) as a pilot cadet.

* Canon ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' has done this with the descendants of Max and Milia from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''; Mylene from ''Anime/Macross7'' is their youngest daughter, while Mirage from ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' is one of their granddaughters. Additionally, the obscure spin-off video game ''Macross 2036'' features their first daughter Komilia (who appeared in the original series as a toddler) as a pilot cadet.

* Canon ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' has done this with the descendants of Max and Milia from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''; Mylene from ''Anime/Macross7'' is their youngest daughter, while Mirage from ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' is one of their granddaughters.

* [[DarthVaderClone Kylo]] [[TheHeavy Ren]] from ''Franchise/StarWars Episode VII: Film/TheForceAwakens'' is revealed to be related to [[spoiler: the three leads from the Original Trilogy. Formerly called Ben Solo, his parents are Han Solo and Leia Organa, and Luke Skywalker is his uncle. Not to mention that Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, the leads from the Prequel Trilogy, are his maternal grandparents.]]

** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Giorno]] gets the most distant relations to any other, in fact his father's side of his family is downright screwed up (his dad is Dio, no less!), but regardless he bears the birthmark [[spoiler:since Dio had stolen Jonathan's body]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePebblesAndBammBammShow'':

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' introduces Kion, the son of Simba and Nala from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. It also features their daughter from the second film, Kiara.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13173434/1/Cheating-Death-Those-That-Lived Cheating Death: Those That Lived]]'', Baron and Runa (both Victors) have a child during the 1st Quarter Quell who they name Rhyder. Rhyder becomes the protagonist of his own chapter (set fourteen years later), after his grandfather and President Snow rig him into the Hunger Games to set an example to his somewhat out-of-line parents.
* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheHungerGames'', Finnick and Annie's son, Finnick Odair Jr, becomes one of the four focus tributes shown in the file chronicling the 80th Hunger Games (1st Quinquennial Quell), after the Hunger Games system was reimplemented three years ago. Justified because the quell twist involves the reaping-age descendants of Victors (or their siblings if there are none) such as Finnick Jr.

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' concludes with the aftermath of Oliver Queen's HeroicSacrifice during ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019''. The spinoff ''Green Arrow and the Canaries'' will star Oliver's daughter Mia as she takes the Green Arrow mantle.

** The Plastic Man of the 1966 series (which was later established to take place in a separate universe from the main DC canon) was revealed in the seventh issue to actually be the son of the original Plastic Man, having gained his powers from drinking a bottle of the acid that gave the original Plastic Man his powers when he was a baby.