History Main / ThreeSuccessfulGenerations

* Miles(the youth), Aral(the adult), and Piotr(the elder) in VorkosiganSaga.

* This is the entire plot of MobileSuitGundamAGE. As said in the series' tagline: "Three destinies will make history".

* Miles(the youth), Aral(the adult), and Piotr(the elder) in VorkosiganSaga.

* Rinus de Gier, Henk Grijpstra and [[NoNameGiven the Comissaris]] in Janwillem van de Wetering's "Amsterdam Cop" novels.

* Main hero of OnePiece, Monkey D. Luffy is on a quest to become The Pirate King, his father Monkey D. Dragon turns out to be a leader of revolutionaries trying to bring down the World Government, while grandfather is an (ex) Marine Vice Admiral a main force of said government, which makes their relations inherently antagonistic.

Related to TheHecateSisters but instead of being sexually based this is intellectually based. Not to be confused with LegacyCharacter where the younger character inherits the success of the older generation instead of earning everything on his own.

* Main hero of OnePiece, Monkey D. Luffy is on a quest to become The Pirate King, his father Monkey D. Dragon turns out to be a leader of revolutionaries trying to bring down the World Government, while grandfather is an (ex) Marine Vice Admiral a main force of said government, which makes their relations inherently antagonistic.
* BabylonFive has a generation of [[TheChosenOne the Chosen Ones]]: Jeffrey Sinclair is the One Who Was, Delenn is the One Who Is, and John Sheridan is the One Who Will Be.

* Main hero of OnePiece, Monkey D. Luffy is on a quest to become The Pirate King, his father Monkey D. Dragon turns out to be a leader of revolutionaries trying to bring down the World Government, while grandfather is an (ex) Marine Vice Admiral a main force of said government, which makes their relations inherently antagonistic.

* Interesting example from OnePiece in that every generation took a completely different paths: Luffy - on a quest to become a Pirate King, Dragon - a lider of revolutionaries, and Garp a retired Marine Vice Admiral.

** There is an inversion in the unsuccessful males, Bart, Homer, and Abe; the young boy who's more interested in causing trouble; the father who never bothered to learn anything in youth, and can't advance now; and the grandfather who never made anything of his life.

->''"Floyd is me, twenty years ago; I'm Don Geiss thirty years ago. Twenty years from now Floyd will be me, I'll be Don Geiss and Don Geiss will be dead."''
-->--'''Jack Donaghy''', ''Series/ThirtyRock''

Related to TheHecateSisters but instead of being sexually based this is intellectually based.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' the Tennyson family, Grand Pa Max who was the one of the first Plumbers on Earth, then Ben gains the Omnitrix and also becomes a Plumber, in the future his own son gets his own Omnitrix.

** There is an inversion in the unsuccessful males, Bart, Homer, and Abe; the young boy who's more interested in causing trouble; the father who never bothered to learn anything in youth, and can't advance now; and the grandfather who never made anything of his life.
* In Franchise/TheDCU, there are three generations of TheFlash the 1st is Jay Garrick in the Golden Age, the 2nd Barry Allen who is the Silver Age, and the present is Wally West.
* The WhateleyUniverse has Macrobiotic and her family: Macrobiotic is a cutting edge bio-deviser whose mother is the head of Ferriss Pharmaceuticals and whose grandmother used to be the head of the company. It goes back another couple generations. Her great-grandmother was one of the teen Science Heroes of the 50's.

* In Franchise/TheDCU, there are three generations of TheFlash the 1st is Jay Garrick in the Golden Age, the 2nd Barry Allen who is the Silver Age, and the present is Wally West.

** There is an inversion in the unsuccessful males, Bart, Homer, and Abe; the young boy who's more interested in causing trouble; the father who never bothered to learn anything in youth, and can't advance now; and the grandfather who never made anything of his life.

** There is an inversion in the unsuccessful males, Bart, Homer, and Abe; the young boy who's too lazy to make anything of himself; the father who never bothered to learn anything in youth, and can't advance now; and the grandfather who never made anything of his life.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Lisa, Marge, and Mona Simpson; the GirlGenius with the world as her oyster; the mother who can do practically anything she sets her mind to; and the grandmother (Lisa's gran, Marge's mother-in-law) who is intelligent, well-travelled, and generally led a full life.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Lisa, Marge, and Mona Simpson; the GirlGenius with the world as her oyster; the mother who can do practically anything she sets her mind to; and the grandmother (lisa's gran, Marge's mother-in-law) who is intelligent, well-travelled, and generally led a full life.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Mona Simpson, Marge, and Lisa; the GirlGenius with the world as her oyster; the mother who can do practically anything she sets her mind to; and the grandmother (lisa's gran, Marge's mother-in-law) who is intelligent, well-travelled, and generally led a full life.
* There is an inversion in the unsuccessful males, Bart, Homer, and Abe; the young boy who's too lazy to make anything of himself; the father who never bothered to learn anything in youth, and can't advance now; and the grandfather who never made anything of his life.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Abe, Homer, and Bart; the young boy who's too lazy to make anything of himself; the father who never bothered to learn anything in youth, and can't advance now; and the grandfather who never made anything of his life.
** [[DistaffCounterpart Conversely]], there are Mona Simpson, Marge, and Lisa; the GirlGenius with the world as her oyster; the mother who can do practically anything she sets her mind to; and the grandmother (lisa's gran, Marge's mother-in-law) who is intelligent, well-travelled, and generally led a full life.

** [[DistaffCounterpart Conversely]], there are Mona Simpson, Marge, and Lisa; the GirlGenius with the world as her oyster; the mother who can do practically anything she sets her mind to; and the grandmother who is intelligent, well-travelled, and generally led a full life.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' the Tennyson family, Grand Pa Max who was the one of the first Plumbers on Earth, then Ben gains the Omnitrix and also becomes a Plumber, in the future his own son gets his own Omnitrix.

* ''Film/{{Family Business}}'' has Jessie, who is proud of his criminal past and lifestyle, his son Vito, who now runs a thriving wholesale Twelfth Avenue meat packing warehouse and has left his criminal past behind him, and his grandson Adam, who is in college with a scientific scholarship and seemingly has a bright future ahead of him.

* [[TheFlash The Flashes]]. The Elder is Jay Garrick, and the Adult/Youth combo is either Barry/Wally or Wally/Bart.

* SeventhHeaven has Mary, who has the confidence and ability to want to play in the Women's National Basketball Association someday, Annie, who is the vastly knowledgeable mother, and being Annie's mother in law Ruth, who wants to visit the children more then once a year to influence them.

* From GilmoreGirls there's Rory Gilmore, who harbours a long-held dream to study at Harvard University and become a journalist, Lorelai Gilmore, who's legacy is her daughter Rory and the goal of owning her own Inn that she's been working toward for twenty years, and Emily Gilmore, who invests in Rory's education and seeks to bring her into their lifestyle.

* [[TheFlash The Flashes]]. The Elder is Jay Garrick, The and the Adult/Youth is either Barry/Wally or Wally/Bart.

* Of StarWars Episode I: ThePhantomMenace, Anakin Skywalker has always dreamed of having the freedom to become a Jedi Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi is obedient to the Jedi council and makes a stable father figure to Anakin, and Qui-Gon Jinn is insistent that Anakin become a Jedi Knight and fulfill his destiny.