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* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Liara T'Soni's character arc ends up very much like her mother, Matriarch Benezia. Like Benezia, she starts off as a rather naive and idealistic individual, but is swept into the entourage of a larger-than-life SPECTRE agent (Saren in Benezia's case, Shepard in Liara's) who does whatever it takes to win the impending RobotWar, and eventually becomes a ruthless and calculating crime lord utterly devoted to her leader's cause. Of course, Liara's case is much milder, since it involves far less Reaper indoctrination, so she ends up better off than her mom.

* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' artificial life form Golly's deepest fear is becoming like the uncaring scientist who raised her. Having given rise to two more [[ArtificialFamilyMember artificial offspring]] herself -- her clone-daughter Jolly and the MechanicalAbomination Gosh -- she's keenly aware that she hasn't been a proper parent to either of them and it bothers her intensely. When she realizes she's accidentally injured Jolly, she suffers a major FreakOut from sheer guilt. When Gosh leaves the solar system, she mutters quietly, "I love you," realizing she never told him and really only ever shouted at him when she had the chance.

* ''VideoGame/AnotherCode'': In the ''Recollection'' version of ''Two Memories'', one of Richard's hidden notes has him muse on the fact that while he criticized his own father for [[WhenYouComingHomeDad never being present and only focusing on his work]], meaning he never got to know him before he died, he's come to do just the same to his daughter Ashley.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Super Hard [=PCNess=]," Kyle begins to see ''Terrence and Philip'' as an offensive show, leading his classmates to mock him by comparing him to [[MoralGuardians his mother.]] Over the course of the episode, Kyle begins lashing out at Canada in a way that parallels his mother's behavior in [[WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut the movie.]]