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* ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'': Max's character arc is that he initially fears that he is growing up into the spitting image of his father, Goofy, and is especially embarrassed that he's inherited Goofy's SignatureLaugh. This is initially conveyed in the film's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhfOqYqX5s&feature=youtu.be opening]] {{nightmare sequence}}, where Max dreams that he's on a date with his crush Roxanne, and everything is going just fine until he begins [[TransformationHorror transforming in hideous fashion]] into Goofy and it scares Roxanne away. [[spoiler:The real Roxanne turns out to be attracted to Max ''because'' of the laugh.]]

* A somewhat-literal example in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhfOqYqX5s&feature=youtu.be opening]] {{nightmare sequence}} of ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie:'' Max dreams that he's on a date with his crush Roxanne, and everything is going just fine until he begins [[TransformationHorror transforming in hideous fashion]], both vocally and physically, into his father Goofy, and it scares Roxanne away. [[spoiler:The real Roxanne turns out to be attracted to Max ''because'' of a particular quirk he happens to share with his dad -- namely, his SignatureLaugh ("Ah-hyuk").]]

* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "A Clogged Pore, a Little Spanish and the Future", Sheldon dreams about turning into George, Mary, Connie, and Georgie.

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* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' ChristmasSpecial "[[Recap/DoctorWho2010CSAChristmasCarol A Christmas Carol]]" is centered around Kazran Sardick, a miserly, abusive man who is just as bad as his father ([[SignificantDoubleCasting indeed, both are played]] by Michael Gambon). The Doctor decides to save him by [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol reenacting]] ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', with himself as the Ghosts. But Kazran himself is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, as he faces his younger self, who stutteringly calls him "Dad?", triggering a massive MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and subsequent HeelFaceTurn.

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It doesn't matter how much a child rolled their eyes at AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents, or insisted that they would ''never'' [[FormerTeenRebel outgrow their rebellious phase]] and become a boring adult like their old man. There is ''always'' a risk that a child will act like their parent - and when the child realizes this, they're going to ''hate'' it.

** When Joey briefly has a boat, Rachel offers to teach him how to sail. However, Joey is a predictably terrible pupil, and Rachel becomes more and more irritated until she finally starts shouting at him and becoming outright abusive. She then apologises, shocked to realise that "I've become my dad! I was so focused on not becoming my mom I just never saw it coming!"
** Later in the same episode, Rachel and Joey make up and share some sandwiches. Joey keeps badgering Rachel, telling her she's holding her sandwich wrong and "wasting good pastrami!" He then gasps and declares: "Oh my god! I'M MY DAD!"

-->''Mama bursts in, says "Don't lose your temper!''\\

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* A somewhat-literal example in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhfOqYqX5s&feature=youtu.be opening]] {{nightmare sequence}} of ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie:'' Max dreams that he's on a date with his crush Roxanne, and everything is going just fine until he begins [[TransformationHorror transforming in hideous fashion]], both vocally and physically, into his father Goofy, and it scares Roxanne away. [[spoiler:The real Roxanne turns out to be attracted to Max ''because'' of particular quirks he happens to share with his dad.]]

* A somewhat-literal example in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhfOqYqX5s&feature=youtu.be opening]] {{nightmare sequence}} of ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie:'' Max dreams that he's on a date with his crush Roxanne, and everything is going just fine until he begins [[TransformationHorror transforming in hideous fashion]], both vocally and physically, into his father Goofy, and it scares Roxanne away.

The fear of turning into your parents can be played several ways, for comedy's sake or for drama. Maybe the parent has some embarrassing quirk or strange hobby that the children always mocks, only for the children to start [[SharedFamilyQuirk picking up on those quirks and hobbies]] themselves as an adult. In a more dramatic sense, the child may have AbusiveParents, and [[TheChainOfHarm is terrified that they will grow up to act awful to their own child]] [[FreudianExcuse because of it]].

The fear of turning into your parents can be played several ways, for comedy's sake or for drama. Maybe the parent has some embarrassing quirk or strange hobby that the child always mocks, only for the child to start picking up on those quirks and hobbies themself as an adult. In a more dramatic sense, the child may have AbusiveParents, and [[TheChainOfHarm is terrified that they will grow up to act awful to their own child]] [[FreudianExcuse because of it]].

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with children shapeshifting into their parents.]]

Subtrope of LikeParentLikeSon. Often an example of {{Irony}}. Compare GenerationXerox when a child and parent undergo very similar situations (and usually compares the ''child'' selves of the characters rather than their ''adult'' selves). Compare/contrast TurnOutLikeHisFather, where it's the ''other parent'' trying to ''keep'' the kid growing up to be like their worse parent. Contrast LikeParentUnlikeSon, EvilParentsWantGoodKids for an example of parents trying to defy this, and BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting, when someone vows to ''not'' be a bad parent just because their own parents were bad.

The fear of turning into your parents can be played several ways, for comedy's sake or for drama. Maybe the parent has some embarrassing quirk or strange hobby that the child always mocks, only for the child to start picking up on those quirks and hobbies themself as an adult. In a more dramatic sense, the child may have AbusiveParents, and [[TheChainOfHarm is terrified that they will grow up to act awful to their own child.]]

Subtrope of NotSoDifferent. Often an example of {{Irony}}. Compare GenerationXerox when a child and parent undergo very similar situations (and usually compares the ''child'' selves of the characters rather than their ''adult'' selves). Compare/contrast TurnOutLikeHisFather, where it's the ''other parent'' trying to ''keep'' the kid growing up to be like their worse parent. Contrast EvilParentsWantGoodKids for an example of parents trying to defy this, and BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting, when someone vows to ''not'' be a bad parent just because their own parents were bad.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Gilgamesh Wulfenbach has a moment like this after he [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080305 rants]] that every time he tries to show kindness, it's interpreted as weakness.

Subtrope of NotSoDifferent. Often an example of {{Irony}}. Compare GenerationXerox when a child and parent undergo very similar situations (and usually compares the ''child'' selves of the characters rather than their ''adult'' selves). Compare/contrast TurnOutLikeHisFather, where it's the ''other parent'' worried about the kid growing up to be like their deadbeat parent. Contrast EvilParentsWantGoodKids for an example of parents trying to defy this, and BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting, when someone vows to ''not'' be a bad parent just because their own parents were bad.