History Main / WhiteSheep

** Nunally and Euphemia are this to the Britannian royal family. Lelouch is more of a [[AntiHero gray sheep]] who wants to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge annihilate the rest of the flock]].

** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with [[spoiler:Seth Milview. His sister Circe played a major role in the Alacryan conquest of Dicathen, being the one who spearheaded the invasion of Elenoir. For her actions -- which led to the enslavement of thousands of elves -- the Milviews were elevated to the status of highblood, only for it to end up being AllForNothing as Circe was one of the millions who died when Aldir destroyed Elenoir with the World Eater technique. Seth -- who managed to avoid his sister's fate as he was studying in Central Academy at the time -- came under the tutelage of Arthur who in spite of his animosity towards Circe came to realize Seth had nothing to do with her actions. In turn, Seth grew to respect Arthur, and later on accompanied him back to Dicathen amidst Seris's retreat from the Relictombs as he had nowhere else to go]].

-->'''SON:''' I don't want to be a rock star like you wanted, Dad. I want to go to law school.
-->'''DAD:''' (PuppyDogEyes)
-->'''SON:''' I really want to wear a suit, Dad!

** [[spoiler:Shisui's]] White Sheep status was inherited - his father, [[spoiler:Kagami Uchiha]], was one of the few Uchiha who could have ever been called a friend of the Second Hokage, and was as fiercely loyal to the village as [[spoiler:Shisui]] himself was.

* ''Fanfic/CodeGeassPaladinsOfVoltron'': '''In three different ways!''' Despite his upbringing, Lelouch only inherited the absolute best traits of his family - his father's strategic skill, his mother's piloting and acting skills, [[spoiler: and the Galra belief in only killing if you are willing to put ''your'' life on the line.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': Shane Gooseman is the youngest of the [[ArtificialHuman Supertroopers]], and the others gave him the derisive nickname of "Runt" as a result. He was unwilling to accept needless casualties, questioned his purpose as a living weapon, and developed compassion. The rest of his Supertrooper "family" (with the sole exception of Darkstar) [[GoneHorriblyRight turned out to be everything you'd expect a living weapon to be]] - amoral, cruel, and bloodthirsty.

* Zigzagged in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''; [[spoiler: Number 86 is one of the good guys - well, technically -- and a high ranking member at that. Her father is the villainous Mr. Boss, one of the organization's worst enemies. Oddly enough, she and her dad seem to get along perfectly fine at home.]]

* Detective Sgt. Rick Hunter in ''Series/{{Hunter}}'' comes from a mob family. His family tends to be an embarrassment to him -- as is he to them.

** Jasmine Flamesworth. She was sent away by her father Trodius for only being able to control [[BlowYouAway wind]] magic and not [[PlayingWithFire fire]] magic as he viewed her as an embarrassment to their family, for as [[MeaningfulName their name]] indicates House Flamesworth has a reputation for producing some of the finest fire mages in Sapin. Later on during the war, the more corrupt side of her family is exposed as Trodius not only planned to sequester his house and their closest associates in the Wall to avoid the war, but is also shown to be an irresponsible military leader who sends the troops under his command to their deaths. After [[spoiler:the Alacryans conquer Dicathen, the Flamesworths quickly become LesCollaborateurs to their new overlords, as Arthur and Jasmine find out during the retaking of Xyrus]].
*** Jasmine is not the only sympathetic member of House Flamesworth. Her aunt Hester, despite being everything that the Flamesworths espoused, came to realize that her family values were skewed and corrupt thanks to her spending time away from them as one of the guards for the royal family of Sapin. She would become a mentor figure to Jasmine as she encouraged her to be herself and later on became one of Arthur's tutors during the war. To a lesser extent, Jasmine's older sister Senyir acts as a CoolBigSis to her in spite of the rest of their family looking down on her and covertly encourages her to find her own path.
** [[spoiler:Bairon Wykes]] ends up becoming this to House Wykes. Throughout the story, the Wykes are established to be a power-hungry and opportunistic house notorious their SuperBreedingProgram to create superior mages as well as abusing their power and influence to cover up their actions. As for [[spoiler:Bairon, while he is initially introduced as an antagonistic force to Arthur due to being the older brother of Arthur's boyhood nemesis Lucas Wykes and whose BigBrotherInstinct causes him and Arthur to be at odds (especially after Arthur kills Lucas for his role in the attack on Xyrus Academy), he is shown to have some genuinely sympathetic traits, such as wanting Lucas to stop hiding behind their family's influence and to become a better person on his own. However, it is during the war that he truly starts to become a better person than the rest of his family, in particular due to the TraumaCongaLine he suffers (in particular, his near-death fighting one of the Alacryan Scythes and finding out that his family became LesCollaborateurs to the Alacryans when he came to rescue them after the war ended serving to give him a nasty case of BreakTheHaughty). Afterwards, he ends up making amends with Arthur after the latter returns from Alacrya to lead the Dicathian resistance back from the brink]].
** [[spoiler:Sylvie]] of all characters turns out to be one of these, on top of also being a TokenHeroicOrc. It is revealed that [[spoiler:she is the [[YinYangBomb hybrid offspring]] of both the [[DragonsAreDivine Indrath]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Vritra]] Clans, [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks neither of whom are better than the other when it comes to their treatment of lessers]]. Her father is Agrona, the Lord of the Vritra Clan. He and his clan are directly responsible for instigating the DivineConflict that has laid waste to Arthur's homeland of Dicathen and caused the deaths of many of Arthur's friends and loved ones. As for her mother's side of the family, while her mother Sylvia is another example of this trope (given how she not only cared for Arthur when he was young but also posthumously informed him of her family's crimes to begin with), her grandfather Kezess, the Lord of the Indrath Clan and the ruler of the Asuras, is revealed to be a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist with a penchant for killing off anyone for the sake of what he perceives as "the greater good". In the distant past, the Indrath orchestrated the genocide of the [[{{Precursors}} Djinn]], an atrocity that led to Agrona and the Vritra's StartOfDarkness as they uncovered the truth and got exiled for threatening to expose it. In the present, Kezess and the Indrath are still willing to exterminate any and all who stand in the way of their goals or have [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness to them]], even the lessers they claim to protect. The only reason Sylvie does not turn out like either side of her family is because she has been [[RaisedByHumans raised by Arthur]] her whole life and thus [[NatureVersusNurture resonates more with him over her blood]]]].
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with [[spoiler:Seth Milview. His sister Circe played a major role in the Alacryan conquest of Dicathen, being the one who spearheaded the invasion of Elenoir. For her actions -- which led to the enslavement of thousands of elves -- the Milviews were elevated to the status of highblood, only for the entire family to be obliterated when Aldir destroyed Elenoir with the World Eater technique. Seth -- who managed to avoid his family's fate as he was studying in Central Academy at the time -- came under the tutelage of Arthur who in spite of his animosity towards Circe came to realize Seth had nothing to do with her actions. In turn, Seth grew to respect Arthur, and later on accompanied him back to Dicathen amidst Seris's retreat from the Relictombs as he had nowhere else to go]].

** Among [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s family it comes down to either (DependingOnTheWriter) Characters/ScarletWitch or ComicBook/{{Polaris}} as they are both are generally nice and have worked effectively as heroes for the Avengers and X-Factor. They notably don't have the massive "against the world" chip in their shoulders that Erik and Pietro have and certainly don't share their dickery. Still both Wanda and Lorna have had their WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity moments like their father (especially Wanda see ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'') so they are only marginally better than the men of the family.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', Diane's family are all lazy assholes who utterly resent her for trying to make something of herself. There's also Bradley Hitler-Smith, who is a double example because besides avoiding the destiny implied by his surname, he's also the most well-adjusted former cast member from ''Horsin' Around''.

*** Most of the Blacks who had their names burned off of the tapestry can similarly be assumed to be White Sheep as well, and since there is at least one per generation, it shows that the family isn't rotten to the core. Iola was disowned because she married a Muggle, Cedrella was disowned because she married "blood traitor"[[note]](a Pure-blood, i.e. someone with no Muggle ancestry, who are sympathetic to Muggles)[[/note]] Septimus Weasley (Arthur's father), and Phineas was disowned because he supported Muggle rights. Sirius' uncle Alphard is implied to have been one too, as he left his gold to Sirius when he died.

** {{Downplayed}} with [[spoiler:Seth Milview. His sister Circe played a major role in the Alacryan conquest of Dicathen, being the one who spearheaded the invasion of Elenoir. For her actions - which led to the enslavement of thousands of elves - the Milviews were elevated to the status of highblood, only for the entire family to be obliterated when Aldir destroyed Elenoir with the World Eater technique. Seth - who managed to avoid his family's fate as he was studying in Central Academy at the time - came under the tutelage of Arthur who in spite of his animosity towards Circe came to realize Seth had nothing to do with her actions. In turn, Seth grew to respect Arthur, and later on accompanied him back to Dicathen amidst Seris's retreat from the Relictombs as he had nowhere else to go]].

* ''[[Literature/DifferentSeasons The Body]]'' : Chris Chambers is one of these. He comes from "shanty Irish." His dad is an abusive drunk, his oldest brother is in jail for a violent rape, his second oldest brother is a gang bully, and he...busts his ass to get through the college courses and become a lawyer.
* The younger Magpyres of ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'' are quite evil, but they rebel by discarding all of the traditional vampire traits. They dress dowdily and pick the most mundane human names possible, as a pretty clear inversion of rebellious goth teenagers.
** Also Angua, who comes from a family of man-eating werewolves. [[FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent Her friends in the Watch are understandably surprised]] when her lunatic brother shows up.

*** Most of the Blacks who had their names burned off of the tapestry can similarly be assumed to be White Sheep as well, and since there is at least one per generation, it shows that the family isn't rotten to the core. Iola was disowned because she married a Muggle, Cedrella was disowned because she married blood traitor Septimus Weasley (Arthur's father), and Phineas was disowned because he supported Muggle rights. Sirius' uncle Alphard is implied to have been one too, as he left his gold to Sirius when he died.

Much like a PhlebotinumRebel, DefectorFromDecadence, and not-strictly-political CulturalRebel, the White Sheep rebels against their family's values by taking on "traditional" rebellious attitudes. Sometimes, one of two variations are seen: first, is when the character actually struggles to fit in with the evil family and [[MinionWithAnFInEvil feels bad that they don't.]] Alternatively, the "Sheep" is still fairly evil, but they rebel by [[VillainsOutShopping acting]] like a [[FalselyReformedVillain normal person.]]

** [[spoiler:Sylvie]] of all characters turns out to be one of these, on top of also being a TokenHeroicOrc. It is revealed that [[spoiler:she is the [[YinYangBomb hybrid offspring]] of both the [[DragonsAreDivine Indrath]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Vritra]] Clans, [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks neither of whom are better than the other when it comes to their treatment of lessers]]. For starters, her father is Agrona, the Lord of the Vritra Clan. He and his clan are directly responsible for instigating the DivineConflict that has laid waste to Arthur's homeland of Dicathen and caused the deaths of many of Arthur's friends and loved ones. As for her mother's side of the family, while her mother Sylvia is another example of this trope (given how she not only cared for Arthur when he was young but also posthumously informed him of her family's crimes to begin with), her grandfather Kezess, the Lord of the Indrath Clan and the ruler of the Asuras, is revealed to be a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist with a penchant for killing off anyone for the sake of what he perceives as "the greater good". In the distant past, the Indrath orchestrated the genocide of the [[{{Precursors}} Djinn]], an atrocity that led to Agrona and the Vritra's StartOfDarkness as their fascination with the ruins the Djinn left behind led to them uncovering the truth and being exiled for it. In the present, Kezess and the Indrath are still willing to exterminate any and all who stand in the way of their goals or have [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness to them]], even the lessers they claim to protect. The only reason Sylvie does not turn out like either side of her family is because she has been [[RaisedByHumans raised by Arthur]] her whole life and thus [[NatureVersusNurture resonates more with him over her blood]]]].
** {{Downplayed}} with [[spoiler:Seth Milview. His sister Circe played a major role in the Alacryan conquest of Dicathen, being the one who spearheaded the invasion of Elenoir. For her actions - which led to the enslavement of thousands of elves - the Milviews were elevated to the status of highblood, only for the entire family to be obliterated when Aldir destroyed Elenoir with the World Eater technique. Seth, who managed to avoid his family's fate as he was studying in Central Academy at the time, came under the tutelage of Arthur]].

** Jasmine Flamesworth is revealed to be the only decent member of House Flamesworth. She was sent away by her father Trodius for only being able to control [[BlowYouAway wind]] magic and not [[PlayingWithFire fire]] magic, for as [[MeaningfulName their name]] indicates the Flamesworths have a reputation for producing some of the finest fire mages in Sapin. Later on during the war, the more corrupt side of her family is exposed as Trodius not only planned to sequester his house and their closest associates in the Wall to avoid the war, but is also shown to be an irresponsible military leader who sends the troops under his command to their deaths. After [[spoiler:the Alacryans conquer Dicathen, the Flamesworths quickly become LesCollaborateurs to their new overlords, as Arthur and Jasmine find out during the retaking of Xyrus]].

** [[spoiler:Sylvie]] of all characters turns out to be one of these, on top of also being a TokenHeroicOrc. It is revealed that [[spoiler:she is the [[YinYangBomb hybrid offspring]] of both the [[DragonsAreDivine Indrath]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Vritra]] Clans, [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks neither of whom are better than the other when it comes to their treatment of lessers]]. For starters, her father is Agrona, the lord of the Vritra Clan. He and his clan are directly responsible for instigating the DivineConflict that has laid waste to Arthur's homeland of Dicathen and caused the deaths of many of Arthur's friends and loved ones. On top of that, it is also revealed that he conducted experiments on Sylvie before she was born. As for her mother's side of the family, while her mother Sylvia is another example of this trope (given how she not only cared for Arthur when he was young but also posthumously informed him of her family's crimes to begin with), her grandfather Kezess, the lord of the Indrath Clan and the ruler of the Asuras, is revealed to be a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist with a penchant for killing off anyone for the sake of what he perceives as "the greater good". In the distant past, the Indrath orchestrated the genocide of the [[{{Precursors}} Djinn]], an atrocity that led to Agrona and the Vritra's StartOfDarkness as their fascination with the ruins the Djinn left behind led to them uncovering the truth and being exiled for it. In the present, Kezess and the Indrath are still willing to exterminate any and all who stand in the way of their goals or have [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness to them]], even the lessers they claim to protect. The only reason Sylvie does not turn out like either side of her family is because she has been [[RaisedByHumans raised by Arthur]] her whole life and thus [[NatureVersusNurture resonates more with him over her blood]]]].

** Sandor Clegane, compared to his brother Gregor who is known as an unrepentant killing machine, while Sandor is also BloodKnight he has [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]] of his own. He goes out of his way to protect both Sansa and Arya Stark. However, he and his brother are the only two Cleganes who appear in the series.

** Lars Alexandersson (Heihachi's [[HeroicBastard illegitimate son]]) is the White Sheep of the [[BigScrewedUpFamily Mishima Clan]] and thus the only wholly good member of his family. Jinpachi (Heihachi's father) wants to be good but DemonicPossession prevents it (instead turning him into a DeathSeeker) while Jin Kazama (the latest in the bloodline) [[HeWhoFightsMonsters does bad things for good reasons]] ([[spoiler:he wants to eliminate the curse of the Devil Gene and destroy the [[DemonicPossession devil that was trying to possess him]] but to do so]] he incites a global war and mass amounts of suffering in order to accomplish that). Heihachi and his son Kazuya are unambiguously evil, although Kazuya [[StartOfDarkness did not start out that way]], [[spoiler: while Heihachi became evil after his evil wife Kazumi (who as it turns out is the progenitor of the Devil Gene that plagues both Kazuya and Jin) tried to murder him]].

* Vlad on ''Series/YoungDracula'' is an example of trying to fit in the evil family. The issue is that vampire kids have a DangerousSixteenthBirthday or the like and after that, go through TranshumanTreachery. Vlad wants to avoid this. Interestingly, his FilleFatale sister Ingrid actually is evil and she's the more rebellious of the two.

** Saint Mjosgard, [[spoiler:Donquixote Homing's distant cousin]], used to be a typical World Noble. But after his experiences on Fish-Man Island (having his life saved by the kindly Queen Otohime), he freed all of his slaves and recognized that World Nobles are no better than everyone else. But since he never renounced his status like Homing, Mjosgard exploits the fact that he's still considered above the law to ''beat the shit out of other World Nobles'' when they're trying to do particularly vile things. The rest of the World Nobles consider Mjosgard a freak for rejecting their bigotry and arrogance. [[spoiler:Unfortunately after pulling this off one too many times, he ends up getting executed by [[InternalDeathSquad the Holy Knights]] for protecting Shirahoshi and letting Leo and Sai severely damage Charloss. His death was even cheered by fellow Celestial Dragons, and the leader of the Holy Knights who executed him said that those who protect the lower class are ''lower than scum''.]]

** Saint Mjosgard, [[spoiler:Donquixote Homing's distant cousin]], used to be a typical World Noble. But after his experiences on Fish-Man Island (having his life saved by the kindly Queen Otohime), he freed all of his slaves and recognized that World Nobles are no better than everyone else. But since he never renounced his status like Homing, Mjosgard exploits the fact that he's still considered above the law to ''beat the shit out of other World Nobles'' when they're trying to do particularly vile things. The rest of the World Nobles consider Mjosgard a freak for rejecting their bigotry and arrogance. [[spoiler:Unfortunately after pulling this off one too many times, he ends up getting executed by the Holy Knights for protecting Shirahoshi and letting Leo and Sai severely damage Charloss. His death was even cheered by fellow Celestial Dragons and the leader of the Holy Knights who executed him said that those who protect the lower class are ''lower than scum''.]]

** Saint Mjosgard, [[spoiler:Donquixote Homing's distant cousin]], used to be a typical World Noble. But after his experiences on Fish-Man Island (having his life saved by the kindly Queen Otohime), he freed all of his slaves and recognized that World Nobles are no better than everyone else. But since he never renounced his status like Homing, Mjosgard exploits the fact that he's still considered above the law to ''beat the shit out of other World Nobles'' when they're trying to do particularly vile things. The rest of the World Nobles consider Mjosgard a freak for rejecting their bigotry and arrogance.

* When [[StarterVillain Prince Zuko]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' tries to stop a bunch of Fire Nation troops from being used as cannon fodder, he gets burned and exiled by his [[BigBad father]] for his trouble. Meeting his [[TheDragon sister]], [[EvilOldFolks grandfather]] and [[PredecessorVillain great-grandfather]] only makes his virtues stand out even more, in spite of his antagonism. [[spoiler:Later, he makes a HeelFaceTurn and decides to join the Gaang to teach the Avatar firebending, in order to see his father overthrown.]]

** [[TheLancer Adrien Agreste/Cat Noir]] is, as of season three, the only member of the Agreste family shown to ''not'' be actively malicious -- his father Gabriel is a ControlFreak {{Abusive Parent|s}} and secretly [[BigBad Hawk]] [[TheCorrupter Moth]], his aunt Amélie and cousin Félix are {{jerkass}} thieves, and even his MissingMom Emilie is AmbiguouslyEvil (at least before [[spoiler:going into a [[ToxicPhlebotinum Peacock Miraculous]]-induced coma]]).

[[caption-width-right:300:[[WhereDidWeGoWrong Where did they go right?]]]]