Like Father, Like Son

As Truth in Television, children tend to act, at least a little, like their parents. It may have something to do with living together for years and years. Or not.

Either way, stories often drive home this point by saying Like Father, Like Son, or like mother like daughter, or like any relative like any other younger relative. This causes sometimes predictable plotting, Angst, and dramatic tension.

Obviously, often happens to any character with a Truly Single Parent.

A Super-Trope.

Subtropes include

 * Daddy's Little Villain
 * Evil Parents Want Good Kids
 * Follow in My Footsteps
 * Generation Xerox
 * I Am Not My Father
 * In the Blood
 * Lamarck Was Right
 * Lineage Comes From the Father
 * Loser Son of Loser Dad
 * Overlord, Jr.
 * Pursuing Parental Perils
 * Secret Legacy
 * Turn Out Like His Father