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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[One Piece]]'': As
* ''[[Romantic Killer (anime)|Romantic Killer]]'': It's revealed that Riri, rather than creating an [[Unwanted Harem]] for Anzu as was his directive, established this instead. Kazuki needed {{spoiler|friends to help him recover from his trauma with a violent stalker named Yukasa, who went as far as to drug and dox him. While his father showed [[No Sympathy]], his mother and sister decided to send him away for his safety, with Anissa regularly checking in on him. Anzu is the first girl that didn't trigger Kazuki's trauma, and he finds himself happy for the first time when living with her and Junta}}. Junta doesn't have any hang-ups, but he is insecure about {{spoiler|how Anzu has never noticed his feelings for him since he used to be chubby "Tonta".}} While Hijiri doesn't come to live with them since he's wealthy, attending a normal school and working retail with Anzu tempers his narcissism, and he comes to respect how Anzu doesn't want his money or good looks. And Riri, for better or for worse, learns more about humans and {{spoiler|breaks the rules to protect Anzu and Kazuki from Yukasa.}}
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
** Each season shows numerous times that the Inner Senshi, along with Mamoru and the cats, have become a true family. Mamoru and Makoto are orphans, Ami rarely sees her mother due to the latter being a busy doctor, Minako ran away from home in the manga to become a Senshi on realizing she had to fulfill her duties while in the anime they ''never'' show up, and Rei is estranged from her father and she keeps her grandfather at an arm's length in the manga due to her trauma while being overprotective of him in the anime. Usagi is the only one whose [[Good Parents]] are together and alive, but it's confirmed she needs her friends as her trauma accumulates over the seasons. Indeed, it's {{spoiler|her friends nearly dying again that causes her to have her R upgrade, as it snaps her out of her [[Heroic BSOD]] about being forcibly reawakened.}}
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]]'' have the titular group of teenagers realizing their parents are supervillains and running away to oppose their evil lifestyle. They all come together not only as a superhero group but also as a functioning family. {{spoiler|Alex was the exception, using the other kids to save his parents from being stabbed in the back; Nico doesn't take it well, whacking him in the face with her staff when he offers [[We Can Rule Together]]. Molly also hasn't forgiven Alex long after he died for his failure.}} Indeed, the first arc ends with Captain America finding the kids after they escaped their parents and sending them to foster care, but they all run away to reunite, realizing they [[Can't Stay Normal]]. The Rainbow Rowell arc goes as far as to have Molly suggest that Nico use magic {{spoiler|to become the other kids' legal guardians rather than run away from foster care on a regular basis.}}
== [[Fan Works]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The Kamen Rider Club are teenagers from different high school groups uniting to help Gentaro Kisaragi, aka ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'', fight the Zodiarts. While each member had some conflict, they joined the group, overcame their hang-ups, and assisted the Kamen Rider's fight.
* Technically, the main characters in ''[[Angel]]'' run a business called Angel Investigations, which is Cordelia's idea so they can pay rent while she waits for her big acting break. Seasons one and two, however, make it very clear that Angel needs them to stay grounded and tethered to his humanity, no matter what Los Angeles as well as Wolfram & Hart toss at him. Doyle, a former criminal and demon, used his last moments to save Angel and Cordelia while passing on his gifts to the latter. Wesley finds a new home after the Watchers fire him, and {{spoiler|he goes off the deep end when his attempts to save Angel's son lead to Connor being kidnapped instead, and Angel tries murdering him in revenge}}. It's also because of Angel and Cordelia's machinations that they rescue Fred from another dimension, create an [[Alternate Timeline]] where {{spoiler|Connor has none of the trauma that came from Holt kidnapping him as a baby}}. Cordelia finds her purpose, Lorne uses his musical skills for good, Gunn puts his monster hunting skills to use, and Fred regains her sanity.
* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', the Scoobies have become this, to the point where two of them become a [[Parental Substitute]] duo to Dawn, who is the only minor left in the group by season six. While Buffy started hanging with Willow and Xander after they learned about vampires and decided to do what they could to help, Cordelia joined the group under protest after supernatural forces killed one of her boyfriends and started targeting her on a regular basis.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[DuckTales (2017)]]'', Clan McDuck consists of not only Scrooge McDuck and the Duck Family but also their friends who became a part of their group. Even though "duck" is in their name, some aren't ducks, such as supernatural creatures, scientists, aliens, robots, etc.
* Luz Noceda becomes part of ''[[The Owl House]]'' by apprenticing to Eda Clawthorne as witch and living with the little king of Demons, King. Thanks to Luz's influence, Eda and King soften to her and even gain a familial bond. Lilith, Eda's sister, even considers herself to be the aunt of their family. Even King is inspired to legally change his name to King Clawthorne.
** {{Spoiler|Vee, a shapeshifting basilisk, took on Luz's identity when she came to the Boiling Isles and was adopted by Camilla Noceda after her identity was revealed. In the season 3 premiere, when Gus, Willow, Hunter, and Amity become stranded in the Human Realm, the witches and Grimwalker become a family over the months. It even made Hunter cry when Luz declared it to him.}}
* The Best Friends Squad in ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'', By the show's end, Adora has no interest in finding her birth family anymore. She already has a family.
* ''[[Superman
* In ''[[Voltron: Legendary Defender]]'', the Paladins and Allura start as a borderline [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] and end up becoming this through [[Character Development]].
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has this for the Gaang: we have an orphan Airbender that realizes he lost his family a hundred years ago, two Water tribe members that lost their mother while having a father at war, a runaway Earth Kingdom noble that hates her family limiting her, and later on, a Kyoshi Warrior leader with her fellow Warriors imprisoned and separated.
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