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* In ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'', Count D's dad is portrayed throughout the series as a nasty piece of work, a [[Manipulative Bastard]] supreme. It's surprising then, when a short story reveals that D's dad was much like his son when he was younger, to the point he even had a "Leon" of his own in the form of Vesca Howell—a loud mouthed and brash best friend who he was exceedingly fond of {{spoiler|but whom he ultimately abandoned, just as D abandoned Leon at the end of ''Petshop''}}. The elder D's later "madness", {{spoiler|and the fact that he and Howell were eventually responsible for each other's deaths}}, doesn't bode well for his son, especially given the "Count D" family's odd connection to karma.

* ''[[Initial D]]'': In the Third Stage movie, Takumi races the son of his father's former rival. {{spoiler|And wins, just like his dad did}}.

* One of the themes of ''[[Naruto]]'' is the recurrence of certain characters, traits, and patterns across the generations. Team 7's relations and characteristics, for example, are a dead ringer for those of the Legendary Sannin. This was one of the reason many fans were able to pick up on a [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] revelation long before it was revealed in canon.

* The [[X-Men]] are experiencing a bit of this with some of their newest team members.

** Emma Frost has the Stepford Cuckoos, a group of quintuplets (later brought down to triplets) with powers similar to her. Turns out that they're genetically her daughters as well.

* In ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]] Century: 1910'', Macheath from ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' is the descendent of Macheath from ''[[The Beggar's Opera|The Beggars Opera]]''. Since ''The Threepenny Opera'' was essentially a [[Remake]] of ''The Beggar's Opera'', the two Macheaths presumably had nearly identical lives.

* ''[[DC One Million]]''. [[Superman|Kal Kent]] and [[Starman (comics)|Farris Knight]] are the only one who are direct descendants of their counterpart (as far as we know), but the parallel heroes and villains are astonishing. [[Batman]]'s archenemy is [[The Joker|the Laughing Virus]] - and ''all'' his enemies appear to be versions of Bruce Wayne's [[Rogues Gallery]] - while Superman is friends with the bald [[Lex Luthor|Luthor Luthor]], but is later revealed to be enemies with the bald Lori Lombard-[[Sdrawkcab Name|Thorul]].

* ''Famous 5: On The Case'', the [[Disney]] cartoon based loosely on [[Enid Blyton|The Famous Five]], plays this straight with the children of the original Five. Both boys have sons, both girls have daughters. Julian and his son Max are both action leaders, Dick and Dylan are both [[Smart Guy|smart guys]], George and Jo are tomboys, Allie and Anne are girly girls. And, well, Timmy Jr is still a dog, but that one's justified.

** George herself becomes a [[Gender Flip]]ped version of her father Quentin, as the eccentric scientist whose discoveries sometimes lead to the Five's cases.

** Heh... Crimson and Clover, over and over...

** A better example come from the girls' mothers Carmen, Gabriella, and Stella, who look like older versions of the girls. They even become WOOHP agents.

* In an episode of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', the 19th century ancestor of Professor Utonium creates his own version of the Powerpuff Girls using steampunk technology.

* In ''[[Recess]]'', the Ashleys are to their mothers. They even have a [[Catch Phrase]]: "Ludicrous!" instead of "Scandalous!"

** Makes sense. Fairies go to the kids that need them most, and flash forwards show that Timmy is going to be [[Truth in Television|just as neglectful as his parents were]]. Going even further into this trope, we even see that he uses a [[Killer Robot|freakily similar babysitter]].

* An episode of ''[[Ace Ventura]]: Pet Detective'' shows Ace Ventura's medieval ancestor as a pet detective, Guado's ancestor as a corrupt sheriff and Woodstock's ancestor as the informer of Ace's ancestor (complete with a steampunk computer).

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