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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.

*** Well, this case is justified, since Lee is intentionally trying to emulate Gai... though he ''did'' always have the eyebrows

** Part of the drama/storyline is that Generation Xerox is present, but also a curse of types. Sasuke is the biggest example/offender that he seems like silly putty. Is he going to be a copy of Kakashi, Orochimaru, Itachi or Madara?

*** He also takes after her in almost every way. They're [[Hot-Blooded]], like ramen, have similar [[Verbal Tic|Verbal Tics]] (his "dattebayo" vs. her "dattebane")...

** Relatedly, it is eventually hinted that Naruto is very much like Kurama was when he was young. Who is Kurama? {{spoiler|The nine tailed fox, of course}}.

* [[[[The Hero]] Recca finds out he is exactly like his birth father, Oka when they finally meet. And coincidentally, he is exactly like his adopted father as well!

** Brutally averted with his half brother Kurei who unlike his adopted father, actually cares about his real friends and has plenty of redeeming qualities.

* Subverted in ''[[One Piece]]''. The exploits of Luffy are implied to very closely mirror those of Gold Roger, the previous Pirate King; he also meets quite a few people who personally knew the guy (either that, or the successor of said person), and his actions are consistently described by these people as being exactly what Roger would do. However, it's pretty clear right from the start that Roger isn't Luffy's father, and it's outright confirmed later on. But the ''real'' kicker came in fairly recently: {{spoiler|Roger actually did have a son: ''Ace'', Luffy's older brother, who absolutely ''despises'' the guy and wants nothing to do with him. And is now dead. Also subverted in that, according to Whitebeard (who was Roger's rival), Ace wasn't much like his father in terms of personality.}}

** Luffy is looking to be this way with Shanks, sharing the [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] and later in a bar scene with Bellamy, he refuses to fight until his friends are harmed much like his idol.

** ''Geass'' contains another, more layered example: Lelouch tells Suzaku that despite the difference in their social status, they can still be friends, citing the example of the first Britannian Emperor and the original Knight of One, who were also lifelong friends (as detailed in the history lessons [[All There in the Manual|in the DVD inserts]]). This is also true of Emperor Charles and ''his'' Knight of One, Bismarck Waldstein {{spoiler|and again when Lelouch usurps the throne and Suzaku, having patched up their differences, serves as his Knight of Zero}}.

* A flat chested sorceress from Zephilia meets a mercenary swordsman and they fall in love while fighting to make a buck. Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev from ''[[Slayers]]'', or Lina's parents?

** Also Kenshin's son, Kenji. Takes after his father in both appearance and the whole [[Walking the Earth]] and swordsmanship thing. And the cute-looking girlfriend with long black hair.

* A [[Hot Scientist]] gets involved with one of her bosses, [[Love Martyr|is used and manipulated by her lover]], [[Heroic BSOD|breaks down horribly]] when she realizes what has been truly going on, sees a very young girl as her rival {{spoiler|and kills her, sorta}}, and ultimately meets her doom in quite the fucked up way. Dr. Ritsuko Akagi of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', or her mother Naoko? Note that said boss happens to be '''the same for both'''.

** It is indicated that some of the problems between [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Shinji and his father]] are a result of the fact that both of them are very socially awkward. Furthermore, they share a depression induced by not being accepted by their peers, which is especially present when seeing the flashbacks of Gendoh. Indeed, it has led some fans to speculate that if Shinji actually grew up, he could have ended up like Gendoh

** Also, in a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], both Kaji and Toji [[Accidental Pervert|accidently cop a feel]] on Misato and Asuka respectively. The girls angrily tell them to keep their hands to themselves, with the boys saying they can't help it.

* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'': Our main character is an over-powered [[Magical Girl Warrior]] despite being an elementary schoolgirl. Her first magic teacher is Yuuno, [[Those Two Guys|she has a pair of ordinary friends of contrasting personalities]], and looming over the horizon is a brooding, mysterious [[Dark Magical Girl]] rival who [[I Have the High Ground|enjoys balancing on high places]] and is every bit her equal. Now, is this Nanoha Takamachi in the first season or Vivio Takamachi in ''[[Nanoha Vivid|ViVid]]''? Of course, unlike her Nanoha-mama, Vivio has the advantage of the old cast looking after her, {{spoiler|1=so while [[Dark Magical Girl]] Fate remained at large for the entire first season, [[Dark Magical Girl]] Heidi got [[Defeat Means Friendship|befriended]] almost immediately at the start of ''ViVid'' when her attempt at [[The Worf Effect]] on [[Hollywood Cyborg|Nove]] backfired on her}}.

* Taken to extremes by ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' where Tsuna, the tenth boss of the Vongola mafia family, looks almost identical to the ''first'' boss, despite the fact that ''ten generations'' separate the two (and the fact that none of the other bosses look very much like him, despite it supposedly being a direct line.) On top of that, every member of Tsuna's inner circle is said to bear a strong resemblance to a member of the First Vongola's circle, despite the fact that none of them are blood related.

** Not only do they each resemble their first-generation counterpart physically, they also use the same weapons, have the same general personalities, and in some cases even seem to have the same life stories. All of which seems to have happened ''completely by coincidence''.

*** But [[Futurama|that just raises further questions]] since {{spoiler|at least one member of the first generation is still alive.}}

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryuu Ishida's interactions are almost carbon copies of the interaction between their fathers, Isshin Kurosaki and Ryuken Ishida. {{spoiler|And both sons have the same powers as their fathers: Ichigo is a Soul Reaper like Isshin (though Ichigo only recently learnt this) and Ryuken has the same Quincy powers that Uryuu has, only much stronger.}} The relationship between Ichigo and Uryuu seems to be slightly friendlier than those between their fathers, though.

** As well in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' with Bardock, Goku and Chibi Goten.

** Subverted somewhat with Gohan, who seems to start off as something of daddy's boy, even surpassing Goku in potential, but whose gentle, pacifistic nature ultimately drives him to abandon his father's fighting legacy.

** It goes backwards in time as well: later chapters show the history of the real Heero Yuy, including his [[Love Triangle]] with sisters Katrina and Sabrina Peacecraft. They, of course, look exactly like Heero Yuy and Relena Peacecraft, the show's protagonists (in the case of the Heero it's even worse because, as with Trowa, the two are not related in any form or fashion).

* Part of why Asagi Ayase and her mother don't get along in ''[[Yotsubato]]'' is because they're almost exactly alike. When Asagi's father points this out, ''both'' turn and shout "How rude!" at the same time.

* ''[[Arakawa Under the Bridge]]'' inverts the situation: when Ric's dad shows up on the bridge, his trousers are stolen. To avoid owing Nino a debt, he refuses her help -- abandoning his trousers and getting taken away by a police officer for indecency. [[For Want of a Nail]] (Nino retrieving the trousers), this is exactly what happened to Ric in the first chapter.

* In ''[[Anime/Mai Otome|Mai Otome]]'', both Arika and her mother {{spoiler|Lena Sayers}} have a blonde friend who is [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|apparently a lesbian]] and {{spoiler|turns out to be secretly working against them; Erstin for Schwarz, Elliot for a Five Columns conspiracy to kill Sifr (although she decides to oppose the Columns and rescue Sifr with Lena)}}. Arika and Nina's personalities are similar to {{spoiler|Lena}} and Sifr's, although {{spoiler|the roles are reversed; Arika's mother Lena is like a somewhat more relaxed but still consistently serious Nina, and Nina's mother Sifr is like Arika}}.

* [[Gurren Lagann]] gave us the worthwhile [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJWQybYBE80 Parallel Works 8] which covers at least seven years of time. It shows a boy finding a Gurren [[After the End]], creating and leading [[La Résistance]], then rebuilding a civilization capable of challenging the Anti-Spirals. {{spoiler|The stories diverge when Simon is reminded he has someone worth fighting for.}}

 

== Comic Books ==

* Both played straight and subverted for all it's worth in ''[[Runaways]]''.

* In ''[[Spider-Girl (Comic Book)|Spider-Girl]]'', and related series like A-Next, most of the characters are awfully similar to their parents, mentors, or inspirations. The next generation of superheroes has [[Distaff Counterpart|different demographics]], however, as a disproportionate number of daughters fill their fathers' shoes. In their favour, they often have different personalities and motives, just similar career and fashion choices.

** Spider-Man --> Spider-Girl; Spider-Woman --> Spider-Man; Captain America --> American Dream; Ant Man --> Stinger; Black Cat --> {{spoiler|Scarlet Spider}}; {{spoiler|Daredevil, Ghost Rider, and Ben Reilly}} --> Darkdevil; Quicksilver --> Blue Streak; Falcon --> Ladyhawk; Juggernaut --> J2; Wolverine and Elektra --> Wild Thing; etc, etc...

** 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.

** Wolverine is trying his best to make sure that [[Opposite Sex Clone|X-23]] doesn't fall into this, it's [[X-Force|not really working]].

* ''[[DC One Million]]''. [[Superman|Kal Kent]] and [[Starman (Comic Book)|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]].

* Kent V. Nelson, great-nephew of Kent Nelson, the original [[Doctor Fate]], is now the current [[Doctor Fate]]. And he has a sort-of-relationship with a woman called Inza, which isn't exactly a common name...

 

== Fan Fic ==

* Especially common in ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter]]'' (Marauders or next generation) [[Fanfic]]. Even before the Deathly Hallows epilogue.

** It's not just those two series, it's ''everywhere''. Most "Next Gen" fic will feature kids who are either 1.) Exact carbon copies of their parents or 2.) [[All Genes Are Codominant|Have a blend of traits]] that the writer thought were the [[Mary Sue|coolest aspects of said parents]]. This applies to personality, fighting styles, what the kids want to be when they grow up, etc.. Occasionally the kids will have certain aspects of their grandparents if they showed up in the series and they were likable enough. When you get right down to it, many of these "original characters" are the same damn people and the only difference will depend on what the writer's favorite name is.

*** And while we're on the subject, this leaches into the shipping as well. For example, if the writer is a Harry/Draco fan, this will come across/feature in an Al/Scorpius fic. Same goes for Rose/Scorpius = Hermione/Draco, among others.

** Hell, the Sailor Moon fanseries "Sailor Moon Z(odiac)" does this with by giving almost every named character a Silver Millenium counterpart, up to and including (Insert Name Here)'s family status and relationships!

* Shiratamama's [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post?tags=shiratamama+if_they_mated series] of ''[[K-On!]]'' fancomics about the daughters of Mio and Ritsu.

* In the fanfiction by [[Cori Falls]], it's revealed that Jessie's parents met under similar circumstances to her and James, and had similar adventures together. They even met Ash's dad, who has almost the exact same name as Ash himself (and Ash later goes on to act like him as an adult). In fact, the implications are that the Generation Xerox affects not only Jessie's and James's immediate families but every single one of their family members from before or after them.

** An even more critical part of the plot is {{spoiler|Uchiha Itachi's two children. The older son (also named Itachi) takes more after Sasuke - but the younger daughter (Rina) is the one who takes after her father.}}

 

== Film ==

 

* In the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' trilogy, George McFly is bullied by Biff Tannen; his grandson Marty McFly, Jr is goaded into crime by Griff Tannen. Both characters' escape from their respective tormentor was catalyzed by Marty McFly, Sr, who is himself (initially) goaded into crime by Douglas Needles (not a Tannen, but he fills the same [[Jerk Jock]]''/''[[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] role as Biff).

** Marty Sr is reluctant to send his demo tape to a record producer because he "couldn't handle that kind of rejection". George (in the original history) won't send his manuscript to a publisher for the same reason.

** It's a pretty mild subversion, though, because what she wants is to follow in the footsteps of her spymaster father instead...

** But played straight with her twin brother Alan. Like his namesake (which was his mother's name when she was training to become a knight), he was training to be a knight. And also their older brother Thom follows after ''his'' nakesake (Alanna's mage brother) to become a mage.

* Happened in ''[[Welkin Weasels]]'' - even their names are very similar: the descendants of Mawk and Scirf are named Maudlin and Scruff, respectively.

* In Mercedes Lackey's ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series, the Ashkevrons are shown to be very much like this generation after generation. Queen Selenay jokes, not inaccurately, that members of the family who don't inherit the usual resemblance generally find excuses to run off to the capital city.

* The ''[[Sweet Valley High|Sweet Valley Saga]]'' books rely on the idea that the present inhabitants of Sweet Valley largely are Xeroxed from the ancestors who are the subjects of the books. Patmans and Fowlers are of course in some way derived from nobility, for example.

** To give one of the more egregious examples: the main characters of the books are identical twin girls with an older brother. Of the past five generations of their mother's family, three have consisted of identical twin girls with an older brother.

* In [[Discworld]] novels, "Old Stoneface" Vimes is the Knight Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, and is well known for his belief that ''nobody'' is above the law, to the extent that he famously arrested the ruler of the city. While this obviously refers to Sam, during the time period of the novels, it's also a description of Suffer-Not-Injustice, some 300 years earlier. (The difference: Suffer-Not-Injustice executed the king; Lord Vetinari was let off on a technicality, and it all turned out to be part of his [[Plan]]).

* A bizarre variant, in which there's no blood relationship, is the "Jack and Susan" mysteries by Michael McDowell. Whether it's 1913, 1933, or 1953 (and McDowell originally intended to write stories for the "_3" year of ''each'' decade), Jack Beaumont and Susan Bright are always 27 years old, meeting and falling in love for the first time. No explanation is ever even attempted -- this is just the way it happens.

 

== Live Action TV ==

* They might have got better ([[Mind Screw|kind of]]) but in ''[[Supernatural]]'''s ''Mystery Spot'', Dean died and Sam became a ruthless hunter, bent on revenge against Dean's killer. As you would recall, their mother died (she didn't get better) and their father became a ruthless hunter, bent on revenge against ''her'' killer. And yes, it's as [[Ho Yay|slashy]] as it sounds.

** Sam is John 2.0 Period. (He did a less extreme version of this back in season one after Azazel killed his fiancee, but between having Dean to help him through it and it already being his father's quest, it just wasn't as all-consuming. John appears to have been orphaned even before he married.)

** Dawn talks to mousy shy girl on the phone in "Conversations With Dead People," but other than that, these two are never mentioned again

* Pretty much the whole concept of the new series of ''[[Minder]]''. Archie Daley, the nephew of Arthur Daley? Who picked up a taxi driver as an assistant? Okay.

* In the ''[[Smallville]]'' episode ''Relic'', Clark sees flashes of his father's brief time in Smallville as a young man. Jor-El, Clark dad, falls in love with Lana Lang's aunt, Jonathan Kent's father is seen as noble farmer who helps Jor-El, and the bad guy is a Luthor, Lex's grandfather. {{spoiler|And a corrupt Sheriff. The first Sheriff in Smallville is also found out to be corrupt}}

* Lorelai and Rory from ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''. It's mentioned several times in the series how they alike their personalities are. Rory's first boyfriend reminded Lorelai of Rory's father for example.

** But also subverted in that the focus of Lorelai's life ([[Cloudcuckoolander|to the extent]] [[Genki Girl|She has focus]] is to keep Rory from making the same mistakes she did.

* In ''Press Gang'', it is revealed in a flashback that Spike's mom and Spike's dad were carbon copies of Spike and Linda when in High School.

* MTV's ''[[The State]]'' was a sketch comedy that featured a character named "Doug" who was a whiney emo teen who believed no one understood him, his parents least of all. Turns out his father was just the same, only where Doug's [[Catch Phrase]] was "I'm outta here!" his father's was "I'm splittin'!" One sketch had Doug in an [[Imagine Spot]] where he was now an adult with a kid just like him.

* Taken to ridiculous point in polish sitcom/soap opera hybrid ''39 i pół'' (translation would give us 39 and half). Story's protagonist, Darek get his girlfriend pregnant, marry her, dupm her for another, realize his mistake and try come back to her. It took him 19 years. His son make all those things in ''2 months''.

* The premise of ''[[Will and Grace]]'' was that years before the show's premiere episode, Will and Grace had met in college and dated until Will came out of the closet, and then had stayed close friends. In the series finale, the pair end up growing apart -- until years later, when their kids meet in college and date (although their kids then go on to get married).

* In an episode of ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]'', Parker's father gets back together with his high school buddies at a reunion and they all behave in the same manner as Parker's crew.

* In [[Power Rangers]], Skull's son Spike is ''exactly'' like his father.

* A variation involving a future generation; in the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' [[Clip Show]] episode "The Xena Scrolls", [[Adventurer Archaeologist]] Janice Covington(played by Renee O'Connor) and linguistics expert Melinda Pappas(Lucy Lawless) learn that they are descendants of Gabrielle and Xena respectively, and end up kicking Ares' butt all over again(complete with a possible descendant of Joxer).

* As much as neither of them will admit it, Shawn and Henry from ''Psych''. At least Lassiter seems to think so.

{{quote| '''Lassiter''': Working with [Henry] is exactly like working with Shawn.}}

We only see so far<br />

and we all have our daddy’s eyes }}

{{quote| As far as I could tell there's nothing more I need<br />

But still I ask myself could this be everything?<br />

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', due to the bleeding effect.

** Not entirely true, as {{spoiler|both JC Denton and Alex Denton are clones of the same person}}.

*** {{spoiler|And that person is Adam Jensen from ''Human Revolution''.}}

* Despite not being related by blood, in ''Phoenix Wright, [[Ace Attorney]]: Trials and Tribulations'' case 4, when a young Edgeworth appears in a flashback, he looks disturbingly similar to his mentor, Manfred Von Karma, even copying a few of his trademark gestures (like the [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|finger wave]]).

** Franziska, Manfred's daughter by blood, takes this to greater levels. Not only does she dress in a similar style, when she gets annoyed she folds her arms and bunches her fingers in her sleeve ''exactly'' like her father does in his frustrated animation. In the final case of ''Justice for All'', she even {{spoiler|gets shot in the shoulder like her father, although one presumes she didn't carry the bullet around for fifteen years.}}

** Marle herself is the spitting image of Queen Leene, to the point that Yakra I (600 A.D.), his army of monsters, and the entire staff and residence of Guardia Castle mistook her for Leene, allowing what would have happened to Leene to happen to Marle instead.

** Specifically, it's Lan and Geo, Bud and Dex, Luna and Mayl, Sonia and Yai, and Zack and Eugene.

* In the ''[[World of Mana]]'' games, the Vandole family suffers from this. It's vaguely established that the original Vandole was a young adventurer who stumbled upon and absorbed the power of the Mana Tree, which [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|drove him insane]] and altered his body composition so that he was no longer quite human. His descendants (or at least the notable ones) are all addicted to Mana and eventually fall prey to their bloodline's need to seek it, which leads them to duplicate their infamous ancestor's empire and/or gambit for the Mana Tree. At this point they all usually choose to go by their surname or [[Fantastic Racism|start being referred to as it by those opposing them]]. Every one of them also seems to have bright red hair and very dark green eyes, and they may or may not be the reincarnations of the original.

* ''[[Golden Sun Dark Dawn]]'' fell into this trope hard and subverted it at the same time. Of the first three known characters, two are virtually identical to previous protagonists. The third protagonist, a green haired girl, drove the fandom insane from trying to figure out who she is.

** She turned out to be the violet-eyed Wind Adept daughter of the original violet-eyed Wind Adept. Gasp, shock.

** And then along came our fourth party member who, aside from being a boy whose utility spell is Douse instead of Frost, is a ''perfect clone'' of the first-gen Water Adept (a point hammered home by his older sister, who differs from Mia only in [[Tsundere|attitude]] and [[Girlish Pigtails|hairstyle]]).

*** Technically though, we only know certain Zeldas are related; few if any of the Links are explicitly related by blood, and generally they just seem to be random coincidences contrived by fate.

* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', {{spoiler|Thane attempts to avert this in his personal mission, where he stops his son from carrying out an assassination and follow in his footsteps. It ends with father and son forced to confront each other after years of estrangement.}}

* The fourth ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' game manages to distill this into a single game. All of the characters in the second half are the children of the characters in the first half, and the female characters all have the same classes as their mothers (well, most of them, anyway--gender inheritance is reversed for Brigid's children and there were extenuating circumstances for Altenna {{spoiler|kidnapped at a young age, brought up in a foreign land}} and Nanna {{spoiler|her mother's class was "Princess", and, well, she kind of abdicated that when she joined Sigurd's army}}); likewise, Aless and Celice, whose fathers are ''not'' up for interpretation, share a class with said fathers. (You can pair up the other members of your army such that the male children--and Brigid's daughter, Patty--have the same classes as their fathers, [[Crack Pairing|though you may get some slightly odd results.]]) Furthermore, it is quite possible to pair up Celice and Yuria, mirroring the romance between Sigurd and Diadora, and the fifth game ''strongly'' hints that Leaf and Nanna is more or less canon. As mentioned before, Nanna does not share a class with her own mother; she ''does'' have the same class as ''Leaf'''s mother, so this would qualify as mirroring the relationship between Leaf's parents. ( {{spoiler|Actually, the same thing sort of applies the other way around, as Leaf's class is Prince, which plays out only slightly different than Lachesis's Princess class in that Leaf cannot use staves before promoting.}})

* Played straight in ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'', with Prince Harry's son Kendrick being the same selfish brat his father once was. He even does the same prank Harry first did to the Hero when he was a kid, this time {{spoiler|to the Hero's children.}} Not to mention Kendrick shares the same sprite with the young Harry.

** In another example, {{spoiler|after the Hero's mother Queen Mada was captured by the Evil Order of Zugzwang, King Pankraz leaves his kingdom to go on a journey along with his son and Sancho in order to her, after she had given birth to their son the Hero. Later, the Hero pursues the same quest while searching for his wife who was ''also'' captured by the Order of Zugzwang, right after giving birth to their son and daughter.}}

** Except for one thing: {{spoiler|both Sameth and Maximus are killed at the end of their adventure, while only Max is killed at the end of the game (although, Sam is killed in an [[Alternate Universe]], which could make this trope work fully)}}.

* Used and [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] in ''[[Ever 17]]'':

** {{spoiler|Tanaka Youbisei''aki''kana is specially raised by her mother Youbisei''haru''kana to be her perfect copy, including making her believe that [[Disappeared Dad|her father has mysteriously disappeared]]. (You'aki doesn't really have a father, as she is You'haru's clone)}}

** {{spoiler|In an unfortunate example, Hokuto and Sara end up sharing the same fate as their mother, Tsugumi, being captured by Leiblich and experimented on for a good portion of their lives due to their Cure/Sapiens-Cure status.}}

* The family of Fungalmancer Glop in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' takes this trope to the most absurd extreme imaginable. Every generation of the Glop family line is ''identical'' to the one before, having the same name, same appearance, same occupation, and ''exact same response when attacked''. Taking out the latest Fungalmancer Glop is a daily quest, and the trope is taken [[Up to Eleven|so far beyond eleven]] that you'd think you were killing the same stone trogg every day.

* ''[[Infinity Blade]]'' has this as a major element of the plot. In the prologue, a warrior ends up being killed by the [[Big Bad|God King]], with the game then showing his son vowing to avenge his father and fighting his way to the God King. Unfortunately, due to inadequate equipment and level-grinding, the warrior ends up getting killed. Years later, ''his'' son (who somehow has the same level and equipment of his father when he died) vows to avenge him and fights his way up the tower. Rinse and repeat.

* [[Devil May Cry]] does this with Dante performing similar actions to his father, Sparda, which In chronological order seems to be showing that Dante surpasses his father over time:

== Web Comics ==

* ''[[Better Days]]'' Actually has a chapter called "[http://www.jaynaylor.com/betterdays/archives/chapter-21-fath/ Father's Footsteps]." Which reveals that the stories told to Fisk of his father's life were a lie. Instead of the honorable war hero he had believed his father to be, Jim was actually a hitman working for a secret underground operation who fought terrorist on a "more direct front" to defend the U.S., using Vietnam as his cover. One of the characters who explain this met Fisk in his adolescence ealier in the comic and was Jim's friend. Aside from one question accompanied by a frown, Fisk doesn't seem at all angered, dismayed, or even shocked by this ground breaking discovery. He of course hastily agrees to begin training for this new venture eventhough Beth was expecting him to come live with her and lead a more domestic life once his army contract expired.

** Given her [[Secret Legacy]], it also appears that Annie is destined to acquire Surma's role in the Court, as well as her powers.

*** A recent flashback has shown that Surma, who looks ''exactly'' like an older Annie, appeared to have had an almost identical relationship to Kat's mother as Annie has to Kat.

** A later episode revealed that Stu and Drew Pickles had a very similar relationship to their son and daughter when they were their age, making it a three generation xerox.

* ''[[Transformers]]'': Optimus and his crew crash-land in the distant past on Earth, and must fend off attacks from Megatron and his band of miscreants while defending the planet and attempting to return to Cybertron. Now, are we talking about Prime or Primal? To further draw parallels, Cheetor takes up Bumblebee's mantle, and Terrorsaur makes a good [[The Starscream|Starscream]] [[Expy]].

** Lampshaded when Jade ''insists'' that one character was her counterpart, and a sudden dustcloud hides the character's replacement by Old West!Jade.

** Young Jackie was sent to San Francisco from Hong Kong to be with his uncle, just like Jade was sent to be with Jackie.

* Subverted quite a bit in ''[[Batman Beyond]]''. As the [[Distant Finale]] shows Terry {{spoiler|was a [[Tyke Bomb]] that was designed to follow the path to becoming Batman almost exactly}}, but despite this he ends up being somewhat different. For instance Terry is ''not'' [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|afraid to kill his enemies]] if he has to, and as he demonstrated to {{spoiler|the Joker himself}}, he's not afraid of fighting dirty or turning someone's mind games around on them. By the time of ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' Bruce is just a reclusive old man, and Waller tells Terry that he doesn't have to [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies|be a loner to be Batman]], and he's still seeing his high school girlfriend {{spoiler|and was last seen planning to propose to her.}}

** Ken must have inherited his mother's brains, though, as he actually thinks to {{spoiler|use Grey Matter to hack the Omnitrix's master control}}, something neither Ben, Gwen or Max ever considered.

* ''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.

* The French cartoon called ''Once Upon A Time... Mankind'' is about the history of humanity, and features the same five characters from prehistoric times until [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]].

* ''[[The Venture Bros]]'' episode "ORB" shows a flashback of [[Steampunk|victorian era]] adventurers who all seem conspicuously similar to modern characters. (Granted, the modern equivalents aren't a team anymore)

** At the beginning of another episode, Mom makes muffins, acting in Dexter's typical grandiose manner ("AT LAST! MY MUFFINS ARE COMPLETE!"), while Dad screws around the kitchen in a very Deedee-like fashion. It's here that viewers are clued into who takes after whom.

** Stan was a geek in his youth just like Steve...something he's spent most of his adulthood trying to cover up.

* In ''[[The Zeta Project]]'', Bennett's son is visually identical to him but, personality wise, is much more mellow, carefree and easy going. Oddly, despite being a confrontational person, Bennett gets along great with his kid despite the night and day difference. It's implied that, pre [[Sanity Slippage]], this is what Bennett himself was like.

* An episode of ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]'' had a [[Flash Back]] to [[The Seventies]], when Grandpa was the Chinese Dragon. And far from the wise [[Old Master]] Jake knows, he's an [[Smug Super|egotistical showboater]] who talks in a constant stream of [[Totally Radical|barely comprehensible slang]], just like Jake.

* The unaired pilot for a [[Wacky Races]] revival, ''Wacky Races Forever,'' had the offsprings of the original racers.

* In an interesting inversion, Abe Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, was saved from nearly being killed by a train by the brother of John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth. Ironically, Robert would go on to be at the train station next to James Garfield when he was shot, as well as arriving in Buffalo right when [[Mc Kinley]] was shot. Weird.

** Robert himself was aware of this weirdness, and apparently didn't like it. When invited to a presidential function after the incident with [[Mc Kinley]], he refused, saying "No, I'm not going, and they'd better not ask me, because there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present."

* A strangely endemic situation in the Philippines, owing to the existence of warlords and political dynasties. Many present-day figures tend to either be children of, or at least descended from, long-standing families like the Cojuancos, Macapagals, Aquinos and even the Marcoses.