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The same goes for straight men using their mother as a guide when choosing a wife. Lesbians and gay men are likewise influenced by their same-sex parents, and people who grew up without knowing their parents at all will likely find themselves subconsciously looking for other templates.
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* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Katherine Armstrong tells Havoc that she wants a man more like her brother Alex. Played for laughs because her brother is huge, muscle bound, and can generate pink sparkles when he gets [[Large Ham|hammy.]] Havoc's reaction is priceless.
* Yuuna from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is another example that got its own manga chapter.
* Setsuna in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' loves Princes Marina Ismail in part because of her close resemblance to his mother. Made somewhat disturbing by the fact that as a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] [[Child Soldier]], Setsuna ''killed'' his mother and father.
* Gohan from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' marries Videl, the strongest young woman on the planet. His mother was the strongest woman in the world when she was 18. They were both [[
* [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]: Kyoko is strikingly similar to Tsuna's mother.
* Shikamaru Nara in ''[[Naruto]]''. His mother Yoshino is [[Tsundere|obstinate and rough but also has a sweet side]], similarly to the other two prominent ladies in his life: Temari, his final opponent in the Chunin Exam and most frequent ally outside the Konoha 12 since, and Ino Yamanaka, his [[Generation Xerox|Ino-Shika-Cho]] teammate. He and Temari [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|deny any relationship]] despite being seen together so much, and Ino's romantic inclination once leaned toward [[Base Breaker|Sasuke]] in Part 1, but her feelings are unclear now. Most shippers say one of these two "troublesome" women will and/or should become his one. Ironically, another girl named Shiho has shown a major romantic interest in Shikamaru and is the total opposite of his mother, Temari, or Ino.
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** Likewise it's pointed out that while Usagi's father initially doesn't like Mamoru very much the two of them are strikingly similar.
* Minor example in ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' - Yukiteru's first crush looks very similar to his mother.
* Nagi of ''[[
== Film ==
* In ''[[Back to
** In an earlier draft of the script for the first film, included on the DVD, 1955 Lorraine notes this, telling Marty that he reminds her of her father. Then she asks Marty if she reminds him of his mother, unaware that she ''is'' (or [[Time Travel Tense Trouble|will be]]) his mother.
** In [[Back to
* ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]'' had this at the end.
* Pushed to the extreme in the French movie ''Itineraire d'un enfant gate'': Not only does the daughter want someone like her dad and ends up having a son from a man her father's age, then marrying a guy trained by her dad to act like him, but it's implied that it's also the case of the son.
* [[Star Wars]] - This trope ''may'' (read ''may'') be one of the MANY reasons Anakin Skywalker was such a disappointing character. Everybody was expecting Padme to fall in love with a [[Loveable Rogue]] / [[Jerk
** On the other hand, the person that perpetrated the whole rebellion was Bail Organa, the man who actually raised Leia, so maybe that's how she gained her taste for "bad" boys.
* In ''[[An Officer and
== Literature ==
* Several characters from ''[[Harry Potter (
** Harry's main love interest {{spoiler|and later, wife}} Ginny is very similar, in appearance and personality, to his mother, whom he barely remembers.
** Ron's relationship with Hermione is very similar to the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. Lampshaded multiple times, when the narration (which is from Harry's perspective) describes Hermione as acting very much like Mrs. Weasley.
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** In ''Ghost Story'' its still going on and is full scale love and devotion.
* Two of the protagonists of [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[IT]]'', upon growing up, marry people like their parents. Eddie Kaspbrak, the kid with asthma and a [[My Beloved Smother|Beloved Smother]], upon growing up, would marry Myra, a woman who is very much like her. Beverly Marsh, the only girl of the Loser's Club and whose father was abusive as hell, would marry Tom Rogan, a man just as abusive as her father.
* In [[James H. Schmitz]]'s ''[[The Witches of Karres]]'', young heroine Goth announces that she is going to marry the (adult) hero when she grows up. It is noted by several characters that said hero very much resembles her father. ( {{spoiler|They're distant cousins.}})
* Ayla from [[Clan of the Cave Bear]] prefers the look of Neandertals to the look of humans, having been raised by the former.
== Live-Action TV ==
* It's spelled out explicitly in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' season 2, with Claire and her creepy stalker guy.
* D.J. on ''[[Roseanne]]'' briefly had a bossy girlfriend eerily reminiscent of his mother. It forced Roseanne to wonder if the way she treated Dan was having a negative effect on him (though of course, [[Status Quo Is God|not much comes from it]]).
** In another episode Roseanne [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] this trope, yelling at Dan because she doesn't like her daughter Becky's boyfriend. When Dan asks why that's his fault, she responds that "girls always marry their fathers." This is portrayed as irrational, though from the way their dating life is described it seems Dan and Roseanne's early romance ''was'' at least somewhat similar.
** And much later, Mark (Becky's eventual husband) and Dan bond over the fact that they ARE so similar, with several charcters commenting on how similar they are. (David, Darleen's eventual husband, does NOT follow this rule, being meek, book-smart and artistic)
* ''[[30 Rock
* ''[[Friends]]'' parodied this, where Rachel's father is visiting at the same time as her mother, and as the two hate each other, Rachel has to sleep them in separate rooms. When Ross tries to get Rachel's father's glasses, drink and cigarettes, Rachel's mother notices, and advises Rachel see a psychiatrist as "you've chosen a boyfriend who is exactly like your father."
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* An episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' in which Carla realizes she's exactly like "Mama Turk" and has a mini [[Heroic BSOD]] as a result.
** Lady is able to overlook the Janitor's many, ''many'' eccentricities because she's attracted to his cleanliness. ([[Noodle Incident|"You also look like my father, but that's a whole other set of issues."]])
* Reversed in ''[[My Family]]'', where Susan sets her son Michael up with a girlfriend that is exactly like her and no-one notices until the father Ben points this out, at which point Michael is completely disgusted with himself.
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': Pointed out by House as the reason why Chase is attracted to a doctor he was responsible for hiring as part of House's diagnostics team, demonstrating this with a side-by-side comparison with a photo projection which shows an uncanny physical resemblance between the two women.
* Kate's two potential love interests on ''[[Lost]]'' each remind her of one of her fathers. Jack represents the stand-up guy she thought was her father. Sawyer represents the rogue "stepfather" who turned out to be her biological father (whom she also killed).
* [[Castle]]'s mom and first wife are both [[Heroes Want Redheads|redheads]], and his first wife is a lot like his mom.
* In ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', Drew entered into a [[
* ''[[Press Gang]]'': Spike's mom is a copy of Linda, spike's girlfriend, down to her being played by the same actress in a flashback.
* ''[[Frasier]]'' dates a woman who is the spitting image of his mother - Niles and Martin see it, but Frasier can't or won't. An old home movie eventually tips him off.
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* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' Barney intentionally invokes this in order to seduce women. He even tries picking a girl up by just walking up to her and saying, "Daddy's home."
* In one episode of ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' Lorelai notes that Rory's current boyfriend has a vague similarity to Rory's father, Chris, and wonders if this means something (Chris is basically an absentee dad). Sookie suggests this might just mean she inherited Lorelai's tastes.
* Discussed in ''[[Sex and
** That sounds like the writers [[Defied Trope|defying]] the [[Never Heard That One Before|inevitable comments]] that the girls must have "daddy issues."
* Charlie on ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' in one episode dates a real estate agent who dresses, acts, and belittles everyone exactly like his character's mother. She even has two sons who act exactly like the titular two brothers as kids.
** Also in ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'', the father of Charlie's semi-stalker, Rose, is [[Casting Gag|played by Martin Sheen]].
* On ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'', Ron has two bitchy ex-wives, both of whom are named Tammy:
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* Referenced in ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''. After psychoanalysing Penny, Leonard's mother tells him that if he wants to have sex with Penny he should use the same kind of cologne her father wears.
** Similarly, Howard thinks it's hot when his fiancee yells at him and sounds ''exactly'' like his mother. (But then, Howard's relationship with his mother is rather abnormal.)
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== Western Animation ==
* Discussed in ''[[Home Movies]]''. Brendan starts putting on weight, so Coach McGuirk tells him to go for the girls whose fathers were fat during their "impressionable years." McGuirk later on goes on a disasterous date with the school nurse, and one of the first questions he asked was if her father was fat. In another episode, he drunkenly tells his date "Y'know, I think it was Charles Darwin who said that men want to marry their mothers. So maybe that's why I like you, cause you remind me of my mother. Which is funny, because I hate my mother..."
* In one episode of ''[[
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'': Kuki/Numbuh Three's [[Love Interest]] Wally/Numbuh Four turns out to be extremely similar to her father Kani in terms of personality, as they're both [[Hair-Trigger Temper|short-tempered]] yet [[Fragile Flower|sensitive]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jerks with Hearts of Gold]] who hate Rainbow Monkeys and are very protective and loving towards her. Best seen in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOM-mQDn05E their scenes together] in "Operation: HOTSTUFF". This goes the other way too, as Wally's parents are [[Genki Girl|cheerfully]] [[Nice Guy|sweet]] people just like Kuki.
** The same goes with Abby/Numbuh Five. Her father is based on [[Bill Cosby|a certain comedian]], complete with catchphrases, yet he's also a very kind person who works as a doctor. Her [[Love Interest]] is Hoagie/Numbuh Two, an [[Adorkable]] [[Gadgeteer Genius]] who is fond of telling [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bad jokes]]. The reveal her dad used to be a clown in "Operation: CLOWN" just pushes this further.
== Real Life ==
* A lot of baby birds will upon hatching imprint on one of the first things they see. As adults, sometimes they go for their own kind, sometimes... they don't.
** The (nonfiction) book "When Elephants Weep" details the case of Tex, a whooping crane who was hand-raised and, when mature, rejected male cranes for "Caucasian men of average height with dark hair." Whooping cranes are so endangered that it was thought vital to get her into "breeding condition," at which point she could be successfully artificially inseminated. So the director of the International Crane Foundation, who met the necessary criteria, spent many weeks courting her. It worked, making this a case of [[Interspecies Romance]] with emphasis on "romance" in the non-euphemistic sense of the word.
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*** On a related note, putting whooping crane eggs into the nest of related sandhill cranes and letting the sandhills raise them results in whooping cranes who are attracted to sandhills. The resulting hybrids are not viable, though.
* This is very much [[Truth in Television]], as psychologists have discovered. The idea is that when you are a child you grow up in a safe, loving environment that sets a template for the future. You look for people similar to your parents because they remind you of the safety you had as a child. [[Fridge Brilliance|Perfectly logical]], and only minimally [[
** Well, think about it in an evolutionary sense - your very existence is proof that your parents are a successful template to follow!
** Mixed with [[Fridge Horror]] when you realize that this often applies to people who were raised by [[Abusive Parents]]. Contrary to common depictions of [[Abusive Parents]] who are not nice, if they aren't portrayed as [[Complete Monster
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