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{{quote|''Yeah, but Monica, do you really want to be in a relationship where you can actually use the phrase, "That's not how your dad used to do it"?''|'''Phoebe''', ''[[Friends]]''}}
{{quote|''Yeah, but Monica, do you really want to be in a relationship where you can actually use the phrase, "That's not how your dad used to do it"?''|'''Phoebe''', ''[[Friends]]''}}


[[Love Father Love Son]] is a love trope in which a person who can't have the person that they love for one reason or another winds up falling for their progeny, possibly because there's a strong resemblance in looks or personality, or maybe just because.
[[Love Father, Love Son]] is a love trope in which a person who can't have the person that they love for one reason or another winds up falling for their progeny, possibly because there's a strong resemblance in looks or personality, or maybe just because.


This is often a result of a [[Mayfly-December Romance]], [[Human Popsicle]] or [[Time Travel]], and it may involve a [[Jail Bait Wait]].
This is often a result of a [[Mayfly-December Romance]], [[Human Popsicle]] or [[Time Travel]], and it may involve a [[Jail Bait Wait]].
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* In ''[[Otome wa Boku Ni Koishiteru]]'', the protagonist discovers that his dorm is haunted by a [[Cute Ghost Girl]]. A little later, it is revealed that she is the ghost of his late mother's underclassman who was [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|in love with her]] and is utterly smitten by her son.
* In ''[[Otome wa Boku Ni Koishiteru]]'', the protagonist discovers that his dorm is haunted by a [[Cute Ghost Girl]]. A little later, it is revealed that she is the ghost of his late mother's underclassman who was [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|in love with her]] and is utterly smitten by her son.
* Implied in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' that Rei might have had feelings for Gendo at one point. When he turns out to not care for her at all, she starts to get attracted to Shinji instead.
* Implied in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' that Rei might have had feelings for Gendo at one point. When he turns out to not care for her at all, she starts to get attracted to Shinji instead.
* Combined with [[Reincarnation Romance]]--in the messed-up, round-about way that only [[CLAMP]] can provide--in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'': Yue was in love with Clow Reed. Clow dies, and Yue is sealed in a book. Later, Clow Reed is reincarnated as Fujitaka Kinomoto, and Yue's alternate form Yukito (and later Yue himself) falls in love with Fujitaka's son Touya. Follow that? (For added madness, Clow had intended for Yukito to fall in love with Fujitaka's ''daughter'', the titular Sakura.)
* Combined with [[Reincarnation Romance]] -- in the messed-up, round-about way that only [[CLAMP]] can provide -- in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'': Yue was in love with Clow Reed. Clow dies, and Yue is sealed in a book. Later, Clow Reed is reincarnated as Fujitaka Kinomoto, and Yue's alternate form Yukito (and later Yue himself) falls in love with Fujitaka's son Touya. Follow that? (For added madness, Clow had intended for Yukito to fall in love with Fujitaka's ''daughter'', the titular Sakura.)
** Also combined with [[Reincarnation Romance]] {{spoiler|as well as [[Parental Incest]]}} in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]''. After Beatrice Castiglioni dies, her lover Kinzo raises her daughter, {{spoiler|convinces himself that her daughter is actually her reincarnated, and [[Wife Husbandry|has a child with her once she is of age]]}}.
** Also combined with [[Reincarnation Romance]] {{spoiler|as well as [[Parental Incest]]}} in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]''. After Beatrice Castiglioni dies, her lover Kinzo raises her daughter, {{spoiler|convinces himself that her daughter is actually her reincarnated, and [[Wife Husbandry|has a child with her once she is of age]]}}.
* In ''[[Kodomo No Jikan]]'', this combined with [[Wife Husbandry]] and [[Kissing Cousins]], is what Reiji's doing with Rin. He fell in love and was with her mother, but then she died of lung cancer. Now he's raising Rin to [[Replacement Goldfish|replace her]].
* In ''[[Kodomo No Jikan]]'', this combined with [[Wife Husbandry]] and [[Kissing Cousins]], is what Reiji's doing with Rin. He fell in love and was with her mother, but then she died of lung cancer. Now he's raising Rin to [[Replacement Goldfish|replace her]].
* The first [[Fullmetal Alchemist]] gives us {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]] Dante, who had planned to trick/seduce Ed into loving her - by [[Grand Theft Me|taking over]] [[Body Surfing|Rose's body]], as a replacement for Dante's first love, Hohenheim.}}
* The first [[Fullmetal Alchemist]] gives us {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]] Dante, who had planned to trick/seduce Ed into loving her - by [[Grand Theft Me|taking over]] [[Body Surfing|Rose's body]], as a replacement for Dante's first love, Hohenheim.}}
* In ''[[Tenchi Muyo (Anime)|Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]]'', Ayeka shifts her affections from her long-lost half-brother/fiancee to his descendant, Tenchi.


== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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