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Innate qualities and personal experiences both play an important part in determining or causing individual differences in physical and behavioral traits, but this raises the question - which was more 'responsible' for such traits? Were these [[Abusive Parents]] abused themselves, and take that out on their own kids, or were they always malicious to begin with? Is the concept of free will (i.e. truly independent thought and truly independent decision-making) valid, or are your decisions brain-made "echoes"? Are your personalities [[In the Blood|determined more by genes]], are they influenced your own experiences, or are they made so that your personality truly is unique?
At any rate, fiction can have a field day with this, and depending on the writer, it can skew to either side of the argument. [[Upbringing Makes the Hero]] is a sub-trope.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Elfen Lied]]'', a point is made about whether or not the diclonii really are malicious, or if their cruelty is a byproduct of how they were raised. Lucy appears to be the latter; Mariko appears to be the former. Note that neither side is plausible in the manga.
* ''[[Naruto]]'' has Sasuke, Gaara and Naruto; their personalities and mindsets were influenced by their upbringing, but whereas the former two dealt with it badly, the latter was able to pull through because he was luckier than the others, though he convinced Gaara to change his view on life, and
** There's a lot of [[In the Blood]] going around, in that Sasuke's family has a long habit of choosing 'power' over 'strength' that supposedly goes back to the ancient founder of their clan, the elder son of the Sage of the Six Paths. Doujutsu and sociopathy apparently have a causal link, though not an inescapable one.
** On the other hand, Gaara apparently had {{spoiler|a very loving mother}} and a cold bastard of a father, and to
** And despite never knowing them, Naruto is just like both his parents.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', comparisons between Luffy and his various rivals are made throughout the series, notably with Crocodile and Moriah. The latter two became who they are due to a rather screwed-up chain of events, while Luffy remains who he is because he apparently chose to be.
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** Note that they did start swapping important memories around pretty early, though not many. To a certain extent they all imprinted on the Shou who inspired the whole Akumetsu project, but even before that they were so alike it's creepy, and honestly that Shou is less like the others than any of them.
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* Brought up in most depictions of ''[[Superman]]'': Superman is [[Human Alien|Kryptonian]], but was raised by kindly old adoptive parents. In older stories, it was usually implied that his superior Kryptonian heritage and abilities were the cause of his strict moral compass, but in latter stories (especially after other, villainous Kryptonians, were introduced), it's outright stated that Superman's upbringing is responsible for creating who he is.
** During his [[Darker and Edgier]] interpretation, ''[[Superboy]]'' was all about this trope. Superboy is a clone created
** In his ''
*** Nooooooo! CONNNNNNN!<ref>Pronounced almost the same as Kirk's famous KHAAAAAHN! but with more sorrow and more glottal stop</ref>
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* In the ''[[Worm]]/[[Luna Varga]]'' crossover fic ''[[Taylor Varga]]'' by "mp3.1415player", this appears to be the root of Carol Dallon's [[Jerkass]] behavior toward her adopted daughter Amy, the parahuman healer Panacea. Amy is the daughter of an infamous supervillain, and Carol seems to think that if Amy isn't spending ''every waking minute'' helping other people, she's going to turn around and become a criminal. When Carol flips out at Amy because she cuts back on her volunteering at hospitals and takes some time for herself ''on the advice of the doctors she works with'', her biological daughter Vicky cites the trope by name and calls her out for assuming Nature will inevitably trump Nurture.
* [[Isaac Asimov]] used this with regards to robots, of all beings, in the short story compilation/narrative ''[[I, Robot]]'', by comparing physically and [[Artificial Intelligence|positronically]] identical robots who developed with different frames of reference (generally resulting in [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|aberrant behavior]]).▼
* ''[[We Need to Talk About Kevin]]'' is based around the nature/nurture debate -- did Kevin grow into a murderer because mummy didn't love him enough, or was he a psychopath from the word "go"? Basically, it weighs up blaming the mother when her child grows into someone diabolical, against the disturbing idea of being ''born'' evil.▼
* ''[[Worldwar]]'' features aliens raising humans, and humans raising aliens, in order to see how close they can make each species to their own.▼
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* The entire plot of ''[[Trading Places]]'' begins when the Duke brothers place a bet on which is true.
* [[Older Than They Think|Long before]] ''Trading Places'', two businessmen tested this on [[The Three Stooges]] in "Hoi Polloi".
== [[Literature]] ==
▲* [[Isaac Asimov]] used this with regards to robots, of all beings, in the short story compilation/narrative ''[[I, Robot (literature)|I, Robot]]'', by comparing physically and [[Artificial Intelligence|positronically]] identical robots who developed with different frames of reference (generally resulting in [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|aberrant behavior]]).
▲* ''[[We Need to Talk About Kevin]]'' is based around the nature/nurture
▲* ''[[Worldwar]]'' features aliens raising humans, and humans raising aliens, in order to see how close they can make each species to their own.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* This was the title of the season one finale of ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''. It concerns the different upbringings between Peter Parker and Eddie Brock.
{{quote|'''Brock''': Our parents may have died together, but you had your precious aunt and uncle. We had no one, we've always been alone... until now.}}
▲* Inevitably brought up in stories involving:
▲** [[Cloning Blues]] and [[Evil Twin|Evil Twins]].
▲** [[Time Travel]] stories invoking [[For Want of a Nail]] and [[Butterfly of Doom]].
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