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Basis for most [[Dom Com]] series. The name references that this is the minimal "core" family unit, a single generation of parents and kids, as opposed to an "extended" family with cohabiting aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. Or the fact that it is usually unstable, can cause hair loss, has a fifty-fifty chance of a spontaneous split, and may also lead to early death; either works. Generally avoided in dramas, as [[Parental Abandonment|missing parents]] are a good source of teen angst.
 
Compare and contrast [[The Clan]], [[A Boy, a Girl, Andand a Baby Family]] and [[Big Screwed-Up Family]].
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== Comic Books ==
* In the DCU comic ''[[Batman and Thethe Outsiders]]'' (first run), there was a group of robot super-villain terrorists called the Nuclear Family. They were based on an idealized 1950's sitcom family and had radiation-based powers. They were eventually blown up.
 
 
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* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''
* ''[[8 Simple Rules]]''
* ''[[Two2point4 Point Four Children (TV)children|Two Point Four Children]]''; they named the series after it.
* ''[[The George Lopez Show]]''
* ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]'' is an inversion of the Nuclear Family.
 
 
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''
* ''[[Step Byby Step]]''
* ''[[Life Withwith Derek]]''
* ''[[Drake and Josh]]''
 
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Malcolm in Thethe Middle]]'' has a core group of three boys, plus older brother Francis (away at military camp, and later starting his own family) and baby brother Jamie.
 
 
=== Or you could stick by the nuclear family, but have the extended family get way more involved than is typical. Instead of a grandparent or two and the occasional uncle or unruly cousin, try adding two to three siblings on each side and two to three kids per sibling (with the childless sibling constantly asked when he or she is gonna start a family). Pretty soon you have the kind of setup needed for ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Film)|My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]''. ===
 
== Anime and Manga ==
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== Comics ==
* In ''[[PS 238PS238]]'', The Nuclear Family is a superhero team which is also an extended family. Despite their "Nuclear" moniker their power set varies from [[Gadgeteer Genius]] to at least one [[Flying Brick]]. Student Susie Fusion is the child of one of its members, {{spoiler|and Julie Fincher ("84") is the daughter of a [[Muggles|non-superpowered offshoot]], who doesn't get along well with his superpowered cousins.}}
 
 
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