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It must be the Kid from the Future here to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]! A child the characters have yet to have has traveled back in time to save their parents for some reason. Great for pairing up characters who have yet to even show any interest in each other since now they must get together [[Because Destiny Says So]]. Also a way of working in a [[Distant Finale]] into the plot of what has already come along.
If the series involves a [[Love Triangle]], or, worse yet, an [[Unwanted Harem]], expect all hell to break loose as those involved try to figure out who the child's mother or father is.
This trope is also used in [[Fan Fiction]] (especially [[Fix Fic|Fix Fics]]), often to push together the author's [[One True Pairing|OTP]], pair the [[Mary Sue]] with her chosen love interest, or even as the origin for the [[Author Avatar|self-insert]] or [[Mary Sue]].
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* This is the whole point of the [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] fic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6254986/1/The_Anagram_of_Suzumiya_Kurumi The Anagram of Suzumiya Kurumi]. Notably, it is ''much'' more of a [[Mind Screw]] than it seems at first, due to ridiculous amounts of time-travel-related [[Anachronic Order]].
* In the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4229235/1/Tea_With_Destiny Tea With Destiny,] Iroh travels to the Spirit World following the death of his son and intends to stay there forever. His son, however, doesn't think that's a good idea and takes him to visit with a very wise old man who turns out to be future!Zuko (Iroh isn't aware of this, as Zuko is currently ten years old in the real world). Future!Zuko advises Iroh to go back to the mortal world and be his mentor, because he's [[Heel Face Revolving Door|really]] going to need it.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' has inspired many fanfics that use this trope, such as [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782902/1/KND_Operation_Meet this example]. These fanfics tend to involve future KND Operatives meeting the present-day KND via time travel, or the present-day KND time-traveling and meeting future KND Operatives.
* ''[[Glee]]'' - It's become a Brittana fandom meme that Sugar Motta is actually [http://tilhe.tumblr.com/post/13536671495/afterlaughs-back-to-the-future-glee-yes Brittany and Santana's time-traveling daughter]. Variations include whether she ended up in the past on purpose or by accident. Vanessa Lengies thinks it's hilarious.
** Other fanfics include [http://teamklaine.tumblr.com/post/14073439700/happyinyourarms-back-to-the-future-part-iv Rory as the adopted son of Kurt and Blaine], and Harmony as the daughter of either Rachel and Quinn, or Rachel and Jesse St.James
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* Wataru becomes one to Otoya in ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' when he decides to travel back in time both in-series and in-movie. Given the strong [[Generation Xerox]] Kiva has, {{spoiler|Wataru's son from 22 years in the future appears in the finale, along with Kivat the 4th, who gives him the power to become New Kiva.}}
* ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' is a natural candidate for this, given its plot. The series proper has {{spoiler|Hana, who as the child of Yuto and Airi, is Ryotaro's future niece, which makes all that [[Ship Tease]] turn a little sour in retrospect...}}. [[The Movie]] ''Final Countdown'' features Kotaro, Ryotaro's grandson, who is also New Den-O.
* ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'' - Cam's journey to become [[Sixth Ranger]] involves using a magic scroll to travel back in time. He witnesses his parents' first meeting (his mom kicking his dad's ass in front of their entire [[Ninja School]]), and "inherits" his morpher from her before returning to the present.
* Claire Bennet plays this role in a season 3 episode of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', as does Hiro Nakamura.
* On ''[[Lost]]'', time travel begins playing a role in the fifth season. After being transported back to the 1970s:
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* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As Portable]]: The Gears of Destiny'', [[Les Yay|Nanoha and Fate]] meet [[Has Two Mommies|their (adoptive) daughter]] Vivio from the future. The real kicker is that all three of them are ''about the same age'' (that is, ten years old). Oh, and to make the matters worse, Vivio brings her own girlfriend Einhalt along for the ride.
* ''[[Achron]]'' has a partial example. It's possible for a factory (parent) to produce a unit (child) which then gets sent back to before it was built (born) to defend the factory.
* All over the place in [[Fire Emblem: Awakening]]. When a male and female reach S support level, you recruit their kid in a side chapter later.
== Webcomics ==
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* In ''[[Sore Thumbs]]'', Fairbanks' son had come from the future [http://sorethumbs.keenspot.com/d/20110214.html in this strip.]
* ''[[Gastrophobia]]'': {{spoiler|Philia}} is revealed to be this, and a member of the [[Time Police]], to boot.
* ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'''s space arc has a variation: Morgan has been brought forward in time to serve as Merlin's apprentice. While there, she and Arthur conceive a child, not realizing that they're [[Brother-Sister Incest|half-siblings]]. When Merlin finds out, he returns Morgan to the past and she gives birth to Mordred... who in the present day is already serving aboard the ''Excalibur'' and doesn't know any of this.
** A second, more straightforward example: Nimue, also a time traveler, brings Galahad from the future to meet Lancelot.
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* Warhawk in the animated version of ''[[Justice League]]'' was [[Green Lantern]] (John Stewart) and Hawkgirl's Kid From The Future--which came as a surprise because they had stopped dating quite some time before traveling to the future and running into him.
** Technically there was two such cases in that episode, as a later episode tells us that {{spoiler|Terry Mcginnis [[Batman Beyond|(Batman II)]] is Batman's biological son created by Amanda Waller.}}
*** These two are actually inversions, given that, as mentioned above, their parent came to ''them''. This actually causes John to attempt a [[Screw Destiny]] by not getting back together with Hawkgirl over the course of the series just so he doesn't feel [[You Can't Fight Fate|pressured to do so]] just by Warhawk's existence. [[Word of God]] says that's okay, given that Warhawk is still only in his twenties by the ''Beyond'' time period, which is still a good forty years off.
* In ''[[Time Warp Trio]]'', the original trio of Joe, Sam and Fred sometimes cross paths with their great-granddaughters from the future: Jodie, Samantha and Freddi.
* Jake becomes this in one episode of ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]'' when he travels back to 1986 and accidentally causes his parents to split up. He then has to strive to get them back together in order to ensure his own birth.
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