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== [[Film]] ==
* Dr. Evil and his son Scott in the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' films. Dr. Evil is rather disappointed that his son doesn't want to follow in his footsteps, though Scott was heading in that direction in the second movie and becomes a near copy of his father in the third. {{spoiler|The irony is that by that point <s>Dr. Evil</s> "Dougie" had [[Heel Face Turn|reformed]]}}.
* The King of the Swamp Castle in ''[[Monty Python and
* ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'' has the emperor favor Maximus over Commodus because he considers his son too corrupt for the job, wanting instead a humble reformer to take the helm. Pity one of his son's "virtues" was [[Ambition Is Evil|Ambition]].
* In ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'', Rotti is disgusted with his children's depravity. Perhaps not so much with because they're all out of control monsters (he himself is a master manipulator and murderer) as that they aren't qualified to lead his company.
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