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* The Mizuchi family from ''[[Sukeban Deka]]''.

* The Zabi family from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' are a family of militaristic politicians, with father [[Fat Bastard|Degwin]] as Sovereign and [[Big Bad]], eldest son [[The Evil Prince|Gihren]] as [[Dragon-in-Chief]] and CINC of the war effort, daughter [[Evil Genius|Kycilia]] and son [[The Brute|Dozle]] as fleet commanders, and youngest child [[Dark Chick|Garma]] as the leader of the Earth Invasion Force. Since they are also a [[Big Screwed-Up Family]], the situation turns very messy for all of them, especially once Gihren makes his play for power.

 

* In ''[[X-Men]]'', when The Brood attack New Orleans, they target the children of the local thief and assassin clans for assimilation, giving this trope as their reasoning: Since they are preparing an invasion they need soldiers, so hosts with the right instincts are very desirable.

* [[Mad Scientist]] Doctor Sivana and his children, Georgia and Thaddeus Jr., from ''[[Captain Marvel]]''.

* [[Franco Belgian Comics]] ''Les Cranibales'' is, of course, about a [[Cannibal Clan]] [[Devil in Plain Sight|living in a modern french city]]. [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|It's actually an all-ages series]] where the situation is [[Played for Laughs]].

 

* ''[[Frailty]]'' has this. However, {{spoiler|two of the family members were legitimately called by [[God]] to destroy demons (seriously) while the other one becomes a straight-up [[Serial Killer]], and his first victim is his own father (who was one of the ones called by God).}}

* The Fratellis from ''[[The Goonies]]'' are never actually seen killing anybody, but have [[Locked in a Freezer|stuffed a corpse in the freezer]] at their hideout, and Ma Fratelli has no qualms with forcing the kids to walk the plank.

'''Dredd''': [Later, to Fergie] l forgot to mention it. Your new friends, they're cannibals. }}

 

* ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' includes a [[Family Feud]] between two families who routinely kill members of the other family and teach their children to do so too.

* Invoked by [[Discworld|Terry Pratchett]] in regard to the Agatean Empire royalty - one has to be a murderous bastard to survive the court intrigues and as a result, some features get reinforced every generation.

** Although a bit more civilized about it than most examples, the Selachii noble family of Ankh-Morpork have a long-standing tradition as Assassins. The Boggis family is equally well-embedded in the Thieves' Guild, though Ankh-Morpork thieves generally avoid killing their victims (because the Assassins' Guild considers that to be trespassing on ''their'' bailiwick, and because it's hard to rob someone ''again'' in the future once they're dead).

* The Grissoms from ''[[Friday the 13th]]: Carnival of Maniacs'' killed for fun, and sometimes food.

* Tigerstar and his son Hawkfrost in ''[[Warrior Cats]]''. For a while it looked like Tigerstar's other son Brambleclaw was going to join them, but he decided against it.

 

* The Family of Blood and the Family Slitheen from ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

* In one episode of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' Sam and Dean are investigating a murder, and they discover that it's a crazy redneck family that has been hunting people for [[The Most Dangerous Game|the ultimate hunting experience]]. This extends to the little girl, and once the dead wife is mentioned there is a distinct note of 'this is you guys if you were evil cannibal rednecks who didn't know there were real monsters to hunt.'

* In one episode of ''[[The Unusuals]]'', an entire ''extended'' family (all the way to third cousins) go on a crime spree together. {{spoiler|It turns out they're raising money for the patriarch of the family to get a kidney transplant.}}

 

 

* The [[Wrestling Family]] [[Eddie Guerrero|Los Guerreros]] have as their motto, "We lie, we cheat, we steal. It's a family tradition."

 

* ''The White Sheep of the Family'', by L. du Garde Peach and Ian Hay, is a comic play about a family of master thieves (father, mother, daughter and son) whose life of crime is threatened when the son falls for a police chief's daughter and decides to reform his ways.

 

* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' games, the leadership structure for a number of the [[Generic Ethnic Crime Gang]]s are rooted in family ties, especially in [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]. Unsurprisingly, a lot of them murder people. The most notable example being the McReary Family, the backbone of Liberty City's Irish Mob. Both the family matriarch and patriarch have had ties in running the gangs criminal activities, and their sons Derrick, Gerry, and Packie are all violent criminals. It seems the only people serving as an exception to the family violence are Kate and Francis, and yet Francis is a [[Dirty Cop]] and asks the player to {{spoiler|kill Derrick}}. Kate is the only one in the family without a criminal record.

* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' {{spoiler|came painfully close to having an unwilling version. Morgan Fey asks her daughter Pearl to channel a certain spirit at a certain time, trusting Pearl to obey without asking. The spirit was [[Complete Monster|Dahlia Hawthorne]], another of Morgan's daughters, who would have used Pearl's body to murder her cousin Maya Fey. Dahlia would be at fault...but legally, Pearl would still be a murderer. Did we mention Pearl is nine?}}

* The ''[[Fallout]]'' series contains a wide variety of examples. In the third installment, the Lone Wanderer can discover an inbred [[Cannibal Clan]] as well as the an example of the [[Outlaw Couple]] variation, called "The Family" that gets their nourishment from human blood; they can be convinced to drink it only from blood packs and cease killing other people, if so desired.

 

* The titular family in [[Strange Little Band]] are the protagonists of the story, but being very much antiheros this trope applies. Especially in the climax.

 

** ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' also has the Royal Flush Gang, a family that makes their living on crime; however, they have an [[Averted Trope|aversion]] to killing people.

** The Mayhems, another family of robbers, from "The Eggbaby".

* Parodied in an episode of [[The Venture Bros]], appropriately named "The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together."

 

* The [[wikipedia:Bloody Benders|Bloody Benders]] were an entire family of serial killers who murdered at least 11 people between 1872 and 1873 before going into hiding and never being seen again.

* While the Benders became subjects of legend, [[wikipedia:Agnus McVee|The McVees]] may never have existed at all.

 

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