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While it's not uncommon for some people skilled in a trade to pass it on to their children, sometimes the only thing a parent is skilled at that he can teach to his kids is murder, [[Cold-Blooded Torture]], and any other heartless criminal deeds you can think of. This will usually result in raising an entire clan of [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]]s, and when the kids are old enough, the family collectively and regularly adds to a rising body count and a growing criminal file.

Usually, [['''The Family That Slays Together]]''' consists of at least one parent (if it is only one parent, it's usually the father), and at least two children of blood relation to the parent. If a mother and father are both present in the story, it's possible for the family to have only one child join them on crime sprees. Aunts, uncles, grandparents, or cousins may be among the ranks as well from time to time, especially when family inbreeding is suggested.

Very often, this trope might overlap with [[Cannibal Clan]], especially in the horror genre. Sometimes, they are also [[Professional Killer|Professional Killers]]s.

* Pa, Link, Fink, Mean Machine, and Junior Angel (a.k.a. The Angel Gang) from ''[[Judge Dredd]]''. Pa Angel was apparently so committed to making sure that he raised his kids to be nothing short of [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]]s that when his son Mean turned out to actually be extremely gentle and nice, he got him surgically modified with cybernetic enhancements to give him a more bloodthirsty disposition. After {{spoiler|the deaths of Pa, Link, and Junior}}, Fink and Mean Machine sought vengeance as [[Siblings in Crime]]. The movie adaptation with [[Sylvester Stallone]] saw The Angel Gang adapted as a [[Cannibal Clan]].

* In ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' games, the leadership structure for a number of the [[Generic Ethnic Crime Gang|Generic Ethnic Crime Gangs]]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.