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** Subverted: The exploits of Luffy are implied to very closely mirror those of Gold Roger, the previous Pirate King; he also meets quite a few people who personally knew the guy (either that, or the successor of said person), and his actions are consistently described by these people as being exactly what Roger would do. However, it's pretty clear right from the start that Roger isn't Luffy's father, and it's outright confirmed later on. But the ''real'' kicker came shortly before the TimeSkip: [[spoiler: Roger actually did have a son: ''Ace'', Luffy's older [[BloodBrothers "brother,"]] who absolutely ''despises'' the guy and wants nothing to do with him. And is now dead. Also subverted in that, according to Whitebeard (who was Roger's rival), Ace wasn't much like his father in terms of personality]].

* ''Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge'' inverts the situation: when Ric's dad shows up on the bridge, his trousers are stolen. To avoid owing Nino a debt, he refuses her help -- abandoning his trousers and getting taken away by a police officer for indecency. ForWantOfANail (Nino retrieving the trousers), this is exactly what happened to Ric in the first chapter.

** Subverted: The exploits of Luffy are implied to very closely mirror those of Gold Roger, the previous Pirate King; he also meets quite a few people who personally knew the guy (either that, or the successor of said person), and his actions are consistently described by these people as being exactly what Roger would do. However, it's pretty clear right from the start that Roger isn't Luffy's father, and it's outright confirmed later on. But the ''real'' kicker came in fairly recently: [[spoiler: Roger actually did have a son: ''Ace'', Luffy's older [[BloodBrothers "brother,"]] who absolutely ''despises'' the guy and wants nothing to do with him. And is now dead. Also subverted in that, according to Whitebeard (who was Roger's rival), Ace wasn't much like his father in terms of personality]].

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is a downplayed example. While nearly every member of the Joestar family is HotBlooded and wins their fights more through cunning than brute force, the similarities end there, and the series opts for {{Contrasting Sequel Main Character}}s instead. The only instance of this trope being played straight is with [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Giorno Giovanna]], who is, for all intents and purposes, a ''slightly'' more noble DIO with a different stand. ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' also has Avdol and his father [[spoiler:(who also subverts it by actually being Avdol himself in disguise)]].

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is a downplayed example. While nearly every member of the Joestar family is HotBlooded and wins their fights more through cunning than brute force, the similarities end there, and the series opts for {{Contrasting Sequel Main Character}}s instead. ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' also has Avdol and his father [[spoiler:(who also subverts it by actually being Avdol himself in disguise)]].

* In one Naoko Kodama one-shot, a young woman goes before the parents of her girlfriend Nami, asking for Nami's hand in marriage. It turns out that not only is it true that Nami HasTwoMommies, but so does at least one of Nami's mothers.

** After being implied occasionally over the course of the series, the Wano Arc confirms that Zoro is a ''dead ringer'' for "Sword God" Shimotsuki Ryuma, the FamousAncestor of his childhood rival Kuina and the Shimotsuki Family of Wano, and the man/[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot zombie]] he inherited Shusui from. On top of the physical resemblance, Ryuma was also a one-eyed samurai who shared a similar fighting style and code of honor with Zoro (in part due to the latter being trained by one of his descendants). These similarities are why the natives of Wano come to trust Zoro so much, with many noting that the fact Zoro was the one to (admittedly unwillingly) return Shusui to Wano ''cannot'' be a coincidence but rather an act of fate.

** There's also Team Minato in regards to Team 7, with Minato/Kakashi as TheMentor; Obito/Naruto as the brash, hot-headed one with a one-sided crush on TheChick; Rin/Sakura as TheMedic in love with the genius [[TheLancer Lancer]]; and finally young Kakashi/Sasuke who are TheStoic. Though this particular generation is {{Inverted|Trope}} in that that it was Obito [[InTheBlood who ended up being the bad guy]] and Kakashi being the hero. To further deepen the parallels between Team Minato and Team 7, Kakashi ended up becoming Hokage, just like his sensei did. Though it's also Inverted in regards to their respective teams, as Naruto, Obito's counterpart, is the one who became Hokage -- then again, it was ''also'' Obito's dream, at least until he became evil. Then Obito became good again, and knowing that he could no longer achieve that dream after all the damage he had done, passed it on to his best friend Kakashi to fulfill, but as the Sixth Hokage, so that Naruto can be his successor as the Seventh.

** Both Dr Tanuma and his son are doctors who had a kid at seventeen. [[spoiler:And considering the fact that his grandson Tsubasa is currently seventeen, has plans on attending medical school, and is long established as having a sexually active relationship with Kashiwagi...]]

** A HotScientist gets involved with one of her bosses, [[LoveMartyr is used and manipulated by her lover]], [[HeroicBSOD breaks down horribly]] when she realizes what has been truly going on, sees a very young girl as her rival [[spoiler: and kills her, sorta]], and ultimately meets her doom in quite the fucked up way. Dr. Ritsuko Akagi or her mother Naoko? Note that said boss happens to be '''the same for both'''.

* As much as Tomoya Okazaki of ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' hates his father for neglecting him to dull the pain of his mother's death, [[spoiler: he has become exactly the same to his own little girl Ushio to forget that her birth killed Nagisa. Thankfully, both cases get better. [[TearJerker And worse.]] [[RetCon And better, again]]]].

* ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** Edward Elric looks almost exactly the same as the younger version of his father, Van Hohenheim, as shown in the flashbacks. Later, [[spoiler:Ed and Winry's [[BabiesEverAfter children]] both bear a resemblance to them, especially in the ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Brotherhood]]'' anime where [[http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/186/5/a/A_Happy_Ending____by_swiftblade_tenshou.png the son's hair has Ed's shade of blond while the daughter has Winry's]]]]. [[spoiler:Edward]]'s son has the same style as him as a toddler and looks like a miniature version of him.
** In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime version]] is even more obvious where in an {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VA ''everyone'' is shown to have a relative that looks exactly like them 100 years later. Ed's great-grandchildren look like him, Alphonse, and... Winry. [[spoiler:Whether this means either brother married Winry's Earth alter or whether Winry made it past the Gate is unexplained.]]

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is a downplayed example. While nearly every member of the Joestar family is HotBlooded and wins their fights more through cunning than brute force, the similarities end there, and the series opts for {{Contrasting Sequel Main Character}}s instead. ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' also has Avdol and his father [[spoiler:(who also subverts it by actually being Avdol himself in disguise)]].

* A flat-chested sorceress from Zephilia meets a mercenary swordsman and they fall in love while fighting to make a buck. Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev from ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'', or Lina's parents?

* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': Our main character is an over-powered MagicalGirlWarrior despite being an elementary schoolgirl who started off as a secondary character in a different series. Her first magic teacher is Yuuno, [[ThoseTwoGuys she has a pair of ordinary friends of contrasting personalities]], and looming over the horizon is a brooding, mysterious DarkMagicalGirl rival who [[IHaveTheHighGround enjoys balancing on high places]], [[WhatBeautifulEyes has beautiful eyes]], and is every bit her equal. Now, is this Nanoha Takamachi in the [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha first season]] or Vivio Takamachi in ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid ViVid]]''? Of course, unlike her Nanoha-mama, Vivio has the advantage of the old cast looking after her, [[spoiler:so while DarkMagicalGirl Fate remained at large for the entire first season, DarkMagicalGirl Einhart got [[DefeatMeansFriendship befriended]] almost immediately at the start of ''[=ViVid=]'' when her attempt at defeating [[{{Cyborg}} Nove]] backfired on her]].

* One of the themes of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is the recurrence of certain characters, traits, and patterns across the generations.

** As a matter of fact, the relationship between Naruto and his friend/rival Sasuke works as this across multiple generations, dating all the way back to the very ''invention of ninjutsu''.

** There's also Team Minato in regards to Team 7, with Minato/Kakashi as the mentor, Obito/Naruto as the brash, hot-headed one with a one-sided crush on TheChick, Rin/Sakura as TheMedic with a crush on the genius [[TheLancer Lancer]], and finally young Kakashi/Sasuke who are TheStoic. Though this particular generation is inverted in that that it was [[FallenHero Obito]] [[InTheBlood who ended up being the bad guy]] and Kakashi being the hero.
*** To further deepen the parallels between Team Minato and Team 7, [[spoiler:Kakashi ended up becoming Hokage, just like his sensei did. Though it's also inverted in regards to their respective teams, as Naruto, Obito's counterpart, is the one who became Hokage -- then again, it was ''also'' Obito's dream, at least until he became evil. Then Obito became good again, and knowing that he could no longer achieve that dream after all the damage he had done, passed it on to his best friend Kakashi to fulfill]].
** Team Ame might count too. Yahiko/Naruto as the brash, hot-headed one and underdog, Konan/Sakura as the "smart" one of the three, Nagato/Sasuke as the Genius and most talented of the three. There's also hints of a LoveTriangle going on but was resolved peacefully.

** While Naruto inherited one of his father's signature techniques, it's really his mother whom he takes after the most: HotBlooded, addicted to ramen, similar {{Verbal Tic}}s (his "dattebayo" vs. her "dattebane"), [[SealedEvilInACan Jinchuuriki for the nine-tailed fox]], etc.
*** [[spoiler:In the epilogue, his own ''son'' is shown to take after him, both in appearance and personality. Boruto is every bit the prankster his father and his sensei, Konohamaru, were as kids. He even has a similar VerbalTic ("dattebasa"). The difference is that Boruto is shown to ''hate'' the Hokage, as the position means his father can't spend more time with him. Meanwhile, his sister Himawari is shown to take after their mother, Hinata, though both children inherited their father's facial markings.]]
*** [[spoiler: Boruto's similarity to Naruto is played with in ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie''. Their differences in personality help drive much of the plot. For example, Naruto earned his current place through hard work, training, and determination; Boruto, born a prodigy and connected to very powerful clans, is more than willing to take shortcuts or straight-up cheat his way to victory. Even the animation plays with this a bit: despite his great likeness to Naruto, there's a certain softness to his facial features that make him similar to Hinata when the two are compared]]. LikeFatherLikeSon mixed with ItRunsInTheFamily since in his own youth, Naruto bore a [[StrongFamilyResemblance strong resemblance]] to his father but had his mother's face. At least until it was reversed in ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'', where the 19-year-old Naruto resembled his mother more than his father.
** Relatedly, it is eventually hinted that Naruto is very much like Kurama was when he was young. Who is Kurama? [[spoiler:The nine-tailed fox]], of course.
** [[BrilliantButLazy Nara men]] [[OppositesAttract have a thing for]] [[{{Tsundere}} troublesome women]]. [[spoiler:Shikamaru, just like his father, did marry a ''very'' troublesome woman -- Temari.]]
** The Ino-Shika-Cho formation and its relationship with the Sarutobi clan goes back ''16 generations''. [[spoiler:In the epilogue, their children are shaping up to follow.]]
** [[spoiler:Hinata, like her father Hiashi, was ready to die to protect something -- in this case, Naruto. However, at the last second, Neji [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet]] for her, just like how his father Hizashi, Hiashi's twin brother, did before him. Also, just like his father, Neji didn't do it out of duty but out of love for Hinata and Naruto, who are a part of his closest friends and family.]]
** When first shown as resurrected zombies under Orochimaru's control due to Edo Tensei, the First and Second Hokages had muted, very stoic personalities, to the point that the only difference between the brothers was their radically different appearances. [[spoiler:When they're revived again by a more complete version of the jutsu, [[TheStoic Tobirama]] is about the same overall, but Harashima is far more jovial and energetic, resembling his distant blood relative Naruto and heightening the Xerox effect due to his own relationship with friend-turned-rival Madara Uchiha.]]
** This is later revealed to be an important plot point for the Uchiha clan, as their [[spoiler:Curse of Hatred]] (beginning with the clan's [[DrivenByEnvy forefather]]) is connected to [[spoiler:their [[SuperpowerfulGenetics Kekkei Genkai]], the [[MagicalEye Sharingan]]. The Uchiha clan is capable of great devotion, love, and friendship, but the moment they lose a loved one (whether it be death or a perceived betrayal), [[LoveMakesYouEvil they tend to go]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy off the deep end]], [[ThePowerOfHate their newfound despair and hatred creating the Sharingan]]. [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity The more powerful the Sharingan becomes, the deeper they fall into madness]]]]. The few Uchiha who have been able to transcend this and adopt Konoha's Will of Fire philosophy all come across as similar in personality, such as [[spoiler:Itachi, his best friend Shisui, and Shisui's father Kagami (a subordinate of the Second Hokage). And also Obito, who seems to have overcome his Curse of Hatred and returned his belief in the Will of Fire]].
** While Naruto took after his mother more than his father, especially in personality (as stated above), [[spoiler:his future wife Hinata fell in love with him the same way Kushina fell in love with Minato: RescueRomance, and the RedStringOfFate was utilized in both rescue scenarios. Despite the ShipTease with Sakura and Kushina saying he should [[LikeParentLikeSpouse marry a girl like her]] -- which, as [[WordOfGod Kishimoto has stated in several post-series interviews]], were [[RedHerring deliberate misleads]] to [[TrollingCreator mess with the shippers]] -- Hinata matches ''Minato'' in personality, both being nice, quiet ninjas who have loved their boisterous counterpart since childhood. Given that all of the {{Official Couple}}s in the Narutoverse, including Kushina and Minato, embody OppositesAttract, [[FridgeBrilliance this actually explains why Naruto and Hinata work as a couple]]]].