History Main / FamilyOfChoice

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'': In this movie Tigger wants to find and reunte with his (biological) family as he feels lonely and misunderstood by his friends. His friends feel sorry for him and - as they lack a possibility to contact the real one - pretend to be his family. Tigger is first devastated when he finds out but later realizes his friends ''are'' in fact his family as they genuinely love him and care for him.

-->"'Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten."

* The [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batfamily]], hence the name. Bruce is a ParentalSubstitute for Dick, Jason, Tim, and Cass. The fact that Jason CameBackWrong complicates his relationships with everyone. There's also Barbara, who acts as a mother/big sister figure for Cass, and a big sister figure for Tim and Steph. Steph's relationship with Bruce is a deconstruction of the ParentalSubstitute role he takes with the others, as he accepted and rejected her at his convenience. In fact the Batfamily is such a family of choice that when Damian, Bruce's biological son, shows up, he feels insecure because he's surrounded by people who were ''chosen'' to be Batman's family whilst he was forced on him by Talia. Of course, Damian eventually becomes a little brother to Dick and Steph. Jason and Tim too since, regardless of who's writing them, all of the Robins refer to each other as brothers as of the New 52.

* In Comicbook/DeathVigil, [[spoiler: when Allistor turns on the Vigil because he can relate to and understand the reasoning behind Wulf's FaceHeelTurn, he demands Mia leave with him. Mia, in outrage, refuses and tells him she's staying with her family, and chooses to stand with the Vigil over her father]].
* This is explicitly the relationship between Cutter and Skywise in the ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' stories. They become "brothers in all but blood" when young,even going as far as to share "soul names", something normally reserved for immediate family or reproductive mates. Their relationship is somewhat strained during The Palace War and when Skywise wants to stay in the Palace after, but is never broken while they both live.
* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' family is this, depending on which incarnation, but particularly so with the ComicBook/WallyWest era. Jay Garrick, was a big-brother of sorts to Barry Allen and the two at different times acted as surrogate fathers to Wally West, while Jay and Max Mercury both acted as surrogate dads to Barry's future grandson Bart Allen. Bart, Wally, and fellow speedster Jesse Quick had something of a AnnoyingYoungerSibling[=/=]BigBrotherMentor[=/=]CoolBigSis dynamic going between them. This extends to their significant others, as Jay's wife Joan became something of a grandmother figure to the younger generation, Barry's wife Iris pretty much adopted Wally (him being her nephew already, which is how he met Barry), and Wally's wife Linda was a CoolBigSis to Bart and at times seemed to be the only member of the family who didn't find him annoying. Between them, the only ones actually biologically related were Barry and Bart, both of whom rarely interacted due to Barry being dead for most of Bart's existence (Wally and Iris were related, but Iris was adopted into the Wests so they're not related by blood).

* In the Pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' universe, ComicBook/LanaLang took care of the young ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} as she was going through a very tough time [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 in her own book]]. Later Kara would tell Lana became family to her. In the ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' continuity, Lana states Franchise/{{Superman}} is her family in spirit although they aren't blood relatives.
* In ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Gordon]] misses [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} her sister]] left back in the city tyrannically ruled by ComicBook/LexLuthor's. Natasha Irons tells she understands but the biker gang is now her family.

* The ''ComicBook/HoloBrothers'' are three humanoid aliens of three different species. They were all orphaned too young to remember their real family, and grew up together in an orphanage. They refer to each other as brothers and act in every way as if they actually were.

* The squad of ''ComicBook/RatQueens'' are bound by choice, not blood. Violet left her family to escape cultural norms, Dee to escape their cultish religion, Betty to escape blame for a job gone wrong, and Hannah to shield her father from association with her suspicious parentage. Later Braga joins, having fled her clan to express her true gender and life goals. The Queens often invoke the trope by name.
* The Comicbook/{{Runaways}} act very much like a family, which should not be surprising given that most of them have known each other since they were little kids.
* Franchise/TeenTitans: This is how the Titans are described as seeing each other in the comic books. They support each other in all the good ways of a family, but they're also a family in all the worst ways with all the conflicts, you'd usually suspect from living together like one. They do have some disagreements, but it always leads into more character depth. This is adapted very well in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Teen Titans original animated series]] where their family-like relationships are used to look deeper into each of the character's backstories and character flaws.
** In modern iterations, the ComicBook/JusticeLeague are the frontline fighters, the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica is the mentorship program, ComicBook/TheOutsiders are the black ops team, but the Titans are ''family'', and they have a ''[[BadassArmy lot]]'' of family members.
* Pearl, Tooth and Eez from ''ComicBook/ThirstyMermaids'' were mermaids who had no pod of their own — Pearl and Tooth for not having any magic, Eez for being a Sea Witch — and made their own pod with each other. Vivi winds up becoming a member by the end.
* The longest serving X-Men usually refer to the team as their family. While he's on ''a lot'' of teams, this is how ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} views the X-Men, the team he will always prioritise.

* By the end of the game in Episode 5 (and potentially during previous episodes, should you choose certain dialogue options) the main cast of ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'' refer to themselves as a family.

[[caption-width-right:334:''[[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Aloha... You'll find the place that you belong]]\\

** Over the course of the ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' films, Natasha came to view the other Avengers as a family. [[spoiler: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' Steve explicitly responds to the question of whether she had family to contact after her death by saying she had "us", the Avengers.]]