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** Then ''Marie's'' daughter, Carol, turned out as a [[ActionGirl "scrappy little warrior-maiden"]], following in her grandmother's ([[spoiler:and great-grandparents']]) footsteps. She tried to push her daughter away from the CallToAdventure, creating another rift -- though thankfully, Marie [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realised what she was doing]] sooner, and chose to accept Carol's choice and [[SoProudOfYou be proud of her]].

See also TurnOutLikeHisFather, FantasyForbiddingFather and FollowingInTheirRescuersFootsteps. Contrast with WellDoneSonGuy, where the child ''really'' wants to follow the footsteps to earn praise and approval from their parent, and FollowingInRelativesFootsteps, where it's the character's own choice to take up a relative's career simply because they want to. Also contrast EvilParentsWantGoodKids, where parents want kids ''not'' to turn out like them, often because [[BeingEvilSucks they didn't succeed by being evil]].

** Then ''Marie's'' daughter, Carol, turned out as a [[ActionGirl "scrappy little warrior-maiden"]], following in her grandmother's ([[spoiler:and great-grandparents']]) footsteps. Marie tried to push her daughter away from the CallToAdventure, creating another rift - though thankfully, she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realised what she was doing]] sooner, and chose to accept Carol's choice and [[SoProudOfYou be proud of her]].

** Then ''her'' daughter, Carol, turned out as a [[ActionGirl "scrappy little warrior-maiden"]], following in her grandmother's ([[spoiler:and great-grandparents']]) footsteps. Marie tried to push her daughter away from the CallToAdventure, creating another rift - though thankfully, Marie [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realised what she was doing]] sooner, and chose to accept her daughter's choice and [[SoProudOfYou be proud of her]].

** Alison followed in Peggy's [[spoiler: and Steve's]] footsteps as a [[LadyOfWar SHIELD Agent]] and LivingLegend and pushed her children into doing the same. Her son, [[Series/StargateSG1 Jack O'Neill]], JumpedAtTheCall, but her daughter, Marie, didn't (she wanted to "make good" rather than fight evil, something cemented by the ColdBloodedTorture her brother suffered in the Gulf). This led to a significant rift after Alison pushed too hard, but they eventually reconciled...
** Then ''her'' daughter, Carol, turned out as a [[ActionGirl "scrappy little warrior-maiden"]], following in her grandmother's ([[spoiler: and great-grandparents']]) footsteps. Marie tries to push her daughter away from the CallToAdventure, creating another rift - though Marie [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realised what she was doing]] and chose to accept her daughter's choice and [[SoProudOfYou be proud of her]].

See also TurnOutLikeHisFather and FantasyForbiddingFather. Contrast with WellDoneSonGuy, where the child ''really'' wants to follow the footsteps to earn praise and approval from their parent, and FollowingInRelativesFootsteps, where it's the character's own choice to take up a relative's career simply because they want to. Also contrast EvilParentsWantGoodKids, where parents want kids ''not'' to turn out like them, often because [[BeingEvilSucks they didn't succeed by being evil]].

* ''Fanfic/AuntieTiasMatchmakingService'':Applejack and Rainbow Dash ''both'' wanted their son, Zap Apple, to follow in their respective hoof steps and stay on the farm and join the Wonderbolts respectively. [[TakeTheThirdOption He instead moved to Appoloosa and joined the local weather team.]] Though by the time the story begins, enough time has past for them to have moved past in drama this may have caused.

* In ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'', Jelrod reveals in his first hangout event that his father Croll, a proud builder, used to shove a hammer into his hands when he was a baby. Jelrod would cry until Croll took it away, and when he got older, he got into racing and enjoyed it. Jelrod wishes that his father would understand that he has his own dreams, and he hopes that he'll make racing his full-time job someday.

** In ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'', Chloe's classmates expect she'd go into a Pokemon-related career like her father Prof. Cerise, but it took her a while to entertain the idea of even training Pokémon. Her mom is fine with her hesitation since she's still a kid, encouraging her to pursue whatever path she chooses. [[spoiler:Ultimately, she choses to be a part-time Pokémon Professor's research assistant after Goh leaves the position vacant at the end of the series.]]

* In one episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', the heroes encounter a father and son. The father runs an academy for fighting-type Pokemon and wants his son to take over so he can retire, but the son just wants to run his noodle restaurant. After having Ash and May proxy battle for them, someone finally realizes that the father's skilled female student is a more obvious choice, and the father can go off to follow his dream - opening a noodle restaurant.
%%** Serena initially struggled to decide on her goal in ''XY'', as her mother Grace wanted her to train to become a Rhyhorn racer like her. Once Serena realizes she had a passion in performing, she eventually stands up to Grace.
%%** In ''Journeys'', Chloe's classmates expect she'd go into a Pokemon-related career like her father Prof. Cerise, but it took her a while to entertain the idea of even training Pokemon. Her mom is fine with her hesitation since she's still a kid, encouraging her to pursue whatever path she chooses.

* In the late ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' episode, "Riot's Hope", we learn the backstory of Rory Llewellyn (AKA: Riot of The Stingers): his father hated having his son learn music, and constantly pushed him to join the Army, like he did. Riot did join, but was dishonorably discharged after he went AWOL, and the tension finally exploded when the father declared that [[IHaveNoSon he had no son]], and banished him from the household. It finally took Jerrica Benton (as Jem) to convince them to make up, and for the father to at least try to understand his son. [[note]][[spoiler:Especially since their animosity was part of the reason Riot's mother ended up in the hospital...and why they both almost lost her.]][[/note]] Eventually, Riot's father shows up at one of The Stingers' concerts, pretty much excepting the path that his son decided to follow.
** This episode notably features a DarkReprise of "Take it or Leave it", one of The Stingers' songs, which had been used in a previous episode to establish them as selfish and uncaring. A later (new) song, "Let Me Be" basically sums up Riot's feelings about wanting to "follow [his] own star".

* ''[[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/34788704/ The Life of Baldwin]]'', a story on Website/{{Scratch}} which [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent encouraged the audience to suggest what will happen next]], is about a boy, Baldwin, who, against his parents' wishes of him becoming a stenographer, wants to be a button collector. One day, after a [[MixAndMatchCritter pigaphant]] broke in and stole all of his buttons except for the BigRedButton, Baldwin pressed the button and was warped into an AlternateUniverse where [[AnimateInanimateObject buttons live]]. [[spoiler:After going on a freaky adventure, meeting his dad who challenged him to follow in his footsteps, and [[BalefulPolymorph even becoming a button]], he learns that he should really follow in his parents' footsteps and after entering a time vortex, everything returns to normal.]]

* In the Creator/DCComics {{Elseworld}} ''ComicBook/{{The Kingdom|DC}}'' (a followup to ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''), [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally West's]] son Barry has superspeed, and absolutely no interest in using it for anything in particular, much to Wally's despair. His concern with getting Barry to live up to his potential is one of the reasons Barry's sister, Iris "[[LegacyCharacter Kid Flash]]" West, [[WellDoneSonGuy feels unappreciated]].

* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' is something of an example; although Frederick "Fronkensteen"'s grandfather is long dead, there's still some pressure for Frederick to take over his experiments. Frederick, not being a MadScientist, is reluctant. At first. The musical also has the song "Join the Family Business."

See also TurnOutLikeHisFather and FantasyForbiddingFather. Contrast with WellDoneSonGuy, where the child ''really'' wants to follow the footsteps to earn praise and approval from their parent. Also contrast EvilParentsWantGoodKids, where parents want kids ''not'' to turn out like them, often because [[BeingEvilSucks they didn't succeed by being evil]].

** Then ''her'' daughter, Carol, turned out as a [[ActionGirl "scrappy little warrior-maiden"]], following in her grandmother's ([[spoiler: and great-grandparents']]) footsteps. Cue AdultFear and Marie trying to push her daughter away from the CallToAdventure, creating another rift - though Marie [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realised what she was doing]] and chose to accept her daughter's choice and [[SoProudOfYou be proud of her]].

* In the Creator/DCComics {{Elseworld}} ''ComicBook/TheKingdom'' (a followup to ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''), [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally West's]] son Barry has superspeed, and absolutely no interest in using it for anything in particular, much to Wally's despair. His concern with getting Barry to live up to his potential is one of the reasons Barry's sister, Iris "[[LegacyCharacter Kid Flash]]" West, [[WellDoneSonGuy feels unappreciated]].

* In the late ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' episode, "Riot's Hope", we learn the backstory of Rory Llewellyn (AKA: Riot of The Stingers): his father hated having his son learn music, and constantly pushed him to join the Army, like he did. Riot did join, but was dishonorably discharged after he went AWOL, and the tension finally exploded when the father declared that [[IHaveNoSon he had no son]], and banished him from the household. It finally took Jerrica Benton (as Jem) to convince them to make up, and for the father to at least try to understand his son. [[spoiler:especially since their animosity was part of the reason Riot's mother ended up in the hospital...and why they both almost lost her.[[/note]] Eventually, Riot's father shows up at one of The Stingers' concerts, pretty much excepting the path that his son decided to follow.

* In The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' episode "Duplicity", [[spoiler:Megatron]] wanted [[spoiler:Will]] to be this until [[spoiler:Will ran away]] and NeverFoundTheBody came into play.

* Because Kanesaki Ikuko of ''VisualNovel/GSenjouNoMaou'' resented her loss at the Olympics figure-skating competition, she took it upon herself to shape her daughter Azai Kanon into the figure-skater she always wanted to be.

** Both Sam and his father were in the army, Sam as a former special forces operative and his father is a general.

** In ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', the Reed family have a strong tradition of entering the Royal Navy. Malcolm Reed's father does not approve of him joining this new space thing instead, despite the fact Malcom is a severe auquaphobe.