History Main / FollowingInRelativesFootsteps

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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': Detective Don Flack, Jr. follows his namesake into law enforcement because he looks up to him. His sister, Samantha, once states about police work, "You Flack men; it's in your blood."

** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] enters the Bonesborough Brawl in "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E14ReachingOut Reaching Out]]" in the hopes of bringing home the championship belt like her father Alador did 20+ years earlier. [[FantasyForbiddingFather Alador is less than enthused]] due to now considering it to have been a waste of his talents, thought he's clearly touched by her admiration of his accomplishment.

* ''Series/SWAT2017'': Luca is a third generation officer with the LAPD, following his father and paternal grandfather.

** Skipper decided to take up sailing after his father lost a leg.

* In ''VideoGame/{{APICO}}'', Nana Beelia is proud that you took after her and her husband in beekeeping since your father wasn't interested in the job.

Contrast FollowInMyFootsteps, where parents try to force their child to make this choice while the child doesn't want to. Also contrast TurnOutLikeHisFather and WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe. Partially related to LegacyCharacter, PassingTheTorch, TakeUpMySword, TakingUpTheMantle. Compare {{Nepotism}}. The job in question could be a FamilyBusiness. The character can also be a HeirToTheDojo.

** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Jonathan Archer's reason for becoming a spaceship captain is because his [[DisappearedDad now-dead father Henry]] was also one and Jonathan wanted to honour Henry.

** It's averted in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' as Jake Sisko doesn't want to follow in his old man's footsteps and become a Starfleet officer. While Benjamin Sisko is a little disappointed, the elder Sisko fully supports his son's decision not to pursue a Starfleet career.

** In "Any Sport in a Storm", Willow starts up a Flyer Derby team at Hexside. While it's not specifically stated if her fathers were her inspiration for it, the fact that she looks at a newspaper clipping of their team back when they were her age while psyching herself up heavily implies it.
** Amity enters the Bonesborough Brawl in "Reaching Out" in the hopes of bringing home the championship belt like her father Alador did 20+ years earlier. [[FantasyForbiddingFather Alador is less than enthused]] due to now considering it to have been a waste of his talents, thought he's clearly touched by her admiration of his accomplishment.

* ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'': Miranda Keyes went to the Navy to follow her father, the commander of his own starship, and also to distance herself from her mother [[spoiler:Dr. Halsey]], who wanted to keep Miranda out of danger. Her mother eventually pulls some strings to have Miranda assigned to a hospital ship far away from the frontlines, but it backfires when Miranda pulls off an astonishing victory with a weaponless ship, earns herself a medal, and becomes commander of her own ship shortly after.

** In "Any Sport in a Storm", Willow starts up a Flyer Derby team at Hexside. While it's not specifically stated if her father's were her inspiration for it, the fact that she looks at a newspaper clipping of their team back when they were her age while psyching herself up heavily implies it.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Sky's sister is her role model and almost made it into Canada's Olympic team for rhytmic gymnasics, which inspired Sky to become a gymnast as well.