History Main / IdenticalGrandson

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[InformedAttribute we are told]] Nanase [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2013-07-11 is the spitting image of her Aunt Noriko]] (who has not yet been properly seen).

*** The novelisation of ''The Star Beast'' adds a scene at the start with a security guard named Stew Ferguson, who thinks he vaguely recognises the Fourteenth Doctor from the time all those planets appeared in the sky, when he was working as a milkman. This presumably means that he's the milkman who met the Tenth Doctor during "The Stolen Earth", played by Andrew Bullivant. When he sees the TARDIS it reminds him of his grandad, who was a policeman in the fifties. Buillivant also played PC Ferguson in the ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' episode "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith".

*** The novelisation of "The Star Beast" adds a scene at the start with a security guard named Stew Ferguson, who thinks he vaguely recognises the Fourteenth Doctor from the time all those planets appeared in the sky, when he was working as a milkman. This presumably means that he's the milkman who met the Tenth Doctor during "The Stolen Earth", played by Andrew Bullivant. When he sees the TARDIS it reminds him of his grandad, who was a policeman in the fifties. Buillivant also played PC Ferguson in the ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' episode "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith".

** The ''Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations'' version of ''The Massacre'' says that Anne Chaplet and her presumed descendent Dodo looked "identical". This is not the case in the TV version, although the actresses do look very similar.

** Señor Barriga and his son Ñoño are both played by Edgar Vivar
** Doña Florinda and her niece La Popis are both played by Florinda Meza

* A plot point in ''Film/{{Baahubali}}''; Sivudu/Mahendra's resemblance to his father Amarendra makes him instantly recognizable to the people of Mahishmati.

* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':
** The Japanese version of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' has this trope happening with every single "familiar" character in the game, practically falling under GenerationXerox as well, as their personalities and backstories are nearly identical to those of their ancestors. The only major difference? Their names, but even those tended to be blatant offshoots of the originals. Lazy, lazy developers!
*** Also, they didn't have all the depressing, realistic backstories and plots that made the "Wonderful Life" series so unique. [[LighterAndSofter They're happy-go-lucky, with little to no life problems]]. Plus, their personalities are [[{{flanderization}} quite different]] than their ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife A Wonderful Life]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonFriendsOfMineralTown Friends of Mineral Town]]'' grandparents.
*** They also wear the same clothing and wedding clothing as their (great?) grandparents. The bachelors and bachelorettes in ''[=A(N)WL=]'' don't wear wedding attire in-game but they have official art of the latter in wedding dresses. ''DS'' uses these clothes for their weddings.

** Back in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' you were the Identical Grandson of the original protagonist, from the [[VideoGame/HarvestMoon1 SNES game]]. Your bachelorettes look extremely similar to the original ones, minus Karen who only has her grandmother's blonde hair (her bangs).

* The ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3025668/1/Tunnel-Vision Tunnel Vision]]'' features Kim and Ron travelling through various different time periods as a result of a malfunctioning time-travel experiment. When they arrive in the time of the Revolutionary War, they encounter Kim's distant ancestor General Zim Possible, who looks almost exactly like Kim's father James (Zim's great-plus grandson), and his daughter Pim Possible apparently looks exactly like Kim herself (although Pim does not appear in the fic herself). They also run into the ancestors of Bonnie, Drakken and Shego in that time period.

* ''Fanfic/LimpetAU'': In "Driving Lord Vader", Darth Vader reflects on how Jaina looks almost identical to her great-grandmother Shmi.

* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Epel shares his easily recognizable curly lavender hair and blue eyes with his grandmother Marya. It's later revealed that [[IWasQuiteALooker a younger Marya]] essentially resembled Epel in a dress - the photo is a reused design from one of Epel's cards, only with a different outfit.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2's Torna the Golden Country'' expansion introduces Hugo, the emperor of Mor Ardain at the time. During the base game, which takes place five hundred years later, the empire of Mor Ardain is shown to be lead by Niall, who's essentially just a mirrored version of his ancestor with a different outfit on, with the two even sharing the same voice actors. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} however as Hugo dies before siring an heir, meaning that while they share a common ancestor, there is no direct blood relation between him and Niall.]]

* The tour guide at the end of ''Film/UpPompeii'' is also played by Creator/FrankieHowerd, to imply that Lurcio survived the destruction of Pompeii.

* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Epel shares his easily recognizable curly lavender hair and blue eyes with his grandmother Marya. It's later revealed that [[IWasQuiteALooker a younger Marya]] essentially resembled Epel in a dress.

* The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "The Blue Butterfly" features a suspect who looks just like an old picture of his grandfather.

* An old episode of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' once had Shaggy and Scooby exploring an old mansion belonging to Shaggy's family. In a hallway containing numerous family portraits, Shaggy mentions that all of the members in his family have the same nose shape (so he could say [[{{Pun}} "noses run]] in the family"), but the actual pictures show that every member of the Rogers family looks exactly the same as Shaggy. Even the women.

* A Commander Korshal of the Galyari appears in the Creator/BigFinish Franchise/BerniceSummerfield audio drama ''The Bone of Contention'' and the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio drama ''Dreamtime'', voiced in both by Steffan Rhodri. The former is set in the 27th century, the latter thousands of years in the future. According to ''[[UniverseConcordance Ahistory]]'', WordOfGod from Simon A. Forward, who wrote both stories, is that the Galyari aren't ''that'' long-lived, but do pass their names on.

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E4Listen Listen]]", the Doctor and Clara encounter a stranded time traveller named Orson Pink, who looks identical to Clara's LoveInterest Danny Pink and even has Danny's childhood toy passed down through the generations. The episode appears to imply that Orson is Danny and Clara's descendant. However, [[spoiler:after Danny's death]], WordOfGod is that Orson is a lateral descendant, and the toy was given to that side of the family by Clara.

* The ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fic “[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3025668/1/Tunnel-Vision Tunnel Vision]]” features Kim and Ron travelling through various different time periods as a result of a malfunctioning time-travel experiment. When they arrive in the time of the Revolutionary War, they encounter Kim's distant ancestor General Zim Possible, who looks almost exactly like Kim's father James (Zim's great-plus grandson), and his daughter Pim Possible apparently looks exactly like Kim herself (although Pim does not appear in the fic herself). They also run into the ancestors of Bonnie, Drakken and Shego in that time period.
** The spin-off AU "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3859548/10/Bridging-the-Gap Bridging the Gap]]" (which depicts Kim and Ron being stuck in the past between 1903 and 1909) includes Kim and Ron encountering Kim's great-great aunt Mim Possible ("[[Recap/KimPossibleS2E30RewritingHistory Rewriting History]]"), who initially mistakes Ron for her old friend Jon Stoppable while Ron assumes that Mim is Kim until they each clarify the other's identity.

* Dr. Eggman from the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series looks almost exactly like his grandfather, Gerald Robotnik. Eggman Nega, who claims to be Eggman's descendant from the future in ''VideoGame/SonicRivals'' also looks exactly like Eggman, except his mustache is gray and he wears newer clothes.
* This serves to advance the plot in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''. When the group enters the sculptor's house in Nimbus Land they find a statue that looks just like resident BlackMage Mallow. The sculptor tells them it's a statue of [[spoiler:King Nimbus as a kid. Which makes everyone realize Mallow is the legitimate prince of Nimbus Land and that the one presented by Valentina is a fake]].

* Subversion: if Jimbo and Sully from ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Contra III: The Alien Wars]]'' looked way too much like Bill and Lance from the original arcade/NES games, that's because they ''are'' Bill and Lance. In the Japanese continuity, the series always took place in the future, so there was never any need to change main characters, but in the original American continuity the earlier games were moved from the future to the present, forcing the [[DubNameChange name change]] for the main characters when the SNES installment kept the futuristic setting.

-->'''Cedric''': That's the Duke of Warren, your unfortunate grandfather. You have his chin.

** In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Enver Gjokaj appeared as a minor police officer character before landing his role as Daniel Sousa in ''Series/AgentCarter''. The showrunners have joked that the cop could be Sousa's grandson.
** Laura Haddock plays Star-Lord's mother Meredith in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', but she also appeared in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' as a random Captain America fangirl asking him for an autograph. Creator/JamesGunn later decided on a whim that they were mother and daughter.

* On ''Series/Bloodline2015'', the Rayburns are amazed by how much Nolan looks like his father Danny. This may be because the same actor (Creator/OwenTeague) plays Young Danny in flashbacks.

* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'' has Newton Pulsifer, played by Creator/JackWhitehall, and a flashback to Newton's ancestor Witchfinder Major Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery Pulsifer, also played by Whitehall with 1600s garb and an old-fashioned accent.

--> '''Clerk:''' ''(Looking at Charlie's ID)'' This doesn't look like you.
--> '''Martin:''' It did when I came in here…

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': Notice that Gargamel's mother [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/smurfs/images/2/23/Gargamelsmother.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090804021812 looks exactly like him]]. Also, in season 9 with the Smurfs traveling in time, they find several identical ancestors of both Gargamel and Azrael in Egypt, Rome, and Scotland, among others.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has Jonas Venture Jr., who inherited his father's handsome rugged looks and intellect despite living inside his fraternal twin brother's torso as an absorbed fetus for over 40 years (which resulted in his undeveloped body). In contrast to Thaddeus, who is the antithesis of their father.

* An old episode of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' once had Shaggy and Scooby exploring an old mansion belonging to Shaggy's family. In a hallway containing numerous family portraits, Shaggy mentions that all of the members in his family have the same nose shape (so he could say [[{{Pun}} "noses run]] in the family"), but the actual pictures show that every member of the Rogers family looks exactly the same as Shaggy. Even the women.

* The ancestor that Film/ForrestGump was named after (KKK founder Nathan Bedford Forrest) is also played by Creator/TomHanks; [[DeathSeeker Lieutenant Dan's]] ancestors are ''all'' played by Creator/GarySinise.
** Same goes for all of Bubba's maternal ancestors from the mid-19th century to his mother. However, it's likely that all of the scenes these ancestors appear in show just [[UnreliableNarrator how Forrest imagines them]], not how they really looked like.

** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Thomas Wayne looks exactly like his son, with the addition of a mustache. And [[ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} sometimes]] [[ComicBook/Earth2 not even that]].

** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

** ''ComicBook/Agent13'': Sharon Carter looks identical to Peggy Carter, a hero of World War II and member of the French Resistance. Originally, the two were sisters but were retconned to be aunt and niece to ease timeline issues.

** ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2016'': Issue #36 of the second run shows a flashback to 1257 focusing on Kamala's ancestor, Kamilah of Samarkand, who's the spitting image of her 21st Century descendant. The sequence also shows counterparts to Kamala's closest friends, such as the Italian knight Sir Brunello (identical to Bruno Carelli, down to an implied crush on Kamilah), Sir Josuah (Josh), and Lady Zoë (Zoe Zimmer); while these aren't stated to actually be their counterparts' ancestors, they look identical to them and share their personalities.

** Laura Haddock plays Star-Lord's mother Meredith in the ''Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' films, but she also appeared in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' as a random Captain America fangirl asking him for an autograph. Creator/JamesGunn later decided on a whim that they were mother and daughter.

* Vic and Vic Jr. (who was multiple generations removed) in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' use identical models and voice actors. This is played for laughs more than anything else. [[spoiler:Later seasons strongly imply that not only was Vic Jr. actually just Vic being deceptive but that Vic wasn't even human. Later confirmed that VIC is an AI created to oversee the simulation troopers. He was originally serious and businesslike, until Agent Florida (a.k.a. Captain Butch Flowers) accidentally knocked out his power cable, resulting in data corruption and personality changes.]]

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2's Torna the Golden Country'' expansion introduces Hugo, the emperor of Mor Ardain at the time. During the base game, which takes place five hundred years later, the empire of Mor Ardain is shown to be lead by Niall, who's essentially just a mirrored version of his ancestor with a different outfit on, with the two even sharing the same voice actors. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} however as Niall dies before siring an heir, meaning that while they share a common ancestor there is no direct blood relation between him and Hugo.]]