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* On the soap opera ''{{One Life to Live}}'', a one-month story arc in 1988 sent Clint Buchanan back to 1888, where he nearly [[MyOwnGrampa married his wife's great-grandmother]]. Thankfully, she manages to follow him back in time just in time to stop the wedding.
* The ending of the last ep of ''LoisAndClark'' was a setup for this trope.

* Nobita from ''{{Doraemon}}'' basically does Dane Cook's stand up joke from above in an early 90's episode to his parents, who had just had him as a baby, except with less twisted intentions. But hey, might as well warn them their kid's going to grow up into a (ten-year-old) loser, right? Though of course he might've cursed himself this way...

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': Marty [=McFly=] is the kid from the future. He's also the main character and accidentally nearly prevents his own parents from getting together in the first place.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': Marty travels back to 1955 again.
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'': Marty travels even further into the past and meets his ancestors, thus making him a Great-Great-Grandkid from the Future.

* Alba from ''TheTimeTravelersWife'' (approximately--she appears after Henry and Clare are married but when they think they can't have kids, and Henry comes forward in time to see her about as much as she goes back to see him).

* Alexander Rojenko does this in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. [[spoiler: Due to having grown up to be a pacifist and diplomat, his perceived weakness lead to him nearly being assassinated by political rivals, with Worf TakingTheBullet. He traveled back to convince his younger self to become a warrior as his father had wanted, but when this plan fails, he attempts to kill his younger self to ensure that future never came to be. Worf luckily convinces him that the future is not set in stone and even if he pursues the path of peace, it is something [[SoProudOfYou he would be proud of]].]]

* In the movie ''Film/BackToTheFuture,'' Marty [=McFly=] is the kid from the future. He's also the main character and accidentally nearly prevents his own parents from getting together in the first place.
** And in the sequel, Marty travels back to 1955 again.
** And in the second sequel, Marty travels even further into the past and meets his ancestors, thus making him a Great-Great-Grandkid from the Future.
* Lampshaded in ''GuestFromTheFuture'' when Alisa jokes to Yulia "Maybe I'm your granddaughter."
* The 2011 film, ''Enter Nowhere'' [[spoiler: has a child from the future, grandchild from the future, and a great-grandchild from the future. Tom is Jody's son, Jody is Samantha's daughter, and Samantha is Hans's daughter.]]

** We later meet him in Act 6, where it turns out [[spoiler:Jade is his grandmother - except it's an AlternateUniverse version of Jade. And J's counterpart in the original universe was Jade's grandfather... who was also her genetic father.]]

* ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has inspired many fanfics that use this trope, such as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782902/1/KND_Operation_Meet this example]]. These fanfics tend to involve future KND Operatives meeting the present-day KND via time travel, or the present-day KND time-traveling and meeting future KND Operatives.

It must be the Kid from the Future here to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong! A child the characters have yet to have has traveled back in time to save their parents for some reason. Great for pairing up characters who have yet to even show any interest in each other since now they must get together BecauseDestinySaysSo. Also a way of working in a DistantFinale into the plot of what has already come along.

* Wilbur Robinson from the film ''MeetTheRobinsons''. It wasn't really the ''plan'', but his actions do end up connecting Lewis with his family.

** ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' episode "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith" uses [[RecycledScript the same plot]], incorporating both Kid and Grandkid from the Future.

* ''[[WalkyVerse It's Walky!]]'' has Bobby 'Machete' Walkerton[[http://www.walkypedia.com/index.php/Bobby_Walkerton]].
* In ''{{Narbonic}}'', [[spoiler:Dave]] and [[spoiler:Helen]]'s child abuses her parents' [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Universe-consuming]] time machine ("We siphon it from universes where they probably don't want to exist as much") to [[spoiler:spy on her parents before they got married -- and arguably creates a StableTimeLoop by convincing Dave to get back with Helen, a decision without which she wouldn't have been conceived]].
** Similarly, in ''UmlautHouse'', Rhonda goes into the past to [[spoiler:settle an argument with Pierce, who follows her to keep her from meddling in the past (as it happens, he shouldn't have bothered)]].

* Todd from ''GeneralProtectionFault''.
* Vivio in the ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' FanWebComic by [[http://www.q-ice.com/ Q-Ice]], [[JerkAss who mostly did it to]] [[http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4199/nano104trwg1.jpg screw]] [[http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9425/nano105tryy0.jpg around]] [[HasTwoMommies with her mothers]].
* [[spoiler: John]] Taylor from CogaSuro, in a direct homage to [[DragonballZ Trunks]]

* In ''SoreThumbs'', Fairbanks' son had come from the future [[http://sorethumbs.keenspot.com/d/20110214.html in this strip.]]

* ''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'''s space arc has a variation: Morgan has been brought forward in time to serve as Merlin's apprentice. While there, she and Arthur conceive a child, not realizing that they're [[BrotherSisterIncest half-siblings]]. When Merlin finds out, he returns Morgan to the past and she gives birth to Mordred... who in the present day is already serving aboard the ''Excalibur'' and doesn't know any of this. Also, Morgan met Squire Mordred while on the ''Excalibur'', and was so imprssed by his ambition, she [[StableTimeLoop named her son after him]].

* In the comic [[http://transypoo.com/comic/ Transypoo!]] Acey's daughter from the future, [[http://transypoo.com/comic/?p=48 Jo Smit]], goes back in time, seemingly, to provide futuristic armor to the main cast, and possibly just to have fun.

* This is the only way to rationalize {{original character}}s in ProfessionalWrestling fanfics that are the sons and daughters of wrestlers who barely half-double their age and whose stories are unironically set in "present-day" timelines.

* Another case of the lead being the child is the current BoosterGold series, in which his distant ancestors are recurring characters. Booster explicitly references Marty [=McFly=] at one point.

* In ''RedPandaAdventures'', [[spoiler:The Red Squirrel]] reveals in her first appearance that [[spoiler: The Flying Squirrel]] was her great-grandmother, but it's not until later that she also confirms that [[spoiler:The Red Panda]] was her great-grandfather, since she didn't want to affect the timeline by interfering in the WillTheyOrWontThey.

* Then, Hyperstorm came. Who is Hyperstorm? Child of [[FantasticFour Franklin Richards]] and [[XMen Rachel Summers]] in the ''Days of the Future Past'' alternate future. Yes, The two families who did it most in the Marvel Universe are now mixed together!

* ''InazumaEleven 3: the Ogre'' features Endou Kanon, a kid from the future who try to stop an evil organization that tries to get rid of Kanon's great great grandfather, Endou Mamoru, and his Japanese international soccer team.

* ''InazumaEleven 3: the Orge'' features Endou Kanon, a kid from the future who try to stop an evil organization that tries to get rid of Kanon's great great grandfather, Endou Mamoru, and his Japanese international soccer team.

* Trunks from ''Manga/DragonBall''. In his case, his parents might have had two scenes together at that point and his mother had been with a different guy for about ten years. Goku's reaction is [[FaceFault shock and disbelief]]. Neither of his parents actually know who Future Trunks really is until after they've gotten together, as neither Goku nor Piccolo (who overheard due to his superior hearing) said anything.

** Valeria Richards made her first appearance as a time-traveling teenager before Sue became pregnant with her.

* Then, Hyperstorm came. Who is Hyperstorm? Child of Franklin Richards and Rachel Summers in the ''Days of the Future Past'' alternate future. Yes, The two families who did it most in the Marvel Universe are now mixed together!

** Clarification as to the original plan for Chris' origin: [[spoiler:Chris was supposed to be Phoebe and Cole's son from the future, that was supposed to give Phoebe a reason to have hope for her then unfortunate luck in romance. It makes sense given his original actions earlier in the season - he had strong connections to demons and moved around in the underworld to access magic that would protect his identity from the Charmed Ones. The pressure was really on to identify whose kid he was after Holly Marie Combs became pregnant though, and it's incredibly fortunate that the series hadn't revealed Chris' origins beforehand for the writers' sake.]]

* ''UruseiYatsura'' uses a variation of this in chapter 11. Ataru tries to avoid arriving late to school by using time travel, but he ends up 12 years in the future and meets up with his son.

* Multiple instances with variation in the SummersFamilyTree of ComicBook/XMen fame.

** ComicBook/{{Cable}} is a variation on this. He's the son of Scott Summers and Madeline Pryor (a clone of Jean Grey). He was actually born in the present (now past), but was taken to the future by the Mother Askani (actually future-future Rachel, his half-sister/genetic full sister). No, not the future she came from, another further distant future. There he gets cloned and grows up, later coming back as Cable to a period not long after he was born (but before he was taken to the future). His clone Stryfe follows him back.

** Nate Grey (a.k.a. ComicBook/XMan) looks like this, but is not from the future: he's from the present of an alternate timeline, where he was genetically engineered from Scott and Jean's genetic material and given a PlotRelevantAgeUp. He eventually wound up in the main timeline.

* This is the whole point of the LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya fic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6254986/1/The_Anagram_of_Suzumiya_Kurumi The Anagram of Suzumiya Kurumi]]. Notably, it is ''much'' more of a MindScrew than it seems at first, due to ridiculous amounts of time-travel-related AnachronicOrder.

* MyLittlePony Fanfic ''FanFic/{{Hands}}'' by Andrew Joshua Talon has an unresolved LoveTriangle between a human, Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle. In the TimeTravelEpisode after those three agree that {{Stable Time Loop}}s are useless and cause only problems they get back to discussing how to resolve their Love Triangle. Seconds later two half human hybrids colored like Twilight Sparkle AND Fluttershy respectively arrive via Time Travel to tell their parents to just get a move on. [[spoiler: They are actually [[PhysicalGod Princess Luna]] and [[FunPersonified Pinkie Pie]] who traveled back from later that day to prank them.]]

** Clarification as to the original plan for Chris' origin: [[spoiler:Chris was supposed to be Phoebe and Cole's son from the future, that was supposed to give Phoebe a reason to have hope for her then unfortunate luck in romance. It makes sense given his original actions earlier in the season - he had strong connections to demons and moved around in the underworld to access magic that would protect his identity from the Charmed Ones. The pressure was really on to identify whose kid he was after Holly Marie Combs became pregnant though, and it's incredibly fortunate that the series hadn't revealed Chris' origins beforehand for the writers' sake]]
* Alexander Rojenko does this in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. [[spoiler: Due to having grown up to be a pacifist and diplomat, his perceived weakness lead to him nearly being assassinated by political rivals, with Worf TakingTheBullet. He travelled back to convince his younger self to become a warrior as his father had wanted, but when this plan fails, he attempts to kill his younger self to ensure that future never came to be. Worf luckily convinces him that the future is not set in stone and even if he pursues the path of peace, it is something [[SoProudOfYou he would be proud of]]]].

** Given the series's parallels to ''DBZ''... Shadow and Amy?
*** Shadow and Sonic's daughter/granddaughter/etc. because why not