* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':  Each of the four kids grows up in a household with one.
** John's dad is obsessed with [[strike:clowns]] harlequins. The house is covered with harlequin pictures and, yes, figurines. He was given a restraining order by the cast of Cirque du Soleil.  It turns out, though, that this collection was part of a misguided attempt to connect with John [[spoiler:who had been scribbling pictures of harlequins insulting him all over his walls in his sleep thanks to Gamzee cursing him to have nightmares about them]].
*** [[spoiler:In the Beta universe, Jane's version of Dad collects hard-boiled private-eye memorabilia in a more successful attempt to bond with her.]]
** Rose's mother collects wizard figurines.  Rose is convinced that this is part of their PassiveAggressiveKombat and that she doesn't even like them.  [[spoiler:Turns out that she does like wizards, or at least her post-Scratch counterpart does.]]
** Dave's brother is obsessed with puppets, and their apartment is filled with ventriloquist dummies, muppet-like stuffed and foam dolls, etc.  He even runs a collection of puppet porn sites.  However, Bro Strider is such a master of esoteric levels of {{Irony}} that it's impossible to tell whether the line between "being creepily into puppets" and satire of the them even exists.  Dave pretends to be cool with this.  [[spoiler:Dirk, Bro's beta-universe counterpart, has pretty much the same collection with some [=SB&HJ=] merchandise of Dave's tossed in.]]
** Jade's grandfather's... everything.  From mummies, to stuffed animals (and monsters), to collections of faded blue salon posters, to globes, to suits of armor, etc., etc.

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