History Main / QuirkyHousehold

* Although with only two members, they don't make as dramatic a showing as some examples listed above, arguably the Koiwais from ''[[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba&!]]''. Certainly, in his way Dad is nearly as quirky as Yotsuba, if more laid-back about it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'', the Robinson family includes a patriarch with a smiley face drawn on the back of his head who always wears his clothes backwards (but claims his head is backwards) and his wife, a retired DitzyGenius who loves dancing (called "baking cookies"). He has two brothers, one of whom is big and fat and needs to be fed lest disaster strike and married to a train enthusiast with very large model trains, the other of whom is a HenpeckedHusband married to a ventriloquist dummy with two adult children who act like fighting kids, a sister who wears a giant skyscraper hat and a brother who flies around painting on everything. Their son invented almost everything anyone uses and his wife spent most of her life teaching frogs to dance, sing, and play instruments. She has two brothers, one of whom is a cannon enthusiast (both using and being shot out of, actually racing at one point with his train enthusiast in-law) and one of whom delivers pizza dressed as a superhero in a UFO. Their son is fairly ordinary in comparison but still managed to leave the garage door open so that one of the two family time machines got stolen. There's also a robot, a butler who is a giant squid, and two random twins (apparently unrelated to everyone else) who live in the flower pots on the stoop and compete for doorbell rings. They also apparently have food fights at the dinner table a lot, cheer and toast when people fail, and have a very difficult to navigate house. Still, they are one of the most functional loving families ever.

* At many points, the cast of SluggyFreelance.
* [[WeirdnessMagnet Bob,]] [[HotScientist Jean,]] [[CuteMonsterGirl Molly,]] and [[UglyCute Snookums]] in ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' Could probably expand it to include [[CuteMonsterGirl Galatea,]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Auntie Voluptua,]] and [[OurGiantsAreBigger Djali.]]
* The Verres family of Webcomic/ElGoonishShive, consisting of two shapeshifters (One an adopted [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent weresquirrel]] with enormous magical power, the other a {{ChivalrousPervert}}ed MadScientist who causes oodles of GenderBending.) is the most noticeable example. Far more subtly is the Dunkel household, which is fairly normal other than having an OppositeSexClone of the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Elliot, and the fact that the parents show almost no concern (compared to most people) when their son [[GenderBender randomly changes sex]] or breaks into a government installation and brings back a [[OppositeSexClone said mysterious twin sister.]] They just give a lecture then offer their kids brownies. It gets really, really weird after a while.

* The River family from ''{{Irregular Elis}}''. A Spanish webcomic about a [[{{Badass Family}} Badass Family]] of [[{{superhero}} "Superheroes"]] with a lot of Hanna-Barbera influence.

* In WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons, the Robinson family includes a patriarch with a smiley face drawn on the back of his head who always wears his clothes backwards (but claims his head is backwards) and his wife, a retired DitzyGenius who loves dancing (called "baking cookies"). He has two brothers, one of whom is big and fat and needs to be fed lest disaster strike and married to a train enthusiast with very large model trains, the other of whom is a HenpeckedHusband married to a ventriloquist dummy with two adult children who act like fighting kids, a sister who wears a giant skyscraper hat and a brother who flies around painting on everything. Their son invented almost everything anyone uses and his wife spent most of her life teaching frogs to dance, sing, and play instruments. She has two brothers, one of whom is a cannon enthusiast (both using and being shot out of, actually racing at one point with his train enthusiast in-law) and one of whom delivers pizza dressed as a superhero in a UFO. Their son is fairly ordinary in comparison but still managed to leave the garage door open so that one of the two family time machines got stolen. There's also a robot, a butler who is a giant squid, and two random twins (apparently unrelated to everyone else) who live in the flower pots on the stoop and compete for doorbell rings. They also apparently have food fights at the dinner table a lot, cheer and toast when people fail, and have a very difficult to navigate house. Still, they are one of the most functional loving families ever.

* In WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons, the Robinson family includes a patriarch with a smiley face drawn on the back of his head who always wears his clothes backwards (but claims his head is backwards) and his wife, a retired DitzyGenius who loves dancing (called "baking cookies"). He has two brothers, one of whom is big and fat and needs to be fed lest disaster strike and married to a train enthusiast with very large model trains, the other of whom is a HenpeckedHusband married to a VentriloquistDummy with two adult children who act like fighting kids, a sister who wears a giant skyscraper hat and a brother who flies around painting on everything. Their son invented almost everything anyone uses and his wife spent most of her life teaching frogs to dance, sing, and play instruments. She has two brothers, one of whom is a cannon enthusiast (both using and being shot out of, actually racing at one point with his train enthusiast in-law) and one of whom delivers pizza dressed as a superhero in a UFO. Their son is fairly ordinary in comparison but still managed to leave the garage door open so that one of the two family time machines got stolen. There's also a robot, a butler who is a giant squid, and two random twins (apparently unrelated to everyone else) who live in the flower pots on the stoop and compete for doorbell rings. They also apparently have food fights at the dinner table a lot, cheer and toast when people fail, and have a very difficult to navigate house. Still, they are one of the most functional loving families ever.

* The titular Robinsons from the Disney movie {{Meet the Robinsons}}.

* The Furukawa family from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' featuring a kind mother who is a [[LethalChef lethal baker]], a HotDad who is still a kid inside and a shy but cute daughter who's somewhat of an airhead.

* The Threepwood Household at ''Literature/BlandingsCastle'': The dithering Earl of Emsworth, his long-suffering sister Angela, the HypercompetentSidekick Beach and the Ditzy Freddie (occasionally bordering on the DitzyGenius) and the TeamPet, the Empress Of Blandings.

* The Threepwood Household at ''Literature/BlandingsCastle'', the dithering Earl of Emsworth, his long-suffering sister Angela, the HypercompetentSidekick Beach and the Ditzy Freddie (occasionally bordering on the DitzyGenius) and the TeamPet, the Empress Of Blandings.

** The Threepwood Household at ''Literature/BlandingsCastle'', the dithering Earl of Emsworth, his long-suffering sister Angela, the HypercompetentSidekick Beach and the Ditzy Freddie (occasionally bordering on the DitzyGenius) and the TeamPet, the Empress Of Blandings.

** The Threepwood Household at ''Literature/BlandingsCastle'', the dithering Earl of Emsworth, his long-suffering sister Angela, the HypercompetentSidekick Beach and the Ditzy Freddie (occasionally bordering on the GenuisDitz) and the TeamPet, the Empress Of Blandings.

** The Threepwood Household at ''Literature/BlandingsCastle'', the dithering Earl of Emsworth, his long-suffering sister Angela, the HypercompetentSidekick Beach and the Ditzy Freddie (occasionally bordering on the DitzyGenuis) and the TeamPet, the Empress Of Blandings.
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->''That was this family's specialty: strange conversations.''
-->-- '''Tomoya to Mei Sunohara''', regarding the Furukawa household following a conversation about who Nagisa would allow to check for a nonexistent scar on her butt, ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}''

* The main cast of ''KyouranKazokuNikki'' is the perfect example of this.

* The Furukawa family from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' featuring a [[HotMom kind mother]] who is a [[LethalChef lethal baker]], a HotDad who is still a kid inside and a shy but cute daughter who's somewhat of an airhead.

* The Cassons of ''Saffy's Angel'' and its sequels.

* ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability--Often in [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover multifandom]] RolePlayingGames on [=LiveJournal=], characters will form together in a (very quirky) band of TrueCompanions depending on where they live. For example, the game ''Polychromatic'' has characters from ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', ''ChronoCrusade'', and ''CountCain'' among others that have settled in a building known as "The Opera House". The result is a chaotic but tightly-knit group of character that often treat each other like family. (Poly has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, so this is just one example of many.)

* Tom, Dick, Harry and Sally. [[ThirdRockFromTheSun On Earth]].

* ''The Crosovers'', who buck the idea that the QuirkyHousehold residents don't need to worry about TheMasquerade, because every member of the family is maintaining a ''[[FantasyKitchenSink different]]'' Masquerade. Dad's a FlyingBrick superhero, mom's a vampire [[TheHunter hunter]], the BrattyTeenageDaughter is a SwordAndSorcery heroine, and her kid brother is communicating with TheGreys.

* The ''Moomin'' family, from the childrens' book series by Tove Jansson.

* The Cassons of ''Saffy's Angel'' and it's sequels.

** If they qualify, then they're normal compared to the Lovegood Household.

* Series/TheAddamsFamily was mentioned above, but their knockoffs TheMunsters (and The Gruesomes on ''TheFlintstones'') qualify as well.

* The Verres family of Webcomic/ElGoonishShive, consisting of two shapeshifters (One an adopted [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent weresquirrel]] with enormous magical power, the other a {{ChivalrousPervert}}ed MadScientist who causes oodles of GenderBending.) is the most noticeable example. Far more subtly is the Dunkel household which is fairly normal other than having an OppositeSexClone of the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Elliot, and the fact that the parents show almost no concern (compared to most people) when their son [[GenderBender randomly changes sex]] or breaks into a government installation and bringing back a [[OppositeSexClone said mysterious twin sister.]] They just give a lecture then offer their kids brownies. It gets really, really weird after a while.

* The River family from ''{{Irregular Elis}}''. A spanish webcomic about a [[{{Badass Family}} Badass Family]] of [[{{superhero}} "Superheroes"]] with a lot of Hanna-Barbera influence.

* The Flyn-Fletcher Family from PhineasAndFerb. A father whose an expert on random and obscure antiques, a mother who was once a one-hit-wonder, a semi-neurotic teenage girl who likes screaming at cheese, a pet [[EverythingsBetterWithPlatypi platypus]] whose secretly a special agent, and two brothers who do ''everything''.

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* ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability--Often in [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover multifandom]] RolePlayingGames on [=LiveJournal=], characters will form together in a (very quirky) band of TrueCompanions depending on where they live. For example, the game ''Polychromatic'' has characters from ''PrincessTutu'', ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', ''ChronoCrusade'', and ''CountCain'' among others that have settled in a building known as "The Opera House". The result is a chaotic but tightly-knit group of character that often treat each other like family. (Poly has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, so this is just one example of many.)

* In ''Unstrung Heroes'': young Steven Lidz' home, to a lesser extent. '''Especially''' quirky, however: the labyrinthine apartment (filled with hoarded junk) in which he lives with his [[CloudCuckoolander eccentric uncles]] for awhile, after his [[IncurableCoughOfDeath mother's illness]] exacerbates the awkwardness of Steven's relationship with his father. Franz--actually Steven, now rechristened by his uncles; ItMakesSenseInContext--undergoes an disorienting yet often enjoyable identity crisis. Then, as it turns out, at least one of his uncles is a bit [[SanitySlippage more than merely eccentric]]. Franz must navigate between his uncles' pride in their heritage (complicated by imagined anti-Semitism lurking everywhere), and his [[ForScience inventor father's 100% materialist]] (i.e. anti-spiritual) worldview.

* The Flyn-Fletcher Family from PhineasAndFerb. A father whose an expert on random and obscure antiques, a mother who was once a one-hit-wonder, a semi-neurotic teenage girl who likes screaming at cheese, a pet [[EverythingsBetterWithPlatypus platypus]] whose secretly a special agent, and two brothers who do ''everything''.
* The Cake household in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. For one thing, [[CloudCuckooLander Pinkie]] [[CrazyAwesome Pie]] is part of it. There's also Mr. and Mrs. Cake's precocious foals Pound Cake (a pegasus) and Pumpkin Cake (a unicorn), and Pinkie's toothless pet alligator [[TheComicallySerious Gummy]].

* The Jamesen-Larssen family in ''TheSlaveBreakers'' - of the seven regular members, only two are actually related, and [[{{Everybody Has Lots of Sex}} almost everyone else is]] [[{{Sex is Good}} having sex with each other]] - not to mention the near-constant parade of trainees in and out of the house, who must also be sexed up pretty often. They make it work.