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* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' appear to be a nice suburban family. Little do their neighbors know that [[spoiler: they are actually superheroes who have to keep their superpowers a secret to avoid lawsuits]].

* The Higashikata household from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'' is this. While the family patriarch, Norisuke IV, is relatively normal (or at least, as normal as you can get in a series like ''[[WorldOfWeirdness JoJo]]''), the family also consist of his children, BeetleManiac [[spoiler:and possible BigBad]] Jobin, BrainlessBeauty Hato, {{Jerkass}} ButtMonkey Joshu, blind {{Yandere}} Daiya, Jobin's wife, [[VanityisFeminine Beauty Obsessed]] Mitsuba, their son, CreepyChild Tsurugi, and NinjaMaid Kyo. Over the course of the Part, they gain new members in the form of the Part's protagonist, AmnesiacHero Josuke, a Rock Animal and the TokenHeroicOrc of the Rock Creatures, Iwasuke, and Norisuke's ex-wife, BlackSheep Kaato.

* 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]].

* This describes the ''Literature/{{Barbapapa}}'' family perfectly; a group of multi-colored [[BlobMonster blob monsters]] who can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting voluntarily shapeshift]] into anything they want to, and all with their different quirks. There's Barbabravo, a red jock sports fan and amateur KidDetective; Barbabright, a blue scientist; Barbazoo, a yellow fan of animals; Barbabeau, the only furry one and a black painter; Barbalala, a green calm musician; Barbabelle, a purple narcissistic beauty queen; and Barbalib, an orange intelligent bookworm. And that's without mentioning Frank and Cindy, or the many (though relatively normal) dogs and other animals that the [[BigGood kind, caring family]] keep around them.

* This describes the ''Literature/{{Barbapapa}}'' family perfectly; a group of multi-colored [[BlobMonster blob monsters]] who can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting voluntarily shapeshift]] into anything they want to, and all with their different quirks. There's Barbabravo, a red jock sports fan; Barbabright, a blue scientist; Barbazoo, a yellow fan of animals; Barbabeau, the only furry one and a black painter; Barbalala, a green calm musician; Barbabelle, a purple narcissistic beauty queen; and Barbalib, an orange intelligent bookworm. And that's without mentioning Frank and Cindy, or the many (though relatively normal) dogs and other animals that the [[BigGood kind, caring family]] keep around them.

*** Likewise [[TheGoodChancellor Algrim]] has developed two separate routines -in the same way that animals can predict upcoming thunderstorms, he can predict Royal Family arguments and explosions with incredible accuracy. When Harry is about to [[CallingTheOldManOut explode at Odin for not getting him out of the Dursleys]], Algrim is noted to select a ''particularly'' heavy desk. Likewise, whenever he leaves a room whee Loki (or latterly, Tony and Bruce) are experimenting, he steps outside, counts to eight, then ducks into the nearest alcove. Cue explosion.

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[[caption-width-right:350:That's not even counting the robot, the rest of the frogs, and that Tyrannosaurus Rex they recently adopted.]]

May overlap with CreepyFamily. Likely part of the natural growth of a PrettyFreeloaders group. For a larger grouping, see QuirkyTown, or WackyHomeroom.

May overlap with CreepyFamily. Likely part of the natural growth of a PrettyFreeloaders group. For a larger grouping, see QuirkyTown.

* The Avengers household is very much one of these in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm.'' They're a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, each with quite a few psychological issues, and a FamilyOfChoice, kept more or less in order by TeamMom Pepper Potts. It gets to the point where explosions, Tony running around screaming and half-naked, or [[BadassCrew the Warriors Three]] performing an impromptu rendition of Mambo Number Five is just another day in the life.
** The Royal Household of Asgard, though it's less obviously quirky, is also this trope-Loki mentions that his parents didn't care what he and Thor kept in their rooms as long as nothing ate the servants, and all unusual smells and explosions were kept within the room. [[TheGoodChancellor Algrim]] has developed a routine-in the same way that animals can predict upcoming thunderstorms, he can predict Royal Family arguments and explosions with incredible accuracy. When Harry is about to [[CallingTheOldManOut explode at Odin for not getting him out of the Dursleys]], Algrim is noted to select a ''particularly'' heavy desk.

* This describes the ''Literature/{{Barbapapa}}'' family perfectly; a group of multi-colored [[BlobMonster blob monsters]] who can volunteeringly shapeshift into anything they want to, and all with their different quirks. There's Barbabravo, a red jock sports fan; Barbabright, a blue scientist; Barbazoo, a yellow fan of animals; Barbabeau, the only furry one and a black painter; Barbalala, a green calm musician; Barbabelle, a purple narcissistic beauty queen; and Barbalib, an orange intelligent bookworm.

* The Higashikata household from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'' is this. While the family patriarch, Norisuke IV, is relatively normal (or at least, as normal as you can get in a series like [[WorldOfHam JoJo]]), the family also consist of his children, BeetleManiac [[spoiler:and possible BigBad]] Jobin, BrainlessBeauty Hato, {{Jerkass}} ButtMonkey Joshu, blind {{Yandere}} Daiya, Jobin's wife, [[VanityisFeminine Beauty Obsessed]] Mitsuba, their son, CreepyChild Tsurugi, and NinjaMaid Kyo. Over the course of the Part, they gain new members in the form of the Part's protagonist, AmnesiacHero Josuke, a Rock Animal and the TokenHeroicOrc of the Rock Creatures, Iwasuke, and Norisuke's ex-wife, BlackSheep Kaato.

* In ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'', one by one Reborn, Lambo, Bianchi, I-Pin, and Futa all freeload off of Tsuna.

* The Avengers household is very much one of these in ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm.'' They're a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, each with quite a few psychological issues, and a FamilyOfChoice, kept more or less in order by TeamMom Pepper Potts. It gets to the point where explosions, Tony running around screaming and half-naked, or [[BadassCrew the Warriors Three]] performing an impromptu rendition of Mambo Number Five is just another day in the life.

%%* The Kurata family in ''Manga/KodomoNoOmocha''.

* The Higashikata household from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'' is this. While the family patriarch, Norisuke IV, is relatively normal (or at least, as normal as you can get in a series like [[WorldofHam JoJo]]), the family also consist of his children, BeetleManiac [[spoiler:and possible BigBad]] Jobin, BrainlessBeauty Hato, {{Jerkass}} ButtMonkey Joshu, blind {{Yandere}} Daiya, Jobin's wife, [[VanityisFeminine Beauty Obsessed]] Mitsuba, their son, CreepyChild Tsurugi, and NinjaMaid Kyo. Over the course of the Part, they gain new members in the form of the Part's protagonist, AmnesiacHero Josuke, a Rock Animal and the TokenHeroicOrc of the Rock Creatures, Iwasuke, and Norisuke's ex-wife, BlackSheep Kaato.

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* ''The Crossovers'', 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 VampireHunter, the BrattyTeenageDaughter is a SwordAndSorcery heroine, and her kid brother is communicating with TheGreys.

* The Bagthorpe family in ''Literature/TheBagthorpeSaga'' almost all have one or more screws loose - from arrogant, misanthrophic disaster magnet Mr Bagthorpe to [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes advice-giver to all but her own family]] Mrs Bagthorpe to the three teenage/pre-teen {{Insufferable Genius}}es that are William, Tess, and Rosie to their [[EnfantTerrible 4-year-old cousin and vortex of destruction Daisy Parker,]] comic mayhem is never far away thanks to their self-absorption and not being quite as clever as they like to think. Unsurprisingly, the books are mostly told from the bemused perspective of the OnlySaneMan among them: 12-year-old "Ordinary" Jack Bagthorpe.

* The Bagthorpe family in the Bagthorpe Saga.

* The Polaris Dorm in ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'' are full of weird people. Soma is a CordonBleughChef who enjoys deliberately cooking horrible dishes for the lulz, Isshiki is a weirdo who likes [[NakedPeopleAreFunny walking around in the buildings in very minimal clothing]], Yuuki raises her own animals in the backyard, Ryoko brews wine during her free time, Ibusaki smokes food in his room, Marui is a hopeless ButtMonkey, while ThoseTwoGuys frequently bicker with each other for any reason. Really, the only "normal" person in the household is Megumi.

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* In ''Disney/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.

* [[WeirdnessMagnet Bob,]] [[HotScientist Jean,]] [[CuteMonsterGirl Molly,]] and [[UglyCute Snookums]] in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' Could probably expand it to include [[CuteMonsterGirl Galatea,]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Auntie Voluptua,]] and [[OurGiantsAreBigger Djali.]]

* The Higashikata household from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'' is this. While the family patriarch, Norisuke IV, is relatively normal (or at least, as normal as you can get in a series like [[WorldofHam JoJo]]), the family also consist of his children, [[BeetleManiac Beetle Maniac]] [[spoiler:and possible {{Big Bad}}]] Jobin, {{Brainless Beauty}} Hato, {{Jerkass}} [[ButtMonkey Butt-Monkey]] Joshu, blind {{Yandere}} Daiya, Jobin's wife, [[VanityisFeminine Beauty Obsessed]] Mitsuba, their son, [[CreepyChild Creepy Child]] Tsurugi, and [[NinjaMaid Ninja Maid]] Kyo.

* The Chan family, in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', have a rather strong sense of this, consisting of a twelve year old who can sneak in anywhere with almost ninja-like efficiency (whether she's wanted or not), a grumpy, snarky old witchdoctor, a former sumo wrestler turned villainous Tank, turned GentleGiant chi wizard in training and a rather stressed out archaeologist with a knowledge of martial arts as good as... well, he's Jackie Chan, you do the math.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lincoln Loud is a fairly average kid who happens to be [[MassiveNumberedSiblings the middle of eleven children]], [[OutnumberedSibling the rest of whom are girls]]. There's [[BigSisterBully bossy oldest sister Lori]], [[KindheartedSimpleton the sweet but ditzy Leni]], [[TheRockStar would-be rock star Luna]], [[ThePrankster would-be comedienne Luan]], [[PassionateSportsGirl athletic Lynn]], [[{{Goth}} pre-teen goth girl Lucy]], [[PolarOppositeTwins the twins, tomboyish Lana and child pageant starlet Lola]], [[ChildProdigy super-genius Lisa]], and [[TheBabyOfTheBunch youngest child Lily]].

* The Higashikata household from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'' is this. While the family patriarch, Norisuke IV, is relatively normal (or at least, as normal as you can get in a series like [[WorldofHam JoJo]]), the family also consist of [[BeetleManiac Beetle Maniac]] [[spoiler:and possible {{Big Bad}}]] Jobin, {{Brainless Beauty}} Hato, {{Jerkass}} [[ButtMonkey Butt-Monkey]] Joshu, blind {{Yandere}} Daiya,

* The Higashikata household from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion'' is this. While the family patriarch, Norisuke IV, is relatively normal (or at least, as normal as you can get in a series like [[WorldofHam Jojo]]), the family also consist of [[BeetleManiac Beetle Maniac]] [[spoiler:and possible {{Big Bad}}]] Jobin, {{Brainless Beauty}} Hato, {{Jerkass}} [[ButtMonkey Butt-Monkey]] Joshu, blind {{Yandere}} Daiya,