1 | [[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jetsons_title.png]]]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[ExpositoryThemeTune Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, and Jane, his wife.]] ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And a few others.]])]] |
3 | |
4 | Works named after the family of protagonists. A form of CharacterTitle. See also TeamTitle. |
5 | |
6 | In music, this is obviously common for a BandOfRelatives, but also used for [[TrueCompanions bands that aren't really related]]. |
7 | ---- |
8 | !!Examples: |
9 | |
10 | [[foldercontrol]] |
11 | |
12 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
13 | * ''Manga/CatsEye'' (a [[DoubleMeaningTitle Triple Meaning Title]] referring to [[TeamTitle a team]] of three sisters, [[ThePlace their cafe business]], and their father's [[MacGuffinTitle painting]]) |
14 | * ''Manga/MinamiKe'' ("The Minami Family") |
15 | * ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers'' |
16 | * ''VisualNovel/ThreeSistersStory'' |
17 | [[/folder]] |
18 | |
19 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
20 | * ''Animation/BoonieBears'' is called ''Los Hermanos Boonie'' ("The Boonie Brothers") in Spanish. |
21 | [[/folder]] |
22 | |
23 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
24 | * ''ComicBook/ClanDestine'' (also a TeamTitle) |
25 | * ''ComicBook/TheCrossovers'' |
26 | * ''ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers'' |
27 | * ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' |
28 | * ''ComicBook/LesSisters'' |
29 | [[/folder]] |
30 | |
31 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
32 | * ''ComicStrip/TheLockhorns'' |
33 | [[/folder]] |
34 | |
35 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
36 | * ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': Technically, since the titular HiveMind is made out of clones, who consider themselves sisters. |
37 | * ''Fanfic/ACertainUnknownLevel0'': The Sisters Arc, which, is about the Sisters, who are actual sisters, being all clones of one person. |
38 | * ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Multiple chapters: |
39 | ** [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-6#post-6355812 "Family Matters"]]. |
40 | ** The chapter, [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-6#post-6355813 "Siblings"]], about the sisters of [[spoiler:Ami and Tiger]], who get [[spoiler:recognized as sisters]] in the chapter. |
41 | [[/folder]] |
42 | |
43 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
44 | * ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'' (son and father respectively) |
45 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'' |
46 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' (also a TeamTitle) |
47 | * ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'' |
48 | * ''Anime/MyNeighborsTheYamadas'' |
49 | * ''Anime/PokemonHeroes'' (refers to the SiblingTeam of Latios and Latias. Also counts as TeamTitle) |
50 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'' (the OriginsEpisode of the eponymous PowerTrio of sisters. Also counts as TeamTitle) |
51 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' |
52 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheWilloughbys'' |
53 | [[/folder]] |
54 | |
55 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
56 | %% ''Film/BigDaddy'' |
57 | * ''Film/TheBrothersBloom'' |
58 | * ''Film/TheBrothersGrimm'' |
59 | * ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' |
60 | * ''Film/Brothers2009'': Centers around a [[AnAffairInTheFamily very complicated]] SiblingTriangle. |
61 | %% ''Film/{{Descendants}}'' |
62 | * ''Film/TheDragonFamily'' - revolving around the downfall of a triad family in Hong Kong, the "''Lung''" ("Dragon" in Mandarin) family |
63 | * ''Film/TheFabulousBakerBoys'' |
64 | %% ''Film/FatherOfTheBride'' |
65 | %% ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1950'' |
66 | %% ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991'' |
67 | %% ''Film/FightingWithMyFamily'' |
68 | %% ''Film/FourBrothers'' |
69 | * ''Film/TheHamiltons'' |
70 | %% ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' |
71 | %% ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'' |
72 | * ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'' |
73 | * ''Film/KapoorAndSons'' is a movie about the Kapoor family. It's also invoked, as the patriarch wants to take a proper family portrait and title it ''Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)''. |
74 | * ''Film/KeepingUpWithTheJoneses'' |
75 | * ''Film/TheKidsAreAllRight'' is about a married lesbian couple and their two kids as well as the latter two's GlorifiedSpermDonor. |
76 | * ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons'' |
77 | %% ''Film/{{Malavita}}'', known internationally as ''The Family''. |
78 | * ''Film/MeetTheParents'', and its sequels ''Meet The Fockers'' and ''Little Fockers'' |
79 | * ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith1941'' |
80 | * ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'' |
81 | %% ''Film/MySistersKeeper'' |
82 | * ''Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl'' |
83 | %% ''Film/TheOtherSister'' |
84 | %% ''Film/TheParentTrap1961'' |
85 | %% ''Film/TheParentTrap1998'' |
86 | * ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums'' |
87 | %% ''Film/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers'' |
88 | * ''[[Film/WhatHappenedToMonday Seven Sisters]]''[[note]]The European title of ''Film/WhatHappenedToMonday''[[/note]] |
89 | %% ''Film/{{Sisters 1973}}'' |
90 | * ''Film/TheSistersBrothers''[[note]]It may look like an oxymoron title, but in context it is the story of two brothers whose surname is "Sister"[[/note]] |
91 | * ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'' |
92 | %% ''Film/StepBrothers'' |
93 | * ''Film/{{Stoker}}'' |
94 | * ''Film/TheStraightStory'' |
95 | * ''Film/ThatsMyBoy'': The story is about an estranged father and son. |
96 | * ''Film/TheThompsons'' |
97 | * ''Film/TwoBrothers2004'': Referring to two orphaned tiger siblings. |
98 | %% ''Film/TheWife'' |
99 | * ''Film/WereTheMillers'' |
100 | [[/folder]] |
101 | |
102 | [[folder:Literature]] |
103 | * Sydney Taylor's ''All-of-a-Kind Family'' |
104 | * ''Literature/BrotherAndSister'' |
105 | * ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'' |
106 | * ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'' |
107 | * ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' |
108 | * ''Literature/CruelSisters'' |
109 | * ''Literature/DiamondBrothers'' |
110 | * ''Literature/TheFishermanAndHisWife'' |
111 | * Margaret Sidney's ''Five Little Peppers and How They Grew'' |
112 | * ''Literature/HanselAndGretel'' (BrotherSisterTeam) |
113 | * ''Literature/TheLittles'' |
114 | * ''Literature/LittleWomen'': Referring to {{four|GirlEnsemble}} sisters. |
115 | * ''Literature/MySistersKeeper'' |
116 | * ''Literature/SevenBrothers'' |
117 | * ''Literature/SouthernSistersMysteries'' |
118 | * ''Literature/ProphecyOfTheSisters'' |
119 | * ''Literature/TheRollingStones1952'' (the protagonists of the novel are members of a family whose last name is Stone) |
120 | * ''Literature/TheSistersGrimm'' |
121 | * ''Literature/TheSwissFamilyRobinson'' |
122 | * ''Literature/TuckEverlasting'': The titular Tucks are an immortal family. |
123 | [[/folder]] |
124 | |
125 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
126 | %% ''Series/EightSimpleRules for Dating My Teenage Daughter'' |
127 | * ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' |
128 | %% ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' |
129 | %% ''Series/TheAstronautWivesClub'' |
130 | %% ''Series/BabyDaddy'' |
131 | * ''Series/BatesMotel'': Bates being the surname of the VillainProtagonist and his mother. Also counts as ThePlace. |
132 | * ''Series/BigLove'': Referring to a polygamous family of Mormons. |
133 | * ''Series/{{Borgia}}'' |
134 | * ''Series/TheBorgias'' |
135 | * ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' |
136 | * ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'': (the central noble family) |
137 | %% ''Series/BrothersAndSisters'' |
138 | * ''Series/{{Charmed 1998}}'' (the Halliwell sisters are a PowerTrio of witches dubbed "the Charmed ones") |
139 | %% ''Series/{{Charmed 2018}}'' |
140 | * ''[[Series/ChuckleVision The Chuckle Brothers]]'' |
141 | * ''Series/TheCleopatras'' (historical drama about all the women in the Egyptian royal family to bear the name Cleopatra) |
142 | * ''[[Series/TheConners The Conners]]''; as with ''The Hogan Family'' below, thanks to the falling out with Creator/RoseanneBarr, it went from ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' to this title. |
143 | %% ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' (step-brothers) |
144 | * ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' |
145 | %% ''Series/FamilyMatters'' |
146 | * ''Series/TheFosters'' |
147 | %% ''Series/FullerHouse'' |
148 | * ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' |
149 | * ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' |
150 | * ''Series/TheGrimleys'' |
151 | * ''Series/TheHoganFamily''; thanks to the falling out with Creator/ValerieHarper, it went from ''Valerie'' to ''Valerie's Family'' to this title. |
152 | %% ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' |
153 | * ''Series/TheJeffersons'' |
154 | * ''Series/KeepingUpWithTheKardashians'' |
155 | * ''Series/TheKennedys'' |
156 | * ''Series/LifeWithDerek'' (referring to the protagonist's struggle on getting along with her eponymous step-brother) |
157 | * ''Series/LivAndMaddie'' (centers around the eponymous twin sisters) |
158 | %% ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' |
159 | * ''Series/TheMcCarthys'' |
160 | * ''Series/TheMillers'' |
161 | %% ''Series/ModernFamily'' (if you take the trope by name. Then again, it refers to the Dunphys anyway) |
162 | %% ''Series/{{Mom}}'' (also a MultiCharacterTitle, so by extension, it's ''both'' a {{Protagonist|Title}} and SecondaryCharacterTitle) |
163 | * ''Series/TheMoodys'' |
164 | * ''Series/TheMunsters'' |
165 | %% ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'' |
166 | * ''Series/OrphanBlack'' (mainly referring to the protagonist, but the series revolves around her relationships with her foster family, her daughter, and her fellow clones whom she considers as sisters) |
167 | * ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' |
168 | * ''Series/PartyOfFive'': The main characters are five orphaned siblings. |
169 | * ''Series/PerfectStrangers'': The two protagonists are distant cousins. |
170 | * ''Series/ThePitts'' |
171 | * ''Series/PropertyBrothers'' |
172 | * ''Series/TheRoyleFamily'' |
173 | %% ''Series/SingleParents'' |
174 | %% ''Series/{{Sisters}}'' |
175 | %% ''Series/SisterSister'' |
176 | * ''Series/TheSmothersBrothersComedyHour'' |
177 | * ''Series/TheSopranos'' (about a prominent crime family) |
178 | * ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' (about twin brothers) |
179 | * ''Series/TheSullivans'' |
180 | * ''Franchise/SuperSentai'': A few of its series feature [[BadassFamily family teams]], namely the {{Sibling Team}}s of ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'', ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'', and ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'', and the cousin team of ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger''. |
181 | * ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' has its "Blood vs. Water" seasons where several pairs of loved ones are featured competing against each other. |
182 | * ''Series/ThisIsUs'': Referring to three siblings plus flashbacks featuring their parents. |
183 | * ''Series/TheTorkelsons'' |
184 | * ''Series/TrophyWife'': The titular protagonist is her husband's third wife, and her being a step-mother to his children from his previous marriages being the story's focus. |
185 | * ''Series/TheTudors'' |
186 | * ''Series/TheWaltons'' |
187 | * ''Series/TheWindsors'' |
188 | * ''Series/YuugenJikkouSistersShushutorian'' |
189 | [[/folder]] |
190 | |
191 | [[folder:Music]] |
192 | * Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand (Duane and Gregg) |
193 | %% Music/AlyAndAJ (sisters) |
194 | * Music/TheAndrewsSisters (La Verne, Patty, Maxene) |
195 | * Music/BachmanTurnerOverdrive (Randy, Tim and Robbie Bachman and Fred Turner) |
196 | * Music/TheBeeGees (short for the Brothers Gibb -- Barry, Robin and Maurice) |
197 | * Music/TheBrothersJohnson (George and Louis) |
198 | * The Music/{{Carpenters}} (Richard and Karen) |
199 | * Music/TheChemicalBrothers (a TrueCompanions example) |
200 | * Music/{{Cimorelli}} (Christina, Katherine, Lisa, Amy, Lauren, and Dani) |
201 | * Music/CorneliusBrothers&SisterRose (Carter, Eddie, and Rose Cornelius, later joined by younger sister Billie Rose) |
202 | * Music/TheCorrs (Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and Jim) |
203 | * Music/TheCowsills (mom Barbara and kids Bill, Bob, Barry, John, Pau, Susan, and -- in revivals -- Richard) |
204 | * Music/TheDeFrancoFamily (Tony, Benny, Marisa, Nino, and Merlina) |
205 | * Music/TheEverlyBrothers (Don and Phil) |
206 | * Music/{{Hanson}} (Isaac, Taylor and Zac) |
207 | * Music/HamiltonJoeFrankAndReynolds (Dan Hamilton and Tommy Reynolds along with Joe Frank Corollo) |
208 | * Music/TheHudsonBrothers (Bill, Brett and Mark) |
209 | * Music/TheIsleyBrothers (Rudolph, O'Kelly, Ronald, Vernon, Ernie, and Marvin and brother-in-law Chris Jasper) |
210 | * Music/TheJacksonFive /The Jacksons (the numerous progeny of Joe and Katherine Jackson) |
211 | * Music/TheJonasBrothers (Kevin, Joe and Nick) |
212 | * Music/TheKingFamily |
213 | * Music/TheLennonSisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy, Janet, and later Mimi) |
214 | * Music/TheLighthouseFamily (another TrueCompanions example) |
215 | * Music/TheMoffats (Scott, Clint, Bob and Dave) |
216 | * Music/TheNolanSisters (Maureen, Anne,Bernie, Linda, Coleen, Denise, and eventually Anne's daughter Amy Wilson) |
217 | * Music/TheOsmonds (Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donnie, Jimmy and Marie) |
218 | * Music/ThePuppiniSisters (another TrueCompanions example, although founder Marcella's real name is Puppini) |
219 | * Music/ThePointerSisters (June, Bonnie, Anita, Ruth; today it is Ruth, her daughter Issa and her ''grand''daughter Sadako, which suggests they should change their name to the Pointer Matriarchy) |
220 | * Music/TheRamones (perhaps the most famous TrueCompanions example, all the boys -- Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy, Marky, Richie, CJ and Elvis -- adopted the stage-surname) |
221 | * Music/TheRighteousBrothers (another TrueCompanions example) |
222 | * Music/SchmittBrothers (Joe, Paul, Francis and Jim) |
223 | * Music/TheShermanBrothers (Robert and Richard) |
224 | * MUsic/SisterSledge (Debbie, Joni, Kim and Kathy) |
225 | %% Music/TeganAndSara (sisters) |
226 | * Music/TheTravelingWilburys (another TrueCompanions example) |
227 | * ''Music/VanHalen'' (Guitarist Eddie, Brother Alex on Drums, and Eddie's son Wolfgang on bass since 2007) |
228 | * [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic The Von Trapp Family Singers]] (the kids' real names were Rupert, Agathe, Maria Franziska, Werner, Hedwig, Johanna, and Martina) |
229 | * Music/TheWalkerBrothers (another TrueCompanions example) |
230 | * Music/WilsonPhillips (Carnie & Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips) |
231 | [[/folder]] |
232 | |
233 | [[folder:Radio]] |
234 | * ''Radio/TheArchers'' |
235 | * ''The Brothers Faversham'' |
236 | * ''Radio/TheGoldbergs'' (1928) -- Perhaps the TropeCodifier, since it was one of the first radio serials and became a television sitcom during the medium's early years. |
237 | [[/folder]] |
238 | |
239 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
240 | * ''Theatre/BloodBrothers'' |
241 | * ''Theatre/ThreeSisters'' |
242 | [[/folder]] |
243 | |
244 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
245 | * ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons'' |
246 | * ''VideoGame/GianaSisters'' |
247 | * The 2003 remake of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' is subtitled ''The Twin Snakes'', referring to [[ProtagonistTitle Solid Snake]] and [[AntagonistTitle Liquid Snake]]. |
248 | * ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' |
249 | [[/folder]] |
250 | |
251 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
252 | * ''Emo Dad'' |
253 | * ''[[WebAnimation/TheLebrons The LeBrons]]'' |
254 | * ''WebAnimation/ProfessorBrothers'' |
255 | [[/folder]] |
256 | |
257 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
258 | * ''Webcomic/TheDeadlys'' |
259 | [[/folder]] |
260 | |
261 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
262 | * ''The Grabowskis'', a dark DomCom parody from ''WebVideo/{{RedLetterMedia}}'' |
263 | * ''Inappropriate Parents'' |
264 | * ''WebVideo/TheMarchFamilyLetters'' |
265 | * ''[[WebVideo/{{React}} Parents React]]'' |
266 | [[/folder]] |
267 | |
268 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
269 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingAdrenaliniBrothers'' |
270 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'', a 1972 AnimatedAdaptation of the Thirties movie detective. |
271 | %% ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' (the titular character's role as a father is a major theme throughout the show) |
272 | * ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens''(referring to the Green family who live in Big City) |
273 | * ''WesternAnimation/BlessTheHarts'' |
274 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBradyKids'' |
275 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub'' |
276 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt'' |
277 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'' |
278 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDaltons'' |
279 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDavincibles'' |
280 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheDeerskins'' |
281 | %% ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog'' (if you take the trope by name, then yeah.) |
282 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (again, if you take the trope by name. In some countries, the show is called "The Griffins") |
283 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFamilyNess'' |
284 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' |
285 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheJellies'' |
286 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' |
287 | * ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' (while mainly a ProtagonistTitle, Hill is the name of the family where "The King" is ThePatriarch) |
288 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheKoalaBrothers'' |
289 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLionhearts'' |
290 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' (referring to both the Loud Family and the homestead's chaos) |
291 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'' |
292 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (the eponymous duo are step brothers) |
293 | * ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' (the eponymous trio are triplets. Also counts as TeamTitle) |
294 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' |
295 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' |
296 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' |
297 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' |
298 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays'' (a DomCom about the Holiday family in ancient Rome) |
299 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' (also a TeamTitle) |
300 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
301 | * ''WesternAnimation/LesSisters'' |
302 | * ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'' (referring to a four-man SiblingTeam. Also a TeamTitle) |
303 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' |
304 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'' |
305 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheXs'' (also a TeamTitle) |
306 | [[/folder]] |
307 | |
308 | [[folder: Real Life Creators (authors, corporations, etc.)]] |
309 | * Creator/TheBrothersGrimm (authors, folklorists, and philologists) |
310 | * Creator/TheCoenBrothers (film directors, screenwriters, and producers) |
311 | * Creator/TheFineBrothers (web series directors, screenwriters, and producers) |
312 | * Creator/TheHongSisters (screenwriters) |
313 | * Creator/HughesBrothers (film directors) |
314 | * The Koch Brothers (Business, Philanthropic, Political Activism) |
315 | * Creator/MarxBrothers (vaudeville performers) |
316 | * Creator/McElroyBrothers (web series directors, screenwriters, and producers) |
317 | * Creator/TheSpierigBrothers (film producers) |
318 | * Creator/TheUmbilicalBrothers (comedians) |
319 | * Creator/TheWachowskis (film directors, screenwriters, video game directors, and producers) |
320 | * Creator/WarnerBros (world-renowned media group) |
321 | [[/folder]] |
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