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2[[caption-width-right:350:[[ExpositoryThemeTune Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, and Jane, his wife.]] ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And a few others.]])]]
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4Works named after the family of protagonists. A form of CharacterTitle. See also TeamTitle.
5
6In 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/TheFabulousBakerBoys''
63%% ''Film/FatherOfTheBride''
64%% ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1950''
65%% ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991''
66%% ''Film/FightingWithMyFamily''
67%% ''Film/FourBrothers''
68* ''Film/TheHamiltons''
69%% ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters''
70%% ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters''
71* ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons''
72* ''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)''.
73* ''Film/KeepingUpWithTheJoneses''
74* ''Film/TheKidsAreAllRight'' is about a married lesbian couple and their two kids as well as the latter two's GlorifiedSpermDonor.
75* ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons''
76%% ''Film/{{Malavita}}'', known internationally as ''The Family''.
77* ''Film/MeetTheParents'', and its sequels ''Meet The Fockers'' and ''Little Fockers''
78* ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith1941''
79* ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005''
80%% ''Film/MySistersKeeper''
81* ''Film/TheOtherBoleynGirl''
82%% ''Film/TheOtherSister''
83%% ''Film/TheParentTrap1961''
84%% ''Film/TheParentTrap1998''
85* ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums''
86%% ''Film/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers''
87* ''[[Film/WhatHappenedToMonday Seven Sisters]]''[[note]]The European title of ''Film/WhatHappenedToMonday''[[/note]]
88%% ''Film/{{Sisters 1973}}''
89* ''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]]
90* ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder''
91%% ''Film/StepBrothers''
92* ''Film/{{Stoker}}''
93* ''Film/TheStraightStory''
94* ''Film/ThatsMyBoy'': The story is about an estranged father and son.
95* ''Film/TheThompsons''
96* ''Film/TwoBrothers'': Referring to two orphaned tiger siblings.
97%% ''Film/TheWife''
98* ''Film/WereTheMillers''
99[[/folder]]
100
101[[folder:Literature]]
102* Sydney Taylor's ''All-of-a-Kind Family''
103* ''Literature/BrotherAndSister''
104* ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov''
105* ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart''
106* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''
107* ''Literature/CruelSisters''
108* ''Literature/DiamondBrothers''
109* ''Literature/TheFishermanAndHisWife''
110* Margaret Sidney's ''Five Little Peppers and How They Grew''
111* ''Literature/HanselAndGretel'' (BrotherSisterTeam)
112* ''Literature/TheLittles''
113* ''Literature/LittleWomen'': Referring to {{four|GirlEnsemble}} sisters.
114* ''Literature/MySistersKeeper''
115* ''Literature/SevenBrothers''
116* ''Literature/SouthernSistersMysteries''
117* ''Literature/ProphecyOfTheSisters''
118* ''Literature/TheRollingStones1952'' (the protagonists of the novel are members of a family whose last name is Stone)
119* ''Literature/TheSistersGrimm''
120* ''Literature/TheSwissFamilyRobinson''
121* ''Literature/TuckEverlasting'': The titular Tucks are an immortal family.
122[[/folder]]
123
124[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
125%% ''Series/EightSimpleRules for Dating My Teenage Daughter''
126* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''
127%% ''Series/AllInTheFamily''
128%% ''Series/TheAstronautWivesClub''
129%% ''Series/BabyDaddy''
130* ''Series/BatesMotel'': Bates being the surname of the VillainProtagonist and his mother. Also counts as ThePlace.
131* ''Series/BigLove'': Referring to a polygamous family of Mormons.
132* ''Series/{{Borgia}}''
133* ''Series/TheBorgias''
134* ''Series/TheBradyBunch''
135* ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'': (the central noble family)
136%% ''Series/BrothersAndSisters''
137* ''Series/{{Charmed 1998}}'' (the Halliwell sisters are a PowerTrio of witches dubbed "the Charmed ones")
138%% ''Series/{{Charmed 2018}}''
139* ''[[Series/ChuckleVision The Chuckle Brothers]]''
140* ''Series/TheCleopatras'' (historical drama about all the women in the Egyptian royal family to bear the name Cleopatra)
141* ''[[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.
142%% ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' (step-brothers)
143* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''
144%% ''Series/FamilyMatters''
145* ''Series/TheFosters''
146%% ''Series/FullerHouse''
147* ''Series/GilmoreGirls''
148* ''Series/TheGoldbergs''
149* ''Series/TheGrimleys''
150* ''Series/TheHoganFamily''; thanks to the falling out with Creator/ValerieHarper, it went from ''Valerie'' to ''Valerie's Family'' to this title.
151%% ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''
152* ''Series/TheJeffersons''
153* ''Series/KeepingUpWithTheKardashians''
154* ''Series/TheKennedys''
155* ''Series/LifeWithDerek'' (referring to the protagonist's struggle on getting along with her eponymous step-brother)
156* ''Series/LivAndMaddie'' (centers around the eponymous twin sisters)
157%% ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''
158* ''Series/TheMcCarthys''
159* ''Series/TheMillers''
160%% ''Series/ModernFamily'' (if you take the trope by name. Then again, it refers to the Dunphys anyway)
161%% ''Series/{{Mom}}'' (also a MultiCharacterTitle, so by extension, it's ''both'' a {{Protagonist|Title}} and SecondaryCharacterTitle)
162* ''Series/TheMoodys''
163* ''Series/TheMunsters''
164%% ''Series/MyWifeAndKids''
165* ''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)
166* ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''
167* ''Series/PartyOfFive'': The main characters are five orphaned siblings.
168* ''Series/PerfectStrangers'': The two protagonists are distant cousins.
169* ''Series/ThePitts''
170* ''Series/PropertyBrothers''
171* ''Series/TheRoyleFamily''
172%% ''Series/SingleParents''
173%% ''Series/{{Sisters}}''
174%% ''Series/SisterSister''
175* ''Series/TheSmothersBrothersComedyHour''
176* ''Series/TheSopranos'' (about a prominent crime family)
177* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' (about twin brothers)
178* ''Series/TheSullivans''
179* ''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''.
180* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' has its "Blood vs. Water" seasons where several pairs of loved ones are featured competing against each other.
181* ''Series/ThisIsUs'': Referring to three siblings plus flashbacks featuring their parents.
182* ''Series/TheTorkelsons''
183* ''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.
184* ''Series/TheTudors''
185* ''Series/TheWaltons''
186* ''Series/TheWindsors''
187* ''Series/YuugenJikkouSistersShushutorian''
188[[/folder]]
189
190[[folder:Music]]
191* Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand (Duane and Gregg)
192%% Music/AlyAndAJ (sisters)
193* Music/TheAndrewsSisters (La Verne, Patty, Maxene)
194* Music/BachmanTurnerOverdrive (Randy, Tim and Robbie Bachman and Fred Turner)
195* Music/TheBeeGees (short for the Brothers Gibb -- Barry, Robin and Maurice)
196* Music/TheBrothersJohnson (George and Louis)
197* The Music/{{Carpenters}} (Richard and Karen)
198* Music/TheChemicalBrothers (a TrueCompanions example)
199* Music/{{Cimorelli}} (Christina, Katherine, Lisa, Amy, Lauren, and Dani)
200* Music/CorneliusBrothers&SisterRose (Carter, Eddie, and Rose Cornelius, later joined by younger sister Billie Rose)
201* Music/TheCorrs (Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and Jim)
202* Music/TheCowsills (mom Barbara and kids Bill, Bob, Barry, John, Pau, Susan, and -- in revivals -- Richard)
203* Music/TheDeFrancoFamily (Tony, Benny, Marisa, Nino, and Merlina)
204* Music/TheEverlyBrothers (Don and Phil)
205* Music/{{Hanson}} (Isaac, Taylor and Zac)
206* Music/HamiltonJoeFrankAndReynolds (Dan Hamilton and Tommy Reynolds along with Joe Frank Corollo)
207* Music/TheHudsonBrothers (Bill, Brett and Mark)
208* Music/TheIsleyBrothers (Rudolph, O'Kelly, Ronald, Vernon, Ernie, and Marvin and brother-in-law Chris Jasper)
209* Music/TheJacksonFive /The Jacksons (the numerous progeny of Joe and Katherine Jackson)
210* Music/TheJonasBrothers (Kevin, Joe and Nick)
211* Music/TheKingFamily
212* Music/TheLennonSisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy, Janet, and later Mimi)
213* Music/TheLighthouseFamily (another TrueCompanions example)
214* Music/TheMoffats (Scott, Clint, Bob and Dave)
215* Music/TheNolanSisters (Maureen, Anne,Bernie, Linda, Coleen, Denise, and eventually Anne's daughter Amy Wilson)
216* Music/TheOsmonds (Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donnie, Jimmy and Marie)
217* Music/ThePuppiniSisters (another TrueCompanions example, although founder Marcella's real name is Puppini)
218* 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)
219* 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)
220* Music/TheRighteousBrothers (another TrueCompanions example)
221* Music/SchmittBrothers (Joe, Paul, Francis and Jim)
222* Music/TheShermanBrothers (Robert and Richard)
223* MUsic/SisterSledge (Debbie, Joni, Kim and Kathy)
224%% Music/TeganAndSara (sisters)
225* Music/TheTravelingWilburys (another TrueCompanions example)
226* ''Music/VanHalen'' (Guitarist Eddie, Brother Alex on Drums, and Eddie's son Wolfgang on bass since 2007)
227* [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic The Von Trapp Family Singers]] (the kids' real names were Rupert, Agathe, Maria Franziska, Werner, Hedwig, Johanna, and Martina)
228* Music/TheWalkerBrothers (another TrueCompanions example)
229* Music/WilsonPhillips (Carnie & Wendy Wilson and Chynna Phillips)
230[[/folder]]
231
232[[folder:Radio]]
233* ''Radio/TheArchers''
234* ''The Brothers Faversham''
235* ''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.
236[[/folder]]
237
238[[folder:Theatre]]
239* ''Theatre/BloodBrothers''
240* ''Theatre/ThreeSisters''
241[[/folder]]
242
243[[folder:Video Games]]
244* ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons''
245* ''VideoGame/GianaSisters''
246* The 2003 remake of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' is subtitled ''The Twin Snakes'', referring to [[ProtagonistTitle Solid Snake]] and [[AntagonistTitle Liquid Snake]].
247* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
248[[/folder]]
249
250[[folder:Web Animation]]
251* ''Emo Dad''
252* ''[[WebAnimation/TheLebrons The LeBrons]]''
253* ''WebAnimation/ProfessorBrothers''
254[[/folder]]
255
256[[folder:Webcomics]]
257* ''Webcomic/TheDeadlys''
258[[/folder]]
259
260[[folder:Web Videos]]
261* ''The Grabowskis'', a dark DomCom parody from ''WebVideo/{{RedLetterMedia}}''
262* ''Inappropriate Parents''
263* ''WebVideo/TheMarchFamilyLetters''
264* ''[[WebVideo/{{React}} Parents React]]''
265[[/folder]]
266
267[[folder:Western Animation]]
268* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingAdrenaliniBrothers''
269* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'', a 1972 AnimatedAdaptation of the Thirties movie detective.
270%% ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' (the titular character's role as a father is a major theme throughout the show)
271* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens''(referring to the Green family who live in Big City)
272* ''WesternAnimation/BlessTheHarts''
273* ''WesternAnimation/TheBradyKids''
274* ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub''
275* ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt''
276* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets''
277* ''WesternAnimation/TheDaltons''
278* ''WesternAnimation/TheDavincibles''
279* ''WesternAnimation/TheDeerskins''
280%% ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog'' (if you take the trope by name, then yeah.)
281* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (again, if you take the trope by name. In some countries, the show is called "The Griffins")
282* ''WesternAnimation/TheFamilyNess''
283* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''
284* ''WesternAnimation/TheJellies''
285* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''
286* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' (while mainly a ProtagonistTitle, Hill is the name of the family where "The King" is ThePatriarch)
287* ''WesternAnimation/TheKoalaBrothers''
288* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionhearts''
289* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' (referring to both the Loud Family and the homestead's chaos)
290* ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs''
291* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (the eponymous duo are step brothers)
292* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' (the eponymous trio are triplets. Also counts as TeamTitle)
293** ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''
294** ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016''
295* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily''
296* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons''
297* ''WesternAnimation/TheRomanHolidays'' (a DomCom about the Holiday family in ancient Rome)
298* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' (also a TeamTitle)
299* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
300* ''WesternAnimation/LesSisters''
301* ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'' (referring to a four-man SiblingTeam. Also a TeamTitle)
302* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''
303* ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''
304* ''WesternAnimation/TheXs'' (also a TeamTitle)
305[[/folder]]
306
307[[folder: Real Life Creators (authors, corporations, etc.)]]
308* Creator/TheBrothersGrimm (authors, folklorists, and philologists)
309* Creator/TheCoenBrothers (film directors, screenwriters, and producers)
310* Creator/TheFineBrothers (web series directors, screenwriters, and producers)
311* Creator/TheHongSisters (screenwriters)
312* Creator/HughesBrothers (film directors)
313* The Koch Brothers (Business, Philanthropic, Political Activism)
314* Creator/MarxBrothers (vaudeville performers)
315* Creator/McElroyBrothers (web series directors, screenwriters, and producers)
316* Creator/TheSpierigBrothers (film producers)
317* Creator/TheUmbilicalBrothers (comedians)
318* Creator/TheWachowskis (film directors, screenwriters, video game directors, and producers)
319* Creator/WarnerBros (world-renowned media group)
320[[/folder]]

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