History Main / SharedFamilyQuirks

SubTrope to LikeFatherLikeSon, and GenerationXerox. Compare ItRunsInTheFamily. SuperTrope to LikeParentLikeSpouse, where family members share the same taste in significant other.

** In the Big Finish audios, we meet the Doctor's brother Braxiatel, who like the Doctor is also a born meddler with a manipulative streak who views Time Lord law as a rather amusing relic that should have little to no say in what he actually does; he just prefers to stay on Gallifrey, maintain an illegal art collection and interfere in local politics instead of gadding about across time and space. [[spoiler:Indeed, his refusal to do as he was told by the then-President of Gallifrey is why the Doctor lived to embark on their career of gadaboutery in the first place.]]

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', when Elan is reunited with his DisappearedDad, they ''both'' start gushing about what a great story beat it was, prompting Vaarsuvius to comment "Heredity is a cruel mistress".

* ''Webcomic/CirqueRoyale''

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* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'': Manfred von Karma evidently passed on his traits to his daughter Franziska and adopted son Miles Edgeworth. If you look at each of the three characters' animations and mannerisms, they are variants of all of Manfred's tics. The more noticeable ones are the FingerWag, the clenching of the sleeve, and the fist-pound on the desk. Miles and Franziska also do a similar bow and curtsy, but Manfred is never shown doing one. Flashbacks in ''[[VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2 Investigations II]]'' show Miles actually picked the last tic up from his late father Gregory, so it was him, not Manfred, who influenced Franziska's bow.

** While the relationship between Vanamonde von Mekkhan, senechal of Mechanicsburg, and Lumi von Mekkan, student Spark, hasn't been stated, both of them are a bit obsessive about coffee. Vanamonde prefers to work from a coffee shop, has anonymously written a book about coffee preperation, and has the most extreme reaction to Agatha's "perfect" coffee. Lumi freaks out on being told there aren't any coffee shops on a DungeonCrawl and ceases attacking Hector the instant he offers her chocolate-covered coffee beans.

* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'': Manfred von Karma evidently passed on his traits to his daughter Franziska and adopted son Miles Edgeworth. If you look at each of the three characters' animations and mannerisms, they are variants of all of Manfred's tics. The more noticeable ones are the FingerWag, the clentching of the sleeve, and the fist-pound on the desk. Miles and Franziska also do a similar bow and curtsy, but Manfred is never shown doing one. Flashbacks in ''[[VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2 Investigations II]]'' show Miles actually picked the last tic up from his late father Gregory, so it was him, not Manfred, who influenced Franziska's bow.

* ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'': Max appears to have inherited his father's SignatureLaugh (Ah-hyuk), something he's incredibly embarrassed about, especially after it slips out in front of Roxanne, a girl he has a crush on. [[spoiler:In the end, she reveals to him that hearing him laugh was why [[EndearinglyDorky she began to like him in the first place.]]]]

[[StrongFamilyResemblance Appearance]] isn't the only thing that family members can share. Much of the time, family members tend to act similarly, either by having similar habits, taking similar actions when faced with similar decisions, or otherwise having certain quirks indicative of the family. While their overall personalities can be entirely different, individual habits can still be shared between them. If one family member has a CatchPhrase, the others may occasionally make it a BorrowedCatchphrase.

* ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991'': George realises that Annie also has a habit of overreacting like him, he also observes to his son-in-law to be Brian that this is something that they share with George's mother and grandfather.

* Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}'':

* [[spoiler:Susan and Diane]] of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' show similar NeatFreak tendencies. This, combined with their similar appearance foreshadows the fact that they are [[spoiler:identical cousins]]. In addition, both start out the story with rather low opinions of [[spoiler:men. Susan's]] dislike is more extreme, believing that [[spoiler:AllMenArePerverts and rarely think with their brain, making them the inferior gender. She]] pretty much wants nothing to do with them. [[spoiler:Diane's]] opinion isn't quite as extreme but she's well aware that there are [[spoiler:guys who will do pretty much anything to get into a hot girl's pants and uses this to her advantage, flirting with guys so they'll buy her things.]] Both of them eventually change their minds, thanks to CharacterDevelopment, with [[spoiler: Susan making some very close male friends, and Diane starting to want a meaningful relationship.]]

* The MGS example above is parodied in ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' when Liquid is almost convinced by a voice coming from a cardboard box, but then lampshades how ridiculous it would be to have a cardboard box be a useful disguise. [[spoiler:Of course, when Big Boss takes control of Liquid's Body, however, he uses it as he always did, regardless of Liquid's snarkery.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Miguel shares traits with both his great-great-grandparents. He and his great-great-grandfather both have a tendency to rub their right arm when they're feeling insecure, while he and his great-great grandmother are both resolutely stubborn (and have the same reaction to performing in front of a crowd - nervousness followed by great confidence).

* ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991'': George realises that Annie also has a habit of over-reacting like him, he also observed to his son-in-law to be Brian that this is something that they share with George's mother and grandfather.

* At the end of ''Film/{{Maverick}}'', Annabelle tells how she figured out that [[spoiler:Zane Cooper]] is Maverick's father: same height, same build, they both draw their guns the same way, kiss the same way, and both sing the same incredibly wrong words to [[AmazingFreakingGrace "Amazing Grace".]]

** The Prequel Trilogy shows that Luke and Leia got their personalities from their opposite-sex parents. Luke, like their mother Padme, grows to see the good in Darth Vader and show compassion for everyone. Leia, like their father Anakin, is strong-willed and not as forgiving, as well as being quite the snappy snarker.

* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'': Being [[CloningBlues genetically identical]] with very different backgrounds, Molly and Golly are an abject lesson in "nature vs. nurture." While their personalities are quite different, they still are both superhumanly intelligent, terribly naïve, emotionally vulnerable, [[SuperSpeed superhumanly fast]], and have [[BigEater enormous appetites.]]

* In one scene in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', Marty facepalms at a diner in disbelief that he's in the past, and the camera pans to his future father, George, who is facepalming the exact same way.

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* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Third Doctor miniseries, Tom Osgood from "The Daemons" is shown as needing an asthma inhaler just like his (probably) niece Petronella Osgood in Nu Who.
* In ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', Bruce gets a small VerbalTic, making a ''-hh-'' noise, while his only biological son, Damian, makes a similar ''-tt-'' noise. The latter remains under other writers, but Batman's tic never really caught on. In ComicBook/DCRebirth's Justice League, Batman's working a holographic computer before shooing away a curious Jon Kent away with "tt" the way Damian would.

* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': Madison Russell with her father Mark. They're both {{Nature Lover}}s and both seem to have a distinct connection to the Titans (Mothra in particular for Madison, Godzilla for Mark), yet Madison has few to none of her father's faults like his judgmentalism, [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorption]] or tendency to let his emotions run away with him and fester.

[[caption-width-right:350: Like mother, like... [[GenderBender son]].]]

* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Third Doctor miniseries, Tom Osgood from "The Daemons" is shown as needing an asthma inhaler just like his (probably) nice Petronella Osgood in Nu Who.

* In the Franchise/{{Discworld}} print ''Death and Company'' by David Wyatt, which shows Death, Albert and Susan surrounded by pictures from various Death novels. Behind Susan is a portrait of her mother Ysabell, in exactly the same arms-folded annoyance pose that Susan herself has.

* In the ''Comicbook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Third Doctor miniseries, Tom Osgood from "The Daemons" is shown as needing an asthma inhaler just like his (probably) nice Petronella Osgood in Nu Who.
* In ''ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman'', Bruce gets a small VerbalTic, making a ''-hh-'' noise, while his only biological son, Damian, makes a similar ''-tt-'' noise. The latter remains under other writers, but Batman's tic never really caught on. In ComicBook/DCRebirth's Justice League, Batman's working a holographic computer before shooing away a curious Jon Kent away with "tt" the way Damian would.

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* Some characters from ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'' share habits with their ancestors from the prologue. The two most obvious cases are Lalli having the same predisposition to motion sickness as his great-grandfather, and Mikkel being a person that is very caring, but also snarks like he breathes, causing him to get fired a lot, things that are all seen in his great-grandmother (and his great-grandfather to a lesser extent).