History Main / ItRunsInTheFamily

* The Sasaki family of the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series have always been some {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s who had some toilet problem of some sort.

--> Fiona, clearly impressed "Mom!"
--> Lillian "Well, you didn't think you got your fighting skills from your father, did you?"

* ''{{Deadpool}}'', a SociopathicHero hooks up with Shiklah, an evil Succubus who's crazier than he is. Both have shown an attraction to one another's violent sides. Their relationship was as stable as one could expect. They can be lovebirds one minute , and literally going to war with one another the next, while having sex in the middle of that. They have a daughter together sometime in the future. Needless to say their daughter, Warda is just as violent as both of her parents. She doesn't have a high opinion of Deadpool, held him hostage and tortured him for years trying to get info on what he'd done with Shiklah, while also causing another war. Deadpool's first child, Ellie, fights against her. While Ellie isn't as crazy as Deadpool or her half-sister, she is not shy to solving problems through violence. Even as a kid, she got into many fights after changing schools, with Deadpool encouraging her to tell teachers about bullies, instead of fighting. But no luck.

* In ''Webcomic/UndyingHappiness'', Keisuke's HealingFactor, [[FeelNoPain immunity to pain]], and [[TheKlutz clumsiness]] appears to be hereditary: his grandmother has it (and laughs off [[spoiler: [[{{Fingore}} accidentally slicing off the fingers of her left hand]]]]) and the TimeSkip shows his son Yusuke has it as well.

* Music/TheWho, ''[[{{Quadrophenia}} The Real Me]]'':

* The Kunos in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' are all totally bonkers. In the manga (the story wasn't converted to the anime), it's revealed that having NoSenseOfDirection is something that runs in Ryoga's family -- his mother and father are just as bad as he is. Some fans have even [[PoisonOakEpilepticTrees theorized]] that [[{{Squick}} his parents are brother and sister]] due to this.

* Bill's family in ''{{WesternAnimation/Its Such A Beautiful Day}}'' is a very good contender for the MostTriumphantExample, with examples of mental illness and insanity going back for at least ''four'' generations before him. To recapitulate:

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' implies [[GenkiGirl Izzy's]] family may be like this:

*** Fiona--> clearly impressed "Mom!"
*** Lillian--> "Well, you didn't think you got your fighting skills from your father, did you?"

* A possible explanation for Music/MichaelJackson's extensive plastic surgery is because he didn't want to look like his abusive father.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Pretty much the entire Pines family is rather careless about safety when there's adventure in play. Mabel runs around with a grappling hook and an axe, Dipper can just wander off into the woods when Grunkle Stan is not looking, Stan has made counterfeit money, is a [[spoiler:persona non grata in multiple states, stole radioactive waste]] and thinks bears should drive, and finally [[spoiler:Ford thinks giving weapons to children is valid, which can kind of be justified seeing he [[FishOutOfTemporalWater hasn't been in this dimension for a very long time]]]].

* A recent rage comic meme had an extremely overweight lady visiting the doctor. The doc tells her "Ma'am, I'm afraid you're morbidly obese." The lady says "I'm sorry, but obesity runs in our family." The doc comes back with "Lady, ''nobody'' runs in your family!"

** Those who have D as a middle initial have a tendency to GoOutWithASmile, which is called the "Will of D". So far, the only exception is Marshal D "Blackbeard" Teach, which Whitebeard takes to mean that Teach is ''not'' a true inheritor of the Will.

* For Kakuma Keita in the anime adaptation of ''InazumaEleven'', being a LargeHamAnnouncer runs in the family. It helps that his father is a professional TV announcer for soccer matches.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "A Fishful of Dollars", off of Leela questioning Fry's sanity, Professor Farnsworth claims madness runs in his family. Given what we see of Fry's family (Particularly, his CrazedSurvivalist father), he just might have something.

-->--'''Mortimer Brewster''', ''Theatre/ArsenicAndOldLace''

* ''{{Deadpool}}'', a SociopathicHero hooks up with Shiklah, an evil Succubus who's crazier than he is. Both have shown an attraction to one another's violent sides. Their relationship. was as stable as one could expect. They can be lovebirds one min, and literally going to war with one another the next, while having sex in the middle of that. They have a daughter together sometime in the future. Needless to say their daughter, Warda is just as violent as both of her parents. She doesn't have a high opinion of Deadpool, held him hostage and tortured him for years trying to get info on what he'd done with Shiklah, while also causing another war. Deadpool's first child, Ellie, fights against her. While Ellie isn't as crazy as Deadpool or her half-sister, she is not shy to solving problems through violence. Even as a kid, she got into many fights after changing schools, with Deadpool encouraging her to tell teachers about bullies, instead of fighting. But no luck.

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* The eponymous family from the film ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'' is all eccentric verging on insane.

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* Loz, Yazoo, and Kadaj from ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren''. Like their Father, they all want to help their Mother Jenova in whatever they can. If that includes threatening Formerly Corrupt Corporate Executives, Kidnapping Children, and summoning a Dragon to destroy a City, all the better!

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': '''THE [[LargeHam LARGE HAMMINESS]], [[IdiotHair IDIOT HAIR]] [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower CHARLES ATLAS SUPERPOWER]] AND [[BishieSparkle SPARKLES]] HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY LINE FOR ''GENERATIONS!!!!'''''

* ''{{Deadpool}}'', a SociopathicHero hooks up with Shiklah, an evil Succubus who's crazier than he is. Both have shown an attraction to one another's violent sides. Their relationship. was as stable as one could expect. They can be lovebirds one min, and literally going to war with one another the next, while having sex in the middle of that. They have a daughter together sometime in the future. Needless to say their daughter, Warda is just as violent as both of her parents. She doesn't have a high opinion of Deadpool, held him hostage and tortured him for years trying to get info on what he'd done with Shiklah, while also causing another war. Deadpool's first child, Ellie, fights against her. While Ellie isn't as crazy as Deadpool or her half-sister, she is not shy to solving problems through violence. Even as a kid, she got into many fights after changing schools, with Deadppol encouraging her to tell teachers about bullies, instead of fighting. But no luck.

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* ''{{Deadpool}}'', a SociopathicHero hooks up with Shiklah, an evil Succubus who's crazier than he is. Shiklah loves Deadpool to be merciless. And Deadpool has expressed finding Shiklah's feral nature attractive. Their marriage was as stable as one could expect. They can be lovebirds one min, and literally going to war with one another the next, while having sex in the middle of that. During one of their bad fights, Shiklah goes from being annoyed, to angry, then turned on -inviting Deadpool back to bed after they'd just fought over him killing her [[YourCheatingHeart lover]].. They have a daughter together sometimes in the future. Needless to say their daughter, Warda is just as violent as both of her parents. She doesn't have a high opinion of Deadpool, held him hostage and tortured him for years trying to get info on what he'd done with Shiklah, while also causing another war. Deadpool's first child, Ellie, fights against her. While Ellie isn't as crazy as Deadpool or her half-sister, she is not shy to solving problems through fighting. Even as a kid, she got into many fights after changing schools, with Deadppol encouraging her to tell teachers about bullies, instead of fighting. But no luck.

* In the TVTropes original webseries ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'', [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Zack's]] entire family seems to be severely messed up.

* The Royal Family and all their Cousins/Second Cousins/Distant Cousins in ''KatamariDamacy''.