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* StarTrek features several. Most obviously, there are the "kid characters" [[TheWesley Wesley Crusher]] and Jake Sisko; the latter defies the GenerationXerox tendency by becoming a journalist and novelist instead of joining Starfleet. In StarTrekTheNextGeneration, Geordi [=LaForge=] is explicitly described as a "Starfleet brat", with both parents in the service, who rather enjoyed his wandering childhood. Background material and the new movie put [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James Kirk]]'s father and mother in Starfleet as well. Finally, we have [[StarTrekVoyager Tom Paris]], a [[RebelliousSpirit less than ideal]] admiral's son.

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* StarTrek features several. Most obviously, there are the "kid characters" [[TheWesley Wesley Crusher]] and Jake Sisko; the latter defies the GenerationXerox tendency by becoming a journalist and novelist instead of joining Starfleet. In StarTrekTheNextGeneration, Geordi [=LaForge=] is explicitly described as a "Starfleet brat", with both parents in the service, who rather enjoyed his wandering childhood. Background material and the new movie put [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James Kirk]]'s father and mother in Starfleet as well. Finally, Also, we have [[StarTrekVoyager Tom Paris]], a [[RebelliousSpirit less than ideal]] admiral's son.son. Then there's [[StarTrekEnterprise Malcolm Reed]] who's family has been in the Royal Navy for three generations.

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* [[ThePolice Stewart Copeland]] grew up in Lebanon because his father was a CIA officer.
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** Further back than that. He stated that Sinclairs had been fighter pilots since the Battle of Britain, making that family tradition 318 years old.
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** Taken BeyondTheImpossible when Colin claims to be "child of the streets", then goes on to paint a very disturbing pattern of adoption involving two beavers and a platypus...

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** Taken BeyondTheImpossible when Colin claims to be "child of the streets", then goes on to paint [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a very disturbing pattern of adoption involving two beavers and a platypus...]]
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* Lancer from the WhateleyUniverse
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* Jeffrey Sinclair in ''{{Babylon 5}}''. According to his backstory, he comes from a family of them: The tradition of Military Brats started with his grandfather.
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* In a rare {{Magical Girl}} example, many from [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha]], especially the younger Harlaowns, the Nakajima sisters, Vivio Takamachi, etc.

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* In a rare {{Magical Girl}} example, many from [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha [[LyricalNanoha Nanoha]], especially the younger Harlaowns, the Nakajima sisters, Vivio Takamachi, etc.
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** Talia Glady's son in GundamSEEDDestiny

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** Talia Glady's Gladys' son in GundamSEEDDestiny
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** Athrun Zala, Nicol Amalfi, Dearka Etheman, Yzak Joule and Natarle Badgiruel from GundamSEED

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** Athrun Zala, Nicol Amalfi, Dearka Etheman, Elsman, Yzak Joule and Natarle Badgiruel from GundamSEED

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A Military Brat is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what the name implies]]: someone who grew up with at least one parent in the military. Sometimes both parents. Tends to crop up a lot in [[YanksWithTanks American]] series and works of fiction.

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A Military Brat is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what the name implies]]: someone who grew up with at least [[DadTheVeteran one parent in the military.military]]. Sometimes both parents. Tends to crop up a lot in [[YanksWithTanks American]] series and works of fiction.


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Naturally comes equipped with DadTheVeteran, even if it was Mom.
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* In the ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5841057/1/Operation_FRAGMENT Operation:FRAGMENT]] Patton Drilovsky (AKA Numbuh Sixty) and Rachel [=McKenzie=] (AKA Numbuh Three Sixty-two) both have a background as [[MilitaryBrat military brats]], which have made them [[TheStraightWillAndGrace close friends]] after their decommisioning.

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* In the ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5841057/1/Operation_FRAGMENT Operation:FRAGMENT]] Patton Drilovsky (AKA Numbuh Sixty) and Rachel [=McKenzie=] (AKA Numbuh Three Sixty-two) both have a background as [[MilitaryBrat military brats]], which have made them [[TheStraightWillAndGrace [[PlatonicLifePartners close friends]] after their decommisioning. decommisioning.
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** Solid, Liquid, and Solidus Snake were also military brats in the most literal sense (They were the clones of the legendary soldier, Big Boss, and as stated in the {{Novelization}} (as well as implied in the source material and in Peace Walker), they were also raised by the military from [[ChildSoldier a very early age]]).
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Dude, read the page description. It\'s about children who have a parent in the military. Robin doesn\'t have a parent in the military (on account of both parents being dead. Batman doesn\'t count), and neither does Raven.


* ''TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'': Robin & Raven qualify real well, especially when the Teen Titans are in Japan seeking the villan responsible for the destruction of Titans Tower.



* Robin from ''TeenTitans'', it came from not only his arrogance, but his overzealous leadership over the four other teen titans.
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Robin did fought fanatically al throughout all 5 Seasons, in nearly every episode. Militarism in cartoons is not my type of TV & Internet entertainment, from my opinion & point of view.



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* Robin from ''TeenTitans'', it came from not only his arrogance, but his overzealous leadership over the four other teen titans.
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Wait a second, none of those descriptors make him fit that trope (unless you are arguing it at a metaphorical level?)


* Robin in ''{{TeenTitans}}''. He's the team leader, the lancer, the soldier & the head honcho of the Teen Titans.
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Back in 2003 when I was in High School Teen Titans aired on Cartoon Network, Robin was the ultimate soldier/superhero for all DC Comicbook fans. I chose Raven from the 5 other Titans because she was goth and her name sounded gothic. I once believed I could understand the Goth Subculture from that one female character. But when Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo aired on CN in 2006, I becamed disillusioned after learning Raven liken in the animated series had been nothing more but a Loner, not only Robins Second in command, but more like a commissar. After all that I\'ve lost all liking for Raven & Teen Titans. I soon learned from the web that Raven wasn\'t the first catoon goth girl Warner Bros created. Lydia Deetz from my point of view was the very first cartoon goth girl I\'ve seen on TV.

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* ''TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'': Robin & Raven qualify real well, especially when the Teen Titans are in Japan seeking the villan responsible for the destruction of Titans Tower.


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* Robin in ''{{TeenTitans}}''. He's the team leader, the lancer, the soldier & the head honcho of the Teen Titans.
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* The Reacher brothers followed their Marine father from base to base.

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* Invoked by accident during a game on WhoseLineIsItAnyway, when Ryan claims to be of Dutch origin in a skit, then slips acccidentally into an Irish accent. "We did a lot of moving around, my father was a military man..."
** Taken BeyondTheImpossible when Colin claims to be "child of the streets", then goes on to paint a very disturbing pattern of adoption involving two beavers and a platypus...

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* Harmon Rabb is a GenerationXerox example (right down to his dad looking identical to him in flashbacks, plus a mustache). His dad being shot down during Vietnam and declared MIA forms a central part of Rabb's character arc as he tries to find out what happened to him.

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* JAG's Harmon Rabb is a GenerationXerox example (right down to his dad looking identical to him in flashbacks, plus a mustache). His dad being shot down during Vietnam and declared MIA forms a central part of Rabb's character arc as he tries to find out what happened to him.him.
** Also the case with most of the rest of the cast - Mac's biggest influence was her Marine uncle, Bud's father was a Master Chief (and he himself fathers four kids of his own with Harriet), Sturgis' father is a Navy Chaplain, and Maj. Gen. Cresswell's daughter is attending the Academy by the time the series ends. Of the main cast members, Chegwidden is the only one who isn't stated to be a military brat or the parent of one.
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* Ninja Joan Driscoll from ''AmeliaRules''
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* Captain Parminter in ''FTroop'' and Ensign Parker in ''McHalesNavy'': both are hopeless schlubs from illustrious military families who are nevertheless bound and determinied to somehow carry on their families' tradition of service.
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* Meryl of {{Metal Gear Solid}} has been raised by the army to the point that she felt more comfortable with a gun than a bra, which may also explain why keeping a Desert Eagle magazine in her cleavage isn't a discomfort.

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* Meryl of {{Metal Gear Solid}} MetalGearSolid has been raised by the army to the point that she felt more comfortable with a gun than a bra, which may also explain why [[{{Ptitleba4e2b2g}} keeping a Desert Eagle magazine in her cleavage cleavage]] isn't a discomfort.
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* In ''TheWall'' Pink is a MilitaryBrat. Which is not surprising as Pink is largely based on band member Roger Waters, who's father died as a soldier in WorldWarII.

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* In ''TheWall'' Pink is a MilitaryBrat. Which is not surprising as Pink is largely based on band member Roger Waters, who's whose father died as a soldier in WorldWarII.

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* Harmon Rabb is a GenerationXerox example (right down to his dad looking identical to him in flashbacks, plus a mustache). His dad being shot down during Vietnam and declared MIA forms a central part of Rabb's character arc as he tries to find out what happened to him.
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** LeVar Burton was a real-life Army brat, so LaForge's Starfleet Brat childhood may have been a character aspect addition by the character's actor.

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** LeVar [=LeVar=] Burton was a real-life Army brat, so LaForge's [=LaForge=]'s Starfleet Brat childhood may have been a character aspect addition by the character's actor.
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** LeVar Burton was a real-life Army brat, so LaForge's Starfleet Brat childhood may have been a character aspect addition by the character's actor.
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* Jill Taylor from ''HomeImprovement''.

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* Jill Taylor from ''HomeImprovement''. She can even drive a tank.
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* [[OrderOfTheStick Miko Miyazaki]] has been mentioned by [[WordOfGod Burlew]] to be a product of her upbringing, which was a paladin-flavored variant on this trope. We can probably infer that her parents weren't a great deal better than she was, because even the other paladins can't stand her.
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** Mariemaia [[spoiler: Barton/Khushrenada]] in GundamWing[[TheMovie : Endless Waltz]]

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** Mariemaia [[spoiler: Barton/Khushrenada]] Barton/Khushrenada in GundamWing[[TheMovie : Endless Waltz]]Waltz]]. [[spoiler:If she ''is'' indeed Trieze's daughter.]]



** Andrei Smirnov and Billy Katagiri in {{Gundam 00}}

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** Andrei Smirnov and Billy Katagiri in {{Gundam 00}}00}}. Feldt Grace and Mileina Vashti can count as Paramilitary brats.



* Meryl of {{Metal Gear Solid}} has been raised by the army to the point that she felt more comfortable with a gun than a bra.
** Which may explain why keeping a Desert Eagle magazine in her cleavage isn't a discomfort.

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* Meryl of {{Metal Gear Solid}} has been raised by the army to the point that she felt more comfortable with a gun than a bra.
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bra, which may also explain why keeping a Desert Eagle magazine in her cleavage isn't a discomfort.discomfort.
** Fortune in [[MetalGearSolid2 Sons Of Liberty]] counts as well.

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