History Main / YourTraditionIsNotMine

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Redemption, Part II", Chancellor Gowron offers Worf the right to kill the (teenaged) son of the man responsible for disgracing House Mogh. Worf refuses, saying "It is not my way."

See also ScrewTheRulesTheyreNotReal.

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': PlayedForLaughs in "Honor thy Mother": Carla Tortelli refuses to uphold her family's child naming tradition: combining her grandfather's given name and grandmother's maiden name. That's because in ''this'' case, her son's name would end up as "UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini". Nonetheless, Carla's mom is ''very'' insistent and guilt trips her over it.

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* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Pictured above, Anakin Skywalker has this issue in the prequel trilogy since, as a Jedi, he cannot be in a relationship with the love of his life, Padmé Amidala. In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' he completely solidifies his FaceHeelTurn after being convinced by the BigBad that turning to the Dark Side would save his wife from dying, which he'd been having visions of.

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** In ''LightNovel/FateZero'', [[TokenGoodTeammate Kariya Matou]] breaks with this, leaving the family due to [[AbusiveParent abuse from his "grandfather" Zouken]] and subsequently never learned magic. Ultimately subverted when [[EvilOldFolks Zouken]] manages to force him back into the family by threatening Sakura, the child of [[TheOneThatGotAway Aoi]], whom Kariya is still in love with.

* Yosho Masaki Jurai (also known as Katsuhito Masaki) of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human and half-Jurain]], and is the son of the king of Jurai and his human mother Funaho. Yosho is the crown prince of Jurai and was to take the throne. The Jurain nobles took issues with this, and so he was betrothed with his half-sister Ayeka. However he had no intention of doing so and used Ryoko's attack as an excuse to leave. Further complications reveal that he was in a relationship with Airi, who was a native of Airai, and pregnant with his child. Eventually, he used Ryoko's attack on Jurai as an excuse to disappear off the radar with few people knowing where he is.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Anakin Skywalker has this issue in the prequel trilogy since, as a Jedi, he cannot be in a relationship with the love of his life, Padmé Amidala. In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' he completely solidifies his FaceHeelTurn after being convinced by the BigBad that turning to the Dark Side would save his wife from dying, which he'd been having visions of.

A WhiteSheep will have a perfect reason why he or she does not want to partake in any of their family traditions, whether they are assassins, thieves, or so forth, and in some cases, wants some [[IJustWantToBeNormal normalcy in their life]]. A BlackSheep is likely to not be a religious devotee, a teen rebel, and feels they don't fit in, or in a worst-case scenario, pulls a FaceHeelTurn. This is also a case if a character wants to do something they wanted in their life, but their FantasyForbiddingFather wants them to do the oppose, and is strongly opposed to their personal goals. If a character wants to romance someone of a different race, the relationship in question with someone their family or [[MalignedMixedMarriage race utterly despise]] will cause a lot of problems. This is ''very common'' with royalty the prince or princess who will ''definitely'' have issues with their higher-authority parent. And sometimes, those parents will force them to go along against their will or cut them off.

A WhiteSheep will have a perfect reason why he or she does not want to partake in any of their family traditions, whether they are assassins, thieves, or so forth, and in some cases, wants some [[IJustWantToBeNormal normalcy in their life]]. A BlackSheep is likely to not be a religious devotee, a teen rebel, and feels they don't fit in, or in a worst-case scenario, pulls a FaceHeelTurn. If a character wants to romance someone of a different race, the relationship in question with someone their family or [[MalignedMixedMarriage race utterly despise]] will cause a lot of problems. This is ''very common'' with royalty the prince or princess who will ''definitely'' have issues with their higher-authority parent. And sometimes, those parents will force them to go along against their will or cut them off.

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': Darth Thanaton sees himself as the self-appointed guardian of Sith traditions, [[AppealToAuthorityFallacy citing it to justify his actions]] ''constantly''. The Sith Inquisitor PC often replies with the last line of the Sith Code: "Through victory, my chains are broken / The Force shall free me," essentially arguing that the whole ''point'' of being a Sith is [[ScrewTheRulesTheyreNotReal not having to follow arbitrary rules and traditions]]. This attitude gains them allies, notably Moff Valion Pyron, who chafes at [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Sith politics in general]] and Darth Thanaton's obsession with tradition in particular interfering with the Imperial armed forces and Imperial Intelligence.

* ''Literature/TheBible'': Israel frequently corrupt or turn their backs on God to embrace the traditions and gods of their neighbors. God responds by giving Israel over to the other nations to RapePillageAndBurn until Israel repents and returns to worshipping Him, though eventually the Israelites fall too far and God has the Assyrians and Babylonians conquer them and destroy Jerusalem.

* This is Batman's origin story in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. Recruited by the League of Shadows, Bruce Wayne quickly becomes their star pupil, believing he's finally found a group of people who share his passion for fighting crime and can give him the training and tools to do so effectively. However, he abandons them when he rejects their final exam, [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten which required him to execute a captured and imprisoned thief]]. The eventual discovery that they're a [[KnightTemplar fundamentalist cult]], who may claim to fight crime, but whose real purpose is to burn down any civilization they view as having become too corrupt and decadent, didn't help either.

A WhiteSheep will have a perfect reason why he or she does not want to partake in any of their family traditions, whether they are assassins, thieves, or so forth and in some cases, wants some [[IJustWantToBeNormal normalcy in their life]]. A BlackSheep is likely to not be a religious devotee, a teen rebel, and feels they don't fit in, or in a worse case scenario, pulls a FaceHeelTurn. If a character wants to romance someone of a different race, the relationship in question with someone their family or [[MalignedMixedMarriage race utterly despise]] will cause a lot of problems. This is ''very common'' with royalty the prince or princess who will ''definitely'' have issues with their higher-authority parent. And sometimes, those parents will force them to go along against their will or cut them off.

This is also, tragically, one of the primary reasons [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil an evil apprentice]] will have this viewpoint when they question the old traditions of their old masters, as it conflicts their own. Or if the pupil is a good guy, but finds the traditions of his master's laws as outdated. In any case, it can cause a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance.

* Yosho Masaki Jurai (also known as Katsuhito Masaki) of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human and half-Jurain]], and is the son of the king of Jurai and his human mother Funaho. Yosho is the crown prince of Jurai, and was to take the throne. The Jurain nobles took issues with this, and so he was bethrothed with his half-sister Ayeka. However he had no intention of doing so, and used Ryoko's attack as an excuse to leave. Further complications reveal that he was in a relationship with Airi, who was a native of Airai, and pregnant with his child. Eventually, he used Ryoko's attack on Jurai as an excuse to disappear off the radar with few people knowing where he is.

** At the beginning of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Son Goku finds out he belongs to a race of warrior {{Blood Knight}}s called Saiyans. He also found out he was sent to Earth to destroy all life on it. The reason he didn't was because of a head injury as a baby. Initially he rejected his heritage as a Saiyan, but eventually embraces it during the Frieza Saga facing the titular BigBad.
** In ''Dragon Ball Z''[='s=] sequel ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Zamasu is an apprentice Supreme Kai who would take his master's place as the Supreme Kai of Universe 10. However his [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity black and white views]] on mortals caused him to see the beings he's supposed to protect as unworthy of the gods' knowledge. Meeting Goku and going to Planet Babari only solidified his bias, and concludes that all mortals need to be wiped out for universal peace. To that end, [[spoiler: Zamasu tries to murder Gowasu and steal his Time Ring. When Gowasu learns this, he is ''not'' pleased. The Zamasu who would become Black not only killed his master for the earrings, but also killed Future Gowasu.]]
* Raoh of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is the eldest brother of the protagonist Kenshiro, along with Toki, his biological brother, and the other adopted brother Jagi. After Kenshiro is named the 64th successor of Hokuto Shinken, a legendary martial art of assassination, Raoh chooses to defies those laws, which requires those who are not named successor to have their fists sealed or memories of it erased, for his own ends and ambition. Both Toki and Kenshiro, who both take the traditions of Hokuto Shinken very seriously, would fight him in the course of the manga.

* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' prequel ''Tallstar's Revenge'', Tallpaw's family has always been tunnelers, and he knows that his father is eager to train him and patrol with him. Tallpaw dreams of being a moor-runner, however - which Heatherstar senses, and assigns him as - but Tallpaw can't help but feeling bad for disappointing his parents.

** Played with in ''[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]''. The Jensaarai Order started out like this: a Jedi found a text purporting to contain hidden history and Force techniques, fell to the dark side, and started his own order (the text was actually left behind by now-dead Sith Lords to induce this exact result). However, once the Jedi had killed him and his most accomplished supporters, the remaining ones were too new to the order to have have really committed to the dark side, and without anybody to guide them, were left to advance on their own as best they knew how... which they did by setting themselves up as an order of protectors for the population of their planet, effectively becoming a localized Jedi Order. Both the founder of the Jensaarai and his followers were effectively rejecting their tradition, but the latter did so unknowingly, and the former under false pretenses.

** In Mosiah, we have Alma and the four sons of Mosiah. Alma openly opposes the church his father worships, and convinces his friends, who are the sons of King Mosiah, to join him. However he eventually subverts this after going into a coma and had a HeelFaceTurn.

* There are many episodes of ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' where Robbie eschewed traditions like hunting, Howling Day and leaving Grandma to die.

* In the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}, for members of [[OurMagesAreDifferent the Mage Association]] it is traditional that the child of a Magus will follow them in their position, as magecraft can usuallly only be inhereted along bloodlines.