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  • The Ackermans in Attack on Titan. There is Mikasa who is ranked number one in her class and is reported worth a hundred soldiers. Then there is Kenny who has a tremendous body count and manages to put Levi on the defense. And Levi himself. who is related to the former and is just as capable of downing multiple Titans (and humans) alone.
  • Baccano!: The Gandor brothers, including and especially the adopted and little-known fourth one you might recognize as Claire Stanfield.
  • The Middlefords in Black Butler. All of them. Including Elizabeth. Scratch that, ESPECIALLY Elizabeth.
  • Deconstructed in Black Clover. Many noble and royal families pride themselves in having members who go on to become powerful mages, with some associated with Magic Knight squads like the Silva and Vermillion families. However, members who don't live up to their families' expectations, like Noelle for her Power Incontinence and Finral for failing to use offensive Spatial Magic, are viewed as a disgrace to their name, which gives them a lot of self-esteem issues.
  • Bleach:
    • The Kuchiki family is defined by Byakuya, the strongest leader in the family's history and Sixth Division Captain. He succeeded his Old Master Ginrei and his own father Sojun was a lieutenant before his death. His adopted sister Rukia was the one who awoke Ichigo's power for the very first time, then asserted herself as an Action Girl when she killed the Ninth Espada and later gained both the 13th Division lieutenant seat and bankai. In filler, the anime gave the family the extremely powerful Kouga Kuchiki, the Zanpakutou Tales Big Bad. Then the manga epilogue added Rukia's husband/Byakuya's Number Two Renji Abarai, who shook The Worf Effect off him to the point of joining Ichigo in his ultimate fight against Yhwach, and their daughter Ichika Abarai, who's in her way to become quite the Little Miss Badass.
    • The Shiba family consists of the one-armed explosives expert Kuukaku and her younger brother Ganju. It also included their older brother Kaien who completed the six-year Shinigami Academy programme in two years and made lieutenant within five years of graduating, and his wife Miyako, the 13th Division's Third Seat. Their uncle was 10th division captain Isshin Shiba who sacrificed his powers and became known as Isshin Kurosaki.
    • The Ishida family consisted of the mystic archer Souken Ishida and his grandson Uryuu, who was capable of one-shotting a captain and his bankai despite not having achieved his full potential. Souken's son and Uryuu's father, Ryuuken, is far more powerful than his son but is estranged due to his refusal to use his powers and explain why. Kanae Katagiri was originally Ryuuken's Ninja Maid before becoming his wife and Uryuu's mother, while Ryuuken's cousin was Masaki Kurosaki, a Quincy with unusually powerful Blut Vene who gained even greater power when accidentally Hollowfied by Aizen's experiments.
    • The Kurosaki family consists of the main character Ichigo and his potentially talented sister Karin. Their father Isshin used to be a shinigami before giving it up to live a human life and their mother Masaki sacrificed her life to save Ichigo from a hollow. Masaki was de-powered while fighting a hollow she should have curbstomped. Thanks to Isshin and Masaki's family backgrounds, Ichigo's therefore related to both the badass Shiba and Ishida families, too! And the manga adds Ichigo's highschool sweetheart and wife, the Badass Adorable Orihime Inoue, and her and Ichigo's son Kazui, who managed to dispel what remained of Yhwach's power (which was strong enough to worry the Hell outta Soul Society) by merely touching it.
  • Code Geass: The Britannias. Sons and daughters of Charles zi Britannia by multiple wives. They basically run the largest empire in the world, although this is because of royal privilege. What DIDN'T come from royal privilege was the multiple military campaigns several, such as Cornelia and Schneizel, are shown being victorious in, as well as the massive and eventually successful rebellion engineered by the exiled prince, Lelouch. So, here's a list of things the family would have achieved if not for the intervention of the other members:
    • Clovis: Retaining custody of C.C for study to learn about Geass abilities via Code R.
    • Euphemia: Reforming The Social Darwinist empire in the direction of a pluralist constitutional monarchy, if it weren't for Lelouch's Geass acting up. In at least one Alternate Universe, she actually does manage to do it.
    • Schneizel: Taking over the Chinese Federation if not for Lelouch. Then, taking over the world if not for Lelouch.
    • Cornelia: Pacifying Japan and successfully dismantling its dispersed resistance groups.
    • Lelouch: He would have taken over Japan in 10 episodes, would not have to rescue Nunnally from his uncle VV and thereby would've won the First Battle of the Tokyo Settlement, would not have to deal with the advanced Knightmares that were created by Prince Schneizel's personal science division and would not have lost control of the Black Knights.
    • Charles: Assimilation Plot.
    • Odysseus: Uh... nothing. Though Odysseus still had the balls to actually try reasoning with Lelouch when he took over and became Emperor. It obviously didn't work, but the fact that he tried to be polite to Lelouch when he was taking over and everyone was freaking out counts for something.
  • The Hargreaves Family of Count Cain may not have a knack for Shounen fighting, but Cain, Alexis and their closer relatives are/were devout poison collectors, Alexis upgraded a leetle occult club to something to be feared and Augusta was a Magnificent Bitch that was behind it all. Pretty badass. Oh, and little Merryweather is a fortune teller.
  • Dragon Ball: The Sons are an extended Badass Family. Goku's the hero of the world and his sons and granddaughter are usually quite competent, but his wife, father-in-law, adopted grandfather, daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law's father are all world-class martial artists in their own right. His father too and Vegeta's and Bulma's also to some extent.
  • Fullmetal Alchemist:
    • The Elrics and the Armstrongs. Even Alex Armstrong's meek and shy little sister Catherine can effortlessly lift a piano over her head with one hand USING THE METHOD THAT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG LINE FOR GENERATIONS!
    • The Homunculi and Father are related to the Elrics by blood thanks to Hohenheim so anyone related to Hohenheim is a Badass by default.
    • And since those serving under Armstrong at Fort Briggs are thought of and treated as family, Buccaneer falls under the Armstrong qualification.
  • GaoGaiGar features the Shishioh family. To begin with, protagonist Guy Shishioh is a Hot-Blooded Super Robot pilot. His father, Leo, is a major scientist who develops the technology he fights with, as does Leo's brother Liger. Arguably, the least badass member of the Shishioh clan is Guy's late mother, Kizuna, and even she was a trailblazing astronaut.
    • GaoGaiGar FINAL adds Liger's daughter (Guy's cousin), Action Girl Renais Cardiff Shishioh.
    • By way of a Shared Universe with GaoGaiGar, Betterman's Shigeru Akamatsu is a part of the family too, being a son of Liger (and a half-brother of Renais's). During Betterman, he's a figure in helping lead the main cast in contending with Algernon. Years later, in King of Kings: GaoGaiGar vs. Betterman, Shigeru's helping to pick up where his father, uncle, half-sister, and cousin left off by leading the Gutsy Global Guard. Arguably, Shigeru's daughter, Sakura, might also count too, as she's been known to pilot a Neuronoid from time to time.
  • The Yato clan of Gintama is one of the strongest races in the universe. Among them is Kagura's little family: her papi Umibozu, strongest fighter in the universe, her mami, Kouka who could spend three days straight fighting giant snake monsters, her stupid brother Kamui, Harusame pirate admiral/ex-admiral and sociopath. Kagura herself provides much muscle to the Yorozuya when needed.
  • The Hellsing family is full of noblemen and vampire hunters, with the later three generations being able to control the most powerful vampire ever after great-granddad Abraham flattened him personally.
  • The Zaoldyeck family from Hunter × Hunter are a family of super-assassins who are so badass that they let the location of their spacious mountain estate be common knowledge, and the giant, snazzy front gates to their property are actually a tourist attraction. Their actual mansion is hidden in a dense forest, and you have to get past a 10-foot-tall attack dog automated killing machine and a small army of Battle Butlers before you stand a chance at actually finding it.
  • Inuyasha: Sango, Kohaku, and their father came from a badass village. Then there's also Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, and their father. And let's not forget Sesshoumaru's mother, a youkai queen.
    • The sequel Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon introduces Towa and Setsuna, the twin daughters of Sesshoumaru, along with their cousin Moroha who is the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome. Then there is Hisui, Sango and Miroku's son who became a demon slayer just like his mother and uncle.
  • Isabelle of Paris: The Laustin children are this trope. Andréa is a French Army Captain who's braved through his country's harshest conflicts, and Isabelle joins the war effort by disguising herself as a boy. Geneviève, despite being a frilly, dainty Ojou, pulls a gun on a Prussian officer attacking her boyfriend. Their parents may be a pair of Upper-class Twits, but the three are driven by Patriotic Fervour.
  • Most of the Joestar line from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is well acquainted with ass-kicking. Joseph Joestar and his grandson Jotaro Kujo even make it an inter-generational thing in Part 3. Even those without superpowers manage something. Joseph's father was a pilot during World War I.
    • The Zeppelis are sort of a secondary ass-kicking family, though they all have a bad habit of dying tragically, particularly when they cross paths with the Joestars.
    • Most of the Brando family, starting with DIO Brando, are powerful Stand Users as well. Furthermore, given that DIO is a Joestar by adoption and conceived his four sons with Jonathan Joestar's body, the Brando badasses are Joestars as well.
    • JoJolion's Higashikata family is another ass-kicking family, composed entirely of powerful Stand users.
  • The Furinji family in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. Grandfather Hayato's nickname is the Invincible Superman, the granddaughter Miu is no slouch, The father is the head of Yomi and the mother was a Pregnant Badass.
  • The Kiryuin family from Kill la Kill, as messed up as they are, is filled with badasses:
    • The mother, Ragyo, is a genius scientist and head of the largest corporation in the world. She's also imbued with Life Fiber DNA, and is the physically strongest character in the series by far.
    • The father, Soichiro, was also a genius scientist, and helped Ragyo in her experiments to create the perfect human-Life Fiber Hybrid, and he had the balls to start a revolution devoted solely to thwarting her plans. He also managed to hide from his wife for 17 years and created the Scissor Blades and Senketsu, both of which were instrumental in defeating Ragyo.
    • The older biological daughter, Satsuki, is the Absurdly Powerful Student Council President of Honnouji Academy, with an Adaptive Armor and unparalled fighting skills. Her goal is to conquer Japan, as well as to kill her mother and avenge the deaths of her father and little sister.
    • The younger biological daughter, Ryuko, is a Human-Life Fiber Hybrid who grew up to be a feared juvenile delinquent. Years later, she goes on a one-man stand against her older sister to avenger her father's death, not knowing that they're fighting for the same people, or that they're related. Their also the one who saves the Earth from Ragyo and the Life Fibers.
    • The technical third sister, Nui, is a full-on Artificial Humanoid Abomination and one of the most powerful villains in the series, only behind Ragyo. Said character is responsible for the death of Ryuko and Satsuki's father, and said character remains undefeated for a good chunk of the show.
    • Technically, Senketsu is a member of the family, being one of Soichiro's creations, as mentioned above.
  • The Legend of the Legendary Heroes has the Eris siblings.
  • Magi: Labyrinth of Magic:
    • The Ren ruling family. Most of them have captured a dungeon, with the first prince Kouen holding three Djinn, the only person after Sinbad to do so. Three of the crowned princes and two of the crowned princesses are generals of the Imperial Army. And add to the fact they are very close knit and if you happen to mess with one of them or threaten their country, prepare for the worst◊.
    • Aladdin's family. There's his father Solomon (a Reality Warper, the leader of La Résistance and King of Alma Torran), his mother Sheba (the third strongest magician of La Résistance and Queen of Alma Torran) and his evil grandfather David who was pretty badass for a 800 year old magic ruler.
  • Makyou Densetsu Acrobunch gives us the Randou family. All of which are accomplished explorers and pilot the title mech.
  • The Kabuto family from Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger, featuring badass super robot pilot Kouji Kabuto and his Mad Scientist grandfather Juuzo, as well as another badass super robot pilots Tetsuya Tsuurugi and Jun Hono, who are adopted children of Kouji's father, Kenzo, who is also someone you do not want messing up with (and who somehow manages being both an Abusive Parent and a Papa Wolf). Shin Mazinger has an addition to it in form of Tsubasa, ruthless leader of powerful criminal organization and master strategist, who is both Kouji's mother and Tetsuya's sister.
  • In Mission: Yozakura Family, the Yozakura family consists of superhumanly strong and talented international spies. Once he marries into the family, Taiyo is put through the paces of spyhood as well, going through Training from Hell compressed into a month to the point that he's a Master of Disguise with Charles Atlas Superpower. And then, he receives powers...
  • Naruto:
    • Most characters belong to one established ninja clan or another, many possessing natural or artificial mutations apart from the standard ninja-wizard training that virtually every character goes through. Also, it's often emphasised that the ninja villagers, the Leaf villagers in particular, treat each other as family, meaning this trope can extend to virtually the entire cast. Even many of the main villains are the badass black sheep of prestigious ninja families.
    • The most extensive example would be the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans, all of whom descend from the Sage of the Six Paths Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the strongest ninja ever. The Uchiha and Senju in particular were renowned for being the two strongest clans during the Warring Clans era.
      • The Uchiha includes Itachi, who's able to effortlessly defeat some of the strongest ninjas in the series while still a teenager, Sasuke, Itachi's younger brother and the series's deuteragonist, and Madara, a contender for the title of "second strongest ninja ever". His brother Izuna was said to be equally good. And of course, there's Obito, aka Tobi.
      • The Senju includes the First Hokage, another contender for "second strongest ninja ever", as well as his younger brother and granddaughter the Second and Fifth Hokages, both of whom are considered to be among the strongest ninja of their respective generations.
      • The Uzumaki Clan was so feared for its sealing abilities that several villages ended up banding together to destroy their homeland. Its members include Mito, the first host of the Nine-Tailed Fox (and the 1st Hokage's wife), Kushina, the second host of the Fox, Pain/Nagato, who single-handedly demolishes the Hidden Leaf Village, Karin, an unparalleled chakra detector with healing abilities, and Naruto, the series's protagonist. And that's not even including, by virtue of being Kushina's husband and Naruto's father, the Fourth Hokage, who was so feared that Hidden Stone shinobi were ordered to run away upon seeing him.
    • The Hyuga clan, distantly related to the Senjus, Uzumakis, and Uchihas through Hagoromo's brother Hamura, is one of the Hidden Leaf's most renowned clans, and naturally has several individuals of note; patriarch Hiashi, his twin Hizashi, the latter's son Neji, and the former's daughters Hinata and Hanabi, though it takes a while for Hinata to grow into it and we never see Hanabi actually show off how badass she is. The clan's fame is so great that its members have been constant targets of attempts to steal their specific clan ability. To top it off, Hinata expands the badass by marrying Naruto and having a son and a daughter with him.
    • Apart from their myriad descendents mentioned above, the Otsutsuki clan itself was no slouch; as the first clan capable of using Chakra, the basis for most ninja techniques originated with them. Apart from the aforementioned Hagoromo and Hamura, notable members include their mother Kaguya, perhaps the most powerful individual to ever exist, and Toneri, the main villain of the canon film The Last. Additionally, the Kaguya clan is another Otsutsuki descendent, with its sole surviving member being one of the most powerful enemies in the first half of the series.
    • Then there are the three sand siblings, Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara. All three start out in the series as very talented ninja, especially Gaara, who has one of the tailed beasts sealed inside of him. Adding to that is the fact that their father was the Fourth Kazekage of the Sand Village. All three become even more powerful post-Time Skip, with Gaara becoming the new Kazekage.
    • By right of adoption the Tailed Beasts are also part of the Sage's badass family.
    • The Sarutobi clan includes Hiruzen, the Third Hokage; his son Asuma, a famed jonin; and grandson Konohamaru, Naruto's protege and fellow Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass. Konohamaru's own parents are belatedly revealed to be elite members of the ANBU. While they never married, the late Asuma's girlfriend Kurenai gave birth to his daughter Mirai, who grows up to be bodyguard to the Sixth and Seventh Hokages. In the backstory, Hiruzen's own father was so strong that Sasuke Uchiha was named in honor of them.
    • We haven't seen many members of the Hatake clan, but the two we know of are incredibly renowned; Konaha's White Fang Sakumo, and his son Kakashi "The Copy Ninja" and future Sixth Hokage.
    • The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, is still the strongest ninja in the Hidden Stone Village despite his advanced age. His likely son Kitsuchi was a division leader during the final battles, and his granddaugther Kurotsuchi eventually becomes the Fourth Tsuchikage. Onoki's own grandfather was revealed in a databook to be the founding Tsuchikage of the Hidden Stone.
    • The Third Raikage, the strongest produced by the Hidden Cloud Village and who once held off an entire army on his lonesome, is father to the Fourth, and by adoption Killer B.
  • Negima! Magister Negi Magi:
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Ikari family. Let's see: boy is the textbook example of Beware the Nice Ones, girl is the resident Apocalypse Maiden, father is THE Chessmaster while the mother is... well... you don't want to know.

    Expanding the parameters to "family friends and associates", boy's caretaker is an Action Girl and genius tactician, boy's other partner is a Fiery Redhead who can wipe armies when she's in the adequate mood and position, caretaker's best friend and father's lover is a scientist with genius-like intellect inherited from her mom alongside the "father's lover" deal, caretaker's ex-boyfriend kept his cool in any situation including his own death, and kid who has Ho Yay with the boy is a freaking Angel in human form.
  • The Magari family of Nora.
  • One Piece
    • The Monkeys (and Portgas D. Ace). To be blunt, you mess with one of them, be prepared to mess with them all:
      • The eldest, Vice-Admiral Monkey D. Garp is called the Hero of the Marines. He's strong enough to hurl cannonballs as if they were baseballs, and when he does, they're faster than they would be if fired by actual cannons. Garp was powerful enough to corner freaking Gold Roger, the god damn Pirate King!
      • Not much has been revealed about Garp's son, Monkey D. Dragon. But what has been revealed is impressively badass. He's the most wanted criminal in the entire world. Why? Because he's started a revolution against the World Government.
      • By the time Captain Smoker first appeared, he was the most badass character seen thus far and easily defeated Luffy. As he was capturing him, then Dragon makes his appearance. All he does is talk calmly as he holds on to the jutte Smoker wears on his back, and the tough Marine Captain is practically pissing his pants.
      • Monkey D. Luffy himself, our hero, the man with the 1,500,000,000 bounty. Within a year, Luffy defeated the strongest pirates of the East Blue, kicked the asses of two of the Shichibukai, saved three separate nations and a city from destruction, punched out a Celestial Dragon, and successfully attacked all three of the World Government's most heavily defended bases. One of them, he attacked twice.
      • Portgas D. Ace, Luffy's older brother by adoption. Within the first year of his pirate career, he was offered the chance to become one of the Shichibukai. And fought Jinbei for five days without rest. And then he joined Whitebeard's crew. And his actual father is Gold Roger, the Pirate King. Plus his mom, Portgas D. Rouge, despite not being action-geared that we know of, was such a Plucky Girl that she held him in her womb for 20 months out of sheer force of will.
      • And Ace isn't Luffy's only sibling. Sabo is the Number Two in Dragon's army, his most notable feat (well, the most notable feat witnessed) crashing the Block D fight, a tournament where big-name fighters were competing for Ace's priceless Devil Fruit, which had regrown after his death. Sabo clobbered all of them and took it for himself, inheriting Ace's power and becoming even stronger.
      • No information has been given about either Luffy's mother or grandmother. But in order to attract Garp or his son, you have to be a total badass.
      • Due to implications that they're all related, you could also say the D's as a whole.
    • Considering that Whitebeard regards every member of his crew as his son, the Whitebeard Pirates can definitely be considered this. The entire crew and its allies fought evenly with all the force the Marines could bring to bear and five out of seven Shichibukai. Note that, despite this, the government still holds Dragon the Revolutionary as the greater threat.
    • Hell, the Straw Hat Pirates themselves could count as well. They may be a Badass Crew, but there's no denying that they're practically a family.
    • The Charlotte Family is far and away the family in the One Piece world most capable in a fight. Their matriarch, Linlin the "Big Mom," is one of the Four Emperors, who has taken over a large portion of the dangerous New World, is seemingly invulnerable, and has the power of the Life-Life Fruit, which is as dangerous as it sounds. As for her offspring, she has at least two children with bounties of over 1 billion berries and about a dozen others who have given difficult fights to Luffy and his crewmates. Perospero, Linlin's eldest son, was able to subdue and almost kill another Badass Family, the Vinsmokes (who had collectively conquered the entire North Blue region), all by himself, and he has brothers and sisters much stronger than he is.
  • The Ds of Pet Shop of Horrors are all master illusionists who can converse with the animals they sell (which are what you'd expect), and at least one of them knows magic kung fu.
  • Nonhuman example from Pokémon Adventures. Red's Pika, Yellow's Chuchu, and their kid, Gold's Pich. Because nothing says badass family more than having all three of them launching themselves into the air on a surfboard to finish off a massive Kyogre-shaped blob of energy with a triple Volt Tackle. The surfboard is technically part of the family, due to it being part of Pika via the Substitute move.
  • The Aida family in Princess Army is a non-supernatural example of this trope. Seiichirou Aida and his wife were world-renowned judoists and ran a popular dojo. All of their children are judo experts who have continued their legacy at the dojo, and Nonoka even becomes an Olympian by the end of the story.
  • Project Arms brings us the Takatsuki family. Apparently the Takatsukis are descendants of the Rappa ninjas and once every few century a boy is born to the family with supernatural powers. The Takatsukis we have seen on panel include Iwao "Silent Wolf" Takatsuki,a badass mercenary & shinobi whom the President of USA knows and trusts, Iwao's wife Misa Takatsuki, the neighborhood's sweetheart but who also happens to be a badass former mercenary and spends her spare time fighting off superhuman cyborgs with a M-60 without even soiling her dress and their adopted son Ryo who wields the terrible, planet-destroying power of the Jabberwock.
    • And then there is Iwao's psychotic brother James Huang, a mutant who can rip space & time and can kick the ass of a member of the Keith series with a smile on his face. Iwao still stomps on him, though!
  • Ranma ½:
    • The Saotomes. The son is a teenaged master of Supernatural Martial Arts, meaning he has Super-Strength, Super-Speed, a Healing Factor, and is Made of Iron — to the extent that he shrugged off, in a matter of moments, an impact that his opponent was certain had shattered every bone in his body. The father trained the son to be as good as he is, could originally fight him on equal terms and win at least half the time before he started slacking off and was Overshadowed by Awesome, and created two schools of Dangerous Forbidden Techniques, with such tricks as the ability to rip out an opponent's heart and to cut opponents apart with Razor Wind. The mother is something of a Cloud Cuckoolander Cute Clumsy Girl, but even her husband is afraid when she reaches for her katana.
    • It also has Shampoo and Cologne, who might be indirect relatives (Shampoo is Cologne's great-granddaughter), but are still badass. The former is an Action Girl who is the most formidable fighter amongst Ranma's fiancées, while the latter is a Miniature Senior Citizens Old Master and Trickster Mentor who can take out Pantyhose Taro with one wave of her staff.
    • While in another series they would be considered pretty badass, the Kuno and Tendo families aren't really qualified for this trope even if one takes into account the fact that they are Overshadowed by Awesome. Tatewaki and Kodachi Kuno are both Joke Characters in anime/manga form, while their father has no fighting skill of his own and instead uses bombs and tricks to mess with people. In the Tendo family, only Akane and her father Soun have any fighting skills (and Soun seems to have much less then his daughter), while the other daughters consist of Nabiki "The Barnum" Tendo, who almost got herself killed the first time she tried to actually plan to swindle money from somebody instead of capitalizing on a chance event, and Kasumi Tendo, who contents herself with looking after the housework and leaving the chaos to Akane and Ranma.
  • Rosario + Vampire:
  • Shura no Toki follows successive generations of the same badass family, the Mutsu. Throughout Japanese history Mutsu Enmei Ryu has proven to be the most formidable unarmed combat art in the land. In one of the arcs, the badass Yagyu family also gets a turn in the spotlight.
  • Luluco's family in Space Patrol Luluco. Her father is an accomplished member of the Space Police, her mother is a Space Pirate who delivered a Curb-Stomp Battle to the entire main cast on her introduction, and Luluco herself ends up becoming a multiversal protector.
  • Speed Racer: The Racer family. Pops was a wrestling champ in his highschool days and has gotten bigger and stronger since. Rex and Speed are both talented fighters, and Spritle can make grown men regret messing with him.
  • Spy X Family: Westalis' superspy <Twilight> has to blend in as a regular family man in only a week to spy on a suspected terrorist. He quickly adopts a strange little girl named Anya in a sleazy orphanage, then finds a woman named Yor who wants a Marriage of Convenience to protect herself from gossips (as single women are usually suspected to be spies in these paranoid times) and reassure her worried brother. However, <Twilight> doesn't know that Yor is secretly a Professional Killer (nor Yor that <Twilight> is a spy) and that Anya is a Psychic Child engineered by a secret organization and is able to read minds. Of course that means that Anya knows about her foster parents' secrets but actually finds that awesome as she loves Spy Fictions. There's also Yuri, Yor's younger brother and a member of the Secret Police, and the family's dog, Bond, who has Clairvoyance. Despite their secrets, the Forger family gradually transforms into a real family.
  • The Steam Family from Steamboy. Mrs. Steam even manages to clock one of the bad guys with a pillow.
  • The Jurai royal family in Tenchi Muyo!. The 'normal' members are ludicrously powerful by most standards (e.g., the king usually doesn't bother with bodyguards because he doesn't need them), while several of them are actually gods/goddesses — Tenchi is the avatar of a cosmic entity more powerful than the three goddesses that created the universe and Sasami is actually Tsunami, one of the three goddesses that created the universe.
    • Let's put it this way, Kenshi Masaki is the weakest family membernote  and even he is considered The Ace.
  • Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has the Black Siblings, who were not only willing to take on Gunmen, but kicked ass doing so.
  • Several of these exist in Tokyo Ghoul. In many cases, incredible abilities are passed down through certain bloodlines and lead to multiple generations of badasses.
    • The Washuu Clan, which rose to prominence as expert Ghoul Hunters before establishing the CCG in the late 1800s. Tsuneyoshi is known as "Demon Tsune" for his terrifying strength, son Yoshitoki is a brilliant commander, and eldest son Matsuri is a ruthless Investigator known for leading high-casualty operations. Then there's the Bastard Bastard of the family: Nimura Futura, a One-Eyed Ghoul.
    • The Kirishima Family, all powerful ghouls in their own rights. Hikari was a fierce fighter before settling down, but acted as the primary protector and provider of her family until Arima was sent to exterminate her. Afterwards, Arata was driven to pursue power in order to protect his children, becoming a greatly-feared Kakuja. Like his wife, he was hunted down by the CCG for his power and used to create an experimental weapon. Their children, Touka and Ayato, became an infamous pair that wiped out rival gangs before being taken under Yoshimura's care. Ayato left to continue seeking power, establishing himself as a leader in Aogiri and becoming an infamous Investigator Killer. And then there's their maternal uncle, Yomo — Yoshimura's second-in-command and one of the strongest Ghouls in the series.
    • Certain human bloodlines possess super-human physical attributes, usually Super-Strength that allows them to go toe-to-toe with ghouls and win. The Kuroiwa family are one such bloodline, with father Iwao a highly-decorated veteran Investigator and his son, Takeomi, quickly earning a reputation for himself after breaking a ghoul's neck with his bare hands.
  • Most of the members of the Takamachi family in Triangle Heart 3: Sweet Songs Forever are martial artists or ninja, and some have even taken on terrorist organizations and won. Even the Token Mini-Moe of the family gets to become a badass in her own spinoff show, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
    • And it gets bigger. Kyouya eventually marries his childhood friend Shinobu, a Japanese Vampire. Meanwhile, Nanoha officially adopts Vivio, a Clone Jesus Of Mass Destruction.
      • Worth noting is that at present, Nanoha, Fate, and Vivio are actually officially known as "The Takamachi Family". The exact nature of Nanoha and Fate's relationship still remains heavily teased yet technically unconfirmed, but by Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid, there remains no doubt that any single one of these three can kick your ass to kingdom come.
    • There's also Hayate and the Wolkenritter. They aren't actually biologically related, but they have a very definite "family" dynamic nonetheless. They're also easily the most powerful group in the series. May God be with you if the Yagami family shows up to kick your ass.
      • And while we're on the subject, it seems the Nakajima family has absorbed any convertable Number Cyborg Girl that they can. It's mentioned in the First Movie's Sound Stages that Teana Lanster is also considered to be part of the family by virtue of being Subaru's best friend and partner (possibly in more ways than one). And the family almost adopted Thoma Avenir, who wasn't ready to join them, but everyone treat him like as if he's really adopted. And he's an Eclipse Driver now.
      • Admiral Lindy Harlaown has a biological son, Chrono, and ends up adopting Fate, who later adopts Caro and Erio. Fate also serves as Vivio's other mommy.
      • As all four of the above families are also True Companions with each other, its highly likely that taking any one of them on would soon incite the others to come after you in short order. In fact this is why Hayate is looked on with suspicion by high command. The sheer force of the Takamachi, Yagami, Harlaown, and Nakajima families as a whole pretty much comprises a Badass Army made out of Badass Families.
    • The Hückebein family is a villainous (and dysfunctional) example.
    • Before the Hückebein, Jail Scaglietti and the Numbers, twelve female Combat Cyborgs who he refers as his daughters, are this.
  • Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-: Sakura Li, Syaoran Li, and the "twins", Syaoran Jr. (birth name Tsubasa) and "Watanuki", birth name also presumably Tsubasa. Enough said.
  • The Nanayas from Tsukihime are definitely a family of badasses, hunting down demon-hybrids with nothing more than minor psychic abilities and ordinary weapons. The head of the clan slaughtered dozens of people with nothing more than a pair of metal sticks. Although, the things they do to keep their psychic abilities in their bloodline are Squicky.
  • Thorfinn's family in Vinland Saga, starting with Thorfinn we move up to Thors his father then on his mother's side her father Sigvaldi, Chief of the Jomsviking and her Uncle Thorkell the Tall. His mother herself for being able to cow Thors back when he was the Norse equivalent of an Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy, and his sister Ylfa who is more than capable of taking care of herself, quickly joining in on the whale hunts.
  • The 1977 Mecha Anime Voltes V adores this trope for its heroes:
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL has the Tron / Vetrix Family. All four members are very skilled duelists (one of them even being Asia's Duel Champion and another The Rival's mentor), they possess a wide variety of abilities thanks to special Crests (which they all used at a point to control a powerful Number Monster) and the leader is a brilliant scientist and The Chessmaster. Their quest for revenge has however turned their once happy family into a Dysfunctional Family.

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