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Popular [[Fanfic]] device, especially if there ''are'' canonical descendants. [[Captain Obvious|Very much]] [[Truth in Television]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* The Japanese have done a few anime series about the fictional descendants of [[The Shinsengumi]], including ''Tobe! Isami'' (''Soar High! Isami'') and ''Kidou Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken''.

* The main character of ''[[The Kindaichi Case Files]]'', Hajime Kindaichi is the grandson of famous detective character Kosuke Kindaichi, created by Seishi Yokomizo.

* ''[[Shaman King Flowers]]'' follows Yoh's son, Hana, as well as the next generation Shamans.

 

== Comic Books ==

* ''[[Spider-Girl]]'' and the majority of the teen hero characters from [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Marvel Comics 2|MC-2]] lineup.

* In another example from [[Marvel Comics]], three of the [[Young Avengers]] (Stature, Wiccan, and Speed) are children of former Avengers members. A fourth (Patriot) is the grandson of the ''first'' [[Captain America (comics)]]. Vision is an interesting case since, new body aside, he essentially ''is'' the original Vision.

* The sequel to ''[[The Intercontinental Union of Disgusting Characters]]'' is called ''The Sick Kids''. Guess who gets the spotlight!

 

* Several [[Disney]] sequels:

** ''[[The Little Mermaid]] II: Return to the Sea'' follows the adventure of Ariel and Eric's daughter, Melody.

** ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Return to Neverland]]'' follows Wendy's daughter.

* The 1980 animated movie ''[[A Snow White Christmas]]'' stars the daughter of King Charming and Queen Snow, also named Snow White, who's on the run from the wicked queen (who has returned and turned her parents to ice) and is rescued by seven ''giants''.

* The 2000 ''[[Shaft]]'' stars [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as the nephew of the original, played by Richard Roundtree who makes a cameo appearance.

* The ''[[Air Bud]]'' movies transitioned into this with ''Air Buddies'' which focuses on the sports-playing Golden Retriever's puppies. Later movies however moved away from sports and more into common adventure.

* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' subverts this at the end: the theme music begins to swell as {{spoiler|Mutt}} picks up Indy's hat, but Indy grabs it back from him.

* Ultraman Zero, the main character of [[Ultraman Zero|a series of films]], is the son of [[Ultra Seven]].

 

== Literature ==

* ''Sons of the Oak'', a [[Continuation]] of David Farland's ''The Runelords <s>Trilogy</s> Saga'' that focuses upon the son of the Earth King battling an [[Big Bad|even bigger Bad]].

* The second and third books in the ''[[Old Kingdom]]'' trilogy mostly concern Sabriel and Touchstone's children.

* ''Savage Sam: Son of [[Old Yeller]]'' follows the journey of Travis and [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Savage Sam, the son of Old Yeller]] to rescue Little Arliss and Elizabeth Circe from Indians.

* This is basically the premise of the entire ''[[Redwall]]'' series. There's a strong continuity spanning ''centuries'' of family lines that seem to have a propensity toward getting wrapped up in epic conflicts every couple decades or so.

* The ''[[A to Z Mysteries]]'' has the ''Calendar Mysteries'', following the adventures of Bradley and Brian Pinto (Josh's younger brothers), Nate Hathaway (Bradley's friend), and Lucy Armstrong (Dink's cousin).

 

* ''[[The Adventures of Shirley Holmes]]'' ([[Sherlock Holmes]]' great-grandniece).

* The 2008 ''[[Knight Rider]]'' TV movie and subsequent show was about the son of David Hasselhoff's character.

* [[Pac-Man|Jr Pac Man]] anyone?

 

* The main characters of ''[[Umlaut House]] 2'' are mostly the kids and students of the characters from the first comic. Two of whom, Volair and Saundra's son Pierce and Jake and Rick's daughter Rhonda, were actually introduced [[Kid From the Future|a year before "1" ended.]]

* ''[[Original Life]]'' follows the children of Fisk Black, main character of ''[[Better Days]]''.

* Violet, of ''[[Coming Up Violet]]'' was in ''[[Fur Will Fly]]'' but she was about six (instead of in high school) and her mother and stepfather were more significant characters in the latter series/

* Act 6 of ''[[Homestuck]]'' has an inversion, introducing teenaged [[Alternate Universe]] versions of the main characters' biological parents.

 

== Western Animation ==

* [[Robotech]] does this in the Masters Saga to tie it into the Macross Saga. The protagonist, Dana Sterling, is Max and Miria's daughter, and Bowie is (according to the non-canon novels, at least) is the nephew of Claudia Grant, one of the [[Bridge Bunnies]] from Macross.

* ''[[101 Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'' focuses on Pongo and Perdita's puppies...well, most of them. Lucky, Cadpig and Rolly are the leads, while Dipstick, Whizzer, Two-Tone, Patch, and Tripod (who's new to the series) are side characters. Jewel is [[The Ghost]].

 

== Multiple Media ==

* [[Monster High]] is a series about the ''children'' of famous monsters such as Dracula and the Mummy who go to the same high school.

 

* There was a series on the table that would have featured the nephew of ''[[MacGyver]].'' Good thing they didn't go through with it, though, as [[Did Not Do the Research|Angus was an only child]].

** [[Honorary Uncle|The "uncle" part doesn't necessarily mean "blood-related"]]. Alternately, Mac could have found a nice girl with a sibling...

 

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