Toshiro and sakura 4 ever is an avid fanfiction reader and an active particpant in the world of fandom. The Generation Xerox trope as used in popular culture. Yes, we know that Lamarck Was Right. but this is getting silly. You see, not only has our hero …. Tags. No Archive Warnings Apply; Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark; Glimmer/Peeta Mellark; Gale Hawthorne/Madge Undersee; Katniss Everdeen; Peeta Mellark; Gale Hawthorne. Generation Xerox - TV Tropes. Yes, we know that Lamarck Was Right.. You see, not only has our hero discovered his Secret Legacy and realized that, due to his Superpowerful Genetics, he has inherited all of Mom and Dad's abilities (including the ones courtesy of. Charles Atlas).. he's found out that he's destined/doomed to live out a replay of their lives. This trope takes "following in your parent's footsteps" to a whole new level. It’s like Rainbow Rowell writes in peanut butter and stolen moments and lazy eyelash wishes. That’s the best and only way I can describe it.The character hasn't just inherited their parents' character traits and superpowers — they've inherited their entire life story. They will meet the same people their parents met, or, if this isn't possible, they will have an equivalent. If Mandy's best friend when she was a child was Polly the Soap Box Sadie, her daughter Mindy will befriend Paula the Soap Box Sadie on her first day of school. Sometimes it's just a coincidence, where the child seems to gravitate towards the same type of people as their mom and dad were drawn to, but often the new associate will have some direct tie to the parent's past (e. Often, certain key events will happenexactlyas they did in the past. Turn Out Like His Father is most likely to fail when crossed with this trope. In many plotlines, however, the outcome will change at the last moment since the hero(ine) has heard the story from their parents and has had the time to work out what went wrong and worked up the guts to change it. Tsukune08 is a fanfiction author that has written 9 stories for Naruto, Rosario + Vampire, Harry Potter, Fairy Tail, and Freezing/フリージング. The Katniss at the end of The Hunger Games and at the start of Catching Fire is one that wants to go forward and return to some kind of normalcy. As per canon, Neon Genesis Evangelion fanfiction uses and abuses this trope heavily: Advice And Trust: Hikari wears this hairstyle. They make her seem younger, even. For example, if the hero's dad fell out with his best friend because neither would apologize to the other, the hero will figure out that saying sorry is the best way to keep his own friendship going. To a certain point, this trope can be a Justified Trope. If the parents send the kid to the same school as they themselves went to, then it's not such a stretch to believe that the son or daughter will encounter the same people. If the parents kept in touch with their old friends, it's not unlikely that the child will befriend the children of those friends. However, if the parents moved to a different country, assumed secret identities and tried to forget the past, only to have Junior come home from his first day of school announcing that his dad's right hand man is his English teacher.. Mentors who become parental figures will also tend to pass on their life story, although karma rather than genetics will be held responsible for the resulting deja vu. Love Interests and relationships tend to get copied whole cloth as well. Whether it's the descendants of two Star- Crossed Lovers or the child of the Official Couple from a Love Dodecahedron finding out they have their parent's stable's children gunning for them with cupid's arrows. And heaven help you if your parents/mentors made a mess of their lives, because guess what? Yup, that Fatal Flaw was hereditary too. Better get to work figuring out just how they screwed things up, because if you don't, chances are the same tragedy's going to happen again. And it'll be your fault this time around, in which case you'll have no choice but to pass the entire scenario on to your son or daughter and hope that they can Set Right What Once Went Wrong — a sort of generational "Groundhog Day" Loop. See also In the Blood, Secret Legacy, Superpowerful Genetics, Legacy Character. Often this leads to Parental Hypocrisy. Opposed Mentors will have opposed students who will become mentors themselves etc. Very often, the exact same actors will be used to portray the ancestors. The more distant they are, the more likely this is. Anime and Manga In Pet Shop of Horrors, Count D's dad is portrayed throughout the series as a nasty piece of work, a Manipulative Bastard supreme. It's surprising then, when a short story reveals that D's dad was much like his son when he was younger, to the point he even had a "Leon" of his own in the form of Vesca Howell — a loud mouthed and brash best friend who he was exceedingly fond of but whom he ultimately abandoned, just as D abandoned Leon at the end of Petshop. The elder D's later "madness", and the fact that he and Howell were eventually responsible for each other's deaths, doesn't bode well for his son, especially given the "Count D" family's odd connection to karma. The final twist of Akisora: Their parents were incestuous as well. As much as Tomoya Okazaki of CLANNAD hates his father for neglecting him to dull the pain of his mother's death, he has become exactly the same to his own little girl Ushio to forget that her birth killed Nagisa. Thankfully, both cases get better. And worse. And better, again. Initial D: In the Third Stage movie, Takumi races the son of his father's former rival. And wins, just like his dad did. One of the themes of Naruto is the recurrence of certain characters, traits, and patterns across the generations. Team 7's relations and characteristics are a dead ringer for those of the Legendary Sannin. This was one of the reason many fans were able to pick up on a Luke, I Am Your Father revelation long before it was revealed in canon. As a matter of fact, the relationship between Naruto and his friend/rival Sasuke works as this across multiple generations, dating all the way back to the very invention of ninjutsu. There's now an explanation for the phenomenon. It turns out that even after the sons of the Sage of the Six paths died, their chakra kept reincarnating into their descendants again and again for generations to continue their feud. And before Naruto/Sasuke, the previous vessels were Hashirama/Madara. There's also Team Minato in regards to Team 7, with Minato/Kakashi as the mentor, Obito/Naruto as the brash, hot- headed one with a crush on The Chick, Rin/Sakura as The Medic with a crush on the genius Lancer, and finally young Kakashi/Sasuke who are The Stoic. Though this particular generation is inverted in that that it was Obitowho ended up being the bad guy and Kakashi being the hero. To further deepen the parallels between Team Minato and Team 7, Kakashi ended up becoming Hokage, just like his sensei did. Though it's also inverted in regards to their respective teams, as Naruto, Obito's counterpart, is the one who became Hokage — then again, it was also Obito's dream, at least until he became evil. Then Obito became good again, and knowing that he could no longer achieve that dream after all the damage he had done, passed it on to his best friend Kakashi to fulfill. Team Ame might count too. Yahiko/Naruto as the brash, hot- headed one and underdog, Konan/Sakura as the "smart" one of the three, Nagato/Sasuke as the Genius and most talented of the three. There's also hints of a love triangle going on but was resolved peacefully. Unlike the current one.... Part of the drama/storyline is that Generation Xerox is present, but also a curse of types. Sasuke is the biggest example/offender that he seems like silly putty. Is he going to be a copy of Kakashi, Orochimaru, Itachi, Obito, or Madara? While Naruto might have inherited one of his father's signature techniques, it's really his mom whom he takes after: Hot- Blooded, addicted to ramen, similar Verbal Tics (his "dattebayo" vs. Jinchuuriki for the nine- tailed fox, etc. In the epilogue, his own son is shown to take after him, both in appearance and personality. Boruto is every bit the prankster his father and his sensei, Konohamaru, were as kids. He even has a similar Verbal Tic ("dattebasa"). The difference is that Boruto is shown to hate the Hokage, as the position means his father can't spend more time with him. Meanwhile, his sister Himawari is shown to take after their mother, Hinata, though both children inherited their father's facial markings. Boruto's similarity to Naruto is played with in Boruto: Naruto the Movie. Their differences in personality help drive much of the plot. For example, Naruto earned his current place through hard- work, training and determination; Boruto, born a prodigy and connected to very powerful clans, is more than willing to take shortcuts or straight- up cheat his way to victory. Even the animation plays with this a bit: despite his great likeness to Naruto, there's a certain softness to his facial feautres that make him similar to Hinata when the two are compared. Relatedly, it is eventually hinted that Naruto is very much like Kurama was when he was young. Who is Kurama? The nine- tailed fox, of course. Nara menhave a thing for. Troublesome Women, probably. Later confirmed. Shikamaru, just like his father, married a very troublesome woman (Temari). The Ino- Shika- Cho formation and its relationship with the Sarutobi clan goes back 1. In the epilogue, their children are shaping up to follow. Hinata, like her father Hiashi, was ready to die to protect something — in this case, Naruto. However, at the last second, Neji takes the bullet for her, just like how his father Hizashi, Hiashi's twin brother, did before him. Also, just like his father, Neji didn't do it out of duty, but out of love for Hinata and Naruto, who are a part of his closest friends and family. When first shown as resurrected zombies under Orochimaru's control due to Edo Tensei, the First and Second Hokages had muted, very stoic personalities, to the point that the only difference between the brothers was their radically different appearances. When they're revived again by a more complete version of the jutsu, Tobirama is about the same overall, but Harashima is far more jovial and energetic, resembling his distant blood relative Naruto and heightening the Xerox effect due to his own relationship with friend- turned- rival Madara Uchiha. This is later revealed to be an important plot point for the Uchiha clan, as their Curse of Hatred (beginning with the clan's forefather) is connected to their Kekkei Genkai, the Sharingan. The Uchiha clan is capable of great devotion, love, and friendship, but the moment they lose a loved one (whether it be death or a perceived betrayal), they tend to gooff the deep end, their newfound despair and hatred creating the Sharingan. The more powerful the Sharingan becomes, the deeper they fall into madness.
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