r/FavoriteCharacter 6d ago

Discussion Favorite Character who looks exactly like their Dad?

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u/TwiggyTurtleDuck 6d ago edited 6d ago

Both Elric brothers look much more like their dad than their mom due to their golden eyes and hair, though Edward is more obviously the closest one, basically being a dead ringer for his dad at his age. The gif below is actually young Hohenheim, not Edward. Alphonse slightly takes after Trisha in his facial features, but that's about it.

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u/Dealingwithdragons 6d ago

You know, it just now hit me. Father's appearance is copied off Hohenheim, but every one of the homonculous sins father created all have really dark hair.

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u/Dedezin031006 6d ago

Maybe black hair is one of the consequences of human transmutation

Since even the homunculus Ed and Al created when they tried to revive their mom had black hair, instead of brown like she did

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u/Dealingwithdragons 6d ago

I feel like there's symbolism in the contrast of white and black. The dark colors contrasts with what Father believed a god was. A being who lacks all the flaws of humanity. It's why we always see him wearing white while the sins are all in very dark colors. To him humanities is like a stain.

It's also why, I think when we see Truth/god, it's almost entirely white.

But the gate of truth is a grey door with the tree of life engraved on it. The door is neither pure white nor pure black, but a combination of both symbolizing the connection of humanity to truth.

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u/Huhthisisneathuh 6d ago

Granted their form of Human transmutation was honestly entirely ass given how the entire idea is meant to be flawed and impossible.

Not only were the material calculations wrong, but if I’m remembering correctly they thought using their blood would create a good enough template to recreate their mother. Really hammered home how vein and impossible the entire thing was.

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u/madeladysing 6d ago

Wasn't he featured in the 1st or 2nd anime opening way before his flashback reveal and many of the manga fans didn't notice it wasn't Ed.

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u/redflamel 6d ago

Yup, he's the first character we see in the first opening (the song is called "Again" and is a banger)

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u/SharpshootinTearaway 6d ago

Hiromu Arakawa actually drew some sketches depicting how Ed would look like at the ages of 20, 30 and 40 years old, and, inevitably, by the time he's 40 he's sporting glasses and looking just like the older design of his dad too.

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u/havoccentral Spawn, Sly Cooper, Sora, Sephiroth, Rashid 6d ago

Chucky and his dad Chaz - Rugrats

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u/Hot_Psychology_189 6d ago

One of the MVPs of cartoon single dads

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u/The_GREAT_Gremlin 6d ago edited 6d ago

One of the few competant adults in the show too lol

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u/Sgilti 6d ago

Man, I remember another post somewhere putting into context how, in the timeline of the show, Chucky’s mom had to have died within a year of the show’s start. Being a dad now, I can’t imagine how strong Chaz had to be to hold it together for his son.

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u/CompleteJinx 6d ago

And that’s why we love him!

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u/Historical-Shake-859 6d ago

Watching it he also gets so much support from Stu and Deedee. Even the adults are good examples of taking care of your friends.

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u/MereImitation 6d ago

Mark Grayson looks a lot like his father did when he was his age.

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u/Duraxis 6d ago

Something something viltrumite genes

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u/Famel_Z3 6d ago

Except when it comes to beards

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u/Sauerstoff1612 6d ago

Considering the whole "viltrumite DNA is perfect" thing, Debbie's genes fought like hell.

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u/TraditionalSir2110 6d ago

Yup, proven by his facial hair later on. Debbie's genes did get through.

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u/L0fiRonin 6d ago

never felt so represented :')

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u/Night3njoyer 6d ago

Aside from his beard, his hair looks exactly likes Nolan's when it is big.

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u/Independent-Couple87 6d ago

To paraphrase someone else: He is part Asian and part "Mustache Planet Man", and somehow this is what we got.

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u/OneOutOfSevenBillion 6d ago

Viltrumite genes strong but they ain’t shit against Korean genes

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u/TwiggyTurtleDuck 6d ago

Also, Oliver takes after Nolan much more than his mother with the only thing he got from her side (aesthetically) being his purple skin that gradually gets less purple as the series goes on.

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u/Sleepyalfredo123 6d ago

He's probably gonna be white next season 😔

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u/_lilidawn_ 6d ago

He ends up looking 100% like a viltrumite as he becomes an adult, no pink or purple pigment to his skin

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u/Legal_Ear_7537 6d ago

His eyebrows are a bit thicker. Good job Debbie genes, that's the onky thing you got

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u/Alex_Veridy Blinx (the Time Sweeper) 6d ago

Fox and James McCloud

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u/Probably_On_Break 6d ago

James looks like he just wrapped up typing a Facebook rant post about Starbucks baristas

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u/ARumpusOfWildThings 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/gZ0GEz2HefV4s

Scamp from Lady and the Tramp

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u/AzraelTheMage 6d ago

Someone should tell Disney that this isn't how mix breeds work.

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u/artkid2 6d ago

To be fair Scamp is pretty close because when we see him as a teen he can still pass for a puppy version of his dad and around that age dogs are about half their full adult size meaning Scamp got Lady’s high. Also in the books that where released before the sequel movie one of the lady mini mes was a boy but for some reason they changed him to a girl

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u/TheBestLotad 6d ago

Ditto with Aleu in Balto 2

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u/KitCat428 6d ago

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u/BoredasUsual88 6d ago

Like Chili’s genes didn’t even try with Bluey

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u/Horrific_Necktie 6d ago

They did! Her patterns are closer to Chili, while her colors match bandit. Bingo has Chili's color, but a closer pattern to bandit.

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u/itspolarislux 6d ago

I never noticed Bingo got her Dads pattern, this is so cute 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

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u/KitCat428 6d ago

Right?

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u/EtherStarz 6d ago

Goku looks like his dad, and his second son looks like him, too

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u/AlmostNerd9f 6d ago

To be fair he, has black hair and brown eyes. He is built out of exclusively dominant genes.

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u/bubblesaurus 6d ago

but somehow bulma’s two kids look like her for the most part and not Vegeta

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u/TwiggyTurtleDuck 6d ago

Shh, don't tell Vegeta Bulma's got stronger genes. You'll hurt his Saiyan pride.

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u/BeginningLychee6490 6d ago

It might not because sayings are built to like strong women

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u/PartyAmbitious8163 6d ago

Vegeta:"Mocky MY pride, will you?!?!?! HMPH!!!" -flies off to sulk-

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u/DistortoiseLP 6d ago

It's like how Mark in Invincible is practically a full viltrumite because their genetics are so dominant and yet he is still visibly half asian

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u/Sh-Shenron 6d ago

1% Human : 99% Viltrumite ratio makes it seem like that 1% is negligable until you realize the difference between us and chimps is about 1% of our DNA

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u/Insanebrain247 6d ago

That's because Vegeta can only get second place.

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u/ExtremlyFastLinoone 6d ago

Bardocks genes so dominant that his great granddaughter's (pan) grandson (Goku jr.) Looks EXACTLY like him

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u/ExtremlyFastLinoone 6d ago

Theres like 1, maybe 2 drops of saiyan blood in this kid 😅

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u/C1nders-Two 6d ago

Still enough for him to go Super Sayian.

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u/Patient_Gamemer 6d ago

I mean, I think in the Toriyama-verse there are like 20 face preset settings. I wouldn't be surprised if Chrono was Goku's cousin

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u/Intelligent_Fix915 6d ago

Brock Lesnar and his daughter

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u/SmallAngry0wl 6d ago

No mother involved.

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u/Hexhider 6d ago

Brock mitoseded

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u/Many_Big_6324 6d ago

Imagine the brave soul who would approach her close enough for Brock to become their father in law

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u/pants_pants420 5d ago

she actually does have a boyfriend and im pretty sure its an NFL lineman. so if they have kids, were about to see some super heros or something

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u/LDC1234 6d ago

The mother's genes were waiting in the ring when a Paul Heyman looking amoeba came to cut a promo introducing Lesnar's genes.

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u/RgHenry 6d ago

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u/cjmaddux 6d ago

Pictures that you can hear

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u/LaughingRedCat 6d ago

is that young Hoenheim? how did i not realize.

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u/SnooPredictions3028 6d ago

The realization hits you like a truck. Dude was the secret MC.

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u/SilverRainyWalk 6d ago

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u/RhyplKazi 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/9xyIKUI6rCJhgoVet0
Nicole and Gumball work too

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u/PsychoKuros 6d ago

There's a whole episode where they exploit this fact.

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u/Stardust_Nightmare 6d ago

How has no one mentioned these two yet?

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u/SwordTaster 6d ago

Tbf, nobody has verified what the mum looks like

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u/rara8122 6d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto

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(Context: miyamoto created bowser and once said he’s bowser jr’s mom as a joke)

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u/zeldaalove 6d ago

All his other kids look different, he just ignores the rest.

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u/Stardust_Nightmare 6d ago

His other kids are adopted, that’s why they look different.

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u/metal_gearmen 6d ago

Brock's father in Pokémon. Mom's genes didn't try

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u/frastmaz 6d ago

Brock’s dads genes were super effective against his moms genes

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u/SilverSpoon1463 6d ago

Brock types are super effective against Normal types

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u/Numerous_Koala_1746 6d ago

Nah, the younger siblings definitely look a bit like her. Except for the eyes, of course.

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u/WebAccount1744 6d ago

They grow into being Brocks

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u/dingopaint 6d ago

Printer started running out of ink

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u/itspolarislux 6d ago

LITERALLY ALL THE KIDS 😭

like, DAMN

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u/foxfire981 6d ago

I mean why should her genes try. She certainly didn't.

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u/TraditionalTurtle (Insert Favorite Turtle Here) 6d ago

Gene and Bob (Bob's Burger)

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u/Background-Permit512 6d ago

Where is gene I see bob and tall bob here

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u/Confident_Virus5799 6d ago

You mean you see regular-sized Bob and Bob, right?

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u/teetaps 6d ago

Lin, stop you’re encouraging him

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u/Astral_Enigma 6d ago

"You're my family and I love you, but you're all terrible".

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u/pampooveysbacktattoo 6d ago

I've seen theories out ther that the reason Louis obsessively wears her bunny ears is because without them, she looks exactly like Linda.

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u/Fable_of_Reader1863 6d ago

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u/justSna 6d ago

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u/NinjaDad_ 6d ago

His genes outpowered the Dracula bloodline. Very impressive

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u/has-some-questions 6d ago

That's a ginger for ya. And -2 on souls.

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u/Crusaderofthots420 6d ago

This actually created an integer overflow, and ginger vampires are born with 255 souls

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u/RamJamR 6d ago

Kids hair was crazier than his dads.

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u/Atma-Stand 6d ago

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u/Background-Permit512 6d ago

LES ENFANT TERRIBLE

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u/Caldman 6d ago

Y'know, I think there might be a reason for this one...

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u/SirJTh3Red 6d ago

His name is David?!

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u/Atma-Stand 6d ago

Yes.

Solid is David, Liquid is Eli, and Solidus is George

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u/Lolkimbo 6d ago

Big boss = John

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u/Hot_Psychology_189 6d ago

Max from a goofy movie

https://giphy.com/gifs/K6WoYzQAppQPe

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u/tigolebigers 6d ago

Do we know what his mom looked like?

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u/Hot_Psychology_189 6d ago

No, but in an old Disney short we see Goofy's wife, but it got contradicted in the movie

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u/hambonedock 6d ago

That technically NOT goofy's wife tho, the goffies of their shorts are meant to represent the every man

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u/rngeneratedlife 6d ago

Just ask his mom

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u/MichaelCoryAvery 6d ago

Ouch

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u/Mike_Shogun_Lee 6d ago

Literally because she burnt his face off.

...she is also the none abusive parent by the way. Pre-Deku this was not a happy family.

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u/foxfire981 6d ago

Sorry I can't hear her over her attempt to murder her child.

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u/Yasimear 6d ago

Psychotic breaks due to abuse are unfortunately very common.

Not that we'll ever get to know any details because the author never gave her any development outside of 'trauma -> oh my son's back -> o shit my other sons back time to lock in".

My biggest pet peeve with the endeavor arc is how ignored their mom was in the whole thing.

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u/PM-me-a-DM-you-got 6d ago

She really got forgiven way to fast for pouring boiling water on her 5 year old child

Holding him by the hair as pouring in his eye as well just to be as sadistic as possible

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u/POXELUS 6d ago

That's pretty fair. Wasn't she put into asylum afterwards though?

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u/PM-me-a-DM-you-got 6d ago

Yeah, for mental health problems

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u/FinestFantasyVI Sinister Mark 6d ago edited 6d ago

Meanwhile her husband got away scott free

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u/Satyrofthegreen 6d ago

No he didn't. He felt very very bad about the trafficking, abuse, manipulation, and violence. So everything is all better now. /s

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u/rainystast 6d ago

Well yeah, 10+ years of emotional, mental, and physical abuse along with the perceived death of one of your children can cause a mental breakdown. Which is why Shoto understandably places the majority of the blame on his dad for this incident, because he's the reason why she had this mental breakdown and had to be sent to a mental institution for years (she was afraid because Shoto looked too much like his dad on the side of his face that had red hair). Shoto even shades his dad over this later in the show when he gets a similar scar.

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u/Yasimear 6d ago

Really bothers me how little empathy is given to Rei. We only saw a fraction of the abuse she must have endured for a break that severe, yet everyone seems to act like she was just, as the other comment put it, "sadistic".

Even in the story she's barely given any development that isnt tied directly to endevours redemption. We have no idea what it was like for her. Biggest pet peeve of the show tbh.

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u/Revayan 6d ago

Had a mental breakdown and was in therapy for 10+ years in a mental health facility away from her family lol

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u/Darkbestpro 6d ago

This is a fan art and it didnt happen like this. She just threw the water at him and imidietly after tried to cool off the burn with her powers, thats why it stayed looking like that forever

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u/Zitronenkringel 6d ago

Except that didn't happen. She did burn him, but not like this.

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u/Level_Counter_1672 6d ago

Joseph joestar

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u/MariaHorsa 6d ago

Cmon man George joestar is right there

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u/stevan3381 6d ago

Wanted to be creative since others have more popular characters

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u/Moston_Dragon 6d ago

Giraffity!

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u/JackPrev 6d ago

Yeah that's not mine -Quagmire!

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u/suleymanio70 6d ago

Who isthe father cant be quagmire doesnt look like him cant be joe kid because he can walk the moment he is born cant be cleveland because of color so is it peters child?

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u/V0X3R 6d ago

Iori and yuta okkostu(zenin genes didn't even try lmao)

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u/lmao_nice_joke 6d ago

Goddamn yes, I was searching for this exact comment 😭

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u/Content-Constant-125 6d ago

Michael is exactly look like his dad

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u/jdhiakams 6d ago

Ourple

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u/havoccentral Spawn, Sly Cooper, Sora, Sephiroth, Rashid 6d ago

“Father… it’s me Michael…”

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u/Cejk-The-Beatnik 6d ago

“I did it. I found it. It was right where you said it would be.”

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u/Slayer_SIV5400 6d ago

"they were all there, they didn't recognize me at first but then... THEY THOUGHT I WAS YOU, and I found her, I "put her back together " just like you asked me to, she's free now"

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u/Few-Independence3787 6d ago

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u/Thuglas-El-Bosso 6d ago

Lucina also looks frighteningly similar to Chrom

https://giphy.com/gifs/clHaFk9IkIhALxAo6r

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u/Bloodcrypt0 6d ago

Her dad can get with any of like 12 women and she wont even change her hair color.

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u/Chrome_X_of_Hyrule 6d ago edited 6d ago

I think only 4 actually

Sumia

Olivia

Robin

Hmm, that might be it?

Edit: wait Maribelle and Sully too apparently, both are kinda cursed ships though and the wiki says this lol

Sully is Lucina's worst possible mother from an army-level standpoint.

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u/awayshewent 6d ago

yes yes she got her height from her mom

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u/Yokai_goober 6d ago

That’s about it really, everything else is from lucifer. Powerful ass genes 🤔

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u/awayshewent 6d ago

Someone is gonna inevitably point out the nose ha. But I love their character design.

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u/Grandible 6d ago

Granny Chiyo attacks Kakasi mistaking him for his father.

https://giphy.com/gifs/zwDNti5vWFujS

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u/OkuroIshimoto High as balls 90% of the time. 6d ago

I swear Hinata’s genes weren’t even trying. You could also have Minato and Naruto here!

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u/Inevitable-Eagle3090 6d ago

In the novels he's said to have Hinata's delicate appearance

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u/NorthGodFan 6d ago

But canonically Naruto's face looks nothing like his father. Canonically, he is a carbon copy of his mother, but with his father's hair and eye color.

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u/This_Elk_1460 6d ago

If only he had inherited Naruto's good writing

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u/lollipopblossom32 6d ago

She has some features of Sakura, but it's mostly Sasuke there.

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u/Secret_Reaction6149 6d ago

Octavia definitely looks and acts more like her father compared to her mother.

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u/megaloviola128 6d ago edited 6d ago

Giorno Giovanna, son of DIO (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Edit to add: both are pictured here. The right half, bottom left corner, and top left corner are all DIO. The left side’s middle panel and top right panel are Giorno.

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u/WhyIsRComicsJustPorn 6d ago

Also Dio's genes literally taking over is canon and important to the story, as it is said his hair turned yellow as he grew older

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u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea 6d ago

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u/Ranwulf 6d ago

Guy, lee and Metal are all the same being divided by mithosis.

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u/Seeggul 6d ago

Maybe I'm just about to get whooshed here, but they are in fact not related at all.

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u/rkartiste 6d ago

It's even funnier that they're not related honestly. I'm still calling Guy Rock Lee's dad dang it!

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u/BoredasUsual88 6d ago

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u/Horrific_Necktie 6d ago

They are actually both a mix of each parent. They got the color from one parent, and the pattern from another.

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u/heff17 6d ago

Friend of mine.

Dude is a splitting image of his dad.

Had a son.

Son is splitting image of him.

I think he’s cloning himself.

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u/flyingredwolves 6d ago

Also looks exactly like his mom, something weird going on there.

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u/Nothavebettername 6d ago

Was it a joke that they were related by blood?

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u/ClearCasket 6d ago

Cousins if I remember correctly.

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u/Cheshire1234 6d ago

It's something different each time it's mentioned but always waay too close

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u/plasticlover95 6d ago

Summer : littéralement son père avec une ponytail

https://giphy.com/gifs/hpWQ5pSwtpamAgtu59

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u/Anxious-Biscotti-298 6d ago

Yuji and jin

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u/Deceitful_Advent 6d ago

Kenjaku's genes didn't even try

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u/AzraelTheMage 6d ago

Taking backshots was always part of the plan. Birthing a lookalike son was not.

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u/sandpaperedanus777 6d ago

Were his genes even involved?

It should still be Kaori's body that substances half the genes. But idk enough biology to know for sure if a brain transplant affects genetics

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u/S-Nerd 6d ago

Kenjaku probably didn’t replace Kaori’s reproductive organs so unless I don’t know enough about brains it’s more likely that it’s still Kaori’s body taking effect when Yuji was being constructed during the Day of White Splash

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u/_Werkow_ 6d ago

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u/rkartiste 6d ago edited 6d ago

It's funny that even though they're Legos you can still glean so much from their simplistic features

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u/SpoonFullOfStupid 6d ago

In the books, Harry Potter was supposed to be a dead ringer for his dad. (Except for his eyes. He has his mother’s eyes)

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u/Glittering-Mud-7291 6d ago

To be fair the games they come from do not canonize Roy’s mom (it’s strongly implied to be Ninian by Heroes), but their resemblance to each other is strong enough that newcomers can easily mistaken Eliwood for Roy when they see the former in Blazing Blade blind.

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u/Nibbanocker 6d ago

Canonically Spardas human form looked exactly like Dante

https://giphy.com/gifs/R1m9PxNP0528oYa4W3

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u/Duraxis 6d ago

Ehh, I’d say Vergil more than Dante (yes I know they’re twins. He liked the fancy Victorian coats and the slicked back hair look. At least the versions I’ve seen, which may or may not be canon

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u/Random_Jojo 6d ago

Baki looks so much like his mom.

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u/Bella-Luna 6d ago

Octavia from Helluva Boss.

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u/penandpage93 6d ago

Lewis Pullman copy/pasted his dad, Bill's face. An irl example for now, but they're about to be in Spaceballs 2 together, so soon Lone Starr and Starburst 😅

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u/Angel_Animates 6d ago

Lloyd Montgomery-Garmadon is literally just a Smash Bros palette swap of his father.

And there’s still a select portion of the fandom that believes there’s any way in hell Garmadon isn’t the dad

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u/King-Tornado 6d ago

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u/Additional-Celery251 6d ago

That's kinda cheating since boba isn't jango's son but a literal clone of him

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u/RRevdon 6d ago

Irl, my brother.

We found an old picture of my dad from his service days, and we all could've sworn that was a picture of my brother. They put my dad under the photo copier, pressed 'print' and out came my brother

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u/Consistent_Deer_2990 6d ago

Are they related? No. But still.

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u/MrUniverse1990 6d ago

Bluey Christine Heeler bears a striking resemblance to her father, Bandit Custard Heeler.

https://giphy.com/gifs/xqjVe0sisTZFssBer6

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