Rocky vs. Rocky Jr.

What better way to return Rocky to glory than taking away the one person who was always cutting him down? Not so fast: Adrian might be dead for this final chapter, but her spirit lives on in Rocky Jr,. who is preoccupied with how his father's infamy is affecting his own reputation: "You cast a big shadow," he whines. Rocky Jr. even feels the need to discourage him during the final fight. "Don't take any more chances out there," he tells Stallion. Rocky, reminding his downer son who the champ really is, replies, "I gotta go out the way I gotta go out." Rocky 1, Family 0.

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Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, Milo Ventimiglia, 2006. © MGM. Photo courtesy of the Everett Collection.