Hargreeves family

Gen Relationship
Relationship:	the Hargreeves, The Umbrella Academy
Alternative name(s):	Hargreeves siblings, Hargreeves family
Fandom:	The Umbrella Academy
Type:	family
Canonical?:	yes
Prevalence:	popular
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The Hargreeves family are main characters of The Umbrella Academy comics and TV show. The fandom seems to mostly focus on (and use this term for) the seven super-powered siblings, it may also be considered to include Reginald Hargreeves, Grace Hargreeves, Pogo.

Canon

See the wiki for their deal.

Members

The main seven siblings:

• Number One, Luther Hargreeves in the comics "Spaceboy")
• Number Two, Diego Hargreeves in the comics "The Kraken")
• Number Three, Allison Hargreeves in the comics "The Rumor")
• Number Four, Klaus Hargreeves in the comics "The Séance")
• Number Five, aka "The Boy"
• Number Six, Ben Hargreeves in the comics "The Horror")
• Number Seven, Viktor Hargreeves (formerly "Vanya", in the comics "The White Violin")

May also include:

• Reginald Hargreeves, who collected/adopted them and trained them as a superhero team
• Grace Hargreeves, and android built by Reginald to care for the children. She gave them their legal names (Reginald just numbered them)
• Pogo (The Umbrella Academy), a sentient chimpanzee who is an assistant to Reginald and also seems to have had a somewhat familiar relationship with the children.

Fandom

Gen fic focused on siblings is the most popular type of work within the fandom (at least on AO3 an that matches my impression elsewhere). Judging by AO3 tags,

Example Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanart

• Blorbos from my shows.... ☂ by citree, 2023

Fanfic

• Diehard, ^{Archived version} by felldownthelist -- post-season 1 AU in which the siblings reconnect by lurking on the forums for their in-universe fan club.
• Helix by felldownthelist
• Try Again, ^{Archived version} by pprfaith -- (archive-locked))

Links and Resources

• AO3 Tags:
  • The Hargreeves | Umbrella Academy character tag
  • Number Five | The Boy & Allison & Diego & Klaus & Luther & Vanya | Viktor & Number Six | Ben relationship tag
  • The Hargreeves | Umbrella Academy & Dr. Pogo relationship tag
  • Grace Hargreeves & The Hargreeves | Umbrella Academy relationship tag
  • Reginald Hargreeves & The Hargreeves | Umbrella Academy relationship tag
• #hargreeves family and #Hargreeves Siblings] on Tumblr
• Story search for hargreevesfamily and hargreevessiblings on Wattpad

Canon Resources

• The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) page and The Umbrella Academy (comics) on The Umbrella Academy Fandom.com wiki