This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Ununnilium: Hmmmmmm.
What about the Super Hero? That actually seems like a variation on the same "I seem like a normal person, but I'm really special!" idea.
Gracie Lizzie: Do the Princess Diaries films really count? Mia's Mom is her Mom. Shes illegitimate, not adopted. Oh and in the books her Dad is still around, he's infertile not dead. Plus Mia is pretty horrified when she finds out she is royalty.
Lale: "Thinking you're normal, living a mundane life, suddenly finding out you're actually a princess" is dead on for this trope. Wait, how can her dad be infertile?
Gracie Lizzie: Testicular cancer. Thus he can provide no more heirs to the Genovian throne, and Mia is forced to be princess.
WonSab: A minor suggestion? Every single Mary Sue fan-fiction where the writer is looking for cheap angst in bulk.
Minivet: Pretty sure Agatha of Girl Genius knew her parents were constructs, just not that they were Punch and Judy. Editing accordingly.
