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* ''Film/GhostLab2021'': After Dr. Wee finally accepts that ghosts exist, Dr. Gla tells him that his own father died when he was in the 2nd grade. A night or two after the wake, Gla went down to the kitchen to get a drink, and saw his father staring down at him. This was what motivated Gla to start researching the paranormal.
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* ''Film/{{Blockers}}'': Julie's mom mentions her dad got her pregnant and then ran off with another woman.
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* ''Film/TheFifteenSeventeenToParis'': All three of the main trio are raised by their single mothers, with their fathers never showing up in the film.
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* ''Film/TheFifteenSeventeenToParis'': ''Film/The1517ToParis'': All three of the main trio are raised by their single mothers, with their fathers never showing up in the film.
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* ''Film/TheSwarm2020'': It's revealed in a conversation Virginie has at one point that her husband, Gaston's and Laura's father, died before the events of the movie.
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* ''{{Film/Willow}}'': Bavmorda orders Elora's mother killed offscreen. We hear nothing of her father though. Sorsha's father is not mentioned either in the film, although the {{novelization}} does show him.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' does this with nearly the entire main case: Littlefoot's father left (we find out in ''Longneck Migration'' that he's the leader of a herd; and makes a cameo in the cartoon series) Spike was abandoned before he even hatched, leaving what happened to his father to be debated among fans. Ducky's father is seen in the first film but was quietly written out at some point during the sequels. Last of all, Petrie's father is AWOL.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' does this with nearly the entire main case: Littlefoot's father left (we find out in ''Longneck Migration'' ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXTheGreatLongneckMigration Longneck Migration]]'' that he's the leader of a herd; and makes a cameo in the cartoon series) Spike was abandoned before he even hatched, leaving what happened to his father to be debated among fans. Ducky's father is seen in the first film but was quietly written out at some point during the sequels. Last of all, Petrie's father is AWOL.
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''Film/{{Instinct}}'': Powell was mostly off in Africa studying gorillas while his daughter grow up and had little time for her. When they meet again Powell apologizes and says he was a fool, saying he wishes it was possible for him to go back, never letting go of her.
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* ''Film/{{Instinct}}'': Powell was mostly off in Africa studying gorillas while his daughter grow up and had little time for her. When they meet again Powell apologizes and says he was a fool, saying he wishes it was possible for him to go back, never letting go of her.
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* {{Creator/Pixar}}:
** No King Ant in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' even though the other ant "families" are implied to be nuclear. However, this is justified, as the head of a colony of ants is a lone female.
** No King Ant in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' even though the other ant "families" are implied to be nuclear. However, this is justified, as the head of a colony of ants is a lone female.
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* Creator/{{Pixar}}:
** There is no King Ant in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' even though the other ant "families" are implied to be nuclear. However, this is justified, as the head of a colony of ants is a lone female.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Héctor is Miguel's real great-great grandfather, who left the family to pursue a career in music. He did try to come back, but was killed before he could do so.
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* ''Series/{{Dope}}'': Malcolm has been raised by his single mother since his father left in his childhood, having gone home to Nigeria.
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* ''Series/{{Dope}}'': Malcolm has been raised by his single mother since his father left in his childhood, having gone home to Nigeria.
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* In ''Film/WhenTimeGotLouder'', Karly tells Abbie that her dad left when she was seven.
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* ''Film/AWakefieldProject'': At some point in the past, presumably before the events of the movie, Eric's father passed away.
* ''Film/Wasp2003'': Zoe is a single mother with four kids, and no sign of the father (or probably fathers).
* ''Film/Wasp2003'': Zoe is a single mother with four kids, and no sign of the father (or probably fathers).
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* ''Film/WhereHandsTouch'': Leyna's father apparently went home to Africa long before. It's unclear if he ever even knew about her. We never learn what happened with Koen's father either (but he may have been born out of wedlock like Leyna too).
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** Leyna's father apparently went home to Africa long before. It's unclear if he ever even knew about her.
** We never learn what happened with her little brother Koen's father either (but he may have been born out of wedlock likeLeyna too).Leyna).
** [[spoiler:Lutz, father of Lenya's baby, is murdered over their connection by his Nazi dad before their child's birth.]]
** Leyna's father apparently went home to Africa long before. It's unclear if he ever even knew about her.
** We never learn what happened with her little brother Koen's father either (but he may have been born out of wedlock like
** [[spoiler:Lutz, father of Lenya's baby, is murdered over their connection by his Nazi dad before their child's birth.]]
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''Film/{{Instinct}}'': Powell was mostly off in Africa studying gorillas while his daughter grow up and had little time for her. When they meet again Powell apologizes and says he was a fool, saying he wishes it was possible for him to go back, never letting go of her.
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* ''Film/Daylight2013'': Ageeth's husband didn't stick around to raise their autistic son Ray. He later remarried, and although he carries on an affair with Ageeth for two weeks a year, he hasn't had any contact with Ray in decades. [[spoiler:Their last interaction involved framing Ray for murder to protect Ageeth.]] Ageeth's daughter Iris doesn't know who her father is. [[spoiler:She later learns that Ray is her father, [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo making Iris her grandmother]].]] Iris's son Aron's father is never mentioned. Ageeth tells Iris, "We're not good at holding onto men."
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** In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInThePrincessAndThePauper'', [[PrincessClassic Princess Anneliese's]] father is only shown once in a brief flashback to when she was a baby, and it's all but stated that he died sometime between then and when the movie takes place.
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** In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInThePrincessAndThePauper'', ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper'', [[PrincessClassic Princess Anneliese's]] father is only shown once in a brief flashback to when she was a baby, and it's all but stated that he died sometime between then and when the movie takes place.
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* ''Film/DinosaurHotel'': Sienna's husband died at some point between the movie's prologue (presumably) and the start of the main plot. Near the beginning, Sienna is shown seeing a therapist to deal with it.
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** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Gusteau himself was this to Linguini. Justified in that Gusteau never knew he was a father in the first place, and only Renata, Linguini's mother, was aware that Linguini was in fact Gusteau's son.
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* ''Film/Custody2007'', Amanda's biological father, John Sullivan, abandoned her and her mother when she was young but he later returns to her life to get custody of her as she is being raised by her stepfather, which sets up the film's conflict.
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* ''Film/SweetSweetLonelyGirl'': Adele tells Beth her dad died in a car accident when she was a seven year old.
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* ''Film/TheDark2018'': We don't know why the man who is presumably her father is present in Mina's photo (and a picture she draws) but absent from the house. At first it seems like loyalty to her dad might be why Mina wants her mom's boyfriend gone, but it becomes apparent her objection is on her own behalf, as he's raping her.
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* ''Film/TheUndertaker1988'': At one point in the film, Roscoe reminds his nephew, Nick, about how [[MissingMom his mom died]] and his dad ran out on him.
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* ''Film/LargerThanLife'': Jack's parents split up when he was a baby because his father was so irresponsible. He had no contact at all with his father, and grew up believing that he had [[DeceptiveLegacy died heroically to save a child from drowning]]. He didn't learn that his father had actually lived for forty years after his birth until he got a letter saying his father was dead for real.
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* ''Film/{{Bandslam}}'':
** Will's dad is not around since he's off playing for different bands. [[spoiler:Or so he says-really he's in prison for killing a kid while driving drunk.]]
** Charlotte loses her dad after he dies from cancer.
** Will's dad is not around since he's off playing for different bands. [[spoiler:Or so he says-really he's in prison for killing a kid while driving drunk.]]
** Charlotte loses her dad after he dies from cancer.
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* In ''Film/DancingTrees'', the autistic teenager Martha hasn't seen her father Mark since her parents divorced, apparently when she was a young child. He now lives in a [=McMansion=] with his second wife Joan and three kids who don't know Martha exists. After Martha's mother is murdered, Nicky drops her off with Mark, saying he's the best person available to take care of her. Mark tries to talk her out of it, and after Nicky leaves, he promptly dumps Martha in an institution. Nicky ends up getting custody of Martha.
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* ''Film/SonOfTheStars'': Xinxin's father left when he was eighteen months old, when his parents realized he was autistic.
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* ''Film/{{Waves}}'': Luke's dad was a drug user who abused him, so they're estranged. He later meets him one last time after it turns out that his dad is dying of cancer. When they meet his dad is very remorseful about how he was and Luke forgives him.
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* In ''Film/JourneyOfTheHeart'', Tony and Ray's dad walked out before Ray was born after Tony turned out to be blind and autistic and he didn't want to raise a disabled kid, especially since he was afraid Ray would be the same way.
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* ''Film/TheWholeTruth2021'': Putt's and Pim's father, Krit, is completely absent from their lives. [[spoiler:This is because Mai killed him over Pinya's death when Pim was a baby, and Putt not born yet.]]
