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*** It does not help that there are hints that James did not grow out of it and that he still did so and just hid it from Lily, such as Snape was a "special case" and how "James didn't take Snape on dates with her and jinx him in front of her ..."

* Partially deconstructed in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. Naruto's parents died the day he was born, though they did love him [[spoiler: and even protect him from beyond the grave.]] Still, he's an emotional basket case, though not as bad as [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Pain]], [[JerkassWoobie Sasuke]] or [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Gaara (though in Gaara's case becoming an orphan was merciful, since his father kept trying to kill him).]] It's only partially deconstructed because while many parents are abusive or negligent, some of Naruto's friends do have good parents.

** Trisha was portrayed as being a wonderful, loving mother; so much so that her children decide they're going to [[BackFromTheDead bring her back to life]]. [[CameBackWrong Big mistake.]] Its particularly noteworthy when compared her to Ed and Al's father, [[DisappearedDad Hoenheim]], who's still alive but not a particularly [[ParentalAbandonment great]] [[ParentsAsPeople parent]], well-meaning though he may be.

** Trisha was portrayed as being a wonderful, loving mother; so much so that her children decide they're going to [[BackFromTheDead bring her back to life]]. [[CameBackWrong Big mistake.]] Its particularly noteworthy when you compare her to their father, Hoenheim, who's still alive, as he is not a particularly [[ParentalAbandonement great]] [[ParentsAsPeople parent]], well-meaning though he may be.

** Trisha was portrayed as being a wonderful, loving mother; so much so that her children decide they're going to [[BackFromTheDead bring her back to life]]. [[CameBackWrong Big mistake.]]

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Cloud's mother was pretty much perfect before being dying when Sephiroth burned down the village. The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake remake]] hammers in the tragedy by having Sephiroth ''personally'' kill her as she begged for him to spare Cloud's life.

* Deconstructed in [[Literature/TheNevernightChronicles]]. Mia hero worships and swears vengeance for the deaths of her parents but meeting a man who actually knew them, she learns the dark side of many of the reasons she worships them.

%%** Subverted with Marie Levesque and Beryl Grace, the mothers of Hazel and Jason who are shown to be deeply flawed. In Marie's case, she ultimately redeems herself moments before she dies along with Hazel. Hazel spends the next decades searching for her mother in Asphoedel to no avail before being rescued by Nico.

* ''Literature/ManiacMagee''

* [[SueGrafton Kinsey Millhone]] lost her parents at the age of 5 and doesn't seem to miss them much, and was quite content to grow up with her aunt as a guardian.

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** Actually, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', [[spoiler: ''one'' character's parents presumably survive till the end of the game. Possibly. Cait Sith is controlled by Reeve of Shinra, and Reeve's parents can be seen conversing in the Lovers' Room in the Honey Bee Inn early on in the game. That being said, no mention of them is ever made afterward, as they're extremely minor characters and you can go through the whole game without ever knowing they're in there.]]

'''Heavy:''' ''[[InvisibilityCloak Yes. Your father disappears often.]]''\\

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* Literature/DyingEmbers: The Mc Carty siblings and their cousin Em have five parents between them, all very loving, and dead for nearly a decade.

* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' have Esperanza Valdez and Emily Zhang. Subverted with Marie Levesque and Beryl Grace.

* Tessa's and Jessamine's parents in ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices''.

* ''Literature/TheKingkillerChronicles'' have the main character Kvothe detail how his parents were killed by the Chandrian, and his attempts to find them so he can avenge his parents. Before they died however, they raised him well, teaching him skills that serve to help him throughout the books.

** Quasimodo's mother of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' loved her son despite his ugly appearance, in contrast to society who shunned him.

* Sango and Kohaku from ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' always have fond memories of their strict but loving father. Inuyasha's dead mother did her best for her half-bred son and loved him dearly, so that Inuyasha did not hate humans entirely.

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** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': Although fans [[RonTheDeathEater demonize]] Anna and Elsa's parents, they qualify. Their decision to hide Elsa away and try to teach her to repress her powers led to mistakes, but it was well-intentioned.

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An essay on dead parents as a literary device can be [[http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/when-parents-kill-parents-in-the-name-of-literature/ found here]].

* Mia's Dad in ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' leaves her a whole kingdom behind after he dies.

* ''Fanfic/OneDayAtATimeFanfic'', subverted with Jason and Bruce in the original timeline. While Jason had made peace with Bruce's faults and dearly loved and missed him long after his death, he'd be the first to tell you how terrible of a father Bruce was. The only exceptions he made to that (in which he applied NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead) were to his own children, probably because three of them [[PromotionToParent were biologically Bruce's]].