History Main / Heartwarmingorphan

* The children from the Bassett orphanage in ''{{Solatorobo}}'', who have a tendency of getting in trouble and needing to be saved. Two of the protagonists, Red and Chocolat are a fusion of this trope [[SheIsAllGrownUp grown up a few years]] and fused with HappilyAdopted (though they only adopted ''each other'' and apparently don't have any adoptive parents).
* Part of ''SuperMarioGalaxy'''s plot revealed Rosalina to be one of these.
* During Children's Week in WorldOfWarcraft, your character can do quests to chaperone an orphan of your choice for the duration of the event.

* The Eskimo boy Kunac in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''.[[/folder]]

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** The other {{Robin}}s also fit this trope to varying degrees. With the exception of Jason, every Robin after Dick has had at least one living parent, but there's usually some form of ParentalAbandonment at play.

* [[{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]]. Both [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce]] and Alfred have commented that he brought [[CheerfulChild joy]] and [[IncrediblyLamePun color]] back into their lives after he moved into Wayne Manor. Even as an adult, he's still [[TheHeart universally]] [[TheCharmer loved]] by everyone who meets him, and still the best at [[MoralityPet softening Batman's heart]].

* The five central characters of ''Film/{{Mustang}}''.

* All the cute, adorable orphans at the horrible OrphanageOfFear dramatized in ''Film/{{Sparrows}}'', led by America's Sweetheart, Mary Pickford.

* Creator/ShirleyTemple often (but not always) played this role in her movies. See ''Film/BrightEyes'' and ''[[Literature/ALittlePrincess The Little Princess]]''.

* As with the Japanese drama version of ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'', ''[[Anime/PrincessSarah Shokojo Sera]]'' has Seira who lost her mother at a young age and her father to a mining incident. Yet, her [[{{Determinator}} determination]] to not let things get to her, even when she is mercilessly bullied and treated horribly by her previous classmates and the director of the school, is what shines the most.

* ''Series/{{The Daily Show}}'' often makes use of John Oliver's British accent to do this.

* As with the Japanese drama version of ''ALittlePrincess'', ShokojoSera has Seira who lost her mother at a young age and her father to a mining incident. Yet, her [[{{Determinator}} determination]] to not let things get to her, even when she is mercilessly bullied and treated horribly by her previous classmates and the director of the school, is what shines the most.

* Joshua Grant from ''MarginalPrince''. While he's not the only character in the series to have lost a parent, he is the only one to have his orphan status as a character (and plot) device. He's a genuinely NiceGuy and still hurts ''alot'' over his mother's death (his father died when he was still very young, but it had in turn big effects on Joshua's mother), even though he initially claims it never affected him much. It doesn't help that he is also [[spoiler: the heir to a kingdom he doesn't have much of a connection with, being only winded into this because the current king, his uncle, doesn't have any children himself]]. Joshua spends a great deal of the series angsting over all this, and as he's the main character, this trope is in full effect for both the audience and a bunch of other characters (especially Yuuta once he learns of Joshua's history).

* ''{{InuYasha}}'': Rin was orphaned when bandits killed her family in front of her, leaving her mute and suffering nightmares. She lived as outcast in the village, being beaten whenever she was caught stealing food to survive. Then [[KarmaHoudini Kouga]] and his [[{{youkai}} demon-wolves]] kill the entire village, including her. Then she's [[DeathIsCheap saved]] by [[BigBrotherBully Sesshoumaru]] who was testing his HealingShiv to see if it worked. And then she follows him everywhere, regaining her zest for life, her ability to talk, while becoming his MoralityPet and melting hearts along the way: [[CharacterDevelopment starting with his]].

* Nadja Applefield from ''AshitaNoNadja'', who travels around the world searching for her mother and helping others.

* Dr. Lance Sweets from {{Bones}}, though older than most examples (22 in his first appearance), definitely counts.

* Yotsuba from ''[[{{Yotsubato}} Yotsuba&!]]'' is exactly this kind of person - as the main character. However, the series barely touches on her orphaned status, instead focusing on her [[SliceOfLife daily life]] as a pre-school kid being raised by a (adoptive) single father.

* Although Bob was present from the moment of her birth, Molly from ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' still qualifies on account of having no biological parents. She's okay with it, and will cheerfully say, "I'm adopted! It makes me special!" but she can still get very upset if a bully taunts her for having no real parents.
* GoblinHollow: How evil are these people? [[http://www.rhjunior.com/GH/00238.html They had an orphange condemned.]]
* ''{{Strays}}'' has Meela. Uncommonly mouthy for it, but still awfully pitiful.
* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-08-28 Orphantron needs TLC]]!

* OlderThanRadio: Poor little Literature/JaneEyre is tormented by her cruel Aunt Reed and her three nasty children. Then she meets [[ByronicHero Mr. Rochester]]...

* [[TowerOfGod 25th Baam]] has never met his parents, the closest thing to a mother figure to him would be his only friend/surrogate-sister/frenemy/love-interest Rachel (it's complicated).

* Lietchenstein from AxisPowersHetalia is a bit like this, according to the published manga. Nothing is said about her original "family" and she's shown alone for quite a while, passing through lots of difficulties until Switzerland found her and took her in as his adoptive sister.

* Flute, in the DavidEddings ''{{Elenium}}'' trilogy, is not ''really'' an example of this trope, but the band of knights who informally 'adopt' her think she is. [[spoiler:Bit of a shock when they find out she's actually the Child-Goddess Aphrael.]]

* This was a main component of memorable ''{{Hoarders}}'' participant "[[http://beginning.anitawirawan.com/2010/09/the-troubling-history-of-sir-patrick-oshannahan-epic-hoarder-and-convicted-felon.html Sir Patrick]]"'s [[BlatantLies alleged]] backstory.

* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4375 Orphantron needs TLC]]!

* Jang Geum of DaeJangGeum does something ingenious and heartwarming to save the day every second episode.

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* All the cute, adorable orphans at the horrible OrphanageOfFear dramatized in ''Film/{{Sparrows}}'', led by America's Sweetheart, Mary Pickford.
* Lewis from ''{{Meet the Robinsons}}'' manages to win the hearts of the titular family, and gets invited to join them, within a few scant hours of meeting them by...having low self-esteem and wearing funny hats?

* Irena in ''TheWayBack'' becomes something of a MoralityPet for the others in the group (seven escapees from a Siberian [[TheGulag gulag]]). They all wind up [[PapaWolf papa wolves]] to her, but especially Mister Smith, [[spoiler:whose teenage son had been shot]] before he himself was sent to the gulag. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:she doesn't get a happy ending: she dies of heat stroke and dehydration while trying to cross the Gobi desert.]]

* Brianna in ''MysteryTeam''

* Koda from ''BrotherBear''...especially after [[spoiler:Kenai kills Koda's mother.]]

* Kit Cloudkicker from ''WesternAnimation/{{TaleSpin}}'' is not only an excellent little buddy, but also a great surrogate brother to Molly.

* Lilo from ''LiloAndStitch'' befriends a psychotic alien life form. And we're with her.

* Little Robin Starling is ''such'' a heartwarming orphan that ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' abandons its lead characters and gives the movie over to her.
** Nibbles from the actual cartoons was rather heartwarming at times, if a bit of a troublemaker.

* Patches and Poor Violet, who appear to have been transferred to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Springfield]] from Dickensian London.
* Anne-Marie from ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven''.
* The Eskimo boy Kunac in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''.
* Max from ''CapitolCritters'' who watched his family get gassed to death.

* In ''Theatre/TheGoldenTicket'', the opera adaptation of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', Charlie Bucket's parents are never seen or mentioned -- his kindly but mostly-bedridden grandparents, whom he tends to, seem to be the only relatives he has -- implying that he's this.