History Main / LukeIAmYourFather

A parent-child relationship between two characters who were previously thought unrelated is revealed, usually with generous dollops of melodrama--blood is, after all, ThickerThanWater. Beloved of soap operas, made famous by the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films (from which the trope takes its name, though as you can see, [[BeamMeUpScotty it isn't an exact quote]]).

* In the Literature/LegionOfNetHeroes title ''Dvandom Force'', .Sig Lad is revealed to have been the son of Mr. Thingy and the !Visible Woman of the Net.tastic Nine, who was dosed with an unstable form of the Super-Molder Serum, and who managed to escape the {{Retcon}} Limbo where the rest of the Nine had been sent through the Dvandom Dial.... No, seriously.

* Seen in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' with Carmilla (Sara Waite). Not only does her father turn out to be the very demon a bunch of occultist wannabes are trying to sacrifice her to, but the first time she faces down the infamous archvillain known as the Necromancer she finds out that he in turn is her ''uncle!!''
* Inverted in ''Battle for Milkquarious''. Near the end, it is revealed that the villain is White Gold's son.
* ''[[Film/{{Sockbaby}} Sockb4by]]'': Doug Jones, to Ronnie Cordova.
* In ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', the trope is played with in season 1. Sarge, after being shot in the head, talks to Church as a ghost. Sarge laments that he never got to tell Grif the he was his son. The following conversation is something along the lines of:
-->'''Church''': That orange guy is your son?\\
'''Sarge''': Nope. I just wanted to screw with him one last time.
** The Freelancer Saga (season 9-10) combines this with TheReveal -- the characters involved already know of the connection, but the audience is kept completely in the dark until the very last episode.
** Season 14 has a humorous example of this in the crossover with WebAnimation/DeathBattle [[spoiler: when it turns out that [[DrillSergeantNasty Sarge]] is [[HotBlooded Boomstick's]] long-lost father.]]
* Rule 72. Darth Vader is Everyones father. NO EXCEPTIONS!

* Appears to be parodied in the original audio story [[https://bluetowel.wordpress.com/audio-drama/true-blues-retold/ True Blues Retold]] when the Corn Man throws out the classic line to Frank. It turns out, though, that the villain was deliberately using the famous movie line as an attempt to distract Frank, who was at that moment threatening him with a pipe. It worked, since Frank, a simple farm boy, had never seen ''The Empire Strikes Back''.
* In the sixth episode of ''WebVideo/CrittersANewBinge'', the Crite President reveals to Christopher that he is his father when the latter finds out that he is [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human and half-Crite]].
* In the fifth season of the webseries ''Series/{{Noob}}'', we learn that [[spoiler:game master Judge Dead]] and hacker Tenshirock are actually father and son. A flashback reveals that Tenshirock pulled this ''twice'', the first being when he joined his son's favourite MMO and climbed to the top of the ranking to impress him. (He did not impress him.) [[note]]The original intent was for Judge Dead to be Tenshirock's estranged wife, and the character was in fact initially played by a woman.[[/note]]
-->'''Tenshirock''': Théodore, you've really got to stop screaming every time I say that.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In "The Avatar and the Fire Lord", it is revealed that Avatar Roku, Aang's spiritual predecessor, was the great-grandfather of Prince Zuko on his mother's side, making Aang Zuko's great-grandfather in spirit, if not in body. Did we mention that Mark Hamill voices ''Zuko's'' father? Cue run-in-the-family memes.

* ''WesternAnimation/CastlevaniaNocturne'': Does this twice in the fifth episode "The Natural Order." First is Maria [[spoiler:finding out that the Aboot, who she's already furious at for allying with the vampires and making night creatures, is her father]]. And at the end of the episode, Richter [[spoiler:learns that the old man who just killed a vampire with the Belmont Whip is Juste Belmont, his maternal grandfather]].

* ''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir'': In the episode “The Collector”, the main antagonist of the series, Hawk Moth (called Shadow Moth in the fourth season and Monarch in the fifth), is revealed to be Gabriel Agreste, the father of Adrien Agreste (the eponymous Cat Noir). In the episodes “Cat Blanc” and “Ephemeral”, this truth is revealed to Adrien. In the latter, Gabriel tells Adrien, who is transformed into the villain Ephemeral shortly afterward, “Ephemeral, I am your father, Shadow Moth.” In both instances, time was rewound and the incident was reversed.
** A similar scene occurs in ''Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie'', which is set in an alternative universe to the main series. In the climax of the film, Hawk Moth and Cat Noir simultaneously discover each other’s true identities. Unlike in the main series, this incident directly leads to Gabriel’s redemption.

* In a episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Angelica says to Tommy "I am your cousin!" Followed by Tommy's BigNo reaction.

Not to be confused with MyRealDaddy, which is when fans reject the interpretation of the work by who is technically the original creator, in favor of someone else's superior interpretation.

* Tony Abbot then Australian Minister for health and future Prime Minister believed that he had fathered an illegitimate son. When he was 22 his then girlfriend, Kathy Donnelly became pregnant. The boy was adopted out and 27 years later contacted his mother who told him that Tony Abbot was his father (which she believed at the time). The man named Daniel O'Connor was an ABC sound recordist in the federal parliamentary press gallery and had been in the room with Abbot numerous times. However another man contacted Ms. Donnelly saying he believed he was the father, which subsequent DNA tests confirmed.

* Non-villainous example, but Sinbell from ''Manhua/MyBelovedMother'' eventually found out the resident doctor, who serves as a MysteriousProtector to him for most of the story, is actually his father, and had actually tried ''having Sinbell aborted'' years ago (and still regrets his actions).

* ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing'': Oedypus, finding out that the woman he married is his biological mother, and that guy he killed years ago on the road was his biological father. Oh, and then he had to tell his daughters "I am your brother." ''Ouch''. He [[EyeScream puts out his eyes]] after that... [[Music/TomLehrer A tragic end to a loyal son who loved his mother.]]

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* In ''Webcomic/GastroPhobia'', Philia reveals that she is Phobia's [[KidFromTheFuture daughter from the future]].

Whether or not this is a good thing or a bad thing for whoever is being given the reveal mainly depends on who is giving the reveal in question. Sometimes an ally, a {{Mentor|s}} or a non-romantic MysteriousProtector will turn out to be the parent of the person being given the reveal, but other times, the reveal of who a character's parent is will be [[UnpleasantParentReveal cause for serious anguish]], such as someone who just [[HeroicSacrifice gave his or her life for him]], [[SurpriseIncest someone who could have been]] a LoveInterest, or worst of all, a villain (maybe even the BigBad, as in the most infamous ''Franchise/StarWars'' example).

* The 2005 feud between Wrestling/EddieGuerrero and Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr included an angle where Rey's real-life son Dominick was revealed to be the (kayfabe) biological son of Guerrero.

** Originally, it was planned for [[Wrestling/KenAnderson Mr. Kennedy]] to be Vince's long-lost son.

* Two of the cultists in ''RolePlay/YuGiOhEastAcademy'' are revealed to be Denero's parents.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. In the first episode of the fourth season, Control Freak [[TrappedInTVLand enters]] a ''Franchise/StarWars''-esque TV show, kicks the Darth Vader lookalike and approached the Luke lookalike with saying, "I am Count Rol Freakow, the twelfth-level space samurai that trained Baran Rang. And... '''I am your father!'''". Followed by the typical [[BigNo "NOOOOOOO!!!!"]]

* The biggest real life example is the revelation that birds are the direct descendants of non-avian dinosaurs, essentially making the dinosaurs in everything but name.

* Comedian Gad Elmaleh parodied this in his stand-up show. His mother, he said, used to tell him that "your father is no Rothschild", i.e. "he's no millionaire, we can't waste money." He then says that he later met Rothschild, only to scream at him: "I know! You're not my father!"

* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': It is revealed just before the Season 2 finale that Franz Hopper, creator of Lyoko, is actually [[TheChick Aelita's]] father. This also reveals that she is human, and not an A.I. as everyone originally thought.

-->'''Dad:''' Dexter, son, could you come here for a moment? I'd like to have a little word with you.\\

* The ''Star Wars'' example is spoofed at the end of ''Radio/BleakExpectaions'''s fourth season finale, when BigBad Mr. Benevolent says this to Pip Bin, claiming "your father liked to delegate. A lot." He then follows up by doing the WeCanRuleTogether offer, which Pip actually takes. [[spoiler:When The Creator takes Pip to task, he explains that Mr. Benevolent is and ''is not'' Pip's father. Everyone has alternative pasts. Something to do with String Theory apparently. Worth noting The Creator is a particularly ditzy god, by His own admission.]]

* The {{Tragedy}} of Sohrab and Rostam from UsefulNotes/{{Persian myth|ology}}s, found in ''Literature/TheShahnameh''. Rostam's son is raised without meeting his father for years. The young Sohrab decides to become a hero and gathers up a force. Rostam is the Persian equivalent of [[Characters/ClassicalMythology Hercules]] and is meanwhile ordered to subdue the marauding enemies. In the final battle, the father and son engage each other in battle, as no one else is a match for either of them. Although Rostam notices similarities between himself and his enemy, it is not until it is too late when he discovers that he has killed his own son.

This is a specific variety of TheReveal. The flip-side is LukeYouAreMyFather. Compare LongLostRelative, LukeIMightBeYourFather, EveryoneIsRelated. Contrast with IAmNotYourFather. SubTrope of ConnectedAllAlong. Frequently occurs alongside ArchnemesisDad.

* In Proxicide's ''WebAnimation/MortalKombatVsStreetFighter'', it is revealed at the very end that Akuma and Ryu are father and son. This deviates from ''StreetFighter'' canon a bit -- in canon, Gouki is Gouken's younger brother and Ryu's adoptive uncle.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', the trope is played with in season 1. Sarge, after being shot in the head, talks to Church as a ghost.Sarge laments that he never got to tell Grif the he was his son. The following conversation is something along the lines of:
-->'''Church''': That orange guy is your son?
-->'''Sarge''': Nope. I just wanted to screw with him one last time.