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--> '''Jasmine, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]], WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}, [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]], WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}, [[WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}} Elsa and Anna]]:''' Neither do we!

--> '''Jasmine, [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]], WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}, [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}} Elsa, Anna]], and WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}:''' Neither do we!

--> '''Disney Princesses''': Neither do we!

* PlayedForLaughs in the ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' sequel ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''. Vanellope meets the [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney Princesses]] and they pepper her with questions to decipher if she's a [[PrincessClassic true princess]] too.

--> ''Disney Princesses''': Neither do we!

* PlayedForLaughs in the ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' sequel ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''. Vanellope meets the Franchise/DisneyPrincesses and they pepper her with questions to decipher if she's a [[PrincessClassic true princess]] too.
--> '''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine:]]''' Do you have daddy issues?

* During the song "Freeze Your Brain" in ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}'', Veronica makes a snarky remark on how J.D.'s mom feels about him consuming so much 7/11, to which J.D. quickly mentions that his mom is dead. The OhCrap faces the actors who've played Veronica pull in this moment makes the moment even more darkly humorous.

--> '''[[spoiler:Rob:]]''' Not anymore!

* Early in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', Negi wonders why Asuna is working so hard to pay her school fees when her parents could just pay them and Asuna replies matter-of-factly that her parents are dead. Negi freaks out in apology, but Asuna never even knew her parents because she was so young when they died, so she has always just accepted it as a fact of her life.

* Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}: Barbara Gordon once complained about her father James Gordon being too overprotective and intrusive into her life, then followed it up with "...but you know how weird parents can be about these things." Bruce's response: "I wouldn't know."

* In ''Comicbook/{{Buzz}},'' when Bonnie asks Webster about his parents, he looks sad and mumbles something indistinct; she takes the hint and changes the subject. [[spoiler:Webster's parents were actually deported on false charges of [[SeriousBusiness fixing a spelling bee]]. When Bonnie asks why Webster told her they were dead, he looks confused and points out that he didn't]].
* It happens in a ''Comicbook/PowerGirl'' issue when the titular heroine is asked if she can stay with her parents for a while. She replies they're not around.

* From ''FanFic/VoldemortGoesBackToSchool'':

* In the fourth episode of ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'', Asuka asks Shinji about his past, and he answers that he barely remembers his homeland or his mother. When she asks if his mother died and Shinji confirms it, she feels embarrassed.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has the protagonist and the Investigation Team taking Nanako to the food court at Junes after Dojima's job forces him to break his promise to her about going on a vacation together. While discussing making boxed lunches, the team suggests a "cook-off" and Yosuke says that maybe they'll whip up something as good as her mom's cooking. Nanako's response is that she doesn't have a mom, and that she died in an accident. This is the first inkling of [[TheWoobie just how sad Nanako is under her adorable exterior]].

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* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' subverts this: [[http://exterminatusnow.comicgenesis.com/d/20080920.html Eastwood tells Lothar his girlfriend is dead]], at which point Virus calls bullshit: not only is his girlfriend not dead, she broke up with him, and he had her new boyfriend [[KnightTemplar declared Hereticus Abomini]] and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill shot him several dozen times while on the toilet]]. (Amusingly enough, the boyfriend ''was'' a heretic, it's just he was already dead when that was found out)

%%* {{WesternAnimation/Mad}}: Parodied episode segment "Super Hero Millionaire Matchmaker".
* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic: It's pretty much common knowledge in the fan community that the parents of Applejack, Big Mac, and Apple Bloom are dead. The show has VERY carefully avoided any mention of this, but as of season 7 it's EXTREMELY heavily implied, and as close to confirming it as the show can come [[NeverSayDie without outright saying it]].

* In ''Comicbook/{{Buzz}},'' when [[GoodBadGirl Bonnie]] asks [[{{Adorkable}} Webster]] about his parents, he looks sad and mumbles something indistinct; she takes the hint and changes the subject. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}; Webster's parents were actually deported on false charges of [[SeriousBusiness fixing a spelling bee]]. When Bonnie asks why Webster told her they were dead, he looks confused and points out that he didn't]].

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Milked to the extreme in the sketch "Seth Brings Jon Snow to a Dinner Party". Jon Snow, a hero from ''Series/GameOfThrones'', is unable to make small talk with New Yorkers. Whatever the other guests bring up, Jon has something ''very'' bleak to say about himself ("I'm a bastard, so I never knew my mother." & "My father's head was chopped off." & "My brother was stabbed to death at his own wedding." & "[My first love] Ygritte shot me with three arrows and then a child murdered her in cold blood.")

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Milked to the extreme in the sketch "Seth Brings Jon Snow to a Dinner Party". Jon Snow, a hero from ''Series/TheGameOfThrones'', is unable to make small talk with New Yorkers. Whatever the other guests bring up, Jon has something ''very'' bleak to say about himself ("I'm a bastard, so I never knew my mother." & "My father's head was chopped off." & "My brother was stabbed to death at his own wedding." & "[My first love] Ygritte shot me with three arrows and then a child murdered her in cold blood.")

* As [[http://www.wipeouthomophobia.com/hatemailreplies.htm archived]] on their site, the following reply to a message that the website Wipeout Homophobia recieved on their original Facebook page:

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', when Leela's former [[OrphanageOfFear Orphanarium]] declared her "Orphan of the Year" for successfully holding a normal blue collar job, her SpoiledSweet friend [[AsianAirhead Amy Wong]] says "Your parents must be so proud... oops." [[spoiler:It turns out her parents are still alive, and they ''are'' [[SoProudOfYou very proud of Leela]].]]

* Subverted in ''Discworld/SoulMusic''. Someone tries to console Susan for losing her grandfather only for her to have to explain that she didn't say he was ''dead''. She said he was ''[[TheGrimReaper Death]]''.

* In ''Disney/BigHero6'', just as Hiro is about to go off to bot fight illegally again just after getting bailed out of jail for it, Tadashi laments, "What would mom and dad say?" Hiro says he wouldn't know and reminds him that they died when he was three.
* ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'': Basil, depressed about failing to catch Ratigan yet again and playing the violin to console himself, dismisses Olivia's request that he find her father with "Surely your mother knows where he is." Olivia responds, "I don't have a mother", and Basil's playing comes to a screeching halt.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Noah says if everything was public knowledge his [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-03-31 "parents would still be alive"]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Moxie}}'', Mari's parents are no longer alive, but would be [[http://www.moxiecomic.com/comic/p2 proud if they could see her now]].

* In the VisualNovel/AceAttorney case ''Rise From The Ashes'' Phoenix asks Ema Skye who's older sister is a defendant about her parents. Ema explains (with a calm smile on her face surprisingly) that they died in a car crash when she was little.

* Done in the ''Boxdog'' webcomic by Weaver twice. [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Boxdog/4876233/ The first one]], about Boxdog's parents, is more or less a ShaggyDogStory. The second one is about her [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Boxdog/4914840/ friend, Teadog.]]
** Played for laughs [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Boxdog/5187432/ here]].

* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1973/09/27 strip]], when Peppermint Patty is going to stay at Charlie Brown's house while her father is away, Marcie asks her, "Why can't you just stay home with your mother?" Patty replies, "I don't have a mother, Marcie!"

* Franchise/{{Batman}}, to the point of MemeticMutation. (The [former] title image, contrary to popular belief, is actually a photoshopped rendition of [[http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/235/607/200.jpg this panel]].)

* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip, when Peppermint Patty is going to stay at Charlie Brown's house while her father is away, Marcie asks her, "Why can't you just stay home with your mother?" Patty replies, "I don't have a mother, Marcie!"

* In ''Webcomic/{{Moxie}}'', Mari's parents were murdered when she was just a child. [[http://www.moxiecomic.com/comic/prologue-pg-4/ They classified it as a hate crime]].

* The [[TropeNamer trope-naming]] ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' example pictured above was parodied in [[http://imgur.com/gallery/FxS6VqI this]] ''{{PvP}}'' webcomic.

* During an episode of ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'', Cat Grant asks Kara about her parents. Kara tells her that they died "in a fire." (Actually, a planet-wide apocalypse, but, technically, yes, a "fire.")

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', when Leela's former [[OrphanageOfFear Orphanarium]] declared her "Orphan of the Year" for successfully holding a normal blue collar job, her SpoiledSweet friend [[AsianAirhead Amy Wong]] says "Your parents must be so proud... oops." [[spoiler:But they ''are'' [[SoProudOfYou very proud of Leela]].]]

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Milhouse is staying with the family while his parents are out on their second honeymoon. Just after he discovers that they were lost at sea, Bart comes in and sprays him with a hose, as a prank.
-->'''Bart:''' ''(laughter dies as he notices everyone's expressions)'' Hey, who died?\\

* Franchise/{{Batman}}, to the point of MemeticMutation. (The title image, contrary to popular belief, is actually a photoshopped rendition of [[http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/235/607/200.jpg this panel]].)