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* In WWE lore, (kayfabe) half-brothers Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}} lost their parents in a house fire as kids. How the fire started and whether it was intentional or not is a case of DependingOnTheWriter.

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* In WWE lore, WWE, (kayfabe) half-brothers Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}} lost their parents in a house fire as kids. How Whether the fire started and whether it was intentional or not is a case of DependingOnTheWriter.
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* In WWE lore, (kayfabe) half-brothers Wrestling/TheUndertaker and Wrestling/{{Kane}} lost their parents in a house fire as kids. How the fire started and whether it was intentional or not is a case of DependingOnTheWriter.
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* In ''Manhwa/{{Chonchu}}'', the eponymous character suffers a lot from this and tries to hide it by behaving like a rabid dog in need of blood.

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* In ''Manhwa/{{Chonchu}}'', the eponymous character suffers a lot from this and tries to hide it by behaving like a rabid dog in need of blood.

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->''"Every superhero needs a tragic family story: Franchise/SpiderMan's parents... Dead. Franchise/{{Batman}}'s parents... Murdered. Franchise/{{Superman}}'s parents... Exploded. I actually had the best requirements."''

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->''"Every superhero needs a tragic family story: Franchise/SpiderMan's ComicBook/SpiderMan's parents... Dead. Franchise/{{Batman}}'s ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s parents... Murdered. Franchise/{{Superman}}'s ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s parents... Exploded. I actually had the best requirements."''
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Of course, if you go back far enough, you'll reach a time when most young adults in RealLife actually were orphaned or abandoned. Adults died younger than they do now, and people with chronic diseases like schizophrenia or tuberculosis were often sent away from the family to recover or die. It was also easier to abandon a family member, given the poor communications of the times, sparse documentation, and the lack of a police force. Because of all this, it's quite common for a fictional character from the 19th century or earlier to mention being orphaned with no more emotional reaction than a shrug, since the experience was considered a normal part of real life. A good example is Jane Austen's ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', where the title character's mother died years earlier, but is barely mentioned.

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Of course, if you go back far enough, you'll reach a time when most young adults in RealLife actually were orphaned or abandoned. Adults died younger than they do now, and people with chronic diseases like schizophrenia or tuberculosis were often sent away from the family to recover or die. It was also easier to abandon a family member, given the poor communications of the times, sparse documentation, and the lack of a police force. Because of all this, it's quite common for a fictional character from the 19th century or earlier to mention being orphaned with no more emotional reaction than a shrug, since the experience was considered a normal part of real life. A good example is Jane Austen's ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', where the title character's mother died years earlier, but is barely mentioned.
mentioned. This is also TruthInTelevision for many animal species, where the involvement of the parents with their offspring ends with at best to leave the eggs in a place outside the reach of predators.
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Parental Abandonment is a common feature of a DarkAndTroubledPast (though children lucky enough to find a ParentalSubstitute generally avoid such a fate). It is a common feature of a TearJerker.

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Parental Abandonment is a common feature of a DarkAndTroubledPast (though children lucky enough to find a ParentalSubstitute generally avoid such a fate). It is a common feature of a TearJerker.
TearJerker. If the hero ever sees their parents again or must discuss them, they may reveal their AbandonmentInducedAnimosity.

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A stunningly large number of heroes and their coteries are lacking in the parent department, either through death or in that they just aren't talked about. Even if both parents are alive, they may well be emotionally or physically distant (although that's just ParentalNeglect). Everyone is, for the sake of the plot, ConvenientlyAnOrphan, whether they actually are or not.

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A stunningly large number of heroes and their coteries are lacking in the parent department, either through death or in that they just aren't are not talked about. Even if both parents are alive, they may well be emotionally or physically distant (although that's just ParentalNeglect). Everyone is, for the sake of the plot, ConvenientlyAnOrphan, whether they actually are or not.
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For the opposing extreme, contrast MeddlingParents, MyBelovedSmother, OverprotectiveDad and FantasyForbiddingFather.

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For the opposing extreme, contrast MeddlingParents, MyBelovedSmother, OverprotectiveDad HelicopterParents, MyBelovedSmother and FantasyForbiddingFather.
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* ParentalAbandonment/{{Manhua}}
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* Ah-Xuan, Liu Li and Bai Hua from ''Manhua/SchoolShock'' have all been abandoned by their parents.
* Implied in ''Literature/TheLegendOfSunKnight'' when the knights-to-be are sent for training.
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May entail TellMeAboutMyFather. Or [[AlwaysMale rarely]], mother. For [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail reasons of economy]], the child is seldom interested in both parents. See also ParentalNeglect, HandsOffParenting, WhenYouComingHomeDad, MissingMom, and DisappearedDad. Parental Abandonment en masse may create a TeenageWasteland.

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May entail TellMeAboutMyFather. Or [[AlwaysMale rarely]], mother. For [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail reasons of economy]], the child is seldom interested in both parents. See also ParentalNeglect, HandsOffParenting, WhenYouComingHomeDad, MissingMom, DisappearedDad, and DisappearedDad.RefusedReunion. Parental Abandonment en masse may create a TeenageWasteland.
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* Heavily implied to be the case with Lancaster from ''Podcast/FindUsAlive'', who talks about having to work and couchsurf his way through college without support from his family. He cuts himself short before admitting it explicitly, suggesting it's a sore subject for him.
-->'''Lancaster:''' Didn’t, um- didn’t really have the support of- ...I was kinda on my own, in a lot of ways.

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* Heavily implied to be the case with Lancaster from ''Podcast/FindUsAlive'', who ''Podcast/FindUsAlive'' talks in Episode 14 about having to work and couchsurf his way through college without support from his family. He cuts himself short before admitting it explicitly, suggesting it's Later on, he explicitly admits he was kicked out as a sore subject for him.
kid, but doesn't elaborate on why.
-->'''Lancaster:''' Didn’t, Didn't, um- didn’t didn't really have the support of- ...I was kinda on my own, in a lot of ways.
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* Heavily implied to be the case with Lancaster from ''Podcast/FindUsAlive'', who talks about having to work and couchsurf his way through college without support from his family. He cuts himself short before admitting it explicitly, suggesting it's a sore subject for him.
-->'''Lancaster:''' Didn’t, um- didn’t really have the support of- ...I was kinda on my own, in a lot of ways.
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When the parents had to separate from the child in order to protect it, this results in MosesInTheBulrushes. When the parents had to leave the child in order to give it "a better life", then it leads to GiveHimANormalLife.

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When the parents had to separate from the child in order to protect it, this results in MosesInTheBulrushes. When the parents had to leave the child in order to give it "a better life", then it leads to GiveHimANormalLife.
GiveHimANormalLife. When a parent trades their child in exchange for something else they need, then it leads to BabyAsPayment.
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* ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'': For each new generation it gives birth to, your pet Tamagotchi from the previous one simply leaves with no explanation, forcing you to care for the new baby yourself -- from the Plus Color onward, the parent doesn't even stick around for more than a couple of minutes. Averted for the Version 5 series, where the parents do stick around.
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Of course, if you go back far enough, you'll reach a time when most young adults in RealLife actually were orphaned or abandoned. Adults died younger than they do now, and people with chronic illnesses like schizophrenia or tuberculosis were often sent away from the family to recover or die. It was also easier to abandon a family, given the poor communications of the times and the lack of a police force. Because of all this, it's quite common for a fictional character from the 19th century or earlier to mention being orphaned with no more emotional reaction than a shrug, since the experience was considered a normal part of real life. A good example is Jane Austen's ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', where the title character's mother died years earlier, but is barely mentioned.

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Of course, if you go back far enough, you'll reach a time when most young adults in RealLife actually were orphaned or abandoned. Adults died younger than they do now, and people with chronic illnesses diseases like schizophrenia or tuberculosis were often sent away from the family to recover or die. It was also easier to abandon a family, family member, given the poor communications of the times times, sparse documentation, and the lack of a police force. Because of all this, it's quite common for a fictional character from the 19th century or earlier to mention being orphaned with no more emotional reaction than a shrug, since the experience was considered a normal part of real life. A good example is Jane Austen's ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', where the title character's mother died years earlier, but is barely mentioned.

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