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* ''RaisingHelen'' is about a woman named Helen who receives guardianship of her recently deceased sister's three kids but as it turns out she's the one who ends up growing up in the end hence the [[SarcasmMode hilarious (!)]] inversion in the title. She's got a high flying job at a modeling agency, a cool pad in Manhattan and is contractually obliged to party at 3 am in the morning. Next thing we know, she's moved to Queens, is handling school runs and is sleeping with a Lutheran minister to get them into a good school (note, cause and effect may not be as stated).

* Squee's father in ''JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' and ''{{Squee}}''. Probably his mom, too, though it's implied her neglectful parentiong is more because she's a drunk and a drug addict than anything.

* Squee's father in ''JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' and ''Squee''. Probably his mom, too, though it's implied her neglectful parentiong is more because she's a drunk and a drug addict than anything.

-->I hate you right back you little shit! You and your mom took my life away from me. I just want it back!
-->- Ollie, one of the ''least'' resentful examples, ''Jersey Girl''

* Good lord, [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]]. To be absolutely fair to the guy, if Shinji had never been born, his wife probably wouldn't have [[spoiler:basically comitted suicide in order to become a component of a HumongousMecha so that Shinji could interface with it]]. It still doesn't justify the utter ''Hell'' that he put Shinji and others through, [[spoiler: and Gendo himself aknowledges it at the end of his life.]]

* ''FamilyGuy'': Lois Griffin has been shown to have feelings of contempt towards her oldest daughter Meg for being unable to have an abortion and therefore getting disqualified from participating in the Olympics. Instead she is now stuck raising her.

-->''* Hope trips along a bridge after a long hike* ''\\

'''Lightning''': I'm sorry, but I can't protect you when- ''* grunts, collapses to knees, l'Cie brand glows through uniform* ''\\

'''Lightning''': ENOUGH! The whole world is against us. I can barely keep myself alive; let alone some helpless kid! ''* another grunt* '' I don't have time to baby you. You want to get tough? ''Do it on your own! * grunts one last time before rolling out of circle as Odin emerges* ''\\
''* Hope is laying back on his rear and hands, visibly frightened of Odin* ''\\
'''Lightning''': This cannot be happening. ''* Hope cowers as Odin prepares to cut him down* '' Look out! ''* parries Odin, prepares for battle as Hope rises to a stand* ''\\

** For Mrs. Dursley, this resentment is based partly on the fact that her sister was a wizard and got to go to Hogwarts and she didn't, which she attempts to mask and compensate for through excessive middle-class snobbery. Again, no excuse for keeping an innocent child in a cupboard for a good part of his early life.

* [[OnePiece Nico Robin's]] aunt, Roji, was not at all pleased about taking in her niece, who was the daughter of her husband's sister, excluding her from family outings and forcing her to do chores. Robin's uncle seemed to care about her more, but it's unclear how much he tried to offset or prevent his wife's mistreating Robin, if at all.
* Good lord, [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]]. To be absolutely fair to the guy, if Shinji had never been born, his wife probably wouldn't have [[spoiler:basically comitted suicide in order to become a component of a HumongousMecha so that Shinji could interface with it]].

** For Mrs. Dursley, this resentment is based partly on the fact that her sister was a wizard and got to go to Hogwarts and she didn't, which she attempts to mask and compensate for through excessive middle-class snobbery.

** Even before that, Light's relationship with her younger sister after a PromotionToParent for Serrah seems to be a mix of a sisterly version of OverprotectiveDad, CoolBigSis and this trope.

*** Still doesn't justify her and her family's ''horrifying'' abuse of Harry. Come on, just because she's jealous of her older sister for something neither of them couldn't help, they: make the kid live in a cupboard, lie to him about his parents, tell everyone he's a delinquent, blame him for everything that goes wrong with them, etc. This makes them borderline {{Complete Monster}}s, technically speaking. [[spoiler: At least Dudley manages to grow out of it and call both Vernon and Petunia out on their crap.]]

* Rorshach's mother in ''{{Watchmen}}''.

*** Still doesn't justify her and her family's ''horrifying'' abuse of Harry. Come on, just because she's jealous of her older sister for something neither of them couldn't help, they: make the kid live in a cupboard, lie to him about his parents, tell everyone he's a delinquent, blame him for everything that goes wrong with them, etc. This makes them borderline {{Complete Monster}}s, technically speaking. [[spoiler: At least Dursley manages to grow out of it ansd call both Vernon and Petunia out on their crap.]]

* Good lord, [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]]. To be absolutely fair to the guy, if Shinji had never been born, his wife probably wouldn't have basically comitted suicide in order to become a component of a HumongousMecha so that Shinji could interface with it.

* Ollie from KevinSmith's ''Jersey Girl'' ended up as a single father when his wife died in childbirth, he then lost his job when screwing up at work from the overloaded stress soon after. He then spends seven years working as a manual labouror, living at his dad's place, raising his daughter pretty damn well in fact but then he gets to thinking he wants his old public relations job back. Cue struggle to convince his family, cue arguments with daughter who doesn't want to move, cue page quote (wow!), cue moment where, after meeting with incidental stranger (who in this case is WillSmith, not played by, ''is'' WillSmith) realises he should run back and attend his daughter's musical performance instead of going to his job interview.
* ''Raising Helen'' is about a woman named Helen who receives guardianship of her recently deceased sister's three kids but as it turns out she's the one who ends up growing up in the end hence the [[SarcasmMode hilarious (!)]] inversion in the title. She's got a high flying job at a modelling agency, a cool pad in Manhatten and is contractually obliged to party at 3 am in the morning. Next thing we know, she's moved to Queens, is handling school runs and is sleeping with a Lutheran minister to get them into a good school (note, cause and effect may not be as stated).

* Ingrid of ''White Oleander'' is brutally frank with her daughter Astrid about feeling this in their final confrontation. "...clinging to me like a spider..." is a quote that references toddler Astrid, and sums up the overall feel of the rant.

* Rorshach's mother in ''{{Watchmen}}''

* Nico Robin's aunt, Roji, was not at all pleased about taking in her niece, who was the daughter of her husband's sister, excluding her from family outings and forcing her to do chores. Robin's uncle seemed to care about her more, but it's unclear how much he tried to offset or prevent his wife's mistreating Robin, if at all.