History Main / SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com//delia Delia]], a farmer who keeps his [[spoiler:mummified]] daughter, [[spoiler:feeding people]] to her on occasion.

* Creator/ECComics' ''The Vault of Fear'' ran a SouthernGothic story called "Horror We? How's Bayou?" about a man named Sidney who finds victims for his [[SerialKiller homicidal maniac]] brother Everett, whom he keeps locked in a remote [[SwampsAreEvil swamp]] cabin. Eventually the dead bodies of Everett's victims arise, [[MixAndMatchMan horribly amalgamated]] and [[GhostlyGoals seeking revenge]]... [[spoiler: on Sidney, not Everett]].

* Creator/ECComics' ''The Vault of Fear'' ran a SouthernGothic story called "Horror We? How's Bayou?" about a man named Sidney who finds victims for his [[SerialKiller homicidal maniac]] brother Everett, whom he keeps locked in a remote [[SwampsAreEvil swamp]] cabin. Eventually the dead bodies of Everett's victims arise, [[BodyOfBodies horribly amalgamated]] and [[GhostlyGoals seeking revenge]]... [[spoiler: on Sidney, not Everett]].

* In ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', a woman finds her undead former lover/[[AFamilyAffair brother-in-law]] in the attic of her new home, and begins killing people [[SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne so that he can use their blood to reconstitute his body]]. All while keeping it a secret from her husband and stepdaughter.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', Lady Tottington, who Wallace has been dating, promises to protect him when he turns into a [[OurWereBeastsAreDifferent were-rabbit]].

* ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'' episode "Night Prey". After a man finds out that his wife is a vampire, he captures her and imprisons her in his home. When she asks to be fed, he pays a prostitute to come to his home and his wife drinks her blood.

* The villain in ''ComicBook/HackSlash Meets ComicBook/ZombiesVsCheerleaders'' is the school's football coach, who has been abducting students and chopping them up for his zombie son.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', The older of the Nijimura twins is trying to find a cure for their mutated father, rather than kill him, hence using the [[SuperEmpowering Arrow]] on a bunch of Morioh residents.

* During the events of ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', the second Captain Boomerang killed people for his undead Black Lantern father to eat.

* The third season of ''Series/TheStrainTVSeries'' reveals that Gus has been keeping his Strigoi mother in their apartment and feeding her his own blood. [[spoiler: He's forced to kill her when she's about to feed on the Silver Angel.]]

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', The younger of the Nijimura twins is trying to find a cure for their mutated father, rather than kill him, hence using the [[SuperEmpowering Arrow]] on a bunch of Morioh residents.

* [[ALoadOfBull The Minotaur of Crete]] from Myth/ClassicalMythology was the Queen of Crete's son (by a bull, thanks to a curse from the Gods; some versions have the bull in question as the one Heracles had to capture as one of his labours). [[DependingOnTheWriter In some versions anyway]]. King Minos kept his step-son in the Labyrinth and had sacrifices brought in (seven young men and seven young women a year) to feed him, until Theseus came along to slay him.

* In the 'Website/SCPFoundation'' creepypasta ''[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/delia Delia]]'', a farmer keeps his [[spoiler: mummified]] daughter, [[spoiler:feeding people]] to her on occasion.

* In the creepypasta ''[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/delia Delia]]'', a farmer keeps his [[spoiler: mummified]] daughter.

* In [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies S01E05]] of ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'', Vision keeps a zombified Wanda locked up in the basement of Camp Lehigh, with her powers preventing him from curing her with the Mind Stone. He keeps her docile by luring survivors to the base and feeding them to her. He feels immense guilt over this, leading to his eventual HeroicSacrifice.

* In [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies S01E05]] of ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'', Vision keeps a zombified Wanda locked up in the basement of Camp Lehigh, with her powers preventing him from curing her with the Mind Stone. He keeps her docile by luring survivors to the base and feeding them to her.

The darker, more manipulative version is TheRenfield. Compare ILoveYouVampireSon, MonstersAnonymous, ZombieAdvocate, and MadwomanInTheAttic. Overlaps with FedToTheBeast, which is typically the fate of poor, innocent bystanders who die for the sake of the monster's life. Contrast IHateYouVampireDad; compare and contrast StakingTheLovedOne. Finally, see also EvenEvilCanBeLoved.

* The film ''Vampire Apocalypse'' ends with main character Jack having been transformed into a vampire, and his paramedic partner Roger keeping him chained up in the basement feeding him blood from a dish like a dog.

* ''Literature/TheDunwichHorror'' is about a son whose real father is hinted at to be Yog-Sothoth and whose family keeps it in a secluded farmhouse over the years, during which it invariably grows and grows so the building has to be enlarged more and more, and cows from surrounding fields go missing, supposedly providing him with substenance. The son is not human at all but an invisible horrendous being too terrible to describe (as usual for Lovecraftian horrors, it has multiple extremities and tentacles).

* In ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', Julia helps provide Frank - her brother-in-law, with whom she had an affair - with fresh victims after he becomes undead, so he can use their blood to restore his body.

* The ''Film/LetMeIn'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7164774/1/Eternally-Bonded Eternally Bonded]]'' essentially sets up Owen's grandfather in this role after Abby turns Owen to save his life, but thanks to Owen's efforts having determined that Abby can survive on animal blood, all Owen's grandfather has to do is give them a safe place to rest during the daylight, making it clear that he sees them both as his grandchildren even though Abby is at least twice his age.

* In the ''Torchwood'' episode ''[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E4Cyberwoman Cyberwomen]]'', Ianto Jones keeps his partially [[UnwillingRoboticisation cyber-converted]] girlfriend Lisa Hallett alive in the Hub's basement.

* In ''Manga / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', The younger of the Nijimura twins is trying to find a cure for their mutated father, rather than kill him, hence using the [[SuperEmpowering Arrow]] on a bunch of Morioh residents.

* In Anime/JoJo'sBizzareAdventure:DiamondIsUnbreakable, The younger of the Nijimura twins is trying to find a cure for their mutated father, rather than kill him, hence using the arrow on a bunch of Morioh Residents.