History Main / YoureNotMyFather

* Used by Vivio on her adoptive mother Nanoha after [[spoiler:Quattro manipulates her into fighting her adopted mother]] in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. This happened while Nanoha was being fueled by MamaBear rage. Ouch. In an unusual variation, Vivio meant this ''literally''. [[spoiler:She'd been mind-screwed so thoroughly by Quattro that the poor girl ''genuinely'' believed that the person she was facing was someone ''disguised'' as her Mama in an attempt to deceive her. Even after she realizes that it's the actual Nanoha, she keeps this view since, as a clone made for the express purpose of moving a giant battleship, [[CloningBlues she doesn't view herself worthy of having parents]].]]

** On ''Film/PodPeople'', after singing "Clown in the Sky", Joel tells the bots that he loves them. Crow's reply is "You're not my real father!"
** A straighter (or well as straight as ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' plays anything) example is the CallBack this gets in the revival. New human host Jonah introduces the bots as "his robot friends". Crow throws "you're not my real father, mister!" at him in response. Whereas Joel built the bots, Jonah is literally not their father.

* Wrath from the 2003 version of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' was created when Izumi tried to resurrect her stillborn son through alchemy. They met several years afterwards when Izumi and the Elrics discovered him living as a WildChild on an island. Izumi treated Wrath like a son even before learning of his past and Wrath liked her back, but once Envy got his hands on Wrath, he returned his memories and [[BreakTheCutie Wrath went off the deep end]]. He rejected Izumi as his mother due to believing she [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned him]] and ultimately began viewing Sloth as his ParentalSubstitute instead. Wrath didn't begin to acknowledge Izumi as his mom until [[spoiler:shortly before her death]]. In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'', [[spoiler:they end up TogetherInDeath]].

* At the start of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', Thea Queen is glad her big brother survived the yacht sinking that killed their father but initially resents how Oliver is trying to curb her HardDrinkingPartyGirl lifestyle, at one point snapping at him: "You're not my father! And you're [[AloofBigBrother barely my brother]]."

* GenderInverted in ''Film/TheRoom'' when Claudette confronts Denny after he's nearly killed by a drug dealer he owed money to:

--->'''Peter:''' I had a father... ''his name was Ben Parker''.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'':

* In ''Fanfic/NarutoAsunder'', Naruto directs this at both parents when they try (and fail) to explain why they sealed the Kyuubi in him, wanting to become a family again (as unlike in canon, they're still alive). [[spoiler:By [[https://fanfiction.net/s/5403644/23/ Chapter 23]], however, not only did Naruto manage to make up with Minato and Kushina, but he also called them "mom" and "dad" just before the final battle against Madara.]]

-->'''Elsa''': "What do you know about true love?"
-->'''Anna''': "I could ask you the same thing!"
-->'''Elsa''': "I'm sorry, I do not give you my blessing. Now if you'll excuse me..."
-->'''Hans''': "Your Majesty, if I may..."
-->'''Elsa''': "No, you may not. This is between me and my sister."
-->'''Anna''': "Ha! There's nothing between you and me, thanks to you! And you know what? I don't need your blessing! You're not my mother!"
-->'''Elsa''': "I may not be your mother, but I am your queen. And as your queen, I forbid it."

-->'''Rapunzel:''' I am the lost princess! Aren't I? ''[Mother Gothel is silent and shocked]'' Did I mumble, Mother? Or should I even call you that?

* In ''Film/TheHitmansWifesBodyguard'', [[spoiler: Michael eventually disowns his stepfather, Michael Bryce Sr., since the latter is [[BigBad Aristotle]]'s [[TheDragon head of security]], is sabotaging his stepson's chances of renewing his bodyguarding liscence, and is helping Aristotle destroy the power grid in Europe.]]

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Happens ''a lot'' to Loki. Other characters follow suit:

-->'''Troy:''' You don't get to talk to me like that. You are ''not'' Shirley.
-->''{{Beat}}''
-->'''Troy:''' And [[TeamMom Shirley]] isn't my mom!

--> Father. That's a hell of a thing for you to call yourself, whoever the hell you may be. You abandoned us 27 years ago, and promoted me to shoulder a mantle of lead and drudgery, and left me with two brothers to care for and my mother's soul so corroded by grief her shadow left stains on the wallpaper. But my father wasn't like that. He was a hero. He saved lives. He climbed mountains and killed beasts, and he tucked me and my brothers into bed every night... and then one day... he vanished. And I haven't seen him since.
--> Listen to me! I'm...
--> YOU ARE NOT MY FATHER! YOU HEAR ME?! YOU ARE NOT OUR FATHER!

* On ''{{Series/Revenge}}'', rebellious teenager Declan says this to his [[PromotionToParent older brother Jack]] when Jack is trying to convince Declan he has a duty to attend their father's funeral:
--> Just because he's dead doesn't make you my father.

* In ''Series/SleepyHollow'', [[spoiler: Jeremy Crane/Henry Parrish/War]] calls the demon Moloch his real father, angry at his biological parents for their unwilling absence through his life, leaving him [[spoiler: BuriedAlive by his mother's coven until Moloch freed him.]]

* In Axel's ending of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal II'', he confronts his father, who cruelly attached him to his vehicle. After failing to reconcile, Axel just ''tears himself out'', and fiercely delivers this line;
-->"I...am a free man. ''And you are no longer my father.''

--> '''Julian''' (to his sister, Holiday): You can't tell me what to do. You're not my mother!\\

* In ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'', the father of the protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz is...[[AbusiveParents anything but]] a nice guy. B.J. doesn't fool himself, knowing firsthand ''exactly'' how much of a bad guy Rip was to him and everyone around him, but still manages to hold a little love for his father, if only for the sake of them being blood relations. However, what little love he had for his father died unceremoniously [[spoiler: once Rip reveals he sold out ''BJ's mother'' (and ''his own wife'') to the Nazis.]] BJ doesn't even flinch when Rip levels a shotgun at his forehead and only makes a single offhand comment about him being his son before dropping all pretenses and [[spoiler: delivering a PreAssKickingOneLiner and killing the old man with no hesitation.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''BJ''': "Was a time I was scared of you. Was a time I would piss myself having a gun pointed at my head. [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore You know what I feel right now]]? ''(Rip cocks the gun. BJ doesn't even break [[DeathGlare eye contact.]])'' ''Not a '''[[TranquilFury God-damned thing.]]"''''' ''(BJ pushes the gun away before Rip fires.)'']]

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', the sister series of ''Umineko'' above, featured this with Rena, formerly Reina, Ryugu and her own mother. Mrs. Ryugu cheated on her husband with a lover whom she brought Rena to meet on several occasions, with Rena unaware of who the man really was. After her mother decided to officially divorce her husband and begged Rena to come live with her, Rena made it clear she didn't want anything to do with her mom after the way she tried to manipulate and turn Rena against her dad. Rena went as far as to drop the "I" from her name to represent her removal of her mother from her life.

-->'''Blitzo:''' It still counts!
-->'''Loona:''' Well, it shouldn't. I didn't need you then, asshole; I don't now.

* In the pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/TomGoesToTheMayor'', we see a brief snippet of one of Tom's home movies, where Tom's stepsons are throwing things at him while chanting "You're not our dad! You're not our dad!" It's PlayedForLaughs, [[DudeNotFunny or at least attempted anyway.]]

* Gendo gets that treatment very often in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fics

** ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Done indirectly by Asuka in chapter 9 when she revised her will and next of kin stuff, and she cut her father and her step-mother out of her will, declaring "Screw my father and that woman, Shinji gets everything". From that point on, she doesn't regard her parents as family.
** ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': Variant. After meeting his grandfather for the first time, Shinji tells these words when he finally and intellectually accepts that his so-called blood relatives were never there for him.
--->'''Takuya Ikari:''' Shinji... I can understand your anger... but I hope you realize, that if you ever need me, as your Grandfather I will be here for you.\\
'''Shinji:''' I may be your Grandson Mister Ikari... but you are not my Grandfather. Goodbye.
** ''Fanfic/NeonMetathesisEvangelion'': After learning about Rei's upbringing, Shinji declares that Gendo is not his father, merely a genetic donor.
* In ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Nanoha, in this story the reincarnation of Princess Serenity, was far from impressed by her past self's actions, and blamed Queen Serenity for her lax attention to Serenity, as both a mother and a queen, and declared that her mother was Momoko Takamachi, not Queen Serenity. [[spoiler: Later, when Alicia tries to protect Fate from Precia, Precia attacks Alicia for defying her, causing Fate to declare she was no mother of hers and attack with extreme prejudice.]]
* In ''Fanfic/NarutoAsunder'', Naruto directs this at both parents when they try (and fail) to explain sealing the Kyuubi in him and wanting to be a family again (unlike in canon, they're still alive). [[spoiler:By [[https://fanfiction.net/s/5403644/23/ Chapter 23]], however, not only did Naruto manage to make up with Minato and Kushina, but he also called them "mom" and "dad" just before the final battle against Madara.]]
-->"You BOTH aren't my parents. You don't deserve to be. I made it fine without you all these years and I'll keep making it WITHOUT YOU. Don't bother me ever again."
* ''Fanfic/DestinyIsAHazyThing'' has Naruto outright disowning his parents and pretty much handing over parenting duties (and himself) to his loving EldritchAbomination [[ParentalSubstitute parents]] (ItMakesSenseInContext) who proceed to torment Naruto's parents when he leaves the room.
* ''Fanfic/AngelOfTheBat'': After her religious conversion, Cassandra Cain sternly tells [[spoiler: Lady Shiva]] she has [[Franchise/{{Batman}} two]] [[{{God}} fathers]], but her biological parent David is neither of them.
* Jen Potter/Black in ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'' does this via magical adoption (which replaces a single parent) to Lily. Narcissa and Andromeda explain that while she might prefer to do it to James, that would mean Lily was pregnant by two men at the same time and even magic insists they use something possible. As a result, as far as both magic and the law are concerned, Bellatrix Lestrange raped and obliviated James Potter during the previous war. Given that the Potters never filed any paperwork saying Jen existed, they can't prove otherwise.
* In ''The Siege of Starling City'', the sequel to ''Fanfic/VigilantesDawn'', Tommy Merlyn and Sara Lance basically do this on behalf of Thea Queen when they find a video recording where Malcolm Merlyn reveals that he was Thea's biological father after an affair with her mother Moira. Despite the DNA test results confirming the biological link, Tommy and Sara each agree that Robert Queen was Thea’s true father in every way that matters, and telling her about her relationship with Malcolm will accomplish nothing.
* In ''Fanfic/ThePrayerWarriors'', Literature/{{Percy Jackson|and the Olympians}} declares that Zeus is not his father (canonically, Poseidon is, but Zeus is in this fic) on two occasions - once when converting to Christianity and joining the Prayer Warriors, and again before killing Zeus, saying that so he can avoid committing the sin of patricide.
* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' novel, Empath says this of Papa Smurf when it is revealed that Empath is Papa Smurf's only biological son and that Papa Smurf had abandoned Empath in Psychelia to be raised by the Psyche Master, with Empath accusing Papa Smurf of doing this on purpose for the sake of raising nearly a hundred young Smurfs who are not even his own children that weren't born with telepathic and telekinetic powers.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3638403/1/Blades Blades]]'', this is basically Streex's reaction to Ripster calling him out on being unreliable.
-->You're not Dad ''John''. You can't keep us all together like he can, and I'm sick of you ordering us around and expecting us to follow like good little soldiers. You don't have a clue what you're doing and don't even try to pretend otherwise. There's only one person who can undo what Paradigm does and ''he's not here''.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' fanfiction in general portrays Leia with this attitude toward Vader.
* Lyra in the ''Fanfic/TriptychContinuum'' legally divorced her AbusiveParents and now considers Bon-Bon to be the only family she has.
* ''Fanfic/TheRWBYLoops'' has Weiss, after some consideration, decide to exclusively refer to Jacques Schnee [[CallingParentsByTheirName by his first name]] as she feels no familial connection with him. Yang, from the same fic, downplays this trope with Raven--she does not consider her to be her ''mother'' but, after the woman starts looping, she's willing to reconnect and call her ''family.''
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8655178/1/Transformers-Prime-That-Red-Car That Red Car]]'', [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Knock Out]] retorts that Megatron is not his creator before the tyrant gives him a spanking.

* ''Fanfic/HerMax'': Ruby is raising her little brother Max alone due to their parents' deaths, but she's worried that Max will resent her as he gets older. She has a nightmare of an older Max yelling at her that she's not his mother.
* Izuku manages to do this ''twice'' in ''Fanfic/ConversationsWithACryptid''. His biological father is Hisashi Midoriya, but the man's never been there for him or his mother, and Izuku thinks of him as a glorified bank account. The second one is theoretical; when he notices that All for One referred to himself as being 'negiligent', which implied he owed Izuku a duty of care, Izuku promptly tells the supervillain that whatever obligation he has, he waives it as he doesn't want to be in debt to All for One or end up like [[PsychopathicManChild Shigaraki]]. [[spoiler: Which nails [[WellDoneDadGuy Hisashi]] [[ObliviousGuiltSlinging right where it hurts]].]]
* ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'': Yang tells her biological mother Raven this. She had spent years looking for her but was disappointed by how cruel and distant Raven was. Yang's deceased stepmother Summer was a better mother than Raven. Yang doesn't want Raven anywhere near her family and threatens to [[{{Matricide}} kill her]] if she does get too close.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6174489/10/The-Chronicles-of-Ohu The Chronicles of Ohu]]'': Akame is reunited with his long-lost son Takeo, who is very livid that [[ParentalAbandonment his father seemingly abandoned him and his siblings when they were puppies]]. He lets his father come help them defeat the boss dog threatening their territory and his family, but after that, he wants nothing more to do with him, adding, "You're not my father, and I'm not your son." Once he learns the reason why Akame [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou left them behind, to protect them from the terrors of the Koga/Iga war]], he averts this by making up with Akame, even adding, "You're my father, and I'm your son."
* ''Fanfic/LettingGoOfHate'': Kovu isn't emotionally attached to his mother Zira. Though she gave him special treatment as Scar's successor growing up, she still was [[ParentalNeglect very distant]] and [[AbusiveParents cruel]]. As a result, he doesn't view her as a mother.
* ''Fanfic/UltimateMisfits'':
** During an argument in the first chapter of ''Fanfic/UltimateMisfits'', Pizzazz yells at her adopted father Emmett that he isn't her real dad. She apologizes for it a few hours later. Emmett doesn't mind because he sees the occasional argument as a normal thing for families.
** Pizzazz has a recurring joke with her adopted sister Jerrica where she tells her that she's not her mother whenever Jerrica's being bossy or noisy.
** Kimber once tells her sister that she's not her mother when Jerrica tries to find out what Kimber was doing so late at night.

'''Blake:''' You are not my mother and the White Fang isn’t my family.

* In ''Fanfic/PurpleDays'', Joffrey never really stops loving Cersei, but her StupidEvil and TheCaligula tendencies grate on him across the GroundhogDayLoop he endures. In the Final Loop, he has a final conversation with her, and tires when she pathetically keeps trying to justify herself, so he turns around, leaves her and Jaime in a GildedCage in the Westerlands, and doesn't look back. To a lesser degree, he feels the same about Robert - while Joff comes to somewhat appreciate him, he ultimately feels Ned Stark did more to form him into an actually decent human being than Robert.
* Mako in ''Fanfic/NaturalSelection'' cuts ties with her family due to their AcquiredSituationalNarcissism and their willingness to pimp her out to Ryuko just so they can keep up their lavish lifestyles.
* ''Fanfic/RemnantInferisDOOM'': Weiss. After seeing and hearing all the horrors that her father unwittingly had a hand in, she denounces her entire family and gives up on wanting to better the Schnee name.
-->'''Weiss''' ''(to Jacques)'': As of today, I want to be as far away from our family name as possible! It's damned now, thanks to YOU!
* After Rachel is declared her guardian in ''Fanfic/GleeReprise'', Beth is pretty displeased and pulls this a few times in the first episode.
* In the fan novelization, ''Fanfic/SuperMarioSunshineASpriteOfLight'', Bowser Jr. angrily disowns his father after it was directly confirmed that he lied to him about Princess Peach being his mother. They do reconcile at the end of the fic, though.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet'' the fanfic [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/292855701-i-am-a-de-vil I AM A DE VIL]] Doug spoke harsh words about his stepson, Dylan. Dylan overheard this and he gets very upset. Doug was going to talk to him, but Dylan in tears and yells in rage at Doug that he's not his father.
* ''Fanfic/EdenObsessmuch'': [[spoiler:While never said directly due to the elder in question being dead, Hermione's son refuses to accept the possibility his biological father is Lucius Malfoy, since it would mean he was fathered [[ChildByRape by a rapist]]. He doesn't question his mother on it, who could confirm his conception was consensual, out of fear of it being true.]]

* In the Creator/MaeveBinchy novel ''Evening Class'', a character has just learned that her oldest sister is in fact her mother. Several days later, her "father" (actually grandfather) asks her to run an errand for him. When she refuses, still upset at the revelation and deception, he sternly tells her "no child of mine is going to speak to me like that". She responds by coldly declaring, "I'm NOT a child of yours.", thus revealing that she knows the secret. After a {{Beat}} in which this sinks in, he tells her essentially HAS been a father to her these past 16 years, and even if not, he's still her grandfather and deserving of respect.

* ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter'': "You ain't my pa."

-->"I always thought I had been [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]]. It was not until just now that I knew for certain. If I am dead to you, then you are dead to me."

* In the ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' episode "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E3SpringBroken Spring Broken]]", Loona, tired of Blitzo [[OverprotectiveDad constantly interfering with her attempts to talk to Vortex]], [[CallingTheOldManOut eventually calls him out on it]], declaring that even though he adopted her, he's not her real dad.

* ''WebVideo/ViralTexts'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLfKrAysASQ Indie]] cut all ties with her mother Louise because she resented her poor living conditions growing up. Indie lied to her fiancé and his family about her being an orphan. She regretted it 2 years later and tried to get Louise to meet with her husband's family but she refused and the couple divorced.

Compare[=/=]contrast with IHaveNoSon, to which the teen may fire back with this trope. Note that this trope is not generally related to IAmNotYourFather, since it's usually understood by both parties that the person really ''isn't'' their father (and that's the point).

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* In the climax of the Indonesian folklore ''Literature/MalinKundang'', the titular character, after becoming rich through hard work, came across his old and poor mother. Out of shame with his new peers, he rejected his mother and said that such a poor woman couldn't be the mother of his new rich self. Said mother, out of grief, then [[{{Curse}} cursed him]] to [[TakenForGranite turn into stone]] as the retaliation.
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* In ''Literature/JaneEyre'', after Jane's aunt unfairly punished Jane and locked her in a room that Jane was terrified of, the 10-year-old Jane vowed to never call her "Aunt" again. Since the aunt was Jane's legal guardian, this counts.

* In the ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' episode "Yahrzeit", after Mac has found irrefutable evidence that a [[spoiler:supposed Holocaust survivor]] was, in reality, a [[spoiler:member of the Hitler Youth]], his Orthodox Jewish son disowns him.

* ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'': Countess Warwick, who is her son-in-law Richard of Gloucester's captive and was declared legally dead by King Edward IV, tries to convince her daughter Anne Neville to leave her husband behind so that they can live together free from men. Anne is deeply in love with Richard, and she's so offended that she disowns her mother.
-->'''Anne:''' ''[furious]'' Richard was right to shut you away. Now stay in here and be dead!

** She doesn't get to say it to his face until ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', but by ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' Gamora has disowned the Mad Titan as her adoptive father. She goes out of her way to emphasize this dissociation, explicitly mentioning to Drax that she's no family to Thanos (no one has mentioned Thanos; Drax is trying to kill Gamora as an indirect method of getting revenge on Ronan), and sharply backtracks when she makes a FreudianSlip in a conversation with Quill.
--->'''Gamora:''' My father didn't stress diplomacy.\\
'''Peter:''' Thanos?\\
'''Gamora:''' He's ''not'' my father.

* In ''Comicbook/TheSandman'', Orpheus rejects Morpheus after Eurydice's death when Morpheus ([[{{Jerkass}} in his usual manner]]) attempts to encourage Orpheus to live on. This ends up wounding Morpheus' pride, and the two remain estranged for about three millennia until the events of ''Brief Lives''.

** She doesn't get to say it to his face until ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', but by ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' Gamora has disowned the Mad Titan as her adoptive father. She goes out of her way to emphasize this dissociation, explicitly mentioning to Drax that she's no family to Thanos (no one has mentioned Thanos; Drax is trying to kill Gamora as an indirect method of getting revenge on Ronan), and sharply backtracks when she makes a FreudianSlip in a conversation with Quill.

* Andrea in ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', when arguing with surrogate father figure Dale: "I'm not your little girl, I'm not your wife, and I'm sure as hell not your problem."

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', when Speedy realises he and the other sidekicks aren't being made full members of the Justice League and aren't getting access to the Watchtower, he angrily storms out. Aquaman tries to reason with him and calls him "son", Speedy snaps "I'm not your son", then glares at Green Arrow and says "I'm not even his".

Much more rare, but not unheard of, is for someone to say this to their biological parent, oftentimes directly pointing how much better the ParentalSubstitute was at the job. CallingParentsByTheirName is a common way to express this variant. If this happens, it's possibly because the child just HatesTheirParent.

-->''Toji snorted. "Oh, I doubt your dad did it on-"''\\

** ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'': Variation. During his confrontation in the second-to-last chapter Shinji says he wishes Gendo was not his father so that he could hate him properly.

-->'''Takuya Ikari:''' Shinji... I can understand your anger... but I hope you realize, that if you ever need me, as your Grandfather I will be here for you.\\

* In ''Fanfic/WhiteDevilOfTheMoon'', Nanoha, in this story the reincarnation of Princess Serenity, was far from impressed in her past self's actions, and blamed Queen Serenity for her lax attention to Serenity, as both a mother and a queen, and declared that her mother was Momoko Takamachi, not Queen Serenity. [[spoiler: Later, when Alicia tries to protect Fate from Precia, Precia attacks Alicia for defying her, causing Fate to declare she was no mother of hers and attack with extreme prejudice.]]

--> "You BOTH aren't my parents. You don't deserve to be. I made it fine without you all these years and I'll keep making it WITHOUT YOU. Don't bother me ever again."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'' fanfiction, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3638403/1/Blades Blades]]'', this is basically Streex's reaction to Ripster calling him out on being unreliable.
--> You're not Dad ''John''. You can't keep us all together like he can, and I'm sick of you ordering us around and expecting us to follow like good little soldiers. You don't have a clue what you're doing and don't even try to pretend otherwise. There's only one person who can undo what Paradigm does and ''he's not here''.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6174489/10/The-Chronicles-of-Ohu The Chronicles of Ohu]]'': Akame is reunited with his long-lost son Takeo, who is very livid that [[ParentalAbandonment his father seemingly abandoned him and his siblings when they were puppies]]. He lets his father come help them defeat the boss dog threatening their territory and his family, but after that, he wants nothing more to do with him, adding, "You're not my father, and I'm not your son." Once he learns the reason why Akame [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou left them behind, to protect them from the terrors from the Koga/Iga war]], he averts this by making up with Akame, even adding, "You're my father, and I'm your son."

* In ''Fanfic/PurpleDays'', Joffrey never really stops loving Cersei, but her StupidEvil and TheCaligula tendencies grate on him across the GroundhogDayLoop he endures. In the Final Loop, he has a final conversation with her, and tires when she pathetically keeps trying to justify herself, so he turns around, leaves her and Jaime in a GildedCage in the Westerlands, and doesn't look back. To a lesser degree, he feels the same about Robert - while Joff comes to somewhat appreciate him, he ultimately feels Ned Stark did more to form him into an actual decent human being than Robert.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet'' the fanfic [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/292855701-i-am-a-de-vil I AM A DE VIL]] Doug spoke harsh words about his stepson, Dylan. Dylan overheard this and he gets very upset. Doug was going to talk him, but Dylan in tears and yells in rage at Doug that he's not his father.

* In ''Film/TheHitmansWifesBodyguard'', [[spoiler: Michael eventually disowns his stepfather, Michael Bryce Sr., since the latter is [[BigBad Aristotle]]'s [[TheDragon head of security]], is sabotaging his stepson's chances of renewing his bodyguarding liscence, and is helping Arsitotle destroy the power grid in Europe.]]

** She doesn't get to say it to his face until ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', but by ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' Gamora has disowned the Mad Titan as her adoptive father. She goes out of her way to emphasize this dissociation, explicitly mentioning to Drax that she's no family to Thanos (no-one has mentioned Thanos; Drax is trying to kill Gamora as an indirect method of getting revenge on Ronan), and sharply backtracks when she makes a FreudianSlip in a conversation with Quill.

* Shaun from ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' doesn't get along with his step-father Philip, insisting everyone that [[InsistentTerminology he's not his dad, just his step-dad.]] [[spoiler:However, he reconnects with Philip right before the latter's death after realizing Philip truly meant well to him.]]

** In a first season episode Walt says this to Michael during an argument after pointing out that Michael was never around when he was growing up and probably doesn't even care about him. The flashbacks for the episode show that Michael desperately wanted to be part of his son's life, but Walt's mother blackmailed him into staying away so she could focus on her career and new husband.

* In "[[Recap/ResidentAlienS2E5FamilyDay Family Day]]" from ''Series/ResidentAlien'', the daughter of Harry Vanderspeigle arrives in Patience, not realizing that her father was killed and is being impersonated by a HughMann alien. Asta Twelvetrees, who knows Harry's secret, tries to help Liza out, but Liza tells Asta that she's not her mother. Asta agrees, but says that she wants to help Liza because she knows what it's like for her because of her own childhood.

* Said ''constantly'' by Arthur to his stepfather, Walter, in ''Series/TheTick2016''. Walter doesn't seem to mind, as he recognizes that Arthur is still grieving over seeing his birth father be killed in front of him by the Terror.

* ''[[Theatre/TheWiz The Wiz Live!]]'' has Dorothy tell Aunt Em, "You're not my mother", before detailing her struggles adjusting to life in a new state after her parents' death.

* In ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', Washington repeatedly calls Hamilton 'son' while admonishing him for the duel with Lee and trying to explain why he's not giving him an independent command. Each time, Hamilton interrupts "I'm not your son" until finally he roars "''CALL ME 'SON' ONE MORE TIME--!''". Even harsher with the historical fact that not only did Hamilton not have a father, but Washington never had any children. It is heavily implied that during the rest of the play Hamilton started to see Washington [[ParentalSubstitute as his father]] — the last time we see Washington alive is during the "the Reynolds Papers" number where Washington get the paper thrust into his face, and he answers with a silent look of disgust at Hamilton who until now stoically stood still while people threw letters at him finally turned away his head in shame. And just before getting shot, he glimpsed "the other Side" and he saw his dead Son, his dead Mother, and Washington waiting on the Other Side-Washington taking the place of his actual father that he never knew.

** Even in the Paragon ending, Jacob denies that Ronald is his father any more, and the only thing preventing him from gunning him down right at that moment is that he doesn't believe Ronald is worth the effort of pulling the trigger.

* Played very tragically in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', where Ange's refusal to consider Eva as a mother, added to the latter's sadness and lingering hatred towards Ange's parents, made their relationship go to hell during the 12 years after the Rokkenjima incident. It doesn't help that Eva refused to tell the truth and was widely considered the culprit by gossips and tabloids.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', Amity disowns [[AbusiveParents Odalia]] as her mother after learning that [[spoiler:she's willingly aiding Emperor Belos' genocidal plans under the (false) promise of being made royalty]]. We don't get to see Edric and Emira's reactions to the reveal, though they almost certainly would have sided with their sister in a heartbeat.