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* ''Series/Siren2018'':
** Maddie's mother left her and her father about nine months before the series began. It's shown the departure was not a cordial one, and resulted from her drug abuse. She later returns to mend things with Maddie, though it's difficult. Her birth father is [[AmbiguouslyAbsentParent not mentioned at all]], on the other hand. [[spoiler:Her stepfather Dale, who's become her father essentially (he usually is called that too) later dies from Tia's attack.]]
** In Episode 6, Ryn reveals to Maddie and Ben that her and Donna's mother died when they were young. Their father (or fathers) are not mentioned. Cami, Donna's daughter, is introduced when she's dead. As with her mother and aunt, her father is not mentioned.
** Helen's parents both died when she was little.
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** [[Series/PunkyBrewster2021 The sequel series]] has a now adult Punky fostering an orphaned girl named Izzy.

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** [[Series/PunkyBrewster2021 The sequel series]] has a now adult Punky fostering an orphaned a girl named Izzy.Izzy, who has also been abandoned by her mother sometime after her father vanishes.
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* ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'': The unstated rule seems to be "we just don't talk about it." Some of the kids have grandparents, but Treelo seems to have nobody at all other than Bear, and Tutter apparently lives in the Big Blue House.

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* ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'': The unstated rule seems to be "we just don't talk about it." Some of the kids have grandparents, but Treelo seems to have nobody at all other than Bear, and Tutter apparently lives in the Big Blue House.



* ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'' seems to have the same unstated "we just don't talk about it" rule as ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse''. Even though Loonette is [[VagueAge apparently]] a child, she lives alone with her [[LivingToys doll]] Molly, and while she has a grandmother, aunt and uncle, no parents are ever seen or mentioned. In the episode "Where Do Clowns Come From?" we learn that baby clowns float down from the sky, so it's possible she never had any parents at all.

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* ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'' seems to have the same unstated "we just don't talk about it" rule as ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse''. ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'': Even though Loonette is [[VagueAge apparently]] a child, she lives alone with her [[LivingToys doll]] Molly, and while she has a grandmother, aunt and uncle, no parents are ever seen or mentioned. In the episode "Where Do Clowns Come From?" we learn that baby clowns float down from the sky, so it's possible she never had any parents at all.
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* ''Series/TheNightAgent'': Peter's mother was dead already when his father died in a car accident too.
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* ''Series/{{Hawkeye}}'': Maya's father was killed by Ronin. At first her mother is neither seen nor mentioned. [[spoiler:In ''Series/Echo2024'' we learn that her mother was killed by enemies of her father who had cut her brakes, causing an accident (with Maya, inside the truck as well, surviving but losing her leg).]]

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* ''Series/{{Hawkeye}}'': ''Series/Hawkeye2021'': Maya's father was killed by Ronin. At first first, her mother is neither seen nor mentioned. [[spoiler:In ''Series/Echo2024'' ''Series/Echo2024'', we learn that her mother was killed by enemies of her father who had cut her brakes, causing an accident (with Maya, inside the truck as well, surviving but losing her leg).]]
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* ''Series/{{Hawkeye}}'': Maya's father was killed by Ronin. At first her mother is neither seen nor mentioned. [[spoiler:In ''Series/Echo2024'' we learn that her mother was killed by enemies of her father who had cut her brakes, causing an accident (with Maya, inside the truck as well, surviving but losing her leg).]]
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* ''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002'':
** Helena's mother was murdered on Joker's orders to get at her father, who didn't know she existed. As a result her father had a HeroicBSOD severe enough that it made him leave New Gotham, and they never met.
** Dinah gets introduced as a runaway FosterKid. It turns out her birth mother gave up Dinah to protect her when she was six, and they don't see each other again until the present day. Dinah angrily considers her dead because of this. Her birth father is not mentioned or seen at all.

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** Sometime after her father abandoned her whole family, Punky was abandoned by her mother; the reason why was never disclosed. The subject of Punky wanting to reunite with her mom came up a few times during the first couple of seasons (and once in the animated version).

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** Sometime after her father abandoned her whole family, Punky was abandoned by her mother; the reason why was never disclosed. The subject of Punky wanting to reunite with her mom came up a few times during the first couple of seasons (and once in the animated version). [[spoiler:Mrs. Brewster eventually returns in the [[Series/PunkyBrewster2021 sequel series]] but the only season ended on a cliffhanger before revealing whether a now adult Punky wanted to rekindle their relationship.]]


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* ''Series/{{Believe}}'': Tate didn't even know about Bo before they met, and she had no idea who her father was (her mother having died shortly after her birth).

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* ''Series/{{Believe}}'': ''Series/{{Believe|2014}}'': Tate didn't even know about Bo before they met, and she had no idea who her father was (her mother having died shortly after her birth).

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