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7 | ->'''Socrates:''' ''My friend, I am a man, and like other men, a creature of flesh and blood, and not 'of wood or stone,' as Creator/{{Homer}} says; and I have a family, yes, and sons, O Athenians, three in number, one almost a man, and two others who are still young'' |
8 | -->-- '''Creator/{{Plato}}''', ''[[Literature/ApologyOfSocrates Apology]]'' |
9 | |
10 | Of course, mothers and fathers can be important in fiction, whether or [[ParentalIssues not]] they are actually around. |
11 | |
12 | For the other side of things, see SonOfTropeDaughterOfIndex. |
13 | |
14 | [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] SuperTrope or ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1961}}''. |
15 | ---- |
16 | !!Tropes: |
17 | [[index]] |
18 | [floatboxright: |
19 | Related: |
20 | + AdoptAnIndex |
21 | + OrphanedIndex |
22 | + ParentalIssues |
23 | + PaternityTropes |
24 | ] |
25 | * AbandonedWarChild: Women are left single mothers during or after a war. |
26 | * AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Mothers are too old to have children. |
27 | * AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Mothers are too young to have children. |
28 | * AbusiveParents: The parents are cruel and abusive. |
29 | * ActionDad: A father who is an ActionHero. |
30 | * ActionMom: A mother who is an ActionGirl. |
31 | * AdoptivePeerParent: The parents adopted a child who appears too old to be their biological offspring. |
32 | * AlmightyMom: A mother who succeeds in telling off anyone, even the worst antagonists. |
33 | * AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: A character has an absentee parent, but it's never explained or addressed. |
34 | * AmicableExes: A split couple who are still friends. |
35 | * AncestralName: A parent named their child after themselves, their parent or their more distant ancestors. |
36 | * AndYourRewardIsParenthood: Games give your character a child as a reward for completing some task or requirement. |
37 | * AntagonisticOffspring: TheHero's kid is their nemesis. |
38 | * AnticsEnablingWife: A wife or mother who does nothing to stop the antics of a BumblingDad despite knowing better. |
39 | * AnticlimacticParent: A parent is revealed to have a bad rep. |
40 | * AntiEducationMama: Parents that frown upon their child getting an education. |
41 | * AntiSmotherLoveTalk: Someone tries to talk a parent concerned for their child's safety into letting them take risks. |
42 | * AppealToFamilialWisdom: Quoting something your parent once said to you. |
43 | * ArchnemesisDad: The villain is the protagonist's father. |
44 | * AsianBabymama: The male lead discovers he has a child and the mother is an ex who is an "exotic" Asian lady. |
45 | * BabiesEverAfter: The story ends when the main couple has kids. |
46 | * BabyDollBaby: Looking after a baby doll like it's your actual son or daughter. |
47 | * BabyFeverTrigger: Seeing someone else's child makes someone want to be a parent themselves. |
48 | * BecauseISaidSo: Someone says that their inferior (often their child) should obey "just because". |
49 | * BecauseYouCanCope: A character (usually a child) is ignored by a loved one because said loved one has decided to look after someone else. |
50 | * BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Someone is born shortly after someone else dies. |
51 | * BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: A parent or parental figure who is shown as a better parent than their own. |
52 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: A father who strongly opposes boys who try to date his daughter. |
53 | * BumblingDad: A klutzy and/or unintelligent father. |
54 | * CallingParentsByTheirName: Someone calls their parents by their given names, rather than "Mom", "Dad", or what-have-you. |
55 | * ChangelingFantasy: The hero's "real" parents are different, more interesting people than the ones who raised them. |
56 | * ChildrenRaiseYou: CharacterDevelopment comes from looking after a kid. |
57 | * ChildSupplantsParent: A child wants to overthrow, replace, or supersede their parent. |
58 | * ChosenConceptionPartner: Someone wants a child and picks someone who is not their spouse to be the other parent. |
59 | * CubCuesProtectiveParent: The human characters find a baby wild animal and are chased by its parent. |
60 | * DadsCantCook: When the father has to take on cooking duties, things go badly. |
61 | * DadsOffFightingInTheWar: A parent who is absent due to being in the military. |
62 | * DadTheVeteran: A parent who is a retired military person. |
63 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: An adolescent girl or young woman living with her parents brings home her boyfriend, whom her dad disapproves of. |
64 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: The GoodParents die. |
65 | * DeliverUsFromEvil: An evil person [[HeelFaceTurn turns good]] after starting a family. |
66 | * DelusionsOfParentalLove: Parents are ''supposed'' to love their kids, so the children cling to this belief despite evidence to the contrary. |
67 | * DepartmentOfChildDisservices: Child Services works stupidly. |
68 | * DesignatedParents: A group of friends have two people the same age who are more mature, acting like the parents of the others. |
69 | * TheDiaperChange: Changing a baby's diaper. |
70 | * DisappearedDad: A dad is not present. |
71 | * DisownedParent: A child (of any age) disowns one or more of their parents. |
72 | * DivineParentage: A child of one or two gods. |
73 | * DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: A parent's knowledge on their own children is so small or so outdated that it is clear they don't know them. |
74 | * DontTellMama: People do bad things but want to keep their mothers from knowing about the bad things they do. |
75 | * DotingParent: A parent who believes their kid is the best child in the world. |
76 | * EducationMama: A parent who worries a lot about their child's education. |
77 | * EggSitting: Learning about parenting by having to care for an egg, or a doll, or a sack of flour. |
78 | * ElderAbuse: When the now-old parent is abused. |
79 | * EmbarrassingOldPhoto: When someone (often their parent) shows the protagonist a photo of them as a child which, for whatever reason, embarrasses them. |
80 | * EmptyNest: A couple whose children have left home, miss them. |
81 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Tough or even bad guys being affectionate to their mothers. |
82 | * EvilMatriarch: A villainous mother. |
83 | * EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Villains want their children to be good. |
84 | * ExtraParentConception: Someone is somehow the biological child of ''three'' people. |
85 | * FamilyMan: A man who's very loyal to his family. |
86 | * FantasyForbiddingFather: A parent or guardian forbids their kid to take part in any hobbies outside their job because they view the hobbies as a "distraction" or a "waste". |
87 | * FathersQuest: A parent (mostly a father) goes to rescue their child. |
88 | * FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: A daughter is much more tomboyish than her mother. |
89 | * FinancialAbuse: Someone needs money but another character is keeping it away from them. |
90 | * FirstFatherWins: A divorced father is the lead and the mother takes custody of the kids, but then the stepdad turns out to be evil and gets killed off or otherwise "loses". |
91 | * FosteringForProfit: Someone fosters a child purely for business. |
92 | * FreudianExcuse: The villain is the way they are because something bad happened to them somewhere along the line. |
93 | * FunnyConceptionStory: A baby was conceived in an amusing way. |
94 | * GenerationXerox: Kids have very similar lives as their parents or even distant ancestors. |
95 | * GiftForAnOutgrownInterest: A gift-giver's idea of what the recipient (usually a parent to their child) would like is based on ''very'' outdated memories. |
96 | * GiveHimANormalLife: Superheroes have kids and give them up for adoption to protect them. |
97 | * GiveTheBabyAFather: A man who isn't the father proposes to a pregnant woman. |
98 | * GlamorousSingleMother: A single mother whose kids are never inconvenient. |
99 | * GlorifiedSpermDonor: The father left after impregnating the mother, but all's well when he shows up again. |
100 | * GoodParents: Parents who are good to their children. |
101 | * GoodStepmother: A stepmother who loves and supports her stepchildren. |
102 | * GoToYourRoom: A child is sent to their room as punishment, often by one or both of their parents. |
103 | * GroundedForever: A child is grounded (often by their parents) for a ridiculously long time like "a million years" or "forever". |
104 | * HandsOffParenting: Parents generally let their kids do whatever they want. |
105 | * HappilyAdopted: A person knows they are adopted and is happy with it. |
106 | * HappilyMarried: A successful marriage. |
107 | * HelicopterParents: An overbearing and/or overprotective parent who interfere with their children's personal lives. |
108 | * HiMom: A character who is on camera greets their mother, who may or may not be watching. |
109 | * HippieParents: A hippie couple with kids. |
110 | * HonorThyParent: Parents are seen as deserving deferential treatment; people who don't render this are called out for it. |
111 | * {{Househusband}}: A married man who takes care of the housework. |
112 | * {{Housewife}}: A stay-at-home wife who looks after the house and does most of the parenting. |
113 | * HowDadMetMom: A story detailing how two parents met. |
114 | * IAmNotYourFather: A reveal that the protagonist's "parents" are not their real parents. |
115 | * IAmXSonOfY: Someone boasts "I am [their name], son/daughter of [one or both their parents' names]!" |
116 | * IHaveNoSon: A family member disowns another one out of shame. |
117 | * IllegalGuardian: Someone adopts children to reap some illicit financial benefits at the kids' expense. |
118 | * ImmigrantParents: Someone has parents who immigrated from another country. |
119 | * InterracialAdoptionStruggles: Parents adopting a child of a different racial background or ethnicity than themselves, leading to struggles or cultural clashes. |
120 | * InvisibleParents: A character whose parents are never seen. |
121 | * IsThatCuteKidYours: An adult is mistaken for the parent of a young child. |
122 | * IWantGrandkids: An adult's parent wants grandchildren and annoys their son or daughter to get them some. |
123 | * JacobAndEsau: Each parent favours a different child or each child favors a different parent. |
124 | * JealousParent: The mum or dad competes with their child for their spouse's affection. |
125 | * JewishMother: The stereotype of a nagging, overprotective mother who's also Jewish. |
126 | * JoblessParentDrama: A family struggles due to a parent lacking a job. |
127 | * JockDadNerdSon: The father is very athletic. The son is nerdy but not athletic. |
128 | * KidsPlayMatchmaker: A child tries to find a new partner for their parent, and by extension a new mom/dad. |
129 | ** KidsPlayMatchBreaker: When the kids try to scare away any potential suitors for their single parent. |
130 | * LamarckWasRight: Inheriting traits which shouldn't ordinarily be genetic. |
131 | * LearningToRideABike: Parents teaching their children to ride a bike is a common milestone moment. |
132 | * LetHerGrowUpDear: The father doesn't want the child (often a girl) to have romance, but the mother doesn't mind. |
133 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: A person resembles one of their parents. |
134 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: A child doesn't resemble at least one of their parents, in fact, they may be exact opposites. |
135 | * LineageComesFromTheFather: All of the character's significant lineage is on their father's side. |
136 | * LovingParentCruelParent: One parent is loving, the other is abusive or violent. |
137 | * LukeIAmYourFather: TheHero finds out the BigBad was a relative, often their dad. |
138 | * LukeYouAreMyFather: Someone reveals that they are the child of the person they're talking to. |
139 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: A MadScientist has a daughter who's their only child, is somewhere between sixteen and twenty-four, and is beautiful. |
140 | * MandatoryMotherhood: Women who don't want kids are demanded to have them. |
141 | * MamaBear: A mother whose kids you'd better not mess with. |
142 | * MarryTheNanny: A single parent gets with a hired parental substitute. |
143 | * MeetingTheParentsSequel: The hero of a work's first installment has their parents introduced in the sequel(s). |
144 | * MissingMom: A mom is not present. |
145 | * AMistakeIsBorn: A child is considered a "mistake" for their parents. |
146 | * MommyMobile: The boring family-hauler vehicle (typically a minivan, station wagon, or SUV) that signifies that someone's given up on being cool in favor of becoming a parent. |
147 | * TheMomVoice: A character, usually female, will lecture, discipline, command, or even comfort someone with a tone of voice that is reminiscent of a mother. |
148 | * MonsterIsAMommy: A menacing creature's behavior turns out to be justified, often because it's a mother or father protecting its kids or eggs. |
149 | * MotherMakesYouKing: Someone's mother makes them come into power. |
150 | * MotherOfAThousandYoung: A monster who is the parent of most of the other monsters. |
151 | * MuggleFosterParents: Someone with powers is raised by people without them. |
152 | * MumLooksLikeASister: Someone's mother looks like their sister. |
153 | * MyBelovedSmother: A bossy, overprotective, clingy mother. |
154 | * MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: Children boasting about how their fathers are cooler than their rivals' fathers. |
155 | * MyParentsAreDead: A departed acquaintance or relative (often one the character was close to) is brought up and the character responds that the person is dead. |
156 | * MysteriousParent: When the reason for ParentalAbandonment is revealed and the parent is an important character. |
157 | * {{Nephewism}}: A character's aunt and/or uncle acts as their parental figure/s. |
158 | * NoBloodTies: Parents are not expected to raise their kids. |
159 | * NoFathersAllowed: Fatherhood is optional in this society. |
160 | * NotUnderTheParentsRoof: Children are not allowed to have sex at their parents' home. |
161 | * NotWantingKidsIsWeird: Wanting to have kids is the norm, and not wanting them is unusual. |
162 | * OffingTheOffspring: Killing your children. |
163 | * OpenMindedParent: A son or daughter lies to parents that are actually open-minded. |
164 | * OrcRaisedByElves: A character from an evil origin raised by good people, usually with a Heel-Face Turn. |
165 | * OrphanageOfFear: A torturous orphanage. |
166 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: A parent outlives their children. |
167 | * OverlordJr: The EvilOverlord's kid is also evil. |
168 | * PapaWolf: When a dad gets ''really angry'' that you messed with his kids. |
169 | * ParentalAbandonment: The character's parents are missing or dead. |
170 | * ParentalBetrayal: Someone betrays their child. |
171 | * ParentalFashionVeto: Parents object to their child's fashion choice. |
172 | * ParentalHypocrisy: Parents did exactly what their children do now when they were that age, but now they disapprove of it. |
173 | * ParentalIncest: Sex between a parent and their child. |
174 | * ParentalLoveSong: A love song between a parent and their child. |
175 | * ParentalMarriageVeto: Parents not letting their kid marry their boyfriend or girlfriend. |
176 | * ParentalNeglect: A parent is aloof, careless or otherwise uncommitted to child-rearing. |
177 | * ParentalObliviousness: Parents seem oblivious to everything. |
178 | * ParentalSavingsSplurge: Your parents spend your college fund for unscrupulous reasons. |
179 | * ParentalSexualitySquick: Someone is {{squick}}ed out by the idea of their parents having sex. |
180 | * ParentalSubstitute: Someone who is not a parent raised a character. |
181 | * ParentChildTeam: A parent and child team up together. |
182 | * ParentExMachina: Parents that only exist to bail their children out. |
183 | * ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: A parent tells their family they're just going out when they're really abandoning them. |
184 | * ParentPreferredSuitor: When a parent supports one of their offspring's LoveInterests over another. |
185 | * ParentService: {{Fanservice}} in a kids' show. |
186 | * ParentsAreWrong: Parents need to let go of tradition so their kids can be free. |
187 | * ParentsAsPeople: Parents with proper character traits besides their parenthood. |
188 | * ParentsForADay: A baby or something like it is raised by one or two main characters for a day and leaves by the end of the episode. |
189 | * ParentsInDistress: The parents are in danger and the children must save them. |
190 | * ParentsKnowTheirChildren: A parent can identify their kid who's in disguise, surrounded by look-alikes, an impostor, or even if they haven't seen them for many years. |
191 | * ParentsSuckAtMatchmaking: Parents just can't pick someone who's right for their kids. |
192 | * ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: A parent walks in on their child when the child is in a romantically compromising position. |
193 | * ParentWithNewParamour: A parent gets a new LoveInterest. |
194 | * PermissiveParents: Parents that encourage their kids to do adult stuffs. |
195 | * PervertDad: Fathers who come off as perverted towards their children (often their daughters). |
196 | * PiningAfterProtagonistsParent: A character carries a torch for the main character's (usually dead) parent. |
197 | * PlatonicCoParenting: Parents that aren't romantically involved with each other. |
198 | * PlayboyHasADaughter: TheCasanova experiences CharacterDevelopment after having a daughter. |
199 | * PlayingCatchWithTheOldMan: A (possibly surrogate) parent, their child, and their relationship are succinctly characterized by a simple game of catch. |
200 | * PromotionToParent: The oldest sibling takes charge of the parenting. |
201 | * PullingYourChildAway: Someone is marked as an outcast when a parent pulls their child away from them. |
202 | * PushoverParents: Parents who don't discipline their offspring. |
203 | * RaisedByGrandparents: A character who was raised by their grandparents. |
204 | * RaisedByNatives: An orphan child from a foreign land finds themselves in another land and is raised by that land's natives. |
205 | * RaisedByOrcs: A character is raised by evil characters. |
206 | * RaisedByTheSupernatural: A character was raised by supernatural beings. |
207 | * RaisedByWolves: A character was raised by animals. |
208 | * RefusedReunion: Parents who are missing or believed dead choose to remain missing or believed dead because their children would be better off not knowing they're really alive. |
209 | * RemarryingForYourKids: A widowed character with children remarries. |
210 | * ResentfulGuardian: A character hates suddenly having to raise a child. |
211 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: Two otherwise different family members share one quirk. |
212 | * ShootingLessonsFromYourParents: Having been taught how to handle a gun by dad or mom. |
213 | * SingleMomStripper: A single mother who moonlights as a stripper. |
214 | * SingleParentsAreUndesirable: Single parents have difficulty dating. |
215 | * SinkOrSwimFatherhood: A character unexpectedly becomes a parent and must learn on the job. |
216 | * SlidingScaleOfParentShamingInFiction |
217 | * SmallParentHugeChild: A parent is smaller than their child. |
218 | * SolomonDivorce: Divorced parents split custody of their children down the middle. |
219 | * SoMyKidsCanWatch: An actor/musician/director/etc. normally known for working in adult-oriented projects gets involved in a more child-friendly work ostensibly for their own children. |
220 | * SoProudOfYou: Everyone shows admiration for something good TheHero did, especially said hero's loved ones. |
221 | * SportsDad: A father who pushes his child into sports and other physical activities. |
222 | * StageMom: A mother puts her kid on the stage. |
223 | * Standard50sFather: A smart, reliable, neat dad, who often smokes a pipe. |
224 | * StandInParents: There is a father/child or mother/child event coming up and the kid enters but someone else pretends to be the parent. |
225 | * SternParentDotingParent: One parent is strict and the other parent is doting to their child. |
226 | * StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids: Restrictive parents just make their kids good liars. |
227 | * StrugglingSingleMother: A single parent, usually a mother, who struggle to support her child/children. |
228 | * SupernaturalProofFather: When a household starts experiencing supernatural events, the whole family except the dad experience them. |
229 | * SupernaturallyYoungParent: A child looks older than their parents due to supernatural causes. |
230 | * TakeYourChildToWorkDayPlot: A parent takes their child to visit their workplace for a day. |
231 | * TeamDad: The grumpy rule-enforcer of the team who acts as a parent. |
232 | * TeamMom: The surrogate mother to a group of friends. |
233 | * TeasingParent: Parent(s) teasing their children and/or playing jokes on them. |
234 | * TeenPregnancy: A teenage girl gets pregnant. |
235 | * TellMeAboutMyFather: Someone has no memories of one parent and asks the other to tell about the missing/dead one. |
236 | * ThatThingIsNotMyChild: A character is used to create offspring in a way that makes them refuse to identify as the child's parent. |
237 | * TimeOut: Misbehaving children or pets are grounded or put in time out. |
238 | * ToughLove: Doing things that seem mean but are ultimately kind or have good intentions. |
239 | * TheTrapParents: An orphan gains some parents that don't want them to hang around their friends. |
240 | * TrappedAtTheDinnerTable: Parents don't let children leave the dinner table until they've eaten everything on their plate. |
241 | * TrulySingleParent: Someone clones themselves if they want kids. |
242 | * TurningIntoYourParent: A grown child has an embarrassing realization that they and their parent aren't that different. |
243 | * TwerpSweating: When a teenage girl has a date and comes over to pick her up, he hangs out with the girl's BoyfriendBlockingDad. |
244 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: Someone looks a ''lot'' like people related to them. |
245 | * UnflappableGuardian: A perfectly competent parent. |
246 | * UnnamedParent: The parents' names are not revealed. |
247 | * UselessBystanderParent: The parent enables bullying/abuse by doing nothing. |
248 | * VillainousParentalInstinct: Even evil people will protect their children. |
249 | * VisitByDivorcedDad: A separated parent visits the family. |
250 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: The child is often more mature than their parent. |
251 | * WellDoneDadGuy: A role model longs for the approval of their followers. |
252 | * WhenYouComingHomeDad: Someone's dad is almost too busy for them. |
253 | * WhereDidWeGoWrong: When a kid turns out different than the parents hoped, the parents wonder where they went wrong. |
254 | * WhoWillTakeTheKids: Parents wonder who would look after the kids if something bad happened. |
255 | * WhyAreYouNotMySon: Parents compare their son/daughter to their son's/daughter's friend. Jealousy ensues. |
256 | * WickedStepmother: A stepmother who is cruel to her stepchildren, at worst wanting them dead. |
257 | * WinningOverTheKids: When someone bonds with their LoveInterest's kids. |
258 | * WonderChild: A person who is supposed to be infertile ends up with kids anyway. |
259 | * YouAreGrounded: A parent grounds their child. |
260 | * YouKilledMyFather: Someone gets revenge on a baddie who murdered their family member. |
261 | * YourSonAllAlong: Alice thinks Bob is Carol's son, but he's actually hers. |
262 | * YoureNotMyFather: Someone rebuffs someone posing as a parent by saying something along the lines of "You're not my mother/father!" |
263 | [[/index]] |
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