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1->'''Ashnard:''' The thing that killed my father was not plague, nor was it another illness. It was me.\
2'''Bryce:''' Wh-What?\
3'''Ashnard:''' Oh, but it doesn't end there. There was my stepmother, too. And every brother who stood to be a legitimate heir... All of them died by my hand.
4-->-- ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance''
5
6->''"This is Sock. He just killed his parents. [[AccidentalMurder In his sleep]]."''
7-->-- ''Webcomic/WelcomeToHell''
8
9->''"Patricide is a long standing tradition in video games."''
10-->-- '''Bass''', ''Webcomic/TwoEvilScientists''
11
12->''"Yes, yes, [[YouKilledMyFather I killed your father]]. What is it with you women, anyway?! I killed my father too, [[CrossesTheLineTwice and you don't hear me whining about it]]!"''
13-->-- '''M. Bison''' to '''Chun Li''', ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter''
14
15->''"Cause of parents' death... Got in my way."''
16-->-- '''Montgomery Burns''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
17
18->'''Cale'anon:''' Is there any chance he was the one who [[YouKilledMyFather killed your father]] and you were seeking justice so your beloved and missed parent could be at peace in the afterlife?\
19'''Richard:''' No, but it does bring to mind the amusing story of the time I murdered my father.
20-->-- ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/1 page 1]]
21
22->Half an hour after making that will, Kurt had bitten Papa's face in half like a piece of fruit.
23-->-- ''Literature/ThePiloFamilyCircus''
24
25->''"[[WellDoneSonGuy I was raised in your shadow]]. [[DisneyVillainDeath Now you're gonna die in mine]]. [[MoralEventHorizon No one will even remember your name]]."''
26-->-- '''[[spoiler:Lex Luthor]]''' to '''[[spoiler:Lionel Luthor]]''', ''Series/{{Smallville}}''
27
28->''"As far as the world must know, 'Willy' ceased to exist when you left him in prison. Now, it's your turn."''
29-->-- '''Wilson Fisk/the Kingpin''', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''
30
31->''"The Dark Lord and I have much in common. Both of us, for instance, had very disappointing fathers... [[WhenYouComingHomeDad very disappointing indeed]]. Both of us suffered the indignity, Harry, of being named after those fathers. And both of us had the pleasure... the very great pleasure... of killing our fathers!"''
32-->-- '''Barty Crouch Jr.''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''
33
34->'''Randy:''' You're gonna do something for your mom, Catalina?\
35'''Catalina:''' My mother is dead.\
36'''Randy:''' I'm sorry.\
37'''Catalina:''' Oh, it's okay, it was either her or me.
38-->-- ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''
39
40->'''King Terenas:''' What is this? What are you doing, my son?\
41'''Prince Arthas:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Succeeding you, father]].
42-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III''
43
44->What's the worst part about your parents dying on your 18th birthday?
45->They'll charge you as an adult for it.
46-->-- '''Old Joke'''
47
48->''UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden took an axe\
49And gave her mother forty whacks\
50And when she saw what she had done\
51She gave her father forty-one''
52-->-- '''Folk Rhyme'''
53
54->''"You know, it's moments like these I remember the last thing my father told me... 'Careful son, that gun's loaded!'"''
55-->-- '''Chains Cooper''', ''Film/StoneCold''
56
57->''"For 3 million, I'd kill my own mother. Actually, I did, for a lot less than that."''
58-->-- '''Ariella Martinez''', ''Film/SmokinAces2AssassinsBall''
59
60->''The definiton of chutspah is someone who kills his parents and then throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan.''
61-->-- Old Yiddish joke, quoted by Leo Rosten in ''The Joy of Yiddish''
62
63->''By the'' lex Pompeia ''on parricides it is laid down that if anyone kills his father, his mother, his grandfather, his grandmother, his brother, his sister, first cousin on his father's side, first cousin on his mother's side, paternal or maternal uncle, paternal (or maternal) aunt, first cousin (male or female) by mother's sister, wife, husband, father-in-law, son-in-law, mother-in-law, (daughter-in-law), stepfather, stepson, stepdaughter, patron, or patroness, or with malicious intent brings this about, shall be liable to the same penalty as that of the'' lex Cornelia ''on murderers. And a mother who kills her son or daughter suffers the penalty of the same statute, as does a grandfather who kills a grandson; and in addition, a person who buys poison to give to his father, even though he is unable to administer it.''
64-->-- '''The Digest of Justinian'''
65
66->''The murder of fathers or mothers, legitimate, natural, or adoptive, or of any other legitimate ascendant, is denominated'' parricide''.''
67-->-- '''French Penal Code of 1810''', ''art. 299''
68
69->[[MagicalIncantation The Words]] were a simple, savage spell, the first I would ever learn, [[StartOfDarkness the first I would ever cast]]. Three Words to stop a heart. ''[[BloodMagic You want, you bleed]].'' Simple instructions, and four days later, I chewed on my tongue until blood flooded my mouth, and then I spoke the three Words I'd been taught, and watched as Father bugged his eyes out, made a strange choking noise, and died face-first in his turtle soup.\
70[[EnfantTerrible And I was happy]].
71-->-- ''Nigsu Ga Tesgu'', by Jeff Somers
72
73->'''Tohma Kuki:''' Don't tell me. One more of our sect still stands to prove our existence?\
74'''Seishiro Kuki:''' Dad didn't tell you?\
75'''Tohma:''' A miscalculation of my actions, I fear. Before he told me, I quieted his tongue! Then took his life.\
76'''Seishiro:''' [[SayMyName TOHMA!]]\
77'''Tohma:''' Seishiro...do you hate me?\
78'''Seishiro:''' Don't kid yourself. Our sect is not yours. It's mine!
79-->-- ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown: Warriors Rage''
80
81->'''Alucard:''' Walter, do you know my top three favorite things I've killed are? Third is the Turks. Second is Nazis. Can you guess the first?\
82'''Walter:''' Your father?\
83'''Alucard:''' Nailed it!
84-->-- ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''
85
86->''"Yeah. I killed my mama. One night. It was my 14th birthday. She was drunk, and we had an argument. She hit me with a whiskey bottle. I shot her. I shot her dead."''
87-->-- '''Henry''', ''Film/HenryPortraitOfASerialKiller''
88
89->'''Cetrion:''' You shot your own father, Erron Black.\
90'''Erron Black:''' Son of a bitch had it coming.\
91'''Cetrion:''' Honor thy parents, mortal!
92-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''
93
94->'''Frost:''' Why only cyberize your arms?\
95'''Jax:''' Mama always preached moderation.\
96'''Frost:''' I killed my mother when I was 12.
97-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''
98
99->''"You know, killing your parents is like a rite of passage before you can spread your wings and venture out into the world."''
100-->-- '''Ogata Hyakunosuke''', ''Manga/GoldenKamuy''
101
102->''"As a child, my father would have Gamora and me battle one another in training. Every time my sister prevailed... my father would replace a piece of me with machinery, claiming he wanted me to be her equal. But she won... again and again, and again, never once refraining. So after I murder my sister, I will buy a warship with every conceivable instrument of death. I will hunt my father like a dog, and I will tear him apart slowly... piece by piece, until he knows some semblance of the profound and unceasing pain I knew every single day."''
103-->-- '''Nebula''', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''
104
105->''"Now listen to me, you fuck! My father kept a secret once. He got bit by a vampire. He kept it a secret from me and my mother. By the fifth day he was turning. That night he attacked my mother and then he came after me. I killed my own father, Padre. I got no trouble killin' you. Last chance."''
106-->-- '''Jack Crow''', ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires''
107
108->''"I love you mommy and daddy, but when you read this I will already be ready to kill you. I'm so sorry I have to do this :(. But you shouldn't have let Ellie leave. Danny will be OK, I locked him in my room. He won't see what will happen to you. I love you mommy. I love you daddy.\
109With love,\
110Elise~"''
111-->-- '''Elise Brooks''', ''[[VideoGame/ThePartyCollection Party 2!]]''
112
113->''"Sonic's dad [[UnwillingRoboticisation isn't really a Mobian anymore]]. My dad [[DeadlyEuphemism simply isn't]]."''
114-->-- '''[[EvilTwin Scourge]]''', ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''
115
116->'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Chandler McCann]]:''' What did you call me? Son?\
117'''Mr. [=McCann=]:''' Yes. You're my son.\
118'''Chandler:''' Really? Last time I saw you, [[IHaveNoSon your words were that I WASN'T your son]], that I was DEAD to you. But let me tell you something, Dad. You're not dead to me. Well, not yet. I wanted to be you, I wanted to follow in your footsteps... and now that can't happen, because of you. Now I have decided that [[DisownedParent I have no father]], figuratively AND literally!\
119'''Mr. [=McCann=]:''' No, nooo, [[BigNo NOOOOOOOO!]] ''(Chandler drowns him to death)''
120-->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12459102/1/Loud-heroes Loud Heroes]]'', Chapter 10
121
122->''All the best heroes are orphans, and so thou must choose at an early age: family or career.''
123-->-- ''Webcomic/TheHandbookOfHeroes'', [[https://www.handbookofheroes.com/archives/comic/the-handbook-of-heroes-13 Tragic Backstory]]
124
125->About a maid I'll sing a song,\
126Sing rickety-tickety-tin,\
127About a maid I'll sing a song\
128Who didn't have her family long.\
129Not only did she do them wrong,\
130She did ev'ryone of them in, them in,\
131She did ev'ryone of them in.
132-->'''Music/TomLehrer''', ''The Irish Ballad''
133

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