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[[JustForFun/HowToStopTheDeusExMachina For the sake of the story]], the young couple will have no idea anything is wrong, but [[SugarWiki/TvTropesWillEnhanceYourLife tropers will know]] right away there's something not right with this newcomer. they're a CreepyChild, who looks like they strolled out of the UncannyValley. It's not long before things start going wrong around them. [[EvilDetectingDog Pets start acting up]]. Things go missing. There are [[PyroManiac fires]]. Injuries. [[OminousOwl Nocturnal birds of prey]] show up ''everywhere''.
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[[JustForFun/HowToStopTheDeusExMachina For the sake of the story]], the young couple will have no idea anything is wrong, but [[SugarWiki/TvTropesWillEnhanceYourLife tropers will know]] right away there's something not right with this newcomer. they're They're a CreepyChild, who looks like they strolled out of the UncannyValley. It's not long before things start going wrong around them. [[EvilDetectingDog Pets start acting up]]. Things go missing. There are [[PyroManiac fires]]. Injuries. [[OminousOwl Nocturnal birds of prey]] show up ''everywhere''.
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[[JustForFun/HowToStopTheDeusExMachina For the sake of the story]], the young couple will have no idea anything is wrong, but [[SugarWiki/TvTropesWillEnhanceYourLife tropers will know]] right away there's something not right with this newcomer. She's a CreepyChild, who looks like she strolled out of the UncannyValley. It's not long before things start going wrong around her. [[EvilDetectingDog Pets start acting up]]. Things go missing. There are [[PyroManiac fires]]. Injuries. [[OminousOwl Nocturnal birds of prey]] show up ''everywhere''.
As if they don't have enough to worry about, the couple's biological child is making up crazy stories about how the orphan is planning to [[AxCrazy kill them all]] in their sleep! [[NotNowKiddo They will be ignored]]. Sometimes one or both of the parents figure it out [[RuleOfDrama at the very last minute]]. Sometimes [[AdultsAreUseless it falls to the children]] to stop her.
Feminine pronouns are used because {{Evil Orphan}}s are - like [[CreepyChild creepy children]] generally - frequently little girls but evil little boys are sometimes used.
As if they don't have enough to worry about, the couple's biological child is making up crazy stories about how the orphan is planning to [[AxCrazy kill them all]] in their sleep! [[NotNowKiddo They will be ignored]]. Sometimes one or both of the parents figure it out [[RuleOfDrama at the very last minute]]. Sometimes [[AdultsAreUseless it falls to the children]] to stop her.
Feminine pronouns are used because {{Evil Orphan}}s are - like [[CreepyChild creepy children]] generally - frequently little girls but evil little boys are sometimes used.
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[[JustForFun/HowToStopTheDeusExMachina For the sake of the story]], the young couple will have no idea anything is wrong, but [[SugarWiki/TvTropesWillEnhanceYourLife tropers will know]] right away there's something not right with this newcomer. She's they're a CreepyChild, who looks like she they strolled out of the UncannyValley. It's not long before things start going wrong around her.them. [[EvilDetectingDog Pets start acting up]]. Things go missing. There are [[PyroManiac fires]]. Injuries. [[OminousOwl Nocturnal birds of prey]] show up ''everywhere''.
As if they don't have enough to worry about, the couple's biological child is making up crazy stories about how the orphan is planning to [[AxCrazy kill them all]] in their sleep! [[NotNowKiddo They will be ignored]]. Sometimes one or both of the parents figure it out [[RuleOfDrama at the very last minute]]. Sometimes [[AdultsAreUseless it falls to the children]] to stopher.
Feminine pronouns are used because {{Evil Orphan}}s are - like [[CreepyChild creepy children]] generally - frequently little girls but evil little boys are sometimes used.
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As if they don't have enough to worry about, the couple's biological child is making up crazy stories about how the orphan is planning to [[AxCrazy kill them all]] in their sleep! [[NotNowKiddo They will be ignored]]. Sometimes one or both of the parents figure it out [[RuleOfDrama at the very last minute]]. Sometimes [[AdultsAreUseless it falls to the children]] to stop
Feminine pronouns are used because {{Evil Orphan}}s are - like [[CreepyChild creepy children]] generally - frequently little girls but evil little boys are sometimes used.
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* While the audience knows that her orphan status has nothing to do with her sociopathic and sinister nature, other than Being-X, no one else knows anything about the history and origin of Tanya Von Degurechaff from ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil''. As far as anyone in-show is concerned Tayna is just one of an innumerable amount of war orphans in their country. And considering she joined the military at age 9 (and continues base her decision to join on her status as an orphan), there is literally nothing else for them to go on regarding the source of her sadistically ruthless personality.
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* While the audience knows that her orphan status has nothing to do with her sociopathic and sinister nature, other than Being-X, no one else knows anything about the history and origin of Tanya Von Degurechaff from ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil''.''Literature/TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil''. As far as anyone in-show is concerned Tayna is just one of an innumerable amount of war orphans in their country. And considering she joined the military at age 9 (and continues base her decision to join on her status as an orphan), there is literally nothing else for them to go on regarding the source of her sadistically ruthless personality.
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* The novel ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' features Mr. Teatime, who was taken in by the Assassin's Guild after both his parents died suddenly when he was very young. In the words of guildmaster Lord Downey, "[[FridgeHorror In hindsight]], [[SelfMadeOrphan perhaps we should have looked into that a bit more]]."
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* The novel ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' features Mr. Teatime, who ''Literature/Alice2014'': Subverted, [[spoiler: Michael was taken much happier when he lived at Woodrow Children's Asylum; being adopted by Joseph and Mary and the abuse he suffered at their hands was his StartOfDarkness.]]
* Discussed in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. In a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance, adoption is seen as "a hidden evil". When a family commits treason, if it's not believed to be divided then every member down to the youngest is killed to prevent a CycleOfRevenge or YouKilledMyFather situation. There is treason in the book, and while Ren does not want to kill [[spoiler: her five-year-old 'niece' Eldie]], her sister ruthlessly reminds her that none of the child's relatives will take them, and if ''they'' take the child, [[spoiler: Eldie]] will eventually know why their family was killed and turn on them.
* ''Literature/TheGreatBrain'': Franky Pennyworth starts out as this after he's adopted by theAssassin's Guild after both Fitzgerald family. He's downright mean to the point of homicidal to JD and his parents, only showing kindness to their housekeeper. As it turns out, the trauma of losing his parents died suddenly when he was very young. In their house burned down caused Franky to block out the words of guildmaster Lord Downey, "[[FridgeHorror In hindsight]], [[SelfMadeOrphan perhaps we should have looked into event and come to the conclusion that the Fitzgeralds replaced his family (since the housekeeper had no analogue to the Pennyworths, she was immune to this). JD forces a bit more]]."breakthrough when, tired of Franky's shenanigans and his parents' indulgence thereof, administers a spanking to Franky, breaking him through his mental block and forcing him to confront the memory of the tragedy.
* Discussed in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. In a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance, adoption is seen as "a hidden evil". When a family commits treason, if it's not believed to be divided then every member down to the youngest is killed to prevent a CycleOfRevenge or YouKilledMyFather situation. There is treason in the book, and while Ren does not want to kill [[spoiler: her five-year-old 'niece' Eldie]], her sister ruthlessly reminds her that none of the child's relatives will take them, and if ''they'' take the child, [[spoiler: Eldie]] will eventually know why their family was killed and turn on them.
* ''Literature/TheGreatBrain'': Franky Pennyworth starts out as this after he's adopted by the
* The novel ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' features Mr. Teatime, who was taken in by the Assassin's Guild after both his parents died suddenly when he was very young. In the words of guildmaster Lord Downey, "[[FridgeHorror In hindsight]], [[SelfMadeOrphan perhaps we should have looked into that a bit more]]."
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* Discussed in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. In a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance, adoption is seen as "a hidden evil". When a family commits treason, if it's not believed to be divided then every member down to the youngest is killed to prevent a CycleOfRevenge or YouKilledMyFather situation. There is treason in the book, and while Ren does not want to kill [[spoiler: her five-year-old 'niece' Eldie]], her sister ruthlessly reminds her that none of the child's relatives will take them, and if ''they'' take the child, [[spoiler: Eldie]] will eventually know why their family was killed and turn on them.
* ''Literature/TheGreatBrain'': Franky Pennyworth starts out as this after he's adopted by the Fitzgerald family. He's downright mean to the point of homicidal to JD and his parents, only showing kindness to their housekeeper. As it turns out, the trauma of losing his parents when their house burned down caused Franky to block out the event and come to the conclusion that the Fitzgeralds replaced his family (since the housekeeper had no analogue to the Pennyworths, she was immune to this). JD forces a breakthrough when, tired of Franky's shenanigans and his parents' indulgence thereof, administers a spanking to Franky, breaking him through his mental block and forcing him to confront the memory of the tragedy.
* ''Literature/TheGreatBrain'': Franky Pennyworth starts out as this after he's adopted by the Fitzgerald family. He's downright mean to the point of homicidal to JD and his parents, only showing kindness to their housekeeper. As it turns out, the trauma of losing his parents when their house burned down caused Franky to block out the event and come to the conclusion that the Fitzgeralds replaced his family (since the housekeeper had no analogue to the Pennyworths, she was immune to this). JD forces a breakthrough when, tired of Franky's shenanigans and his parents' indulgence thereof, administers a spanking to Franky, breaking him through his mental block and forcing him to confront the memory of the tragedy.
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* Orphan, the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', as much as a mechanical demigod can be considered an "orphan" anyway. Representing the fal'Cie's feelings over being abandoned by the god that created them, Orphan and his fellow fal'Cie manipulate the heroes and cause a massive amount of death and destruction in a convoluted plan to reunite with their maker, which they are not treated as sympathetic for at all.
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* Orphan, the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', as much as a mechanical demigod can be considered an "orphan" anyway. Representing the fal'Cie's feelings over being abandoned by the god that created them, Orphan and his fellow fal'Cie manipulate the heroes and cause a massive amount of death and destruction in a convoluted plan to reunite with their maker, which they are not treated as sympathetic for at all. The motif is even integrated in Orphan's design--[[spoiler:the first phase of his boss fight consists of a baby's face surrounded by a mother and father figure, and the second phase, Orphan's ClippedWingAngel true form, consists of just the baby's face, as if he was abandoned by his parents]].
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* Dio Brando of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' gets adopted into the loving Joestar family upon the death of his abusive father. Far from being grateful, though, he proceeds to make his adoptive brother Jonathan's life hell, all while looking perfectly innocent to his adoptive father George. After Jonathan beats him up after Dio pushes him too far, though, Dio calms down and becomes perfectly pleasant for seven years... but it's all an act, as he hatches a plot to poison his adoptive father.
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%%* Dio from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' and Diavolo too.
* Orphan, the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', as much as a mechanical demigod can be considered an "orphan" anyway. Representing the fal'Cie's feelings over being abandoned by the god that created them, Orphan and his fellow fal'Cie manipulate the heroes and cause a massive amount of death and destruction in a convoluted plan to reunite with their maker, which they are not treated as sympathetic for at all.
* In ''VideoGame/MissionCritical'', you find TheMole's secret diary, where he explains his reasons for betraying TheAlliance to the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperPower UN]]. His parents were scientists. He and his brother were visiting them at work one day, and a [[GreyGoo batch of nanites]] programmed to clean up oil spills was accidentally let loose, and his parents (or rather, all oils in their bodies) were eaten from inside out right in front of them. From that moment, he decided that the UN was right in limiting technological development.
* [[spoiler:Clive]] in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', who lost his parents in [[spoiler:a time machine explosion]] 10 years ago, and schemed to take vengeance on the people responsible with the money he inherited from his adoptive mother.
* Whole bunch of them in ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'', though all have their own FreudianExcuse, and you will end up feeling more pity than loathing for them by the end. [[spoiler:Wendy tops all the others by making the others kill Jennifer's dog, and then setting a serial killer loose on the orphanage. [[LoveMakesYouEvil All because Jennifer didn't love her alone.]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/MissionCritical'', you find TheMole's secret diary, where he explains his reasons for betraying TheAlliance to the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperPower UN]]. His parents were scientists. He and his brother were visiting them at work one day, and a [[GreyGoo batch of nanites]] programmed to clean up oil spills was accidentally let loose, and his parents (or rather, all oils in their bodies) were eaten from inside out right in front of them. From that moment, he decided that the UN was right in limiting technological development.
* [[spoiler:Clive]] in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', who lost his parents in [[spoiler:a time machine explosion]] 10 years ago, and schemed to take vengeance on the people responsible with the money he inherited from his adoptive mother.
* Whole bunch of them in ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'', though all have their own FreudianExcuse, and you will end up feeling more pity than loathing for them by the end. [[spoiler:Wendy tops all the others by making the others kill Jennifer's dog, and then setting a serial killer loose on the orphanage. [[LoveMakesYouEvil All because Jennifer didn't love her alone.]]]]
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* Whole bunch of them in ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'', though all have their own FreudianExcuse, and you will end up feeling more pity than loathing for them by the end. [[spoiler:Wendy tops all the others by making the others kill Jennifer's dog, and then setting a serial killer loose on the orphanage. [[LoveMakesYouEvil All because Jennifer didn't love her alone.]]]]
* [[spoiler:Clive]] in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', who lost his parents in [[spoiler:a time machine explosion]] 10 years ago, and schemed to take vengeance on the people responsible with the money he inherited from his adoptive mother.
* In ''VideoGame/MissionCritical'', you find TheMole's secret diary, where he explains his reasons for betraying TheAlliance to the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperPower UN]]. His parents were scientists. He and his brother were visiting them at work one day, and a [[GreyGoo batch of nanites]] programmed to clean up oil spills was accidentally let loose, and his parents (or rather, all oils in their bodies) were eaten from inside out right in front of them. From that moment, he decided that the UN was right in limiting technological development.
* [[spoiler:Clive]] in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', who lost his parents in [[spoiler:a time machine explosion]] 10 years ago, and schemed to take vengeance on the people responsible with the money he inherited from his adoptive mother.
* In ''VideoGame/MissionCritical'', you find TheMole's secret diary, where he explains his reasons for betraying TheAlliance to the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperPower UN]]. His parents were scientists. He and his brother were visiting them at work one day, and a [[GreyGoo batch of nanites]] programmed to clean up oil spills was accidentally let loose, and his parents (or rather, all oils in their bodies) were eaten from inside out right in front of them. From that moment, he decided that the UN was right in limiting technological development.
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* The novel ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' features [[KnifeNut Mr. Teatime]], who was taken in by the Assassin's Guild after both his parents died suddenly when he was very young. In the words of guildmaster Lord Downey, "[[FridgeHorror In hindsight]], [[SelfMadeOrphan perhaps we should have looked into that a bit more]]."
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* The novel ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' features [[KnifeNut Mr. Teatime]], Teatime, who was taken in by the Assassin's Guild after both his parents died suddenly when he was very young. In the words of guildmaster Lord Downey, "[[FridgeHorror In hindsight]], [[SelfMadeOrphan perhaps we should have looked into that a bit more]]."
