History Main / Patricide

* ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'': Marcus Aurelius takes Commodus aside to tell him that he intends to make Rome a republic again and entrusts Maximus to oversee the transition, meaning Commodus will never be Emperor. Commodus reacts by then smothering his father to death and then trying to pass it off as the old man dying in his sleep.

This is a DeathTrope, so '''beware of spoilers'''.

** A pre-teen Suzaku Kururugi fell into despair and killed his father, who happened to be Japan's First Minister, in order to make the Japanese troops surrender and stop the bloodbath caused with their (losing) war against Britannia. The trauma was so big that he became a DeathSeeker.
** Lelouch has "kill Father" at the top of his to-do list for much of the series, partly out of revenge for some pretty severe ParentalAbandonment, partly because he's the head of [[TheEmpire the evil empire]] that Lelouch despises. He eventually succeeds near the end of the series, [[SelfMadeOrphan and decides to kill his mother too while he's at it]].

* Derfel in ''Literature/TheWarlordChronicles'' kills his father Aelle -- at Aelle's request; he's been mortally wounded in battle, and having Derfel kill him quickly and cleanly gives him a proper warrior's death, as well as a death at the hands of a famed enemy warlord who happens to be his own son. Derfel, telling the story many years later, is clearly disturbed by the memory.

On the other hand, if you're not so very heroic, offing your dad may simply be the next big step in your long and promising political career. It could get you the woman of your dreams. And, lets face it, when you are the hero and your father is still alive, unless he's about to get kidnapped or murdered by the bad guy, then he probably is a horrible villain who deserves to die.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''
** Kazuya wanted to kill his father Heihachi for throwing him off a cliff as a boy [[spoiler: and for killing his mother Kazumi (though it should be noted ''that'' was self-defense since Kazumi was trying to kill Heihachi first), so after many years of training Kazuya attempted to kill Heihachi many times but failed usually thanks to outside interference and Heihachi's own insane power. Not until ''Tekken 7'' does Kazuya gets his revenge killing Heihachi in a fistfight and throwing his father's body into a volcano. While he did become more villainous than Heihachi it's hard to deny that Kazuya's actions aren't somewhat justified. You can even see a degree of pity on Kazuya’s face after he toasts Heihachi, which is surprising considering the amount of shit Heihachi pulled]].
** In his ''Tekken 5'' ending, Kazuya murders his grandfather Jinpachi which is even more screwed up and tragic as unlike Heihachi, Jinpachi did show love to Kazuya as shown in flashbacks, though that didn't stop Kazuya sadistically killing Jinpachi [[SlasherSmile with a grin]].
*** Jin likewise wants to kill Kazuya his father, but was convinced not to do so by his mother Jun. In Tekken 7 he's right back on the mission: kill Kazuya... the Mishimas are one BigScrewedUpFamily.

* In ''VideoGame/AkaiKatana'', the FinalBoss, Emperor Basho Saionji, is opposed by his own two children Botan and Kikyou (among other protagonists). Choosing that pair means that they end up killing their own father to stop his tyrannical imperialistic rampage.