History Main / WorldOfNoGrandparents

* In the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' games, the only grandparents of the main cast known to still be alive are Rise's grandmother and Naoto's paternal grandfather; while the only one known to be dead is Mitsuru's paternal grandfather. However, Akihiko, Shinjiro, Ken, Yusuke, Makoto, and Futaba can all be assumed to have no living grandparents based on their living arrangements (The first two grew up in an orphanage and were supported by the school via the Kirijo family once they developed their Personas, Ken also lives at the school full time after the death of his mother but is supported by a distant cousin, Yusuke and Futaba were raised by friends of their mothers, and Makoto by her older sister); while Yukiko (Since her mother runs the family business with no mention of her own parents) and the Persona 4 protagonist's (Since his cousin Nanako has basically had to live alone since the death of her mother) maternal grandparents are probably deceased as well.

** Subverted in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''. Though their grandparents don't get discussed much, most of the main characters do have at least one living grandparent. This is because they live at times of peace that are meant to heavily contrast with their own parents childhoods. Unlike his orphan father Naruto, ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Boruto not only has two loving parents and a little sister, but he has a doting maternal grandfather and aunt as well.

*** Gar Logan aka Beast Boy/Changling was orphaned and eventually adopted by a billionaire. Notice a pattern?

-->-- '''[[{{Franchise/Batman}} Damian Wayne]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''

** Franchise/{{Batman}}:

** The various Titans/Teen Titans teams are rife with this. In addition to the above mentioned Robins;

*** Most of ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy's origins make her an abandoned orphan adopted by the Amazonian royal family. ''ComicBook/WhoIsDonnaTroy'' revealed she had actually been kidnapped before Franchise/WonderWoman' rescued her and her original adoptive family was eventually tracked down.

** Franchise/{{Superman}}:

** ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker's parents died in a plane crash, and he's raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, without much mention of any other family. (Though oddly, in the comic his aunt and uncle ''look'' more like his grandparents, the FridgeLogic of which has become more obvious to people in recent years.)

** Since many ''Franchise/XMen'' origin stories revolve around parents abandoning their mutant children, its assumed that the no one else in the kid's family would want a fish-boy/spiked/avalanche-making teenager. Averted (eventually), at least in one case. After [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]]' parents are apparently killed (but actually kidnapped by aliens) he spends years convinced he's an orphan. Eventually it's revealed that his father's parents are still alive (so is his father, but he's busy being a SpacePirate), and they become a significant part of his life.

* Just as fathers are basically never seen, grandparents in {{Franchise/Pokemon}} games are no shows and no mentions. The only characters with grandparents visible tend to be tied to the Professor or Science classes: Gary and Sonia have grandparents as their regions professors, while Lusamine's father (and thus the grandfather of Lillie and Gladion) is mentioned but is never seen.

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', despite having quite possibly over half the main cast (Mami, Kyoko, and maybe Homura) being orphans, there isn't a grandparent to be seen to step in to take them in (or any other relative). This is averted in spin-off material, where various Magical Girls, such as [[Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica Yuma, Oriko]]. [[Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica Michiru]], [[VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory Yachiyo and Tsukuyo]] play major roles in their lives and backstories, though not always in a good way (in the case of Oriko and Tsukuyo).

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has a variety of family size and types shown, but a fairly common trait is the general absence of grandparents. The vast majority of main characters lack any present in their lives, even in places it would be genuinely helpful (for example Brock's massive sibling collective). The only characters who have a grandparent in their lives are Gary (whose grandfather is the ''only'' parental figure of his we see), Kiawe (whose grandfather is inportant to his backstory, but dead in the present day), and Goh. Ash has a grandfather mentioned, but only in the Japanese version, and he's just as absent as his father. The sequel ''Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries'' would avert this as both Liko and Roy have at least one living grandparent who appears as part of their backstoreis (the latter seeming to be Roy's primary caretaker a la Gary.)