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* ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'': At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Michelle finds out that her parents died in the gas leak, meaning that her uncle Cornelius is her only family left. ]]
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** Played straight with [[spoiler:Flynn/Eugene]], who was left at an orphanage by his parents. [[spoiler:Then it was later revealed in the [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries follow-up series]] that [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou they had a good reason for doing so:]] To protect him from the [[ArtifactOfDoom Moonstone]] that caused his mother's death and forced his father to abandon their kingdom.]]
** Its [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries follow-up series]] also reveals that [[spoiler:Gothel had a daughter of her own, Cassandra, whom she abandoned on the very same night she kidnapped Rapunzel. Cassandra would end up getting adopted by the guard captain of Corona, which leads to her crossing paths with Rapunzel as her LadyInWaiting in the present day, and later [[FaceHeelTurn betraying Rapunzel]] once the truth behind her abandonment soon came to light.]]

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** Played straight with [[spoiler:Flynn/Eugene]], who was left at an orphanage by his parents. [[spoiler:Then it was later revealed in the [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries follow-up series]] that [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou they had a good reason for doing so:]] To protect him from the [[ArtifactOfDoom Moonstone]] that caused his mother's death and forced his father to abandon evacuate their kingdom.kingdom out of safety.]]
** Its [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries follow-up series]] also reveals that [[spoiler:Gothel had a daughter of her own, Cassandra, whom she abandoned on the very same night she kidnapped Rapunzel. Cassandra would end up getting adopted by the guard captain of Corona, which leads to her crossing paths with Rapunzel as her LadyInWaiting in the present day, and later [[FaceHeelTurn betraying Rapunzel]] once the truth behind her abandonment soon abandonment came to light.]]

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* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' where Rapunzel was kidnapped as a baby and raised by Gothel, thinking that she was her mother. Her real parents never gave up hope trying to find their missing daughter and [[spoiler: they were happily reunited with her at the end of the movie.]] However, it was played straight with [[spoiler: Flynn/Eugene]], who is an orphan.

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* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' where Rapunzel was kidnapped as a baby and raised by Gothel, thinking that she was her mother. Her real parents never gave up hope trying to find their missing daughter and [[spoiler: they [[spoiler:they were happily reunited with her at the end of the movie.]] However, it was played ]]
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straight with [[spoiler: Flynn/Eugene]], [[spoiler:Flynn/Eugene]], who is was left at an orphan.orphanage by his parents. [[spoiler:Then it was later revealed in the [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries follow-up series]] that [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou they had a good reason for doing so:]] To protect him from the [[ArtifactOfDoom Moonstone]] that caused his mother's death and forced his father to abandon their kingdom.]]
** Its [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries follow-up series]] also reveals that [[spoiler:Gothel had a daughter of her own, Cassandra, whom she abandoned on the very same night she kidnapped Rapunzel. Cassandra would end up getting adopted by the guard captain of Corona, which leads to her crossing paths with Rapunzel as her LadyInWaiting in the present day, and later [[FaceHeelTurn betraying Rapunzel]] once the truth behind her abandonment soon came to light.]]
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* ''Film/{{Sleight}}'': Bo and Tina's mother died recently as the story opens. Their dad had died sometime back too. He gets a PromotionToParent because of this and struggles supporting her.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'': [[spoiler:Guy's parents died when he was a child.]]
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* In the third ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' movie, it's shown that Weslie's parents abandoned him to go conduct research in space.

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* In the third ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' movie, ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfMoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'', it's shown that Weslie's parents abandoned him to go conduct research in space.
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* Boo's parents are asleep and thus unavailable in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.''

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* Boo's parents are asleep and thus unavailable in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.''''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''
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* ''Film/EloisesLover'': Eloïse's parents are artists like her who travel frequently all over the world, with her left behind in her grandmother's care. She used to travel with them, but it didn't give her a stable education.
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* In ''Film/SecondhandLions'', Walter's father is dead and his mother Mae sends him to live with his two great-uncles Garth and Hub for the summer while going to court reporting school. [[spoiler:Walter ends up staying with said great-uncles permanently at the end after convincing Mae to think about what's best for him for a change.]]

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* In ''Film/SecondhandLions'', Walter's father is dead and his mother Mae sends him to live with his two great-uncles Garth and Hub for the summer while going to court reporting school. [[spoiler:Walter ends up staying with said great-uncles permanently at the end after convincing Mae to think about what's best for him for a change.]]
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* In ''Film/SecondhandLions'', Walter's father is dead and his mother Mae sends him to live with his two great-uncles Garth and Hub for the summer while going to court reporting school. [[spoiler:Walter ends up staying with said great-uncles permanently at the end after convincing Mae to think about what's best for him for a change.]]
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* ''Film/InstantFamily'': Lizzie, Juan, and Lita come to stay with the Wagners because their mother is a recovering drug addict who doesn't actively participate int her kids' lives. [[spoiler:She later plays this trope straight when she refuses to retake custody of her kids, not even showing up to tell them to their faces and having their social workers do it instead.]]

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* ''Film/InstantFamily'': Lizzie, Juan, and Lita come to stay with the Wagners because their mother is a recovering drug addict who doesn't actively participate int in her kids' lives. [[spoiler:She later plays this trope straight when she refuses to retake custody of her kids, not even showing up to tell them to their faces and having their social workers do it instead.]]
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* Not traditionally in ''Film/MadameWeb2024'', but Cassie's anger at her mother for prioritising her work over her unborn child, getting herself killed and condemning her to a life in foster care is one of the reasons she has so many issues relating to taking care of the girls. It takes a [[spoiler:spirit quest to Peru to show her her mom was working so hard to find a cure for Cassie's genetic disorder - one which the spider venom she sought did eliminate]]. Once she gets this out her system, she becomes a much more caring person.
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* ''Film/AtFirstSight'': Virgil and Jennie were abandoned by their father during their late teenage years. Much later in the movie, Virgil meets his father, who reveals to him that the reason why he went away was due to his perceived failure to make him and Jennie happy due to not having found someone who could restore his son's eyesight.

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