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Author: Pichu-kun

Apr 9th 2018 at 7:16:59 AM

From InvisibleParents:

* In ''Manga/LoveHina'' many of the residents of the Hinata House's parents seem to be completely absent. Keitaro's parents are never seen in either the manga or anime. Naru's and Shinobu's parents are seen in the anime, but not the manga. Kitsune, Motoko, and Suu's parents are also nowhere to be found.
* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', out of all the 3-A students, we only see the fathers of Yuuna and Konoka. The former has her dead mother appearing in flashbacks, but that's it. Evangeline and Misora are stated to be orphans, Hakase and Chao might count as Chachamaru's co-mothers, Sayo's parents most likely died decades ago, and Asuna's past is so obscure it's unknown if she ever actually had parents in the strict sense of the word.
* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'':
** Several characters' parents are never shown: Rock Lee's parents (if he even has any!), Tenten's parents (assuming she isn't orphaned), and the mothers of Neji, Choji, Ino, and Shino (though we see Ino's and Chouji's in the anime; Hinata's was also shown in the anime but is explicitly a PosthumousCharacter). 
** All the parents of the Konoha 12's children are known... ''Except'' for Metal Lee's. His father is Rock Lee however his mother is unknown. Apparently Kishimoto didn't bother to PairTheSpares with Rock Lee or create an original character for him to marry. It's never mentioned if his wife is off-screen or deceased.
 The protagonists' parents in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' rarely have visible parents, except in the ''Ruby & Sapphire'' arc. Red has never even ''mentioned'' his, which is odd considering his game counterpart has a prominent mother (and invisible father) who appears in the original games and its sequel. For Blue and Silver, this is justified due to [[spoiler: being kidnapped as children, with Silver having amnesia of who his parents are]]. For everyone else, there's little justification as to why their parents are left unseen.
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', only Madoka's parents are ever seen. While a couple of the girls are later confirmed to be orphans, the parents of the rest simply never show up.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'':
** Sailor Mercury's mother. It got to the point where she has to go to the airport to leave for America and ''her mother isn't there with her'' and nobody even comments on it.
** Pretty much ALL the Sailor Senshi who aren't orphans have this problem, except for Usagi. In the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]], Sailor Mercury is one of the very few ''aversions'' to the trope, [[AmicableExes where both her mother AND father are shown sympathetically despite being divorced]].
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Out of Ash's rivals and travelling companions, only a handful have their parents shown on-screen.
** Verity from ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'' is [[spoiler:Cynthia]]'s daughter. No mention is made of her father.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Mario and Luigi's parents. They are mentioned but almost never seen.
** Early English media and manuals mention a "Mushroom King" however, aside from a few references, he is never alluded to in the games. It's left vague if Peach has living parents however her still being a princess implies such. As far as its been shown, Peach is the sole ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom.
** Bowser Jr presumably has a MissingMom considering that Bowser is [[VillainousCrush so set on Peach]]. The Koopalings have no known parents whatsoever. They were originally Bowser's children but have since been {{retcon}}ned as unrelated.

* Most of the characters in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' game series have no parents (or any relatives at all, for that matter) - which makes it especially weird whenever a character ''with'' parents, like Cream and her mother Vanilla, shows up. Some characters like Knuckles (last of his species and thus his parents are dead) and Shadow (has no parents) have excuses, but characters like Tails and Amy just live alone despite being eight and twelve respectively.

* Tiifu and Zuri are two of Kiara's friends in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard''. Their mothers have yet to be seen. It's never explained if they're from Simba's pride or not, though they [[RememberTheNewGuy certainly weren't present]] in ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Cadance is Celestia's niece. Celestia's sister Luna was stuck on the moon until just recently. So, assuming Cadance is not ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, who are Cadance's parents? Turns out she's Celestia's [[HappilyAdopted adopted]] [[{{Nephewism}} niece]]. Whatever happened to her biological parents is never mentioned.