History AbusiveParents / WesternAnimation

* Virtually all the misery that happens in {{WesternAnimation/The Legend Of Korra}}'s first season can be laid at the feet of [[spoiler: Yakone. ''Both'' Tarrlock and Amon [[UsedToBeASweetKid used to be sweet kids]]]], but he was consumed with the idea that he could use them to get back at Republic City, so he pushed them harshly to the point of [[spoiler: forcing them to bloodbend each other]].

::In the next episode featuring Willie, it's shown that Willie is detained in a high security juvenile center and is in fact very muscular and aggressive ( what his father always wanted him to be). The guard who escorts Terry tells him that many in fact fear Willie and says that not even his father has visited him and that Terry is his first visitor.

** This is especially bad because originally they were just ParentsAsPeople and often weren't around because they were working hard to make a good life for Timmy (best exemplified in the first Daring Dad and Might Mom episode). [[{{Flanderization}} Then they got dumber and more self-interested to the point where one wonders why Child Services hasn't come and gotten Timmy]]. On the other hand, most of these actions are PlayedForLaughs and are mostly a one-line throwaway gag into the plot of the chapter.

** Ozai exiled and disowned Zuko when he was thirteen, for... speaking out of turn in a war meeting (the kid was not supposed to be there in the first place, but the level of punishment was overkill). In addition to ''burning a good fourth of his face off'', Ozai loudly and publicly called Zuko an embarrassing failure and a traitor without honor, for the high crimes of idealism, a degree of rudeness and reluctance to face his father in a duel to the death. ** One line says all you need to know about how Ozai treated Zuko.
---> "You shall learn respect and suffering will be your teacher"
** Because the treatment he gets is more painful in short term, Zuko tends to envy Azula. Actually, Ozai encourages her aggressive and murderous tendencies in order to [[ManipulativeBastard make her his puppet]], while her mother, by contrast, tried to help her be more compassionate and fit in with others. This is what brings her eventual downfall. In the end, Zuko will point out that Ozai is a so horrible father that the best thing he ever did to him was to exile him. Because being treated as Azula is even worse.

* ''{{Pingu}}'': in at least two episodes, Pingu's mother slaps or spanks him for misbehaving. Because corporal punishment is forbidden in several countries in Europe, these two episodes are now considered [[MissingEpisode lost episodes]].

** This is especially bad because originally they were just ParentsAsPeople and often weren't around because they were working hard to make a good life for Timmy (best exemplified in the first Daring Dad and Might Mom episode). [[{{Flanderization}} Then they got dumber and more self-interested to the point where one wonders why Child Services hasn't come and gotten Timmy]]. On the other hand, most of these actions are PlayedForLaughs and are mostly a one-line gag into the plot of the chapter.

* [[MadScientist Dr. Doofenschmirtz]] of ''{{Phineas and Ferb}}'' had these, played for laughs. He was the [[TheUnfavorite Unfavorite]] of both his parents, his mother preferring his younger brother Rodger while his dad preferred a dog, which he named "Only Son". His father made him replace the family lawn gnome after it was repossessed, forcing him to stand still for hours and through the night. Another episode revealed that his parents failed to show up at all of his birthdays, [[BeyondTheImpossible including the actual day of his birth]]. Yet another has him saying he was disowned by his parents and grew up with a family of ocelots. He often uses this as his [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuse]] for his {{EvilPlan}}s.

* ''{{Pingu}}'': in at least two episodes, Pingu's mother slaps or spanks him for misbehaving. Because corporal punishment is forbidden in several countries in Europe, the two episodes are now considered MissingEpisodes.

-->'''Bender:''' No backsies.

* TheFairlyOddParents: Timmy Turner's parents are arguably this. While they are generally neglectful, they have occasionally crossed into emotional abuse of Timmy by letting him know that they were much happier before he was born. They also let him know frequently that they wish he'd been a girl. In recent seasons you have acting like a complete {{JerkAss}} to Timmy to the point where they were jumping on a trampoline on hearing Timmy was going to military school (so that they could use his bedroom for extra space). And Timmy's mother has openly spent Timmy's college fund on stuff for herself several times.

** In one of the episodes where they are telling fairy tale stories, the Hansel and Gretel story has the kids stumble past their older siblings (skeletons of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie), who have long since died of exposure.

** Additional neglect and emotional abuse for Meg includes Peter telling her "Who let you back in the house!" and grabbing her by the seat of the pants and kicking her out the door, once when James Woods tied up Brian outside Peter told him "Why are you tied to Meg's pole?", and another shows him locking her out in the winter while she's cold and hungry and gets buried under a pile of snow.

** "Hidde Agenda" featured a student whose mother had unbelievable standards for him. When he got a [[TheBGrade 2391 out of 2400]] on the annual exam, 2nd best in the school, she told him flat out he was a horrendous failure who would never get ahead in life. Any sympathy is lost, however, when he's revealed to be a rather psychotic leader of a gang of Jokerz. Then again, his mother may have caused his psychosis, as evidenced by the fact that many of his acts as gang leader are to try and get rid of the one person who is academically better than him.

:: In the next episode featuring Willie, it's shown that Willie is detained in a high security juvenile center and is in fact very muscular and aggressive ( what his father always wanted him to be). The guard who escorts Terry tells him that many in fact fear Willie and says that not even his father has visited him and that Terry is his first visitor.

* In ''{{King of the Hill}}'', Hank's father Cotton is an abusive {{jerkass}} of the highest order, who has considered Hank to be a horrific failure ever since, quite literally, the day he was born (it is said in one episode that this is because he was born in New York instead of Texas). While there are incremental moves towards a better relationship between the two, they always backslide by the end of the episode due to Cotton's aforementioned jerkass nature and Hank's difficulty with and distaste for anything emotional. When Cotton is finally [[CallingTheOldManOut called out]] on his deathbed, it made for one of the best scenes in the show's entire 12-year run. Despite this abuse, Hank is [[OnlySaneMan one of the most well adjusted characters on the show]].

* One ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode featured a student whose mother had unbelievable standards for him. When he got a [[TheBGrade 2391 out of 2400]] on the annual exam, second best in the entire school, she told him flat out he was a horrendous failure who would never get ahead in life. Any sympathy is lost, however, when he's revealed to be a rather psychotic leader of a gang of Jokerz. Then again, his mother may have caused his psychosis, as evidenced by the fact that many of his acts as gang leader are to try and get rid of the one person who is academically better than him.
** There's also Willie Watt, who consistently suffers ridicule from his father for being a "wimp" who can't physically stand up to the bullies at school. Then, Willie gets a hold of his father's construction golem, develops a psychic link to it, and uses it to trash a party after one more humiliation causes him to snap. When his father, tracking the golem's disappearance, finds Willy and berates him once again, Willy proceeds to turn the golem on ''him''. Batman saves the day, but the end result shows that the father is still a major JerkAss.

** In the next episode featuring Willie, it's shown that Willie is detained in a high security juvenile center and is in fact very muscular and aggressive ( what his father always wanted him to be). The guard who escorts Terry tells him that many in fact fear Willie and says that not even his father has visited him and that Terry is his first visitor.

* In the most recent episode of ''{{The Boondocks}}'', it's revealed Uncle Ruckus was beaten by his father on a fairly regular basis for even the littlest offenses and threw him out of the house at a young age, it caused severe psychological damage to him and was also responsible for his deformities and his hatred for other black people, it is later revealed that he beat him because he wanted to take out the stress of being beaten himself by his racist employers.

** Probably best seen when Ed unconsciously sublimates the abuse to Johnny Twobyfour in an AllJustADream episode.

** Bender adopted kids for child support, then neglected them, which also qualifies under neglect unto abuse. In the second movie, he ''punts his own son into a vat of molten metal'' as trade for the Robot Devil's army. Even the Robot Devil was impressed.

** Ozai isn't a very good parent to Azula, either. He encourages her aggressive and murderous tendencies in order to [[ManipulativeBastard make her his puppet]], while her mother, by contrast, tried to help her be more compassionate and fit in with others. This is what brings her eventual downfall.

** Homer took all the money Bart earned as a baby in another episode. It's justified, however, in that he had to do it in order to buy back incriminating photos taken of him where he accidentially dropped Bart from a balcony. Bart sues for emancipation and wins.
** Homer also nearly burned Lisa's college fund in another episode, although in this case, it was purely unintentional (he was actually intending to burn a bag full of dog feces and place it at Mr. Burns' office doorstep in retribution for the latter not only refusing to read his list of problems within the power plant, but also being dunked into a pool full of electric eels, but took Lisa's college fund bag by mistake.), and attempted to stamp it out as soon as he discovered his mistake. Although it's PlayedForLaughs, Homer chokes Bart on a semi-regular basis.
** And on occasion, he even deserves it!
*** Bart once inverts the occasion by strangling Homer after he learns that [[FinancialAbuse Homer stole the money Bart made as a baby for a commercial to retrieve incriminating photos of him accidentially dropping Bart from a balcony]]. Bart couldn't actually strangle Homer the normal way due to the obvious size differences between the two, so Bart improvised by taking off Homer's belt and choking Homer with it.

* Inverted in the ''SouthPark'' episode "World Wide Recorder Concert": Mr. Garrison feels he has been neglected because his father ''never'' molested him.

** In the episode "Go Stewie Go!" Peter is shown to suddenly exhibit an attraction towards his daughter Meg. In one scene when she kisses him goodnight on his cheek he scolds her and makes her kiss him on the ''lips'' despite her extreme discomfort at having to do so. In the episode "Airport 07" Peter briefly becomes a redneck and tries to have sex with Meg.

* It's difficult to pin-point where to put the dads of Venture Brothers, but a mixture of neglect and emotional abuse likely puts all of them here.

* In ''{{The Spectacular Spider-man}}'', Norman Osborn ''barely'' conceals his [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent contempt]] for his [[TheUnfavorite son, Harry]]. This manifests in [[CompassionateCritic snide criticisms]] about his son's issues, hobbies and successes, and also in blatant, stunningly passive-aggressive displays of ParentalFavoritism towards Harry's best ''friend'', Peter Parker, when both boys are present. This is. of course, when Norman isn't dismissing Harry and ignoring him entirely in favor of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive his job]]. Harry's mother does this too, not [[TheVoiceless even verbally acknowledging him]] when he greets her. As a result, Harry has...''[[WellDoneSonGuy issues]].''

** Of course, a few episodes later we're introduced to Kahn's father-in-law, who has implied that he would have Kahn killed if he could get away with it.

** Homer also nearly burned Lisa's college fund in another episode, although in this case, it was purely unintentional (he was actually intending to burn a bag full of dog feces and place it at Mr. Burns' office doorstep in retribution for the latter not only refusing to read his list of problems within the power plant, but also being dunked into a pool full of electric eels, but took Lisa's college fund bag by mistake.), and attempted to stamp it out as soon as he discovered his mistake.
** Although it's PlayedForLaughs, Homer chokes Bart on a semi-regular basis.

*** Bart once inverts the occasion by strangling Homer after he learns that [[FinancialAbuse Homer stole the money Bart made as a baby for a commercial to retrieve incriminating photos of him accidentially dropping Bart from a balcony]]. Of course, Bart couldn't actually strangle Homer the normal way due to the obvious size differences between the two, so Bart improvised by taking off Homer's belt and choking Homer with it.

** His mom isn't any better. In the ChristmasEpisode, while the Stern family is driving home, Ulrich's dad is berating him (I've forgotten what for) while Mrs. Stern just sits there and lets it happen. I'm pretty sure if Ulrich ever takes them to court, she'll be as legally liable as her husband.

** There's also Willie Watt, who consistently suffers ridicule from his father for being a "wimp" who can't physically stand up to the bullies at school. Then, Willie gets a hold of his father's construction golem, develops a psychic link to it, and uses it to trash a party after one more humiliation causes him to snap. When his father, tracking the golem's disappearance, finds Willy and berates him once again, Willy proceeds to turn the golem on ''him''. Of course, Batman saves the day, but the end result shows that the father is still a major JerkAss.

** This is especially bad because originally they were just ParentsAsPeople and often weren't around because they were working hard to make a good life for Timmy (best exemplified in the first Daring Dad and Might Mom episode). [[{{Flanderization}} Then they got dumber and more self-interested to the point where one wonders why Child Services hasn't come and gotten Timmy]].
*** On the other hand, most of these actions are PlayedForLaughs and are mostly a one-line gag into the plot of the chapter.

** The show gives him a particularly disturbing FreudianExcuse for being the person he is by showing how as a kid he accidentally caused his mother to die of a stroke, at which point his father became so emotionally distant that him slapping Clay was his only form of emotional acknowledgment to the point that he provoked his father whenever he can. Clay himself states in a drunken rant that he believes that the true meaning of "family" is constant and total suffering for people you despise for the sake of being a "good person".

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', before he became Robin, Tim Drake's father worked for Two-Face and often left his son (who was under thirteen years old) alone to fend for himself for long periods of time. When he double-crossed Two-Face, he abandoned his son to run away, only to be found killed outside of Gotham.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[BigBad Oz]][[CompleteMonster ai]] fits three of the five (emotional, physical, and neglect), four if you assume being head of an entire nation counts for financial. He not only had a favorite and an [[TheUnFavorite unfavorite]] child, but he brutally scarred the latter, Zuko, and [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring has attempted to kill him multiple times]].]] Zuko found a better father figure in his uncle and mentor Iroh and eventually outgrew the need for Ozai's approval.
** Ozai exiled and disowned Zuko when he was thirteen, for... speaking out of turn in a war meeting (the kid was not supposed to be there in the first place, but the level of punishment was overkill). In addition to ''burning a good fourth of his face off'', Ozai loudly and publicly called Zuko an embarrassing failure and a traitor without honor, for the high crimes of idealism, a degree of rudeness and reluctance to face his father in a duel to the death. Good parenting? I think not.
** One line says all you need to know about how Ozai treated Zuko.

** Ozai probably learned to be such a schmuck from his dad, Azulon, who at one point [[spoiler:orders Ozai to kill Zuko so he would know what it is like to lose a son]]. However, it should be noted that [[spoiler:Azulon would never have done this if not for Ozai, since Ozai tried to use the death of Iroh's son as a way to get Iroh disowned (no heir to carry on the line). Furthermore, ''Ozai would have done it'']].
** Toph's parents are in continual conflict with her. They basically locked her in the house, ostensibly to "protect" their [[CuteBruiser helpless little]] [[DisabilitySuperpower blind girl]]. It's mostly just neglect and overprotective behavior, but verges into pure stupidity when they continue this behavior after she proves how badass she is. Then becomes downright idiotic when she runs away; they assume the Avatar kidnapped her and send two of her earlier ''kidnappers'' as bounty hunters to get her back.
** [[EmotionlessGirl Mai's]] parents too. Though not as bad as Zuko or Toph's cases, it's revealed that she couldn't do much of '''anything''' except sit still and be quiet. If she made a comment at a dinner party, she got in trouble, if she fidgeted, she got in trouble. Heck, if she hugged her dad in public, she probably got in trouble. All because her parents just wanted to get higher and higher on the social ladder... and then they pretty much put her aside [[TheUnfavorite when her little brother Tom-Tom was born]].
* From ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Princess Bubblegum has been implied to have been emotionally neglectful towards her psychotic idiot son Lemongrab, by sticking him in a castle far away from her kingdom and not speaking to him. As much as an ass he was, the fact still stands that she DID make him, then proceed to basically bully him for an entire episode.

* From ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Princess Bubblegum has been implied to have been emotionally neglectful towards her psychotic idiot son Lemongrab, by sticking him in a castle far away from her kingdom and not speaking to him.

** Ozai isn't a very good parent to Azula, either. He encourages her aggressive and murderous tendencies in order to [[ManipulativeBastard make her his puppet]], while her mother, by contrast, tried to help her be more compassionate and fit in with others. This is what brings her her eventual downfall.

** This is all in contrast to Dale, who's the resident lunatic and is barely capable of running his own life, unknowingly raising a son who's biologically not even his. He manages to be the most loving, devoted, and caring parent on the entire show.

** While [[TheWoobie Butters]] may be the most blatant example, ''all'' the main characters suffer from some form of abuse (Cartman's BrattyHalfPint attitude is shown to be partially a result of poor parenting and he's made subtle hints to having been sexually abused, Stan is regularly bullied by his elder sister while his painfully stupid parents fail to notice no matter how many times he has bruises or cuts, Kyle is belittled and put down by his aggressive and assertive JewishMother who, as a running theme, rarely listens to what he says, and Kenny’s poverty-stricken parents seem fine with fighting in the presence of their son so much that he considers it perfectly normal). All PlayedForLaughs, of course.

* Clay Puppington in ''MoralOrel'' often takes his son into his den and belts him whenever his exploits causes [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity to Ensue]] before giving out a SpoofMoral based off of bigoted 1950's beliefs. He gets even worse as time goes on.

Orel Puppington from ''MoralOrel'' whose abusive alcoholic father beats the hell out of him in almost every episode, and in one of those, he instinctively reaches for his belt even though Orel hadn't done anything wrong and had to (innocently) have this pointed out.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', before he became Robin, Tim Drake's father worked for Two-Face and often left his son (who was under thirteen years old) alone to fend for himself for long periods of time. When he double-crossed Two-Face, he abandoned his son to run away, only to be found killed outside of Gotham.
* Arpo Butcher in ''{{Sons of Butcher}}''.
* Toki Wartooth in ''{{Metalocalypse}}'' was brutally beaten at the hands of his father, reverend Aslaug Wartooth. His offenses include whipping him heavily, leaving him (mostly) unclothed and out in the bitter ''Norwegian'' cold, and chaining his wrists together and letting him hang from the ceiling.

* Orel Puppington from ''MoralOrel'' whose abusive alcoholic father beats the hell out of him in almost every episode, and in one of those, he instinctively reaches for his belt even though Orel hadn't done anything wrong and had to (innocently) have this pointed out.