History AbusiveParents / WesternAnimation

** Even '''Timmy's own fairy godparents''' are guilty of this. Ever since Season 6, Cosmo and Wanda have been putting more focus on [[CousinOliver their son Poof]] rather than Timmy and rarely help out their godchild, even if his life is put into danger, like in the episode "Open Wide and Say Aaagh!". They even leave him to babysit Poof despite him not being a good babysitter. The worst offender has to be the ending of the episode "Bad Heir Day", where Timmy explains what happened to him while he tried to get Poof back, and Wanda [[DisproportionateRetribution poofs him next to rabid alligators so that he could be eaten as punishment]].

* Virtually all the misery that happens in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'''s first season can be laid at the feet of Tarrlok's [[spoiler: and [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Noatak's]]]] father [[spoiler: Yakone]]. Both Tarrlok and [[spoiler: Amon]] used to be sweet kids, but upon discovering their inherent Waterbending abilities, [[spoiler:Yakone]] was consumed with the idea that he could use [[spoiler:his sons]] to get back at Republic City, so he taught them to hone their Waterbending in an incredibly strict and harsh manner. He forced [[spoiler: his children to learn Bloodbending, up to making them Bloodbend ''each other,'' just so they could avenge him.]]

* It's difficult to pinpoint where to put the dads of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', but a mixture of neglect and emotional abuse likely puts all of them here.

** [[Characters/KingOfTheHillHankHill Hank Hill's]] kind of abusive towards Bobby, too; he's nowhere near as bad as most of the examples on the page in any way, but his entire relationship with Bobby is an attempt to make him a mini-Hank, and [[FantasyForbiddingFather he doesn't allow his son anything he doesn't agree with]]; ({{fantasy}} books, clouds on his wall, learning to bake, generally stuff that could make people see him as a nerd, a [[WantedAGenderConformingChild sissy]], or someone actually living in the present time period). In the GrandFinale, he finally accepts his son and shows joy in what he's doing... because [[BrokenAesop he's doing something Hank's been pressuring him to get into probably since he got into propane]].

** While [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerShadowWeaver Shadow Weaver]] is technically only an ''adoptive'' parent to Adora and Catra, she fits right into this mould. Adora was emotionally manipulated, praised and rewarded, but never encouraged to develop her own goals, and expected to take on responsibility for everything that happens -- she demonstrates symptoms of PTSD during the series, and it takes her a while to get her guilt complex under control. Catra was treated in much more overtly cruel ways: Shadow Weaver would hurt and berate her for any failure or disobedience, and never hesitated to let Catra know that she was TheUnfavourite (even treating her more like Adora's ''pet'' than a full person). Adora ends up mostly functional through some help from ThePowerOfFriendship; Catra, who stayed in the Fright Zone, ended up ''much'' worse, especially since her eventual support network ended up being [[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling Scorpia]], who was [[LoveMartyr far too besotted with her to be too much more than an enabler]]. There's a reason that a common Archive of Our Own tag is "[[spoiler:Light Spinner]] | Shadow Weaver (She-Ra)'s A+ Parenting".

** 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 bully him for an episode.

** Stan -- and on some occasions Francine -- also fit this trope. Stan openly admits to [[CommanderContrarian disagreeing with everything Hayley stands for even when he understands when they are right]]. He constantly tries to [[JockDadNerdSon raise Steve to be just like him]], and despises the fact that his daughter is a liberal while his son is a nerd (the latter being something he was, in fact, in denial about for a long time). Francine shows a need for Steve's approval for her rather than acceptance, and goes out of her way to sabotage Steve's relationships with other girls so he can stay a MommasBoy. She even flat out tells him that his ex, Debbie, never loved him, and that no woman -- not even any future wives or daughters -- will love him as much as his mother. On the contrary, Stan is usually either neglectful of Steve or obsessive over any [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] obstacle in his way, like getting his first kiss or going to a school dance. It is even revealed once that Stan is threatened that Steve may one day become the man of the house, but is calmed down when he remembers that the true man engages in intercourse, and Steve is a hopeless virgin. He then proceeded to [[PrimalScene trick Steve into walking in on him having sex with Francine]] and taunts him over it. At one point, he concocts a perfect plan of revenge that includes having his family go broke, Steve losing a chance at sex, and Hayley selling her body to another man. On the ride home, Stan happily gloats about how good it feels to win while his family looks on with trauma.

** [[BigBad Ozai]] not only had a favorite and an [[TheUnfavourite Unfavourite]] child, but he brutally scarred the latter, Zuko, and [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring has attempted to kill him multiple times]] (though as for this, only ''after'' he joined the revolution against him).]] Zuko found a better father figure in his uncle and mentor Iroh and eventually outgrew the need for Ozai's approval.

** In ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch'', Ozai's favoritism of Azula over Zuko is revealed to have truly petty and spiteful roots. [[spoiler:During an argument, Ursa told Ozai that she wished Zuko wasn't his son. Ozai declared that she would get her wish and stopped treating Zuko as his son. Abusing Zuko was Ozai's way of paying Ursa back for insulting him. The wording also made it clear that if she showed Azula the same affection she'd give Zuko; Azula would get it just as bad. Though justified, Ursa still had to neglect Azula as well; which caused Azula to latch onto Ozai for ''some'' degree of family love.]]

** His mother is no better, probably being the worse of the two, disparaging every attempt he's made at becoming famous [[StageMom despite pushing him down that career path to start with]], and even berated him for having "ruined" her while he was still a child. Best summarized when she invoked the RadishCure after catching him smoking[[labelnote:Spoiler]]This affected him so badly that he's literally incapable of crying in front of others[[/labelnote]].

** Peter and Lois both became this since the fourth season. Meg has been treated very poorly by her father; he slaps her, beats her, throws things at her, sits on her head and farts on her, and in a cutaway in "Peter's Daughter", he greets her by ''shooting her in the face at point blank range''. She is also frequently belittled by her mother, Lois, calling Meg disgusting for having a normal womanly problem, and at one point even implied that Meg should commit suicide. Lois can't even find it in her to tell her daughter that she loves her, and it is revealed on two occasions that if Meg or the Griffins entirely ended up in a deadly situation, Lois would willingly let Meg die.
** Peter also exhibited an odd attraction to her, forcing her to kiss him on the lips when tucking her in bed, and once implied when going through a redneck stage that he wanted to have sex with her.
** In the episode "Brian Griffin's House of Payne", Peter reveals to Meg and Chris that he has knocked both of them out plenty of times when they were younger and would hide their subsequent injuries, and is willing to continue hiding Stewie's unconsciousness from Lois until he can frame her for causing the injury. The next day, noticing Lois pulling out of the driveway, Peter throws Stewie behind her rear tire, making it appear that Lois has run him over. Lois suggests they frame someone else, but Peter only professes his love for her, finally suggesting they take Stewie to the hospital.
** In the newer episodes, Peter and Lois frequently steal money from their children, doubling theft with the implications that they are also unable to financially support the family.
** 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?", another shows him locking her out in the winter while she's cold and hungry and gets buried under a pile of snow, and in yet another, all Lois packed for Meg's school lunch was orange peels, the crust of Chris' sandwich and a photo of herself eating a turkey leg.
** They also sometimes abuse Chris, but not as often as they do Meg. This is partly because Chris is so thick-headed, it bounces off, so it's not as funny. Also, in "Space Camp", he overhears them saying bad things about him and is hurt, and it isn't PlayedForLaughs.

** In one episode Peter and Lois become abusive [[StageMom stage parents]] to Stewie after he stars in a peanut butter commercial and do things like yell at him when he doesn't get a part, force him to practice dancing at 3 in the morning, giving him cocaine, threatening to take away his toys, telling Chris he's no longer their favorite son and letting a coyote maul him, and making Stewie become anorexic. Keep in mind he's around 1 year old. Brian was the only person calling them out on all this, and he, [[HypocriteHasAPoint as previously mentioned, isn't exactly the best father himself.]]

** Bender adopted kids to get child support, then neglected them, which also qualifies under neglect unto abuse, and wound up trying to sell them as food to a Chinese restaurant when he worked out he wasn't making any money from them. 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.

** Hank's kind of abusive towards Bobby, too; he's nowhere near as bad as most of the examples on the page in any way, but his entire relationship with Bobby is an attempt to make him a mini-Hank, and [[FantasyForbiddingFather he doesn't allow his son anything he doesn't agree with]]; ({{fantasy}} books, clouds on his wall, learning to bake, generally stuff that could make people see him as a nerd, a [[WantedAGenderConformingChild sissy]], or someone actually living in the present time period). In the GrandFinale, he finally accepts his son and shows joy in what he's doing... because [[BrokenAesop he's doing something Hank's been pressuring him to get into probably since he got into propane]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' gives us Adrien's father, Gabriel Agreste. While not physically abusive ([[ParentalNeglect he'd need to actually be there in person for that]]), Gabriel goes out of his way to isolate Adrien from the world, obsessively micromanaging his son's life while at the same time rarely spending any time with him, even canceling plans to spend time together in favor of work ([[spoiler:or supervillainy]]). While Gabriel tries to paint his acts as the work of a KnightTemplarParent and has an occasional PetTheDog moment, there's no denying the negative effect his parenting has had on Adrien. [[spoiler:The fact that he's also secretly the BigBad doesn't help his case.]]

** Belos manages to be even worse than the Blights. [[spoiler:While he's [[ChildSoldiers Hunter's]] uncle, he's still the boy's guardian and treats him only as a tool, constantly holding the threat of replacement over him and using emotional and implied physical abuse to keep him in line. It's then revealed any care he seemed to have for Hunter was just another part of his carefully calculated manipulation to control him, and Hunter is really a [[ArtificialHuman Grimwalker clone]], part of a long line Belos keeps killing off for betraying him. When Hunter questions him over the atrocities the emperor has committed, Belos [[OffingtheOffspring doesn't even hesitate to try and kill him]].]]

** [[spoiler:[[BigBad Aku]] also counts as he ends up being revealed to be Ashi's father as she was born from the same materials as him. He uses her for his own whim to beat Jack and didn't care about all the abuse Ashi had through the High Priestess. Later, he also tried to kill her.]]

** While Shadow Weaver is technically only an ''adoptive'' parent to Adora and Catra, she fits right into this mould. Adora was emotionally manipulated, praised and rewarded, but never encouraged to develop her own goals, and expected to take on responsibility for everything that happens -- she demonstrates symptoms of PTSD during the series, and it takes her a while to get her guilt complex under control. Catra was treated in much more overtly cruel ways: Shadow Weaver would hurt and berate her for any failure or disobedience, and never hesitated to let Catra know that she was TheUnfavourite (even treating her more like Adora's ''pet'' than a full person). Adora ends up mostly functional through some help from ThePowerOfFriendship; Catra, who stayed in the Fright Zone, ended up ''much'' worse, especially since her eventual support network ended up being [[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling Scorpia]], who was [[LoveMartyr far too besotted with her to be too much more than an enabler]]. There's a reason that a common Archive of Our Own tag is "[[spoiler:Light Spinner]] | Shadow Weaver (She-Ra)'s A+ Parenting".
** [[spoiler:Horde Prime]] exaggerates this trope. [[spoiler:Prime is Hordak's genetic progenitor, and thus the closest thing he has to a father. However, Horde Prime treats his clones like disposable tools, robs them of individuality, and refuses to tolerate any displays of autonomy from them, Hordak included. In a flashback, Horde Prime neck-lifts Hordak when the clone first exhibits a defect, then casts him out. Everything Hordak does thereafter is a futile attempt to win back Horde Prime's approval. When the two men reunite in "Destiny, Part 2", Horde Prime humiliates Hordak for his displays of free will, neck-lifts him, and subjects him to a horrific MindRape that concludes with Hordak being mind-wiped.]]

** Homer himself started off with more paternal pride (even if he was too muddled to always do the right thing by his children) but became a complete jerk in the double digit seasons. The man went from being too blunt with his children ("Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand," said when his envy of an intelligent male substitute teacher his daughter Lisa was missing got her calling her father none other than "a baboon!") to barely caring whether they lived or died ("I have three kids and no money! Why can't I have no kids and three money?") The second comment was made right in front of Lisa and her older brother Bart. That all said, Homer's infamous habit of choking his son (as pictured above) started very early on. The episode "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" does a lot to explain his behavior by [[TroubledAbuser explicitly linking it to his upbringing at the hands of Abe]]; he genuinely wants to be a good father but hasn't had much of an example to follow, and his attempts at BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting are so overdone that they get a WeWantOurJerkBack reaction from his kids.

** Marge herself can fall into this. Though never raising a hand like Homer does she goes for the more emotional abuse route, often being in the sidelines when Homer does strangle Bart or trying to guilt her kids into just sweeping it under the rug.

*** [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E2ForTheFuture "For the Future"]] [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructs]] this. [[spoiler:Odalia tries to ingratiate herself to [[GooGooGodlike The Collector]] to take advantage of him so she can Build the Boiling Isles "Bigger and Better," something that The Collector has no interest in. Because Odalia never learned how to reason with, compromise with, or really do anything other than bully her children into submission, she finds herself totally unable to manipulate The Collector and is stuck doing meneal labor.]]

* [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr.]] [[EvilutionaryBiologist Mar]] [[ManipulativeBastard Londo]] from the ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes'' cartoon series manages to be physically and emotionally abusive towards his only son Timber Wolf. For starters he performed illegal genetic experiments on [[GuineaPigFamily his son]] transforming him into a werewolf-like monster and he turns it up to eleven in Season 2 where he [[spoiler: implants nanites into his son's brain, [[BrainwashedandCrazy driving him insane]] and using him to kill a clone of his just so he can get Timber Wolf to work with him again.]] The sad thing is judging by the photo Dr. Londo showed to the Legion of Superheroes in Timber Wolf's debut episode seemed to imply that he wasn't always abusive.

** The mother goat from “Porky’s Super Service” keeps her infant son quiet by smacking him on the face. Considering the hell that he put Porky through, you can say he deserved it.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[{{Catchphrase}} WHY, YOU LITTLE--!]]"'']]

** Rick Sanchez was a terrible father who was emotionally abusive of Beth, and still exploits her after returning to her life, and his treatment of his grandson Morty, while played for BlackComedy, is highly abusive and toxic by the most forgiving real-world standards. By Season 5, [[HeelRealization he comes to realize this]], and tries to do the right thing and leave Morty's life but at this point their codependence leads to Morty begging him to come back. [[spoiler: It's also revealed that Beth was a ReplacementGoldfish for the one that died in Rick's original timeline [[UnreliableNarrator contrary to his claims otherwise]], explaining his occasional callousness towards her and by extension the rest of the family.]]
** Beth Smith {{downplayed|Trope}} as it not really shown often and is mostly shown to be a good mom but there are times where she is emotionally abusive to her son and daughter, as well as genuinely neglectful. Beth even admits at one point that deep down she doesn't have a "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_bond maternal instinct]]", and that she has to be especially encouraged to come to the aid of her children.

** The mother goat from “Porky’s Super Service” keeps her infant son quiet by smacking him on the face. Considering the hell that he put Porky through, [[KickTheSonOfABitch you can say he deserved it]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy Turner's parents [[ZigzaggedTrope zigzag]] between this, ParentalNeglect and ParentsAsPeople, always PlayedForLaughs. 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 later seasons they acted like complete assholes towards 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. On one occasion, Timmy's father directly told him that if he had to be miserable because of Timmy's letter, then Timmy has to be miserable as well. They regularly take ''any'' possible opportunity to have fun on their own and leave Timmy with Vicky, who is best described as the BabysitterFromHell (though they themselves [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter believe her to be perfectly kind and friendly]]).

** Even '''Timmy's own fairy godparents''' are guilty of this. Ever since Season 6, Cosmo and Wanda have been putting more focus on [[CousinOliver their son Poof]] rather than Timmy and rarely help out their godchild, even if his life is put into danger, like in the episode "Open Wide and Say Aaagh!". They even leave him to babysit Poof despite him not being a good babysitter. The worst offender has to be the ending of the episode "Bad Heir Day", where Timmy explains what happened to him while he tried to get Poof back, and Wanda [[DisproportionateRetribution poofs him next to rabid alligators]] [[NoSympathy so that he could be eaten as punishment]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'': In at least two episodes, Pingu's mother slaps or spanks him for misbehaving (as pictured above). Because CorporalPunishment is forbidden in several countries in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}, these two episodes are now considered [[MissingEpisode lost episodes]].

** Homer himself started off with more paternal pride (even if he was too muddled to always do the right thing by his children) but became a complete jerk in the double digit seasons. The man went from being too blunt with his children ("Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand," said when his envy of an intelligent male substitute teacher his daughter Lisa was missing got her calling her father none other than "a baboon!") to barely caring whether they lived or died ("I have three kids and no money! Why can't I have no kids and three money?") The second comment was made right in front of Lisa and her older brother Bart. That all said, Homer's infamous habit of choking his son (pictured in the trope's main page) started very early on. The episode "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" does a lot to explain his behavior by [[TroubledAbuser explicitly linking it to his upbringing at the hands of Abe]]; he genuinely wants to be a good father but hasn't had much of an example to follow, and his attempts at BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting are so overdone that they get a WeWantOurJerkBack reaction from his kids.

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[[caption-width-right:250:CorporalPunishment on a kids show? No thanks.]]

** [[MadScientist Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] had these, played for laughs. He was TheUnfavourite of both his parents, his mother preferring his younger brother Roger 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, 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 for his {{Evil Plan}}s.

* Professor Membrane from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', he rarely looks out for Dib and Gaz and primary focuses on science. Let's not forget he blamed Dib for using his technology when he is supposed to be responsible for his stuff in "Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom". And when he starts observing Gaz as the pig-girl in "Gaz, Taster of Pork", it started a merchandise of her, meaning he is using his own daughter as his cash cow! Experiment tours, plush dolls, story books, and even a ''theatrical film!'' Best Nickelodeon father? '''[[WesternAnimation/InvaderZimEnterTheFlorpus NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE!]]''' (Although he TookALevelInKindness in the movie that quote comes from.)

** This continuity's take on the ComicBook/DoomPatrol [[CompositeCharacter makes the Chief Beast Boy's adoptive father]] in lieu of the AdaptedOut Mento, in addition to [[RelatedInTheAdaptation making Beast Boy adoptive siblings with Robotman and Negative Girl]]. It is established that the Chief created Robotman and Negative Girl by putting his oldest adoptive son's brain into a robot body so he'd beat a rival at a dance competition and using a ray to permanently transform his adoptive daughter into a negative energy being so she could beat an arcade game and win enough tickets for a teddy bear she wanted, his children only agreeing to the procedures because they were offered solutions to their problems and didn't fully know what they were agreeing to. When asked why he couldn't have taken the more mundane options of teaching dance lessons or sharing his plentiful tickets, he excuses that [[HeroicComedicSociopath permanently altering his adoptive children's bodies was more fun]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': From what we see of Robin's life prior to forming the Titans, the show's version of Batman could give ''[[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder ASBAR]]'' Batman a run for his money as a bad guardian. Robin's bedroom at Wayne Manor looks like a dungeon, despite being the adopted son of the one the wealthiest men in the world he lives in PerpetualPoverty, he recalls Batman forcing him to give him a foot massage and when the Titans mess up the Batcave, Robin has what looks like a PTSD episode where he acts out Batman berating and even striking him. It's all played for BlackComedy, but if the show was just a little more serious and Robin was a little more sympathetic, it would be one of the darkest takes on the character.

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

** Alador and Odalia Blight are established as [[HateSink deplorable people]] from their very first appearance in a flashback when they [[spoiler:blackmail their youngest daughter into cutting ties with her best friend ([[ABirthdayNotABreak during her birthday, no less]]). Later appearances show that while Odalia is just as nasty as advertised, Alador was more of a neglectful enabler than directly abusive. When Amity calls him out on this at the end of [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E14ReachingOut "Reaching Out"]], he promises to start being a better father to his kids, and subsequent appearances show him working towards that goal.]]

->'''Dale:''' Y'know, Hank, I saw [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer]] ''strangling his son'' on a poster.
->'''Hank:''' Well, while I don't advocate that kind of thing, I tell ya hwat, if Bobby came home with a ''skateboard'', I might just... well... let's just say I understand.
-->--''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' cartoon, Low Light's father not only openly mocked him as a child for his "cowardice", he forced the kid to prove himself by dumping him in a junkyard at night and telling him not to come home until he had killed twenty rats. Even as an adult, this gives Low Light recurring nightmares.

--->'''Goofy''': *''calmly''* You know, maybe Max isn't all the things that you think a son should be, but... he loves me.
--->'''Pete''': *''defensive''* Hey, my son ''respects'' me.

** [[spoiler:Pacifica Northwest]] has emotionally abusive parents to an extent, as their ideas of what is important for her is "winning and looks" and go to parties instead of spending time with her. This gets explored in "Northwest Mansion Mystery" when it is shown that her parents are ''even worse'' in that regard. [[spoiler:To the point that if Pacifica goes as so much to disobey her own parents in regards to wearing her dress by her own choice or trying to tell Dipper her parents made her hide the truth about the curse to him, her father responds by controlling her with a simple ring of his bell to keep her in line not unlike one of ''Pavlov's dogs'', just to keep their wealthy status- even if it gets other people killed.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/FIsForFamily'' has William "Big Bill" Murphy, who spent years mentally, verbally and physically abusing his son, Frank and [[{{Gaslighting}} then basically denied it ever happened]]. His abuse is part of the reason why Frank struggles so much to be a good father to his own children. Luckily, Big Bill eventually realizes how terrible a father he was, and he works to rebuild his relationship with Frank and tries to be better as a grandfather than he was as a father.
** Jimmy Fitzsimmons is abused by his father, who also encourages his bullying tendancies. We later learn Mr. Fitzsimmons was similarly abused by his own parents, suggesting a cycle of abuse.

* [[MadScientist Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' had these, played for laughs. He was TheUnfavourite of both his parents, his mother preferring his younger brother Roger 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, 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 for his {{Evil Plan}}s.