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* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': This is one of the purposes of Lelouch's rebellion against his father, Emperor Charles, who abandoned him and his sister in Japan. Then it turns out that his mother, who is actually alive, is in league with his father and they both want to create a world without lies by destroying God and try to convince their son to join them. Lelouch rejects them both by using the Geass on God, which not only thwarts their plans but also causes them to disappear into oblivion.

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* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': This is one of the purposes of Lelouch's [[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Lelouch Lamperouge's]] rebellion against his father, Emperor Charles, who abandoned him and his sister in Japan. Then it turns out that his mother, who is actually alive, is in league with his father and they both want to create a world without lies by destroying God and try to convince their son to join them. Lelouch rejects them both by using the Geass on God, which not only thwarts their plans but also causes them to disappear into oblivion.

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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', as part of his ambitions, Vayne Solidor [[spoiler:assassinates his father and pins the deed on the Imperial Senate in order to seize control of the Archadian Empire for himself while removing the greatest political obstacle to his family.]]

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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', as part of his ambitions, Vayne Solidor [[spoiler:assassinates his father and pins the deed on the Imperial Senate in order to seize control of the Archadian Empire for himself while removing the greatest political obstacle to his family.]]family]].
* ''VideoGame/MyLovelyDaughter'':
** One of the MultipleEndings has Faust successfully revive his daughter Arhea, only for her to stab him in the back during a DeadlyHug.
** Another ending path in the DLC has Faust come to view the homunculi as his own daughters rather than nothing more as a means to achieve his own selfish ends, giving up on his quest... only to learn that this revelation has come far too late, as the surviving homunculi turn upon him for having killed so many of their sisters.
* In ''VideoGame/ThePlaysTheThing'', the Raven's mounting paranoia leaves them increasingly convinced that their children might be plotting against them. This spurs them to deliberately pit their children against each other, and they'll immediately send [[TheUnfavorite Falathar]] to the dungeons at the slightest hint that they ''might'' be challenging their authority.



* ''VideoGame/RevengeOfTheBirdKing'': During the climax, [[spoiler:the protagonist]] calls their father out for having been a ''horrible'' king before killing them.
* ''VideoGame/{{Roki}}'': After realizing that his mother's desire to make him human is not what ''he'' wants -- and absolutely not worth the cost -- [[spoiler:Röki undoes the ritual and saves Lars' life]], rebelling against her intentions.



* In the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, both of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s children, Orion (his trueborn child) and Scott Free (his adopted child), turn against him (the former was raised by Highfather, Darkseid's greatest enemy, and the latter was tortured by Granny Goodness in an attempt to make him loyal to Darkseid).

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* In the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'', both of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s children, Orion (his trueborn child) and Scott Free (his adopted child), turn against him (the former was raised by Highfather, Darkseid's greatest enemy, and the latter was tortured by Granny Goodness in an attempt to make him loyal to Darkseid).

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* ''Fanfic/TheWeddingCrashers'': Charlie is heartbroken by his daughter's TranshumanTreachery when she launches into a rant about how vampires are above such ''pithy'' concepts as human laws and morality, and that mortals exist as nothing more as ''cattle'' for them to feast upon. This spurs him to [[IHaveNoSon disown his daughter]] in the aftermath.



* In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', we learn that Kylo Ren is actually the son of [[spoiler: Leia and Han Solo]], but he betrayed them and turned to the dark side of the Force. Later in the movie, when [[spoiler: Han Solo tries to convince Kylo to turn back, he pretends to agree before suddenly killing Han]].
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': Ego sees Peter's [[spoiler: shooting him after TheReveal that it was Ego who gave Peter's mother a brain tumor as this]], apparently thinking his BlueAndOrangeMorality applied to his son as well. Since WeCanRuleTogether is off the table, he resolves to use Peter as a living battery.

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* In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', we learn that Kylo Ren is actually the son of [[spoiler: Leia [[spoiler:Leia and Han Solo]], but he betrayed them and turned to the dark side of the Force. Later in the movie, when [[spoiler: Han [[spoiler:Han Solo tries to convince Kylo to turn back, he pretends to agree before suddenly killing Han]].
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'': Ego sees Peter's [[spoiler: shooting [[spoiler:shooting him after TheReveal that it was Ego who gave Peter's mother a brain tumor as this]], apparently thinking his BlueAndOrangeMorality applied to his son as well. Since WeCanRuleTogether is off the table, he resolves to use Peter as a living battery.battery.
* ''Film/HouseOfGucci'': [[spoiler:Paolo]] betrays his father by gathering up evidence of his tax evasion and fraud, getting him arrested.



* Children in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' are encouraged to turn their parents in to the Thought Police for subversive behavior. [[spoiler:Parsons]] is arrested after his daughter (allegedly) hears him whispering "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep. He says he's proud of her for doing so, convinced he must have been harboring subconscious subversive thoughts he wasn't even aware of.



* ''Literature/TheDreadEclipse'': In a variant, Caren beats her transphobic Uncle Lenny senseless after he [[TransTribulations deadnames]] and threatens her. She then turns him in for a few hundred bucks.



* Children in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' are encouraged to turn their parents in to the Thought Police for subversive behavior. [[spoiler:Parsons]] is arrested after his daughter (allegedly) hears him whispering "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep. He says he's proud of her for doing so, convinced he must have been harboring subconscious subversive thoughts he wasn't even aware of.



* The Quarter Knights from ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' betray Mother by being strangely absent from the Photosphere when the heroes come to take her down. Zeikfried goes the next step by guiding them through the Photosphere to reach the Tear Drop (albeit disguised). Given she's an [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal Maniac]] who intends to destroy her children along with Filgaia, you can hardly blame them.

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The Quarter Knights from the original ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' betray Mother by being strangely absent from the Photosphere when the heroes come to take her down. Zeikfried goes the next step by guiding them through the Photosphere to reach the Tear Drop (albeit disguised). Given she's an [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal Maniac]] who intends to destroy her children along with Filgaia, you can hardly blame them.



* Invoked in ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework''. When his father takes away his yacht privileges, Dennis states his intention to sabotage his father's rigged online casino, that he himself helped to create.

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* Invoked {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework''. When his father takes away his yacht privileges, Dennis states his intention to sabotage his father's rigged online casino, that he himself helped to create.
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* ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'':
** Shortly before the end of Volume 7, Agrona reveals to Alduin and Merial Eralith that he has control over their daughter Tessia's life thanks to her beast will, and that he will let her waste away and die if they do not let in his forces into the Council Castle to kill the supreme commander of the Dicathians (and Alduin's father) Virion. Given this SadisticChoice, they end up choosing Tessia's life over Virion's. While Virion ends up surviving the attack, he has no choice but to disown his son and daughter-and-law for their actions. To add nsult to injury, Agrona has Alduin and Merial executed to mark the end of his conquest.
** After her resurrection at the end of Volume 10, Sylvie has turned against her own grandfather Kezess due to having learned of the atrocities he has committed, on top of seeing Arthur and Tessia as her true parental figures. Kezess does not know that his only living descendant has turned against him, not helped by the fact Sylvie is willing to use her blood ties with him to aid her adoptive father in dealing with and manipulating the Asuras whom Kezess has sent down to occupy Dicathen.
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* In the ''Literature/{{Confessions}}'', Monica spends her every waking moment trying to help Augustine get away from his cycle of miseries and evil, a love that her son repays by lying to his fearful mother and stowing away on a ship to Rome without saying good-bye to that widowed saint who prayed for him without ceasing.

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* In the ''Literature/{{Confessions}}'', ''Literature/{{Confessions|SaintAugustine}}'', Monica spends her every waking moment trying to help Augustine get away from his cycle of miseries and evil, a love that her son repays by lying to his fearful mother and stowing away on a ship to Rome without saying good-bye to that widowed saint who prayed for him without ceasing.
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* ''[[{{ComicBook/Superman}} Superboy]]'' provides the page example, [[spoiler:but in classic Silver Age roundabout nonsense, it is not actually an example of the trope.[[note]]Superboy is menaced by a new villain called Calculon who uses his amazing brain power to deduce his secret identity, so Superboy (supposedly with the police's cooperation) sets up a frame where the Kents are arrested and held for supposedly intentionally selling contaminated food, which fools Calculon (really [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Lex Luthor]] wearing a 'brain enhancer' and sunglasses) into thinking he assessed it wrong, because there was no way that Superboy would arrest and jail his own parents if he was really Clark Kent.[[/note]]]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', Stoick sees his son Hiccup's befriending a dragon as a betrayal, as the Vikings and dragons have always been fighting each other.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'', Stoick sees his son Hiccup's befriending a dragon as a betrayal, as the Vikings and dragons have always been fighting each other.
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* ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'': In the AlternateTimeline ''Papa Smurf & Mama Smurfette'', Papa Smurf feels this way after Empath leads TheMutiny against him, resulting in Papa, Smurfette and the rest of his family sans Empath being exiled from the village. Note that Papa had previously performed an inversion of ShotgunWedding where he had threatened to exile any of his little smurfs who didn't help the marriage go through.
* ''Fanfic/{{Hakumei}}'': Mikoto feels this way about Sasuke after he chooses Hakumei over Konoha. She tells Hiashi that he should feel the same way about Hinata; however, Hiashi is more loyal to his family than he is to his village, and recognizes how the latter has gone downhill after [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Danzo took over]].
* ''Fanfic/NaiveMelody'': All for One has [[RelatedInTheAdaptation his daughter Inko]] meet up with Toshinori with the intent of her eventually bearing the hero's child, so that he can raise said child as a TykeBomb. He then winds up on the receiving end of this trope when Inko decides to escape his clutches, using her unborn son as leverage.
* ''Fanfic/SeventhEndmostVision'': Lucrecia fears that Aerith might be planning this.
* ''Fanfic/StarfleetMagicIsBelieving'': 10,000 years before the story began, TheGreatOffscreenWar was kicked off by Horus betraying his father, the Grand Ruler.

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* Flashbacks in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' reveal that Zeke Yaeger, the Beast Titan and Eren's half-brother, sold out his own parents to the military as a kid, which ultimately resulted in Grisha, his and Eren's father, being sent to Paradis Island and escaping death only by the help of military official Kruger, who gave him the powers of the Attack Titan (which Eren currently possesses), while Zeke's mother was turned into the Titan who later ate Eren's mother and fuelled Eren's desire to wipe out the Titans and join the Survey Corps. His motive was that he found out the revolution movement they belonged to was about to be discovered anyway, so this way at least he would be spared, and even earn the trust from the higher-ups. The fact he was tired of being subjected to the indoctrination from his Eldian-pride fanatic parents, which caused him to latch on to a more grounded father-figure in LesCollaborateurs, made things easier for him.

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* Flashbacks in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' reveal that Zeke Yaeger, the Beast Titan and Eren's half-brother, sold out his own parents to the military as a kid, which ultimately resulted in Grisha, his and Eren's father, being sent to Paradis Island and escaping death only by the help of military official Kruger, who gave him the powers of the Attack Titan (which Eren currently possesses), while Zeke's mother was turned into the Titan who later ate Eren's mother and fuelled Eren's desire to wipe out the Titans and join the Survey Corps. His motive was that he found out the revolution movement they belonged to was about to be discovered anyway, so this way at least he would be spared, and even earn the trust from the higher-ups. The fact he was tired of being subjected to the indoctrination from his Eldian-pride fanatic parents, which caused him to latch on to a more grounded father-figure in LesCollaborateurs, made things easier for him. him.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': This is one of the purposes of Lelouch's rebellion against his father, Emperor Charles, who abandoned him and his sister in Japan. Then it turns out that his mother, who is actually alive, is in league with his father and they both want to create a world without lies by destroying God and try to convince their son to join them. Lelouch rejects them both by using the Geass on God, which not only thwarts their plans but also causes them to disappear into oblivion.
* The plot of ''Anime/CrossAnge'' is kicked off when Ange's brother reveals that not only is his sister a Norma but that his parents knew about this and hid it for years. He then usurps the throne, orders his sister arrested and exiled, has his mother killed when she attempts to protect Ange, and later has his father executed.
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': At the end of episode 17, Satsuki Kiryuin backstabs Ragyo (quite literally) before crucifying her, claiming that she spent making Honnouji Academy to destroy her, rather than work for her. This is prompted by Ragyo killing her father and almost killing her baby sister when she was one year old, then [[ParentalIncest molesting]] and grooming her to be a minion for her TakeOverTheWorld plot. After Ryuko is revealed to be Ragyo's other daughter, Ryuko betrays her too. [[AbusiveParents To put it quite bluntly]], [[TheDogBitesBack Ragyo absolutely deserves it]].
* Done near the end of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' where Gihren Zabi kills his own father with a WaveMotionGun when he tries to negotiate peace with the leaders of the Federation. Gihren's victory doesn't last long when his sister Kycilia arrives and kills him for what he did.



* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': This is one of the purposes of Lelouch's rebellion against his father, Emperor Charles, who abandoned him and his sister in Japan. Then it turns out that his mother, who is actually alive, is in league with his father and they both want to create a world without lies by destroying God and try to convince their son to join them. Lelouch rejects them both by using the Geass on God, which not only thwarts their plans but also causes them to disappear into oblivion.
* Done near the end of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' where Gihren Zabi kills his own father with a WaveMotionGun when he tries to negotiate peace with the leaders of the Federation. Gihren's victory doesn't last long when his sister Kycilia arrives and kills him for what he did.
* The plot of Anime/{{Cross Ange}} is kicked off when Ange's brother reveals that not only is his sister a Norma but that his parents knew about this and hid it for years. He then usurps the throne, orders his sister arrested and exiled, has his mother killed when she attempts to protect Ange, and later has his father executed.
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': At the end of episode 17, Satsuki Kiryuin backstabs Ragyo (quite literally) before crucifying her, claiming that she spent making Honnouji Academy to destroy her, rather than work for her. This is prompted by Ragyo killing her father and almost killing her baby sister when she was one year old, then [[ParentalIncest molesting]] and grooming her to be a minion for her TakeOverTheWorld plot. After Ryuko is revealed to be Ragyo's other daughter, Ryuko betrays her too. [[AbusiveParents To put it quite bluntly]], [[TheDogBitesBack Ragyo absolutely deserves it]].



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* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': The boy who would one day become [[OmnicidalManiac Judge Death]] was inducted into the Justice Academy after he reported his father to the authorities for several murders they had both committed. [[SelfMadeOrphan He even pulled the lever at his dad's execution]].
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': While Ares is usually quite ok with his children being opposed to him when he discovers that Eris and Phobos are in the midst of a plot designed to look like they're trying to restore him to his old power and position (by going against his wishes) with the actual end goal being his death at Eris' hands he consigns them both to endless torture in hades.



* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': The boy who would one day become [[OmnicidalManiac Judge Death]] was inducted into the Justice Academy after he reported his father to the authorities for several murders they had both committed. [[SelfMadeOrphan He even pulled the lever at his dad's execution]].
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': While Ares is usually quite ok with his children being opposed to him when he discovers that Eris and Phobos are in the midst of a plot designed to look like they're trying to restore him to his old power and position (by going against his wishes) with the actual end goal being his death at Eris' hands he consigns them both to endless torture in hades.



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* In ''FanFic/EightCount'', Damian Wayne spars with Harley Quinn during her training camp for her boxing match against Damian's mother, Talia al Ghul. Talia is ''not'' happy about this when she finds out.

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* In ''FanFic/EightCount'', ''Fanfic/EightCount'', Damian Wayne spars with Harley Quinn during her training camp for her boxing match against Damian's mother, Talia al Ghul. Talia is ''not'' happy about this when she finds out.



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* Children in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' are encouraged to turn their parents in to the Thought Police for subversive behavior. [[spoiler:Parsons]] is arrested after his daughter (allegedly) hears him whispering "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep. He says he's proud of her for doing so, convinced he must have been harboring subconscious subversive thoughts he wasn't even aware of.



* Children in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' are encouraged to turn their parents in to the Thought Police for subversive behavior. [[spoiler: Parsons]] is arrested after his daughter (allegedly) hears him whispering "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep. He says he's proud of her for doing so, convinced he must have been harboring subconscious subversive thoughts he wasn't even aware of.
* In the first ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' novel, ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'', Sansa is convinced by Cersei to rat out her father's plans, [[spoiler: which leads to his capture and execution]].
* In ''Literature/TarasBulba'', the youngest son of a Cossack leader falls in love with a Polish noblewoman and ends up betraying both his family and his people to the Poles. This leads to his [[OffingTheOffspring death at his father's hands.]]

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* Children in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' are encouraged to turn their parents in to the Thought Police for subversive behavior. [[spoiler: Parsons]] is arrested after his daughter (allegedly) hears him whispering "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep. He says he's proud of her for doing so, convinced he must have been harboring subconscious subversive thoughts he wasn't even aware of.
* In the first ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' novel, ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'', Sansa is convinced by Cersei to rat out her father's plans, [[spoiler: which [[spoiler:which leads to his capture and execution]].
* In ''Literature/TarasBulba'', the youngest son of a Cossack leader falls in love with a Polish noblewoman and ends up betraying both his family and his people to the Poles. This leads to his [[OffingTheOffspring death at his father's hands.]]hands]].



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* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'' Season 6, Roose Bolton reveals to his household that his wife bore him a son. Ramsay, Roose's bastard son who is recently legitimized by the Iron Throne, doesn't take the news very well. So when he congratulates his father, [[spoiler: he fatally stabs him in the gut]].

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* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'' Season 6, Roose Bolton reveals to his household that his wife bore him a son. Ramsay, Roose's bastard son who is recently legitimized by the Iron Throne, doesn't take the news very well. So when he congratulates his father, [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he fatally stabs him in the gut]]. gut]].



* ''Series/{{Ghoul}}'': Nida reported her own father to the authorities for his subversive activities, which she feels a great deal of guilt about. She later learns that he used to be imprisoned in the interrogation facility she has joined [[spoiler: and was also executed there]].
* On ''Series/{{Justified}}'', Bo Crowder, his son Boyd and his nephew Johnny are career criminals. After being shot, Boyd has a HeelFaithTurn where he becomes convinced that he is on a mission from God to stop his father's drug dealing business. Boyd tricks Johnny into helping him destroy a truck full of drug-making supplies, which puts Bo into serious debt to TheCartel. Bo is furious and he gives Boyd a vicious beating, shoots Johnny, and murders all of Boyd's followers. Boyd's betrayal forces Bo into desperate action to appease his cartel partners and ultimately [[spoiler: gets him killed.]]
* Entirely justified in the made-for-TV movie ''Film/SmallSacrifices'', a dramatization of the 1983 attempted triple homicide of Diane Downs' children. At first, the Oregon police sought a vengeful carjacker as the culprit behind three children with gunshot wounds. However, detectives soon pieced together that their mother attempted to eliminate them as obstacles to her seduction of a married man. Karen[[note]]real name Christie[[/note]] Downs, recovering speech after a stroke caused by the shooting, gave a chilling pantomime in court of a heartless Diane systematically shooting her three children on a lonely farm road, then wounding herself in a WoundedGazelleGambit. Guilty on all counts, three life sentences without parole.

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* ''Series/{{Ghoul}}'': Nida reported her own father to the authorities for his subversive activities, which she feels a great deal of guilt about. She later learns that he used to be imprisoned in the interrogation facility she has joined [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and was also executed there]].
* On ''Series/{{Justified}}'', Bo Crowder, his son Boyd and his nephew Johnny are career criminals. After being shot, Boyd has a HeelFaithTurn where he becomes convinced that he is on a mission from God to stop his father's drug dealing business. Boyd tricks Johnny into helping him destroy a truck full of drug-making supplies, which puts Bo into serious debt to TheCartel. Bo is furious and he gives Boyd a vicious beating, shoots Johnny, and murders all of Boyd's followers. Boyd's betrayal forces Bo into desperate action to appease his cartel partners and ultimately [[spoiler: gets [[spoiler:gets him killed.]]
* Entirely justified in the made-for-TV movie ''Film/SmallSacrifices'', a dramatization of the 1983 attempted triple homicide of Diane Downs' children. At first, the Oregon police sought a vengeful carjacker as the culprit behind three children with gunshot wounds. However, detectives soon pieced together that their mother attempted to eliminate them as obstacles to her seduction of a married man. Karen[[note]]real name Christie[[/note]] Downs, recovering speech after a stroke caused by the shooting, gave a chilling pantomime in court of a heartless Diane systematically shooting her three children on a lonely farm road, then wounding herself in a WoundedGazelleGambit. Guilty on all counts, three life sentences without parole.
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* Entirely justified in the made-for-TV movie ''Film/SmallSacrifices'', a dramatization of the 1983 attempted triple homicide of Diane Downs' children. At first, the Oregon police sought a vengeful carjacker as the culprit behind three children with gunshot wounds. However, detectives soon pieced together that their mother attempted to eliminate them as obstacles to her seduction of a married man. Karen[[note]]real name Christie[[/note]] Downs, recovering speech after a stroke caused by the shooting, gave a chilling pantomime in court of a heartless Diane systematically shooting her three children on a lonely farm road, then wounding herself in a WoundedGazelleGambit. Guilty on all counts, three life sentences without parole.



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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The Literature/HorusHeresy was caused by half of the Emperor's genetically modified sons falling to Chaos, with Horus and the Emperor duking it out on Horus' flagship. The Emperor held back for a time, but the one act that caused him to realize his son was irredeemable was seeing him mentally flay a non-enhanced soldier standing between the two (in other editions, the soldier was another SpaceMarine, or a Terminator-armored elite, or even an immortal human posing as a soldier and now revered as the patron saint of Guardsmen). While he struck Horus dead, the Emperor's wounds were too severe, and his quasi-corpse has been on the Golden Throne of Terra ever since.

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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The Literature/HorusHeresy was caused In ''Literature/TheBible'', King David's son, Absalom, turns against his father, seizes Jerusalem, and drives David beyond the Jordan River. After ruling for years as a regent and as a self-declared king, Absalom is slain by half his father's NumberTwo, Joab, in the Battle of Ephraim Wood. David, despite everything Absalom did to him, [[AntagonistInMourning weeps for his death afterward]].
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* In ''Literature/TheBible'', King David's son, Absalom, turns against his father, seizes Jerusalem, and drives David beyond the Jordan River. After ruling for years as a regent and as a self-declared king, Absalom is slain by his father's NumberTwo, Joab, in the Battle of Ephraim Wood. David, despite everything Absalom did to him, [[AntagonistInMourning weeps for his death afterward]].
* [[Literature/TheFourGospels Mark 13:12]] considers a child's betrayal of a parent a sign of the end of the world. ("[A]nd children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.")

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* In ''Literature/TheBible'', King David's son, Absalom, turns against his father, seizes Jerusalem, and drives David beyond the Jordan River. After ruling for years as a regent and as a self-declared king, Absalom is slain ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The Literature/HorusHeresy was caused by his father's NumberTwo, Joab, in the Battle of Ephraim Wood. David, despite everything Absalom did to him, [[AntagonistInMourning weeps for his death afterward]].
* [[Literature/TheFourGospels Mark 13:12]] considers a child's betrayal of a parent a sign
half of the end of Emperor's genetically modified sons falling to Chaos, with Horus and the world. ("[A]nd children shall rise up against their parents, Emperor duking it out on Horus' flagship. The Emperor held back for a time, but the one act that caused him to realize his son was irredeemable was seeing him mentally flay a non-enhanced soldier standing between the two (in other editions, the soldier was another SpaceMarine, or a Terminator-armored elite, or even an immortal human posing as a soldier and shall cause them to be put to death.")now revered as the patron saint of Guardsmen). While he struck Horus dead, the Emperor's wounds were too severe, and his quasi-corpse has been on the Golden Throne of Terra ever since.



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* In one of the NonstandardGameOver endings of ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'', [[spoiler:Elodie offers to join her magic with that of an invading king. King Togami orders her to [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten prove her loyalty]] by [[SelfMadeOrphan helping him incinerate her father]] right then and there. The command is automatically rejected unless Elodie has ''very'' high [[KarmaMeter Cruelty]].]] Going through with it horrifies her former subjects so deeply that after Elodie leaves the kingdom, the people of Nova [[{{Unperson}} swear to never speak her name again]].



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* In one of the NonstandardGameOver endings of ''VisualNovel/LongLiveTheQueen'', [[spoiler:Elodie offers to join her magic with that of an invading king. King Togami orders her to [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten prove her loyalty]] by [[SelfMadeOrphan helping him incinerate her father]] right then and there. The command is automatically rejected unless Elodie has ''very'' high [[KarmaMeter Cruelty]]]]. Going through with it horrifies her former subjects so deeply that after Elodie leaves the kingdom, the people of Nova [[{{Unperson}} swear to never speak her name again]].



* ''{{Webcomic/Unsounded}}'': Matty leaves his father to his probable death, taking their construct and possessions with him, when he's told his father sold his mother out to the [[StateSec Window]]. It doesn't help that the person doing the telling makes it seem like Mathis intended Vienne's death, instead of being terrified into turning her in and thinking it was a chance for her to possibly survive even if horribly injured since the Window already knew she was doing illegal subversive work and Mathis ''was one of them'' and terrified of his superiors.

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* ''Literature/FeralsSeries'': Selina turns on her mother, Cynthia Davenport (the Mother of Flies), when she learns of her mother's true nature.
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** In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague: World Without Grown-Ups'', the OriginsIssue of Young Justice, there's Matthew Stuart, a 13yo boy who hates his parents and in general all adult authority. For his birthday, his archeologist father gave him an Atlantean relic from an excavation. Being upset with him and all the adults, he broke up the relic, releasing a power that granted his wish of no more adults as well as great power as a RealityWarper, later known as Bedlam.
** William Hayes an EvilOrphan adopted by a good family is one of those cases in which [[TheFarmerAndTheViper being evil was in the blood]], almost killed his adoptive father once and threatened him and his adoptive mother. By sacrificing his adopted sister (later revealed to be Secret, a Young Justice member) to the demon Fuzz, William gained powers and converted into the young supervillain Harm, the Archnemesis of Young Justice. After the group saved the day, Harm is [[TheDogBitesBack killed by his own father]], but [[DeathIsCheap eventually he'll come back]].

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** In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague: World Without Grown-Ups'', the OriginsIssue of Young Justice, there's Matthew Stuart, a 13yo 13-year-old boy who hates his parents and in general all adult authority. For his birthday, his archeologist father gave him an Atlantean relic from an excavation. Being upset with him and all the adults, he broke up the relic, releasing a power that granted his wish of no more adults as well as great power as a RealityWarper, later known as Bedlam.
** William Hayes Hayes, an EvilOrphan adopted by a good family family, is one of those cases in which [[TheFarmerAndTheViper being evil was in the blood]], blood]]. He almost killed his adoptive father once and threatened him and his adoptive mother. By sacrificing his adopted sister (later revealed to be Secret, a Young Justice member) to the demon Fuzz, William gained powers and converted into the young supervillain Harm, the Archnemesis ArchEnemy of Young Justice. After the group saved the day, Harm is [[TheDogBitesBack killed by his own father]], but [[DeathIsCheap eventually he'll come back]].
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* On ''Series/{{Justified}}'' Bo Crowder, his son Boyd and his nephew Johnny are career criminals. After being shot, Boyd has a HeelFaithTurn where he becomes convinced that he is on a mission from God to stop his father's drug dealing business. Boyd tricks Johnny into helping him destroy a truck full of drug-making supplies, which puts Bo into serious debt to TheCartel. Bo is furious and he gives Boyd a vicious beating, shoots Johnny, and murders all of Boyd's followers. Boyd's betrayal forces Bo into desperate action to appease his cartel partners and ultimately [[spoiler: gets him killed.]]

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* On ''Series/{{Justified}}'' ''Series/{{Justified}}'', Bo Crowder, his son Boyd and his nephew Johnny are career criminals. After being shot, Boyd has a HeelFaithTurn where he becomes convinced that he is on a mission from God to stop his father's drug dealing business. Boyd tricks Johnny into helping him destroy a truck full of drug-making supplies, which puts Bo into serious debt to TheCartel. Bo is furious and he gives Boyd a vicious beating, shoots Johnny, and murders all of Boyd's followers. Boyd's betrayal forces Bo into desperate action to appease his cartel partners and ultimately [[spoiler: gets him killed.]]






* In the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, both of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s children, Orion (his trueborn child) and Scott Free (his adopted child) turn against him (the former was raised by Highfather, Darkseid's greatest enemy, and the latter was tortured by Granny Goodness in an attempt to make him loyal to Darkseid).
** In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', CorruptCorporateExecutive and WalkingWasteland Derek Powers is betrayed by his son Paxton, who [[TheDogBitesBack gets back at dad for years of abuse]] by setting up an EngineeredPublicConfession, siccing Batman on Derek, and then attempting to kill off dad for good.

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* In the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, both of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s children, Orion (his trueborn child) and Scott Free (his adopted child) child), turn against him (the former was raised by Highfather, Darkseid's greatest enemy, and the latter was tortured by Granny Goodness in an attempt to make him loyal to Darkseid).
** In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', CorruptCorporateExecutive and WalkingWasteland Derek Powers is betrayed by his son Paxton, who [[TheDogBitesBack gets back at dad for years of abuse]] by setting up an EngineeredPublicConfession, siccing Batman on Derek, and then attempting to kill off his dad for good.
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* Flashbacks in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' reveal that Zeke Yaeger, the Beast Titan and Eren's half-brother, sold out his own parents to the military as a kid, which ultimately resulted in Grisha, his and Eren's father, being sent to Paradis Island and escaping death only by the help of military official Kruger, who gave him the powers of the Attack Titan (which Eren currently possesses), while Zeke's mother was turned into the Titan who later ate Eren's mother and fuelled Eren's desire to wipe out the Titans and join the Survey Corps. His motive is domestic abuse from his Eldian-pride fanatic parents, which caused him to latch on to a more grounded father-figure in LesCollaborateurs. He doesn't seem to regret it.

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* Flashbacks in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' reveal that Zeke Yaeger, the Beast Titan and Eren's half-brother, sold out his own parents to the military as a kid, which ultimately resulted in Grisha, his and Eren's father, being sent to Paradis Island and escaping death only by the help of military official Kruger, who gave him the powers of the Attack Titan (which Eren currently possesses), while Zeke's mother was turned into the Titan who later ate Eren's mother and fuelled Eren's desire to wipe out the Titans and join the Survey Corps. His motive is domestic abuse was that he found out the revolution movement they belonged to was about to be discovered anyway, so this way at least he would be spared, and even earn the trust from the higher-ups. The fact he was tired of being subjected to the indoctrination from his Eldian-pride fanatic parents, which caused him to latch on to a more grounded father-figure in LesCollaborateurs. He doesn't seem to regret it.LesCollaborateurs, made things easier for him.
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** In ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', Larys Strong arranges the murder of both his father Lyonel and brother Harwin in order to curry favor with the Hightowers and presumably, to bump himself up as the new head of House Strong.
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* Creator/BenjaminFranklin saw his son's support of the British during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution as such, publicly disowning him.

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* In some versions of the Myth/KingArthur myth, Mordred is Arthur's [[BrotherSisterIncest son and nephew]] (just nephew in older versions), betraying him to usurp his throne.

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** ''VideoGame/WildArmsMillionMemories'' re-uses this betrayal and takes it [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven.]] Lady Harken betrays Mother as her true self starts to emerge. Zed betrays her when he reveals her plans to the heroes. Siegfried's betrayal of involves him roping the main protagonist into an unlikely team-up, but he even [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet for him]] and pulls off a [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice.]]

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** ''VideoGame/WildArmsMillionMemories'' re-uses this betrayal and takes it [[UpToEleven [[ExaggeratedTrope Up To Eleven.]] Lady Harken betrays Mother as her true self starts to emerge. Zed betrays her when he reveals her plans to the heroes. Siegfried's betrayal of involves him roping the main protagonist into an unlikely team-up, but he even [[TakingTheBullet takes the bullet for him]] and pulls off a [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice.]]

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* ''{{Webcomic/Unsounded}}'': Matty leaves his father to his probable death, taking their construct and possessions with him, when he's told his father sold his mother out to the [[StateSec Window]]. It doesn't help that the person doing the telling makes it seem like Mathis intended Vienne's death, instead of being terrified into turning her in and thinking it was a chance for her to possibly survive even if horribly injured since the Window already knew she was doing illegal subversive work and Mathis ''was one of them'' and terrified of his superiors.
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* ''{{Webcomic/Unsounded}}'': Matty leaves his father to his probable death, taking their construct and possessions with him, when he's told his father sold his mother out to the [[StateSec Window]]. It doesn't help that the person doing the telling makes it seem like Mathis intended Vienne's death, instead of being terrified into turning her in and thinking it was a chance for her to possibly survive even if horribly injured since the Window already knew she was doing illegal subversive work and Mathis ''was one of them'' and terrified of his superiors.
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* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': At the end of episode 17, Satsuki backstabs Ragyo (quite literally) before crucifying her, claiming that she spent making Honnouji Academy to destroy her, rather than work for her. This is prompted by Ragyo killing her father and baby sister when she was one year old. After Ryuko is revealed to be Ragyo's other daughter, Ryuko betrays her too. [[AbusiveParents To put it quite bluntly]], [[TheDogBitesBack Ragyo absolutely deserves it]].

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* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': At the end of episode 17, Satsuki Kiryuin backstabs Ragyo (quite literally) before crucifying her, claiming that she spent making Honnouji Academy to destroy her, rather than work for her. This is prompted by Ragyo killing her father and almost killing her baby sister when she was one year old.old, then [[ParentalIncest molesting]] and grooming her to be a minion for her TakeOverTheWorld plot. After Ryuko is revealed to be Ragyo's other daughter, Ryuko betrays her too. [[AbusiveParents To put it quite bluntly]], [[TheDogBitesBack Ragyo absolutely deserves it]].
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* In Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/{{Ran}}'', aging warlord Hidetora's power is undermined by his treacherous sons Taro and Jiro in a GenderFlipped adaptation of ''Theatre/KingLear'' [[RecycledInSpace set during the Warring States period in Japan.]]

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* In Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/{{Ran}}'', aging warlord Hidetora's power is undermined by his treacherous sons Taro and Jiro in a GenderFlipped adaptation of ''Theatre/KingLear'' [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace set during the Warring States period in Japan.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Public opinion in the Fire Nation sees Prince Zuko as this for siding with the Avatar he was supposed to hunt down. Even his scar is proof of his disobedience, given to him by Ozai when Zuko spoke against him.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Public opinion in the Fire Nation sees Prince Zuko as this for siding with the Avatar he was supposed to hunt down. Even his scar is proof of his disobedience, given to him by Ozai when Zuko spoke against him. At least, Zuko knows he will end up on the right side of history when it’s all over.
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* ''{{Webcomic/Unsounded}}'': Matty leaves his father to his probable death, taking their construct and possessions with him, when he's told his father sold his mother out to the [[StateSec Window]]. It doesn't help that the person doing the telling makes it seem like Mathis intended Vienne's death, instead of being terrified into turning her in and thinking it was a chance for her to possibly survive even if horribly injured since the Window already knew she was doing illegal subversive work and Mathis ''was one of them'' and terrified of his superiors.
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* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/{{Yellowbeard}}'' where it's a family tradition.
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* Children in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' are encouraged to turn their parents in to the Thought Police for subversive behavior. [[spoiler: Parsons]] is arrested after his daughter (allegedly) hears him whispering "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.

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