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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Sokka (15) and Katara (14) (who are brother and sister) pose as Aang's ([[HumanPopsicle biologically]] 12) parents when he enrolls in a Fire Nation school because [[IJustWantToBeNormal he wants to be normal]] for a little bit and find out some things about the Fire Nation. They pull it off! All Sokka had was a [[WigDressAccent fake beard/mustache]] and Katara just stuffed her shirt to make it look like she was pregnant.

** In an absurd example, a woman asks Marco (who is fourteen) which of the kids at the playground are his. Marco points at Star (also fourteen) and Mina (who looks like an adult, [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and is actually much older]]) as a joke on [[OnlySaneMan how childish and bizarre they were acting]]. The woman takes him completely literally, doesn't see anything odd about this, and just expresses worry about his responsibilities.

* In Season 10 of ''Series/Supernatural'', Dean is Sam's older brother, but after a run-in with a witch, [[FountainOfYouth he's de-aged to fourteen]]. Thus, after he helps an elderly lady with her keys, she tells Sam "your son is so polite".

* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', Lee gets this in regards to the girl he's protecting, Clementine, a lot. It helps that he's a 30-something black man and she's a 10-year-old black girl. [[spoiler:In one of the epilogues of Season 2, Randy awkwardly assumes Clem is an AbsurdlyYouthfulMother and attempts to break the ice by asking her if Alvin Jr. is her child.]]

* One of the epilogue side-stories to ''Manga/VictorianRomanceEmma'' shows that Grace Jones is occasionally mistaken for Colin or Vivian's mother. She does not take it well.

* In ''Manga/HitomiChanIsShyWithStrangers'', the TinyGuyHugeGirl dynamic between Yuu and Hitomi is so noticeable that Hitomi is often mistaken for Yuu's mother (or at least his older sister). Ironically, Yuu is the older one.
* In ''Manga/LoveHina'', Otohime Mutsumi asks if Narusegawa Mei (about 10 or 12 years old) is Narusegawa Naru's (17) and Urashima Keitaro's (20) child. Of course, Mutsumi acts rather dim much of the time.
** In the Manga Naru also asks Keitaro, upon first meeting Sara, if she is one of his many love children, or if he kidnapped her. She is just joking though.

* In the season 2 premiere of ''OneDayAtATime2017'', a snack vendor asks Schneider if Elena is his daughter. This leads to Elena freaking out that she, a latina, is being mistaken for white.

* In ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019,'' Klaus and Diego were mistaken for [[HasTwoMommies the dads]] of their brother Five, who is mentally much older than them [[OlderThanTheyLook but looks much younger]] due to TimeTravel issues. Naturally, [[HairTriggerTemper Five]] responds with his characteristic tact.
--> ''I'd rather chew off my own foot !''

* PlayedWith on ''Series/{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'': Buffy has been PromotedToParent of her teenage sister, Dawn. In "Lessons," she's mistaken for Dawn's mother despite only being 5-6 years older than her ([[ArtificialHuman biologically]]). Naturally, she's a little disturbed.

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* Roleplay/DCNation: Troia was asked several times if Lian was "hers". Because of her Truth Sense, she would have to answer "no", but Lian would cheerfully answer "Yup!" Part because Lian cannot stand her super-villainess mother, and part because Donna's been "Mom... in all the ways that count!" They met half-way; Donna is now Lian's ''stepmother.''

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Inverted in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E22LethalTrackdown "Lethal Trackdown"]]. When Aurra Sing shows up at Hondo Ohnaka's hideout with Boba Fett in tow, Hondo takes one look at the boy and says: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "Not mine, I take it?"]]

* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'', Pearl tags along with Phoenix and Maya, but whenever Maya is not present, some of the [=NPCs=] believe Pearl is Phoenix's daughter. On the other hand, it works entirely backwards in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' with Trucy, who says Phoenix is her father despite her being in her early teens and Phoenix having no children seven years before. It takes a while till we realize she's adopted. At least, it takes a while for ''[[WhatAnIdiot Apollo]]'' to figure it out.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Sokka (15) and Katara (14) (who are actually brother and sister) pose as Aang's ([[HumanPopsicle biologically]] 12) parents when he enrolls in a Fire Nation school because [[IJustWantToBeNormal he wants to be normal]] for a little bit and find out some things about the Fire Nation. They pull it off! All Sokka had was a [[WigDressAccent fake beard/mustache]] and Katara just stuffed her shirt to make it look like she was pregnant.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkrigCourt'': One of the comic's [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=273 running]] [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2335 gags]] is people who know Antimony's mother, Surma, assuming that James Eglamore is her father and reacting with varying levels of surprise and disbelief when they find out her true parentage.

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* In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' story "The Baby Smurf", the Smurfs are all wondering whose child that Baby Smurf is, and Brainy has the audacity to suggest that the child could be Smurfette's, which she rewards with throwing objects at Brainy.

* In ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'' Klaus and Diego were mistaken for [[HasTwoMommies the dads]] of their brother Five, who is mentally much older than them [[OlderThanTheyLook but looks much younger]] due to TimeTravel issues. Naturally, [[HairTriggerTemper Five]] responds with his characteristic tact.

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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': When Togata shows up at the school festival with Eri, multiple people ask if she's his daughter. [[TheGadfly He refuses to answer]], even though she's not.

* Buffy was mistaken for Dawn's mother in the first episode of the seventh season of ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'', "Lessons".

* In the fourth volume of ''Manga/KimiWaPetto'' (''Tramps Like Us'' in English), Sumire and Momo are taking care of six-year-old genius for a few days and people in the park comment on cute those young parents are.

* In ''Manga/AliceAcademy'', Sakura Mikan asks the elementary-school-age Hyuuga Natsume if the 3-year-old Hijiri Youichi is his. Then again, Mikan's a little [[TheDitz dumb]].

* In ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'' Klaus and Diego were mistaken for [[HasTwoMommies the dads]] of their brother Five, who is mentally much older than them [[OlderThanTheyLook but looks much younger]] due to TimeTravel issues. This is a bit of a CallBack to an earlier episode in which Klaus and Five ''intentionally'' pretended to be father and son.

* Celine from ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' is an [[PlantAliens alien plant]] that eventually turns into a HumanAlien toddler. She's occasionally mistaken to be Rito's daughter and whatever girl he's with as the mother. Though Celine's essentially ''is'' Rito's [[HappilyAdopted adopted]] child, even calling him "papa" and his sister Mikan "mama".

** In ''Blood of Tyrants'', [[spoiler: after losing the last eight years of his memory and being (re)introduced to his crew (including 16-year-old [[PluckyMiddie Midwingman]] [[TheSquadette Roland]]), Lawrence tries to piece together his history with the correspondence in his cabin and finds A) a letter from his mother mentioning a gift sent to one "Miss Emily Roland"; B) a decidedly casual and friendly note from an Admiral ''Jane'' Roland; and C) records of him paying a hired chaperone for the younger Roland out of his own pocket. His first reaction is to consider how many holes there may be in the parts of his memory he thought he retained. His second reaction is to ask Temeraire if Emily is indeed Jane’s natural daughter (she is), because his sense of propriety makes it impossible for him to ask flat-out if Emily is ''his'' daughter, which just makes matters worse.]]

** In ''Blood of Tyrants'', [[spoiler: after losing the last eight years of his memory and being (re)introduced to his crew (including 16-year-old [[PluckyMiddie Midwingman]] [[TheSquadette Roland]]), Lawrence tries to piece together his history with the correspondence in his cabin and finds A) a letter from his mother mentioning a gift sent to one "Miss Emily Roland"; B) a decidedly casual and friendly note from an Admiral ''Jane'' Roland; and C) records of him paying a hired chaperone for the younger Roland out of his own pocket. His first reaction is to consider how many holes there may be in the parts of his memory he thought he retained. His second reaction is to ask Temeraire if Emily is indeed Jane’s natural daughter (she is), because his sense of propriety makes asking flat-out if Emily is ''his'' daughter impossible, which just makes matters worse.]]

** In ''Blood of Tyrants'', [[spoiler: after losing the last eight years of his memory and being (re)introduced to his crew (including 16-year-old [[PluckyMiddie Midwingman]] [[TheSquadette Roland]]), Lawrence tries to piece together his history with the correspondence in his cabin and finds A) a letter from his mother mentioning a gift sent to one "Miss Emily Roland"; B) a decidedly casual and friendly note from an Admiral ''Jane'' Roland; and C) records of him paying a hired chaperone for the younger Roland out of his own pocket. His first reaction is to consider how many holes there may be in the parts of his memory he thought he retained. His second reaction is to ask Temeraire if Emily is indeed Jane’s natural daughter (she is), because his sense of propriety makes asking if Emily is ''his'' daughter impossible, which just makes matters worse.]]

** In ''Blood of Tyrants'', [[spoiler: after losing the last eight years of his memory and being (re)introduced to his crew (including 16-year-old [[PluckyMiddie Midwingman]] [[TheSquadette Roland]]), Lawrence tries to piece together his history with the correspondence in his cabin and finds A) a letter from his mother mentioning a gift sent to one "Miss Emily Roland"; B) a decidedly casual and friendly note from an Admiral ''Jane'' Roland; and C) records of him paying a hired chaperone for the younger Roland out of his own pocket. His first reaction is to consider how many holes there may be in the parts of his memory he thought he retained.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Sokka (15) and Katara (14) (who are actually brother and sister) pose as Aang's (12, or [[HumanPopsicle 112]]) parents when he enrolls in a Fire Nation school because [[IJustWantToBeNormal he wants to be normal]] for a little bit and find out some things about the Fire Nation. They pull it off! All Sokka had was a [[WigDressAccent fake beard/mustache]] and Katara just stuffed her shirt to make it look like she was pregnant.