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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie'': [[EvilOverlord Lord Garmadon]] haven't seen his son Lloyd since the day he was born; three guesses who his ArchEnemy [[LateArrivalSpoiler Green Ninja]] is.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', [[spoiler:Jack aka Raiden]] gets his happy ending when he learns that [[spoiler:Rose didn't suffer a miscarriage, and that Rose and Campbell's marriage was a sham to protect his son from the Patriots. Even better, his son John isn't afraid of Jack's cyborg body and thinks that his father is awesome.]]

* In ''Series/{{Believe}}'', the audience learns [[spoiler: Tate is Bo's father]] at the end of the very first episode -- ''they'' don't until the seventh, however.
* ''Series/{{Beverly Hills 90210}}'': Gina was introduced in the later seasons as Donna's wrong-side-of-the-tracks cousin related through her mother's sister. With the help of some nifty software that included every single birth certificate ever made, Donna discovered [[spoiler: Gina and Donna share the same father, making them half-sisters raised in separate homes]].

* The plot of ''Film/TheGamePlan'' [[JustForPun kicks off]] when a girl arrives at the home of football star [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Joe Kingman]] and tells him that she's his daughter from a relationship he had years ago.

* Captain Boomerang II in ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis''. Includes the literal line, as when Captain Boomerang tracked down his son, put up for adoption, he lost his nerve at the last moment -- too late to prevent his son from seeing him and making the jump.

* This forms one of the main twists of ''Series/{{Cursed}}'' halfway through the first season. During her first conversation with Merlin, when they're talking about why Lenore sent her daughter to him, Nimue states aloud what they've both come to realize: Merlin is Nimue's real father.

* ''Film/Elf'': Buddy travels to New York City to tell Walter Hobbs that he's his son. Walter is skeptical, so they go to a doctor who [[DaddyDNATest confirms]] that Buddy is Walter's son.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': thanks Happens to Endeavor in one of the series’ later arcs when the mass-murdering villain Dabi has a battle with Endeavor and Endeavor’s son Shoto Todoroki. Endeavor believed his eldest son Toya was killed years ago in an accident involving his powerful fire Quirk, and is stunned when Dabi reveals he is Toya. Endeavor and Shoto did not recognize him due to his face being scarred and covered in stitched-on skin.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': thanks Happens to Endeavor in one of the series’ later arcs when the mass-murdering villain Dabi has a battle with Endeavor and Endeavor’s son Shoto Todoroki. Endeavor believed his eldest son Shoya was killed years ago in an accident involving his powerful fire Quirk, and is stunned when Dabi reveals he is Shoya. Endeavor and Shoto did not recognize him due to his face being scarred and covered in stitched-on skin.

* In Creator/MichaelCrichton's novel ''Literature/{{Next}}'', one random story involves a man working somewhere. A young woman with a baby walks up to him and claims to be his daughter. Naturally, he doesn't believe her. She then reveals that she went through a long and arduous process to find out who donated sperm to her mother, despite the fact that it was supposed to be anonymous, spending years just to discover her dad. [[MoodWhiplash And then berates him for donating "defective DNA".]]

** Cana's motivation for passing the S-Class exam is so she can work up the nerve to tell [[spoiler:Gildarts]] that she is his daughter. When she finally tells him, he panics and rattles out a list of who could possibly be the mother, since [[ReallyGetsAround he's slept with many women over the years]]. Her angry reaction then [[YouRemindMeOfX immediately reminds him

** Cana's motivation for passing the S-class exam is so she can work up the nerve to tell [[spoiler:Gildarts]] that she is his daughter. When she finally tells him, he immediately asks who her mother is, since [[ReallyGetsAround he's slept with many women over the years]]. Although he does realize immediately who her mother is, as he is just kidding.
** {{Averted}} by [[spoiler:[[CoolOldGuy August]] of the Spriggan Twelve, the biological son of ''[[BigBad Zeref]]''. While he knew Zeref was his father almost from since he was a little boy, he never told him throughout all the years he spent as a member of the Alvarez Empire, and was simply content with ruling alongside him as a comrade. Considering Zeref's complicated relationship with his lover Mavis Vermillion and brother Natsu Dragneel (August's mother and uncle respectively), this was likely a smart move on his part. August ends up dying without either of his parents learning of their relationship.]] Later, in ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'', [[spoiler:Natsu gets a NearDeathExperience and meets Zeref, Mavis, and a de-aged August in the afterlife. August's parents now know he is their son and are raising him.]]

* ''Manga/AngelSanctuary''. Angels aren't allowed to have children, so Zaphikel [[spoiler:is tricked into killing his pregnant lover and]] brings his child's fetus to the breeding machine, to make it pass for a legal, artificially made angel. He's too late, the fetus is dead, so he tries to kill himself. Then Adam Kadmon shows up and saves him, but the sight of such a glorious creature leaves him blind. Years later, Adam Kadmon shows again and restores his sight, he takes a glimpse at his then assistant, Raziel, and instantly realizes that he is his son, Adam Kadmon had resurrected him back then and ''he didn't notice because he was blind''. [[spoiler:Then he dies.]]

* In ''LightNovel/SundayWithoutGod'', Ai recognizes Hambart as her father from her mother's descriptions. He denies it at first, but realizes it's true when it turns out that Ai's mother looks exactly like the woman he's spent years looking for.