History Main / RaisedByDudes

* When [[VideoGame/FatalFury Rock Howard]] came into the custody of [[TheHero Terry Bogard]] after the death of his father [[BigBad Geese]] at the former's hand, he spent the next ten years or so pretty much isolated from women. This doesn't factor much into his appearance in ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'', but in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters: [[AlternateContinuity Maximum Impact]]'', he's hit full force by his inability to be anything other than awkward around members of the fairer sex. He's unwillingly shoehorned into being the object of desire in a LoveTriangle between [[ElegantGothicLolita Ninon Beart]] [[BettyAndVeronica and]] [[PirateGirl B. Jenet]]. Poor Rock is absolutely flabbergasted when both of these babes make passes at him. It would seem that of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Regulation A]]'', the only female that he acts "normal" around is Blue Mary, but considering [[ShipTease her relationship with Terry]], it's plausible that he sees her as an [[CoolBigSis older sister]] or even as a second mother.

Often comes with the idea [[MotherhoodIsSuperior in the absence of women]], men cannot competently raise children, especially babies and little girls. It can set up a DoubleStandard for RealLife {{House Husband}}s and single dads, not to mention gay people. Compare and contrast to MaternallyChallenged, which focuses on female incompetence when it comes to raising children.

[[caption-width-right:257:"[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries I am vengeance]]. I am the night. I...am...incapable of basic child care."]]

* [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy Alk and Ilke]] in ''Literature/{{Phenomena}}'' was raised by [[WizardClassic Sha-ra]] and [[PettingZooPeople Arol]].

* An inversion in WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse where main character Lincoln Loud lives in a family where the majority of the influences are female and his dad has some feminine tendencies. That said, it's a downplayed inversion since roughly half of Lincoln's sisters are tomboys of some degree and he himself just has some traits that make sense given his family dynamic such as having younger sisters who are [[PolarOppositeTwins a set of twins consisting of a pageant star and a mud lover]] causing him to know how difficult it is to clean certain fabrics.

* In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Atalanta is abandoned on a mountaintop since [[HeirClubForMen her dad wanted a son]]. She's found by [[RaisedByWolves a bear]] and then taken in by some hunters. As a result, she's pretty much the only mortal ActionGirl in the mythos, other than the Amazons. As the WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticReviews telling put it:

[[caption-width-right:257:Not even Batman, who knows every other skill in the world, can hold a baby without a woman's help.]]

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[[caption-width-right:260:Not even Batman, who knows every other skill in the world, can hold a baby without a woman's help.]]

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* ThrudTheBarbarian was raised by berserkers. They taught him the four essential skills: fighting, fighting, drinking beer and fighting.

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* ''Film/ThreeMenAndABaby.''

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* Vina claims to be this at first in the ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' pilot "The Cage", acting awkward and unfeminine around Captain Pike because she was raised by a group of old male scientists.

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* Al (short for Alicia) in ''Series/StepByStep'' features this in the Lamberts' backstory. Growing up in a house with a dad who owns a construction company, a JerkJock older brother, and a fart humor loving younger one, she became very much a tomboy who had trouble getting along with girls her age and got into fights fairly often. On the inverted side, Mark was the youngest son of the Foster family, with a beautician mother and two older sisters who are TheDitz and a [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarking]] GranolaGirl, respectively. He has problems mustering up ''any'' kind of masculinity, being a HollywoodNerd who cringes from any kind of conflict (and is, not coincidentally, routinely beaten up by Al). Many episodes from the first few seasons deal with Al and Mark trying to adapt to having an opposite-sex role model, with varying degrees of success.

* Very nicely subverted by ''Film/LaCageAuxFolles'' and its American remake ''Film/TheBirdcage''. A man who was raised by [[HasTwoMommies a gay couple]] (he was the result of a heterosexual fling by one of them, and his mother was never involved in his life) becomes a perfectly normal adult, whose ultimate breakthrough at the end comes from telling his fiance's family the truth about it, without any shame.
* Subverted in ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', in which Creator/BruceWillis believes daughter Creator/LivTyler to have been Raised By Dudes, which she truthfully has. But in spite of this fact, and no thanks to him, she's a perfectly well-rounded and psychologically sound woman.

* ''Film/SydneyWhite'' has the titular character growing up with her dad and his construction worker friends. She is a well-adjusted girl, if only a bit confused when it comes to interacting with the preppy, soronity girls.

* Subverted in [[{{VideoGame/Lisa}} LISA: The Painful RPG]]. Buddy, who is apparently the last female in the world, is discovered by Brad and his guy friends as an infant. Despite the circumstances, they do their best to raise her normally, even letting her give them make-overs, for example. It works too well - Buddy is left unprepared for the harsh, perverted post-apocolypse.

* Kyo from ''Manga/GirlGotGame'' was raised by her basketball-obsessed father, resulting in her GenderBlenderName, tomboyish ways, and (much to her chagrin)[[FeminineWomenCanCook complete lack of cooking skills]], in addition to her SweetPollyOliver disguise. Her attempts to fem-up for Chiharu after he learns her secret are both sad and hilarious.

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* Subverted in [[{{VideoGame/Lisa}} LISA: THE PAINFUL RPG]]. Buddy, who is apparently the last female in the world, is discovered by Brad and his guy friends as an infant. Despite the circumstances, they do their best to raise her normally, even letting her give them make-overs, for example. It works too well - Buddy is left unprepared for the harsh, perverted post-apocolypse.

** Of course, since this is ''Gundam Wing'' we're talking about, it should go without saying that [[YaoiFangirl some segments of the fandom]] insist [[RapeAsDrama he was raped]], mainly because it provides good {{Wangst}}.

Often comes with the UnfortunateImplications that, [[CloserToEarth in the absence of women]], men cannot competently raise children, especially babies and little girls. Can set up a DoubleStandard for RealLife {{House Husband}}s and single dads, not to mention gay people. Compare and contrast to MaternallyChallenged, which focuses on female incompetence when it comes to raising children.

* ''SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'': Nova's tomboyish personality may have come from being surrounded by male monkeys all her life and not being able to socialize before the Monkey Translator was built.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''' titular Harry Dresden has almost no maternal figures in his life. His mother died shortly after he was born. He was raised in succession by his [[GoodParents father]], [[EvilMentor Justin DuMorne]] and Ebenezar McCoy. The exception is his [[TheFairFolk fairy godmother]] who rightfully terrifies him. Some of his character quirks such as his [[GoodOldWays old-fashioned chivalry]] can be partially attributed to this upbringing. He lacks the typical awkwardness around women due to meeting his FirstLove rather young in a fellow student of [[EvilSorceror DuMorne]].

* Delved into in detail by [[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Ethan of Athos]]

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''' titular Harry Dresden has almost no maternal figures in his life. His mother died shortly after he was born. He was raised in succession by his [[GoodParents father]], [[EvilMentor Justin DuMorne]] and [[TheObiWan Ebenezar McCoy]]. The exception is his [[TheFairFolk fairy godmother]] who rightfully terrifies him. Some of his character quirks such as his [[GoodOldWays old-fashioned chivalry]] can be partially attributed to this upbringing. He lacks the typical awkwardness around women due to meeting his FirstLove rather young in a fellow student of [[EvilSorceror DuMorne]].

* ''Manga/AsuNoYoichi'': The eponymous character spent his entire life on a mountain with his dad and no other human contact so far as we know. He goes around town and to school in samurai clothes complete with a wooden sword, but he's pretty decent at talking to women, notwithstanding the two elder sisters' opinions or his misfortune at being the protagonist of a HaremComedy.

* Alexis in ''Series/{{Castle}}'' was raised primarily by her single father who has sole custody. She is emotionally stable and intelligent.

Often comes with the UnfortunateImplication that, [[CloserToEarth in the absence of women]], men cannot competently raise children, especially babies and little girls. Can set up a DoubleStandard for RealLife {{House Husband}}s and single dads, not to mention gay people. Compare and contrast to MaternallyChallenged, which focuses on female incompetence when it comes to raising children.