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* In ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'', it is strongly implied that Dagur the Deranged, Mad Chief of the Berserker Tribe, killed his own father. Dagur claims that his father Oswald the Agreeable "retired", later saying that he "had to be eliminated" so that he could become chief. Oswald is never seen or heard from ''once'' in the show. However, it is revealed later on that Dagur didn't kill Oswald.

One subversion is to have this happen by accident and/or for the parents' death be ultimately caused by their own actions involving the child. If said parent's child also happens to be a {{Mook}} of the parent, it can also overlap into TheDogBitesBack. Another case could be if the parents were suffering something bad, like AndIMustScream, and their child [[MercyKill stops it by putting them to death]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': In the episode “A Matter of Family”, it’s implied with Tony Zucco, at least of the [[AccidentalMurder accidental]] sort. Back when he used to be a [[KnifeThrowingAct knife-thrower]], his father was often the volunteer in his act.
-->'''Batman:''' [[SarcasmMode Why'd you give up such a promising career?]]
-->'''Tony Zucco:''' Well, one day... ''I missed''.

* In Chapter 10 of the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12459102/1/Loud-heroes Loud Heroes]]'', Chandler decides to kill his imprisoned father Mr. [=McCann=] via drowning him with his newly-gained water superpowers, after the latter [[IHaveNoSon disowned him]] back when he was about to get arrested (due to him hating how ugly Chandler got from accidentally getting soaked in toxic waste during Mr. [=McCann=]'s fight with the L-Crew). The way Chandler kills Mr. [=McCann=] (who regretted what he said too late) isn't specified, however.

* In Chapter 10 of the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12459102/1/Loud-heroes Loud Heroes]]'', Chandler decides to kill his imprisoned father Mr. [=McCann=] with advantage of his newly-gained water superpowers, after the latter [[IHaveNoSon disowned him]] back when he was about to get arrested (due to him hating how ugly Chandler got from accidentally getting soaked in toxic waste during Mr. [=McCann=]'s fight with the L-Crew). The way Chandler kills Mr. [=McCann=] (who regretted what he said too late) isn't specified, however.

* In Chapter 10 of the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12459102/1/Loud-heroes Loud Heroes]]'', Chandler decides to kill his imprisoned father Mr. [=McCann=] with advantage of his newly-gained water superpowers, after the latter [[IHaveNoSon disowned him]] back when he was about to get arrested (due to him hating how ugly Chandler got from accidentally getting soaked in toxic waste during Mr. [=McCann=]'s fight with the L-Crew). The way Chandler kills Mr. [=McCann=] (who regrets what he said at a moment too late) isn't specified, however.

* ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'': Alucard admits to Walter that his three favorite things he's killed are turks, nazis and his own father.

* Early in the prequel "Start of Darkness" (to ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''), a young Xykon decides to leave home and turns his parents into zombies on the way out. More specifically, he kills them ''with'' his (zombie) grandmother. [[{{Understatement}} Xykon is not a nice person.]]

* SelfMadeOrphan/RealLife

* In ''Fanfic/{{Strings}}'', it is heavily implied that [[Westernanimation/TheLegendOfKorra Tarrlok]][[spoiler: killed his father soon after his mother committed suicide due to the abuse.]]

* ''Film/{{Wolves}}'': Early on, Cayden slaughters his parents while in wolf form. [[spoiler:Although he believes he really did it for most of the movie, it was Wild+ Joe.]]
* In ''Film/TheYoungPoisonersHandbook'', Graham kills his stepmother by poisoning her with thallium and is in process of killing his father the same way when he is arrested.

** In the tie-in novel ''Literature/RWBYRomanHoliday'', [[spoiler: it's revealed that Neapolitan, formerly known as Trivia Vanille, was responsible for the deaths of her abusive parents. After her parents sell Roman out and try to imprison her again, Neo escapes and tricks the Spiders into blowing up the mansion. She planned to kill her father by trapping him with the Dust cache ''he'd been hiding in her bedroom most of her life''...but she accepts her mother's likely death as a consequence of earning her freedom

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Mercury Black murdered his single father [[AbusiveParents Marcus]] as retaliation for the former's abuse.

* From Wiki/{{Killerbunnies}}, Visceraline is rumored to be the reason as to why she is absent parents, which wouldn't be unlikely, considering how she is, which leads to a bit of FridgeHorror. We also have this with a mentally ill Razelle, apparently, when she set her house ablaze while in a fit of delirium, killing her parents (along with her grandmother), though it's unclear.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' Jason Blood claims that Klarion [[LiteralMetaphor turned his parents into mice]]. Then the camera zooms in on Klarion's cat...

** ''Dual Destinies'' has [[spoiler:Athena Cykes eventually accused of murdering her mother Metis (the initial "culprit", Simon Blackquill, was TakingTheHeat)]] and, unlike with Edgeworth's case, everyone believed it was a deliberate act, [[SympatheticMurderer albeit one with sympathetic motives]] (it was thought that [[spoiler: Metis was experimenting on Athena, until she was driven to a breaking point]]). [[spoiler:Athena herself eventually ''believes'' she did it because [[TraumaInducedAmnesia all she can remember of that day]] was stabbing someone and feeling the blood run down the blade and onto her fingers.]] It turns out that [[spoiler: ''someone else'' killed Metis, Athena accidentally walked on the crime scene, and what she ''actually'' recalled was stabbing the real killer in self-defense.]]

* In the play ''The Revengers' Comedies'', the AxCrazy ClingyJealousGirl who acts as a PoisonousFriend to the protagonist is strongly implied to have started the fire that killed her parents when she was eleven because they did something minor to displease her.

* [[spoiler: Carolina]] from ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' sets out in Season 10 to kill [[spoiler: The Director]] for casting [[spoiler:her]] and the team aside, causing them to fragment and turn on one another, all in the name of reviving [[spoiler: her mother and his wife, Allison]] who had died during the Human-Covenant war. [[spoiler: Carolina finds the Director, a sad and broken man at the end of the season and she forgives him of all he’s done. Before she leaves, however, he asks she [[LeaveBehindAPistol leave him with her pistol]], with which he [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]].]]

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': [[spoiler: Satoko, under the effects of Hinamizawa Syndrome, believed her mother/stepfather were planning to kill her and pushed them both over a cliff in self-defense.]]
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'':
** Dlanor A. Knox killed her own father after he violated the Knox Decalogue. Afterward, she [[NeverGrewUp stopped aging.]]
** Also, in one arc [[spoiler: George Ushiromiya]] kills his mother [[spoiler:Eva]]. It was mostly in self-defense when her SuperpoweredEvilSide [[spoiler:Eva-Beatrice]] came out in the middle of a heated discussion in regards to her ParentalMarriageVeto, though.

* ''Film/{{Wolves}}'': Early on, Cayden slaughters his parents while in wolf form. [[spoiler:Although he believes he really did it for most of the movie, it was Wild Joe.]]

It can be justified if the parents [[AbusiveParents happen to be abusive]] or cruel mockeries of humanity from beyond the void -- insofar as murder can be, but at least it's then the domain of the [[AntiHero dark and troubled protagonists]]. It's more justifiable if [[EvilMatriarch the parent is an]] [[ArchnemesisDad outright villain]]. In addition, there are also instances where the child either unintentionally killed their parents or something [[FateWorseThanDeath genuinely horrific]] happened to their parents so that they were forced to kill them. It can also be justifiable if said parent was going to be OffingTheOffspring anyway, and the offspring in question needed to defend themself and had no choice. Or, it may just be because the child HatesTheirParent. As a result, it goes without saying that this is a MoralEventHorizon for ''many'' people, especially if the parents were innocent and loved their child who killed them, though it tends to be significantly less of one if said parents [[AssholeVictim totally deserved their death for whatever reason]].

It can be justified if the parents [[AbusiveParents happen to be abusive]] or cruel mockeries of humanity from beyond the void -- insofar as murder can be, but at least it's then the domain of the [[AntiHero dark and troubled protagonists]]. It's more justifiable if [[EvilMatriarch the parent is an]] [[ArchnemesisDad outright villain]]. In addition, there are also instances where the child either unintentionally killed their parents or something [[FateWorseThanDeath genuinely horrific]] happened to their parents so that they were forced to kill them. It can also be justifiable if said parent was going to be OffingTheOffspring anyway, and the offspring in question needed to defend themself and had no choice. Or, it may just be because the child HatesTheirParent. As a result, it goes without saying that this is a MoralEventHorizon for ''many'' people, especially if the parents were innocent and loved their child who killed them, though it tends to be significantly less of one if said parents[[AssholeVictim totally deserved their death for whatever reason]].

It can be justified if the parents [[AbusiveParents happen to be abusive]] or cruel mockeries of humanity from beyond the void -- insofar as murder can be, but at least it's then the domain of the [[AntiHero dark and troubled protagonists]]. It's more justifiable if [[EvilMatriarch the parent is an]] [[ArchnemesisDad outright villain]]. In addition, there are also instances where the child either unintentionally killed their parents or something [[FateWorseThanDeath genuinely horrific]] happened to their parents so that they were forced to kill them. It can also be justifiable if said parent was going to be OffingTheOffspring anyway, and the offspring in question needed to defend themself and had no choice. Or, it may just be because the child HatesTheirParent. As a result, it goes without saying that this is a MoralEventHorizon for ''many'' people, especially if the parents were innocent and loved their child who killed them, though it's significanly less of one if they [[AssholeVictim totally deserved their death]].

* ''Film/{{Midsommar}}'' [[DownerBeginning opens]] Dani’s sister Terri killing both of their parents in a MurderSuicide.