History ParentalAbandonment / WesternAnimation

** This happened to Marceline, and was made worse by the fact that she ''really'' needed a parent at the time - [[EverybodysDeadDave the world had just ended]] in a [[AtomicHate nuclear]] [[WorldWarIII war]]. Her mother became increasingly ill to the point of coughing up blood, and sent Marceline off to a supposed "secret club house" for a "party", which was actually a bunker with no other people in it, because said mother was dying and didn't want Marceline to see her death. However, Marceline didn't know that her mom was dying, and assumed that her mom was afraid of her demonic powers and abandoned her out of fear. After living alone in the bunker for a while, Marceline left it and found a father figure in Simon Petrikov... but then he had to abandon her too, because his growing insanity was making him a danger to her. Meanwhile, her biological father Hunsen was strangely absent until Simon summoned him while leaving.

** This happened to Marceline, and was made worse by the fact that she ''really'' needed a parent at the time - [[EverybodysDeadDave the world had just ended]] in a [[AtomicHate nuclear]] [[WorldWarIII war]]. Her mother became increasingly ill to the point of coughing up blood, and Marceline was sent off to live in a bunker by said mother before she died so that Marceline wouldn't see her death; however, Marceline didn't know that her mom was dying, and assumed that her mom was afraid of her demonic powers and abandoned her out of fear. After leaving the bunker, Marceline found a father figure in Simon Petrikov... but then he had to abandon her too, because his growing insanity was making him a danger to her. Meanwhile, her biological father Hunsen was strangely absent until Simon summoned him while leaving.

** [[TheHero Finn]] [[SpeciesSurname the Human]] was left in a forest as a baby.

** In the flashbacks we see of Marceline's early childhood, her dad is nowhere to be seen. Made worse by the fact that she ''really'' [[MissingMom needed]] [[AtomicHate a]] [[EverybodysDeadDave parent]] at [[WorldWarIII the time]]. And she did find one in Simon Petrikov... but then he had to abandon her too, because his growing insanity was making him a danger to her.
** At the end of Season 5, Finn learns that his father is alive and is a prisoner in a crystal citadel. When we actually meet him at the beginning of Season 6, he's less worried about making up for years away from his only son and more about escaping.
** Then in Season 8, he finally meets his mom. It is shown that his dad sent him to Ooo for his own safety.
** Not to mention his adoptive parents, Margaret and Joshua, are deceased before the show begins.

* The ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' gang members either have no parents or just very hands-off parents who don't seem to care that their teenagers go all around the world, hunting down villains in Halloween costumes. Subverted in the 'WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' series.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': One of Mr. Cat's MultipleChoicePast backstories had a particulary cruel example where shortly after he was born, he was tied up in a sack and thrown into a river to drown. Fortunately, he was saved by a salmon and [[RaisedByWolves raised by it]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'', King Gerard's parents are notably absent from his life at the time he first appears as Prince Gerard in "The Clockwork Smurf". His aunt Imperia has taken care of Gerard, but desires to be coronated queen in her nephew's place, so she has him confined to the dungeon up until his twelfth birthday, where he will be ReleasedToElsewhere...a plan that was foiled by the arrival of Clockwork Smurf.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}}'', in the debut episode of Birdboy, Birdman's on-and-off sidekick, the lad is found separated from his father after an encounter with a supervillain. Birdman promises to help him find his father, but nothing ever comes of it. (His mother is never mentioned.)

** Soos' dad left him when he was very young and never visited, only sending postcards. His grandmother reassures him that he'll visit someday, but in some (Spanish) lines she says to herself, it's clear she thinks the father is a terrible person. As for his mother, we never see her.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Jasper's criticism of Amethyst being overcooked indicates her abandonment at the kindergarten was intentional. Though this DEFINENTLY wasn't the first time Amethyst had to experience this, as Rose hung out with her less when Greg came into her life, and Pearl and Garnet began to treat her as worthless when Rose left.

** Webby is being raised by her grandmother, with her parents going unmentioned. [[spoiler:Justifi, as the finale reveals that she's a DNA clone of Scrooge himself, so she never HAD parents in the first place.]]

** Webby is being raised by her grandmother, with her parents going unmentioned.

** At the end of season 5, Finn learns that his father is alive and is a prisoner in a crystal citadel. When we actually meet him at the beginning of season 6, he's less worried about making up for years away from his only son and more about escaping.
** Then in season 8, he finally meets his mom. It is shown that his dad sent him to Ooo for his own safety.

* Very few characters in ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' appear to have parents, presumably as a result of predators. Of the parents mentioned, King Julien's parents left him to pursue a life of luxury ([[spoiler:they were revealed to be alive in season 3, guest starring]]), and Maurice's parents abandoned him as a baby due to their traditions, and were killed by fossa sometime before the present day, Hector's mom was taken into human captivity when he was a baby, and Pancho is a ManchurianAgent unable to remember if he even had a family.

** Aang, like all Airbender children, was raised communally by monks, so it's hard to say if he even knew his parents. However his father-like mentor, his unknown parents and the rest of his nation were [[DoomedHometown entirely wiped]] out while Aang was [[HumanPopsicle frozen in an iceberg]]. Hence the subtitle of the show. Katara and Sokka's mother was killed when they were young and as of the beginning of the show their father has left to fight in the war. They live with their grandmother who rather blithely sends them off to travel the world with Aang (though [[spoiler: it is later revealed that she ran away from home herself, which perhaps explains her attitude]]). Toph deliberately runs away from her overprotective parents. This trope even applies to Appa.

** Huey, Dewey, and Louie have been raised by their uncle Donald ever since they were hatched. The mystery of what happened to their mother Della (Donald's twin sister) forms the MythArc of the first season, while their father is a non-entity. [[spoiler:Della would later reunite with her family part way though season 2 after having spent a decade trapped on the moon.]]

* Sam-I-Am’s mother from ‘’WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam’’ dropped him off at a orphanage when he was a young child, his main ambition is find green eggs and ham that taste like the ones she used to make him, he eventually does and sets off on a quest with Guy-Am-I to find her which will set off the events of season 2, his father wasn’t mentioned.

** The Titans are conspicuously independent, lacking even {{mentor}} {{superhero}}es (* cough* Franchise/{{Batman}} * cough* ). However, many of their parents are actually accounted for: Robin's origin, although it is never covered in any detail, is hinted at in one episode and would dictate that his parents are dead. It also comes up a couple times in season four: [[spoiler: Raven's mother appears briefly in one episode, and her father is a demonic overlord named Trigon (also evidently dead by the end of the season). It is also implied that Cyborg's parents and Beast Boy's parents have passed on, as well.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': Keith was orphaned at a young age; it's confirmed that his mother left him, and in a tie-in vlog video on Dreamworks' Youtube channel, he theorizes that this might be the part of the reason he seems to push people away before ''they'' can reject ''him''. Season six reveals his father died when he was a child. Needless to say, Keith's abandonment issues run pretty deep.

** It's strongly implied that Princess Bubblegum abandoned her son Lemongrab shortly after his birth because she couldn't handle the responsibility of raising a mentally unstable failed science experiment. According to Jesse Moynihan, a storyboard artist on the show, PB stuck him in a castle to be raised by servants. She acts like she's ashamed of his existence. This probably didn't do him much good.

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': Keith was orphaned at a young age; it's confirmed that his mother left him, and in a tie-in vlog video on Dreamworks' Youtube channel, he theorizes that this might be the part of the reason he seems to push people away before ''they'' can reject ''him''. While it's left to be confirmed whether his father died, or left as well, he does describe Shiro as "the only one who never gave up on him", so the latter seems like a likely possibility. Needless to say, Keith's abandonment issues run pretty deep.

* In ''Literature/MaxAndRuby'', Ruby and Max's parents are never mentioned. They do have a grandmother. Possibly the only character with a parent that's seen in-show is baby Huffington, whose dad runs a shop in town.

* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' have the same living situation. They live alone despite being young boys. In fact, ''all'' of the child character have no parents seen or mentioned (save for Yo who mentions her dad in one episode). The only aversion is Oz, who lives with his mother.

-->'''Remy''': But... ''I'' care if ''you'' do!'' My parents are never home! I never get to '''SEE''' them! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why should YOU get real parents]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion AND]]'' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion godparents who love you]] '''''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion WHEN I DON'T!?!?!]]'''''