Parental Abandonment / Web Animation

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• ASDF Movie 9:
  Woman: ...I think we should just be friends. *walks away*
  (Beat)
  Boy:...Mother...
  Later in the video
  Guy 1: Hey! Wanna see an impression of my dad?
  Guy 2: Sure!
  (Guy 1 is suddenly gone)
  (Beat)
  Guy 2:...Ha ha- turns face towards camera, suddently serious* Comedy.
• Bitey of Brackenwood was taken in by a family of Morrugs, after the event that wiped the other Dashkin out. When they have their own child however, they abandon him. It's heavily suggested that this was what made Bitey such a bitter and cruel Jerkass.
• Broken Saints: Raimi's dad left he and his mother in his childhood. And that's just the tame one... Shandala's biological father abandoned her on a Fijian Island as part of a magnificent plan to further his Evil Plan.
• ETU - Animated Stories:
  • Sarah's mother left her after inheriting her dad's money leaving her with only her little brother.
  • Peter was sold by his parents to the Yakuza in exchange for money.
• Octavia from Helluva Boss discusses this. Being closer to her father Stolas has her fear that he would one day disappear from her life.
• Mani Mani People:
  • Leo was given away to a temple by his single father so he can play around with girls without Leo interfering. The priest there adopted and raised him as his own son.
  • Minato was abandoned in a snow blizzard by his mother and stepfather. They did not bother to call a rescue team for two weeks until they found out that Minato was accepted by Moroboshi's cram school. They were arrested soon after.
• MoniRobo:
  • Yuki was abandoned by his parents in the woods because he lost a eye while trying to save his brother from an accident. Luckily Mr. Takafumi found him and took him home and adopted him.
  • Noa and her stepbrother Ren were abandoned by her mother after their father died. Ren was forced to quit university and get a job to raise her. When Noa's mother reappeared at her wedding, she kicked her out and told her that she doesn't have a mother.
  • Saori was abandoned by her adoptive parents on the mountains after they gave birth to their biological son Takuya. Luckily, Rio found her and raised her as her real daughter.
  • Saya abandoned her son Yuichi after he was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome. Her sister Sanae decided to adopt him. She tried to come back into his life 10 years later, but he rejected her.
• RWBY:
  • Yang Xiao Long's mother Raven abandoned the family shortly after Yang was born, and to this day makes it clear that she couldn't care less about her daughter's safety. When Raven's brother Qrow calls her out for this, she says she saved Yang's life once, which is more than she'd do for most people. Even when Yang does catch up with her, Raven treats her as a spoiled brat for expecting some sort of familial loyalty. The worst part might be that Raven's Semblance lets her make portals to people she's bonded to, and she explicitly has a bond with Yang. She could have visited at any time.
  • After Raven left, Yang's father married Summer Rose, and they had Ruby Rose, Yang's half sister. Eventually, Summer went on a mission and never came back. It's unclear exactly what happened, but everyone assumes she died, and Yang certainly still has a good opinion of her years later. Volume 9's finale reveals that Summer had lied to Tai and the kids about the severity of the mission, but she honestly thought it wasn't going to be that bad.
  • Ren and Nora are both orphans. Ren lost his parents when the Nuckelavee attacked Kuroyuri, while Nora was already a Street Urchin.
• Uta's RomCom Manga Dubs: Kento's older sister Kasai, dumped her baby daughter on him. Later subverted when it is revealed that Kasai did this due to someone stalking her and she was afraid of her baby's safety.
• Played With in Wolf Song: The Movie as upon the protagonists being introduced, they discuss their childhood memories with their father and the next morning following a blizzard, a wolf named Damien takes them in and properly incorporates them into the pack. Lo and behold, halfway through the movie, it is revealed that Damien *is* their father, he just left due to a falling out with his mate. This moment on, it seems Damien’s story arc is reconciling with his estranged daughter and by the end he does, though at the cost of his life.
• In X-Ray & Vav, it's initially Played for Laughs when the Corpirate mentions that he's X-Ray's Disappeared Dad, only for him to brush it off. Episode 5 of Season 2 ultimately reveals that X-Ray's father left him and his mother one day and never looked back. It causes major trust issues with X-Ray, to the point where he's scared that Vav will leave him, too, due to the fact that he's head over heels in love with a reporter.

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