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* Ulcis of ''[[The Deepgate Codex]]'' tried to hang his daughter Rebecca {{spoiler|aka Carnival}} shortly after she was born, then gave her to his henchmen to be raped and tortured. Years later, when she and several others descend into the Abyss, he takes a perverse delight in tormenting her with the memory of what happened, trying to break her all over again.
* [[The Millennium Trilogy]] has {{spoiler|[[Diabolical Mastermind|Alexander Zalachenko]] (aka "Zala") and his daughter, [[Dark Action Girl|Lisbeth Salander]]. How deep does it go? Lisbeth, as a 12-year-old, tried to burn Zala alive in his car with a homemade Molotov cocktail, and ''she's the good guy''.}}
* Pratchett's [[The Truth]]: William de Worde saw his father this way, even before it was revealed that {{Spoiler|de Worde senior had hired the [[Those_Two_Bad_Guys|two bad guys]] that tried to kill William}}.
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* C.G.B. Spender of [[The X-Files]] to both of his sons. He shoots one of them and attempts to foil the other's plans at every turn (and steal his brain, at one point). Not exactly Father of the Year.
* In [[El Internado]], Iván's father is the bad guy the main characters know the best, because he is the one who delivers the threats {{spoiler|and the medicines}}.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]] example in ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]''; King Mondo's firstborn (first built?) son Prince Gasket does not get along with his father at all, mostly because he eloped with and married Princess Archerina, the daughter of Mondo's [[Arch Enemy]]. Gasket tried to assume control of the Machine Empire during the time Mondo was believed dead, claiming to be Heir Apparent (despite Mondo having disowned him) but in the end turned out to be a [[Dirty Coward]] when Mondo returned, fleeing rather than face him and never returning.
=== Mythology ===
* [[Satan Is Good|Satan]] and [[God Is Evil|God]] are sometimes portrayed this way.
* [[Classical Mythology]]:
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** ''Cronos's'' father Uranus (the sky) wasn't much better. He feared and hated all of his children so much that he forced them back into Gaia (the earth). Naturally, being forced to keep ''all'' of her full grown children inside her at once pissed Gaia off so much that she helped her son Cronos, the youngest and boldest Titan, get revenge on dear ol' dad. She forged a sickle which Cronos used to ''castrate his own father'' when Uranus was in the mood for some earth lovin'.
*** In some versions of myth he did not trapped and "was not in the mood" but rather hadn't stopped it in the first place.
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*** This is despite the fact that the closest relative of his was either Zeus' great-nephew or his second cousin (Achilles' mother was Thetis the sea nymph, whose father was either Poseidon, Zeus' brother, or Oceanus, Zeus' uncle). Although most of the heroes did have some percentage of divine blood, it was really no more than just about any prominent person would have.
**** Zeus's son Sarpedon dies fighting for the Trojans, but he seems to be genuinely upset. And Aeneas, the one surviving Trojan, is Zeus's grandson in some versions of the myth. Of course, [[It Got Worse|seeing what happens to Aeneas afterwards...]]
** Zeus and Poseidon were unique in that they ''averted'' this trope. While they didn't do much in the way of actual parenting, they went out of their way to give gifts and support to their demigod progeny. (Possibly, they don't want what happened to Uranus and Cronos to happen to ''them''.) Poseidon in particular was a [[Papa Wolf]] to his son Polyphemus and made [[Odyssey|Odysseus' journey]] home a living nightmare for blinding his son.
=== Tabletop Games ===
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
** In the twisted [[Social Darwinism]] politics of the Nine Hells, each and every one of the Lords of the Nine would ''love'' a chance to overthrow Asmodeus and take his place as King of Hell; Glasya, his own daughter and Lord of the Sixth, is no different. As Glasya told the [[The Archmage| Archmage Mordenkainen]] (one of the few mortals that ''any'' planar ruler, Archdevils included, consider an equal), "Of course I love my father! Without him, who would I strive against?"
** Drow elves. ''All'' of their leaders likely assassinated both their parents or tricked someone else into doing so. Drow parents actually expect their children to turn against them, and many would be disappointed if they did not. A drow who shows no treacherous behavior as a child likely won't survive to be a teenager. [[Social Darwinism|That's how drow are.]]
** Ironically, Lolth herself has ''two'' children who are her enemies, Vhaeraun (drow god of thieves, patron of male drow) and Eilistraee (drow goddess of freedom and the arts, patron of good drow). Unfortunately, Vhaeraun and Eilistraee [[Cain and Abel|despise each other just as much]]; each has tried to form a united alliance against their mother, but both will only do so under their own terms, so it seems unlikely.
=== Video Games ===
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** Miranda Lawson's father is obsessed with creating the perfect legacy through [[Designer Babies]]. We don't now how many he's gone through, but Miranda wasn't the first one he made, just the first he "kept" - and he was already working on a replacement for her when she was in her teens. She escaped, taking her clone baby sister Oriana with her. Miranda's efforts to keep Oriana out of her father's reach make up the bulk of her character arc.
* In the ''[[Castlevania]]'' franchise, Alucard revolts against his father - as in, Dracula - and sides with the Belmonts.
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''; in expansion 8.2, Prince Erazmin leads the [[La Résistance|the Rustbold Resistance]] on Mechagon against his cruel - [[The Caligula| and clearly insane - father]], King Mechagon.
* Galek, the starter orc Champion from ''[[Raid: Shadow Legends]]''. As [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H32dvyCVkfk this cinematic shows], he had... ''serious'' issues with his father.
=== Web Original ===
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* In [[Less Than Three Comics|LessThanThreeComics]]' Brat Pack, Firestorm's father abused him through his entire life, but the rest of the world only knows him as Napalm, one of America's greatest superheroes.
=== Western Animation ===
* A gender-flipped example and overlapping with [[Has Two Mommies]] (with both Mommies qualifying) as the archnemesis, [https://harleyquinn.fandom.com/wiki/Neytiri Neytiri] from ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]''. While Neytiri seems like the greater evil (having helped {{spoiler|Robin}} enslave humanity in the post-apocalyptic future) she does seem to have had a bad upbringing due to Harley and Ivy adhering to "boundaries" while maintaining a [[Dating Catwoman]] relationship. Harley and Ivy swear to be better parents should they manage to [[Set Right What Once Was Wrong]].
== [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Surprise Twist Fathers]] (here be spoilers) ==
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=== Anime and Manga ===
* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Tenjho Tenge]]'' is [[The Hero|Souichiro Nagi's]] father Sohaku. The guy stole his ex-wife's (Souichiro's beloved mother) eye for its power and chopped off her arm when she tried to stop him and later implanted his ''own'' eye into Souichiro as part of his plan to [[Grand Theft Me|take over Souichiro's body and powers]]. That's not even getting into his other victims—it's a long list.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', {{spoiler|Sanji despises his lowlife scum of a father, Vinsmoke Judge, whose crimes include: experimenting on his wife's womb to make his children emotionless killing machines (forcing Sora to take drugs to save them, only saving Sanji), abusing Sanji (calling him "weak"), and forcing him into an [[Arranged Marriage]] by threatening his loved ones. It was no surprise that Judge was a [[Dirty Coward]] who ends up begging for his life when threatened (showcasing him as a [[Hypocrite]]), to the point his own children tell him to stop whining and accept his fate, only to be saved by Sanji himself. Sanji coldly tells him that Zeff - his mentor and the man he regards as his ''true'' father - would be disappointed at him for leaving a blood relative to die, and makes it clear to Judge that he ''never'' wants to see him again.}}
=== Film ===
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* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]],'' Tarquin ''wants'' this for himself and [[Mad Dictators Handsome Son|Elan]] in a bizarre way. He clearly cares about his son and would like him to rule with him, but since Elan won't ignore his atrocities [[Genre Savvy]] Tarquin figures that them eventually fighting to the death will at least make an excellent story that could have them live forever in legends. Elan is... [[Heroic BSOD|somewhat less keen on this plan]].
** Tarquin and his other son, [[Evil Twin|Nale]] seem to also share this dynamic in an [[Evil vs. Evil]] way. They were also former allies, but Nale seems to have betrayed Tarquin at some point, and the two hated each others methods (Nale being [[Contractual Genre Blindness|Contractually Genre Blind]] and always eager to show his superiority). {{spoiler|Tarquin eventually resolved this by killing Nale himself.}}
=== Web Original ===
* ''[[SCP Foundation]]''; many stories about SCP-999 claim it is a prophesied champion that will one day oppose and defeat [[God of Evil| the Scarlet King]], its cruel and genocidal father. For now, though, SCP-999 (a happy, cute, benevolent creature who loves everyone) is still a baby, and the Foundation is doing its best to protect and nurture it for this eventual goal.
=== Western Animation ===
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