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See also [[Tell Me About My Father]], [[Turn Out Like His Father]]. Sometimes related to [[Give Him a Normal Life]], and may overlap with [[Because You Can Cope]] in certain instances. If the info is specifically withheld to increase tension even though there's no good reason to withhold it, see the [[Rule of Drama]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Jolyne Kujo from Part 6 of ''[[Jo
* Ranma's mother in ''[[Ranma
** Somewhat justified in that Nodoka [[Take Our Word for It|claims]] to have received constant letters from Genma all throughout Ranma's childhood, which stopped just about the time he and Ranma headed for China --and their absence is why she went personally to the Tendo home. So while she can be excused for not contacting Ranma personally earlier, [[Fridge Logic|readers realize]] that this makes Genma ''an even bigger bastard'' because he deliberately kept Ranma unaware of his own mother despite writing to her regularly.
* In ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' it is both played straight and subverted:
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* Inverted in ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089385/ The Journey of Natty Gann]'': everyone else ''assumes'' Natty is an abandoned child. She knows otherwise.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' has Obi-Wan's infamous [[Jedi Truth]], leading to [[Luke, I Am Your Father|the big reveal]]. But [[Disappeared Dad|Anakin]] had no choice but to "abandon" [[Separated At Birth|Luke and Leia]], because ''[[Muggle Foster Parents|he didn't even know that they were still alive]]''! As soon as he learned otherwise, [[We Can Rule Together|he planned a nice family bonding experience so that they could get to know each other]].
** And of course we can't forget Leia, whose [[Happily Adopted|other daddy]] had an equally good reason for "[[Earthshattering Kaboom|abandoning]]" her...
* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in ''[[The Truman Show (Film)|The Truman Show]]'', where the writers decide to bring back Truman's father after he'd "died" at sea. This is explained through [[Easy Amnesia]], and his just then getting over it.
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* Played with on ''[[Brothers and Sisters]]''. {{spoiler|Adulterer-patriarch William sired a bastard son with a married woman. The boy, Ryan, doesn't know this until both of his bio parents are dead. William couldn't be part of his life because both he and Ryan's mother were married to other people and weren't willing to destroy their marriages for the sake of their son.}} Here it's not really even a justification, but rather an explanation. Everyone still thinks William is a dick after this is revealed.
* In ''[[Alias (TV)|Alias]]'', Sydney has a rocky relationship with her father, Jack. It's implied he wasn't around much while she was growing out. Turns out he's a CIA agent fighting to save the country. And he was also in prison for part of time. Her mother, Irina, wasn't around because she faked her death and defected back to Russia.
* In ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV)|The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', Sarah Jane's parents abandoned her to [[Heroic Sacrifice|kill themselves by car crash, fixing the]] [[Timey
** Likewise Rose's dad, on ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''.
* It happened twice in ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]''
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** Chapter 31 reveals that {{spoiler|Antimony's mother literally gave her "fire" (A.K.A. life force) to her, and wasted away after the birth, ever so slowly, while Annie grew up. Reynardine implies even her soul "vanished".}} Not only that, but EVERY adult near Annie knew it would happen, {{spoiler|if Surma ever had a child.}} Also, Coyote reveals that {{spoiler|Annie isn't 100% human, but part Fire Elemental.}} Coupled with his wife's death and his inability to save her, it's a bit more understandable why Anthony left.
* In the webcomic ''Bizarre Uprising'', Mitsu's father (secretly a vampire) abandons him and his mother when he was young. He did this beause He's the vampire Messiah and if the other vamps found out he was still alive, they'd try and drag him back, almost certainly killing Mistu and Biana in the process. He stayed in Mitsu's life as "The Pig", the school mascot, turned Mitsu's mentor in the ways of vampireness.
* In ''[[Drow Tales]]'', Ariel comes to see her mother [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask|Quain'tana]] as this. She is quite aloof towards her children, leaving them for months or even years at a time at boarding schools or under the care of a slave or older sibling. [[The Obi
* [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]],'' where Eugene [[Pet the Dog|chooses not to follow a credible lead]] on [[Big Bad|Xykon]], whom he's sworn to destroy, because doing so would most likely mean abandoning his family and dying at best, and having Xykon hunt them down for revenge at worst. He ''did,'' however, continue to be a [[Parental Neglect|neglectful]] [[Jerkass]] to his oldest son, and [[Blatant Lies|specifically claimed that]] [[Hidden Heart of Gold|he would have abandoned the family for his quest if given a chance]].
* In the ''[[Paradise]]'' setting, in which people get turned into anthropomorphic animals, this is addressed. In the early days, a man gets turned into a polar bear, but doesn't realize it's happened to others (Since he lives out in the frozen boonies of Canada) and tries to live a normal life... until while on a Seal Hunting trip ends up mauling a seal with his [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bear]] hands, at which point he becomes terrified of what he'd become and runs out into the frozen tundra to live as the beast he had become, leaving his wife and two sons behind. Years later one of his sons changed into a wolf, realized what happened, and went looking for him.
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