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{{quote|''"Ever since then, I have had two mothers. Well, this is a little bit unusual, but both of them are my precious mothers."''
|'''Vivio''', ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid]]''.}}
The two may be lovers, who have now become a family through adoption, a helpful donor, or [[Homosexual Reproduction|through the wonders of magic or science]]. The two may be close siblings (but not ''[[Incest Is Relative|that]]'' close) or the best of friends, with one of them wishing to help out their single parent buddy. The two may be in that very fine line between the previous two examples, giving much [[Ship Tease]] and [[Ho Yay]] to the delight of their fans.
▲{{quote|''"Ever since then, I have had two mothers. Well, this is a little bit unusual, but both of them are my precious mothers."''|'''Vivio''', ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi Vid (Manga)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi Vid]]''.}}
▲The two may be lovers, who have now become a family through adoption, a helpful donor, or [[Homosexual Reproduction|through the wonders of magic or science]]. The two may be close siblings (but not ''[[Incest Is Relative|that]]'' close) or the best of friends, with one of them wishing to help out their single parent buddy. The two may be in that very fine line between the previous two examples, giving much [[Ship Tease]] and [[Ho Yay]] to the delight of their fans.
Whatever the reason, it's all the same: A family unit that cheerfully ignores the traditional view of a family requiring a father and mother, by having two (or more!) parental figures of the same gender. Nevertheless, one of these characters may be referred to by the opposite gender parental term; sometimes in jest, sometimes to fit with the standard family unit. In fiction, [[Cast Speciation]] will usually result in the two parents fitting into a father and a mother role anyway.
Usually the child will be the same gender as their parents. If done poorly and strictly, it can touch the [[Unfortunate
The name of this trope came from ''[
Taken to its literal extreme, this trope results in [[Homosexual Reproduction]]. Compare [[All Lesbians Want Kids]].
{{examples
== [[Advertising]] ==
* Finnish TV ad for a teleoperator had a little school boy asking tough questions of his dad. One of them was a sincerely delivered "why does Jani have two dads - and I have only one?" Awww.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has Vivio with Nanoha and Fate (pictured above). Vivio calling them both "Mama" for the first time was accompanied by the sound of the Nanoha/Fate shippers going '''[[Squee]]'''. The Has Two Mommies trope is later [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by a minor character.
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** The third [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|Megami Sound Stage]] suggested that Fate is being sent on deep space missions to distance herself from being considered Vivio's mama. This [[Armed
** Fate once tells Vivio that she has two mothers herself, albeit in a different sense, mentioning Precia as her biological mother and Lindy as her adoptive one.
** And before all of that, we have Reinforce Zwei, who Hayate created based off of data from the original Reinforce and herself.
* After the events of ''[[Sailor Moon]] S'', Hotaru becomes the adopted daughter of [[Butch Lesbian|Haruka-papa]] [[Lipstick Lesbian|and Michiru-mama]], and is watched over by [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Setsuna-mama]] as well.
* Pretty much by series definition, the parents of the characters in ''[[Vandread]]''. Ezra, one of the female side characters, was pregnant with the child of Rebecca, another female crew member, via [[Homosexual Reproduction|technological gene-mixing]]. Males from Tarraku are made in ex-utero factories and raised in orphanages, and so get no parents at all.
** The higher class Tarraku men can choose who to reproduce with, and Bart obviously knows of at least one parent, so the "no parents" bit seems to be confined to the third class citizens.
* ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'''s second and third seasons center around four/five 10/11 year old girls (Doremi, Aiko, Momoko, Hazuki and Onpu) and a 5/6 year old girl (Poppu) taking care of the baby Hana-chan.
* The main character of the CLAMP manga ''[[Man of Many Faces]]'' has two mothers who were twin sisters, which he called Mommy A and Mommy B. He also had a father who's mostly a [[Disappeared Dad]] except one time he disguised himself as Santa to see his son on Christmas Eve.
* In ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh
* Two of the women in ''[[Iono the Fanatics]]'' [[Homosexual Reproduction|have a child together]] through the power of science in the epilogue.
* The Arume in ''[[Blue Drop]]'' have [[Homosexual Reproduction|two female parents]] by definition, since [[One
* One episode of ''[[Pokémon (
** ''[[Pokémon:
** Another episode had a Smoochum with ''three'' [[One
* ''Almost'' there in ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'': Regardless of Leon being Chris's brother, he's a parental figure... and so is Count D.
* The behind-the-dust-cover [[Omake]] to ''[[The Day of Revolution]]'' features a child referred to only as 'Junior,' who was raised by Megumi and Makoto. Various origins for the kid are proposed in order of increasing unlikelihood.
* Not a straight example ([[Ho Yay|har]]) but Fay D. Flourite of ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' likes to think of himself and Kurogane (Dad) as parental figures to Syaoran and Sakura.
* In a similar vein, Tamaki from ''[[
* {{spoiler|Cibo and Sana-Kan}} from ''[[Blame]]''. In a very literal sense, considering the child is composed of genes from both of them, with {{spoiler|Cibo}} as the mother, and {{spoiler|Sana-Kan}} as the father. Somehow.
* In ''[[Spider
* Bikky of ''[[
* Motoko Gettou in ''[[Change 123]]'' has ''three'' fathers, and it is each of their training that lead to... her [[Split Personality]] problem.
* One more from CLAMP, though it was more of a joke: an omake of ''[[Legal Drug]]'' was an alternate universe in which Kakei explained to his son Kazahaya that he was remarrying to Saiga (Rikuo's father), and asked Kazahaya to call him "Mommy" from now on, "to avoid confusion". Kazahaya's brain protested.
* Alexi in ''[[
* This is implied at the end of ''[[Wild
* In ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'' ends with {{spoiler|Francine and Katchoo raising their respective offspring together}}.
* In ''[[Janes In Love]]'' we find out that Brain Jane has two dads (who we have every reason to believe are a couple).
* Mystique and Destiny are like this with Rogue in ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''
* [[Wonder Woman]] had ''an entire island'' of mommies seeing as the Amazons are pretty much a [[One
* In ''[[The Sandman]]'', Foxglove and Hazel raise a son together (biologically Hazel's via an unwise encounter).
* Post-Crisis [[Superboy]]'s biological parents are Superman... [[Foe Yay|and Lex Luthor]], made through cloning. Socially speaking, he's pretty much raised by Superman and Supes's adoptive parents; Luthor is, with a few exceptions, very much the deadbeat dad.
* In ''[[Bamse]]'', Lille Skutt's brother lives together with another male [[Funny Animal|rabbit]]. They recently (informally) adopted a foundling.
* [[Marvel Comics]] hero [[Hawkeye]] grew up in the circus, and was taught everything he knows by the Swordsman and Trickshot, both male.
▲== [[Fanfic]] ==
* Happens a lot in ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic, usually with magical explanations. One notable example is the fanfic ''Making Puppies'' which has Sirius and Remus have a child thanks to the [[Fanon]] that Lupin apparently [[Ass Pull|is a female while in werewolf form]].
** There are plenty of "Sirius and Remus raising Harry" fics.
** There is also a fanfic where Harry and Voldemort turn into cats, mate, turn back to normal, and then several months later Harry gives birth [[Mind Rape|(don't ask how)]] to a healthy litter of kittens.
* Quite notable in ''[[Kim Possible]]'' [[Fan Fiction]], where several fics have lead the [[Fan
** [http://hazurasinner.deviantart.com/art/KP-Precious-Memories-35083959 Kasy and Sheki]. (By far the most well known. Search for them in [[Deviant ART]] and you'll find ''dozens'' of fanarts!)
** [http://angelickitty89.deviantart.com/art/Kigo-Love-82946481 Shin] [http://angelickitty89.deviantart.com/art/KP-Shin-and-Al-82980939 and] [http://angelickitty89.deviantart.com/art/KP-Al-Possible-95054402 Al]
** [http://yogurthfrost.deviantart.com/art/OIOB-first-family-photo-70695359 Todd] [http://yogurthfrost.deviantart.com/art/OIOB-Baby-Jayden-family-photo-70696010 and Jayden]
** [http://rinacat.deviantart.com/art/KP-Agni-and-Shego-77254514 Potentially Agni] (If Kim ends up as adoptive mother)
** [http://kigo-kids.deviantart.com/ Now there is even a group for the kids of Kim and Shego]. Popular indeed.
* The ''[[
* The anonymous fanfic on the ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' [[Kink Meme]] ''[http://hetalia-kink.livejournal.com/3274.html?thread=3701194#t3701194 Are You There God? It's Me, Canada]'' has privately [[Deadpan Snarker|Snarky!]]Canada growing up with his two dads, England and France. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
** For that matter, several fanfics have Canada and America being raised by England and France, making the [[Fan Nickname|FACE family.]]
** Fandom often portrays [[Huge Schoolgirl|Sweden]] and [[Cloudcuckoolander|Finland]] as cute little Sealand's two daddies.
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4676211/1/The_Fetus_Factor This] ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur]]'' fanfic has Talim getting adopted by [[Brother
* Shinji in ''[[
* In the ''[[Twilight (
* Some ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' fics have Hakoda and Bato as Katara and Sokka's two daddies, raising them after their mother was killed. There are others meanwhile that portray the whole mentality of a village being like a big family, Katara, Sokka, and the rest of the children in the Water Tribe all to some extent having more than one mother and father.
** And in this fanfic about the future, [http://vick330.deviantart.com/art/The-Latent-of-Korra-2-180825895 because we know how much Ty Lee loves Azula]. [[Sarcasm Mode|Of course this is perfectly justified]].
* ''[[Touhou]]'' [[Fanon]] is that [[Physical God|Kanako and Suwako]] behave as Sanae's parents, and even probably raised her before they all moved to Gensoukyou. Bonus points for {{spoiler|Sanae being a [[Famous Ancestor|direct descendant of Suwako]]}}.
* A popular trope in ''[[The Social Network]]'' fandom is to have Dustin react to Mark and Eduardo's issues as if his parents are divorcing. The other characters (especially Chris) usually think he's insane, but he's not entirely wrong.
* Heavily implied in ''[[
* In the ''[[Castle]]'' fanfic, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7176396/1/Of_Finding_Innocence Of Finding Innocence]'', Kate and Meredith come to a peaceful compromise over the issue of custody with Alexis by agreeing that they both be her mothers. So there, young Alexis Castle has two mommies and a daddy.
* Back when ''[[Young Avengers]]'' was still new, fans got a lot of mileage out of the possibility of a Hulking / Wiccan kid, as the former is an alien shapeshifter.
* [[Gender
* ''[[D
* The ''[[Homestuck]]'' fic ''[[
* A couple of the children in ''[[The Emiya Clan]]'' have this as a joke. Arika is technically [[Fate/stay
* One of Sane!Voldemort's ideas for keeping pureblood Wizarding lines from dying out in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic ''[[Benefits of Old Laws]]'' is to commission Snape to see if it's possible to create a potion that will allow two wizards (or two witches) to produce a child together.
* Because the timeline has altered such in the ''[[Sailor Moon]]/[[Harry Potter]]/[[Ranma ½]]'' crossover ''[[The Girl Who Loved]]'' that she is now the daughter of Usagi and Harry Potter (who has a Jusenkyo curse that turns him into Usagi's twin), Cuteness/Chibi-usa jokes about it (and uses the trope name word-for-word) during the reveal of Usagi's identity as Sailor Moon to her family.
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Three Men
* ''[[The Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In Love]]'' is about two lesbians, one of which lives together with her aunt and the latter's lesbian friend.
* Could be said to partly be the case in ''[[Junior]]'', a comedy where a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) [[Mister Seahorse|becomes pregnant.]] Although he winds up in a relationship with the woman who (unknowingly) provided the egg, at one point the other male scientist who pioneered the technique (Danny Devito) comments "It's my baby, too."
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* ''[[The Wedding Banquet]]'' ends with {{spoiler|Wai-tung, Simon and Wei-wei all raising the baby together.}}
* Recent Swedish comedy ''Patrik, Age 1.5'' has a gay couple wanting to adopt a little boy and accidentally ending up with a teenager.
* Merlin in the miniseries ''[[Merlin (
* ''[[The Kids Are All Right]]'' is entirely about one of these families.
* Used humorously at the end of ''[[Best in Show]]''.
* In the Icelandic film ''101 Reykjavík'' a middle-aged lesbian couple decide they want a baby together and will use a sperm donor. Then one of the women has a drunken one-night stand with her girlfriend's son and gets pregnant. The son is dismayed, but feels he can't tell his mother he's the baby's father. {{spoiler|The women end up raising the baby together with the son as part of their household.}}
* In ''[[
** One of the interviewed film-makers is a lesbian mother as
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Jenny Lives With Eric And Martin]]'' had a similar theme to ''[[Heather]]'' and caused outrage from [[British Newspapers|the Daily Mail]] in 1980s Britain.
* ''[[
* Swindapa and Marion, the interracial lesbian couple in ''[[Island in The Sea of Time]]'', adopt an abandoned baby girl, and name her Heather. They know about the book, they just have an odd sense of humor.
* Claudia in ''[[Interview With a Vampire]]'' has both Lestat and Louis for vampire dads.
* In [[David Eddings]]'s ''[[Elenium]]'' stories, Sparhawk's squire {{spoiler|dies, leaving behind a wife and several sons. His squire also has an illegitimate son with another woman, and after his death, the women move in together and raise the children. The children simply call them their mothers. There is no sexual relationship implied between the women}}.
* In ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes
* Cyrus Finch (CyFi) in ''Unwind'' has two dads.
* In the ''[[Daughters Of A Coral Dawn|Daughters]]'' (of an unusually coloured time of day) books, this is true for just about all the secondary characters, being that they're a bunch of lesbians who've gone off and colonized a distant planet. In fact, the only cast members who have a mentioned father are the Unity, and he's not mentioned after the prologue. The author really was [[Does Not Like Men|that gay]].
* In ''King & King & Family'', the sequel to ''King & King'' (a Dutch book that caused a lawsuit because some ass didn't like that "romantic attraction between two men is being presented to my seven-year-old as wonderful, and good and the way things should be"), the newlywed kings "find a lonely orphaned girl, whom they adopt and raise as a princess".
* Obed in [[
* Classical Swedish picture book ''Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender'' (with sequels) has the aunts in question adopting two little orphan children.
* Mordred from ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' sort of fits this trope.{{verify}} He has two dads ({{spoiler|Roland}} and the Crimson King) ''and'' two moms ({{spoiler|Susannah}} and the succubus Mia) plus a {{spoiler|semen carrier/impregnator}} extra parent in one of the 6 elemental demons. It fits here because he inherits most of his traits from his fathers, who he calls his White Daddy and Red Daddy.
* ''Halting States'' by [[Charles Stross]] casually refers early on to Sergeant Sue Smith's wife and their son, Davey.
* A fair few in the [[Star Trek Novel Verse]]. In the [[Star Trek Enterprise Relaunch]], Trip Tucker's brother and his husband have adopted a son together. In [[Star Trek:
** Plus of course, four-sexed Andorians (with two sexes looking default "male" and two default "female" have both two mommies and two daddys by default, though that's cheating of course.
* ''[[The Virgin Suicides]]'' by Jeffrey Eugenides includes a character named Trip Fontaine, a popular boy being raised by his father and his father's boyfriend, Donald.
* In Wen Spencer's Ukiah Oregon series (Alien Taste, Tainted Trail, Bitter Waters, Dog Warrior) the main character, Ukiah Oregon, is a former feral child raised by a lesbian couple.
* The children's book ''And Tango Makes Three'' is all about two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo in New York who take care of an egg, and then raise the resulting baby penguin, that another penguin couple cannot.
* The ''[[Left Behind]]'' Antichrist villain Nicolae Carpathia had two biological fathers who were both gay, and was raised mostly by his mother and Viv Ivins until Nicolae and Viv had the mother disposed of. Later on in his life, Nicolae had [[Bury Your Gays|his two fathers disposed of as well]]. And in the Dramatic Audio presentation of ''Glorious Appearing'', Viv Ivins gets [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|killed by a giant hailstone]].
* ''Sing You Home'' by [[Jodi Picoult]] is about a lesbian couple trying to use frozen embryos to have a child.
* Since women are not allowed on the planet [[Vorkosigan Saga|Athos]], ''every'' non-immigrant has two Daddies. Reproduction is handled by taking a sperm sample from the biological father and combining it with an ovum extracted from carefully preserved tissue cultures. The resulting fetus is then developed to term in a uterine replicator.
* ''[[My Two Dads]]'', a sitcom about two guys going after the same woman, who found themselves [[Children Raise You|taking care of her daughter after she dies]].
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Friends]]'' has Ross's former wife, Carol, and her partner Susan. Ross's son, Ben, splits his time between his dad and moms.
▲* ''[[My Two Dads]]'', a sitcom about two guys going after the same woman, who found themselves [[Children Raise You|taking care of her daughter after she dies]].
▲* ''[[Friends]]'' has Ross's former wife, Carol, and her partner Susan. Ross's son, Ben, splits his time between his dad and moms.
** In one episode, Ben refers to Chandler as "Daddy."
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* ''[[Full House]]''. It's right there in the opening paragraph of its page.
* Mohinder and Matt raising Molly in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''. It was...weird, and the [[Shipping|shippers]] ''loved'' it.
** And Claire's biological mom moved in with her and her adoptive family.
*** At the start of Volume Four, Claire had restored contact with the Petrelli family, resulting in Nathan Petrelli becoming her second father. Both here and in Volume Three, Claire had the unenviable distinction of having ''three'' parents involved in her life.
** Only temporary, but how about Hiro and Ando looking after Baby Matt Parkman?
* ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' had a recurring skit with a teenage girl and gay dads.
* ''[[Two and
* Romey and Lisa in the original ''[[Queer
** The US version also had Ben and Michael adopting {{spoiler|Hunter, an HIV-positive teen hustler}}.
* ''[[Less Than Perfect]]'''s Owen Pronsky was raised by his two lesbian moms.
* ''[[Kate
* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' was practically raised by her two motherly aunts ([[Heterosexual Life Partners|they're sisters]]).
** And to help us make the comparison easier, Zelda introduces herself and Hilda as "Sabrina's aunts" at a parent-teacher meeting, then very quickly points out that they're "Sisters! Not an alternative couple!" Since they've been around for centuries, it's safe to assume they've been [[Mistaken for Gay]] at some point or another.
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* As was Chuck from ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', {{spoiler|although one of them actually ''is'' her mother.}}
* ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'': Luke has Sarah Jane and Mrs Wormwood.
* In the ''[[
* There was a lot of controversy a few years ago about a segment on the Australian kids show ''[[Play School]]'' that featured a girl that had "Two mummies". Various sources say that either they were indeed a lesbian couple, or that it was actually the girl's step-mother, with the biological mother on a custody visit.
* Olivia and Natalia on ''[[Guiding Light]]''. Started out as a platonic version of this, but has lately become [[Suddenly Sexuality|something more]].
* The Henrickson kids on ''[[Big Love]]'' have three mommies, who often seem more emotionally involved with each other than with their mutual husband; some of the other polygamist families are even more complicated.
* Cassandra Fraiser of ''[[Stargate SG
* Rachel Berry on ''[[
* One episode of ''[[
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. After the events of season 5, kid sis Dawn is raised by lesbian witches Willow and Tara for a good portion of season 6. Though one could make the argument that the entire Scooby Gang (including Spike, if in a Disreputable Uncle kind of way) helped, it's quite clear that Dawn sees Willow and Tara as surrogate parents - there's a reason she became their [[Shipper
** It is also, however, quite clear that she has formed some kind of bond with Spike, as he actually has allowed her to hang out at his crypt now and then and has, at least once, told her stories about his past exploits (as in, murdering entire families), and has been trusted with watching over her a few times.
** In the canonical "Season 8" comic series she actually tells [[Promotion to Parent|Buffy]] that she sees Willow as her mother-figure, prompting some angst from Buffy. (Tara, by this point, {{spoiler|[[Bury Your Gays|has died]]}}).
** Strengthening the Willow and Tara argument, the latter meets with Dawn after she's left Willow in [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|a scene very remniscent of a divorced parent trying to keep contact with her child]].
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'''Dawn:''' (laughs) Helps to wash down the Raisinettes.
'''Tara:''' Promise me that you will eat something green tonight. Leafy green, not... gummi green. The movie was fun.
'''Dawn:''' Yeah. It was ironic when all those cute inner-city kids taught their coach a valuable lesson.
'''Tara:''' You know that I will always be there for you, right... There, there was actually more of a lead-in when I practiced that at home.
'''Dawn:''' ...I know.
'''Tara:''' It's just... I wanted you to know that... my moving out had nothing to do with you, and I, I will never stop loving you.
'''Dawn:''' I know... Do you think you'll ever get back together?
'''Tara:''' I wish I knew.
'''Dawn:''' But you still love her.
'''Tara:''' Very much. I just... sometimes... other things get in the way. }}
* Coop in ''[[Nurse Jackie]]'' has two mommies in the overtly lesbian sense.
* In ''[[Sugar Rush (TV)]]'' Kim's next door neighbour Tom has two dads and is constantly concerned that people will think he is also gay.
* ''[[Modern Family]]'' has gay couple Cam and Mitchell adopting Baby Lily in the first episode.
* In the sixth season premiere of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Cindy (a girl Ted struck out with on their first date) is dating another woman. In a flash-forward the couple are seen posing for a photo with their daughter.
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* Franky Fitzgerald in the Third Generation of ''[[Skins]]'' kids has two ex-army dads, who already appear to be the only parents in the entire series who take an interest in their kids.
* ''[[Malcolm in
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* Hal from ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' was raised by six whores in a brothel, he didn't know which one was his actual mother, but loved them all anyway.
== Theatre ==
* In the Australian play ''Pinball'', a lesbian mother and her lover are battling for custody of her child. The mother's own family side against her and support the father in court.
* In ''[[The
* In the George Bernard Shaw play ''Misalliance'', [[The Ace]] attributes his vast knowledge to the fact that he had three
* Marie, in the comic [[Opera]] ''[[La Fille Du Regiment|La Fille du Régiment]]'' was raised by an entire brigade of career soldiers, who found her abandoned on the battlefield. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when her [[Missing Mom|long lost mother]] discovers her ''hundreds'' of dads.
* Brian Friel's ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' practically revolves around Michael's family structure; his mother and four aunts raise him between them, his uncle hangs around and is generally odd and his father turns up, messes everything up {{spoiler|and leaves}}.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' with [[Metal Gear Solid
* One of the ads on a ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' radio station was for a TV sitcom featuring an orphaned girl living with her 5 adoptive "uncles". ''GTA'' being ''GTA'', it was pretty blatant that only one guy at most was an actual uncle.
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''''Uncle':''' No, you stupid bitch! }}
* Ganondorf, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda]]'', was raised by the Gerudo witch sisters Koume and Kotake, better known as the Twinrova sisters.
** Since the Gerudo are all female, except for Ganondorf, they likely consider having two mothers to be normal.
* In ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' Cute, or better yet "Sprite Station For Girl" since the "wedding" feature is [[Hide Your Lesbians|absent]] from the non-Japanese versions, if you choose the [[Romantic Two
* In ''[[Pokémon]]'', you can obtain Pokémon eggs by [[
** Also, due to [[Good Bad Bugs|glitches]], two Pokémon of the same gender can have eggs.
** And for the terms of the Everstone exploit (equipping the mother Poke with an Everstone causes its nature to carry to the young), Ditto is considered the mother. Even if the other Poke is female.
* In ''[[Persona 4]]'', the main protagonist lives for a year with his uncle and his younger female cousin. From there onwards, it gets confusing when you ask yourself who's raising who.
* [[Ars Goetia|Belial and Nebiros]] have adopted [[Alice Allusion|Alice]] as their surrogate daughter in ''[[
* Possible in ''[[The Sims]]'' series, through various means.
* Possible and quite common with [[One
** In particular, the character Liara T'Soni has had two asari mothers, though she never knew the one who "fathered" her, for the lack of better term ({{spoiler|there are strong hints in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' that it was Matriarch Aethyta}}). Her other mother was Matriarch Benezia, who turns evil {{spoiler|and is killed by Shepard's crew (possibly including Liara)}} in the first game.
*** Defied in the third game when you can actually meet Liara's father. After Shepard briefly calls her Liara's "other mother," she actually gets annoyed and says that she's her father, not another mother; to the asari, "mother" specifically refers to the one who physically carries the child to term.
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"Well I'm not human, am I? Anthropocentric bag of dicks." }}
* If you end up with [[Gay Option|Helena]] in ''[[Cute Knight Kingdom]]'' you may also receive a mysterious doorstop baby (with the same origin as the PC).
* Samus in the ''[[Metroid]]'' series had two daddies when the [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|Chozo]] adopted her.
* The ''Golden Sun'' series actually has a few unconventional examples of families. In the beginning of ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'', Isaac and Garet are have raised their respective sons Matthew and Tyrell together. No moms are in
* Blink and you'll miss it, but ''[[Magical Diary: Horse Hall]]'''s Jacob has ''at least'' two dads. Considering the setting, it's entirely possible that they're both his [[Mister Seahorse|biological parents]] but that's not known so far.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Abe
** "It would be like ''[[My Two Dads]]'' but instead of 'Dads' it is 'horrible monsters'. And instead of 'Two' it is '''horrible'''."
* Winter from ''[[Girly]]'' has [[Homosexual Reproduction|two biological female parents]] as described but not explained [https://web.archive.org/web/20130602085230/http://girlyyy.com/go/18 here].
* ''[[Terinu]]'' is... complicated. It's quite possible to argue that he has ''four'' "moms". His biological mother ({{spoiler|implied as dead in a flashback}}), Melika, the vulpine woman who raised him from ages three to nine and whom he has the closest relationship with, Mavra Chan the [[Ax Crazy]] [[Space Pirate]] who raised him to her personal assassin from nine to fifteen, and finally Leeza, who not only has actual legal guardianship of him, she's also his {{spoiler|Master, since he's mentally imprinted to obey her every order.}} Currently only Leeza and Melika are likely to work together to raise him however.
* {{spoiler|Berlinetta}} of ''[[Other Peoples Business]]'' {{spoiler|has two daddies}}.
* Pluto from ''[[Star Guys]]'' has two mothers. Apprently making Pluto was "a long and expensive process".
* ''[[
* ''[[
** There are several other examples in Drow society since [[Everyone Is Bi]], and it's implied that Ariel's sister Lael'aelle was raised by her mother Quain'tana and the Ill'haress of the Sullisin'rune, Ash'waren.
* The [[Samus Is a Girl|son]] of Kronar, [[Homosexual Reproduction|son of man]], in ''[[Oglaf]]''.
** Kronar's entire tribe has reportedly been "free of woman's taint" for generations. [[Mister Seahorse|It's probably best not to think to hard about how]].
* While they did not consult each other on their pregnancies, the two leads from ''[[Moon Over June]]'' gave birth on the same day and are effectively raising their daughters together. [[Maternally Challenged|There is room to dispute whether this is a good thing]]
* The adopted children of Vaarsuvius and Inkyrius from ''[[The Order of the Stick
* Leanne from the [[Furry Comic]] Rasvaar has two mothers: one her biological mother, and the other her 'mad' ([[Don't Explain the Joke|a portmanteau of mum and dad]]).
* Secondary character [http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2012/04/26 Yvette] in ''[[Precocious (Webcomic)|Precocious]]''. As explained by [[Word of God|Chrispy]] Eva is her biological mother and Candy's brother was the sperm donor.
* As revealed in the final arc of ''[[And Shine Heaven Now]]'', {{spoiler|the boy that will grow up to be [[Vampire Hunter D]], genetically, is the son of [[Hellsing|Integra Hellsing and Seras Victoria]]. Note, however, D doesn't know this, and believes Alucard is his father. Oh, and by the way, [[Homosexual Reproduction|only Integra and Seras know how this happened]] and neither are telling.}}
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Agents Trojanhorse and Paddlebrains of the [[PPC]] are both women (technically - Pads is a redhaired chainsmoking [[Gender Bender|female copy]] of [[Harry Potter|Sirius Black]]. Don't ask). They have three adopted children; two sons from [[Mister Seahorse|mpreg]] fanfics, and a daughter who is a Triceratops. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. Many of the other adopted kids in the [[PPC]] would also fit.
* The mothersday PSA from ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'': "You only have one mother. Unless you are from a progressive home like Donut." How serious this can be taken is debatable due to the out-of-canon nature of the PSAs.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[
* ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' has another non-homosexual two-daddy family. (Though Gosalyn never really treats Launchpad as a father. If anything, she acts like he's a ''younger sibling''.)
* ''[[Time Squad]]'' has inept, [[Testosterone Poisoning|overly macho]] [[Time Cop]] Buck Tuddrussell and his vitriolic, ambiguously [[Camp Gay]] robot buddy The Larry 3000 taking in an orphaned history buff who was living in an [[Orphanage of Fear]] with an evil nun. It didn't start out as a
* Race Bannon of ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' won [[Cartoon Network]]'s poll for "Best Cartoon Mom".
* You can't mention Benton and Race without mentioning Brock and Rusty of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' (though neither of them come anywhere close to good parent material).
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* One episode of ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' featured the eponymous duo raising a child created from their combined DNA thanks to a malfunction in Brain's cloning machine.
** Another episode had them in Kansas stumbling upon an alien spacecraft containing a [[Superman|baby with mysterious powers]]. Intrigued by the baby's abilities, Brain tried to raise him with Pinky; obviously it didn't work out. In the end, Pinky and the Brain put him back in the ship so that a childless couple could find him...
* An infamously controversial episode of the combination animated/live-action PBS series ''[[Postcards From Buster]]'' (an ''[[Arthur (
** Another explanation offered was that her parents were divorced and her birth mother was visiting her.
** And it wasn't like this was James Dobson raising a shit fit. No, the ''Secretary of Education'' was behind this clusterfuck, and even tried to get all funding pulled for ''Postcards From Buster''.
* ''Buddy G, My Two Moms and Me'' has, well, take a wild guess.
* In one episode of ''[[Making Fiends]]'', [[Genki Girl|Char]][[Pollyanna|lotte]] adopts a bunch of baby ''explosive'' chicks with a very reluctant [[Creepy Child|Vend]][[Mad Scientist|etta]]. Charlotte [[Les Yay|refers to herself as the father, and Vendetta as the mother]].
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* On ''[[
* ''[[
* Mojo Jojo, [[Arch Enemy]] of the ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'', created the [[The Psycho Rangers|Rowdyruff Boys]] in an attempt to destroy said girls. Instead, it was the boys who got destroyed. Years later, the [[Ultimate Evil]], Him, resurrected the boys and improved upon them. This came to a head in the episode "Custody Battle", where Mojo discovers that the Rowdyruffs were brought back, tries to take back his place as their father (the day happens to be Father's Day, by the way), and he and Him end up trying to [[Eviler Than Thou|out-evil each other]]. The boys have enough of this and announce that they only care about destroying the Powerpuff Girls, causing Mojo and Him to [[Ho Yay|embrace]] and exclaim, "I'm so proud of them!"
** Jojo in fact served as a father to the girls themselves as he kicked open the flask of chemical X that created them (and made Jojo intelligent). Later, his [[Stable Time Loop|chronologically-altered attempt]] to erase the girls's existence failed, ensuring two elements of primacy.
* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', Thailog, the evil clone of Goliath, has three fathers. His biological father, Goliath, his "maker", Dr. Sevarius, and the man who brought him up, Xanatos.
** Also keep in mind, gargoyles raise their young communally. A gargoyle that has been raised traditionally by gargoyles standards has many mothers and many fathers.
* One episode of ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' had Ren participating in a social movement called "Fake Dad", basing on the idea of a man (dog?) with no offspring caring for an orphan for a weekend. Ren even says the line "Now that we're one happy family, let's spend some quality time together!" himself, putting Stimpy in the place of the mommy/second daddy.
** Also, the episode [[Exactly What It Says
* The episode of ''[[South Park]]'' "Follow That Egg", where Stan and Kyle, and Wendy and Bebe, have to take care of an egg to prove Mrs. Garrison's point that gay couples can't raise children. At one point Wendy calls Kyle saying "I want to see my egg" to which he replies "it's not your egg anymore, Wendy".
* Jessica Cruz ([[Green Lantern]]), in ''[[DC Super Hero Girls]]''; not the case in the original comics, but far from the only adaptation difference.
* In ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'', [https://harleyquinn.fandom.com/wiki/Neytiri Neytiri] is a daughter of Harley and Poison Ivy, present in a [[Bad Future]] scenario. Exactly how she was conceived is something of a mystery, given the [[Strong Family Resemblance]] she has to both. Sadly, by her own account, Harley and Ivy were neglectful parents who never even gave her a name (she chose "Neytiri" on her own after watching ''[[Avatar]]''), was raised by her fellow revolutionaries, and also claims her parents caused the apocalypse due to their insistence on "respecting boundaries" in their marriage (as in, it was a case of [[Dating Catwoman]] where they tried their hardest not to interfere with each others' line of work). Her parents both swear to do better should they manage to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
* The concept of homosexual couples raising children is nothing new. Usually the child will either be adopted, or related to one of the parents through various means of artificial reproduction and/or surrogacy.
** Additionally, a bisexual (or latent gay) parent who produces children in a heterosexual relationship may later separate from their partner and form a same-sex relationship afterwards. If the child is still dependent at this time and custody is granted primarily to the bisexual parent, it is likely that the child will have two same-sex parents from this new relationship. In some countries the non-biological parent may also be permitted to co-adopt the child, giving both parents equal custody rights and legally designating both partners as the child's parents and legal guardians.
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/07/arts/love-that-dare-not-squeak-its-name.html Several] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8081829.stm examples] of penguins.
** Taken to an extreme with seagulls; some populations only have lesbian couples, most of the female birds only mating once or twice in their entire lifetime with males in order to lay fertile eggs.
* Lionesses in a pride all raise cubs as an egalitarian community; every lioness treats each cub as a mother would.
* The famous female Crow Chief, [[Meaningful Name|Woman Chief]] (born Pine Leaf of the Gros Ventre and abducted by a Crow raiding party as a child), got children with one of her four wives through surrogate fatherhood. According to their culture, the first one who sleeps with a woman who gets pregnant is officially the father. Using this, Woman Chief went through the preliminary motions and got a male volunteer to take over for the rest.
* Louise Jarvis, the subject of the BBC documentary ''My Mums Used To Be Men'', [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Gangsta Rap
** As did [[
* Villages and small communities with children probably fit in this category. Instead of it just being the parents job of providing and caring for a child, it is also the job of the rest of the village to help care for them.
* Owing to complicated political maneuvering, the young [[Dynasties From Shang to Qing|Guangxu Emperor]] had "mother" Ci'an and "father" [[Dragon Lady|Cixi]]. Both women had been wives of a previous emperor and were combining their Dowager Empress powers to rule together.
* Several openly gay celebrities have recently{{when}} had children.
** [[Neil Patrick Harris]] has adopted twins with his partner, making him one of the two daddies in question.
** [[Rufus Wainwright]] and his partner also had a girl, with Leonard Cohen's daughter Lorca serving as the surrogate.
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