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[[File:IMG2 6550.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Interspecies Adoption|Some adoptions are more obvious than others]].]]
[[The Reveal]] that his parents are not his real parents after years of [[Oblivious Adoption]]. This is when after a long time, the adoptive parents finally tell him.
Don't confuse with [[I Have No Son]] or [[That Thing Is Not My Child]], nor a subversion of [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]. Contrast with [[You're Not My Father]], which is not a Reveal but a dismissal.
Not to be confused with [[I Am Not My Father]].
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== Film ==
* [[Dragon Quest IV]], at the beginning of the Hero's chapter.▼
* In Disney's [[Hercules (
* [[Dragon Quest V]]: None of the Heavenly Brides have real parents, and are actually descendants of Zenithians.▼
* In ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'', Mr. Ping finally admits that he's not Po's actual father. Of course, everyone else already knew, but [[Elephant in the Living Room|just didn't talk about it.]]▼
* [[Supernatural]], episode 4x10, "Heaven and Hell." Anna Milton discovers that her parents are not her real parents, and she is in fact {{spoiler|a fallen angel that was reborn as a human}}.▼
* ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'':
{{quote|Brian, Mr. Cohen wasn't your real father.
I never thought he was, Mum.
* Spock Prime (Leonard
* In the Syfy mini-series ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'', DG's parents revealed to her that she's adopted {{spoiler|and that they're actually robots.}}▼
== Literature ==
* The protagonist has a moment like this at the end of ''[[Shades of Grey]]'' (though it's the result of illegitimacy, not adoption).
* [[Super Mario RPG]]: Frogfucius dramatically reveals to Mallow: "You...are not a frog!" (Since Mallow is a walking cloud creature, the audience isn't surprised.)▼
== Live-Action TV ==
▲* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', episode 4x10, "Heaven and Hell." Anna Milton discovers that her parents are not her real parents, and she is in fact {{spoiler|a fallen angel that was reborn as a human}}.
▲* In the Syfy mini-series ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'', DG's parents revealed to her that she's adopted {{spoiler|and that they're actually robots.}}
== Newspaper Comics ==
* [[media:IMG2 6550.jpg|This]] ''[[Bad Habits (comic strip)|Bad Habits]]'' strip. The parents decided to break the ice now with their son who {{spoiler|is a literal dog. Therefore his parents are humans, who can't give birth to dogs}}.
== [[Oral Tradition]], Myths and Legends ==
* In some versions of the [[King Arthur|Arthurian legends]], the young Arthur -- who had been fostered with Ector (Cynyr Ceinfarfog in the Welsh accounts) -- was unaware he was a foster child and thought he was Ector's son and Kay's younger brother until his true identity was revealed.
== Video Games ==
▲* ''[[Dragon Quest IV]]'', at the beginning of the Hero's chapter.
▲* ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'': None of the Heavenly Brides have real parents, and are actually descendants of Zenithians.
▲* ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'': Frogfucius dramatically reveals to Mallow: "You...are not a frog!" (Since Mallow is a walking cloud creature, the audience isn't surprised.)
** Everyone else at Tadpole Pond is shocked. Complete with scare chords accompanying the reveal.
▲* In [[Kung Fu Panda 2]], Mr. Ping finally admits that he's not Po's actual father. Of course, everyone else already knew, but [[Elephant in the Living Room|just didn't talk about it.]]
▲* In Disney's [[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]], after Hercules ends up smashing up a lot of stuff in town because he can't control his strength, his mortal father decides to tell him that he's adopted and gives him the medallion with the symbol of Zeus on it, which leads him to the temple.
▲* Spock Prime (Leonard Nemoy) says this when mistaken as Spock's (Zachary Quinto), and thus his father in the 2009 Star Trek film.
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