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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Lisa:''' We've come to talk to you about your son.
'''Rabbi Krustofski:''' '''''[[Trope Namer|I have no son!]]''' [slams the door]''
'''Bart:''' Rats. We came all this way and it's the wrong guy.
'''Rabbi Krustofski:''' ''[opens door]'' I didn't mean that literally! ''[slams door again]''
|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "Like Father, Like Clown"}}
Sometimes, what parents want for their children differs from what the children want to do, especially if the parent has plans for the child to [[Follow in My Footsteps]]. Sometimes the child wants to [[Be Yourself|be himself]] in a career the parent dislikes. And sometimes, the parent struggles with this, but eventually comes around and supports his child.
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Of course, overuse of this term has caused the words themselves to be considered a [[Dead Horse Trope]], if not the entire plot itself. As a result most modern examples tend to skew toward the side of comedy.
See also: [[Changeling Fantasy]] and [[Where Did We Go Wrong?]]. Not to be confused with [[That Thing Is Not My Child]]. While it may use the line, a reveal a character is actually the speaker's ''daughter'' [[Samus Is a Girl|is another trope entirely]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* One advert for Oak milk uses this.
{{quote|'''Downright Weird Guy''': I wish I'd given Oak to my son when he was a child...haha, just kidding, I don't have a son, well technically I do, but [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|he's in]] [[Moral Event Horizon|real]] [[This Is Unforgivable!|estate]].}}
* "I have no Daughter" when it comes to Alluka from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]''. The Zoldyeks were notably known for, among many things, having only sons,
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* '' [[Ranma ½]]'': Genma has done this to
▲* "I have no Daughter" when it comes to Alluka from [[Hunter X Hunter]]. The Zoldyeks were notably known for, among many things, having only sons, & Alluka was presumed to be one as well, but she is "not to be thought of as human or as family."
▲* Genma has done this to [[Ranma ½]] a few times. However Genma does this for petty reasons, like Ranma stealing his food, or being beaten in a sparring match.
** Or if, y'know...he's a girl at the moment.
*** This is Genma's default threat and response for all petty grievances, although in something of a subversion, whenever Ranma really is in trouble or needs help Genma is the one that he always turns to and has gone to lengths to help his son.
*** Taking anything in Ranma 1/2 seriously leads directly to [[Nightmare Fuel]], but Genma is a hideously abusive parent, and probably the main reason Ranma relies on him at all is that with the long training trip he's never known anyone else long.
*** He's not abusive. He's so stupid that it's a miracle he can put his pants on in the morning.
*** So
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'' Lelouch gives up his claim to the Brittanian Imperial Throne in outrage after his father (the Emperor) shows complete indifference to Lelouch's mother and sister, who were killed and crippled, respectively. The Emperor then verbally demolishes his ten-year-old son with a particularly harsh declaration of this trope, before sending Lelouch and his sister to Japan to serve as hostages, meant to be killed if Brittania ever invades. Less than a year later, Brittania ''does'' invade, and (as far as the Emperor knows) condemns his children to death.
{{quote|'''The Emperor:''' You are dead. You have always been dead to me, dead from the moment you were born. Who gave you the fine clothes you wear, a comfortable home, the food you eat, and your very life? All of those, ''I'' have given to you. In short, you are nothing to me because you ''have never existed!''}}
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* Inverted in ''[[One Piece]]'' with Portgas D. Ace and his father. Ace disavows his father so completely that he uses his mother's surname, Portgas, and says that "my only dad is [[A Father to His Men|Whitebeard]]."
** Also played straight in chapter 576. Whitebeard [[A Father to His Men|considers every member of his crew, past and present, to be his son.]] For the crime of killing another member of Whitebeard's crew, Blackbeard is the only one to ever be disowned.
* Played straight and just a bit literally in ''[[Wandering Son]].'' [[Cool Big Sis]] Yuki is shown to have a tough time with her mother, whose visits are just stressful, and her father, who's more or less told Yuki not to come home, because she's
* Sibling version in ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]'': Teru constantly denies that she has a sister (Saki).
* Godchild from ''[[
** After everything is sorted out with the real culprit and Cain has lost another [[Love Interest]], Oscar's line when confronted is the spectacularly unclear "Aargh! That old bastard denied I was his son?"
** Turns out Oscar was pretty-much-disowned for being useless and dissolute and getting kicked out of college repeatedly after his fiancee died. No reconciliation is ever shown, but then apart from coming under suspicion over the Rose Scar thing Oscar is a comic relief character for the rest of the series.
* Gendo Ikari of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Happens in ''[[Girls und Panzer]]'':
** When it becomes obvious to her mother that {{spoiler|Hana}} is not going to follow the family style, she's told by her mother to never darken the family's door again. {{spoiler|They reconcile, with her mother admitting Hana has started a new form.}}
** Also implied in the backstory for {{spoiler|Miho}}, with ''her'' mother stating near the end of the series she's only showing up to formally disown her daughter. {{spoiler|She doesn't, but The Movie shows she doesn't relent, either; Miho is still not welcome at home.}}
* At the end of chapter/episode 4 of ''[[The Girl in the Library: Until The Pure You Falls From Grace]]'' Yukiha's parents disown her when she ends up pregnant with Masami's child and ends up in porn. This is a rare justified example because Yukiha becomes just as evil as Masami.
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* The [[Marvel Comics]] character Cable once had an evil clone named Stryfe. This evil clone captured Cable's wife Aliya and raped her, leading to her having a son that, while genetically the same as if it had been Cable's, was ''not'' his son. Cable had a
* In ''X-Statix'', Vivisector's father insists that the fact that Myles is his son is "a matter of opinion". Why? Simple - Vivisector is a gay mutant. Joining the X-Force was evidently the last straw, because by becoming a celebrity daddy couldn't pretend he didn't exist anymore.
** Supporting character Lacuna ''actively tries'' to get this reaction from her parents after discovering she's a mutant. When they accept her mutation with open arms, she tries to join the X-Force... and they're supportive of that, as well. Finally, she becomes a talk show host, squandering her incredible gift by chatting up celebrities. All she ever wanted was for her parents to be disappointed in her. Because how else do you know you're doing the right thing?
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** Made worse when Tony's inner monologue includes the thought "I'd heard it before." Yes. Even ''hell'' couldn't conjure up a father more emotionally cruel than Tony's actual father. And Tony ''still'' [[Tear Jerker|couldn't bring himself]] to attack his own father. {{spoiler|Until "Howard" [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|tells Tony]] [[Berserk Button|that he was a disappointment to his mother as well]].}}
* In ''[http://percyjacksonfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Nine_Months Nine Months]'', {{spoiler|April's father disowns her after he finds out that she's [[Teen Pregnancy|pregnant]]}}.▼
▲== Fan Fiction ==
* Brilliantly subverted in
▲* In [http://percyjacksonfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Nine_Months Nine Months], {{spoiler|April's father disowns her after he finds out that she's [[Teen Pregnancy|pregnant]]}}.
* Endrin practically says he's given up on Trian and Bhelen in ''[[Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns]]'', only it's the dwarven noble protagonist that he tells it to, just before {{spoiler|the whole kinslaying happens (or does it?) and he sweeps the second son under the rug while passively watching Bhelen get things going his way.}} It's no wonder {{spoiler|the DN takes matters into his own hands and manipulates ''the entire city-state'', including Endrin, Trian, Bhelen, you name it,}} [[Zero-Approval Gambit|the way he does]].▼
▲* Brilliantly subverted in an Evangelion fanfic where {{spoiler|someone takes advantage of Asuka in a party and she gets pregnant. Upon hearing this, her father immediately comes over from Germany with intentions of taking her back with him and [[Honor-Related Abuse|performing an abortion to restore family honor]], entirely without her consent. Her resistance results in the man flipping out and hitting her, causing [[Beware the Nice Ones|Shinji]] (who proposed to her shortly before) to [[Extreme Melee Revenge|go berserk on his ass and almost kill him]]. Sohryu disowns Asuka and proceeds to take the family property for himself... only for Gendo to inform him that not only [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|Asuka and Shinji are under NERV jurisdiction and therefore untouchable]] but she's also the sole inheritor of the entire family fortune, as per her mother's will. [[Hoist by His Own Petard|By disowning her, Sohryu forfeited his beneficiary rights.]] Oops! And that's even ''before'' Gendo threatens Sohryu that with Asuka and Shinji engaged, he considers her family so Sohryu will better back off or [[Knight Templar Parent|face the]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|consequences]].}}
▲* Endrin practically says he's given up on Trian and Bhelen in [[Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns]], only it's the dwarven noble protagonist that he tells it to, just before {{spoiler|the whole kinslaying happens (or does it?) and he sweeps the second son under the rug while passively watching Bhelen get things going his way.}} It's no wonder {{spoiler|the DN takes matters into his own hands and manipulates ''the entire city-state'', including Endrin, Trian, Bhelen, you name it,}} [[Zero-Approval Gambit|the way he does]].
** Later, it is revealed that Endrin played it straight with Bhelen, although the fact he didn't do it publicly allowed the guy to take control of House Aeducan after the king died.
* At the end of ''A Matter of Romantic Chemistry'', the third part of the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fanfic series ''[[Tales of Ranma and Ranko]]'', in the moments after the fathers' long-standing plans to swindle Ranma of his inheritance are revealed and foiled, Genma tries this tactic in an effort to guilt-trip Ranma one last time -- only for Ranma to turn it back on him:
{{quote|"You ingrate of a boy!" Genma yelled. "You're no son of mine!"
"You're right about that," Ranma agreed. "I'm the son of Ichiro Hibiki, a traveling salesman Mom's been having an affair with for almost eighteen years."}}
* As soon as Minako's parents discover she's Sailor Venus in the fanfic ''[[Isekai by Moonlight]]'', they disown her because they believe being associated with a Sailor Senshi is dangerous.
== [[Film]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
* Famously done in the 1980 version of ''[[The Jazz Singer]],'' with that very line delivered by [[Laurence Olivier]] in full-on [[Large Ham]] mode.
** Slightly more underplayed in the 1927 version, with the title card "My son was to stand at my side and sing tonight - but now I Have No Son."
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* ''[[Lord of War]]'' - An unusual example, in that it happens towards the end and isn't reconciled. The main character's brother is killed after being dragged back into an illicit business for [[Retirony|"One last time,"]] and the main character is arrested. He calls his parents from jail to tell them what happened to him and his brother, to which the mother's only response is "Both my sons are dead."
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* The first murder victim in Catherine Aird's ''The Religious Body'' is a nun in her forties who converted to Catholicism and entered the convent at eighteen-and-a-half. The police have to visit her mother in person to inform her of her daughter's death, because they can't get her to acknowledge that she ''had'' a daughter long enough to get to her via telephone.
* This is the main character aspect of Barty Crouch in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Though in this case it's less "went into a career his father didn't like" and more "{{spoiler|joined a fascist dark wizard cult and helped torture two dark-wizard catchers (who were also parents) into incurable insanity}}".
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**** Tywin refuses to speak with her for a very long time after she makes this observation.
* This was actually the title of an early-1970s-vintage ''[[Doonesbury]]'' paperback; it quoted the punchline of one of the included strips, an exclamation by "Marvelous Mark" Slackmeyer's father.
* This happened to Courtney Thane in ''[[
* In the [[Vorkosigan Saga]], General Count Piotr Vorkosigan has no grandson, because Miles was born handicapped. Physical deformities are reviled on Barrayar, and Piotr sees Miles as a mutant. He refuses to allow a deformed boy to become Count Vorkosigan, tried to kill the boy at least once (three times if you count when he attempted to have the Uterine Replicator dumped), and forbids Aral and Cordelia from using his name as Miles's given name, as is Barrayaran tradition. Miles (who would have been Piotr Miles) is renamed Miles Naismith, and gets the last laugh - growing up to become not only Lord Vorkosigan, but a soldier, spy, ''and'' the first Imperial Auditor in the Vorkosigan family.
** The only reason Piotr did not try to disown his son Aral over the matter was because doing so to a confirmed heir to a Countship requires permission from the Emperor or Lord Regent (the former was four, the latter ''was'' Aral). As it stood he threw Aral and Cordelia out of his homes and stripped Aral of his incomes from Vorkosigan district; they did not even begin to reconcile until Miles was five.
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* The sibling variant occurs in ''[[New Frontier]]'', soon after Captain Calhoun discovers that {{spoiler|his [[Manipulative Bastard]] little brother has contrived to get him into a [[Duel to the Death]].}} All the more powerful for its [[Tranquil Fury|calm, flat delivery.]]
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Prospero's Daughter|Prospero Lost]]'', when Miranda appeals to Theo on the grounds his brother is poisoned and dying, Theo says he has no brother.
* In ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'', middle daughter Suellen has been brow-beating her dementia-stricken father into signing a document proclaiming his loyalty to the Union, thus enabling the family to receive restitution for loss of property. This would be a major affront to any hard-core Southerner, but Suellen is taking advantage of her father's weak mind in order to accomplish this. However, just as he's about to sign the papers, she slips up, revealing what they are. This is enough to snap her father out of his dementia, confront her over what she's done and declare, "You're no daughter of mine!" before storming out.
* ''[[Legacy of the Force]]'': after Jacen tortured to death Boba Fett's daughter, Han Solo tells him he is no longer his son. Later, he will state that Dath Caedus is not Jacen Solo, in the "[[That Man Is Dead]]" sense.
* Done twice in ''[[Warrior Cats]]'':
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** {{spoiler|When it is revealed to Crowfeather that Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Jayfeather are his (illegitamite) kits, he refuses to believe it, saying in front of the whole Gathering that his only son is Breezepelt.}}
* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''Freckles'', his grandfather's attitude. When he gets a letter telling him that his disobedient son and his wife are dead, leaving an infant grandson, he files the letter away. Nothing is done until he dies and his other son finds the letter.
* Inverted in the ''[[Horus Heresy]]'' novel
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
▲== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' used this line when they riffed on the educational short film "A Date With Your Family". To hear Mike and the bots describe it, all three kids were disowned by the end of the meal.
** Really, they use it all the time, especially in the shorts (one boy got disowned for driving before his license came in).
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** Not so much disowned as on the run.
* Variant used in a [[Narm]] way on ''[[7th Heaven]]''. When the entire family reveals to matriarch Annie that they won't be home for Thanksgiving, she announces, "You are not my family"—her minor-aged children included, no less.
* Happens to the [[Les Collaborateurs|traitor]] Daniel in ''[[V (TV series)|V]]: The Final Battle''. One of the few cases where the claim is made and the audience accepts it without even blinking.
* Subverted in ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'', when a man initially suspected of being an infamous serial killer testifies to Goren and Eames that his father is actually the one guilty. In fact, the son's life has been made hell, growing up in fear that he's a sadist like Dad. When his father declares, "You're no son of mine!" as he is being dragged away in handcuffs, Eames comments, "That's the nicest thing he could have said to him."
* Atia to Octavia in the second season of ''[[Rome]]'': "I have no son."
* King Henry VIII throws one of these against his sister in ''[[The Tudors]]'' when he learns that she has betrayed him by [[Values Dissonance|marrying without his permission.]]
{{quote|"How dare you look at me? I am your Lord and Master; ''not'' your brother! You are both banished from court. You will relinquish your London houses. You will remove yourself from my sight. [...] And Margaret! I have yet to decide whatever to make your bed-mate [[Off with His Head|a head shorter.]]"}}
** Of course, he forgives them later. (In real life, it was his sister Mary who pulled this stunt, not Margaret.)
* Rickie on ''[[My So-Called Life]]'' comes out to his uncle, his adoptive parent. Said uncle immediately kicks him out of the house. Onto the street. At ''Christmastime''. Then his uncle ''moves away without him''. Bear in mind that this is a 15-year-old kid we're talking about; this is [[Kick the Dog]] at its worst.
* Anybody remember this story from an old TV Western series (or possibly movie)? Setup: A young son is intrigued when a native policeman from an Indian Reservation rides into town looking for some outlaws from that reservation. It turns out that he is actually his half-brother; their mother was abducted by Indians in her youth and lived as part of the tribe for a few years before being rescued and returned to "Western Civilization", in the meantime having given birth to a boy. But to her white husband and later children she pretended that she had been rescued mere days after her abduction. When confronted with the Indian lawman, she tells him that she may have given birth to him, but that he is not her son. Only when he comes close to being killed by the outlaws does she acknowledge and show that she cares for him.{{verify}}<!-- MOD: No information actually useful in identifying what this work is. If this example has not been updated with at least a work name by January 31, 2021, it should be deleted. -->
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' spoofed this by having an playwright express disapproval of his son for pursuing his dream of becoming a coal miner.
* ''[[True Blood]]''. 15-year-old Sam Merlotte's shapeshifting powers manifest, to his adoptive family's horror. Shortly thereafter, he comes home one day to find that the [[Parental Abandonment|entire family has moved away without him]], leaving the house completely empty except for Sam's bedroom, which was left untouched.
* Inverted in ''[[Fringe]]'', where Peter Bishop tells his father Walter, "I am not your son." Subverted because {{spoiler|Peter is from an [[Alternate Universe]], and "Walternate" is his father}}.
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* In the ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' episode "And When The Sky was Opened", Harrington, shortly before he is [[Ret-Gone|erased from history]], calls his parents, only for them to tell him they don't have a son.
* Duncan MacLeod got this in ''[[Highlander the Series]]'', after dying his first death and becoming immortal.
* In Peter Kay's ''[[X Factor]]'' and ''[[Pop Idol]]'' spoof ''[[
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* The ''[[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]'' song "No Son of Mine".
** Also, band member Mike Rutherford's solo hit "The Living Years".
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* In [[W.A.S.P.]]'s 1992 concept album ''The Crimson Idol'', the protagonist Jonathan calls his estranged parents one last time after realizing how unfulfilling his life as a rock star is. The conversation ends with "we have no son." Jonathan then {{spoiler|kills himself on stage during the concert later that night}}.
* The Courtyard Hounds' song "Ain't No Son," which deals with a father disowning his son, directly references this trope.
{{quote|''He said "You ain't no son to me
''You ain't no son to me
''Eight pound baby boy I bounced on my knee
''No, you ain't no son of mine }}
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* This is played with quite often in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] dynamic between [[The Undertaker]], [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]] and [[Paul Bearer]]. As it turned out, [[Paul Bearer]] was [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]]'s biological father, but at various times, he favored either one. At [[Wrestlemania]] XX, he told [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]] before introducing an again-reanimated Undertaker, "You're no son of mine!"▼
==
* The early 20th-century musical ''The Jazz Singer'', (probably better known today
▲* This is played with quite often in the [[WWE]] dynamic between [[The Undertaker]], [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]] and [[Paul Bearer]]. As it turned out, [[Paul Bearer]] was [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]]'s biological father, but at various times, he favored either one. At [[Wrestlemania]] XX, he told [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]] before introducing an again-reanimated Undertaker, "You're no son of mine!"
▲* The early 20th-century musical ''The Jazz Singer'', (probably better known today as being the first talkie) featured this as the central plot: Jakie Rabinowitz wants to sing jazz in blackface and his rabbi father disapproves. No, not for the same reasons we would disapprove of this action [[Values Dissonance|today]]. Actually somewhat [[Based on a True Story]], making this one [[Truth in Television]].
* At the end of ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'', a despondent Henry II makes this remark about all of his sons' collective betrayal.
** Well, in the next line, he acknowledges that he had offspring; what he seems to be saying is "My children aren't real men" rather than "I have no children".
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{{quote|'''Fyedke''': Some are driven out by edicts. Others... by silence.}}
* Subverted in ''[[The Music Man]]'' when Harold Hill suggests that the Mayor order a fluglehorn on the grounds that his son would be a virtuoso. The Mayor almost falls for it before realizing (loudly) that he doesn't have a son.
* In ''[[Spring's Awakening]]'' by Frank Wedekind, after Moritz {{spoiler|flunks out of school and commits suicide}} his father says {{spoiler|at Moritz's funeral}} that Moritz was "no son of mine."
** ''Damn that is cold..''
* No literal disowning, but in ''[[La Traviata]]'' Germont utters a phrase like this after Alfredo insults Violetta by throwing money at her. Alfredo immediately repents, and the two are later shown as reconciled.
* Played with in ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'': Cecily tells Jack his brother Ernest is in the dining room, and he replies "I haven't got a brother". Cecily thinks he's disowning his brother, and the other characters on stage think Ernest has just died, but Jack actually means it literally; he [[Invented Individual|lied about having a brother]], and the man in the dining room is his friend Algernon pretending to be Ernest {{spoiler|who is later revealed to actually be his brother.}}
* Because they abandoned him in favour of seeking power over Thebes and only sought him out once he was useful to them, Oedipus curses his sons to kill each other in ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]'' shortly before he dies.
* Oddly enough, averted in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'': despite Shylock's anger at his daughter's marriage and conversion to Christianity, he never actually disowns her. Later in the play, he mentions her, saying "I have a daughter..." The Al Pacino film version changed the line to say "I ''had'' a daughter", turning the film into a straight example. As a matter of fact, it's ''Jessica'' who disowns Shylock: "I have a father, you, a daughter lost."
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Tatsuzou Sudou from ''[[Persona 2]]: Eternal Punishment'' went to a LOT of effort to get his son, Tatsuya Sudou, sent to a sanitarium so he could be rid of him and he also worked very hard to eliminate any connection said son had to him. {{spoiler|Justified, as he's a politician and his son became a crazy arsonist, and that would not have been good for his political career, among other things.}}
* A scene like this kicks off the plot of ''[[Metal Max Returns]]''. A more moderate version also kicks off ''[[Metal Saga]].''
* In ''Riven: The Sequel to [[Myst]]'', if you {{spoiler|fail to imprison Gehn before opening the Star Fissure, Atrus will show up only to be surrounded by Gehn and his goon. Atrus will react to his unexpected appearance (you ''were'' supposed to have imprisoned him before signaling Atrus, after all) with "Father..." only for Gehn}} to shout "[Y]ou are no longer my son!" before {{spoiler|having his henchman shoot him}}.
* When [[Tsundere|Jessica]] of ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' stubbornly declares her intent to find her brother's murderer and bring him to justice - at the urging of her brother's ghost, no less - her mother (who wants her to stay at home and "mourn like a proper lady") equally-stubbornly declares that she has no longer has a daughter.
* In ''[[Guild Wars]]'', Adelbern does this in spirit, if not using the exact words, after the Nolani Academy mission. He wants to continue to defend his kingdom from invasion, while his son wants to evacuate to one across the mountains.
* Inverted in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. Jacob Taylor's loyalty mission is to rescue his father, who went missing ten years ago. It turns out that his ship crashed on an unknown planet. However, after they find out that Ronald Taylor {{spoiler|forced his crew to eat the local food (which causes brain damage) while keeping the good food from the ship for himself long after they repaired the beacon that justified withholding it in the first place, killed the other officers, exiled the male crew, and turned the females into his personal harem}}, Jacob disowns his father.
* Happens in the climax of ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'', when {{spoiler|Ghetsis storms in and disowns N for allowing the player to defeat him, spoiling Ghetsis's plans to conquer Unova}}. Rather than saying, "I have no child", the line is "you are unworthy of the name {{spoiler|Harmonia}}", but [[Tear Jerker|the effect is the same]].
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Michael Alan Avariss of ''Gene Catlow'' is this way about his son, Steven over his associations with anthropomorphic animals, or, as Michael puts it, "beasts".
* Parodied in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' in the Oceans Unmoving storyline. Callix sends one of [[The Greys]], aliens with a slim to nil understanding of human social behavior, to talk to his father being held captive in the hold. [[Hilarity Ensues]] as the Grey is clearly incapable of understanding that the proclamations of I Have No Son are strictly for dramatic effect.
* A sibling variant in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''. While clarifying the relationship between Tedd and Nanase (their mothers are sisters) for the [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]], Amanda phones Nanase's mother to ask why Tedd's mom [[Missing Mom|never gets mentioned]]. When she gets the reply "I have no sister!", she wonders if her initial explanation was wrong.
* Played with in [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=157#comic this] ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]''.{{context}}
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* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', Caspian's father threatens it: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130609084754/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter003/ib015.html If you ever show your face in Turien again, you are not my son.]
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode quoted at the top of the page.
** It is a [[Shout-Out|parody specifically]] of the scene in ''The Jazz Singer.''
** Parodied again in, when Agnes Skinner learns that the real Seymour Skinner was imprisoned in Vietnam and the man she has raised as her son is an impostor; her dramatic declaration that she has no son is somewhat undercut by Homer rather acerbically pointing out that she obviously has at least ''one'' son. She responds by saying "No, I have one stranger, and one fraud!"
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* Referenced in an episode of ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'':
{{quote|'''Mr. Frensky:''' If you win, I'm taking you out for ice cream. If you lose--
'''Binky:''' [[Door Step Baby|You'll take us to the outskirts of town]] [[Parental Abandonment|and leave us there]]?
'''Mr. Frensky:''' No Binky. If you lose, I still take you out for ice cream.
'''Binky:''' [[Cloudcuckoolander|I'll never get to see the outskirts of town]]... }}
* In ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', Ralph Bighead's decision to become a cartoonist results in his being disowned by his father, and he isn't particularly interested in reconciling. It requires intervention by Rocko and friends to restore the family relationship.
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** This is definitely an example of the second version of this trope: Tai Lung certainly crossed some lines that justified him being disowned, and his bitterness and vengeance do cause him to reject the offer when Shifu tries to reconcile with him not long afterward. Of course [[Start of Darkness|as seen in flashback]], it was not exactly easy for Shifu to disown him, let alone attack his "son", and the audience may be inclined to dislike him for it anyway because, rather than growing up wrong, Tai Lung was raised wrong.
* ''[[American Dad]]'' had one episode with Stan and Francene getting roped into a situation with their gay neighbors Greg and Terry when the latter's father comes to visit who oblivious of his son homosexuality. When Stan drunkenly reveals this, Terry's father in a rather calm manner states he has no son. Even when presented in front of a stadium full of people, Terry's father refuses take back his claim. Terry eventually say "Forget him" and gets on with his life with Greg.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' of course has Fire Lord Ozai, who clearly had no regard to his son Zuko. Stating he was "Lucky to be born" and even burning off most of his face when Zuko questioned his logic during a war meeting. Zuko at first tries to get his [["Well Done, Son" Guy|respect]] for most of the series. But in the end realizes he's a [[Jerkass]] and
** [[Complete Monster|Just a Jerk-Ass]]?
* Previously, on ''[[Gargoyles]]'': When Angela tells [[Knight Templar|Demona]] that she is Demona's biological daughter, Demona responds with "I have no daughter!" In this case, though, it's not based on disapproval—Demona honestly did not realize her child (last seen as an egg with people she considered her enemies) was still alive.
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* This trope is one of the main reasons Dr. Doofenshmirtz from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' grew up to be a villain. The worst part was he didn't really deserve it. His parents were [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood|so ridiculously negligent]], they were never around for any of his birthdays, ''even the day he was actually born''. He was completely ignored when he failed to jump off a high dive at the city pool (which was considered a rite of passage). Heck, his father even named the family dog "Only Son"!
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== Real Life ==
* [[Josef Stalin]], keeping in character as a [[Complete Monster|sociopathic bastard]], did not have a healthy father-son relationship with his eldest. Besides the incident where he remarked that his son "can't even shoot straight" after his failed suicide, he used the trope ad verbatim when the Germans suggested they exchange his captured son for a German general in Soviet custody. To be fair to the murderous fruitloop, he had just announced that Soviet Russia would ''never'' negotiate prisoner transfers with the Nazis, and it's unlikely that any of the other leaders would or could have acted any differently in his position. It was cold, but not pure spite.
** Another variant on that anecdote tells that Stalin said "A colonel is not worth a general" when the offer came.
** Not perhaps surprising when you learn about the treatment Josef received from his own father while growing up. "Alcoholic, abusive bastard" is frankly being ''charitable''.
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**** Most Jews were in favor of, and participated in, the Civil Rights movement, because many of the same prohibitions were applied to Jews as well. It was just less noticeable because people can't tell if someone is Jewish just by looking at them. Socially, however, Jews were kept from many of the same organizations and subject to strict quotas at universities that would accept them.
* [[Osama Bin Laden]] was disowned by his family for his extremist attitudes. Can you really blame them?
* There are plenty of parents out there who disown (read: [[What the Hell, Hero?|kick out of house and home]]) for [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|being gay]]. This [[Moral Event Horizon|phenomenon]] get the [[Sarcasm Mode|absolute amount of
* Prominent banker Amos Kling and newspaper publisher [[Warren Harding]] were enemies for several years. To Florence Kling, daughter of the banker, this made Harding irresistible. She pursued him until Warren agreed to marry her in 1891. Amos' reaction fits the trope: he disowned his daughter, and refused to speak to either her or his hated son-in-law for the next eight years.
* "I have no Daughter": The late actress/model
* Mevlüt Altıntaş, an off-duty police officer who assassinated Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov in 2016 over protests regarding Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War, was disowned by his relatives who did not claim his body due to his extremist actions, stating "We are ashamed of him because of the murder and we will not claim the body of a traitor."
* Anyone who has done something abhorrent such as [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|rape]], [[Paedo Hunt|especially of a minor]], would certainly be disowned by their family for their actions, such as in the case of Ariel Castro whose relatives have cut ties and [https://nypost.com/2013/05/10/daddy-is-a-monster-ariel-castros-daughter-blasts-fiend-after-women-freed-from-ohio-hell-house/ denounced] him as a [[Complete Monster|"monster"]]. Castro would later die by suicide in prison, to no one's sorrow.
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