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Even in settings where [[Talking Animal]], [[Civilized Animal]], or [[Funny Animal]] animals exist, adoptions will still happen between parents and children. Some parents are caring enough to take in a child, regardless of their species. They may be [[Raised by Wolves|animals raising a human child]], [[Raised by Humans|humans raising an animal child]], animals raising animals of a different species, or any
This is a supertrope of [[Raised by Wolves]] and [[Raised by Humans]], as well as cases that aren't covered by either trope. It may also overlap with [[Moses in the Bulrushes]] and (especially in comic settings) [[Oblivious Adoption]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Transformers Victory]]'', Star Saber, the new leader of the Autobots, adopts a human boy named Jan, who lost his parents to a Decepticon attack.▼
* In ''[[You Are Umasou]]'', a Maiasaura raises a Tyrannosaurus from birth, who in turn, after running away from home, adopts a baby Ankylosaurus after being mistaken for its father.▼
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▲* In [[Transformers Victory]], Star Saber, the new leader of the Autobots, adopts a human boy named Jan, who lost his parents to a Decepticon attack.
▲* In [[You Are Umasou]], a Maiasaura raises a Tyrannosaurus from birth, who in turn, after running away from home, adopts a baby Ankylosaurus after being mistaken for its father.
== Comics ==▼
* [[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]] is a demon who was adopted by a human parent named Dr. Bruttenholm and raised under the watch of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. He was raised to appreciate humanity, even if he constantly has to deal with the fact that he's frighteningly different from them anyway.
* [[Superman]] is probably the most famous example of this trope. He's an alien sent to Earth as a baby, and he grew up on a farm by the Kent family.
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'': four adorable baby turtles fall into a sewer and are adopted by an ordinary rat (other than the whole "[[Taught by Television|knows ninjutsu]]" thing). Only later do the five mutate and become intelligent.
* ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' has Chad Collier, a [[Catfolk|Kilrathi]] raised by humans, and Marty and Eiko Rose take in and raise [[Animaniacs|Wakko, Yakko and Dot <s>Warner</s> Wharn'yr]].
== Film ==
* The ''[[Stuart Little]]'' movie did this to remove the [[Fridge Logic]] from the original book (where the titular character just had human parents for no apparent reason).
* Giant panda Po's father in ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' is a duck; this goes unmentioned in the first movie, but becomes a minor plot element in the sequel.
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* [[Babe]] the pig is adopted by Fly who is a dog.
* Most of '[[Leafie, A Hen into the Wild]]' revolves around a hen and her [[Happily Adopted]] son (a duck).
== Literature ==
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[
▲* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards Guards]]'', Carrot is a human adopted by dwarves. He is completely oblivious to this, even when his adoptive father tries to explain that there's a reason he was always too tall to fit in dwarf passages correctly. Notable in that even after it's been explained to him and he's accepted that he is biologically a human, Carrot still considers himself a dwarf, albeit a very tall one.
* "[[The Ugly Duckling]]" is a classic example of this trope. A swan raised by a duck.
* ''[[RuneScape]]: Betrayal at Falador'', Kara was adopted and raised by dwarfs.
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* ''The Sheep-Pig'' by [[Dick King-Smith]], the book ''[[Babe]]'' was based on, likewise has Babe raised by Fly the sheepdog.
== Live
* [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Worf]] was adopted by the Rozhenko family, a human couple from Russia. In turn, Worf's son Alexander Rozhenko was also raised by Worf's adoptive parents.
== Video Games ==
* Mallow from ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', originally from Nimbus Land, was adopted by Frogfucius in Frog Pond, and grew up largely believing he was a frog "who can't jump".
* {{spoiler|Adell}} in ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' is a demon adopted by humans as a result of his biological parents leaving to fight fake Zenon. They fail.
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== Web Comics ==
* Lindesfarne in ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'': Kevin (who is a rabbit) and his (later-ex-)wife adopted Lindesfarne (who is a hedgehog) before Kevin met Kell.
* The trolls in ''[[Homestuck]]''. It's societal norm for them to be raised by another species. However, these guardians may or may not be totally sentient, and not all of them are good parents, so it also delves a bit into [[Raised by Wolves]].
* ''[[Selkie]]'' is about an amphibious young girl, and the man who adopts her.
* Buwaro, Sakido and Iratu, all demons, are adopted by the angel Darius in ''[[Slightly Damned]]''.
== Web Original ==
* Quite a few characters from ''[[Cerberus Daily News]]''. Thus includes (but is not limited to) a Turian who was adopted by a human couple (Gahars Patnus), a human who was adopted by an Asari couple (Some_Random_Merc/Johnny), a Drell who has recently adopted a human infant (Rohim), a human whose legal guardian and father-figure is a Turian (Wildflower/Flower and Davril, respectively), and a human who was raised by a Quarian (Human Quarian/Kolya).▼
▲* Quite a few characters from [[Cerberus Daily News]]. Thus includes (but is not limited to) a Turian who was adopted by a human couple (Gahars Patnus), a human who was adopted by an Asari couple (Some_Random_Merc/Johnny), a Drell who has recently adopted a human infant (Rohim), a human whose legal guardian and father-figure is a Turian (Wildflower/Flower and Davril, respectively), and a human who was raised by a Quarian (Human Quarian/Kolya).
== Western Animation ==
* [[Rocko's Modern Life|Heffer]] was raised by wolves. The Wolfe family to be specific. They ''were'' just going to eat him, and started fattening him up, but grew to love him and raised him as their own. The "birthmark" on his rump is where the wolves were going to divide him up.
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants|SpongeBob]] and Patrick adopted a baby scallop in one episode. It left other citizens quite confused when they thought about the biology involved.
* ''[[Dinosaur Train]]'': Buddy the T-Rex is adopted by a pteranodon family.
* ''[[CatDog]]'' continually brought up one particular issue over the course of the series: Where did CatDog actually come from? For as long as they can remember, they'd always lived on their own. The series ended with CatDog going on a long journey to find their parents. It was never revealed ''how'' CatDog came to be, but for a brief time after they were born, they had been raised by a frog for a father and a sasquatch for a mother. They were all separated in a storm.
* Darwin from ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' used to just be the Waterson family's pet fish, but he developed intelligence, grew legs, became Gumball's best friend, and the family adopted him as one of their own.
* In ''[[My Little Pony:
* ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' probably topped this concept beyond most other examples by having a human girl being adopted by two robots.
* [[media:IMG2 6550.jpg|This]] ''Bad Habits'' strip, which is also an [[Oblivious Adoption]].▼
* There is a famous joke about a turtle which constantly climbs up a tree and jumps down with its legs spread. After a few attempts (and the turtle getting quite a few traumas), a bird watching it from nearby asks its mate, "Should we tell our son he's adopted?"▼
== Real Life ==
* [[Real Life]] examples involving animals like dogs, cats, and rabbits are a mainstay of websites like ''Cute Overload''.▼
▲* [[Real Life]] examples involving animals like dogs, cats, and rabbits are a mainstay of websites like Cute Overload.
* One of the strangest incidents of this kind occurred in Samburu, Kenya: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/feb/17/jamesastill.theobserver a lioness adopted an oryx.]
▲== Other ==
▲* [[media:IMG2 6550.jpg|This]] ''Bad Habits'' strip, which is also an [[Oblivious Adoption]].
▲* There is a famous joke about a turtle which constantly climbs up a tree and jumps down with its legs spread. After a few attempts (and the turtle getting quite a few traumas), a bird watching it from nearby asks its mate, "Should we tell our son he's adopted?"
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