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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
This is a supertrope of [[Raised
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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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* [[Hellboy (
* [[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
▲* 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.
* ''[[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]].
▲* 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 (Comic Book)|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.
== 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.
* In ''[[Thor (
* ''[[Elf]]'': Buddy is a human adopted by [[Santa Claus]], and raised among elves.
* [[Disney]]'s ''The Ugly Dachshund''. A Great Dane thinks he's a dachshund because he was raised by a dachshund mother.
* Aladar from ''[[Dinosaur]]'' is an Iguanodon raised by lemurs.
* [[Babe]] the pig is adopted by Fly who is a dog.
* Most of '[[Leafie,
== Literature ==
* In the ''[[
* "[[
▲* In the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/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 (Literature)|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.
* The children's book ''Tyranosaurus Drip'' by Julia Donaldson is about a duckbill dinosaur "adopted" by tyranosaurs. (Mother Tyranosaur can't count, and doesn't realise there's one more egg than there should be.)
* ''The Sheep-Pig'' by [[Dick King
== Live
* [[Star Trek:
▲* [[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 ''[[
* {{spoiler|Adell}} in ''[[Disgaea 2
▲* Mallow from ''[[Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories]]'' is a demon adopted by humans as a result of his biological parents leaving to fight fake Zenon. They fail.
* Penn in ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'' is adopted by the Nereids. This is part of a breeding plan when he turns 18.
* ''[[F-Zero]]'''s Leon, [[Retcon|depending on the game]] (although both examples still fit). In ''X'', he's adopted by Mrs. Arrow and her husband Super Arrow, a [[They Fight Crime|crime-fighting]] [[Superhero]] [[Battle Couple|couple]]. According to ''GX'', however, he was instead adopted by Fable, a soldier belonging to the race that attacked Leon's homeworld twelve years ago (which led to the poor kid [[Parental Abandonment|losing his parents]] and [[Eye Scream|his left eye]], [[War Is Hell|as well as Zou becoming an economical dump]]) who [[Heel Face Turn|rebelled]] [[Defector From Decadence|when he became disgusted by their tactics]]. Leon's a bipedal cat-like alien, the Arrows are human, and Fable is another species of extraterrestrial being.
* After the [[Time Skip]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', {{spoiler|the [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-human, half-Esper]] Terra is shown [[Promotion to Parent|to have adopted some children from Mobliz]] whose parents were killed by [[Big Bad|Kefka's]] [[Light Is Not Good|Light of Judgment]].}}
* At the end of ''[[Final Fantasy IV:
* After her parents were killed by [[Space Pirates]], [[Metroid|Samus Aran]] was adopted by the [[Perfect Pacifist People|Chozo]], an ancient race of bird-like creatures that raised her and trained her to be [[Bounty Hunter|what she is]].
* In ''[[Devil May Cry]] 2'', [[The Reveal|a big deal is made out of]] {{spoiler|Lucia being [[Artificial Human|a flawed demonic construct]] of [[Big Bad|Arius]] instead of Matier's biological daughter. After going through a [[Heroic BSOD]] and [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|struggling with the ramifications of her true nature for a bit]], Matier comforts Lucia and outright tells her, "You are my daughter." This gives Lucia the strength to carry on and break out of her [[Cloning Blues]] complex.}}
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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 ''[[
* ''[[Selkie]]'' is about an amphibious young girl, and the man who adopts her.▼
▲* The trolls in ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|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]].
* Buwaro, Sakido and Iratu, all demons, are adopted by the angel Darius in ''[[Slightly Damned]]''.▼
▲* [[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
* ''[[Dinosaur Train]]'': Buddy the T-Rex is adopted by a pteranodon family.
* ''[[
* 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:
* 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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