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* In ''[[Over the Hedge (animation)|Over the Hedge]]'', the absence of Ozzie's mate and Heather's mother is never addressed.

* From the western comedy ''[[Support Your Local Sheriff]]'':

{{quote| '''Mayor Perkins:''' I wanted you to meet my daughter, Sheriff. She's a good cook, a mighty fine looking girl. Takes after her dear, departed mother.~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Mayor Perkins:''' I wanted you to meet my daughter, Sheriff. She's a good cook, a mighty fine looking girl. Takes after her dear, departed mother.

'''Jason McCullough:''' Mother died, huh?~~<br />~~

'''Jason McCullough:''' Mother died, huh?

'''Mayor Perkins:''' Nope, she just departed. }}

* ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'': Flint's mother dies when he was young.

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* Elena Bothari-Jesek from [[Lois McMaster Bujold|Lois McMaster Bujold's]] ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'' stories is an especially tragic case: Miles and Elena go looking for Elena's [[Missing Mom]] totally unaware of the [[Awful Truth]] that her father [[Prison Rape|raped her mother]]. And when they finally do find her Mom {{spoiler|she rejects Elena as an abomination and shoots her father dead.}}

** Discussed in the later book ''A Civil Campaign''. In the context of explaining why she doesn't want to marry yet, Kareen Koudelka says:

{{quote| "Why else do all the stories ''end'' when the Count's daughter gets married? Hasn't that ever struck you as a bit sinister? I mean, have you ever read a folk tale where the Princess's mother gets to do anything but die young? I've never been able to figure out if that's supposed to be a warning, or an instruction."}}

{{quote|"Why else do all the stories ''end'' when the Count's daughter gets married? Hasn't that ever struck you as a bit sinister? I mean, have you ever read a folk tale where the Princess's mother gets to do anything but die young? I've never been able to figure out if that's supposed to be a warning, or an instruction."}}

*** Ironically, Kareen herself is named after Emperor Gregor's [[Missing Mom]] who was killed in a palace coup when he was five.

* The heroine in ''[[The Secret Life Of Bees]]'' has what might as well be the type specimen for the realistic fiction subtrope. Her father never speaks of her missing mom, he practically ignores her, and she assumes that mommy must have been amazing. However, Lily is also wracked with angst because according to her clearest memory of her mother, Lily accidentally shot her dead.

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* [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] is full of missing moms: Ophelia and Laertes of ''[[Hamlet]]'', Regan, Goneril, and Cordelia of ''[[King Lear]]''; and Jessica of ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' all have fathers (Polonius, Lear, and Shylock respectively), but no mention is ever made of their mothers.

** In ''[[The Tempest]]'', Miranda's mother is mentioned once.

{{quote| ''Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and~~<br />~~

{{quote|''Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and

She said thou wast my daughter;'' }}