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** Ranma left to train with his father at such a very young age that until his [[Hot Mom]] [[Cloudcuckoolander|Nodoka]] showed up to visit he'd forgotten he ever ''had'' one.

** Shampoo's father was seen a time or two in the manga, but never her mother, and she is otherwise raised by her great-grandmother.

** Mousse's mother is never mentioned in the manga and only briefly in the anime.

** The Kuno siblings' mother and Ukyo's mother are never seen or even mentioned.

* In [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]], Setsuna F. Seiei lost his mother when he was no older than 10. {{spoiler|More exactly, when he was a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] [[Child Soldier]] under the name of Soran Ibrahim, he killed her under the orders of his leader, [[Complete Monster]] Ali Al-Saachez.}} One of the reasons why he gets platonically close to Princess Marina is because [[Identical Stranger|she looks a LOT]] like his dead mom.

** Similarly, the conflict between {{spoiler|Sergei and Andrei Smirnov}} comes from the death of {{spoiler|Andrei}}'s [[Action Mom]] Holly, whom he ''never'' forgave his father for. {{spoiler|It ends up in horrible tragedy, as Andrei [[Self-Made Orphan|kills Sergei]] believing him to be a traitor; once he realizes what he has done with help of his adoptive sister Marie, he becomes [[The Atoner]], and [[Redemption Equals Death]] in [[The Movie]].}}

* In the [[Ace Attorney]] manga's "Turnabout From Heaven" case, the defendant, Diana Wheatley, says she was visited by the spirit of her mother, who was killed in an auto accident 16 years ago and promised to give her a necklace when she turned 20. {{spoiler|It turns out that her dead supposed birth mother was actually her stepmother, because the birth certificates were altered, and that her actual mother was working for her father in disguise}}.

 

* Lyra, the heroine of ''[[The Golden Compass]]'', has no mother and a mostly absent father-figure, Uncle Asriel ( {{spoiler|actually her father}}). Later we find out that {{spoiler|her mother is Mrs. Coulter, the main villain of the book}}.

* John Taylor, the main character of the ''[[Nightside]]'' series of [[Urban Fantasy]]/[[Film Noir|Gothic Noir]] novels, was raised by his father {{spoiler|because his mother is [[Eldritch Abomination|Lilith]].}} His mom coming back is actually a plot that spreads over several books.

** The mother of Tomjon, heir to the throne of Verence I, is absent without explanation in ''Wyrd Sisters''.

* [[Alfie Atkins]] mother is never mentioned in the books. Her absence is not mentioned either. Alfie seems to have a completely normal kid's life, with friends, cousins, and a loving father. Just no mother. When [[Moral Guardians]] and other curious people wanted to know where she is, the author replied: "[[Shrug of God|Maybe she's dead. Maybe the parents are divorced. Maybe she's in the laundry room.]] [[Death of the Author|It's up to the reader.]]"

** Chuck: Missing... it seems that way, doesn't it? {{spoiler|Or maybe not, as Aunt Lily confesses on a [[Mushroom Samba|holistic drug trip]] that she's really Chuck's mother.}}

* ''[[Starman (TV series)|Starman]]'': We know Jenny Hayden freaked out shortly after birthing her half-alien child and ran off, leaving the title character to [[Walking the Earth|Walk The Earth]] raising his son alone. The show's premise was built on this.

* ''[[Full House]]'': yet another dead mother. The reason why Jesse (said mother's younger brother) and Joey (Danny's best friend) moved in with the Tanners was to [[Has Two Mommies|help Danny with the three girls]].

** Jesse later gets married and Aunt Becky becomes [[Parental Substitute|a mother figure]] to the Tanner girls.

** Seisen Gen 2: {{spoiler|If you got the girls from Gen 1 to get married and have kids, almost all of them except for Adean become [[Missing Mom|Missing Moms]]. Ayra disappears after Barhara and it's not clear if she still lives or not, though the manga says she did kick the bucket; Ferry is crowned as the Queen of Silesia since Levin is gone and his mother Rahna is dead, but dies of illness a little before Gen 2 kicks off; Tiltyu is pretty much taken hostage by her family alongside Tinny and so abused by her sister-in-law that she falls victim to [[Death by Despair]]; Sylvia leaves her kids in an orphanage and disappears; Lachesis is at first by Nanna's side, but later she disappears in the Yied Desert when trying to visit her son Delmud, though she`s implied to be still alive; and finally Briggid is rendered amnesiac and lost after Barhara, reappearing in ''Thracia'' as the still amnesiac Evayle.}} As corollary, {{spoiler|Diadora is revealed to have been killed... by her own son Yurius, possessed by the god Loputus.}}

** ''Thracia 776'': Aside of {{spoiler|Leaf and Nanna}}'s mothers, we have {{spoiler|Mareeta's mother, who fell to [[Death by Childbirth]]; Misha's mom Deet'var, who was an enemy slain by Sigurd's troops; Sara's mother, who died of grief some time after Sara's birth; and ultimately, Karin's conversation with Sety alludes to Queen Ferry's recent death.}}

* In ''[[Nintendo Wars|Advance Wars]]'', Sonja's mother is implied to have died before the events of the first game, and none of the other COs (save Sasha and Colin) mention their parents. Also, Sonja and her father Kanbei are the only COs with a parent/child relationship.

* In the ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]]'' series, Alyx Vance's mother, Azian, died during the Black Mesa Incident, and she was raised by her father, Eli. Eli was clearly devastated by his wife's death, and has a picture of her in whatever space is currently serving as his office. Alyx was very young when Azian died, but she still gets indignant when [[Big Bad]] Dr. Breen mentions her.

* ''[[World of Mana]] 2'', the hero has a [[Missing Mom]] and a [[Disappeared Dad]] {{spoiler|She become a tree and die short after meeting the hero and his dad was dead already}}

* Mia and Maya's mother, Misty Fey, in the ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]'' games. Disappeared after the [[Arc Words|DL-6]] incident, leaving Maya and Mia alone. [[spoiler: She was ultimately killed in the last case of ''Trials&Tribulations'', while trying to protect poor Maya from [[The Plan|a trap prepared by Misty's sister, Morgan.]].

*** From the same series, although their respective fathers are key characters to the plot and [[Backstory]], neither Franziska's nor Edgeworth's mothers are ever even mentioned. [[Fanon|The fandom's explanation for this]] is that they're either dead or were not connected to law.

*** Kay Faraday has a similar problem. After {{spoiler|her father is murdered}} she says she "went to live with her mom's family" in another town, which indicates either a death or a divorce. Someone on the writing staff had serious mom issues.