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At the Orphanage of Love, there's enough food for all, and it tastes good. The rooms are spacious and well lit, the beds are soft and laundry is done frequently. The staff genuinely care about their charges and competently take care of them until [[Happily Adopted|good foster homes]] can be found for their precious angels. (Because no matter how wonderful the Orphanage of Love is, actual parents are even better.)
Mind you, employee screening isn't perfect, and sometimes a [[Child-Hater]] will somehow get on the staff and abuse the orphans until he can be exposed. Also, money is generally in short supply (which is, oddly enough, never a problem for an [[Orphanage of Fear]]), so the heroes will often have to raise a bundle of cash to keep the place running or avoid having it foreclosed on by a [[Dastardly Whiplash]] land developer (again, ''never'' a problem for the bad ones). Expect the heroes of the story to try [[Saving the Orphanage]] through [[Zany Scheme|whatever wacky means necessary.]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The one Candy of ''[[Candy Candy]]'' grew up in is one.
** Same to the one Nadja lived in at the beginning of ''[[Ashita no Nadja]]''. {{spoiler|When Miss Applefield dies in an accident, however, it's dismantled.}}
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** Which is ironic since it is a [[Tyke Bomb]] group.
* It's implied that Father Andersong is the head of one of these in ''[[Hellsing]]'' (though, since a lot of these orphans then go on to become part of the [[Church Militant]], the reader may not consider it to be a good place to grow up).
** Admittedly there can be a certain amount of [[Fridge Logic]] here. The Church may not be consciously raising [[Tyke Bomb
* In ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' the orphanage that the 8th runs seems to be one of these, considering how far her kids go to protect her. And she seems willing to fight for the sake of the kids as well.
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* The Belgium comic book series ''[[Orphanimo]]!'' is all about an orphanage of love. The last 5 orphans living there love the place and it's owner so much, they sabotage every attempt of the owner to find them adoptive parents. A rich and powerfull industrial however wants to buy the orphanage to use the ground for his latest building. The orphans, of course, try to prevent this in every way possible.
* While it was pretty dickish of [[Superman]] to put his cousin [[Supergirl]] in an orphanage after her arrival in the ''[[Silver Age]]'', at least he cared enough to make sure it was a really nice one.
== Film ==
* St. Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage is, despite being run by The Penguin, an Orphanage of Love. Because ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'' wouldn't have [[Saving the Orphanage|risked everything to save it]] otherwise.
** It was mostly because their mentor, Curtis, would be thrown out on the street once the sale of the orphanage was final.
== Film - Animated ==
* The Cherrywoods' orphanage in the frame story of ''[[The Care Bears Movie]]''.
* The orphanage in ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]'' where Lewis and Goob grow up appears to be one of these, complete with kindly matron Mildred.▼
** Interestingly, the DVD commentary says that Mildred is careful to not coddle the children ''too'' much since they need to be able to leave when adopted without emotional hang-ups. The biggest problem at Lewis' orphanage is, well, [[Mad Scientist|Lewis himself]], though he [[Character Development|gets better]].▼
== Literature ==
* ''[[The Cider House Rules]]'' had a loving, if shabby around the edges and low on funding, orphanage-and-abortion-clinic.
* In ''[[Kushiel's Legacy]]'', Imriel grows up in a temple of Elua, and although his mother is alive he doesn't learn this until much later.
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* The orphanage in which [[Harry Potter|Voldemort]] grew up is more or less described as a pleasant, if gloomy, place to be raised—Tom Riddle himself was the problem.
** From a certain point of view, Hogwarts itself could be seen as one of these as far as several students are concerned. {{spoiler|Which makes it all the worse in the seventh book when the school is run by Death Eaters.}}
* Jean Webster's book ''[[
* The orphanage in ''Adopt-A-Ghost'' certainly applies, to the point at which the children love the matron and other orphans so much that they try to ''avoid'' being adopted if possible..
* ''Which Witch?'', {{spoiler|at the end when the old matron-turned spider is replaced by a sweeter woman}}.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In the ''[[Champions]]'' supplement ''Allies'', the [[Tokusatsu]]-inspired Zen Team operates out of such an orphanage as part of their cover. The children weren't fooled for long.
== Video Games ==
* From ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku|Yakuza 3]]'' onwards, Kazuma runs one in Okinawa. His kids have a loving father figure who feeds them, gives them shelter, educates them and overall is one cool dad... and if someone messes with them, [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|he'll savagely beat them til they puke their sternum out]].
* The {{spoiler|entire playable party (plus Seifer, minus Rinoa)}} in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' grew up in one. {{spoiler|GF-induced amnesia made everyone except Irvine forget}}.
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* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' both the horde and the alliance both have an orphanage in their capital cities for children who lost their parents due to the war. Both are run by caring and loving women, and they all seem to have lots of fun there. And once a week every year they host a holiday event whee players take a kid on a world wide trip to give them a perfect day out.
** Unfortunately, the [[Lord British Postulate]] extends to these kindly matrons. When they relocate to take their charges trick-or-treating, some of the less desirable elements may target the matrons.
* Felicia's ending in ''[[Darkstalkers|Darkstalkers 3]]'' has her using her savings to open one.
* {{spoiler|Hanako Ikezawa}} from ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' lived there until she came to Yamaku. There's somewhat of a subversion, though: {{spoiler|while the staff treated Hanako kindly and she was kind of a [[Parental Substitute]] for the youngest children in her last days there, she still couldn't make friends.}}
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Minus]]'' [http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus26.html here].
== Western Animation ==
▲* The orphanage in ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]'' where Lewis and Goob grow up appears to be one of these, complete with kindly matron Mildred.
▲** Interestingly, the DVD commentary says that Mildred is careful to not coddle the children ''too'' much since they need to be able to leave when adopted without emotional hang-ups. The biggest problem at Lewis' orphanage is, well, [[Mad Scientist|Lewis himself]], though he [[Character Development|gets better]].
* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', but with imaginary friends whose owners have grown-up and left them. It has a surprisingly very very very small staff for such a one-of-a-kind place, but everyone there generally enjoys their stay.
** Mr.
* The orphanage where Tim lives in ''[[Nocturna]]'' doesn't really feature too much in the movie, but it appears to be more or less this trope; children are given the run of the place during the daylight hours and there are plenty of toys to keep them amused. The only hitch is that Tim tends to be given rather a rough time by the other children because of his noisy bedtime ritual.
* [[Jem|Starlight House]] isn't an orphanage, but the same principle applies.
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Settings]]
▲[[Category:Orphaned Index]]
▲[[Category:Orphanage of Love]]
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