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* ''All'' of the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games are like this. You could probably count the number of characters in the whole series that actually ''have'' one parent on one hand, and ''forget'' finding a named character with both a mother and a father. |
* ''All'' of the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games are like this. You could probably count the number of characters in the whole series that actually ''have'' one parent on one hand, and ''forget'' finding a named character with both a mother and a father. |
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** All heroes in all versions ([[Video Game Remake|so far]]) of ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' are amnesiac and, thus do not remember their parents. True, this doesn't necessarily imply that they are dead... but the overall effect is the same, and given the series' track record... |
** All heroes in all versions ([[Video Game Remake|so far]]) of ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' are amnesiac and, thus do not remember their parents. True, this doesn't necessarily imply that they are dead... but the overall effect is the same, and given the series' track record... |
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** ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'': Maria and Leon's birth parents, who are also Firion and Guy's adoptive parents, get slaughtered by Imperial troops right at the start of the game. As for Guy and Firion--Guy was abandoned by his ''actual'' parents at birth and raised by wild animals (specifically a beast named Mauza) until Maria and Leon's family took him in. They also took in Firion, who had been orphaned in the city of Salamand. Moreover, Josef and Ricard are fathers, {{spoiler|and they both die during the course of the game, leaving Ricard's son without a father and Josef's daughter without either parent.}} |
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** ''[[Final Fantasy III]]'': The four main characters all turn out to have been orphaned by the same event -- {{spoiler|Cid's airship was torn apart by the cataclysm that froze most of the world in time, and only the four children and Cid himself survived the event, with their birth parents all perishing.}} They aren't the only ones either, since Prince Alus had already lost his mother some time before the events of the game, and then {{spoiler|his father, King Gorn, ''tries to kill him as he sleeps'' and eventually has to commit suicide to prevent himself from carrying out the deed. At least Gorn was being controlled by Garuda, making his actions that bit less horrific.}} |
** ''[[Final Fantasy III]]'': The four main characters all turn out to have been orphaned by the same event -- {{spoiler|Cid's airship was torn apart by the cataclysm that froze most of the world in time, and only the four children and Cid himself survived the event, with their birth parents all perishing.}} They aren't the only ones either, since Prince Alus had already lost his mother some time before the events of the game, and then {{spoiler|his father, King Gorn, ''tries to kill him as he sleeps'' and eventually has to commit suicide to prevent himself from carrying out the deed. At least Gorn was being controlled by Garuda, making his actions that bit less horrific.}} |
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** ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'': [[Parental Abandonment]] plays a big role in Theodor's transformation into Golbez and Cecil's adoption by the King of Baron. On the same day, Kluya died at the hands of angry humans and his wife Cecilia [[Death by Childbirth|died giving birth to Cecil]]. In addition, Rydia's mother is inadvertently killed by Cecil's hands near the start of the game. {{spoiler|She later finds a new family of sorts in the Land of Summoned Monsters.}} Kain's mother is never mentioned, and it's [[All There in the Manual]] that his father died when Kain was a child. Edge's parents {{spoiler|are turned into monsters by Dr. Lugae, and commit suicide upon realising what they have become.}} Edward's parents are both killed in the assault on Damcyan and are never seen by the player. Rosa's father is dead, but remarkably, her mother is still alive. |
** ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'': [[Parental Abandonment]] plays a big role in Theodor's transformation into Golbez and Cecil's adoption by the King of Baron. On the same day, Kluya died at the hands of angry humans and his wife Cecilia [[Death by Childbirth|died giving birth to Cecil]]. In addition, Rydia's mother is inadvertently killed by Cecil's hands near the start of the game. {{spoiler|She later finds a new family of sorts in the Land of Summoned Monsters.}} Kain's mother is never mentioned, and it's [[All There in the Manual]] that his father died when Kain was a child. Edge's parents {{spoiler|are turned into monsters by Dr. Lugae, and commit suicide upon realising what they have become.}} Edward's parents are both killed in the assault on Damcyan and are never seen by the player. Rosa's father is dead, but remarkably, her mother is still alive. |
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** In ''[[Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice]] '', Mao's mother is never mentioned, and lives under the custody of his butler rather than his father {{spoiler|because, as we find out later, said father is actually dead. Mao repressed the memory out of guilt over indirectly causing his death.}}. Sapphire's parents died when she was little, and she's rather infamous in the human world for [[Heroic Sociopath|not mourning either of their deaths]]. Almaz's parents aren't mentioned but, considering that he went on an almost suicidal mission to defeat the Netherworld's Overlord for the sake of a crush, we can probably assume they weren't around to stop him. Raspberyl's parents are brought up during a flashback with Mao, but they are never seen. |
** In ''[[Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice]] '', Mao's mother is never mentioned, and lives under the custody of his butler rather than his father {{spoiler|because, as we find out later, said father is actually dead. Mao repressed the memory out of guilt over indirectly causing his death.}}. Sapphire's parents died when she was little, and she's rather infamous in the human world for [[Heroic Sociopath|not mourning either of their deaths]]. Almaz's parents aren't mentioned but, considering that he went on an almost suicidal mission to defeat the Netherworld's Overlord for the sake of a crush, we can probably assume they weren't around to stop him. Raspberyl's parents are brought up during a flashback with Mao, but they are never seen. |
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*** In Sapphire's case, I think it's only her mother who is dead. |
*** In Sapphire's case, I think it's only her mother who is dead. |
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** In ''[[Disgaea 4 |
** In ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'', {{spoiler|Fuka's mother died long ago and her father is always at work, though it turns out that her father was creating a little sister for her.}} |
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* It's easier to list which [[Nintendo]] characters actually ''have'' parents or explain the lack of them. |
* It's easier to list which [[Nintendo]] characters actually ''have'' parents or explain the lack of them. |
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** [[Metroid|Samus Aran]] had parents that were murdered by Space Pirates when she was very young, and she was adopted by the Chozo. And it's strongly implied that the Chozo are now all extinct. This would make Samus an orphan ''twice over!'' |
** [[Metroid|Samus Aran]] had parents that were murdered by Space Pirates when she was very young, and she was adopted by the Chozo. And it's strongly implied that the Chozo are now all extinct. This would make Samus an orphan ''twice over!'' |
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