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A person that does this would probably be [[The Corrupter]]. See [[Face Monster Turn]] and [[Mind Manipulation]] for a handy list of techniques that can be used to accomplish such an end. Compare [[Raised by Orcs]] and [[We Used to Be Friends]]. Contrast [[Evil Parents Want Good Kids]].
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== Comics == ▼
== Comic Books ==
* Norman Osborn also seems to like this one.
* And it also happened to [[Nick Fury]]'s son Mikel.
* Over at [[DC Comics]], [[Justice Society of America|Wildcat's]] enemy the Yellow Wasp kidnapped his son in order to do this, but ironically wound up alienating his own child, who allegedly killed them both.
* In ''[[Tom Strong]]'', a Nazi villainess raises Tom's
* ''[[The Incredibles]]'': After the Parrs foil his scheme with the Omnidroid, Syndrome kidnaps Jack-Jack Parr, intending to raise him as a future sidekick.
* Subverted by Bill in ''[[Kill Bill]]'', who kidnaps the child of his recent ex-lover and leaves her for dead only to give the child a perfectly happy, normal upbringing.
** That's because the child is his.
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* ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'': Probably a factor in why Clu {{spoiler|decided to twist Tron into Rinzler instead of just kill him outright.}}. It might also explain the [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|"something special"]] in mind for Quorra.
* ''[[
▲== Literature ==
▲* ''[[Discworld/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'' - Carcer toys with the idea of doing this to Vimes' younger self.
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' - A [[Fallen Angel]] throws an [[Artifact of Doom]] where he knows the child of one of his enemies might pick it up. If the child were to pick it up, it would fall victim to [[Demonic Possession]].
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'', Lupin says that he was turned into a werewolf by Fenrir Greyback, who had a feud with Lupin's father. Averted somewhat in that Lupin isn't evil unless he's actually a wolf.
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* ''[[Wuthering Heights (novel)|Wuthering Heights]]'' - Part of Heathcliff's revenge on Hindley Earnshaw includes treating Hindley's son Hareton exactly the way Hindley treated Heathcliff in hopes of making Hareton grow up as twisted as Heathcliff himself.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Angel]]'': Holtz gets revenge on Angelus for turning his daughter into a vampire by kidnapping Angel's son Connor and raising him to believe his father is evil.
* [[Babylon 5]]: Centauri Emperor, who was being controlled by the [[The Remnant|Drakh]] through a [[Puppeteer Parasite]], gave President Sheridan a gift intended for Sheridan's future offspring. The gift had another Puppeteer Parasite hidden within it.
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** Well, at least as of the the last episode of Series 6, {{spoiler|River Song}} seems to have pretty definitively decided she's not up for {{spoiler|killing the Doctor, since she essentially ripped time to shreds in order to avoid having to do so}}.
▲== Video Games ==
* One of the reasons Malak {{spoiler|turns Bastila into his [[The Dragon|apprentice]]}} in [[Knights of the Old Republic]].
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Adventure Time]]'' - "What is Life?" The Ice King tries to do this to Finn's [[Robot Buddy]] NEPTR.
* ''[[Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]'' - [[The Joker]] kidnaps Tim Drake and turns him into a mini-Joker with the full intent of using him to torment Batman. He even implants a backup of his own personality on a magic micro chip implanted in Tim just so he can make a comeback forty years on.
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