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* Rare heroic example: the ''[[Runaways]]'' were formed when they found out that their parents were a band of supervillains called the Pride, and after initially just trying to avoid their parents, they ended up having to battle them, resulting in the death of all of their parents {{spoiler|and the one member of their own who had remained loyal to the Pride}}.
** To be fair though, they weren't trying to kill their parents even then. {{spoiler|Molly freaked out and destroyed the sacrifice, which caused the Gibborim to decide that the Pride went soft because of their children and proceeded to try to kill everyone in the room. The Pride ordered their children to escape while holding them off and several of the Runaways were visibly upset at the thought of their parents dying and/or held hope that they might survive.}}
* Another rare heroic example: Before Bruce Banner became [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|the Hulk]], he semi-accidentally killed his abusive father, Brian. In their final confrontation, Bruce lashed out as Brian got ready to attack him, sending Brian crashing into the gravestone of Bruce's mother and cracking his skull.
** It was self defense however, since his father was trying to kill him and he had killed Banner's mother.
* The notorious 1954 [[EC Comics]] story "[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/1014814.html The Orphan]" (featured in the page image, but unfortunately no longer available by that link) featured a little girl who kills her abusive father and then frames her neglectful mother and her lover for the murder (resulting in their on-panel execution in the electric chair).
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* Sylar on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' killed his mother semi-accidentally, in the fight after she tried to stab him with a pair of dressmaking scissors.
** Peter Petrelli attempted to kill his pop Arthur. He failed, but his attempt was finished by Sylar, who'd been suckered into believing that Arthur was his father as well.
** Narrowly [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in ''[[wikipedia:Shades of Gray chr(28)Heroeschr(29Heroes)|Shades of Gray]]'' when Sylar tracks down his father, Samson Gray. Samson seems indifferent when he meets Sylar, and when Sylar announces his intentions to kill him, he reveals he is already dying from cancer. Samson also reveals he has a power similar to Sylar's, including an acquired ability that paralyzes a person as if they were drugged. He also shares knowledge of Sylar's methodology, picking easy, helpless targets rather than going after "big game." When Samson witnesses Sylar heal instantly after accidentally cutting himself, he tries to take the ability from Sylar by paralyzing him. Sylar, however, manages to override it. Samson points out that taking his ability will not harm him as he can heal, but Sylar says he doesn't wish for his father to have such a power, and decides to leave. Samson begs Sylar to kill him, [[Cruel Mercy|but Sylar says his cancer]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|will eventually do so anyway]], and leaves.
* Averted and parodied in the first episode of [[Dexter]], whose protagonist/narrator is a serial killer, when he explains in a narrative that both his parents are dead, immediately adding "I didn't kill them. Honest." {{spoiler|It is revealed in the second season that Dexter actually inadvertently [[Driven to Suicide|drove his father to suicide]], much to Dexter's surprise.}}
** Also, {{spoiler|Brian, Dexter's brother (also a serial killer), offed their biological father.}}
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