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* Nearly all of the members of the ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|Gatchaman]]'' team are orphans, except for Ryu {{spoiler|and Ken prior to his father's [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}. This is the main reason Ryu is usually left tending the Phoenix while the others get all of the action; he still has a family that would miss him if anything happened to him.
* Sousuke Sagara of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' being rendered an orphan helps justify why he can keep risking his life with no regard for consequences. Although his mother dying for his sake and her dramatic [[Last Words]] telling him he must "live," "never give up," and "fight!" does have the other purpose of making him the [[Crazy Survivalist]] he is today, it mainly seems to serve as a plot device to allow the readers to realize he simply has no one waiting for him.
* At one point in ''[[Hellsing]]'', during the [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene|Quiet Drama Scene]], while discussing Seras' progress Alucard asks Walter how they covered up her death and how her family is taking it. When Walter replies that she has none and is an orphan, Alucard sardonically replies "Of ''course'' she is". However, since Seras was already an adult by the time she died, the circumstances and consequences of her parents' deaths turns out to be a major part of her character and the series veering into [[Crapsack World]] territory and running on [[Black and Grey Morality]], it's a justified trope.
* Son Goku of ''[[Dragon Ball]]''. Some time before the series began, he accidentally killed his adoptive grandfather after transforming into a giant were-ape. As for blood relatives, ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' reveals {{spoiler|that pretty much his entire ''race'' were wiped out along with their home planet}}.
* ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'': Played straight with [[Love Interest|Lyra]] who is able to play and go on adventures with Kimba, but the trope is [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] with Kimba due to his [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] relationship he has with his father who [[Death by Origin Story|was killed off before Kimba was born.]]
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* Kinsey Millhone loves being an orphan (was raised by her aunt).
* [[Harry Potter]] is an orphan, raised by his aunt and uncle. [[J. K. Rowling]] has admitted to using this trope in interviews, and that the original drafts of the first book killed off Harry's parents rather anticlimactically—it wasn't until [[Creator Breakdown|she lost her own mother that Harry's parents' sacrifices became an important plot point.]]
* ''[[Warhammer
** Commissiars are required to be orphans. As a consequence:
*** [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s [[Ciaphas Cain]]. Amberly Vail notes that he gives out little information about his past, and that about his parents contradicts known facts.
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