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Missing Moms are often considered more unusual than a missing father, and may be more likely to have their absence explicitly explained. This might be because a man can technically leave his babymamma at any time after knocking her up (or she can leave him), but a woman carrying a child to term and giving birth, then disappearing, is rarer, especially if it was by her own choice, since it contradicts the [[Closer to Earth]] image most cultures have of women. If it was [[Death by Childbirth]] that disposed of the mother, this is usually mentioned because it adds an extra touch of tragedy to the character's life.

 

 

Missing Moms are almost always remembered in a positive light, unlike Disappeared Dads. Expect the father to wax poetic about the times they shared, and to tell a female hero "You look so much like your mother." [[Death by Childbirth]] can be a cause of this. The exception to this sympathetic view is the rare cases where the '''Missing Mom''' is both alive and ''willingly'' abandoned her child, in which case she will probably been portrayed as worse than a mere deadbeat dad. Combine with [[Disappeared Dad]], and you get [[Parental Abandonment]]. This can also lead the way to a [[Wicked Stepmother]] if the father remarries, or a child's [[Tell Me About My Mother]]. If the mother is [[Really Dead Montage|dead]], the surviving spouse is almost obligated to have a [[Happier Home Movie]] about her, such as a wedding video or one with the hero as a baby.