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{{quote|'''[[Batman|Bruce Wayne]]:''' Look, I know [[Superboy|he]]... troubles you. But he's here. You have to get over the [[Cloning Blues|how]] and [[Laser Guided Tykebomb|why]]. Trust me on this... this boy needs his father.
'''[[Superman|Clark Kent]]:''' I'm ''not'' his father!|''[[Young Justice (
A trope common to [[Science Fiction]] or [[Horror]], in which a victim finds their genes, DNA, soul, or "essence" taken or copied without their permission, resulting in an offspring which is either unnatural or
Things can get even [[Squick
This can become the progeny's source of angst or their [[Freudian Excuse]] for turning evil. For this trope to be in effect, it has to be clear that the "child" is considered a new creation outside of the "parent's" control (i.e., rape, cloning, or some sort of freak accident). If the parent willfully mated, cloned themselves, or did [[For Science!|brutal experiments]] on their own child, only to disown them later, that is a different matter.
This trope is often the result when [[The Bad Guy Wins]] in a story with a [[Stalker
Do not confuse with [[I Have No Son]], in which the parent disowns a disappointing child.
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▲== [[Anime]]/[[Manga]] ==
* This seems to be much how Guts reacts in ''[[Berserk]]'', after {{spoiler|Casca miscarries and gives birth to a hideously deformed child after the events of the Eclipse where she was raped by Femto}}. Unlike most examples on the list, it actually ''is'' his child, but merely corrupted by events outside of his control.
* In a particularly [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]] example, ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' features [[Stepford Smiler|Momiji]]'s mother reacting this way (using the almost exact quote) upon discovering that her child [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|turns into a rabbit when she holds him]] because he's under the zodiac curse. Momiji's father had {{spoiler|her memory of her son cleared}} to aid her failing health brought on by the emotional stress of all this.
== [[Collectible Card Games]] ==
* ''[[Magic:
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** This is a clear [[Shout
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** Ironically, Cable himself is the son of Madelyne Pryor, aka "The Goblin Queen", the [[Evil Twin|Evil Clone]] of Jean Grey. She handled it better.
*** Considering her husband/his father abandoned him in Alaska to explore his feelings for her, it's the least she could do.
* Averted with [[Superboy]] in the comics, whom [[Superman]] intially accepts as a buddy, and then as a
* Averted with [[Batman]] and Damien Wayne, the [[Legacy Character|fifth Robin]], who may or may not have been the result of a [[Stalker
* Played with between [[Spider-Man]] and his clone, Ben Reilly. The two eventually resolve their differences and come to see one-another as brothers... even if half the time they aren't even sure who the original is.
** In ''[[Ultimate Spider
** [[Spider Girl]] averted this with a clone of May Parker who started calling herself April - Peter and Mary Jane decided to try to house her as a second daughter, though officially they claimed she was an [[Identical Cousin]].
* Invoked in ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers Academy]]''. Ant Man was [[Secret Invasion|replaced by a Skrull]] which copied him "to the genetic level" and, during an affair with Tigra, impregnated her. As such, the child is ''genetically'' Ant Man's. Later, the real Ant Man returns, and Tigra insists that he has ''no'' parental claim to the baby. He agrees, but she then asks him to be the child's ''godfather'' instead.
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== [[Film]] ==
* This is how some parents react to the silver-eyed children in the ''[[
* In ''[[
** [[Word of God]] has a [https://web.archive.org/web/20121129204039/http://collider.com/inception-christopher-nolan-explains/61972
* In the [[B
* This may have been the motive for the Cobblepot family from ''[[
* The mother in ''[[
== Literature ==
* Played brutally, horribly straight in ''[[Duumvirate]]''. Luke ''agrees'' with this sentiment when {{spoiler|killing his parents}}.
* Averted in the [[Vorkosigan Saga]]. In ''Brothers in Arms'', Miles discovers that a Komarran terrorist cell has cloned him as part of a Byzantine plot. Miles immediately declares the clone his brother, informs him of the automatically-determined [[Dead Guy, Junior]] name Vor tradition gives him, and goes out of his way to protect and support him. His mother and father do the same, when they meet him.
* In ''[[
* [[The Exorcist]] : "Father, you show me Regan's identical twin: same face, same voice, same smell, same everything down to the way she dots her i’s, and still I'd know in a second that it wasn't really her! I'd know it! I'd know it in my gut and I'm telling you I know ''that thing upstairs is not my daughter!''"
* [[The Metamorphosis]]: After Gregor Samsa wakes one morning to find he inexplicably transformed into a giant cockroach in the middle of the night, ([[It Makes Just As Much Sense in Context|don't ask]]) his family [[Tear Jerker|slowly stops believing the bug was ever their son to begin with and eventually just leave him to die alone in his room.]]
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In "''[[Doctor Who
* In an episode of ''[[Star Trek:
* ''[[Stargate SG
* Played with in ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'' where the [[The High Queen|Queen]] tells [[Big Bad|Azkedellia]] that she is "not my daughter." At the time, you think it;s just because of Az's bad behavior. {{spoiler|She's ''really'' addressing the Evil Witch that has possessed Azkedellia}}.
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== [[Theater]] ==
* Done in the stage adaptation of ''[[Wicked (
** To be fair{{spoiler|he isn't Elphaba's real father anyway.}}
* In ''Batboy: The Musical'', {{spoiler|a woman has [[Child
== [[Video Games]] ==
* This is [[Metal Gear|Big Boss's]] initial reaction to the Snake brothers, who are his clones. He eventually comes around, though. {{spoiler|Sadly, by the time he does, only one of the three is still alive. And then Big Boss dies before he can really spend any time with him.}}
** To be fair, Big Boss claimed to always respect Solid Snake as a man and a soldier, and it's pretty obvious, given that Big Boss took the trouble to train Snake and teach him CQC, that Big Boss played his role as a father for at least part of Snake's life. Trying to kill Solid Snake just seems to be a pre-requisite for being part of the Snake family, the only family member who didn't try to kill Snake was EVA (his mother).
* Averted in ''[[Parasite Eve]] 2'', when Aya Brea finds out that an evil cult has cloned her in order to create a new 'Parasite Eve' with the ability to control NMC's... despite having standing orders to destroy the girl, and despite said girl going [[One
* Played with in ''[[
* Horrifically averted with ''[[
* This is Kitana's reaction towards her 'sister' Mileena's insistence of 'being a family' in her Story Mode chapter in ''[[
* In ''[[
* One boss in ''[[Catherine]]'' is "The Baby" (which latter comes back as "The baby [[Chainsaw Good|WITH A CHAINSAW]]"). Vincent's reaction? "What the hell is this? I'm NOT your father!"
* In ''[[
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* This is [[Superman]]'s reaction to [[Superboy]] in ''[[Young Justice (
** Though he's at least nicer than most examples of this
* In ''[[
** Which actually makes this an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]]
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[[Category:Family Tropes]]
[[Category:Speculative Fiction Tropes]]
[[Category:That Thing Is Not My Child]]
[[Category:Son of Trope, Daughter of Index]]
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