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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.<br />
'''[[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 unwanted--or ''both''. This being could be a [[Cloning Blues|Clone]], [[Humanoid Abomination]], or a [[Designer Babies|Designer Baby]] created by a [[Stalker
Things can get even [[Squick|Squickier]] if the "offspring" is a full-size, adult clone. Many people in real life have identical twins, so most would consider a copy that's close to their age (or even older) a "sibling" rather than a "child"... although that's moot if this trope is played straight, of course.
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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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== [[Collectible Card Games]] ==
* ''[[Magic:
{{quote| ''"I heard her talking in her sleep, pleading, shrieking, snarling. It was not my daughter's voice. That is not my daughter."''}}
** This is a clear [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[
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*** 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 cousin--but never as a ''son''. (Although an in-universe newspaper article written after Superboy came [[Back From the Dead]] states that Superman felt Superboy's death was "like losing a son".) Even [[Lex Luthor]], who created the boy and donated the other half of the DNA, considered him a son... [[I Have No Son|at first]].
* 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 [http://collider.com/inception-christopher-nolan-explains/61972/ strongly implied conclusion] and a definite final answer.
* In the [[B-Movie]] ''[[
* This may have been the motive for the Cobblepot family from ''[[
* The mother in ''[[
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* 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|The Doctor's Daughter]]''", the Doctor originally reacts this way to his "daughter", actually an [[Opposite Sex Clone]].
* 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
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** 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-Winged Angel]] on her, she stubbornly refuses to hurt her, and eventually adopts the young clone as her younger sister.
* 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 ''[[
{{quote| '''Alexstrazsa:''' They are...my clutch no longer. Bring them down.}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* This is [[Superman]]'s reaction to [[Superboy]] in ''[[Young Justice (
** Though he's at least nicer than most examples of this trope--so far he has never blamed Superboy or considered him a "thing," but he also clearly doesn't want to consider him his child (see page quote). He's also rationalized this as a way to avoid giving Superboy [[Cloning Blues]], claiming that it would be better if [[Batman]] or someone took on a mentoring role instead.
* In ''[[
** Which actually makes this an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]]--it really only takes Goliath about a minute or two to accept Thailog as a son, but Thailog refuses to accept Goliath as a ''parent,'' claiming he's too weak for him to admire. He rejects Xanatos and Sevarius too, but that's more because his own ambitions oppose theirs.
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