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Contrast [[Daddy Didn't Show]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'', Sana's (adoptive) mother's ex-husband shows up at their house a couple of times asking for money. Of course, due to the comedic nature of the show, he is likely to be (harmlessly) blasted with some sort of large weapon, sending him flying away. Although to be fair, Sana doesn't consider this guy as a dad, and he doesn't consider her his daughter, since Misako's marriage ended before she found Sana.
* In ''[[Noein]]: Mo Hitori no Kimi e'' (To Your Other Self), both Haruka and Yu both seem to be being raised by single mothers and Haruka brings up child support and running away to Tokyo to live with her dad in an early episode. It turns out Yu's is just always at work, but Haruka's dad's monthly visits becomes a plot point when fellow quantum physicist Uchida plans to use it to catch him and get him to help her save the world from their mutual research. [[Discworld|There's always bloody quantum.]]
 
 
== Film ==
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** A similar thing happens at the end of ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]''.
* One that does not end well in ''[[The Rebound]]''.
 
 
== Literature ==
* Another kind of inversion happens in ''[[Amelia's NotebookNotebooks]]'' where Amelia gets a letter from her divorced father, then she comes to visit ''him''. There still seems to be tension between her parents, though.
* In ''[[Animorphs]]'' [[Action Girl|Rachel]] is visited occasionally by her father, who lives in another city. She actually seems closer to him than to her mom because they have a lot in common.
 
== Live -Action TV ==
 
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''{{context}}
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Desperate HousewivesMonk]]''{{context}}
* ''[[The Parkers]]'' (on more than one occasion){{context}}
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* ''[[One Day At a Time]]''{{context}}
* ''[[Kate And Allie]]'' (many occasions for both divorced moms)
* ''[[One Day At a Time]]''
* ''[[Who's The Boss?]]'' (multiple visits; one included a brief reconciliation with the mom)
** The first visit actually revealed they hadn't been divorced yet. He came back from an extended trip after being served with papers. That led to the attempted reconciliation.
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* ''[[Vampire Diaries]]'' has a two episode arc in which Caroline's dad shows up. Of course, then he proceeds to torture her.
* In the [[Power Rangers]] episode "Return Of An Old Friend", the parents of the Rangers are kidnapped and used as hostages. This includes Kimberly's divorced parents, with the dad being in the middle of this.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Red String]]'' inverts this. Reika decides to visit her father while she's in Tokyo. Upon entering, she discovers that her father has not only remarried, but he already has a son that was born around the time of the divorce (plus another one on the way). {{spoiler|Then her father reveals that Reika was an unplanned pregnancy.}}
 
 
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Erikas New Perfume]]'' has the title character's father take her trick-or-treating in a four-comic [[Story Arc]].
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Braceface]]''{{context}}
* ''[[The Weekenders]]''{{context}}
* ''[[Rocket Power]]'' with Sam's workaholic father.
* ''[[Pepper Ann]]:'' her father visits fairly often, though as a blimp pilot he's usually away.