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* In the movie ''[[Armageddon]]'', one of the guys who has to go to space visits his son. The mom doesn't tell the boy that this is his father, but that he's a salesman. Later, after taking part in a plan that saves the planet, they see the man on TV. When the boy says, "That salesman is on TV." The mom responds, "That's not a salesman. That's your dad."
** A similar thing happens at the end of ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]''.
* One that does not end well in ''[[
== Literature ==
* Another kind of inversion happens in ''[[
* In ''[[
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** 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.
* ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' (though in this case, the parents were never married to begin with. multiple visits; one brief reconciliation with mom. One attempted reconciliation with catastrophic effects)
* Hank Summers appears in the first-season ''[[
** [[Joss Whedon]] was raised by a single mother. Coincidence?
** It got the point where, in the 5th season, after {{spoiler|Joyce dies and Dad doesn't even show up for the funeral}}, Dawn going to live with their Dad is listed as only a slightly preferable alternative to foster care if Buffy were to be deemed an unfit guardian.
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* A few times in ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]''.
* Interestingly ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' has an example of a child with divorced parents living with their father. This trope isn't used because the Mum shows up so often that she's a [[Drop in Character]]. It's later played straight when Clyde's father pays a visit for the first time in five years in ''"The Mark of the Berserker"''.
* ''[[
* ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel
* ''[[Castle]]'' inverts this trope, since Rick Castle is raising his daughter Alexis (or in his case, possibly the other way around) and they get the occasional visit from his even more irresponsible ex-wife. (Even one of his ''other'' ex-wives, who isn't Alexis's mother, occasionally turns up to spend time with her.)
* Inverted in ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]''. Amy and Ashley live with their dad George( {{spoiler|or did until Amy moved in with Ricky and Ashley went on a road trip with Toby}}). Their mom, Anne, and their baby brother Robbie live in another town near Anne's ailing mother. The girls (and occasionally George) sporadically visit Anne and Robbie. Anne keeps up semi-regular phone communication, but never really physically visits them, except when she's dropping Robbie off for his time with George.
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* ''[[Modern Family]]'', with Gloria's ex-husband (Manny's father).
** Also reversed, when Jay's ex-wife visits (though both of her children are now adults).
* ''[[Eureka]]'' does the [[Gender Flipped]] version when Zoe's mom shows up. In a twist, she's showing up because it's her turn to get custody, and Carter needs to convince her not to [[Put
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[Pepper Ann]]:'' her father visits fairly often, though as a blimp pilot he's usually away.
* ''[[Home Movies]]'' (on multiple occasions; the divorced dad eventually evolved into a [[Recurrer]].)
* Happens to Buster in ''[[Arthur (
* ''[[WITCH (
** It happened in the original comics, too. However, Will's dad there isn't so nice...
* In one of those rare reversals, [[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist|Dr. Katz]] actually has custody of his son, and is visited by his ex-wife only once for Thanksgiving.
* [[Inverted]] on ''[[Phineas and Ferb]],'' where main character [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] occasionally goes through with his evil plans while his [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|daughter]], Vanessa, is visiting; most of the time she's with Doofenshmirtz' ex-wife, but unlike most of the men on this page he keeps regular contact. Even if she sometimes [[Bumbling Dad|wishes he wouldn't]].
** Averted, however, with both Phineas and Candace's [[Disappeared Dad|biological dad]] or Ferb's [[Missing Mom|biological mom]], about whom nothing is known. [[Word of God|The creators]] have gone on record as saying they're unimportant, since they would just rather focus on the Flynn-Fletchers as a [[Happily Adopted|happily blended]] family. Notably, the kids all refer to both parents as Mom and Dad.
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* ''[[Wheel Squad]]'' had an episode where Jessica's father visited her.
** It's unclear if Emilie might have a similar experience, since it's not known if her birth father died or simply divorced her mother.
* An interesting subversion of this trope occurs in the Emmy-nominated ep of ''[[As Told
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