Tropescilloscope: Parental Abandonment

The character's parents aren't shown, or they're dead. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Meaningful Echo Corrupt Corporate Executive Final Girl My God, What Have I Done? Cold-Blooded Torture Shower Scene Vacation Films Black Comedy Rape Laughing Mad Mundane Made Awesome Australian Movies Nothing Is Scarier Martial Arts Movie Fanservice Extra BFG The Dreaded Action Girl Breaking the Fourth Wall In Medias Res Early-Bird Cameo Your Head A-Splode Evil Brit Mr. Exposition All There in the Script Taking the Bullet Evil-Detecting Dog Unwitting Instigator of Doom Fat Bastard Animated Credits Opening Take That! Adaptation Name Change Punch-Clock Villain Thriller Death by Adaptation Coming-of-Age Story Cloudcuckoolander Anyone Can Die Wrong Genre Savvy MacGuffin Offscreen Teleportation Gold Digger Only One Name Horror Comedy As the Good Book Says... Offscreen Moment of Awesome Comically Missing the Point Did Not Get the Girl Book-Ends The Starscream "Well Done, Son!" Guy Kids Are Cruel Informed Ability Eiffel Tower Effect Star-Crossed Lovers Evil Counterpart Almost Kiss Public Domain Feature Films Awesome, but Impractical Blood from the Mouth Stock Footage Darker and Edgier Celebrity Paradox Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Daddy's Girl Ship Tease I Did What I Had to Do Chekhov's Skill Vomit Discretion Shot Evil Sounds Deep Catch-Phrase Faking the Dead Rule of Cool Riddle for the Ages Spanner in the Works Improbable Weapon User Accidental Misnaming Dramedy Fatal Family Photo War Is Hell Oh, Crap! Alas, Poor Villain Better to Die than Be Killed More Dakka Not Using the "Z" Word For the Evulz Fish out of Water Manipulative Bastard Intergenerational Friendship Honor Before Reason You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Show Within a Show Off-into-the-Distance Ending A God Am I Annoying Younger Sibling Card-Carrying Villain Armor-Piercing Question Up to Eleven Took a Level in Jerkass Leitmotif Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Alpha Bitch A.I. Is a Crapshoot Neck Lift Anti-Villain What Happened to the Mouse? Despair Event Horizon Madness Mantra The Atoner Dull Surprise Black Comedy Military and Warfare Films Red Eyes, Take Warning Developing Doomed Characters Evil Laugh Heroic BSoD Big Bad Duumvirate Well-Intentioned Extremist Arch-Enemy Insane Troll Logic Amoral Attorney Race Against the Clock Cluster F-Bomb Trailers Always Spoil Real Life Writes the Plot Artistic License – Biology No Celebrities Were Harmed Action Survivor Loads and Loads of Characters The Lancer Auto Erotica Famous Last Words Throwing Your Sword Always Works The Cameo Hooker with a Heart of Gold Big Fancy House Evil Is Petty Grievous Bottley Harm folderlabel Closed Circle Once More, with Clarity! Made of Explodium Ambiguous Ending Shut Up, Hannibal! Light Is Not Good Domestic Abuse Dark Reprise Psychological Thriller Epic Fail Hypocritical Humor Only a Flesh Wound Badass Grandpa Roaring Rampage of Revenge Love at First Sight Anachronism Stew The Un-Reveal An Axe to Grind Our Zombies Are Different Scenery Porn Spell My Name with an "S" The Alleged Car Plot Hole Dissonant Serenity Sci-Fi Horror Big Eater Translation Convention Bloodier and Gorier Only Known by Their Nickname I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Dutch Angle Parental Abandonment Poor Communication Kills Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Not Quite Dead Ax-Crazy Empathic Environment Brainless Beauty Flipping the Bird Recycled IN SPACE! Non-Indicative Name Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Ascended Extra Idiot Ball Papa Wolf Room Full of Crazy No Name Given Broken Pedestal Wounded Gazelle Gambit Based on a True Story Mood Whiplash Actor Allusion Heroes Want Redheads Put on a Bus The Bully Lock and Load Montage Femme Fatale Those Two Guys Break the Haughty Face–Heel Turn Bilingual Bonus Men Are the Expendable Gender Ominous Latin Chanting Corpsing Eldritch Abomination Killed Mid-Sentence Japanese Films Rule of Symbolism Only Sane Man Genre Throwback Dark and Troubled Past Ass Shove Totally Radical Artistic License – Physics Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Canon Foreigner Stuff Blowing Up Foregone Conclusion Air-Vent Passageway Monumental Damage O.O.C. Is Serious Business Enemy Mine Laser-Guided Karma All for Nothing Horror Films "Awesome McCool" Name Hypocrite Pay Evil unto Evil Re-Cut B-Movie Babies Ever After Mythology Gag Science Fiction Films Get Out! Woman Scorned The Chessmaster Fan Disservice Shout-Out Sequel Hook Determinator aka: The Determinator The Ditz Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Index of Film Westerns For Want of a Nail From Nobody to Nightmare The Brute Christmas Movies Index Psycho for Hire Animal Motifs Pyrrhic Victory Bond Villain Stupidity Ms. Fanservice Married to the Job Heel–Face Turn Dual Wielding Important Haircut Broken Bird Older Than They Look Villain Ball Politically Incorrect Villain Rated M for Manly Henpecked Husband Badass Bookworm Male Frontal Nudity Demoted to Extra An Aesop Framing Device An Arm and a Leg Call-Back Hero of Another Story Dwindling Party Jitter Cam A Father to His Men Worthy Opponent Historical Villain Upgrade I'm a Humanitarian Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Lampshade Hanging You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Karmic Death Cool Car Anachronic Order Video Credits Bond One-Liner This Is Gonna Suck Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Danny Peary Cult Movies List Ironic Echo Bland-Name Product Expository Hairstyle Change Gory Discretion Shot Apocalypse How Foreshadowing Bolivian Army Ending Green-Eyed Monster Black and Gray Morality The Power of Love Protagonist Title Wham Shot The '70s Captain Obvious The X of Y Spared by the Adaptation Cat Scare Chewing the Scenery The Chick Make It Look Like an Accident Cruel and Unusual Death Mr. Fanservice Mooks Sealed Evil in a Can Whole Plot Reference Author Avatar Fun with Acronyms Vampire Fiction Dirty Old Man Imagine Spot Adaptational Badass Superhero Mistaken for Gay Freudian Excuse Broken Aesop Even Evil Has Loved Ones The Place Arc Words Toplessness from the Back Film Noir Jump Scare Storming the Castle Covers Always Lie As Long as It Sounds Foreign The Remake Groin Attack Suddenly SHOUTING! Action Prologue Sexy Discretion Shot Batman Gambit Wham Line Badass Longcoat Tagline Exactly What It Says on the Tin My Greatest Failure Dies Wide Open Instant Death Bullet "The Reason You Suck" Speech Artistic License – Military Adaptation Distillation Soft Glass The '80s Antagonist Title Training Montage Gone Horribly Right Guile Hero Logo Joke Small Name, Big Ego Unspoken Plan Guarantee Big-Bad Ensemble Dropped a Bridge on Him Cool Shades Reckless Gun Usage Actually Pretty Funny Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Parental Incest Dark Is Not Evil Jerkass Artistic License – Law Adults Are Useless Red Shirt Have a Gay Old Time Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Fatal Flaw Ghost Fiction The Big Guy Body Horror Funny Background Event Precision F-Strike Redshirt Army Defiant to the End Fiery Redhead Gratuitous English Moment Killer Narrator Failed a Spot Check Visual Pun Facial Horror Handicapped Badass Death Seeker Missing Mom One-Word Title Defrosting Ice Queen Arranged Marriage Diabolus ex Machina Loophole Abuse Ungrateful Bastard Adaptational Villainy Humiliation Conga The Sociopath One-Man Army timeperiod Deal with the Devil Rule of Three Conspicuous CG French Films Freeze-Frame Bonus Asshole Victim Slashed Throat Biopic Bald of Evil Curb-Stomp Battle Affably Evil Implacable Man Insistent Terminology Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Unreliable Narrator Butt-Monkey Not What It Looks Like Interrupted Suicide The Great Depression Deliberately Monochrome All Men Are Perverts Fantasy Films Fingore Reality Ensues Jerk Jock Truth in Television Leave the Camera Running Gainax Ending A Minor Kidroduction Dumb Blonde Drugs Are Bad Woman in White Continuity Nod Adaptation Dye-Job It Will Never Catch On Crapsack World Adaptation Expansion Obfuscating Stupidity Boom, Headshot! Mama Bear Real Life Credits Gag Spiteful Spit The Dragon Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping In Name Only La Résistance Aside Glance Line-of-Sight Name Tap on the Head Eureka Moment Peek-a-Boo Corpse Hoist by His Own Petard Eyepatch of Power Creepy Child Composite Character Self-Deprecation Creative Closing Credits Pre-Mortem One-Liner Deliberate Values Dissonance You Have Failed Me Author Appeal Posthumous Character Face Death with Dignity Bar Brawl Chekhov's Gun Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Big Brother Instinct Last-Name Basis Kick the Son of a Bitch Artistic License – Geography Spiritual Successor Shell-Shocked Veteran Scary Black Man Call-Forward Tranquil Fury Manchild Straight Gay Retcon Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Fanservice Rich Bitch Hero Antagonist Fate Worse than Death Unusual Euphemism Took a Level in Badass Smug Snake Good Is Not Nice Villain Opening Scene Expy Reasonable Authority Figure No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Ambiguously Gay Serious Business Gender Flip Sir Swears-a-Lot Chiaroscuro Affectionate Parody Pretty in Mink Fire-Forged Friends The Stoic Dramatic Irony Taking You with Me The Bad Guy Wins Silent Movie Rewatch Bonus Let's Get Dangerous! Made of Iron Drives Like Crazy Ambiguous Disorder Disappeared Dad Reality Has No Subtitles Never Trust a Trailer Pretty Little Headshots Guns Akimbo Karma Houdini The Hero Dies Impaled with Extreme Prejudice The Smurfette Principle Aluminum Christmas Trees And I Must Scream Not Even Bothering with the Accent Love Triangle Obviously Evil The Voiceless Early Installment Weirdness Damsel in Distress Frame-Up Jerk with a Heart of Gold Dying Moment of Awesome It Can Think Token Minority Decoy Protagonist Shirtless Scene No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Canadian Movies Gorn Cain and Abel Action Genre Very Loosely Based on a True Story Large Ham Paper-Thin Disguise All Just a Dream Dark Action Girl Punny Name Catapult Nightmare Stalker with a Crush Big Applesauce Bunny-Ears Lawyer Epic Movie Manic Pixie Dream Girl Camera Abuse Evil vs. Evil Bittersweet Ending Determinator Fourth Date Marriage Noodle Incident Red Oni, Blue Oni My Beloved Smother Grey and Gray Morality Here We Go Again! Car Fu Stealth Hi/Bye Black Dude Dies First Earn Your Happy Ending Adaptational Heroism 20 Minutes into the Future Reality Is Unrealistic Crazy Jealous Guy Bloodless Carnage Award-Bait Song And Starring Red Right Hand Eye Scream The Ace Slasher Smile Exact Words Hair-Trigger Temper Ripped from the Headlines Race Lift Silence Is Golden Adapted Out Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Deadpan Snarker Disney Death The Vamp Disney Villain Death Mexican Standoff I Need a Freaking Drink Calling the Old Man Out Death of a Child Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Death Glare Disproportionate Retribution Brutal Honesty Double-Meaning Title Together in Death Meaningful Background Event Psychopathic Manchild Black Best Friend Italian Films Major Injury Underreaction British Films It's All About Me Leaning on the Fourth Wall Anguished Declaration of Love German Films Blackmail Insult Backfire Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Faux Affably Evil Never My Fault Death by Irony Playing Gertrude Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Hope Spot Getting Crap Past the Radar Russian Films Rousing Speech Bavarian Fire Drill Hate Sink Happily Married Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Berserk Button Kill 'em All It's Personal Amusing Injuries N-Word Privileges From Bad to Worse Beauty Is Never Tarnished Sinister Minister Brother–Sister Incest Romantic Comedy Running Gag Say My Name Take a Third Option All Girls Want Bad Boys Depraved Bisexual Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Agony of the Feet Needs Wiki Magic Love Historical-Domain Character Smoking Is Cool Stealth Pun Properly Paranoid Would Hurt a Child Match Cut NO INDOOR VOICE Police are Useless Not So Different Evil Is Hammy Jerkass Has a Point I Have Your Wife Super Strength Bare Your Midriff After the End Dirty Coward I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Artistic License – Gun Safety Obstructive Bureaucrat Too Dumb to Live Suspiciously Similar Substitute Blatant Lies Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Heroic Sacrifice Heterosexual Life-Partners The Quiet One Break the Cutie Redemption Equals Death Rape as Drama Downer Ending Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Would Hit a Girl Driven to Suicide Unresolved Sexual Tension Irony Accidental Murder Cool Old Lady Mercy Kill Mugging the Monster Sequel Escalation He Who Fights Monsters Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Creator Cameo Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Only in It for the Money Beard of Evil Cowboy Cop The Hero Mind Screw Motor Mouth Immune to Bullets She Cleans Up Nicely Establishing Character Moment Adorkable The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Central Theme Pet the Dog What You Are in the Dark Parental Neglect Bottomless Magazines Outrun the Fireball Darkest Hour The Oner Bitch in Sheep's Clothing He Knows Too Much Overprotective Dad Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Gilligan Cut Documentary '80s Hair Dirty Cop Half the Man He Used to Be Costume Porn Dramatic Gun Cock The Ghost Badass Normal Shown Their Work Children Are Innocent Retirony Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Cat Fight Chase Scene Genre Shift Names to Run Away from Really Fast Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Improbable Aiming Skills Hidden Depths Brick Joke Kill It with Fire Refuge in Audacity "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Cool Old Guy Bullying a Dragon Hollywood Darkness The Cavalry Evil Plan Hollywood Law Belligerent Sexual Tension Works Set in World War II Even Evil Has Standards Revenge Chekhov's Gunman Dressing as the Enemy True Companions Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Easily Forgiven Does Not Like Shoes Rasputinian Death Bi the Way Villain with Good Publicity Due to the Dead The '60s Slap-Slap-Kiss Bound and Gagged Police Brutality Cool Guns And the Adventure Continues The Lost Lenore Betty and Veronica Knife Nut Film Series No Antagonist No-Sell Twist Ending World of Ham Age Lift Parental Substitute Bad "Bad Acting" No Ending The Mafia Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Foil Stepford Smiler Mad Scientist Music Stories Drowning My Sorrows Villainous Breakdown Stylistic Suck Meaningful Name Bad Boss Everyone Has Standards Authority Equals Asskicking Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Camp Gay She's Got Legs The Dog Bites Back The Stinger Villain Protagonist Meet Cute The Stoner Back from the Dead Sadistic Choice The End... Or Is It? Dogged Nice Guy Suspiciously Specific Denial Fainting Advertised Extra Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Our Vampires Are Different Setting Update Same Language Dub Blood Knight Badass Boast Disguised in Drag The Alcoholic Random Events Plot Abusive Parents Those Two Bad Guys Wretched Hive Fantastic Racism How We Got Here Vitriolic Best Buds Nice Guy Five-Man Band The Faceless Improvised Weapon Victoria's Secret Compartment Unusually Uninteresting Sight Badass in a Nice Suit Knight Templar Hell Is That Noise Hong Kong Films Romantic False Lead Yandere Every Car Is a Pinto As You Know Undying Loyalty A Date with Rosie Palms Mighty Whitey Neck Snap Greater-Scope Villain Skewed Priorities Demonic Possession There Is No Kill Like Overkill Lighter and Softer Film Noir Index Drill Sergeant Nasty The Casanova Anti-Hero Fake Shemp You Killed My Father Nice Hat Be Careful What You Wish For Bury Your Gays Country Matters Plucky Comic Relief Casting Gag Double Entendre Shipper on Deck Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Artistic License – History Cassandra Truth The Reveal Morality Pet Sacrificial Lion Man on Fire The '50s Red Herring Market-Based Title Manly Tears Eagleland Bait-and-Switch Male Gaze Big Damn Heroes Adult Fear Animal Title Index Off with His Head! Naïve Newcomer Malevolent Masked Men Becoming the Mask Attempted Rape What the Hell, Hero? The Smart Guy The Musical Curse Cut Short Not So Stoic Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Sports Stories Your Cheating Heart Extreme Doormat Television Movie Index Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Homage The '90s Serial Killer Deconstruction Those Wacky Nazis Bring My Brown Pants May–December Romance Title Drop Novelization Alliterative Name Sole Survivor Rule of Funny Heel Realization Funny Foreigner Never Found the Body Scenery Gorn Soundtrack Dissonance Beta Couple The Load Daylight Horror Mystery and Detective Films As Himself No OSHA Compliance Bloody Hilarious Crazy-Prepared Sanity Slippage One Steve Limit Vomit Indiscretion Shot Destination Defenestration Product Placement Abhorrent Admirer Villain Song Deus ex Machina Maybe Ever After Pragmatic Villainy Death by Sex Intrepid Reporter "Shaggy Dog" Story Humans Are Bastards Time Skip Overly Long Gag Scare Chord Does This Remind You of Anything? Big Bad Really Gets Around Historical In-Joke Flashback Retired Badass Pragmatic Adaptation Historical Hero Upgrade Pimped-Out Dress Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Tempting Fate The Mole Beware the Nice Ones Didn't Think This Through Left the Background Music On The Film of the Book Slasher Movie Wicked Cultured Not So Above It All Kick the Dog Character Development Word of God Zombie Stories Big "NO!" In the Back Department of Redundancy Department Four-Temperament Ensemble Captain Ersatz Sassy Black Woman Distracted by the Sexy Crucified Hero Shot Genre Savvy Kubrick Stare Extremely Short Timespan Bowdlerise Shoot the Shaggy Dog All There in the Manual Friend to All Children Combat Pragmatist Naked People Are Funny Adaptational Attractiveness Contrived Coincidence