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* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', Po finds out he's adopted (though it's [[PlayedForLaughs comically obvious]] seeing as his adoptive father is a goose whilst he's a panda) and struggles with it over the film, especially when he learns [[spoiler: his birth family were murdered by Lord Shen in an attempt to avert a prophecy foretelling his defeat]]. Po eventually accepts his past and becomes a stronger person, realizing that although his beginning was tragic he still had a loving upbringing with Mr Ping.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': Arlo has a moment of this when his foster mother, Edmee, tells him that he was born in New York City and what his last name is. It inspires him to go GeneHunting (setting up the movie's plot), but he makes it clear that he's HappilyAdopted and loves Edmee as his mother.
* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', Po finds out he's adopted (though it's [[PlayedForLaughs comically obvious]] seeing as his adoptive father is a goose whilst he's a panda) and struggles with it over the film, especially when he learns [[spoiler: his birth family were murdered by Lord Shen in an attempt to avert a prophecy foretelling his defeat]]. Po eventually accepts his past and becomes a stronger person, realizing that although his beginning was tragic he still had a loving upbringing with Mr Ping. The next film introduces Po's biological father, Li, removing any remaining angst Po has about his heritage.


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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:Karai is actually Miwa, the biological daughter of Hamato Yoshi and Tang Shen. The night Tang Shen was killed, Shredder kidnapped her and raised her as his own, telling her that he was Tang Shen's husband and that Hamato Yoshi killed her. When Karai learns the truth, she's angered and horrified that she's spent her life working for a man who killed her mother and is hunting down her father.]] Interestingly, the Turtles are well-aware that they're adopted ([[InterspeciesAdoption it's pretty obvious, after all]]), but never get any angst from it.
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Inverse of HappilyAdopted. If the discovery of being adopted leads to the adoptee searching for their biological parents, that's GeneHunting. Compare and contrast BastardAngst (where the child angsts about being born out of wedlock), OrphansOrdeal and AdoptionDiss. Overlaps with NotBloodNotFamily if an adopted character insists that their adopted family isn't their "real" family.

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Inverse of HappilyAdopted. If the discovery of being adopted leads to the adoptee searching for their biological parents, that's GeneHunting. If they find their biological parents and a fight breaks out over who's ''really'' the character's parent, see AdoptionConflict. Compare and contrast BastardAngst (where the child angsts about being born out of wedlock), OrphansOrdeal and AdoptionDiss. Overlaps with NotBloodNotFamily if an adopted character insists that their adopted family isn't their "real" family.
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->'''Calliope:''' Yeah so... Kiara is married to Amelia. But... I'm married to... ''myself''. So you're half-... Eh-... We're not related! I mean... Wh-... Me and Kiara are no-... This is getting complicated. I'm... '''YOU'RE ADOPTED.''' ...I'm sorry you had to find out this way, but you're adopted.\\
'''Kobo:''' '''''I'M ADOPTED!?'''''\\
'''Calliope:''' Yes! But we love you-... We both love you very much!\\

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->'''Calliope:''' ->'''Mori Calliope:''' Yeah so... Kiara is married to Amelia. But... I'm married to... ''myself''. So you're half-... Eh-... We're not related! I mean... Wh-... Me and Kiara are no-... This is getting complicated. I'm... '''YOU'RE ADOPTED.''' ...I'm sorry you had to find out this way, but you're adopted.\\
'''Kobo:''' '''Kobo Kanaeru:''' '''''I'M ADOPTED!?'''''\\
'''Calliope:''' '''Calli:''' Yes! But we love you-... We both love you very much!\\



'''Calliope:''' Yes!\\

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'''Calliope:''' '''Calli:''' Yes!\\
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Inverse of HappilyAdopted. If the discovery of being adopted leads to the adoptee searching for their biological parents, that's GeneHunting. Compare and contrast BastardAngst (where the child angsts about being born out of wedlock), OrphansOrdeal and AdoptionDiss.

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Inverse of HappilyAdopted. If the discovery of being adopted leads to the adoptee searching for their biological parents, that's GeneHunting. Compare and contrast BastardAngst (where the child angsts about being born out of wedlock), OrphansOrdeal and AdoptionDiss. Overlaps with NotBloodNotFamily if an adopted character insists that their adopted family isn't their "real" family.
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