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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "The Fight Before Christmas", Lisa dreams that it's WWII, and she asks Bart how they can celebrate Christmas when one of their parents is fighting the war. This turns out to be Marge -- Homer was rejected because there wasn't a uniform that could fit him, and is working in a munitions factory.
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* In the 1995 film adaptation of ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' Sara starts attending the boarding school due to her father's enlistment and she eventually receives news that he died in the Great War. The news of her father's death causes the matron of the school to turn Sara into a servant since her tuition is no longer being paid and there's no one to stop her.
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* In the 1995 film adaptation of ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' ''Film/ALittlePrincess1995'', Sara starts attending the boarding school due to her father's enlistment and she eventually receives news that he died in the Great War. The news of her father's death causes the matron of the school to turn Sara into a servant since her tuition is no longer being paid and there's no one to stop her.
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* ''Literature/CampX'': George and Jack's father is currently stationed in Africa in the St. Patrick's Regiment, the book being set during World War [=II=] and all.
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* ''Literature/TheLandMine'': [[TheProtagonist Derek]]'s father is off in North Africa fighting against the forces of Erwin Rommel.
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To put it simply, a main character's DisappearedDad or occasionally MissingMom is absent because they are off fighting in a war. When this trope appears in realistic fiction, it's usually used as an excuse for the parent to be out of the picture without actually being dead, but in adventure stories it's more likely to be an integral part of the story. In historical fiction, said war is likely one of the World Wars.
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To put it simply, a main character's DisappearedDad or occasionally MissingMom or occasionally even [[BattleCouple both]] is absent because they are off fighting in a war. When this trope appears in realistic fiction, it's usually used as an excuse for the parent to be out of the picture without actually being dead, but in adventure stories it's more likely to be an integral part of the story. In historical fiction, said war is likely one of the World Wars.
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* In a Christmas story of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocoyo}}'' in Season 4, it's shown the OriginStory of the Angry Alien, whose father all Christmas [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone with his presents]] to went to the war (implied, in the series is said he went to a "mission"), being DadTheVeteran. That solitude with his toys made him evil and the antagonist he is in the series (in the same episode, he comes back to Pocoyo's world to [[TheGrinch ruin Christmas by destroy the presents]]).
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* In a Christmas story of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocoyo}}'' in Season 4, it's shown the OriginStory of the Angry Alien, whose father all Christmas [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone with his presents]] to went to the war (implied, in the series is said he went to a "mission"), being DadTheVeteran. That solitude with his toys made him evil and the antagonist he is in the series (in the same episode, he comes back to Pocoyo's world to [[TheGrinch ruin Christmas by destroy destroying the presents]]).
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* ''Film/TheOthers'': Grace's husband is absent because he's been fighting in World War II, so she's left to raise her two children by herself. He eventually reappears and spends the night before telling her that he has to "move on" and leaves just as abruptly. [[spoiler:This is because everyone is a ghost. He died in the war, while his wife killed herself and their children but is suffering from GhostAmnesia.]]
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* ''Film/TheOthers'': ''Film/TheOthers2001'': Grace's husband is absent because he's been fighting in World War II, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, so she's left to raise her two children by herself. He eventually reappears and spends the night before telling her that he has to "move on" and leaves just as abruptly. [[spoiler:This is because everyone is a ghost. He died in the war, while his wife killed herself and their children but is suffering from GhostAmnesia.]]
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Compare and contrast MyGirlBackHome, which is from the point of view of the soldier missing their partner at home.
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* Pink's earliest years in ''Music/TheWall'' were spent without a father due to him fighting in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Pink's father would not return home due to being killed in action, leaving Pink with only an [[MyBelovedSmother overbearing mother]] to take care of him.
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* Pink's earliest years in ''Music/TheWall'' were spent without a father due to him fighting in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Pink's father would not return home due to being killed in action, leaving Pink with only an [[MyBelovedSmother overbearing mother]] to take care of him.him and the first brick in the wall that he begins to build between himself and the world.
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To put it simply, a main character's DisappearedDad or occasionally MissingMom is absent because they are off fighting in a war. When this trope appears in realistic fiction, it's usually used as an excuse for the parent to be out of the picture without actually being dead, but in adventure stories it's more likely to be an integral part of the story. In historical fiction, said war is likely one of the world wars.
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To put it simply, a main character's DisappearedDad or occasionally MissingMom is absent because they are off fighting in a war. When this trope appears in realistic fiction, it's usually used as an excuse for the parent to be out of the picture without actually being dead, but in adventure stories it's more likely to be an integral part of the story. In historical fiction, said war is likely one of the world wars.
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* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': Both of Kanna's parents are chaos aligned dragons that take part in the war against the harmony faction. As a result, they usually left her to her own devices and are incredibly neglectful. Her father Kimun doesn't even seem to be able to grasp the concept of a father-daughter bond, instead referring to her as a comrade (note that Kanna isn't even aligned with the chaos faction, or any faction for that matter).
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': Both of Kanna's parents are chaos aligned dragons that take part in the war against the harmony faction. As a result, they usually left her to her own devices and are incredibly neglectful. Her father Kimun doesn't even seem to be able to grasp the concept of a father-daughter bond, instead referring to her as a comrade (note that Kanna isn't even aligned with the chaos faction, or any faction for that matter).
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* ''Film/JojoRabbit'' features a variant: Jojo's dad is fighting in the war, [[spoiler:but for LaResistance]].
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* ''Literature/JackyHaHa'': Jacky's mother is serving in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield.
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-> Daddy's flown across the ocean / Leaving just a memory/ A snapshot in the family album/ Daddy what else did you leave for me?
-->-- "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1" by ''Music/PinkFloyd''
-->-- "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1" by ''Music/PinkFloyd''
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* In a Christmas story of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocoyo}}'' in Season 4, it's shown the OriginStory of the Angry Alien, whose father all Christmas [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone with his presents]] to went to the war (implied, in the series is said he went to a "mission"), being DadTheVeteran. That solitude with his toys made him evil and the antagonist he is in the series (in the same episode, he comes back to Pocoyo's world to [[TheGrinch ruin the Christmas by destroy the presents]]).
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* In a Christmas story of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocoyo}}'' in Season 4, it's shown the OriginStory of the Angry Alien, whose father all Christmas [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone with his presents]] to went to the war (implied, in the series is said he went to a "mission"), being DadTheVeteran. That solitude with his toys made him evil and the antagonist he is in the series (in the same episode, he comes back to Pocoyo's world to [[TheGrinch ruin the Christmas by destroy the presents]]).
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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': In the first episode, Huey, Dewey, and Louie are sent to live with their great-uncle, Scrooge [=McDuck=], after their former guardian, their uncles Donald Duck, leaves for the navy.
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* Pink's earliest years in ''Music/TheWall'' were spent without a father due to him fighting in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Pink's father would not return home due to being killed in action, leaving Pink with only an [[MyBelovedSmother overbearing mother]] to take care of him.
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* Pink's earliest years in ''Music/TheWall'' were spent without a father due to him fighting in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Pink's father would not return home due to being killed in action, leaving Pink with only an [[MyBelovedSmother overbearing mother]] to take care of him.
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To put it simply, a main character's DisappearedDad or occasionally MissingMom is absent because they are off fighting in a war. When this trope appears in realistic fiction, it's usually used as an excuse for the parent to be out of the picture without actually being dead, but in adventure stories it's more likely to be an integral part of the story. In historical fiction, said war is likely one of the world wars.
A sub-trope of ParentalAbandonment. If the parent returns safe and sound, this may result in DadTheVeteran. Often overlaps with KeepTheHomeFiresBurning, but it different because the main plot focuses on the heroes having their own adventures while the parent is (usually) less important.
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* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': Both of Kanna's parents are chaos aligned dragons that take part in the war against the harmony faction. As a result, they usually left her to her own devices are and incredibly neglectful. Her father Kimun doesn't even seem to be able to grasp the concept of a father-daughter bond, instead referring to her as a comrade (note that Kanna isn't even aligned with the chaos faction, or any faction for that matter).
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*In the 1995 film adaptation of ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' Sara starts attending the boarding school due to her father's enlistment and she eventually receives news that he died in the Great War. The news of her father's death causes the matron of the school to turn Sara into a servant since her tuition is no longer being paid and there's no one to stop her.
* ''Film/TheOthers'': Grace's husband is absent because he's been fighting in World War II, so she's left to raise her two children by herself. He eventually reappears and spends the night before telling her that he has to "move on" and leaves just as abruptly. [[spoiler:This is because everyone is a ghost. He died in the war, while his wife killed herself and their children but is suffering from GhostAmnesia.]]
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* One of the illustrated short stories in Creator/EdwardGorey's book ''Literature/{{Amphigorey}}'' is "The Hapless Child." The child is named Charlotte Sophia, and her father is a colonel in the British Army. He is reported to have been killed in action aboard, upon which Charlotte's mother falls into a "decline" that proves fatal. Now parentless, Charlotte Sophia is remanded to an orphanage, where her life goes FromBadToWorse.
*In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', the father of the four main characters is absent due to fighting in World War 2.
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*''Series/FridayNightLights'': Matt Saracen lives with his dementia-stricken grandmother, Lorraine, while his father, Henry, is deployed in Iraq. It's clear that this has been the arrangement for most of Matt's life. Several times throughout the series we see Matt go to school early to use the school computers and web cams to talk to his dad and this seems to be all the contact he has with either of his parents. As Grandma Saracen's dementia gets worse, Matt begs Henry to come home, but his dad insists that he can't abandon his duties as a soldier. When an incident calls into question Lorraine's ability to continue as Matt's guardian, Henry has to come home to deal with it as Matt has no other family, [[MissingMom his mom]] [[ParentalAbandonment having abandoned him as a baby.]] When Henry arrives home, it's clear that he doesn't want to be there and would rather be at war than dealing with his crumbling family. Matt, seeing that his father is miserable, gives him the go ahead to return. When Henry is eventually killed by an IED, Matt has a break down struggling to understand why his father would rather die at war than deal with his teenaged son and elderly mother.
*In ''Series/ICarly'', Spencer and Carly's father is rarely seen due to the fact that he's in the Air Force.
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* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': Baryl's father was a soldier who fought in foreign countries, so he had to entrust his son to his friend, Dr. Wily. Eventually, Baryl's father died during one of those wars, which sparks Wily's grudge against society and also influences Baryl himself to a degree.
*In ''Videogame/StardewValley'', Sam and Vince's father Kent is absent from town for the first year. He arrives at the beginning of Year 2 and is revealed to be a soldier who spent the last year as a POW in the Gotoro Empire.
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*In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Sterling Archer spent much of his childhood being reared by Woodhouse because his mother was still an active black-ops field agent.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Katara's and Sokka's father, Hakoda, has been fighting in the Hundred-Year War for the two years before the start of the story.
* In a Christmas story of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocoyo}}'' in Season 4, it's shown the OriginStory of the Angry Alien, whose father all Christmas [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone with his presents]] to went to the war (implied, in the series is said he went to a "mission"), being DadTheVeteran. That solitude with his toys made him evil and the antagonist he is in the series (in the same episode, he comes back to Pocoyo's world to [[TheGrinch ruin the Christmas by destroy the presents]]).
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A sub-trope of ParentalAbandonment. If the parent returns safe and sound, this may result in DadTheVeteran. Often overlaps with KeepTheHomeFiresBurning, but it different because the main plot focuses on the heroes having their own adventures while the parent is (usually) less important.
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* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': Both of Kanna's parents are chaos aligned dragons that take part in the war against the harmony faction. As a result, they usually left her to her own devices are and incredibly neglectful. Her father Kimun doesn't even seem to be able to grasp the concept of a father-daughter bond, instead referring to her as a comrade (note that Kanna isn't even aligned with the chaos faction, or any faction for that matter).
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*In the 1995 film adaptation of ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'' Sara starts attending the boarding school due to her father's enlistment and she eventually receives news that he died in the Great War. The news of her father's death causes the matron of the school to turn Sara into a servant since her tuition is no longer being paid and there's no one to stop her.
* ''Film/TheOthers'': Grace's husband is absent because he's been fighting in World War II, so she's left to raise her two children by herself. He eventually reappears and spends the night before telling her that he has to "move on" and leaves just as abruptly. [[spoiler:This is because everyone is a ghost. He died in the war, while his wife killed herself and their children but is suffering from GhostAmnesia.]]
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* One of the illustrated short stories in Creator/EdwardGorey's book ''Literature/{{Amphigorey}}'' is "The Hapless Child." The child is named Charlotte Sophia, and her father is a colonel in the British Army. He is reported to have been killed in action aboard, upon which Charlotte's mother falls into a "decline" that proves fatal. Now parentless, Charlotte Sophia is remanded to an orphanage, where her life goes FromBadToWorse.
*In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', the father of the four main characters is absent due to fighting in World War 2.
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*''Series/FridayNightLights'': Matt Saracen lives with his dementia-stricken grandmother, Lorraine, while his father, Henry, is deployed in Iraq. It's clear that this has been the arrangement for most of Matt's life. Several times throughout the series we see Matt go to school early to use the school computers and web cams to talk to his dad and this seems to be all the contact he has with either of his parents. As Grandma Saracen's dementia gets worse, Matt begs Henry to come home, but his dad insists that he can't abandon his duties as a soldier. When an incident calls into question Lorraine's ability to continue as Matt's guardian, Henry has to come home to deal with it as Matt has no other family, [[MissingMom his mom]] [[ParentalAbandonment having abandoned him as a baby.]] When Henry arrives home, it's clear that he doesn't want to be there and would rather be at war than dealing with his crumbling family. Matt, seeing that his father is miserable, gives him the go ahead to return. When Henry is eventually killed by an IED, Matt has a break down struggling to understand why his father would rather die at war than deal with his teenaged son and elderly mother.
*In ''Series/ICarly'', Spencer and Carly's father is rarely seen due to the fact that he's in the Air Force.
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* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': Baryl's father was a soldier who fought in foreign countries, so he had to entrust his son to his friend, Dr. Wily. Eventually, Baryl's father died during one of those wars, which sparks Wily's grudge against society and also influences Baryl himself to a degree.
*In ''Videogame/StardewValley'', Sam and Vince's father Kent is absent from town for the first year. He arrives at the beginning of Year 2 and is revealed to be a soldier who spent the last year as a POW in the Gotoro Empire.
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*In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Sterling Archer spent much of his childhood being reared by Woodhouse because his mother was still an active black-ops field agent.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Katara's and Sokka's father, Hakoda, has been fighting in the Hundred-Year War for the two years before the start of the story.
* In a Christmas story of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocoyo}}'' in Season 4, it's shown the OriginStory of the Angry Alien, whose father all Christmas [[ParentalAbandonment left him alone with his presents]] to went to the war (implied, in the series is said he went to a "mission"), being DadTheVeteran. That solitude with his toys made him evil and the antagonist he is in the series (in the same episode, he comes back to Pocoyo's world to [[TheGrinch ruin the Christmas by destroy the presents]]).
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