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* In ''Literature/TheSchoolForGoodMothers'', Frida's ex and her girlfriend Susanna take full custody of Harriet while Frida is at the school. Frida only gets very limited contact with her daughter, while Susanna is able to be a hands-on parent. Harriet eventually refers to her as "Mommy Sue-Sue", horrifying Frida.

** Not much is shown of Kristy's DisappearedDad in the series until the book in which he remarries, and he doesn't appear much afterward either. However, the woman he marries is very kind to Kristy and her brothers, who all like her a lot - in fact, it's all but stated that they like her more than they like their dad, who abandoned the family before the books began. They also have an excellent stepfather in Watson, their mother's second husband.

* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'': Ron may be a gruff, dour man, but he loves his two stepdaughters Zoëy and Ivy fiercly. He does his best to be a good fatherand positive figure in their life, and mostly succeeds, though his... general Ron-ness... sometimes gets in the way.
* ''Series/RaisingHope'': Once Jimmy and Sabrina marry, she is this to Jimmy's daughter Hope, whom she eventually adopts. She actually showed maternal instincts for Hope way before she became Jimmy's girlfriend/wife when she saved Hope from a gun-toting mama. Sabrina also tries very hard to make sure Hope has a good childhood.

* ''Film/Damsel2024'': Although their relationship is somewhat difficult early on in the film, Elodie's stepmother Lady Bayford tries to warn her of the Aurean royal family's [[spoiler:true intentions of sacrificing her to a dragon. When Elodie escapes the sacrificial ritual, the Aurean Queen tries to settle for Elodie's younger sister as an alternative offering, and [[MamaBear Lady Bayford is stabbed by the royal guards while fighting to protect her.]]]]

* ''Film/Damsel2024'': Although their relationship is somewhat difficult early on in the film, Elodie and her sister's stepmother Lady Bayford tries to warn her of the Aurean royal family's [[spoiler:true intentions of sacrificing her to a dragon. When Elodie escapes the sacrificial ritual, the Aurean Queen tries to settle for Elodie's younger sister as an alternative offering, and [[MamaBear Lady Bayford is stabbed by the royal guards while fighting to protect her.]]]]

* Queen Hiling from ''Manga/RankingOfKings'' at first comes off as a WickedStepmother to her stepson Prince Bojji, being extremely adamant about his inability to become a king in comparison to her biological son Prince Daida. However, she's eventually shown to actually be very caring and loving of Bojji, with her unwillingness to see him become king being not out of hatred, but rather a genuine concern for him and the kingdom.

* ''[[Manhwa/AWickedTaleofCinderellasStepmom A Wicked Tale of Cinderella's Stepmom]]'' has the main protagonist reincarnate into role of stepmother for Cinderella. She is a lot less wicked than the traditional telling of the story, with all three of her daughters getting along.

* The series ''Manga/MyStepmotherAndStepsistersAreNotWicked'' is based entirely on this trope. After Nakamura Miya's mother dies and she has to go live with her father and stepfamily, she is sure that her stepmother Kounomura Teru and older stepsisters Marika and Arisa are going to be cruel to her since she's an illegitimate child. At first [[WickedStepmother their seemingly haughty attitudes]] [[BigBrotherBully when they start talking makes it look like she's correct...]] only to be hilariously subverted when they complete their sentences to reveal that [[BigBrotherInstinct they actually care deeply for her]] [[MamaBear and are committed to making her feel comfortable and loved in her new home.]] Teru, the stepmother, corrects Miya not to call her mother... because she doesn't want her to replace her biological mother to the girl's life, telling the girl address her differently. It even gets to the point where the stepsisters register dismay that her father could let his illegitimate daughter live in squalor, not allowing Miya's maternal grandmother to take her away from their house, and the stepmother takes a more active role in raising the protagonist than her actual father and is always defer to her whenever she makes decisions directly related to her. This is quite a big deal, judging by the setting, this series happens around late-19th century or early 20th-century which marked the westernization of Japan, since at that it would be a big scandal if Miya is to be introduced to the high society.

* The series ''Manga/MyStepmotherAndStepsistersAreNotWicked'' is based entirely on this trope. After Nakamura Miya's mother dies and she has to go live with her father and stepfamily, she is sure that her stepmother Kounomura Teru and older stepsisters Marika and Arisa are going to be cruel to her since she's an illegitimate child. At first [[WickedStepmother their seemingly haughty attitudes]] [[BigBrotherBully when they start talking makes it look like she's correct...]] only to be hilariously subverted when they complete their sentences to reveal that [[BigBrotherInstinct they actually care deeply for her]] [[MamaBear and are committed to making her feel comfortable and loved in her new home.]] Teru, the stepmother, corrects Miya not to call her mother... because she doesn't want her to replace her biological mother to the girl's life, telling the girl address her differently. It even gets to the point where the stepsisters register dismay that their father could let his illegitimate daughter live in squalor, not allowing Miya's maternal grandmother to take her away from their house, and the stepmother takes a more active role in raising the protagonist than her actual father and is always defer to her whenever she makes decisions directly related to her. This is quite a big deal, judging by the setting, this series happens around late-19th century or early 20th-century which marked the westernization of Japan, since at that it would be a big scandal if Miya is to be introduced to the high society.

* The series ''Manga/MyStepmotherAndStepsistersArentWicked'' is based entirely on this trope. After Nakamura Miya's mother dies and she has to go live with her father and stepfamily, she is sure that her stepmother Kounomura Teru and older stepsisters Marika and Arisa are going to be cruel to her since she's an illegitimate child. At first [[WickedStepmother their seemingly haughty attitudes]] [[BigBrotherBully when they start talking makes it look like she's correct...]] only to be hilariously subverted when they complete their sentences to reveal that [[BigBrotherInstinct they actually care deeply for her]] [[MamaBear and are committed to making her feel comfortable and loved in her new home.]] Teru, the stepmother, corrects Miya not to call her mother... because she doesn't want her to replace her biological mother to the girl's life, telling the girl address her differently. It even gets to the point where the stepsisters register dismay that their father could let his illegitimate daughter live in squalor, not allowing Miya's maternal grandmother to take her away from their house, and the stepmother takes a more active role in raising the protagonist than her actual father and is always defer to her whenever she makes decisions directly related to her. This is quite a big deal, judging by the setting, this series happens around late-19th century or early 20th-century which marked the westernization of Japan, since at that it would be a big scandal if Miya is to be introduced to the high society.

* The series ''Manga/MyStepmotherAndStepsistersAreNotWicked'' is based entirely on this trope. After Nakamura Miya's mother dies and she has to go live with her father and stepfamily, she is sure that her stepmother Kounomura Teru and older stepsisters Marika and Arisa are going to be cruel to her since she's an illegitimate child. At first [[WickedStepmother their seemingly haughty attitudes]] [[BigBrotherBully when they start talking makes it look like she's correct...]] only to be hilariously subverted when they complete their sentences to reveal that [[BigBrotherInstinct they actually care deeply for her]] [[MamaBear and are committed to making her feel comfortable and loved in her new home.]] Teru, the stepmother, corrects Miya not to call her mother... because she doesn't want her to replace her biological mother to the girl's life, telling the girl address her differently. It even gets to the point where the stepsisters register dismay that their father could let his illegitimate daughter live in squalor, not allowing Miya's maternal grandmother to take her away from their house, and the stepmother takes a more active role in raising the protagonist than her actual father and is always defer to her whenever she makes decisions directly related to her. This is quite a big deal, judging by the setting, this series happens around late-19th century or early 20th-century which marked the westernization of Japan, since at that it would be a big scandal if Miya is to be introduced to the high society.

* ''[[Manhwa/NowSewWickedStepmother Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom]]'' has Abigail Friedkin. Before the start of the story, she was indeed very model of a WickedStepmother, but after seemingly dying and recovering to assassination attempt her entire attitude changes and she becomes a doting stepmother to her adopted children. [[spoiler: It helps that she is actually someone else, who was reincarnated into Abigails body after Abigail died to poisonic cosmetics.]]

* **[[Manhwa/NowSewWickedStepmother Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom]]** has Abigail Friedkin. Before the start of the story, she was indeed very model of a WickedStepmother, but after seemingly dying and recovering to assassination attempt her entire attitude changes and she becomes a doting stepmother to her adopted children. [[spoiler: It helps that she is actually someone else, who was reincarnated into Abigails body after Abigail died to poisonic cosmetics.]]
* **[[Manhwa/AWickedTaleofCinderellasStepmom A Wicked Tale of Cinderella's Stepmom]]** has the main protagonist reincarnate into role of stepmother for Cinderella. She is a lot less wicked than the traditional telling of the story, with all three of her daughters getting along.