History Main / InvisibleParents

* The dub of {{Yu-Gi-Oh!}} removes Yugi's mother from the show entirely. She doesn't appear that often in the original show, though, and there is no mention of Yugi's father.
* Pokemon Ash leaves home at 12 and after 10 episodes or so his mom is shown less than just about any Pokemon of the current generation

* All four of the flagship series of PlatypusComix feature characters whose parents are either never around or rarely appear.

* Parents are only very rarely seen in ''{{Recess''}}

* ''Doug''
** What are you talking about, there plenty of parents in the show such as Doug's, Skeeter's, Bebe's, Patti's Dad, and Roger's

* In {{Bakuman}}, Moritaka Mashiro talks with his father once on the phone, but he is never seen in person, and it's been noted that they don't talk often. Miho's father has also not appeared in the series yet.

* In ''BeavisAndButthead'' the two main characters are established to live with their single mothers who are implied to be prostitutes. The duo occasionally mention them and sometimes call to them but we see them only once. However we do meet their dads in the movie: Motley Crue roadies just as stupid as their sons and their behavior is similar to theirs, that don't seem to notice their resemblance to them and abandon them after providing them with a fire for the night.

* In ''BeavisAndButthead'' the two main characters are established to live with their single mothers who are implied to be prostitutes. The duo occasionally mention them and sometimes call to them but we never see them. However we do meet their dads in the movie: Motley Crue roadies just as stupid as their sons and their behavior is similar to theirs, that don't seem to notice their resemblance to them and abandon them after providing them with a fire for the night.

* In ''[[HayateTheCombatButler Hayate no Gotoku]]'', on a trip to a hot springs, Hinagiku's parents are supposedly taking her on the trip as a late birthday present since her father couldn't be there for her birthday. Neither parent is ever shown through the entire arc, even after Hinagiku faints in the hot springs and needs to be fished out.

* Several characters' parents from ''{{Naruto}}''. Sakura's are probably the most notably absent (despite being almost stated to be there) but there is also Lee's parents (if he even has any!) and Neji, Hinata, Choji, Ino, and Shino's mothers (though we see Hinata and Chouji's in the anime).

* Alisa and Suzuka's parents in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' are never shown. The closest we get to meeting them was the cast-wide picnic they were invited to in the [[AllThereInTheManual third Sound Stage]] of ''A's'', where they remained unheard [[AudioAdaptation and obviously unseen]]. Same goes with the parents of Rio and Corona of ''[=ViVid=]'', who we only know exist via side-comment from Fate-mama. Then again, both pairs are ThoseTwoGuys.

* In ''[[HayateTheCombatButler Hayate no Gotoku]]'', on a trip to a hot springs, Hinagiku's [[spoiler: (adoptive)]] parents are supposedly taking her on the trip as a late birthday present since her father couldn't be there for her birthday. Neither parent is ever shown through the entire arc, even after Hinagiku faints in the hot springs and needs to be fished out.

* In {{BeavisandButthead}} they are established to live with their single mothers who are implied to be prostitutes, the duo occasionally mention them and sometimes call to them but we never see them, however we do meet their dads in the movie whom are Motley Crue roadies whom are just as stupid as their sons and their behavior is similar to theirs, they don't seem to notice their resemblance to them and abandon them after providing them with a fire for the night.

* Several characters' parents from ''{{Naruto}}''. Sakura's are probably the most notably absent (despite being almost stated to be there) but there is also Lee's parents (if he even has any!) and Neji, Hinata, Choji (in the manga), Ino, and Shino's mothers.

* ''SaluteYou Shorts''

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* ''Salute Your Shorts''
* ''Saved By The Bell''

* In ''KingdomHearts'', we hear Sora's mother early in the first game, but never seven see the parents of ''anyone'' on Destiny Islands.

* In ''{{SEX}}'' teenagers Kaho and Natsu get involved with delinquents, the yakuza, and criminal activities, plus the US army; Kaho goes to live with two guys and gets involved with an assassin, Natsu gets shot and kidnapped... without even a ''mention'' of a reaction from their parents. (Natsu's dad is mentioned once early in the story, as a plot device, and that's all.)