History Main / OrphanageOfFear

* {{Anne of Green Gables}}, too. Slight subversion: Anne mentions that the staff meant well, and she wasn't abused, but it was a cold and dreary place where no one was loved.

* In ''TheDeclaration'' by Gemma Malley, Surpluses, or children born to people taking the immortality drug, are put in these. They are often told they do not deserve to exist and have futures as servants. The main character, Anna, escapes with the help of a boy named Peter. They are allowed to stay out of the group home because [[spoiler: both Anna's parents died, and Peter's father died, and the only way to get out of the homes is if one person in your family dies. That way, you're not adding more people to the world.]]

* In Allison Croggon's {{The Books of Pellinor}} series, the main character's younger brother (and the main character of book three) Hem grew up in a terrible orphanage in a corrupt and rotting town. It came complete with dismal living spaces, horribly abusive adults, murderously petty and emotionally scared children, all capped off with the disturbingly common instances of death by starvation or murder- because the fierceness of the other children.

* An especially cruel version of this trope would be Kinderheim 511, from ''{{Monster}}.'' It was a heartless and abusive attempt to breed the perfect soldier, through severe physical and psychological abuse and neglect. It meets its end when [[spoiler: almost every single person kills themselves in a massive fight, instigated by none other than Johan]].

** Similarly in ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', Kinzo Ushiromiya runs an OrphanageOfFear.

* The Working House for Young Women, from the ''{{Discworld}}'' book ''Monstrous Regiment'', was one of these, with three characters having escaped from it, all of them pretty damaged. One lives on a hair trigger, one became a pyromaniac, and one thinks that the Duchess, the deified ruler of their country, talks to her. [[spoiler: As it turns out she does, and eventually reveals her presence. The first two though become bank robbers, and come back and burn the place down near the end.]]

* [[RuleOfRose Rule of Rose]]. Gods. It's ''far, far worse'' than even the one in TheOrphanage.

* In Allison Croggon's {{The Books of Pellinor)) series, the main character's younger brother (and the main character of book three) Hem grew up in a terrible orphanage in a corrupt and rotting town. It came complete with dismal living spaces, horribly abusive adults, murderously petty and emotionally scared children, all capped off with the disturbingly common instances of death by starvation or murder- because the fierceness of the other children.

* The ECComics story "Halloween" is set in one of these, though the direct childcare person is desperately trying to turn it into an OrphanageOfLove, the management tells her there simply isn't enough money for decent food, clothing, lights...and certainly not a jack-o-lantern! [[spoiler: Naturally the manager is revealed as having kept two-thirds of the orphanage's income for his own personal benefit...and then the children [[NightmareFuel get their jack-o-lantern.]] ]]

* In the AmericanGirl ''Samantha'' stories, Samantha's friend Nelly gets sent to one of these. Of course, she breaks out and is [[HappilyAdopted adopted by Sam's extraordinarily wealthy family]].

* The Shalebridge [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] Cradle from ''{{Thief}}: Deadly Shadows''.

* The ECComics story "Halloween" is set in one of these, though the direct childcare person is desperately trying to turn it into an OrphanageOfLove, the management tells her there simply isn't enough money for decent food, clothing, lights...and certainly not a jack-o-lantern! [[spoiler: Naturally the manager is revealed as having kept two-thirds of the orphanage's income for his own personal benefit...and then the children [[NightmareFuel get their jack-o-lantern.]]

*** It was; it appears in one GoldenAge Newsboys story.

* The orphanage in the Elven Alienage in DragonAge. It's an example because it was overrun by demons that massacred everyone inside, leaving nothing but insane ghosts.

* The Shalebridge Cradle from ''{{Thief}}: Deadly Shadows''. And the one who'll get the most frightened will be [[NightmareFuelUnleaded the player]]...not in the least because it was also an ''insane asylum''.
** The Cradle started out as a dedicated orphanage. Then when financial problems struck, it was sold to the people wanted to make it into a lunatic asylum. Out of the goodness of their hearts, the doctors allowed the orphans to remain there. So to clarify, The Cradle was an orphanage and a lunatic asylum ''simultaneously''.
** You lost me at "goodness of heart."

* In ''[[TheAnimaniacs Wakko's Wish]], Yakko, Wakko and Dot lived in one of these for a time.

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* In ''TheDeclaration'' by Gemma Malloy, Surpluses, or children born to people taking the immortality drug, are put in these. They are often told they do not deserve to exist and have futures as servants. The main character, Anna, escapes with the help of a boy named Peter. They are allowed to stay out of the group home because [[spoiler: both Anna's parents died, and Peter's father died, and the only way to get out of the homes is if one person in your family dies. That way, you're not adding more people to the world.]]

** [[Spoiler: Everyone in there gets their comeuppance when Wolf prematurely turns into a werewolf and utterly destroys it.]]