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* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': During her travels between Book 3 and 4, Rayla adopts a young [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Cuddlemonkey]], she names Stella.
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* ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'': Bloodhound brings his pet raven to the arena, while Vantage brings her pet bat.
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* ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'': Bloodhound brings his their pet raven to the arena, while Vantage brings her pet bat.
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* In ''Literature/TheOneAndOnlyIvan'', Ivan the gorilla's family was killed by {{Evil Poacher}}s when he was very young, and he was put in a crate with his twin sister (who did not survive) and shipped across the ocean. There he was purchased by Mac and raised almost like a human in order to get attention and bring in opportunities to make money - Mac dressed him in clothing, took him out driving, fed him human foods, and put him, in pajamas, in a human bed. Ivan tried to make the best of it but especially as he became older, larger, and harder to control he was ''quite'' destructive and eventually was confined to a cage in Mac's mall.
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** In ''Literature/TheImmortals'', Daine adopts a newborn dragon who's much more on the "baby" side than the "wild animal" one, though other characters consistently think of her as an animal. Dragons being fully sapient, "Kitten" quickly has a good grasp of what people are saying and is closer to being like Preet than to being like the baby griffin, but she's still willful and rambunctious at times, and her desire to help is sometimes inconvenient or ineffectual. Due to dragons' ProportionalAging, she'll be an infant for thirty years.

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* ''Film/FlyAwayHome'' is about a girl who rescues a nest of goslings to adulthood, and then must teach them how to fly and then migrate for the winter. Here, the girl enjoys a compromise, the birds are returned to the wild, but her farm is their regular migration destination in the spring. (This was VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory -- a wildlife rescue group were experimenting with geese (which are in no way endangered) as a way for finding ways to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20001109111700/http://www.operationmigration.org/index.html reintroduce Whooping cranes,]] raised in captivity, to the wild -- but the part about them being a teenager's pets is fiction.)


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* ''Film/FlyAwayHome'' is about a girl who rescues a nest of goslings to adulthood, and then must teach them how to fly and then migrate for the winter. Here, the girl enjoys a compromise, the birds are returned to the wild, but her farm is their regular migration destination in the spring. (This was VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory -- a wildlife rescue group were experimenting with geese (which are in no way endangered) as a way for finding ways to [[https://web.archive.org/web/20001109111700/http://www.operationmigration.org/index.html reintroduce Whooping cranes,]] raised in captivity, to the wild -- but the part about them being a teenager's pets is fiction.)
* ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'': Angel the hawk. A slightly more realistic example than most in that Julie never intended to keep her long-term and only wanted to help heal her, plus she also freaks out over anyone but Julie coming anywhere near her. Though the fact a fully-grown wild hawk would perch on a falconer's glove at all puts in this territory.

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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Utawarerumono}}'', the little girl Aruruu raises what is essentially a tiger ''god'' from a cub. The characters are very quick to point out the dangers, especially since they only barely managed to kill the cub's parent, after it had terrorized numerous villages. Nonetheless, Aruruu is permitted to keep the cub. It does eventually grow up and is perfectly tame around Aruruu and anyone she likes, but she also uses it as a mount in battle and it has ''eaten'' people on her command.



* In ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'', the little girl Aruruu raises what is essentially a tiger ''god'' from a cub. The characters are very quick to point out the dangers, especially since they only barely managed to kill the cub's parent, after it had terrorized numerous villages. Nonetheless, Aruruu is permitted to keep the cub. It does eventually grow up and is perfectly tame around Aruruu and anyone she likes, but she also uses it as a mount in battle and it has ''eaten'' people on her command.



* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Spongebob and Patrick raise a baby scallop named Junior until he grows up.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Spongebob ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick raise a baby scallop named Junior until he grows up.



* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' had Beast Boy (and effectively Starfire) taking in one of Killer Moth's larvae, who after a rampage returned to "normal" and, due to the inherent outlandishness of the show, was kept as a pet.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' had ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' has Beast Boy (and effectively Starfire) taking in one of Killer Moth's larvae, who after a rampage returned returns to "normal" and, due to the inherent outlandishness of the show, was is kept as a pet.
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* Played completely straight by the same author in ''Literature/TheNumairChronicles'', with Preet - another birdlike baby immortal - being very easy to keep, loving Arram immediately, intelligent enough to understand speech but never growing bored and causing trouble, never causing a mess, liking all the same people Arram likes... She's going to have to go back to her parents eventually, but until then she is only shown to be a joy in her keeper's life.
* In book three of ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'', Kel kills a centaur who had been keeping a kidnapped baby griffin. [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Griffin parents kill people who handle their young]], so she's stuck caring for him until they can be found and the situation explained. And he is far from cute, putting scars on every finger and breaking a few, gouging her head and back, refusing to be confined, vomiting and pooping on page, attacking her pets... Caring for him is a ''duty'', and that's how she treats it. She doesn't name him and tries not to get attached, understanding that he's a little monster and knowing how this will end, but is still sad for a bit when his parents come to reclaim him. The baby griffin doesn't look back, and before long Kel's sadness is simple relief.
** As an immortal the griffin is a baby when it becomes Kel's charge and still a baby when it leaves her care for its parents, who through a translator say that it's learned bad habits. Even though adult griffins are fairly intelligent, the baby acts much more like a wild animal than most uses of this trope, unconcerned about Kel's trials and feelings.

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* Played completely straight by the same author in ''Literature/TheNumairChronicles'', with Preet - another birdlike baby immortal - being very easy to keep, loving Arram immediately, intelligent enough to understand speech but never growing bored and causing trouble, never causing a mess, liking all the same people Arram likes... She's going to have to go back to her parents eventually, but until then she is only shown to be a joy in her keeper's life.
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In book three of ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'', Kel kills a centaur who had been keeping a kidnapped baby griffin. [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Griffin parents kill people who handle their young]], so she's stuck caring for him until they can be found and the situation explained. And he Even though adult griffins are fairly intelligent, the baby acts much more like a wild animal than most uses of this trope, unconcerned about Kel's trials and feelings. He is far from cute, putting scars on every finger each of her fingers and breaking a few, gouging her head and back, refusing to be confined, vomiting and pooping on page, attacking her pets... Caring for him is a ''duty'', and that's how she treats it. She doesn't name him and tries not to get attached, understanding that he's a little monster and knowing how this will end, but is still sad for a bit when his parents come to reclaim him. The baby griffin doesn't look back, and before long Kel's sadness is simple relief.
** As an Played completely straight by the same author in ''Literature/TheNumairChronicles'', with Preet - another birdlike baby immortal - being very easy to keep, loving Arram immediately, intelligent enough to understand speech but never growing bored and causing trouble, never causing a mess, liking all the griffin same people Arram likes... The only difficulty is a baby that she doesn't like to be separated from him, but she forgives this when it becomes Kel's charge and still a baby when it leaves he apologizes. She's going to have to go back to her care for its parents, who through parents eventually, but until then she is only shown to be a translator say that it's learned bad habits. Even though adult griffins are fairly intelligent, the baby acts much more like a wild animal than most uses of this trope, unconcerned about Kel's trials and feelings.joy in her keeper's life.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMaxx'', a defining part of Julie Winter's childhood is when she takes in a baby rabbit with an injured leg, [[SubvertedTrope but can't do anything]] [[HellIsThatNoise but listen to the incessant noises it makes]] [[NightmareFuel as it slowly dies]]. Eventually, [[CynicismCatalyst her mother kills it with a shovel.]] This event comes back to haunt her later, especially considering the prominence of Julie's MentalWorld in the series.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMaxx'', a defining part of Julie Winter's childhood is when she takes in a baby rabbit with an injured leg, [[SubvertedTrope but can't do anything]] [[HellIsThatNoise but listen to the incessant noises it makes]] [[NightmareFuel makes as it slowly dies]].dies. Eventually, [[CynicismCatalyst her mother kills it with a shovel.]] This event comes back to haunt her later, especially considering the prominence of Julie's MentalWorld in the series.
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* Tod is this in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', this is how Timon and Pumbaa essentially take on Simba at first.

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* Tod is this in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''.
''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'', when Widow Tweed takes him in after his mother is shot.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', this is how Timon and Pumbaa essentially take on Simba at first. With the twist, of course, that Timon and Pumbaa are wild animals too.
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** Done in ''Anime/PokemonRangersAndTheTempleOfTheSea'', of all places, with May and Manaphy. Also occurred a couple of times in the series, in which a character nurses an injured wild Pokemon back to health and then sets them free.

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** Done in ''Anime/PokemonRangersAndTheTempleOfTheSea'', ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea'', of all places, with May and Manaphy. Also occurred a couple of times in the series, in which a character nurses an injured wild Pokemon back to health and then sets them free.

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