History Main / RaisedByGrandparents

* In Series/TheVillainsOfValleyView, Hartley was raised by her grandmother, Celia.

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': Gosalyn was raised by her grandfather before the events of the first episode. After said grandfather was murdered, she was adopted by the titular hero.

* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Issue 43 of the original series had a young boy named Davey who was raised by his grandfather because his parents were killed when he was only an infant.

* In the Postboot continuity, ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' Luornu Durgo (Triad/Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel) was raised by her grandmother, until she died and Luornu was sent to a mental hospital, due to her three selves not being emotionally identical. The grandmother was like this, as well, though she didn't reveal it to Luornu until shortly before she died.

* In one continuity, ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' Luornu Durgo (Triad/Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel) was raised by her grandmother, until she died and Luornu was sent to a mental hospital, due to her three selves not being emotionally identical. The grandmother was like this, as well, though she didn't reveal it to Luornu until shortly before she died.

* Link is raised by his grandparents in the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptations]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames''.

* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': Percy Jackson mentions that his mother Sally was raised by her strict grandfather after her parents died in a plane crash.

* In [[Creator/{{Madhouse}} the first two seasons]] of the anime ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'', Yuna is raised by her grandmother due to her mother being deceased and her father working away from home. Averted in [[Creator/ShinEiAnimation the third season]], though, where she and Stitch move to a city and live with her cousin instead.

* ''Film/DragonWorld'': John is raised by his grandfather after his parents die in a car crash.

* ''Film/{{Dragonworld}}'': John is raised by his grandfather after his parents die in a car crash.

* On ''Series/PunkyBrewster'', Cherie's parents both died in an automobile accident so she's being raised by her grandmother.

* Played with in the ''Franchise/Ben10'' series. Ben and Gwen's respective parents are alive and well, and are present in their kid's lives. However, the faithful summer that introduced them to aliens and magic was done when they were under the care of their Grandpa Max, who continues to be the first one they turn to for guidance and advice. One episode of ''Omniverse'' goes as far to insist that Grandpa Max is the only reason Ben (despite his large ego) has a solid moral code.

* Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe was raised a large portion of his life by his maternal grandparents. He was shuffled between them and living with his mother, before settling with them permeantly when he was 13. In his book The Heroin Diaries he says he considers his grandparents as Mom and Dad, and cites they are responsible for "all the good things in me. They gave me, my soft heart."

* In the original version of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus,'' Keesha Franklin appears to be under the guardianship of her grandmother -- but in [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain the reboot,]] she's retconned into being [[HasTwoMommies the daughter of a lesbian couple]].

* In the original version of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus,'' Keesha Franklin appears to be under the guardianship of her grandmother -- but in [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain the reboot,]] she's retconned into being the daughter of a lesbian couple.

* ''Literature/CampHalfbloodSeries'': Percy Jackson mentions that his mother Sally was raised by her strict grandfather after her parents died in a plane crash.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAMermaidTale'', Merliah is raised by her grandfather as it was initially thought that she had been born completely human like her father while her mother was a mermaid but this turns out not to be the case when she's much older.

* ''Film/Summerland2020'': Edie is brought up by hers, due to unexplained ParentalAbandonment.

** ''Anime/YuGiOh'': While both of Yugi's parents are alive, his father is never seen, and his mother rarely if ever shows up, to the point she is completely absent from the English dub (her manga scenes can also be counted on one's hands). As a rersult you'll be forgiven to think that Yugi's only relative is his grandfather.

* In ''Anime/YourName'', Mitsuha and Yotsuha are raised by their maternal grandmother Hitoha after their mother's death and what it does to their father.

* Maria Robotnik from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' was in the custody of her grandfather Gerald Robotnik on a spaceship. Her parents are never referenced. After Maria was killed, Gerald underwent a VillainousBreakdown.