History Main / RaisedByHumans

* Discussed in ''MassEffect3'', where if [=FemShep=] and Garrus are in a romance, they have a conversation about the possibility of settling down and adopting children after the war is over. They come to the conclusion that since [[HalfHumanHybrid Human-Turian Hybrids]] are biologically impossible, it'll likely be war-orphans or one of the ''[[ExplosiveBreeders many]]'' baby Krogan, should the [[DepopulationBomb Genophage]] have been cured.

* WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken in which two humans (well, actually, two pairs of human lower bodies to be specific...but, eh, close enough) are the proud parents of a, well, cow and a chicken.

* In ''War Of The Gargantuas'', Sanda (The Brown Gargantua) was raised by humans and developed a strong protective bond with them. So much so that [[spoiler:he ends up fighting his brother, Gaira (The Green Gargantua) to the death to protect them.]]

* Discussed in ''MassEffect3'', where if [=FemShep=] and Garrus are in a romance, they have a conversation discussing the possibility of settling down and adopting children after the war is over. They come to the conclusion that since [[HalfHumanHybrid Human-Turian Hybrids]] are biologically impossible, either war-orphans or one of the ''[[ExplosiveBreeders many]]'' baby Krogan that's about to be born, should the [[DepopulationBomb genophage]] have been be cured.

* Giegue/Giygas from EarthBound was an alien raised by humans.

* Both {{Megamind}} and Metro Man are aliens who landed on earth as babies and were raised by humans.
* A variation comes from the movie ''BrotherBear''. Kenai (after being turned into a bear) becomes something of a surrogate brother to an orphaned cub named Koda. Ironically [[spoiler:Kenai is the very reason why Koda is orphaned since he killed Koda's mother as an act of vengence for killing Kenai's brother.]]

* Blu, the main character of ''{{Rio}}'', is a blue macaw who was smuggled out of Brazil and found by a little girl in Minnesota, who raises him to adulthood. Because of his sheltered upbringing, he has a hard time coping in the wild, especially since he never learned to fly.

* Tod from ''TheFoxAndTheHound'' is raised by an old widow woman after his real mother had been killed by hunters.

* The titular character in ''{{Hellboy}}'' is a demon raised by humans.

** Another episode featured a couple who raised a chimpanzee, Moe, and treated him as if he was a surrogate son to them. Unfortunately different chimps ended up ripping the owner's face off when he was returning Moe to a California wildlife sanctuary.

* In {{Literature/Tales Of Kolmar}}, an herbalist found a baby dragon mourning her mother and took her in for a year. The only other human she saw was his sister. He named her Salera, and she believed for a while that one day she'd lose her wings and stand on two legs, but figured things out on her own eventually.

** Another episode featured a couple who raised a chimpanzee and treated him as if he was a surrogate son to them. Unfortunately said chimpanzee ended up ripping his owner's face off.
** The owner was actually attacked by different chimps when returning his own chimpanzee, Moe, to a California wildlife sanctuary.
*** A similar incident happened with the infamous "Travis The Chimp".

* An episode of AnimalPlanet's ''FatalAttractions'' featured a man who raised a lion cub as if it were his own child. Said cub in question ended up mauling his actual human daughter. The lion in question had to be shot and killed by the very man who raised her in order to save his daughter.

* CowAndChicken in which two humans (well, actually, two pairs of human lower bodies to be specific...but, eh, close enough) are the proud parents of a, well, cow and a chicken.

** The owner was actually attacked by different chimps when returning his own chimpanzee, Moe to a California wildlife sanctuary.

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* ''Webcomic/DarkWings]] has Sleet the albino wyvern and Arra the Great Dragon. They were rescued as babies by a villager, and now defend the village against wolves and such.

* In ''[[TheDemonsLexicon The Demon Trilogy]]'', the demon Hnikarr possessed the body of an unborn infant. Taking possession of such an unformed mind provided a way for Hnikarr to keep the body from deteriorating (the original occupant being in no way equipped to resist), but it also caused Hnikarr to lose his memory and limited his mental development to that of his body (the reason that demons in the setting normally avoid possessing humans younger than [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday sixteen]]. The mother of the possessed baby then ran off with him, with the end result that he was RaisedByHumans [[spoiler:as Nicholas Ryves]].

* In ''WarOfTheGargantuas'', Sanda (The Brown Gargantua) was raised by humans and developed a strong protective bond with them. So much so that [[spoiler:he ends up fighting his brother, Gaira (The Green Gargantua) to the death to protect them.]]

* In the EarthsChildren series Ayla invents the concept: first she takes in a foal when she killes its mother for food, then she takes in lion cub which gets injured, then a wolf cub when she kills its mother.

* An episode of AnimalPlanet's ''Fatal Attractions'' featured a man who raised a lion cub as if it were his own child. Said cub in question ended up mauling his actual human daughter. The lion in question had to be shot and killed by the very man who raised her in order to save his daughter.

* CowAndChicken in which two humans (well, actually, two pairs of human lower bodies to be specific...but, eh, close enough) are the proud parents of a, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cow and a chicken.]]

* An episode of AnimalPlanet's ''Fatal Attractions'' featured a man who raised a lion cub as if it were his own child. Said cub in question [[spoiler:ended up mauling his actual human daughter. The lion in question had to be shot and killed by the very man who raised her in order to save his daughter.]]
** Another episode featured a couple who raised a chimpanzee and treated him as if he was a surrogate son to them. Unfortunately [[spoiler:said chimpanzee ended up ripping his owner's face off.]]

* ''TheCountryBears'' had a young bear cub that was raised by humans. He didn't even know he was a bear until his adopted brother pointed it out.
* Godzilla from ''GodzillaTheSeries'' imprinted Nick Tatapolous as his adopted father. Since then, Godzilla has loyally protected Nick from danger and Nick does all he can to make sure Godzilla is safe and others are safe from him.
* ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.
* In RealLife, many people who have pets do see them as part of the family and view them as their own children. This is especially evident with families with "empty nest syndrome" who often get a pet as a sort of "surrogate child".
* An episode of AnimalPlanet's ''Fatal Attractions'' featured a man who raised a lion cub as if it were his own child. Said cub in question [[spoiler:ended up mauling his actual human daughter. The lion in question had to be shot and killed by the very man who raised her in order to save his daughter.]]
** Another episode featured a couple who raised a chimpanzee and treated him as if he was a surrogate son to them. Unfortunately [[spoiler:said chimpanzee ended up ripping his owner's face off.]]
** The owner was actually attacked by different chimps when returning his own chimpanzee, Moe to a California wildlife sanctuary.
*** A similar incident happened with the infamous "Travis The Chimp".
* Tod from ''TheFoxAndTheHound'' is raised by an old widow woman after his real mother had been killed by hunters.
* ''Charlie The Lonesome Cougar'' is about a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cougar named Charlie]] who is raised by humans after his mother dies.
* Subverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' where Finn The Human tries to raise a baby Jiggler. His heart's in the right place, but he doesn't know how to take care of the Jiggler and nearly kills it. He ends up bringing the baby back to its mother.

* Subverted with Brian from ''FamilyGuy''. While he is treated like part of the family, he's only considered the family pet rather than a surrogate son to Lois and Peter.
** Played straight in the episode "Brain's Wallows and Peter's Swallows" in which a bird makes a nest in Peter's beard (ItMakesSenseInContext) before being frightened away. The bird had laid eggs in said beard which hatch and Peter ends up taking care of them until they are old enough to take care of themselves and fly away.

* In the EarthsChildren series Ayla invents the concept: first she takes in a foal when she killes its mother for food, then she takes in lion cub which gets injured, then a wolf cub when she kills its mother.
* Giegue/Giygas from EarthBound was an alien raised by humans.

* CowAndChicken in which two humans (well, actually, two pairs of human lower bodies to be specific...but, eh, close enough) are the proud parents of a, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin cow and a chicken.]]
* Both {{Megamind}} and Metro Man are aliens who landed on earth as babies and were raised by humans.
* A variation comes from the movie ''BrotherBear''. Kenai (after being turned into a bear) becomes something of a surrogate brother to an orphaned cub named Koda. Ironically [[spoiler:Kenai is the very reason why Koda is orphaned since he killed Koda's mother as an act of vengence for killing Kenai's brother.]]
* The titular character in ''{{Hellboy}}'' is a demon raised by humans.
* Son Goku from ''{{Dragonball}}''. He's an alien (Saiyan, to be specific) who ended up being raised by an elderly man named Son Gohan (Whom he'd end up naming his son after). Too bad Goku accidentally killed his "grandpa" one night during a full moon by turning into an Oozaru and crushing the old man.
* Several chimpanzees were raised as humans by scientists, who were trying to teach them human language. ''ProjectNim'' is a documentary about such an experiment. Nim was dressed in human clothes, diapered, and even ''breastfed'' by a woman.
* Blu, the main character of ''{{Rio}}'', is a blue macaw who was smuggled out of Brazil and found by a little girl in Minnesota, who raises him to adulthood. Because of his sheltered upbringing, he has a hard time coping in the wild, especially since he never learned to fly.

* In ''WatershipDown'', General Woundwort was orphaned as a baby when a weasel killed his mother, and was taken in by a kindly local man. It's likely his later hyper-aggressiveness stems from the trauma of watching his mother being eaten and the stress of growing up apart from other rabbits.

* In Turtledove's WorldWar Series, two Lizards are raised by one of the human characters.

* Hagrid attempts this with a baby dragon in the ''HarryPotter'' series. He ends up letting Norbert ([[spoiler:Or, should I say [[SamusIsAGirl "Norberta"]]?]]) go to live in a dragon preserve in Romania.