History Main / RaisedByRival

* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': [[spoiler:Silver is the biological son of the Knight of Dawn, leader of human forces attempting to take over fairy territory. Lilia knows this, but chooses to bring him up in a loving family. When Silver finds out about this, he is [[HeroicBSOD devastated]], thinking Lilia doesn't actually love him.]]

* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': [[spoiler:Silver is the biological son of the Knight of Dawn, leader of human forces attempting to take over fairy territory. Lilia knows this, but chooses to bring him up anyway.]]

* Attempted by Syndrome in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. At the end of the film, he kidnaps Jack-Jack, declaring his intention to raise him as a sidekick, but this plan is thwarted in short order.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': After he murdered [[spoiler: the seventh wielder of One For All, BigBad All For One found her grandson and raised him to be his successor, knowing that the next wielder of One For All would be offended and hurt by the fate of the grandson of his beloved mentor]].

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* In ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', the daughter of the original Zorro, Don Diego, is kidnapped by his enemy Don Rafael as revenge. Rafael raises Elena as if his own daughter, loving her just as much. Part of his may be in memory of her mother Esperanza, who was loved by both Diego and Rafael.

* Thanos in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' seems to make a habit of adopting children from the races he's devastated, and raising them as assassins. This includes Gamora, Nebula, and possibly the members of the Black Order.
* ''Film/StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker'': This is revealed to be the case with [[spoiler:Rey, the granddaughter of [[BigBad Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine]]]], who was taken in by [[spoiler:the Skywalker family, including Han, each of whom acted as a ParentalSubstitute for her at some point in the sequels]] at least one of whom knew who they were. [[spoiler:This most likely contributed to making sure she didn't wind up like her grandfather, and is reflected in the final scene when she calls herself "Rey Skywalker."]]

* ''Literature/HayvenCelestia'': After stabbing [[spoiler: Kanti]] and leaving him for dead at the end of ''Small World'', [[spoiler: Saquel gets together with Kanti's pregnant mate Tish and raises his daughter Rahua as his own for a couple years until Kanti manages to establish contact with Tish again and explain who "killed" him.]]
* In ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', Monte Cristo's steward Bertuccio seemingly kills the Crown prosecutor Villefort for refusing to investigate his brother's death. Bertuccio finds that Villefor was planning to bury a baby who was the result of an illicit affair, so Bertuccio takes the child to raise with his sister, who'd always wanted a child. The child, who they name Benedetto, turns out to be an EnfantTerrible almost immediately, committing his first crime by the age of four. By the time he's 11, he kills his adoptive mother when she follows Bertuccio's advice to be firmer with him. Benedetto runs away, and resurfaces many years later under the name Andrea. Monte Cristo, knowing from Bertuccio that Andrea is Villefort's son, recruits Andrea for his revenge efforts against Villefort.

* ''Series/{{Ezel}}'': Sekiz is brought up by Kenan Birkan, who ordered the death of his father when he was only a young boy, and used him as a de facto hostage against his grandfather (and Kenan's enemy) Ramiz. Seeking RevengeThroughCorruption, Kenan shapes Sekiz into a BastardUnderstudy, making him believe his grandfather was responsible for the crime. His ultimate goal is to make Sekiz assassinate Ramiz, knowing the latter would not hurt his estranged grandchild.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyBraveExvius'': Lasswell was raised by Raegen, [[spoiler: younger adopted brother and rival to the Prince of Hess, Rowen,]] after [[spoiler: Rowen]] was killed by errant monsters due to [[spoiler: Raegen imprisoning him in a crystal. This depowered him and got him killed, leading to Raegen adopting Lasswell out of remorse.]]

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'': When the defense attorney Gregory Edgeworth was murdered, Manfred von Karma, a prosecutor he faced in court, took his son under his wing and trained him to become a ruthless prosecutor like himself. [[spoiler:Manfred murdered Gregory for coming close to defeating him in court and giving him a penalty, but his revenge didn't stop there. By raising Miles to be more like himself than his own father, he almost twisted him into everything his father would have hated]].

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A character raised by their parent's rival is bound to experience ConflictingLoyalty at some point, especially if they have [[StockholmSyndrome bonded with their guardian]]; in some instances, they may be the closest thing to family they can remember. Nevertheless, they will find it difficult to resist being drawn to their [[ThickerThanWater blood relatives]]. If the past is hidden from a young charge, they inevitably ''[[RuleOfDrama will]]'' discover the truth, and there will be a reckoning -- especially if the guardian was [[YouKilledMyFather responsible for their parents' demise]].

* Following Donald, Della, and Scrooge's disapperance in ''Fanfic/ScatteredToTheWinds'', the triplets are each separated and raised by different individuals. Goldie O'Gilt, [[DatingCatwoman a long time rival and former flame]], takes Louie's egg as a souvenir of Scrooge. Meanwhile, Magica de Spell, furious that Scrooge vanished outside of her power, has Lena kill Mrs. Beakley and take Webby's egg, believing Webby is of Scrooge's bloodline and seeks to train her as her successor to undermine his legacy.

* ''Film/StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker'': This is revealed to be the case with [[spoiler:Rey, the grandaughter of [[BigBad Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine]]]], who was taken in by [[spoiler:the Skywalker family, including Han, each of whom acted as a ParentalSubstitute for her at some point in the sequels]] at least one of whom knew who they were. [[spoiler:This most likely contributed to making sure she didn't wind up like her grandfather, and is reflected in the final scene when she calls herself "Rey Skywalker."]]

* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', the twin children Elrond and Elros are taken in by Maedhros and Maglor, who in relentless pursuit of the silmaril assault a refugee settlement. During the bloodshed their mother Elwing is driven into the sea and only saved by DivineIntervention; she had already once fled the brothers in her youth, when they attacked the Kingdom of Doriath and killed her parents. Tolkien doesn't give many details on the twins' upbringing, save that it was apparently a happy one.

->'''Arthur''': And through the actions of [[[spoiler:Agrona's]]] own daughter, I was given the only power in this world potentially capable to of standing up to both [[spoiler:[[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks Agrona and Kezess]]]].

* In ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'', it is revealed that Arthur's bond [[DelightfulDragon Sylvie]] (whom he received after her mother Sylvia sacrificed herself to save him) [[spoiler:is the granddaughter of [[GodIsEvil Kezess]] [[LightIsNotGood Indrath]] and the daughter of [[BigBad Agrona]] [[SatanicArchetype Vritra]]. As such, Arthur has been effectively raising the only living descendant of the two deities who are his greatest nemeses and have caused untold amounts of suffering to both him and his loved ones]].

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* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': Ky Kiske had a son, Sin, with a Gear named Dizzy, Sol's own daughter of sorts. Since he was ruling a kingdom at the time the child was conceived, and Gears were still seen as threats by the world, Ky leaves his son to his longtime rival Sol Badguy's care. Sin resents his father for not being around and takes after Sol, despite Sol's definition of "raising" him being training non-stop and feeding him "[[PovertyFood sugar water]]."

* ''Film/StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker'': This is revealed to be the case with [[spoiler:Rey, the grandaughter of [[BigBad Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine]]]], who was taken in by [[spoiler:the Skywalker family, including Han, each of whom acted as a SurrogateParent for her at some point in the sequels]] at least one of whom knew who they were. [[spoiler:This most likely contributed to making sure she didn't wind up like her grandfather, and is reflected in the final scene when she calls herself "Rey Skywalker."]]

* The Shaw kung-fu film ''Film/TheJadeFacedAssassin'' has the heroine, who as a baby born of a forbidden love affair was instead given away to another martial arts family. But her adoptive father ends up being killed by a powerful gang of murderers called "The Ten Villains", and unable to hurt a baby, seeing potential in her, the murderers ends up adopting her and raising her as one of their own.

* ''Film/StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker'': This is revealed to be the case with [[spoiler:Rey, the grandaughter of [[BigBad Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine]]]], who was taken in by [[spoiler:the Skywalker family, including Han, all of whom acted as a SurrogateParent for her at one point in the sequels]] at least one of whom knew who they were. [[spoiler:This most likely contributed to making sure she didn't wind up like her grandfather, and is reflected in the final scene when she calls herself "Rey Skywalker."]]

* Kitana from the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series. Shao Kahn, longtime pillager of her home realm of Edenia, killed her father, forcibly married her mother (she got out of it by committing suicide), and adopted her. Then made her a soldier, ''then'' tried to replace her with a homicidal clone for not living up to his expectations. He's quite a guy.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': A downplayed example. Dante becomes Nero's mentor of sorts when he decides to join Dante's demon hunting business after ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', [[spoiler:which makes him a more qualified caretaker than his brother and Nero's DisappearedDad, Vergil]].

* ''Series/{{Ezel}}'': Sekiz is brought up by Kenan Birkan, who ordered the death of his father when he was only a young boy, and used as a de facto hostage against his grandfather (and Kenan's enemy) Ramiz. Seeking RevengeThroughCorruption, Kenan shapes Sekiz into a BastardUnderstudy, making him believe his grandfather was responsible for the crime. His ultimate goal is to make Sekiz assassinate Ramiz, knowing the latter would not hurt his estranged grandchild.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Vampiric Angel's infant son, Connor, is [[spoiler: kidnapped and raised by zealous vampire hunter Holtz, who escapes to an alternate dimension and raises him as his own, turning him into a LaserGuidedTykebomb to eventually kill (and more importantly, ''hurt'') Angel]].
* Irisa from ''Series/{{Defiance}}'' is an irathient raised by Nolan, formerly a HorrifyingHero who cheerfully massacred irathient tribes (including her own). He's mellowed out a lot since then, casting aside anti-alien prejudice and being a good father, but sometimes she still remembers how he raised her to be HunterOfHerOwnKind.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'': A downplayed example. Dante becomes Nero's mentor of sorts when he decides to join Dante's demon hunting business after ''Devil May Cry 4'', [[spoiler:which makes him a more qualified caretaker than his brother and Nero's DisappearedDad, Vergil]].

* In ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', Monte Cristo's steward Bertuccio seemingly kills the Crown prosecutor Villefort for refusing to investigate his brother's death. Bertuccio finds that Villefor was planning to bury a baby who was the result of an illicit affair, so Bertuccio takes the child to raise with his sister, who'd always wanted a child. The child, who they name Benedetto, turns out to be a BadSeed almost immediately, committing his first crime by the age of four. By the time he's 11, he kills his adoptive mother when she follows Bertuccio's advice to be firmer with him. Benedetto runs away, and resurfaces many years later under the name Andrea. Monte Cristo, knowing from Bertuccio that Andrea is Villefort's son, recruits Andrea for his revenge efforts against Villefort.

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': Ky Kiske had a son with a Gear named Dizzy, Sol's own daughter of sorts. Since he was ruling a kingdom at the time the child was conceived, and Gears were still seen as threats by the world, Ky leaves his son to his longtime rival Sol Badguy's care.

* Kitana from the ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' series. Shao Kahn, longtime pillager of her home realm of Edenia, killed her father, forcibly married her mother (she got out of it by committing suicide), and adopted her. Then made her a soldier, ''then'' tried to replace her with a homicidal clone for not living up to his expectations. He's quite a guy.

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* Andrew Jackson adopted a native American boy called Lyncoya, who was from a tribe that got massacred in a war with the US. Jackson might have felt sympathy for the boy because of his own past as an orphan, and apparently was fond enough of him that he tried to send him to West Point.