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* In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters'' we learn that [[FakeUltimateHero Captain Qwark]] was given up for adoption and raised by monkeys.
* There is a challenge for ''VideoGame/TheSims2: Pets'' to have a toddler or child "raised" by pet animals (and one token elder grandparent or teenage sibling, since tots and kids can't pay bills or live alone without social services stepping in).

* In ''VideoGame/SunlessSea'', the Monkey Foundling is a young girl living on an island with semi-intelligent monkeys. Depending how the player reacts to her [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen stealing their clothes]], she can later be discovered as a [[LittleStowaway stowaway]] on your ship, at which point you have the option to either let her stay aboard as a mascot, or send her to an orphanage in Fallen London.
* A ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' update that added Ginger Island includes Leo, who was raised by the island's birds. [[spoiler:He lost both his parents when a storm wrecked the ship carrying them. Eventually, once your relationship with him gets to a certain point, he moves to the mainland near the resident wild man Linus. He'll still visit the island occasionally.]]
* The [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Bros.]] were raised by Yoshis for at least some period of their lifetime, if the gap between ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland'' and ''VideoGame/YoshisNewIsland'', where we see the baby Bros. get delivered to their actual parents is any indication.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'', Jay was raised by a ninja, and then hundreds of talking otters. He's an antisocial "information dealer".
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', the God General Arietta, a.k.a. "Arietta the Wild" was raised by ligers [[note]]a cross between lions and tigers[[/note]]. Her grudge against Luke and party begins after they kill her mother, the Liger Queen, in the Cheagle Woods.
* Grey Mann of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' was kidnapped at birth by eagles, and then he was raised by those eagles. Then he ate the eagles.

* In ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' Kevin explains that being raised by wolves is normal for beast men.

* [[ComicBook/AnyasGhost Vera Brosgol's]] wordless comic ''[[http://verabee.com/wolf/ What Were You Raised By Wolves?]]''.

** This is actually a rather common occurrence among Dragonslayers: [[ExtraOreDinary Gajeel]], [[BlowYouAway Wendy]], [[LightEmUp Sting]], and [[CastingAShadow Rogue]] were all raised from a young age by dragons before events forced them apart. The former two by a similar manner to Natsu, and the latter because they [[SelfMadeOrphan killed]] them, though they [[DeathSeeker had]] [[MercyKill reasons]]. [[spoiler: [[FakingTheDead Except not really]].]]

** In ''Anime/PokemonSecretsOfTheJungle'', Ash and Pikachu meet the WildChild named Koko, who was raised by the mythical Pokemon Zarude, which is nicknamed Dada. Koko had to be taught on what is like to be human by Ash. [[spoiler: However, it is revealed that Koko's real name is Al, who is sent down the nearby river away from the car by his parents, Dr. Chrom and Dr. Phossa Molybdenum, who were indirectly killed in the car explosion by [[MadScientist Dr. Zed]], who wanted to destroy the Forest of Okoya in order to gain access to the secrets of the healing springs from the great tree to boost his ego. Dada Zerude found Al and raised him as his own for years after discovering the ruins of the car and a photo near the labratory.]]

* Anne-Marie from ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' is a Downplayed example. She's an orphaned girl who lives in horrible conditions. By the end of the film, it's implied she's [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted by the "wallet family" who are shown to live in a luxurious house.]]

* Invoked and spoofed in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', when Alistair jokes that his terrible [[JabbaTableManners table manners]] and numerous [[ManChild bad habits]] are the result of having been raised by "a pack of dogs, who were [[GodIsGood devout Andrastians]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking hated cheese!]]" He admits that the truth is actually boring in comparison, that he was brought up in Redcliffe by Arl Eamon, before being sent to [[LockedAwayInAMonastery a Chantry]] to begin Templar training. [[spoiler: On the other hand, the Warden can learn he was forced to sleep with the Hounds as a child, so there's some truth to this.]]

* A ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' update that added Ginger Island includes Leo, who was raised by the island's birds. [[spoiler: He lost both his parents when a storm wrecked the ship carrying them. Eventually, once your relationship with him gets to a certain point, he moves to the mainland near the resident wild man Linus. He'll still visit the island occasionally.]]
* The [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Bros.]] were raised by Yoshis for at least some period of their lifetime, if the gap between the original ''Yoshi's Island'' and ''VideoGame/YoshisNewIsland'', where we see the baby Bros. get delivered to their actual parents is any indication.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': In his introduction, Gonta Gokuhara claims that he got lost in the woods as a child while looking for bugs, and was adopted by a family of wolves. They taught him how to speak to bugs and animals in the ten years he spent with them before being found, and his gratitude is what motivates him to become a true gentleman. [[spoiler: During his Free Time Events, he admits the wolf part was a lie. He was actually raised by [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Reptites]].]]

* ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'': To [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Marth's]] annoyance, [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Samus]] and [[VideoGame/StarFox Falco]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/instinct share a morning ritual of crowing at the sun]]. Samus ''was'' raised by BirdPeople.

---> '''Billy:''' Hey Pud'n, what're you doing outside?\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/AceVentura: Pet Detective'', one of the recurring villains was the Griffin, who was at one point or another in his childhood raised by virtually every animal known to man.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Memories of Boom Boom Mountain" reveals Finn was abandoned as a baby and adopted by Jake's parents, who are dogs. But it's okay, they're [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack post-apocalyptic talking dogs]].

* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2166906 Wild Child AU]]" is an alternate take on the Franchise/MonsterVerse where Godzilla found Madison Russell after the battle with the [=MUTOs=] in San Fracisco and took her with him in the belief that her parents had died. Over the next few years, living with Godzilla on his island home, Madison learns his language and experiences various subtle mutations from exposure to his radiation. By the time she's ten, Madison at least considers Godzilla a father even if she only calls him 'G.' as she reflects that she would find it weird to actually ''call'' him 'Dad'. In turn, Godzilla often refers to Madison as his 'pup', and when Mothra awakens she assumes a maternal role for Madison. [[spoiler:Even when Madison learns that her family are still alive, she accepts [[TakeAThirdOption the choice to be legally classified as a Titan]] so that she won't have to abandon Godzilla and Mothra even if she's glad to be back with her biological father and brother]].

* ''Anime/PersiaTheMagicFairy'': The title character grows up alongside the animals in the Serengeti.

* Sherryl Jordan's young adult novel ''Wolf-Woman'' features Tanith, a girl raised by wolves until the age of three. She was then taken in by a human tribe, [[spoiler:but eventually goes back to living with wolves]].

* Big Alice from Staanley Kiesel' young adult novel ''Literature/TheWarBetweenThePitifulTeachersAndTheSplendidKids'' was raised by hyenas. Her parents were psychologists, and when they found her again, [[ParentalAbandonment they abandoned her]] to the hyenas again after an aborted attempt at rehabilitating her.

* Parodied in ''Literature/HowToBeASuperhero'', where the section on being a "Jungle Lord" includes a list of orphans who didn't make it due to a poor choice of adoptive animal: Tomar of the Molluscs (starved to death) Mikki of the Dolphins (drowned), Sven of the Lemmings (jumped off a cliff) and Eric of the Man-Eating Bengal Tigers (guess).

* The ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' has Setoc, a war orphan who was adopted by wolves. Born as Stayandi, she was taken in and raised by a pack of wolves when her parents died during a raid. In ''Literature/ReapersGale'', she is found by the [[ProudWarriorRace Barghast White Faces]], who take her in, but their shamans proclaim her spirit-touched and the "holder of a thousand hearts" and forbid the hunting of wolves, so that her 'first' family can stay close to her. She becomes known as Setoc of the Wolves and never shakes free from the imprint the wild has left on her. She eventually becomes the Destriant[[note]]High Priestess[[/note]] and the voice of the Wolves of Winter, the recently risen [[WarGod Beast Gods of War]], who war against humanity in {{revenge}} for the pollution humans have brought upon nature. Over time, her eyes turn to a wolf's eyes, one silver and one amber, and she becomes perpetually surrounded by thousands of wolf spirits who are willing to fight for her. [[spoiler:Setoc dies when the Wolves of Winter use her to manifest themselves in the mortal plain.]]

* Anne-Marie from ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', is a Downplayed example. She's an orphaned girl who lives in horrible conditions. By the end of the film, it's implied she's [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted by the "wallet family" who are shown to live in a luxurious house.]]

* ''Literature/TheBookOfDragons'': In "Literature/WeContinue", Jacq was found by one of his world's dragon-like aliens after being left orphaned during his colony's collapse, and was afterwards largely raised in the dragon colony by his finder, which her termed "Auntie". This was complicated by the fact that the dragons, wile very intelligent, are ultimately little more than animals.

* The appropriately named Hunter in the ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series. [[spoiler:After accidentally killing a friend with his mutant powers he is brutally hit in the head by Zil, leaving him partially brain damaged. Because of this he slurs his words a lot and doesn't understand some things]]. He is trained by the nearby mutant coyotes can speak somewhat. They teach him how to hunt: he becomes the primary food bringer for Perdido Beach along with Quinn and his fishermen.