History Main / SeparatedFromTheAdults

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* ''Anime/SpiritedAway''. First thing that happens is the parents go and do something dumb, so Chihiro's on her own.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'': Fievel is separated from his family on their way to America, and again in the sequel on the way to the West.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'': Each of the child characters are separated from their parents and guardians on their way to The Great Valley.
* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': Sort of an inversion, since it's the adult that has to go on the grand adventure to find his son. Not that Nemo doesn't have an adventure of his own.

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* [[FateOfTheJedi Allana/Amelia Solo]] does this intentionally quite often.

* ''SpiritedAway''. First thing that happens is the parents go and do something dumb, so Chihiro's on her own.

* ''HomeAlone'', as the title itself suggests.
* ''AliensInTheAttic'' enforces this by the alien mind control device being unable to affect anyone underage.

* ''TheLandBeforeTime'': Each of the child characters are separated from their parents and guardians on their way to The Great Valley.

* ''JonnyQuest'' (1960s version). In "Monster in the Monastery", "Werewolf of the Timberland" and "Attack of the Tree People", Jonny and Hadji are separated from Race Bannon and Dr. Quest for an extended period.

* ''Literature/TheCandyShopWar'' involves every single adult being controlled by white fudge, making them essentially zombies, thus making the kids "mentally" separated from the adults rather than physically. As a result, are no help at all when the heroes request help. Or get attacked by wooden Indians.

* AliensInTheAttic enforces this by the alien mind control device being unable to affect anyone underage.

* In ''DocWilde'', when one of the adults becomes possessed and wanders from the camp, Doc's son is the only one to witness it, and tries to follow him, leaving him separated from the rest of the group.

* ''TheCandyShopWar'' involves every single adult being controlled by white fudge, making them essentially zombies, thus making the kids "mentally" separated from the adults rather than physically. As a result, are no help at all when the heroes request help. Or get attacked by wooden Indians.

* ''AnAmericanTail'': Fievel is separated from his family on their way to America, and again in the sequel on the way to the West.

* Almost constantly in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear''. In the first several books the Arrandas and their uncle Hoole are wary of each other and distant. He doesn't like spending much time around them and has a lot of mysterious errands to go on, instead leaving them with his [[RobotBuddy droid assistant]] DV-9. Later in the series Hoole and the Arrandas are on much better terms and DV-9 is PutOnABus. They still end up apart fairly often, and a main general plot of the series is once lampshaded by Hoole.

* Allana/Amelia Solo does this intentionally quite often.

As such, this is how lots of adventures start, or how they escalate.

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* ''SpiritedAway''. First thing that happens is the parents go and do something dumb, so Chihiro's on her own.

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* Allana/Amelia Solo does this intentionally quite often.

* ''FindingNemo'': Sort of an inversion, since it's the adult that has to go on the grand adventure to find his son. Not that Nemo doesn't have an adventure of his own.

* ''AnAmericanTail'': Fievel is separated from his family on their way to America.
** Same thing happens in Fievel in the sequel on the way to the West.