History Main / SonOfAWhore

* Tiffany Maye of ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' is a female example, being the daughter of porn star Jessie Maye. Needless to say, this mere fact alone has put quite a strain between the two's relationship, to the point the latter outright blocked the former on social media in the [[VideoGame/HuniePop2 sequel]].

* ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'': Jimmy Darmody was born when his mother [[TeenPregnancy was 14 years old]], after she was pimped out by Nucky to [[spoiler:the Commodore (who had to have been in his ''sixties'' even then]]. And no, [[BerserkButton you should not say a single ill word about his mother]].

* Kai of ''Manga/PianoNoMori'' is the son of Reiko, who's explicitly shown to be a prostitute in the manga, and lives with her in the red light district at the start of the series. The anime movie, geared toward a more general audience, downplays this aspect.

** The series also has a female example in the form of Obara Sand, whose mother was also an Oldtown whore. But as she is one of the Dornish prince's brother's acknowledged bastards (and lives pretty well in the Dornish palace), she doesn't seem too bothered by it.

[[BerserkButton Don't remind him]] of his origin too much, because in some languages this trope name [[YourMom is the worst insult possible]]. Some could take it more calmly, however, and give the offender a good retort; others would just smash his face in, since EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas. This is also commonly used as a FreudianExcuse to explain why a character might be rather messed up; in some works of fiction, characters whose mothers were sex workers have a high rate of becoming {{Serial Killer}}s (although there's usually some other form of abuse involved as well).

* ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'''s prologue chapters reveal Ichiban Kasuga had been raised by the manager and the working girls of Kamurocho's soapland, Shangri-La, since his mother left him there. It left him no hurry to know who his mother was, but it does leave him with a ChekhovsSkill later on when he and the party do end up working in Otohime Land, a rundown soapland in Ijincho.

* Dick Whitman in ''Series/MadMen''. [[spoiler:Also known as... Don Draper.]] His birth mom, a prostitute hired by his father, actually died in childbirth. His alcoholic dad followed a few years later, leaving him in the care of his stern stepmother. She remarried a brothel manager, where he spent a good chunk of his childhood and even lost his virginity to one of the girls.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' called "Heart Of Gold" is about the crew protecting a brothel from a man wanting to kidnap his unborn child. As the battle is going on the "whore" gives birth. Once the man is captured she goes out to show him his son, looks him in the face, and puts the man down with one shot.

* ''Series/TimeAfterTime'': John's mother it turns out was a prostitute. It's mentioned this might be why he killed prostitutes as Jack the Ripper, but he denies this, saying it was just [[DisposableSexWorker because they're vulnerable]].

* Connor from ''Series/{{Angel}},'' technically. Darla was a prostitute dying of syphilis (and not the [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer funny kind]]) in Colonial Virginia when The Master (not [[Series/DoctorWho that one]]) turned her. Of course, by the time he was born Darla had been a mass murdering psychotic Vampire for a couple centuries, so her previous occupation probably rated low on his list of concerns.

* ''Series/TheUntamed'': Meng Yao[=/=]Jin Guangyao, like in [[Literature/MoDaoZuShi the novel]]. The angst this causes him is downplayed in the series, but mentioning it remains his BerserkButton.

* ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'': Meng Yao, later renamed Jin Guangyao, is the son of Sect Leader Jin Guangshan and the prostitute Meng Shi. Calling him "son of a whore" is an excellent way to get killed, as [[spoiler: Nie Mingjue]] learns the hard way.

* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Raymond "Piranha" Jones was sired by one of Mama Mabel's prostitutes, with his biological dad being a married banker who used her services. While he's not on speaking terms with his father, he has a very good relationship with his mother and, after becoming a success on Wall Street, set her up for life financially.

* As in the Michael Connelly novels, Harry Bosch is portrayed as the son of a prostitute in ''Series/{{Bosch}}''. His efforts to close her unsolved murder make up an overarching sideplot of the series.

* Oscar in ''{{Webcomic/Sister Claire}}'' was raised by Sabine, whom she called Maman, a {{transgender}} HookerWithAHeartOfGold who shelters the downtrodden in her home. Additionally, it's implied Oscar's biological mother may have been one too and her father is none other than [[spoiler:the King of Thronum Mare, with all that's known about her mother at this point being that she was ''not'' the King's legal wife.]]

* Gatt Coulomb from the ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'' is this. He cites his mothers profession, along with their being descended from the [[FamousAncestor infamous mercenary Gast Venom]] as the reason he's unable to advance further in the Asmodean military.

* Gatt Coulomb from the ''Franchise/EvilliousChronicles'' is this. He cites his mothers profession, along with their being descended from the [[FamousAncestor infamous mercenary Gast Venom]] as the reason he's unable to advance further in the Asmodean military.

* Toral, the illegitimate son of Duras who first appeared in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' two-part episode "Redemption", was spoken of disparagingly by Gowron as likely being found in "a harlot's bedchamber".

* In ''{{LightNovel/Bakemonogatari}}'', while she doesn't appear to have been an ''actual'' prostitute, the fact that Tsubasa Hanekawa's birth mother had a reputation for promiscuity and gave birth to her [[TeenPregnancy when she was only 17]] means that Tsubasa gets the stigma attached to this trope and has no idea who her biological father is. The verbal abuse she gets from her step-parents (when they aren't outright [[ParentalNeglect ignoring her]]) is implied to be based around this.[[/folder]]

* [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Talos, Hunter of the One Soul]] [[Literature/NightLords and prophet of the VIII legion]] is in his own words, the son of a [[TurnOutLikeHisFather hereditary]] [[InTheBlood murderer]] and an [[SexSlave indentured]] [[TeenPregnancy teenage]] [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold prostitute]]. He averts most of the baggage associated with the trope, and generally shows little emotion at in [[IncrediblyLamePun relation]] to his paternity. However, a dream flashback shows he genuinely cared for his mother, [[UsedToBeASweetKid at least as a child]].

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-->And, of course, there's my father. I'm told that young ladies
-->Can point to their fathers with maidenly pride.
-->Mine was a regiment, here for one hour;
-->I can't even tell you which side!

--> How does a bastard, orphan
--> son of a whore and a Scotsman
--> dropped into the middle of a
--> forgotten spot in the Caribbean
--> by Providence, impoverished, in squalor
--> grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Cartman's mom is a dirty slut. Not normally in the sense that she charges for sex, she just really gets around. [[spoiler: Cartman's real father was one of the Denver Broncos, something the town covered up]]

* [[spoiler:Joe, the bully]] from ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel''. He's glad to meet his mother, [[spoiler: Nurse Bendy]] though, as his father was too old to be a good parent and he didn't get along with his PromotionToParent older sister. The episode where they reunite ends with them bonding ([[ItMakesSenseInContext by sticking their tongues out at each other]]) and a cameo in the final episode shows them skating together.
* Skwisgaar Skwigelf from ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''. Sadly, his mother seems to be lacking the heart of gold.

* Possibly Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. The most well-known story is that they were [[RaisedByWolves raised by a she-wolf]] as infants, but many think that their foster mother may have been a human prostitute, since the word used to describe their adoptive mother in the earliest versions could have meant either "she-wolf" or "prostitute" in context.

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* In ''{{VideoGame/Dishonored}}'', Slackjaw, leader of the Bottler's gang, was raised by prostitutes and born illegitimate, implying this trope. [[spoiler:Your sentient PDA notifies you that he's royalty and doesn't know it]].