History Main / SonOfAWhore

* Mary Brown's medieval fantasy novel ''Pigs Don't Fly'' has the rather memorable opening line "My mother was the village whore and I loved her very much." Obviously, the heroine has fewer issues with her mother's profession than most characters of this sort do.
* Apropos of everything, ''Literature/SirAproposOfNothing''.
* ''[[EmbarrassingFirstName Whoreson]]'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]].


* The protagonist of John Burdett's ''Bangkok'' novels is the son of a Thai prostitute who works her way up to becoming the madam of her own brothel. The protagonist is a cop who also works part-time as an organizer/benevolent pimp in his mother's business.

* ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'': Richard Sharpe fits this trope exactly. In his own words on the miniseries, "I was born in a whorehouse and hope to die in the army." Total badass.
* [[spoiler:No. 72]] of Creator/ChuckPalahniuk's ''Snuff'' [[spoiler:thinks he's the son of porn queen Cassie Wright. Turns out it was her assistant.]]
* In ''Literature/{{Barrayar}}'' Sergeant Bothari reveals that his mother was a whore. Cordelia is unsurprised by this (Betan, you know), but expresses outrage when Bothari reveals that his mother used to sell him to her clients.
* Cal and Niko, from the ''Literature/CalLeandros'' series. Their mother [[PosthumousCharacter Sophia]] was a GoldDigger of the worst sort, abusive, violent and [[TheAlcoholic an alcoholic]] and made no attempt to hide that she thought of Cal as a monster. He usually pretends to not care much, but when, in ''Deathwish'', Cherish accidentally calls him a whoreson, Cal takes it personally, assuming his heritage is obvious even to outsiders.
* Brutus in Conn Iggulden's ''Literature/{{Emperor}}'' series. Though if memory serves, his mother became a prostitute after he was born. Still, she pretty much abandoned him in order to pursuit that career, so that ought to be pretty scarring.
* Daine, in ''Literature/TheImmortals'' series. While her mother isn't a ''whore'', it is implied throughout the series that she was rather loose, sexually. (Daine says at one point, "Ma had a lot of men friends" or something similar.) Daine's real sore point, however, is in her last name: Sarrasri - meaning "Sara's daughter" in Daine's home country; it's a statement that Daine's mother never married, and Daine doesn't find out who her father is until halfway through the last book. There are several quiet hints scattered throughout the earlier books, though, that Daine's father is [[spoiler:at least a minor god. Not just anyone can get a badger god to watch over their kid, after all.]] It turns out that Daine's father is [[spoiler:a god of the hunt from her home region - which rather neatly explains just ''why'' she's so filled with Wild Magic that animals see her as one of their own.]]
* Fergus from ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' is one of these-- raised in a brothel, unsure of which of the girls there was his mother. It's strongly implied (and shown, once) that male customers also took advantage of him, simply because he was there.

* ''Literature/TheShipWho'': One of the secondary protagonists from ''The City Who Fought'' describes himself as "the son of a pimp and dockside whore".

* In one of the ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' books, there is a serial killer killing performers and dumping them in highly-respected places, which really causes problems because of that city's superstitions about death. It turns out the killer was the son of a whore and a noble.
** The little we hear about Briar's mother implies that she may have been a prostitute. In ''Street Magic'', he remarks that if she'd had magic (i.e., a way to earn a living), "she wouldn't have been out late the night she got killed."
* Shakur of ''Literature/TheSovereignStone'' trilogy is this; with the addition of his mother ''allowing her clients to pay for his services when he was a young boy''. Perhaps one of the only examples of actually pitying a bad character for a horrific background.
* Felix and Mildmay of ''Literature/DoctrineOfLabyrinths'', though technically she didn't become a prostitute until after Felix's birth. But she ''was'' a bit... free with her affections even then. Neither knows who their either of their fathers is, it never becomes a plot point despite Felix's remarkably strong magical abilities, and neither particularly cares.
* Newt from ''Literature/LonesomeDove'' was the son of the town's 'sporting woman', Maggie.
* Bones from the ''Literature/NightHuntress'' books was the son of a prostitute, and was raised by the madam of the bordello. He grew up to adopt the profession himself, since he had no family connections for a respectable career and he turned out to be rather good at bedsport.
--> "You bastard!"
--> "Since the day I was born."
* Scarpa from ''Literature/TheTamuli'' is stated to be the child of an Arjuni whore and a Styric renegade [[spoiler:who happens to be Zalasta, the guy running the mortal side of the bad guys.]]
* John the Savage in ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' was an outcast among his peers because he was born to a stranded outsider woman who offended the locals with her [[FreeLoveFuture open sexual mores]]. In this case, however, he was conceived before he wound up there and knows who his father is.
* Drefan Rahl in the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series.
* The protagonist of the Chinese classic ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Mount_Deer Duke of Mount Deer]]'' (adapted countless times into movies and serials), Wei Xiaobao, rises through a series of misadventures from the mere son of a whore (one adaptation even shows an altar to ''seven men'' suspected of being his father) to the chief confidante and best friend to the Emperor himself.

* ''Literature/BelisariusSeries'': Belisarius' stepson Photius started his life as this, and when he was [[AChildShallLeadThem formally adopted by]] Empress Theodora this aspect of his status did not in fact change.
* ''Literature/InDeath''
** Series star Eve Dallas is the Daughter Of A Whore, and really lost the parent lottery all around. Her mother was an awful person who hated her, and her father planned to sell her. Her name is a LineOfSightName from the [=DCFS=]-equivalent that found her, because her progenitors (hard to call ''them'' parents) never ''gave'' her one.
** John Blue from ''Visions In Death''. His mother was a hooker who abused him, and when he got older and refused to give him anything in her will, he responded by raping and murdering her, and then raping and murdering women who resembled his mother.
* [[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]] [[VillainousLineage 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]].
* In ''Iron Dawn'', the villain is the son of a small-town prostitute and the heir to the throne of Egypt. Unusual in that it's the ''latter'' connection that led to his being spoiled rotten, as prostitution wasn't as demonized in ancient Egypt as today; his half-brother and chief henchman plays it straight, having been forced to work in the brothel from an early age.
* In ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' there's Sanjit, although in the one mention we've got of his mother he doesn't really seem to mind it.
** Hinted at with Drake. Diana asks, "What is it with you and [[StrawMisogynist hating women,]] by the way? Found out your mother was a whore?" Drake then gets so enraged that he whips Diana to the point of fainting.
* A huge theme in ''Literature/EastOfEden'' is that [[spoiler:Aron and Cal]] are this trope. [[spoiler:They've been told that their mother is dead. Cal finds out the truth, but he keeps the knowledge hidden from Aron, since he know his brother wouldn't be able to take the news. In a moment of fury, he leads Aron to the brothel to meet their mother, effectively breaking him]].
* The unnamed son of Belle Watling [[spoiler:and Rhett Butler]] in ''Rhett Butler's People''.
* Sunny [=McCreary=] in ''My Godawful Life'', a parody of MiseryLit. His mother was a quadriplegic so he was forced to move her limbs for her to give the punter the impression that she was enjoying it.

* Amos of ''Literature/TheExpanse'', as he reveals in ''Caliban's War''.
* There are two kinds of prostitute in the world of ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. There are whores, women who sexually pleasure other women for money, and there are the much less fortunate [[SexSlave crib captives]], men who for whatever reason - usually they [[DefiledForever lost their virginities]] and/or are popularly thought to have sexually transmitted diseases - could not get married and were sold to "cribs" and kept drugged. Women without the [[UnableToSupportAWife resources for a husband]] pay the crib owners for nights with different men, trying to get pregnant. Most women without much in the way of land ownership have crib fathers, making them this trope, and it isn't seen as shameful. Cira mentions that she had a lover whose mother was a whore and who must have gone to the cribs, making that unnamed woman technically double this trope.
* The title character of Creator/JacquelineWilson's [[Literature/TheStoryofTracyBeaker Tracy Beaker]] series is implied to be this. Although Tracy believes that her mother, Carly, is a Hollywood movie star, it is clear to an adult reader that the latter is actually a pornographic actress. Tracy does eventually learn that Carly is neither famous nor in Hollywood, but as she is only ten, she [[InnocentInaccurate still does not realize the "pornographic" part of her mother's career.]]
* In Creator/StevenPerry's ''Literature/MatadorSeries'', there are several:
** Dirisha, one of the Matadors, is the daughter of a whore from [[WretchedHive planet]] 313-C, commonly known as [=OhShit=] (the first thing most people say when they see it). She ran away rather than follow in the family trade. She's rather matter-of-fact about her background, but it does inform her personality (specifically her cynicism about love) and determination that she will never be another person's belonging.
** Markus Jefferson Wall is the son of an Albino Exotic, a mutant strain of humans who were genetically designed to be the ultimate sex object (including the ability to consciously control their pheromones to enhance or diminish sexual attraction in the people around them). Most Exotics become sex workers of some nature; the only real difference is how high up the ladder from street whore to HighClassCallGirl they end up. Markus's mother was on one of the lowest rungs. Markus was expected to also take up the trade, but murdered the pimp and ran away instead. He has completely disguised his Exotic background, (although he still occasionally uses the pheromones and charisma he gets from it,) and is deeply upset when Khadaji lets him know that he knows about it.
** Juete and Veate, respectively Khadaji's true love, and her daughter by him, who pairs off with Saval Bork. Both of them are Albino Exotics, fully aware of what that means, and are quite matter-of-fact about it. Juete was an exotic dancer and sometimes HighClassCallGirl. Her position (and Khadaji's financial support) made it possible for Veate to stay out of the sex trade completely.
* In Lilian Lee's novel ''Farewell My Concubine'', main character Douzi/Cheng Dieyi is the son of a prostitute who, after seeing a performance by a group of boys from an opera training school, puts her son in the school in the hope that he might have a better future there. The other students initially treat him as an outcast because of his mother's profession.
* In ''Literature/TheLarkAndTheWren'', while her mother wasn't a whore, Rune ''was'' born out of wedlock. Despite Stara claiming to be a [[FalseWidow widow]], the village figured out the truth, and because Stara acts like a loose woman, several teenage boys have told Rune that she is the daughter of a whore/slut and will end up one herself.
* Swedish writer Vibeke Olsson gives us a subverted example with Onesimus, a poor slave boy in the ancient Roman empire. his mother was a prostitute for some twenty years, but she was sold away from the brothel before Onesimus was conceived. And thus, she technically wasn't a whore anymore.

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* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'':
** Alibaba is the son of Anise, a servant who had an affair with the king of Baldhad, and once this was discovered she was thrown out and forced to sell her body to care for herself and her son.
** [[spoiler:Princess Kougyouku]]'s mother is also revealed to be a harlot too, which prompts her to ask Alibaba to be her friend.
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', [[spoiler:Roy Mustang's (foster)]] mother was revealed to be one Madame Christmas, proprietor of a brothel/pub. It's stated in one of the guidebooks that [[spoiler:she's really his aunt, his biological parents died when he was young]].
* In ''Manga/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'', 16-year-old Cesare Borgia tells main character Angelo, "My mother is a whore, and [[UsefulNotes/PopeAlexanderVI my father]] is a monster." His close friend and real-life right-hand enforcer Miguel clarifies that Lady Vanozza isn't a whore, or at least, not ''that'' kind of whore. It doesn't stop that quote from being the headline of the back cover copy, and Cesare's first line in [[Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto the musical adaptation]]. In real life, Vanozza dei Cattanei was a successful businesswoman with fingers in many pies, who did at least rent rooms to prostitutes, and who was the mistress of several cardinals before becoming the mother of Rodrigo Borgia's four most famous children.
* Prince Seiliez from ''Manga/VampireGame''. This made him TheUnfavorite of his family's three adopted kids. [[spoiler:Thing is, though, this also makes him the only legitimate heir to the throne of his country - while his mother was a whore, his ''father'' was the king.]]

* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'':
** While one bad guy tries to play on Yahiko's supposed shame over his origin, he [[ShutUpHannibal defends his mother]] and doesn't seem ashamed at all. Quite the contrary, as Yahiko takes pride in that his mother did whatever she had to in order to raise him until it killed her (syphilis eventually did). This also works as an EstablishingCharacterMoment.
** Seta Soujiro exemplifies this trope straight, as his mother was TheMistress of a rich man. When his parents died, he was taken in by his evil paternal family (the old man's widow as well as his younger uncles and stepsiblings) and from there it went FromBadToWorse. [[spoiler:So much that he snapped and killed them all.]]
** In the sequel ''Ashitaro Zenka Ari'', Ashitaro's half-breed OnlyFriend Alan Inoue is ''very'' strongly implied to be the son of one of the prostitutes that "service" foreigners (especially Americans) in Japanese harbors. He not only has a MultiEthnicName, but has natural blond hair that he dyes black to avert being abused ''and'' he dreams of leaving Japan and go to America at the beginning. When the BigBad of ''Ashitaro Zenka Ari'' properly sees his blond hair, he lampshades the trope in a '''very''' cruel BreakingSpeech he deals to the [[BrokenTears tearful]] young man; Ashitaro defends Alan and tells the BigBad [[ShutUpHannibal to shut the fuck up and stop judging people for their origins]].
* Kai of ''Manga/ForestOfPiano'' 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.
* Mako "Nakama" Nakarai from ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}''. Her mother Miko is an ex-prostitute, now bar hostess (which in Japan is often considered as "dishonorable" as prostitution); Mako's been bullied all of her life because of this, but she nevertheless loves [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Miko]] since otherwise [[GoodParents she's a genuinely good mom.]] [[spoiler:At some point, Mako tries to get into CompensatedDating to get the money she needs for a small goal she has, but is steered away from it since the guy she tries to get as her SugarDaddy is a friend of her mother]].
* Ryuuji Takasu from ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'' is the illegitimate son of a beautiful bar hostess and a Yakuza. And he was born when his mom was, at most, [[TeenPregnancy 16-17 years old]].
* Satellizer L. Bridgette, the lead female from from ''Manga/{{Freezing}}'', as the daughter of a nobleman and said nobleman's mistress.
* This is [[spoiler:Laertes Montague]]'s FreudianExcuse in ''Anime/{{Romeo x Juliet}}''. [[spoiler:His father was supposedly a Capulet noble whom could have taken his son and his prostitute mother out of poverty but didn't, causing the death of the latter as well as making the first an ''incedibly'' broken and bitter StreetUrchin. This provides a convinient FreudianExcuse for Montague's [[FromNobodyToNightmare murderous rise to power]], in which he [[SelfMadeMan works his way to the top of the rival clan]] and then massacres ''everyone'' in the Capulet group -- save for a two-year-old Juliet who barely manages to escape thanks to the family retainers.]]

* According to ''Manga/SoulEater'' chapter 78, [[spoiler:Liz and Patti Thompson]] are an example of both this and ParentalAbandonment.
-->'''[[spoiler:Liz]]''': I hate the mother who abandoned [[spoiler:Patti]] and me... But I guess since she was the most beautiful whore in town... I should thank her for bearing two pretty girls...
* [[spoiler:Soichirou Ashida]] from ''Manga/SteppingOnRoses''. [[spoiler:His mother was the concubine of a rich man, and that's why his family loathes so much.]]

* In ''Literature/{{Gate}}'', Princess Piña Co Lada is the daughter of the Emperor and a concubine. She is acknowledged and holds a position as leader of the Rose-Order of Knights, but it is clear that her father doesn't really care about her that much.
* It's almost easier to list the characters in ''{{Manga/Gangsta}}'' who ''aren't'' this trope, as [[WretchedHive Ergastulum]] is home to many prostitutes, many of whom are [[FantasticRacism Twilights]] forced into the business because no one else will accept them, who in turn have Twilight children. Main characters Nicholas and Worrick actually bonded over their shared background, and the [[LittleMissBadass young head]] of the Cristiano family, Loretta, tells Alex (herself a former prostitute) that her mother was a prostitute who caught her father's eye and retired from the business prior to having her so casually that it's apparently not a source of shame in that world.

* Draken in ''Manga/TokyoRevengers''. He was born the son of a prostitute, not knowing who his father is, who left him when he was two. His home is a brothel and he states that he grew up around pink towels and the smell of lube.

* ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'', at least the comic version. Spending a chunk of his childhood in a whore house didn't have any lasting affects on his psyche surprisingly. He has issues, but more from having his mom, father figure, childhood friends and girlfriend all murdered by vampires as he grew up. ''Comicbook/TheTombOfDracula'' actually has him console another character on her sexual insecurities.
* In the adults-only comic ''ComicBook/BettyByTheHour'', Betty's son Pepito qualifies.
* [[AntiHero John Difool]], the main character in ''ComicBook/TheIncal'' series by Creator/{{Moebius}} was born in the red light section of a [[CrapsackWorld soulless]] [[SingleBiomePlanet world-encompassing city]] in a [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian future]].
* Tommy Monaghan from ''ComicBook/Hitman1993'' was the son of a town whore back in Ireland. All her children were the offspring of one of her various clients all around town, who all treated her like dirt, but she took some small measure of revenge by giving them a name based on their father. This had disastrous consequences when she became pregnant with Tommy, whose father was a violent psychopath who decided to brutally murder her and her entire family for "sullying his good name", and followed her all the way to the U.S just to do that. She lived long enough to give birth to Tommy, then died of her injuries at a convent. As an adult, Tommy returns to Ireland and kills his monster of a father to avenge his mother and siblings.
* ''ComicBook/TheEaglesOfRome'': Priscilla is revealed to be the daughter of Morphea, a HighClassCallGirl in high demand in Rome. It speaks greatly to Morphea's social status that Priscilla was legitimated as the legal daughter of the Roman patrician who sired her.

* ''Fanfic/OfTheRiverAndTheSea'': Protagonist Ryuishi was supposed to follow into her mama's footsteps but was snatched by the shinobi because she was very much a tempting prospect. She wasn't really unhappy there and her later life keeps many ties with various brothels.
** Naruto himself is quasi-adopted by sex workers who give him the love and attention his own village denied him. It also left him a healthy understanding of the female psyche, hobbies such as shopping and hair-styling and a very expanded vocabulary.

* Overlaps with ChildByRape in the ''Azumanga Daioh'' fic ''Fanfic/{{Control}}''. Yukari ends up pregnant by her drug dealer and pimp [[spoiler:Hyang-sung]]. She's certain it's him because he's the only man who didn't use protection. Yukari contemplates getting an abortion, but ultimately decides to keep the baby.
* ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'': Summer was raised by her [[{{Nephewism}} aunt]], Ivory, who was a prostitute. Though her aunt was nice, Summer didn't like her home life and seldom visited her aunt after going to Beacon. Ruby didn't even know her mother had extended family until she coincidentally ran across Ivory.

* Ganondorf from ''Webcomic/ATaleOfTwoRulers'' was raised in a brothel. His mother, the only other Gerudo he's ever known, was a prostitute who was considered "exotic" by Hylians. Ganondorf's mother [[MissingMom died]] he was a toddler.

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* Subverted in ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword''. Arthur is told that he is the bastard son of a prostitute who died in childbirth. In reality, he is the lost son of the murdered King and Queen, and the rightful heir to the throne of England.

* Brian in ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian''. He also gets the bonus points. His father is a Roman he never knew.
* Heavily implied to be the case with Bill in ''Film/KillBill''. The only person who knows his whereabouts just happens to be [[ParentalSubstitute a pimp]] who apparently raises the sons of his prostitutes to become his enforcers. Totally explains the big age and appearance difference between Bill and his brother Budd as well as his penchant for getting women to do his dirty work for him. Snake Charmer indeed.
* Sonoko in ''Film/DoctorAkagi''.
* This is why Scott in ''Film/DayOfAnger'' is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer mistreated]] by the whole town he lives in.
* Creator/MelGibson's character in ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' was the son of a Las Vegas ShowGirl of the Ostrich Feather variety, but still about the same story.
* Cheyenne in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' describes his mother as "the biggest whore in Alameda, and the finest woman who ever lived".

* Cosmo (Luis Guzmán) in ''WelcomeToCollinwood'' uses this insult as blistering abuse (he is Latino, after all), but after his death another character casually remarks that Cosmo's mother was of that profession.
* Someone tosses this in the face of Teri Hatcher's character in ''Heavens Prisoners'' (1996). She calmly replies that her mother was a good businesswoman.
* In ''Film/ThreeTenToYuma2007'', one of the robbers states Ben Wade to be the offspring of a hooker and makes the idiotic mistake of insulting dear old mom in front of him. Wade kills him and notes that [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he loves her anyway]].
* The title character of Creator/RichardPryor's ''Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling'' is the son of a presumably married prostitute working in a whorehouse with her sisters. This is based on Pryor's own life, as his mother worked in the brothel that his grandmother operated.

* Violet, the character played by Brooke Shields in ''Film/PrettyBaby''.
* ''{{Film/Sweetwater}}'': Sarah's former madam is revealed as also being her mother at the end of their conversation.
* The Austrian movie ''Hurensohn'' is about a teenage boy who discovers that his Yugoslavian mother is actually a sex worker.
* ''Or (My Treasure)'', an Israeli film about the title character and her mother, a prostitute. She later goes into the profession herself when her mother is growing too old for it and has been raped by a client. Her mother is implied to be very upset by this unsurprisingly, but says nothing.
* ''{{Film/Watchmen}}'': Just as in the comic book, Rorschach's mother (pictured above) was an abusive prostitute.
* ''{{Film/Mythica}}'': Dagen's mother was a {{sex slave}}.

* A DeletedScene of ''Film/LittleNicky'' reveals that [[BigBad Adrian]] and [[ScaryBlackMan Cassius]]' mothers are not angels but are prostitutes.

* David Wingrove's ''Literature/ChungKuo'' has Stefan Lehmann, the son of a woman who has been a concubine to many different men
* ''[[EmbarrassingFirstName Whoreson]]'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]].
* Apropos of everything, ''Literature/SirAproposOfNothing''.

A character whose mother is a sex worker. Expect the kid to be [[DisappearedDad fatherless]], implied to be the product of one of her many business dealings. Sometimes the character was merely raised in a brothel, without either of their parents working there, or being born of a SexSlave. Expect either angst over their origin. More common amongst {{Anti Hero}}es than others.

* Ryuuji Takasu from ''LightNovel/ToraDora'' is the illegitimate son of a beautiful bar hostess and a Yakuza. And he was born when his mom was, at most, [[TeenPregnancy 16-17 years old.]]

* 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.

* One of the secondary protagonists from Creator/AnneMcCaffrey and Creator/SMStirling's ''Literature/TheCityWhoFought'' describes himself as "the son of a pimp and dockside whore."
* [[Literature/TheRiftwarCycle Riftwar's]] Jimmy The Hand. His father was [[spoiler:the Upright Man]], which Jimmy wasn't supposed to ever know, but eventually found out or figured out on his own.

* [[Literature/BelisariusSeries Belisarius' stepson]] Photius started his life as this, and when he was [[AChildShallLeadThem formally adopted by]] Empress Theodora this aspect of his status did not in fact change.

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* Wolfgang Schreiber from ''VisaulNovel/DiesIrae'' was born the son to a prostitute mother. However, his childhood was anything but a nice one. His mother specifically wanted a daughter for the sole purpose of continuing the family business, so she really didn't take kindly to Schreiber being born a boy. As such she castrated him and forced him into prostitution anyways under the name of Anna. And when he ended up popular with the patrons she grew even more abusive from envy eventually culminating in her gouging out one of his eyes. And all this while Schreiber himself only wanted to be a good son/daughter to make his mother happy. Eventually he snapped and killed her before going on a giant murder spree while at the same time having developed a severe aversion to physical touch.

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* Keith in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is the son a minor Sorcier noble and a prostitute. He was legitimized by his father by the age of three and lived with him, yet he's been continuously insulted for his parentage while he lived there. Whatever timeline he was in, he was no longer insulted as ''this'' after he was adopted as heir of Duke Claes at eight.[[note]]Although in two of the three possible timelines he was subjected to a [[AffairBlameTheBastard different kind of abuse]] due to [[MistakenForCheating a misunderstanding]].[[/note]]

[[BerserkButton Don't remind him]] of his origin too much, because in some languages this trope name [[YourMom is the worst insult there is]] [[note]]The English phrase "son of a bitch" has a similar origin; "bitch" was an insult based on a woman's purported promiscuity, by likening her to a female dog in heat.[[/note]]. 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).

* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', [[spoiler: Roy Mustang's (foster)]] mother was revealed to be one Madame Christmas, proprietor of a brothel/pub. It's stated in one of the guidebooks that [[spoiler:she's really his aunt, his biological parents died when he was young]].

** Seta Soujiro exemplifies this trope straight, as his mother was TheMistress of a rich man. When his parents died, he was taken in by his evil paternal family (the old man's widow as well as his younger uncles and stepsiblings) and from there it went FromBadToWorse. [[spoiler: So much that he snapped and killed them all.]]

* Mako "Nakama" Nakarai from ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}''. Her mother Miko is an ex-prostitute, now bar hostess (which in Japan is often considered as "dishonorable" as prostitution); Mako's been bullied all of her life because of this, but she nevertheless loves [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Miko]] since otherwise [[GoodParents she's a genuinely good mom.]] [[spoiler: At some point, Mako tries to get into CompensatedDating to get the money she needs for a small goal she has, but is steered away from it since the guy she tries to get as her SugarDaddy is a friend of her mother]].

* This is [[spoiler: Laertes Montague]]'s FreudianExcuse in ''Anime/{{Romeo x Juliet}}''. [[spoiler: His father was supposedly a Capulet noble whom could have taken his son and his prostitute mother out of poverty but didn't, causing the death of the latter as well as making the first an ''incedibly'' broken and bitter StreetUrchin. This provides a convinient FreudianExcuse for Montague's [[FromNobodyToNightmare murderous rise to power]], in which he [[SelfMadeMan works his way to the top of the rival clan]] and then massacres ''everyone'' in the Capulet group -- save for a two-year-old Juliet who barely manages to escape thanks to the family retainers.]]

* [[spoiler: Soichirou Ashida]] from ''Manga/SteppingOnRoses''. [[spoiler: His mother was the concubine of a rich man, and that's why his family loathes so much.]]

** [[spoiler: Historia Reiss]] was born to a domestic worker that became her master's mistress. The mother's resentment over the child's birth led to a neglectful and abusive relationship. Eventually, the mother was murdered to clean up loose ends.

** When "Shauna's Gang" leave their [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule school]], they get together to compare notes about the wonderful world of work. Joyce has joined the Seamstresses' Guild and has been offered lucrative training which will lead to a well-paid career. Joyce notes that people tend to give her funny looks when she mentions this. Why is that so funny? If one of my parents was a plumber and I went into plumbing, nobody would think twice about it, but just because it's the ''Seamstresses''...[[note]]Joyce is being trained in financial and administrative management, with a view to her eventually being a non-practicing Guild member who runs a brothel[[/note]]. Joyce even calls out [[FightingIrish Shauna]], who describes Lady Regina Rust as "a whore's get".[[note]] an Irish pejorative meaning something like "son of a bitch." or ''"hija de puta"''[[/note]]

* Daine, in ''Literature/TheImmortals'' series. While her mother isn't a ''whore'', it is implied throughout the series that she was rather loose, sexually. (Daine says at one point, "Ma had a lot of men friends" or something similar.) Daine's real sore point, however, is in her last name: Sarrasri - meaning "Sara's daughter" in Daine's home country; it's a statement that Daine's mother never married, and Daine doesn't find out who her father is until halfway through the last book. There are several quiet hints scattered throughout the earlier books, though, that Daine's father is [[spoiler: at least a minor god. Not just anyone can get a badger god to watch over their kid, after all.]] It turns out that Daine's father is [[spoiler:a god of the hunt from her home region - which rather neatly explains just ''why'' she's so filled with Wild Magic that animals see her as one of their own.]]

* [[Literature/TheRiftwarCycle Riftwar's]] Jimmy The Hand. His father was [[spoiler: the Upright Man]], which Jimmy wasn't supposed to ever know, but eventually found out or figured out on his own.

* ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'': 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.

* In one episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', a serial killer's FreudianExcuse was that his mother was a prostitute. [[spoiler: She was his first victim. When he was a teenager.]]

* Music/{{Metallica}}'s music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOibtqWo6z4 Turn the page]] features a much-abused stripper and her daughter as the main characters. [[spoiler: The video's TwistEnding is that she's ''also'' a whore.]]

* ''Two'' of [[PlayerCharacter Saori's]] potential love interests in ''VisualNovel/ShallWeDateNinjaShadow'' were mothered by prostitutes, were bullied and harassed due to their "muddled" origins, and have developed lots of emotional/mental issues as a result. One of them is Saori's fellow Vigilante [[spoiler: Yuzuki Hirano]] (who for worse [[spoiler: has come to [[HeManWomanHater distrust all women]] since he can't forgive his mother for leaving him]]) and the other is [[spoiler: Tsubaki Kusunoki]] (who [[spoiler: is the son of a rich Dutch man, meaning he ''also'' was subjected to HalfBreedDiscrimination]]).
* [[spoiler:Goro Akechi]] from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' is revealed to be this; his mother was DrivenToSuicide when he was a child due to her family's abuse over having a child out of wedlock, resulting in him being passed around a number of neglectful foster homes. If any of it became public knowledge, it'd almost certainly destroy his career. To make matters worse, his biological father is [[spoiler: CorruptPolitican Masayoshi Shido]]. He's hellbent on making said father suffer for what he and his mother went through.

A character whose mother is a sex worker. The father was likely one of her many customers. Sometimes the character was merely raised in a brothel, without either of their parents working there, or being born of a SexSlave. Expect either angst over their origin. More common amongst {{Anti Hero}}es than others.

[[BerserkButton Don't remind him]] of his origin too much, because in some languages this trope name [[YourMom is the worst insult possible]] [[note]]The English phrase "son of a bitch" has a similar origin; "bitch" was an insult based on a woman's purported promiscuity, by likening her to a female dog in heat.[[/note]]. 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).

* Creator/TeamFourStar gives us Giuseppe's son in ''Machinima/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'', who is upset that his father demands IWantGrandkids from “those-a big girls,” to get his father’s respect, and even more upset to learn this is how his parents met.

* Tommy Monaghan from ''ComicBook/{{Hitman}}'' was the son of a town whore back in Ireland. All her children were the offspring of one of her various clients all around town, who all treated her like dirt, but she took some small measure of revenge by giving them a name based on their father. This had disastrous consequences when she became pregnant with Tommy, whose father was a violent psychopath who decided to brutally murder her and her entire family for "sullying his good name", and followed her all the way to the U.S just to do that. She lived long enough to give birth to Tommy, then died of her injuries at a convent. As an adult, Tommy returns to Ireland and kills his monster of a father to avenge his mother and siblings.

* Tommy Monaghan from ''ComicBook/{{Hitman}}'' was the son of a town whore back in Ireland. All her children were the offspring of one of her various clients all around town, who all treated her like dirt, but she took some small measure of revenge by giving them a name based on their father. This had disastrous consequences when she became pregnant with Tommy, who's father was a violent psychopath who decided to brutally murder her and her entire family for "sullying his good name", and followed her all the way to the U.S just to do that. She lived long enough to give birth to Tommy, then died of her injuries at a convent. As an adult, Tommy returns to Ireland and kills his monster of a father to avenge his mother and siblings.

--> Man 1 '''Lawyers are sons of whores.'''
--> Man 2 '''You take that back, or else!'''
--> Man 1 '''What, you're a lawyer?'''
--> Man 2 '''[[EvilLawyerjoke No, my mom is a prostitute.]]'''

* Cosette from ''Literature/LesMiserables'' is the illegitimate ''daughter'' of Fantine and a man who abandoned her. After her birth her mother became a prostitute and Cosette never explicitly finds out her mother's story.

* ''ComicBook/LesAiglesDeRome'': Priscilla is revealed to be the daughter of Morphea, a HighClassCallGirl in high demand in Rome. It speaks greatly to Morphea's social status that Priscilla was legitimated as the legal daughter of the Roman patrician who sired her.

** In one episode, Beavis specifies that his mother isn't a whore, she's a slut because she doesnt charge for it.

For some reason, this character is almost AlwaysMale. If the character is a ''daughter'' of a whore, there's the additional baggage that she may be expected to follow in her mother's footsteps, which either [[TurnOutLikeHisFather the mother]] or [[FollowInMyFootsteps the daughter]] (or both) may be determined to avoid.

* ''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]]

* Cheyenne in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest''.

A character whose mother is a sex worker -- if they're lucky, a HookerWithAHeartOfGold, if they're not, a PredatoryProstitute. The father was likely one of her many customers. Sometimes the character was merely raised in a brothel, without either of their parents working there, or being born of a SexSlave. Expect either angst over their origin. More common amongst {{Anti Hero}}es than others.

See also SingleMomStripper. This character may be a HeroicBastard, a BastardBastard, or anywhere in between; at the very least, he'll have DisappearedDad and LoserSonOfLoserDad issues to work through.

A character whose mother is a sex worker -- if they're lucky, a HookerWithAHeartOfGold. The father was likely one of her many customers. Sometimes the character was merely raised in a brothel, without either of their parents working there, or being born of a SexSlave. Expect either angst over their origin. More common amongst {{Anti Hero}}es than others.

* Part of Tsuna's backstory in the ''Manga/Reborn2004'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheSkyThatAcceptsAll'' is that [[GenderFlip she]] was practically raised by prostitutes since the age of ten. Tsuna's mother struggled with mental health issues that made it difficult for her to properly take care of her daughter.

* In the ''Manga/Reborn2004'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheSkyThatAcceptsAll'', Tsuna was practically raised by prostitutes since the age of ten due to [[GenderFlip her]] mother's struggles with mental health making her unable to properly care for her daughter.

* Jin of ''Series/{{Lost}}''. It's unclear if he knows. But when Sun spoke to her, she made it very clear that if Jin were to ever find out his mother was alive, she wouldn't be for long.