"I am your father! I brought you into this world, and I'll take you out!"
— Dr. Cliff Huxtable (an obstetrician) to his son, on The Cosby Show
Silly girl, did you really think a mother could not kill her daughter?
— Luuza Luft, Aura Battler Dunbine
"Perhaps. Now I realize that banishment is far too merciful a penalty for treason. Your penalty will be far steeper."
— Firelord Ozai to Prince Zuko, Avatar: The Last Airbender
"You ungrateful, insolent child, I now see there is no chance to save you."
— Hiroshi Sato, The Legend of Korra
" I gave you life, I will also kill you!"
— Taras Bulba, Taras Bulba.
What can one do when one is a widower
Shamefully burdened with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest.
Shamefully burdened with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest.
— The Decemberists, "The Rake's Song"
"I wasn't the first child [Henry Lawson] made, only the first one he kept."
— Miranda Lawson, Mass Effect 2
"Son... I need your strength. I gave you life. Now you must give it back to me... only a million times more radiant... more powerful."
— David Banner, Hulk
"I grow weary of you, my son. I created you and I will be your end!"
— Zeus to Kratos, God of War III
"And now... The boss is now...! The most repulsive form of evil is to exploit innocent people who don't know anything, and to use others merely for one's own gain! A FATHER DID THIS TO HIS INNOCENT DAUGHTER, ALL TO COVER HIS OWN ASS!? This Is Unforgivable! You have once again betrayed my heart!"
— Bruno Bucciarati refering to the Boss of Passione, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
The High Priestess: I knew you would fail us. You were the strongest, but the most unfocused! Always distracted, questioning everything. But all that can change. You can still honor our Lord Father. (offers a dagger) Destroy the Samurai, Ashi.
Ashi: No! You were wrong about everything. Jack showed me the truth.
The High Priestess: Then you, too, will die!
Ashi: No! You were wrong about everything. Jack showed me the truth.
The High Priestess: Then you, too, will die!
—Samurai Jack, "XCVIII"
"You have brought me nothing but shame. I shall put you out of your misery!"
— Tenjuro Banno to Gou, Kamen Rider Drive
Mantis: [Thanos] is in anguish!
Peter Quill: Good.
Mantis: [crying] He... he mourns!
Drax: What does this monster have to mourn?!
Nebula: Gamora.
Peter Quill: What?
Nebula: He took her to Vormir. He came back with the Soul Stone. She didn't.
Peter Quill: Good.
Mantis: [crying] He... he mourns!
Drax: What does this monster have to mourn?!
Nebula: Gamora.
Peter Quill: What?
Nebula: He took her to Vormir. He came back with the Soul Stone. She didn't.
Scott Evil: I just think, like, he hates me. I really think he wants to kill me.
Therapist: He doesn't really want to kill you. Sometimes we just say that.
Dr. Evil: No actually, the boy is quite astute. I really am trying to kill him, but so far unsuccessfully. He's quite wily, like his old man.
Therapist: He doesn't really want to kill you. Sometimes we just say that.
Dr. Evil: No actually, the boy is quite astute. I really am trying to kill him, but so far unsuccessfully. He's quite wily, like his old man.
[Mockingbird] may kill my beloved child. So isn't it fortunate that I'll soon have a replacement?
— Cheshire, Villains United
Trigon looked out upon an astonished sea of heroes, picked out his daughter Raven, and smiled.
He would save her for last. The rest would not take that long.
He would save her for last. The rest would not take that long.
I looked at her, it was so hard. Those little lines of blood in her eyes, her hands full of holes. My baby... It was so pitiful. She gave me the gun. She begged me, 'Mama...put me out of my misery. Do it for me...please.' I...I gave up. I gave her what she wanted. I killed my baby.
Well, once when I was eight, everything was going great until my father—he tried to kill me
Daddy Didn't Love Me, Andrew Jackson Jihad
In pain and blood she had brought him into the world. In pain and blood she brought about his death.
"Sometimes I just want to smash your head against the brick wall until your fucking brains pop out!"
—Amelia to her son Samuel, The Babadook
General Leland Zevo: Put this place on red alert. They're as good as dead.
Hagenstern: That's your son, sir.
Leland: War knows no relatives.
Hagenstern: That's your son, sir.
Leland: War knows no relatives.
—Toys
"Victor Crowley, Hatchet Face! There was a time where his father went nuts and whacked him in the face with a hatchet one night. It had something to do with him being all ugly or... something... anyways, he died."
—Shawn, Hatchet
King Einon: I know why you brought me the dragonslayers. You wanted them to kill him because you wanted me dead.
Queen Aislinn: I wanted to correct a mistake made years ago, when I saved a creature not worth saving.
Einon: How un-motherly of you.
Queen Aislinn: I wanted to correct a mistake made years ago, when I saved a creature not worth saving.
Einon: How un-motherly of you.
"Viktor feared a blending of the species. Feared it so much he killed her. His own daughter. Burnt alive for loving me."
—Lucian, Underworld (2003)
"So we're finally face to face again. A beautiful father-daughter moment, is it not? What a shame it won't last very long. (Whips off robe) Because I'm going to kill you."
—Jason Sunray, The Exorcism Of Annabelle Sunray
"You wanna DIE for this planet? FINE! What's seventeen more years? I can always start again- make another kid."
— Omni-Man, Invincible (2021)
