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"But, when I'm with Iruka-sensei... I wonder, if this is what it feels like to have a father."
— Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto
Kobayashi: Is it that important whether a parent shows up or not? For one thing, I'm not exactly Kanna-chan's mother anyway.
Tohru: But Kanna does tend to view you as her mother.
Tohru: But Kanna does tend to view you as her mother.
Comic Books
"To others, she's the world's greatest heroine, but she's more than that to us! She's the daughter we dearly love!"
— Edna Danvers on her foster daughter Supergirl, Action Comics #285
Power Girl: [tearfully] You took me in! You treated me like I was your daughter!
Earth 2 Lois Lane: Oh, honey... as far as we were concerned, you were our daughter.
Earth 2 Lois Lane: Oh, honey... as far as we were concerned, you were our daughter.
— Infinite Crisis #2
Clark Kent: I don't want to be different. I want to be Clark Kent. I want to be your son.
Pa Kent: Clark... You are my son.
Pa Kent: Clark... You are my son.
Hulk: Somebody had to take charge.
Len Samson: And that's you? Which Hulk are you?
Hulk: ... he needed a dad. Or something, something like a dad. Like a dad who loved him. But he didn't know what love was. I can't be out in the day. I don't come out. Unless I have to. Unless somebody hurts him. And then, I take it personal.
Len Samson: And that's you? Which Hulk are you?
Hulk: ... he needed a dad. Or something, something like a dad. Like a dad who loved him. But he didn't know what love was. I can't be out in the day. I don't come out. Unless I have to. Unless somebody hurts him. And then, I take it personal.
—Immortal Hulk #15
Jackie McGee: (on Mike Berengetti) You make him sound like a father figure.
Joe Fixit: Nothing figurative about it.
Joe Fixit: Nothing figurative about it.
—Immortal Hulk #50
Fan Works
"Because Misato took me in when she didn't have to. She was the first person to be kind to me here. She's the closest thing to a mother either of us have had for years."
— Shinji to Asuka, Advice and Trust, chapter 8
"We both cared about each other. We were both glad that we weren't the only Kryptonians left alive, when we found each other. But he wanted to play Daddy, because he'd never had a child. And I... couldn't do that, Jimmy. I had a daddy, and it wasn't Kal."
"From my fifteenth year on up to... somewhen... Kal was like a parent. Or he thought he was. I’ve told him about this, probably haven’t told you. Sheol, back then I needed a parent, or a big brother, or whatever. I thought my mom and dad were dead, and I hadn’t been adopted. I cried, Nar. Cried a lot. But Kal was always there for me, always buoying me up, always guiding me on a path he thought was best for me."
— Kara, Kara of Rokyn
Philip Wayne adjusted his hearing aid a bit and smiled. Bruce was almost 40 now, and he'd darned near given up on getting the whippersnapper married. To him had fallen the task of raising the boy, after his brother Thomas and Thomas's wife Martha had been shot dead in the street those long years ago. He'd never seen a boy so intense and serious as Bruce had been. The boy was either cracking half the books in the library, or doing experiments with his chemistry set, or building up his body, or doing gymnastics. But he'd turned out well, and then some.
Harshwhinny: [to Dash and Sunset] I am contacting your parents and informing them of the incident.
Sunset: I don't have any parents.
Harshwhinny: That is a fiction I see no reason to indulge. I fully expect Miss Celestia will take this with the seriousness it deserves.
Sunset: I don't have any parents.
Harshwhinny: That is a fiction I see no reason to indulge. I fully expect Miss Celestia will take this with the seriousness it deserves.
Caline smiled and shook her head. "Honey, everyone messes up. Everyone has bad days. What defines us is how we react."
"See?!" Chloé said, her face still buried in Caline's shoulder. "You can't stop being nice to me. You're always..." Chloé mumbled something.
"Chloé?" Caline asked.
In the quietest voice she had within her, Chloé said, "I wish you were my mom."
"See?!" Chloé said, her face still buried in Caline's shoulder. "You can't stop being nice to me. You're always..." Chloé mumbled something.
"Chloé?" Caline asked.
In the quietest voice she had within her, Chloé said, "I wish you were my mom."
Squard: I've... I've been such an idiot...
Whitebeard: Yes. You have been.
(Kneels and hugs him)
"You have until a quarter of an hour before dinner," Maria said instead. She nodded to Shana. "I leave everything to you, Shana."
"I'll make you proud mother!" the girl said.
She really should correct her about that. Maria was just her guardian after all, not her mother. No papers had been signed, no adoption had been arranged. She was not of Maria's house.
Instead she said, "I have every confidence in you."
"I'll make you proud mother!" the girl said.
She really should correct her about that. Maria was just her guardian after all, not her mother. No papers had been signed, no adoption had been arranged. She was not of Maria's house.
Instead she said, "I have every confidence in you."
Hi Dad! Hi Goku!
—Son Gohan (Goku's son) to Piccolo and Goku, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Films — Live-Action
"He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn't your daddy. I'm sorry I didn't do none of it right, but I'm damn lucky you was my boy."
— Yondu Udonta, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
"I told Gamora how, when I was a kid, I used to pretend David Hasselhoff was my dad. He's a singer and actor from Earth, really famous guy. Earlier, it struck me... Yondu didn't have a talking car, but he did have a flying arrow. He didn't have the beautiful voice of an angel, but he did have the whistle of one. Both Yondu and David Hasselhoff went on kick-ass adventures and hooked up with hot women, and fought robots... I guess David Hasselhoff did kind of end up being my dad after all. Only it was you, Yondu. I had a pretty cool dad."
— Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Obi-Wan: Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the death of me?
Anakin: Don't say that, master. You're the closest thing I have to a father.
Obi-Wan: Then why don't you listen to me?
Anakin: I am trying.
Anakin: Don't say that, master. You're the closest thing I have to a father.
Obi-Wan: Then why don't you listen to me?
Anakin: I am trying.
Literature
Like cautious parents, Roofshadow and Tailchaser paced silently behind the frisking Pouncequick.
Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.
Louis Creed, who had lost his father at three and who had never known a grandfather, never expected to find a father as he entered his middle age, but that was exactly what happened... although he called this man a friend, as a grown man must do. when he finds the man who should have been his father relatively late in life.
Live-Action TV
Mr. Mason: So, will you be my daughter? Will you let me take you into my heart, make you special? You'll have parents of your own, of course.
Daisy: I haven't got any parents. Not like that. I've never been special to anyone.
Mr. Mason: Except William.
Daisy: That's right. I were only ever special to William. Never thought of it like that.
Mr. Mason: Well, now you're special to me.
Daisy: I haven't got any parents. Not like that. I've never been special to anyone.
Mr. Mason: Except William.
Daisy: That's right. I were only ever special to William. Never thought of it like that.
Mr. Mason: Well, now you're special to me.
Theatre
Hamilton: Well, I don’t have your name, I don’t have your titles, I don’t have your land. But, if you—
Washington: No.
Hamilton: If you gave me command of a battalion, a group of men to lead, I could fly above my station after the war!
Washington: Or you could die, and we need you alive!
Hamilton: I am more than willing to die—
Washington: Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive—
Hamilton: CALL ME SON ONE MORE TIME!
(A beat)
Washington: Go home, Alexander. That’s an order from your commander.
Hamilton: but...
Washington: Go! Home!
Washington: No.
Hamilton: If you gave me command of a battalion, a group of men to lead, I could fly above my station after the war!
Washington: Or you could die, and we need you alive!
Hamilton: I am more than willing to die—
Washington: Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive—
Hamilton: CALL ME SON ONE MORE TIME!
(A beat)
Washington: Go home, Alexander. That’s an order from your commander.
Hamilton: but...
Washington: Go! Home!
— Hamilton
Video Games
"My mother was a rather sickly soul by all accounts. She died not long after I was born... So in a sense, Lady Eleanor was the only real mother I ever knew. She used to read me stories, take me flower picking... I loved her so much."
— Jade, Dragon Quest XI
Western Animation
"You're my mom, you're my dad, and you're my picket fence!"
— Tails, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, "Tails' New Home"
Glimmer: What are you talking about? Who is Shadow Weaver?
Adora: Shadow Weaver raised me. In the Horde, she taught me how to read. And how to tie my boots. And how to subvert the enemy and be victorious in battle.
Glimmer: Okay, sure. Mom stuff.
Adora: No, commanding officer stuff...And mom stuff.
— She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, "In the Shadows of Mystacor"
"You're not my dad! You're just a rugged older man who provided me with a strong masculine presence during my formative years!"
— Sarah Lynn, Bojack Horseman
After I leave here today, I'm gonna free Uncle Iroh from his prison and I'm gonna beg for his forgiveness. He's the one who's been a real father to me.
— Prince Zuko, Avatar: The Last Airbender
