Deceased Parents Are the Best: Difference between revisions

These often heroic characters will always have fond memories of their parents. That's because these parents did everything right while they were alive. They spent time with their children and taught them invaluable [[Aesop|life lessons]] that they continue to keep even to this day. Even though the parents are gone now, the actions of the parents still affect the character and keep him going.

 

 

If the parents initially appear to be dead, but are eventually revealed to have been actually alive all along but were imprisoned by the [[Big Bad]], have been forced into hiding, or otherwise disappeared against their will, then the trope becomes [[Disappeared Parents Are the Best]] instead. If it turns out that they weren't quite such amazing parents as believed by the characters, but still treated as such, then it's [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead]]. See [[Good Parents]] for examples of these who manage to stay alive.