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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Lisa:''' We've come to talk to you about your son.
'''Rabbi Krustofski:''' '''''[[Trope Namer|I have no son!]]''' [slams the door]''
'''Bart:''' Rats. We came all this way and it's the wrong guy.
'''Rabbi Krustofski:''' ''[opens door]'' I didn't mean that literally! ''[slams door again]''
|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "Like Father, Like Clown"}}
Sometimes, what parents want for their children differs from what the children want to do, especially if the parent has plans for the child to [[Follow in My Footsteps]]. Sometimes the child wants to [[Be Yourself|be himself]] in a career the parent dislikes. And sometimes, the parent struggles with this, but eventually comes around and supports his child.
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And sometimes he doesn't. And if the child (often a son) doesn't step into line quickly, the offending parent quickly disowns him, disavowing all knowledge that this "son" ever even existed.
Cue the sad violin
This doesn't mean that reconciliation is impossible further on down the track. But it usually happens years later, when the kid's a success and often when the parent is on their deathbed, and it's a long, bitter road until that happens.
Rest assured, however, that the chances of this happening are far higher than one might expect. The initial
Bear in mind that the parent doing the disowning might not be entirely a jerk; sometimes, the kid just crosses a line they shouldn't cross (especially if they've [[Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal|grown up wrong]]) and deserves being kicked out with all ties severed. Again, reconciliation isn't an impossibility, but since this kid's bitter and twisted anyway don't expect it happening any time soon. And rest assured that the parent is going to have to justify their actions to the audience explicitly anyway, since the act of disowning one's own flesh and blood for any reason is well, pretty harsh. A justification commonly seen in a [[Crime and Punishment Series]] is when the parents essentially disown the child due to a crippling drug habit that the child has plunged into; this is often accompanied with a justification about how "there's only so long you can watch or enable them to destroy themselves before you have to sever all ties."
This trope has various
Of course, overuse of this term has caused the words themselves to be considered a [[Dead Horse Trope]], if not the entire plot itself. As a result most modern examples tend to skew toward the side of comedy.
See also: [[Changeling Fantasy]] and [[Where Did We Go Wrong?]]. Not to be confused with [[That Thing Is Not My Child]]. While it may use the line, a reveal a character is actually the speaker's ''daughter'' [[Samus Is a Girl|is another trope entirely]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==▼
▲== Advertising ==
* One advert for Oak milk uses this.
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== [[Anime]]
* "I have no Daughter" when it comes to Alluka from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]''. The Zoldyeks were notably known for, among many things, having only sons,
* '' [[Ranma ½]]'': Genma has done this to
** Or if, y'know...he's a girl at the moment.
*** This is Genma's default threat and response for all petty grievances, although in something of a subversion, whenever Ranma really is in trouble or needs help Genma is the one that he always turns to and has gone to lengths to help his son.
*** Taking anything in Ranma 1/2 seriously leads directly to [[Nightmare Fuel]], but Genma is a hideously abusive parent, and probably the main reason Ranma relies on him at all is that with the long training trip he's never known anyone else long.
*** He's not abusive. He's so stupid that it's a miracle he can put his pants on in the morning.
*** So
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'' Lelouch gives up his claim to the Brittanian Imperial Throne in outrage after his father (the Emperor) shows complete indifference to Lelouch's mother and sister, who were killed and crippled, respectively. The Emperor then verbally demolishes his ten-year-old son with a particularly harsh declaration of this trope, before sending Lelouch and his sister to Japan to serve as hostages, meant to be killed if Brittania ever invades. Less than a year later, Brittania ''does'' invade, and (as far as the Emperor knows) condemns his children to death.
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** This trope is more directly inverted when {{spoiler|Lelouch accidentally forces princess Euphemia to commit genocide against the Japanese population, an act which causes the Japanese people to rise up in open revolt, giving Lelouch the chance to drive Brittania out of Japan once and for all. His father's reaction to this? ''Ha! Finally, an act which proves him worthy to be my son!''}}
* In ''[[
* [[Uptown Girl]] Nadeshiko Kinomoto was cut off from her highly wealthy family after she married a poor, humble student-teacher (and protagonist's father) in ''[[
* Inverted in ''[[One Piece]]'' with Portgas D. Ace and his father. Ace disavows his father so completely that he uses his mother's surname, Portgas, and says that "my only dad is [[A Father to His Men|Whitebeard]]."
** Also played straight in chapter 576. Whitebeard [[A Father to His Men|considers every member of his crew, past and present, to be his son.]] For the crime of killing another member of Whitebeard's crew, Blackbeard is the only one to ever be disowned.
* Played straight and just a bit literally in ''[[Wandering Son]].'' [[Cool Big Sis]] Yuki is shown to have a tough time with her mother, whose visits are just stressful, and her father, who's more or less told Yuki not to come home, because she's
* Sibling version in ''[[Saki (
* Godchild from ''[[
** After everything is sorted out with the real culprit and Cain has lost another [[Love Interest]], Oscar's line when confronted is the spectacularly unclear "Aargh! That old bastard denied I was his son?"
** Turns out Oscar was pretty-much-disowned for being useless and dissolute and getting kicked out of college repeatedly after his fiancee died. No reconciliation is ever shown, but then apart from coming under suspicion over the Rose Scar thing Oscar is a comic relief character for the rest of the series.
* Gendo Ikari of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Happens in ''[[Girls und Panzer]]'':
** When it becomes obvious to her mother that {{spoiler|Hana}} is not going to follow the family style, she's told by her mother to never darken the family's door again. {{spoiler|They reconcile, with her mother admitting Hana has started a new form.}}
** Also implied in the backstory for {{spoiler|Miho}}, with ''her'' mother stating near the end of the series she's only showing up to formally disown her daughter. {{spoiler|She doesn't, but The Movie shows she doesn't relent, either; Miho is still not welcome at home.}}
* At the end of chapter/episode 4 of ''[[The Girl in the Library: Until The Pure You Falls From Grace]]'' Yukiha's parents disown her when she ends up pregnant with Masami's child and ends up in porn. This is a rare justified example because Yukiha becomes just as evil as Masami.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The [[Marvel Comics]] character Cable once had an evil clone named Stryfe. This evil clone captured Cable's wife Aliya and raped her, leading to her having a son that, while genetically the same as if it had been Cable's, was ''not'' his son. Cable had a
▲* The [[Marvel Comics]] character Cable once had an evil clone named Stryfe. This evil clone captured Cable's wife Aliya and raped her, leading to her having a son that, while genetically the same as if it had been Cable's, was ''not'' his son. Cable had a '''lot''' of issues with the boy; it got so bad that '''Professor X''' (who was halfway into his [[Manipulative Bastard]] turn then) called Cable on it when Cable referred to him as "Aliya's son" at one point.
* In ''X-Statix'', Vivisector's father insists that the fact that Myles is his son is "a matter of opinion". Why? Simple - Vivisector is a gay mutant. Joining the X-Force was evidently the last straw, because by becoming a celebrity daddy couldn't pretend he didn't exist anymore.
** Supporting character Lacuna ''actively tries'' to get this reaction from her parents after discovering she's a mutant. When they accept her mutation with open arms, she tries to join the X-Force... and they're supportive of that, as well. Finally, she becomes a talk show host, squandering her incredible gift by chatting up celebrities. All she ever wanted was for her parents to be disappointed in her. Because how else do you know you're doing the right thing?
* In ''Magneto Rex'', Quicksilver is captured by a rival faction and Rogue asks Magneto to organize a rescue. Magneto flatly tells her that since Pietro keeps refusing to join him in ruling by his side, [http://s835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/KiplingKat/?action=view
* Renee Montoya's parents disowned her when Two-Face outed her as a lesbian and she admitted it to them in the ''[[Gotham Central]]'' arc "Half A Life."
* In the initial "Moon Knight" series, Marc Spector (Moon Knight) has this in his background. It happened after he one-punched his father, which should count as some sort of justification.
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** Made worse when Tony's inner monologue includes the thought "I'd heard it before." Yes. Even ''hell'' couldn't conjure up a father more emotionally cruel than Tony's actual father. And Tony ''still'' [[Tear Jerker|couldn't bring himself]] to attack his own father. {{spoiler|Until "Howard" [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|tells Tony]] [[Berserk Button|that he was a disappointment to his mother as well]].}}
* In ''[http://percyjacksonfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Nine_Months Nine Months]'', {{spoiler|April's father disowns her after he finds out that she's [[Teen Pregnancy|pregnant]]}}.▼
▲== Fan Fiction ==
* Brilliantly subverted in
▲* In [http://percyjacksonfanfiction.wikia.com/wiki/Nine_Months Nine Months], {{spoiler|April's father disowns her after he finds out that she's [[Teen Pregnancy|pregnant]]}}.
* Endrin practically says he's given up on Trian and Bhelen in ''[[
▲* Brilliantly subverted in an Evangelion fanfic where {{spoiler|someone takes advantage of Asuka in a party and she gets pregnant. Upon hearing this, her father immediately comes over from Germany with intentions of taking her back with him and [[Honor Related Abuse|performing an abortion to restore family honor]], entirely without her consent. Her resistance results in the man flipping out and hitting her, causing [[Beware the Nice Ones|Shinji]] (who proposed to her shortly before) to [[Extreme Melee Revenge|go berserk on his ass and almost kill him]]. Sohryu disowns Asuka and proceeds to take the family property for himself... only for Gendo to inform him that not only [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|Asuka and Shinji are under NERV jurisdiction and therefore untouchable]] but she's also the sole inheritor of the entire family fortune, as per her mother's will. [[Hoist By His Own Petard|By disowning her, Sohryu forfeited his beneficiary rights.]] Oops! And that's even ''before'' Gendo threatens Sohryu that with Asuka and Shinji engaged, he considers her family so Sohryu will better back off or [[Knight Templar Parent|face the]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|consequences]].}}
▲* Endrin practically says he's given up on Trian and Bhelen in [[Dragon Age the Crown of Thorns|Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns]], only it's the dwarven noble protagonist that he tells it to, just before {{spoiler|the whole kinslaying happens (or does it?) and he sweeps the second son under the rug while passively watching Bhelen get things going his way.}} It's no wonder {{spoiler|the DN takes matters into his own hands and manipulates ''the entire city-state'', including Endrin, Trian, Bhelen, you name it,}} [[Zero Approval Gambit|the way he does]].
** Later, it is revealed that Endrin played it straight with Bhelen, although the fact he didn't do it publicly allowed the guy to take control of House Aeducan after the king died.
* At the end of ''A Matter of Romantic Chemistry'', the third part of the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fanfic series ''[[Tales of Ranma and Ranko]]'', in the moments after the fathers' long-standing plans to swindle Ranma of his inheritance are revealed and foiled, Genma tries this tactic in an effort to guilt-trip Ranma one last time -- only for Ranma to turn it back on him:
{{quote|"You ingrate of a boy!" Genma yelled. "You're no son of mine!"
"You're right about that," Ranma agreed. "I'm the son of Ichiro Hibiki, a traveling salesman Mom's been having an affair with for almost eighteen years."}}
* As soon as Minako's parents discover she's Sailor Venus in the fanfic ''[[Isekai by Moonlight]]'', they disown her because they believe being associated with a Sailor Senshi is dangerous.
== [[Film]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
* Famously done in the 1980 version of ''[[The Jazz Singer]],'' with that very line delivered by [[Laurence Olivier]] in full-on [[Large Ham]] mode.
** Slightly more underplayed in the 1927 version, with the title card "My son was to stand at my side and sing tonight - but now
* Justified in ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'': As it turns out, the father in this case has a very valid reason to make such a claim.
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** The son, by the way, is glad to learn that there's no genetic connection between him and Daniel.
* In ''[[The Karate Kid]] Part II'', Shozen refuses to help Daniel rescue a girl from a hurricane, and when his uncle Sato helps Daniel instead, Sato declares Shozen dead to him...thus setting up the final climactic battle between Shozen, Daniel, and uncle issues.
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* Happens in any number of [[Bollywood]] films. [[Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham|Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham]] is a good example.
** ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham'' adds a twist since {{spoiler|the disowned son is actually adopted and states that if his father had not specifically said "You're not my son", he may have actually tried to mend bridges sooner.}}
* In ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (
** Also notable because, unlike many other examples of this trope, ''Stoick'' is hurt by his words as badly as Hiccup
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''- In a marvelously hammy yet [[Crowning Moment of Sadness|tragic]] scene, Denethor tells this to Faramir.
* ''[[Lord of War]]'' - An unusual example, in that it happens towards the end and isn't reconciled. The main character's brother is killed after being dragged back into an illicit business for [[Retirony|"One last time,"]] and the main character is arrested. He calls his parents from jail to tell them what happened to him and his brother, to which the mother's only response is "Both my sons are dead."
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* The first murder victim in Catherine Aird's ''The Religious Body'' is a nun in her forties who converted to Catholicism and entered the convent at eighteen-and-a-half. The police have to visit her mother in person to inform her of her daughter's death, because they can't get her to acknowledge that she ''had'' a daughter long enough to get to her via telephone.
* This is the main character aspect of Barty Crouch in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Though in this case it's less "went into a career his father didn't like" and more "{{spoiler|joined a fascist dark wizard cult and helped torture two dark-wizard catchers (who were also parents) into incurable insanity}}".
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**** Tywin refuses to speak with her for a very long time after she makes this observation.
* This was actually the title of an early-1970s-vintage ''[[Doonesbury]]'' paperback; it quoted the punchline of one of the included strips, an exclamation by "Marvelous Mark" Slackmeyer's father.
* This happened to Courtney Thane in ''[[
* In the [[
** The only reason Piotr did not try to disown his son Aral over the matter was because doing so to a confirmed heir to a Countship requires permission from the Emperor or Lord Regent (the former was four, the latter ''was'' Aral). As it stood he threw Aral and Cordelia out of his homes and stripped Aral of his incomes from Vorkosigan district; they did not even begin to reconcile until Miles was five.
*** Although Aral said that if Piotr had petitioned him for permission to disown him, Aral would have granted his request.
* In [[
* Played with in Eoin Colfer's ''Airman''. The villain arranges for the protagonist, Conor, to hear his father declaring "I no longer have a son". Conor believes that his father has disowned him, but his father said it because he believed Conor to be dead.
* The sibling variant occurs in ''[[New Frontier]]'', soon after Captain Calhoun discovers that {{spoiler|his [[Manipulative Bastard]] little brother has contrived to get him into a [[Duel to
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[
* In ''[[Gone
* ''[[Legacy of the Force]]'': after Jacen tortured to death Boba Fett's daughter, Han Solo tells him he is no longer his son. Later, he will state that Dath Caedus is not Jacen Solo, in the "[[That Man Is Dead]]" sense.
* Done twice in ''[[
** Rainflower renames her son Crookedkit and disowns him after he badly breaks his jaw, because she can't see past his disfigured face.
** {{spoiler|When it is revealed to Crowfeather that Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Jayfeather are his (illegitamite) kits, he refuses to believe it, saying in front of the whole Gathering that his only son is Breezepelt.}}
* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''Freckles'', his grandfather's attitude. When he gets a letter telling him that his disobedient son and his wife are dead, leaving an infant grandson, he files the letter away. Nothing is done until he dies and his other son finds the letter.
* Inverted in the ''[[Horus Heresy]]'' novel
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
▲== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' used this line when they riffed on the educational short film "A Date With Your Family". To hear Mike and the bots describe it, all three kids were disowned by the end of the meal.
** Really, they use it all the time, especially in the shorts (one boy got disowned for driving before his license came in).
* Parodied on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' with the "Jew-o-meter". The lowest score is "I have no son!", the highest is "My son, the doctor."
** Another episode had an Even Stevphen segment deteriorating, [[Running Gag|as they so often did]], into a highly emotional revelation about one of the Stevphens' personal lives. The question is whether Elian Gonzalez should be sent back to Cuba to live with his father, and they start out agreeing that he shouldn't, which obviously won't do as the basis for a shouting match. While Stephen's argument is the typical anti-communist one, [[Freudian Slip|it soon becomes clear]] that Steve's "reasoning" is based on his fraught relationship with his own father. Stephen immediately engages him in therapeutic role-playing to "work through these feelings," until Steve breaks down in his arms sobbing, "I love you, Daddy!"
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'''Steve:''' He should go back with his daddy! Elian should be with his daddy!
''[beat]''
'''Stephen:''' What?
'''Steve:''' Elian should be with his daddy!
'''Stephen:''' ''[pushes him away]'' I raise some kind of commie pinko?
'''Steve:''' But... Papa!
'''Stephen:''' You're weak! ''[slaps him]'' Like your mother! Why don't I get you a bra and some panties, and you can dance around, you ''fairy''?
'''Steve:''' Not again! ''[begins to rock back and forth]''
'''Jon:''' Guys...
'''Stephen:''' Not now, Jon, I'm making a breakthrough here! ''[turns back to Steve]'' "Ohhh, my daddy doesn't love me! Ohhh, boo-hoo-hoo!" Well, MY SON IS DEAD! ''[turns brightly to camera]'' I'm Stephen Colbert... ''[pause where Steve would normally say, "I'm Steve Carell"; this time it's filled only with wordless keening]'' ...and this has been Even Stevphen! }}
* An episode of ''[[Head of the Class]]'' had Arvid Engen's father come to teach the class. He's a genius but, even though he makes an effort, he's a lousy teacher. Arvid tells him this, and concludes with, "But I still am your son." To which his father stands up and says, "Son? I have no son!" Arvid is taken aback, and then his father laughs and says, "Sorry, [[I Always Wanted to Say That]]."
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** Happens again in season three when Mike's dad finds out he wants to be a dancer instead of going to medical school.
** Santana's ''grandmother'' pulls an I Have No Granddaughter when {{spoiler|Santana comes out as a lesbian.}}
* The ''[[Star Trek:
* In ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', the father of a Chinese girl with a mysterious brain aneurysm claims to have no daughter when told of her condition, while the mother just looks confused; Wilson assumes that the father has just disowned her, but House deduces that {{spoiler|the girl's biological parents literally attempted to murder her so they could try having a son without being penalized by China's [[Population Control|one child law]]}}.
* Subverted at the end of ''[[Fresno]]''. When Charlotte disowns her son, she says this, but then amends it because she has another son.
* In one episode of ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]'', sleazy newsstand owner Pop berates his younger son for [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|failing to prevent a handful of chocolates from being stolen]]. He then leads away his other son, saying "You are my son. My only son."
** "Pop will have a daughter, as well as sons! ...I mean, a son." *spits on the floor*
* ''[[
** Not so much disowned as on the run.
* Variant used in a [[Narm]] way on ''[[
* Happens to the [[Les Collaborateurs|traitor]] Daniel in ''[[V (TV series)|V]]: The Final Battle''. One of the few cases where the claim is made and the audience accepts it without even blinking.
* Subverted in ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'', when a man initially suspected of being an infamous serial killer testifies to Goren and Eames that his father is actually the one guilty. In fact, the son's life has been made hell, growing up in fear that he's a sadist like Dad. When his father declares, "You're no son of mine!" as he is being dragged away in handcuffs, Eames comments, "That's the nicest thing he could have said to him."
* Atia to Octavia in the second season of ''[[Rome]]'': "I have no son."
* King Henry VIII throws one of these against his sister in ''[[The Tudors]]'' when he learns that she has betrayed him by [[Values Dissonance|marrying without his permission.]]
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** Of course, he forgives them later. (In real life, it was his sister Mary who pulled this stunt, not Margaret.)
* Rickie on ''[[My So-Called Life]]'' comes out to his uncle, his adoptive parent. Said uncle immediately kicks him out of the house. Onto the street. At ''Christmastime''. Then his uncle ''moves away without him''. Bear in mind that this is a 15-year-old kid we're talking about; this is [[Kick the Dog]] at its worst.
* Anybody remember this story from an old TV Western series (or possibly movie)? Setup: A young son is intrigued when a native policeman from an Indian Reservation rides into town looking for some outlaws from that reservation. It turns out that he is actually his half-brother; their mother was abducted by Indians in her youth and lived as part of the tribe for a few years before being rescued and returned to "Western Civilization", in the meantime having given birth to a boy. But to her white husband and later children she pretended that she had been rescued mere days after her abduction. When confronted with the Indian lawman, she tells him that she may have given birth to him, but that he is not her son. Only when he comes close to being killed by the outlaws does she acknowledge and show that she cares for him.{{verify}}<!-- MOD: No information actually useful in identifying what this work is. If this example has not been updated with at least a work name by January 31, 2021, it should be deleted. -->
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' spoofed this by having an playwright express disapproval of his son for pursuing his dream of becoming a coal miner.
* ''[[True Blood]]''. 15-year-old Sam Merlotte's shapeshifting powers manifest, to his adoptive family's horror. Shortly thereafter, he comes home one day to find that the [[Parental Abandonment|entire family has moved away without him]], leaving the house completely empty except for Sam's bedroom, which was left untouched.
* Inverted in ''[[Fringe]]'', where Peter Bishop tells his father Walter, "I am not your son." Subverted because {{spoiler|Peter is from an [[Alternate Universe]], and "Walternate" is his father}}.
* ''[[Married...
* In the ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' episode "And When The Sky was Opened", Harrington, shortly before he is [[Ret
* Duncan
* In Peter Kay's ''[[X Factor]]'' and ''[[Pop Idol]]'' spoof ''[[
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
▲* The ''[[Genesis (Music)|Genesis]]'' song "No Son of Mine".
** Also, band member Mike Rutherford's solo hit "The Living Years".
* Victor Lundberg's [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]]-era spoken-word hit "Open Letter to My Teenage Son" ends with the narrator-father telling his kid, "If you decide to burn your draft card, then burn your birth certificate at the same time; from that moment on, I have no son!"
* Inverted in the [[
* In [[
* The Courtyard Hounds' song "Ain't No Son," which deals with a father disowning his son, directly references this trope.
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''You ain't no son to me
''Eight pound baby boy I bounced on my knee
''No, you ain't no son of mine }}
== Professional Wrestling ==▼
* This is played with quite often in the [[WWE]] dynamic between [[The Undertaker]], [[Kane (Wrestling)|Kane]] and [[Paul Bearer]]. As it turned out, [[Paul Bearer]] was [[Kane (Wrestling)|Kane]]'s biological father, but at various times, he favored either one. At [[Wrestlemania]] XX, he told [[Kane (Wrestling)|Kane]] before introducing an again-reanimated Undertaker, "You're no son of mine!"▼
▲== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
▲* This is played with quite often in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] dynamic between [[The Undertaker]], [[Kane (
==
* The early 20th-century musical ''The Jazz Singer'', (probably better known today
* At the end of ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'', a despondent Henry II makes this remark about all of his sons' collective betrayal.
** Well, in the next line, he acknowledges that he had offspring; what he seems to be saying is "My children aren't real men" rather than "I have no children".
* In ''[[Fiddler
** In the original stories by Sholem Aleichem, Tevye can't ever bring himself to forgive her; in the musical, just at the end, Tevye bends just enough to at least ''acknowledge'' her, and her husband, when the husband makes a valid point:
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* Subverted in ''[[The Music Man]]'' when Harold Hill suggests that the Mayor order a fluglehorn on the grounds that his son would be a virtuoso. The Mayor almost falls for it before realizing (loudly) that he doesn't have a son.
* In ''[[Spring's Awakening]]'' by Frank Wedekind, after Moritz {{spoiler|flunks out of school and commits suicide}} his father says {{spoiler|at Moritz's funeral}} that Moritz was "no son of mine."
** ''Damn that is cold..''
* No literal disowning, but in ''[[La Traviata]]'' Germont utters a phrase like this after Alfredo insults Violetta by throwing money at her. Alfredo immediately repents, and the two are later shown as reconciled.
* Played with in ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'': Cecily tells Jack his brother Ernest is in the dining room, and he replies "I haven't got a brother". Cecily thinks he's disowning his brother, and the other characters on stage think Ernest has just died, but Jack actually means it literally; he [[Invented Individual|lied about having a brother]], and the man in the dining room is his friend Algernon pretending to be Ernest {{spoiler|who is later revealed to actually be his brother.}}
* Because they abandoned him in favour of seeking power over Thebes and only sought him out once he was useful to them, Oedipus curses his sons to kill each other in ''[[Oedipus
* Oddly enough, averted in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'': despite Shylock's anger at his daughter's marriage and conversion to Christianity, he never actually disowns her. Later in the play, he mentions her, saying "I have a daughter..." The Al Pacino film version changed the line to say "I ''had'' a daughter", turning the film into a straight example. As a matter of fact, it's ''Jessica'' who disowns Shylock: "I have a father, you, a daughter lost."
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Tatsuzou Sudou from ''[[Persona 2]]: Eternal Punishment'' went to a LOT of effort to get his son, Tatsuya Sudou, sent to a sanitarium so he could be rid of him and he also worked very hard to eliminate any connection said son had to him. {{spoiler|Justified, as he's a politician and his son became a crazy arsonist, and that would not have been good for his political career, among other things.}}
* A scene like this kicks off the plot of ''[[Metal Max Returns]]''. A more moderate version also kicks off ''[[Metal Saga]].''
* In ''Riven: The Sequel to [[Myst]]'', if you {{spoiler|fail to imprison Gehn before opening the Star Fissure, Atrus will show up only to be surrounded by Gehn and his goon. Atrus will react to his unexpected appearance (you ''were'' supposed to have imprisoned him before signaling Atrus, after all) with "Father..." only for Gehn}} to shout "[Y]ou are no longer my son!" before {{spoiler|having his henchman shoot him}}.
* When [[Tsundere|Jessica]] of ''[[
* In ''[[Guild Wars]]'', Adelbern does this in spirit, if not using the exact words, after the Nolani Academy mission. He wants to continue to defend his kingdom from invasion, while his son wants to evacuate to one across the mountains.
* Inverted in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. Jacob Taylor's loyalty mission is to rescue his father, who went missing ten years ago. It turns out that his ship crashed on an unknown planet. However, after they find out that Ronald Taylor {{spoiler|forced his crew to eat the local food (which causes brain damage) while keeping the good food from the ship for himself long after they repaired the beacon that justified withholding it in the first place, killed the other officers, exiled the male crew, and turned the females into his personal harem}}, Jacob disowns his father.
* Happens in the climax of ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Michael Alan Avariss of ''Gene Catlow'' is this way about his son, Steven over his associations with anthropomorphic animals, or, as Michael puts it, "beasts".
* Parodied in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' in the Oceans Unmoving storyline. Callix sends one of [[The Greys]], aliens with a slim to nil understanding of human social behavior, to talk to his father being held captive in the hold. [[Hilarity Ensues]] as the Grey is clearly incapable of understanding that the proclamations of
* A sibling variant in ''[[
* Played with in [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=157#comic this] ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]''.{{context}}
* Used in ''[[Dan and
* ''[[Dork Tower]]'' [http://www.dorktower.com/2004/08/27/comics-archive-562/ Word for word.]{{context}}
* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', Caspian's father threatens it: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130609084754/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter003/ib015.html If you ever show your face in Turien again, you are not my son.]
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode quoted at the top of the page.
** It is a [[Shout
** Parodied again in, when Agnes Skinner learns that the real Seymour Skinner was imprisoned in Vietnam and the man she has raised as her son is an impostor; her dramatic declaration that she has no son is somewhat undercut by Homer rather acerbically pointing out that she obviously has at least ''one'' son. She responds by saying "No, I have one stranger, and one fraud!"
*** [[Fanon Discontinuity|We're not supposed to talk about that, on pain of torture!]]
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** Parodied in yet another episode when the Squeaky-Voiced Teen working at the Bowling Alley says that he can't even give a lane to his own mother on League night. Lunchlady Doris walks past and says, "I have no son!"
** Played seriously with Homer's long-lost half-brother Herbert, who lets Homer design a car that will make or break his company, assuming Homer knows what [[The Everyman]] wants. Homer botches it, leading Herb to tell him rather venomously, "As far as I'm concerned, I have no brother." They patch things up in a later episode, after which Herb is [[Negative Continuity|never seen again]].
* Referenced in an episode of ''[[Arthur (
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* In ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', Ralph Bighead's decision to become a cartoonist results in his being disowned by his father, and he isn't particularly interested in reconciling. It requires intervention by Rocko and friends to restore the family relationship.
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* ''[[Family Guy]]'' lampshades this by having Peter gradually admit that even if Chris isn't his son, he still has Stewie and Meg.
** Another episode revealed that this happened...to ''[[The Grim Reaper|Death]] himself''
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* During a role-playing exercise on ''[[Drawn Together]]'' where Xandir came out of the closet to his parents (played by Toot and Captain Hero), Toot (his father, for some reason) says "I have no son!", tears her sleeve and recites the Kaddish, reflecting the tendency of this trope to be centered on Jews.
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' when Tai Lung, who was all but a son to Master Shifu, confronts Shifu at the temple with "I'm home, Master." With barely restrained grief, Shifu retorts to his "son" with "This is no longer your home. And I am no longer your master."
** This is definitely an example of the second version of this trope: Tai Lung certainly crossed some lines that justified him being disowned, and his bitterness and vengeance do cause him to reject the offer when Shifu tries to reconcile with him not long afterward. Of course [[Start of Darkness|as seen in flashback]], it was not exactly easy for Shifu to disown him, let alone attack his "son", and the audience may be inclined to dislike him for it anyway because, rather than growing up wrong, Tai Lung was raised wrong.
* ''[[
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' of course has Fire Lord Ozai, who clearly had no regard to his son Zuko. Stating he was "Lucky to be born" and even burning off most of his face when Zuko questioned his logic during a war meeting. Zuko at first tries to get his [["Well Done, Son" Guy|respect]] for most of the series. But in the end realizes he's a [[Jerkass]] and
** [[Complete Monster|Just a Jerk-Ass]]?
* Previously, on ''[[Gargoyles]]'': When Angela tells [[Knight Templar|Demona]] that she is Demona's biological daughter, Demona responds with "I have no daughter!" In this case, though, it's not based on
* Parodied on ''[[South Park]]'' as part of the parents' hysterical, [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]] reaction to the news that the boys have been smoking. Stan tries to bring Randy back to earth, but as soon as he calls him "dad," Randy shouts, "I DON'T HAVE A SON!"
* Darkseid pulls this in ''[[Superman:
** Of course, in the comics he had three sons: Orion, the competent one who he traded away in a peace treaty and who hated him (he killed him as one of the first moves in [[Final Crisis]]); Kalibak, the embarrassing one he let live because he'd loved his mother; and...that one whose name I forget, whose only ambition was to get out of his father's shadow, even though he was basically an inferior copy.
*** It's [
* On the [[Broke Episode]] of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', Lucius tells Beezy "You're no son of mine," after he causes him to lose his fortune.
* Superman on ''[[Young Justice (
** When [[Batman|Bruce]] takes him to a diner to talk to him about it, his response to "the boy needs his father" is "I'm not his father. Can I get that pie to go?" And walking out.
*** This is actually [[That Thing Is Not My Child|another trope]].
* ''[[King of the Hill]]'' [[Played for Laughs|Played This For Laughs]] in one episode between Kahn and [[Gender Blender Name|Kahn Jr.--aka "Connie,"]] his daughter. He said she wouldn't be his "son" anymore if she didn't go through with [[You Go, Girl!]]-style wrestling match against her best friend. (As you can probably tell, he wanted a boy. The wrestling thing was her idea, though.)
* This trope is one of the main reasons Dr. Doofenshmirtz from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' grew up to be a villain. The worst part was he didn't really deserve it. His parents were [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood|so ridiculously negligent]], they were never around for any of his birthdays, ''even the day he was actually born''. He was completely ignored when he failed to jump off a high dive at the city pool (which was considered a rite of passage). Heck, his father even named the family dog "Only Son"!
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== Real Life ==
* [[Josef Stalin]], keeping in character as a [[Complete Monster|sociopathic bastard]], did not have a healthy father-son relationship with his eldest. Besides the incident where he remarked that his son "can't even shoot straight" after his failed suicide, he used the trope ad verbatim when the Germans suggested they exchange his captured son for a German general in Soviet custody. To be fair to the murderous fruitloop, he had just announced that Soviet Russia would ''never'' negotiate prisoner transfers with the Nazis, and it's unlikely that any of the other leaders would or could have acted any differently in his position. It was cold, but not pure spite.
** Another variant on that anecdote tells that Stalin said "A colonel is not worth a general" when the offer came.
** Not perhaps surprising when you learn about the treatment Josef received from his own father while growing up. "Alcoholic, abusive bastard" is frankly being ''charitable''.
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**** Most Jews were in favor of, and participated in, the Civil Rights movement, because many of the same prohibitions were applied to Jews as well. It was just less noticeable because people can't tell if someone is Jewish just by looking at them. Socially, however, Jews were kept from many of the same organizations and subject to strict quotas at universities that would accept them.
* [[Osama Bin Laden]] was disowned by his family for his extremist attitudes. Can you really blame them?
* There are plenty of parents out there who disown (read: [[What the Hell, Hero?|kick out of house and home]]) for [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|being gay]]. This [[Moral Event Horizon|phenomenon]] get the [[Sarcasm Mode|absolute amount of
* Prominent banker Amos Kling and newspaper publisher [[Warren Harding]] were enemies for several years. To Florence Kling, daughter of the banker, this made Harding irresistible. She pursued him until Warren agreed to marry her in 1891. Amos' reaction fits the trope: he disowned his daughter, and refused to speak to either her or his hated son-in-law for the next eight years.
* "I have no Daughter": The late actress/model
* Mevlüt Altıntaş, an off-duty police officer who assassinated Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov in 2016 over protests regarding Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War, was disowned by his relatives who did not claim his body due to his extremist actions, stating "We are ashamed of him because of the murder and we will not claim the body of a traitor."
* Anyone who has done something abhorrent such as [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|rape]], [[Paedo Hunt|especially of a minor]], would certainly be disowned by their family for their actions, such as in the case of Ariel Castro whose relatives have cut ties and [https://nypost.com/2013/05/10/daddy-is-a-monster-ariel-castros-daughter-blasts-fiend-after-women-freed-from-ohio-hell-house/ denounced] him as a [[Complete Monster|"monster"]]. Castro would later die by suicide in prison, to no one's sorrow.
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