Someone brings up a potential topic about someone close to them. Another one asks what happened to them, and the former frowns, saying "They're dead". Cue awkward silence. This isn't when a main character's parents are dead. Someone has to say some variation of "My Parents Are Dead". Thus, it is a common subtrope of Parental Abandonment. It might not stop certain characters from cracking a Your Mom joke anyway, despite (or maybe especially because of) having this knowledge. On the flip side, the target of such a joke may very well use this as a rebuttal, regardless of whether or not it's true.
Fan Casting
Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Donna Keppel (Prom Night 2008)
Harry Potter
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Ema Skye
Olivia Flaversham
Rob (The Amazing World of Gumball)
Kurt Hummel
Sam Winchester
Dean Winchester
Tarzan
The Beast
Mowgli
Simba
Bambi
Snow White
Cinderella
Supergirl (Arrowverse)
Hiro Hamada
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