single fatherhood theme

A man raises a child alone because the mother has passed away or is absent for some other reason.

Examples

Worf having to raise Alexander as a single father was featured in tng5x10 "New Ground".

36 total · 17 major · 19 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
blackmirror5x03 major A father cared for two teenage sisters, Rachel and Jack, after the passing of their mother.
futurama7x01 major Bender was left by Bev to raise their son as a single father.
movie: Critters 3 (1991) major Clifford was bummed out from two years of raising his kids without their mother who had passed on.
movie: Endangered Species (1982) major Reuben was a single father to Mackenzie, and they discussed how she had grown up without a mother.
movie: Gamera the Brave (2006) major Small izakaya owner Kousuke was raising Toru as a single parent. It was revealed that Kousuke's wife, who was also Toru's mother, had perished in an automobile accident.
movie: Gargantua (1998) major Jack had been raising his young son Brandon as a single father since his wife had passed away a year prior.
movie: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) major Dr. Yuhara was balancing his scientific research with raising his young daughter Sara as a single father. He also tried to help Sara get over the passing of her mother.
movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) major Steven was pointedly raising his 13-year-old daughter Jessie as a single father.
movie: Not Quite Human (1987) major We saw Dr. Carson raising a teenage daughter and a very literally minded android as a single father.
movie: Spaced Invaders (1990) major Sheriff Sam Hoxly was raising his young daughter Cathy as a single father.