| abstract | - The super-powered hero is raised by normal human foster parents, sometimes unaware of his true heritage until his abilities manifest. This can be used as an open plot device for a Luke, I Am Your Father later in the series. Though they might not get combat training or magic instruction while hidden, they usually find out Upbringing Makes the Hero. This is a frequent trope in mythology. If the foster parents are not called the child's mother and father, they are frequently their aunt and/or uncle. This is a throwback to older times, where children whose parents died were often adopted by the parent's brother. Don't expect them to live too long once they've served their purpose, and their "son" might not be terribly grief struck either. On other hand, if they are still around into the hero's adulthood and you are stupid enough to threaten them, you've just hit his Berserk Button. See Tell Me About My Father, can be Happily Adopted. Contrast Raised by Orcs, Turn Out Like His Father. See also Changeling Fantasy and Raised by Natives. Examples of Muggle Foster Parents include:
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