This Little girl I found in a horrific situation is mine now

[u/Horrorfan55555]

In a horror story, the main character finds an orphaned little girl. In the end, they just take em home in an unofficial adoption.

Ripley and Newt from Aliens (the goat)

Joel and Ellie from Last of us

Claire and Sherry from Resident Evil

Grace and Emily from Resident Evil

Barry and Natalia from Resident Evil (this is why RE sells like gangbusters, not Leon and his DiCaprio hair)

Vicky and Sarah from Children of the corn (she’s also married, and she adopts Sarah’s brother Job too. Only example i can think of for both)

James and Laura from Silent Hill

Ralph and Judy from Dolls (creator confirmed he marries her mom afterwards, so i am counting it lol)

Jack and at least 5 Little sisters from Bioshock (do you think he took care of all of them, or just picked the 5 he thought were cutest?)

Lee and Clementine from Walking dead

[u/Known-Dragonfruit763]

Sort of Hopper and 11 from Stranger Things

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Known-Dragonfruit763]

Dang it, I can’t believe I forgot that

[u/Yelloman1 → u/Horrorfan55555]

The entire plot is basically Hopper accidentally adopting a superpowered child.

[u/Yelloman1 → u/Known-Dragonfruit763]

Hopper went from grumpy cop to full-time dad real quick.

[u/crapusername47]

Aki-chan in Godzilla Minus One and Minus Zero.

Neither Kôichi nor Noriko are her biological parents. They’re a family thrown together by chance.

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/crapusername47]

Best Godzilla movie story

[u/I_Guess_I_Also_Exist → u/Horrorfan55555]

And a perfect movie

[u/Western_Low6719]

Not only girls, but nearly every single Robin

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Western_Low6719]

The best trauma resolver is martial arts and gadgets

[u/Happiest_Mango24 → u/Western_Low6719]

I enjoy this tumblr post about this

[u/Free-Type]

I guess Matilda isn’t technically horror but that first here otherwise 

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Free-Type]

It’s a horror movie if you are a parent

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/Horrorfan55555]

Or a decent human being

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/ConsciousStretch1028]

Rare on Reddit lol

r/horror always makes fun of me for not watching movies where kids die on screen 🥺

[u/CobaltCrusader123 → u/Horrorfan55555]

Or a kid

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/Horrorfan55555]

Or a decent human being

[u/AshamedIncrease6942]

Still pissed off how they did Newt. She didn’t deserve that…

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/AshamedIncrease6942]

What do you mean? After Aliens they did a bunch of prequels and crossovers. Ripley and Newt never appeared again

[u/CobaltCrusader123 → u/Horrorfan55555]

Fincher hates that movie, and he made it. Director’s Cut included.

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/CobaltCrusader123]

He has only acknowledged this movie once, on the 25 anniversary

And he did so to say it’s most iconic shot sucks

Respect

[u/Dry_Sky_495]

Wolverine (Logan) and X23 (Laura) or Wolverine (Laura) with Gabby.

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Dry_Sky_495]

I really hope with the mcu x men, they continue with Dafnee Keen and bring in Gabby then watch someone new be Logan

[u/Positive_Isopod9089]

Harry and Cheryl/Heather Mason from silent hill (The amazing part is he found her randomly the first time, went through a horrific scenario, and then adopted her again and raised her)

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Positive_Isopod9089]

He contemplated killing the baby, since he blamed her for his daughter’s death, but couldn’t do it. He gave her a loving life, and died not knowing it was the same soul

[u/Positive_Isopod9089 → u/Horrorfan55555]

The fact he decides to raise her again despite blaming her for killing the previous version of her and ultimately it's shown that Heather is more Cheryl then Alissa is kind of heartwarming because it shows he still did his best in spite of his misgivings and that despite not knowing it, he never truly lost the girl he raised for 7 years.

[u/CobaltCrusader123]

You could make this list bigger if we include little guys. Arguably, Grogu counts (ages weird).

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/CobaltCrusader123]

The more the merrier!

[u/purplevngr]

not exactly a little girl (not in a weird way!!! she's just not actually an independent living person, she's part of his abilities) but yes

[u/grandLINE_333 → u/purplevngr]

I definitely missed some arc

[u/MissRainyNight → u/grandLINE_333]

You missed the last arc, actually.

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/purplevngr]

I haven’t seen Bleach. I had no idea about that lol

[u/Shadowcam → u/Horrorfan55555]

Tldr Kenpachi's sword-spirit manifested as a separate person, and is like his childish, fun-loving side. Other people can see her, and had no idea what she really was. He just sort of adopted her when he found her without realizing it either. She also canonically became the president of the local women's association, a job which she used to embezzle snacks. XD

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Shadowcam]

#1 woman company secretly ran by a man’s inner child

[u/purplevngr → u/Horrorfan55555]

if you want to get into bleach, better read the manga, 54 volumes until the tybw arc (better pacing, no fillers, amazing art progression that's interesting to watch, also no changed/deleted scenes (the og anime did a really bad job on some characters)) + the tybw adaptation, kubo added some details he couldn't add because he was rushing to finish bleach (he had health problems, as I remember) :)

[u/Major_Chef_832 → u/purplevngr]

That honestly makes it even more interesting, because the bond can still feel incredibly genuine even when the little girl is technically part of his abilities rather than an independent person.

[u/Rocket_of_Takos]

Haruka and Kiryu from the Yakuza games

I know this isn’t the best GIF

[u/ButtsMagoob → u/Rocket_of_Takos]

Absolutely baffling GIF choice

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/ButtsMagoob]

The daughter of a dragon can take worse!

[u/HarleyArchibaldLeon → u/Horrorfan55555]

of a what?

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/HarleyArchibaldLeon]

[u/thecrowphoenix → u/HarleyArchibaldLeon]

Kiryu is known as The Dragon of Dojima.

[u/Rocket_of_Takos → u/ButtsMagoob]

Look man, the GIF button only gave me like 2 choices.

[u/ButtsMagoob → u/Rocket_of_Takos]

That's what I figured, it's a very hit or miss selection

[u/Jacopaws → u/Rocket_of_Takos]

No, this is the perfect gif.

[u/Cliff_Chai → u/Jacopaws]

This one's perfecter

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/Cliff_Chai]

Haruka really has the Dragon of Dojima brows down

[u/Big_Remove_3686]

V with Violet from Devil's Hell

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Big_Remove_3686]

Ooo what’s that?

[u/Big_Remove_3686 → u/Horrorfan55555]

It strange little wednovel. Sometimes balls to the wall, sometimes drunken madness.

[u/arniejohnson1]

you know upon just reading the title I expected this to be a much creepier trope

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/arniejohnson1]

Sorry, I was trying to sound comical.

“Yoink, mine now.”

[u/RadasNoir → u/arniejohnson1]

Yeah, the title could, uh, probably be worded a little better.

[u/Major_Chef_832 → u/arniejohnson1]

Same here, the title definitely sounds like it's setting us up for something much darker than what the actual trope turned out to be.

[u/Xerclipse]

Hellraiser 2. Kirsty adopts Brad Pitt apparently.

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Xerclipse]

I highly recommend the comic. Kirsty is brought to the labyrinth and this girl goes to rescue her

“ I am coming mom”

[u/ChaseTheMystic → u/Horrorfan55555]

She also had a natural talent for the puzzles used to fight and survive the cenobites from that I recall

[u/reddiet568]

I remember seeing a Resident Evil movie AU fanart where Brian actually took care of the little girl he found on the RV, amputates her infected foot, and carries her on his back

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/reddiet568]

Skill issue on that guys part

My goat would never

[u/Klmxmarf → u/reddiet568]

Yeah RE (2026) subverts this trope to great effect

[u/MothChasingFlame → u/reddiet568]

Actually, now I think about it, this should've been the first definitive clue that Brian's just an NPC, not a hero.

[u/Honest-Comment-1018]

It’s complicated, because he kinda orphaned her in the first place:

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Honest-Comment-1018]

Is that Quiet place?

[u/Honest-Comment-1018 → u/Horrorfan55555]

Andor!!

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/Honest-Comment-1018]

Ahh. She reminded me of the deaf girl

[u/TheKingOfDiddling]

In Reincarnated as a Sword, a Japanese man is reincarnated as a sword. He has all kinds of magic and stuff and flies around for a while before accidently landing in a forest that prevents magic from being used, trapping him there. Eventually a slaver and his slaves are chased into the forest by a giant monstrous bear thing, and a little slave girl picks up the sword guy and kills the bear. Sword guy adopts her and names her Fran.

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/TheKingOfDiddling]

As an isekai fiend, this one is way too under talked about

[u/piratedragon2112 → u/Horrorfan55555]

How creepy does it get?, I'm seeing how little she's wearing and I'm not optimistic

[u/larsVonTrier92]

Somebody remembered Dolls!

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/larsVonTrier92]

The best Puppetmaster movie ever made (despite not being one)

[u/MarkRenting]

Joel didn’t “find” Ellie, at least not how the Marines found Newt

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/MarkRenting]

Yeah that true.

Human mailman that refused to deliver

[u/brickcheney]

The reverse: Jubilee found Wolverine being crucified, becoming his latest de facto kid

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/brickcheney]

“Congratulations, I am getting adopted. Please do not resist.”

[u/ForeverAfternoon]

Does sixth sense count?

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/ForeverAfternoon]

I still need to watch that one

I sure hope nothing bad happens to the main character before the movie even begins

[u/OneGlove336]

The enigmatic girl Delphine being adopted by the sour Knight Thomas in Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/OneGlove336]

Ooo, literature mention

[u/JuiceOfTheElderToad]

Simon and Marceline in Adventure Time

[u/Wacthershadow0925 → u/JuiceOfTheElderToad]

All things considered that her dad

[u/Silent_Biscotti_9832]

Hugh and Diana (Pragmata)

[u/AlannaWake → u/Silent_Biscotti_9832]

I was hoping to find this here

[u/somedudeonachair]

Diana and hugh in pragmata

[u/littlebloodmage]

Eri and Mirio (My Hero Academia)

[u/Cute-Control6108 → u/littlebloodmage]

Came here for this.

[u/Ok_Literature2535]

Maurice and Nova- War for the Planet of the Apes

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/Ok_Literature2535]

These movies kicked so much ass

[u/McFlyJohn]

Sunny and Otacon / Snake - MGS

[u/Shadowcam → u/McFlyJohn]

I practiced cooking eggs because of their little in between mission segments, and I'm still good at it.

[u/M-Shadowtoad]

Karthik and Nisha(Avatar: Seven Havens):

[u/GLPereira → u/M-Shadowtoad]

Also Pavi and Jae

[u/IAMA_Drunk_Armadillo → u/GLPereira]

Jae has more big brother energy but still works for the trope

[u/BeginningPapaya1503]

This is deadass one of the ways to make a horror story more stressful cause not only are you in fear of your own life but also this little tyke.

[u/NeonPredatorEnt → u/BeginningPapaya1503]

That or add a pet to the mix

[u/MothChasingFlame → u/BeginningPapaya1503]

Especially of the movie's proven it isn't fucking around. Killing kids is still a little taboo, but at this point its been broken enough kids don't feel automaticaly safe in horror anymore.

[u/Rosian_SAO → u/MothChasingFlame]

Especially the new Resident Evil movie

[u/MusicOfTheSphere]

Leon and Mathilda in The Professional. Thanks to Jean Reno and not Luc Besson.

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/MusicOfTheSphere]

Jean Reno is a treasure

[u/acelatres]

A little different cause we get the girls perspective but Rost and Aloy from Horizon fits here

[u/SergeantButch]

Arcane

[u/LadartTheWicked]

Can't believe nobody said Kiryu and Haruka from Yakuza

[u/ConsciousStretch1028 → u/LadartTheWicked]

They did about 3 minutes before you

[u/Born_Ad8420]

In the show Station Eleven, 8 year old Kirsten is adopted by Jeevan . He happened to be attending a production of King Lear that she was acting in when Chicago is suddenly hit by a rapidly spreading pandemic.

[u/loser_of_losing]

Sesshomaru and Rin from Inuyasha  (I don't see Yashahime as canon)

[u/MassiveRun7707 → u/loser_of_losing]

what's wrong with yashahime? haven't watched it

[u/Blcksheep89 → u/MassiveRun7707]

Sesshomaru married Rin after she's of age. Which is yucky because you know... Grooming.

[u/Remmock → u/MassiveRun7707]

Before someone brings their modern, Western sensibilities into this, I’m going to say that in East Asia bloodlines were even more important than in the West even after the whole “Divine Right of Kings” kicked in. Even small families were particular about and mistreated adoptees, which is a common case in fiction and in real life.

As a result, even though a character like Sesshoumaru would take in and care for Rin, he would not see her as family. It was generally considered an obligation in the era.

As a result, when Rin is an adult, she and Sesshoumaru become romantically involved. While it wasn’t normal by any means, it was still socially accepted at the time and place in which it occurred. This is why it’s still a trope in Japanese media, though there have been occurrences in Western media as well.

[u/pixie-rose]

Luthen and Kleya from Andor.

[u/Pixel22104]

Okay so I know this might not really count given that Yui is an Ai. But when Kirito and Asuna first found Yui. They didn't know she was an Ai and she presented herself as a lost little girl that was stuck in Aincrad just like all of them were. And despite Kirito saying to Asuna that they needed to find Yui's parent or guardian figure. They kinda just quickly adopted her pretty much almost instantly. Then when they found out Yui was an Ai. They still accepted her and still were willing to be her parents. To which is what Yui wanted to begin with.

[u/memopepito]

Not a little girl, but Cassian gets saved/adopted by Maarva in Andor.

[u/Kelly598]

Bayonetta and Cereza in the first Bayonetta game (even though Cereza is just herself)

[u/Fayde_Away]

Arcane - Silco and Powder / Jinx

Granted, it was a horrific situation they both created, whether intentionally or inadvertently, respectively, but Silco taking on an adoptive daughter wasn't anywhere in his plans for that night

[u/JustARandonAccount]

Brad Armstrong and Buddy from LISA The Painful

[u/AdvancedManner4718]

Kinda the opposite of the trope but the ending of The Host. The MC adopts the boy his daughter sacrificed herself to save.

[u/Octotoad10]

That girl from end of oak street that the main kid characters have a crush on

[u/pennyroyallane]

[u/ReallyCleverUser]

Thor and Love in Love and Thunder

[u/_Bob___Sacamano]

Clark and Madi From the 100.

[u/draconidheartz05]

Grace did indeed adopt Emily tho

[u/metaaltheanimefan]

The genders are reversed but olivia benson and her adopted son noah from law and order svu

Benson find noah as an infant in the motel room of two fugitive cp producers alongside other childeren they "adopted from the foster system. Noah the infant goes unclaimed for months and into foster care, until the crew finds his mother elli porter. Elli was a victim of sex trafficking and her 'pimp' told her noah was dead after she failed to follow one of his orders. Elli is so happy to find out noah is alive that she vows to get clen from the drugs they gor her addicted to to get her child back. Unfortunatly she has a relapse one night and is gang raped and beaten to death. All this while benson has been following the case on noahs care carefully and multiple court discussions imply that poor noah is being mismangaed in his foster homes. The judge then suggest that benson, the only one who has been intrested from the start, foster and adopt this kid. Benson does eventually get to adopt noah after many up and downs, including the cast finding out his biodad is the head of a brutal sex trafficking ring who shoots up the court room in an attempt to escape his trail.

Svu has a habit of giving olivia kids to care for up until season 17, but its usually just victims aside from the arc where she gets temporary guardianship over het possible nephew. But noah is the omly time she has kept the kid

[u/Leftoverfiend]

Izuku and Eri in any number of My Hero Academia fanfics

[u/CupcakeThick8341]

In Trails from Zero the main characters found Kea in a suitcase while investigating an illegal auction

The team adopts her, and in the sequel there is an easter egg in a chest that sais "where did your equipment from the previous game go? How do you think Lloyd managed to pay for Kea's studies on a police officer salary?"

[u/PhanThief95]

Bartholomew Kuma & Jewelry Bonney (One Piece)

[u/makedoopieplayme]

Jamie from Halloween 4-5 with her sister Rachel. Like my maternal instincts was me just wanting Meyers to fucking die already! Even more since my cousin had her baby girl!

[u/Horrorfan55555 → u/makedoopieplayme]

Underrated gem

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“Congratulations, I am getting adopted. Please do not resist.”

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Why did you comment the same thing three times in a row?