"You, are not my brother. You are just a PET... WHO GREW LEGS!"
— Gumball Watterson to his adopted brother Darwin, The Amazing World of Gumball, "The Words" (He immediately regrets this.)
"Mind your place, Tomas. Father may have taken you in, made you one of us. But your blood will never be Lin Kuei."
— Sub-Zero to Smoke, Mortal Kombat 1
Wheatley: (to Chell) Fatty. Adopted fatty. Fatty-fatty. No parents.
GLaDOS: And?
Wheatley: What?
GLaDOS: What exactly, is wrong with being adopted?
Wheatley: W-what's wrong with being adopted? Um, well... Um... Lack of parents?
GLaDOS: (to Chell, later) For the record, you ARE adopted and that's terrible.
GLaDOS: And?
Wheatley: What?
GLaDOS: What exactly, is wrong with being adopted?
Wheatley: W-what's wrong with being adopted? Um, well... Um... Lack of parents?
GLaDOS: (to Chell, later) For the record, you ARE adopted and that's terrible.
— Portal 2
Seto Kaiba: I've placed my faith in the heart of the cards, and without Exodia, you have no chance of overcoming my unstoppable Blue-Eyes White Dragons!
Yami Yugi: Yeah, well at least I'm not adopted.
Kaiba: What did you just say...?
Yami: Sorry, did I touch a nerve? Why don't you run home and cry to Mommy? Oh, that's right: you don't have one!
Yami Yugi: Yeah, well at least I'm not adopted.
Kaiba: What did you just say...?
Yami: Sorry, did I touch a nerve? Why don't you run home and cry to Mommy? Oh, that's right: you don't have one!
— Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, Episode 14
Kaiba: This is it, Yugi! I'm going to defeat you in a children's card game once and for all! And when I do, it'll prove that I'm not only a superior duelist; I'm also the star of this movie!
Yami: The only movie you're starring in is the one where you lose, directed by M. Night Shyamalan! And the plot twist is: you're adopted!
Yami: The only movie you're starring in is the one where you lose, directed by M. Night Shyamalan! And the plot twist is: you're adopted!
Kaiba: Give it up, Wheeler! This duel is as good as over! You're just as worthless as ever!
Joey Wheeler: Yeah? Well, say what you want about me, Kaiba, but at least I'm not—
Kaiba: If you're about to make a comment about my being adopted, save it! I'd rather have no parents than live a single day in your shoes, Wheeler! You're a joke! Your father was a drunk, and your mother was smart enough to walk out on your ass when you were too young to start poisoning the world with your stupidity! But by all means, call me adopted. Go on. Do it.
Joey: (flatly) I was gonna call you a dork...
Kaiba: Well, that was about as scathing as a YouTube comment.
Joey Wheeler: Yeah? Well, say what you want about me, Kaiba, but at least I'm not—
Kaiba: If you're about to make a comment about my being adopted, save it! I'd rather have no parents than live a single day in your shoes, Wheeler! You're a joke! Your father was a drunk, and your mother was smart enough to walk out on your ass when you were too young to start poisoning the world with your stupidity! But by all means, call me adopted. Go on. Do it.
Joey: (flatly) I was gonna call you a dork...
Kaiba: Well, that was about as scathing as a YouTube comment.
— Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, Episode 60
"You know the difference between you and me, cousin? I know things. You know, my father says they never let you leave this planet. They don't want anybody to know about you because you're not one of us. You're not even a real Organa."
— Niano Organa, Obi-Wan Kenobi, "Part I"