Fan Casting Disappeared Dad in Sort by Tropes

Perhaps he's dead, or maybe he was murdered. Perhaps he's run out on them and there's bitterness involved. Perhaps he's off fighting evil. Or maybe it's psychological absence — he's physically there, but is completely negligent in his fatherly duties. Regardless of what happened — and regardless of whether or not the viewers find out what happened — Mom seems to have raised her children on her own, or with the help of a father substitute.