Single parents

The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and other Hanna-Barbera cartoons show married couples raising their kids together. However, there are also Hanna-Barbera cartoons with single parents. These are characters whose spouses never appear onscreen, or if they do, their appearances are brief. These single parents include:
Spike. He was a bulldog with a son, Tyke. They appeared in their own cartoons, and many Tom and Jerry cartoons, both theatrical and made for TV.
Doggie Daddy was the father of Augie Doggie.
Dr. Benton Quest. In the Jonny Quest episode "The Mystery of the Lizard Men", it was confirmed that he was a widower. When Mr. Corvin and his partner were en route to meet with Benton about the mysterious disappearances of ships in the Sargasso Sea, he mentioned that Race Bannon had been Jonny's tutor ever since Jonny lost his mother. Later, in the TV movie Jonny's Golden Quest, it was revealed that Rachel Quest was killed by Dr. Zin.
Professor Conroy. He and Buzz Conroy worked together to build Frankenstein Jr., and to track down villains.
Birdboy's father on Birdman. He and Birdboy came upon the Barracuda's island, and was lost during an attack on their boat. Birdboy never gave up looking for him.
King Gramor of Gravitas on Galaxy Trio. It turned out that Gravity Girl was his daughter, and she was in fact a royal princess.
Chief Pondo from The Mighty Mightor was the single father of Sheera and Little Rok.
Professor Carter. He and his kids, Mike Carter and Jill Carter, used the Micro Reducer in Micro Ventures, but viewers never saw Mrs. Carter.
Professor Irwin Hayden. He was Leslie's father in Danger Island.
Thomas Gulliver, the father of Gary Gulliver. He was lost when their ship ran aground, and he, Gary, Tag, and Captain Leech were all swept overboard during a storm.
King Pomp, also from The Adventures of Gulliver, was Flirtacia's father, even though she wore peasant's clothes instead of royal garb.
Mrs. Thomas on Sealab 2020. She was the schoolteacher at Sealab, and the mother of Ed, one of the divers.
Charlie Chan, on The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, was the father of ten children, who helped him with his cases.
Charlotte A. Cavatica became a single mom, even though she didn't live long enough to see her eggs hatch. The goose from Charlotte's Web was also a single mom.
Mrs. Anders was the mother of Corry Anders in Jeannie but Mr. Anders never appeared.
Shirley Partridge on Partridge Family 2200 A.D., a widowed mother, recorded and performed with her kids just as she had in the live-action show. 
Martha Day of These Are the Dayswas a widowed mother with three children.
Queen Hippolyta was seen in the Challenge of the Superfriends episode "Secret Origins Of The Superfriends." By the law of Paradise Island, Amazons could not bear their daughters biologically, so she molded a daughter out of clay, had Aphrodite bring her to life, and named her Diana. Diana, of course, grew up to become Wonder Woman.
The father of Jana of the Jungle was only seen in the show's opening sequence, and he, too, was a single parent.
Dr. Kashmir Voltrang on Godzilla had a daughter who handed his affairs on the mainland. Viewers never saw her, let alone his wife, but they did see the daughter's many clones in the Godzilla episode "Calico Clones."
Ruby Doo is the single mom of Scrappy-Doo. Her husband, if any, didn't even visit her in the hospital.
Papa Smurf could be considered a single parent, even though all the male Smurfs were delivered by the stork. Gargamel's mother also seemed to be single, since Gargamel's father never appeared. Another single father was the Captain of the Wartmongers, who disguised himself as the Scarlet Croaker after his son told him the Smurfs had saved him.
In Trollkins, both Mayor Lumpkin and Sheriff Trollsom are presumably single dads, since their wives are never seen.
The Pink Panther became a single dad in Pink Panther qnd Sons.
Darkseid, the main villain of Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Team and Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, had his son, Kalibak, helping him in his schemes. Kalibak's mother is unknown.
John Cavanaugh/Prince Cavin unknowingly raised his daughter, Princess Sara, when Wildfire left her on his doorstep after the death of Queen Sarana.
In Droopy, Master Detective, Droopy was now the single dad of his son, Dripple.
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