The Abandoned and Fiction
So, now that Mystic Marginalia is available for backers of Hunter's Journal and Slayer's Survival Kit, I'm going to go ahead and make a list of some fictional characters that fit the Abandoned playbook, organizing it by type of Abandonment
Sole Survivor
The sole survivor is a character who was the only person to survive in the wake of a monster attack or other incident, usually supernatural in some way for this game.
Rebecca "Newt" Jordan is the main example of this type of abandonment as she is the only person to still be both alive and uninfected by the time the marines arrive to investigate why the colony stopped communicating with people. Mostly at Night and Get away from them are directly inspired by her.
Sasuke Uchiha similarly makes the fact he survived the slaughter of the Uchiha clan the major focus of his personality for pretty much the entire series. You could definitely say that he has the trust issues movies and frequently makes decisions that result in a worse life for him overall so that he can pursue his obsession of facing his brother.
Urchin
The urchin is an Abandoned who has grown up on the streets with no one or next to no one to take care of them. They are often outwardly cheerful, but may instead present a tough exterior.
Hanna from the isometric stealth game Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream is a child of unknown parents who has grown up as a thief on the streets with her brother. She was at one point part of a small band of other orphans organized by a woman named Alva who seems to have been a doctor at some point. Small, skilled with a blowgun, and clever, she knows all the ins and outs of her city.
As a note, the blowgun might have been included as a weapon option if I had played this game before writing the playbook so:
Blowgun (0-harm close quiet reload sleep)
From an 80s TV show about a homeless kid and her dog who are squatting in an unused room in a rental property. She gets discovered by the building owner who decides to become her legal guardian. Punky is a friendly, free-spirit who keeps a happy face to fight against the struggles she's had as a homeless orphan. Note, there was later a spin off starring the same actor as an adult in which Punky adopted a child herself. The Glass is Half-Full isn't a line I remember her using, but the move is inspired by characters like Punky.
Lost in the System
An Abandoned who has been "Lost in the System" is one who is ostensibly being taken care of by a system in place. For children this is often orphanages, juvenile corrections, and foster care, while for adults it could be things like mental institutions or perhaps prisons. Regardless, the system that claims to be there to protect them has caused them nothing but trouble and harm.
One of several kids in a group home for orphaned girls, Annie keeps up a bright-eyed friendly and tough persona as a way to protect the other girls in her house while their foster parent forces them to do endless work and collects the money for taking care of them. There's always tomorrow is directly inspired by a song from the musical production of this story.
While we generally only ever hear about that part of Jesse's life second hand from off-hand dialogue or files she finds in the course of the game, a younger version of her definitely matches the Lost in the System style of Abandonment. (she also honestly could fit Stolen Away and Sole Survivor as well) From the point her hometown was destroyed on until she was no longer a minor, Jesse bounced between mental institutions and foster homes.
Exploited Heir
An exploited heir is someone who has inherited something of great value. This could be power, a bloodline, titles, or the classic heaps of money. They have a legal guardian who has ill-intentions towards them, planning to manipulate and use them for the guardian's own purposes.
Yagami Hayate was introduced as a pleasant young girl in a wheelchair being cared for by a group of four people. It would eventually come out that Hayate was being manipulated and used for her vast magical powers in order to fuel a corrupted magic book. While the four people taking care of her were genuine, they were also magical constructs, free-willed by subject to dispersal in a way that the villain used to bring Hayate to despair and trigger her magic to go into overdrive. Likewise, he exploited her youthful poor health (which was due to being linked to the book...note the adult version is standing) to manipulate the magic beings into committing various crimes to prepare the ultimate plan. Somewhere out there wasn't directly inspired by her, but her desire for connection is certainly used against her in keeping with that move.
Any one of the Baudelaire Orphans from a Series of Unfortunate Events also fits this trope very well. As their parents seem to have been murdered by Count Orloff who has now weaseled his way into being their guardian in order to get his hands on the vast Baudelaire fortune. They also end up very good at spotting when something is off about one of their foster parents.
Neglected
The Neglected Abandoned has a family. Or at least they live in close proximity to people that most would assume is their family, usually because of a blood relationship, but who don't act like their family at all. They've had to take care of themselves because the people that are supposed to be there for them either don't care or just are always distracted by other things.
A brilliant young girl whose parents barely seemed to acknowledge that she existed, Matilda is the poster case for this Abandonment. Even before she developed telekinetic powers, Matilda was taking care of herself and learning how to do all the adult things a young child should never have to worry about.
Two pictures because the line is said while her back is turned. Mira is definitely an example of someone who inspired this style Abandonment. So much so that one of her lines is used as the characteristic quote for the whole playbook. Honestly, the whole KPDH group feels like they grab from the Abandoned move set.
Stolen Away
When the Abandoned was Stolen Away, they were taken from the family and home they were meant to have and brought into world full of wonder and danger. They have grown up in ways that may be seen as feral or even alien and have difficulty fitting in "normal" people.
Peter Pan is the main inspiration for this style of Abandonment. Carried away by fairies as a child, Peter dwelled in an island where magic was the norm and he never aged. Mercurial and uncomprehending of human culture, Peter eventually chooses Neverland over returning to the world. Come and Get Me was directly inspired by cases with Peter Pan fighting Captain Hook by luring him out into places where his flight gave him clear advantage and even the environment was dangerous for hook.
Peter Quill, aka Star Lord, was taken away by space pirates rather than fairies, but he nevertheless hits a lot of the same notes as Peter Pan. Raised outside of what Earth humans in the United States consider normal society, he is a chaotic and impulsive trickster of an adventurer that was definitely Stolen Away.
Castaway
The Castaway is an Abandoned who found themselves stranded far away from other people. This is usually due to an accident or natural disaster. They have had to survive in the wild against dangerous hazards or even monsters.
Chuck Noland, Tom Hanks character in Castaway, had the misfortune to be on a plane when it crashed over the ocean. He made it to an uninhabited island and struggled to learn how to survive for almost five years before managing to create a raft and setting out onto the ocean to try and make it back home. He is the direct inspiration for this style of Abandonment.
I have not seen the show, but practically any of the characters from the Yellowjackets could fit the idea of someone that found themselves stranded in the wilderness far from any help. In this case you can also add in the Lord of Flies style escapades that apparently occur over the course of the show. The adult versions of the girls are all definitely marked by it for the rest of their lives.
