Action Survivor: Only in the prologue when he's still just an average single father celebrating his birthday with his daughter until the outbreak begins and he has to evade all opposition from the early infected.Action Dad: Was the father to a young girl named Sarah, who passed away 20 years ago when the apocalypse started, and by the end of the game becomes a surrogate father figure to Ellie.He even implies it was before he could go to college, so Teen Pregnancy was most likely involved. Absurdly Youthful Father: Joel eventually explains to Ellie that he was very young when he had Sarah.