diff --git a/render/detailed/node_test.go b/render/detailed/node_test.go
index 63c9ce710..1a43fc6f6 100644
--- a/render/detailed/node_test.go
+++ b/render/detailed/node_test.go
@@ -229,16 +229,16 @@ func TestMakeDetailedContainerNode(t *testing.T) {
 					Label:      fixture.ServerContainerImageName,
 					TopologyID: "containers-by-image",
 				},
-				{
-					ID:         fixture.ServerHostNodeID,
-					Label:      fixture.ServerHostName,
-					TopologyID: "hosts",
-				},
 				{
 					ID:         fixture.ServerPodNodeID,
 					Label:      "pong-b",
 					TopologyID: "pods",
 				},
+				{
+					ID:         fixture.ServerHostNodeID,
+					Label:      "server",
+					TopologyID: "hosts",
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		Controls: []detailed.ControlInstance{},
@@ -339,16 +339,16 @@ func TestMakeDetailedPodNode(t *testing.T) {
 				{ID: "kubernetes_namespace", Label: "Namespace", Value: "ping", Priority: 5},
 			},
 			Parents: []detailed.Parent{
-				{
-					ID:         fixture.ServerHostNodeID,
-					Label:      fixture.ServerHostName,
-					TopologyID: "hosts",
-				},
 				{
 					ID:         fixture.ServiceNodeID,
 					Label:      fixture.ServiceName,
 					TopologyID: "services",
 				},
+				{
+					ID:         fixture.ServerHostNodeID,
+					Label:      "server",
+					TopologyID: "hosts",
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		Controls: []detailed.ControlInstance{},
diff --git a/render/detailed/parents.go b/render/detailed/parents.go
index e7fa2ccca..0ad1a44c4 100644
--- a/render/detailed/parents.go
+++ b/render/detailed/parents.go
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 package detailed
 
 import (
-	"sort"
-
-	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/probe/awsecs"
-	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/probe/docker"
-	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/probe/host"
-	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/probe/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/report"
 )
 
@@ -17,24 +11,21 @@ type Parent struct {
 	TopologyID string `json:"topologyId"`
 }
 
-var (
-	kubernetesParentLabel = latestLookup(kubernetes.Name)
-
-	getLabelForTopology = map[string]func(report.Node) string{
-		report.Container:      getRenderableContainerName,
-		report.Pod:            kubernetesParentLabel,
-		report.Deployment:     kubernetesParentLabel,
-		report.DaemonSet:      kubernetesParentLabel,
-		report.StatefulSet:    kubernetesParentLabel,
-		report.CronJob:        kubernetesParentLabel,
-		report.Service:        kubernetesParentLabel,
-		report.ECSTask:        latestLookup(awsecs.TaskFamily),
-		report.ECSService:     ecsServiceParentLabel,
-		report.SwarmService:   latestLookup(docker.ServiceName),
-		report.ContainerImage: containerImageParentLabel,
-		report.Host:           latestLookup(host.HostName),
-	}
-)
+// parent topologies, in the order we want to show them
+var parentTopologies = []string{
+	report.Container,
+	report.ContainerImage,
+	report.Pod,
+	report.Deployment,
+	report.DaemonSet,
+	report.StatefulSet,
+	report.CronJob,
+	report.Service,
+	report.ECSTask,
+	report.ECSService,
+	report.SwarmService,
+	report.Host,
+}
 
 // Parents renders the parents of this report.Node, which have been aggregated
 // from the probe reports.
@@ -43,13 +34,7 @@ func Parents(r report.Report, n report.Node) []Parent {
 		return nil
 	}
 	result := make([]Parent, 0, n.Parents.Size())
-	topologyIDs := []string{}
-	for topologyID := range getLabelForTopology {
-		topologyIDs = append(topologyIDs, topologyID)
-	}
-	sort.Strings(topologyIDs)
-	for _, topologyID := range topologyIDs {
-		getLabel := getLabelForTopology[topologyID]
+	for _, topologyID := range parentTopologies {
 		topology, ok := r.Topology(topologyID)
 		if !ok {
 			continue
@@ -63,7 +48,7 @@ func Parents(r report.Report, n report.Node) []Parent {
 			var parentNode report.Node
 			// Special case: container image parents should be empty nodes for some reason
 			if topologyID == report.ContainerImage {
-				parentNode = report.MakeNode(id)
+				parentNode = report.MakeNode(id).WithTopology(topologyID)
 			} else {
 				if parent, ok := topology.Nodes[id]; ok {
 					parentNode = parent
@@ -76,12 +61,13 @@ func Parents(r report.Report, n report.Node) []Parent {
 			if !ok {
 				continue
 			}
-
-			result = append(result, Parent{
-				ID:         id,
-				Label:      getLabel(parentNode),
-				TopologyID: apiTopologyID,
-			})
+			if summary, ok := MakeBasicNodeSummary(r, parentNode); ok {
+				result = append(result, Parent{
+					ID:         summary.ID,
+					Label:      summary.Label,
+					TopologyID: apiTopologyID,
+				})
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if len(result) == 0 {
@@ -89,20 +75,3 @@ func Parents(r report.Report, n report.Node) []Parent {
 	}
 	return result
 }
-
-func latestLookup(key string) func(report.Node) string {
-	return func(n report.Node) string {
-		value, _ := n.Latest.Lookup(key)
-		return value
-	}
-}
-
-func ecsServiceParentLabel(n report.Node) string {
-	_, name, _ := report.ParseECSServiceNodeID(n.ID)
-	return name
-}
-
-func containerImageParentLabel(n report.Node) string {
-	name, _ := report.ParseContainerImageNodeID(n.ID)
-	return name
-}
diff --git a/render/detailed/parents_test.go b/render/detailed/parents_test.go
index 1a6cdf1d3..3332d651d 100644
--- a/render/detailed/parents_test.go
+++ b/render/detailed/parents_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestParents(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "Container image",
 			node: render.ContainerImageRenderer.Render(fixture.Report).Nodes[expected.ClientContainerImageNodeID],
 			want: []detailed.Parent{
-				{ID: fixture.ClientHostNodeID, Label: fixture.ClientHostName, TopologyID: "hosts"},
+				{ID: fixture.ClientHostNodeID, Label: "client", TopologyID: "hosts"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ func TestParents(t *testing.T) {
 			node: render.ContainerWithImageNameRenderer.Render(fixture.Report).Nodes[fixture.ClientContainerNodeID],
 			want: []detailed.Parent{
 				{ID: expected.ClientContainerImageNodeID, Label: fixture.ClientContainerImageName, TopologyID: "containers-by-image"},
-				{ID: fixture.ClientHostNodeID, Label: fixture.ClientHostName, TopologyID: "hosts"},
 				{ID: fixture.ClientPodNodeID, Label: "pong-a", TopologyID: "pods"},
+				{ID: fixture.ClientHostNodeID, Label: "client", TopologyID: "hosts"},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			node: render.ProcessRenderer.Render(fixture.Report).Nodes[fixture.ClientProcess1NodeID],
 			want: []detailed.Parent{
 				{ID: fixture.ClientContainerNodeID, Label: fixture.ClientContainerName, TopologyID: "containers"},
-				{ID: fixture.ClientHostNodeID, Label: fixture.ClientHostName, TopologyID: "hosts"},
+				{ID: fixture.ClientHostNodeID, Label: "client", TopologyID: "hosts"},
 			},
 		},
 	} {