History Main / IMissMom

* Could be argued that the entirety of ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' is centered around this. [[spoiler: Lucas is stuck in a stagnant form of grieving for his mom during most of the game, always remembering what she taught him and how much he misses her, and visiting her grave often.]] This is also the reason that [[spoiler: Claus set out to avenge her death and disappears afterwards.]] [[spoiler: Flint also shares this sentiment, but instead of grieving together with Lucas, he focuses his thoughts and time on searching for Claus instead to cope.]] Chapter 6 of the game is also primarily centered around [[spoiler: Lucas tearfully chasing his Mother's ghost through a field of Sunflowers to be with her again, even jumping off a cliff in his desperation to reach her.]] And at the end of the game, [[spoiler: her ghost returns to bring Claus back to his senses, and he subsequently kills himself to be together with her in death.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat, who ran away from home, says this after accidentally being hit with TruthSerum.

->''"There are plenty of kids who miss their mothers; [[CrapsackWorld that's the world we live in]]."''

* In the ''Series/CriminalMinds'' fanfic ''To live again'', Annie very much misses Strauss, her sort-of foster mother despite the fact she deeply hurt her. The situation changes when Annie is reunited with Blake and she becomes her choosen mom.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.
* Frasier, when he starts dating a woman who looks like his mother. After most of the episodes' Oedipus jokes, Marty points out, quite poignantly "Maybe you just miss your mom. I know I do."

Distinct from MissingMom or other ParentalAbandonment tropes in that the parent of the character in question was an active force in their life, for good or bad, but is now permanently gone. CharacterDeath, or maybe just certifiably dead from the beginning.

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* Too many people, too often.
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* Chapter 6 of ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' is primarily centered around Lucas missing his deceased mother.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat, who ran away from home, says fhis after being shit with TruthSerum.

* The subplot of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', which recounts the lift story of [[spoiler:Rosalina]]. Especially Chapter 7...

* The subplot of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', which recounts [[spoiler:Rosalina's]] life story]]. Especially Chapter 7...

* [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} After Story'': "What was Mom like?"

A StockPhrase spoken by a person whose mother has died or is now permanently beyond reach. This tends to be more common to hear from younger children, especially when talking to their remaining parental figures or siblings. The stock response is "I miss her too". This can also be included in conversations with non-family members, though the personal nature of the discussion usually limits it to friends and rivals, who may share similar stories of loss.

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-->"Mum...It won't be the same without Dad."

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* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Shiro lost his parents when he was barely a baby. He misses them -and his older brother Kouji in ''Anime/GreatMazinger''-, but he mainly and badly misses his mother. How badly? The tile of an episode is "Shiro misses his mother" (in the Latin dubbing). In that episode, [[spoiler:a woman came to the [[HomeBase Institute]] claiming she was Kouji and Shiro's mother and wants to get reunited with their children again.]] Kouji was -rightfully- suspicious, but Shiro was too glad and happy for questioning anything.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Pretty much everyone -but Ritsuko- misses their mothers.

** While avoiding the exact phrase, the series includes a scene of Shinji and Gendo visiting Yui's grave that kind of carries the feel of this trope. Rather then the standard "I miss her too" sentiment though, Gendo instead discusses how he was fortunate to have what time he did with her and how important it is to rise above the loss, which Shinji finds rather inspiring.
*** Then again, [[spoiler:the ultimate goal of the masterplan that Gendo is scheming throughout the series, is using an apocalyptic event to reunite his soul with Yui]].

** After being forced to leave White Valley [[LoveInterest Chururu]] also begins to miss her mom and dad.

* In ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', Eva's frail chance at happiness with one of the only men who treats her well is foiled by the man's daughter, who misses mommy. When said mother comes back home from her adulterous ways, his daughter's happiness erases Eva out of the equation completely.
* A rare example where someone says this about ''both'' parents is seen in episode 25 of ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' ; [[OnlyChildSyndrome Barnaby]] (whose parents were murdered when he was four) [[GraveMarkingScene visits their grave]] and ends up in tears, saying "I miss you...Mum, Dad! I wish...I could've spent more time with the two of you."
* [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Clannad After Story:]] "What was Mom like?"

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* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Shinji and Asuka decided to follow Daniel mainly because he promised he would give them their mothers back.
* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': When Shinji and Asuka open up to each other after their first kiss, they talk about their mothers' deaths and how much they miss them. Several months later, when they [[spoiler:deduce that Yui and Kyoko are inside their giant robots, Asuka is thrilled and eager to get into her Eva and try to talk to her mother.]]
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Asuka often dreams about her missing mom (one of those times happening in chapter 2). Later she tells Shinji about her mother and how much she misses her.
* ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'': Shinji and Asuka miss their late mothers, even if Asuka met a decent foster mother.
* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'':

* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': During a conversation in chapter 4, [[TheHero Shinji]] reveals to [[LoveInterest Asuka]] that his mother died and he misses her.
-->'''Shinji''': Now I have to wait the rest of my life to see her...
* ''Fanfic/GhostsOfEvangelion'':

* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': In chapter 2 Asuka reflects about how she missed her mother… and she had been there in her Eva all along, but she had not felt it until she was able to open up her heart.
* ''Fanfic/HigherLearning'': This came up during [[spoiler:Instrumentality, when Shinji and Asuka met their mothers again and they got to tell them]] how much they had missed them.
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': The story examines how Shinji and Asuka felt after their mothers' deaths and how much they miss them.
* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'':

* ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'': Shinji often misses his mother and wishes she was there with him. He also wonders what his father would be like if he would not have lost her.
* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': In a battle Asuka had to choose between rescuing a recording with the last remaining information about Krypton -[[Franchise/{{Superman}} her biological's father homeworld]]- and saving another recording with her deceased mother's memories. She chose the latter because she misses Kyoko and those memories are more precious to her.
* In the ''Series/CriminalMinds'' fanfic ''To live again'' Annie very much misses Strauss, her sort-of foster mother despite the fact she deeply hurt her. The situation changes when Annie is reunited with Blake and she becomes her choosen mom.
* During their duel in ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', Asuka reveals Shinji that her mother died and she misses her. Shinji replies he's an orphan and he misses his own mother, too.
* In ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'':
** Shinji and Asuka missed their mothers, never knowing that they were trapped in their Evangelions until it was too late. So their first synch test after time-travelling was very emotional because they could feel their presence and talk to them again.

* Several examples in ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'':

** In chapter 8, Shinji remember Asuka cries for her mother in her sleep:

** In chapter 9, [[spoiler:Keiko]] screams that she misses her mother and wants her back.

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* In the Franchise/StarWars prequels, Anakin Skywalker's [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain descent to the dark side]] began with this.

-->Daddy, I wish Mommy was still alive.
* Played rather sweetly in ''{{Film/Shadowlands}}'', when C.S. Lewis (played by Anthony Hopkins) is mourning the death of his wife, and sees his stepson, Douglas, crying about this. Lewis breaks down and joins him ("I miss her too"), in the first moment of real bonding between the two of them in the film.

--> '''Babe''': I want my mom.
* In ''{{Film/Jumanji}}'', near the end, Judy says to Peter, "I wish Mom and Dad were here", which he agrees with (both of their parents died in an accident during a vacation). [[spoiler:It's made even more tragic because Judy had just been shot in the throat with poisonous darts from a plant and, given how little movement she seemed capable of, was either very close to dying or ''already had'' died when Allen wins the game (which, fortunately, resets everything - including the deaths of Peter and Judy's parents).]]

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* In Diane Duane's ''YoungWizards'' series after Nita and Dairine's mother dies of cancer.
* This is Pretty much the plot for Mitch Albom's "For One More Day"
* in Pillage, Beck states this to the reader on more than one occasion, following it quickly with explanations that he misses the mom he might have had.
* In The Stand, Harold says something like this to Fran. She doesn't know how to react.

** Also, at the end of ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'', when Mrs. Weasley hugs him he reflects that he'd never before been hugged in that way, the way a mother hugs her child.
*** Of course, in the same book [[JerkAss Rita]] [[IntrepidReporter Skeeter]] [[TwistingTheWords twists words around]] and literally [[MaliciousSlander writes that he cries for his mother every night]].

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* Example of an "I miss Dad" from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' after [[DoomedByCanon Jonathon Kent]] dies of a heart attack. [[TheWoobie Lex Luthor]] and [[CanonSue Lana Lang]] both play it straight though.

** In "Afterlife" the Scoobies are hitting the books for info on the MonsterOfTheWeek when Buffy (who isn't even pretending to help) says out of the blue, "I miss [[ParentalSubstitute Giles]]". The Scoobies naturally assume their research skills aren't up to scratch, being unwilling or unable to see just how depressed Buffy is over being brought back from the dead.

* A deliberately [[ShrugOfGod ambiguous]] instance of this seems to occur in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' special episode ''The End of Time''. During the climax of Part 2, the Tenth Doctor [[spoiler: shares a sad, knowing glance with a mysterious unnamed woman standing in the ranks of the revived Time Lords, which inspires him to TakeAThirdOption and not shoot Rassilon or TheMaster like he was preparing to do. When Wilf asks him about the woman afterwards, he looks away for a long time and refuses to talk about it.]] It's not explicitly stated that this woman is [[spoiler: the Doctor's mother]], but the implication is there, leaving viewers free to interpret as they choose.

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* The subplot of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' Especially Chapter 7...

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[[folder: Real Life]]

* ''GuildWars'': "Mother told me we see people again after we die. I miss her."

* One advert for Norwich Union life insurance featured a man (played by [[TheFastShow Paul Whitehouse]]) chatting to the camera while his family ignores him as they run around the house doing some last-minute packing for their holidays. The daughter stops just as they're about to go out the door to the taxi:

* A rare example where someone says this about ''both'' parents is seen in episode 25 of ''TigerAndBunny'' ; [[OnlyChildSyndrome Barnaby]] (whose parents were murdered when he was four) [[GraveMarkingScene visits their grave]] and ends up in tears, saying "I miss you...Mum, Dad! I wish...I could've spent more time with the two of you."

* In the ''StarWars'' prequels, Anakin Skywalker's [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain descent to the dark side]] began with this.

* "I miss Dad" is common in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', as in the culture of that book, men are rare and protected and seen as the primary caregivers, and both POV characters have [[DisappearedDad dead fathers]].