History Main / NeverMessWithGranny

** On the Evil side: Flemeth is the legendary Witch of the Wilds and one of the most evil characters of the game. [[spoiler:She can also transform herself into a Dragon in an Bonus Boss battle if the player chooses to help save Morrigan from being potentially {{body snatch}}ed from her.]]

* Mrs. Crumplebottom from the first two ''[[TheSims Sims]]'' games. She is a mean old lady who does not approve of public displays of affection. Kissing in public will invoke the unpredictable wrath of her ginormous handbag, unless you have the foresight to distract her with [[strike:booze]] [[FrothyMugsOfWater frothy mugs of fruit juice]].

* 72-year-old (as of this writing) Lynn Conway is this to much of the {{Transgender}} community. Conway transitioned from male to female despite losing her job at IBM in the late 1960s, and went on to revolutionize computer design several times. And that's just what she did ''before'' retirement. Since 2000 she has become one of the most outspoken advocates for the de-pathologization of transsexuality; a vocal critic of junk pop culture science portraying the impetus to transition as being related to the male sex drive (particularly as forwarded by J. Michael Bailey's infamous work ''The Man Who Would Be Queen,'') and has become a mentor and legend to a generation of trans women. Bad. Ass.

* An elderly couple were walking in the woods when the old man was attacked by a cougar. His wife beat the hell out of this mountain lion with a branch about as big as she was and stabbed it in the eye with a pen, causing it to leave her husband alone and flee. Investigators later found the cougar's battered carcass.

See also: WhenEldersAttack, and MyGrandmaCanDoBetterThanYou!

See also: WhenEldersAttack.

* Erin Tarn of the ''Rifts'' role playing series. She's in her 60s and is the Coalition State's Public Enemy #1, simply because she spreads knowledge. She's one of the few people in that world that is known around the world (and across dimensions) to be both respected and feared.

* ''Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot!'' featuring Sly Stallone as a cop who is troubled by his pistol-packing elderly mother. The film was universally reviled.

* [[http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/at-101-grandma-is-old-enough-to-get-a-tattoo/1116751 A great-grandma got her first tattoo at 99]], and is celebrating each birthday hence with a new one.

* ''{{Futurama}}''. Mom, the TropeCodifier.

* Don't forget the Device ancestress in GoodOmens, who knew she was going to be burned at the stake and ''packed her skirts with gunpowder and roofing nails''.
* Cadusane Meladhrin is implied to be the oldest living Aes Sedai in the WheelOfTime. Aes Sedai give non-channelers nightmares. Cadusane gives other Aes Sedai nightmares.

* A section about Badass Grannies and not even a mention about ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood?''

* Warhammer Fantasy has Morathi, the Hag Queen. She is over five thousand years old, maintains her attractiveness through regular blood sacrifices, seduced the first Phoenix King, masterminded her son's attempt on the Phoenix Throne that led to the great schism in the Elven people, and is a capable warrior and a powerful sorceress. Who beat up a ''Daemon Prince'' who shredded her entire bodyguard and tried to capture her because he was jealous of her beauty. Also MsFanservice, a wielder of BlackMagic, and one of the setting's foremost BigBads.

* The russian assassin from ''GhostInTheShell:StandAloneComplex'' is over 80 years old, but like many other characters is really a brain in a [[HumanMecha cybernetic body]] that doesn't look a day older than 30. And with 60 years of experience, she's extremely dangerous.

*As mentioned before, an older IronLady will generally be some form of this. As an example, Nancy Pelosi once managed to intimidate [[MemeticBadass Rahm Emmanuel]]. She has seven grandkids.

The DistaffCounterpart to "BadassGrandpa". Commonly we hear her say that "IWasQuiteALooker". She may also be a RetiredBadass or the matriarch of a BadassFamily. '''''Always''''' a CoolOldLady.

* Otane and Oume from Power Instinct.

* Grandma Ruth, [[BattlestarGalactica Bill Adama]'s grandma in {{Caprica}}. Initially she just appears as a Tauron traditionalist who wants her grandson to know the family roots and having a (somewhat justified) dislike towards Graystones. Then you see her Ha'la'tha tattoos just as she is talking about "blood for blood" and you just ''know'' that she killed people.