History Main / NeverMessWithGranny

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2126 SCP-2126 ("Letter from Grandma")]] If Grandma tells you to cut your hair, you better comply, boi.

* Fria in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' is old and confined to bed, but still a fully realized Winter Maiden and as such one of the strongest beings in Remnant.

* Speed Buster of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', is [[AllThereInTheManual 76 years old]], but still manages to be ranked 3rd by [[MurderInc the UAA]]. Her WeaponOfChoice is a shopping cart that turns into a WaveMotionGun. Though a slight subversion in that her WaveMotionGun is her ''only'' means of attack or defense; once you get past it, [[OneHitKill the fight's over]].

* BT's grandma, from ''Manga/MagicBoyBT''. What she lacks in physical shape (she doesn't leave the house often), she makes up in {{Magnificent Bastard}}ry. For example, she delibelately left around the pamphlet for a dinosaur exhibit in a mall, knowing that her own grandson will see it and go steal a dinosaur skull for his collection... and distract the guards, so that ''another'' thief can search for the proof of a smuggling ring.

** Wiki/TheOtherWiki calls Golda Meir the "strong-willed, straight-talking, grey-bunned grandmother of the Jewish people."

* Legend has it that in the heyday of British wrestling, this trope applied to some ''audience members'' when they got ticked off with some of the wrestlers.

* Sakae Jinnouchi in ''Anime/SummerWars''. When [[AIIsACrapshoot Love Machine]] starts causing havoc across Japan, she uses the web of connections that she's formed over 90 years to rouse people's spirits. Adding on to that, according to other members of the Jinnouchi clan, she personally screened a lot of Natsuki's potential boyfriends, and up until Kenji, every one of them was frightened off. It gets better though. When she learns the culprit behind Love Machine is [[spoiler: her own adopted son]], she snatches up a [[NaginatasAreFeminine naginata]] and aims it right at him! This is one tough old lady, alright. [[spoiler: Which deepens the impact of her death]].

* There is a story from the 2007 revival of ''ComicBook/TalesFromTheCrypt'' ("Ignoble Rot!", issue #7) in which a con man romances a young woman who he believes is heiress to a fortune, only to find out she was trailer trash and dumps her. He discovers that he died in his sleep and the girl's grandmother had cursed him so that he remains alive after dying, but in a zombie-like state with all of post-death symptoms. So while he goes to find the grandmother to have the curse removed, the con man puts up with liver spots, loss of muscle control, loss of bladder control, rigor mortis, and flesh decomposition. When he reaches the grandmother's house, she catches him in a bear trap and reveals that she did all of it for revenge as her granddaughter committed suicide out of grief while pregnant. The story wraps up with the grandmother (and the rest of the family) forcing the con man to marry the girl, who is now a zombie herself.

* There is a comic of ''ComicBook/TalesFromTheCrypt'' in which a con man romances a young woman who he believes is heiress to a fortune, only to find out she was trailer trash and dumps her. He discovers that he died in his sleep and the girl's grandmother had cursed him so that he remains alive after dying, but in a zombie-like state with all of post-death symptoms. So while he goes to find the grandmother to have the curse removed, the con man puts up with liver spots, loss of muscle control, loss of bladder control, rigor mortis, and flesh decomposition. When he reaches the grandmother's house, she catches him in a bear trap and reveals that she did all of it for revenge as her granddaughter committed suicide out of grief while pregnant. The story wraps up with the grandmother (and the rest of the family) forcing the con man to marry the girl, who is now a zombie herself.

** She's also [[https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/58/d0/f1/58d0f1234ecf6e87f2785d63935f9d76.jpg]] ''Wolverine'', of all people to respect her. Then there is [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/1/17/Maybelle_Parker_%28Earth-89122%29_from_What_If...%3F_Vol_1_7_0001.jpg/ this...]] In simple terms: mess with May's nephew, and you are in for a ''world'' of hurt.

** She's also [[http://www.comicvine.com/images/1300-1482005 taught]] ''Wolverine'', of all people to respect her. Then there is [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/1/17/Maybelle_Parker_%28Earth-89122%29_from_What_If...%3F_Vol_1_7_0001.jpg/ this...]] In simple terms: mess with May's nephew, and you are in for a ''world'' of hurt.

** She's also [[http://www.comicvine.com/images/1300-1482005 taught]] ''Wolverine'', of all people to respect her. Then there is [[http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/3/33/May_Reilly_%28Earth-89122%29.jpg this...]] In simple terms: mess with May's nephew, and you are in for a ''world'' of hurt.

* ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter'': Rachel Cooper faces off KnifeNut SinisterMinister Harry Powell, cradling a ''shotgun'' in her lap, singing "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" (the same hymn Harry has been singing all along, but different verses).

** Madame Gao, who was first introduced in ''Series/Daredevil2015''. An old, polite woman who walks with a cane — yet she's perhaps the most dangerous of Fisk's partners, and when she comes up against Matt, she lays him on his ass with a single hit. And again with Danny Rand, she taps him and sends him flying into a wall. This gets cranked {{up to eleven}} in The Defenders, which shows that her telekinesis is strong enough to blast down doors and shift cars. And then she takes on both Jessica Jones AND Luke Cage by herself, briefly overwhelming them.

%%* Z-Strap's grandmother from ''WesternAnimation/Zevo3'' takes this UpToEleven.

* ''Film/{{Red}}'':

-->-- '''Gran'ma Ben''' (shortly after Ted introduces her to [[{{Jerkass}} Phoney Bone]]), ''Comicbook/{{Bone}}''

** Oryou Sonozaki is shown to be a very, VERY scary old granny (whom is even called Oni-Baba [Demon Granny] by her granddaughters!). Not only does she sit in watch as her granddaughter has her fingernails ripped off, she encourages the punishment. At one point she even threatens to kill Keiichi Maebara with a katana and dump his body in the family well. She gets what is coming to her though, when she is killed during during an interrogation in Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen.

** Elderly groundskeeper Ruth Sorenson is strong, fierce, and rarely seen without a crossbow. She's even more badass than her husband Stan! When it comes to evil, you might even say she's...[[IncrediblyLamePun ruthless.]]

** The formidable, CoolOldLady who deals in [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkery]] and BrutalHonesty as often as others breathe: [[MagnificentBastard Lady Olenna Redwyne-Tyrell]] aka "''The Queen of Thorns''". Friendly warning: don't mess with her or members of her family... or even ''look'' as if you're about to mess with them, as she's distinctly unafraid to get her hands dirty pruning you down to size no matter your connections and apparent safety. [[spoiler: Isn't that right, ''King'' Joffrey?]]

* Niime TheHermit from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: Sword of Seals]]'', one of the most renowned practitioners of [[CastingAShadow Elder Magic]] in the land. She had also performed extensive research into [[GreatOffscreenWar the Scouring]], and her knowledge of dragons and [[DraconicHumanoid manaketes]] intrigued [[TheHero Roy]] enough to recruit her to his army.

** In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'', the player follows the escaped pirate Briggs back to his homeland, where he's begging his grandma Obaba for protection from the player characters. She obliges by summoning a giant firebreathing salamander. Once she realizes the player characters are too tough for that, she lets them say their piece, and then she realizes they're telling the truth about Briggs's shenanigans and goes off on him for lying to her and endangering her baby great-grandson. She later [[TheBlacksmith helps reforge]] the pieces of an ancient trident that can be used to defeat the sea monster Poseidon.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Borderlands2}} Borderlands 2]]'': Mr. Torgue mentions that being ranked as the 50th greatest badass on [[DeathWorld Pandora]] puts you behind his grandma, but ahead of a guy she gummed to death over several hours. It's hard to say why she bothered, because it turns out [[StrongFamilyResemblance she's just as musclebound as he is]] and casually mentions wrestling a whale-squid named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Blowhole the Apocalypse]].

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** [[spoiler: Obaba returns in ''[[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Dark Dawn]]'' thirty years older and upset she's [[TearJerker outlived her grandson]], but willing to do ItemCrafting for you.]]

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 4'', when two members of the Mafia try to beat up the old leader and take over, the screen goes dark, there are some sounds of fighting, and when the screen lights up again, the two Mafia members are K.O.'d. This was actually a parody and a shout-out to [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Akuma/Gouki's Shun Goku Satsu]] because when the screen goes dark the Ashura Warp sound effect plays, then when when it lights up again it plays the sound usually heard when you KO someone with the move in ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.

** No-one wants to mess with the Agony Aunts, who protect the [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold seamstresses]] of Ankh-Morpork. They took ''Vimes'' down with absolutely no trouble, and he's fought werewolves with his bare hands.

* Among the ranks of the ComicBook/NewGods, one Granny Goodness is not a woman to be trifled with. She may look like an old lady, but she's been training soldiers for Darkseid at her "[[OrphanageOfFear orphanages]]" for who knows how long, and is stronger, faster and tougher than any normal human. [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrjdhgiZ4S1qzizmho1_1280.jpg At one point]] she blocked gun fire from ''an automatic weapon at point blank range'' by [[SpinToDeflectStuff spinning her weapon]]. She is the Apokolips Goddess of Child Abuse, after all.