History Main / NeverMessWithGranny

* In ''Film/WeCanBeHeroes'', Missy's abuela trained the current team of superheroes, and when their kids show up needing help rescuing their parents, she trains them too. And she's still perfectly capable of bringing the adult superheroes to heel.

* Betty van Heusen from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''. She personally sent two veterans-turned-criminals running with the help of her shotgun (granted, they were [[StupidCrooks Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy]]), and even stated the cliched NRA {{catch phrase}}: "[I'll give you my gun] from my cold, dead hands!"

* Granny Clampett of ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''. None of them were wimps, but Granny was one of the toughest scrappers in the whole family. And you don't want her shooting at you, whether it's buckshot or [[EdibleAmmunition rock-salt and bacon rind]]. Mr. Milburn Drysdale the banker found out ''[[ShotInTheAss the hard way]]'' in England... pretending to be a [[BedsheetGhost ghost]]. Lucky for him, it was the rock-salt and bacon rind ammo!

* Jon's grandma in ''WesternAnimation/{{Garfield}}'', who can punch the wind out of him in the Christmas special, and rides a motorcycle in the Thanksgiving special.

** Sophia is arguably the toughest of the four girls, as she's reached peak ScrewPolitenessImASenior levels. Whether she's beating up a two-timing boyfriend with her purse, putting Sicilian curses on her neighbors, or attacking kids on Halloween (although in her own words, "it was dark and I was unaware of this Ninja Turtle craze"), you do NOT want to get on her bad side.

* Sasie Sealy's independent 2019 comedy ''[[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lucky-grandma-movie-review-2020 Lucky Grandma]]'' stars [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Chin_(actress) Tsai Chin]] (yes, [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice that]] [[Film/CasinoRoyale Tsai Chin]]) as a stubbornly independent, chain smoking old crone who could be the Trope Maker. Pissed off at her dead husband for leaving her less than $1800 after the pair's lifetime of hard work, she takes it all to a casino, winning big -- but then losing it all. On the bus home, her seatmate dies in his sleep, and she quietly makes off with his travel case with its massive amount of cash. Next thing she knows, the New York Chinese Mafia pays her a call -- and this is where the story really starts.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ4XxCuF33M "Exorcism"]], a teenage girl is [[DemonicPossession possessed by a demon]] who makes short work of the priest trying to cast him out. However, the creature is no match for Mrs. Shaw, the elderly SassyBlackWoman who lives one floor above and is determined to get a good night's sleep. Mrs. Shaw [[NoSell effortlessly shuts down the demon's powers]] and exorcises it in a matter of minutes, explaining that she works as a crossing guard at an elementary school for forty years and thus has no fear whatsoever ("Every day I am the only thing stopping 300 mean fifth-graders from gettin' sent straight to Hell by a UPS truck").

* Queen Elizard from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' plays the electric guitar, is a complete and total BunnyEarsLawyer and has a sword that makes her as powerful as ArchangelMichael within the borders of England.

* BT's grandma, from ''Manga/CoolShockBT''. 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.

* Elrasla in ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' is a 95 year old woman who decides to assist Naofumi. It just so happens that her level is the same as her age as Elrasla was a famous adventurer in her youth and is the last master of the legendary Hengen Musou martial art. She quickly proves her worth, both being a formidable combatant and a skilled teacher for Naofumi's team.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/DirtyHarry Do you feel lucky, young man?]]]]

** Nanny Ogg is a grandmother, matriarch of a vast extended tribe (as the narration of one book observes, she's "undisputed tyrant of half the Ramtops"), and has a face like an old apple and a pleasantly sunny personality with a special soft spot for children, being described by WordOfGod as the sort of grandmother who'd sneak you sweets when you were small and teach you dirty jokes when you got older. She's also enough pure magical power to make anyone sit up and pay attention, and she is the one person on the Disc who is both fully aware of what Granny Weatherwax is capable of and not afraid of her in the slightest. That should be a hint.

* ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'': When the titular character nearly gets her handbag snatched on the street by a mugger, she fights him and wins it back easily, scaring him away. Mrs. Doubtfire may be a man in drag, but to onlookers she looked like a feminine force to be dealt with.

** Alice Price-Healy zigzags this, being a BadassGrandma but [[OlderThanTheyLook looking so young]] that [[MumLooksLikeASister she can pass for her own grandkids' sister]]. She spends most of her time as a DimensionalTraveler searching for her missing husband, and it's not a good idea to get in her way.

* The Sisters of Mercy might count as an entire sect of badass grandmas -- even though their vows prevent them from even becoming mothers. Fed up with the cloistered lifestyle that Catholic nuns were forced into, they browbeat their way into making the ''Pope himself'' agree to the formation of a non-cloistered order. These women also went into ''warzones'' on a regular basis to treat the wounded -- they braved ''artillery fire'' in the Crimean on more than one occasion!

** [[BadassTeacher Baroness]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Gaia]] [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Sinclaire]] ''looks'' like a woman in her mid-thirties, but is actually several millennia old thanks to her Heretical powers granting her prolonged longevity. She's TheDreaded to hero and villain alike, and ''everyone'' is afraid of provoking her wrath. While it's worth noting that Gaia has no children of her own, she's the headmistress of Crossroads Academy and treats all the students as if they're her own family. [[MamaBear Screw with them at your own risk]].

* ''Webcomic/DriveDaveKellet'': Captain Taneel of the ''[[CoolShip Machito]]'' hasn't even touched a weapon (yet), but managed to mouth off to the emperor and get away with it. The same emperor who [[KlingonPromotion killed his uncle]] for the position.

* During the BlastOut that opens ''Film/TheLastRitesOfRansomePride'', Ransom reflexively shoots a someone behind him, then realizes the victim was an unarmed priest. He is then shot dead by an elderly Mexican who had been impassively sitting preparing dinner throughout the shootout.

* Nana, the old woman from ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''. She only has a couple of scenes in the first movie, where she [[GroinAttack kicks Alex in the crotch]] while shouting "Bad kitty!" She [[AscendedExtra proved so popular]] that she gets a bigger part in the SpinOff short ''Christmas Caper'', and in the sequel ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'' displays serious skills as a survivalist.

* Nana, the old woman from ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''. She only has a couple of scenes in the first movie, where she [[GroinAttack kicks Alex in the crotch]] while shouting "Bad kitty!" She [[AscendedExtra proved so popular]] that she gets a bigger part in the SpinOff short ''Christmas Caper'', and on the sequel ''Escape 2 Africa'' displays serious skills as a survivalist.