History Main / OneBadMother

* Mother from ''{{Siren}} 2'', the creator of the various body-snatching avatars. If she has a real name, we never find it out.

* Mother Brain from ''PhantasyStarII''. Really, that name is almost a trope in itself...

* Mother from ''{{Siren}}'' 2, the creator of the various body-snatching avatars. If she has a real name, we never find it out.

** [[TemptingFate LOL, he is nicknamed "Mom"! What a woosy!]]

* The SCPFoundation: [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/SCP-597 SCP-597]], referred to as "The Mother" by those it enslaves.

* Mother from ''{{Siren}}'', the creator of the various body-snatching avatars. If she has a real name, we never find it out.

* Mother from D2, a supercomputer that resembles a giant silver vagina (complete with legs in stirrups).

* The Qedeshah, a bloodline of vampires from ''[[WorldOfDarkness Vampire: The Masquerade]],'' is imbued with a strong mothering instinct. Members of the bloodline with high Humanity and willpower tend to be kind and caring, but as one of these slides down the [[KarmaMeter Humanity scale]], they start to resemble this trope more and more. It doesn't help that they have trouble siring their own childer, with all male versions [[NightmareFuel dying in a very unpleasant manner]]. And you had better hope you don't [[ActionMom hurt one of their "children"...]]

* One episode of DoctorWho had three evil alien witches called Carrionites, of which the older two were both called "Mother" by the third.

** Pretty sure the titular Alien was the villian. Ash was just a tool. And "Mother" was just prioritizing the mission goal over the crews' lives.

* The plant-like entity called Mother by the children in ''{{Sanitarium}}''.
* ''{{Mass Effect}}'''s Matriarch Benezia qualifies, not just because of her title but also because she was the literal mother of one of the main characters (although to be fair it was more a case of [[spoiler:mind control than intentional villainy, though it took a long time to make that clear]].

* [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/SCP-597 SCP-597]], referred to as "The Mother" by those it enslaves.

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* [[{{Coraline}} The Other Mother]].

*** The 4th movie, Resurrection, was set much later and "Mother" has been replaced with a new OS, "Father". This trope is played with when someone/something takes over the computer and a female voice announces to the evil scientist "Father isn't here anymore…"

* Mother Mae-Eye from the ''TeenTitans'' animated series.

** Pretty sure the titular Alien was the villian. Ash was just a tool.

* Mother Brain in ''ChronoTrigger''. Not quite certain why it shares a name the ''{{Metroid}}'' example.

* Mother Brain in ''{{Metroid}}''
* The Mother in ''{{Prey}}''

-->'''ZEUS:'''"There were [[LightningBruiser Hunters]] now, thanks to Greene."

* Maurice "Mom" Boucher of the Hell's Angels.

See also AlmightyMom, MonsterIsAMommy.

* The witch from ''{{Rapunzel}}'' is traditionally named Mother Gothel.
** The name will be used in the upcoming ''{{Tangled}}'' movie.

* Mother Brain in ''{{Metroid}}''
* The Mother in ''{{Prey}}''
* Mom in ''{{Futurama}}''
* Maurice "Mom" Boucher of the Hell's Angels.
* Mother of ''[[WildArms1 Wild ARMs]]'' is the BigBad and OmnicidalManiac leader of the demons.
* There's the musclebound female Marine codenamed 'Mother' in MatthewReilly novels. A hint, it's not because she's a maternal figure... though she is one anyway.
* Elizabeth Avery from ''{{lonelygirl15}}'' is usually referred to as simply "Bree's Mom".
* There is a song by Danzig called "Mother" and it is musical gothariffic NightmareFuel.
* Pink Floyd also did a song about "Mother". Shudder.
* A variation: Granny Goodness from TheDCU.
* Mother in ''{{La Mulana}}''. Justified as she actually is a creator goddess.
* Mother Mae-Eye from the ''TeenTitans'' animated series.

* The Qedeshah, a bloodline of vampires from ''[[WorldOfDarkness Vampire: The Masquerade]],'' is imbued with a strong mothering instinct. Members of the bloodline with high Humanity and willpower tend to be kind and caring, but as one of these slides down the [[KarmaMeter Humanity scale]], they start to resemble this trope more and more. It doesn't help that they have trouble siring their own childer, with all male versions [[NightmareFuel dying in a very unpleasant manner]]. And you had better hope you don't [[ActionMom hurt one of their "children"...]]

* M.U.T.H.E.R., the crazy ''Earthbound-''style master-computer in the bunker from ''TheVentureBrothers''
* The ship computer in ''Alien'' was MU-THR 182 or something like that. And it wasn't the villain, nah, it was just programmed by the Weyland-Yutani Company (who we all know are eeeeeevil). If anything, Ash turned out to be a sort of villain.
* Mother from ''Psycho'' - if not the trope maker, then definitely a popularizer.
* Ma Beagle from ''DuckTales''.
* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'', there are several examples of this, such as the Den Mother and Mother Shariz
* ''PushingDaisies'' has the Norwegians' high-tech van thing called Mother. They're not villainous per se, but are definitely antagonistic.
* The Un-Mother on ''{{Inuyasha}}.''

* The AnitaBlake series has an übervampire called "Mother Gentile".
* The plant-like entity called Mother by the children in ''{{Sanitarium}}''.
* Mother Brain in ''ChronoTrigger''. Not quite certain why it shares a name the ''{{Metroid}}'' example.
* {{Mass Effect}}'s Matriarch Benezia qualifies, not just because of her title but also because she was the literal mother of one of the main characters (although to be fair it was more a case of [[spoiler:mind control than intentional villainy, though it took a long time to make that clear]].
* Mother Brain from PhantasyStar II. Really, that name is almost a trope in itself...
* Mother Slime in KingdomOfLoathing.
** Mother hellseals, too.
* Mother from {{Siren}}, the creator of the various body-snatching avatars. If she has a real name, we never find it out.
* {{Galerians}} has the supercomputer Dorothy, who is referred to as Mother by her children.
* [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/SCP-597 SCP-597]], referred to as "The Mother" by those it enslaves.
* In DragonAge, you have the HighOctaneNightmareFuel extravaganza that is the broodmother. In ''Awakening'' [[spoiler: you meet "The Mother" - the first of her kind.]]
* All of the ruling demons in the latter half of ''StrangeJourney'' are "Mother"-type demons, based on over-arching entities like Tiamat and Ouroboros. The final demon is "Mem Aleph," the mother of thought and the "memory of the earth."
* And how could anyone forget the boardcomputer from the first Alien movie, and [[spoiler:how she states that the crew of the ship is >replacable<]].
* AVeryPotterSequel has Umbridge commonly refer to herself as "Momma" since she wants to view the students as her children. The fact that she believse in the toughest of tough love and is AxCrazy to boot makes this a very bad thing.

* Animal Mother from ''FullMetalJacket'' is (presumably) an example of the CurseCutShort version.

* Another "ship's computer" in ''{{Remnants}}''. Interestingly, one of the ''{{Animorphs}}'' spinoffs had had an intermediate villain named "Father."

Have you noticed that the word "mother" is a common villain name? Maybe it's [[FluffyTheTerrible ironic]], maybe it's [[FreudWasRight symbolic]], maybe it overlaps with the HiveQueen, but writers seem to think [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast it's a scary word]].