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* Oishi Shuichiro of ''ThePrinceOfTennis'' -- Vice-captain of Seigaku's tennis team, he is often nicknamed "Mother Hen of Seigaku" by his teammates for his motherly nature. In the parody where the teammates are portrayed as a large extended family, he's the mother.

* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' - Kyoya is dubbed TeamMom by self-proclaimed TeamDad Tamaki, and Tamaki ups this a notch by addressing Kyoya as [[HoYay "Mom" quite frequently]]. Technically, however, Tamaki is more of the TeamMom, while Kyoya is the TeamDad.

* Fai is not only frequently referred to as the team mom in ''{{Tsubasa}}'' but makes sure everyone knows Kurogane's the TeamDad, too. (Much to [[{{Tsundere}} Kurogane's]] disgust and the {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s delight.)

* Shamal from ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs''. Notable in that she's the TeamMom of the ''QuirkyMinibossSquad''...at least, that's how they start out.
** Also, to an extent, Lindy Harlaown... and Nanoha and Fate themselves, in ''[[NanohaStrikerS StrikerS]]''.

* Cordelia in ''RomeoXJuliet'', despite being only two years older than Juliet. [[spoiler: She becomes a literal mom in the epilogue.]]

* Tea Gardner/Anzu Mazaki from ''Anime/YuGiOh''

* Sanae Nakazawa, Yukari Nishimoto, Yayoi Aoba, Yoshiko Fujisawa, Machiko Machida and (in the videogames) Youko Katagiri from ''CaptainTsubasa''. Justified trope since they're all [[CuteSportsClubManager the managers of their respective teams]], so they're ''literally'' the team moms. Kumi Sugimoto is an exception: she's an assistant too, but doesn't fill in since she's actually [[NaiveNewcomer a newbie to the sport.]]

* ''AxisPowersHetalia'' has a male and two females in the TeamMom role. The male is Antonio/Spain, who raises Lovino/South Italy almost on his own. The females are Elizaveta/Hungary (who starts as Feliciano/North Italy's CoolBigSis and is promoted to TeamMom when she marries TeamDad Roderich/Austria) and Ukraine (who is less lucky since her younger siblings are ''both'' {{Yandere}}s, but seems to [[CloudCuckooLandersMinder do fine]] with [[CloudCuckoolander Poland]].)

* In ''FruitsBasket'' we have two. Kyoko Honda nee Katsunuma (a rare loner example, who [[spoiler: because of her past she recruits quite the RagTagBunchOfMisfits, including her own daughter after her future husband, Honda Katsuya, healed her with the PowerOfLove]]) and Kyouko's daughter Honda Tohru (a more traditional example, who also heals and held the RagTagBunchOfMisfits together with the PowerOfLove).
* Isabella Yamamoto in ''ParadiseKiss''... who's actually a {{transsexual}}.

* Kagome Higurashi in Manga/InuYasha. As TheChick ''and'' TheLancer in the FiveManBand, she keeps TheHero in line ("SIT, BOY!"), acts like the TagalongKid's ParentalSubstitute, offers [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]] moral support ''and'' [[ShipperOnDeck ships her with]] TheSmartGuy.

* Trunks acted as a male version of this trope for Goku, Pan, and Gill/Giru during the first half of DragonBallGT.

* ''{{NANA}}'': Nana "Hachi" Komatsu, who is usually the childish one in most of her relationships, is actually quite motherly towards the members of Blast (with the exception of [[spoiler: Yasu]], who is this type of character too), even before [[spoiler: she finds out she's pregnant]]. Afterwards, it only increases especially in regard to [[spoiler: her taking care of Nana O. after Ren's death]]. [[spoiler: Shin]] even starts referring to her as his mother.

* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Evangeline, of all people, has been known to act like this. Of course, [[NobleDemon she will vehemently deny this if you bring it up.]]

* ''{{Hellsing}}'''s Integra acts this way sometimes in the manga, in particular as contrast to "TeamDad" Alucard in their guidance of Seras Victoria. While he tries to be harsh, lying down the rules and teaching her practical matters in his twisted way, Integra nurtures her in own way, gives {{Cool Down Hug}}s and feeds her (via her own blood) with more diplomacy. At the epilogue, she chides at her like a mother would to a naughty child.

* ''TigerAndBunny'' has two ''[[GenderInvertedTrope male ]]''[[GenderInvertedTrope examples]]. Kotetsu tries to "mother" his partner Barnaby and make sure he eats properly [[spoiler: (somewhat ironic considering the fact that Barnaby's an orphan)]], but ends up being more successful in the case of Ivan, Pao-Lin and Karina. The other "mom", Nathan, is more than happy to listen to his fellow superheroes' woes -- lending helpful and worldly advice whenever possible.

* Shizuka from HanaYoriDango seems to have formerly filled this role for the F4, [[MoralityChain and her absence may have something to do]] with [[KickTheDog the extreme levels of jerkassery they've fallen to by the beginning of the series.]]
* Karen Kasumi from ''{{X1999}}'', with Seiichiro Aoki as the TeamDad.
* Himari Takakura from Anime/MawaruPenguindrum, despite being the youngest of the Takakura household. Not to mention, she mothers ''penguins'' around too.

* Nanako Misonoo from OniisamaE comes as this once in a while, specially [[spoiler: when Kaoru has a fit of pain and Nanako first gets her medicines, then takes care of her. (And she slaps Rei for not really helping her at first, too.)]]

* Renie Sulaweyo adopts this role to some extent in ''{{Otherland}}'', acting as the leader, spokesperson, and MamaBear for the RagtagBunchOfMisfits infiltrating the computer network. Of course, she's ''not'' (with a few exceptions) herding around a bunch of kids, and so the others frequently resent this behavior.

* Virginia is this to ''ThePlatoonOfPowerSquadron''. She does her best to keep the others under control, and constantly refers to them as a family (despite Jonas' protesting that they are [[InsistentTerminology DEFINITELY NOT]]).

* Monica Geller in ''{{Friends}}''. The pilot episode has her juggle calming Rachel's anxiety attack, comforting a depressed Ross, telling off Joey and stopping Phoebe and Chandler from spying on her date. In later seasons after marrying a much matured Chandler the pair act as DesignatedParents for the gang, though he can still be goofy at time. (They're at their most adult when councelling their friends through tangled romantic problems, having become the BetaCouple).

* In labs, especially large labs, there will usually be somebody to fill this role.

* There's Molly Weasley of ''HarryPotter'' who is the mother of seven children. She consider Harry like a son, treats Hermione like a daughter and acts as hostess to the whole Order of the Phoenix as well.

* Fitz Kreiner, from the DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Eighth Doctor Adventures, once brought three meals a day to the Doctor's door when the Doctor was mourning the death of a loved one, for almost four whole days. The Doctor never actually ate any of them. He also once carried around a pair of clean socks for days while the Doctor was wandering through a jungle -- when the Doctor reemerges, he finds he does in fact need them. Whenever the Doctor [[RealMenGetShot gets hurt]], it's almost inevitably Fitz's job to [[{{Determinator}} get him to take a break]] and then tend to him. He's also the first character to start treating Trix civilly, even though she stowed away on the TARDIS, and he often functions as TheHeart of the group when the Doctor is making morally-dubious decisions. When the Doctor develops TraumaInducedAmnesia, Fitz ends up with the most functional seniority on the TARDIS. Although the Doctor is also the TeamChef and often protective of the other characters, Fitz is so overly loyal to the Doctor that he doesn't always [[WhatTheHellHero call him on his shit]], and Anji is responsible for the vast majority of the series' [[CloserToEarth sensible decision-making]], see the following exchange, in which Fitz behaves like [[HarryPotter Molly Weasley]] and the Doctor [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it:

* Monica Geller in ''{{Friends}}''.

** Also [[TheMcCoy Dr. [=McCoy=]]] on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' - up to and including insisting everyone eat their vegetables. Since he's TheMedic, this is more or less in the job description.

* Stiles from the show ''Series/{{Teen Wolf}}'' is considered 'Pack Mom,' by most of the Fandom. He helps out other characters in various ways, even if it comes at a cost to him. He is also shown as being protective of many of the members in the show even though, most of the time, he's physically weaker than they are.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'''s most prominent TeamMom is Lily, although Ted has strong shades of this trope too.
** In fact, while Ted is {{Lampshaded}} in-canon as being the TeamDad, he seems to better fit the TeamMom trope. Both he and Lily spend a lot of time worrying and fussing over the others, making them talk their problems out, bossing them around or doling out much-needed advice.

* Lt Nate Fick in "GenerationKill", he's their superior but he's a Mom in so many ways.

* Karen Kasumi from ''X1999'', with Seiichiro Aoki as the TeamDad.

* In MahouSenseiNegima, Evangeline, of all people, has been known to act like this. Of course, [[NobleDemon she will vehemently deny this if you bring it up.]]
** Also Chizuru Naba, and more recently Akira Ookochi.

* Mommy fills this role in ''{{The Fire-us Trilogy}}'' for a group of orphans trying to survive in a post-apocolyptic world.

* Paula Abdul and later JenniferLopez had shades of this on AmericanIdol.

* Wendy Moira Angela Darling from ''PeterPan'' (currently pictured above), which makes this OlderThanRadio. You know when Maggie in ''Film/{{Hook}}'' berates Dustin Hoffman for "needing a mother very badly"? It effectively harks back to the original novel.

* In the Gospel of John (19:25-27) Jesus, on the cross and near death, made his mother Mary the TeamMom for the early Christians.
** And now she's considered TeamMom for the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches; the Protestant churches tend to downplay her importance.

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Erza fits this role among [[FiveManBand Team Natsu]] as well as TheBigGuy. As far as the entire guild goes, [[SilkHidingSteel Mirajane]] shares this role with her, but she's also their cover girl.

* Farnese becomes this in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', as Casca's caretaker and because of her willingness to take care of everyone's basic needs.

* Believe it or not, ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' takes up the role from time to time. Like when she takes care of Kyon after he falls off a cliff during the Mystery Murder, plays with Kyon's little sister and other kids, stays by Kyon's bedside ''for three days'' [[spoiler: when he's hospitalized during ''Disappearance'']] or [[spoiler: watches over the sick Yuki in the beginning of Volume 10.]]

* Karen Kasumi from {{X 1999}}, with Seiichiro Aoki as the TeamDad.

* Antonia is this to the Theodoran Cohort in BelisariusSeries.

* Cleao Everlasting from {{Orphen}}, and formerly Stephanie.

In an {{ensemble|s}} show, especially of the fighting kind, there needs to be someone to hold this RagTagBunchOfMisfits together before they kill each other or wander off into the woods like so many {{Player Character}}s. Almost [[AlwaysFemale always a female]], TeamMom basically acts as the [[PromotionToParent mother figure]] for everyone else in the group, regardless of age or family relations. That said, the OverprotectiveDad or older brother can qualify for Team Mom, and the same goes for a CoolBigSis [[CharacterDevelopment who grows]] OlderAndWiser. In many cases, she actually is a mother or older sister to at least one other character.

* [[{{NANA}} Nana "Hachi" Komatsu]], who is usually the childish one in most of her relationships, is actually quite motherly towards the members of Blast (with the exception of [[spoiler: Yasu]], who is this type of character too), even before [[spoiler: she finds out she's pregnant]]. Afterwards, it only increases especially in regard to [[spoiler: her taking care of Nana O. after Ren's death]]. [[spoiler: Shin]] even starts referring to her as his mother.

** In the SliceOfLife settings, Haruna Sakurada was this and a SternTeacher. Too bad she got DemotedToExtra after the ''R'' season.

* Many [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} X-Women]] have fallen into this trope, most famously Jean Grey, but also Storm and, most recently, Emma Frost.

** Bat-incest?

* [[{{Batman}} Bane]] is trying to be this in the new SecretSix series. Seeing him mother assassins is... interesting, to say the least especially given that he's TheBigGuy.

* [[TortallUniverse Kel]] takes this role from the start and escalates it through the series. From the leader of a study group in book one to refugee camp in book four. She's even a full-fledged ParentalSubstitute for Tobe.

* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (original series) had Catherine (who usually took the role of CoolBigSis, but she had her "Mom" moments, at least until she was PutOnABus)and now that she's gone, Sara seems to be stepping into the role a bit; ''CSIMiami''has Alexx, who even acts matronly to the ''corpses'' that come her way, or did until she was PutOnABus. ''{{CSI NY}}'' had Stella Bonasera for a while, though Jo Danville is kind of taking over on occasion since she replaced Stella.