History MamaBear / AnimatedFilms

* Sarabi in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', as she challenged Scar's inconsistent story regarding the stampede, not only out of rage for the death of her husband Mufasa, but in defense of her son Simba when Scar accused him for it.
-->'''Sarabi''': (defending Simba) Scar, you said that you didn't make to the gorge in time.

-->(Scar stares coldly, [[OhCrap realizing that he has inadvertently exposed himself as Mufasa's murderer]])

** Ming deconstructs this. [[MyBelovedSmother Her attitude and actions]] clearly show what can happen when this trope goes wrong. Repeatedly throughout the movie, she aggressively acts to protect or defend her beloved Mei-Mei but in every case, Mei was never actually in danger, and Ming's actions make things worse for her daughter instead of better.

* Koda's mother in ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' is a ''very'' literal example.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' has a tragic example with Quasimodo's UsefulNotes/{{Roma|ni}} mother. Her baby was the only thing left in her life and she died trying to keep him away from Frollo. He caught her and another Romani on top of the stairs of Notre Dame, tried to take baby!Quasi away from her, and in the struggle, she fell down the stairs and died.

* Elastigirl from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' is a major one:

** She even becomes one for her own daughter, almost becoming an [[OverprotectiveDad overprotective mother]] [[LikeFatherLikeSon like her father was]].

* Kala from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' thanks to losing her baby to Sabor the Leopard, she's sure as hell gonna fight off the same Leopard to protect baby Tarzan. And when Kerchak (the massive Silverback Gorilla) is displeased when she brings the baby home and charges at Tarzan, Kala shields him with her arms and just glares at her mate and stopping him instantly.
* Lady of ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' is extremely protective of Jim Dear and Darling's baby son. She steps in front of [[CatsAreMean Si and Am]] and growls to stop them going up to the baby's room to steal milk. When a rat sneaks into the room she goes absolutely berserk barking her head off and pulls the chain off the wall of her doghouse so she can get loose and chase after it.
* Littlefoot's mother from ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''. For most of her screen time, she's shown to be gentle, caring, and nurturing to her son. But when he's about to be eaten by a "Sharptooth," she whips that fully grown, red-eyed T. Rex in the face with her tail, hard enough to ''knock him off his feet and send him flying into a rock.'' That one close-up of her face is the very definition of Mama Bear mode. Even after the T. Rex visibly tears out chunks of her back, she manages to strike him one more time (on a cliff in the middle of an earthquake, by the way) and send him falling into a chasm, and somehow turns herself around just in time to catch the two young dinosaurs with her teeth before they fall.
** Please consider the fact that this is a Mama Bear 70 feet long weighing '''approximately 30 TONS.'''
** Chomper's mom counts as well.

-->(Scar stares coldly, realizing that he has inadvertently exposed himself as Mufasa's murderer)

* Aunt May has a moment in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' when the RoguesGallery attacks the heroes whom May plays TeamMom to in her house [[note]] also two of said heroes are different versions of her [[spoiler: dead]] nephew [[/note]] leading to May literally beating up [[TheBrute Tombstone]] with a baseball bat knocking his ass out of the house.

** Ming's own mother Wu, however, plays this straight.[[spoiler:When Mei isn't strong enough to pull Ming into the sealing circle, Wu doesn't hesitate to destroy her own talisman and reclaim her ability in an effort to help her daughter]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed.''

* In ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', Perdita is perhaps the ''only'' female character in the old school Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon who truly enters combat and that's when her puppies are threatened. When it comes that, she's even better at it than [[PapaWolf Pongo]].

-->'''Lucy Wilde''': Nobody, ''nobody'' curses my daughter, you got that? Because if you mess with Margo, you mess with me! And I promise, you do not want to mess with me! Do you understand me?

* Norma Jean from ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'', despite her calm, loving demeanor, shows flashes of this. She is the first and only emperor penguin, in their extremely conformist and convervative society, to try to oppose the Elders, verbally lashing out at them when they force her son Mumble into exile. She also expresses great disdain for them during the graduation ceremony, as Mumble had not been permitted to graduate.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' has a tragic example with Quasimodo's UsefulNotes/{{Roma|ni}} mother. Her baby was the only thing left in her life and she died trying to keep him away from Frollo. He caught her and another Romani on top of the stairs of Notre-Dame, tried to take baby!Quasi away from her, and in the struggle she fell down the stairs and died.

** This is kind of a trend with LBT moms; Ducky and Spike's mom, for example, leaps into ice water to save [[HappilyAdopted her son]] from drowning in one installment and in another Petrie's mother flies through what can only be described as a ''typhoon'' to find her missing son.

** Ming deconstructs this. Her attitude and actions clearly show what can happen when this trope goes wrong. Repeatedly throughout the movie, she aggressively acts to protect or defend her beloved Mei-Mei, but in every case Mei was never actually in danger, and Ming's actions make things worse for her daughter instead of better.

* Yubaba from ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' may be on the cruel and vindictive side, but make no mistake, she loves her son Bo, and goes absolutely ballistic when he disappears late in the film.

* Ming deconstructs this. Her attitude and actions clearly show what can happen when this trope goes wrong. Repeatedly throughout the movie, she aggressively acts to protect or defend her beloved Mei-Mei, but in every case Mei was never actually in danger, and Ming's actions make things worse for her daughter instead of better.

** Ming plays with this trope. When Ming discovers Mei's drawings of Devon, she assumes he's taking advantage of her daughter. This leads to her driving to his workplace to accuse him, along with her stating that he should be reported. However, Mei was never in any type of distress and she didn't need saving, and this just leads to her being embarrassed by her mother's overreactive behavior.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed.'' When Ming discovers Mei's drawings of Devon, she assumes he's taking advantage of her daughter. This leads to her driving to his workplace to accuse him, along with her stating that he should be reported. However, Mei was never in any type of distress and she didn't need saving, and this just leads to her being embarrassed by her mother's overreactive behavior.