| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[Anime/DragonBallZ https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mom_dragonballz.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Don't train children with their mothers around.]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | -> '''Boss:''' Hey, who said you were on break?\ |
| 5 | '''Kitty:''' I did.\ |
| 6 | '''Boss:''' And who are you?\ |
| 7 | '''Kitty:''' I'm his '''mother'''.\ |
| 8 | '''Boss:''' ...that's good enough. ''[leaves the room]'' |
| 9 | -->-- ''Series/That70sShow'', "Eric's Burger Job" |
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| 11 | The Almighty Mom can tell off anyone. ''Anyone''. From her own kids to army generals to an [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Elder Thing from Beyond]], you name it. It doesn't matter if she is severely outclassed by the object of her ire in every relevant way; her iron-willed personality '''''will''''' pound him/her/them/it into submission without her needing to lift a single finger. Don't get fresh, don't talk back, and if she wants it done, chances are it'll get done. |
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| 13 | She can reduce grown men to the level of children with only a sentence and a glare, and, guess what, she's always right. Not only can she put anyone in their place, but she knows the best way out of any situation. |
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| 15 | A SubTrope of MamaBear, and often a characteristic of the TeamMom, the JewishMother and the ApronMatron. This trope is more likely than not to be PlayedForLaughs (but not always). Compare OneBadMother and NeverMessWithGranny for the older version. See also MyBelovedSmother, which this can often seem from the [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents embarrassed offspring's perspective]]. Overlaps with AlmightyJanitor when she also works at the company and has influence that goes beyond protecting her children. |
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| 18 | !!Examples: |
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| 20 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 23 | * ''Manga/BlackButler'' gives us Ciel's paternal aunt Frances Midford. A terrifyingly strict IronLady, she cracks the whip on the entire Phantomhive household whenever she appears. Sebastian is a frequent victim of her wrath, being berated for his "slovenly" appearance and forced to slick back his hair to appease her sense of decorum. While usually PlayedForLaughs, Frances more than [[LadyOfWar earns]] her fierce reputation as a highly-accomplished MasterSwordsman. |
| 24 | * Hinata [[spoiler: Uzumaki]] (née Hyuga) has grown into this in the ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' anime, a ''far'' cry from her ShrinkingViolet self from [[Manga/{{Naruto}} the original series]]. [[NiceGirl While she's still as sweet and caring as during her youth]], [[BewareTheNiceOnes her angry outbursts]] can outright ''terrify'' her husband and son when they're loafing around or fighting each other. |
| 25 | * In ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'', Ryo Ishizaki is ''terrified'' of his mother. Mrs. Ishizaki turns out to be one of these: harsh, HotBlooded like her son, very strong-willed, and not afraid of speaking her mind at all. Though if you're on her good side, she's a total sweetheart. |
| 26 | * In the first ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'' movie, Syaoran is also pretty scared of his mother Li Yielan, and even [[GenkiGirl his super bubbly and energetic four older sisters]] settle down when they're around her, implying that she is this trope. |
| 27 | * The Eastern Hero, [[ADogNamedDog Hero]], from ''Manga/DontCryMaouChan'' is a max-level powerhouse along with his party. His mother can outdo all of them at the same time without even paying attention despite looking like a stereotypical homemaker. |
| 28 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 29 | ** [[EducationMama Chi-Chi]] (pictured above, center) personifies this trope and will viciously tell off of [[MamaBear anyone who mistreats or endangers her children]] had been a long RunningGag in the series. It's jokingly stated she is the only one that Goku, the most [[TheChampion powerful hero]] of Earth, is utterly terrified of. That is [[SubvertedTrope until]] she tried to do it to [[OmnicidalManiac Majin Buu]], at which point it [[BullyingADragon stopped being funny]]. |
| 30 | ** Bulma (also pictured above, right) is not too far behind. She can keep both Goku and Vegeta in check despite the two being [[PersonOfMassDestruction among the most powerful beings in the universe]], and unlike Chi-Chi, she doesn't have any sort of martial arts training whatsoever. ''Then'' when [[PhysicalGod Beerus the God of Destruction]] shows up, she's the only one who can scold Beerus and not be met with a threat of being destroyed on the spot by the DestroyerDeity (though he did slap her hard enough to fall unconscious). In fact, she might be the only being (aside from [[TopGod Zeno]]) who can tell him to do things and expect that he will comply (this [[FoodAsBribe usually requires food]]). |
| 31 | * Invoked in the episode ''Odd One Out'' in ''Anime/HaloLegends''. Two of the natives on the planet claim "No one is stronger than Mama" as they and Spartan-1337 are about to face off against a super-powered Covenant Brute. At the end of the fight, the wreckage of a UNSC frigate, which up to this point was just a background object, lights up and fires a MAC round at the Brute, forcing it into a Slipspace rupture. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Mama was the frigate's AI.]] |
| 32 | * ''Manga/InuYasha'': |
| 33 | ** [[AloofBigBrother Sesshomaru]] is a {{Youkai}} so powerful and willful that his father's allies fear him, and even [[BigBad Naraku]] plots carefully before crossing paths with him. His obsession with obtaining his younger brother's [[{{BFS}} sword]] is such a problem that it can't be resolved until after [[TrainingFromHell direct intervention]] from his ''mother''. Her [[BreakTheHaughty ability]] to put her wayward son in his place is [[CruelToBeKind brutal]]. It's [[ToHellAndBack terrifying]]. ''It works''. |
| 34 | --->'''Sesshomaru's Mother:''' [[AGodAmI Did you think you were like a god]] or something? That as long as you had Tenseiga there was [[NighInvulnerability no fear of death]]? Sesshomaru, it's something you had to [[AnAesop learn]], that when your heart wishes to save someone dear to you it must at the same time feel sadness and fear of losing them. Your father said this as well: Tenseiga is a [[HealingShiv healing sword]]. Even when wielded as a weapon, you must [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility understand the weight of life]] and carry a compassionate heart when dispatching your enemy. That is what is [[PowerAtAPrice necessary]] for the one who wields the Tenseiga which can save a hundred lives [[spoiler: and send enemies to the [[TheUnderworld Meidou]]]]. |
| 35 | ** Jinenji's old crone of a mother is very HotBlooded and bossy, which alongside [[{{Gonk}} her withered looks]] made the main characters think she's a demon. |
| 36 | %%Ragyo Kiryuin from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' was deemed a non-example per https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13543987200A54420100&page=755#comment-18866. Please do not add her back without approval. Also, her AmbiguouslyBi entry is unnecessary. |
| 37 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'''s Delia Ketchum gets to be this in the third movie, ''Anime/Pokemon3: Spell of the Unown'', when she stands up to Entei. It is a failed effort, but she gets points for trying. |
| 38 | -->'''Delia:''' I don't care if you're a real Pokémon or not! You can't take the place of her real father!\ |
| 39 | '''Entei:''' I AM Molly's real father! As long as that is her wish! |
| 40 | * Miyako Sakuragawa's mother, Kyouko, from ''Manga/PrivatePrince''. Runs the family ''ryokan'' firmly, is both loved and feared by everyone in it (her husband and daughter included), and does '''not''' tolerate anyone stepping out of line. |
| 41 | * Anna Kyouyama, later Asakura from ''Manga/ShamanKing'' became one of these in ''Manga/ShamanKingFlowers''. Her reputation as the only person able to master Hao's techniques makes her son's enemies plot things carefully before messing with him. Heck, this woman can talk back to Hao, '''''God himself''''', ''threaten'' him to [[spoiler:revive Hana's little baby body]] and ''have him comply at the first threat''. |
| 42 | ** The original manga has [[spoiler: Hao's mother being this as well, despite being dead for a millennia by the time the story begins. She is the only one who was able to convince Hao to abandon or at least postpone his plan of wiping out humanity, after pretty much everyone failed to stop him]]. |
| 43 | * ''Manga/UzakiChanWantsToHangOut'': Shinichi Sakurai's mother Haruko, despite looking rather sweet and quiet outwardly, comes from a family who owns a judo dojo, and is actually capable of throwing down her husband and son without effort. She also snapped when she saw her son had a girl at his apartment, smacking him in the head. |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 47 | * Rare male example: Franchise/{{Batman}}'s Alfred Pennyworth. This BattleButler is the only person in the world who can consistently make the Bat-Family (who [[{{Determinator}} won't bend the knee to anybody, either man or god]]) stop acting stupid and/or go to sleep/eat something. This makes it more painful in the fact that [[spoiler:his role as their father figure was only fully acknowledged by Bruce [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis in the video will played after he was killed by Darkseid]] and the rest of the family [[ComicBook/TheJokerWar after Bane snapped Alfred's neck]].]] |
| 48 | * Bianca Reyes from ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle''. She told off her son for getting into a fight with ComicBook/GreenLantern Guy Gardner and then followed it up by yelling at ''Guy''. |
| 49 | --> '''Bianca:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Is. That. A Giant. Green. Fist?]] |
| 50 | :: Which promptly leads to her husband admitting to Jaime's best friends that she is the reason he never has to raise his voice. |
| 51 | * [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] is usually this for the X-Men, in her capacity as TeamMom. She is loving, compassionate, motherly, and one of the most powerful psychics ever to exist - when she's ''not'' wielding the Phoenix Force. Accordingly, even the gods themselves will probably not be able to save you if you threaten her students, or, worse, her children, who all listen to her. It doesn't matter that one is [[ComicBook/RachelSummers a time-travelling psychic as strong as she is (potentially stronger) and the supposed 'One True Phoenix']], another is [[Characters/MarvelComicsCable a time-travelling soldier at least twice her age capable of taking down Apocalypse through sheer martial skill and stubbornness]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsXMan the youngest]] is a fully-fledged RealityWarper who [[DimensionLord created]] and [[FisherKing became his own reality]] - and all of them are impossibly stubborn. Even if they don't obey, she is literally the one person they will all listen to, whether they want to or not. |
| 52 | * [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] as of ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth''. When it comes to her family, she is the [[BadassNormal undisputed boss]], she doesn't care if you're {{Characters/Superman|TheCharacter}} (her husband), [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Superboy]] (her son), the goddamn {{Characters/Batman|TheCharacter}} ([[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu whom she fed apple pie]]), or Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}, you will act like civilized people around her home. And if you ''ever'' threaten her son, she will climb into a Batsuit designed to fight Darkseid and smear you across the floor with your own entrails. |
| 53 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': This trope could be named after Peter's Aunt May, because she is often this trope: |
| 54 | ** In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski'', Aunt May does this to Tony Stark and Reed Richards during ''ComicBook/TheOther'' story arc, when they want Peter to take more tests instead of going out with Mary Jane. The two most brilliant men in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse are no match for Aunt May's stern reprimand. |
| 55 | ** Aunt May also does it to J. Jonah Jameson over the phone in an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', when JJJ yells at Peter for being late. |
| 56 | ** When the Parker family moved into the Avengers' tower, Aunt May [[http://www.comicvine.com/images/1300-1482005/ scolded]] [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] for drinking and smoking so early in the morning in the breakfast room. Wolverine is stunned into silence. |
| 57 | ** Aunt May also slagged off JJJ in #616 after she found out Peter was Spidey; she couldn't stand JJJ badmouthing her nephew in the Bugle, even if she couldn't tell JJJ why she was pissed at him for badmouthing Spidey. |
| 58 | ** Aunt May told off the Scorpion for being impolite. "I don't much care for that awful Spider-Man, but at least ''he'' is polite!" Complete with finger-waggle. |
| 59 | ** [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate Aunt May]] is just as almighty. After JJJ unfairly fired Peter, Peter calls her to ask if she can come pick him up and she ends up yelling Jameson's ear off when she finds out he fired Peter. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Then she insults his mustache.]] Jameson calls Peter back and tells him he can have his job back under the condition that he ''never'' has to talk to Aunt May again. |
| 60 | *** Ultimate Aunt May takes it a step further post-Ultimatum when she not only takes in Johnny Storm and Bobby Drake (in addition to Gwen Stacy who'd been living with the Parkers for a while), she gets them into Peter's school and sets a moratorium on super-heroing unless she gives the boys permission. [[spoiler:And when Peter dies, she gives ''Captain America'' a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (complete with BitchSlap) so strong that Steve Rogers (who was every bit as determined as he was an AdaptationalJerkass) decided to quit being a superhero for good (only returning to deal with 616!Galactus trying to eat the planet... which ended up being a DyingMomentOfAwesome).]] |
| 61 | * Hippolyta, Franchise/WonderWoman's mother and Queen of Themyscira, has shown she's not afraid to mouth off to or stand up beings such as the Olympians, including Zeus, when it comes to her daughter. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 65 | * Possibly Lucky Eddie's mother in ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'', seeing as she's the one he goes to when Hagar tells him to find an [[http://www.hagardunor.net/comicsByDate.php?date=20160810 "expert who can teach this sorry bunch how to give an old fashioned Viking whuppin'!"]] |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 69 | * Inverted in the Literature/{{Discworld}} of Creator/AAPessimal. [[AmoralAfrikaner Johanna Smith-Rhodes]] is a teacher at the Assassins' Guild School. Time passes, and she becomes a mother of daughters. An older boy at the Guild School becomes enamoured of her oldest daughter. His friends desperately try to deter him from pursuing the romance, citing this very trope. They gloomily speculate about how long he's going to live. [[note]]Johanna actually quite likes him, and approves[[/note]]. Meanwhile her middle daughter becomes [[TykeBomb a student at the School]]. After she gets into a fight with older boys [[spoiler: Famke wipes the floor with them]], the boys involved are absolutely terrified that they've incurred the wrath of her mother. [[note]] Johanna takes the point of view she cannot get involved as it wouldn't look good, and School discipline has handled the situation to her satisfaction. But she also realises the boys involved do not need to know this and she carries on in a normal professional everyday manner with them, leaving them absolutely terrified as to what her eventual retribution will be[[/note]] |
| 70 | * In the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1077049/1/Cheaper-by-the-Dozen Cheaper by the Dozen]]'', Ryōga runs across [[GenderBender Ranma]] twenty years later and is horrified to discover that his former rival has become an almighty mom after a trip to Jusenkyō gone disastrously wrong forced her to spend the next twenty years giving birth to 24 copies of herself. |
| 71 | -->Damn it, Ranma may be a mother, but she wasn't HIS mother. So how did she manage to make him feel like a little kid? |
| 72 | * In ''Fanfic/EnTempusVeritas'', this trope is regarding Martha Kent, who Lois considers 'the ultimate mother'; when Lois learns about the circumstances of Clark's adoption [[spoiler:in reality]], she observes that she thought the Kents were amazing parents ''before'' she was told that they were so quick to adopt an alien. |
| 73 | * In the crossover fic ''Fanfic/EventHorizonStormOfMagic'', colony director Fred Kovacs is chewed out by his mother ([[spoiler:[[MegaCorp the Company's]] CEO]]) for his incompetence in his role, and is punished by having some of his trust fund money donated to charity and [[spoiler:by being [[ReassignedToAntarctica reassigned]] to the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]] world to assist the main delegation from another company]]. |
| 74 | * Leia Organa in [[http://doodbog.tumblr.com/post/136567339749/how-that-scened-would-have-actually-played-out this]] spoilery ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' fancomic. |
| 75 | * Inko Midoriya in ''Fanfic/GreenTeaRescue''. All Might finds her ''terrifying''. |
| 76 | -->'''All Might:''' Young Midoriya, are you sure your mother wasn't a professional hero? I've been in rooms with ''trained interrogators'' that didn't scare me as much as that woman! |
| 77 | * In ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', Izuku has no problems jumping into a crowd of armed terrorists, getting flung at a giant monster bird large enough to swallow him whole, or getting his bones broken repeatedly in his attempts to master his Semblance. But he will never talk back to his mother. [[spoiler:When she tells him to go to his room so she can interrogate Yang, he almost immediately cracks under the pressure and obeys. Even a ThrillSeeker like Yang finds herself thoroughly intimidated by Inko, who doesn't even have her Aura unlocked.]] |
| 78 | * ''Fanfic/NierAutomataREBirth'': A2 was already the strongest android on Earth, even before [[HappilyAdopted adopting baby Alexander]]. Afterwards, ''no one'' dares try to piss her off when it comes to her son, not even 2B and 9S who could reasonably take her on in a fight. |
| 79 | * In ''Fanfic/SpiderX'', May takes on this role to the X-Men, to the point where she can actually tell Logan not to smoke inside. On a more affectionate note, Jean becomes comfortable enough with her to talk to May about her feelings for Scott when she’s trying to figure out if she’s in love with him or not. |
| 80 | * ''Fanfic/TheSuperheroGame'': Jason is a rare male example. His experience as a single father and an experienced superhero in the previous timeline allows him to essentially cow a de-aged JLA and JSA into behaving through some ear-twisting and sheer force of will. He also has no issues ordering around the aged-up Young Justice, who are clearly scared of him after that display. |
| 81 | * [=PARIAH=] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12361169/4/Wolf-in-Sheep-s-Clothing Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]'' is one of the most powerful beings on Remnant, and yet Summer Rose is able to handle him as if she were even stronger than him (which she's not) |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 85 | * Queen Elinor in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''. She can stop a BallroomBlitz between three feuding clans (and her husband) of {{Violent Glaswegian}}s simply by walking through it in a calm, regal manner. All the brawling Scots will immediately stop and bow, moving only to let her pass. She then calmly walks back to her throne while holding her husband (the king), as well as the three leaders of the clans, by the ''[[EarAche ear]]'', and none of them even try to resist. [[RebelliousPrincess Merida]], though, has a low opinion of her mother, believing her to be just MyBelovedSmother until [[spoiler:the Queen is transformed into a bear (which is Merida's fault) and ends up defending her daughter against a ''demon bear'' basically making her a literal MamaBear until the curse wears off]]. |
| 86 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Abuelita Elena and Mama Imelda, the matrons of the Rivera household in the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead respectively, are effectively in charge of their households, refusing to take no for an answer and being ridiculously stubborn about their music-hating principles. This is deconstructed in that said stubbornness leads to great pains for Miguel [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent when he tries to become a musician and he gets no help from his family]] and [[spoiler:it nearly gets Great-Great-Grandfather Héctor DeaderThanDead]]. |
| 87 | * Helen Parr from ''Franchise/TheIncredibles''. When you cross a Female {{Superhero}} with a MamaBear you get someone who can make you eat your vegetables ''and'' literally make a parachute out of herself when your airplane is exploding. |
| 88 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'': Whenever Finn and Bianca argue, the dad is nowhere to be found, leaving the mom to be the peacemaker. |
| 89 | * Mrs. Davis in ''Franchise/ToyStory''. She's very strict and expects her kids to listen to her and pay attention to her sometimes. She doesn't want Andy or Molly leaving toys or other stuff on the floor, as shown when she steps on one of the Army men and kicks them away during Andy's birthday party. She doesn't want Andy to drive until he's 16. She also argues with her children, usually over little things. |
| 90 | [[/folder]] |
| 91 | |
| 92 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 93 | * The main character's mother in ''Film/AlmostFamous'' does this to the rock band that's touring with him. |
| 94 | * ''Film/{{Fargo}}'': Margie Gunderson is an Almighty Mom [[PregnantBadass in the making]] - just witness her telling off multiple-murderer Grimsrud after shooting him in the leg and taking him in single-handed. |
| 95 | -->''"There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it."'' |
| 96 | * ''Film/GhostNote'': When Lawrence is trying to get his younger daughters into the car with their sister, they just keep playing in the dirt. They listen to her mom when she shouts "Kids, listen to your father!" though. |
| 97 | * ''Film/JojoRabbit'' has Rosie Betzler, mother of the eponymous Johannes "Jojo" Betzler. It's [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Germany in the midst of WWII]]. And yet Rosie has no qualms about greeting the JadedWashout Nazi officer whose negligence led to her son being scarred with a swift GroinAttack, followed by a glove slap to shut him up when he starts complaining. [[spoiler:Subverted when you know the full picture; the officer [[HiddenHeartOfGold is not a loyal Nazi]]. He knows Rosie is part of LaResistance, and [[SecretSecretKeeper has deliberately not told his superiors]] because he agrees with her actions. When ''genuine'' Nazis catch Rosie passing out anti-war literature, [[FirstLawOfTragicomedies things get rapidly darker]].]] |
| 98 | * In ''Film/MonsterTrucks'', assuming that the red creature is the female of the species, during the final chase sequence between the three truck-dwelling creatures and Terravex's security forces, Creach’s mother shows the most pro-active attitude of the creatures, flipping two opposing trucks and helping to stabilise Creach/Trip during their race down the mountain. |
| 99 | [[/folder]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 102 | * In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TheCatWhoWalksThroughWalls'', the Moderator [Mayor] of Hong Kong Luna has our hero, Richard, under arrest when "Auntie" Washington arrives and makes the kids who have gathered praise Richard for his heroism. Naturally, they let Richard go rather than mess with Auntie. |
| 103 | * This is one of the main character's "[[HeartIsAnAwesomePower powers]]" in the novel ''Confessions of Super-Mom''. |
| 104 | * Literature/{{Discworld}}'s Sybil Vimes comes from a long line of these. Her aunt is mentioned to have given a pair of highwaymen who attacked her coach such a talking to that they ran home to their own mothers to apologize. |
| 105 | * Charity Carpenter from ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. Harry claims her tongue is sharper than the AbsurdlySharpBlade [[GratuitousLatin Amorrachius]]. She turns out to be one [[ActionMom badass]] MamaBear. |
| 106 | * Mrs. Molly Prewett-Weasley to everyone in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, except Harry whom she almost never criticizes. She's especially hard on her own children, but the members of the Order of the Phoenix know all about her wrath as well. |
| 107 | ** Especially evident in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', when Ron and the twins come home after their night trip to rescue Harry. |
| 108 | --->''Mrs. Weasley was marching across the yard, scattering chickens, and for a short, plump, kind-faced woman, it was remarkable how much she looked like a saber-toothed tiger.'' |
| 109 | ** She also has one of the most famous lines of the series -- partially due to the PrecisionFStrike, and partially due to its awesomeness. |
| 110 | --->'''Molly:''' Not my daughter, you ''bitch!'' |
| 111 | * People are impaled in ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'', but no one will ever disobey Liz. Think about it. |
| 112 | * In ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude'', When Arcadio takes over Macondo and is killing people in violent reprisals, his grandmother/adopted mother Úrsula stands up to him, calling him out and whipping him while chasing him away. From then on she has authority in Macondo. She also later gathers the mothers of revolutionaries together to try to stop her son Colonel Aureliano Buendía from having General Moncada executed. |
| 113 | --> '''Úrsula''': You have taken this horrible game very seriously and you have done well because you are doing your duty. But don't forget that as long as God gives us life we will still be mothers and no matter how revolutionary you may be, we have the right to pull down your pants and give you a whipping at the first sign of disrespect. |
| 114 | * Kel's mother in the ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' books by Creator/TamoraPierce. Although the most badass thing she does in the present is yell at Kel's DrillSergeantNasty, in a flashback we see her protect her daughter and a bunch of sacred relics by slicing up a gang of pirates. |
| 115 | * Adah from ''Literature/TheRedTent''. Don't underestimate her just because her health is failing in her old age! |
| 116 | * Catelyn Stark from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' isn't afraid of sassing even kings if they're acting too foolish for her taste. Robb deeply admires his mother's strength and initially looks up to her for war advice. |
| 117 | * ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan. She even tells off the parents of other children. In less than five minutes. By telling them to sit on a sofa. This effect is enhanced by the stature of her 'children,' which includes *the Emperor of Barrayar.* |
| 118 | ** Lady Alys Vorpatril is this in her own way, combining it with her position as a GrandeDame and TheSocialExpert. When it comes time to plan the emperor's wedding, she leads a cohort of matriarchs to get everything done. |
| 119 | * Nita's mom in the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' series stops her daughter from making a DealWithTheDevil, and tells off [[BigBad the Lone Power]]. |
| 120 | ** Dairene pulled off a similar feat [[spoiler: for the species of wizard supercomputers she built on her ordeal]]. |
| 121 | ** Certain wizards hold the title of Planetary, which ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shockingly]]) means that they have jurisdiction over their home planet, its natural forces, and every wizard who lives there, human or otherwise. In Earth's case, the title is currently held by Irina Mladin, a suburban housewife who has a habit of carrying her infant son with her on business. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 125 | * ''Series/ThirtyRock'': Jack Donaghy is a true alpha male and a powerful executive over at GE. Yet the presence of his mother often reduces him to a near childlike state where he is utterly unable to do anything except go along with whatever she says. |
| 126 | * ''Series/BurnNotice'' has Madeline Westen, whose real skill is the way she can shift effortlessly between soft-power "I'm a sweet little old lady and I know what's best" mumsiness to hard-power "Do what I tell you or there'll be trouble" MamaBear Mode. In other words, she can play GoodCopBadCop ''on her own''. |
| 127 | -->'''Michael Westen:''' Mom, put down the shotgun. |
| 128 | * In ''Series/DadsArmy'', one thing that could derail the orderly military life of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon of the Home Guard was Mrs Pike storming round to complain about all the things Captain Mainwaring and Sergeant Wilson were making her son do. Private Pike, the youngest member of a platoon composed of elderly men too old for regular military service, and otherwise a pampered mummy's boy [[note]]his mother saw to it that when he came of age to be enlisted, he was counted unsuitable for regular service[[/note]] was frequently excused the more arduous and dirty aspects of military service for this reason. Nobody wanted his mum coming round to complain. |
| 129 | * Mrs. Kim on ''Series/GilmoreGirls''. She arguably terrifies ''everyone'' in Stars Hollow. |
| 130 | * Beverly Goldberg from ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' will stop at nothing to defend her children, whether they want it or not. She goes to complain to the principal's office so often he considers her TheDreaded, and she's even tried to call the White House to make sure Adam doesn't have to take the President's Fitness Test. |
| 131 | * Marion Cunningham on ''Series/HappyDays'' was the only person on the planet who could make Fonzie, the King of All That Is Cool himself, sit down and eat his veggies. She also owned the exclusive right to call him "Arthur". Added badassery points for "Mrs. C" once telling The Fonz to "sit on it!" and living to tell the tale. |
| 132 | * David's mom on ''Series/{{Kings}}'' did this a couple of times to different people, including once to the King himself. |
| 133 | * Lois in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' is this to such a degree that she has a minor HeroicBSOD when faced with a problem that she can't fix by telling people off (a highway accident blocking traffic), or with proof that she's in the wrong (security footage of her making an illegal manoeuvre). [[spoiler:Eventually, it turns out that she ''was'' right in the latter case, but Hal and the boys destroy the evidence to avoid giving her the impression that she's always right about everything.]] |
| 134 | * Sonia Rey from ''Series/RebeldeWay'' is generally a friendly, easy-going woman, but harm Marizza in any way and she won't hesitate in retaliating in any means possible, doesn't matter if you're the principal of the school or the mayor of the city. |
| 135 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'': Joyce brooks no mistreatment of her sons, she doesn't care if you're an interdimensional monster or a local police officer. When she finds out that Jonathan has been arrested, she demands, nay, ''commands'' that he be let out of his handcuffs. It's telling that whenever she gives an order to Chief Hopper, he never argues. |
| 136 | * ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': In one episode, Charlie and Alan have become victims of a possibly-real Satanic cult, and the witch is planning to use Charlie to father the Antichrist, which Charlie is forced to agree to on pain of a curse. Then their mother walks in, the witch ''recognizes her'' ("These are my ''sons''"), and nearly runs out of the house. |
| 137 | -->'''Charlie:''' W-wait! What about all the shriveling, and the husk?\ |
| 138 | '''Witch:''' ''[to Evelyn]'' I have no idea what they're talking about. ''[flees]''\ |
| 139 | ''[everyone slowly turns to Evelyn]''\ |
| 140 | '''Evelyn:''' What? She's in my Pilates class!\ |
| 141 | '''Everyone else:''' ''[muttering]'' Yeah, sure, I'll buy that. |
| 142 | * Moms, stepmoms, and moms-in-law like these will show up at least OncePerEpisode in any versions of ''Series/SayYesToTheDress'', trying to take control of the dresses that their daughters/stepdaughters/daughters-in-law will try on for their soon-to-come weddings. Both the original and the Atlanta SpinOff had whole episodes dedicated to specifically dealing with these overbearing and often [[MyBelovedSmother stiffling]] ladies who treat the brides like little girls and boss everyone around. |
| 143 | * ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Mary is the ''only'' person who can put Sheldon in his place and deal with him whenever he gets too difficult for the others to handle. |
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| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 147 | * Macha from ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' is this for the few moments that she has time to actually display a personality. |
| 148 | * Crono's mom in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' seems to have quite strong character when she scolds [[NubileSavage Ayla]] over her provocative clothing. She's also no the least bit intimidated when she meets the [[ExBigBad rather menacing-looking Magus]]. |
| 149 | --> '''Ayla''': [[YouNoTakeCandle Crono strong... Crono mother strong too!]] |
| 150 | * In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' Zhang Chunhua is known to inspire fear in even enemy troops by her mere presence, let alone among her family, who are too afraid to even ask her for help. |
| 151 | -->'''Wang Yuanji:''' Lady Zhang Chunhua, do you have a moment? It's about Master Zhao...\ |
| 152 | '''Zhang Chunhua:''' Is that idiot son of mine causing you grief, Lady Yuanji? I'll be sure to punish him, so please don't give up on him.\ |
| 153 | '''Wang Yuanji:''' Oh no, it isn't that bad...\ |
| 154 | '''Zhang Chunhua:''' You must not go easy on him. It is vital to take a strong stance from the beginning.\ |
| 155 | '''Wang Yuanji:''' ...Y-Yes, my lady. |
| 156 | * In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', Julyan Manderville wears the pants in the Manderville family. She puts both her husband and son, both of whom are able to pull off ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' style cartoon fight scenes, to shame and every battle she takes part in is a CurbStompBattle in her favor. ''Everyone'', even [[TheHero the Warrior of Light]], is beholden to her, lest [[ChefOfIron they suffer her frying pan.]] |
| 157 | * The Boss in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''. She acts as a surrogate mother to Naked Snake, [[spoiler: her son is Ocelot]], and she is feared and respected and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment also feared]] by '''everyone''' including [[ShockAndAwe Colonel Volgin]], who is also nearly twice her size. At one point, he says he's beginning to question the Boss's loyalty, and her stoic reaction makes him '''back away in fear'''. Later on, when Snake is discovered, he and The Boss brawl only to have him lose, and when Volgin is about to shoot Snake in the head, The Boss retorts "Stay out of this!", grabs the gun from Volgin's hand, and '''beats him'''. Volgin is over 6 feet tall, heavily muscled, batshit insane, and '''has lightning powers''' and The Boss slaps him down. She also has a habit of quickly disassembling people's guns '''while they are still in their hands'''. |
| 158 | * In ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' there's one person Logg and Lun wouldn't cross, it's Kisara. |
| 159 | * ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'': |
| 160 | ** In the [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'', this is PlayedForLaughs with resident TeamMom Ange. Once she descends into TranquilFury or has [[TheUnsmile rather unsettling smile]] on her face, not even [[ColdSniper Ricardo]] dares to cross her. |
| 161 | ** Leia's mom in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' not only taught Leia her fighting style but in the sequel, ''Gaius'' ends up admitting she's the only person on his list of "people he never wants to end up fighting one day". Considering Gaius was the BigBad and FinalBoss of the first game, this says ''a lot''. |
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| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 165 | * In ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'', the protagonist ''really'' doesn’t want to be on her bad side of Rachel’s mom. |
| 166 | * In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and related materials, Servants have Natural Enemies, people who are best suited to combat them. ''Literature/FateZero'' Rider's is his mother. Which fits his legend, actually: [[spoiler: Alexander the Great]] ''is'' historically remembered as a momma's boy. |
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| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 170 | * Miranda Deegan, mother of ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', is the most feared woman on the face of the planet. Defy her at your own risk, for her DeathGlare ''will'' find you. It helps that she ''is'' TheArchmage of the Fifth Circle, and thus famed worldwide. ''And'' she's a [[BadassTeacher teacher]], who sees her students as she does her actual children. [[MamaBear Anger her]], and not even being in a different plane will save you. |
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| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 174 | * Website ''Website/NotAlwaysWorking'' has the story of an Italian restaurant [[https://notalwaysright.com/oh-brother-4/101494/ badly managed by a pair of warring brothers]] whose fights would regularly disrupt the dining room and frighten away both customers and staff, causing it to fail within a few months of opening. A year later, they've reopened under new management... [[https://notalwaysright.com/you-know-what-happens-when-mamas-not-happy/198752/ yep, it's their mother]], who came to America just to whip them both into shape. |
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| 176 | |
| 177 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 178 | * Nicole Watterson from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''. She once stopped a WildTeenParty just by snapping her fingers and putting one partygoer into a catatonic state by staring into his soul. She's even been known to [[HulkingOut Hulk Out]] on more than one occasion. There's a reason Gumball and Darwin prefer fighting a giant T-Rex to dealing with their mom. |
| 179 | * ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'', Sandra Tennyson shows herself to be one, talking down Ma Vreedle when the latter attempts to destroy the world. Sandra succeeds, with the fact that they were fellow mothers getting through to the Vreedle Mother. |
| 180 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Timmy's Mom attempts to do this to the mean [[DepravedDentist Dr. Wendell]] after he steals Timmy's ball. Eventually she, without losing her motherly tone, decides to slam Dr. Wendell in the face with the ball and steal his perfect dentures instead. |
| 181 | * In the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween on Spooner Street]]" from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Lois tells off another mother of a child who stole Stewie's candy. |
| 182 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Fluttershy can act like this towards her animals or monsters when she gets assertive. Her staring down a cockatrice while lecturing it (despite it ''[[TakenForGranite turning her to stone]]'' the whole time) as if she was its mother was an example. |
| 183 | * In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', [[FatIdiot Heffer]] has sold his soul for a chance to be on a game show, and has to spend eternity in [[GoshDangItToHeck Heck]]. His grandmother (who he had been told was in Heaven) is down there, and she doesn't want to spend eternity with her grandson, because she doesn't like him. She tells off [[FluffyTheTerrible Peaches]], and Heffer is allowed to go home scot-free. [[spoiler:Peaches gets in big trouble with his beanie-wearing boss for listening to her, though]] |
| 184 | * We have an Almighty Dad in the case of Stephen Stotch from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', as he apparently has the authority to [[YouAreGrounded ground]] ''Vladimir Putin''. ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' shows that he is also able to ground kids that are not his own. |
| 185 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Queen Moon Butterfly is one. Despite her being married to a King, she is the "alpha" in their relationship due to Mewni being a matriarchy. In the first episode, she seemed ''way'' more comfortable with the idea of packing her daughter, Star Butterfly, off to [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors St. O's]] in order to become a proper Princess, but was implied to have not gone through with it because Daddy interceded. Star also avoids contacting her whenever a crisis happens for fear of receiving disapproval, and King Butterfly has to hide his guys' nights out from her. |
| 186 | * ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'' shows that while Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} may be a [[HumanAliens Kryptonian]] FlyingBrick that could challenge Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} in a fight, she still has to bow down to the authority of Martha "Ma" Kent. |
| 187 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': Ma Kent [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu took out Braniac]], who has destroyed whole worlds, with a shotgun when he went after Clark. |
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| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 191 | * The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G80CapEevGQ Baltimore Mom]]". She recognized her son in the middle of the UsefulNotes/{{Baltimore}} riot in April 2015 (in a ski mask, no less), went right up to him, ''beat his ass on live TV,'' and dragged him home so he wouldn't get himself killed. |
| 192 | * While Margaret Beaufort is often portrayed as MyBelovedSmother, in truth, she was more similar to this trope. Henry VII was a ruthless and formidable king but loved and respected his mother deeply, awarding her privileges equal to that of a queen consort (his actual consort didn't seem to care much for politics) and listening to her advice. Given her position within the royal family, this also makes her an AlmightyJanitor. |
| 193 | * {{UsefulNotes/Genghis Khan}}/Temujin's mother Hoelun, who he [[AlmightyJanitor counted as one of his closest advisers until her death and a badass]] well before her famous son began his exploits. After her husband Yesügei died their tribe wanted to abandon her and her children, so she shamed them into staying by taking to horseback with her husband's banner (which they considered his soul) and riding around them until they caved. The tribe then resorted to sneaking away during the night ''because they were so afraid of her''. And when her son grew up to be Khan she got word he was mistreating and imprisoning one of his brothers because a [[EvilChancellor scheming shaman]] had convinced him that this brother was a threat. Her reaction? Ride to his camp that very night, burst into his tent, untie said brother, sit down right across from a stunned Temujin and flash her breasts at him while she launched into an enormously colorful tirade where, among other things, she reminded him that both he and his brother had nursed from that same teat and he had better remember that. ''And he listened.'' |
| 194 | * There's a memetic Indonesian stereotype of the "scooter mom" who [[DrivesLikeCrazy rides her scooter bike like crazy]] and [[SafetyGearIsCowardly without helmet]], yet other people and even the police would rather look the other way than confront her and take a verbal beatdown. |
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