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->''"Mom, where are you?"''
-->-- '''Kevin''', ''Film/HomeAlone1''

It's quite common in fiction works for a character, even/especially an adult, to call out for dear old Mom in times of [[OhCrap great fear]]. Even though, unless she is a serious MamaBear, she probably wouldn't be much help in the situation. This could probably be explained by the fact that for most people, their mother was always there to comfort them and keep them safe in the early years of their lives. When overcome by fear, stress, pain or all of the above, it's not hard to see why someone may appeal to the only constant comfort they've ever known, even if it will do no good. Sometimes the father is called too, or a ParentalSubstitute if the character [[ParentalAbandonment is an orphan]], but usually it's the mother who's called for.

This is usually played for comical effect in showcasing the ineffectiveness of the characters (and can often turn into InnocentInnuendo if another character responds with [[IBangedYourMom "Yeah, I want your mommy"]] or something to the effect of "[[YourMom Me too]]").

However, it can also be played frightfully seriously by showing just how horrified and terrified the characters are, especially in dire situations (or if they are legitimately children suffering). Another is for tearjerking effect in war movies when dying soldiers call out for their mother. Very much TruthInTelevision. Compare/contrast IMissMom, wherein the parent in question is [[ParentalAbandonment long gone]]. Also see DesperatePleaForHome.

Not to be confused with that Platform/Atari2600 video game.

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!Examples:

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!!Comedic

[[folder:Advertising]]
* In ad for Capital One, an annoyed customer tells a customer service rep played by Creator/DavidSpade who always tells him "no" when he wants to redeem his credit card miles that he's coming to find him. So the customer service rep tricks him by telling him "I'm shaking in my bright yellow shirt," causing him to think he's some other timid guy in the office. It turns out that the customer is actually on a cell phone and arriving in the office as they speak.
-->'''Customer:''' You! Yer goin' down!\\
'''Yellow-Shirt Guy:''' ''[running away]'' [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Ahhhh-ah-ah-ah!]] ... ... I should have worked at Capital One! ''[whispers]'' What's in your wallet? ''[spots customer]'' Mommy!
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' does this in the episode with Tomo's dream during the "Nandeyanen" scene. Tomo dreams that Yomi gets a zero on a test. Just before the entire "nandeyanen" part, she lets out a somewhat feeble "Okaa-san..." (rendered in the dub as "I want my mom..."), though it's unclear if it's due to the shock of getting a zero, or if it's because [[{{Foil}} she has to put up with Tomo's mocking]][[note]]Or even both.[[/note]]...
* In the English dub of ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', when the seemingly broken beyond repair Angler starts moving, Zoe and Tommy cling to each other and start crying "Mommy!" repeatedly.
* Exploited in ''Manga/FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd'' where in the past, a Demon who killed a child is able to stop the village from killing her by crying out for her mother, causing them to take pity on her and the village chief to take her in so that they could potentially raise her right, with Frieren having her suspicions. Unfortunately, Demons are morally incompatible with humans and as such, the Demon Girl decided to kill the Village Chief in order to give his orphaned daughter to the mother of her original victim. This time around, Himmel and Frieren very quickly strike her down with the latter pondering why she'd call for her mother considering that Demons aren't raised by their family. As far as the Demon's concerned, [[WoundedGazelleGambit it's just a really useful phrase that gets people to stop attacking her]].
* In the first episode of ''Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'', Uzuki cries "Mama!" when Producer (seemingly) menacingly approaches her.
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'': The intimidating, [[PaperTiger seemingly powerful]] D an G cries for his mother in pain when he falls for Anasui's trap, revealing his true cowardly self. That being said, said trap caused him to get his arm impaled by Guccio's ribs, making this an example that straddles the line between comedic and dramatic uses of this trope.
* Used in episode 5 of ''Anime/LittleLulu'':
-->'''Westside Leader:''' You guys are trying to sound pretty brave.\\
'''Tubby:''' I'm all through being brave. I want my mommy!
* ''Anime/OnePiece'': Kaido's response to having his Blast Breath [[CatchAndReturn reflected back at him]] by [[spoiler: Gear 5 Luffy]] in the dub is to say "Mommy..." in an unusually high voice.
* In the ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E11CharmanderTheStrayPokemon Charmander -- the Stray Pokémon]]", {{Jerkass}} trainer Damien gets roasted by the Charmander he abandoned (and zapped by Pikachu), then runs off, crying for his mommy.
* ''Anime/SDGundamForce'': During a Zako Zako Hour, one of the hosts is fitted with a giant jet pack and sent flying off the stage by his co-hosts.
-->'''Host 1:''' I WANT MY MOMMY!\\
'''Host 2:''' I think he likes it, [[VerbalTic Zako]].
* In the second episode of ''Literature/{{Shimoneta}}'', when Anna asks the ero-terrorist Blue Snow (this time, really Tanukichi in disguise) if they have any last words, Tanukichi is seen hiding behind a generator crying "Mommy!"
* Katsuya Jonouchi/Joey Wheeler from ''Manga/YuGiOh'' says it when Ryuji Otogi/Duke Devlin rides a car fast with (Hiroto) [[LastNameBasis Honda]]/Tristan.
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[[folder:Comedy]]
* In Creator/RobinWilliams's comedy skit "Shakespeare (A Meltdowner's Nightmare)" from ''Reality, What A Concept'', his character (a night watchman at a nuclear power plant) cries out "Where is my mother?!" when he inadvertently creates a chain reaction by pulling the control rods of the reactor core.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} [[Recap/AsterixAndTheBigFight and the Big Fight]]'', Legionary Infirmofpurpus blows his cover (disguised as a tree) and runs off yelling "MUMMY!"
* In the second half of the bookend miniseries of ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusadeVertigo'', Oliver Mitchell states that he wants his mummy after seeing [[ComicBook/AnimalMan Maxine Baker]] and the legions of animals accompanying her.
* In one issue of ''Dork!'', Evan Dorkin discusses his fear of death and at one point depicts himself as a small child yelling "Mommy!" running away from the Grim Reaper.
* In ''ComicBook/TheMuppetShowComicBook'''s "Pigs in Space" sketches, this is Link Hogthrob's reaction to, well, just about everything.
* Cruelly mocked in the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' arc "Caged Angels", by Creator/WarrenEllis, after [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] snaps (again):
-->'''Swordsman:''' ...mommy.\\
'''The Green Goblin:''' YOU DIDN'T HAVE A MOTHER! A pig coughed, and you fell out!
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** Calvin likes to put on a brave front, but it never lasts:
--->'''Calvin:''' We're brave explorers! The word "Lost" isn't even in our vocabulary!\\
'''Hobbes:''' How about the word "mommy"?\\
'''Both:''' MOMMMYYY!
** Calvin often does this when the [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight monsters under his bed]] make an appearance:
--->'''Calvin:''' Are there any monsters under my bed tonight?\\
'''Monsters:''' No. Nope. No.\\
'''Calvin:''' If there ''were'' any monsters under my bed, how big would they be?\\
'''Monsters:''' Very small. Go to sleep.\\
'''Calvin:''' MOMM!
** One week where Calvin's falling ill, [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1988/10/10 he calls for Mom only to have Dad show up]] -- [[InvokedTrope only to be sent back to fetch Mom]].
--->'''Mom:''' ''Me''? What's wrong with ''you'' for crying out loud?!?
** This trope is subverted on several occasions as well; Calvin yells for Mom in the middle of the night and she rushes into his room, thinking something's wrong. Then it turns out Calvin just wants a glass of water or wants to ask her some random trivial question, such as, "How do ugly things like octopuses and hairy bugs reproduce? Are they actually ATTRACTED to each other?"
* ''ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2020/10/27 In one comic]], after getting lost in the woods, Miles and Kevin first try to be brave, but the moment they hear a wolf howling, this trope occurs.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2016/08/18 Jon's school's football team.]] Before each game, they'd yell their cheer [="MOMMY!"=]. Garfield says it "explains the losing season".
* In one ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' arc, Wade is acting really mean to the other characters due to hypnosis. One comic has Wade saying that his inner tube thinks that Orson is talking to Wade. Orson says "Mommy" once he realizes that this conversation has gone way too far.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''WebAnimation/ButtonsAdventures'': The eponymous character does this twice:
** The first time is in the pilot episode when he [[AgeAppropriateAngst loses a juice box contest]].
** In "Bar Buddies", Button falls off a stool after having too much [[DrunkOnMilk apple juice]]. He can't get up so he screams for his mom.
* ''WebAnimation/MadokaAbridged'' parodies Madoka's emotional breakdown following Mami's death.
-->'''Madoka:''' I want my Mami!\\
'''Junko:''' But I thought I was your mommy...
* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': [[AgonizingStomachWound Stabbed in the gut]], [[RoyalBrat Michelle Pantielle]] writhes on the ground and screams for his mother just before he gets silenced by Hugh during his TrialByCombat. The reason why this instance is more comedic than dramatic is that Michelle is an AssholeVictim suffering an UndignifiedDeath.
* Vex from ''VideoGame/SackboyABigAdventure'' does one of these in [[https://twitter.com/C0smicCom3t/status/1376266640153849860?lang=ar-x-fm one piece of fanart]].
-->'''Vex:''' Why did that Sacker ruin my [[EvilPlan Topsy Turver Plan]]?! [[VillainousBreakdown It's not fair!!!]] [[SuddenlyShouting MUMMY!!!!]] ''[starts sucking his thumb]''
* In the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fan comic "[[http://arkham-insanity.deviantart.com/art/Saving-Germany-Cover-207401458 Saving Germany]]", Germany injects himself with painkillers as he takes shrapnel to his side in battle, and proceeds to have a ''very'' bizarre hallucination/dream involving "Dr. Awesome" (Prussia) and "Nurse Vee" (Italy) subjecting him to various humiliating medical procedures. Eventually Dr. Awesome gives him a rectal shot that causes Germany to flash back to when they were children and Prussia tormented him with leeches, causing little Germany to run away, [[http://arkham-insanity.deviantart.com/art/Saving-Germany-Pg15-253927969 screaming]], "Nein!!! Vati!!! Vati!! Help!!!" He wakes up in a real hospital [[http://arkham-insanity.deviantart.com/art/Saving-Germany-Pg16-255000901 still screaming for his father]], much to the [[http://arkham-insanity.deviantart.com/art/Saving-Germany-Pg17-256267400 real Prussia's amusement]].
-->'''Prussia:''' Was that you I could hear all the way down from the waiting room screaming like a kinder for Vati? You sounded so pathetic just like that time...\\
''[Germany kicks him in the head]''
* In an omake of ''Fanfic/ASpartanInWesteros'', after seeing [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] tank everything the Kingsguard can throw at him and then repay the favor by brutalizing them all and following by seizing [[TheCaligula Joffrey]] by the throat, Cersei Baratheon, [[SarcasmMode the Queen Dowager, the Light of the West]], is left curled into a ball sobbing, thinking of her mom.
* After Bakura loses a brutal duel in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', he's asked for his last words. He weakly responds with, "I want my mummy."
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'', just before Tiger falls off a building because of a dog.
-->'''Tiger:''' I want my mommy. ''[sucks thumb]''
* In ''WesternAnimation/BambiII'', Bambi's would-be stepmom is caught in a hunting trap and, hearing the dogs, tells Bambi and Ronno to run. Ronno races away, shrieking, "Mommy!" At the end of the film, it's repeated again when Ronno is [[LaserGuidedKarma bit on the nose by a turtle]] and dashes away screaming in pain.
* In ''WesternAnimation/LegoDCComicsSuperHeroes: The Flash'', Reverse-Flash lets out a small "Mommy." near the end when he's imprisoned and sees that his cellmate is Killer Croc.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'': Uttered by Morgana at the end after King Triton freezes her inside a solid block of ice which is tossed back into the ocean.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'': During the operation scene, upon seeing the increasingly painful operating tools the doctor calls for, Wilbur cries "Mother!".
* In Disney's animated ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', Prince John takes any moment of distress as an occasion to suck his thumb and cry for his mommy.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'', when Snipes the magpie is panicking because of his claustrophobia while the characters are in a toy box, at one point water starts coming in, and before Patou the dog gets him to "[s]ettle down!", he does this ("I don't know how to swim! Mommy!").
* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', just before [[spoiler:Dragon knocks a tower on him]], Charming manages to squeak out "Mummy?"
* ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'': Synonamess Botch when he thinks he's about to be hit [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by one of his nightmare bombs]]. "It's too much to bear! I want my blankie! I want my mommy!"
* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'': When Music/TheBeatles all turn into children, Ringo starts crying, and whimpers, "I want me mam!".[[note]]In [[RealitySubtext real life]], Music/RingoStarr was [[MommasBoy very close with his mother]].[[/note]]
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/{{Flubber}}'': At the climax of the movie, as Flubber is flying around demolishing everything in sight, it finally flies straight into Wilson's mouth and shoots down his digestive tract, leaving Wilson with no other choice than to eject Flubber right from his... well, you know.
-->'''Wilson:''' Oh, mommy... ''[sharp inhale, Flubber explodes through his pants]''
* In ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', [[AscendedExtra Guy]], because of his cameo role as a RedShirt in the original TV show, starts wailing for Mommy, as he's convinced he's gonna die the minute the shuttle touches down on an alien planet.
* In ''Film/HomeAlone1'', after reveling in the fact that he wished away his family and enjoying doing whatever he wants, Kevin decides to watch mobster movie ''Angels With Filthy Souls'' and is horrified by what he sees, shouting for his mother immediately after.
* ''Film/{{Hook}}'': These are the Captain's last words before he's eaten by the crocodile. The film is a thematic exploration of growing up and the relationship between children and their parents during the process, with Hook shown to have the body of an old man but the childish mentality of everyone else in Neverland.
* ''Film/ImGonnaGitYouSucka'': After Jack Spade tells his mother that he doesn't want her fighting his battles for him any more, she taunts him by reminding him of how he called out for her when he was beaten up as a child.
-->'''Mother:''' I remember when you was always calling for your momma. ''[snip]'' All I could hear was "Momma! Momma!" ''[snip]'' I could hear your punk ass calling me half a mile away, "Momma, help me! Momma, help me!"
* In ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'', Claw's henchman Sykes at one point screams "Mama" when Dr. Claw tries to use him to get Bradford's technology to work.
* In the original film version of ''[[Literature/JacobTwoTwo Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang]]'', the Hooded Fang cries for his mother once it's revealed that [[spoiler:he is really [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a nice person with the heart of a child]] who's maintaining his {{Kayfabe}} role as a {{Heel}} wrestler and that the child prisoners were only pretending to find him scary]], with Jacob comforting him.
* In ''Film/KermitsSwampYears'', when Goggles and Blotch are scared by Vicki, they start screaming and Blotch cries out for his mama.
* ''Film/{{Mannequin}}'': Security Officer Felix (played by Creator/GWBailey) cries this at the end as he is being hauled away during his VillainousBreakdown, since nobody would believe that the woman that Switcher rescued from the shredder was a dummy.
* ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie'': Skull screams this when he and Bulk skydive out of a plane in the beginning.
* In ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', Rizzo screams "MOMMY!" while being forced to fly over London with Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past despite his fear of heights.
* In ''Film/{{Pixels}}'', a soldier cries out for his mommy right before he gets abducted by aliens. Later, when Violet breaks into the mothership to rescue her young son who has also been abducted, the soldier complains about the fact that ''his'' mommy didn't show up.
* From ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' song "Rose Tint My World":
-->'''Brad:''' ''It's beyond me\\
Help me, mommy''
* ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'': It precedes a serious case of MoodWhiplash, but one of the new inmates breaks down and begins crying for his mother. One of the veteran inmates calls back with "[[YourMom I've]] ''[[YourMom had]]'' [[YourMom your mother]]! She wasn't that great!" Then TheDragon shows up and proceeds to bash in his skull for being such a wimp.
* In ''Film/StepBrothers'', Derek cries out for his and Brennan's mother after Dale punches him out of his treehouse for mouthing off to him and he injures his shoulder in the process.
* The LiveActionAdaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'' has a variation. After the eponymous hero escapes the villain's hideout with his LoveInterest and his friend, they ask where they are going, to which he says that he's going to the one place a thirty-something person goes to when they get over their heads: their parents' house.
* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': Frederick Frankenstein has this reaction when his Monster starts approaching him in a locked room, since he told his assistants not to let him out -- [[NoMatterHowMuchIBeg no matter how much he begged]] -- until he tamed the Monster.
-->'''Frederick:''' ''Open this goddamn door or I'll kick your rotten heads in! '''MOMMY!'''''
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In the Creator/RobertWestall short story "[[Literature/BreakOfDark Blackham's Wimpy]]", a German airman, his plane on fire, calls out ''"Mutti! Mutti!"'' in between bouts of rage and recitations of his name, rank, and serial number.
* ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus at the Waterworks'' shows Arnold saying the trope name verbatim twice: first after the bus unexpectedly transforms and the students become clad in scuba gear, and the second time when the bus starts lifting off into the sky. (To which another kid tells him that he said that already.)
* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' where Jiang Cheng suffered a breakdown after witnessing [[spoiler:his parents' corpses being disrespected by the Wen clan]] and lashed out against Wei Wuxian and blamed him for [[spoiler:incurring the Wen clan's wrath and causing them to target and raze Lotus Pier to the ground.]] Once he calmed down a bit, Jiang Cheng broke down into tears and screamed that he wanted his parents.
* ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' has Count Olaf scream for Mommy while fleeing from a burning building along with his enemies the Baudelaires, making him seem like even more of a cowardly joke than he already is.
* In ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', we're told that this was the reaction of a group of bandits who were given a stern talking-to by Lady Sybil's great-aunt.
* Esther's {{womanchild}} co-star Rachel does this a lot in ''[[Literature/EstherDiamond Vamparazzi]]'', both for serious threats and minor irritations.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* In the ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse'' episode "[[Recap/AmericanHorrorStoryS01E01Pilot Pilot]]", Leah is attacked in the house's basement by a horrifying creature, and before it claws her face, she quietly says, "Mommy".
* In ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'', when Captain [[DeadpanSnarker Blackadder]] and [[TheDitz Baldrick]] are in the hands of the Germans:
-->'''Baldrick:''' I want my mum.\\
'''Blackadder:''' Yes, it'll be good to see her. I imagine a maternally outraged gorilla would be a useful ally.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'': PlayedForDrama in the episode "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E14Ozymandias Ozymandias]]"; Walt, [[spoiler:after seeing that Skyler and Walt Jr. are now terrified of him, kidnaps Holly and takes her to a gas station. After he changes her diaper in a restroom, Holly [[BabysFirstWord says her first word]]: "Mama". Realizing that even his daughter now fears him, Walt has Holly delivered back to Skyler. Incidentally, this was [[ThrowItIn unscripted]]: Holly's actress called for her mother (who was off-camera) and Creator/BryanCranston went along with it.]]
* ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'': One of the many, many running gags is Quico calling out for "¡MAMÁ!" whenever Don Ramón hurts him (or even not) in some way. This usually, but not always, leads into the gag where Doña Florinda slaps Don Ramón, etc.
* ''Series/FortBoyard'': One of the women in series 2 says "I want my mum" just before she does a bungee jump.
* ''Series/HorribleHistories'' likes this one:
** Both a Spartan in "Spartan School Musical" and a Celt in "[[BoastfulRap Celtic Boast Battle]]" say they want their mums; the former when the teacher reveals that his "favourite game" is whipping the students, the latter when his opponent ends the battle by stabbing him.
** There's also an example in "Historical Hospital" where someone yells "Mummy!", but in that one it's a {{Pun}}, as the patient is Ancient Egyptian and thinks that another patient wrapped in bandages is, well, a {{mummy}}.
* ''Series/{{Lidsville}}'' has Hoo-Doo saying this when foiled, frightened, or thwarted. He finally then gets to visit her when she comes by wanting to know what's going on in the final episode, named after her.
* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'':
** In "Buck Can Do It", when Al, Bud, Steve, Buck, and a bunch of neighbor boys go camping and upon realizing that they're going to die, one of the boys has this moment:
--->'''Boy:''' I want my mommy.\\
'''Al:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Yeah, so does your dad's brother.]]
** When Al is framed for stabbing an elderly billionaire to death and discovers the knife in his hand in "Al Bundy, Shoe Dick", he cries out, "Oh, Mama!" twice.
** Al also cries out for her in one episode where he learns that Peg has spent their mortgage money on something trivial.
** Bud has been known to cry out for ''both parents'' on rare occasion, such as when he thinks he's losing his hair and when Al needs help while he's about to be choked out by a barbell.
** Bud also shrieks "''Mommy''!" after a fat woman drags him off to have sex with him. Later, when he sets up a security guard so that she'll drag ''him'' off, the man screams the same thing. Especially funny since the guy is a gigantic, intimidating hulk, but reduced to a sniveling little boy by this woman.
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': Bulk and Skull (again) in one episode.
-->'''Bulk:''' I want my mommy!\\
'''Skull:''' Yeah! [[AccidentalInnuendo I want your mommy!]]
* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': In [[Recap/MimpiMetropolitanE62 episode 62]], after Prima's motorcycle breaks down when Alan is riding it and Alan has no one to help him at the moment, Alan screams for his mother in frustration.
* When ''Series/MrBean'' is taking an exam that he is about to fail, he sobs and cries out "Mommy!" [[spoiler:However, there are ''two'' exams to be taken that day: one envelope has a Calculus exam, which he accidentally opens and thinks is his test, and the other has a Trigonometry exam, which he ''did'' study for and doesn't see at first.]]
* [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in ''Series/RedDwarf'':
-->'''Rimmer:''' Alright Kryten, you don't have to make me sound like a complete cowardly gimboid git! I'm fine now.\\
'''Kryten:''' So, shall I cancel the order to find your mother?
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': On the Season 34 episode hosted by Creator/JonHamm, there was a sketch in which Creator/JamesMason (played by Jon Hamm) insults a little boy's sailor Halloween costume. The little boy whines, "You're mean! I want my mommy!" Mason replies with a suggestive, "That makes two of us!"
* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'':
** In "Rent-a-Pop", upon realizing that Mr. Belding is requesting a conference with his father instead of his mother, who Zack jokes is there so often that she even has her own parking space, he exclaims "I want my Mommy!"
** In "All in the Mall", when asking a security guard to help them escape from some "killers" after them and upon him admitting that he's working with them, the gang all reel back in horror and Screech cries out "I want my Mommy!"
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In the episode where Quark, Rom, and Nog get sent back in time to Area 51 circa 1950's, Rom gets upset and calls out for his "Moogie" (the Ferengi word for mother).
* A RunningGag on ''Series/ThreesCompany'' is for Jack to scream "Mommy!" when frightened or startled.
%%* This was the punch line to the first joke Creator/JohnnyCarson ever told as host of ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson''. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
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[[folder:Music]]
* In 1991, Music/JelloBiafra and Music/{{NoMeansNo}} released an album titled ''The Sky Is Falling and I Want My Mommy''.
* "Somebody Get My Mom" by Music/BowlingForSoup is about someone having a rotten day (and life in general) and wanting his mom to come make things better.
* Rolf Harris had a song called "I've Lost My Mommy!" about adults trying to get some sense out of a lost child in a supermarket who just keeps repeating the title line until his mother turns up and gives him a clip over the ear.
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[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
* ''Series/CrankYankers'': Special Ed quietly gives one of these at the end of a call to a donut shop, after getting [=BSoD=]'d by the guy ''actually going along'' with his buffoonery.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': Link Hogthrob does this on more than one occasion in the reoccurring "Pigs in Space" sketch:
** In [[Recap/TheMuppetShowS3E3 the Roy Clark episode]], he says it word for word while sucking his thumb after getting popped back out from who knows where by a malfunctioning control panel.
** When he and First Mate Piggy find out that the ''Swinetrek'' has been invaded by Dearth Nadir in [[Recap/TheMuppetShowS4E2 the Crystal Gayle episode]], Piggy asks him what they're going to do.
--->'''Link:''' What ''can'' we do? ''[into phone]'' Link's mommy wanted on the bridge!
* One episode of ''Series/WimziesHouse'' is ''called'' "I Want My Mommy!" It revolves around Wimzie PlayingSick to get her mother's attention, which has been taken up by an actual sickness of her little brother Bo's. Graziella is finally so overwhelmed taking care of two "sick" children that she calls "Mommy!" for her own mother, Grandma Yaya, to come and help her. This makes Wimzie [[HeelRealization realize]] that her pretending might have gone too far.
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[[folder:Radio]]
* ''[[Radio/IntergalacticalMagicalRadio The Wacky Musical Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Intergalactical Magical Radio]]'': Grimace pleads that he wants his mother when the [=McDonaldland=] gang worry about the source of the mysterious knocking sound they hear during the track "Unidentified Knocking Object".
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* In Act 2 of ''Theatre/SpiesAreForever'', Agent Curt Mega name-drops this trope after [[spoiler:failing to stop the assassination of the Prince]].
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[[folder:Theme Parks]]
* At Ride/UniversalStudios:
** In ''Ride/JimmyNeutronsNicktoonBlast'', Carl quietly muttered "...mommy..." after Jimmy tried to unsuccessfully power up his Mark I rocket.
** Louis Tully muttered this in ''Theatre/GhostbustersSpooktacular'', after the ghost containment was unlocked.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'': If you fall a great distance, your dwarf might call out for their mommy before they hit the ground.
* In ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', the DK Rap has a verse for Chunky Kong, who apparently "Can make a Kremling cry out for Mummy!"
* ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator'': Human [=NPCs=] have a chance to cry this verbatim when rammed around.
%%* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet3'': Newton does one. Well, he ends up yelling '''"PAPAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"''' instead of mommy. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; what causes him to do it?)
* In ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', Clown Man may occasionally say "Mommy!" when hit by the Tornado Hold, his weakness.
* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'', mooks often let out a cry of "MAMA!" as they're killed.
* In ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie'', you'll occasionally hear orcs cry out for mommy as they're [[TheJoysOfTorturingMooks getting mulched by your traps]].
* At the end of ''VideoGame/PacManWorld3'', [[BigBad Erwin]] yells out "Mother!" [[HoistByHisOwnPetard as he's sucked into his Spectral Syphon]].
* Von Kaiser in ''VideoGame/PunchOut''. Especially effective if you give him a star punch just as or after he says it ([[spoiler:since it gives you an instant KO]]):
-->"Wo bist denn... MOMMY!"
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'':
** ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando'': [[spoiler:Captain Qwark]] gives a plaintive "Mommy" just before being swallowed by a monster.
** Commander Lornock Argos in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'' will beg "Momma! Momma! Your little booboo needs help!" as his ship slowly sinks into the river when defeated in the past. He becomes a laughing stock to the civilization he tried to conquer decades later, despite claiming that history would remember him for his reign of terror.
* ''VideoGame/KunioKun'':
** In ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', enemies sometimes cry out "Mamaaaaaa!" when they're beaten.
** In ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'', enemies sometimes cry out "Mommy!" when they're beaten.
* In ''VideoGame/Shrek2'', the knight enemies will occasionally yell "Mommy!" when defeated.
* ''VideoGame/SplinterCellChaosTheory'': A couple of mercenaries are checking out a missile.
-->'''Mercenary 1:''' I want my mommy!
* ''Franchise/StarFox'': Star Wolf's Andrew Oikonny calls for his Uncle Andross as he's shot down on Fichina or Bolse in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', shot down by an Aparoid in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'', and shot down during Sector B's space battle alongside Sector A's Meddlesome Mercs mission in ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero''.
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'': A ''Battle Droid'' of all things might shout "Mommy!" whenever you throw a grenade at them.
* In a flashback in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend'', one man shouts in fear when attacked by an unknown entity. It's subtitled as "Ah, no!", but sounds like "Mommeeeee!"
* ''VideoGame/ViolentStorm'': Geld, the final boss, gives a big "MAAAMAAAAAAA..." when defeated.
* ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'': When you kill the boss Hans Grosse, he calls out "Mutti!", German for "Mommy!".
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[[folder:WebAnimation]]
* ''WebAnimation/RefreshingStories'': In some of Hiroshi's stories, the male antagonist will cry for his mommy after the consequences of his actions, to showcase how pathetic he really is.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7xMQ4mq_Q0&t=9m45s "I set up a baby cam to check up on my new born baby, but the camera showed me something unbelievable"]]: Son cries out for his mommy after his boss, who is [[PointyHairedBoss Kanata Tanaka]] as a restaurant owner, fires him for his incompetence at work.
** [[https://youtu.be/1UfTsYlG4uo?t=826 "My wife said she was going on a business trip, but was instead having an affair…"]]: Shiori's lover, Santa, cries out for his mommy after ending up as a worker at a terrible toxic waste company headed by [[PointyHairedBoss Kanata Tanaka]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH_9G79JUP4 "My wife cheated on me, then somehow expected to be paid in damages after our divorce…"]]: After his mother disowns him for his affair with Kayoko and proclaims she shouldn't have given birth to him should she know he'd turn out like this (a cheater), he lets out "mommy" cries only for the poor woman to reject him.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkYrjDykjPE "Manager thought I stole the company's money but..."]]: Bonkura calls for his mommy after his salary decreased by $3000 following his demotion into a regular employee working at a faraway subsidiary branch under a younger manager.
* ''WebAnimation/TroubleBusters'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuzZSTr4WCo "My wife, innocent and pure, was about to give birth, when our doctor showed us a shocking truth..."]]: Lisa does this after her husband Alan reminds her that Dr. Washington has been arrested for deliberately flubbing Alan's DNA test, and therefore, her mother will follow him soon once the bribe goes public.
-->'''Lisa:''' No, no no!!! Mommy, help me!!!
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* Serving as yet another HumiliationConga, WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses screams out for the mom he hates so much when his usual credits don't start.
%%* In certain situations in LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}'s ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Super Luigi Galaxy]]'' playthrough, he screams, "I want my mommy!" or "I need an adult!" At the beginning of his Let's Play of the same game, he says, "Will you be my mommy?" (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; why does he scream this?)
%%* ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has Captain Hammer do this. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; for what reason?)
%%-->'''Captain Hammer:''' Mommy! Someone maternal! ''[runs offstage]''
* ''WebVideo/TheFunniestMinecraftVideosEver'': A non-verbal one. At the end of the "Girlfriend Mod" video, after seeing [[spoiler:the Girlfriend being the captain of the escape helicopter despite him and Charlie just defeating a giant version of her]], Tommy exits the helicopter and closes the door behind him in-game, then runs out of his room to [=MotherInnit=] in real life.
* It has become a recurring gag for Hitler in the ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' videos to yell "MOMMY! MOMMMMMYYY!" whenever he's in a dangerous situation.
* Hiodoshi Ao of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' is noted to be a giant chicken when it comes to horror games, which isn't surprising as many of her peers are too, but what caught people off guard was her actual mother coming over to support her when she cried for help. The first time it happened shattered her image as a cool ikemen forever.
* A [=YouTuber=] named makemebad35 or his real name Damian Zen, reacts to ''2 Girls 1 Cup'' (NSFW) and starts hysterically screaming and at one point shrieks for his mom. It can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AplLbKJQUw0 here]].
%%* In ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'': (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; why does he scream this?)
%%-->'''Franchise/{{Conan|TheBarbarian}} WebVideo/{{Benzaie}}:''' I want my big muscular mommy!
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'' has this in the episode "[[Recap/AaahhRealMonstersS1E01TheSwitchingHour The Switching Hour]]":
-->'''Jake:''' ''[whispering]'' Monsters.\\
'''Nicky:''' Oh Jakey, can you say "bunny rabbit?"\\
'''Jake:''' MOMMY!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992'':
** This joke happens in the episode "FTV", where Norman Normanmeyer exclaims "Mommy" in response to Lurch catching him snooping on the Addamses.
** Normanmeyer does it again in the episode "Itt's Over" when he ends up in jail for lying about Uncle Fester killing Cousin Itt.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'':
** Carl Wheezer screams this in "Hall Monster" when Jimmy's friends confront him about taking the Hall Monitor job too far, before [[MoodWhiplash cheerfully adding]], "...and some fudge!"
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheJimmyTimmyPowerHour'', when a [[UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000 video game]] turns Goddard into killer robot, he at one point shakes a pole that Hugh is clinging to, causing him to sway back and fourth while shouting:
--->'''Hugh:''' Help... me! Call... my... MOOOOOM...my!
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'': In "[[Recap/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehogS01E64RoboNinjas Robo-Ninjas]]", this exchange occurs after Kwai Chang Crane destroys Grounder's laser [[FingerInABarrel by sticking his finger in it]]:
-->'''Grounder:''' ''(crying)'' Mama!\\
'''Scratch:''' D'oh, you don't have a mama, stupid!\\
'''Grounder:''' ''(crying)'' But I want a mama!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': Referenced by [[NeverLiveItDown the joke that Binky steals]]. "What did King Tut say when the Sphinx scared him? [[{{Pun}} I want my mummy!]]"
%%* The ''WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil'' episode "Rat Race for Space" has Little Ace cry for his mommy twice. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; for what reason?)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'': In "[[Recap/TheBuzzOnMaggieS1E1TheFlyinatorLadybugged The Flyinator]]", the titular in-universe movie is so frightening to the audience that a young boy cries and hugs his mother, who in turn cries and hugs ''her own'' mom.
-->'''Son:''' Ahh! I want my mommy!\\
'''Mom:''' Ahh! I want ''my'' mommy!\\
'''Grandma:''' ''[unfazed]'' Why is the television so loud?
* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': During "The Great Parent Mystery", Dog looks around in a tree full of fire ants and exits through a branch along with Cat heavily burning and saying this until they fall down a river.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** Mr. Wink can be heard crying out for his mommy when [[BanteringBaddieBuddies he and Mr. Fibb]] get spanked by [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Count Spankulot]] in "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS2E2AOperationSPANK Operation: S.P.A.N.K."]].
** When Chad detaches the KND's moonbase and sends it towards the sun in "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS2E13OperationEND Operation: E.N.D.]]", Numbuh 86 orders her subordinates to implement "Plan M-11", which consists of running around screaming for mommy.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'':
** When Jake is speaking to his mother about the suffering they endured at the hands of his [[DadTheVeteran now-deceased father, "Mad Dog" Morgendorffer]] in the episode "[[Recap/DariaS3E09 Jake of Hearts]]", she suffers a panic attack and slumps besides him in bed, which prompts him to cry out a feeble "Mommy?" and then curse his father by yelling up at him. Fortunately, she's fine.
** In another episode, Jake is in a hot-air balloon, which gets stuck in a tree, which makes him cry out, "Mommy?"
* ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'': In "[[Recap/DocMcStuffinsS4E37LambieAndTheMcStuffinsBabies Lambie and the McStuffins Babies]]", the baby-fied Lambie cries out "I want my Doc-y" after she and the baby-fied Hallie, Chilly, and Stuffy are scooped up and carried in a bag by the DeliveryStork.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': In the episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesMetalAttraction Metal Attraction]]", Gizmoduck solemnly squirms "Mother" when he sees that Robotica is mad at him for dumping her.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Both Sarah ''and'' Eddy have a StockScream of "Mommy!" whenever they're in a bad situation.
* '''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Inverted in "Dimmesdale Tales". Timmy's story ends with Crocker on a plane full of Mrs. Crockers, with the SadistTeacher screaming "I don't want my mommy!"
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS6E4And5StewieKillsLoisAndLoisKillsStewie Stewie Kills Lois]]", right after [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Stewie kills Lois]], he trips and bangs his knee. He immediately begins crying for his mommy, [[BlackComedy whom he has just killed]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': After Hubert overclocks Bender so that they can defeat their opponents at a video game, said opponents turn out to be Mom's sons, who are shocked that the guys they play exclusively because they stink beat them.
-->'''Larry:''' Those cheaters must've cheated.\\
'''Walt:''' Now, Larry, let's handle this like mature adults. ''[[ImmediateSelfContradiction Mommy!]]''
* ''Franchise/{{Garfield}}'':
** ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldsHalloweenAdventure'', while in a rowboat drifting downriver:
--->'''Garfield:''' Trim the mains, slip the sheets, libber the giblets, ''I want my mommy''!
** In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Brain Boy", the InsufferableGenius {{Jerkass}} young cousin of Jon named Roscoe is at the mercy of his hand-built robot, whom Garfield put brand-new batteries in and is trying to "teach" him to dance against his will, which causes him to cry out for his father.
* ''Literature/HarryAndHisBucketFullOfDinosaurs'': In the episode "Circus", Taury exclaims "Mummy!" when his clown bicycle starts to fall apart.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': Harold, the school bully, will scream and run away whenever he gets scared.
-->'''Harold:''' AAAAGGHH! HELP, MOMMY!
* In ''WesternAnimation/JellyJamm'', [[CuteMute Ongo's]] reaction to seeing a morbidly obese Dodo is "Oh, mama!". Coincidentally, this is the only time he speaks proper English in the show.
* The ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "T is for Trouble" has a flashback of Johnny being bullied by Little Ricky Simmons when he was a kid that ends with him repeatedly crying for his mama.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E13And14Eclipsed Eclipsed]]", a SmugSnake talk show host has been earning ratings with his criticism of the Justice League. When he realises that the sun is about to be destroyed, he can only whimper for his mother.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In one episode, Stumpy uses a PortalDoor to go inside Mr. Cat's brain. Mr. Cat tells him to leave, but he refuses to, so Mr. Cat imagines [[NothingIsScarier something horribly scary]] which attacks Stumpy. Stumpy runs out screaming for his mother.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In the episode "[[Recap/KimPossibleS3E2EmotionSickness Emotion Sickness]]", Drakken [[OhCrap realizes he's in trouble]] when he finds out that Shego has been tagged with [[EmotionBomb an emotion-controlling chip]] [[HatePlague locked on the "rage" setting]]. When she shows up, [[HandBlast hands blazing]] and yelling his name, he whimpers "Mommy" just before she attacks him.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** When they face [[ThisIsGonnaSuck impending pain]], WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck and [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester the Cat]] will often let out a feeble cry of [-"mother"-]. In ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', the car's monitor responds to Daffy's reaction as the car is about to hit a wall by saying, "Taking you to Mother," and then flying upwards.
** [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] does this once, too. His failed attempt at [[ItMakesSenseInContext riding a rocking horse while wielding a lasso]] results in him standing tied up on some railroad tracks with a train incoming. He promptly [[TalkingWithSigns holds up a tiny sign]] that reads: "mommy".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS4E6ShippedOut Shipped Out]]", Mickey can be heard screaming "Mommy" when he and Minnie are forced to partake in bungee jumping.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' episode "A Quest for the Lost Mixamajig", after being stripped of his mechanical suit, [[spoiler:King Nixel]] vows revenge and runs off crying for his mom.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS4EP7 Members Only]]", the girls defeat an extremely manly robot from space using their "Furious Flaming Feline" attack, causing him to fly off into space crying for mommy, right after being extremely sexist toward the girls.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'': Oscar frequently does this when on the receiving end of slapstick. Especially in the ProWrestlingEpisode, which leads to his entire wrestling gimmick being based on him being a pathetic wimp who needs Suga Mama to do the fighting for him. But when Mongo calls out for his mother, both Oscar and Suga Mama yell "Mama!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', the episode "Look Homeward, Ray" at one point has Alan Favish scream "Mommy" while being chased by the Winged Puma of Morrisville.
* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': In the episode "[[Recap/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesS2E3 Flushed But Not Forgotten]]", Leo does a form of this right after Mikey is taken by the fish they flushed by accident, leaving Leo the last turtle standing.
-->'''Leo:''' Okay. Keep your wits, and do what any brave and mature individual would. ''[cut to him crashing through Splinter's bedroom door] DADDYYYY!''
* In a ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' segment where a giraffe, who is slowly sinking in quicksand and goes through the FiveStagesOfGrief, begins to [[LargeHam dramatically cry]] when he reaches the "Depression" stage and at one point cries out "Mommy!" [[spoiler:He ends up being saved at the "Acceptance" stage due to his incredible height reaching the ''bottom'', albeit now stuck in there due to the sand burying him up to his neck.]]
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheRobonicStooges'' episode "I Want My Mummy!" has Curly invoking this at the end as a TitleDrop. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; in what situation?)
* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'':
** In "[[Recap/RugratsS2E3TheBigHouseTheShot The Shot]]", Angelica teases Tommy and another baby about how painful getting a booster shot will be. At the end, while both babies took the shot without a fuss, [[LaserGuidedKarma Angelica herself]] is crying for her mommy.
** This is the last line in Tommy's poem in "[[Recap/RugratsS3E15NakedTommyTommyAndTheSecretClub Tommy and the Secret Club]]".
--->''Silly me, my name is Tommy\\
My diaper smells like old salami\\
I have no hair, but I don't care\\
Waah, I want my mommy''
** In "[[Recap/RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits The Word of the Day]]", Angelica auditions against two kids to be a helper on ''Miss Carol's Happy House''. Miss Carol asks one of them, a girl named Kim, "What does Miss Carol think of her kids?" Kim stutters, yells "I want my mommy!" and runs off the set.
** Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis'', where Chuckie's "I Want a Mom" song mentions mothers getting rid of scary situations.
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMysteries'' episode "A Night Louse at the White House" has Scooby tackled when he is mistaken for the Ghost of George Washington. When asked what he has to say about the confusion, Scooby responds by crying "I want my mumsy!"
%%** ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'': (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
%%--->'''Shaggy:''' Uh-oh, I want my mommy!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush with Greatness]]", while standing in line at the amusement park Mt. Splashmore's infamous water slide, the [=H2Whoa!=], Bart and Lisa devise a successful ruse of having her crying for Marge in order to get to the front of it.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E14TheItchyAndScratchyAndPoochieShow The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]", Ralph starts crying for for his mom when an ''Itchy & Scratchy'' executive yells at the kids.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E14TalesFromThePublicDomain Tales from the Public Domain]]", Lisa portrays UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc on a RearingHorse in the midst of battle shouting, "You can't stop me; I was sent by God!", immediately followed by "I want my mommy," when she's pulled from the saddle and stuffed into a sack by Groundskeeper Willie.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'': Gargamel cries out for his mother in "The Trojan Smurf" when he is inside the Papa Smurf statue that Bigmouth finds, thinking it's a doll.
%%** Peewit often does this. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; any specific instances?)
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** In the pilot episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E1HelpWantedReefBlowerTeaAtTheTreedome Help Wanted]]", Mr. Krabs says this to Squidward when the Krusty Krab is overrun by a wave of hungry anchovies. ("I want my mommy, Mr. Squidward!")
** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E10NoFreeRidesImYourBiggestFanatic I'm Your Biggest Fanatic]]", Kevin the Sea Cucumber sits in a fetal position and cries for his mommy and blankie when attacked by a King Jellyfish. The other Jellyspotters join in shortly until [=SpongeBob=] saves them all.
** Again with Mr. Krabs: He cries and screams this when the Flying Dutchman threatens to send him to Davy Jones's Locker in the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E16BornAgainKrabsIHadAnAccident Born Again Krabs]]". This display of cowardice is so pitiful that the Flying Dutchman decides to give Mr. Krabs a second chance out of annoyance.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' episode "[[Recap/StaticShockS4E12Kidnapped Kidnapped]]", Shiv screams "Mommy" when Static interrogates him on the whereabouts of Puff and Onyx.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'' episode "The Ice Melt Cometh", Pyro comedically exclaims "Mommy" when he realizes that he's about to be hit by lightning from Thor.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'': In "Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers", Mouser calls for his mommy after being shrunken and put in a fishbowl by Waldo the Wizard.
* ''WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju2007'' has Lok cry for mommy whenever he's intimidated as a running gag.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{TaleSpin}}'': In the episode "Polly Wants a Treasure", Don Karnage gives a "Ma...Ma..." when a trap door opens beneath him, following his capture of Kit after Baloo discovers the cave's treasure. Baloo is of course able to catch Kit in time.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet'' episode "Being Mrs. Leadready" has Spot wail for his mommy after getting overwhelmed by the stress of trying to pretend to be Scott Leadready II and Scott's mother all at once.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': Bebop will cry out "Mamaaaaa!" often during a bad situation.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'': Edgar shouts this word-for-word when getting scared in "[[Recap/VampirinaS1E3 Vee's Surprise Party]]" and is caught on camera doing so. To his credit, he's the first to return after almost everyone freaks out and leaves.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'': A de-aged Grimace states that he wants his mommy's lap to go along with the rest of the gang's "trap" rhymes during the final musical number in "Birthday World" before Ronald and the gang defeat Pinchworm and return to their normal ages.
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!!Dramatic

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* In the manga ''Manga/BioMeatNectar'', a lot of victims tend to scream for their mamas when they get eaten -- either that or apologize to their mamas.
* In the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession20PierrotLeFou Pierrot Le Fou]]", the titular Mad Pierrot/Tongpu has personal shields which [[ImmuneToBullets protect him from gunshots]] -- but ''not'' from knives, as he discovers when Spike stabs him in the leg. It actually makes for a powerful AlasPoorVillain as it reinforces Jet's earlier discovery that for all his terrifying powers and murderous tendencies, the [[PlayingWithSyringes experiments]] performed on Tongpu have [[PsychopathicManchild given him the mind of a child]]. This is likely the first time he's experienced pain since he was experimented on and [[EscapedFromTheLab escaped the facility]]. Due to his mental regression and [[MinorInjuryOverreaction inability to deal with this new feeling of pain]], he reacts like a child would, [[VillainousBreakdown crying and throwing a tantrum]], all while calling for his mother until he is crushed to death by a giant parade robot.
* ''Manga/Cyborg009'': When 004, 007, and 009 take down a Black Ghost machine being used by the Viet Cong, fighter jets swoop in and bomb the area, leaving all the soldiers burned and dead. The cyborgs are horrified to see a child dying of burn injuries fall off of a rock and cry "M-mama!" before dying in 009's arms.
* In ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'', as one of the members of Scar Chain is sprayed with acid while being pursued by a robot, he barely manages to utter "Mother..." before getting crushed to death.
* In one episode of ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', the kids come across a “TV Forest” that shows images of the human world. Tommy, the youngest of the kids, sees the image of his mother, and when the images start to disappear, he is left crying out for her.
* In ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', Suneo will cry "Mama!" in tears whenever he's in a worst-case scenario, like being held prisoner, especially in the movies.
* In early seasons of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', after Gohan gets kidnapped ''twice'', he starts crying about how he wants his mommy.
* In the ''Manga/FragmentsOfHorror'' chapter "Red Turtleneck", Tomio cries out for his mother when pushed to his breaking point from the stress of [[spoiler:having to hold his severed head on to survive]].
* A tragic example in ''Manga/{{Freezing}}''. The only time Kazuha recognizes Orie as her mother is when Orie's spirit approaches her after death, telling her not to blame herself for Orie's death and to take care of both herself and Kazuya. She breaks down crying and calls for her "Mommy" shortly afterward.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': A variation is done where Akito, paranoid about being abandoned by the Zodiac, starts crying and screaming "Father! Father! Help me!" (Akito's father having been dead for many years at that point). [[spoiler:Considering what her [[EvilMatriarch mother]] has done, it's not surprising Akito wouldn't be calling for her.]]
* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' has a particularly depressing example. First we have Nanoha [[HeroicBSOD breaking down]] over the fact that Vivio has been kidnapped (the only time in the entire franchise that she acts like this). Then we cut to Vivio, StrappedToAnOperatingTable and screaming for Nanoha to rescue her while [[MadScientist Jail Scaglietti]] prepares to forcibly implant a [[LostTechnology Relic]] in her. [[ScreamDiscretionShot Then it cuts to outside the room]] and we hear her scream "Mama!" one last time before the episode ends.
%%** Subaru is shown crying for her father and older sister in "[[Recap/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS01 Wings to the Sky]]" (she doesn't bother calling for her mother since she's been dead for four years at that point). (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; in what situation?)
* ''Manga/MagicalGirlSpecOpsAsuka'': Nazani cries for her mommy after Asuka slices off her arm. Asuka replies that she doesn't deserve her after Nazani [[CopKiller killed a bunch of police officers]].
* In the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' episode "[[Recap/MobileSuitGundamEp43Escape Escape]]", a Zeon soldier cries out "MOMMY!" just as his Zaku goes up in a massive explosion. It shows that this was Zeon's last gasp, that they were down to mere ''rookies''.
* ''Anime/MyLittleGoat'': Natsuki understandably begins screaming for his mother once [[spoiler:''his own father'' [[ParentalIncest starts sexually assaulting him]]]].
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': [[FieryRedhead Asuka]] [[HotBlooded Langley]] [[{{Tsundere}} Soryu]] has a tendency to do this, especially towards the end of the story during her TraumaCongaLine. In a particularly brutal instance, she calls out for an already-dead father figure.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** A variation happens where instead of his mother, Luffy, [[spoiler:after losing his brother Ace during the [[Recap/OnePieceMarinefordArc Marineford Arc]]]], calls out for his ''crew'' when Jinbei asks him what "[he] still [has]".
** While giving his FinalSpeech to Luffy, Ace mentions that he wants to see his foster mother Dadan again.
** Nico Robin has essentially been doing this her whole life (i.e., while not necessarily always saying the exact words out loud[[note]]Although that is what she did at first[[/note]]), especially since [[spoiler:her mother Nico Olvia, for all intents and purposes, abandoned her, with poor two-year-old Robin forced to watch as Olvia leaves her, and all so she could be on the team researching the Blank Century (or "Void" Century, or "Hundred Year Void", depending on the translation)]].
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
** ''Anime/GlitterForce'': In "[[Recap/SmilePrecureEp4 Here Comes Glitter Spring]]", Harriet says this word-for-word when she's put under Brute's miserable spell.
** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'': In Episode 9, Ai-chan cries for "Mama" when she sees Cure Rosetta and Cure Sword getting attack by the MonsterOfTheWeek.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', [[spoiler:Damian Wayne]]'s last words are him calling out for his mother. In a dark twist, he's actually begging his mother to call off the insane warrior (actually an aged-up clone of him) who is brutally killing him, desperately trying to confirm that she has at least a shred of humanity left. She does nothing to stop her own son's death.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Carnage}}: Family Feud'', [[PoweredArmor Royal Blue]] mutters "Mommy" as he is EatenAlive by the eponymous character's LovecraftianSuperpower.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Crossed}}: Badlands'', Steve mentions that during her time in the Middle East, the prisoners she and her fellow guards were torturing frequently called out for their mothers. [[spoiler:In-universe, Steve considered this funny because in the prisoners' language, "mother" is pronounced "more".]]
* In ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', [[spoiler:Bruce]] calls out to [[spoiler:[[ParentalSubstitute Alfred]]]] after [[spoiler:Superman breaks his back]] and he wakes up in an unfamiliar bed. Granted, he says it with less fear and desperation than some of the other examples on this page, but it's poignant nonetheless, and given how [[spoiler:Alfred]] quickly responds with squeezing [[spoiler:Batman]]'s hand and reassuring him that he's there, [[LikeASonToMe the relationship would appear to be mutual]].
* Played to horrifying effect in ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen: Century'' when [[spoiler:Hermione Granger]] cries this as the Antichrist [[spoiler:a.k.a. Franchise/HarryPotter]] rampages through [[spoiler:Hogwarts]].
* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''ComicBook/{{Promethea}}''. When the Painted Doll kills rival mastermind Jellyface (who calls feebly for his mother), he [[BreakingTheFourthWall turns toward the reader]] and says, "Now why do they always say that at the end, eh? Why, 'Oh, mother?'"
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Ellie, a victim of the sleeping sickness that resulted from Dream's imprisonment, calls for her mother both times that she briefly wakes up.
* ''ComicBook/SwampThing'': In issue 119 of the 1982 series, Tefé cries for both of her parents when her kidnapper lashes out in front of her while stomping on the corpse of his own father.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* At the beginning of ''Fanfic/TheCandygirl'', after realizing that her arm is permanently gone, [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Cree]] begs for her parents.
* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaKommSusserTod'': Right before she's about to be executed, [[spoiler:Nanae]] cries out for both her mother and father while begging that she doesn't want to die.
* In ''Fanfic/ExperimentingFear'', as a 10-year-old Nando is being tortured by a MadScientist, he begs to go home to his parents and screams for them when his eardrums are blown out by a gun being fired next to his head.
* An implied subconscious example occurs in ''Fanfic/HopeSpringsEternal''. When Hades is about to be smote with extreme prejudice by Zeus whilst Demeter intends to take Persephone away from him forever, he finds himself in a position where he feels like he has no other choice than to pray, whilst also internally questioning just ''whom'' a god would pray to in the first place. Cue ''Rhea'', the mother of the Olympians arriving out of absolutely nowhere to set everything straight. The narration lampshades this by stating "who else does one call to in distress than their ''mother?''"
* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': An Apex child who fell in the lake within the Fog Car[[note]]which is ''Franchise/SilentHill'' on the Infinity Train[[/note]] couldn't swim and was previously paralyzed from almost dying when he went on vacation at a beach, so he cried out for Grace, Simon, and then for his mother to save him before he drowned. Worse is how it became this way -- [[spoiler:Paul, as in [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Pokémon trainer Paul]], asked Electvire to ''Thunder Punch him into said lake'' when the Apex child was about to attack him under the idea of Electvire being a Null, so it's implied the Thunder Punch ''paralyzed him'' and he wouldn't have been able to make it]].
* In ''Fanfic/TheJobGoneWrong'', young Gambit is captured via TranquilizerDart. He wakes up dizzy, stripped naked, and StrappedToAnOperatingTable, with someone hitting him to make him talk. When the interrogator breaks the electrified cattle prod, Gambit panics and screams for his papa.
* In ''Fanfic/ALittleMoreLikeMe'', a variation of this happens when Len cries out in fear not for his mother, but for his sister when he realizes that he's trapped in Kaito's body.
* In ''Fanfic/TheNightmareHouse'', a fanfiction about the nightmares of the kids from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', Lisa's nightmare ends with her shouting, "MOMMY!!!" because she wants Rita to save her from an evil teddy bear, who is spanking her.
* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', Anders Bleu, a Black Dog recruit who joined the group to [[HaremSeeker get a harem]], screams for his mother as the Hunter [[AndShowItToYou tears out his insides]] in the back. Clearly portrayed as a MookHorrorShow.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1542516/20/Of-Life-and-Lemonade Of Life and Lemonade]]'', [[Anime/{{Slayers}} Amelia]] wakes up in the middle of the night, throwing everything she can grab and screaming for her mother, the night after her mother's funeral.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13511328/5/On-the-breeding-of-Direwolves-Dragons-Stags-and-Lions-rewrite On the breeding of Direwolves, Dragons Stags and Lions (rewrite)]]'', [[Series/GameOfThrones Catelyn Stark]] divorces her husband Ned after hearing the AwfulTruth of Jon Snow's parentage and leaves for her family's home in the south. A seven-year-old Sansa soon starts begging for her mummy because she misses her and starts thinking that the reason Catelyn didn't take her along was because she doesn't love her daughter. Luckily for Sansa, the next time Catelyn visits her children, she lets Sansa come with her.
* In ''Fanfic/ReflectionsInACloudySky'', during his third seizure, [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Camilo]] cries for his mother to help him.
* In ''Fanfic/ToExtinguishTheSun'', Camilo cries out for his mother, Pepa, during his AttemptedRape.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' has a young Kida at the very beginning, when her mother the Queen is being sacrificed by the Heart of Atlantis crystal due to her RoyalBlood as a futile attempt to save Atlantis from being destroyed by a tidal wave [[spoiler:her own husband caused due to him abusing the crystal's power by weaponizing it.]] Unsurpisingly enough, the Queen dies and Atlantis is still sunk anyway.
-->'''Young Kida:''' Mahtim! MAHTIM!!! (literally Atlantean for "Mother! MOTHER!!!)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' has one at the end. [[spoiler:After it seems like Elinor is going to remain a bear forever, [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody and lose the last remaining shred of her humanity]],]] Merida completely breaks down and apologises for everything that lead up to this -- and sobs "I want you back, Mummy!" She gets better thanks to this, luckily.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', when Nemo is first caught by a diver, he screams for Marlin's help, which Marlin can't provide due to a camera flash temporarily blinding him. What veers into this trope more traditionally is when Nemo screams "Daddy! Help me!" when [[spoiler:he nearly gets shredded by a tank filter fan]].
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Occurs two times in succession during an amateur news report on the aftermath of the kids of Retroville doing everything they want after their parents disappear[[note]]as a result of aliens abducting them, though no one knows that at first[[/note]]. First a kid who is sick from eating too much cotton candy says this word for word at the end of an interview. Then the girl doing the interview agrees and says it word-for-word and [[BreakTheCutie bursts into tears]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'': Done just after the climax by [[spoiler:the ghost of Agatha, the 10-year-old "witch" that was the town's claim to fame and the cause of its curse, after Normal helps her realise that the only thing she really wanted was to see her mother again after the townspeople separated them]].
* ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'': After Wendy sings the song "Your Mother and Mine" to the Lost Boys, Michael says, "I wanna see my mother!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmfV5VLHvs#t=00m26s this happens with the kids turned into donkeys.]]
-->'''Coachman:''' And what might your name be?\\
'''Donkey:''' Alexander.\\
'''Coachman:''' So you can talk.\\
'''Donkey:''' Yes, sir. I want to go home to my momma!\\
'''Coachman:''' ''[grabs him by the tail and ears]'' Take him back! He can still talk! ''[throws him into a pen with other donkeys]''
* ''WesternAnimation/PoohsHeffalumpMovie'':
** Roo "captures" the heffalump Lumpy, but later releases him. Lumpy has been hearing his mother calling and wants to go home to her, but Roo wants him to meet his friends first. They can't find any of his friends because they're all off in Heffalump Hollow themselves trying to capture a heffalump. So Roo tries to get Lumpy back to his mother, but with every step they take, the calls seem to get further away, until finally they can't hear her anymore. Lumpy is upset and Roo sings him a small reprise of the "Little Mister Roo" song sung to him by Kanga earlier in the film. It doesn't really help Lumpy to cheer up much.
--->'''Lumpy:''' ''[slumping on a log]'' I want my mum.\\
'''Roo:''' Me too. ... Wait! My mom! She'll know what to do! Come on!
** Slightly later in the film, Lumpy is caught in the heffalump trap that Rabbit and the others made.
--->'''Roo:''' I'm so sorry. This is all my fault.\\
'''Lumpy:''' ''[sobbing]'' I want my mummy.
* Early on in ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', Chihiro's parents eat the food of the spirit world and are transformed into pigs, leaving her all alone. She's then surrounded by spirits as night starts to fall and runs through the town in a panic before eventually just desperately screaming, "MOMMY!" in a heartbreaking voice.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/FiftyFifty2011'', as he's about to head off to last-ditch-effort cancer surgery, Adam cries for his mother, whom he earlier constantly rebuffed throughout the film. Unlike so many other examples, she's there to console him. Also, when [[spoiler:he wakes up from the surgery, his first (happily said) words are "Mommy!"]]
* ''Film/SeventyOneIntoTheFire'' played this trope ''dead serious'', and borders on being a tearjerker. A group of South Korean [[ChildSoldiers student conscripts]] led by protagonist Jang-beom had their first taste of killing one night when they're ambushed by a platoon of North Korean soldiers; after gunning down everyone the conscripts rushed over and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realize]] most of the North Koreans are ''their'' age; with a survivor weakly calling for his mother before Jang-beom delivers a MercyKill. One scene later Jang-beom (who had a flashback with ''his'' mother) rips apart a propaganda poster depicting North Koreans as savage animals after realizing they're humans, too.
* In ''Film/{{Apaches}}'', this happens when Sharon, who had unintentionally swallowed weed killer earlier that day, wakes up in the middle of the night in excruciating pain, screaming and crying and calling out for her mother.
* In ''Film/{{Babe}}'', after having watched his mother and family be led away (to slaughter, although he doesn't know that), having been put in a barn with unfamiliar animals, and generally feeling very vulnerable and alone, Babe says this. It's so tearjerking that Fly immediately steps up as a ParentalSubstitute.
* When the passenger jet in ''Blackout Effect'' is in a nosedive and a crash is imminent, a 5-year-old girl in the cabin -- on her first flight alone -- is shielded by an airline stewardess while crying out, "I want my mommy!"
* ''Film/AChildIsWaiting'': When Reuben's parents first drop him off at the Crawthorne State Training Institute, he tries to run after their car screaming "DADDY! MOMMY!"
* In ''Film/DancingTrees'', Martha cries for her murdered mother Josephina several times. She doesn't seem to understand that Josephina is dead -- she keeps talking about how cold and uncomfortable it must be in the grave, and how she didn't want to go there.
* ''Film/{{Descendants}}'': In the third installment, a spelled Audrey torments Chad, then leaves him traumatized, locked in a closet, and curled in a [[TroubledFetalPosition fetal position]]. When the others find him and rescue him, he speaks this trope word for word.
* ''Film/TheExorcistBeliever'': After her parents are tricked into sacrificing her to the demon Lamashtu, Katharine finds herself in another dimension, crying for her mother, just before Lamashtu [[DraggedOffToHell drags her soul to hell]].
* ''Film/ForKeeps'': After Darcy gives birth to her and Stan's daughter, the exhausted former immediately says "I want my mother. Please, Stan. Go find my mother" even though they had a falling out months earlier.
* ''Film/Fury2014'': When a tank is shot and bursts into flames, the commander comes out of the hatch, on fire, screaming for his father.
* ''Film/GoneBabyGone'': Discussed, with Captain Doyle talking about [[MyGreatestFailure the pain and the regret]] he feels over his only child's brutal murder several years prior and how he believes that [[TearJerker her last words were calling out for him to save her, only for him never to be able to come]].
* In ''Film/GraveEncounters'', there's a scene where Sasha [[spoiler:is projectile vomiting blood]] and cries out for her mom to Lance.
* In ''Film/HoneyIBlewUpTheKid'', after a giant Adam is hurt by the static shock from a tranquilizer dart that hit the Hard Rock Café guitar he was playing, the confused and frightened child begins to call out "Mama," through his tears, unaware that his mother now dwarfs him by a good fifty feet. The impact of the moment is enough that the once frightened crowd below is silenced and looks upon the child with sympathy, compassion, and concern.
* In ''Film/TheHumanCentipede'', when Heiter is prepping his victims for surgery, Jenny breaks down and starts sobbing "I want my mom!". The utter despair and panic are heartbreaking.
* ''Film/InLoveAndWar1996'': Creator/SandraBullock's character, a Red Cross nurse in WWI Italy, says that Italian men "respect their wives. They spoil their mistresses. But the only women they love are their mothers." We immediately cut to an Italian soldier screaming for his mother as he dies horribly on the battlefield.
* Near the end of ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'', as Alan, Sara, Judy and Peter are about to finish the game, a flower [[spoiler:shoots its poison spines on Judy's neck. Peter chops the flower too late, and goes to tend to Judy.]]
-->'''Judy:''' I wish... mom and dad... were here.\\
'''Peter:''' Me too.
* ''Film/ALittlePrincess1995'': One of the youngest girls at the boarding school, Lottie, throws routine fits and cries out for her mother. While the others just let her have her fits, Sara, who is trying to do her studies, asks her to stop, only to find out from Lottie that her mother is [[spoiler:dead. Sara then tells her that her own mother is dead, too, along with [[DeathByChildbirth her baby sister]], and then comforts her by explaining what a beautiful and happy place heaven is and how they're at peace]], which cheers the younger girl up to the point where she doesn't throw another fit again in the whole film, except one which is used as a distraction.
* ''Film/{{A Nightmare on Elm Street|1984}}'': During the iconic death of [[spoiler:Glen Lantz]], the last thing he shouts out is "MAMA!!! MAMAAAAA!!" In this instance, "Mama" actually does come, but is too late to do anything but watch a fountain of blood erupt from her son's bed (and in the uncut version, [[spoiler:his body]] as well).
%%* In ''Film/TheOthers2001'', Anne says that she wants her daddy. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; for what reason?)
* ''Film/PointOfNoReturn'' gives us the AntiHero, Maggie, being executed by lethal injection. Even though she's a [[DrugsAreBad drug-addled punk]] who killed a police officer without a second thought, she cries out for her mother ''and'' experiences a PottyFailure as she dies.[[note]]It's only a PottyFailure instead of a NoDeadBodyPoops because she didn't really die in the end.[[/note]]
* ''Film/Poltergeist1982'': While she's on the Other Side and talking through a TV set, at one point Carol-Anne calls out, "Mommy!"
* ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'':
** Near-dead soldiers ask for their moms at their last breaths. [[WarIsHell Considering the setting]], it's not surprising. There's also a horrifically gored soldier on Omaha beach, crying for his mother.
** [[spoiler:Technician Wade dies calling out "Mama, mama, mama!" as he is dying from a morphine overdose the squad administers as a MercyKill. He was shot through the liver and was otherwise going to die a slow, agonising death miles from any kind of help.]]
* ''Film/Scream1996'':
** In the opening scene, Casey spends her final moments as she's murdered crying and begging for her mother. To twist the knife even more, her mother actually ''is'' nearby and looking for her, but Casey's too weak by that point to raise her voice above a whisper, and her mom can't hear her.
** Later on, Tatum screams out "NO! MOM!!!" just before she's crushed to death.
* In ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'', as he is shown his BadFuture by the Ghost of Christmas Future, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Frank]] finds himself being [[spoiler:cremated ''alive'' from ''the inside of his own coffin'']]. In addition to begging his brother not to let him burn, he also cries out for their mother.
* ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'': Katherine does this when she's trapped in a serial killer's basement well. She sobs and cries "I wanna see my mommy!"
* ''Film/{{Skinamarink}}'': In the climax, the four-year-old Kevin finds himself trapped with a malevolent entity, with one shot [[GoryDiscretionShot displaying blood splashing onto the carpet as we vaguely hear what sounds like Kevin screaming]], before the film suddenly reverses and the stains disappear. Following this is a single silent subtitle: "mommy".
* In ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'', Rachel begins shouting that she wants her mom upon seeing the alien probes as Ray desperately tries to calm her down... [[CuteButCacophonic and then she starts screeching it]]...
* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' involves Dorothy and her Aunt Em, but the same principle applies. It happens when Dorothy is locked away in the WickedWitch of the West's castle:
-->'''Dorothy:''' I'm frightened... I'm frightened, Auntie Em, I'm frightened!
:: : The Witch then mocks poor Dorothy's suffering in a supreme KickTheDog moment:
--->'''The Wicked Witch of the West:''' "Auntie Em, Auntie Em, come back!" [[IWillShowYouX I'll give you Auntie Em]], my pretty! [[EvilLaugh HA, hahahahaha! HA, hahahahahahaha!]]
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'', Sejanus Plinth calls out for his Ma Plinth [[spoiler:before being hanged for treason. His cry is picked up by the jabberjays, resounding through the woods.]]
* In a flashback in ''[[Literature/MediochreQSethSeries Black, White and Shades of Mediochre]]'', Mediochre gets shot on a battlefield in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. His comrade, Pigeon, remarks afterwards that of all the men he's ever seen get shot, Mediochre was the only one who ''didn't'' cry for his mother. Mediochre only replies that Pigeon wouldn't be so surprised [[AbusiveParents if he'd met her]] -- although very shortly afterwards, Mediochre's last thought before blacking out from the pain of a shrapnel grenade blast ''is'', "in spite of everything" of his mother.
* In the Hungarian novel ''The Book of Fathers'', a character's last words are "Mother, my dear mother!" as he is dying in the gas chambers of Auschwitz.
* In the picture book ''Bunny My Honey'' by Anita Jeram, Bunny gets badly lost in the woods. He starts to cry and shouts out "Mommy, Mommy, I want my mommy! Mommy, Mommy, I want my mommy!" Fortunately, Mommy Rabbit is is nearby and immediately hears him.
* In the book ''[[Literature/{{Deryni}} Camber of Culdi]]'', when the hero's keep is attacked by the king's men, there is a moment when the daughter hears grown men crying out for mercy and calling for their mothers. She thinks on the fact that many of those same men were earlier being brave and swearing to fight to the end.
* In ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', just before [[spoiler:the main character dies of her wounds]], she cries for her mother, [[spoiler:whom she killed earlier]].
* In ''Literature/{{Dread}}'', Stephen's last act as his sanity is broken by a sadistic fear experiment is to cry out for his mama. This ''disappoints'' his captor, who'd been hoping to receive some grand philosophical insight from his observation of a mind slipping into madness.
* In ''Literature/FreakyFriday'', after spending a day in her mother's body, Anabelle has no idea where her own body has gone to, where her little brother is, or what happened to her mother's personality (not knowing for sure if her mom is in her own body). After trying very hard to stay calm and figure it all out, she finally breaks down and calls out "Mom? Mom? MOMMY!" [[spoiler:Fortunately Anabelle's mother, who ''is'' in her daughter's body and has been out with her little brother the whole time, comes home just in time. Hearing an adult scream "Mommy!" clues her in that Anabelle learned the intended lesson of some of the less pleasant things that come with an adult life.]]
* In ''Literature/TheGiver'', the [[spoiler:traumatic memory of a]] war's aftermath brings with it badly wounded soldiers lying out in a field, calling out for mother, water, and [[MercyKill death]].
* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'': After an exhausting, terrifying day that consisted of delivering sister-in-law Melanie's baby in the midst of a brutal heat wave while fearing the approaching Army, Scarlett dissolves into tears and screams this at Rhett when he tells her there's no way to get out of Atlanta.
* In ''[[Recap/WarriorCatsGoosefeathersCurse Goosefeather's Curse]]'', Goosefeather calls his mother's name when he's attacked by a badger and thinks he's about to die. Despite having his full medicine cat name, he's only seven moons old -- just barely over the age most kits leave the nursery -- so he's still quite young.
%%* Literature/HarryPotter gets this moment when he visits his parents' grave in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; does he actually call for them out of fear or does he simply silently miss them? If the latter, it's not this trope.)
* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': In one of the few {{TearJerker}} scenes, Arthur faints upon learning Earth has been destroyed and wakes up sobbing for his mother.
* In the picture book ''I Love You With All My Heart'' by Jane Chapman, the bear Little Bear flops to the ground and sniffles that she wants her mommy after losing a race at school. Then she remembers what her mommy told her -- that if she puts her paw on her heart, she'll feel her love beating on and on forever. So she does so and cheers up.
* There is a picture book, ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Want-My-Mommy-Tracey-Corderoy/dp/1589254538 I Want My Mommy!]]'', written by Tracey Corderoy and illustrated by Alison Edgson, that is about a young anthropomorphic mouse who is having his first day away from his mommy, visiting grandma, and even his favorite dragon suit won't cheer him up, but maybe grandma can. There's also a gender-flipped follow-up, ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Want-My-Daddy-Tracey-Corderoy/dp/1589254716 I Want My Daddy!]]''
* One of the books in the ''Literature/LittlePrincess'' series is titled ''I Want My Mum!'' (U.S. ''I Want My Mom!'') The plot is described as follows: "All day there had been disasters - the water pot went all over the latest painting; the Little Princess fell off the seesaw and banged her knee; and worst of all, there was a monster under the bed that night. The castle had been ringing with the constant shout of 'I Want My Mum!'. And Mum always knew exactly the right thing to sort out the problem..."
* In ''Literature/JohnnyGotHisGun'', after [[AndIMustScream realizing that he's been left blind, deaf, and limbless after fighting in World War I]], Johnny tries calling for his mom. Too bad for him that he's also lost the ability to speak.
* The ''Legendeer'' trilogy has one moment when the Gorgons mention that all the brave Greek heroes who try to kill them end up wanting their mothers in their last moments.
* This is a big part of the earlier books in the ''Literature/LlamaLlama'' series. Late at night or when he's feeling scared and alone at school, little Llama wants his Mama Llama.
* There is a truly heartbreaking scene in ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'s Battle'' when young Rifleman Perkins is [[DroppedABridgeOnHim stabbed in the stomach]] and alternately begs for his mother and the company sergeant.
* ''Literature/SheilaRaeTheBrave'': Sheila Rae calls out for her mother when she's lost in the woods. She follows it up by calling for her father, then Louise, the latter of whom arrives.
* In ''[[Literature/RizzoliAndIsles The Sinner]]'', this is Jane Rizzoli's reaction to [[spoiler:discovering that she's pregnant]].
* In ''Literature/TheStand'', one of the survivors trapped in the prison calls out for "Mother!" all the time, much to the aggravation of Lloyd Henreid.
* It is noted in the ''Franchise/StarWars: Literature/RepublicCommandoSeries'' that injured and dying clones, who were born from tubes instead of mothers, cry out for their training sergeants.
* In ''Literature/TheTommyknockers'', [[spoiler:reporter John Leandro's]] last thought before he's killed is "Mama!"
* ''Literature/TornadoBrain'': Frankie and Colette first met while hiding under a table during a tornado in kindergarten. Colette sucked her thumb and said, "I want my mommy."
* In ''Literature/UnderTheDome'', thug [[spoiler:Frankie [=DeLesseps=]]] cries for his mother right before he's shot do death.
* In the novelization of ''Film/TheWolfman2010'', Lawrence begs his dead mother to help him during his first transformation, in pain and scared out of his mind. Eventually he just takes to screaming her name, but all that comes out is an animal roar.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* In ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse'', Moira breaks down and sobs "I don't want to be here any more! I'm frightened! I miss my mother!" when Constance [[spoiler:torments her with the knowledge that her ghost will be trapped in the house forever]].
* In ''Anne'' (a dramatisation of the story of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Williams_(activist) Anne Williams]]), Anne finds out that her son Kevin was heard speaking before he died and suspects that he called out for her. It's later confirmed by a female police officer who was with him at the time; she tells Anne that [[TearJerker he looked up at her and said 'mum']].
* In the finale of ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'', Shaz [[spoiler:watching a video showing how she died in the "real world"]]: "I'm only twenty-six years old. [[TearJerker I want my mum, Chris! I need to see my mum!]]"
* ''Series/BlackMirror'': "[[Recap/BlackMirrorPlaytest Playtest]]" ends with the protagonist screaming out for his mother over and over as he dies abruptly from massive brain damage caused by his phone interfering with the experimental device he was testing, faced with his deepest personal fear: [[spoiler:watching his mother succumb to Alzheimer's just like his father did]].
* In ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', UsefulNotes/WorldWarI veteran Jimmy Darmody tells a story about a German soldier stuck on barb wire for hours who kept calling for his mother ("Mutti") after Jimmy mortally wounded him.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Occurs in the series's WhamEpisode, "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E14Ozymandias Ozymandias]]", after Walter kidnaps his toddler daughter, because he thinks she's all he has left. While he's changing her diaper, she utters her first words: "Mama, mama, mama", leading to his HeelRealization that he's lost everyone in his family. This was actually completely unscripted: The little girl saw her real mother off camera and started saying it and [[ThrowItIn Bryan Cranston just rolled with it]], making for a far more powerful scene.
* ''Series/ColdCase'':
** The episode "[[Recap/ColdCaseS2E9MindHunters Mind Hunters]]" uses the father variation with a teenaged victim named Tina James, who is about to be shot by serial killer George Marks crying out and sobbing, "I want my Daddy!" as her last words.
** Said word for word by a crying Melanie (an 8-year-old girl) as she's held at gunpoint in "[[Recap/ColdCaseS4E8Fireflies Fireflies]]".
* ''Series/{{Decoy}}'': After the villain of the episode "Ladies' Man" is shot, he screams for his girlfriend Maggie to help him. When she doesn't come, he starts calling her by [[WrongNameOutburst his ex-wife Lois's name]], then "Ma".
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the two-parter "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild The Empty Child]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances The Doctor Dances]]", the eponymous Empty Child keeps asking "Are you my mummy?" as he searches for her, using the power given to him by a bunch of extraterrestrial nanites to tear apart anything in his path while at the same time, inadvertently converting anyone he comes across into a HiveMind. The trope is turned into a major plot point, as "Mummy" turns out to be [[spoiler: Nancy, the girl he'd been stalking the whole episode, and who claimed to be his "big sister."]] Once the Doctor realises this, it allows him to figure out how to stop the child.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Mentioned when Melisandre coldly taunts Davos with the knowledge of how many casualties of [[spoiler:the Battle of Blackwater]] died screaming for their mothers -- [[KickTheDog because of him]].
** Actually occurs in the third-season episode "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS3E9TheRainsOfCastamere The Rains of Castamere]]": [[spoiler:Robb Stark]], mortally wounded, barely able to stand, and clearly in the depths of a massive HeroicBSOD, can be heard whispering "mother" before [[spoiler:Roose Bolton finishes him off]]. Slightly different from other examples in that [[spoiler:his mother is right there.... and is killed herself seconds later. There's a reason that the Freys are despised until the end of time after the Red Wedding.]]
** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E9TheDanceOfDragons The Dance of Dragons]]", [[spoiler:Princess Shireen Baratheon]] spends her final moments begging her parents to save her. [[spoiler:While her mother is horrified and held back by guards, her father is the one who ordered her burned at the stake as a HumanSacrifice. Although until the moment it happens, her mother is all for it. Her father is at least reluctant.]]
** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS7E3TheQueensJustice The Queen's Justice]]", Tyene Sand whimpers "Mama!" to her chained and gagged mother Ellaria after being fatally poisoned by Cersei in retaliation for the pair poisoning Cersei's only daughter Myrcella.
* ''Series/GeneralHospital'':
** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Tracy Quartermaine]] screams this when her mother, Lila, dies.
** As Laura hemorrhages following an emergency C-section, she mumbles, "I want my mother", just before passing out. This is especially poignant as her mother passed away years ago.
* In ''Series/GoodOmens2019'', Brian starts crying and says he wants his mum and dad when [[spoiler:his friend [[TheAntichrist Adam]] goes full RealityWarper, going on a rant about destroying and remaking the world. Not helping is that Adam is refusing to let Brian or the others leave, or even ''move''.]]
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'':
** Discussed in an episode where a [[AlphaBitch popular mean girl]] is murdered by her AxCrazy BetaBitch and ''her'' two minions. On the stand at the trial of the other two killers, the main killer is confronted by Casey, who asks if the victim begged for her life, even going as far as to offer her material possessions in exchange for not being killed, and if she thought it was funny when her "friend" cried out for her mother as she was being killed. [[TheSociopath She replies yes to every question.]]
** In one episode, a rapist calls his victim's mother to taunt her about how the victim cried for her mother.
* The ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' episode "A Mommy For Mindy" deals with Mindy's father Fred remarrying. Later there's a scene where Mindy has a nightmare about her father telling her that her mom has "gone to heaven". Then she starts doing this, [[TearJerker eventually waking up in tears]].[[note]]Although technically it's Mork who wakes her up from her nightmare.[[/note]]
* ''Series/OnceAndAgain'': In one episode, when Jessie finds out that [[spoiler:her mother Karen has been hit by a car]], she lets out a piercing scream of "Mommy!".
* ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' waxes melancholic about her missing mother in "The Search" (where she reunites her teacher with ''his'' missing mother), with Henry telling her that she still has her memories of her mother. Punky counters that you can't hug a memory or kiss it good night. She sobs "I want my mommy!" on Henry's shoulder.
* ''Series/SoWeird'': In the episode "Twin", after Fiona and her aunt chase after what they believe is a message from her father, Fi is horrified to discover that it was a trap from a dark entity from the other side. While Jack and her aunt try to break down the door of the roof, the entity pushes Fi off the side of the building during, which she in tears cries out "Help, Mom, I'm gonna fall!" Something Molly is somehow able to hear, despite her being on the other side of the city in the middle of a session. Likewise, Molly is able to somehow also intuit her husband's spirit saving their daughter from falling to her death.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** Discussed in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E4SiliconAvatar Silicon Avatar]]". While the crew is following and studying the Crystalline Entity, a visiting expert is a grieving mother whose son was killed in one of his attacks. While stern and stand-offish when she first arrives, she becomes more emotional as they learn more about the alien, in particular after they receive [[ApocalypticLog a transmission]] from a ship full of people screaming as the Entity devours them. Once she's in private, she bursts into tears in front of Data, wondering if her son called out for her when he was killed.
** In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E21RealLife Real Life]]", the Doctor has created a holographic family. Initially it's an almost too-perfect, parody-like ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' family, so B'Elanna Torres makes some modifications. In the new version of the family, there's a lot of strife and conflict. At one point, The Doctor won't help his daughter Belle find her ion mallet, so she starts shouting "You're mean! I want my mommy here! She'd help me find my mallet! I want mommy! I want mommy! I want mommy! I want mommy!"
* A {{gender flip}}ped version from ''Series/{{Voyagers}}'': While sick and unconscious from rabies, [[KidHero Jeff]] moans for Bogg. The two are often portrayed as having an almost father/son relationship.
* ''Series/TheWestWing'': Discussed in "[[Recap/TheWestWingS01E10InExcelsisDeo In Excelsis Deo]]". Charlie notices that Mrs. Landingham has been depressed during the holidays, and she explains that they remind her of her twin sons, who were killed in Vietnam on Christmas Eve in 1970. She mentions how painful it must have been for them:
-->'''Mrs. Landingham:''' It's hard when that happens so far away, you know, because, with the noises and the shooting, they had to be so scared. It's hard not to think that right then, they needed their mother.
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[[folder:Music]]
* Argentine songwriter Luis Alberto Spinetta's song "Post-crucifixión" is told from the point of view of a dead or dying Jesus who calls for his mother to hold him.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* During WWE's Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness storyline in 1999, Wrestling/TheUndertaker kidnapped Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon via the NotMyDriver trope. Stephanie screamed for her dad Wrestling/VinceMcMahon while being driven away.
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[[folder:Roleplay]]
* Near the end of ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'', the now monstrously gigantic, fleshy abomination known as "Subject Six" is seen cowering the corner of the room, crying for his "mommy" because "Ace is going to lock him up". The protagonist tries to call to him, but it's no use.
* In V4 of ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', [[SchoolNewspaperNewshound Amber Whimsy]] cries for her mummy whilst bleeding to death after being shot in the stomach by [[AxCrazy Kris Hartmann]].
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[[folder:Theater]]
* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'': The Act I finale, "Momma, Look Sharp," uses this trope for MoodWhiplash, as the show has largely been a comic romp about the Founding Fathers until the scene. Independence Hall's custodian Andrew [=McNair=], a workman, and a young courier from George Washington's army talk about all of the drama surrounding the Continental Congress and how distant they feel from the legal documents the men are drafting. The courier then remarks that two of his friends were at the Battle of Lexington and Concord (the first battle of the Revolutionary War), where they were both shot and killed. One of them, William, lived long enough to try to crawl to safety, and the courier imagines that as he did, he was desperately crying for his mother to find him before it was too late:
--> ''My eyes are wide open,''
--> ''My face to the sky'',
--> ''Is that you I'm hearin' ''
--> ''In the tall grass nearby?''
--> ''Momma, come find me,''
--> ''Before I do die...''
--> ''Hey, hey, Momma...look sharp...''
* ''Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee'' gives us the "I Love You Song". Olive Ostrovsky's mother is in an ashram in India, and her father is working late. Upon discovering that her father won't be able to attend the spelling bee at all, Olive has a minor breakdown and sings for her mother, begging her to come home. It's both heartbreaking and an extreme case of MoodWhiplash.
* At the beginning of the stage version of ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'', the youngest orphan Molly wakes up calling "Mama! Mama!" after having a nightmare in which her MissingMom was with her again but then disappeared. In [[Film/Annie1982 the 1982 film]], she calls "Annie! Annie!" instead, highlighting that Annie is her ParentalSubstitute despite being a child herself.
* ''Theatre/{{Carrie}}'': In the 2012 adaptation, Carrie, after having killed her mother with her powers in self-defense, cries out for her as she dies in Sue's arms.
* ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'': Rudolf is introduced as a young child, and his first lines are him calling out for his Mama because he was frightened in a cold, dark room. Elisabeth is nowhere to be seen -- instead, [[TheGrimReaper Death]] befriends Rudolf and comforts him. As an adult, while confronting an aged Sisi on her negligence of him, he flat out says "Mother... I need you." Some actors speak the line, others [[DarkReprise sing it]] to the earlier tune of "Mama, where are you?". During "On the Deck of the Sinking World/All Questions Have Been Asked (Reprise)", some Rudolfs try to reach out to Sisi in between his struggle to stay on the sinking ship.
* During "The Crucifixion" in ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'', already a dire and [[SurrealHorror terrifying]] musical number, Jesus repeatedly asks "Where is my mother?" while delusional from dehydration and blood loss.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', [[spoiler:Teruteru Hanamura]] cries out for [[spoiler:his]] mother right before being executed.
* In ''VideoGame/DigimonSurvive'', after the group ends up [[TrappedInAnotherWorld trapped in the Digital World]], the [[HisOwnWorstEnemy cowardly]] Ryo does this repeatedly. [[spoiler:His mother died when he was young, and he deluded himself into believing that the Digital World was the afterlife and they were DeadAllAlong. If the player fails to help him face his fears and move on, he has a complete mental breakdown and starts seeing his dead mother everywhere while crying out to her, eventually running straight into the FogOfDoom and getting KilledOffForReal.]]
* ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions]]'': Argath cries out to his mother when you kill him (again) after he's revived as a revenant.
* Faye during the prologue of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes]]''. Considering the 8-year-old has just received [[HarmfulToMinors a rape threat, a death threat, and been told to fight for her life]] all in the span of a few minutes, it's a completely understandable reaction.
* In ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni: Wrath of the White Witch'', sometimes, after being [=KOed=] in battle, main protagonist Oliver will randomly shout out "Mom!" He will still do this [[spoiler:even after learning that his hope of bringing his mother back from the dead was a false one]].
* ''VideoGame/RedOrchestra2HeroesOfStalingrad'': Many soldiers will cry out for their mothers as they lie dying on the ground, usually terrified and sometimes crying.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rengoku}}'': In the second game, Mars calls out for his mother before disintegrating, saying he can finally sleep.
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'': Regardless of which ending you get, when Henry defeats SerialKiller Walter Sullivan, he utters an anguished "Mom".
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', the little girl in the storybook, [[spoiler:Rosalina]], says this:
-->''"I want to go home! I want to go back to my house by the hill! I want to see my mother! But I know she's not there! I knew all along that she wasn't out there in the sky! Because... because... [[spoiler:[[WhamLine She's sleeping under the tree on the hill!]]]]"''
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'', Welkin and Alicia come across a mortally wounded Imperial Soldier crying for his mother. Alicia in compassion, pretends to be the delirious young man's mother to comfort him in his dying moments, an action that the soldier's platoon repay by letting Welkin and Alicia escape with no conflict, while also thanking her for the kindness she showed to their fallen comrade.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'': After Walter traps Maggie in his wires, when he asks if she has any last words, she cries that she wants her mother. [[spoiler:This breaks Walter's brainwashing long enough for him to free Maggie, trap himself in his wires, admit that he's Maggie's father, and apologize for putting her through this. She in her turn refuses to leave him after finding out that he's her father, even after the brainwashing kicks back in and he threatens her.]]
* ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'': The page image is provided by Lizzie, whimpering only [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/294 "mommy"]] as she's about to fall out of a collapsing [[AirVentPassageway air vent]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': Done strikingly at the end of Chapter 44. [[spoiler:Sarv'swati, who has lost ''[[BreakTheHaughty everything]]'' in the course of the District War, undergoes a complete VillainousBreakdown in the Sharen palace, which is minutes away from capture by the Sarghress forces. In her rage, she attempts to tear a way through the collapsed corridor to her mother's throne room -- the very corridor she so [[SelfMadeOrphan gleefully destroyed]] thirty-one years earlier.]] Failing, she screams and collapses on the ground, whimpering to herself.
--> '''[[spoiler:Sarv'swati]]:''' Mother... I'm sorry- So sorry... Please come back.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' features probably the most ''impactful'' example of this trope ever, when English princess Neena, on the verge of a horrible death when she finds herself hanging by a rope from the side of an airship caught between two mad goddesses, a horde of monsters, and a swarm of giant flying rats; freaks out and screams out '''"MAMA!"''' [[spoiler:This actually serves to [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220722#.Yt5d5YRByUl summon her mother]], the [[PhysicalGod God-Queen Albia]], to instantly materialise in the form of a gigantic valkyrie in order to rescue her.]]
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In "Don't Yank My Chain", Handy gets dragged by a moving train that's about to enter a tunnel. He whimpers "Mama" before he gets splattered across the tunnel wall.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''AudioPlay/AlienAbductionRolePlay'': Ackteal cries for her mother and complains loudly that she's having a bad dream when she sinks into her second feral episode. It's sounds so heartrending that it's easy to forget that she's as dangerous as a starving lion at the moment.
* Website/SCPFoundation: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1192 SCP-1192]] is a cockatoo with the mind of a young child. The Foundation gives him paper to write on, and one time he wrote "i wan my mom" [sic].
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* Sparadrap from ''Series/{{Noob}}'' is a ManChild with an implied MissingMom, meaning that he instead asks for his grandmother instead when something bad happens to him.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In the episode "Mystery Dungeon", [[MommyIssues Lemongrab]] cries out "Mommy!" as a giant monster is squeezing out all of his juice.
* The aunt variant also happens in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' of all shows. In the episode "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock", Skippy does this just as the social worker is about to take him to a foster home.
-->'''Skippy:''' I don't want to go, I want my Aunt Slappy!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "Lost Soul", recently-deceased tech magnate Robert Vance has managed to survive his death (maybe) thanks to BrainUploading and plans to get back to the real world by replacing his grandson's mind, attempting to kill Batman in the process for getting in his way. At the climax of the episode, Terry manages to get the data comprising his consciousness deleted. As he does, Vance very rapidly mentally regresses to an infant state, and the last thing he says before he's permanently deleted is to call out for his mother.
* ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'': In "Cinnamon the Elephant!", the shy little girl Skylar isn't having a good time at the playgroup set up for the kids at Butterbean's Cafe and tells Butterbean unhappily "I want my mommy." Fortunately, her mother is just downstairs. Cricket eventually helps out and brings her out of her shell by sharing her favorite stuffed toy, Cinnamon, the stuffed elephant described in the title.
* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'':
** In "The Tiger Family Babysits", Teddy and Leo Platypus cry about wanting their Mama, Dr. Platypus after she goes away for a business trip. Fortunately, Daniel and his little sister Margaret are there to play a game with them to help calm them down.
** In "[[BigStormEpisode A Storm in the Neighborhood]]", after the lights go out at the Tiger family house, Katerina Kittycat shouts "I want my mommy, [[VerbalTic meow meow!]]" That's easy enough, as Mom Kittycat came over with her.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Timmy wished himself into an adult and got into a bucketload of trouble as a result of not understanding that some things are Most Definitely Not Okay for grownups to do. Stuck in jail, and likely to lose his fairy godparents forever, Timmy gets upset and starts crying for his parents. This apparently is child-like (or perhaps childish) enough for the fairy godparents to hit the ResetButton. (The rest of the people in jail, upon seeing this, start crying for ''their'' parents, too.)
* ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'': In the first season finale, [[spoiler:Mark after taking a horrific beating from his father, Omni-Man]].
-->'''Omni-Man:''' What will you have after five-hundred years?!\\
'''Mark:''' You, Dad. I'd still have you...
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': Whenever Shag Rugg gets scared, he screams about wanting his mama.
* ''WesternAnimation/LloydInSpace'''s little sister Francine during her endangered preschool day when unable to reach her doll Rosie.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'': In the episode "Baby Gator", the baby alligator Nipper cries "I want my mama!" after Kwazii tries to get him above water because salt water isn't good for him, only for seagulls try to snap him up as a snack.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "For the Future", Willow tries her best to be TheReliableOne and refuses to show the slightest bit of weakness in favor of comforting her friends, meaning she's not processing any of the traumatic things she herself has been through, like seeing one of her dads [[spoiler:having been turned into a puppet by the Collector]]. Eventually Willow cracks and starts suffering from severe PowerIncontinence, nearly suffocating herself, Gus, and Hunter in a rapidly growing tangle of vines. It's not until Gus and Hunter tell her that she can let her emotions out that she finally breaks down and starts to cry for her parents.
-->'''Willow:''' ''(sobbing)'' I miss my dads!
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "Candy is Dandy", after Mojo Jojo steals a jar of candy from the Mayor that's treated as a GRatedDrug to the girls, they proceed to beat him to a bloody pulp, leaving him utterly broken as he weakly cries "Mommy..."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': [[DeconstructiveParody Parodied and deconstructed]] in the infamous episode [[Recap/RenAndStimpy2x07SonOfStimpy "Son of Stimpy"]], [[note]]Bu...er, "however", it is being included under dramatic examples, because it was written to invoke this version of the trope, because [[Creator/JohnKricfalusi the creator]] was trying to prove a point about "fake pathos".[[/note]] where Stimpy cries for his...well, just read the article and see for yourself.[[note]]A little warning, though. It's literally that idiotic, even by the show's standards.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': In an example that is dramatic for an entirely different reason, Rhino calls out for his mom as a result of delirium caused by the steam around over-heating and his face being the only place he could sweat from. Spidey takes the opportunity to pretend to be Rhino's mother and ask who his boss is. The drama comes from Spider-Man learning that the crime boss, the Big Man of Crime, is none other than Tombstone aka L. Thompson Lincoln. It cements Spidey's war on crime and him realizing there's a much bigger picture.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has the father-variant. In the episode "Adventures in Light Distortion", Steven and the Gems set off on a mission to [[spoiler:save Greg after he's been kidnapped by Blue Diamond]]. Most of the episode is quite funny, but when Steven [[spoiler:accidentally switches off the gravity engine in the [[FasterThanLightTravel Roaming Eye]], causing the bodies of the Gems to get dragged behind the ship, and Steven's body to get pinned to the chair, panic ensues. And when on top of that, the ship warns it's about to crash into the Zoo at top speed,]] he breaks down crying.
-->'''Steven:''' DAAAAD! ''(Sob)'' I want my dad! ''(Sob)'' I just want my dad...
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* History is filled with examples of soldiers crying out for their mothers as they are dying.
** A final transmission of a kamikaze pilot has him yelling for his mother two seconds before impact.
* A survivor of the Oklahoma City bombing described having this feeling upon awakening in the hospital.
* One of the last words written (as he had lost the ability to speak due to his radiation sickness) by Masato Shinohara, one of the two technicians who died after the 1999 Tokaimura Nuclear Accident has been variously translated as “Mother, Please” or “Mother, Help me”. Considering that both Shinohara and his colleague Hisashi Ouchi had been kept alive by their families’ wishes, even though it was clear both had received more than fatal doses of radiation (Shinohara received the lower dose, but a destroyed immune system meant that he was essentially doomed to die of infectious pneumonia) means that this statement is up for interpretation...
* According to her confessed killer among the Manson Family, these were Sharon Tate's last words.
* This was tragically inverted with the horrifying murders of Tom and Jackie Hawks. According to one of the men responsible, after being abducted while on their yacht and realizing they were going to die, Jackie began crying for the couple's newborn grandson.
* According to video footages, when Kelly Thomas; a homeless schizophrenic man was beaten to death by two policemen, he was crying for his father to help.
* During the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd police murder of George Floyd]] in Minneapolis in May 2020, Floyd can be heard crying out "Mama" twice in video recordings as officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck.[[note]]Floyd's mother, Larcenia Floyd, had died some time earlier; George's body was laid to rest next to hers.[[/note]]
* Another dark example was in the murder of Tina Isa, a Muslim girl who rejected her family’s culture. [[HonorRelatedAbuse As her father was killing her for dishonoring their family]], she begged her mother for help. Her mother instead joined in and killed her.
* When SerialKiller Otis Toole wrote [[Series/AmericasMostWanted John Walsh]] to taunt him about how he'd murdered his son Adam, he described the boy as "crying for his mommy" while he was being killed.
* Canadian-born Omar Khadr was dragged to UsefulNotes/{{Afghanistan}} as a kid by his Islamist father, then captured at age fifteen and imprisoned for a decade at Guantanamo Bay. In footage of an interrogation by Canadian intelligence agents who Khadr [[HopeSpot initially assumed had come to take him home]], he can be heard crying for his mother in UsefulNotes/{{Arabic|Language}}.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEJcJS-Fwg This man]] thought he was going to die when a Slingshot ride operator pranks them by pretending him and his girlfriend’s seatbelts were not on. He cries for his mother in grief.
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