[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
->''You savage! Don't you even care that you killed my oldest son?! You look at me when I'm talking to you!''
-->-- '''Chi-Chi''' to Super Buu moments before getting killed, ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

->''Don't you ''dare'' hurt my boys! I'm not afraid to kill you!''
-->-- '''Dadan''', ''Manga/OnePiece''

->'''Reina:''' She's my child. Keep your hands off her.\\
'''Masane:''' I won't...I ''won't'' let you have Riko!
-->-- Riko's biological and adoptive mothers, respectively, protecting her from some danger, ''Anime/{{Witchblade}}''

->''JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TO MY HUSBAND AND DARLING DAUGHTER, YOU BASTARDS?!''
-->--'''Sakura Haruno-Uchiha''', ''Manga/NarutoGaiden''

->'''Hana Kirisaki:''' Please look after my daughter, little boy. However...If you ever hurt her in anyway, what I'm going to do to you...Can you imagine it?
->'''Raku:''' Y-yes.
->'''Hana Kirisaki:''' Rest assured! Because I'll exceed anything you might imagine.
-->-- ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}''

->''I'm that girl's mother! Get out of here, unless you want to end up like that vegetable!''
-->-- '''[[Characters/SpyXFamilyYorForger Yor Forger]]''', after crushing a pumpkin ''barehanded'' in front of a group of kidnappers, ''Manga/SPYxFAMILY''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Books]]
->''Mommy will get rid of the monster. That's what mommies do. They make anyone who tries to hurt their child wish they'd never been born.''
-->-- '''[[ComicBook/InvisibleWoman Susan Richards]]''', ''ComicBook/SpiderMan and the ComicBook/FantasticFour'' #2

->''There's some facts about Earth you need to learn... ...never mess with the Baby Bear when the Mama Bear is nearby!''
-->-- '''ComicBook/LoisLane''', ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' #5
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]
->"In this case, the Pilot's life is of no concern," Ritsuko said dismissively.\\
Ritsuko's glasses made a tiny clatter as they hit the ground by her feet. The small sound was lost in the resounding echoes of the full-arm slap that rocked the scientist off her feet and sent her stumbling backwards. Misato's face was a picture of fury. "That's one of my '''kids''', you heartless bitch!"
-->-- ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust''

->''"Listen and listen well, you heartless old hag. I despise people who would attack and harm a child, especially their own child, for some stupid reason or another and your reason for hurting Literature/{{Carrie}} is the stupidest I've ever heard. If you ever, and I mean ever, try to come near Carrie or hurt her in any way shape or form again, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath I will cuff you down to a nail board and begin cutting one square centimeter after another out of your skin, until you don't have any skin left then I'll begin doing the same to your muscle fibers and tissues before taking apart your organs]], and I'll do all of this with [[TranquilFury a smile on my face]] and [[SlasherSmile grinning like a little girl in a candy store.]] Understand?" ''
-->-- '''[[BadassTeacher Rita Desjardin]]''' to [[EvilMatriarch Margaret White]], ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10372339/7/An-Alternate-Path An Alternate Path]]''

->''Charlotte, you might think you're an intimidating woman, but Sarah Lennox could leave [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]] whimpering in fear.''
-->--'''[[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Seymour Simmons]]''' describing Sarah Lennox to Charlotte Mearing, ''[[Fanfic/BlackCrayons A Child's Innocence]]'', Chapter 12: Broken Hearts, Reforged Courage

->''I am part of you, too. I won't let him hurt you or the mother of your child. I promise. If anything happens to you or your love, I promise you that he'll regret it.''
-->-- '''Yui Ikari''' reassuring her son, ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove''

->''"NOT ONLY DID YOU KIDNAP MY SON, BUT YOU ALSO ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIM BY THROWING HIM OFF A CLIFF! I SHOULD DO THE SAME TO YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"''
-->-- '''Gine''', ''Webcomic/DragonBallReboot''

->''Now I know that I can't stop [Gohan], but if he fights and gets hurt, or--God forbid--dies, and any of you could have stopped it? [[BadassBoast There's no dragon in this]] ''[[BadassBoast universe]]'' [[BadassBoast that will save you from me.]] ''
-->-- '''Chi-Chi''', ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''

->''Did you ever think that, to her, you’re her home? If she lost you, maybe she didn’t think she’d have anything at all worth protecting? Mothers are weird like that. Sure, they do things we didn’t ask for, but if they truly love us, they do it because they want what’s best for us. A mother will tear apart the world for her children, won’t she?''
-->-- '''Ocellus''', ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsFriendshipSouls''

->''You know, I've never killed a human being, Amy. There's any number of people in this service who have, but not me. Even back in the old days before I became an officer, when I was in the frontline combat units, I was always a support mage. My duties were sealing, enhancements, first-aid. I've never had to take a human life. But I think I could, for my children. If I was pushed just hard enough, I really think I could.''
-->-- '''Lindy Harlaown''' after her daughter was badly injured in the line of duty, ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}''

->''Fate... did you see her, after your encounter? Did you look at that girl, broken in the dirt after what you did to her? Because I did, I saw my little girl lying half-dead in a hospital bed, and I saw the burns on my son's body from when he tried to save her and you tried to kill him for it. What mother could possibly be ''neutral'' after that? ...You tried to kill my ''children''. Did you think I wouldn't take it ''personally''?''
-->-- '''Lindy Harlaown''' before defeating [[spoiler: Precia Testarossa]], ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}''

->''If you ([[EvilTwin Anti-Cosmo]]) even think about harming a hair on his head, I swear I'll shove that [[HighClassGlass monocle]] down your throat. ''
-->-- '''Wanda''', ''Fanfic/NeverHadAFriendLikeMe''

->''She's not just a flower, she's a mother. You really have no idea how dangerous they are, do you?''
-->-- '''Mario''' describing '''Maizee''', ''Fanfic/PaperMarioTheTempleOfTheSun''

->'''Asuka''': You bastard! You don't know anything about her! You have no right to talk about her! I swear, if you do as much as to say her name once more, I'll kill you!\\
'''Gendo''': Kill me? You don't seem to be in any position to make death threats. That aside... [...] That is not a very motherly way to talk...\\
'''Asuka''': You... I'll kill you. I'll kill you. I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'LL [[InstantSedation K-agh... y-y...]]
-->-- ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'', ''chapter 12''

->''I don't think you understood me. That was not an order. It was a statement of fact. When I'm done with you, you will tell me how to free my daughter.''
-->-- '''Pinkamena Diane Pie''', ''Fanfic/AWorldWithoutRainbows''

->''"You know, they say a mother grizzly bear has the strength of a hundred men when her cubs are in danger. I'm a bit different. I have strength that would make even a mother grizzly bear run in fear. And you're about to feel [[PunctuatedForEmphasis EVERY! LAST! OUNCE!]]"''
-->--'''Asuna''', ''Fanfic/IWillNotBow: Blazing Revolution''

->"You think I'm going to make apologies for Marcus? A man who virtually rapes my own daughter?" She looked cold, hard, and not at all like the mother ComicBook/CarolDanvers was used to. "Hell, no. If he wasn't dead, I'd find out where he was, no matter how long it took me, and shoot him down dead with your father's .38"
-->-- ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires''

->[[EvilTwin Satan]] [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Girl]] had come into the combat fresh, and with the knowledge of her lost child as a goad for her hate.
-->-- ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''

->''[[KidsAreCruel YOU]] ARE ALL GOING TO [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] DIE RIGHT HERE AND NOW IF YOU TAKE ONE MORE STEP!''
--> '''Amelia Hughes''' with a shotgun to the Apex moments after [[spoiler:[[LikeASonToMe Chloe Cerise]] died from the claws of a giant dragon and they stated how much she deserved it]] and they're is about to kill Hazel [[spoiler:who just shifted into her true turtle form from the shock of losing ''her'' mother figure, Tuba]], ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail''

->Hunter shuffles, his socked feet softly rasping against the floor. She’s hardly scared of him, not when he just looks like a tired kid standing in her living room. Not when he looks like some kid Luz could have brought home from school.\\
But as his flushed face ducks down, she can see the red on the back of his head, remnants of blood left in his hair that Eda hadn’t been able to get out completely.\\
Her face falls, “I still want to know who hurt you.”\\
Eda knows that it’s unlikely she’ll get a straight answer, but she wants some sort of confirmation anyway. A confirmation that will probably decide whether or not she’s going to allow Belos to live when they cross paths again.
-->-- ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/32677384/chapters/81288109#workskin villainous thing]]''

->''"Get the hell away from my daughter, you [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]!"''
-->--'''Erza''', ''Fanfic/FairiesOfTheShatteredMoon''

->'''Sharon:''' [[ShutUpHannibal Oh, shut up Dan!]] I don’t know where you think you get off, [[OpenMindedParent but my daughter’s sexuality is none of your business.]]\\
'''Dan:''' [[HeteronormativeCrusader You’re right, it’s Child Protective Services business. Maybe I should give them a call. I’m sure they won’t be too thrilled to hear that you let pedophile’s groom your daughter and her friend.]]\\
'''Sharon:''' Go ahead, and I’m sure they won’t be thrilled that you’re wasting their time, just like you’re wasting mine. So I’m going to go and I don’t want you, or anyone in your family to ever call here again, and I better not hear about your daughter harassing my daughter again. Have a nice life, and [[CurseCutShort go fu-]]
-->--''Fanfic/AnUnpleasantSurprise''

->'''Eda:''' Geez, a little harsh on the kid there, don’t ya think, human?\\
'''Camila:''' [[BigShutUp ¡TU CALLATE!]] ¡¿Cómo te atreves a actuar tan tranquila después de haber chantajeado a mi hija?! ¡Debería retorcerte el cuello por ponerla en peligro! [[note]]YOU SHUT UP! How dare you act so calm after blackmailing my daughter?! I should wring your neck for putting her in danger![[/note]]\\
'''Eda:''' Huh?\\
'''Camila:''' I said, you will not address me so casually after kidnapping and extorting my daughter in the first place!\\
'''Eda:''' Like I told [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} big red]] over there, she was under my protection. She-\\
'''Camila:''' ENOUGH! I will not sit here and let you feed me excuses for why you kept my daughter hostage! You kidnapped my daughter! Simple as that! And if you dare act as if that is no big deal, I will show you just how angry that makes me!\\
'''Eda:''' Well, I-\\
'''Camila:''' Secondly, you will not call me human, or Cam, or Camilia! To you, it is Ms. Noceda! Do you understand?!\\
'''Eda:''' U-uh…\\
'''Camila:''' I said, do you understand?!\\
'''Eda:''' Y-yes, Miss Noceda.\\
'''Camila:''' Finally, and most importantly, you will never set foot near my daughter again! You will not talk to her or send messages to her! If you even think of looking at my daughter again, I will use your head as my next Halloween decoration! Am I clear?!\\
'''Eda:''' B-but-\\
'''Camila:''' I said, am I clear?!\\
'''Eda:''' Yes!\\
'''Camila:''' Yes, what?!\\
'''Eda:''' Yes, Miss Noceda!\\
'''King:''' Wha… but… how did she… I’ve never seen anyone frighten Eda like that!\\
'''Abe:''' I believe the saying goes, “Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned”. Just so you know.\\
'''Hellboy:''' Simply put, don’t mess with moms.
-->--''Fanfic/HellsBoilingPoint''

->''Do all mothers have this emergency panic button? "Whoops, my child’s endangered, time for murder." Urgh...''
-->-- '''Legosi''' about [[SparedByTheAdaptation his mother, Leano]], ''Signs of Nature'', a ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'' fanfic.

->''Now, you listen here, you might get away with this tough-guy act with your brothers, but the ''instant'' you so much as ''look'' at my son in a threatening manner, you ''will'' answer to me.''
-->-- '''Karen''' to '''Raphael''', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6074453/1/Heroes-And-Friends Heroes and Friends]]''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
->''If any of you wolves have hurt my daughter, I will personally RIP out your eyes, and SHOVE them down your throat so you can see my claws TEAR YOUR CARCASS OPEN!''
-->-- '''Eve''', ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega''

->''Amos Slade, you trigger-happy lunatic! Give me that gun!''
-->-- '''Widow Tweed''', ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''

->''[[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Babies! My poor little poopsies!]]''
-->-- '''Ursula''' [[DeathGlare before going]] OneWingedAngel, ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''

->''Momma's coming, girls!''
-->-- '''Lucy''', ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3''

->''There's no strength like a mother's love.''
-->-- '''Scully''' commenting on Odette's resolve to rescue Alise, ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess''

->'''Colonel Hathi:''' ''(refusing to help find Mowgli)'' Sorry, Bagheera, fortunes of war and all that sort of thing, you know.
->'''Winifred:''' ''(walking up to Hathi)'' This has gone far enough! Far enough! ''(stands in Hathi's way)'' Now just a minute, you pompous old windbag!
->'''Colonel Hathi:''' Winifred! What are you doing out of ranks?
->'''Winifred:''' Never mind! How would you like to have our boy lost and alone in the jungle?
->'''Colonel Hathi:''' ''(mumbles)'' Our son? Alone? ''(out loud)'' But Winifred, old girl, that's an entirely different matter! ''(Winifred scoffs)'' Different entirely.
->'''Winifred:''' That little boy is no different than our own son. Now you help find him or ''I'm'' taking over command!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''

->''"I am Linda Mitchell, mother of two! '''Look upon me in FEAR!'''"''
-->--'''Linda Mitchell''', ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines''

->'''Grandma Wu:''' Pull, Mei-Mei!\\
'''Mei:''' Grandma?\\
'''Grandma Wu:''' I am ''not'' losing my daughter!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
->''Get away from her, you BITCH!''
-->-- '''Ellen Ripley''', ''Film/{{Aliens}}''

->''You're nothing. You are ''nothing!'' This is ''my house!'' You are ''trespassing'' in MY HOUSE! If you touch my son again, ''I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU''!''
-->-- '''Amelia''', ''Film/TheBabadook''

-> ''I have been awake for almost sixty hours. I'm tired and I'm dirty. I have been from Chicago to Paris to Dallas to... where the hell am I? ...I am trying to get home to my eight-year-old son. And now that I'm this close, you're telling me it's hopeless? No. No, no, NO! This is Christmas! The season of perpetual hope! And I don't care if I have to get out on your runway and hitchhike. If it costs me everything I own, if I have to sell my soul to the Devil himself, ''I am going to get home to my son.
-->-- '''Kate [=McCallister=]''', ''Film/HomeAlone1''

->''Let him go! Kevin, run!''
-->-- '''Pigeon Lady''', ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork''

->''Mommy's very angry.''
-->-- '''Ian Malcolm''', ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''

->'''Bonnie Grape''': I want my boy, Jerry.\\
'''Officer Jerry''': But Bonnie, you have to--\\
'''Bonnie Grape''': [[SuddenlyShouting MY SON! GIMME MY SON!]]
-->-- ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape''[[note]]Note that Bonnie left her house for the first time in ''seven years'' to get Arnie from the police station.[[/note]]

->'''Thanh Soi''': You've done pretty well, but you came to the wrong place.\\
'''Hai Phuong''': I may have come to the wrong place, but you took the wrong kid.
-->-- ''Furie''

->''"I dreamed some bad people were trying to nail you to a tree with hammers and big stakes and shit. Just like [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} J.C.]] But I didn't let 'em get to you, 'cause I'm a hard-assed, Ford-tough mama bear."''
-->--'''Ms. Lesnicki''', ''Film/JennifersBody''

-> ''This is about standing up to the bitch that hurt your little girl! Now, are you gonna sit here and let [[AlphaBitch Gwendolyn]] get away with this shit? Don't do it, Amy... You are gonna rise up like a small, little white [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Apollo Creed]] and you are gonna look at Gwendolyn and you are gonna say, “You can do what you want to me, I don’t care, throw it at me, but you fucked with my daughter, and now I have to fight you. I will fight you in the playground. I will fight you in the cafeteria. I will even fight you in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s. But I will have justice for my little girl, because I am a fucking mom and we protect our young.” So get up off this couch, turn off Film/TwelveYearsASlave, and let’s body slam this bitch.''
-->-- '''Carla''' urging Amy not to give up on running for PTA president by lampshading this trope, ''Film/BadMoms''

->''"I will destroy any living thing that harms my child. I will tear it limb from limb. I will desecrate its body and I will bury it alive. I will challenge God to strike me dead if I have sinned by protecting my child from evil, and by destroying that evil that it may not harm another! I will lie, I will hunt, I will kill. I will dance on graves and I will burn forever in hell before I allow another man to satisfy his violent urges on the body of my four-year-old child!"''
-->--'''Salome''', ''Film/WomenTalking''

->'''GET THE''' '''''FUCK''''' '''OFF MY SON!!!'''
-->-- '''Janet''' as she prepares to shoot her ''werewolf''-turned brother while he’s choking her son, ''Film/BadMoon''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]
->Isolate the neurochemical factors that come into play when a mother sees her children being threatened; synthesize them; dose every female soldier with an aerosol of the stuff before you send her into the field. If any of the boys complain about women in the military after ''that'', it'll only be because they keep getting their asses kicked on performance reviews. Either that, or because they're scared shitless.
-->-- ''Literature/{{Blindsight}}'', "[[http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=1447 CuddleKill]]" ({{NSFW}})''

->A tigress robb'd of young, a lioness,\\
Or any interesting beast of prey,\\
Are similes at hand for the distress\\
Of ladies who can not have their own way;\\
But though my turn will not be served with less,\\
These don't express one half what I should say:\\
For what is stealing young ones, few or many,\\
To cutting short their hopes of having any?
-->-- ''Literature/DonJuan'', V.132.1-8

->''[Charity] was tall and broad-shouldered, for a woman, and I'd seen her crush more than one inhuman skull when one of her children was in danger.''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', [[Literature/SideJobs "The Warrior"]]

->''In that moment, Lara was more than [[OurVampiresAreDifferent simply a vampire of the White Court]], [[SuccubiAndIncubi a succubus, pale and deadly.]] She was a reminder of days gone by, when mankind paid homage to blood-soaked goddesses of war and death, revered the dark side of the protective maternal spirit, the savage core of strength that still allowed tiny women to lift cars off their children, or to turn upon their tormentors with newfound power.''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''Literature/WhiteNight''

->''NOT MY DAUGHTER, [[PrecisionFStrike YOU BITCH]]!''
-->-- '''Molly Weasley''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' (and [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows its film adaptation]] as well)

->Time does heal -- they say. Still were I free now I would head straight for Marine Man Raymond and end him. I don't doubt even your pacific father would have resorted to violence.\\\
I do long to hear the details from your tender lips. Please write me as soon as possible and recount everything. The telling will help, I assure you. Did he really break your nose? Snap your teeth? Are there still contusions on your face?\\\
I confess even having to write these questions stirs a frenzy in the chambers of my soul. I would like nothing more than to tear out the liver of your purported protector and feed it to him with a hiss. He could ''semper fi'' that meal all the way to Hades. But since he is shielded from my wrath by my own confusions -- damn it! -- I shall invoke Hecate in her Acheron depths, and by scale of dragon, eye of newt, boiled in the blood of murdering ministers and Clytemnestra's gall, cast a great curse which shall fly directly on a dark wind and take up immediate residence in his body, daily chewing on his flesh, nightly gnawing on his bones, until many months from now, moments before the final spark of self-awareness expires, he will have witnessed the total dismemberment and consumption of every limb and organ. So written, so done. This curse is cast. Fuit Ilium.
-->-- '''Pelafina H. Lièvre''', ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves''

->She who faces Death by torture for each life beneath her breast\\
May not deal in doubt or pity -- must not swerve for fact or jest.\\
These be purely male diversions -- not in these her honor dwells --\\
She the Other Law we live by, is that Law and nothing else.\\
\\
She is wedded to convictions -- in default of grosser ties;\\
Her contentions are her children, Heaven help him who denies! --\\
He will meet no suave discussion, but the instant, white-hot, wild,\\
Wakened female of the species warring as for spouse and child.
-->-- '''Creator/RudyardKipling''', [[http://www.potw.org/archive/potw96.html "The Female of the Species"]]

->''The Lower City is mine, its people are mine, its children are mine. When I find them that's doing this kidnapping and murdering, they'd best pray for mercy, 'cause once I get my teeth in them, I won't ever let them go.''
-->-- '''Beka Cooper''', ''[[Literature/BekaCooper Terrier]]''

->[...] and the Mother could be stronger than the Warrior when her children were in danger.
-->-- ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''

->Count Piotr's hand slapped down hard on the table. "Good God, woman, where have you ''been''?" he cried furiously.\\
A morbid lunacy overtook her. She smiled fiercely at him and held up the bag. "[[UnusualEuphemism Shopping.]] [...] Wanna see what I bought?" Cordelia continued, still floating. She yanked the bag's top open, and rolled Vordarian's head out across the table.\\
[...]\\
"But of course," Aral breathed. "[[DeadpanSnarker Every Vor lady goes to the capital to shop.]]"\\
"I paid too much," Cordelia confessed.\\
"That, too, is traditional."
-->-- ''Literature/{{Barrayar}}''

->"With this [[CatsHaveNineLives life]] I give you protection," she told him. "Use it well to care for your Clan as a mother cares for her kits."\\
Fireheart expected this life to be gentle and loving like Silverstream's, and he wasn't ready for the bolt of ferocity that transfixed him. He felt as though all the fury of their ancient ancestors [=TigerClan=] and [=LionClan=] were pulsing through him, challenging any cat to harm the weaker, faceless shadows that crouched by his paws. Shocked and trembling, Fireheart recognized a mother's desire to protect her kits.
-->-- ''[[Literature/WarriorCats Warriors: The Darkest Hour]]''

->'''Max:''' What did you do?\\
'''Mary Jo Miller:''' I... I'm not totally sure. When I try to remember, everything goes by too fast. I had it by the neck. It pulled Jenna toward its open mouth. I squeezed hard... pulled... The kids say I tore the thing's head off, just ripped it right out with all the flesh and muscle and whatever else hanging in tatters.
-->-- ''Literature/WorldWarZ''

->''Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds... get a Mother.''
-->-- '''The One's Champion''', ''Literature/YoungWizards''

->'''Boots''': "You should have let us protect you. Leave the fighting to us."
->'''Carlotta''': "You don't understand. When my kittens are in danger, I have to fight. It's as much a part of me as breathing."
-->-- '''Carlotta's Kittens''', ''Literature/CatPack''

->Maria has come to understand that, if real magic is in doing what you want to do and denying others' power over you, then the source of her magic is [[TheUnfettered her ruthlessness]]. She will not bend to a [[EvilSorcerer Hierarch]], a [[SorcerousOverlord wizard-queen]], a [[WolfMan wolf]], or a manticore.
->She won't see her son bend to them either.
->She takes the griffin claw and puts it in the high cupboard above the refrigerator, in a cookie jar containing other bits and odds of bone. This is [[HeroOfAnotherStory Daniel]]'s future. When he's old enough, she'll [[BlueMage feed him as much bone]] as it takes to make sure [[TheArchmage no one will ever dare harm him]].
-->--''The Wolf And The Manticore,'' by Greg Van Eekhout

->"My babies! Leave them alone!" Rachel's mom reached behind her and ripped a spice rack from the wall. And lunged at [[BearsAreBadNews Rachel]].
->[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, lunged at a grizzly bear. With a spice rack]].
-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} [[Recap/AnimorphsTheDiversion #49: The Diversion]]''

->They were hers. Hers! She would kill in defence of them, die in defence of them. No mother ever had such beautiful mewling puppies as she had at that moment. Each one was as precious to her as her own life.
-->-- ''Midnight's Sun''

->Greebo recalled a particular time when he’d leapt out on a vixen. Normally Greebo could take on a fox without raising a sweat but, as it turned out, this one had cubs. He hadn’t found out until he chased her into her den. He’d lost a bit of one ear and quite a lot of fur before he’d got away.
->The vixen had a very similar expression to the one Magrat had now.
-->-- ''Literature/LordsAndLadies''

->''"Underestimate the power of gravity, if you like; underestimate how many bullets you need to take out a chimera. But never, if you value your life, underestimate what a parent will do for the sake of preserving a child."''
-->-- '''Alexander Healy''', ''[[Literature/InCryptid Half-Off Ragnarok]]''

->'''Father Wolf:''' Shere Khan does us great honor, what does Shere Khan need?
->'''Shere Khan:''' My quarry. A man's cub went this way. Its parents have run off. Give it to me.
->'''Father Wolf:''' [[NobleWolf The Wolves]] are a free people. They take orders from the Head of the Pack, and not from any striped cattle-killer. [[PapaWolf The man's cub is ours]]; to kill if we choose.
->'''Shere Khan:''' Ye choose and ye do not choose! What talk is this of choosing? By the bull that I killed, am I to stand nosing into your dog's den for my fair dues? It is I, Shere Khan, who speak!
->'''Raksha:''' And it is I, Raksha [The Demon], who answers. The man's cub is mine, Lungri--mine to me! He shall not be killed. He shall live to run with the Pack and to hunt with the Pack; and in the end, look you, hunter of little naked cubs--frog-eater-- fish-killer--he shall hunt thee! Now get hence, or by the Sambhur that I killed (I eat no starved cattle), back thou goest to thy mother, burned beast of the jungle, lamer than ever thou camest into the world! [[GetOut Go!]]
-->-- ''Literature/{{The Jungle Book}}s''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
->''Give me back my [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] baby!''
-->-- '''Annie''', ''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}''

->'''''My babies!'''''
-->-- '''Gypsy''' to Crow and Tom after she rammed Joel for [[PoorPredictableRock taking advantage of them]] in rock-paper-scissors., ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E15TheBeatniks The Beatniks]]"

->'''Joyce Summers:''' (''holding a fire axe'') You get the hell away from my daughter.\\
'''[[HeroKiller Spike]]''': ...''Women''. (''runs away'')
-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

->'''Cliff Huxtable:''' The woman (referring to Sondra) is looking for the two of you (Clair and Elvin's mother), and she's serious, I'm telling you. She thinks that the two of you came into that house to deliberately take those children away from her... Listen, you don't have to tell me anything; I'm not the one who's looking for you. And she ''is looking'' for both of you. And I'm gonna tell you something else. When she finds you, I'm going under a rock.\\
[...]\\
'''Clair''': Do you think it's safe to move?\\
'''Cliff''': Do you feel lucky?
-->-- ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', "The Day of the Locusts"

->''You even think about my daughter I will kill you. I will kill you! I will hunt you down and ''put you in the ground! I WILL PUT YOU IN THE GROUND''!''
-->-- '''Catherine Willows''', ''{{Series/CSI}}''

->'''Droxil:''' There's nothing you could say that would convince me [[YouWouldntShootMe you'd ever use that gun]].\\
'''Madge:''' I'm looking for my children.\\
'''Droxil:''' ''[OhCrap]''
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWho2011CSTheDoctorTheWidowAndTheWardrobe "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"]]

->'''Madame Kovarian:''' Amy... help me...\\
'''Amy Pond:''' You took my baby from me and hurt her. And now she's all grown up and she's fine. But I'll never see my baby again.\\
'''Madame Kovarian:''' But you'll still save me, though. Because he would. And you'd never do anything to disappoint your precious Doctor.\\
'''Rory:''' Ma'am, we have to go. ''Now.''\\
'''Amy:''' The Doctor is very precious to me, you're right. But do you know what else he is, Madame Kovarian? Not here. (''reattaches Kovarian's eye-drive'') [[spoiler:River Song]] didn't get it all from you... ''sweetie.''
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong "The Wedding of River Song"]]

->''They have your sisters. We have to get the girls back. And then we will kill them all.''
-->-- '''Lady Catelyn Stark''', ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[Recap/GameofThronesS1E10FireandBlood "Fire and Blood"]]

->''Joffrey is dead, Myrcella has been sold like livestock, and now you want to ship me off to Highgarden to steal my boy, my '''last boy?''' Margaery will dig her claws in and you will dig your claws in and you'll fight over him like beasts until you rip him apart. I WILL BURN OUR HOUSE TO THE GROUND BEFORE I LET THAT HAPPEN!!''
-->-- '''Queen Cersei Lannister''', ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[Recap/GameofThronesS4E10TheChildren "The Children"]]

->''"The blood of their children transformed a dynastic dispute into a war of annihilation. The grief and rage of losing a child could burn down the world. Either Aegon, or Rhaenyra could live at the end, but not both.''"
-->--'''Catelyn Stark''', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_GyBuuf_c Featurette: The Dance Of The Dragons]]''

->'''Tom's Mother''': What was the first day you knew you could kill someone, anyone at all, if you had to?\\
'''Claire''': The first time I held my children.\\
'''Tom's Mother''': It's our oldest, deadliest impulse, the need to protect our own at the expense of any other living thing. And we give that impulse [[ThePowerOfLove such a nice name]], don't we? [...] Love is a psychopath.
-->-- ''Series/{{Jekyll}}''


->''You're a wonderful woman, and I wish you well, but if you ever hurt my kids again, they'll be wiping your blue blood off the walls. [[IronicEcho And I mean that in the nicest possible way]].''
-->-- '''Fran Fine''', ''Series/TheNanny'', "[[Recap/TheNannyS1E5HereComesTheBrood Here Comes the Brood]]", to [[RichBitch C.C. Babcock]]

->''Never underestimate a mama bear when her cub's in danger.''
-->-- '''Mike Franks''', ''Series/{{NCIS}}''

->''You're a great mother! You're loving, and protective. You're like one of those mother lions in the nature films, that carries her babies around by the back of the neck. 'Cept sometimes ya get a little rough and you rip their heads off.''
-->-- '''Jackie''' to Series/{{Roseanne}}

->''She thinks that kidnapping Luke will stop [[ActionMom me going after her]]. If Mrs. Wormwood thinks that, she really doesn't understand motherhood!''
-->-- '''Sarah Jane Smith''', ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''

->'''Carey:''' Esteban, have you seen Zack?\\
'''Esteban:''' Zack? Zack who?\\
'''Carey:''' Esteban, do you like nature films?\\
'''Esteban:''' Oh, I love nature films.\\
'''Carey:''' Did you ever seen the one in how the mother bear cares for her cubs?\\
'''Esteban:''' London's driving him and Maddie to math camp. Please don't eat me!\\
'''Carey:''' Moseby, Zack's gone to math camp.
-->-- ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''

->''"The only reason you're not dead is because I need your help to save Henry. He dies, so do you."''
-->-- '''Emma Swan''', ''Series/OnceUponATime''

->''"If any member of my family so much as gets a paper cut, I will burn your entire world to ashes."''
-->-- '''Moira Queen''', ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

-> ''"When you're watching a bear in the wild, ''especially'' a mother with cubs, make sure you give her a lot of space."''
-->-- '''Martin Kratt''', ''Series/{{Zoboomafoo}}''

->''I've only had Arlo for a day and a half, but if anything happened to him, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.''
-->--'''Rosa''', ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''

->''If you dare hurt my son, I will hunt you down and obliterate you and ''everything you've ever loved''!''
-->--'''Dr. Akana''' to '''Void Knight''' after learning her son is a Power Ranger, ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury''

->'''Ricky:''' Hey, Forman. Who said you were on break?
->'''Kitty:''' I did.
->'''Ricky:''' And who are you?
->'''Kitty''': I'm his mother.
->'''Ricky:''' Good enough, then.
->(''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he immediately goes away]]'')
-->-- ''Series/That70sShow'', "Eric's Burger Job"

->''"If you take one step toward my son..."''
-->-- '''Dr. Beverly Crusher''', holding a weapon, ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "Datalore"

->''"Lou... if you walk out of Will's life ''now''... don't you ''ever'' come back."''
-->-- '''Vivian Banks''', ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' ("[[Recap/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAirS4E24PapasGotABrandNewExcuse Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse]]")
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Radio]]
->Y''ou could do what you wanted with me, but trying to hurt [[ParentalFavoritism Davros]], damage ''his'' life's work - [[TranquilFury that was a mistake, Fenn]].''
-->--'''Lady Calcula,''' ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho: [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsIDavrosCorruption I, Davros - Corruption]]''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
->'''Trishka''': What did you do to this thing, kill its babies?\\
'''Grayson''': What? Of course not! Maybe...
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}''

->''My baby.... [[UnstoppableRage GIVE ME BACK MY BABY!]]''
-->-- '''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Alma]]''', ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]''

->''YOU! You dare touch my child?! I'll soak these fields with your blood!''
-->-- '''Female Avatar''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''

->''I will rain down every agony, every violation imaginable, upon you. I will parade your cold body from every corner of every realm, and feed your soul to the vilest filth in Hel. That is my promise.''
-->-- '''Freya''' to [[spoiler: Kratos]] after he kills her son, [[spoiler:Baldur]], ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4''

->''Mother... time to go!''
-->-- '''Samus Aran''' to [[VideoGame/SuperMetroid Mother Brain]] after she kills the [[VideoGame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus baby Metroid]], ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM''

-> '''Kollector''': [[ShameIfSomethingHappened You must value your daughter.]]\\
'''Sonya''': Stay away from her you [[PrecisionFStrike sonofabitch!]]\\
'''Kollector''': Then the answer is yes.
-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''

->Kangaskhan protects its child by keeping it in its pouch. It has zero forgiveness for those who harm its child and will beat them down.
-->-- '''Pokédex entry for Kangaskhan''', ''[[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon Pokémon Ultra Sun]]''

->''[[PapaWolf Men]] and women work harder knowing their children are safe and close at hand, and never forget that, with children present, parents will defend their home to the death.''
-->--'''Colonel Corazon Santiago''', ''Videogame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

->'''Scarecrow:''' Tell me how is your son.\\
'''Black Canary:''' You stay away from Connor.\\
'''Scarecrow:''' I'll visit him next!

->'''Brainiac:''' Your son carries the Metagene.\\
'''Black Canary:''' You're not getting near him.
-->--''Videogame/Injustice2''

->[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Nobody... hurts... MILLA!]]
-->--'''Sash Lilac''', ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
->''Just try laying one finger on Maria in front of me. I'll show you just how lukewarm the hell you came from really is!''
-->-- '''Rosa Ushiromiya''', ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Animation]]
->''Our daughter was in harm's way, so she was completely pissed off.''
-->--Tachibana describing his wife Yuzuriha [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-oQNKRHJIg pointing a shotgun at the people who kidnapped their daughter]] on ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]
->Something finally snaps inside you as a [[ItMakesSenseInContext giant flying piss rock]] threatens to torture your baby. Voices are screaming in your brain for you to fight and you don't even care how little sense that makes. You don't care what happens to you. [[http://www.bogleech.com/awfulhospital/062.html You will choke it to death with your corpse]] if you have to.
-->-- ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital''

->'''Izzy:''' Y'know my queenly office hours aren't until later, buddy.\\
'''Killer Android:''' I am not here for you. I am here for your son.\\
'''Izzy:''' [[TranquilFury Interesting]]. ''[whips out a pistol and shoots him through the head]''
-->-- ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'', "Maternal Instincts"

->'''Carson:''' Klaus took the Jaegers and the nurse.\\
'''Agatha:''' Nurse?\\
'''Carson:''' Some construct of the Lady Lucrezia's. She had been guarding the heir, and went berserk when he died.\\
'''Agatha:''' Von Pinn.\\
'''Carson:''' Good lord, you know her?\\
'''Agatha:''' She was on ''Castle Wulfenbach'', guarding the children.\\
'''Carson:''' Ah... well, Klaus always did know how to find the right monster for the right job.
-->-- ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''

->''You stupid pieces of shit! I was in the army too, and I didn't forget 4 years of training the minute my egg's perimeter was breached! You think that just because I can't see my feet right now I can't put one of them up your cowardly ninja asses? PLEASE. So what are the rest of you spineless mother fuckers waiting for! I'm a goddamn, baby-making, life-taking MACHINE! Who cares how many of you I have to kill? I can just make MORE in my TUMMY!''
-->-- '''[[PregnantBadass Kazumi Kato]]''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''Sometimes, ye haf ta leave yer cub behind in the den so ye can brutally eliminate everythin' tha indirectly threatens 'im. It's just part o' bein' a mother.''
-->-- '''[[NeverMessWithGranny Sigdi]]''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''And if you ever endanger my son again, I'll have to cut out one of your kidneys and force feed it to you.''
-->-- '''Phobia''', ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Original]]
->''For long years, I have been absent from my throne. I looked out upon the lands beyond the Realm's borders, and saw a world far fallen into tumult and sorrow, a world on the precipice of eternal darkness. My heart could no bear the suffering of the millions, my eyes could not shed tears enough to wash away their pain. I left the Realm as a pilgrim, seeking an answer to a broken world. And I found it. I walked the hidden reaches of the world where the Elemental Dragons slumber, and won both wisdom and power enough to bring balance to the land. As the Mother of Creation, I will feed the hungry, heal the sick, and reward the deserving. And as the Talon of Hesiesh upon this world, I will bring fire to those [who] have harmed my children.''
-->-- '''[[TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} The Scarlet Empress]]''', [[http://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/main-category/exalted/106112-lines-you-would-love-to-use-in-a-game/page2 "Lines You Would Love to Use in a Game"]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]

->'''Stan Smith:''' You [[SurpriseCarCrash T-boned]] me, bro!
->'''Francine Smith:''' Stop bullying our son!
->'''Stan Smith:''' It's for his own good. He needs to learn to stand up for himself.
->'''Francine Smith:''' He's fine the way he is!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', “Recap/AmericanDadS6E16BullyForSteve”

->''"Hey, robot! Leave my daughter alone!"''
-->-- '''Oum Boonchuy''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', "[[Recap/AmphibiaS3E09AnneSterminator Anne-sterminator]]"

->''Krieger, I swear to God, if I see you near this child again...and the implied threat here is I will [[GroinAttack shoot you in the genitals]] and then [[DissonantSerenity sit here sipping on a Montalato Sherry while you bleed to death]].''
-->-- '''Malory''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', "[[Recap/ArcherS6E2ThreeToTango Three to Tango]]"

->''That's what moms are like -- if you mess with their babies, they'll bite you back.''
-->-- '''Princess [[MeaningfulName Ursa]]''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderZukoAlone Zuko Alone]]"

->''Zarm! I should have known. This time, you've gone too far. Well, I'm gonna put a stop to it ''right now.''''
-->--'''Gaia''' showing up in person after her EvilCounterpart abducts [[LikeASonToMe her "kids"]], ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E17And18SummitToSaveEarth Summit to Save Earth]]"


->''Over. My. Dead. Body.''
-->-- '''Fox's''' response when [[PhysicalGod Oberon]] declares that he's taking her son, ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', "[[Recap/GargoylesS2TheGathering The Gathering: Part 2]]"

->'''[=BoJack=]:''' Charlotte, I am so sorry --
->'''Charlotte:''' Don't. Don't you dare. If you are not out of my driveway in 30 minutes, I will call the police. And if you ever try to contact me or my family again, I will fucking kill you.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', "[[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E11EscapeFromLA Escape from L.A.]]"

->''Any attack on my daughter [Sabine] is an attack on Clan Wren. ''(pulls out a blaster)
-->-- '''Ursa Wren''', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsHeroesOfMandalore "Heroes of Mandalore"]]

->''Stay away from my kids, ya' bitches!''
-->-- '''Cookie''', ''WesternAnimation/FuggetAboutIt'', "Cookie's Ovary-Actin'"

->''If anything bad happens to my kid, you better pray your space goddess's magic can bring people back from the dead, because I ''will'' destroy you.''
-->-- '''Vidalia''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E16GregTheBabysitter Greg the Babysitter]]"

->'''Gumball:''' Your dad's pretty scary.\\
'''Tina Rex:''' So's your mom.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS1E36TheFight The Fight]]"

->''Give me back my baby boy!''
-->-- '''Drew''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'', "The Kur Stone, Pt. 2"

->'''Suga Mama:''' I'm sorry Spice, but I'm not gonna let you rip off my son! Uh-uh! Not today!
->'''Sista Spice:''' What do you care? You don't even like him!
->'''Suga Mama:''' Doesn't mean I wouldn't protect him from the likes of you!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E20PennyPotter Penny Potter]]"

->''No one disses my girl and gets away with it.''
-->-- '''Delilah''', ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet'', "[[Recap/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreetS1E13GirlsDayOut Girl's Night Out]]"

->'''Kya:''' Just let her go, and I'll give you the information you want!
->'''Yon Rha:''' You heard your mother. Get out of here!
->'''Katara:''' Mom... I'm scared...
->'''Kya:''' Go find your Dad, sweetie. I'll handle this.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSouthernRaiders The Southern Raiders]]"

->''But don't expect me to ever stop wanting to protect you Taranee Cook. I'm your mother. It's a lifetime appointment.''
-->-- '''Theresa''' to '''Taranee''', ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'', "[[Recap/WITCHAnimatedS2E16 P is for Protectors]]"

->'''Gyro:''' Simple solution: clone army. Why are we even still talking? I'll get the clone spray. Meantime, we throw Gizmoduck out there as a decoy.
->'''Mama Cabrera:''' ''[grabs Gyro's shirt]'' You hurt ''him'', I hurt ''you!''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E24Moonvasion Moonvasion!]]"

->'''Lana Loud''': "Don't be afraid; [a wolverine is] just trying to protect its babies."
->'''Rita Loud''': "Oh, yeah?! Well, SO AM I!" ''(scares away the wolverine)''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS5E17Camped Camped!]]"

->''"I don't know what [[PhysicalGod you]] are, but STAY AWAY FROM MY NEPHEW!"''
-->-- '''Lilith''', ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E2ForTheFuture For the Future]]"

->'''Helen:''' Alright, Ms. Li, [[LetMeGetThisStraight let me make sure I have this straight]]; you took my daughter's poster from her, altered its content, exhibited it ''against her will'' and now are threatening discipline because you claimed she defaced her ''own'' property, which you admit to stealing?
->'''Ms. Angela Li:''' Th-That’s not what I said at all!
->'''Helen:''' Ms. Li, are you familiar with the phrase "''violation of civil liberties?''"
->'''Ms. Angela Li:''' I…
->'''Helen:''' And the phrase '''"big fat lawsuit"'''?!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''

->'''Colonel Gentleman''': Rose? Rose dear, there's a wee little pest here. [...] He says he's here to bust things up. Apparently he's your son's nemesis.\\
'''[[RetiredBadass Rose Whalen]]''': You wanna hurt my Billy? Horace, put him down! Mama Bear wants a piece of that action!\\
'''Colonel Gentlman''': Oho, yer in fer quite the pummelin' there, sonny!\\
'''Rose Whalen''': I'll let you take the first swing, and if you don't bring me down I'll beat the living '''shit''' out of you 'till my arthritis kicks in! And I just took my humira!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Real Life]]
->''The most dangerous place in the world is between a mother and her children.''
-->-- '''Eliza Gauger'''

->''As usual, the challenge with portraying my character is that I am always in search of making her three-dimensional. Audra may be humorless and a hard-ass, but she loves her kids and is very challenged by [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} this whole topic]]. I want parents to recognize Audra's struggle and hand it to her for trying because I know the teen viewers aren’t going to have any sympathy for her. They'll just see her as a bitch - case closed.''
-->-- '''Ramona Milano''', on ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'''s Mrs. Torres

->''Moms have to be intelligent, knowledgeable, and capable of utterly destroying anything that dares to threaten their children.''
-->--'''[[Webcomic/ElGoonishShive Dan Shive]]''' in the [[TheRant author commentary]] of [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2012-03-13 one of his strips]]

->Frank Roosevelt was amiably drunk. Eleanor was radiant. Frank had wanted to run for governor and Carmine had said no, that it wasn't his turn. Frank ran anyway, as a liberal, and lost, with considerable help from Tammany. Eleanor had then stormed the gates of corruption, with which she and [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt the president]] had lived so comfortably for so many years, and amazingly, at a wave of her hand, Tammany crashed. We toasted her great victory, [[HalfTruth in the name of reform and civil virtue]]. Eleanor responded, gleefully, "When Mr. di Sapo did what he did to my Franklin, I vowed that I would bide my time and then--one day--I would'' '''get''' ''him. And I have!"
-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal''', ''Palimpsest''

->''I bought original, real guns of the type we used in ''[[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider Tomb Raider]]'' for security. [[Creator/BradPitt Brad]] and I are not against having a gun in the house, and we do have one. And yes, I’d be able to use it if I had to. ... If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I’ve no problem shooting them.''
-->-- '''Creator/AngelinaJolie'''

[[/folder]]
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