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* Meiko and Kaito in ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' fanon, presumably due to the fact that of the Crypton Future Media Vocaloids, they're the "oldest" and most mature looking. Kaito is typically seen as the Vocaloids' [[BumblingDad bumbling]] TeamDad while Meiko plays a [[WomenAreWiser wiser]] but [[HairTriggerTemper more aggressive]] and/or [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl hard-drinking]] [[TeamMom mother figure]]. Very occasionally, Meiko will be depicted as a less responsible HardDrinkingPartyGirl while Kaito is the responsible one.

* No other ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' game has had anywhere near so clear Designated Parents as Gladio, a macho and protective TeamDad, and Ignis, a domestic and neurotic TeamMom, from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''. (The other two party members, Noctis and Prompto, are more childish in personality as well as being [[ShortTeensTallAdults shorter]].) What makes this even better is the fact that Noctis will sometimes tease Ignis by saying "what're you, my mother?" when the latter nags him to be sure he purchases enough supplies for their journey. Additionally, many fanfictions also take this viewpoint and will make fun of/treat Gladio and Ignis as the TeamDad and TeamMom, respectively.

* No other ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' game has had anywhere near so clear Designated Parents as Gladio, a macho and protective TeamDad, and Ignis, a domestic and neurotic TeamMom, from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''. (The other two party members, Noctis and Prompto, are more childish in personality as well as being [[TeensAreShort shorter]].) What makes this even better is the fact that Noctis will sometimes tease Ignis by saying "what're you, my mother?" when the latter nags him to be sure he purchases enough supplies for their journey. Additionally, many fanfictions also take this viewpoint and will make fun of/treat Gladio and Ignis as the TeamDad and TeamMom, respectively.

* Carlisle and Esme Cullen of ''Literature/TheTwilightSags'' are the adoptive parents of Edward, Emmett and Alice Cullen, as well as Rosalie and Jasper Hale despite the fact that everyone except Carlisle is about the same age.

When there is a group of friends all the same age, generally there is the couple in the group who act as the adults, sorta the parents of the group. Together they are like the superego of the gang and are actually recognized as the "[[TeamMom Mom]]" and "[[TeamDad Dad]]" of their friends.

* Franky and Robin from ''Manga/OnePiece'' act as the parents of the Straw Hats.
* Tamaki from ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' constantly refers himself as the club's "[[TeamDad dad]]" and calls Kyoya the "[[TeamMom Mom]]". Their actual roles are the reverse, though.

* Carlisle and Esme Cullen of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' are the adoptive parents of Edward, Emmett and Alice Cullen, as well as Rosalie and Jasper Hale despite the fact that everyone except Carlisle is about the same age.

* No other ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' game has had anywhere near so clear Designated Parents as Gladio, a macho and protective TeamDad, and Ignis, a domestic and neurotic TeamMom, from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''. (The other two party members, Noctis and Prompto, are more childish in personality as well as being [[TeensAreShort shorter]].)
** What makes this even better is the fact that Noctis will sometimes tease Ignis by saying "what're you, my mother?" when the latter nags him to be sure he purchases enough supplies for their journey. Additionally, at least from this troper's experience, many fanfictions also take this viewpoint and will make fun of/treat Gladio and Ignis as the TeamDad and TeamMom, respectively.

%%* In ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', Fai accurately identifies himself and Kurogane as the "[[TeamMom mommy]]" and "[[TeamDad daddy]]" of the group.

* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'': To ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'s consternation the team has unanimously (sans S.B. of course) agreed that he is the team mom and ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}} is the team dad. This despite S.B. trying to claim ComicBook/WonderGirl as the team mom on several occasions, her temperament just doesn't fit despite her being team leader and everyone on the team agrees. This was especially prominent in the early days of the team when S.B. didn't have a family or even a name, the team was the closest thing to a family Secret and Slo-bo had and ComicBook/{{Impulse}} was also rather familyless as his parents were not even born yet, though he did have a more familial relationship with his guardians than the others.

* Sugawara Koushi and Sawamura Daichi from ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''. Sugawara acts as the gentle and caring 'mom' of the team and Daichi acts as the 'dad' who getts them into line.

* Kitten of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' is a male TeamMom to his brothers the [[PraetorianGuard Adeptus Custodes]]. The 'same age' is zigzagged; on one hand, they're all brothers. On the other, he's older than at least 9,000 of them by centuries, if not millennia [[labelnote:The math?]] Kitten was a soldier during the Horus Heresy 10,000 years ago, during which the Custodes were reduced from ten thousand to a thousand. They eventually restored their ranks, but not all at once because Custodes are insanely expensive to make[[/note]]. On the first hand, Brother Santodes and Whammudes, fellow survivors of the Heresy, consider him the 'Daddy' of the Custodes.