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alt title(s): Hot Shounen Mom; Hot Shonen Mom; MILF
She's been on Maxim and Playboy, folks.

A universal rule of anime: Not all hot chicks are mothers, but all mothers are hot chicks.
Unskippable, discussing Grandia III.

Many series will invariably have a mother who is noticeably attractive. In appearance and disposition, she is more often than not either as sweet-cute-and-huggable as her younger counterparts and/or hot enough to give Mrs Robinson a run for her money. This may even be referenced in the show by another character commenting on her "down-to-earth charm" or "earthy good looks". If she's the only recurring female adult, she'll often be popular with the older fandom. As a rule, Hilarity Ensues as she will almost certainly be mistaken for her children's cute big-sister, much to their embarrassment.

Mothers are, of course, seen in other kinds of shows, but have a special significance in shounen, where they usually reflect the relative healthiness of the household without needing to show an extended family. If they're homemakers, they'll be (conveniently) always present at home, and often in the kitchen; if they work outside the house, their jobs will either be "feminine" (nurse, school teacher, waitress, secretary, etc.) or "intellectual" (lawyer, doctor, librarian, etc). They'll be more attractive to the soon-to-be-teenage audience since the Hot Mom is a realistic way to keep the cast predominantly female.

This rule tends to hold most strongly for the lead character, while a side character is more likely to have a bombastic overbearing mother. Lead female characters, especially in Unwanted Harem series, can also have such mothers; if the lead lives with her, it's a general rule.

This trope has popped up more and more in American television, thanks largely to the Ugly Guy Hot Wife craze that took off somewhere in the mid-90s. Where TV housewives were once barely more attractive than their husbands (if at all) most of the time, nowadays they're almost exclusively played by gorgeous, skinny women. So the common housewife with two or three kids tends to end up looking like a 30-something version of a Maxim covergirl.

Occasionally the character is an aunt or big sister, but this is rare. They can also get Mistaken Age from people.

For the male equivalent of this trope, see Hot Dad. Compare Action Mom.

Sometimes abbreviated as a MILF, short for "Mother I'd Like (to) Fuck." A seemlier, but less popular, alternative is "momshell."

In the case where the Hot Mom is actively pursued by men half her age in-universe, she can become the series' Stacys Mom.

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