Hot Mom - Television Tropes & Idioms

This trope is currently under discussion here. See also this crowner.

Moe mommy with a hot husband and daughter too.

Stacy's mom has got it goin' on
She's all I want, and I've waited for so long
Stacy can't you see
You're just not the girl for me
I know it might be wrong
But I'm in love with Stacy's mom
—Fountains of Wayne, "Stacy's Mom"

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 (often a Christmas Cake) 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 embarrasment.

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 started by Everybody Loves Raymond. 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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Key Visual Arts seems to like this trope, using it in Kanon (Minase Akiko), AIR (Kamio Haruko), and CLANNAD (Furukawa Sanae (pictured above) and her daughter Nagisa later on in the story, effectively making Sanae a rare NON-Tenchi Hot Grandma), among others.
Trisha, Ed and Al's mom from Fullmetal Alchemist, was rather pretty before the whole dying thing happened.
- A flashback in Brotherhood shows that Pinako was a hot Wrench Wench in the past.
Ama Shigure, Asa's absolutely adorable mommy in Shuffle!
- Also in Tick! Tack!, one of the sequels/spin-offs to the original Shuffle Rin travels back in time and, with some stuffing around, can actually end up determining who Nerine's mother is, by affecting whether her father Forbesii marries his fiance Ai or his maid Sage, who is in love with him. They're both extremely hot (although admittedly neither of them are mothers at this point in the time). Coincidentally, you can also meet Forbesii's sister Cineraria, who goes on to become Lysianthus' mother; she is also very hot. Ironically, Nerine's "real" mother is actually Sage, despite the fact that Nerine looks virtually identical to Ai (and Sage is extensively pettanko, which Nerine most definitely is NOT).
Yukari Takara, Miyuki's mother from Lucky Star is so cheerful, cute, sweet and adorable that she is more often than not taken for Miyuki's Big Sister rather than mother proper.
- And you're forgetting Miki Hiiragi, mother of four lovely girls and still looking fine.
- Defiantly Kanata, Konata's late mother.
Delia Ketchum of Pokémon famously won a beauty contest in a Beach Episode.
- Of course it's argued that she's not even the hottest mom on the show anymore, with contenders such as Caroline (May's mom), Johanna (Dawn's mom), and Lola (Brock's mom); the latter is the strongest opponent, having given birth to eleven kids and still maintained her good looks. (All 11 of whom are much much shorter than the 10-year-old protagonist, requiring most of them to be multiple births for that to make -any- sense).
- Word Of God says Ash is ten, does that mean Brock is also ten? And what about multiple births?
- She might be more Hollywood Homely than Lola, Johanna or Caroline, but Delia is still very pretty.
- Her attractiveness is somewhat explained by her youth; her age in the Japanese supplemental sources is 28 at the time of Ash's tenth birthday.
- And Brock is fifteen at the start of the show. Do the math. Although it's debatable how old Flint is, considering the stress of being a rock/ground-type gym leader and father of eleven, he can't be too young.
Aki Hinata in Keroro Gunsou, particularly in the manga and earlier show episodes.
- Having a mother like Aki could cause several problems to a kid as he grows up. An annoyed Momoka even becomes suspicious Fuyuki's apparent insensibility for females comes from being around his shapely sister and mother.
  - Aki's not the only one - Momoka's mother, Oka is almost as much of a bombshell as Aki,
- Aki is also a bit unique, since she has many traits of an Action Mom (the most obvious being her preference for a motorcycle for travelling), without actually being one.
Weda in Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu. Seriously. Hare's mom has got it goin' on.
- This is actually kind of tragic when you get to the Back Story, because she is really young. How young? Hare is 10 (he turns 11 in one episode). His mother is 25. She was also kicked out of her home. Do the math and guess why.
To the amusement of Macross fans everywhere, Miria Jenius becomes this in Macross7, the first direct sequel to the Macross television show (with daughter Mylene being a main character). Fittingly, fair bits of Authority Equals Asskicking AND Action Mom were also added to the mix, making her in some eyes hotter than 95% of the fictional women on this list.
- There's also Ranka's mom Ranshe Mei and Alto's (dead) mother Miyo Saotome from Macross Frontier, who are arguably as hot as Mylene's.
Julia Murai in Great Teacher Onizuka. Justified in that she gave birth to her son when she was 14, and she was only three or four years older than Onizuka himself. This becomes an important part of her son, Kunio's, characterisation, as one of his defining traits is his protectiveness of his mother from strangers who hit on her.
Although she's not really his mother, Misato Katsuragi occupies that role for Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion — and arguably, despite her good intentions, muffs it badly (the mother part, not the hotness part. She succeeds there in spades).
- Shinji's actual mother, Yui Ikari, was pretty good-looking - at least before she went into her Giant Purple Monstrosity phase. In the official spin-offs where she is alive (such as Angelic Days and Ikari Shinji Raising Project), she looks exactly the same as when she was 22.
Happy Lesson pushes this tropes beyond logical extremes with FIVE mothers to one single male character, who are also his TEACHERS when he is at school.
Nodoka Saotome in Ranma 1/2, although this wasn't known until later. Interestingly, many of the more dysfunctional families in the Takahashi-verse have a prominent lack of mothers.
- Played with by Nabiki, who, upon seeing female-Ranma and Nodoka sitting side-by-side, comments that they're identical —after volumes and volumes of manga asserting female-Ranma as the most attractive character in the cast. The late Mrs. Tendo, similarly, was very much the image of Akane, judging by the latter's flashbacks and photographs.
Fumio Usui in Karin was so hot she kept losing jobs due to employers, coworkers, and customers hitting on her.
- Karin's mom isn't exactly hard on the eyes either.
Yu Yu Hakusho was a slight subversion, as Yusuke's attractive mother Atsuko was (at first) an apathetic alcoholic like AIR's Haruko. Then again, she gave birth to Yuusuke when she was 14 as much...
Both Misato and Momoko in Triangle Heart 3 Sweet Songs Forever.
- Momoko also appears in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. However, a bigger example for this Spinoff is Lindy Harlaown, who apparently didn't age despite the ten year Time Skip.
  - In StrikerS, this eventually spreads to Fate and Nanoha themselves. Fate displays a tendency to take in children and become a surrogate mother to them, and Arf downgrades into a younger form where she's more like Fate's daughter. As well, when Vivio comes along, Fate and Nanoha are both referred to as "mama".
  - That simple fact then technically makes Lindy a Hot Grandma.
  - Subaru's mother was pretty darn attractive, herself.
  - Even Precia Testarossa was hot when she wasn't crazy, as shown in Fate's Lotus Eater Machine dream.
  - Also Lutecia's mother, Megane.
- Oddly enough, Momoko doesn't seem to have aged at all in the 14 years between A's and Vi Vid.
Sayuri Daimon from Digimon Savers. Touma appears a bit smitten with her, and her son, Masaru, is not amused by this.
- Ruki's mother Rumiko is... well, a supermodel. And for good reason. Ruki's mother is intentionally young, though, doing the math you realize she gave birth to Ruki at around age 17.
- Kouji's mom in Savers is also quite pretty.
- In Digimon Adventure, the first series, Taichi's mom (Yuuko), Yamato and Takeru's mom (Natsuko), Sora's mom (Toshiko), Koushiro's mom (Yoshie), and Mimi's mom (Satoe) were also all very nice looking.
- There's probably a reason why Yamato's dad makes him cook in a pink apron. Fans saw that screencap and swore it was Natsuko.
Mom-to-be Mika Seguchi in Gravitation. In the manga, Noriko is this too, as the mother of a Cheerful Child little girl
Quatre Winner's late mother in the Gundam Wing manga. She looks quite young for having twenty nine genetically engineered children.
- Justified Trope: Quatre's older sisters were all test tube babies, since Quatrina was a very frail Ill Girl. And Quatre's birth killed her
Speed Racer's mother, Mom Racer/Aya Mifune, was implausibly good-looking considering the ages of two of her three sons. Hell, X looked older than her.
- Casting Susan Sarandon in the movie didn't drift far from this trope.
Haruka from Mega Man Battle Network, as well as her successor Hoshikawa Akane/Hope Stelar in Star Force.
Misaki's aunt Shouko in Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer. Her mother Shuuko is hot, as well. Pity she's an Ill Girl in the anime
Ayano, Yamato's aunt, takes this role in Suzuka.
- And eventualy, Suzuka herself.
Masane Amaha (a.k.a. Masa-Mune or Melony, for very obvious reasons) from the anime version of WitchBlade.
- Actually, she's not a mother at all!
- She unofficially raised Hot Scientist Reina Sohou's child after they were seperated in the Great Quake incident for about six years, until Reina came back and decided she wanted her child back, mostly for the intellectual experience (Reina had a few issues, to be blunt), but she genuinely grew to love her own child, and as she lay dying following a Heroic Sacrifice, she ceded the right of motherhood to Masane, who officially was able to adopt her, courtesy of her father, Reiji Takayama, getting the go ahead from Reina as she lay dying.
- Now that we're talking about Reina, she belongs to this Trope too.
Cecilie aka Cherie in Kyou Kara Maou is absurdly hot: she is fond of outfits that leave little to the imagination (in one occasion even going to the extent of wearing a dominatrix like cat suit with whip) and flirting with her son Wolfram's fiancé...who happens to be a guy.
Prince Of Tennis: Yuuki, Akutsu's mother. She's so beautiful that Kawamura's friends mistook him for a Cake Eater when they saw them talking. Well, she is just 33 years old, having given birth to Akutsu when she was 19.
- Tezuka's Yamato Nadeshiko mother, Ayana, also counts: she's not that young, but still looks much more in her 30's than 40's despite being older than her husband.
Seishirou's mother, former Sakurazukamori Setsuka, in CLAMP's manga X. Dude, Seishirou lampshades this by saying she looked like an eternal teenager, so much that even he had some degree of difficulty to believe that she gave birth to him.
GEAR Fighter Dendoh has Vega a.k.a Orie Kusanagi, Hokuto's mom, especially with her wig. Undoubtably only combat-oriented female in the show, and still adheres to the trope.
Rosario To Vampire has at least two of these: Mizore's Yamato Nadeshiko mother (who also sports Yandere tendencies, like her daughter), and Kurumu's mother, who cranks up the "hot" aspect to 11. Yukari's mother is also seen, but other than wearing a witch's hat she appears to be normal.
Hakufu's mother, Goei, in Ikki Tousen. Hakufu's male cousin Koukin wakes up next to her naked, sleeping body after a night of drinking, and when she wakes up and the covers slide off: BOI-YOING-YOING!! Now he knows where Hakufu gets "them" from, indeed...
Judy Tate from Beyblade is both this and a Hot Scientist.
Inverted and subverted in Soul Eater, the main lead is female and thus we instead have an extremely perverted Bishonen dad. The only mother actually shown is one of the Big Bads. Still hot in a creepy Magnificent Bastard kind of way though.
Funaho, Yosho's mom in the Tenchi Muyo! OAV's. Also Misaki, Ayeka and Sasami's mom. And Washu, if we count her as Ryoko's mom.
- Given the OVA's Summers Family Tree seen here this trope fits for most of the main cast's mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers and great-great-grandmothers. Tenchi's great great grandmother, Amame barely looks out of her 30's and Washu is Mihoshi's great great grandmother (and looks anywhere from 12 to 30 years old depending on how she wants to look at the moment, despite being over 20,000 years years old (WAY over, it turns out; she's literally older than the universe).
- Well, it's a Justified Trope. As most of Juraian nobility and their associates are essentially immortal (and do not age), it's rather inevitable. And to add insult to injury the main characters are freaking gods.
- Don't forget Tenchi's Mom Who looks exactly like Tenchi's sister...and peacefully died at the age of over 200. In her sleep. Unfortunately, she was also a SERIOUS prankster, and had her death scripted as something more dramatic...multiple times.
Kaoru's mother in Zettai Karen Children is still looking good well into her life, and at one point tries to seduce Minamoto along with her daughter. The chief of BABEL is infatuated with her.
Empress Marianne vi Britannia from Code Geass, who canonically has the second-largest bust in the entire cast, losing out only to Cool Big Sis Milly. Mrs. Kouzuki, Kallen's biological mother, also qualifies, and Mysterious Waif C.C. is a potential candidate since she acted as Mao's surrogate mother/big sister for an unspecified period of time.
- And eventually, Viletta become a hot mom herself, since she's carrying Kaname Ohgi's child.
The late mothers of Mai Tokiha and Natsuki Kuga in Mai-HiME were shown in flashbacks as very gentle and just as good-looking as their daughters, proving that hotness ran in their respective families.
Youko Saionji, Sekai's mother, in School Days.
Haruno Miyuki, the lead's romantic interest's mother in Bakuman. At 42, she looks barely older than her daughter.
Kushina Uzumaki, the mother of Naruto and the wife of the Fourth Hokage from Naruto.
- Also from the same series is Mikoto, Sasuke's and Itachi's mom.
- Call me crazy but I found Shikamaru's mom, Yoshino, pretty easy on the eyes too.
- And let's not even talk about Kurenai, with her being the mother of Asuma's kid and all...
- I'm shocked that nobody mentioned the first hot mom in the series; Inari's mother Tsunami from the Wave Country arc. Heck, fanon even has stories pairing Naruto with her.
  - Naruto is the series Little Black Dress and has been paired with all of the above. Yes, even the spoiler marked one.
  - .... which one?
  - ALL of them. Yes, even that one. That's the kind of world we live in today.
  - He's done it with all the guys, all the animals, all the tailed beasts, his own shadow clones(male and female) and... a log.
Kouchuu Kanshou in Koihime Musou. Being an Expy of Cool Old Guy Huang Zhong, this is what she becomes.
Lena Sayers from Mai-Otome was a Hot Action Mom.
Nomura Hitomi, Miu's mother from Piano, fits this trope just fine, despite the fact that the show definetely doesn't cater to a shounen audience.
Yasuko, Ryuuji's mother in Toradora. Unfortunately, she's also a Bottle Fairy, so he tends to be rather embarrassed by her behavior.
- In the licensed PSP Visual Novel, it is possible to get Taiga as a soon-to-be-MILF. Really.◊
Akiho Nogizaka, the mother of Haruka Nogizaka.
Parodied in Yakitate Japan!!; one such character seemingly shows up to cheer for a competitor in a baking contest... But it turns out her 'son' is actually twice as old as he looks and is her fianceè. The ensuing revelation (and the Tastes Like Diabetes nature of their relationship) causes Ryo Kuroyanagi to disqualify the man in disgust.
Chi-Chi and, to a greater extent, Bulma, from Dragon Ball Z. They both actually look their age, but still.
- Even more-so with Android 18, who still looks 18. Justified in that her body has been modified by Dr Gero so much that aging has effectively stopped.
- But the original Hot Mom of this series is Bulma's mom. We first see her when she has a sixteen-year-old daughter and last see her when she has an eight-year-old grandson, and the woman has not aged a ''day.''
About all of the moms shown on Bakugan Battle Brawlers, from that of the main character to minor characters, are pretty damn hot.
- Except for Runo's mom who's pretty damn ugly.
Samataro's goddess mom in Kamisama Kazoku. She also manages to be the Ms Fanservice and the Innocent Fanservice Girl of a series that has younger girls, as she delivers everything from Marshmallow Hell to Hadaka Apron. And her deep affection for her son (which she announces is the same as a lover's devotion) adds to the Oedipus Rex plot of the series.
The Love Hina manga introduces Mutsumi's mother, Natsumi. Who looks (and acts) almost exactly like Mutsumi, just with slightly different hair.
- Although she isn't technically a mom (although she's old enough to be one), Keitaro's Aunt Haruka also counts.
  - And when you tell her that, be sure to be disguised as Keitaro at that time, so she will be merciful and kill you quickly.
In CodeBreaker, Sakura's mom is so Moe and small (and, arguably, childish) she looks like her younger sister. It doesn't help that she cosplays as a waitress, a bunny and the like.
Jotaro's mother in Jojos Bizarre Adventure.
- And Joseph's mother, Lisa Lisa
Yukiko Kudo, Shinichi/Conan's mother in Case Closed aka Detective Conan. In one episode, Conan wakes up to find himself pretty much tucked inside Yukiko's ~~catsuit~~ biker jacket and with his body pressed against her Boobs Of Steel. Many a fanboy were drooling at the scene. (Well, to be fair, she was just 20 when she married Yusaku...)
- Eri Kisaki, Ran's mother, is also quite the beauty. She's in her late 30's/early 40's and is still able to fill in a tight bathing suit and wear short skirts very gracefully.
  - And the fact that she is disgusted by Kogoro's general idiocy, yet still fond of him for his few moments of sensitivity and intelligence, means that even though they have a teenaged daughter, they can still play Will They Or Wont They; to the delight of alternate Shipping fans.
Keima's mother in The World Only God Knows. Especially when she lets down her hair.
Daisuke's mother, Emiko, in DN Angel. At one point in the series she tries on her old high school uniform for the heck of it and it still fits perfectly.
- Emiko is drawn exactly the same in the flashback to her teenage years that occurs in that same chapter. Which means she has not aged a whit in the fifteen years (minimum) between the flashback and the present day. Talk about aging well!
Anna's Hot Scientist mother in Shinkon Gattai Godannar.
Kira Yamato's adoptive mother and maternal aunt Caridad Yamato, from Gundam SEED. Voiced by Kikuko Inoue, heh.
- Also, Yzak's mother Ezalia and Nicol's mother Romina.
- Via Hibiki ( Caridad's older sister AND Kira and Cagalli's biological mom) as well as Uzumi Nara Attha's unnamed wife looked a bit more homely, but still quite cute.
Both of the heroes' mothers on GEAR Fighter Dendoh are quite attractive; Hokuto's mom perhaps less so until she puts on her Vega outfit, at which point she's as gorgeous as any other Kotono Mitsuishi character.
Kagero from ''Flameof Recca'.
In Onegai Teacher, Mizuho's mom is... well... not to say Mizuho isn't hot or anything, but she's "lite" compared to HER mom.
- And Kei's aunt isn't exactly an eyesore either.
Akatsuki's mother in ARIA, as shown in a flashback episode.
Chizuru's adoptive mom in Kanokon is quite attractive, having even bigger Boobs Of Steel than Chizuru. Of course, she IS the legendary Nine-Tailed Fox of Japanese mythology...
Ninin Ga Shinobuden gives us Kaede's mom. When Sasuke takes over the show, he turns it into an Unwanted Harem, which includes Kaede's Mom in a Hadaka Apron.
Pamela, the Australian Cool Big Sis that Sora and Ken met in Kaleido Star. Also, Sora's adoptive mother Midori is a quite cute Glasses Girl who looks quite young for her age.
Katekyo Hitman Reborn has got some of these. There's Gokudera's mother, who was aparently a great, beautiful, White Haired Pretty Girl singer married to a mafioso. Nana Sawada, Tsuna's mom, can be considered this. Your Mileage May Vary, but Iemetsu thinks she's the hottest thing since... Hugh Jackman. So Yeah.
- Nana is so hot, her son subconsciously decided to find a girl that's identical to her.
Nadja Applefield's Missing Mom, Colette Preminger, in Ashitano Nadja. Her sister-in-law Hilda, Oscar's mother, also was sort-of cute.
Miko Mido's mom, Maria, fits this trope and more. But it's La Blue Girl and that's Hentai, anyway...
Konomi's mom, Haruka, in To Heart 2.
Urd's Hot As Hell mother Hild in Ah My Goddess. Keichi's and Megumi's mother Takano also qualifies.
Miyako, Kanon's mother in Umi Monogatari, looks young enough to be one of her daughter's friends—and mostly acts that way as well.
Sesshoumaru's mom in Inu Yasha. Daym.
- Inuyasha's human mother, Princess Izayoi, wasn't hard on the eyes either.
  - Kagome's mother isn't anything to sneeze at, on the gripping hand.
School Rumble's Eri.
According to the author notes in Volume 1 of Mahou Sensei Negima, Shizuna-sensei was originally meant to be one, having a child at the same age as Negi. They eventually decided to discard that part of the character.
- That said, the woman who is probably Negi's mom is pretty hot. Spoilers, obviously.
Kenichi's Mom Need more be said?
Most of the aunts in Umineko No Naku Koro Ni would probably qualify, although Rosa, who is established as the youngest, has this particularly strongly. That said, though they're all pretty, they subvert this trope because most to all of them have some serious issues.
Althought she hasn't made an official appearance in the webcomics, Greece's Missing Mom Old Greece in Axis Powers Hetalia is said in the notes to have been one of these as well as a Lady Of War in her prime.
Rah Xephon: Ayato's mother Maya, and his real mother Quon
Ponyo On A Cliff By The Sea has Sosuke's mother Lisa.
- Granmammare arguably qualifies as well, although she cheats by not really being human.
Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna become a trio of Hot Moms to Hotaru in the manga of Sailor Moon
- Queen Serenity, Princess Serenity, Ikuko (Usagi's Earth Mom) also fit this trope.
Ana's mother in Ichigo Mashimaro appears to be a very good-looking meganekko—albeit a very strict one.
- And judging by that one panel during a flashback, Chika and Nobue's mother is rather pretty as well.
Shin Mazinger has Tsubasa, who also doubles as a Hot Scientist. On the other hand, she's much less of a kind, down-to-earth mother than a straight up Magnificent Bastard.
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles has shown in the last few chapters that Sakura grows up very well indeed.
- Must be in the genes, since her deceased mom Nadeshiko was so hot that she actually was a famous model. Add the fact that her dad Fujitaka is a Hot Dad and, well..
  - Syaoran's own mom Ielan was hot, too. And so was Tomoyo's mom Sonomi.
Madame Red. Just...Madame Red. She might be his aunt, but...
In Full Metal Panic, Sagara Sousuke's mom was revealed (in his backstory) to be darn beautiful. Oh, and she looks just like him, which explains a lot.
Dan's mother in Bakugan Battle Brawlers looks awfully young to have a teenage son, a point which is lampshaded by Baron when he meets her.
In Gokinjo Monogatari Mikako's mom, Ruriko
In Bleach, Ichigo's mom Masaki was quite pretty, even after having given birth to three children. Seen here.
- Despite not having carried a child (that we know of), we may be able to count Captain Retsu Unohana as a Hot Mom since she's very, very motherly and fiercely protective towards her subordinates.
Briefly in One Piece, we get a shot of Ace's Hot Mom, Portgas D. Rouge.
We have Yoh's mom Keiko, Ren's mom Ran, Lyserg's deceased mom, and later Anna Kyoyama herself in Shaman King.
Goro's moms in Major. Both of them.
In Crest Of The Stars, Lafiel's mother Captain Lexshu, and paternal grandmother, Empress Ramaj, both appear very young for their likely age. It helps that the Abh age more slowly than humans.
Seeing as how the Sohmas of Fruits Basket are full of beautiful people, it's not surprising that many of them have good-looking mothers. Most notable are Kyouko Honda, Tohru's mom, and Ren Sohma, Akito's mom. Kyouko plays the trope straight, and Ren subverts by being the most beautiful mom and the most abusive. Honorable mentions go to the mothers of Kyou, Yuki, Hiro, Kisa, and Hanajima.
Sakura in Da Capo II push it further to a cute mom, although appears to be only the mother-in-law, her status as a true mother was revealed at the near end of the story. Justified since she was cursed accidentally, that her growth was completely stopped, she looks even younger then the most of the cast if not the rest.
- It caused even further complications as her status made her impossible to get pragnant. As one of the most powerful wizard in the series, her answer should be obvious.
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni has Shion & Mion's mothers.

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Mahou Sentai Magiranger's Miyuki Ozu. She counts.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, in comparison to her cute-but-generically-so anime and manga counterpart, Ikuko-mama is not only cute but also honestly looks about the same age as the Senshi.
Lorelai in Gilmore Girls, who not only greatly resembles her daughter Rory, but at times actually acts less mature than her.
- Since when did those two look alike?
- It's not so much that they look alike but that they look close to the same age, mainly due to Lorelai giving birth at age 16. The show takes a while to point this out - by having someone mistake them for sisters in the teaser of the pilot episode.
Kamen Rider Den-O has the lead character and superhero Ryotaro taken care of by his older sister Airi, both orphans. Despite no actual proof she's old enough to be a Christmas Cake (not to mention she had a fiancé before he and their unborn daughter vanished into the timeline and she got amnesia in the process), she pretty much hits this trope perfectly.
Many Married With Children fans viewed Peggy Bundy as one of these. Even years after the show ended in 1997, Katey Segal jokes that Peg "still gets lots of letters from guys in prison."
Spin City introduced Raquel Welch as Paul Lassiter's Mother. And yes, Raquel still has it going on! Paul is completely unaware of how people see his mother till he was beaten over the head with some clues. Then he has a complete mind-plosion. 'Oh my god! My mom is a smoking hot kuchie mama.!' Some brain bleach may have been required.
Sarah Connor (again, even if she got The Other Darrin'd) from The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
One episode of Grounded for Life had Sean finding out that his wife Claudia was the Hot Mom of the neighborhood (apparently every neighborhood has at least one) and acting like it was an honor.
Star Trek The Next Generation's Doctor Beverly Crusher definitely qualified, being described rather lasciviously in the series pitch, cast to fit, and maintaining her looks remarkably through the years.
- ...but then being passed up for Counselor Troi from about Season Three on. (Captain Picard still had the hots for her, though...)
An episode of What I Like About You sees Jeff successfully hit on & set a date with an attractive divorcee....shortly before learning that she's Gary's mother. Gary is not pleased. (Jeff does have 10 years on Gary, but the latter is 16, putting his mom a rough minimum of 20 years older than Jeff.)
The mothers of Chandler Bing (Morgan Fairchild) and Rachel Green (Marlo Thomas) on Friends certainly qualify. The others ... not so much.
- Kathleen Turner also qualifies even though she played Chandlers... Father.
Buffy's mother Joyce Summers. Xander even dreams about her.
Midge Pinciotti, played by Tanya Roberts, is Donna Pinciotti's Hot Mom on That70s Show.
One Hannah Montana episode had Miley visited in a dream by her deceased mother. She was played by Brooke Shields.
- Brooke also played Jackie's mom on That70s Show.
- Lilly's mom is played by Heather Locklear, and she gets Miley's brother Jackson and Miley & Lilly's friend Oliver pretty hyped up...
The entire main cast of Desperate Housewives.
- Of course, Gabrielle wasn't a mom until season 5, but did actually refer to herself as "Hot Mom" when doing a photo shoot in season 3. (After taking the frumpy mom costume they wanted her to wear and creatively re-working it to show off her assets.)
There are probably too many soap opera characters to mention them all, but Erica Kane would probably top the list. Hell, she's moved into hot grandma territory!
Though not all of the contestants are mothers, this is pretty much the premise of the reality show She's Got the Look, a modeling competition with a minimum age requirement of 35. There has even been a 72-year-old grandmother in the final six.
Wizards Of Waverly Place: Theresa Russo. Hmm, be a wizard, or marry a drop-dead gorgeous latina? So long, Professor Crumbs!
Pretty much every sitcom created after 1996 or so qualifies (Everybody Loves Raymond, The King Of Queens, The George Lopez Show, Grounded For Life, etc.) thanks to Hollywood casting of mom rules, and a large number of 30-40 something attractive actresses nowadays.
- Right, because TV moms of the past were so hard on the eyes. Laura Petrie and Samantha Stephens, anyone?
Meredith Baxter-Birney in Family Ties was one of the first sitcom hot moms of the 80s.
30 Rock parodied this trope when Cerie got engaged. When asked why she's marrying so young, Cerie, who can't be over twenty-one, explains she's running out of time to be a "young, hot mom."
Blimey, no mention yet of Superman's ma, Martha Kent, in Smallville?
Nancy Botwin and, to an arguably lesser extent, Celia Hodes in Weeds.
Dr. Elizabeth Weir of Stargate Atlantis, played by Torri Higginson, gets a vote from this troper.
Though she didn't live long enough to be ogled by the neighborhood teens, Mary Winchester could still be considered an example. Even her own son (when he goes back in time and sees her as a young woman) notices. To his dismay:
Dean: Sammy, wherever you are, Mom is a babe. (Beat) I'm going to Hell. Again.
Nick at Night semi-lampshaded this trope when they had an ad asking if viewers remembered "When housewives were witches (i.e. Bewitched), bachelorettes came in bottles (I Dream of Jeannie), and moms were goth (The Addams Family).
The remake of V gives us Elizabeth Mitchell and Morena Baccarin.

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Grandia III's Miranda, who doubles as a Jeigan Character.
- As an added bonus, she's not revealed to be Yuki's mom until most of the way through the intro cinematic, Unskippable had a lot of fun with this.
- And from the original Grandia, Justin's mother Lily.
- Feena from the orginal Grandia, who gave birth to loads loads of mini Justin and Feena clones.
Shizuka Kusanagi, Kyo's mother from The King Of Fighters. More specifically, the semi-canon KoF: KYO manga and games. Hottest Yamato Nadeshiko mama ever, indeed.
- In the main series, we have Action Mom Vanessa, single mother and for-hire boxer/secret agent.
Adell's mom (amusingly named just "Mom"...yes, really) in Disgaea 2. Okay, so she has three eyes and a tail, but still hot.
- Same with Rozalin's mom See here◊
- Although her true form was never shown in the game, in the manga Serion, Adell's true mother would qualify. See for yourself◊. Though in all honesty, so far every Nippon Ichi mom are pretty much Hot Moms.
Haruka Yuzuhara from To Heart 2, to the point that the spin-off Another Days contains a route dedicated to her and begins with the main character dreaming of her.
Soul Series' Sophitia eventually became a mother in the series and did not get any less hot.
Both Yubiseiharukana and Tsugumi in Ever 17. Yubiseiharukana gave birth to her own clone, Yubiseiakikana when she was 16 and is still looking as good as ever 17 years later, while Tsugumi admittedly claims she stopped aging when she was physically 17 and still looks like a hot girl when she's over 40. If those spoiler blanks seem a bit excessive, they're covering some of the most shocking plot twists in the game.
In Samurai Warriors, even though her children has yet to be playable, Nene pretty much fits the bill of a Hot Mom, treating every of Hideyoshi's subordinates her 'children' (much to Mitsunari's dismay). She's also an Action Mom, considering her ninjutsu and the fact that she may be even more capable than Hideyoshi.
- Though almost all of the female characters could fit this trope. They are based on historical figures and, historically, most of them married and had kids.
Cream's mother Vanilla from Sonic The Hedgehog is considered to be the furry version of this.
Yukiko Date in Super Robot Wars. She also could be considered a Retired Badass, since she was once the most powerful human Psychodriver.
Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon features Lady Ann and Sabrina, the latter is easily mistaken for one of the eligible bachelorettes.
- Rune Factory 2 gives us Natilie, a redhead Hospital Hottie in super cute glasses and Tanya, a Hot Amazon blacksmith who looks like Red Sonya's cousin.
Lucia from Suikoden III, she was in the second game, but wasn't noticable. 15 years and a kid later....
- Kisara from Suikoden V is this trope. It's made more noticeable if you get Oboro to research the Logg, Lun, Kisara family.
- Arshtat is also the embodiment of this... when she's not being possessed by cosmic hubris and blowing up parts of her own country of course.
Even before the Art Shift, Gaia Online's Ruby had a line reminding users that "My eyes are up here." Now, she wears a dress that would give us Absolute Cleavage if we had a front view of her, and her shop's name is a Double Entendre ("Ruby's Rack"). The only sign of her age is a small laugh line by the corner of her mouth.
- An old photo also reveals the late Rosalie to have been pretty smokin' hot even after having three sons. Clearly this runs in the family, as all three sons have grown up to be Bishonen.
- Old-school Ruby lives on as a doll for your avatar, with an equippable "My eyes are up here" pose. It's... blue eyes like hers.
Crimson Viper from Street Fighter IV has a powered battlesuit, pretty impossible hair, huge... glasses, and a young daughter.
- Subverted by Chun-Li, of all people. Yes, she ends up with several children of her own, but guess what — they're all adopted. Close, but no cigar.
In Rumble Roses, the main character is hot. Then we learn that one of the characters was actually her older sister, who's also hot and much darker. Then we find that the boss...which is a CYBORG, was made from their mother's DNA. She looks like a healthy and strong female body...with half of it covered in metal. Including much of the face. As to whether this is Fetish Fuel or Nightmare Fuel...Your Mileage May Vary.
Scout's Mom. C'mon, admit it: You'd bonk that.
Fire Emblem 8's Joshua's mother Ismaire was hot. Just look at her!◊
- Eliwood's mother in FE 7, Lady Eleanora, isn't exactly hard on the eyes either◊.
  - And there's also Louise◊, Erk's adoptive mother and the future mother of Klein and Clarine.
- The female half of the first generation in Fire Emblem 4 also qualify.
Ashley's mom in Trace Memory.
Hot As Hell Shinki from Touhou is obviously the "Hot" part, but her actual status as a "Mom" of Alice is not clear in canon. If a mother, she also qualifies as Action Mom.
- Depending on your definition of hot, Suwako Moriya would count as Sanae's "Hot Ancestor".
Queen Rosa Harvey (nee Farrell) in Final Fantasy IV The After Years. Staff Chick, Straight Arrow, and still got it at 36◊.
Crono's mom in Chrono Trigger is quite easy on the eyes.

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Meimi Sonoda from Megatokyo. Hot. Her Fan Nickname is "Yuki's Red Hot Mom."
Ash's mom from Misfile. Justified since she's a former lingerie model.
Roy's mom from Order Of The Stick. When he meets up with her in the afterlife, Roy is a little stunned to see his mom back as the hot 19 year old she was prior to meeting his father, who remains a Grumpy Old Man in the afterlife since he's always been nasty and ornery in life while Sarah, well... Wasn't.
Fox's mom Nefertiti from Friendly Hostility who's so hot that male homosexuals are the only people who wouldn't do her, though Fox gets creeped out whenever other characters bring this up as he has trouble viewing his mom in that light.
Kenta's mom from the extremely NSFW comic Sexy Losers combines this trope with Parental Incest.
Frigg from Brat-halla, mother (or at least mother-figure) to many of the young Norse gods. Also something of a Bottle Fairy.
Marten's mom in Questionable Content doesn't appear often, but when she does, she's looking fine. In fact, she used to work as a fetish model, and awkwardly was Marten's now-girlfriend's first girl-crush while growing up (and it's even been implied that she was initially attracted to him because of his resemblance to his mother).
Based on reader comments, Jane Mighty from Everyday Heroes qualifies. Even after having two kids, she can still fit into the Stripperiffic villain costume she wore twenty years ago.
A borderline case happens in Keychain Of Creation; Misho and Marena usually pretend to be a travelling couple to avoid suspicion, and suggest (to fit their new members into the charade) that Secret pretend to be their daughter. Secret objects, on the grounds that she's too old to be Marena's daughter, since Marena can't be more than twenty. Marena gets VERY happy about this - she's actually thirty-eight.
This troper likes to think that Mitzi Mc Ninja, mother of Dr. Mc Ninja, is a hot shounen mom under her mask.
Roughly a third of the cast of Drowtales. It helps that mana causes the Fae races to age at half the human rate and stop aging altogether at 60.
In every outfit, or alternate reality Miss Match from the Evil Inc Comics is a really hot mom [2]◊.
Queens Yanora and Ipola from The Challenges Of Zona.

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Lois Griffin in Family Guy.
Brian: 18-year-old Lois. Son of a bitch!
In the same vein, Francine Smith from American Dad.
All five mothers of the main characters in WITCH. Most notably, Will's mother Susan, who is not only beautiful, but as bossy and overbearing as they come, having the propensity to ground her daughter every few episodes (which can be a bit of a turnoff...)
- To put it in perspective, for referrence, Susan is a tall, leggy, tan-skinned, buxom, raven-haired woman who looks all of twenty-five despite being about forty.
- In addition, she didn't ground Will much in the comic. She was more a concerned mother.
Maddie Fenton from Danny Phantom who balances this with Action Mom.
Mrs Dr. Possible in Kim Possible, seriously.
Drakken: So, Kim Possible and her...sister?
Mrs. Dr. P.: Is he hitting on me?
Kim: It's a sidekick thing. They confuse him.
Drew Saturday from The Secret Saturdays.
- Same description as Will's mom above: tall, slender, busty, youthful, the main difference is Drew is a Heroic Albino and as such has snow white hair. And all of it poured into a skintight catsuit...
Princess Ursa, Zuko and Azula's Missing Mom, from Avatar The Last Airbender.
- Not to mention Sokka and Katara's mother, the aptly named Kya.
Fred "Gold Digger" Perry also does cheesecake and beefcake art, as well as situations based on and/or mocking his experiences in Final Fantasy Online. Then he animated a bit here about his character Misi and her rather outrageous (and outrageously MILF-tastic) mother. The scene is even paced to "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne, the song quoted from at the top of this page.
- Also counts in his normal comic. Julia Diggers is pretty good looking, except for the age-lines.
Due to South Park's art style, this one might be a bit of a stretch, but Carol McCormick (Kenny's mother, for those who don't know) anyone?
- Well maybe, but in-universe, they seem to be convinced that it is in fact Sharon Marsh (Stan's mom) who is the MILF here.
- And yet, Cartman's mother is treated as a huge slut that most of the town had sex with. Subverted in that she's actually Cartman's DAD...as she's not actually a woman, but a hermaphrodite.(But can still have children, obviously.) Doesn't change the fact that a lot of guys(and obviously some women) happily tapped that.
Susan Long, the mother of the title character in American Dragon Jake Long, is one fine looking woman.
Greta Barrymore, mother of male lead Zick Barrymore in Monster Allergy, has a sexy hippie look going for her.
Ben 10 Alien Force features Ben's own parents being shown for the first time since Ben10. His blonde mother is ridiculously attractive. The only thing that attempts to showcase she's older is one of her eyes has a sight line under it, but remove that and she's at least of the same stock as the younger females in the show.
- Check out the "Goodbye and Good Riddance" episode from the original Ben10 series for a younger version of Ben's mother. Insert wolf whistles here.
From the The Simpsons we have a number of in-universe references to Marge being very attractive (particularly in the episode where she was accidentally given Gag Boobs -style implants, though with the stylizations Your Mileage May Vary). Maude Flanders also got a bit of this when she was still alive.
- Marge has even appeared on the cover of Maxim magazine. Not in the show; in real life.
  - And now she'll appear on the cover of Playboy as well.
  - Matt Groening himself confessed to finding Marge "pretty hot" on one of the early DVD commentaries.
Timmy's mother on Fairly Oddparents. Especially when she took a job as the local weather lady and became "Mother Nature." That firefighter outfit...ooh-la-la.
- Same goes to AJ's mother.
Karen Jane "K" Mildred Daring ("Agent K") from The Replacements. In the episode "Field Trippin'", every one of Todd's friends confesses to having a crush on her.
Helen Parr a.k.a. Elastigirl in The Incredibles.
Debbie Turnbull, Tommy's mother from Robotboy. Tommy must be glad that he's taking after her.
The Sorceress from He Man And The Masters Of The Universe. Either incarnation.
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: Sperg's mom, who's extremely attractive. Sperg the bully takes deep offense when Billy (and... Lord Byron) make jokes at his mother's expense.
Jimmy Neutron: Jimmy's mom. Jimmy's friend Carl has a "bit" of an obsession with her and fantasizes her being his mom.
- To be fair, that didn't start until the Valentine's Day special.
Dexter's Mom in Dexters Laboratory will forever occupy a special place in the hearts of men of a certain age, particularly thanks to her generously-proportioned rump (also see Hartman Hips).
The Proud Family: Trudy Proud, mother of Penny and wife of Oscar. Makes one wonder what she saw in such an obnoxious jerk.
Way back when, both Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble were often talked of in this way (though this troper is well aware that Betty was technically only an adoptive mother).
- Their relative merits were most memorably debated by Dave Lister and The Cat in Red Dwarf. "Well, I'd go with Betty...but I'd be thinking of Wilma."
Ariel becomes one of these in The Little Mermaid 2