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** Launch/Lunch, in her darker (or blue) haired form, was easily this for Goku and Krillin in the early series, being motherly and affectionate and the one who did the cooking at Kami house. She even apparently taught Goku numbers so he could figure out his age in the World Tournament. This naturally contrasts with her aggressive blonde form who has a HairTriggerTemper and only feeds her friends bullets.
** [[AlmightyMom Actual moms]] Chi-Chi and Bulma generally juggle between this depending on the situation. In the anime and non-serial movies Chi-Chi is mainly the one who keeps the heroes in line and even personally makes sure CowardlyLion Krillin gets his ass into gear and flies to battlefield in ''Anime/DragonBallZSuperAndroid13''. In the manga Bulma has more moments of this, having not only bathed Goku herself but is the one frequently trying to talk [[WomenAreWiser sense]] into the Z-Fighters in the Android Saga.

-->'''Beast:''' My mother used to kiss me to expedite my recovery.\\

** ComicBook/EmmaFrost has shown to be capable of being a Team Mom for her students Hellions whom she cares for explicitly and was guilt-ridden at their deaths. Emma also cares for Stepford Cuckoos and even ComicBook/{{X 23}} in this manner.

-->-- ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Q2"

** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Captain Kathryn Janeway was likewise both TheCaptain and Team Mom, settling disputes, ordering her officers to get along, and helping "raise" several characters like Kes and Seven of Nine. Openly {{Lampshaded}} in "Barge of the Dead" when B'Elanna encounters her mother in the Klingon afterlife -- wearing a Starfleet uniform and using phrases Janeway had said earlier in the episode. Q calls her on it as well, when trying to dump his own teen rebel son on Janeway. In "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E19FavoriteSon Favorite Son]]", Kim dreamed that his mother said she was suspending him from duty (a line that the Captain had given him that day). There's [[ThereAreNoTherapists something about]] this crew....

** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderKatara Katara]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. It's gently mocked in the episode "The Runaway", where she initially objects to the idea as it says she's the group downer. But the very reason she became this is a TearJerker; Sokka explains to Toph that after his and Katara's mother died, their family was pretty messed up and Katara dealt with it by taking on a 'motherly' role in the tribe, especially to him. Of course, Katara's ''other'' reaction to her mother's death is something [[HeWhoFightsMonsters else]]. One of the most heartbreaking moments in the series occurs during Sokka and Toph's conversation - Sokka can't even remember what his mother ''looked'' like anymore, because all he can see when he thinks of motherhood is his sister. His ''younger'' sister.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'': Just like her [[Series/StarTrekVoyager live- action counterpart]], Hologram Janeway is the supportive mentor and teacher to the crew of the ''Protostar''. Even more so, since in this series she's looking after a bunch of literal kids instead of wayward Starfleet officers.

* ''Manga/EdensZero'': Witch Regret of the Four Shining Stars has a kind and motherly nature that allows her to bring comfort to her crewmates during hard times, and goes into full MamaBear mode when anyone threatens her beloved "family". This gets lampshaded during the Nero 66 arc, where Rebecca calls Witch the crew's mom and Shiki dubbing her the "Mother of Edens" [[spoiler:while honoring her along with those who died in the battle]]. This takes up another meaning in the final arc [[spoiler:where flashbacks from when Witch and her fellow Shining Stars were humans [[{{Foreshadowing}} implies that she may be the mother of the protagonist Shiki Granbell]], which is finally confirmed in chpater 273 by Mother]].

* ''Manga/EdensZero'': Witch Regret of the Four Shining Stars has a kind and motherly nature that allows her to bring comfort to her crewmates during hard times, and goes into full MamaBear mode when anyone threatens her beloved "family". This gets lampshaded during the Nero 66 arc, where Rebecca calls Witch the crew's mom and Shiki dubbing her the "Mother of Edens" [[spoiler:while honoring her along with those who died in the battle]]. This takes up another meaning in the final arc [[spoiler:where flashbacks from when Witch and her fellow Shining Stars were humans [[LukeIMayBeYourFather implies that she may be the mother of the protagonist Shiki Granbell]]]].

* ''Manga/EdensZero'': Witch Regret of the Four Shining Stars has a kind and motherly nature that allows her to bring comfort to her crewmates during hard times, and goes into full MamaBear mode when anyone threatens her beloved "family". This gets lampshaded during the Nero 66 arc, where Rebecca calls Witch the crew's mom and Shiki dubbing her the "Mother of Edens" [[spoiler:while honoring her along with those who died in the battle]]. This takes up another meaning in the final arc [[spoiler:where flashbacks from when Witch and her fellow Shining Stars were humans [[LukeIMayBeYourFather that she may be the mother of the protagonist Shiki Granbell]]]].

See also the aforementioned TeamDad, a role that tends to take a slightly stricter, more disciplinary approach. If these two frequently work together, they serve as the DesignatedParents. The high school counterpart is the CuteSportsClubManager. Related to TheFace. Compare and contrast CoolBigSis, MoralityPet. See also OnlySaneMan, OnlySaneEmployee, HaremNanny, PromotionToParent, AFatherToHisMen, TeamKids, and ApronMatron. May be the person holding the MoralityChain.

-->'''Beast''': My mother used to kiss me to expedite my recovery.
-->'''Jean''': I do not happen to be your mother, Mr [=McCoy=].

* It may change in the future, but “[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13755768/1/Donna-Noble-and-the-Magic-Castle-Year-1 Donna Noble and the Magic Castle]]” has Donna basically adopt this role after she’s de-aged to 11 and sent back to 1991 at the moment of her death, often offering emotional support to Harry, Hermione and Neville once she starts at Hogwarts, aided by her own memories of being the emotionally awkward child who never quite fit in anywhere.

* In ''Fanfic/EnTempusVeritas'', Martha is an obvious example of this, with Lois immediately asking Martha for any advice on how to be a good parent. However, when Lois is present for Chloe’s reunion with Moira, Moira gives her niece her own advice on being a mother.

%%* In ''Fanfic/FlyFree'', [[Anime/OnePiece Robin]] plays this role to Team Seven, and her influence slowly spreads from there. What makes it funny is that the TeamDad is [[Anime/{{Naruto}} Kakashi]] and the Team (and other genin) very much [[ShipperOnDeck ship the two]].

* Charlene Bellis in the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' fanfic ''Fanfic/SodorsLegendOfTheLostTreasureBadEnding'', being the new controller of the North Western Railwau, is naturally this to the engines. One way to get on her bad side is to threaten one of her engines with scrap, [[https://www.deviantart.com/kingofallkongs/art/SLOTLT-Bad-Ending-The-Search-for-the-Mail-Vans-978056724 as Holmes, a diesel working for the Barrow Union of Diesels, learned the hard way when he threatened to scrap Oliver]].

* After learning about what goes bump in the night, Joyce Summers in ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-28404-174/DianeCastle%2BXendra.htm Xendra]]'' acts like a mother to all the Scoobies, even the adults (barring Giles). Since she can't really fight, she mostly supports them by cooking for them and making sure everyone eats right and gets enough sleep. When she learns Wesley stayed up all night translating an old scroll, he's noted as looking like a child whose mother caught him staying up late watching cartoons. It helps that not only is she Buffy's mother but [[spoiler:due to Xendra being The Key, she's also Xander's adopted mother]].

* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' we have two. Kyoko Honda nee Katsunuma (a rare loner example, who [[spoiler: because of her past she recruits quite the RagTagBunchOfMisfits, including her own daughter after her future husband, Honda Katsuya, healed her with the PowerOfLove]]) and Kyouko's daughter Honda Tohru (a more traditional example, who also heals and held the RagTagBunchOfMisfits together with the PowerOfLove).

* In ''Manga/ASilentVoice'' Shouko is this for the bridge friendship group despite ironically being the one in most need of care herself being deaf. Yet her disability doesn’t stop her being extremely caring figure to everyone and is always willingly to help her friends, to the utter annoyance of AlphaBitch Ueno. Other than Shouko, Sahara has shades of this being the first to try and break up arguments.
* In ''Manga/{{Soul Eater}}'' we have two examples, one among the students and one among the teachers of the DWMA, both act as TheHeart for their groups:
** Among the students, specifically the Spartoi, (group containing our main protaganists), we have Tsubaki Nakatsukasa, The most level-headed and emotionally mature of the students. She's always there to give motherly support to her friends, especially Black☆Star.
** among the teachers we have Marie Mjolnir, As opposed to the other teachers' hardcore attitudes, Marie is downright motherly to her students, and in particular becomes a surrogate mother to Crona.

* ''Webcomic/{{Marionetta}}'': Dotty. She basically is a surrogate parent for Kamille and Julia, trying to help them adjust to life in the circus. She also is one of the oldest of the circus members and literally calls herself "Mama Dotty".

* In ''Anime/Soul Eater'' we have two examples, one among the students and one among the teachers of the DWMA, both act as TheHeart for their groups:

* Aaron Hotchner of ''Series/CriminalMinds'' is another male example, although he doesn't fit the role perfectly: if anyone on the team breaks FBI protocol, he'll chastise them for that before he tells them how proud he is. {{Lampshaded}} in an early episode when Elle starts referring to him as 'mom'. He gets mad and tells her to stop. Lampshaded again after Rossi has joined the team, with the others referring to them as Mom and [[TeamDad Dad]].

* To Creator/QuentinTarantino and much of the cast and crew of his movie, film editor Sally Menke was this. Tarantino himself ever referred to her as being a second mother to him.

** Katie, the Yellow Time Force Ranger. And her legendary hugs.

* Of all people, Vexen is completely this in FillThe Moon; he basically raised the incredibly dysfunctional BadassFamily that was the Apprentices during their time in Radiant Garden, and continues to do so after they all become Nobodies. Once the Organization's ranks begin to swell, he manages to accept the others as surrogate children. [[spoiler:Well, except for Marluxia, but he's his lover.]]

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Ellen. She acts like a worrying older sister to Tedd and Grace, functions as an emotional crutch for Nanase, resolves an argument between Elliott and Justin, and is generally the main cast's go-to person for mature advice and support. Ironically, she's actually the youngest of the protagonists. (Sort of. [[CloningBlues It's]] [[FakeMemories complicated]].)