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Films - Animation
Moana: Why are you acting weird?
Tala: I'm the Village Crazy Lady. That's my job.
Tala: I'm the Village Crazy Lady. That's my job.
— Moana
Films - Live Action
"I want to thank my Grandma for always being so good to me, and, and for helping save the world and everything."
—Richie Norris, Mars Attacks!
"I'm a hip old granny who can hip-hop, bebop, dance till you drop, and yo-yo make a wicked cup of cocoa!"
Literature
Edie Banister is old.
And yet she is profoundly alive. Over the past few months, she has found reason to call upon the services of Spork & Co on several occasions. Joe has come to know her a little, and in this respect, she reminds him of his grandfather, Daniel: she is almost vibrating with rich, distilled energy, as if the process of living all those decades has made a reduction of her spirit which is thick and slow in her chest, but sweeter and stronger for it.
"If I want the words of a silly girl, I will reach back a hundred years and ask myself."
— Fisher Gesha, Cradle Series
I can respect formidable magical talent when I meet it, and Old Madam Dorie, the grey bag lady who smelt of curry powder and car fumes, had it in spades. She exuded skilful manipulation of primal forces just like her bags gave off the smell of mould, and if she'd said hop, I would have hopped. She, like my gran, had the look of a woman who talked to the pigeons, and in the city, no-one sees more than the pigeons.
Finally she came to a small house. An old woman was peering out from inside. She had very large teeth, which frightened the girl, and she wanted to run away. But the old woman called out to her, "Don't be afraid, dear child. Stay here with me, and if you do my housework in an orderly fashion, it will go well with you. Only you must take care to make my bed well and shake it diligently until the feathers fly, then it will snow in the world. I am Frau Holle."
Because the old woman spoke so kindly to her, the girl took heart, agreed, and started in her service. The girl took care of everything to Frau Holle's satisfaction and always shook her featherbed vigorously until the feathers flew about like snowflakes. Therefore she had a good life with her: no angry words, and boiled or roast meat every day.
Because the old woman spoke so kindly to her, the girl took heart, agreed, and started in her service. The girl took care of everything to Frau Holle's satisfaction and always shook her featherbed vigorously until the feathers flew about like snowflakes. Therefore she had a good life with her: no angry words, and boiled or roast meat every day.
— "Mother Holle"
I put my hands over my face. Whenever O says "this is crazy, but-" it means either she wants to do something slightly illegal (usually involving motorbike stunts), or she's going to send me to the British Library to do research on a crazy theory. Like her hypothesis that the Incas invented quantum chromodynamic diagrams before Richard Feynman. Or that bear meat cures lung cancer. Don't get me wrong - O's brilliant at IT, but she's got a flamboyant streak and an ego roughly the size of Greenland (as it appears on a map). Whenever she says, this is crazy, but, or, I'm sure I'm wrong about this, I just know it's kicking off.
I watch her cup shake in her hand. I wish she didn't have to be so old, and I wish she weren't ill. I feel a mad affection for her, even if I'm not certain it's mutual.
— Sweet Dreams, by Tricia Sullivan
Live Action TV
J.D.: You have had an amazing life.
Mrs. Tanner: Good, then we agree.
Mrs. Tanner: Good, then we agree.
— Scrubs, My Old Lady
Tabletop Games
It is commonly observed, among the Quality, that ladies of a certain age have a great soft spot for the army. Soldierly gallantry always passes well with those no longer able to provoke male attentions at a whim, and in any case, aging eyes settle happily on well-cut uniforms. But Lady Geraldine Dutroix was generally considered immune to this particular weakness of her sex, and Captain Alfred Jessop was not given to excesses of panache.
Nonetheless, on a certain evening in the July of 18__, in a reception at the French embassy in London, Lady Geraldine went to some trouble to attract the Captain’s attention and to speak with him quietly. That the Captain paid her some close attention might be ascribed to his eccentricity, which had been the talk of several messes in the past.
Nonetheless, on a certain evening in the July of 18__, in a reception at the French embassy in London, Lady Geraldine went to some trouble to attract the Captain’s attention and to speak with him quietly. That the Captain paid her some close attention might be ascribed to his eccentricity, which had been the talk of several messes in the past.
"Yes, I think 'toast' is an appropriate description." (Incinerate, Ice Age
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)"And I say north is where I want it to be!" (Mystic Compass)
)"Overkill? This isn't a game of Kick-the-Ouphe." (Lava Burst, Ice Age)
)"Eenie, meenie, minie, moe ...oh, why not all of them?" (Meteor Shower, Ice Age)
)"If you want something torched right, it's best to call a pro." (Avatar selection, Arena)
"Some have said there is no subtlety to destruction. You know what? They're dead." (Inferno, Eighth Edition)
)"Peril is in the eye of the beholder. At least, if your aim is good." (Blindblast, War of the Spark
"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire." (Sizzle, Eighth Edition)
)— The wit and wisdom of Jaya Ballard, task mage, Magic: The Gathering
Webcomics
"Don't take this the wrong way, but I want to grow up to be your mom."
— Haley Starshine, The Order of the Stick (to Durkon Thundershield), #1153
"Mom, you play bass guitar, 420, Blaze It every day, have thousands of fans on the internet, and hook up with guys half your age. If I were you, I'd be more worried about giving this Burger Oni person a fatal inferiority complex."
— Clinton Augustus to his mother Aurelia, Questionable Content
Western Animation
"I'm not like other grannies."
— Grandma, Hoodwinked!
