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** In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski'', Aunt May does this to Tony Stark and Reed Richards during ''The Other'' story arc, when they want Peter to take more tests instead of going out with Mary Jane. The two most brilliant men in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse are no match for Aunt May's stern reprimand.

--->'''Sesshomaru's Mother:''' [[AGodAmI Did you think you were like a god]] or something? That as long as you had Tenseiga there was [[NighInvulnerability no fear of death]]? Sesshomaru, it's something you had to [[AnAesop learn]], that when your heart wishes to save someone dear to you it must at the same time feel sadness and fear of losing them. Your father said this as well: Tenseiga is a [[HealingShiv healing sword]]. Even when wielded as a weapon, you must [[ComesGreatResponsibility understand the weight of life]] and carry a compassionate heart when dispatching your enemy. That is what is [[PowerAtAPrice necessary]] for the one who wields the Tenseiga which can save a hundred lives [[spoiler: and send enemies to the [[TheUnderworld Meidou]].]]

** The original manga has [[spoiler: Hao's mother being this as well, despite being dead for a millennia by the time the story begins. She is the only one who was able to convince Hao to abandon or at least postpone his plan of wiping out humanity, after pretty much everyone failed to stop him.]]

* Bianca Reyes from ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle''. She told off her son for getting into a fight with Franchise/GreenLantern Guy Gardner and then followed it up by yelling at ''Guy''.

** Which promptly leads to her husband admitting to Jaime's best friends that she is the reason he never has to raise his voice.
* ComicBook/JeanGrey is usually this for the X-Men, in her capacity as TeamMom. She is loving, compassionate, motherly, and one of the most powerful psychics ever to exist - when she's ''not'' wielding the Phoenix Force. Accordingly, even the gods themselves will probably not be able to save you if you threaten her students, or, worse, her children, who all listen to her. It doesn't matter that one is [[ComicBook/RachelSummers a time-travelling psychic as strong as she is (potentially stronger) and the supposed 'One True Phoenix']], another is [[{{ComicBook/Cable}} a time-travelling soldier at least twice her age capable of taking down Apocalypse through sheer martial skill and stubbornness]], and [[ComicBook/XMan the youngest]] is a fully-fledged RealityWarper who [[DimensionLord created]] and [[FisherKing became his own reality]] - and all of them are impossibly stubborn. Even if they don't obey, she is literally the one person they will all listen to, whether they want to or not.
* [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] as of ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth''. When it comes to her family, she is the [[BadassNormal undisputed boss]], she doesn't care if you're {{Franchise/Superman}} (her husband), {{ComicBook/Superboy}} (her son), the goddamn {{Franchise/Batman}} ([[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu whom she fed apple pie]]), or Franchise/WonderWoman, you will act like civilized people around her home. And if you ''ever'' threaten her son, she will climb into a Batsuit designed to fight Darkseid and smear you across the floor with your own entrails.

** When the Parker family moved into the Avengers' tower, Aunt May [[http://www.comicvine.com/images/1300-1482005/ scolded]] ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} for drinking and smoking so early in the morning in the breakfast room. Wolverine is stunned into silence.

* Possibly Lucky Eddie's mother in ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'', seeing as she's the one he goes to when Hagar tells him to find an [[http://hagarthehorrible.com/comics/august-10-2016/ "expert who can teach this sorry bunch how to give an old fashioned Viking butt-whuppin'!"]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Abuelita Elena and Mama Imelda, the matrons of the Rivera household in the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead respectively, are effectively in charge of their households, refusing to take no for an answer and being ridiculously stubborn about their music-hating principles. This is deconstructed in that said stubborness leads to great pains for Miguel [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent when he tries to become a musician and he gets no help from his family]] and [[spoiler:it nearly gets Great-Great-Grandfather Héctor DeaderThanDead]].

** Lady Alys Vorpatril is this in her own way, combining it with her position as a GrandDame and TheSocialExpert. When it comes time to plan the emperor's wedding, she leads a cohort of matriarchs to get everything done.

** Dairene pulled off a similar feat [[spoiler: for the species of wizard supercomputers she built on her ordeal.]]

* Moms, stepmoms, and moms-in-law like these will show up at least OnceAnEpisode in any versions of ''Series/SayYesToTheDress'', trying to take control of the dresses that their daughters/stepdaughters/daughters-in-law will try on for their soon-to-come weddings. Both the original and the Atlanta SpinOff had whole episodes dedicated to specifically dealing with these overbearing and often [[MyBelovedSmother stiffling]] ladies who treat the brides like little girls and boss everyone around.

* Nicole Watterson from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''. She once stopped a WildTeenParty just by snapping her fingers and putting one partygoer into a catatonic state by staring into his soul. She's even been known to HulkOut on more than one occasion. There's a reason Gumball and Darwin prefer fighting a giant T-Rex to dealing with their mom.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', Timmy's Mom attempts to do this to the mean [[DepravedDentist Dr. Wendell]] after he steals Timmy's ball. Eventually she, without losing her motherly tone, decides to slam Dr. Wendell in the face with the ball and steal his perfect dentures instead.
* In the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween On Spooner Street]]" from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Lois tells off another mother of a child who stole Stewie's candy.

* ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'' shows that while ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} may be a [[HumanAlien Kryptonian]] FlyingBrick that could challenge Franchise/{{Superman}} in a fight, she still has to bow down to the authority of Martha "Ma" Kent.

The Almighty Mom can tell off anyone. ''Anyone''. From her own kids to army generals to an [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Elder Thing from Beyond]], you name it. It doesn't matter if she is severely outclassed by the object of her ire in every relevant way; her iron-willed personality '''''will''''' pound him/her/it into submission without her needing to lift a single finger. Don't get fresh, don't talk back, and if she wants it done, chances are it'll get done.

* This trope could be named after Peter's aunt May from ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', because she is often this trope:
** Aunt May does this to Tony Stark and Reed Richards in ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski Spider-Man: The Other]]'', when they want Peter to take more tests instead of going out with Mary Jane. The two most brilliant men in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse are no match for Aunt May's stern reprimand.

* The Southern Hero, [[ADogNamedDog Hero]], from ''Manga/DontCryMaouChan'' is a max-level powerhouse along with his party. His mother can outdo all of them at the same time without even paying attention despite looking like a stereotypical homemaker.

A SubTrope of MamaBear, and often a characteristic of the TeamMom, the JewishMother and the ApronMatron. Compare OneBadMother and NeverMessWithGranny for the older version. See also MyBelovedSmother, which this can often seem from the [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents embarrassed offspring's perspective]].

* While Margaret Beaufort is often portrayed as MyBelovedSmother, in truth, she was more similar to this trope. Henry VII was a ruthless and formidable king but loved and respected his mother deeply, awarding her privileges equal to that of a queen consort (his actual consort didn't seem to care much for politics) and listening to her advice.
* {{UsefulNotes/Genghis Khan}}/Temujin's mother Hoelun, who he counted as one of his closest advisers until her death and a badass well before her famous son began his exploits. After her husband Yesügei died their tribe wanted to abandon her and her children, so she shamed them into staying by taking to horseback with her husband's banner (which they considered his soul) and riding around them until they caved. The tribe then resorted to sneaking away during the night ''because they were so afraid of her''. And when her son grew up to be Khan she got word he was mistreating and imprisoning one of his brothers because a [[EvilChancellor scheming shaman]] had convinced him that this brother was a threat. Her reaction? Ride to his camp that very night, burst into his tent, untie said brother, sit down right across from a stunned Temujin and flash her breasts at him while she launched into an enormously colorful tirade where, among other things, she reminded him that both he and his brother had nursed from that same teat and he had better remember that. ''And he listened.''

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Abuelita Elena and Mama Imelda, the matrons of the Rivera household in the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead respectively, are effectively in charge of their households, refusing to take no for an answer and being ridiculously stubborn about their music-hating principles. This is deconstructed in that said stubborness leads to great pains for Miguel [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent when he tries to become a musician and he gets no help from his family]] and [[spoiler:it nearly gets Uncle Héctor killed DeaderThanDead]].

* Mrs. Molly Prewett-Weasley to everyone in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, except Harry whom she almost never criticizes. She's especially hard on her own children, but the members of the Order of the Phoenix know all about her wrath as well. Especially evident in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''; "Mrs. Weasley was marching across the yard, scattering chickens, and for a short, plump, kind-faced woman, it was remarkable how much she looked like a saber-toothed tiger." To wit, one of the most famous lines of the series--partially due to the PrecisionFStrike and partially due to its awesomeness...
-->'''Molly:''' Not my daughter, you ''bitch''!

* Inverted in the Literature/{{Discworld}} of Creator/AAPessimal. [[AmoralAfrikaner Johanna Smith-Rhodes]] is a teacher at the Assassins' Guild School. Time passes, and she becomes a mother of daughters. An older boy at the Guild School becomes enamoured of her oldest daughter. His friends desperately try to deter him from pursuing the romance, citing this very trope. They gloomily speculate about how long he's going to live. [[note]]Johanna actually quite likes him, and approves[[/note]]. Meanwhile her middle daughter becomes [[TykeBomb a student at the School]]. After she gets into a fight with older boys [[spoiler: Famke wipes the floor with them]], the boys involved are absolutely terrified that they've incurred the wrath of her mother. [[note: Johanna takes the point of view she cannot get involved as it wouldn't look good, and School discipline has handled the situation to her satisfaction. But she also realises the boys involved do not need to know this and she carries on in a normal professional everyday manner with them, leaving them absolutely terrified as to what her eventual retribution will be[[/note]]

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and related materials, Servants have Natural Enemies, people who are best suited to combat them. ''LightNovel/FateZero'' Rider's is his mother. Which fits his legend, actually: [[spoiler: Alexander the Great]] ''is'' historically remembered as a momma's boy.

* Helen Parr from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. When you cross a Female {{Superhero}} with a MamaBear you get someone who can make you eat your vegetables ''and'' literally make a parachute out of herself when your airplane is exploding.

* Mrs. Molly Prewett-Weasley to everyone in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, except Harry whom she almost never criticizes. She's especially hard on her own children, but the members of the Order of the Phoenix know all about her wrath as well. Especially evident in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''; "Mrs. Weasley was marching across the yard, scattering chickens, and for a short, plump, kind-faced woman, it was remarkable how much she looked like a saber-toothed tiger." To wit, one of the most famous lines of the series--partially due to the BreakingPointSwearing and partially due to its awesomeness...

* Mrs. Davis in ''Franchise/ToyStory''. She expects her kids to listen to her and pay attention to her. She doesn't want Andy or Molly leaving toys or other stuff on the floor, as shown when she steps on one of the Army men and kicks them away during Andy's birthday party. She doesn't want Andy to drive until he's 16. She also argues with her children, usually over little things.

* Mrs. Molly Prewett-Weasley to everyone in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, except Harry whom she almost never criticizes. She's especially hard on her own children, but the members of the Order of the Phoenix know all about her wrath as well. Especially evident in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''; "Mrs. Weasley was marching across the yard, scattering chickens, and for a short, plump, kind-faced woman, it was remarkable how much she looked like a saber-toothed tiger." To wit, one of the most famous lines of the series--partially due to the PrecisionFStrike and partially due to its awesomeness...

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Fluttershy can act like this towards her animals or monsters when she gets assertive. Her staring down a cockatrice while lecturing it(despite it ''[[TakenForGranite turning her to stone]]'' the whole time) as if she was its mother was an example.

*** Ultimate Aunt May takes it a step further post-Ultimatum when she not only takes in Johnny Storm and Bobby Drake (in addition to Gwen Stacy who'd been living with the Parkers for a while), she gets them into Peter's school and sets a moratorium on super-heroing unless she gives the boys permission. [[spoiler:And when Peter dies, she gives ''Captain America'' a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (complete with ArmorPiercingSlap) so strong that Steve Rogers (who was every bit as determined as he was an AdaptationalJerkass) decided to quit being a superhero for good (only returning to deal with 616!Galactus trying to eat the planet... which ended up being a DyingMomentOfAwesome).]]

* Mrs. Davis in ''Franchise/ToyStory''. She doesn't want Andy or Molly leaving toys or other stuff on the floor, as shown when she steps on one of the Army men and kicks them away during Andy's birthday party. She also argues with her children, usually over little things.

* Mrs. Davis in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. She doesn't want Andy or Molly leaving toys or other stuff on the floor, as shown when she steps on one of the Army men and kicks them away during Andy's birthday party. She also argues with her children, usually over little things.

Mrs. Davis in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. She doesn't want Andy or Molly leaving toys or other stuff on the floor, as shown when she steps on one of the Army men and kicks them away during Andy's birthday party.