History Main / IWantMyMommy

* At the beginning of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/52083598/chapters/131726215#workskin The Candygirl]]'', after realizing that her arm is permanently gone, [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Cree]] begs for her parents.

* Kaido's response to having his Blast Breath [[CatchAndReturn reflected back at him]] by [[spoiler: Gear 5 Luffy]] in the dub is to say "Mommy..." in an unusually high voice.

* During WWE's Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness storyline, Wrestling/TheUndertaker kidnaps Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon via the NotMyDriver Trope. Stephanie screams for her dad Wrestling/VinceMcMahon while being driven away.

Not to be confused with that UsefulNotes/Atari2600 video game.

'''Coachman:''' And what might your name be?\\

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmfV5VLHvs#t=00m26s This happens with the kids turned into donkeys.]]

** Lampwick also breaks down into this as his last words before he fully turns into a donkey and loses his humanity.

* Bebop in the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' will cry out "Mamaaaaa!" often during a bad situation.

* Natsuki in ''Anime/MyLittleGoat'' understandably begins screaming for his mother once [[spoiler:''his own father'' [[ParentalIncest starts sexually assaulting him]]]].
* [[FieryRedhead Asuka]] [[HotBlooded Langley]] [[{{Tsundere}} Soryu]] of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fame has a tendency to do this, especially towards the end of the story during her TraumaCongaLine. In a particularly brutal instance, she calls out for an already-dead father figure.

* ''Anime/PrettyCure''

* A young Kida at the very beginning of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', when her mother the Queen is being sacrificed by the Heart of Atlantis crystal due to her RoyalBlood as a futile attempt to save Atlantis from being destroyed by a tidal wave [[spoiler: her own husband caused due to him abusing the crystal's power by weaponizing it.]] Unsurpisingly enough, the Queen dies and Atlantis is still sunk anyway.
-->'''Young Kida''': Mahtim! MAHTIM!!! (literally Atlantean for "Mother! MOTHER!!!)
* The ending of ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': [[spoiler:After it seems like Elinor is going to remain a bear forever, [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody and lose the last remaining shred of her humanity]],]] Merida completely breaks down and apologises for everything that lead up to this -- and sobs "I want you back, Mummy!" She gets better thanks to this, luckily.

* Done just after the climax of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' by [[spoiler:the ghost of Agatha, the 10-year-old "witch" that was the town's claim to fame and the cause of its curse, after Normal helps her realise that the only thing she really wanted was to see her mother again after the townspeople separated them]].

* In the third installment of ''Film/{{Descendants}}'', a spelled Audrey torments Chad, then leaves him traumatized, locked in a closet, and curled in a [[TroubledFetalPosition fetal position]]. When the others find him and rescue him, he speaks this trope word for word.

* When a tank is shot and bursts into flames in ''Film/Fury2014'', the commander comes out of the hatch, on fire, screaming for his father.
* Discussed in ''Film/GoneBabyGone'', with Captain Doyle talking about [[MyGreatestFailure the pain and the regret]] he feels over his only child's brutal murder several years prior and how he believes that [[TearJerker her last words were calling out for him to save her, only for him never to be able to come]].

* In the film ''Film/InLoveAndWar1996'', Creator/SandraBullock's character, a Red Cross nurse in WWI Italy, says that Italian men "respect their wives. They spoil their mistresses. But the only women they love are their mothers." We immediately cut to an Italian soldier screaming for his mother as he dies horribly on the battlefield.

* In ''Film/ALittlePrincess1995'', one of the youngest girls at the boarding school, Lottie, throws routine fits and cries out for her mother. While the others just let her have her fits, Sara, who is trying to do her studies, asks her to stop, only to find out from Lottie that her mother is [[spoiler:dead. Sara then tells her that her own mother is dead, too, along with [[DeathByChildbirth her baby sister]], and then comforts her by explaining what a beautiful and happy place heaven is and how they're at peace]], which cheers the younger girl up to the point where she doesn't throw another fit again in the whole film, except one which is used as a distraction.

* Katherine from ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' does this when she's trapped in a serial killer's basement well. She sobs and cries "I wanna see my mommy!"
* In the climax of ''Film/{{Skinamarink}}'', the four-year-old Kevin finds himself trapped with a malevolent entity, with one shot [[GoryDiscretionShot displaying blood splashing onto the carpet as we vaguely hear what sounds like Kevin screaming]], before the film suddenly reverses and the stains disappear. Following this is a single silent subtitle: "mommy".

* In one of the few {{TearJerker}} scenes from ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', Arthur faints upon learning Earth has been destroyed and wakes up sobbing for his mother.

* After the villain of the ''Series/{{Decoy}}'' episode "Ladies' Man" is shot, he screams for his girlfriend Maggie to help him. When she doesn't come, he starts calling her by [[WrongNameOutburst his ex-wife Lois's name]], then "Ma".

* In an episode of ''Series/OnceAndAgain'', when Jessie finds out that [[spoiler:her mother Karen has been hit by a car]], she lets out a piercing scream of "Mommy!".

* In the ''Series/SoWeird'' episode "Twin", after Fiona and her aunt chase after what they believe is a message from her father, Fi is horrified to discover that it was a trap from a dark entity from the other side. While Jack and her aunt try to break down the door of the roof, the entity pushes Fi off the side of the building during, which she in tears cries out "Help, Mom, I'm gonna fall!" Something Molly is somehow able to hear, despite her being on the other side of the city in the middle of a session. Likewise, Molly is able to somehow also intuit her husband's spirit saving their daughter from falling to her death.

* Discussed in "[[Recap/TheWestWingS01E10InExcelsisDeo In Excelsis Deo]]", an episode of ''Series/TheWestWing''. Charlie notices that Mrs. Landingham has been depressed during the holidays, and she explains that they remind her of her twin sons, who were killed in Vietnam on Christmas Eve in 1970. She mentions how painful it must have been for them:

* Many soldiers in ''VideoGame/RedOrchestra2HeroesOfStalingrad'' will cry out for their mothers as they lie dying on the ground, usually terrified and sometimes crying.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rengoku}}'': In the second game Mars calls out for his mother before disintegrating, saying he can finally sleep.

* After Walter traps Maggie in his wires in ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', when he asks if she has any last words, she cries that she wants her mother. [[spoiler:This breaks Walter's brainwashing long enough for him to free Maggie, trap himself in his wires, admit that he's Maggie's father, and apologize for putting her through this. She in her turn refuses to leave him after finding out that he's her father, even after the brainwashing kicks back in and he threatens her.]]
* The page image is provided by Lizzie from ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'', whimpering only [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/294 "mommy"]] as she's about to fall out of a collapsing [[AirVentPassageway air vent]].
* Done strikingly at the end of Chapter 44 of ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}''. [[spoiler:Sarv'swati, who has lost ''[[BreakTheHaughty everything]]'' in the course of the District War, undergoes a complete VillainousBreakdown in the Sharen palace, which is minutes away from capture by the Sarghress forces. In her rage, she attempts to tear a way through the collapsed corridor to her mother's throne room -- the very corridor she so [[SelfMadeOrphan gleefully destroyed]] thirty-one years earlier.]] Failing, she screams and collapses on the ground, whimpering to herself.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', during the episode "Mystery Dungeon," [[MommyIssues Lemongrab]] cries out "Mommy!" as a giant monster is squeezing out all of his juice.
* The aunt variant also happens in {{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}} of all shows. In the episode ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock'', Skippy does this just as the social worker is about to take him to a foster home.
-->'''Skippy''': "I don't want to go, I want my Aunt Slappy!"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "Lost Soul," recently-deceased tech magnate Robert Vance has managed to survive his death (maybe) thanks to BrainUploading and plans to get back to the real world by replacing his grandson's mind, attempting to kill Batman in the process for getting in his way. At the climax of the episode, Terry manages to get the data comprising his consciousness deleted. As he does, Vance very rapidly mentally regresses to an infant state, and the last thing he says before he's permanently deleted is to call out for his mother.

** In "The Tiger Family Babysits," Teddy and Leo Platypus cry about wanting their Mama, Dr. Platypus after she goes away for a business trip. Fortunately, Daniel and his little sister Margaret are there to play a game with them to help calm them down.
** In "[[BigStormEpisode A Storm in the Neighborhood]]," after the lights go out at the Tiger family house, Katerina Kittycat shouts "I want my mommy, [[VerbalTic meow meow!]]" That's easy enough, as Mom Kittycat came over with her.

* In the "Baby Gator" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'', the baby alligator Nipper cries "I want my mama!" after Kwazii tries to get him above water because salt water isn't good for him, only for seagulls try to snap him up as a snack.

* In an example that is dramatic for an entirely different reason, in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', Rhino calls out for his mom as a result of delirium caused by the steam around over-heating and his face being the only place he could sweat from. Spidey takes the opportunity to pretend to be Rhino's mother and ask who his boss is. The drama comes from Spider-Man learning that the crime boss, the Big Man of Crime, is none other than Tombstone aka L. Thompson Lincoln. It cements Spidey's war on crime and him realizing there's a much bigger picture.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has the father-variant. In the episode 'Adventures in Light Distortion', Steven and the Gems set off on a mission to [[spoiler: save Greg after he's been kidnapped by Blue Diamond]]. Most of the episode is quite funny, but when Steven [[spoiler: accidentally switches off the gravity engine in the [[FasterThanLightTravel Roaming Eye]], causing the bodies of the Gems to get dragged behind the ship, and Steven's body to get pinned to the chair, panic ensues. And when on top of that, the ship warns it's about to crash into the Zoo at top speed,]] he breaks down crying.

* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'', the intimidating, [[PaperTiger seemingly powerful]] D an G cries for his mother in pain when he falls for Anasui's trap, revealing his true cowardly self. That being said, said trap caused him to get his arm impaled by Guccio's ribs, making this an example that straddles the line between comedic and dramatic uses of this trope.

* Uttered by Morgana at the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'' after King Triton freezes her inside a solid block of ice which is tossed back into the ocean.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', during the operation scene, upon seeing the increasingly painful operating tools the doctor calls for, Wilbur cries "Mother!".

* Synonamess Botch when he thinks he's about to be hit [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by one of his nightmare bombs]] in ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime''. "It's too much to bear! I want my blankie! I want my mommy!"
* When Music/TheBeatles all turn into children in ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', Ringo starts crying, and whimpers, "I want me mam!".[[note]]In [[RealitySubtext real life]], Music/RingoStarr was [[MommasBoy very close with his mother]].[[/note]]

* These are the Captain's last words in ''Film/{{Hook}}'' before he's eaten by the crocodile. The film is a thematic exploration of growing up and the relationship between children and their parents during the process, with Hook shown to have the body of an old man but the childish mentality of everyone else in Neverland.

* Security Officer Felix (played by Creator/GWBailey) cries this at the end of ''Film/{{Mannequin}}'' as he is being hauled away during his VillainousBreakdown, since nobody would believe that the woman that Switcher rescued from the shredder was a dummy.
* Skull screams this when he and Bulk skydive out of a plane in the beginning of ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie''.

* It precedes a serious case of MoodWhiplash, but in ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', one of the new inmates breaks down and begins crying for his mother. One of the veteran inmates calls back with "[[YourMom I've]] ''[[YourMom had]]'' [[YourMom your mother]]! She wasn't that great!" Then TheDragon shows up and proceeds to bash in his skull for being such a wimp.

* PlayedForDrama in ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' where Jiang Cheng suffered a breakdown after witnessing [[spoiler: his parents' corpses being disrespected by the Wen clan]] and lashed out against Wei Wuxian and blamed him for [[spoiler: incurring the Wen clan's wrath and causing them to target and raze Lotus Pier to the ground.]] Once he calmed down a bit, Jiang Cheng broke down into tears and screamed that he wanted his parents.

* PlayedForDrama in the ''Series/BreakingBad'' episode "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E14Ozymandias Ozymandias]]"; Walt, [[spoiler:after seeing that Skyler and Walt Jr. are now terrified of him, kidnaps Holly and takes her to a gas station. After he changes her diaper in a restroom, Holly [[BabysFirstWord says her first word]]: "Mama". Realizing that even his daughter now fears him, Walt has Holly delivered back to Skyler. Incidentally, this was [[ThrowItIn unscripted]]: Holly's actress called for her mother (who was off-camera) and Creator/BryanCranston went along with it.]]
* One of the many, many running gags in ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' is Quico calling out for "¡MAMÁ!" whenever Don Ramón hurts him (or even not) in some way. This usually, but not always, leads into the gag where Doña Florinda slaps Don Ramón, etc.

* Bulk and Skull (again) in an episode of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':

* When ''Series/MrBean'' is taking an exam that he is about to fail, he sobs and cries out "Mommy!" [[spoiler: However, there are ''two'' exams to be taken that day: one envelope has a Calculus exam, which he accidentally opens and thinks is his test, and the other has a Trigonometry exam, which he ''did'' study for and doesn't see at first.]]
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': On the Season 34 episode hosted by Creator/JonHamm, there was a sketch in which Creator/JamesMason (played by Jon Hamm) insults a little boy's sailor Halloween costume. The little boy whines, "You're mean! I want my mommy!" Mason replies with a suggestive, "That makes two of us!"

* On an episode of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' where Quark, Rom, and Nog get sent back in time to Area 51 circa 1950's, Rom gets upset and calls out for his "Moogie" (the Ferengi word for mother).

* Link Hogthrob does this on more than one occasion in ''Series/TheMuppetShow'''s reoccurring "Pigs in Space" sketch:

%%* Newton in ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet3'' does one. Well, he ends up yelling '''"PAPAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"''' instead of mommy. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; what causes him to do it?)

* [[Franchise/StarFox Star Wolf's]] Andrew Oikonny calls for his Uncle Andross as he's shot down on Fichina or Bolse in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', shot down by an Aparoid in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'', and shot down during Sector B's space battle alongside Sector A's Meddlesome Mercs mission in ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero''.
* A ''Battle Droid'' of all things in ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'' might shout "Mommy!" whenever you throw a grenade at them.

* Geld, the final boss of ''VideoGame/ViolentStorm'', gives a big "MAAAMAAAAAAA..." when defeated.

* If you fall a great distance in ''VideoGame/DeepRockGalactic'', your dwarf might call out for their mommy before they hit the ground.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'' episode "[[Recap/AaahhRealMonstersS1E01TheSwitchingHour The Switching Hour]]":

* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' by [[NeverLiveItDown the joke that Binky steals]]. "What did King Tut say when the Sphinx scared him? [[{{Pun}} I want my mummy!]]"

* During ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'''s "The Great Parent Mystery", Dog looks around in a tree full of fire ants and exits through a branch along with Cat heavily burning and saying this until they fall down a river.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesMetalAttraction Metal Attraction]]", Gizmoduck solemnly squirms "Mother" when he sees that Robotica is mad at him for dumping her.
* On ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', both Sarah ''and'' Eddy have a StockScream of "Mommy!" whenever they're in a bad situation.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS6E4And5StewieKillsLoisAndLoisKillsStewie Stewie Kills Lois]]", right after [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Stewie kills Lois]], he trips and bangs his knee. He immediately begins crying for his mommy, [[BlackComedy whom he has just killed]].

* In the ''Literature/HarryAndHisBucketFullOfDinosaurs'' episode "Circus", Taury exclaims "Mummy!" when his clown bicycle starts to fall apart.

** Wile E. Coyote does this once, too. His failed attempt at [[ItMakesSenseInContext riding a rocking horse while wielding a lasso]] results in him standing tied up on some railroad tracks with a train incoming. He promptly [[TalkingWithSigns holds up a tiny sign]] that reads: "mommy".

** Again with Mr. Krabs: He cries and screams this when the Flying Dutchman threatens to send him to Davy Jones's Locker in the episode [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E16BornAgainKrabsIHadAnAccident Born Again Krabs]]. This display of cowardice is so pitiful that the Flying Dutchman decides to give Mr. Krabs a second chance out of annoyance.

* In the second half of the bookend miniseries of ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusadeVertigo'', Oliver Mitchell states that he wants his mummy after seeing Maxine Baker and the legions of animals accompanying her.

* A young Kida at the very beginning of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', when her mother the Queen is being sacrificed by the Heart of Atlantis crystal due to her RoyalBlood as a futile attempt to save Atlantis from being destroyed by a tidal wave [[spoiler: her own husband caused due to him abusing the crystal's power by weaponizing it.]] Unsurpisingly, enough the Queen dies and Atlantis is still sunk anyway.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzmU1EC8yNQ "Caught my wife cheating with my assistant..."]]: Hiroshi told his assistant he was worried about his wife Fumina cheating on him and his private investigator's failure. When the man expressed amazement at the PI getting caught by Fumina, this is when Hiroshi discovered the affair as he never mentioned the PI getting caught. What's more, the man turned out to be a PI himself, sent by Fumina to spy on Hiroshi. Therefore, Hiroshi sent another PI after the assistant.
** [[https://youtu.be/NyMVKYB5NNU?si=Fj5-cinE5d-kd_qr "After I came home from work, I found that our place had been ransacked…"]]: When Hiroshi confronts Runo for cheating on him after the police showed him footage of her lover running out of the house, she denies having met a guy with a high-pitched voice, which ends up telling on her as Hiroshi didn't mention how did the guy sound.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgESf6JZmAo "My wife went on holiday with her lover, so I decided to follow them"]]: After Jinan called the cops on Kazuma before he could tailgate Hiroshi, the former begged that he'd be fined if arrested for dangerous driving. When the police take it as a sign he had something he didn't want them to see, Hiroshi's cheating wife, Ichika, complained it would be an invasion of their privacy if they looked at their phones. However, this ends up worsening things for the lovebirds as the cops didn't mention looking at their phones. As a result, they found nude photos of Ichika while searching Kazuma's phone, giving Hiroshi the necessary evidence to sue both cheaters.