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* The Boss in [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]] is an epic example of this trope. She acts as a surrogate mother to Naked Snake, [[spoiler: her son is Ocelot]], and she is feared and [[strike:respected]] feared by just about everyone, including [[CompleteMonster Colonel]] [[ShockAndAwe Volgin]]. At one point, he verbalizes how he's beginning to question the Boss's loyalty, and her stoic reaction makes him ''instantly'' shrink in fear. Later on when Snake is discovered, he and The Boss brawl only to have him lose, and when Volgin is about to shoot Snake in the head, The Boss retorts "You stay out of this!", grabs the gun out Volgin's hand, and ''beats the crap out of him''! For those of you who don't know, Volgin has the power of lightning and could instantly fry The Boss if he wanted to. For someone like him to back down says [[Understatement a lot]] about her reputation. She also has a habit of ripping up people's guns.

* Mrs. Weasley to pretty much everyone except Harry himself in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'', 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.

* Mrs. Weasley to pretty much everyone except ''HarryPotter'', 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.

The Almighty Mom can tell off anyone. ''Anyone''. From her own kids to army generals to supervillains, you name it. Don't get fresh, don't talk back, and if she wants it done, chances are it'll get done.

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* ''{{InuYasha}}'''s [[AloofBigBrother Sesshoumaru]] is a young [[{{Youkai}} youkai]], so [[HandicappedBadAss powerful]], so [[{{Determinator}} willful]], that even his father's allies [[{{Jerkass}} fear him]] and even the [[BigBad antagonist]] plots carefully before [[OneManArmy crossing paths with him]]. His [[TheUnfettered obsession]] with obtaining his [[TheHero younger brother's]] [[{{BFS}} sword]] is such a problem that it can't be resolved until after [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped direct intervention]] from his ''[[AlmightyMom mother]]''. Her ability to [[BreakTheHaughty put her wayward son in his place]] is [[TearJerker emotional]]. It's [[CruelToBeKind brutal]]. It's [[ToHellAndBack terrifying]]. It ''[[{{Badass}} works]]''.

* In RobertAHeinlein's ''The Cat Who Walks Through Walls'', the Moderator [Mayor] of Hong Kong Luna has our hero, Richard, under arrest when "Auntie" Washington arrives and manages to make them all just kids who have gotten together to praise Richard for his heroism. Naturally, they let Richard go rather than mess with Auntie.

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* Chi-Chi and, later, Bulma (pictured above) from ''DragonBallZ''. [[EducationMama Chi-Chi]]'s [[{{Tsundere}} vicious telling off]] of [[MamaBear anyone who mistreats or endangers her children]] had been a long RunningGag in the series, until she tried to do it to [[AxCrazy Majin]] [[OmnicidalManiac Buu]], [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath at which point it stops being funny]].
* ''[[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'s'' Delia Ketchum gets to be this in the third movie, ''[=~Pokémon 3~=]: Spell of the Unown'', when she stands up to Entei. It was a failed effort, but she gets points for trying.
* Partly invoked in the episode "Odd One Out" in the Halo anime. Two of the colonists on the planet claim "No one is stronger than Mama" as they and Spartan 1337 are about to face off against the Covenant warrior. At the end of the fight scene, the wreckage of the UNSC Frigate, which up to this point was just a background object, lights up and fires the Covenant into a Slipspace rupture. [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Mama was the frigate's AI.]]
* Miyako Sakuragawa's mother, Kyouko, from ''PrivatePrince''.

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* Chi-Chi and, later, Bulma from ''DragonBallZ''. [[EducationMama Chi-Chi]]'s vicious telling off of anyone who mistreats or endangers her children had been a long RunningGag in the series, until she tried to do it to [[AxCrazy Majin]] [[OmnicidalManiac Buu]], [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath at which point it stops being funny]].

* Partly invoked in the episode "Odd One Out" in the Halo anime. Two of the colonists on the planet claim "No one is stronger than Mama" as they and Spartan 1337 are about to face off against the Covenant warrior. At the end of the fight scene, the wreckage of the UNSC Frigate, which up to this point was just a background object, lights up and fires the Covenant into a Slipspace rupture. [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Mama was the frigate's AI.]]

The Almighty Mom can tell off anyone. Anyone. From her own kids to army generals to supervillains, you name it. Don't get fresh, don't talk back, and if she wants it done, chances are it'll get done.

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* The Boss in [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]] is an epic example of this trope. She acts as a surrogate mother to Naked Snake, [[spoiler: her son is Ocelot]], and she is feared and [[strike:respected]] feared by just about everyone, including [[CompleteMonster Colonel]] [[ShockAndAwe Volgin]]. At one point, he verbalizes how he's beginning to question the Boss's loyalty, and her stoic reaction makes him ''instantly'' shrink in fear. Later on when Snake is discovered, he and The Boss brawl only to have him lose, and when Volgin is about to shoot Snake in the head, The Boss retorts "You stay out of this!", grabs the gun out Volgin's hand, and ''beats the crap out of him''! For those of you who don't know, Volgin has the power of lightning and could instantly fry The Boss if he wanted to. For someone like him to back down says [[Understatement a lot]] about her reputation. She also has a habit of ripping up people's guns.
* Macha from ''ChronoCross'' is this for the few moments that she has time to actually display a personality.

* Macha from ''ChronoCross'' is this for the few moments that she has time to actually display a personality.

* [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Delia Ketchum]] gets to be this in the third movie, ''Spell of the Unown'', when she stands up to Entei. It was a failed effort, but she gets points for trying.

* The Boss in [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]] is an contender. She acts as a surrogate mother to Naked Snake, [[spoiler: her son is Ocelot]], and she is feared and [[strike:respected]] feared by just about everyone, including [[CompleteMonster Colonel]] [[ShockAndAwe Volgin]]. At one point, he verbalizes how he's beginning to question the Boss's loyalty, and her stoic reaction makes him ''instantly'' shrink in fear. Later on when Snake is discovered, he and The Boss brawl only to have him lose, and when Volgin is about to shoot Snake in the head, The Boss retorts "You stay out of this!", grabs the gun out Volgin's hand, and ''beats the crap out of him''! For those of you who don't know, Volgin has the power of lightning and could instantly fry The Boss if he wanted to. For someone like him to back down says [[Understatement a lot]] about her reputation. She also has a habit of ripping up people's guns.

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** I also recall her telling off the Scorpion for being impolite. "I don't much care for that awful Spider-Man, but at least ''he'' is polite!" Complete with finger-waggle.

* How could Bianca Reyes from BlueBeetle not be on this list? She told off her son for getting into a fight with Guy Gardner, and then followed it up by yelling at ''Guy''.

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'''Boss:''' "Okay, then."
-->-- ''ThatSeventiesShow'', ''"Eric's Burger Job"''

->''"She is still my daughter. And she DOES NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION!" ''
-->-- '''Nita's mom''' tells it to {{Satan}}, ''YoungWizards''.

Subtrope of MamaBear, and often a characteristic of the TeamMom. Compare OneBadMother. See also MyBelovedSmother, which this can often seem from the embarassed offspring's perspective.

Subtrope of MamaBear, and often a characteristic of the TeamMom. Compare OneBadMother.