"You were really strong Mom, being able to handle both work and home. So we thought to ourselves, that's the reason why you could use such power."
— Subaru Nakajima, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
"I promise I'll get stronger... strong like you, Meema!"
"GET OUT OF MY KITCHEN!"
— Mrs. Peltzer, Gremlins
Red Arrow: Should I be concerned over the obvious delight our daughter takes in the ultra-violence?
Cheshire: It's genetic.
Red Arrow: Great.
— Young Justice (2010), "Bloodlines"
She who faces Death by torture for each life beneath her breast
May not deal in doubt or pity — must not swerve for fact or jest.
These be purely male diversions — not in these her honour dwells.
She the Other Law we live by, is that Law and nothing else.
— "The Female of the Species," Rudyard Kipling
"Her name was Summer Rose, and she was, like... Super-Mom: Baker of cookies and slayer of giant monsters."
— Yang Xiao Long, RWBY
"Moms are tough."
— Nora Estheim, Final Fantasy XIII
Owain: A cold, relentless blade that slaughters everything in its path...That's my mother for you.
Lissa: Uh...what's so scary about little old me?
Lissa: Uh...what's so scary about little old me?