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* Sachiko Yagami of ''[[Death Note]]'', which makes [[Break the Cutie|her situation at the end]] [[The Woobie|all the more heartbreaking.]]

* The ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] Comics A la Carte'' official anthology book has the one-shot comic "[[Has Two Mommies|2nd Mother's Day]]", which portrayed Fate as this.

'''Nanoha''': Fate-chan, you're disturbing the neighbors. }}

* Mrs. Katsura of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', as Hinagiku's foster mother, is often seen acting this way. She's probably the first one who adopted Hayate into their family, despite Hinagiku just being a leading member of Hayate's [[Unwanted Harem|unnoticed harem]], and actually tells him to resist her attacks when she's probably the only young woman who hasn't taken any action towards him.

* Beth Jarrett accuses her husband Calvin of doting unhealthily upon their son Conrad in the novel/TheFilmoftheBook ''Ordinary People'', claiming he indulges his every whim and treats him like a child. While Calvin is a little overprotective, it only bothers Beth because Conrad is [[The Unfavorite]] and she can't bear to show him affection after the death of her beloved firstborn.

* In [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Sylvie and Bruno]]'', the Sub-Warden's wife toward Uggug.

* Roald Dahl spends the first several paragraphs of ''[[Matilda]]'' sticking it to this type of parent, and suggests increasingly creative ways for a teacher to inform them that their little darling isn't as wonderful as they think. However, he does note that doting parents are on the whole preferable to the neglectful kind, offering up the Wormwoods as a case in point.