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:* Bart Simpson is proud to be America's Bad Boy, but he really does love his mom. Like in the ''[[World of Warcraft]]''-expy where he was a [[Dark Lord]] and protected his mother's character from goblins and even revived her. Then there's the real world where he's willing to defend his mother from an Ultimate Martial Artist.
:* Bart Simpson is proud to be America's Bad Boy, but he really does love his mom. Like in the ''[[World of Warcraft]]''-expy where he was a [[Dark Lord]] and protected his mother's character from goblins and even revived her. Then there's the real world where he's willing to defend his mother from an Ultimate Martial Artist.
:* A variant: in "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", the criminal Dwight's problems seem to stem largely from [[Parental Abandonment|being abandoned by his mother]] as a child. He latches onto Marge as a [[Parental Substitute]] after she shows him some compassion during a hostage situation and becomes hurt when Marge doesn't want to visit him in prison.
:* A variant: in "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", the criminal Dwight's problems seem to stem largely from [[Parental Abandonment|being abandoned by his mother]] as a child. He latches onto Marge as a [[Parental Substitute]] after she shows him some compassion during a hostage situation and becomes hurt when Marge doesn't want to visit him in prison.
:* Averted with Mr. Burns. He never forgave his mother after her affair with President Taft. On the other hand, he does get ''very angry'' with Homer later in the same episode for impersonating her, and at Smithers for putting him up to it.
:* Zigzagged with Mr. Burns. On one hand, he never forgave his mother after her affair with President Taft. On the other hand, he does get ''very angry'' with Homer later in the same episode for impersonating her, and at Smithers for putting him up to it.
:* Continuity regarding [[The Bully| Nelson's]] parents tends to vary, but he does tend to at least respect his mom, even though the one episode where she's part of the plot shows that she is a ''horrible'' parent. In one episode when Milhouse's parents divorce, Nelson actually sympathizes with him and is nearly brought to tears remembering his own mother's addiction. In a later episode, Nelson's dad picks him up and says he's taking him to Hooters, and Nelson is a little upset, saying, "Aw, I don't wanna bother mom at work!"
:* Continuity regarding [[The Bully| Nelson's]] parents tends to vary, but he does tend to at least respect his mom, even though the one episode where she's part of the plot shows that she is a ''horrible'' parent. In one episode when Milhouse's parents divorce, Nelson actually sympathizes with him and is nearly brought to tears remembering his own mother's addiction. In a later episode, Nelson's dad picks him up and says he's taking him to Hooters, and Nelson is a little upset, saying, "Aw, I don't wanna bother mom at work!"
:* Whether Krusty counts as "bad" or not is subjective, but he does seem to have a soft spot for his mom. In "Krusty Gets Kanceled" when it is revealed that [[Luke Perry]] is his "worthless half-brother" whom he hates, Perry convinces him to let him have a part on his special "for mom's sake". Also, he's close to his formerly estranged father, the entire plot of "Like Father, Like Clown" dealing with that.
* Shredder from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' was revealed to have a still-living mother on the show, whom he presumably loved but who really cramped his style. Possibly a subversion to the trope above: by the end of the episode he teleports her out of the Technodrome and back to her retirement home, then laughs triumphantly and with great relief.
* Shredder from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' was revealed to have a still-living mother on the show, whom he presumably loved but who really cramped his style. Possibly a subversion to the trope above: by the end of the episode he teleports her out of the Technodrome and back to her retirement home, then laughs triumphantly and with great relief.
** In the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|2003 series]], the [[Nightmare Fuel]]/[[Tear Jerker]] episode "Insane in the Membrane" focuses heavily on Baxter Stockman's loving memories of his dead mother.
** In the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|2003 series]], the [[Nightmare Fuel]]/[[Tear Jerker]] episode "Insane in the Membrane" focuses heavily on Baxter Stockman's loving memories of his dead mother.
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