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== Video Games ==

* Dr. Catherine Halsey of ''[[Halo]]'', creator of the [[Super Soldier|SPARTAN-II]] program, was much of a mother figure towards the [[Tyke Bomb|Spartan children]] while at the same time administering the augmentations that killed or permanently disabled most of them. Worthy of note, however, is that her motherly treatment of them when not subjecting them to painful augmentations is believed to be a major contributor to the emotional stability of the SPARTAN-IIs compared to the SPARTAN-IIIs. She's also the mental template for the "smart" AI Cortana.

** Things get a little weird when Cortana tells Halsey that she thinks John (Master Chief) is attractive. Halsey realizes that this means that John is her type too since Cortana is based on Halsey's thought patterns.

* Lemon Browning of ''[[Super Robot Taisen]] [[Original Generation]] 2'' generally treats her androids as tools, albeit valuable ones. But when Lamia starts to develop human emotions and betrays her to save the protagonists, she starts to act like a proud mother, and even helps Lamia escape captivity. {{spoiler|This is because Lemon is an android herself, and was rejected by her own parents for not being a suitable [[Replacement Goldfish|replacement for their dead daughter]].}}

* [[Fallout: New Vegas]] has Dr. Whitley, the inventor of ED-E. Despite being an [[The Empire|Enclave]] scientist, it was clear that Whitley cared deeply for his creations and protested heavily against having ED-E scrapped to make Power Armor. In the end, he sent ED-E to [[Fallout 2|Navarro]] (unaware that it's been razed at this point) {{spoiler|and was likely killed by the [[Fallout 3|Lone Wanderer]].}}

 

== Web Comics ==