Never Mess with Granny: Difference between revisions

** Eda Bell, better known as the Shang Wildcat from the [[Tamora Pierce]] ''Kel'' books. She teaches hand-to-hand combat to the pages.

{{quote|'''Eda:''' Some grandchildren need more raising than others, and I provide it.}}

* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''

** Neville's grandmother Augusta Longbottom in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Deathly Hallows]]''. A couple of Death Eater-controlled ministry thugs came to take her to try and threaten Neville into behaving himself at school. Her grandson put it best: "Dawlish is still in St. Mungo's and Gran's on the run." And she still showed up for the final battle.

** Molly Weasley may be a ''bit'' too young to qualify, but her oldest son is nearly thirty when she takes down Bellatrix so she's probably pretty close.

{{quote|[[Memetic Mutation|"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"]]}}

* In Daniel Pennac's novel ''La Fée Carabine'', a group of old ladies had been taught to use guns, which is somewhat unusual in Paris. And then there were the accidents....

* In the first of the ''[[Stephanie Plum]]'' books, Grandma's response to being kidnapped (and having her own and her granddaughter's life threatened) involves bullets. Quite a few bullets. She doesn't actually shoot anyone (her aim isn't the greatest), but she starts a fire that burns down the funeral home (she apparently didn't know that the crates stacked along the walls contained ammunition, explosives, etc., or if she knew, she didn't care).

'''Ridcully''': Yes.

'''Hughnon''': We have someone called Mrs. Cake. }}

* Another [[Terry Pratchett]] example is Granny Morkie from ''[[Nomes Trilogy|The Bromeliad]]''.

* ''[[Good Omens]]'': The title inspiring Agnes Nutter from ''The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter'', who knew she was going to be burned at the stake, ''packed her skirts with gunpowder and roofing nails'' (and pretty much controlled the plot of the whole book from a few hundred years ago).