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The [['''Team Mom]]''' is frequently shipped with the [[Team Dad]], for obvious reasons.

* Brock from the ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' anime is a [[Rare Male Example]].

* Another male example is the male [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] Oishi Shuichiro of ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'' -- Vice—Vice-captain of Seigaku's tennis team, he is often nicknamed "Mother Hen of Seigaku" by his teammates for his motherly nature. In the parody where the teammates are portrayed as a large extended family, he gets to be the mother, predictably.

** Jackal Kuwahara from Rikkai also is the [[Team Mom]]. More specifically, he's often asked to take care of his [[Bratty Half -Pint]] ''[[Senpai Sempai-Kohai|kouhai]]'' Akaya Kirihara.

* Nami of ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', although she's a particularly selfish example. This ended when Robin pretty much took over the role of [[Team Mom]] over time, even managing to mother Nami herself. [[Word of God]] even says as much, although sometimes she seems more like a [[Cool Big Sis|Team Big Sis]].

* Fai is not only frequently referred to as the team mom in ''[[Tsubasa]]'' but makes sure everyone knows Kurogane's the [[Team Dad]], too. (Muchmuch to [[Tsundere|Kurogane's]] disgust and the [[Yaoi Fangirl|Yaoi Fangirls]]s' delight.).

** In the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', we have both White Base helmswoman Mirai Yashima and Lieutenant Matilda Ajan. Mirai's place as [[Team Mom]] is [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledged in canon]] when [[Ace Pilot]] Sleggar tells Cameron Bloom that he should respect Mirai's wishes, since she's the mother of the White Base {{spoiler|and is confirmed when she gets involved with Bright, the [[Team Dad]]}}. Frau Bow also was a bit of a Team Mom, though younger and more childish than the other two.

** In ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'', Mirai is succeeded by [[Action Girl|AEUG female pilots]] Emma Sheen and Reccoa Londo ( {{spoiler|though the latter has a [[Face Heel Turn]]}}). The [[Team Mom]] torch is then passed on [[Chinese Girl]] Fa Yuiri in ''Gundam ZZ'', and to [[Ace Pilot]] Marvette Fingerhut in ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Anime)|Victory Gundam]]''. {{spoiler|Who is actually pregnant with ''her'' child at the end of the series. Too bad the baby's father, Oliver Inoue, had already been killed through [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}

** If we go to AU Gundams, [[G Gundam]] sometimes places [[Hot Scientist|Rain Mikamura]] in this role.

** In [[Gundam Wing]] we have [[Action Girl|Action Girls]]s Lucrezia Noin and Sally Po, as well as circus girl Catherine Bloom. They're joined by {{spoiler|the no-longer psychotic Lady Une}} in ''Endless Waltz'', and by {{spoiler|the [[Older and Wiser]] Hilde Schbeiker}} in the ''Frozen Teardrop'' novels.

** Murrue Ramius was not just [[The Captain]], but also Team Mom for the ''Archangel's'' teenaged pilots and [[Bridge Bunnies]] in ''[[Gundam Seed]]''. Her [[Number Two|second-in-command]] [[Sergeant Rock|Natarle Badgiruel]] wasn't too happy with this, but Murrue's example nevertheless prompted Natarle to act as a [[Team Mom]] to [[Fallen Princess]] Fllay Alster when she became ''her'' bridge bunny in the ''Dominion''.

** {{spoiler|Leesa Kujoh aka}} Sumeragi Lee Noriega from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' pretty much fits this to a T, in addition to her role as the the captain of Ptolemaios.

* Sakura Kakei from ''[[Get BackersGetBackers]]'', who is the [[Team Mom]] for several street gangs she's joined.

* The [[Team Mom]] in ''[[Wa gaGa Na waWa Umishi]]'' is more like the team grandpa, old Gramp. Without him there's a better than 80% chance that the rest of Nanba Salvage would have killed each other by now.

* Shamal from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha AsA's]]''. Notable in that she's the [[Team Mom]] of the ''[[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]''...at least, that's how they start out.

** The Psychic Assassins arc gives us Mai, the [[Team Mom]] for the ''[[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]''.

* Yuka, Kouta's cousin from ''[[Elfen Lied]]''. [[Lampshaded]] in the anime, where she's sometimes referred to as the "mother" of the group.

* [[The Medic|Megumi]] [[Noblewoman's Laugh|Takani]] from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''.

* Chrono sometimes falls into this role in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]''--humorously—humorously so, considering he's [[The One Guy|only male member]] of his group and [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|appears to be much younger]] than he really is. Fiore also seems to take on this role for the villain's group. {{spoiler|After Mary Magdalene, anyway.}}

* Colonel Volcott from ''[[Galaxy Angel (Animeanime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' takes on this role even though [[Gender Flip|he's a guy]]. Since it's played for comedy, he completely fails at being a [[Team Mom]], and ends up being more of a 'team maid' doing all the menial chores.

** Polaris Hilda was the [[Team Mom]] for the whole Ansgard, until she was brainwashed into becoming the [[Dark Messiah]]. {{spoiler|She gets better.}}

* On her most focused days, Midori Sugiura from ''[[MaiMy-HiME]]'' fills this role.

* Yukine of ''[[Clannad (Visualvisual Novelnovel)|Clannad]]'', who plays this role for {{spoiler|both her brother's gang and their rival gang}}.

* Tea Gardner/Anzu Mazaki from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!''

* Mamori Anezaki from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''. She even manages to (sort of) mother [[Magnificent Bastard|Hiruma]], machine guns and all.

** What's more, her affection for Sena is ''explicitly'' maternal in nature.

** Also, Tsubasa's mother Natsuko (''specially'' in the first tournament arc) and Hyuga's manager Kaori Matsumoto.

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' has a male and two females in the [[Team Mom]] role. The male is Antonio/Spain, who raises Lovino/South Italy almost on his own. The females are Elizaveta/Hungary (who starts as Feliciano/North Italy's [[Cool Big Sis]] and is promoted to [[Team Mom]] when she marries [[Team Dad]] Roderich/Austria) and Ukraine (who is less lucky since her younger siblings are ''both'' [[Yandere|Yanderes]]s)

*** He's more of a [[Team Dad]], arguably. China fits better as [[Team Mom]], and even more if we consider his relationships with the other Asians.

* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' we have two. Kyoko Honda nee Katsunuma (a rare loner example, who {{spoiler|because of her past she recruits quite the [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]], including her own daughter after her future husband, Honda Katsuya, healed her with the [[Power of Love]]}}) and Kyouko's daughter Honda Tohru (a more traditional example, who also heals and held the [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] together with the [[Power of Love]]).

* Isabella Yamamoto in ''[[Paradise Kiss]]''..., who's actuallyalso a [[Transsexualtransgender]] example.

** Under "normal circumstances", Misato's [[Hot Scientist]] best friend Ritsuko Akagi would be a secondary [[Team Mom]], and in fact she ''does'' fill in during the more light-hearted first part of the series and even manages to mother Misato herself... but you said that already, [[Dysfunction Junction|this]] [[There Are No Therapists|is]] [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]]

*** The closest thing ''Evangelion'' has to a [[Team Mom]] in actuality is probably ''Shinji''. [[You Suck|God it sucks to be Shinji]]

* In ''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]'', Jet Black is an odd masculine [[Cool Old Guy]] male version of this trope. Though he has plenty of [[Badass]] moments, he is very much the Team Mom in domestic concerns aboard the Bebop, especially when it comes to feeding the crew. He's also a good example of a [[Team Dad]] as well, particularly when it comes to Spike and Faye.

* Kagome Higurashi in [[Inuyasha]]. As [[The Chick]] ''and'' [[The Lancer]] in the [[Five-Man Band]], she keeps [[The Hero]] in line ("SIT, BOY!"), acts like the [[Tagalong Kid]]'s [[Parental Substitute]], offers [[The Big Guy|The Big Girl]] moral support ''and'' [[Shipper Onon Deck|ships her with]] [[The Smart Guy]].

* Farnese becomes this in ''[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]'', as Casca's caretaker and because of her willingness to take care of everyone's basic needs.

* [[Nana|Nana "Hachi" Komatsu]], who is usually the childish one in most of her relationships, is actually quite motherly towards the members of Blast (with the exception of {{spoiler|Yasu}}, who is this type of character too), even before {{spoiler|she finds out she's pregnant}}. Afterwards, it only increases especially in regard to {{spoiler|her taking care of Nana O. after Ren's death}} in the current story arc. {{spoiler|Shin}} even starts referring to her as his mother.

** If the various flashbacks are any indication, Alebreio Imma was [[Team Mom]] for Ala Rubra with Konoe Eishun serving as [[Team Dad]].

* In ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'', Setsuna/Pluto fits this role as a mediator between the idealistic Inner Senshi and the pragmatic Outer Senshi.

** Even ''Luna the Cat'' has the [[Team Mom]] ball on her kitten back more than once, ''specially'' towards Usagi since she lives with her.

* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' has two ''[[Gender -Inverted Trope|male ]]''[[Gender -Inverted Trope|examples]]. Kotetsu tries to "mother" his partner Barnaby and make sure he eats properly {{spoiler|(somewhat ironic considering the fact that Barnaby's an orphan)}}, but ends up being more successful in the case of Ivan, Pao-Lin and Karina. The other "mom", Nathan, is more than happy to listen to his fellow superheroes' woes -- lendingwoes—lending helpful and worldly advice whenever possible.

* Ayako Matsuzaki in ''[[Ghost Hunt (Manga)|Ghost Hunt]]'', with Bou-san as [[Team Dad]].

* Karen Kasumi from [[X 1999]], with Seiichiro Aoki as the [[Team Dad]].

* Himari Takakura from [[Mawaru Penguindrum (Anime)|Mawaru Penguindrum]], despite being the youngest of the Takakura household. Not to mention, she mothers ''penguins'' around too.

* Ibuki of [[Asu no Yoichi]] fits this to a T, as a natural result of [[Promotion to Parent]] after [[Parental Abandonment|thier parents left her and her sisters alone as children.]]

* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', Rey tries to fulfil this role, being the cook, [[The Heart]], and the mediator, but occasionally fails thanks to his [[Foil]] Gai, who is good at bringing out his immature side.

* Susan Storm from the ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'', both literally ''and'' figuratively, as she has two young children of her own.

* Many [[X -Men|X-Women]] have fallen into this trope, most famously Jean Grey, but also Storm and, most recently, Emma Frost.

* The absent-minded cleric Piffany provides the moral center for the group in ''[[Nodwick]]'' (she's also [[The Medic]]). Her status as a likable, [[The Ditz|ditzy]] [[Purity Sue]] ([[Word of God|by canon!]]) has her teammates be able to identify who the truly evil people in the setting are by them being mean to her. Gods save you from these [[Sociopathic Hero|Sociopathic Heroes]]es ''if you make her cry.''

* When Robin, Superboy, and Impulse first started out as [[Young Justice (Comic Bookcomics)|Young Justice,]] Robin remarked with disgust that they were acting more like Impulse's parents than his teammates. To which Superboy responded "Whoa, hey! I am not the mom, okay? I am NOT the mom!"

* Of all people, Vexen is completely this in ''[[Fill the Moon (Fanfic)|Fill the Moon]];'' he basically raised the incredibly dysfunctional [[Badass Family]] that was the Apprentices during their time in Radiant Garden, and continues to do so after they all become Nobodies. Once the Organization's ranks begin to swell, he manages to accept the others as surrogate children. {{spoiler|Well, except for Marluxia, but he's his lover.}}

* In "post-rescue" ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Animation)|Galaxy Rangers]]'' scenarios, Eliza Foxx often steps up for this role. Her husband [[A Father to His Men|added three more "kids" to the roster]] during her absence.

* In fitting with the Comic Book example above, Sue Dibny is the [[Team Mom]] of almost the entire superhero community in ''[[DC Nation]]''. It helps when you're the political liaison for the [[Justice League]] and used to take the senior [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Titans]] out for ice-cream after report cards.

* Jeri Katou in the ''[[Tamers Forever Series (Fanfic)|Tamers Forever Series]]'' is a Team [[Mama Bear]], as even when she [[Took a Level Inin Badass|Takes Aa Level Inin BadAssBadass]] and becomes an [[Action Girl]] she is still the most protective of the tamers.

* In ''[[Vocaloid (Music)|Vocaloid]]'' fanon, Meiko tends to take this role when not being a [[Bottle Fairy|drunkard]]. Due to her shared status as [[The Ladette]], however, she tends to be either a [[My Beloved Smother]] or [[Mama Bear]] as well. When it's not her, it's usually [[The Stoic|Luka]].

* [[Tortall Universe|Kel]] takes this role from the start and escalates it through the series. From the leader of a study group in book one to refugee camp in book four. She's even a full-fledged [[Parental Substitute]] for Tobe.

* There's Molly Weasley of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' who is the mother of seven children. She consider Harry like a son, treats Hermione like a daughter and acts as hostess to the whole Order of the Phoenix as well.

* Wendy Moira Angela Darling from ''[[Peter Pan]]'' (currently pictured above), which makes this [[Older Than Radio]]. You know when Maggie in ''[[Hook (Film)|Hook]]'' berates Dustin Hoffman for "needing a mother very badly"? It effectively harks back to the original novel.

* Margaret "Meg" March, the oldest sister in ''[[Little Women]]''. In ''Little Men'', her middle sister Jo becomes the [[Team Mom]] of the Plumfield children.

* All of the aunts in Louisa May Alcott's ''[[Eight Cousins (Literature)|Eight Cousins]]'' and ''Rose in Bloom'' try their hands at this, but the ones who grasp the concept the most are [[Apron Matron|Aunt Jessie, Aunt Plenty]] and [[Stern Teacher|Aunt Jane]].

* In Robert Asprin's ''[[PhulesPhule's Company]]'' series of books, the female Legionnaire Rose is [[Shrinking Violet|a painfully shy]] soldier who can only communicate when using a radio. She is apparently becomes very good at it and becomes the main communications point of the company, with everyone calling her "Mother" for being the kindly nag that she is, about things like eating and sleeping. She even mothers Phule and ''Brandy''.

* Fitz Kreiner, from the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] Eighth Doctor Adventures, once brought three meals a day to the Doctor's door when the Doctor was mourning the death of a loved one, for almost four whole days. The Doctor never actually ate any of them. He also once carried around a pair of clean socks for days while the Doctor was wandering through a jungle -- whenjungle—when the Doctor reemerges, he finds he does in fact need them. Whenever the Doctor [[Real Men Get Shot|gets hurt]], it's almost inevitably Fitz's job to [[Determinator|get him to take a break]] and then tend to him. He's also the first character to start treating Trix civilly, even though she stowed away on the TARDIS, and he often functions as [[The Heart]] of the group when the Doctor is making morally-dubious decisions. When the Doctor develops [[Trauma -Induced Amnesia]], Fitz ends up with the most functional seniority on the TARDIS. Although the Doctor is also the [[Team Chef]] and often protective of the other characters, Fitz is so overly loyal to the Doctor that he doesn't always [[What the Hell, Hero?|call him on his shit]], and Anji is responsible for the vast majority of the series' [[Closer to Earth|sensible decision-making]], see the following exchange, in which Fitz behaves like [[Harry Potter|Molly Weasley]] and the Doctor [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it:

{{quote| A moment later, she heard the footsteps on the stairs and Fitz banged in. He glared at the Doctor.<br />

'Here you are! I've been all over the bloody place not knowing what had happened to you. You ever hear of leaving someone a note?'<br />

* Cassie in ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]''.

* Vanity, from [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (Literature)|Chronicles of Chaos]]'' is universally recognized as team mom, despite being the third youngest member. She cemented her status by [[Feminine Women Can Cook|getting fire, food, and dry clothes]] for the team after their previous leader inadvertently dropped them into a river.

* Captain Kathryn Janeway from ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' was likewise both [[The Captain]] and [[Team Mom]], settling disputes, ordering her officers to get along, and helping "raise" several characters like Kes and Seven of Nine. Openly [[Lampshaded]] in "Barge of the Dead" when B'Elanna encounters her mother in the Klingon afterlife -- wearingafterlife—wearing a Starfleet uniform and using phrases Janeway had said earlier in the episode. Q calls her on it as well, when trying to dump his own teen rebel son on Janeway. In "Favorite Son", Kim dreamed that his mother said she was suspending him from duty (a line that the Captain had given him that day). There's [[There Are No Therapists|something about]] this crew....

** Also [[The McCoy|Dr. McCoy]] on ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'' - up to and including insisting everyone eat their vegetables. Since he's [[The Medic]], this is more or less in the job description.

* Joyce Summers on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy]]''. She took care of Willow and Xander when sick, soothed a brokenhearted Spike with cocoa and marshmallows (while he was still evil!), and once clubbed Spike unconscious with an axe in an awesome display of [[Mama Bear]].

* ''[[I CarlyiCarly]]'': Carly takes the "parental" role towards the other 3 main characters: to Sam in ''iWas a Pageant Girl'', to Freddie in ''iWill Date Freddie'' and to Spencer in majority of the episodes. ''iKiss'' had her to be a "mom" to all 3 of them in a single episode by motivating Spencer's workout, sympathising with Freddie and later reprimanding Sam for her on-air attack on Freddie.

* Dr. Lisa Cuddy of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''.

** Lampshaded again after Rossi has joined the team, with the others referring to them as [[Team Mom|Mom]] and [[Team Dad|Dad]].

* Laura Roslin of ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' fulfills this role. Up to and including schooling people when necessary.

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'''s most prominent [[Team Mom]] is Lily, although Ted has strong shades of this trope too.

** In fact, while Ted is [[Lampshaded]] in-canon as being the [[Team Dad]], he seems to better fit the [[Team Mom]] trope. Both he and Lily spend a lot of time worrying and fussing over the others, making them talk their problems out, bossing them around or doling out much-needed advice.

* In ''[[That '70s Show]]'', Eric Forman's mother Kitty mothers everyone in the gang.

* Alex Eames (and, also, Megan Wheeler) of [[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]. When you consider who their partners are - the completely neurotic Bobby Goren and the madcap Zach Nichols - it's easily understandable. Even Captain Danny Ross isn't above acting like a little boy most of the time.

* Amber of ''[[The Tribe (TV)|The Tribe]]'' mothers or bosses everyone she comes into contact with. To such an extent that she's the de facto leader of the Mall Rats, no matter who else is technically in charge.

{{quote| '''Nate''': You're really sweet with him. Worrying about him, offering him food, it's... downright maternal.<br />

* The ''[[30 Rock (TV)|30 Rock]]'' episode "Khonani" was about how [[Author Avatar|Liz Lemon]] is this, in addition to being the [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Woman]], to her co-workers.

* In ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'', Inara fills in this role for ''Serenity's'' crew from time to time, most commonly with River.

* Mr. Schue on ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]'' is a male-example. Even more rare is that he is also the main character.

* ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV)|The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'': the title character, besides being Luke's adopted mother.

{{quote| *hits man holding a knife to Gene's throat over the head with a crowbar*<br />

{{quote| Gene: I left the children playing}}

* Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange in ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'' is very much the [[Team Mom]]. The short, sweet, scary, seventy-year-old spy of a [[Team Mom]]. Don't get on her bad side.

* Deconstructed in ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' episode [[Community (TV)/Recap/S1 /E12 Comparative Religion|Comparative Religion]]; Shirley usually fulfills the role in a more benevolent fashion, but here she explicitly does so in a passive-aggressive and emotionally manipulative manner designed to guilt trip and browbeat her friends into doing what she wants to do how she wants to with little consideration for their thoughts on the subject. It's also pointed out that she's not ''actually'' their mother, no matter how much she acts like it, and so has no right to do this sort of thing.

* Billie in "Here Come the Double Deckers!" often assumes this role towards the other kids in the gang, particularly towards Tiger, the youngest member and her fellow female.

* In the Gospel of John (19:25-27) Jesus, on the cross and near death, made his mother Mary the [[Team Mom]] for the early Christians.

** And now she's considered [[Team Mom]] for the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Churches; the Protestant churches tend to downplay her importance.

* Damsel, the [[Tsundere]] Brujah of the Anarchs from [[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]] explicitly identifies herself as the "den mother" of the other Anarchs, and given how she's the one who gives you missions geared towards looking out for vampire community and trying to help you stay out of trouble (trying to convince you jumping ship from anything to do with [[La Croix]]LaCroix and the Camarilla), that title seems like its more than self appointed.

* Raine Sage from ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]''.

* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]'', you have Eyvel (''Thracia 776'') and Titania (''Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn''). They play [[Team Mom]] to the Fiana Braves and Greil Mercenaries, respectively.

{{quote| '''Boyd:''' Every time I look at you, Titania... I think that you're the prettiest person I've ever seen!<br />

'''Titania:''' Uh... Um, thank you, Boyd... But I... Look, you and me, we're-- <br />

'''Boyd:''' You're like a really nice mom or something! Um... I mean...<br />

*:* Micaiah from ''Radiant Dawn'' is also a [[Team Mom]] to the younger members of the Dawn Brigade, such as Sothe.

* The Boss of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' is frequently referenced as this in relation to the Cobras, making her another of the rare villainous examples. {{spoiler|Or maybe not so villainous.}}

** She also {{spoiler|gave birth during the landing on Normandy in WWII, making her the ''literal'' [[Team Mom]]}}.

* Mitsuru from ''[[Persona 3]]'' -- reinforced—reinforced by her persona being of the Empress Arcana, which represents motherly qualities). She actually ''expects'' the team to maintain good grades.

* In ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'', Nene acts as the self-imposed Team Mom of the Toyotomi clan--herclan—her Gaiden battle even has her showing up during the battle of Sekigahara not aligned with either side so she can beat the snot out of both armies and then lecture them about not getting along with each other.

** When Chizuru wasn't in the Women Fighters Team, King took up the role. Well, that's what working with [[Cute Bruiser|Cute Bruisers]]s and a [[Ms. Fanservice]] will do to you. That, and she already had experience after getting a [[Promotion to Parent]].

** Diana is the team mom to Kula and K's group after her [[Heel Face Turn]].

* In ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', Fall-from-Grace's mature, perceptive and compassionate personality make her fit this trope perfectly (although fiery teenager Annah doesn't react well to anything she says or does).

** But the player characters in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' don't NEED a [[Team Mom]] to keep them together, as they are all {{spoiler|tied to the main character by their torment. Of the 7 possible playable characters besides the main character, 3 of them are actually the main character's slaves (although the player/main character doesn't know this at first), 2 of them follow his orders because they are creatures of law and logic, and 2 of them are in love with him. So having a [[Team Mom]] to keep them together is somewhat moot.}}

* Canonically, Karan S'jet of ''[[Homeworld (Video Game)|Homeworld]]'' is the Team Mom of the '''entire Hiigaran race'''. It IS canonical that everyone likes her because she's sincere and compassionate. Not to mention that she's currently piloting a Progenitor battleship which could singlehandedly annihilate the entire galaxy. You do '''NOT''' want to antagonize the Hiigarans - Makaan learned that the hard way.

* Terra/Tina from ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|FFVI]]'' {{spoiler|when she's in human form}}; so much as to take care of - and be loved by - a ragtag group of orphans after {{spoiler|Kefka takes over a broken world that he broke}}.

** In ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'', Aerith and Tifa take turns being this. It becomes more apparent during Disc 2 when {{spoiler|Cloud is catatonic and Tifa ends up being the one chosen to lead the party}} until the obligatory, [[Mind Screw]]-y sequence involving helping {{spoiler|Cloud}} pull {{spoiler|his}} head together enough to be a functioning adult.

** In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', [[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Squall Leonhart]] is seen having to look after [[Final Fantasy IX|Zidane]] and [[Final Fantasy V|Bartz]] during their journey, and being the voice of reason on the group. [[Fan Art|Fan artists]] [[Never Live It Down|didn't miss the opportunity.]]

*** It doesn't help him any that this characterization extends to ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]'' as well when it comes to Sora.

* Aqua in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'', particularly when she meets [[Peter Pan|the Lost Boys]].

* [[Combat Medic|Fia]] from ''[[Riviera: theThe Promised Land]].'' Ironically, she's the youngest of the [[True Companions|group]]

* Jason from ''[[ItsWalkyverse|It's Walky!]]!'', though he kind of plays [[Team Dad]] as well.

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100529072109/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20011022.html\]

** Later, it's Joyce, who even asks herself, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100401073023/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030427.html "When did I become the mom?"]

* Despite being an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of one of The [[Seven Deadly Sins]] this is pretty much Lust's job description in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131023144450/http://www.sincomics.com/index.php?357 The Sins]''. Like Carla from ''[[Scrubs]]'' she complains about it, but is addicted to the role.

* Vandi of ''[[What Birds Know]]'' is this for the trio of girls who venture out into the woods, due to her serious and responsible nature -- itselfnature—itself a product of a youthful [[Promotion to Parent]] after her mother died in childbirth.

* Zombie from [[Hanna Is Not a BoysBoy's Name]] is an odd example, but still counts. He seems cold, but he's always pretty considerate and caring to his allies; going as far as to [[Papa Wolf|put himself between them and their attackers]] in a bad situation. He works hard to keep the others from hurting themselves, and even cooks for Hanna.

* Kanaya Maryam of ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' is this to the trolls, and makes a point of [[Insistent Terminology|helping]] many of them during the arc. This may have something to do with why she's the only troll [[Hates Everyone Equally|Karkat]] completely respects. Later, she extends her performance of this role to the kids too, directly advising and assisting Jade and Rose. It's even reflected in [[Meaningful Name|name]], "Maryam" refers to Miriam, or Mary (as in [[The Bible|the Virgin Mary]]), and her screen name, "grimAuxillatrix" is taken from "Virgin Maria Auxiliatrix", and is also derived from auxilium, meaning "assistance" in Latin.

** This is further reflected with {{spoiler|her ancestor, The Dolorosa (a reference to the Virgin Mary), being the adoptive mother of [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|The Sufferer]], and who herself acted as the [[Team Mom]] to the Sufferer's small group of closest followers.}}

{{quote| '''Sammy''': Is she their mom or something?}}

* In ''[[BIBLE (Webcomic)|BIBLE]]'', Opal is this to the [[Our Angels Are Different|angels]] under Balthazar's command.

* ''[[Answer Me This (Podcast)|Answer Me This]]'' - Helen sometimes plays this role.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100101221804/http://badgods.com/overmom.html The Adventures of Evil Overmom] by Lore Sjöberg. The note says, "Antidote, Love Mom." What a cool mom.

* Calliope to the Muses and Apollo in ''[[ThaliasThalia's Musings]]''. Though [[Truly Single Parent|Mnemosyne]], the Muses' actual mother, was a very involved parent during her daughters' childhoods and complains that they don't call her often enough.

* ''[[SkippysSkippy's List (Literature)|Skippys List]]'' has examples:

{{quote| 88. Must not refer to 1st Sgt as "Mom". }}

* A male example: Edd ("Double-D") from ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', who has gone so far as to wipe crumbs from Ed's face and scold Eddy for poor behavior.

* Bumblebee for ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' East: "That's a supercomputer, not a footstool!"

* 13-year-old [[Shrinking Violet|Sheila the Thief]] in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Animationanimation)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' TV series. Not only she's [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|the more feminine of the girls in the group]] (Diana the Acrobat is a tomboyish [[Hot Amazon]] and [[Cool Big Sis]]), but the youngest kid in the gang is her little brother [[Cute Bruiser|Bobby the Barbarian]].

** While never stated outright, the way she and Bobby act to each other imply that she was de facto raising her little brother even before ending up in the Realm.

* Gi, college student, oldest Planeteer, and wielder of the [[Making a Splash|Ring of Water]] from ''[[Captain Planet and The Planeteers (Animation)|Captain Planet and Thethe Planeteers]]''. Gaia also mixes this with [[The Messiah]] and [[Mentors|Mentor]]. Gi's position in the [[Five-Man Band]] [[Lampshade Hanging|shows up]] in the first episode, during the kids' first ride in the Geo-Cruiser:

{{quote| '''Wheeler:''' Why do you get to drive?<br />

* Cheetara from ''[[Thundercats (Animation)|ThunderCats]]'' and ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|ThunderCats (2011)]]'', defaulting to the role as the only adult woman of the group.

* Master Crane from ''[[Kung Fu Panda (Animation)|Kung Fu Panda]]'' is described as the "Mother Hen", despite being male. And voiced by David Cross.

* In ''[[Snow White and Thethe Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]'', Snow White takes up this role after being taken in by the dwarves.

* Number 362 of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'':

{{quote| '''Number 362:''' I don't care what level you're on, Number 105, put that video game ''down'', and find out what Knight Brace is doing in Poughkeepsie! Would you guys mind playing Whizbee on the Whizbee deck ''and not on my bridge?!''}}

* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', this function is typically performed by Applejack, although other characters may fill the role depending on circumstances.

* A mother, Sgt. Jane Strand, will head to war with her son, Pvt. Timothy Strand. In the National Guard, she "assumed the rank of mom to a collection of younger recruits," according to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20081230051624/http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1232845.html article].

* In labs, especially large labs, there will usually be somebody to fill this role.

* "Guild mother," anyone?

* Good [[Queen VickyVictoria]] was [[Team Mom]] to the entire British Empire.

** Hell toward the end she was getting to be the [[Team Mom]] to the whole of ''Europe''. She was actually known as "the grandmother of Europe" because of how big her family was. World War I reads like the world's biggest, nastiest family spat.

* Gina Dalfonzo is the moderator at [https://web.archive.org/web/20131122165326/http://thepoint.breakpoint.org/tp-home this site] and she is almost a classic [[Team Mom]].

* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Bachelet:Michelle Bachelet|Michelle Bachelet]], as the first female President of Chile, is often seen as this by Chilean people.

* Jane Lynch (aka Sue Sylvester) is reportedly this for the entire cast of ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]'', to the point where she calls them her "babies."

* Some female webforum staffers, especially those older than most other participants of their webforums, are perceived as this...

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