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About This Quiz
We have seen these relationships portrayed in both film and on television and while the characters may be fake, those relationships mirror real relationships that exist in our society. On television, we have seen the entire spectrum of the good, the bad and the ugly. From the respectable relationships where both mom and daughter can talk to each other about anything, to those where moms see their daughters more as friends than relatives, to those who have verbally abused or neglected their children, to chaotic ones where the duo just can't see eye to eye, we have seen it all.
Some of these relationships were so memorable, that even long after the shows' finales, these pairs were still being talked about. For example, Rory and Lorelai from the Gilmore Girls are one of the best examples of a good relationship, while Irina and Sydney from Alias have been called the worst. Regardless of what the reason is, they were remembered.
How well can you match these mother-daughter duos to the show that they appeared on? If you are a TV fanatic, this quiz should be a breeze. The only way to find out how many of them you correctly match is to take this quiz!
Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
The Sopranos
Gilmore Girls
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore are the title characters from the show, Gilmore Girls. The coffee and pop culture-loving duo are the perfect example of how great it is to have an open relationship between a mother and a daughter. No topic was left undealt with, no matter how uncomfortable or awkward it might have been.
Game of Thrones
The Wire
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True Jack Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Parenthood
Amber Holt and Sarah Braverman are two characters from NBC’s Parenthood. If we are going to talk about two people who have been through it, then let’s talk about Amber and Sarah. Luckily, they have only come out of it stronger and knowing that they have each other’s backs.
Dexter
Breaking Bad
The Walking Dead
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De Passe Entertainment,
What series did this mother-daughter trio appear in?
Boardwalk Empire
Rome
Sister, Sister
Tia, Tamara and Lisa Landry are three characters from the ‘90s sitcom Sister, Sister. Even though they were separated for some time, when these three get together, it's nothing but fun times, laugh-out-loud moments and the occasional heart-to-heart conversations.
Mad Men
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Poppy Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Son of Anarchy
The West Wing
Weeds
Jane the Virgin
Jane and Xiomara Villanueva are a mother-daughter pair from the telenovela-style series, Jane the Virgin. When it comes to their relationship, the roles have been reversed but the two, as well as Jane’s grandmother Abla, have an unbreakable bond.
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Embassy Television
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Lost
Who's the Boss
Mona is the type of mother who would push her baby out of the nest and into the real world. She certainly knew how to make her daughter Angela, feel uncomfortable, but only because she wanted her to live a full life, filled with new and interesting experiences.
Suits
Homeland
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Bickley-Warren Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Family Matters
Laura and Harriet Winslow are a mother-daughter duo from the 90’s sitcom, Family Matters. Like most mothers, Harriet taught her daughter the importance of friendship and family, as well as how to deal with difficult situations that life can throw your way.
Spartacus: War of the Damned
The Simpsons
Family Guy
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Chuck Lorre Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
How I Met Your Mother
Oz
Mom
Christy and Bonnie Plunket are a mother-daughter pair who appear on a CBS show called Mom. The two are both recovering addicts who have a dysfunctional relationship that somehow works. They are both trying to turn their lives around while attempting to make their relationship better.
Firefly
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Gracie Films
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Futurama
South Park
The Simpsons
Marge and Lisa Simpson are two characters on the animated sitcom, The Simpsons. Mother Marge has raised her outspoken daughter Lisa to be a very intelligent girl who she is proud to say that she learns something from every day.
Entourage
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Touchstone Television
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Californication
Seinfeld
Jericho
Golden Girls
Dorothy Zbornak and Sophia Petrillo are two of the four “Golden Girls.” Despite Sophia’s tough love parenting style, she cares deeply for her daughter and will always tell her like it is. Dorothy in turn, often tries to baby her mother, who is fully capable of caring for herself.
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Touchstone Television
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Reba
When it comes to powerful women and being a great mother, Reba definitely sets a good example for her daughter Cheyenne. Throughout the series, they have encountered everything from divorces to dealing with a pregnant teen, all of which have brought them closer.
Carnivale
Flashforward
True Blood
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CBS
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
The Vampire Diaries
The Nanny
Fran and Sylvia Fine are two characters from the ‘90s television series, The Nanny. There is only one person in New York who loves glitz, glamor and animal print more than Fran, and that person is her mother, Sylvia. They are also at different ends of the spectrum when it comes to Fran’s love life, but they both want the best for each other.
Arrested Development
Deadwood
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Saradipity Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Six Feet Under
The Parkers
Kim and Niki Parker are two characters from the Moesha spinoff, The Parkers. If there is any duo on the list who is more alike than the Parker women, then they must be twins, because when it comes to these women, the apple definitely doesn’t fall far from the tree. They are both sassy, funny and they attend the same college.
Boss
Hell on Wheels
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Bill Cosby
What series did this mother-daughter group appear in?
The Shield
Blue Bloods
Misfits
The Cosby Show
Clair Huxtable and her daughters were characters on The Cosby Show. On the list of best TV moms, Clair Huxtable is right up there. No matter how hectic things were with her day job as a lawyer, she always made time for her four daughters, Rudy, Denise, Sondra and Vanessa.
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Cherry Alley Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Shameless
The Big Bang Theory
Desperate Housewives
Susan and Julie Mayer are a mother-daughter duo from ABC’s Desperate Housewives. The two have a very unique relationship as they are best friends first, then family second. They two were also seen having real conversations which made viewers both laugh and cry.
Rescue Me
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Mutant Enemy
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Joyce and Buffy Summers are two characters from the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When Joyce’s daughter, Buffy tells her that she (Buffy) is a slayer, she becomes very supportive and a source of strength for her daughter in the chaotic world which they live in.
The Borgias
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The X-Files
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Touchstone Television
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Turn Your Enthusiasm
Episodes
Alias
Irina Derevko and Sydney Bristow are a mother-daughter pair from the television series, Alias. Talk about a weird relationship, mother and KGB spy Irini, soon after the birth of her daughter Sydney, faked her death, and upon meeting her for the first time in many years, shoots her in the shoulder.
House of Lies
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90210 Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
American Horror Story
Luther
Justified
Beverly Hills, 90210
Jackie and Kelly Taylor are a mother-daughter duo from the show Beverly Hills, 90210. As a mother, Jackie is one of the more fun and stylish ones who is quite flexible with the rules of the house. Their relationship later suffered due to Jackie’s drug and alcohol addiction, causing her daughter to grow up quickly.
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Wonderland Sound and Vision
What series did this mother-daughter trio appear in?
The O.C.
Julie, Marissa and Kaitlin Cooper are three characters who were on a show called The O.C. The three women had a strained relationship as Julie has had several disastrous relationships with men, which did not set a good example for her two daughters.
24
Sherlock
The Killing
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KoMut Entertainment
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Scrubs
Will & Grace
Bobbi and Grace Adler are two characters who star in the television sitcom Will & Grace. In every neighborhood and on every block, there is that one mom who loves to meddle in her child’s business, and in this series, it is Bobbi. Despite their petty quarrels, these two have nothing but love for each other.
House
Grey's Anatomy
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Wilmore Films
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
ER
Friends
Fringe
Black-ish
Zoey and Rainbow Johnson are a pair of characters from ABC’s Black-ish. Rainbow is a busy doctor, who, while raising four kids always makes time for her daughter Zoey. They may not always see eye to eye, but they always open up to each other.
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Levitan / Lloyd
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Modern Family
Claire and Alex Dunphy are a mother-daughter duo who are a part of ABC’s Modern Family. Claire is a type-A mother who tries to break her bookworm and awkward daughter Alex out of her shell.
Supernatural
Twin Peaks
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Ashmont Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Angel
Monk
Bewitched
Endora and Samantha are two witches who were characters in the television sitcom, Bewitched. Endora is a mother who hates the fact that her daughter Samantha, married a mortal and will stop at nothing to break up their marriage, much to the dismay of her daughter.
Veronica Mars
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Paramount Television
What series did this mother-daughter group appear in?
Friday Night Lights
The Brady Bunch
Carol and her three step-daughters are all characters from The Brady Bunch. Carol Brady is a stay-at-home mother to six children, three of which are daughters named Marcia, Jan and Cindy. Like any normal family, they had to deal with everything from what to wear to prom, to what to eat for breakfast.
Doctor Who
Battlestar Galactica
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Kitsis/Horowitz
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Once Upon a Time
Emma Swan and Mary Margaret are two characters from ABC’s Once Upon a Time. These two aren’t your everyday mother-daughter pair as they were friends before finding out that they were related, and they also battled everything from trolls to evil witches together.
Community
Parks and Recreation
Archer
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Screen Gems Television
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
The Partridge Family
Shirley and Laurie Partridge are two characters from the 1970’s musical-sitcom, The Partridge Family. Like every cookie cutter family, this mother-daughter duo got along just fine with rarely any arguments or disagreements.
Happy Endings
Malcolm in the Middle
Prison Break
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Kaling International
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Modern Family
The Mentalist
Burn Notice
The Mindy Project
Mindy and Sonu Lahiri are two characters from the television series, The Mindy Project. Mindy is a take-charge kind of person, but when her mom Sony comes around, she gives Mindy words of wisdom which she can apply to any situation.
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Jeff Franklin Productions
What series did this mother-daughter foursome appear in?
The Good Wife
White Collar
Full House
Rebecca Katsopolis (better known as Aunt Becky) and the Tanner girls are characters from Full House. She may not be their biological mother, but Aunt Becky is a strong role model who has been there for the Tanner girls from the moment that she met them.
The League
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Imagine Entertainment
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Heroes
Desperate Housewives
Being Human
Arrested Development
Lindsay and Lucille Bluth are a mother-daughter duo from the show, Arrested Development. These two aren’t exactly best friends and the lines between family and friendship often get blurred, but if one thing is certain their banter is unlike anything else on television.
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Embassy Television
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
NCIS: Los Angeles
Married...with Children
Peggy and Sarah Bundy are two characters from the 1980’s sitcom, Married…with Children. The Bundys were one of the most dysfunctional families on television and the relationship between the shopaholic mother and promiscuous daughter is no different.
M*A*S*H
Criminal Minds
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Carnival Film & Television
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
The Office
The Originals
Eureka
Downton Abbey
Martha Levinson and Cora Crawley are two characters from the series Downton Abbey. Martha and Cora have a very strained relationship as Cora thought that her mother brought drama everywhere that she went.
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After Portsmouth
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Brothers & Sisters
Katherine Anne “Kitty” Walker and Nora Walker are two fictional characters from the show Brothers & Sisters. The mother-daughter duo loved each other very much but had a very complicated relationship as Nora who was a liberal always clashed with her conservative daughter.
House of Cards
The Americans
Revenge
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17th Street Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Royal Pains
Gossip Girl
Lily and Serena Van Der Woodsen are two characters from the CW’s Gossip Girl. When it comes to getting the mother of the year award, Lily would not have even received a nomination, but to be fair, Serena isn’t the gold star daughter either. Still, the two have both made sacrifices for each other even when they didn’t always agree.
30 Rock
Person of Interest
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Tilted Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
New Girl
Raising Hope
Vikings
Orange is the New Black
Aledia and Dayanara Diaz are two inmates at the Litchfield Penitentiary on the show, Orange is the New Black. There is nothing like a family that commits a crime together to make them grow stronger. While incarcerated, the Diaz women have grown both individually and together and they now have each other’s backs both in and out of jail.
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Scott Free Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Bates Motel
Arrow
Bones
The Good Wife
Alicia and Grace Florrick are two characters from the drama series, The Good Wife. Alicia is an amazing and supportive parent and lawyer who had to raise two children (one of which is her daughter Grace) while her politician husband was involved in numerous scandals.
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Imagine Television
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Two and a Half Men
Glee
Friday Night Lights
Tami and Julie Taylor were two characters from the series, Friday Night Lights. Like most mothers, Tami was concerned about her daughter’s friendships and relationships, but she was always there to give sound advice and provide a listening ear to her daughter Julie.
Castle
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ABC Family
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Pretty Little Liars
Ashley and Hanna Marin are two of the main characters from Pretty Little Liars. When you think of the typical teen who talks back to their parents and rarely listens to them, well that’s Hanna and her mom Ashley’s relationship. On the other hand, they will do anything for one another, even kill and lie about it.
Awkward
Grimm
Hawaii Five-O
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Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Elementary
Girls
That '70s Show
Kitty and Laurie Foreman were a mother-daughter pair from the show, That ‘70s Show. The two have a very stressful relationship and can rarely agree on anything. Because of this, mother Kitty favors her son Eric while father Red spoils his daughter Laurie.
2 Broke Girls
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Wind Dancer Productions
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Roseanne
Roseanne and her daughter Darlene are two characters from the 1980’s sitcom Roseanne. As a mom, Roseanne was a bossy and controlling person whose sharp sense of humor was reciprocated by her daughter, Darlene.
Smallville
Hart of Dixie
Nashville
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Shondaland
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
How to Get Away With Murder
One Tree Hill
Grey's Anatomy
Ellis and Meredith Grey are two characters from ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. Ellis was one of the worst TV mothers ever, as in many flashbacks she was seen choosing her career over her daughter Meredith. Despite that, Meredith looked up to her mother and aspired to be better than her.
Scandal
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Your Face Goes Here Entertainment
What series did this mother-daughter duo appear in?
Teen Wolf
The Originals
Rules of Engagement
True Blood
Lettie Mae and Tara are two characters from HBO’s television series, True Blood. Lettie Mae was the resident alcoholic and Bible fanatic who often used the book to tell her daughter, Tara what a sinful life she was living. When she cleaned up her act, the two’s relationship got better but it was nowhere near fixed.
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