+275 It's weird how none of the original Disney movies main characters had moms, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Sleeping Beauty did.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm pretty sure Mulan did too..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Hercule too

by Anonymous 12 years ago

hercule poirot? he's not a Disney character. I take it you meant hercules (:

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's cause Walt Disney was very depressed about the passing of his own mother. So, he killed the mothers off in the films, or didn't add one at all

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's just a story. That wasn't why. I mean, a ton of Disney movies without mothers were made after his death (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the beast, and more)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Andy had a mom, but no dad.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Bambi?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

A lot of the source material such as Grimm's fairy tales are tragic in nature, and the best tragic heroes are missing a parent or two. The Disney characters are in good company, with the likes of Luke Skywalker, Batman and basically every superhero ever, pretty much everyone in Game of Thrones/ASoIaF (to some degree), Dumbledore, and your character in the pokemon games among others. That type of protagonist makes for a really good story, because they are generally relate-able, which means the audience wants to see the hero overcome odds and succeed.

by Anonymous 10 years ago