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It's weird how none of the original Disney movies main characters had moms, amirite?
by Anonymous12 years ago
Sleeping Beauty did.
by Anonymous12 years ago
I'm pretty sure Mulan did too..
by Anonymous12 years ago
Hercule too
by Anonymous12 years ago
hercule poirot? he's not a Disney character. I take it you meant hercules (:
by Anonymous12 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 Anonymous12 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 Anonymous12 years ago
Andy had a mom, but no dad.
by Anonymous12 years ago
Bambi?
by Anonymous12 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.
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