Why does Disney always kill the mother?

[firkat]

Okay, not always, but why do you think there are so many dead moms in Disney movies? Bambi, Dumbo, Nemo. In Lion King, it was the Dad.

Ice Age . . . is that Disney?

 

[Chicago526]

Okay, not always, but why do you think there are so many dead moms in Disney movies? Bambi, Dumbo, Nemo. In Lion King, it was the Dad.

Ice Age . . . is that Disney?

Ice age isn't Disney (Dreamworks, I think?). And Dumbo's mom didn't die, although they were cruely seperated.

But now that you mention it, most of the pricnesses don't have a living mother either, even though they don't kill them off "on screen". The only princess I can think of with a living mom is Sleeping Beauty.

 

[TheDisneyTraveler06]

Hmm. . .Good question.

 

[ZipaDeeDooDah]

And, why are the villains usually women?

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

'Cause it's been scientifically proven, Dad's rule and Mom's drool!!!!

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

DH and I have talked about this often.

Disney likes to kills things, especially moms. Why? Who knows. Maybe the writers have "mommy issues" themselves.

 

[FloraFauna]

Most of them definitely only have one parent. I can only think of one that had both parents and that was Aurora. If you notice, even in Toy Story, they only show the mom.

Belle and Ariel only had their dad.

 

[cstraub]

I'm not for sure on this but aren't most "Disney" movies based on older stories that have been around for awhile? I don't think many of the movies are their original ideas.

 

[va32h]

It creates the essential drama/conflict that moves the story.

 

[Sparx]

I've noticed it. Very very rarely are there two biological parents in any story.

 

[WDWfan36]

DH and I have talked about this often.

Disney likes to kills things, especially moms. Why? Who knows. Maybe the writers have "mommy issues" themselves.

that's what I was thinking

 

[sodaseller]

Not to mention that Jasmine, Ariel, Pocohontas, Belle - loving Father, no mom.

 

[Maleficent13]

Most of the stories are based on century old fairytales, in which one of the parents, usually the mother, is killed/dies/is already dead when the story begins. Disney isn't killing them; they're just following someone else's story.

 

[VSL]

But now that you mention it, most of the pricnesses don't have a living mother either, even though they don't kill them off "on screen". The only princess I can think of with a living mom is Sleeping Beauty.

And even then they were seperated for her formative years!

If you notice, even in Toy Story, they only show the mom.

That's Pixar anyway, not Disney (always kind of tickles me when people refer to Pixar's films and achievements as 'Disney' accomplishments - Disney owns a lot of it, but Pixar made it all! )

Either way, the fairytales are very old (and not as nice/sweet as Disney make out - they also simplify things a lot as well) and Disney generally just follows that (when doing a fairytale movie).

Ice Age is Fox, BTW.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

Okay, not always, but why do you think there are so many dead moms in Disney movies? Bambi, Dumbo, Nemo. In Lion King, it was the Dad.

Ice Age . . . is that Disney?

Only two mother's that I know of were killed in Disney movies and that was in Finding Nemo and Bambi.

Emperor's New Groove had both parents. I know the children weren't the focus of the story, but I thought that should be mentioned.

I just want to know why Disney has not one story about an African American princess, or just a story about that race period based on HUMAN characters. Lion King was wonderful, but I would love to see a story with human characters.

I mean Disney did back Tim Rice and Elton John with their works on Aida and that's based on the love of a nubian princess and an egyptian soldier, but it's not quite the same. Still a wonderful, but sad love story.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

Either way, the fairytales are very old (and not as nice/sweet as Disney make out - they also simplify things a lot as well) and Disney generally just follows that (when doing a fairytale movie).

Right, and a Disney original story I can think of, Mulan...she has both loving parents!

 

[kennancat]

Most of the stories are based on century old fairytales, in which one of the parents, usually the mother, is killed/dies/is already dead when the story begins. Disney isn't killing them; they're just following someone else's story.

Exactly. Plus, with birth control and better medical care, I think we've forgotten how dangerous childbirth used to be. My understanding is that at the time most of these fairy tales were written, it was very common to have lost your mother to death because of the risk of giving birth plus the fact that women had more children.

 

[goofy's friends]

How about Lilo in Lilo in Stitch, too? The little girl in Rescuers?

This no-mom thing has always driven me crazy But I think it is the greatest adversity that they can come up with that a child would have to face and overcome, so they continually use it. It really bothered me with Nemo, since they showed it (sort of)

 

[diznygirl]

What really bothers me is the amount of people who are upset at "Disney" for killing off the moms, when it wasn't "Disney" stories that these movies were based on.

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

Not animated, but Pirates, neither Will nor Elizabeth had moms.


In Brother Bear, they killed the mom.
Pinocchio only had a dad.
Chicken Little, where was the mom?