# Disney animated feature films - F.. your Mom! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, disney-hulu, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [May 22, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309 "2026-05-22T14:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/1 "2026-05-22T14:27:27Z")
[Inspired by this thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feature-animated-film-originality-disney/1030286) Has Disney ever put out an original animated feature film where the character had… a mom? Princess Jasmine: “Do you have Daddy issues?” Princess Vanellope von Schweetz: “I don’t even have a Mom!” Disney Princesses (in unison): "Neither do we! -Ralph Breaks the Internet I’m sure the actual answer is “yes”. Of course everyone has a Mom. But it does seem funny that it’s so common for Disney characters, Princesses in particular, to not have a Mom as a main character who is actually in the picture, to the point that it’s actually a self-referential joke in a Disney film. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/2 "2026-05-22T14:30:21Z")
Bambi had a Mom but then the evil known as the hunter killed her. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/3 "2026-05-22T14:41:01Z")
Since Disney owns Pixar, **Brave** ’s Merida has a mom. She’s a beer. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/4 "2026-05-22T14:43:04Z")
Helen Parr leaps to mind. Leaps over a tall building in a single bound, true, still… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/5 "2026-05-22T14:46:05Z")
Hey, _I’m_ flexible. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/6 "2026-05-22T14:51:12Z")
Ember in _Elemental_ Riley in _Inside Out_ ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/7 "2026-05-22T14:54:44Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Disney Princesses (in unison): "Neither do we! IIRC, Mulan stays silent during that line, seeing as her mom appears in multiple early scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/8 "2026-05-22T14:55:03Z")
The Lion King Moana Encanto ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/9 "2026-05-22T14:58:51Z")
_Wish_ _One Hundred and One Dalmatians_ _The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh_ (Kanga) _Tangled_ ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/10 "2026-05-22T15:01:26Z")
I think the goal is to portray them as beautiful, independent, and brave rather than to remind their child viewers they have a mom that is constantly telling them what to do. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/11 "2026-05-22T15:04:21Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > She’s a beer. A tall drink of water, perhaps… ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/12 "2026-05-22T15:20:08Z")
I think this is a trope that is common in all of American entertainment media. Father raising family without a mom, especially in television in the old days._My Three Sons_, _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_, _The Andy Griffith Show_, _The Beverly Hillbillies_, _Diff’rent Strokes_ and so on. I think someone once pointed out the lack of moms in the stories to Walt Disney himself, and he replied that a mom would fix everything, and there would be no story. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/13 "2026-05-22T15:21:04Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > I think this is a trope that is common in all of American entertainment media. [Missing Mom - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MissingMom) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/14 "2026-05-22T15:25:16Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > > She’s a beer. > > A tall drink of water, perhaps… Don’t make fun of her Scottish accent! ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/15 "2026-05-22T15:35:43Z")
Sleeping Beauty’s mom was alive and a (minor) character. Forgettable, maybe, but she was there. Edit: Aurora may be the only Disney princess with a mom. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/16 "2026-05-22T15:37:08Z")
Willie hears ya; Willie dun care. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/17 "2026-05-22T15:37:48Z")
Mrs. Darling appears in the first and last scenes of _Peter Pan_. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/18 "2026-05-22T15:41:23Z")
The protagonist in _Turning Red_ had a mother. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/19 "2026-05-22T15:43:02Z")
Chip the teacup in _Beauty and the Beast_ had a mother (Mrs. Potts). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-animated-feature-films-f-your-mom/1030309/20 "2026-05-22T15:44:23Z")
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