Just kidding, i'm not trying to villainize Disney, but have you ever noticed how many of their animated movies have hero/heroines with only one (or less) parents?
This is not a complete list, but just what comes to mind.
Snow White: orphan
Cinderella: orphan
Aurora: raised like an orphan (Prince Philip missing mother)
Ariel: mother gone
Toy Story's Andy: father gone
Nemo: mom dead
Bambi: mom, then dad die
Brother Bear: Koda's mom dies, do the three boys have any parents?
Lion King: dad dies
jasmine: motherless
Meet the Robinson's
Fox and The Hound
Cars (just kidding)
Peter pan
Enchanted (ok, that's not fully animated, but both Edward and the little girl are missing parents)
Pete's Dragon
Belle
Let's throw Pirates of the Caribbean in there for fun. Elizabeth's mom is gone and Orlando is an orphan.
i'm sure there are more, but since we don't actually own any Disney animated movies, it is hard to remember them all.
I know most of these stories are probably fairy tales or other stories that disney studios didn't actually write, but still, it's kind of a strange recurring theme.
Anomolies:
Mulan
Robots (is that Disney?)
Which ones did I miss?
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Pinocchio (father only)
Dumbo (taken away from mom and no father)
Peter pan (never seemed to have parents)
Jungle Book (orphaned)
Tarzan (parents die)
there's also Treasure Planet 9 Jim Hawkins' father gone
and Ratatouille. no mother for Remy
And Linguine is an orphan.
I just noticed this trend in video games as well. If parents are mentioned at all, it's usually either an orphan or single-parent situation.
Very interesting.
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