Q: I have always been curious as to why most Disney characters have fathers, but not mothers? Is there some significance to that, or just coincidence? The few that have mothers, usually die, such as Nemo’s mom and Bambi’s mom. Always wanted to know.
Dawn, Stoughton, Massachusetts
A: Regarding the animated features, you are forgetting mothers in such films as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (stepmother), Dumbo, Cinderella (stepmother), Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Lion King, Hercules, Mulan, Toy Story, The Incredibles, and The Princess and the Frog. Even Rapunzel in Tangled had her Mother Gothel, not to mention her real mother.
Dave Smith