A partial list of Disney films and whether or not they include parents who are alive & remain alive throughout the film: * Snow White (1937): NO, Snow White's parents are dead. That's why she lives with an evil stepmother. read more
A partial list of Disney films and whether or not they include parents who are alive & remain alive throughout the film: Snow White (1937): NO, Snow White's parents are dead. That's why she lives with an evil stepmother. read more
Barrier was also keen to remind us that not all Disney movies feature a single parent: "Don't forget all the intact families in other Disney animated features—Bambi has a father as well as a mother" (though she dies during the film and the deer father figure often treats him coldly), "the Dalmatians are a couple with children" (84 of the 99 puppies in 101 Dalmations are adopted by Perdita after she finds they have no one to protect them from slaughter), "as are Lady and the Tramp, and so on. read more
Whenever a mom or dad dies in a Disney movie, everyone shakes their heads. “Disney just has to kill off the parents every time,” they say, rolling their eyes. And it’s not just Disney. Plenty of other studios make movies that feature deceased or ambiguously missing parents. read more
Cinderella: Both parents dead. Alice in Wonderland: Presumably dead but unclear. Peter Pan: No parents there, probably dead. The Lady and the Tramp: If we say the owners of Lady are her parents, they’re fine. It’s a YES. Sleeping Beauty: Surprisingly for such a dark film, YES. 101 Dalmatians: Again, let’s consider owners are parents, therefore YES. read more