Birthday Dead Father Wish
A parent's death during the course of the film, evil stepmothers and created family are common themes in Disney films.
Reasons for the Number of Missing and Dead Parents in Disney Films
This is sometimes due to the nature of the source material on which the films were based – orphaned children are a common theme in fairy tales, allowing children to have adventures and develop the traits of self-reliance and bravery without the comfort (or hindrance) of parental/authority figures. A few Disney films show the actual death of a parent as an emotional plot device – Bambi and The Lion King (a retelling of Hamlet) both use this technique. Occasionally the parents' death, while not shown onscreen, is thematically relevant to the movie (Lilo and Stitch, The Sword in the Stone). At other times, it is necessary to the main character's initial situation of hardship (Jungle Book, Snow White, Cinderella, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame).
At other times the missing parent is less well explained. Pocahontas, Jane and Belle have happy family lives despite their mothers being dead. Ariel and Jasmine are less contented at home, but do not themselves attribute their problems to their motherless situation. It is possible in these instances that the animators simply wished to avoid cluttering up the film with non-essential characters. As animating and voicing each character costs money, leaving out parents who contributed nothing to the plot may have been simply a financial decision.
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