Brother Bear - Koda loses his mother; Kenai his brother
Treasure Planet - Jim's father isn't there, if I recall
Lilo & Stitch - Lilo lost her mother and father
Tarzan - he was raised by apes
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - no family that I recall
Pocahontas - remember her dad, but did she have a mother?
The Lion King - Simba's dad is murdered
Aladdin - he was an orphan, no family
Beauty and the Beast - she had no mother
The Rescuers Down Under - Cody's father had died
The Little Mermaid - Ariel had no mother
Oliver & Company - Oliver was an orphan
The Great Mouse Detective - Olivia's parents weren't there
The Fox and the Hound - Todd's mother was shot
The Rescuers - Penny has no parents, is an orphan
The Aristocats - There's no father, but Thomas O'Malley (sp?) comes in
Dumbo - no father
Bambi - his mother is shot
Pinocchio - no family, but Gepetto (sp?)
Snow White - I'm guessing she had lost her family
Anyway, that's not all of the animated classics, of course, but...anyway, I wonder if the stories just...happen this way. Or if it's intentional? So the characters can have something big to overcome, or change them, or...and the death/absence works for the films, and I love the films. But it would kind of be nice to see at least ONE film where the character had a complete, intact family. lol. Mulan did, didn't she? I can't remember. Oh, and 101 Dalmatians did. That's the clearest example. No loss of family members in that one. In fact, an over-abundance of family!
