Why Does Disney Always Kill The Parents

There was a great web site that listed all the Disney parent deaths, but it went down a couple of years ago. Since Enchanted has been released, I've resurrected their list here, for posterity. Enjoy!

Movie	Mother	Father
A Bugs Life		MIA
Aladdin	Orphaned
Atlantis	MIA?	MIA?
Bambi	Murdered by hunter	MIA for most of the movie
Beauty and the Beast	MIA
Brother Bear	Mommy bear dies
Cinderella	Dead	Dead
Dinosaur	Scared away forever	?
Dumbo		MIA
Finding Nemo	Killed at beginning of the movie
Hunchback of Notre Dame	Killed	?
Jungle Book	Orphaned	Orphaned
Lilo & Stitch	Dead	Dead
The Lion King		Brutally murdered in a stampede
The Little Mermaid	MIA
Peter Pan	Orphaned	Orphaned
Pinocchio	MIA
Pocahontas	MIA
The Rescuers	Orphaned	Orphaned
Snow White	Dead	Dead
Tarzan	Eaten at the beginning of the movie	Eaten at the beginning of the movie
Toy Story		MIA
Toy Story 2		MIA