Top 10 Greatest Animated Moms (Because Real Moms Are Gone, and the Rest of Us Are Barely Holding It Together)
Listen… Mother’s Day hits different when your mom’s no longer around. Mine passed in 2018, and honestly, I’ve been winging it ever since — poorly. So rather than pretending I know how to celebrate actual motherhood, I did what any emotionally-stunted cartoon nerd would do…
I made a totally arbitrary, chaotic, and mildly disrespectful list of the greatest animated moms of all time.
Because if we can’t laugh about it, what’s even the point?
🍼 10. Mrs. Brisby (The Secret of NIMH)
Widowed, homeless, kids are sick, entire field about to be plowed under…
Still handles it better than me when my internet goes out.
Absolute legend.
🥴 9. Elastigirl (Helen Parr) (The Incredibles)
She’s holding the whole world (and her family) together while her husband has a midlife crisis in a unitard.
Meanwhile, I can’t even hold a conversation without googling “How to be a functioning adult.”
👑 8. Queen Arianna (Tangled: The Series)
She married the kingdom’s himbo-in-chief, survived kidnapping trauma via her daughter, and somehow doesn’t scream into a pillow every night.
Teach me your ways, Queen.
🦜 7. Linda Gunderson (Rio)
She adopted a rare bird, raised it, and traveled across the world to save it.
I can’t even keep a houseplant alive.
😤 6. Chicha (The Emperor’s New Groove)
Pregnant.
Two chaotic gremlin children.
Still has the time and energy to drag an entitled emperor and an evil witch.
Meanwhile, I need a nap after emptying the dishwasher.
🪀 5. Mrs. Davis (Toy Story)
Unbothered, unphased, raises Andy without questioning why he’s having existential meltdowns over plastic figurines.
Basically every mom who let us be weird and didn’t call CPS.
🪡 4. Eudora (The Princess and the Frog)
She’s a seamstress and a saint.
Taught Tiana how to dream and hustle.
I learned how to eat Pop-Tarts over the sink.
🐻 3. Queen Elinor (Brave)
Turns into a bear.
Still keeps her family together.
When I get cranky, I just turn into a middle-aged man yelling at clouds.
👵 2. Grandma Fa (Mulan)
Not technically a mom, but pure, uncut chaos energy.
Gives zero life advice, but maximum bad ideas and snacks.
Basically the parental figure I aspire to be.
🐘 1. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo)
The OG ride-or-die mom.
Locked up, branded a “mad elephant,” but still sings “Baby Mine” through prison bars.
If that scene doesn’t emotionally wreck you, you might be a villain.
💥 Honorable Mentions:
• Marge Simpson (because she deserves hazard pay)
• Nicole Watterson (Gumball’s mom — full psycho energy)
• Duchess (The Aristocats, single mom with STYLE)
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