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Who is the worst Disney Dad?

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doadeer · 02/09/2020 17:40

Making our way through the new Disney Plus platform and I can't stop noticing how terrible so many of the dad's are!

Here are my contenders... Feel free to add your own! And cast your vote.

Contender #1 >> Beauty and the Beast

On top of his hugely dither-y personality he allows Belle to be kidnapped by a beast, fails to protect her from Gaston's threatening advances and is all round pretty hopeless.

Contender #2 >> Frozen

Tells his daughters very little of their history, tells Elsa to hide herself and all emotions, allows Anna to grow up as incredibly lonely and vulnerable to male attention!

Contender #3 >> Moana

Doesn't support his daughter, tells her she can't leave, gets really mad at her and threatens to burn the boats she wants to use to save their island from starvation.

Contender #4 Aladdin

Is magically controlled by an evil sorcerer, tries to force his daughter to marry, doesn't support her ambition and generally useless.

Special mentions go to Jane's dad in Tarzan for silliness and Mufassa for not expelling Scar.

.... What do you think?! (Other than I clearly have way too much time)

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StylishMummy · 02/09/2020 17:51

Best dad > Marlin in Finding Nemo/Dory 🐠

flowerlessorchid · 02/09/2020 18:01

Ariel's Dad has to be up there to start with -forbidding a teenager from doing something they really want is going to stop them isnt it. He does redeem himself in the end though.

DontGoIntoTheLongGrass · 02/09/2020 18:06

Wendy's dad on Peter Pan. Just seems to treat the kids pretty shit. Seems to be constantly angry.

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YouCantBeSadHoldingACupcake · 02/09/2020 18:12

King Stefan In sleeping beauty. Seriously he couldn't wait one more day until his daughter was out of danger to see her

Ishihtzuknot · 02/09/2020 18:21

Pocahontas dad - tried to make her marry someone she didn’t want to marry and tried to stop her doing what she enjoyed (film based not the real life story)

Cinderella’s dad from the action movie, thinking with his penis by bringing back a new woman and her children (into her mums home) he’d only known for 5 minutes and leaving her alone with them

Auroras dad from the maleficent movie

Best - mufusa and arlo’s dad from good dinosaur

Queenoftheashes · 02/09/2020 18:28

Yeah triton also smashed up all Ariel’s treasured possessions in a rather terrifying display. Not cool. Drove her away as well and let’s face it she would have ended up dead if disney hadn’t felt the need to change the ending.

woodhill · 02/09/2020 18:30

Mulan's parents

doadeer · 02/09/2020 19:30

Arlo has a great dad - agree!

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nosswith · 02/09/2020 20:05

Walt, judging by what I have read.

HolyForkinShirt · 02/09/2020 20:06

@woodhill

Mulan's parents
What!!! Mulans dad was lovely !
woodhill · 02/09/2020 22:03

Maybe it was her ancestors or her mum, haven't seen it for years'

AngelaScandal · 02/09/2020 22:31

Parent trap Dad (and Mum) - separate twins as babies FFS, never see their child and don’t inform the twins of the other’s existence.

mylittleyumyum · 03/09/2020 12:54

Mr Banks from Mary Poppins

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