Chicha from The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) is the first pregnant female character to appear in a Disney animated feature film, according to the DVD commentary. She’s also one of the first mother characters in a Disney film not to be killed off or villainized.

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image showing Chicha from The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) is the first pregnant female character to appear in a Disney animated feature film, according to the DVD commentary. She’s also one of the first mother characters in a Disney film not to be killed off or villainized.

astronautry on March 4th, 2021 at 11:46 UTC »

Mulan’s mom and Simba’s mom, both, were not killed or villainized.

Edit: holy crap RIP my inbox. Keep the overlooked Disney moms coming though. @op could probably use a comprehensive list.

Edit 2: wow, my first award! Thanks everybody!

Schezzi on March 4th, 2021 at 12:54 UTC »

Plus she's fabulous and hilarious. Damn I love this film.

realworldeditor on March 4th, 2021 at 14:00 UTC »

They must mean direct human mother.

Dutchess in Aristocats lived/not villainized.

Perdy (mother) and Anita (human mother) from 101 Dalmatians lived/not villainized.

Sarabi from Lion King lived/not villainized

And that's just three off the top of my head...