[Fey]

I'm not talking about the cost of drawing out a character, I'm talking about the story's flat out either NOT having one, or having her Dead/Gone. And while some stories sorta require the mom be out of the picture(Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the BEast) some would have done fine to have the dad gone and the mom present. It was just that Disney himself sorta had a major issue with women/moms. I mean, in all the 'classic' and 'new' disney animation we only have five living disney moms, all the rest are step-mothers or gone in some way. But s'okay, it's an exclusive club to be a disney living mom, lol

And I have to say I looooooved the music in this movie, I've been quite impressed with the last couple pixar sound tracks.