Why are mothers with bottom heavy body types a common thing in cartoons?
Why are mothers with bottom heavy body types a common thing in cartoons?
Benjamin Powell
Jace Nguyen
this ep made me feel things as a kid
David Barnes
Who knows...
Jeremiah Bailey
It's a sinister Hollywood plot to turn our young boys heterosexual
Owen Murphy
Censors hate tiddies
Lucas Martin
It's to denote age. Women typically gain weight in their hips and thighs as they age if they dont do anything to stop it. It's the female equivalent of the dad belly.
Jack Lopez
Johnny's mom is one that comes to mind. They slimmed her down in seasons 2-3 though.
Wyatt Hughes
Julian Brown
Animators are very lonely people.
Brayden Lewis
Good question
Parker Anderson
I blame this man.
Hunter Anderson
Kayden Evans
Large hips are simple signifiers of motherhood, and while not all mothers have large hips, most people will see this shape and understand what the animators are trying to show. Animation is in large part about trying to use design to explain as much about a character as possible with as little exposition as possible.
I have a theory that might explain this in another way. I'm not 100% sure of this, so bear with me. Since most cartoons are aimed at small children, the design caters to their perspective, literally. Little kids see grownups from waist level, and since young children hover mostly around their mothers, their view of their mothers focuses on the two parts they see closest. Children imagine mothers as having large waists, since kids usually walk besides their mothers, and as having a large head, since that is their perspective while being carried. This view of our mothers usually changes as we grow older, but the image is carried with us to adulthood subconsciously.
Eli Mitchell
God I wish this could have been Lois's default body type
Cameron Price
Gavin Harris
Gabriel Wright
I am Cooming
Logan Ward
Does Genndy have children? If not, missed opportunity on fulfilling his ideal mom body.
Kayden Bell
Inner Workings is Disney Animation, not Pixar. Fun Fact: She's a caricature of the director's girlfriend.
Cameron Phillips
It was in the original Life of Larry short if I recall correctly
Christopher Turner
Also amerifats, bazilians, middle easterns/jews find fatness appealing and normal.
Then there's another American stereotype. Bulky man and stick woman, but often times those don't have children.
Also the overachiever marrying the moron.(Futurama, Simpsons and Dan Vs)
Or two morons/Married with Children.
Or sub male with angry female, but both dumb(Cramp Twins, South Park Kyle's parents)
Or the overly caring parent with the overly careless parent.
Henry Howard
Because giving a woman wide hips denotes their age and sexuality. Ironically these body types are way more attractive than just giving them huge tits.
Dominic Gomez
Liking women with more curves than a little boy is a negative now? Ever consider the possibility that you're a homosexual?
Elijah Edwards
Which one?
Austin Kelly
ITT:
Christian Wood
Dexters mom was thicker than a bowl of oatmeal
Angel Cox
This lady is the only reason anyone remembers or even talks about Robotboy.
Bentley Cook
Who is this?
Joseph Moore
Queen Evil from Miss Melee.
Asher Jenkins
For anal.
Wyatt Wood
Bigger.