Mommy Issues: Difference between revisions

* Azula in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Interpretations]] of [[Mama Bear|Ursa]] vary: the only time she appears, it's from Zuko's perspective of past events and, therefore, likely idealized and slightly unreliable. Azula, with her mind twisted by [[Freudian Excuse|Ozai's]] emotionally abusive and violent tendencies, could only fixate on her belief that 'Mother loved Zuko best' and that 'my own mother thought I was a monster'. [[Lampshade Hanging|She points it out herself]], but it's very clear she was always yearning for her mother's approval and love -- and just as clear that Ursa was concerned for her. Fortunately, none of this is pertinent because the only thing you really need for Mommy Issues is the perception of an uncaring mother.

** As for Zuko, he has his own paternal issues, what with the [["Well Done, Son" Guy|need for retribution in his father's eyes]] and all.

* Gazpacho from ''[[Chowder]]''

* In ''[[Adventure Time]],'' the relationship between Princess Bubblegum and her son Lemongrab is... complicated, at best. She sees him as an obnoxious jerk and is blatantly ashamed of his existence, while Lemongrab sees the princess as "unacceptable," and has absolutely no problem with sending her to the dungeon for one million years. Granted, he was the first of her science experiments gone wrong, and has an unpleasant, strange personality, and we haven't seen the princess do a whole lot to help him. He sent innocent people to the dungeon for committing the pettiest of crimes, and to make him leave her people alone, she punched him, caused him physical pain and discomfort in other ways, (even making him cry,) and called him a "butt" right after firing him. We'll be learning more about their weird mother/son relationship in Season 4.