I made the mars needs moms vid hahahahahaha i've lost it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hKp7pMqgmdOzdnk.htmlsi=_ptuFi9Aw39XrWj-

2:50 let's be real Ash can probably touch the ghost kid cause of the shear amount of times he's died in this series

Delia isn't absent, Ash is absent

The fact that abuela was a Hispanic mother in the early 20th century and actually apologized and took accountability for her actions and everything, making her kids and grandkids feel like sh*t, that’s something that deserves forgiveness. I’ve seen so many Hispanic people online saying that was the most unrealistic thing in the movie.

ANOTHER NOTE BECAUSE IM PASSIONATE ABOUT THE LUZ CAMP THING: ITS SHOWN THAT THE KIDS THAT WENT STAYED THE SAME??? They probably got sent the same reason why Luz was, because their interests sometimes included genuinely harmful activities, and they just needed to learn to express that and balance both life and their interests! We never even see the camp anyway, we just get vague descriptions!

As the resident pokemon nerd Ash has cannonically for a long time been able to sense souls, auras, and interact with them. thats why he could hug the kid

Damnit, I wish Chili from Bluey made it on here. Both her and Bandit are the ideal parents!

As a cartoon mom fan this video was made for me. All great takes 🙏🏾 But ALSO I am here in defense of Delia Ketchum who I feel like most people don’t know a lot about. I could talk about her FOREVER (I apologize for the essay I’m about to write). On the surface she can come off as an absent mother but there’s so much lore about her that we unfortunately don’t get in the anime and have to dig for, but it explains so much about her behavior and how she parents. (Most of her backstory is in former head writer Takeshi Shudo’s “Pocket Monsters: The Animation” novel). You’re definitely right in that it’s normal for 10 year olds to get a trainer’s license and just leave so it’s not weird for Delia to let Ash just go out into the world. You kinda have to buy into the fact that the Pokémon universe is a dangerous one but in a cartoony way and that 10 year olds are somehow capable of taking care of themselves haha. In the novel, we learn that Delia wanted to be a trainer herself as a kid but her mother didn’t allow her to follow those dreams because she was an only child and was set to take over the family restaurant. She does as she’s told for the sake of her family but still longs for adventure. To me, this explains why she encourages Ash to follow his dreams. She doesn’t want to hold him back like her own mother did. It was a massive act of selflessness on her part but to get why, we need to go DEEPER. When she was younger, her father left on a journey and never came back. Then when she was 18/19, she married Ash’s father who, right after Ash was born, left on a journey and never came back. Shortly after that, her mother passed away. As a teenager, she was left with only her restaurant and newborn Ash. The novel brings up her lingering fear of being abandoned and left for a dream. When Ash leaves, she acknowledges that, like his father, he might never come back. But she knows that becoming a trainer means everything to him so she lets him go. There’s a lovely passage in the novel where Ash gets to the next town and calls her. Delia has a moment of happiness and reflection. She remembers how her father and her husband never contacted her after leaving. After Ash hangs up, she then whispers to herself “All I wanted… was to be contacted.” We also see her not make a big deal out of Ash leaving on each next journey because after her husband left, she promised to never have a teary goodbye ever again. She also KNOWS that Ash has a big heart and if she showed any sign of sadness when he leaves, he’d drop everything to be with her (again going back to how she doesn’t wanna hold him back). In those episodes where he goes off at the end of each season, we see her cheering him on and ushering him out of the house but there’s always a light pause where, with the context of her backstory, you can tell she’s sad. She’s scared. She’s afraid he won’t come back. But she cheers him on anyways and will ALWAYS be there with a clean house, hot meal and made bed for him to come back to if he so chooses. It’s a nice parallel to the Pokemon games where the mom NPC never leaves home and is always there to heal you up when you choose go back to your character’s house! I feel like most players never go back home and opt to just go to a Pokémon center and play the game (but I definitely try to go back to the character’s house and see the mom character whenever I remember hehe) It’s also in the later seasons, but Delia goes and visits Ash when she can afford to take a break from work! She’s gone and watched his school plays and presentations and checks up on him when she can. SO in conclusion, good mom. Love this mom. I care her

Zira might be THE MOST evil Disney villain ever. Worse than Scar. Worse than Frollo. She neglects her eldest Nuka to the point where HE DIES TRYING TO GAIN HER APPROVAL, she raises Kovu for the sole purpose of killing her enemy and blames him for his own brothers death, she treats her daughter Vitani more like a second in command than a daughter and as you said threatans to kill her when she's like "actually I don't want to lose my last remaining sibling"... This movie realistically should not have had a happy ending these kids are scarred for life literally and phycologically

I was binge watching Bob’s Burgers like a month ago and one episode where Linda was sick and she found out she couldn’t go to Tina, Gene, and Louise’s school recitals and she started crying 😭 I audibly awed bc of how much she cares for her kids I love that fictional woman

23:20 Athena: Says kids don't think about where kid protagonists' parents are. Me as a kid who constantly asked where Max and Ruby's parents are constantly: 😐🤚

People keep talking about how Ursa should’ve cared more for Azula, but let’s look at the facts 1: her hallucination proves that she knows Ursa loves her. She’s just not willing to accept that. 2: flashbacks of her are mostly from Zuko’s perspective. Of course we’re going to see more caring and touching moments between them. 3: what would you do in her situation? It’s already a hard enough job to be a parent and she was dealt an AWFUL hand with Azula. Nurture is very important but it’s evident that sadism and being calculating and a bit psychotic was already a part of her nature/personality early on. Also, growing up with another parent who actively encourages those traits makes her job even harder. We talk about bad parenting and parents, but a child like Azula in that sort of environment was never going to have a good outcome.

Mommy? Sorry- mommy. Sorry. Mommy-

If you put Camila any lower than top tier I would have been so confused. Glad to see even you, someone who hasn’t seen the whole show yet, knows that the Camila slander is mostly BS standards of perfection. (Eda is also a top tier mom, Gwendolyn improved, and Odalia can find a hole to wither away in)

The fact that Chilli from bluey isn't on this list is an act of heresy of the highest caliber.

How is Della Duck not on here? She was stranded on the moon for 10 years and had to fight moon monsters and even sang happy birthday to her son's that she couldn't see. And when she came back to earth, she tried to let Huey, Dewey, and Louie the best day of their lives. When the alien invasion happened, she tried to keep the kids safe on a far away island, yeah she left the others to fight but she thought she was doing the right thing. Even when she was fighting Lunarises ship, she was still looking out for the kids.

I am 1000% surprised you didn't mention Pearl literally debating murdering baby Steven by pulling his gem out, throw the whole mom out

Athena, they said Delia's name several times- Also, she does apparently check up on him or have people she knows to make sure he's okay? They even took a holiday in the Sun & Moon series?

Regarding Grandma SquarePants I think in an issue of the SpongeBob comic book SpongeBob takes Squidward to see his grandma and Squidward genuinely has a blast and desperately wants to see her more often which both says a lot about how great grandma SquarePants is and also how it weirdly fits Athena’s SpongeBob/Squidward’s fanfic

For next Mother's Day, you should do "Best Cartoon Moms." One of the S tier moms has got to be Lois Foutley from "As Told by Ginger."

I love Camilla sm I’ll never understand why the TOH fandom was so hard on her, she’s not perfect but she’s so sweet and nurturing

8:55 "I have practically no time to watch anything for enjoyment anymore with how much I watch for this channel." WAIT- Why is that sad, gurl take a break, enjoy your time. 😭🖐

I will *NOT* stand for the Delia Ketchem slander! She wanted her son to live the dream she couldn't, and supported entirely! She was far more involved early on, but over time, Ash proved how capable and independent he was, so she pulled back! That's great! She knows what her son is capable of, and doesn't overparent him! Delia is Pretty Good, minimum!

Linda will always be my favorite mom. Alriiiiiight!

Let’s not forget the time Misty literally tried to give away Pysduck to her three sisters, not even they would take him.

One thing about Camila and the reality check camp she tried to send Luz to - spoiler alert, Vee went to that camp instead of Luz. Granted, Vee's perspective is wholly different from Luz's, but she did make some nerdy friends that I think Luz would love. It seems like the only thing that changed for those kids was that they found friends, they didn't abandon their geeky interests. So I don't think that camp was such a horrible idea at all, though it was totally framed like one at the start of the show. Conclusion, Camila is a wonderful mom and she deserves the spot next to Garnet like noone else.

I’m so glad you put Kanga and Camilla Noceda in the S Tier they’re literally the best animated mothers on the list.

I will say, there is a tumblr account that ships Jesse from Team Rocket and Ash's mom and I LIVE FOR IT ITS SO CUTE.

I would pretty strongly argue that Azula needed love and protection too. Her father was a genocidal maniac who shaped her into his image for his own gain. She grew up completely without genuine parental love. I mean, do you remember that scene where she says her own mother thought she was a monster? She was only fourteen in that scene. She was only ten when Ursa left. I don't really blame Ursa for being a terrible parent given the circumstances, but that doesn't really change that she was one, and I don't think it's fair to discount how she essentially turned her back on her own daughter in a conversation about motherhood.

Hey I mean if you put Luz's mom at S tier, than you got to add Ann's mom too from Amphibia. Cause she's a good mom to both Ann and the planters and the fact she was ready to fight the FBI, killer robot and secret agents for both her daughter and her adopted kids as well as accept that her daughter has crazy powers and have to save a completely different dimension at 16 years old tells you something.

There’s a Spongebob comic (idk if it’s from Nick Magazine or the actual comic books) where Squidward actually meets Spongebob’s grandma and they get along really well because they share the same taste in music and art. It’s really wholesome! Also, I like to think Princess Carolyn’s gonna get better as a mom especially since Judah’s there. He’s an artsy hipster musician and would support their daughter if she shared that chill vibe

I think one of the worst moms has to be Beatrice Horseman. The way she belittles her son, how she tell him constantly how he "ruined her", putting down his work ("well it's not Ibsen"), and just overall is a miserable hag is just unbelievable. And how she didn't let Henrietta hold Hollyhock right after she was born to not get "attached" to her, while understable when we take into account Beatrice's past, is still extremely cruel.

The take on Ursa is such a good one. People often forget that childhood neglect and sometimes even abuse can be caused by someone who is hurting just as much, and the only reason they make "poor" choices with their kids is because of that unaddressed stressor/mental illness. Once said thing is addressed, it's possible for the parent to grow and change. My mother and I went through something similar, where she was so tortured by her mental state that she didn't have room to take care of me, but once she got the help and meds she needed, she took ownership of what she did and became the mother I needed. Yeah it might have been a little late, but I'm happy to have a relationship with my mother now. She tries really hard, and she's showing true progress, that's what matters.

Ash canonically has the power of life He has an insanely strong aura,and can sense others.has a unique bond with his greninja,pretty much bound to pikachu at this point because of friendship,got a special form rock dog,he might as well with dead with all the times he did actually die onscreen.normal Tuesday in the Pokémon world

In defense of Delia Ketchum, she does play the role of absent pokemon mother like every mom in the franchise, but a couple of episodes do paint her in a different light. The episode "Betrayed, Bothered and Beleaguered"(PJ030) dives a little into her relationship with Pikachu and the episode "Alolan Open House!"(SM024) shows her visiting Ash in the Alola region (The Sun and Moon series in general is an amazing example of family dynamics in the pokemon world)

Everyone who ever recommended Delia to you probably thought of the fanon Delia that is shipped with Jessie

Finally the SquidBob fanfiction gets another cameo I nearly forgot it existed

I just have to say it - Della Duck will not be silenced. She's only been in one of these stupid Mother's Day 2024 videos and it hurts my feelings. I have gone through a hell of a lot with her character, but now I'm hardcore defending her. Nothing can stop Della Duck!

Hana from wolf children raised her half feral children by herself, moved them somewhere they could he safe, fixed an entire house herself, and let them choose which path they wanted to take dispite her own grief. She is the #bestmom

I have several things to say. 1. I do think spongebob's grandma was well meaning, but the way she sorta manipulated spongebob back into being childlike instead of just directly communicating with him rubbed me the wrong way. 2. You relating to Linda Belcher makes so much sense and I mean that in the best way. 3. I love your unabashed love for Mars Needs Moms and I genuinely feel like more people should have that one thing they love that everyone hates 4. Though Zira is SUCH a fun villain, the way she sang about her envisioning her young son kovu with a "lust" for being bad always gave me the ick.

Linda Belcher will always be my favorite cartoon mom, also your SpongeBob Fanfiction is amazing

In Defence of Misty from Pokémon: As Blake Jennings once said about Psyduck, 'If you want to be with a man in the future that is anything but completely worthless, you will squash this habit right now'.

The SpongeBob fanfic went so incredibly hard

17:05 "we can be heros" should of ended with an adult version of that kid from the 1st movie finishing drawing a comic, said comic being the movie, and it being revealed he went on to make comics of his dreams

The reason Ash can touch that ghost kid was because Ash has superpowers. You learn this in one of the movies

They "Don't talk about Bruno" because him leaving broke Abeula's heart (again) and probably led to massive arguments anytime it was brought up. I feel like it's a pretty obvious family dynamic for that sort of situation. They didn't need to have a big discussion about it, the subtext was obvious.

I would go insane if Athena ever talks about Cyberchase lore smh.

So the whole thing with the ghost kid touching Pikachu. Ash canonically can control his Aura so basically he projected his and Pikachu’s aura and connected to the ghost kid allowing him to touch pikachu

For a Father’s Day one, you have to have Donald Duck from the duck tales reboot

Most of the moms are so sweet and freaking hilarious, but some of them are overprotective and not doing a great job with their work 🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣

Linda will probably always be my favourite cartoon mum. She's so iconic

'Ash can touch the ghost kid for no reason' It's always funny when people dont know about the batshit lore around ash. Nope, this guy had aura powers. You know, like a lucario.

Honestly, I think the encanto family had a feeling Bruno was just hiding out somewhere near by and watching over them. They were way too willing to accept that he was just chilling in the walls the whole time, they had to have somewhat expected that.

13:42 "Don't come over to practice clarinet tonight, maybe your grandma can help you" THAT LINE ON MY GOD 💀

RE: Ash's ghost powers (A Poke-ani lore segment): Ash gained the Ability to read the Aura of both people and pokemon in the movie Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. It's explicitly stated in the anime that ghost-type pokemon and human ghosts still possess their Aura when they pass on. Ash was using his Aura abilities to help the dead kid. They don't bring up Ash's Aura Abilities extremely often but they do come back in every now and again after this movie (Which took place during the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald era of the show)

"Caring about your kid doesnt make you a good mom" THANK YOU!!! 😭😭 one more time for the people in the back

Forget the explosives, I wanna know where Luz got multiple live venomous snakes.

Helen Parr, Debbie from Invincible, or Chili from Bluey surprised none of these were brought up.

Wasn't expecting Athena P to call out Ash's dad today but I'm all here for it🤣

What about Johanna from hilda? That mother would rather die with her kid if she can't rescue her.

Came for the ranking of cartoon moms, stayed for the squidbob fanfic. I'm reading the whole thing after this video, 10/10, truly a masterpiece

THE QUEEN HAS POSTED! SHES STILL VIDEOTAPING HERSELF 🤭

8:19 "this can't be how he meets us" I CANNOT BREATHE

Happy new Mother’s Day because Athena is never late!😊

LETS GOO MORE ATHENA P

This video could have not come at a better time, I desperately needed something to help me procrastinate sleep. Also I’m loving the make up, it’s very fun and fancy ✨🦕

0:12 *The last butt slap*

The reason why ash could touch the ghost is because in one episode of the OG series, he and Pikachu straight up die and become ghosts. Since I'm pretty sure this is his first death, we can assume every time he revives after is because he's a ghost normal type now, which is pretty OP. He can therefore, touch ghosts.

Ooooh, I love the Mother's Day theme makeup!!

GROJBAND???? IVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE NAME OF THAT SHOW FOR AGES. This is the second time you remind me of shows I’ve watched a decade ago and that I completely forgot about, you’re literally saving my childhood memories ❤️

Even though you didn’t include Carmilla Carmine on the list, I imagine she would be placed in the "BEST AROUND!!" or the "I Love Them!!" list considering she protected her daughters from the Extermination Angels and killed one during the last extermination, plus she defended Zestial when Velvette trash talked back at him during the Overlord meeting.

Fun fact, Camila Noceda and Shannon Mcgee share the same Hebrew voice actress Shirly lilu. Who was also a Hebrew voice for various cartoon moms like sabine cheng, ming lee, George beard's mother, adria Lafayette and daniela paguro. And if hilda and my hero academia had Hebrew dubs, she would be the perfect Hebrew voice for Johanna and inko Midoriya.

Sitting here as someone who isn't a fan of Pokemon but knowing damn well why delia was suggested so much (those delia x jessie comics/fanart that got really popular) made the first ranking of this video a very unique experience that really showed me how chronically online I am

Are you doing a "Ranking Cartoon Dads" video for Father's Day? Cuz I got beef with "Mr. Turner/Timmy's Dad" from Fairly OddParents 😂

Hell Yea, Camila Noceda earns her spot at BEST AROUND!!!!

Encanto is one of my comfort movies but like. It needed to be longer or maybe be a series. Abuela needed more time to change her mind instead of just flipping a switch from "horrible and emotionally abusive" to "actually I love my family and I will do anything for them completely selflessly." Like. Pick a personality.

Ash's mom needs to act like soos's grandma. She hates soos's father so much because he never came to see his son

This was uploaded less than a minute ago and there's already about twenty comments so congrats on making it Athena! Good for you girl

I haven't washed Horrid Henry but apparently Horrid Henry's mom is also a bad mom to her favorite child because she holds perfect Peter to such a level of perfection that when he does something even a bit bad or a bit wrong he's scared for his life so yeah she is the worst

Im so sad Miss Spider from Miss Spider's Sunny Patch wasn't in this but I am glad Im not the only one that sweats during Lisa's driving in Ponyo

8:16 funny enough there is actually a short comic based on that scenario.

i have ONE defense for zira, she DID care when nuka (her eldest) died, comforting him as he passed away, lashed out at kovu and even states "simba has hurt me for the last time" granted, this doesn't excuse how she threatened vitani, but i couldn't let that moment go ignored

the real best moms are the moms we made a long the way🌄

REAL… I never realized the difference in how Garnet and Pearl acted as caregivers for Steven when I was young and watching it but. DUDE if he slapped Pearl in an argument like he did Garnet. I don't think she would've pulverized him shed probably play victim until he felt bad enough to. Idk. Walk it off. But Garnets response of just Silently Expressing Rage genuinely felt like she was putting so much effort into Still being patient. Steven cares about and relies on Pearl, but i'd say through the series it's Garnet who he actually looks to for necessary/serious aid.

When i subscribed to your channel a few weeks ago, i didn't realize how often this spongebob fic would come up in videos ^^ love the commitment to your own work, truly inspiring

I feel like the best way to focus on Delia is the movie where Entei chooses her to be the best mom for his wish summoner kid.

That fan-fic was fire girl

0:57 because team rocket is so bad at their job, I can't catch a rat

I think a good thing to remember for Camilla Noceda, is that she isn’t just a single mom; she’s a widow with a daughter who was old enough to experience grief, from her sick father’s passing. Said-father leaving behind a book series, of-which Luz gets OBSESSED over. I know the joke of the book series being not very well written in-reality with cliche characters and misspellings, is a tongue-in-cheek joke about mediocre series like Harry Potter or warrior cats often being the obsessing of ADHD-riddled kids. However, I kinda see it as Luz getting attached to the last remnant of her father, with Camilla recognizing this attachment. Not only does Luz get inspired by this series to make “creative” projects in human school and to act out in dramatic, but disruptive ways - she also is borderline reliant on the series. She was a child with no friends, but with an extremely close relationship, with her parents. One of those parents was taken away. Luz was threatened with expulsion, sure - but I genuinely believe that she wanted Luz to develop a healthier coping mechanism for dealing with her father, no longer being there. Granted, she went about it in a wrong way, but the principal didn’t even give her a choice. She was a stressed, widowed mother, who experienced childhood isolation, with a troubled child, who was apparently repeating that cycle - with the added trauma that her dad fucking died and know she has developed an arguably unhealthy attachment to the book series he left her, in death. Shit, I might make some bad decisions too, if that was the cards I was dealt.

FUN FACT nichole watterson's voice actress is the same as Dashi Dog's from Octonauts (Theresa Gallagher)

I feel like you should do Fairly Odd Parents lore

Della Duck would rank highest because even if she stole the spear of Selene, she spent 10 years working to get back to her children, and she's the biggest girlboss out there. Begging for a Ducktales episode 🙏

i completely forgot mars needs moms existed- i looked for it a while ago and couldn't find it, I thought I imagined the whole thing. I'd love a video on it

Anyone else hoping we get a ✨️Yeehaw romance✨️ book review video next month 🤞🏿(love the vid btw)

I feel like Ponyos mom is slightly detached from her kids because she was way too ready to let Ponyo chill with a human. Ngl I feel like she was thinking “let her be babe, we got backups”

The upgrade of a helicopter mom is a SWAT mom.

Delia is a W mom whenever ash visits and she always tries her best I will not accept Delia slander 😅 0:26

About Ursa forgetting her children, can you blame her? From her perspective, she would never be able to see them again. What good would it do to remember them if all their memory was going to do was bring pain?

Also to put that hypothetical with Luz’s mom. We see what would’ve happened with vee. Sure the camp itself was boring but she was out with other nerds with similar interests. And it’s not like they lost their weirdness when they came out of the camp. I think the camp was mostly about teaching kids what to do in society but letting them keep their weirdness if they wanted. And that seems like a pretty good option for a kid who SET FIREWORKS OFF AT SCHOOL.

"botched fish botox" is a fun tongue twister, big ups for not stumbling on it