Mother Rabbit (Disney Parks)

:For the character from "Robin Hood", see "Mother Rabbit".
The Mother Rabbit"A worried mother rabbit" ~ America Sings press kit is a character featured in the Disney Parks.
==History==
===Background===
The Mother Rabbit and her children are a family of rabbits who are seen waiting behind a window looking for the Wanderin' Boy, the missing son. She appears briefly during the attraction's third act singing "Down in the Licensed Saloon" where she sadly sings about her hopes for her missing son, the Wanderin' Boy, hoping he comes home right away. During the song, the bunnies listen to their mother's singing about her hopes for one of her missing sons to return.
===History===
The Mother Rabbit was created in the former America Sings attraction which was created for the America Sings attraction at Disneyland in the Tomorrowland section where she was placed in the "Gay Nineties" sequence where she sang the song, "Down In The Licensed Saloon", which opened on June 29, 1974. However, America Sings closed on April 10, 1988 in order to retheme the attraction to Innoventions, with the rabbit family and most of the animatronics moved to Splash Mountain at the Critter Country section, which opened on July 17, 1989.
As of 2020 Splash Mountain is slated for closure in order to retheme the attraction into a Princess and the Frog-inspired attraction in order to remove references to Song of the South, due to controversy surrounding the film itself which the attraction is based on. Thus, it is currently unknown of what will replace the rabbit family in the rethemed version of the attraction. The Disneyland version of Splash Mountain closed on May 31, 2023.
==Appearances==
===America Sings===
The Mother Rabbit is encountered during the attraction's third act, "The Gay Nineties", where she is seen during the song, "Down in the Licensed Saloon". Throughout the song, she sings in a sad tune about her hopes for her missing son to come home. Just as she sings, a silhouette of a rabbit a (presumably the Wanderin' Boy) appears on a window just as the Mother Rabbit holds a candle while singing about her missing son. After the act, it loops into Sam and Ollie listening to a showgirl pig singing "(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey".
===Splash Mountain===
Exclusive to the former California version of the attraction, the Mother Rabbit and her children were encountered during the final sequence along with a mother possum and her offspring. Originally in the attraction, she originally sang "Sooner or Later" but later refurbishments replaced that song with "Burrow's Lament" where both mothers sang to their offspring about Br'er Rabbit being held hostage by Br'er Fox about the Laughing Place. The next seen where Br'er Rabbit was is where he was shown to have escaped from Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear respectively.
==Gallery==
Mother Rabbit and her children in America Sings.png|Mother Rabbit and her children in America Sings. (1974-1988)
Mother Rabbit and her children in Splash Mountain.jpg|Mother Rabbit and her children in Splash Mountain. (1989-2023)
America Sings - Wanderin' Boy's Family Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of the Mother Rabbit and her children from America Sings by Marc Davis.
Concept art of the Mother Rabbit in Down in the Licensed Saloon by Marc Davis.png|Concept art of the Mother Rabbit in Down in the Licensed Saloon for America Sings by Marc Davis.
Burrows Lament concept art 2 by John Stone.jpg|Concept art of Mother Rabbit in the "Burrow's Lament" sequence by John Stone.
Burrows Lament concept art.jpg|Concept art of Mother Rabbit in the "Burrow's Lament" sequence.
==References==
Category:America Sings
Category:Splash Mountain characters
Category:Theme park characters
Category:Females
Category:Rabbits
Category:Disney characters
Category:Parents
Category:Adults
Category:Anthropomorphic characters