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Lewis' Mother is his biological parent and a minor character in Disney's 2007 animated feature film, Meet the Robinsons. She had such an influence on Lewis Robinson that it was her that inspired him to invent his Memory Scanner.

Background[]

Physical appearance[]

Only a few brief glimpses of her face are seen in the beginning and toward the ending when Wilbur Robinson takes Lewis Robinson back to his time, but it is assumed that she's a redhead or blonde with curly red or blonde hair in a bun hairstyle and her attire was a red dress with a Shirley Temple collar over a dark, grimy cloak with red pointy shoes. Her attire in Lewis' drawing was a dress, a bow in her hair and some flats or low-heeled shoes.

Role in the film[]

She first appears in the beginning of the film in 1995 abandoning her child at the Sixth Street Orphanage. She looks at Lewis and gives him one last hug before a loud scraping noise alerted her and she left him at the front door of the orphanage, walking away into the distance. Having disappeared, no one has seen her since and only Lewis has a very faint but important memory. At the end of the film, Lewis travels back in time to the day that he was abandoned and nearly stops his mother but backs out, having accepted the past and knows he'll have a true family in his future because of it. As Lewis is backing out he slips on the pavement but causing the scraping noise she heard at the beginning of the film though Lewis hides before she can see him. This alert prompted her final decision to leave Lewis revealing his own ordeal and resolve is the result of a bootstrap paradox.

It is unknown on why she had given Lewis up for adoption, but Mildred suspects Lewis' biological mother didn't know how to take care of him. From little that can be seen of Lewis's biological mother, she does appear rather young, so it's possible that at least part of the reason she gave her son up for adoption was that she didn't feel ready to be a parent and wanted to give Lewis a better life or was unable to provide for Lewis.

Trivia[]

  • According to the DVD commentary of the film, it is claimed by the film's creators that her CG body model is the same as Franny Robinson's, just with a cloak.
  • When Lewis Robinson asked his future self (Cornelius), if he had ever met her, he answered nervously and cryptically that Lewis would have to find out for himself. This presumably refers to Lewis' later attempt to meet her before abandoning this plan. However it might also imply that he did meet her eventually.
  • A deleted scene that shows Lewis using the Memory Scanner on himself successfully instead of Dr. Krunklehorn would have shown him getting a glimpse of his mother, possibly before she gave him up. She appears to be crying at a table before coming over to see him. He turned off the Scanner after a moment, deciding it was enough for him. It is interesting to note that in this deleted scene, it you look very carefully, Mrs. Harrington's character model is clearly used, albeit appearing in heavy shadows.
  • Her character model was also used for Mrs. Harrington. Both characters have identical dresses, hairstyles, faces and body shapes. This has led some to make the case that Mrs. Harrington is in fact Lewis' mother. Several moments that imply this are during the adoption interview scene (one where she seems to be impressed at Lewis' sketches of his inventions and the other when she holds her husband back and says "hold on, wait a second", wanting to stay as long as she can). However, she still rushes out and leaves soon afterwards.[1]

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Media
Meet the Robinsons (video/soundtrack) • video game
Disney Parks
Parades: Villains Cursed Caravan

Fireworks: The Magic of Disney AnimationWondrous Journeys
Halloween: Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade

Characters
Lewis RobinsonWilbur RobinsonBowler Hat GuyDOR-15Mini-DorisMega-DorisCarlBud RobinsonLucille KrunklehornBillie RobinsonJoe RobinsonFritz RobinsonPetunia RobinsonLaszlo RobinsonTallulah RobinsonFranny RobinsonUncle ArtGaston FramagucciSpike and DimitriMildred DuffyMr. WillersteinLizzyStanleyCoachLewis' mother

Creatures: LeftyBusterTinyFrankie

Songs
Another BelieverTo the Future!Where Is Your Heart At?Give Me the Simple LifeLittle WondersThe Future Has ArrivedThe Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion)Kids of the FutureThere's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Locations
Sixth Street OrphanageJoyce Williams Elementary SchoolInventcoAnderson ObservatoryRobinson IndustriesJacoby's JunkPlaytime PlanetTodayland
Objects
Time MachineMemory ScannerLewis' JournalMega-Doris
Deleted Concepts
Pet Project
See also
The Robinsons
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