4. The Farewell - Dumbo
Dumbo is a small elephant with massive ears - his ears earning him his name of Dumbo in the first place. In the beginning of the story he is separated from his mother after she gets angry at some humans for mocking her son, and she is taken away and declared mad. Dumbo descends into being the most upset elephant in the circus, forced to do a job he hates and having no friends other than a small mouse named Timothy. Timothy sees how upset Dumbo is becoming, and in an effort to cheer him up he takes him to visit his mother. At this point a beautiful moment occurs where his mother rocks him on her trunk, and a montage of animals being comforted by their mothers as they sleep begins. A few moments later, Dumbo is forced to leave his mother once more, and as he walks away crying and she waves her trunk goodbye to him, it's impossible to not see the beautiful portrayal of maternal instinct that Disney provide.