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Once-ler's Mother: *gasp* Onsie, is that you?
Once-ler: Mom!
Once-ler's Mother: There he is! There's my big suddenly successful son! We always knew you'd make it, Onsie! Right?
Uncle Ubb: Hey! I love this Guy! Oh ho hoh!
Once-ler: *to his mother* But you always said that I wouldn't amount to anything, remember?
Once-ler's Mother: Oh, hush your mouth! I was just trying to motivate you!
Once-ler: I'm really glad that you clarified that because it actually hurt my feelings
for a really long time.
~ The first conversation that The Once-ler's Mother had with her youngest son, The Once-Ler, showing about how neglectful she is.
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Son, You have let me down. Brett. You are now my favorite child.
~ The Once-Ler's Mother's last line before abandoning The Once-Ler.
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The Once-ler's Mother is the overarching antagonist of the 2012 adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss book The Lorax. She, as her name suggests, is the mother of the film's villain protagonist The Once-ler, and as shown by his flashbacks, she was an emotionally manipulative parent who doesn't seem to care for her son and only starts to act like she does once she has something to gain.

She is voiced by Nasim Pedrad.

What Makes Her a Hate Sink?[]

  • She belittles and makes fun of the Once-ler for his chosen path of business, with the Once-ler directly saying that her belittling is one of his motivations for leaving, as he wanted to prove himself to her.
  • Upon finding out that the Once-ler's Thneed was successful, she proceeded ride over to where he was situated and started acting proud of him, showing that she only cares about him when she has something to gain.
  • She manipulated the Once-ler into cutting down the Truffula Trees, making her directly responsible for his descent into villainy.
  • Once the last Truffula Tree is cut down, instead of acknowledging that she had contributed to the World's pollution, she chooses to put all of the blame on the Once-ler, saying that he let her down, and then proceeded to leave him there to deal with the aftermath.
  • Before abandoning The Once-ler behind to never come back, she says that one of the Once-ler's older brothers, Brett, is now her new "favorite child." This shows that she only likes her children whenever she could get something out of them and how conditional her care for her sons are, as well as how terrible of a mother she is.
  • Due to leaving without the Once-ler's money, she has to live the less luxurious life again, which implied that this served as karma to her for her crime.

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