Mother Knows Best (song) Mother Knows Best (song) "Mother Knows Best" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater for Walt Disney Pictures' 50th animated feature film "Tangled" (2010). Included on the film's official soundtrack, "Mother Knows Best" is a musical theatre-inspired pop and jazz ballad performed by American actress and singer Donna Murphy in her animated role as Mother Gothel, the film's villain. Incorporating a series of passive-aggressive insults into its lyrics, the song serves as Gothel's attempt to frighten Rapunzel into remaining in their secluded tower despite her constant requests to see the floating lanterns so that she
Villainous (web series) Villainous (web series) Villainous () is a Mexican-American animated web series created by Alan Ituriel. It is based on a 2012 web series which he had previously created and was initially picked up by Cartoon Network Latin America as a miniseries of ten one-minute episodes for the Cartoon Network Anything app. (Further episodes, along with a series of specials, began to be released later.) The series is co-produced by CN and A.I. Animation Studios. Due to the success of the episodes released on YouTube, a television series is currently in development. The "Villainous" concept was pitched by Alan Ituriel at