Rita-Oliver Relationship

The relationship between Saluki Rita and the protagonist Oliver is one of the supporting relationships in Oliver & Company and is a motherly/son between the two.

When they first meet each other is when Oliver falls through the roof of the houseboat that the gang lives in, at first Rita is angry that Oliver is there and demands to know why, but once she finds out the real reason, she immediately warms up to him. After the limo heist failed, Rita is the most concerned about Oliver cause she now wants to treat him like the son she never had. Even before the heist, she was concerned about him, when Fagin crashes the scooter he has, Rita first looks to Oliver to see if he is ok. She looks up