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{{Quote|A boy's best friend is his mother.|Norman Bates|Psycho (1960)}} |
{{Quote|A boy's best friend is his mother.|Norman Bates|Psycho (1960)}} |
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| − | '''Norma Bates''' was the domineering mother of [[Norman Bates]]. After Norman murdered her, he developed a murderous split personality based on her. |
+ | '''Norma Bates''' (nee Spool) was the domineering mother of [[Norman Bates]]. After Norman murdered her, he developed a murderous split personality based on her. |
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| − | As a young woman, Norma and her sister, [[Emma Spool|Emma]] were in love with [[Mr. Bates|the same man]]. He decided to marry Norma and they had a child, [[Norman Bates]]. Emma, mentally unstable and extremely jealous, kidnapped Norman, believing him to be the son she should have had with Norma's husband. Norman |
+ | As a young woman, Norma and her sister, [[Emma Spool|Emma]] were both in love with [[Mr. Bates|the same man]]. He decided to marry Norma and they had a child, [[Norman Bates]]. Emma, mentally unstable and extremely jealous, kidnapped Norman, believing him to be the son she should have had with Norma's husband. The authorities intervened, returning Norman to his parents and arresting Emma. She was later remanded to a mental institution, having been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial.<ref name="psycho3">''[[Psycho III]]''</ref> |
Following the death of her husband by bee stings,<ref name="psycho4" /> Norma raised their son alone. The two lived in [[Fairvale]], [[California]], where they ran the [[Bates Motel (place)|Bates Motel]].<ref name="psycho">''[[Psycho (1960)|Psycho]]''</ref> |
Following the death of her husband by bee stings,<ref name="psycho4" /> Norma raised their son alone. The two lived in [[Fairvale]], [[California]], where they ran the [[Bates Motel (place)|Bates Motel]].<ref name="psycho">''[[Psycho (1960)|Psycho]]''</ref> |
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| − | Norma was extremely controlling of her son's life and preached to him that all women – except herself – were whores and that sexual intercourse was sinful. On one occasion, Norma found a |
+ | Norma was extremely controlling of her son's life and preached to him that all women – except herself – were whores and that sexual intercourse was sinful. On one occasion, Norma found a ladies' lingerie catalog in Norman's room and reprimanded him, forcing him to throw it away.<ref name="psycho4">''[[Psycho IV: The Beginning]]''</ref> |
On another occasion, Norman doused her with orange flower water and Norma playfully wrestled with him until she felt him have an erection. Thrown into a rage, she put him in a dress and lipstick and called him a girl as she locked him in a closet in an attempt to make him forget about his penis.<ref name="psycho4" /> |
On another occasion, Norman doused her with orange flower water and Norma playfully wrestled with him until she felt him have an erection. Thrown into a rage, she put him in a dress and lipstick and called him a girl as she locked him in a closet in an attempt to make him forget about his penis.<ref name="psycho4" /> |
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Four-and-a-half years later, after his final release, Norman saw visions of his mother as he destroyed his childhood home.<ref name="psycho4" /> |
Four-and-a-half years later, after his final release, Norman saw visions of his mother as he destroyed his childhood home.<ref name="psycho4" /> |
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| − | At the age of twenty, Norma gave birth to her son, [[Norman Bates|Norman]]. When the boy was an infant, [[Mr. Bates|his father]] abandoned the family, leaving Norma to raise Norman alone. The two lived in a state of codependence and, unbeknownst to Norma, her son became a secret transvestite, imitating her in the process.<ref name="novel">[[Psycho (novel)|''Psycho'' (novel)]]</ref> |
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| − | When Norma was thirty-nine, she met [[Joe Considine]], with whom she soon began a relationship and insisted that Norman refer to him as "Uncle Joe." The couple built the [[Bates Motel]] together and made plans to marry. Following this proposal and an incident in which Norman walked in on the two having sex, the boy became jealous. He poisoned Norma and her lover with [[strychnine]] and posed the scene as a murder-suicide perpetrated by Norma, to the extent of writing a suicide note in her handwriting. In the note, Norman claimed that Norma committed the act because of a pregnancy and Considine's wife on the West Coast.<ref name="novel" /> |
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| − | Following her death, Norman formed a murderous personality facet based on his mother, which was jealous of Norman and would take over whenever a "crisis" arose. When this personality took over, he would dress up as her and imitate her voice. Norman's "normal" personality would have alcohol-induced blackouts whenever "Mother" would take control. In his "normal" state of mind, |
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"A boy's best friend is his mother."―Norman Bates[src]
Norma Bates (nee Spool) was the domineering mother of Norman Bates. After Norman murdered her, he developed a murderous split personality based on her.
Biography
As a young woman, Norma and her sister, Emma were both in love with the same man. He decided to marry Norma and they had a child, Norman Bates. Emma, mentally unstable and extremely jealous, kidnapped Norman, believing him to be the son she should have had with Norma's husband. The authorities intervened, returning Norman to his parents and arresting Emma. She was later remanded to a mental institution, having been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial.[1]
Following the death of her husband by bee stings,[2] Norma raised their son alone. The two lived in Fairvale, California, where they ran the Bates Motel.[3]
Norma was extremely controlling of her son's life and preached to him that all women – except herself – were whores and that sexual intercourse was sinful. On one occasion, Norma found a ladies' lingerie catalog in Norman's room and reprimanded him, forcing him to throw it away.[2]
On another occasion, Norman doused her with orange flower water and Norma playfully wrestled with him until she felt him have an erection. Thrown into a rage, she put him in a dress and lipstick and called him a girl as she locked him in a closet in an attempt to make him forget about his penis.[2]
Soon, Norma began seeing Chet Rudolph, who she planned to marry after he received a divorce.[2] A jealous Norman poisoned them both with strychnine and staged the scene to look like a murder-suicide perpetrated by Norma.[3]
Norman later stole his mother's corpse and mummified it. He began to act as though she was still alive and would hear her speak to him. He also believed that she was responsible for several murders that took place on the motel property when, in reality, Norman had developed a split personality of his mother. When the Norma personality took over, he would dress up as her and speak with her voice.[3]
After Norman murdered four people – including Marion Crane and Milton Arbogast – as "Mother," the personality took full hold on his mind.[3] Norma's corpse was then reburied.[4]
After twenty-two years of being institutionalized, Norman was able to fully resist the "Mother" personality. However, after efforts by Lila and Mary Loomis – the sister and niece of Marion Crane, respectively – to return him to his insanity, the "Mother" personality became evident once more. Furthermore, Norma's sister, by then a co-worker of Norman, convinced him that she was his biological mother. He killed her and used her corpse in the same way he did Norma's.[4]
Following several more murders as "Mother," Norman was told the truth about his mother and he destroyed Emma's mummified corpse as well as the "Mother" personality. Although he would be institutionalized again, he noted that he was "finally free."[1]
Four-and-a-half years later, after his final release, Norman saw visions of his mother as he destroyed his childhood home.[2]