Bambi

Bambi is the titular main protagonist of Disney's 5th full-length 1942 animated feature film of and its 2006 midquel . 
A deer living in an animal forest, he's best friends with Thumper (a rabbit) and Flower (a skunk). However, he was closest to his mother, who was killed by a hunter during his first winter. Raised into a strong adult deer by his father, the Great Prince of the Forest, he falls in love with his childhood friend (cousin in the original book) Faline, and they have twin fawns - a son named Geno and a daughter named Gurri.
Bambi originated as the main character in Felix Salten's Bambi, A Life in the Woods. He has made cameos in several Disney cartoons. In the Disney films, his species was changed from the roe deer to the white-tailed deer, which would be more familiar to American audiences. His image is a Disney icon comparable in recognition factors to Mickey Mouse and he is even shown on Disney stock certificates. He appears as a summon character in Kingdom Hearts, and as one of the guests in House of Mouse. He also makes cameo appearances in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Lion King 1½, plus a brief appearance in The Rescuers.
He was voiced by Bobby Stewart in the first film and Alexander Gould (who also voiced Nemo) in the midquel as a fawn, and Hardie Albright as a teenager and young buck in the first film.
==Background==
===Personality===
Bambi is not very strongly characterized. This was one of the film’s key strengths as an environmental film, the point because Bambi - as with most of his friends - is similar to any deer in any forest. In his early youth, Bambi had the full measure of charm that many young mammals display, with his wide eyes, spindly legs, curious nature, and a good cute voice. He was also shy when first meeting Faline, but they became good friends, 
After his mother's death, Bambi still remains gentle, sweet, innocent and fun-loving, He still remembers his mother, and all the lessons he learned from her, while trying to adjust to living with his father, The Great Prince of the Forest. He is also shown to be spiritual as facing danger and adventure. While Thumper and Flower teach Bambi to be brave and help him practice jumping, his father teaches him to be smart, while also training him to defend himself against Man, his hunting dogs, and the bully deer, Ronno.
When he reached young adulthood, he became more mature, but he still seemed very young. After seeing Faline again, he was still shy, but he fell in love with her after she licked his cheek, and they frolicked together while they were on Cloud 9.
Unfortunately, Bambi's worst enemy, Ronno reappeared from the bushes. Ronno had a crush on Faline since childhood, but Faline hated Ronno, because he was a bully. Ronno also hated Bambi out of extreme jealousy, because he's the son of The Great Prince of the Forest. As both a child and an adult, Ronno tried to force Faline against her will to be his mate - whether she liked him or not - and both times, Bambi defeated Ronno while they fought each other.
===Physical appearance===
As a fawn, Bambi had a fur coat of safety orange and wheat spots and underbelly with a brown stripe that ran from his head down to his tail. He had brown hooves and wide red eyes. He had a large head with fuzz on it.
As a teenager, Bambi looks the same except he no longer has spots and has budding antlers.
As a young adult, Bambi has brown fur and has antlers with 2 points. His eyes change from red to brown as well.
==Appearances==
===Bambi===
In the first film, the chronology of Bambi's life from birth to young adulthood is showcased. At his birth, all the inhabitants of the forest gather to greet the new prince with open arms. Among them are Friend Owl and Thumper. Bambi's father, The Great Prince of the Forest, was standing on top of a hill watching, while protecting the forest from Man and other dangerous threats.
As the months go by, Bambi becomes best friends with Thumper and a bashful skunk after accidentally nicknaming him Flower. He even meets a baby doe named Faline, but he's shy towards her, and disgusted by her at first glance, because of her overly bubbly personality. Aside from his friendships, Bambi's primary concern is his mother, who he loves deeply, often learning life lessons that stick with him for life. 
Eventually, Bambi sees all the young deer running in the meadow, and they all stop and stand still in reverence, when his father, The Great Prince of the Forest comes on the meadow. He stops and looks at Bambi, and his ears move forward in curiosity, and he walks away. Bambi asks his mother about him, and she explains that everyone respects him. He's the oldest surviving deer in the forest, and he's very brave and very wise. Later, when his father signals for everyone to run, he finds Bambi and helps him and his mother get to safety. After Bambi asks his mother why they ran, she tells him that Man was in the forest. She explains that Man is known for being ruthless hunters, killing animals for the sake of sport, and having no regard for anything else. One day, during winter, Bambi and his mother eat Spring grass, but his mother senses Man's return, and she yells at Bambi to run and not look back. A gunshot is heard, and Bambi's mother is killed by Man. Bambi manages to escape, and returns to his mother's den, but when he calls her and looks for her, his father reappears, and tells him: "Your mother can't be with you anymore. Come, my son." Devastated, Bambi goes with his father to his den. 
A few years later, Bambi grew into a strong young adult deer. Handsome, but still as shy and somewhat clumsy as ever, he retains his friendship with Thumper and Flower, and they see two birds acting strangely. Friend Owl explains that they're "twitterpated," and he tries to make it seem like a bad thing, but Bambi, Thumper, and Flower are unable to avoid it. Flower falls in love with Petunia and Thumper falls in love with Miss Bunny. While drinking water, he sees an adult Faline's reflection in the water, and he's shocked and gets scared, but she licks his cheek, and he experiences true love for the first time. Bambi and Faline frolicked together on Cloud 9, but an adult Ronno - the childhood bully deer - appears from the bushes as a dark monster. He again tries to force Faline against her will to be his mate - whether she likes him or not. Angry and fed up with Ronno's bullying, Bambi fights Ronno again, like he did when they were kids. After being knocked down several times, Bambi knocks Ronno off the cliff and into the river.
With life seeming as peaceful as ever, Bambi wakes up after hearing sounds, and goes to the top of a hill to investigate. His father arrives, and tells him that Man returned to the forest in larger numbers with their hunting dogs, and they must go deeper into the forest, and to follow him. However, Bambi is worried about Faline, and looks for her. Several forest animals are killed by Man's invasion, and Faline is attacked by Man's hunting dogs, but Bambi fights them off, helping Faline to escape. After Bambi jumps off a cliff, he gets shot in the leg.
Unfortunately, due to Man's carelessness, a fire breaks out, and it spreads fast. Bambi's father orders his son to get up, and he helps him escape the flames, and they jump over a waterfall and swim to a small island offshore of the forest, where the other forest animals are. Bambi and Faline are reunited, and after they kiss, they watch the flames from the island.
Some time after the forest's restoration, Bambi and his father are standing together on top of the hill, watching Faline give birth to twin fawns, Geno and Gurri, along with all the forest animals visiting and congratulating her. His father is happy that he lived long enough to become a grandfather, and he and Bambi look at each other, and his father retires, and Bambi becomes the new Great Prince and the Forest.
===Bambi II===
In the midquel, Bambi II, Bambi is much more distinctly personalized. It fills in the gap between the death of his mother and when he reaches adulthood, Bambi finds himself faced with a number of challenges, but he's determined to learn the same survival techniques as his father, while training to become the next Great Prince of the Forest.
After his mother's death, his father takes him to his den, and Friend Owl visits. The Great Prince was taught that it's the doe's job to raise fawns, and has Friend Owl friend a suitable doe to raise Bambi, but food is scarce in the winter, and the does can barely feed themselves, so his father lets Bambi stay with him until Spring. Unfortunately, he wasn't prepared for the demands of fatherhood, and he even yelled at Bambi for falling for one of Man's tricks - a deer call that sounded like his mother was calling him. After Bambi apologized, and they returned to his father's den, he asked: "She's never coming back, is she?" His father sadly lowers his head and answers: "No." and he walks away to be alone to calm himself down.
While Bambi stays with his father, he tries to learn everything he can about protecting the forest from Man and other dangerous threats. While seeing the Groundhog, he and his friends meet a bully deer named Ronno, and while Ronno develops a crush on Faline, he also picks a fight with Bambi. When Ronno tries to force Faline against her will to go with him, Bambi yells: "Leave her alone!" Angered, Ronno picks another fight with Bambi, and Thumper pushes Bambi into Ronno, and he falls into the mud. Outraged, Ronno chases Bambi and Thumper, and Bambi jumps over a large chasm, and Ronno gets scared after seeing Bambi's father and hides in the bushes. At first, Bambi's father is angry that Bambi didn't stay near their den, but he sees the large chasm and asks if he jumped, and Bambi admitted it. His father commented that he didn't make a jump like that until he had antlers. As they left, Ronno tried to jump, but he slipped and fell into the mud.
When Spring came, Bambi and his father grew closer, and Friend Owl found Mena, a childhood friend of Bambi's mother. Bambi is shocked and furious that his father was sending him away, and he yells at him, wishing his mother was there instead of him, and he runs away to tell his friends. Bambi's father tells Friend Owl: "This is my fault. Bambi needs a mother. A prince should NOT be raising a child!"
While Bambi goes with Mena, Ronno reappears and taunts Bambi, saying that his father was sending him away, because he was ashamed of him, and they fight, and Bambi knocks Ronno down. Afterward, Ronno knocks Bambi into Mena, and she accidentally gets caught in one of Man's snare traps, and Ronno runs away screaming: "Mommy!" Mena repeats Bambi's mother's last words, and Bambi is determined not to let history repeat itself, and he lures Man's hunting dogs away, and his father frees Mena from the snare trap. Later, after Bambi nearly dies after falling off a cliff, everyone thinks he's dead, and his father sheds a single tear. Bambi regains consciousness, and for the first time, he says: "Dad?" His father answers: "I'm here! I'm here!" They lovingly nuzzle each other, and Mena leaves, deciding that she's no longer needed, and Bambi stays with his father.
Near the end of the midquel, Bambi has lost his spots and starts to grow antlers, and he gets stuck by the Porcupine and accidentally kisses Faline. Ronno reappears and tells Bambi they'll meet again, before he falls into the water and a turtle bites his nose. He runs away screaming: "Mommy!" and everyone laughs. Afterward, leaves with his father, who takes him to a glade where he first met his mother. Bambi asks him what he was like, and he admits that he was a lot like him at his age, much to the delight of his son.
===Perri===
thumb|left|250px|Bambi in Perri.
In the 1957 live-action True Life Fantasy film based on another book by Felix Salten, Bambi makes a cameo appearance. While Perri explores the world from below the trees, she stumbles upon a live deer with his fawns, which the narrator identifies as being Bambi. Bambi looks up at Perri and disappears behind the trees. One of Bambi's children is seen drinking at the brook and Perri happily introduces herself until they're alerted by a flock of crows.
===Kingdom Hearts===
Bambi's unnamed (as of yet) world was destroyed by the Heartless. However, the strong sense of courage, innocence and purity in the young fawn's heart allowed it to be preserved in the form of the Naturespark Gem. It somehow ended up in a torn page in the 100 Acre Wood.
After Sora finds this item in the Hundred Acre Wood and takes it to the Fairy Godmother, she restores Bambi's spirit and Sora gains the ability to summon him in battle.
After sealing Kingdom Hearts, Bambi returns to his world and keeps his memories of his time as a Summon (hinted by Mushu and Simba knowing the trio while they were Summons).
Bambi's role in battle is to prance about the area, dropping huge amounts of MP orbs by hopping around the area. Any enemy defeated while Bambi is summoned drops more orbs than usual. Also, the more enemies Sora defeats while Bambi is summoned, the more orbs Bambi drops. If a certain amount of enemies are defeated while Bambi is in play, Bambi will make a great leap and drop a special item, usually mega-potions and elixirs. 
Despite being warned of humans before his world was destroyed, Bambi already becomes Sora's friend as expressed on his cheerful expression and reaction to the Keyblade Wielder's summoning. Bambi dances around Sora, then approaches him, and allows the boy to pet him on his head before continuing to assist Sora in a battle.
===Cameos===
Bambi and his mother make a brief cameo in the Donald Duck short No Hunting.
In The Rescuers during the song "Someone's Waiting For You", Bambi is seen eating the grass in Devil's Bayou with his mother.
In Who Framed Roger Rabbit, he has a cameo appearance during the final scene with the other Disney and non-Disney characters.
Bambi received numerous cameos in the series often seen with Thumper and Flower in House of Mouse. In the episode "Dining Goofy", he seemed to be unamused with the fact that he was seated with Big Bad Wolf. His only speaking role is the episode "Mickey vs. Shelby". In the film Mickey's Magical Christmas, Bambi was seen singing during the ending song, and in Mickey's House of Villains, Bambi was seen walking, next to Piglet, with the Disney Villains in the opening only.
In The Reluctant Dragon, Doris presents a completed cel of the titular character at the the ink-and-paint department during a Technicolor-showcasing montage of the paint-making process.
==Disney Parks==
Like most characters from the film, Bambi makes no live appearances in the parks but being one of Disney's most iconic characters, can be seen in several shows and merchandise. During the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival, Bambi has his own exhibit and topiary.
===World of Color===
In Disney California Adventure, Bambi was briefly seen during the So Close segment with Flower and Faline. He also appears in a segment of the winter rendition "Winter Dreams", with his friend Thumper.
===It's a Small World===
In Hong Kong Disneyland's version of the ride, Bambi was seen alongside Thumper as a puppet.
===Fantasmic!===
Bambi makes a somewhat notable cameo in Disney's Hollywood Studios' version during the bubble sequence.
==Relationships==
==Quotes==
===Bambi===
*"Twitterpated?"
*"Terrible!"
*"Me neither."
*"Faline!"
*"What happened, Mother? Why did we all run?"
*"Mother! Mother!"
*"Nope, winter has JUST started!"
*"Whatcha wanna do that for?"
*"He stopped and looked at me."
*"Why was everyone still when he came on the meadow?"
*"Bur... Bur!"
*"Bur!"
*"Bird!"
*"Butterfly? Butter... [Bambi sees the butterfly has now gone; he then runs over to a big yellow flower among some other wildflowers] Butterfly!"
*"Flower?"
*"Purty. [Bambi starts smelling the flowers, and comes nose-to-nose with a little skunk] Flower!"
*"Purty. Purty flower!"
===Bambi II===
*[Nervous] "I... don't know..."
*"Mother! Mother! Moth..."
*"She's not coming back, is she?"
*"It is?"
*"I'm a... I'm a bear! Maaa!"
*"It was mother. I heard her voice."
*"But I thought..."
*"I'm... I'm sorry."
*"Uh, yeah."
*"I didn't even know this place was here."
*"Really?"
*"What were you like?"
*[Bambi has a dream in which he meets his mother] "I miss you so much."
*"Why'd you have to go?"
*"But I feel so alone."
* [trying to master his dad's advice, he walks along with his eyes closed] "Feel the forest. Feel the forest."
*"Feel the - OOF![walks headfirst into a tree] Heh, heh. Felt it. "
*"That's all you care about! Not about me!"
*[running off] "I wish Mother was here instead of you!"
*"Oh! I gotta go! My dad's waiting for me!"
==Trivia==
*Judging by his appearance, Bambi is roughly a few months younger than Ronno since as fawns, Bambi, until the end of Bambi II, had spots and no antlers whilst Ronno had budding antlers and no spots. As young adults, Bambi had two points on his antlers whilst Ronno had three points.
*Film Bambi differs from his original book counterpart. In the book, Bambi is a roe deer and is cousins with Faline and her brother Gobo. He was also on good terms with Ronno and another young buck named Karus (who is absent from the film) and only became rivals with them upon reaching maturity. He was also cared for by a older doe named Nettla after his mother's death.
*In the 1957 film Perri, Bambi has a notch in his left ear.
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