Porcupine (Bambi 0II)

**Porcupine** is a minor antagonist in *Bambi II*.Template:Animal-Character

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## Background

Porcupine is a grumpy but goofy old porcupine who doesn't want anyone crossing ***his log bridge***, a feat which Bambi attempts to complete. Bambi did nearly manage to fully cross the bridge, but Porcupine quickly stabbed him with his quills in order to stop him. Later, Porcupine was caught in the middle of Bambi trying to get rid of the hunting dogs and was launched onto one of the dogs by Bambi. He survived the incident and later poked Bambi with his quills, this time pushing the fawn into Faline and causing the two to kiss.

The Porcupine's first appearance is when he finds out Bambi and his friends are about to cross the bridge. The porcupine pops out and scares them away. When Bambi goes up to the porcupine to frighten him away, he yells, "Get off of my property, you pesky squirrel!"
Bambi jumps over the porcupine, but the Porcupine doesn't give up. He uses his quills to chase Bambi and attack him. The Porcupine misses and lands with his quills stuck on hi log, but he quickly flips back up on both legs again and growls. Bambi goes down to the trap door of a log and flings the Porcupine up like a seesaw. He cannonballs his quills into Bambi's butt, and he squeals in pain and falls off the log and into the lake. As the Porcupine laughs at Bambi's misfortune, he starts to go back into his log and notices Bambi's father, The Great Prince of the Forest, watching. Either not knowing who he is or not caring, the Porcupine rudely asks the Great Prince what he is looking at before calling him a big moose.
In his second appearance, while Bambi is being chased by the Hunter Dogs, he attracts the Porcupine's attention, stomping on top of his log. The Porcupine pops up and prepares to attack Bambi again; however, Bambi pushes the log down, catapulting the Porcupine up into the air, where he lands on one of the dogs' rumps and falls out of the log to the lake. The Porcupine then lands inside the log and becomes stuck again.
In the final climax of the film, he is seen again with other animals to hear Thumper's story about Bambi who attacked the dogs. Bambi becomes shy and walks away from Faline when she moves closer to him. However, the Porcupine uses his quills to prick Bambi, and he jumps forward to Faline and kisses her. When Bambi leaves with his father, the Porcupine waves goodbye with the other animals.

## Relationships

### Bambi

Porcupine does not get along with Bambi, mocking him as a "squirrel"
and lecturing him for attempting to cross his ***log bridge***. Bambi, for his part, is not unwilling to disobey Porcupine and do as he pleases, much to Porcupine's chagrin.

### the Great Prince of the Forest

Even though the Great Prince of the Forest is a stag of great stature and nobility, Porcupine still has little respect for him. He acts antagonistically towards him, referring to him as a "moose" in mock of his size. The Great Prince seems to respond to these derogatory comments with mere annoyance.

## Behind the Scenes

Porcupine was created for and appears in *Bambi II*, where he was voiced by the film's director, ***Brian Pimental*** who also voiced the Groundhog in the movie.

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