Bambi (Disney character)

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**Bambi** is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1942 animated feature film of the same name. A deer living in a forest, he is best friends with Thumper (a rabbit) and Flower (a skunk). However, he was closest to his mother, who was shot and killed by a hunter during his first winter. Raised into a buck by his father, he strongly falls in love with his childhood sweetheart and love interest, Faline, and they end up, later on, having twin fawns, a son and daughter named Geno and Gurri, respectively.

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.

Other names: The Young Prince

Occupation: Monarch of the Forest

Home: the forest

Likes: prancing around like grown-up stags, his family and friends, flowers, butterflies and snow

Dislikes: ice-skating, his mother's death, forest fires, hunters, Ronno's rudeness and his friends and Faline in danger

Status: active

Parents: unnamed mother † and The Great Prince of the Forest (father)

Other relatives: Ena (mother-in-law)

Partner(s): Faline (mate)

Children: Geno (son) and Gurri (daughter)

## Background

### Personality

Bambi ― as with most of his friends ― is similar to any deer in any forest. In his early youth, Bambi has the full measure of charm that many young mammals display, with his wide eyes, spindly legs, curious nature, and a good cute voice. As he grows he gradually becomes more mature, but even in young adulthood he always seems a very young buck, with a graceful build and a fairly naïve, shy nature. He was nicer than his mean rival, Ronno, who was jealous of Bambi. When he had two fawns, Geno and Gurri, he was a carefree father, happy and sweet to his children.

### 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 also had a grey stripe on each side under the top row of his spots. He had brown hooves and wide brown eyes with tiny eyelashes. He had a large head with fuzz on it, and large ears with black tips. Bambi remains the same except he ended up as Little Joe that has a tron blue, greenish blue and deep sky blue vest. The grey stripes now stopped on each side under the top row of his spots. In The Ballad Of Little Joe, he is much more personalized than any other.

When he is a teenager, Bambi remains the same except he no longer has spots or the grey stripes, his fur is a little darker, and has budding antlers.

As an adult, Bambi has darker brown fur, a slightly muscular frame, and black antlers with two points. The wheat stripe on his neck and underbelly now stops under his head and continues above his chest.

## Trivia

* Bambi is similar to Simba in *The Lion King* in the sense that they learn the lessons of life and fall in love with their female best friends, as well as losing one of their parents to death at a young age. These similarities were noted by the filmmakers of *The Lion King* when the film was in development.
* Bambi is mentioned in the song Malachis by the Malachi Brothers saying that their "favorite part of *Bambi* was the forest fire".
* The name "Bambi" was derived from the word "bambino" which is the Italian word for "child/little child" or "baby". The Italian translation for "little girl" or "baby girl" is "bambina". Ironically in a scene in *Bambi II*, Ronno sneers at Bambi's name criticizing it as a girl's name.
* While Bambi regularly appears as both fawn and an adult, his more iconic age is as a fawn. Both films go more into depth with his fawn personality. However, his adolescent appearance only lasted five minutes at the end of the sequel, as the adult-only appeared about less than a half.
* A species of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur was named Bambiraptor after him.