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			{{short description\|Title character in Felix Salten's 1923 novel, Bambi, a Life in the Woods}}
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			\| caption = Grown-up Bambi in '']'', as drawn by Hans Bertle.
	'''Bambi''', a young ], is the main character in ]'s '']'' and in the ] movies based on the book. He is in probably one of Disney's most famous characters. He has starred in two movies, '']'' and '']'', has had cameos in several Disney cartoons, and has been parodied on occasion by other animation companies.<ref>Animaniac's episode "Bumbie's Mom"</ref> His image is a Disney icon comparable in recognition factors to ], and he is even shown on Disney ]s.<ref>http://www.disney-stock.com/</ref> He also appears as a summon in ], and as one of the guests in ].
			\| first = '']''
	Bambi also appears at the ] as a meetable character.
			\| creator = ]
			\| voice = {{Plainlist\|
			* Bobby Stewart (baby)
			* ] (young)
			* ] (adolescent)
			* ] (young adult)
			* ('']'')
			* ] ('']'')
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			* ] (novels)
			* ] (films)
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			\| family = {{Plainlist\|
			* The Great Prince of the Forest (father)
			* Unnamed mother (deceased)
			}}
			\| spouse = ] (mate)
			\| children = Geno and Gurri (twins)<br />Ferto<ref>{{cite book \| author=Salten, Felix \| title=Bambis Kinder: Eine Familie im Walde \| publisher=Albert Müller Verlag \| location=Rüschlikon \| year=1940 \| page=264 }} — Ferto’s birth is excluded from the English translation of '']''.</ref>
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			\| gender = ]
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			'''Bambi''' is the ] in ]'s 1923 novel, '']'', and its sequel, ''].'' The character also appears in Salten's novels '']'' and '']''.

			Early ] editions of the novels were illustrated by Hans Bertle. In the Disney film adaptations, Bambi's species was changed from a ] to a ], which would be more familiar to American audiences. His image is a Disney icon, comparable to the recognition of ] or ], and he is even shown on Disney ]s.<ref>{{cite web \| work=Real Savvy Moms Go Green: all about moms \| title=''One Share at a Time''\|url=http://www.allaboutmoms.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=346:one-share-at-a-time&catid=66:education\| accessdate=23 April 2009}}</ref>
	Bambi is also the name Flower gives his offspring in the movie ''Bambi''.

	== ~~''Bambi''~~ ==		== Adaptations ==
			Bambi has appeared in multiple adaptations of Salten's books.
	See ] for the entire plot summary

			=== Disney films ===
	The film chronicles the life of Bambi, from his birth to Bambi becoming the next Great Prince of the forest, like his father was. Along the way, Bambi meets new friends, ], a rabbit and ], a skunk, deals with the painful experience of losing his mother, and makes a friend with Faline,who he knew from fawnhood.
			==== ''Bambi'' (1942) ====
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			In the ], Bambi is not very strongly personalized to strengthen the environmental perspective of the film. Bambi, as with most of his friends, could be any deer in any forest. In his early youth, Bambi has wide eyes, spindly legs, a curious nature and high-pitched voice. As he grows, he gradually becomes more mature, but even in young adulthood, he seems a very young buck with a delicate build and a fairly naïve nature.

			The naturalistic animation in the ] was helped by a pair of four-month-old fawns sent to the studio by ] game wardens. However, human models were also used for one scene: actress ] and ] star ] acted as live-action references for the scene where Bambi and Thumper are on ice.<ref>{{cite web \| work=Disney Archives\| title=Bambi Character History\|url=http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/bambi/bambi.html\| accessdate=23 April 2009\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090427180706/http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/bambi/bambi.html\| archivedate= 27 April 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Disney also had Rico LeBrun, a painter of animals, come to the studio to lecture on the structure and movement of animals. Nature photographer Maurice Day spent months in a forest in Maine, recording animals for the animators, as well.<ref name=thomas>Thomas, Bob: "Chapter 6: Expansion and War: ''Bambi''", page 90. ''Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Hercules'', 1997</ref>
	The film ends with the animals of the forest gathering, as they did in the beginning of the film, to witness the birth of a new prince - this time, Bambi and Faline's twin fawns. Overlooking the thicket, standing on the same elevated rock, is Bambi standing proudly by himself.

	== ''Bambi II'' ==		==== ''Bambi II'' (2006) ====
			{{main\|Bambi II}}
	''Bambi II'' is a ], taking place after the Great Prince of the Forest takes in an orphaned Bambi up until the next spring when Bambi begins to grow his antlers (although not the spring shown in the first film where Bambi is a young adult.) The Great Prince, believing himself unable to take on the responsibilities of caring for a fawn as well as guarding the forest, asks Friend Owl to find a suitable doe to raise Bambi. Friend Owl explains that there is little food and the does can't feed themselves, so the Great Prince decides to wait until spring.
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			In ''Bambi II'', Bambi is much more distinctly personalized. In this film which fills in the gap between the death of his mother and when he was next shown as a young adult, Bambi finds himself faced with a number of challenges. First, there is the death of his mother and his consequential move to live with his father, the Great Prince of the Forest. His father is reluctant to learn to be a father. In addition, Bambi begins to fall in love with ], and comes into conflict with an older fawn called Ronno (the same deer he would later fight over Faline with as a young adult). Whereas in the first film he follows life wherever it led him, in this film he is more assertive in order to bond with and impress his father. In the first film, Bambi's status as the young prince had little impact on the flow of the story. In this film, his rank becomes a key part of the storyline as he sets out to prove to himself and others, most of all his father, demonstrating that he deserves to be prince and can live up to his father's name.

			=== ''Bambi Meets Godzilla'' (1969) ===
	After the traumatic night of Bambi's mother's death, Bambi awakens to find that the Great Prince is not sleeping beside him. Startled he runs blindly out of the den and crashes into the Great Prince's legs. The Great Prince is bemused at Bambi's antics. After Bambi has eaten, the two go on patrol in the forest. Bambi is overexcited about seeing the other deer, but the Great Prince explains that a prince does not run around yelling and hollering and maintains dignity instead. The two eventually reach a cliff overlooking a herd of deer. Bambi remarks that the distance makes it hard to play with them, and when given a curious look on this comment by the Great Prince, Bambi launches into a ramble about his mother. The Great Prince interrupts Bambi, making it clear that despite Bambi's putting on a brave face, the Great Prince himself is still hurting over his mate's death. The two then leave to continue the patrol.
			{{main\|Bambi Meets Godzilla}}
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			Bambi appears in the 1969 ] film ''Bambi Meets Godzilla'', in which he is killed by ].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Beck \|first=Jerry \|date=2015-01-13 \|title=A "Bambi Meets Godzilla" Live Action Remake \|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/a-bambi-meets-godzilla-live-action-remake-123687/ \|access-date=2023-10-11 \|website=IndieWire \|language=en-US}}</ref>

			=== ''Bambi's Childhood'' (1985) ===
	As they go they come across Thumper hiding from his sisters. Thumper tries to hide behind Bambi to little success. Thumper is supposed to take his sisters to see the Groundhog as it is ]. The Great Prince, annoyed at Bambi lagging behind, tells him that they are leaving. They come to a steep slope that Bambi cannot climb. The Great Prince sighs and allows his son to go and see the Groundhog with Thumper.
			{{main\|Bambi's Childhood}}
			Bambi is the protagonist of the Soviet film ''Bambi's Childhood''. It is an adaptation of the 1923 novel.

			=== ''Bambi: The Reckoning'' (2025) ===
	Bambi goes to see the Groundhog with his friends, waking up Flower along the way. At the gathering, Bambi bumps noses with Faline by accident and stumbles backwards over a log. The Groundhog doesn't see his shadow, indicating that spring is on its way. The gathered animals sing until Ronno appears and scares the Groundhog back into his hole. Disappointed, Bambi, Faline, Thumper and Flower leave. Ronno, desperate for attention, catches up with them and begins telling an untrue tale about his encounter with Man. When the animals don't believe his story he becomes angry and challenges Bambi to a ] match. Before they can begin, the animals' various mothers call them home. Everyone leaves except Bambi, who is motherless.
			{{Main\|Bambi: The Reckoning}}
			On November 21, 2022, a live-action horror film titled '']'' was announced to be in development by ITN Studios and Jagged Edge Productions with Scott Jeffrey directing and writing, and ] serving as a producer.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Zhan \|first=Jennifer \|date=2022-11-26 \|title=Please, Was the Original Bambi Not Horrifying Enough? \|url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/11/bambi-horror-movie-public-domain-winnie-the-pooh-slasher-director.html \|access-date=2023-10-11 \|website=Vulture \|language=en}}</ref> The film will be about Bambi getting revenge after the death of his mother.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/442311/bambi-becomes-a-vicious-killing-machine-in-new-childhood-ruining-horror-reimagining-exclusive/\|title=Bambi Becomes "A Vicious Killing Machine" In New Childhood-Ruining Horror Reimagining \|last=McAndrews\|first=Mary Beth\|website=]\|date=November 21, 2022\|access-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref> Jeffrey described the film as "an incredibly dark retelling of ] we all know and love. Finding inspiration from the design used in ]'s '']'', Bambi will be a vicious killing machine that lurks in the wilderness."<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://movieweb.com/bambi-horror-movie-the-reckoning-transforms-disney-character-vicious-killing-machine/ \|title=Bambi Horror Movie to Transform the Disney Character Into a Vicious Killing Machine \|last=Fuge \|first=Jonathan \|website=] \|date=November 25, 2022\|access-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref>

			== References ==
	Bambi falls asleep while waiting for his father and has a dream about his mother. His mother comforts him and explains that "she's here." As the dream fades his mother's voice does not, and Bambi - still clinging to the desperate hope that his mother might still be alive - runs out onto the meadow. A flock of crows alert him to Man's presence and Bambi freezes in terror as a pack of hunting dogs races towards him. The Great Prince, alerted by the crows, comes to Bambi's aid and the two escape safely. The Great Prince scolds his son on freezing. The voice Bambi heard was one of Man's tricks to lure him out.
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	The next morning the Great Prince leaves Bambi in the den where it is safe. Bambi is upset as he wants to go with his father. Thumper and Flower arrive and Thumper teaches Bambi how to be brave. which results in Bambi suffering porcupine quills in his hindquarters and being unable to prove his newfound skills to his father. Ronno arrives and begins to insult Bambi and his friends as well as bossing Faline around. After Ronno insults Thumper, Thumper pushes Bambi into Ronno causing Ronno to be knocked backwards. Infuriated, Bambi flees with Thumper until they reach a wide ravine. Bambi manages to jump it, much to both his and his father's surprise. The Great Prince praises his son for the first time.
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	Delighted at finding something that impresses his father, Bambi practices his jumping with Thumper. The Great Prince passes by and goes and stands by himself. After some encouragement from Thumper, Bambi goes and asks his father about what he is doing. The Great Prince explains the art of observation to Bambi and the two leave, eventually joining the rut. The Great Prince begins to have fun with his son and their bond deepens.
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	After this Friend Owl arrives with Mena, the doe intended to be Bambi's new mother. Bambi and the Great Prince argue in one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the movie. Bambi's anger at what he sees as his father dumping him evaporates when he runs back to nuzzle the Great Prince one last time before leaving. As Mena and Bambi walk through the forest, Ronno appears and begins fighting with Bambi. Mena comes to help but is caught in a hunter's trap attached to a jingling bell which alerts Man's hunting dogs. Bambi and Ronno flee, but Bambi - not wanting to lose another mother - returns and distracts the dogs. They chase Bambi towards a cliff.

	The Great Prince hears the crows cawing an alert. He frees Mena from the trap and goes after Bambi. Bambi, cornered on a narrow cliff ledge, manages to fight off the remaining dogs. The Great Prince, who arrives slightly earlier, is pleased with his son. As Bambi goes to join him, the ledge crumbles beneath him and Bambi tumbles onto the rock below. The Great Prince begs his son to get up, believing him to be dead. When Bambi awakens the two nuzzle lovingly. Mena, who was watching the scene unfold, leaves as she realizes she is no longer needed.

	Much later Thumper is telling an exaggerated story of Bambi's escape from the dogs. Bambi, now with antlers and no spots, arrives, and the porcupine's quills cause him to bump noses with Faline again. Bambi's father calls him and the two leave to a forest glade. The Great Prince says that this was where he met Bambi's mother. When asked on what he was like when he was younger, the Great Prince says with a smile that he was a lot like Bambi.

	== Personality ==
	=== ''Bambi'' ===
	In the first movie, Bambi is not very strongly characterized. This was one of the film’s key strengths as an environmental movie, the point being that Bambi, as with most of his friends, could be any deer in any forest. In his early youth Bambi has the full measure of charm that young mammals display, with his wide eyes, spindly legs, curious nature and childishly cute voice. As he grows he gradually becomes more mature, but even in adulthood he always seems a very young buck, with a light build and a fairly naïve nature. Some have asserted that it was only after having defeated Ronno in a fight that he could truly be said to have really reached adulthood.

	=== ''Bambi II'' ===
	In ''Bambi II'', Bambi is much more distinctly personalized. In this film which fills in the gap between the death of his mother and when he was next shown as an adult, Bambi finds himself faced with a number of challenges. First and foremost there is the death of his mother and his consequential move to live with his father, the Great Prince of the Forest. Connecting with that there is the fact that his father has no knowledge of raising children and is reluctant and slow to learn. Also Bambi begins to develop feelings for ], and comes into conflict with his present and future rival, ]. Throughout all of this he shows much more personality than he did in the first movie. Whereas before he essentially followed life where it led him, now he grabs life by the horns in one attempt after another to bond with and impress his father. In the first movie Bambi’s status as the young prince had little impact on the flow of the story. But now his rank becomes a key part of the situation as he sets out to prove to himself and others, most of all his dad, that he deserves to be prince and can live up to his father’s name. close to the end of Bambi, Bambi kisses Faline!

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Title character in Felix Salten's 1923 novel, Bambi, a Life in the Woods

Fictional character

Bambi
Grown-up Bambi in Bambi's Children, as drawn by Hans Bertle.
First appearance	Bambi, a Life in the Woods
Created by	Felix Salten
Voiced by	Bobby Stewart (baby) Donnie Dunagan (young) Hardie Albright (adolescent) John Sutherland (young adult) (Bambi) Alexander Gould (Bambi II)
Species	Roe deer (novels) White-tailed deer (films)
Gender	Male
Family	The Great Prince of the Forest (father) Unnamed mother (deceased)
Spouse	Faline (mate)
Children	Geno and Gurri (twins) Ferto

Bambi is the title character in Felix Salten's 1923 novel, Bambi, a Life in the Woods, and its sequel, Bambi's Children. The character also appears in Salten's novels Perri and Fifteen Rabbits.

Early German-language editions of the novels were illustrated by Hans Bertle. In the Disney film adaptations, Bambi's species was changed from a roe deer to a white-tailed deer, which would be more familiar to American audiences. His image is a Disney icon, comparable to the recognition of Jiminy Cricket or Tinker Bell, and he is even shown on Disney stock certificates.

Adaptations

Bambi has appeared in multiple adaptations of Salten's books.

Disney films

Bambi (1942)

Main article: Bambi

In the first film, Bambi is not very strongly personalized to strengthen the environmental perspective of the film. Bambi, as with most of his friends, could be any deer in any forest. In his early youth, Bambi has wide eyes, spindly legs, a curious nature and high-pitched voice. As he grows, he gradually becomes more mature, but even in young adulthood, he seems a very young buck with a delicate build and a fairly naïve nature.

The naturalistic animation in the first film was helped by a pair of four-month-old fawns sent to the studio by Maine game wardens. However, human models were also used for one scene: actress Jane Randolph and Ice Capades star Donna Atwood acted as live-action references for the scene where Bambi and Thumper are on ice. Disney also had Rico LeBrun, a painter of animals, come to the studio to lecture on the structure and movement of animals. Nature photographer Maurice Day spent months in a forest in Maine, recording animals for the animators, as well.

Bambi II (2006)

Main article: Bambi II

In Bambi II, Bambi is much more distinctly personalized. In this film which fills in the gap between the death of his mother and when he was next shown as a young adult, Bambi finds himself faced with a number of challenges. First, there is the death of his mother and his consequential move to live with his father, the Great Prince of the Forest. His father is reluctant to learn to be a father. In addition, Bambi begins to fall in love with Faline, and comes into conflict with an older fawn called Ronno (the same deer he would later fight over Faline with as a young adult). Whereas in the first film he follows life wherever it led him, in this film he is more assertive in order to bond with and impress his father. In the first film, Bambi's status as the young prince had little impact on the flow of the story. In this film, his rank becomes a key part of the storyline as he sets out to prove to himself and others, most of all his father, demonstrating that he deserves to be prince and can live up to his father's name.

Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969)

Main article: Bambi Meets Godzilla

Bambi Meets Godzilla

Bambi appears in the 1969 parody film Bambi Meets Godzilla, in which he is killed by Godzilla.

Bambi's Childhood (1985)

Main article: Bambi's Childhood

Bambi is the protagonist of the Soviet film Bambi's Childhood. It is an adaptation of the 1923 novel.

Bambi: The Reckoning (2025)

Main article: Bambi: The Reckoning

On November 21, 2022, a live-action horror film titled Bambi: The Reckoning was announced to be in development by ITN Studios and Jagged Edge Productions with Scott Jeffrey directing and writing, and Rhys Frake-Waterfield serving as a producer. The film will be about Bambi getting revenge after the death of his mother. Jeffrey described the film as "an incredibly dark retelling of the 1928 story we all know and love. Finding inspiration from the design used in Netflix's The Ritual, Bambi will be a vicious killing machine that lurks in the wilderness."

References

Salten, Felix (1940). Bambis Kinder: Eine Familie im Walde. Rüschlikon: Albert Müller Verlag. p. 264. — Ferto’s birth is excluded from the English translation of Bambi's Children.
"One Share at a Time". Real Savvy Moms Go Green: all about moms. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
"Bambi Character History". Disney Archives. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
Thomas, Bob: "Chapter 6: Expansion and War: Bambi", page 90. Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Hercules, 1997
Beck, Jerry (2015-01-13). "A "Bambi Meets Godzilla" Live Action Remake". IndieWire. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
Zhan, Jennifer (2022-11-26). "Please, Was the Original Bambi Not Horrifying Enough?". Vulture. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
McAndrews, Mary Beth (November 21, 2022). "Bambi Becomes "A Vicious Killing Machine" In New Childhood-Ruining Horror Reimagining [Exclusive]". Dread Central. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
Fuge, Jonathan (November 25, 2022). "Bambi Horror Movie to Transform the Disney Character Into a Vicious Killing Machine". MovieWeb. Retrieved November 26, 2022.

External links

Bambi at Disney Archives

v t e Felix Salten's Bambi
Novels	Bambi, a Life in the Woods (1923) Fifteen Rabbits (1929) Perri (1938) Bambi's Children (1939)
Films	Bambi (1942) Perri (1957) Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) Bambi's Childhood (1985) Bambi II (2006) Bambi: The Reckoning (2025)
Characters	Bambi Thumper
Related	Bambi effect "No Hunting" (1955) Kingdom Hearts (2002) "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" (2021) The Twisted Childhood Universe Once Upon a Studio (2023)

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