RABBIT THUMPER BAMBI MOVIE
RABBIT THUMPER BAMBI SERIES

RABBIT THUMPER BAMBI SERIES

There is a spin off series of books centered around Thumper's family when he was a baby. Released 64 years after the original film, it holds the world record for the longest span of time between two consecutive installments of a film franchise. One of the better-regarded sequels released by the Mouse (primarily for being consensually viewed as decent instead of abysmal), it focuses on the period of Bambi's life immediately following his mother's death. Nearly a decade later, a one-shot manga version was drawn by none other than longtime Disney admirer Osamu Tezuka, to tie in with the film's belated Japanese release in 1951.ĭespite this, a Midquel, Bambi II, was released in 2006 (a Direct to Video release for parts of US and Asia, and theatrical elsewhere). Disney did make an adaptation of the novel through their Dell Comics-published comic series in 1943, alongside one based on the first film. Salten's sequel book, Bambi's Children, was also considered by Walt Disney for a film adaptation, though that was cancelled in early development.

RABBIT THUMPER BAMBI MOVIE

It's based on Bambi, a Life in the Woods ( Bambi, Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde), a 1923 novel by Austrian author Felix Salten.īoth the book and the movie are a Coming of Age Story that follows the titular character, a young deer (a roe deer in the book, a white-tailed deer in the movie), from birth to adulthood in the forests of Austria (in the book) or Maine (in the movie). Released on August 13, 1942, Bambi is the fifth movie in the Disney Animated Canon. Yep, I guess it sounds alright.īambi's Mother: Bambi. On that day, the Great Prince leaves, presumably to die, leaving it up to Bambi to step into his role and become the new Great Prince of the Forest.Bambi's Mother: Well. The next spring, two fawns are born to Bambi and Faline. Due to the Great Prince's injury, he is unable to defend anyone from wolves, leaving it up to Bambi, who bravely defends his friends and family from a pack of wolves that winter. The Great Prince is injured but survives. The fire engulfs the entire forest, forcing all animals to flee.

No longer afraid of anything, Bambi wonders onto the campsite of hunters and accidentally starts a fire, knocking one of their smoldering logs into some brush. Bambi snaps after Ronno pushes him to the ground, and the two engage in a violent fight. Unfortunately, Ronno, a bully deer whom Bambi and Faline knew in their childhood, tries to disrupt Bambi and Faline's time together. Next spring, love fills the air as Bambi, Thumper, and Buckteeth all find mates Bambi finding his love in Faline, Thumper romancing a childhood friend of his, and Buckteeth likewise finding love with a childhood friend. Bambi's mother arrives on the scene and devises a plan to save them from man's bullets. Unfortunately, an angry man begins firing at them. After cleverly making their own cake from mimicking human cooking methods, they head towards home, planning to bring food for themselves and their families. Out of desperation, they travel to a human village, hoping to find some food in the kitchen of someone's home. Bambi and Thumper both spend many days hungry. When a pack of wolves attack him, his father rushes to save him, and Bambi learns that one of the duties of the Great Prince of the Forest is to protect forest creatures from being devoured by the wolves.Īs winter arrives, food becomes scarce. Upon discovering that he is fatherless, having not realized before what a 'father' was, the young Bambi sinks into a state of sadness, wondering the forest alone in the dark, where, coincidentally, he sees his father, the Great Prince of the Forest. As he grows older, he learns about the threat of humans, even interacting with a friendly young human while on the meadow. He quickly becomes friends with Thumper, a mischievous young rabbit who helped give him his name due to mispronouncing the word 'baby.' He also becomes friends with a young beaver, Buckteeth, and another fawn, Faline. Unbeknownst to the innocent little fawn, he is also the son and heir of the Great Prince of the Forest. Can he do so without losing his life?īambi is born to a doe.

With his father injured, it will be up to Bambi to defend the entire forest from the vicious wolves. After defeating a rival stag in a fight for the love of Faline, Bambi accidentally starts a forest fire that injures his father. He eventually learns that he is the son of the Great Prince of the Forest. The fawn Bambi grows up fatherless in the forest, making friends with other forest creatures like Thumper and Buckteeth.

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