Bambi (Disney film): Difference between revisions

** Also, the short film [[Bambi Meets Godzilla]] and its sequel ''Son of Bambi Meets Godzilla''.

** And the Newgrounds short "Bambee".

** The [[Calvin and Hobbes]] comics took two shots at this film-in the first one, Calvin is standing in front of a mirror, putting his hands together and pretending to ask his mother if she could give him a flamethrower by saying please softly. He then tries saying it with doe eyes. Hobbes then walks over and tells him that giving mom "Bambi eyes" isn't going to help. In the second strip, Calvin tells his class the story from his report about overpopulation. In the story, a man named Frank gets up from his desk and walks off to get some coffee. Suddenly, Frank gets shot. Four deer, armed with rifles, gather around his body. They praise Bambi's nice shot, who, of course, asks for somebody to get the camera.]

** [[Saturday Night Live]] TV Funhouse took a shot at Bambi and Disney's reputation for their direct to video sequels, with Bambi 2002, [[Hilarious in Hindsight|which surprisingly was conceived several years before the real Bambi II came out.]] SNL's Bambi 2002 however included Bambi's mother being alive, Bambi riding a skateboard, rapping, performing [[Bullet Time]] and fighting terrorists, and Thumper being voiced by [[David Spade]].:) A picture of the "Rapping Bambi" also made a brief cameo in another TV Funhouse skit, specifically one taking jabs at the infamous Disney Vault. (it appears in the background, hanging from a wall)

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: We never do find out what the real name of "Flower" the skunk is, nor do we know if the Great Prince actually has a real name.

* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: AKA "Bambi Eyes", in the film's case. Especially when he learned his mother is gone.

* [[Race Lift]]: Sort of. In the original novel, Bambi and the other deer were Roe Deer, but in the films they were White-Tailed Deer because the films were set in North America where there are no Roe Deer. Species could be sort-of considered a race in the animal world.

** Upon the [[Recursive Translation|re-translation into German]] however, the terminology for the deer was completely mixed up, leading to what is commonly known as the ''Bambi-Lüge'' or ''Bambi-Irrtum''. The German m/f/child terms for deer in general are Hirsch/Hirschkuh/Hirschkalb, while those specific to the Roe Deer species ("Reh") are Rehbock/Reh(geiß)/(Reh)Kitz. The German film translation however reverted to calling Bambi and his mother by the roe deer terms, while the father was left with the ''Hirsch'' befitting his looks. This resulted not only in people confusing what the respecive species looked like, but more importantly in thinking that the terms for a deer nuclear family were Hirsch/Reh/Kitz; generations of people were thusly miseducated, and it keeps on spreading, while often refusing correction.

 

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