Bambi (Disney film): Difference between revisions

{{quote| '''Thumper:''' Whatcha gonna call him?<br />

'''Bambi's Mother:''' Well...I think I'll call him...Bambi.<br />

'''Bambi's Mother:''' Bambi...My little Bambi... }}

Magnificent!<br />

Bewitching!<br />

Released in [[The Golden Age of Animation|1942]], '''''Bambi''''' is the fifth movie in the [[Disney Animated Canon]], based on a novel by Austrian author Felix Salten.

No relation to ''Bambi and her Pink Gun'' and ''Tokyo Bambi'', by the way.

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== Tropes the first film provides examples of ==

** Also, the short film [[Bambi Meets Godzilla]] and it's sequel, [[Son Of Bambi Meets Godzilla]].

** And the Newgrounds short "Bambee".

** Also, this commercial from the mind of [[David Lynch]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4tOvkvCvwQ&feature=related\]

** [[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)

** [[Drawn Together]] lampooned Bambi in one episode where he convinces Captain Hero that he killed his mother and vows revenge as it turns out he was lying and had killed his mother himself.

** Bambo, anyone?

* [[Animation Bump]]: Little April Showers, anyone?

* [[Pop Culture Osmosis]]: It helps to be one of the oldest Disney films in the canon. Also, there is probably not a single person in the western world that does not know Bambi's mother dies.

* [[Recycled in Space]]: Many people have nicknamed the Don Bluth film [[The Land Before Time]] as "a prehistoric Bambi"...except that film was possibly even MORE of a [[Tear Jerker]].

* [[Serendipitous Symphony]]: "Little April Showers"

* [[Sexophone]]: During the scene where Thumper gets twitterpatted by a lovely female rabbit.

** {{spoiler|Not true; Faline, Aunt Ena, and a few other minor deer all survive, and others, such as Thumper and Flower, do not exist in the novel (but Thumper/Friend Owl's [[Composite Character]] Friend Hare doesn't make it)}}

* [[Stock Footage]]:

** Sort of. Disney occasionally likes to recycle and will reuse animation if they need to. This has prompted the Fandom saying, "[http://forthebirdsblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/disneys-gettin-lazy-3-whatever-happened.html Bambi's mother lives!!!]" Also, Bambi and his mother made a brief speaking cameo in the [[Donald Duck]] short "No Hunting."

** Some animation of adult Bambi and Faline was recycled for a brief scene in [[Mary Poppins]].

* [[Time Skip]]: Occurs in the first movie right after the infamous death scene, transitioning to some point in the future where Bambi has grown up. The midquel helps to patch up this gap.

* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Thumber's "gurr" faces. {{spoiler|In the climax, when Flower makes his "scaredest" one he actually sprays acid into a hunter dog's face, leaving Bambi with one less enemy to run away from.}}

* [[Conspicuous CG]]: Really obvious in several parts of the film.

* [[Jerkass]]: Ronno and the Porcupine, the latter of whom is exclusive to ''Bambi II''.

* [[Moose Are Idiots]]: A grouchy porcupine insults the Great Prince by calling him a "Big Moose".

== Tropes The Series as a whole provides examples of ==

* [[Angry Guard Dog|Angry Hunting Dog]]: They're just another threat in the films. In the book, the dogs are considered traitors to their own kind.

** Bambi and his mom cameo in the Disney Classic Short ''No Hunting''.

* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Salten addresses it a bit more directly than Disney does.

* [[Coming of Age Story]]

* [[Mood Whiplash]] : "Your mother can't be with you any longer. Come with me, my son." - cut directly to the most happiest and twittery song of the whole movie.

* [[Musical Spoiler]]: Man's presence in the film is represented only be a recurring three note leitmotif. [[Nothing Is Scarier|And nothing else.]]

** Also played straight in the midquel, albeit in a much more forced way, when the Great Prince outright restrains himself from saying "killed" or "die", as if they were forbidden words or something. Seriously.

*** [[Truth in Television]]. Many people find it hard to apply these words to people they love. Especially if it was recent and sudden.

** In the book the Great Prince says "Your mother can't be with you any longer. Can't you stay by yourself? Shame on you!" as a way of making Bambi brace up and realize he has to fend for himself now.

* [[No Name Given]]: None of the characters parents have actual names.

* [[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.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Anyone who doesn't have an itch to visit Baxter State Park after watching this or the midquel has a problem.

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** ''[[The Sandlot]]'' makes a direct reference to Bambi. "[[Tastes Like Diabetes|That wimpy deer?]]"

* [[Unnamed Parent]]

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Twitterpated!"

* [[Urban Legends]]:

* [[Woodland Creatures]]: Well, DUH.