131 Bambi Facts That You Might Know About The Movie

'Bambi' is Walt Disney's animated film based on a novel.

This Disney film's success can be credited to many who connected themselves to the movie's scene where Bambi's mother dies. The box office release in 1942 coincided with World War Two, during which many became orphaned.

Produced by Walt Disney and directed by David Hand and his team, Walt Disney's 'Bambi' brings the life journey of a lovely little fawn that discovers life's beauty together with the bitter truth as it grows in the wilderness.

For some reason, Walt Disney Company movies showcase the young central character with at least one parent dying tragically. But the death of Bambi's mother is one of the saddest scenes in their movies to date.

And, interestingly, the Disney studio team involved in this animated feature film went through several rounds of deliberation on how to present this critical scene.

Find out more facts about this movie and enjoy reading facts about Snow White and Jungle Book facts. 

Fun Facts About Bambi

To understand the movement of the deer and recreate deer characters in animation, artists, animators, animal specialists, and many more worked together for several days. They observed and studied many forest animals, especially deer, in the Los Angeles Zoo.

Two deer were donated to the Disney studio. Also, animators studied the muscles and tendons in various stages of decay in a deer's body.

Did you know Donnie Dunegan was the voice of Bambi? To avoid the nickname 'Bambi', one former child artist who served in the United States Marine Corps for 25 years kept it secret for a long time.

Over 1 million drawings were made to bring this particular Walt Disney historical movie to life. During the development as well as production of the film, which had been underway since 1936, the animators of the Disney movies worked hard for years to release this film in 1942.

Did you know that this movie was banned? Yes, the animated 'Bambi' movie was once banned in Nazi Germany. During this time, many copies of the novel were burned.

That is why the original first edition of the novel is rare and difficult to find. The main reason was the hatred against Jews. The writer of the novel, Felix Stalin, was an Austrian Jew.

Facts About The Characters In Bambi

Once the animators were ready with the planning and painting in Walt Disney's studio, the challenge was to recreate 'Bambi' in every frame exactly the same way. That means each spot on its back needed to be exact with no deviation. Attention to detail was very well taken care of by Walt Disney and its team.

The fictional true-life story of a young deer showcased compelling scenes of great power and delicacy involving dramatic actions. This film explores the human scope of emotional ability to deal with tragic sudden loss and devastation through Bambi's character.

How Bambi heals with time, accepting the fact that the worst possible thing in life has already happened in his life. And how life continues.

Did you know that the animals in the entire film speak fewer than 900 words?

Bambi, who is a little fawn, is the leading character in the film. The film revolves around him, his family, and his friends.

Thumper, a rabbit, is the comical character of the movie. It is he who teaches Bambi how to speak. The lady love of Thumper is Miss Bunny, who appears in only one scene in the movie.

Faline, Bambi's lady love and childhood friend, is the daughter of Aunt Ena. Ronno is a stag who also falls in love with Faline, but Bambi is her choice.

Bambi's mother, a mate of the Great Prince of the Forest, is a strong character who prepares Bambi for his life in the forest. Her tragic death is the central scene of the entire movie.

Bambi's father depicts the strength of a father in raising his children in the tragic situation of the loss of their mother. How he teaches the reality of life to his son while he copes with the loss of his mate is wonderfully presented.

The Flower character is a skunk who spends most of his time eating just to hibernate in the winter. He sleeps in flowers, and young Bambi misidentifies him as one, thus the name.The Flower depicts the positive outlook on life in the movie.

Let us look at some interesting facts about the characters in this Walt Disney movie and their comparison to real life. Obviously, rabbits, deer, and skunks do not speak to each other.

The deer is not the Prince of the Jungle. But yes, this Disney movie depicts the harsh new world reality of humans' contempt of nature. Also, did you know that the buck deer does not raise a fawn when a doe deer dies?

Things To Learn From Bambi

Let us have a glance at the storyline of this Walt Disney movie to understand more about 'Bambi' and what can be interpreted from this wonderful movie.

We all know that, first and foremost, the movie shows the raw reality of life; no one is immortal and every one of us has to lose our beloved ones at some point in time.

This is how the story begins.

A fawn takes birth. And the doe named it Bambi. One day he will be his father's successor as the Great Prince of the Forest. Thumper, the lively rabbit, befriends the fawn and helps him learn.

Curios and inquisitive, Bambi loves to explore his surroundings. Incredibly close to his mother, he shares everything about his daily ventures with her. The loving mother warns him about the risks involved in living the life of a forest dweller. The movie teaches us to be aware of our surroundings.

Flower, a skunk, and Faline, a female deer, are his new acquaintances. Bambi also encounters The Great Prince, unaware that he is his father.

Bambi notices that the Great Prince is saving everyone by warning them of the presence of the human hunter. Bambi gets separated from his mother during this hustle and bustle, but his father takes care of him.

The three reunite as a family and return to the safety of the deep forest; Bambi is still unaware of the identity of his father.

The movie teaches us that there are always good things in store for us. They don't exist because we are not aware of them.

Then tragedy strikes. During the winter, Bambi and his mother go out searching for food. While Bambi enjoys his first snow experience with Thumper, the hunter, shoots and kills his mother.

The death of Bambi's mother leaves little Bambi despondent and alone. That is when the Great Prince reveals his identity as Bambi's father and takes him along with him. Teaching us that life strikes us hard, it also has something else to take care of us.

It was a cruel twist in the novel where Bambi loses his mother. However, his father shows motherless Bambi the body of a man who died in the midst of all of this to demonstrate to him that no one is immortal, and this is an interesting way of presenting the truth to young minds during tragic times.

The death of Bambi's mother in the movie is a topic of discussion even today.

A year passes by, and baby Bambi and his friends grow into young adults together. Thumper and Flower find their romantic partners, and Bambi falls in love with Faline. And here comes another twist in the tale with the introduction of a new character. Ronno - an obnoxious stag who tries to attract Faline away from Bambi.

And there is a battle. Of course, Bambi wins the doe's love by defeating Ronno. Teaching us that love triumphs.

One day, when he is fast asleep, Bambi is awakened by the smell of smoke. He follows the smell and finds its source.

Bambi discovers that the hunter man has returned with a few of his friends and more hunters. There is chaos in the forest as hunters hunt down many animals and their hunting dogs.

Bambi rescues Faline when he finds her cornered by the hunting dogs and runs away from the hunters. Faline and Bambi get separated but manage to run to the safety of the deep forest.

Interestingly, the Bambi-inspired conservation awareness started budding; thus the movie became the foundation stone against human nature's destructive activities and the need for conserving the forests and nature at large.

The bonfire in the hunter's camp turns into a forest fire and spreads fast. All the woodland creatures, including Bambi, his father, and Faline, make it to the safety of the river bank. Another year passes by.

The following spring, lovely Faline gives birth to beautiful twins under the watchful eye of their father, Bambi, who is now the Great Prince of the Forest. Leaders are not born; they are made. 

Facts About The Writers Of Bambi

The 'Bambi' movie was inspired and taken from the novel 'Bambi: A Life in the Woods.' The book was written by Felix Salten and published in the year 1926.

Sidney Franklin bought the rights to this novel to make a wonderful movie and paid $1000 to Felix Salten, the writer of the novel. Initially, the book was meant for adults; the writer's intention was not to make it for kids.

Diane Disney did not agree with the untimely death of Bambi's mother in the movie and wanted her father to do something about it. But Walt Disney decided against deviating from the book's storyline, though he was reminded of such instances from Disney history and earlier occasions.

Many artists, animators, and directors were a part of this legendary movie, which saw the pinnacle of success in the subsequent years. The beauty of the film has been brought out in all its detailed intricacy, though the movie is scary at the same time for young minds as it reveals the toughness of life when Bambi's mother dies.

And that even Bambi's children have to face the same difficulties. That life continues in a cycle, generation after generation, with all its glory and toughness included.

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