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!!Ronno
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->'''Voiced by:''' Anthony Ghannam (''WesternAnimation/BambiII''); Pierre Casanova ([[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage European French]] dub)

->''"Don't feel bad. If we didn't have cowards, we couldn't tell who the brave ones are."''

Bambi's [[TheRival rival]]. He started out as an arrogant, self-centered, and insufferable bully when they initially meet as fawns, and later grows up into a hulking and hostile buck who fights Bambi over the right to have Faline for himself.

* ~~See [[Characters/BambiRonno~~ AbledInTheAdaptation: In the novel, Ronno has a lame leg due to surviving a gunshot. In the movies, he lacks any disabilities in order to be more of a rival to Bambi.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Ronno has some degree of feelings (or at least lust) for Faline, who is annoyed by him at best and otherwise outright dislikes him.
* TheAce: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. He thinks of himself as such and the film makes him seem like he'd have this potential. But when push comes to shove, he's a cowardly bully who'd rather flee from a dire situation to save his own ~~page.~~skin than take the initiative to help.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He has brown eyes in the original, but in the midquel he has green eyes, probably to help further distinguish him from Bambi and to [[GreenEyedMonster subtly establish his personality]].
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Ronno in the movies has little in common with his character in the novel. His novel counterpart was Bambi's friend (at first) and was already grown up by the time Bambi was born, and while he got aggressive towards Bambi during mating season, he wasn't a sociopathic bully like the midquel depicted, much less the vicious and near mindless [[FlatCharacter blank slate of a brute]] that the original movie depicted him as either. The midquel in particular [[SameCharacterButDifferent alters his personality so drastically]] that a new viewer would be forgiven for thinking that he was simply a new character created for it.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Like with Bambi, he was a roe deer in the book, but was changed into a white-tailed deer for the movies since roe deer don't live in the states.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the novel, he was actually Bambi's friend until the latter matured and became a rival for does. In both movies, he's a rival and enemy of Bambi out of the starting gate.
* AesopAmnesia: Pissing off the Young Prince at his lowest point was ''not'' a smart move on his part, to say the least. During the events on the midquel, he drove Bambi to [[RageBreakingPoint uncharacteristic rage]] by insulting his lineage, which got him beaten up immediately and started off a chain reaction of events that nearly got Bambi and his stepmother killed while exposing Ronno for the coward he is when he runs off from the threat of Man. Instead of learning his lesson from this, Ronno doubles down on his resolve and [[WeWillMeetAgain swears revenge on Bambi]], which culminates in them fighting again once Ronno is fully grown up...which ends with him getting his flank handed to him yet again by an also fully grown up Bambi, and completely galvanises Faline's love for the latter. DidntThinkThisThrough does not describe how much he screwed the pooch by making the Young Prince his worst enemy.
* AgeLift: In the novel, he is implied to be several years older than Bambi. In the midquel film, he is only slighter older than Bambi.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: [[{{Irony}} Despite being a bully himself]], Ronno is basically an outcast from the other animals, though its for reasons be brought on himself for his lousy personality rather than being arbitrarily ostracized.
* AllThereInTheScript: Even though his name is never given in the first film proper, he is still named in character design material for the first film, and he is likewise named dropped in the Dell Comic and manga adaptations.
* AlphaBastard: Apart from the fact that he's not a highschooler, he acts like this {{trope}} because of his arrogance and tendency to look down on others, ''especially'' in regards to Bambi.
* AlwaysSecondBest: A partial reason for his growing hatred of Bambi in the midquel, growing rather competitive around him in terms of athleticism and skill.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He's an even match for Bambi in combat as a fawn, but as they grow up, Bambi eventually turns the odds in his favor. But in terms of popularity among the animals, its absolutely inverted; Bambi is far more popular and successful in his goals than Ronno ever was or will ever hope to be.
* AmbiguousSituation: As a result of the midquel having Ronno swearing revenge, his and Bambi's meeting as yearlings, with neither Bambi recognizing Ronno or Ronno reacting to Bambi's name, raises the question if they even recognized each other as old rivals, if Ronno had completely forgotten about Bambi or if he had completely moved past his rivalry and was more focused on the fact that it was the mating season.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: In the original film at least. The only reason he and Bambi come into conflict is because the latter followed Faline into the former's territory, which is how battles between white-tailed bucks happen during the mating season. The midquel, as well as Tezuka's manga adaptation, throws out any ambiguity by showing that even as a fawn, he was basically a sociopath in the making.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Almost everything Ronno does in the midquel is motivated by his desire to come out on top of his petty jealousy-fueled rivalry with Bambi, and given it '''never''' works out in his favor, its meant to show that his ruthless and selfish attitude is absolutely no way to get through life.
* AmusingInjuries: He's a frequent recipient of these due to his KarmicButtMonkey status in the midquel.
* AntiClimax: Despite being the closest thing the midquel has to an on-screen antagonist (not counting Man's dogs, who are personality-less extensions of Man's will), his fight with Bambi was anything but spectacular. The latter actually manages to get the upper hand over him for most of it, and the fight technically ends in a draw after Ronno flees the scene due to the sudden arrival of Man (though Bambi is clearly the moral victor of it).
* AntiRoleModel: As a fawn, his whole role in the midquel basically exists to spell out how having an arrogant, entitled and haughty macho attitude is absolutely no way to get through life in contrast to Bambi's altruism and sincere efforts to earn his victories, and he is a boorish, sociopathic, and all-around-awful person.
* AntiVillain: Initially, if you [[AmbiguouslyEvil interpret him as being a villain]] in the first film and not take the midquel and other tie-ins into account. He's presented as a very agressive buck that Bambi unwittingly set off by wandering into his territory, prompting Ronno and Bambi to fight over Faline. This might seem evil to a normal person, but this is [[TruthInTelevision actually typical behaviour for real life deer]] (and is also accurate to how the other bucks treated Bambi in the novel as he got older). The Dell Comic adaptation (where, unlike the movie, he's given bits of dialogue) slightly humanizes these traits by [[AdaptationalVillainy explicitly presenting him as a villain]] who is out to claim Faline as his own, [[EntitledToHaveYou regardless of whether she wants to be his mate or not]]. Tezuka's manga adaptation also establishes that even as a fawn, he was a jerk and a bully towards Bambi in [[ToxicFriendInfluence the guise of a friend]]. The midquel follows this and [[RetCon retcons]] Ronno's behaviour in the first film by having him be an arrogant bully who treated Faline this way since he was a fawn, and also having his motive for fighting linked with his bitter childhood rivalry with Bambi.
* ArchEnemy: For Bambi. The two clash with each other due to Bambi's [[NiceGuy strong moral compass]] and Ronno's complete and utter lack of such. Plus Bambi's usually on the receiving end of Ronno's bullying.
* ArcVillain: The midquel retroactively makes Ronno one for Bambi. While not the main villain of the movies, he's the closest thing they have to an on-screen antagonist.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He has mildly impressive athletic prowess for a fawn, and an unjustifably high opinion of himself as a result of it.
* AscendedExtra: He was just a brief rival for Bambi in one scene of the original film and had miminal characterization and no dialogue. In the midquel, he's a fully fledged antagonist who appears in several scenes. Osamu Tezuka's manga adaptation also gives his fawn form a more prominent role, though nowhere to the extent of the midquel.
* AssholeVictim: Aside from some mildly dorkish qualities in his introduction (which in itself is a transparently insincere act done to try and get others to pay attention to him), there is absolutely ''nothing'' about him that's close to sympathetic. He's a slimy, amoral bully who cares for no one but himself. Him running away in fear of Man, his many pitiful pratfalls and love of his mother do not make him sympathetic whatsoever, and the former just exhibits how selfless Bambi really is in comparison by risking his life to save his would-be stepmom. As such, whenever bad things happen to Ronno, the audience can't help but derive amusement if not downright catharsis from his suffering, as he's a complete dickhead who deserves to be punished for his actions.
* AttemptedRape: Implied in the first film, when he forces Faline away from Bambi. Luckily for her, Bambi's quick to put a stop to it.
* AttentionWhore: Ronno is very self-centered, so he desperately craves attention. His first scene in the midquel has him rudely try to draw as much attention to himself as possible by scaring the Groundhog for laughs and showing off to the others in an attempt to make friends with them. Later on, when Ronno is showing off to a clearly unimpressed Faline, she is drawn away by the yelling of an injured Bambi, and Ronno is clearly aggravated over this.
-->'''Ronno:''' "Hey! I wasn't finished talking about me!"
* AxCrazy: As an adult. Ronno was willing to ''kill'' Bambi and ([[ImpliedTrope possibly]]) ''rape'' Faline.
* BadassAdorable: As a fawn, he is somewhat adorable in appearance and can put up a fight when he wants to (key word being when he ''wants'' to).
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: The midquel fleshes out Ronno and Bambi's rivalry akin to this. Ronno's introduction and StartOfDarkness coincides with (and usually pivots) much of Bambi's HeroesFrontierStep and CharacterDevelopment.
* BarbaricBully: Not so much as a fawn, but he definetely becomes this once he becomes a yearling.
%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Going hand in hand with his short temper and big ego, do ''not'' call him a liar, and ''especially'' do not fire the first shot in a fight against him, accidentally or otherwise.
* BestServedCold:
** In the midquel, he waits until Bambi is at his lowest emotional point before insulting his heritage to goad him into a fight, arrogantly believing he has the advantage. [[RageBreakingPoint It quickly backfires on him]] ''[[SummonBiggerFish big time]]''.
** As a adult, when he's much physically stronger than when he and his rival were fawns, he wastes no time trying to force himself on Faline and drive Bambi away, and then fighting him when he refuses to back down. Once again, it completely backfires on him as Bambi still proves himself his superior in combat.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: In the midquel, Ronno is a pitiful KarmicButtMonkey who suffers many a pratfall, but even as a fawn he shows signs of the savage brute that he grows into in the original movie.
* BeingEvilSucks: Ronno's bullying attitude [[HisOwnWorstEnemy is his own undoing]] and ensures that he never forms any real friendships or gets any respect from others. If anything, it just keeps feeding back into itself to ensure he stays the same awful person he is up until adulthood.
* BetaTestBaddie: His whole motivation for bullying Bambi and others stems from his InferioritySuperiorityComplex towards him.
* BigBad: While [[GreaterScopeVillain Man]] is unquestionably the real menace to the animals, Ronno serves as the tangible main antagonist of the midquel and, ironically, gets far more focus in it than the threat of Man.
* BigBadEnsemble: With [[GreaterScopeVillain Man]] in the midquel, though Ronno curiously gets more plot focus than the former in it.
* BigBadSlippage: Ronno doesn't necessarily start off as an ''evil'' person, just a mild pest. It isn't until the climax of the midquel that he truly descends into being a villain.
* BigBadWannabe: That being said, Ronno isn't really much of a threat to Bambi at first, at most a petty bully and nuisance who is more talk than show. It isn't until their rivalry becomes personal by the midquel's climax that he really earns this, and even there he's immediately upstaged in terms of being a threat by the sudden presence of Man.
* BitCharacter: In the original movie, he has about two minutes of screentime and no lines, and just serves as a personified obstacle for Bambi to overcome. The midquel gives him a notably more prominent role and a more fleshed out personality.
* BitPartBadGuy: In ths original movie, he's just another obstacle for Bambi to deal with for a couple of minutes.
* BlatantLies: While it is possible he did learn about how Man makes their deer calls by spying on them, his story about bravely taking on Man head-on is undeniably false, especially when he runs away in terror at the very ''idea'' of confronting Man later in the midquel. Faline doesn't buy his story for a second (though Bambi is naive enough to buy it).
* BoisterousBruiser: Ronno is a fighter, and has the loudmouth and arrogance to go with it.
* BornUnlucky: ''Nothing'' ever goes right for Ronno, whether it's because of [[KarmicButtMonkey swift karma for his actions]] or just pure bad luck on his part.
* BrattyHalfPint: As a fawn, Ronno was a braggart, a bully, a liar, a coward, manipulative, and has the worst qualities of a child, seeming to mainly be brought about by his pride at having his antlers starting to come in and his spots have gone. [[TookALevelInJerkass He got worse as an adult]].
* BreakTheHaughty: In the midquel, the closest thing he gets to karma for (accidentally) nearly getting Bambi and Mena killed is being put through yet another humiliating pratfall when a turtle bites and clings to his nose, sending him off crying for his mom--right after boasting to Bambi that [[WeWillMeetAgain they'll meet again some day]].
* TheBully: When you get right down to it, at his core, Ronno is a fairly physically apt bully who enjoys putting on airs and throwing his weight around, but when the chips are down, he's [[WhatYouAreInTheDark revealed]] to be nothing more than a SmugSnake and a DirtyCoward who enjoys imposing on others weaker than him (and blows up if they so much as dare to fight back) and would rather save his own hide than even consider helping others. He constantly insults Bambi and his friends and looks down on them, and shows no respect for anyone. Part of the reason he even became such a heated rival towards Bambi was out of spite and feeling entitled to be superior to him. When he grows up, he degenerates into an outright BarbaricBully.
* BullyBrutality: In the climax of the midquel, he tries to beat Bambi up during a fight, and once he grows up and they get into a scuffle over Faline, he tries to ''kill'' him.
* CallousnessTowardsEmergency: As soon as he realizes Man's hounds are heading his way and Mena tells both him and Bambi to run, Ronno simply flees for his life, while Bambi, after some hesitation, instead chooses to sacrifice himself to save her life.
* CantTakeCriticism: Ronno gets flustered when Bambi (non-ironically) expresses in awe that Ronno's story of taking on Man is "Unbelievable.", [[SarcasmBlind misinterpreting it as Bambi calling him a liar]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Retroactive case. Ronno's personality in the original movie is [[FlatCharacter rather vague]], and he just serves as another obstacle to Bambi. The midquel however plays out far more as a character study for him just like it does for his rival, giving him far more individual flaws and agency, and also reveals the devolution into the hulking brute he grew into in the original movie was played out by his own decisions, particularly when galvanised by his sour relationship with his rival Bambi.
* TheCharmer: Subverted. Ronno likes to ''think'' of himself as a PrinceCharming, but that's just his narcissism in action; Faline isn't remotely impressed by anything he does and at most tolerates his presence, assuming she's not [[PrinceCharmless already feeling repelled by his creepy attitude]].
* ChekhovsGunman: At first it doesnt seem like his rivalry has [[PlotIrrelevantVillain much bearing on the actual story of the midquel]], but it culminates in him picking a fight with Bambi on purpose, the aftermath of which unwittingly sets off the climax of the movie.
* TheChewToy: Any time Ronno suffers, it's because he deserves it.
* ClassicVillain: In the second film, he is basically an EvilCounterpart to Bambi and has the staple traits of one. He is also guilty of five of the SevenDeadlySins.
** {{Pride}}: He has an [[SmallNameBigEgo undeservedly high opinion of himself]] and is [[EntitledBastard extremely arrogant]] in his attitude towards everyone.
** {{Greed}}: Given he has a huge ego, he is [[AttentionWhore greedy for any kind of attention]] he can get.
** [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]: He is [[DrivenByEnvy spitefully envious of Bambi]] due to the latter unwittingly upstaging him over and over.
** {{Lust}}: As an adult, he openly lusts after Faline, though the midquel implies this lust goes all the way back to their childhood.
** [[HairTriggerTemper Wrath]]: He is short-tempered, impatient and prone to violence if he feels slighted.
* ClimaxBoss: He serves as this to Bambi in both the original movie and its adaptations, as well as the midquel.
* CockFight: He gets into a nasty one with Bambi over Faline in the original movie.
* CombatPragmatist: Ronno is more than willing to fight dirty in order to win against a foe.
* CompositeCharacter: Ronno in the midquel takes traits from both the movies interpretation of him and traits of a character from ''Bambi's Children'', Boso, who is the cousin of Geno and is spitefully jealous of Geno because he's the son of Bambi, who is now the Great Prince of the Forest. It also takes cues from Osamu Tezuka's manga adaptation of Bambi, which notably depicted Ronno as a fawn being at odds with Bambi decades before the midquel did it.
* CondescendingCompassion: After Bambi performs a stunt to try and impress his father and has it backfire on him, Ronno comes across him with porcupine quills in his rump and uses the chance to offer mocking condolences for the incident where Bambi nearly got mauled by a pack of hunting dogs after freezing up, saying that if they didn't have cowards like him, they wouldn't know who the brave ones were. He does similar later on when Bambi's sent off to live with a stepmom.
* ConflictKiller: The focus of the midquels story is on the relationship between Bambi and his father, with Ronno's rivalry with Bambi seemingly having little relevance to the story at first. Cue Ronno showing up and making a bad situation even worse when Bambi is sent off to live with a stepmother after having a falling out with his father over it; the climax is entirely sprung by him picking a fight with Bambi, which ends with Bambi and his fathers relationship being repaired and Ronno being utterly humiliated.
* CreateYourOwnHero: Ronno's bullying of Bambi in the midquel is unwittingly a catalyst in helping him learn to become more brave and assertive in the face of danger, which culminates in Bambi selflessly sacrificing himself to save Mena's life from Man while Ronno in turn [[DirtyCoward flees screaming for his mother.]]
* CreepyChild: Ronno's behaviour as a fawn as his rivalry with Bambi gets worse is disturbingly cruel and cold, akin to being a sociopath in the making.
* DarkIsEvil: In both movies, he has a much darker shade of fur than any of the other deer as a visual red flag that he's trouble.
* DeadpanSnarker: Is prone to throwing out some pretty cruel and venomous one-liners, especially towards Bambi.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of TheBully type of character, showing just how following this kind of mindset can [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome swiftly bring real consequences onto whoever embraces it]]. Ronno's arrogant and all around anti-social personality pretty much [[TheFriendNobodyLikes precludes him from forming any real friendships with the others]], and this feeds into his ambitions to force people to like him over his rival, which only make him come off as a pathetic and desperate creep who keeps digging himself deeper with each situation until ''everyone'' hates him by the end, and for good reason. In short, Ronno is HisOwnWorstEnemy.
* DemotedToExtra: And then [[AscendedExtra re-ascended back]] to a role somewhat different than what he originally had. He had a larger role in the novel beyond simply being a rival to Bambi, being already grown and Bambi having already known him even before his mother died. The first film reduces him down to one scene, with no name, no dialogue and no real characterization. The midquel then expands his character back, but only really rebuilds his character on his rival status, portraying his rivalry with Bambi growing and building from childhood rather than having him become a rival only after Bambi grows up. Even with that, he ''never'' appears in any Bambi tie-in that doesnt directly adapt the events of the movies, and has ''never'' been featured in any of the series merchandise. [[PutOnABus He doesn't even so much as get a mention]] in ''Bambi's Children'', either.
* {{Determinator}}: Deconstructed. He has similar ambitions to Bambi in that they both want to prove themselves, but whereas Bambi risks himself out of selflessness and to earn the respect and affection of his father, Ronno goes about it in a [[AmbitionIsEvil completely ruthless way]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe for entirely self-serving reasons.]]
* DiabolusExNihilo: He literally comes out of nowhere in the original film, and is gone practically as fast as he appears.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: He often gets into many a pratfall because he's so focused on showing off to or showing up others to satisfy his ego that he doesn't stop and think about how what he's doing might reflect back on him and he ends making many reckless and stupid decisions as a result.
* DirtyCoward: He brags about being able to take on Man early in the film and is more than willing to chase and fight Bambi when he's a fawn because its clear he has some advantage over him in terms of being older and starting to bud antlers--but as soon as Mena gets snared in a trap that summons a pack of hunting dogs, he flees in terror while calling out for his mom.
* DiscOneFinalBoss:
** In the original movie, he's taken out by Bambi somewhat early in the third act, though his threat turns out to be nothing compared to the return of Man and the subsequent forest fire.
** In the midquel, his fight with Bambi is actually the setup for the films climax, where Bambi has to deal with the far greater threat of Man and his hounds instead.
* DisproportionateRetribution: His bullying towards Bambi is almost entirely fueled out of petty envy of Bambi (unwittingly) upstaging him constantly along with the frustration of the various embarrassing pratfalls he keeps bringing on himself, to the point of insulting him to his face to kick him down a notch.
* TheDitz: He's obnoxiously thickheaded and childish.
* DrivenByEnvy: His petty envy of Bambi is a strong motivator of him constantly trying to one-up the young prince.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Everyone in the forest finds Ronno to be [[TheFriendNobodyLikes an annoying pest at]] ''best'' despite his considerable athleticism and bravado in contrast to Bambi's scrawiness and timid nature. Due to his fragile ego and sense of arrogant entitlement, he doesn't take it well and grows to hate Bambi more and more throughout the film because of it. It comes to a head when he uses the fact that The Great Prince sent Bambi away to live with a stepmom as ammo to take him down a peg and goad him into a fight so he can prove himself superior in a fight.
* DumbassHasAPoint: For all his MilesGloriosus boasting in the midquel, his description of Man's deer call was incredibly accurate, as Bambi would later find out when he fell for the trick when he thought that it was his mother calling him.
* DumbMuscle: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Ronno isnt particularly stupid, but he is very impulsive, reckless and short sighted thanks to his big ego, which causes no end of trouble for him.
* DumbJock: To go in hand with his JerkJock persona, he's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, although this stems more from his recklessness and impulsive personality and lack of proper social skills than straight up stupidity.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Similar to Bambi, Ronno in his yearling form first appeared as two [[FreezeFrameBonus "blink and you'll miss him" cameos]] in ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' prior to the midquel.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In the original movie, his eye color was brown, whereas the midquel retcons it into being green to [[GreenEyedMonster better suit his personality.]]
* EarNotch: He's had one since childhood.
* EmergingFromTheShadows: When he begins to taunt Bambi in the climax of the midquel, he's first shown coming out of the shadows of the nearby brush to foreshadow the sinister nature of whats about to follow.
* EntitledBastard: This is Ronno's major flaw, along with his pride. He feels he should be stronger than Bambi and has the right to Faline as a mate for himself without her consent, while constantly denegrating Bambi as a coward and wimp despite him upping Ronno at everything he does and showing absolutely no respect towards him despite being the next prince of the forest. His entire rivalry with Bambi is built on entitlement.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Has this opinion of Faline.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In Bambi II, its established right off the bat that he's a smug AttentionWhore and bratty troublemaker. The very first thing he does is [[KickTheDog cruelly scaring the Groundhog back into his hole after he doesn't see his shadow]] and [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor laughing about it]], and then bragging about blatantly false feats to Bambi and co, as well as acting aggressive when Bambi seemingly questions his stories. On top of that, he's shown to be openly disrespectful to his own mother, in case you didn't already get the hint that [[HateSink were not supposed to like him.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: {{Zig Zagg|ingTrope}}ed. [[BrattyHalfPint Ronno is even disrespectful to his own mother]], but often goes crying to her whenever he is faced with danger.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Arguably Ronno's biggest flaw is his complete failure to understand ''why'' others like Bambi so much over him--even if he wasn't the next Prince of the Forest, Bambi is humble and selfless and earns all of his victories and respect from his friends by what he does, while Ronno [[EntitledBastard arrogantly expects things to go his way because he's older and stronger]] despite having no real deeds to show for it, and [[HisOwnWorstEnemy fails to understand that he's constantly shooting himself in the foot with his selfishness and egotism.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As much of a jerk as he is, despite getting the upper hand, he stops his rage-fuelled fight with Bambi when he realizes he accidentally trapped Mena in a hunting snare. Even more so since he is rightfully terrified of Man and actually confronting it or its hounds despite his past boasting.
* EvilCounterpart: To Bambi. The titular character is sweet, brave, humble, and respects Faline in spite of a shy crush; Ronno is callous, cowardly, arrogant, and tried to force himself onto Faline when they were adults. Even dynamically, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain basically everything that Ronno does]] as he becomes [[StartOfDarkness darker and more obsessive]] coerces Bambi into becoming [[HeroesFrontierStep more bold and altruistic]].
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor:
** Ronno's idea of a joke is scaring the Groundhog after he becomes elated at seeing his shadow isnt there. Naturally, he's the only one laughing at it.
** Shortly after he cracks a joke about the forest being on fire, something that is ''very'' serious business to the woodland critters in this franchise.
* EvilLaugh: Ronno occasionally lets out a smug chuckle, accented with a snort.
* EvilIsBigger: Downplayed; as a fawn he's identical in size to Bambi, but as a yearling, he's slightly larger and more stocky than Bambi, though its difficult to notice this unless you look at [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/-bHhrYi8WiIfKLvsCQYLLZSVdCbJ4YDrF9HNSBJSyXvZhpJ8owQORR_82DBK_83y2ljng3KSux507BsANXic0q3CNhKnzi6AB5IZqcjDwMdf6zlP9JKMEbEJZhCimiHbzUVaMbabU2RkgRM0Z-QP75wqUPqXbwGkTfKPc6q6VAYmTWk3qUoR33_yZBF9mTFW8wc the films model sheets]].
* EvilIsPetty: Ronno takes things way too personally and overreacts to any slight, whether it was intentional or not. And when Bambi is sent off to live with Mena, Ronno uses the opportunity to rub the whole situation in his rivals face, implying that he was such an embarrassment to the Great Prince that he "(gave him) away", which Ronno has nothing to gain from beyond kicking Bambi down a peg.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: Downplayed. As a fawn, he's actually kindof adorable looking. As a yearling, still as bitter and veangeful as ever? He looks like the deer equivilent of a biker thug that you do '''not''' want to get on the bad side of.
* EvilPlan: Repeat: ''everything'' he does is for the sake of showing up Bambi.
* EvilVirtues: If nothing else, he is not at all lazy and is extremely determined, and at least loves his Mom, even if he doesnt necessarily respect her.
* EvilVsEvil: Man is out to get him and the other wildlife animals.
* ExitPursuedByABear: Parodied; in his PostClimaxConfrontation with Bambi, he's sent packing by a mere snapping turtle biting his nose.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: As a fawn, he actually has a appearance thats at worst unremarkable and at best kindof adorable. This is completely offset by [[TheSociopath his real personality.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter what he does, Ronno is always doomed to play second fiddle to Bambi. In the midquel, its an outright ForegoneConclusion that Bambi was going to overcome his bullying of him.
* FalseFriend: In Osamu Tezuka's manga adaptation of Bambi, Bambi befriends Ronno as a fawn, unaware that he's a local troublemaker, and Ronno immediately tricks him into directly risking his life by interacting with Man, purely for kicks on his part. Afterward, the Bullfrog who mentors Bambi becomes belligerant at the very mention of Ronno's name and warns him to stay away from him.
* FatalFlaw: Ronno has at least three of them.
** '''{{Pride}}''' is the most prominent of them. He's a narcissist who constantly throws his weight around and believes he's better than everyone else, [[FeetOfClay even if he has little to show for it]] and it [[PrideBeforeAFall constantly causes problems for him.]]
** '''[[UnstoppableRage Wrath]]''' is his other most prominent trait. He is [[HairTriggerTemper very quick to anger]] and is not above resorting to violence to impose himself on others, and due to his anger, he often winds up making many reckless and stupid mistakes that only further lower others opinions of him.
** Fueling both of the above and vice versa is '''[[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Envy]]'''. He's a shameless and insecure AttentionWhore and GloryHound who is spitefully jealous of Bambi and aspires and pretends to be what Bambi is [[EntitledBastard for all of the wrong reasons and without truly earning it.]]
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: His attitude towards Bambi; the fact that he, an older and physically stronger deer, is constantly AlwaysSecondBest to a younger and scrawny fawn drives him crazy, which eventually leads him to purposefully insult and goad Bambi into fights so he can take him down a notch.
* FeetOfClay: He'll brag up a storm about being able to take on Man head-on, but the moment threat of Man rears its ugly head, Ronno takes off screaming for his mother.
* FisticuffProvokingComment: When Ronno confronts Bambi during the start of the climax, the latter is already at an emotional low due to his father handing him over to a doe. Ronno, who has gotten competitive towards Bambi throughout the film, starts heckling Bambi, though the latter, while clearly ticked, walks away. Then Ronno mocks the fact his father was supposedly ashamed enough of him to give him away. Bambi then [[RageBreakingPoint silently and uncharaceristically snaps]] and angrily fights Ronno.
* FlatCharacter: In the original film, he's little more than a personified obstacle for Bambi to overcome, and isn't given a clear personality beyond being a particularly aggressive and amorous buck. Even the two comic book, newspaper comic and manga adaptations, despite giving him bits of dialogue, do little to flesh him out more beyond establishing him as a rather generic jerk [[EntitledToHaveYou who wants Faline for himself]]. The midquel ''significantly'' fleshes him out into a more [[RoundedCharacter three-dimensional character]].
* FlawExploitation: Ronno is well aware of how insecure Bambi is in regards to earning his fathers approval, and uses it to try and tear him down emotionally and mentally.
* {{Foil}}:
** To his rival, Bambi. The CentralTheme of the midquel is coming to terms with one's fears, accepting them and overcoming them, and [[BeYourself not trying to be something you're not to become better.]] Bambi realizes, faces and overcomes them and finds himself while earning the respect of his father and friends as a result, while Ronno [[NeverMyFault refuses to owe up to his own flaws]], [[DirtyCoward gives in to his fears]] and goes out of his way to try to be something he isn't ([[FeetOfClay which gets him nowhere and only highlights his flaws further]]) due to his [[EntitledBastard spiteful envy of his rival]], and this culminates in everyone hating him in the end. It is not at all disingenuous to say that Ronno is what Bambi could have easily become if he didn't have the guidance of his parents and friends to keep him on the straight and narrow.
** He's also one to Thumper. While Thumper can certainly be an immature brat and occasionally acts selfish and cocky, he has his heart in the right place and [[BigBrotherInstinct wants to help Bambi more than anything else]], and at the end of the day, he loves and respects his family when push comes to shove. Ronno, in contrast, is all the brat with none of the heart, being a purely self centered person and has no respect for anyone else.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ronno's cowardly nature gets hinted at even before the climax. When he's messing with Bambi in their first meeting, he briefly gets much more timid when his mother calls out for him. Later on, after hechases Bambi and Thumper, he gets [[KnowWhenToFoldEm noticably scared and shrinks away into the bushes]] as soon as he sees the Great Prince standing right behind his son.
* ForTheEvulz: While most of what Ronno does is motivated by his jealous ambition to prove himself Bambi's superior, him rubbing it in Bambi's face that his father "gave him away" (to a stepmother) was a [[EvilIsPetty spiteful and petty act]] done solely to [[KickTheDog hit Bambi where it hurt the hardest for his own amusement.]]
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric. Ronno is young, very strong willed, overconfident to the point of being arrogant, HotBlooded, [[HairTriggerTemper short-tempered]], rude, rebellious, and is driven entirely by his ego and selfish goals, which [[TheDeterminator he relentlessly pursues]]. He's also a callous, cruel and unemphatic bully and a SoreLoser who has a vengeful deep seated hatred of Bambi for [[ItsPersonal petty personal reasons]], and there's little low he won't stoop to in order to get the advantage over him.
* FriendlessBackground: Its implied he's never had any friends before meeting Bambi and co., and when his attitude when trying to make friends is shown, its not hard to piece together why. Its implied this might have been part of the reason he turned out the way he did, as he didn't grow up with strong friendships like Bambi did that helped him stay on the straight and narrow.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He starts off as this in the midquel, since he's trying to make friends and Bambi and Faline are at least tolerant of him at first, but their opinion of him quickly sours due to Ronno's bullying personality and doesnt improve.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Downplayed. Abiding by the midquel's chronology, his increasing jealousy and hatred of Bambi embittered him from merely a childish, cowardly braggart to a sinister, terrifying beast. However, once he battles Bambi when they both reach adulthood, he doesn't last much longer than a minute.
* FuryFueledFoolishness: Ronno, with his haughty ego combined with his short temper, has a really bad habit of doing some really reckless and stupid things when he gets angry, and it ''always'' comes back to bite him in the flank.
* GenderedInsult: Besides rudely mocking Bambi's feminine name ("Bambi? Isn't that a girls name?"), he later disparagingly calls him [[MaliciousMisnaming "Princess"]] during his ReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* GloryHound: His whole motivation is getting recognized by others, and it feeds heavily into his rivalry with Bambi.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: Ronno has a much darker shade of auburn fur to set him apart from the other characters, and as a fawn he has green eyes to subtly reinforce his jealously of Bambi.
* GoldfishPoopGang: Zigzagged in the midquel. At first he's a mild and ineffectual nuisance to the other animals at worst, but the climax shows early signs of the sinister beast he grows into from the original movie.
* GreenAndMean: Downplayed. Ronno's fur color isnt green (rather a dark reddish brown), but his eye color is purposefully retconned in the midquel from also being brown to being green in the midquel for visual storytelling purposes. And to say he is mean is an understatement.
* GreenEyedMonster: Quite {{literal|Metaphor}}ly, in fact; he has green eyes and is driven by the fact that he's [[AlwaysSecondBest always playing second fiddle]] to Bambi. He fulfills the "monster" part moreso as an adult. It's hinted that his jealousy is partly because of Bambi's status as the son of The Great Prince.

* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to fluster him, even as a fawn. As a grown stag, all it takes for Bambi to set him off was unwittingly wandering into his territory.
* HatedByAll: By the end of the midquel, no one has even an ounce of respect for him at all. He's on bad terms with the rest of the cast, particularly Bambi.
* HateSink: Where do we even start? In the midquel, Ronno is made into a thoroughly obnoxious and unpleasant bully towards everyone and is '''not''' one to be trusted, and [[TheFriendNobodyLikes hes not well liked by the other animals in turn]]--[[NiceGuy Bambi]] gradually grows to hate his guts, even the [[NiceGirl kindhearted Faline]] at most grudgingly tolerates him and otherwise makes no attempt to hide her dislike of him, and Thumper and Flower's opinion of him isn't any better--its safe to say that he's made out to be the most vile on-screen character in the series as a result. Since Man is [[OutOfFocus reduced to a]] PlotIrrelevantVillain (with their hunting dogs merely being an extension of their will with no defined personalities), Ronno's role in the film exists to give the audience a physical foe to root against during Bambi's struggles. He's not ''too'' bad at the start of the film--while he already shows early warning signs of his bullying attitude and acts like an annoying braggart, you can at least ''slightly'' sympathize with him at that point [[FriendlessBackground since its shown he has no other friends]] (though his attempts at acting nice are a clearly an insincere act done just to get others to like him), but as time goes on, he [[TookALevelInJerkass progressively gets more and more repulsive]] as his rivalry with Bambi grows out of control due to a perfect storm of [[EvilIsPetty petty jealousy]] and [[EntitledBastard arrogant entitlement]]. He not only shows [[LackOfEmpathy absolutely no sympathy]] for Bambi as he's coming to terms with the loss of his mother and struggles to earn the respect of his father, he [[FlawExploitation cruelly preys on his insecurities from the situation]], later using the fact that the Great Prince sends Bambi off to live with a stepmom as ammo to crush any sense of pride he had left and goad him into a fight. In other words, the fawn is basically a [[TheSociopath sociopath in the making]]. To say the least, you ''will'' feel catharsis when Bambi [[RageBreakingPoint finally snaps]] and fights him.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Everything and anything bad that happens to Ronno is brought entirely on himself due to his arrogance, outlook on life, HairTriggerTemper, and not learning his lesson regardless of whatever consequences befall him. Even if Bambi hadn't entered his life, its safe to say he'd be a lost cause as a person.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His final attempt to humiliate Bambi as a fawn not only backfires in his face directly because of his own actions, but ends up repairing the relationship between Bambi and his father and earning the young prince the respect of others in the forest even more, while outright guaranteeing that everyone else, who already treated Ronno [[TheFriendNobodyLikes with ill regard at best]], will ''never'' give him any of the respect or attention he so desperately craves.
* HornAttack: In the midquel, he's already started growing out his antlers before Bambi, which gives him an upper hand over him in combat at first.
* HotBlooded: Ronno is quite easy to fluster and is full of pride and fighting spirit.
* HumiliationConga: Basically all of Ronno's scenes in Bambi II are a veritable conga line of him making a fool of himself or getting humiliated over and over again. Its as if the filmmakers were asking themselves [[KarmicButtMonkey "How many ways can we make this jackass suffer indignation?"]]
** When he's bragging about his antler stubs to the others, it ends with him getting buried in snow after he jabs at a tree, and he gets embarrased by his mother soon after.
** Next we see him, he's making a fool of himself by trying and failing to impress Faline as he recklessly charges into a tree and keeps conking himself on the head. This quickly leads to Bambi and Thumper accidentally provoking him into a chase, which results in Bambi making an incredible leap that impresses the Great Prince, which Ronno tries and fails to recreate, landing in a muddy pond instead.
** During the montage of Bambi and his father bonding, Bambi effortlessly outruns Ronno without even trying, much to Ronno's shock.
** This culminates in Ronno goading Bambi into a fight, which results in Ronno soundly getting his butt handed to him by Bambi (though with great difficulty on the latters part). The subsequent attack by mans dogs [[DirtyCoward sends him running off screaming for his mother while Bambi saves the day]]. Last we see of him, Ronno is boasting to Bambi how they'll meet again one day, but he winds up in one more pratfall where he trips and a turtle ends up biting and clinging to his nose, sending him off screaming in pain for his mother.
** Retroactively, this all culminates in a grown up Ronno getting soundly defeated in a fight by Bambi in the original film, ending with him taking a great fall and sent limping off in humiliation.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Early in ''Bambi II'', he brags about confronting Man head on in a sneak attack and [[PsychologicalProjection disses Bambi as being a coward]] after he nearly gets killed by mans hounds. Cue the climax, and the first sign of Man attack has him running off screaming for his mother, while Bambi directly intervenes to save his stepmothers life instead of running to safety.
* IgnoredEnemy: Despite his efforts, Bambi doesnt even acknowledge Ronno at all in private, let alone as a rival, only when Ronno personally prods him into a fight. [[PostClimaxConfrontation When they last meet in the midquel]], Bambi doesnt even try wasting time saying a word to him, instead letting him dig his own grave thanks to a nearby snapping turtle. Its not until they meet again as adults that Bambi truly takes him seriously as a threat.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Subverted -- Ronno is a clear case of NoRespectGuy and a foolish KarmicButtMonkey, all of which are classic symptoms of the ISV. While his pitiful nature has endeared him to some fans, it's made very clear that his [[SmallNameBigEgo arrogance]] and [[EntitledBastard selfishness]] is the primary instigator of his bullying, and his actions as a result of this almost gets both Bambi and Mena killed as a result of his irrational determination to prove himself superior to Bambi.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Ronno suffers from his badly. He simply cannot accept that Bambi is his better in virtually every way.
* InsufferableImbecile: Downplayed. Ronno isn't particularly ''stupid'', more shortsighted and reckless, but he is ''definetely'' insufferable.
* InterimVillain: Ronno serves as this for the films midquel, as Man is DemotedToExtra and otherwise has little direct involvement in the plot.
* {{Irony}}: In the midquel, he makes certainly false boasts of taking on Man single-handed. Rather poetically, that's exactly what [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Bambi]] did in the second novel.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Ronno is an extremely self-centered and all around selfish person with a big ego to match.
* ItsPersonal: His rivalry with Bambi stems entirely from petty envy he has towards the young prince constantly upstaging him with seemingly little effort.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Deconstructed. Ronno ''does'' want to have friends, but only on his terms.
* JerkassToOne: A variant 2 type. Ronno is an all-around asshole to everyone in the midquel, but he's ''especially'' cruel to Bambi, constantly insulting him, scaring him, and even physically abusing him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's as mean as Bambi is [[NiceGuy nice]]. However in the climax of the midquel, when Bambi is sent off to live off with Mena, Ronno shows up to see off Bambi, [[BaitTheDog seemingly going to offer his condolences for moving]]...only to use the opportunity to [[KickTheDog smugly hit him where it hurts the hardest]] by implying to him that his father thinks so little of him that he'd "give [him] away."
* JerkJock: The deer equivalent, as he usually prefers intimidating others physically when they don't do as he wants.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: As yearlings, Bambi finally gives him what he deserves when he fights him to defend Faline, ending with Ronno being soundly defeated and forced to limp off in humiliation.
* KarmicButtMonkey: Especially in the midquel, when Ronno suffers many a humiliation and AmusingInjuries for his awful attitude and nobody treat him with an ounce of dignity. He also gets his butt thoroughly handed to him by Bambi in the first film for trying to make a move on Faline.
* KickTheDog: Already dissing him as a coward after hearing Bambi nearly got mauled by a pack of hunting dogs after freezing in fear, by far the cruelest thing he does to Bambi in the midquel is rub it in his face that his father was sending him off to live with Mena, smugly wording it that his dad thought so little of him that he wanted to "give you away.", done purely to spite Bambi and goad him into a fight.
* KidsAreCruel:
** In the manga adaptation, Ronno is depicted as being [[ToxicFriendInfluence a bad influence on Bambi]] and deliberately tricks him into wandering into Man's territory just for kicks.
** In the midquel, Ronno has a personality that screams "sociopath in the making" and is an insensitive, arrogant jerk who becomes angry, even violent, over the pettiest of slights.
* KiddieKid: He may be older than Bambi and his friends, but he's actually ''less'' mature than any of them, and when he's not putting on a tough show, he's a pathetic MommasBoy.
* KnightOfCerebus: While he poses nowhere near the level of threat that Man does, when he shows up in the original movie and in the climax of the midquel, things get much more serious in tone from then on.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm:
** When an adult isnt around to help Bambi, he's more than willing to pick on him, but as soon as the Great Prince shows up behind them, he fearfully realizes he's in over his head and retreats into the nearby shrubbery until they leave.
** As soon as the mere presence of Man rears its ugly head, Ronno immediately drops the fight with Bambi and takes off for dear life.
* LackOfEmpathy:
** You'd think he'd be nicer to Bambi considering he just lost his mother to Man and is still coming to terms with it. No; Ronno [[KickTheDog uses the opportunity to humiliate Bambi]] when he discovers Bambi froze in fear when he got tricked by one of Man's deer calls and nearly got killed by a pack of hunting dogs.
** He deliberately annoys people around him, yet gets [[{{Hypocrite}} downright incensed when someone else deliberately slights him.]]
** When the Great Prince sends Bambi away to live with a stepmother, Ronno immediately jumps on the opportunity to use it to humiliate Bambi even more by implying his father was so ashamed of him that he "(gave him) away." And after he nearly gets Bambi and Mena killed by accident, not only does he ''not'' owe up to his actions afterward, he immediately boasts about how [[WeWillMeetAgain he'll get even with Bambi for besting him in a fight eventually]].
* LargeHam: Subtlety is not his strong suit as a fawn, especially when he gets angry. This is inverted when hes grown up, as he doesn't say a single word (and only has sparse dialogue in a couple of the comic adaptations) and lets his actions do the talking.
* LastVillainStand: Ronno's childhood rivalry with Bambi culminates in him getting utterly humiliated and sent packing, promising to return eventually. This retroactively escalates into their meeting as yearlings, where Ronno engages in an absolutely brutal fight with his rival, though Bambi eventually emerges as the victor.
* LaughablyEvil: As much of an [[HateSink unrepentant asshole as he may he]], he's also so downright ''pathetic'' and petty that his bad luck or many pratfalls that he [[KarmicButtMonkey brings on himself]] provide a lot of the midquels comic relief.
* LetsGetDangerous: In the climax of the midquel, Ronno briefly drops his usual [[LargeHam hamminess]] in favor of a [[TranquilFury more calm, composed, and surprisingly creepy demeanor]] in the moments before he fights Bambi.
* LightningBruiser: As an adult in the first film, he is basically equal in speed and strength to Bambi. While he's AlwaysSecondBest in the midquel, he still puts up a vicious fight in their scuffle.
* MaliciousMisnaming: In his ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Bambi, he starts it right off by disparagingly referring to him as "Princess".
* MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: Calls his antlers "Stab" and "Jab". Or collectively, "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the boys]]".
* MightMakesRight: The main source of Ronno's [[EntitledBastard sense of entitlement]], as he's older and (at first) physically stronger than Bambi.
* MilesGloriosus: In his child form at least. Despite his boasting and being older than Bambi or Faline, he's actually more immature than either of them, and [[DirtyCoward he is usually the first to run from even the slightest threat]].
-->'''Ronno:''' [[IWantMyMommy MOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYY!!!!]]
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: While standing up to Ronno as he harasses Faline, Bambi gets pushed into Ronno by Thumper in an attempt to make Bambi seem braver. Ronno at most gets knocked onto his bad and has a bit of mud splotched on his face. Uninjured but with his pride wounded, Ronno is set off enough to immediately chase after both of them with the intent of beating them up.
* MisplacedRetribution: After their second meeting in the midquel, Ronno is almost universally defined by his hatred for Bambi. Although Bambi did stand up to him and unwittingly humiliated Ronno afterward, he didnt intentionally provoke him into chasing him -- Thumper did by shoving Bambi right into him, not to mention he, not Bambi, was the one [[IShallTauntYou taunting him]] after they successfully escape him. But since Ronno is so singlemindedly obsessed with getting even with Bambi (which is implied to be out of jealousy that he's the son of the Great Prince), he doesn't acknowledge Thumper's role in their rivalry (though he doesn't have any issue with chasing both him and Bambi), mainly due to the fact that Thumper is at most a harmless nuisance to him (with Ronno at most mocking him as being a cutesy little rabbit), and otherwise has no personal beef with him.
* MommasBoy: Though based on all his boasting and posturing, he doesn't want to admit it. It's implied that his mother [[SpoiledBrat spoils him by putting up with his awful attitude]]. Thumper outright insults him as being one.
* MoralMyopia: He hates Bambi for constantly upstaging him and wants nothing more than to prove himself his better if not just get even with him, but Ronno himself is an arrogant sociopath who views himself as better than everyone else, and virtually all of the humiliation he goes through was brought entirely on himself and had nothing to do with Bambi's own actions.
* MotiveDecay: His initial motive is to try and make friends ([[ItsAllAboutMe on his own terms]]) and [[EntitledToHaveYou force Faline to like him]], but his priorities shift to wanting revenge on Bambi above all else due to the latter constantly upstaging Ronno without even trying.
* NamedInTheSequel: In the first film, Ronno has no name, no dialogue, vague characterization, and is essentially a RandomEncounter. It wasn't until the mid-quel that he's named on-screen.
* {{Narcissist}}: To go hand in hand with his huge ego, Ronno is extraordinarily selfish and is a very self-absorbed AttentionWhore. A large chunk of his screentime is just him trying (and failing) to flaunt how superior he is to everyone else around him.
* NeverMyFault: He takes out his anger on Bambi for his shortcomings rather than take responsibility for his actions. After Mena nearly gets mauled by a pack of dogs thanks to his fight with Bambi, not only does he ''not'' owe up to his mistake, but instead makes it clear he still he has a bone to pick with Bambi.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Throughout the midquel, he was unintentionally the catalyst for a lot of Bambi's CharacterDevelopment, as well as strengthening the bond between him and his father, and ultimately reuniting them during the climax.]]
* NoNonsenseNemesis: As a yearling, in stark contrast to how he acted as a fawn, Ronno wastes absolutely no time bragging, boasting or insulting his rival when they meet again; in fact, he doesn't so much as [[TheVoiceless say a word to Bambi]]--[[TranquilFury his perpetual scowl and aggressive posture says it all]]. He immediately gets down to business trying to claim Faline for himself and brutally fighting off Bambi when he gets in his way.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: To further distinguish him from Bambi and Faline in the midquel, he notably does not have spots, already has antler stubs growing out and has a noticeably different facial design. This also extends to his adult appearance, as his antlers and perpetual scowl instantly make him distinguishable from the other deer.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: Ronno's prowess as a fawn only comes off as remarkable in comparison to the younger fawns and animals he likes to pick on (and even thats not saying much, as Bambi manages to outrun, outjump and out''fight'' him). When he's put up against a ''real'' threat like Man and his hounds, he immediately crumbles like a deck of cards.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In the midquel, his fawn counterpart is mostly just an ineffectual bully and very buffoonish. After he gets aggravated by Bambi one too many times however, he confronts and cruelly goads him into a fight, taking on a far more vicious and sinister air that foreshadows his later years.
* NoRespectGuy: A villainous example rather than a herioc one. No matter what Ronno does or how hard he tries to impress anyone, ''everybody'' regards him as an annoying joke. Considering Ronno's ego, [[DudeWheresMyRespect he doesn't take it very well.]] Rather ironically, Bambi, the focus of a lot of his antagonism, was the nearest to being genuinely amazed by him at first (see SarcasmBlind below).
* NoSocialSkills: Ronno doesn't seem to know how to not be extremely rude, threatening, or how to stop hurling insults at people or bragging for attention each time the chance presents itself. On top of that, hes SarcasmBlind ([[{{Irony}} despite having a snarky personality himself]]), [[CantTakeCriticism and is rather poor at taking criticism]], misinterpreting an innocent remark by Bambi (about his story of attacking Man) as calling him a liar.
* NothingIsScarier: In the original film, he has zero speaking lines and nothing is given to establish his character, leaving only his ominous, intimidating presence and imposing threat between Bambi and Faline. Even with the midquel giving his character context, it's rather chilling wondering how he turned from a loud mouthed pipsqueak into ''that''....
* ObviouslyEvil: His Auburn fur color is visibly darker than the others fawns and he has [[GreenEyedMonster green eyes as a red flag]], is [[SmallNameBigEgo undeservedly arrogant]] and rude to everyone he interacts with at ''best'' and an outright [[TheSociopath sociopath in the making at worst]], and relentlessly bullies the Young Prince, who is clearly going through great hardship in his personal life, [[EvilIsPetty purely out of petty jealousy]].
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Kinda. After Bambi has a mishap with an ornery porcupine, Ronno uses the chance to talk down to Bambi, snidely saying "Don't feel bad. If we didn't have cowards, we couldn't tell who the brave ones are." This becomes ironic considering what he see both [[HeroicSacrifice Bambi]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Ronno]] do later on.
* OhCrap:
** As soon as he sees the Great Prince standing right behind Bambi, he slowly shrinks in fear into the nearby shrubbery.
** His reaction to the idea of actually facing Man is straight up terror.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Subverted. He brags about having taken on Man head-on, but this is [[BlatantLies clearly a humbug he made up to impress Faline]], given he runs off screaming at the very idea of actually confronting Man later on. It is possible that he at least got a look at how they make deer calls (he had to learn about it somehow) but embellished the part about attacking them to make himself look better.
* OpportunisticBastard: As soon as he discovers Bambi is being sent off to live with a stepmother by his father, he immediately springs at the chance to use it to insult and humiliate Bambi right to his face and goad him into a fight.
* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: You know things have gotten bad when Ronno ''isn't'' acting like his usual cocky, go-getting self. When the threat of Man rears its ugly head in the climax of Bambi II, Ronno makes absolutely no attempt to live up to his earlier boasts of taking Man head on--in fact, he's downright ''terrified'' and runs off screaming for his mother to help him.
* PaperTiger: For all his bullying, athletic chops and bragging of impressive feats like taking on Man head-on, Bambi is ultimately his superior--he manages to outrun him on two different occasions, outjump him, and he hands Ronno his flank to him in both of their fights with each other. Besides that, he's a complete coward (and a MommasBoy on top of that) when it comes to actually facing the threat of Man when it rears its ugly head. This changes when he grows up, as he briefly becomes a legitimate threat to Bambi in combat.
* PerpetualFrowner: As a yearling, his head is designed in such a way that it looks like he's always scowling. The antlers are designed to help frame this scowl as well.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Even as a fawn, he's quite physically strong and fast and can at least match Bambi near blow for blow in a fight.
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: While Ronno is the closest thing the films have to an on-screen antagonist, his role in both the original movie and most of the midquel is just to be another obstacle for Bambi to overcome. In the original film, he was just a completely random fight for Bambi to overcome and help finally cement his and Faline's love for one another, and in the midquel, the real conflict is driven by Bambi trying to earn the love and respect of his father, as Man's role is [[DemotedToExtra nowhere as prominent a threat]]. While he does torment Bambi at points and accidentally prods him into performing a leap that impresses the Great Prince, Ronno doesnt directly move the plot forward until the climax, where his actions indirectly spur the climax into action and [[NiceJobFixingItVillain unwittingly becomes the catalyst in Bambi and his father finally bonding.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: PlayedWith. Ronno has more of a role himself than just being behind jokes, but he ends up being one of the primary sources of comic relief in the midquel because of his status as a truly pathetic [[TheChewToy walking punching bag]] to the world around him.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Besides being a bully, [[EmbarrassingFirstName he mocks Bambi for having a "girls name"]] and later [[MaliciousMisnaming disparaingly calls him "Princess"]], likely for his effeminate and demure nature. He also displays mildly misogynistic behavior towards Faline as a fawn (which escalates into implied AttemptedRape when they're yearlings).
* PostClimaxConfrontation: In the midquels epilogue, which is implied to take place several days after the events of the films climax, Ronno shows up to make it clear to Bambi that WeWillMeetAgain. Fortunately, Bambi doesn't have to lift a hoof to deal with it--Ronno's sudden mishap with a turtle does the job for him instead.
* {{Pride}}: Among Ronno's defining traits is his arrogant, haughty attitude.
* PrideBeforeAFall: This happens constantly to Ronno throughout Bambi II, as if to hammer home that [[AntiRoleModel his haughty attitude is absolutely no way to get through life.]]
* PrinceCharmingWannabe: Goes hand-in-hand with his [[AlwaysSecondBest constant placings in second]] and obnoxious attitude.
* PrinceCharmless: In reality, Ronno is closer to this, despite thinking of himself as a PrinceCharming. At any rate, Faline is unimpressed by him at best if not downright repulsed by him.
* PrivilegedRival: Both played straight and {{inverted|Trope}}. On the one hand, he's older, stronger, and much more belligerent and go-getting than Bambi, which places him higher in the mating competition hierarchy. On the other hand, Bambi is [[RoyalBlood the son of The Great Prince]] and makes an accidental habit of [[AlwaysSecondBest upstaging Ronno multiple times]], something that fuels Ronno's jealous hatred of him.
* PsychologicalProjection: He loves to denigrate Bambi as being a coward while championing himself as a brave and noble fawn. [[{{Hypocrite}} Its all talk]] and his ego imposing his own flaws on his rival; when the chips are down, Ronno is a [[DirtyCoward complete coward]] who [[ItsAllAboutMe only cares about saving his own hide]], while [[TheSoCalledCoward Bambi]] is the one who acts selflessly and brave in the face of danger--apparently Ronno never realized that ''bravery'' isn't necessarily the same thing as ''fearlessness''.
* PutOnABus: Curiously, Ronno does not appear at all in ''Bambi's Children'', whether it be the book or Disney's comic book adaptation of it. He isn't even mentioned in passing. Instead, Bambi's son Geno gets a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute superficially similar new rival]] when he grows up, Boso, though unlike Ronno, Geno and Boso eventually form a friendship after Geno saves him once he gets shot in the shoulder by a hunter.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Bambi is at his lowest emotional point after being sent off to live with a stepmom by his father, Ronno swiftly uses the opportunity to hit him where it hurts the hardest for his own amusement.
-->'''Ronno:''' "Hello, [[MaliciousMisnaming Princess]]. You're not leaving without saying goodbye? And I thought we were pals. I feel for you. Gosh, I really do. It's gotta be hard to have a father that's so ashamed of you that he'd ''give you away''".
* TheResenter: He was very resentful towards Bambi for always being stronger than him as a fawn, to the point where it fuels his rivalry towards him.
* {{Revenge}}: Ronno doesn't really have goals as much as he has grudges. His entire modus-operendi is just spiting Bambi if he so much as inconveniences him, all because he thinks he's a weakling and is entitled to more attention and respect than him.
* RevengeBeforeReason: He has ''nothing'' to gain from bullying Bambi beyond petulant ego gratification and amusement; if anything, if he actually did get away with it, [[VillainBall it would have undoubtedly landed him in hot water]] with the Great Prince (who '''no''' deer in the forest, [[KnowWhenToFoldEm not even Ronno]], wants to get on the bad side of) or his own mother, and further sour the other children's opinion of him even more.
* RetCon: Ronno's heated childhood rivalry with Bambi is this. Not only was it something that was never present in the novel, there was nothing indicating in the original movie that Bambi or Ronno even knew each other before or had a prior history (though the comic adaptations imply that they at least know who he is). The midquels expansion of Bambi's backstory thus added more to the characters relationships retroactively.
* TheRival: In the midquel, Ronno is at odds with Bambi on a variety of matters.
* RivalTurnedEvil: He starts off as a mere bully to Bambi, but as the midquel goes on and he grows up, he becomes an outright EvilCounterpart and ArchEnemy of Bambi.
* RoundedCharacter: While Bambi is by no means a FlatCharacter, Ronno ironically has a much more fleshed out personality than him in the midquel despite having far less screentime in comparison (ironic considering he had virtually no personality at all in the first film) due to his much more proactive and aggressive characterization (while Bambi is certainly trying to achieve his own goals, he's a [[PinballProtagonist relatively passive protagonist in comparison]]) and giving him clear and believable motivations for his bullying, as well as his laundry list of notable character flaws compared to his much more heroic rival. It could easily be argued that Ronno is the most fleshed out of all the characters in the midquel, if not the ''entire series'', next to the Great Prince of the Forest.
* {{Sadist}}: Ronno really gets a kick out of bullying others weaker than him, especially in regards to how he treats Bambi.
* SameCharacterButDifferent: Ronno as a fawn is so heavily expanded upon as a character in the midquel compared to his [[FlatCharacter vague personality]] in the first film and its tie-in materials (and so drastically different from how he's portrayed in the novel) that a new viewer would be forgiven for thinking he was a CanonForeigner made up for it instead of the younger form of Bambi's future rival.
* SatelliteCharacter: He basically exists just so Bambi can have a physical adversary to deal with (Man is on its own playing field compared to the animals, but never directly appears in the movies), and he's seldom seen interacting with anyone besides Bambi or Faline--at most, he just acts dismissive towards Thumper and Flower.
* SarcasmBlind: After hearing Ronno bragging, Faline compliments his story as being "almost unbelievable" in a subtle sarcastic tone. Bambi, not catching on repeats that with sincere interest. Ronno is then convinced ''Bambi'' was mocking him.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Ronno becomes this as he becomes a hulking and rage-filled buck as a yearling, though the bully aspect of him was established retroactively via the manga adaptation of Bambi and then the midquel decades later.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Ronno lets out a shrill and terrified [[IWantMyMommy "Mommy!"]] when the threat of Man shows up in the climax.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: As soon as the threat of Man rears its ugly head near him, he immediately heads for the hills.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: He cannot ''stand'' being AlwaysSecondBest to Bambi, which ends up fueling his hateful and petty rivalry towards him.
* SelfDisposingVillain: In the PostClimaxConfrontation of the midquel, Bambi doesn't even bother directly dealing with Ronno as he boasts to him; he simply stands by and lets him walk right into the path of a snapping turtle, who bites his nose and sends him running off wailing while Bambi and friends share a laugh at his expense.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Zigzagged, although Ronno acts more macho than Bambi, he is actually even more emotional, especially when it comes to showing anger. While Bambi can certainly get heated at times, he has a long fuse and you have to ''really'' hit a raw nerve to get him angry, whereas Ronno is basically [[HairTriggerTemper a ticking time bomb who will lose it at even the slightest provocation.]]
* SequelNonEntity: He isn't so much as mentioned in the comic adaptation of ''Bambi's Children'', with Geno's cousin Boso serving as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute in his absence.
* SevenDeadlySins: Ronno is guilty of five of them. He is [[EntitledBastard extremely arrogant]], [[AttentionWhore greedy for any kind of attention]], is [[DrivenByEnvy spitefully envious of Bambi]], lusts after Faline (though this is more prominent as an adult), and is short tempered, impatient and prone to violence. The only boxes he doesn't check off is gluttony and sloth--he is certainly not a lazy person, if anything being [[AmbitionIsEvil too ambitious and for the wrong reasons]]).
* ShadowArchetype: Ronno basically exists to be the polar opposite of Bambi, and gives an idea of what a pugnacious jerk he could have easily become if he didnt have a strong moral compass and sense of responsibility instilled into him by his family and friends to guide him and not let his ego or privilege go to his head.
* SingleTargetSexuality: The only doe he's interested in is Faline. It's completely one-sided on his part, as she cannot stand Ronno.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: The trailers and ads for the midquel put the focus entirely on Bambi and his father's relationship, and don't so much as even allude to Ronno's expanded role in the film.
* SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness: Ronno falls straight into the Least Sympathetic end of it, if not the Permanently Unsympathetic part of it.
* SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness: Ronno belongs in the Low Threat end of the scale. He's usually a foolish bully and nuisance at worst.
* SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat: Ronno falls squarely into the Local Area Threat. He's only a threat compared to the other small group of animals he bullies, and [[NormalFishInATinyPond not even that much of one as is.]]
* SmallNameBigEgo: He has a very overinflated opinion on himself and his skills, [[NormalFishInATinyPond which are mildly impressive compared to the other fawns at best.]] And getting his ego deflated constantly not only fails to humble him each time, [[TookALevelInJerkAss but only adds more fuel to the fire instead.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In both movies, he doesn't get all that much screentime, but he unwittingly helps reinforce Bambi and Faline's love for each other as adults, and he has a significant role and a much more fleshed out personality in the midquel despite still having a relatively small amount of time on-screen in it (roughly 7 to 8 minutes total).
* SmugSmiler: Ronno often sports an arrogant smile as a fawn due to his cocky personality, but as a yearling he switches to being a PerpetualFrowner instead.
* SmugSnake: As a byproduct of his arrogant attitude, Ronno is a real smartass who constantly speaks in a condescending sarcastic tone of voice to others (Bambi in particular) and loves to rudely insult them to take them down a notch, and is clearly full of himself, pretentiously thinking he's better than everyone else. In reality, he's a foolish, immature and selfish brat who deserves no respect from anyone, and at best he's a mildly strong bully who has a very bad tendency to overestimate himself and underestimate his opponent and situation, which often leads to many a BreakTheHaughty moment for him.
* TheSociopath: As a fawn, Ronno is gradually shown to have nearly all of the defining traits of one. He is [[HairTriggerTemper quick to anger]] and prone to violence if things dont go his way, [[LackOfEmpathy he is devoid of any empathy or conscience]] to speak of (to the extent that he's [[BrattyHalfPint even disrespectful to his own mother]]), [[ConsummateLiar tries to stack the deck in his favor]], [[AttentionWhore always tries to put the spotlight on himself without earning it]], [[ItsAllAboutMe completely puts his own desires before anyone elses]], and on top of all that, he is extremely arrogant, having a completely undeserved sense of [[EntitledBastard entitlement]] and [[{{Pride}} self-importance]] and shows absolutely no respect towards anyone else, not even the son of the Great Prince. It's {{subverted|trope}} as he does [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas love his mother]] deep down.
* SoreLoser: He does not take losing to Bambi well, which only fans the flames for his bullying towards him.
* SpoiledBrat: Its implied that Ronno's mother spoils him by putting up with his lousy attitude, hence why he's such a petulant MommasBoy.
* StartOfDarkness: The midquel serves as one for Ronno, showing just how a fawn could gradually devolve into the hulking monster he became in the original movie.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: As with Bambi, he's surprisingly strong even as a fawn, being capable of making very long leaps (though he just slightly falls short of Bambi's leap over a chasm) and can put up a good one-on-one fight when he wants to.
* StupidEvil: Probably his primary flaw is that he prioritizes indulging his own ego over doing things that would actually benefit him or others, which causes trouble for not only Bambi and friends but himself as well.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Unlike the original movie, where he doesn't have a single line of dialogue, Ronno is fully voiced in the midquel. The newspaper comic adaptation, the first Dell Comic adaptation and the manga give him some small bits of dialogue too. As if to highlight the irony, Ronno does all the talking in their climatic fight in the midquel, while the furious Bambi doesn't so much as utter a single word.
* SummonBiggerFish: Ronno unwittingly pulls this on ''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard himself]]'' when his attempt to continue fighting against Bambi accidentally gets Mena knocked into a trap set by Man, which immediately alerts a pack of his hunting dogs to their presence.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Ronno may be able to intimidate others with his apt ability, but his bullying and haughty, anti-social attitude guarantees that he will ''never'' earn their friendship or respect in the way Bambi does, since Ronno basically expects everything to go entirely his way out of entitlement.
* ThinSkinnedBully: Ronno loves imposing over others weaker than him, but immediately gets annoyed or rouses with anger whenever anyone so much as [[CantTakeCriticism criticises him]] or stands up to him.
* TookALevelInBadass: Timeline wise, he grows from a cowardly, dimwitted bully to a rather sinister, hulking deer.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Ronno starts off a mere childish bully towards Bambi when they first meet. The midquel shows him embitter into a more personal rival, obsessed with besting and diminutizing Bambi. Taking this as CharacterDevelopment into the original film adds to his sinister form as an adult, who even seems to provide an animal example of ([[ImpliedTrope implied]]) AttemptedRape when he tries forcing Faline apart from Bambi.
* TranquilFury: At the end of the midquel and in the first film. When Ronno ''does'' hit his RageBreakingPoint, he becomes very calm, scowls and tries to ''kill'' Bambi on the spot. It's, [[NightmareFuel surprisingly unsettling]].
* TrashTalk: Ronno loves belittling and insulting Bambi to make himself seem better or to just get a rise out of him.
* TruthInTelevision: Ronno's behaviour, both as a fawn and adult, is actually much closer to the real life behaviour of deer than any other deer in the series besides the Great Prince. Real wild deer can get very pugnacious and hormonal and operate in a strict "survival of the fittest" and MightMakesRight heirarchy--real life would be nowhere as kind to his rival, and he'd probably be a dominant alpha male as an adult. Fortunately for Bambi and unfortunately for Ronno, the movies arent real life.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Ronno has a bad habit of getting in over his head in a fight, failing to take Bambi seriously due to his more demure nature. This ends with him getting his flank handed to him in both of the times they fought together.
* TheUnfettered: There is little low that Ronno won't stoop too to get what he wants, which extends to him trying to kill Bambi as an adult so he can have Faline all to himself.
* UnskilledButStrong: For a fawn, he's quite physically apt, but he's clearly not very bright and his arrogance constantly makes him do really reckless and stupid things.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His actions in the climax of the midquel nearly get Bambi and Mena killed by hunting dogs. Ironically, this also [[NiceJobFixingItVillain ends up galvanizing the relationship between Bambi and his father]].
* VeryPunchableMan: Ronno retroactively becomes this via the midquel due to becoming a full on HateSink and KarmicButtMonkey, but Bambi doesn't really get to let loose on him until they're yearlings.
* VillainsActHeroesReact: Played with. At first, Ronno is a much more proactive and assertive character than his rival Bambi, who has [[PinballProtagonist a very passive personality in comparison and initially has no control of the events going on around him as a child,]] and ''never'' intentionally instigates a conflict like Ronno does. If anything, part of the reason Bambi even learns to become more assertive and take the initiative is because [[CreateYourOwnHero Ronno's bullying unwittingly prods him into doing it.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: For instance, last we see him as a fawn, after boasting to Bambi about how they'll meet again, Ronno slips up and gets his nose bit by a nearby turtle, and he's reduced to a panicking mess as he runs off in pain for his mom while begging someone to get it off.
* VillainExitStageLeft: As a yearling, after being throughly defeated by Bambi, he's last seen limping off to parts unknown. The midquel trades this off by having Ronno [[ExitPursuedByABear comically running off after yet another painful and humiliating pratfall instead.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: A bullying antagonist and HateSink he may be, but Ronno turned out to be absolutely correct on how Man had a device to make themselves sound like a deer.
* VillainousCrush: In both movies, he wants Faline for himself and tries to drive her away from Bambi. Its completely one-sided on his part, as Faline clearly finds him unpleasant to be around.
* VillainousUnderdog: A particularly interesting case. He's ''supposed'' to be [[HateSink an unlikable bully]], but he's also such a hopelessly pitiful character [[BornUnlucky due to the sheer misfortune he keeps bringing on himself]] in spite of his [[AmbitionIsEvil very ambitious nature]] (as opposed to Bambi, who has a [[PinballProtagonist much more passive personality]] in comparison), that he boomerangs back into being a an IneffectualSympatheticVillain in the eyes of some viewers. It helps that his catalyst is that, while a palpable threat for the meek Bambi, [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin he can never best him outright]].
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Despite being nowhere near the threat level of Man, and being in a lighthearted family film, and having some humorous qualities as a result of being a pitiful KarmicButtMonkey, Ronno still manages to stand out for being a cruel, unpleasant, and sociopathic creep with whose worst moments are not PlayedForLaughs.
* TheVoiceless: In the original film, he has absolutely no spoken dialogue (the Dell Comic adaptations of the movie and the manga do give him several lines and name him on-panel).
* WeWillMeetAgain: The last time Ronno meets Bambi in the midquel, he boasts to Bambi about how he'll be back again one day, [[ExitPursuedByABear just before he winds up in another pratfall that get his nose bitten by a turtle and sends him off screaming for his mom.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Probably the one defining scene that sums up how selfless and noble Bambi is and how selfish and self-serving Ronno is in mere moments is the part where Ronno accidentally gets Mena caught in a trap set by Man. Despite Mena actually begging Bambi to run and save himself, he chooses to selflessly distract the dogs onto him and save her life. Ronno, on the other hand, despite boasting about taking on Man head on earlier and denigrating Bambi as a coward, [[DirtyCoward immediately takes off in terror, screaming for his mother.]]
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Ronno disses Bambi as being a coward in an early attempt to kick him down a notch, even though Ronno himself is revealed to be one later on.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Ronno only has a passing resemblance to his adult self as a fawn, having completely different fur and eye colors. He also has a much wider range of expression, whereas his adult self has a [[PerpetualFrowner perpetual scowl fixed on his face.]] This is undoubtedly a big factor in why some viewers don't immediately recognize him as the stag Bambi fought in the first movie in a younger form.

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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Bambi unwittingly does this for his rivalry with Ronno [[DramaticIrony as much as it feeds into him learning to be more brave and selfless.]] Granted, Ronno was [[TheBully kind of a bad apple from the start]], but Bambi unwittingly upstaging him at everything definetely didnt help matters.

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* DisappearedDad: {{Implied|Trope}}. Bambi is last seen as an adult, looking over Faline giving birth to their children, in the same manner his father did with his mother, meaning that Bambi might become a distant father to his kids as well. The sequel book ''Bambi's Children'' and it's Disney comic adaptation implies he will similarly still gain a bond with them, however.

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* DisappearedDad: {{Implied|Trope}}. Bambi is last seen as an adult, looking over Faline giving birth to their children, in the same manner his father did with his mother, meaning that Bambi might become a distant father to his kids as well. The sequel book ''Bambi's Children'' and ~~it's~~ its Disney comic adaptation implies he will similarly still gain a bond with them, however.

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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: In the 1966 vinyl record ''Thumper's Great Race'', Bambi is the narrator where he tells the viewers about the time Thumper, Flower, and the other forest animals paricipated in a race. In the story, Bambi serves as the judge of the competition and a supporting character.

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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: In the 1966 vinyl record ''Thumper's Great Race'', Bambi is the narrator where he tells the viewers about the time Thumper, Flower, and the other forest animals ~~paricipated~~ participated in a race. In the story, Bambi serves as the judge of the competition and a supporting character.

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* GenerationXerox: Takes over being the protector of the forest like his father as well possibly becoming an absent father to his own children. Again, like Bambi's own father was to him. In the last shot of the first film, adult Bambi look almost identical to his father save for his shorter antlers. This carries over into the Dell Comic adaptation of ''Bambi's Children'', where he gets a mean set of giant antlers to match his dads, but his fur and eye colors are different. However, the comic of ''Bambi's Children'' shows him having a more warm and direct relationship with his kids than his aloof father (though the midquel would retroactively mirror this).

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* GenerationXerox: Takes over being the protector of the forest like his ~~father~~ father, as well as possibly becoming an absent father to his own children. Again, like Bambi's own father was to him. In the last shot of the first film, adult Bambi look almost identical to his father save for his shorter antlers. This carries over into the Dell Comic adaptation of ''Bambi's Children'', where he gets a mean set of giant antlers to match his dads, but his fur and eye colors are different. However, the comic of ''Bambi's Children'' shows him having a more warm and direct relationship with his kids than his aloof father (though the midquel would retroactively mirror this).

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** As an adult, Bambi briefly becomes [[TookALevelInJerkass incredibly arrogant and haughty]] after defeating Ronno and evading Man. During this, he stumbles across a leftover campfire and, after burning his hoof on a hot piece of coal, angrily and recklessly kicks at the fire out of spite, which unwittingly kicks off an entire forest fire, endangering all of its inhabitants in the process. This even results in him having to save his own father's life, as opposed to the movie where its the other way around.

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* TheChainsOfCommanding: The Great Prince makes it very clear from the get-go how big of a responsibility being a prince is to Bambi, and its clear the Great Prince takes his job very seriously at the expense of anything else. This plays a big part of the midquels conflict and eventually even causes a riff between him and Bambi.

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* TheChainsOfCommanding: The Great Prince makes it very clear from the get-go how big of a responsibility being a prince is to Bambi, and its clear the Great Prince takes his job very seriously at the expense of anything else. This plays a big part of the ~~midquels~~ midquel's conflict and eventually even causes a riff between him and Bambi.

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* InterspeciesFriendship: He (a white-tailed deer) has one with Friend Owl. Its even implied that Friend Owl, besides being his advisor and confidant, is his ''only'' friend.

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* TheCutie: Next to Flower, she's probably the most adorable of the lead characters. The midquel slightly takes the edge off of it by giving her a more mature and snarky personality, but shes still a very lovable character all around.

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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Albiet a [[DownplayedTrope more subtle example than most.]] To make her obviously distinguishable as a girl, she has a much lighter shade of brown than Bambi and has InnocentBlueEyes, and a rounder head and ears to match.

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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: ~~Albiet~~ Albeit a [[DownplayedTrope more subtle example than most.]] To make her obviously distinguishable as a girl, she has a much lighter shade of brown than Bambi and has InnocentBlueEyes, and a rounder head and ears to match.

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* VocalEvolution: His voice is noticably higher sounding in the midquel.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[DownplayedTrope Heavily downplayed]]. In the movie, its left completely ambiguous what their feelings of the animals are, but [[WordOfGod per word of the original animators below]], [[ObliviouslyEvil they're completely unaware of how cruel their actions are]]--at any rate, Man's actions in the film are by no means portrayed in a sympathetic light. In the novel, the hunter who kills Bambi's mother (and a lot of other animals, too) is CruellaToAnimals and makes his intentions perfectly clear by sadistically ''[[EvilLaugh laughing]]'' the whole time as he remorselessly slaughters them one by one.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[DownplayedTrope Heavily downplayed]]. In the movie, ~~its~~ it's left completely ambiguous what their feelings of the animals are, but [[WordOfGod per word of the original animators below]], [[ObliviouslyEvil they're completely unaware of how cruel their actions are]]--at any rate, Man's actions in the film are by no means portrayed in a sympathetic light. In the novel, the hunter who kills Bambi's mother (and a lot of other animals, too) is CruellaToAnimals and makes his intentions perfectly clear by sadistically ''[[EvilLaugh laughing]]'' the whole time as he remorselessly slaughters them one by one.

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In the ~~novel~~ novel, the hunters are known by the animals simply as "He" or "Him", plural "Hes", [[CapitalLettersAreMagic always in proper case]], while the films refer to them solely as "Man".

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* FatalFlaw: His {{Pride}} and favoring of tradition, though he gradually grows out of this due to his sons influence.

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* TheSoCalledCoward: Bambi is ''not'' fearless, but his willingness to stand up and do something when it matters in spite of being a scrawny little fawn makes his bravery outstanding enough to earn his fathers respect. When pit against Ronno in the midquel, Mena gets caught in a trap and begs the two to save themselves. Ronno runs away screaming for his mother ([[DirtyCoward despite bragging]] [[{{Hypocrite}} about taking on man earlier]]), while Bambi, not wanting Mena to meet the same fate as his late mother, [[HeroicSacrifice uses himself as a distraction to lure the approaching hunting dogs away from Mena]].

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* AntiVillain: [[WordOfGod According to]] [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston]] in their book ''Literature/TheDisneyVillain'', Man is this, simply because [[ObliviouslyEvil he had no comprehension of the pain and terror he was inflicting on what he simply thought were mindless animals.]]

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* AntiVillain: ~~[[WordOfGod According to]]~~ [[Creator/DisneysNineOldMen According to animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston]] in their book ''Literature/TheDisneyVillain'', Man is this, simply because [[ObliviouslyEvil he had no comprehension of the pain and terror he was inflicting on what he simply thought were mindless animals.]]

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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: The book has Faline as Bambi's first cousin, which is dropped from the Disney film by not referring to her mother with a title. However, the newspaper comic and manga adaptations of the story do refer to her mother as Aunt Ena, [[SubvertedTrope implying this may not actually be the case]] (unless she is Bambi's ''honorary'' aunt).

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