History Trivia / Bambi

** Thumper's father was planned to appear in person, but that didn't make it into the final film.

* CutSong: The CD has an early version of "Little April Showers" called "Rain Drops".

** In the mid-80s, there were plans for [[http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-anecdotes-184/ a spin-off film, starring Thumper.]]

* WorkingTitle: ''Bambi II'' was initially titled ''Bambi and The Great Prince'' during early stages of production, and even lengthened to ''Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest'' in later stages.

** The later released midquel ''Bambi II'' was to be titled ''Bambi And The Great Prince Of The Forest'' in early stages.

* WorkingTitle: ''Bambi II'' was initially titled ''Bambi and The Great Prince'' during production.

** The film was originally going to be the studio's second animated film after ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', but Walt's goal of animating the deer realistically proved to be more challenging than anticipated, so it was moved down the production line, and ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' became their second feature instead.

** Surprisingly, the original novel got a direct sequel called ''Bambi's Children''...that was never released or translated in America. However, back in Bambi's heyday, Disney did complete and publish a ''comic book'' adaptation of Bambi's Children.

* SequelGap: The midquel was released ''64 years'' after the first film.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Patrick Stewart voices the Great Prince with his natural British accent in ''Bambi II''.
* PeripheryDemographic: It's well documented that his film was popular with, of all people, men shipping out to fight in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Pictures of the characters were common as the nose art of planes and tanks. A few munition factories even stamped pictures of Thumper to blockbuster bombs.

** The film was originally going to be the studio's second animated film after ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', but Walt's goal of animating the deer realistically proved to be more challenging than anticipated, so it was moved down the production line, and ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' became their second feature instead.
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* A list of the various wildlife that make an appearance: deer, quail, owl, possum, gopher, rabbit, raccoon, beaver, skunk, mouse, blue bird, yellow bird, red bird, chipmunk, squirrel, butterfly, duck, pheasant, frog, crow, beaver, mole, humming bird, blue jay, robin and dove.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Peter Behn (young Thumper in the first film) was only four during the recording phase, and couldn't read the script. Instead, he mimicked the director, until each line had the vocal inflection that was needed.
** The loud bursts of vocalization he used to play Thumper were completely unintentional. That was literally how he talked.
* GenreKiller: The film's poor box office returns, along with the studio's involvement in the war, put an end to Disney's lavish and expensive features. The studio only produced package films for a few years and their [[Disney/SleepingBeauty only attempt to return to this form]] didn't fair any better; it wouldn't be until the early 90's with the Disney Renaissance that they would go for movies with this type of punch, although a handful of other classics came about in the meantime.
* ImageSource: For {{Bambification}} and FirstSnow.

** In the production of the first film it was debated how to show the death of Bambi's mom- originally there was scene where we would see her body collapse as she jumped over a log, after hearing the sound of a shotgun, but it was decided the scene would be more effective emotionally if we don't actually see her die. Walt Disney was also eager to show Man burned to death by the fire that he inadvertently started, but this was discarded when it was decided not to show man at all.

* PeripheryDemographic: Its well documented that his film was popular with, of all things, men shipping out to fight in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Pictures of the characters were common as the nose art of planes and tanks. A few munition factories even Stamped a pictures of Thumper to blockbuster bombs.

* {{Trope Namer|s}}: For {{Bambification}}.

** Also, thanks to a little thing called UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, ''Bambi'' originally didn't get released in Japan. However, Creator/OsamuTezuka made a manga adaptation of the film during the 60's after getting permission from Walt himself when they met each other at the World Fair of the time.

* PeripheryDemogrpahic: Its well documented that his film was popular with, of all things, men shipping out to fight in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Pictures of the characters were common as the nose art of planes and tanks. A few munition factories even Stamped a pictures of Thumper to blockbuster bombs.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Alexander Gould (who voiced the titular fish in WesternAnimation/FindingNemo) and Creator/PatrickStewart (who plays Captain Jean Luc Picard from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'') voice Bambi and The Great Prince respectively in ''Bambi II''.
** Also, in the original movie, Adult Flower was voiced by none other than Sterling Halloway, the actor who would later go on to be the voice of [[Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]].
** WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}} voices Flower in the Direct-to-Video Midquel.

* A list of the various wildlife that make an appearance: deer, quail, owl, possum, gopher, rabbit, raccoon, beaver, skunk, mouse, blue bird, yellow bird, red bird, chipmunk, squirrel, butterfly, duck, pheasant, frog, crow, beaver, mole, humming bird, blue jay, robin and dove.
* Unlike its four predecessors in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, none of the [=DVDs=] or Blu-Ray Discs contain a logo for Walt Disney's then-distributor, RKO Radio Pictures. Currently, the only home video version of the film to contain its RKO logo is the 1997 laserdisc.

** [[WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}} Chowder]] voices Flower in the Direct-to-Video Midquel.

* GenreKiller: The film's poor box office returns, along with the studio's involvement in the war, put an end to Disney's lavish and expensive features. The studio only produced package films for a few years and their [[Disney/SleepingBeauty only attempt to return to this form]] dind't fair any better.

** Also, thanks to a little thing called UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, ''Bambi'' originally didn't get released in Japan. However, OsamuTezuka made a manga adaptation of the film during the 60's after getting permission from Walt himself when they met each other at the World Fair of the time.

* Unlike its four predecessors in the DisneyAnimatedCanon, none of the [=DVDs=] or Blu-Ray Discs contain a logo for Walt Disney's then-distributor, RKO Radio Pictures. Currently, the only home video version of the film to contain its RKO logo is the 1997 laserdisc.