History DarthWiki / ProjectBAMBI

** Shell Shocker, one of the Guardians and a tortoise cyborg built into a walking tank.

** The Experimental Antho Serum, which causes animals bodies to mutate into vaguely humanoid forms. Most animals can't even survive an injection of it. [[spoiler:Bambi himself feels like he's being ripped open from the inside when he's forced to use it.]]

* CameBackWrong: Victor Smythe's initial attempts to use the Fourth Dimensional Gate resulted in this. It was a failed attempt to create a teleportaton device, but ended up being a gateway into another world. He sent test subjects inside, akin to a miner sending a canary down a shaft to check and see if its safe, but when they came back, they weren't in one piece, either mentally or physically. [[EldritchAbomination The thing they ended up bringing back with them was even worse...]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: When Bambi meets 098 the first few times, he honestly wonders if she actually exists and even comes to believe that it's possibly his mother returning from the dead to help him cope through the experience. Jasper wonders if she's just a self-improving hallucination Bambi is having. The story never gives a clear answer on it.

* TheUnseen: You hear Victor's voice over the intercom frequently, but you don't actually get to see him until very late in the story.

* ItCanThink: At first, Jasper just assumes that Hunter is another mindless robot built by Simon, but he learns the hard way that not only does he have problem-solving intelligence, he's even capable of deductive reasoning--Hunter quickly adapts to distractions, actively seeks out likely hiding spots where Bambi and Jasper could be hidden, and actively sabotages potential pathways or exits that the heroes could potentially exploit, and he even plants decoys and traps for them. It's also strongly implied that he's toying with them before he really goes in for the kill.
* LeanAndMean: [[spoiler:Dr. Simon Smythe looks like he could pass for his 20's due to how physically fit he is, even though he's in his mid 50's. And boy, is he mean...]]

* MechaMooks: Simon does employ a few human guards, but they're basically meat shields for his robotic security, who do the real dirty work.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:Beauty ends up turning her back on Simon Smythe and tries to help out Bambi in any way she can once he reveals that he doesn't care for her at all and never really intended to make good on his promise to make her human.]]
* NonActionGuy: Bambi, although its justified as he doesn't have hands and can't use any items, and any attempt at fighting Simon's robots in close-quarters combat [[CurbStompBattle would be suicide]]. His new friend Jasper does the heavy lifting for him, since he has something resembling hands and can use (stolen) guns or construct cocktails or bombs to distract the machines.
* NoEnding: [[spoiler:Bambi is last seen making his way back home to the forest, but it's left ambiguous if he ever succeeds in making it back home. The story just stops right there, with the other animals adjusting to a new life outside of Simon's lab.]]
* PinballProtagonist: Bambi has little to no control over the chaos unfolding around him in Simon's lab, but he at least does the best he can to make his way through it to try and break out.

* SurvivalHorror: Bambi has ''no'' chance of actually stopping Simon Smythe or his forces. The best he can do when he's spotted by his machines is to just run for his life.
* TheUnseen: You hear Simon's voice over the intercom frequently, but you don't actually get to see him until very late in the story.

One day, a mysterious creature arrives in the forest, which doesn't look anything like an animal or man. Bambi is suddenly kidnapped by the thing and taken to a faraway place in the world. Locked in a cell with numerous other animals, he soon finds out he's become one of many subjects in an experiment being conducted by a scientist, the enigmatic, eccentric, and sociopathic Dr. Simon Smythe. He befriends a fellow prisoner, a familiar looking doe named Project 098 and a crafty rabbit named Jasper, and they try to find any way they can to survive Simon's security and escape the prison, while freeing whoever they can from it. Along the way, they not only have to contend with Simon's arsenal of security robots, but his four "Guardian" cyborgs, his personal bodyguard known as The Hunter, and a new acquisition he's acquired called N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E....

* BadassAdorable: Jasper the Rabbit, who helps Bambi make his way through the lab and helps fight in his place.
* BigBad: Dr. Simon Smythe.

** Simon Smythe's experiments to augment animals abilities by grafting robotic parts onto them is not a pretty sight. The Guardians are the ones that get the worst of it--Bugeye in particular only has his head left, which is held in a tank inside of a robotic body.

* BrokenAce: Simon (claims he's) one of the greatest scientific minds on the planet (and has the tech and resources to show for it)...and also an unstable sociopath.
* CameBackWrong: Simon Smythe's initial attempts to use the Fourth Dimensional Gate resulted in this. It was a failed attempt to create a teleportaton device, but ended up being a gateway into another world. He sent test subjects inside, akin to a miner sending a canary down a shaft to check and see if its safe, but when they came back, they weren't in one piece, either mentally or physically. [[EldritchAbomination The thing they ended up bringing back with them was even worse...]]

* TheDragon: The Hunter serves as this to Simon Smythe. He's his personal bodyguard, basically his second in command after the Guardians in spite of not speaking, and he's the secondary antagonist due to his intelligence and power.
* TheDreaded: Project: N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E. terrifies everybody in Simon's lab. Even Simon himself is deeply concerned about how to study or deal with it.
* EldritchAbomination: Project: N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E. [[note]]Short for "'''N'''on '''I'''dentifiable '''G'''eometric '''H'''yperevolving '''T'''ransmutating '''M'''atter '''A'''ssimilating '''R'''obotic '''E'''xtradimensional[[/note]], a horrifying apparition that Simon Smythe unwittingly brought into his lab from another dimension. It seems to exist in and out of reality, and not even the doctor can keep it contained, as it can phase its way out of his containment cell at its own discretion and has thwarted all of Simon's attempts to study it. All of the animals captive in his island lab are terrified of the creature.

** Simon's four Guardians, a quartet of animals turned into cyborgs. Their leader is Bugeye, a rabbit whose head is inside of a nutrient tank attached to a bulky, heavily armed body.
** To say nothing of The Hunter, Simon's personal bodyguard, who stalks Bambi throughout the station in search of him.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Simon's attempts to exploit the potential of the Fourth Dimensional Gate end up being his own undoing when he accidentally brings [[EldritchAbomination N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E.]] into his world.

* FemaleFatale: Beauty, one of the four Guardians. She was transformed from a doe into an anthropomorphic combat cyborg by Simon Smythe due to her desire to become human, and she will go to any length to please him and is thus very ruthless in combat. Simon promised to make her completely human one day if she succeeded in her duties.
* FromBadToWorse: The story starts with Bambi and the other animals in a bad situation, and things only get worse as the Island lab goes more and more off the rails as Simon loses control of his experiments.

* HartmanHips: Beauty has these due to her body being altered with cyborg components.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Project 098 is strongly implied to have gone on her own adventures through Simon's lab well before Bambi arrived there.

* InterspeciesRomance: Beauty, one of the guardians, loves Simon Smythe and would do anything to please him and she even hopes to elope with him once he turns her into a human like he promised. [[spoiler:It's completely one-sided on her part--Simon doesn't give a rats ass about her and just sees her as another pawn.]]

* XMeetsY: ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion''.

** Simon Smythe's experiments to augment abilities abilities by grafting robotic parts onto them is not a pretty sight. The Guardians are the ones that get the worst of it--Bugeye in particular only has his head left, which is held in a tank inside of a robotic body.

One day, a mysterious creature arrives in the forest, which doesn't look anything like an animal or human. Bambi is suddenly kidnapped by the thing and taken to a faraway place in the world. Locked in a cell with numerous other animals, he soon finds out he's become one of many subjects in an experiment being conducted by a scientist, the enigmatic, eccentric, and sociopathic Dr. Simon Smythe. He befriends a fellow prisoner, a familiar looking doe named Project 098 and a crafty rabbit named Jasper, and they try to find any way they can to survive Simon's security and escape the prison, while freeing whoever they can from it. Along the way, they not only have to contend with Simon's arsenal of security robots, but his four "Guardian" cyborgs, his personal bodyguard known as The Hunter, and a new acquisition he's acquired called N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E....

The story is set in an AlternateContinuity from the movies. The basic story starts the same as the first half of the original movie and it's midquel; Bambi is born in a forest, grows up with his friends and learns the hardships of life once his mother dies and bonds with his father...

''Project: B.A.M.B.I.'' is what happens when you attempt a DarkerAndEdgier ScienceFiction revival of Creator/WaltDisney's ''Disney/{{Bambi}}''.

One day, a mysterious creature arrives in the forest, which doesn't look anything like an animal or human. Bambi is suddenly kidnapped by the thing and taken to a faraway place in the world. Locked in a cell with numerous other animals, he soon finds out he's become one of many subjects in an experiment being conducted by a scientist, the enigmatic, eccentric, and sociopathic Dr. Simon Smythe. He befriends a fellow prisoner, a familiar looking doe named Project 098, and they try to find any way they can to survive Simon's security and escape the prison, while freeing whoever they can from it. Along the way, they not only have to contend with Simon's arsenal of robots, but his four "Guardian" cyborgs, his personal bodyguard The Hunter, and a new acquitision he's acquired called N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E....

The story is set in an AlternateContinuity. The basic story starts the same as the first half of the original movie and it's midquel; Bambi is born in a forest, grows up and learns with his friends and learns the hardships of life once his mother dies and he has to bond with his father...

One day, a mysterious creature arrives in the forest, which doesn't look anything like an animal or human. Bambi is suddenly kidnapped by the thing and taken to a faraway place in the world. Locked in a cell with numerous other animals, he soon finds out he's become one of many subjects in an experiment being conducted by a scientist, the enigmatic, eccentric, and sociopathic Dr. Simon Smythe. He befriends a fellow prisoner, a familiar looking doe named Project 098, and they try to find any way they can to survive Simon's security and escape the prison, while freeing whoever they can from it. Along the way, they not only have to contend with Simon's arsenal

While this is going on, Bambi's friends wonder where their friend went, whether he vanished or if he'll ever return. Things start unraveling when Thumper realizes that the Great Prince knows more than he's letting on about the situation...

* ImplacableMan: The Hunter. He is immune to anything that can be used against him, including firearms stolen from other robots, and he's smart enough to not fall for distractions. Hiding isn't much help either, since he has X-Ray and Heat Vision modes, as well as tear gas grenades, to snuff out his targets. Bambi and Jasper have to rely on whatever environment they're in and sheer luck just to survive any encounter with him.

* ItCanThink: At first, Jasper just assumes that Hunter is another mindless robot built by Simon, but he learns the hard way that not only does he have problem-solving intelligence, he's even capable of deductive reasoning--Hunter quickly adapts to distractions, actively seeks out likely hiding spots where Bambi and Jasper could be hiding, and actively sabotages potential pathways or exits that the heroes could potentially exploit and plants decoys and traps for them. It's also strongly implied that he's toying with them before he really goes in for the kill.
* LeanAndMean: Dr. Simon Smythe looks like he could pass for his 20's due to how physically fit he is, even though he's in his mid 50's. And boy, is he mean...

* StealthParody: [[spoiler:The entire story is a {{Satire}} of contrived DarkerAndEdgier revivals of classic series. Bambi himself notes the pointlessness and absurdity of the entire conflict in the end as he returns to his normal life.]]

* {{Expy}}: The Hunter's design is a mashup of [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure E-102 Gamma]] and [[Film/TheBlackHole Maximillian]] and basically serves the same role as the [[VideoGame/MetroidFusion SA-X]] to the protagonists.

* ImplacableMan: The Hunter. He is immune to anything that can be used against him, including firearms stolen from other robots, and he's smart enough to not fall for distractions.

* XMeetsY: ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' meets ''VideoGame/Bioshock'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion''.

* XMeetsY: ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion''.

* BodyHorror: Simon Smythe's experiments to augment abilities abilities by grafting robotic parts onto them is not a pretty sight. The Guardians are the ones that get the worst of it--Bugeye in particular only has his head left, which is held in a tank inside of a robotic body.

* EldritchAbomination: Project: N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E., a horrifying apparition that Simon Smythe unwittingly brought into his lab from another dimension. It seems to exist in and out of reality, and not even the doctor can keep it contained, as it can phase its way out of his containment cell at its own discretion and has thwarted all of Simon's attempts to study it. All of the animals captive in his island lab are terrified of the creature.

* StealthParody: [[spoiler:The entire story is a {{Satire}} of contrived DarkerAndEdgier revivals of classic series.]]

* PunnyName: Guerilla, who is a cyborg gorilla and one of the Guardians.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Subverted. Despite what Bambi hopes and thinks, 098 is ''not'' his mother coming back from the dead. She ''is'', however, a clone of her.]]

* CameBackWrong: Simon Smythe's initial attempts to use the Fourth Dimensional Gate resulted in this. It was a failed attempt to create a teleportaton device, but ended up being a gateway into another world. He sent test subjects inside, akin to a miner sending a canary down a shaft to check and see if its safe, but when they came back, they weren't in one piece, either mentally or physically...

One day, a mysterious creature arrives in the forest, which doesn't look anything like an animal or human. Bambi is suddenly kidnapped by the thing and taken to a faraway place in the world. Locked in a cell with numerous other animals, he soon finds out he's become one of many subjects in an experiment being conducted by a scientist, the enigmatic, eccentric, and sociopathic Dr. Simon Smythe. He befriends a fellow prisoner, a familiar looking doe named Project-098, and they try to find any way they can to survive Simon's security and escape the prison, while freeing whoever they can from it. Along the way, they not only have to contend with Simon's arsenal

* FlawedPrototype:

* TheUnseen: You hear Simon's voice over the intercom frequently, but you don't actually get to see him until very late in the story.

** Simon's four guardians, a quartet of animals turned into cyborgs. Their leader is Bugeye, a rabbit whose head is inside of a nutrient tank attached to a bulky, heavily armed body.

* TheSilentOne: Unlike his fellow robots, The Hunter has no dialogue at all.

One day, a mysterious creature arrives in the forest, which doesn't look anything like an animal or human. Bambi is suddenly kidnapped by the thing and taken to a faraway place in the world. Locked in a cell with numerous other animals, he soon finds out he's become one of many subjects in an experiment being conducted by a scientist, the enigmatic, eccentric, and sociopathic Dr. Simon Smythe. He befriends a fellow prisoner, a familiar looking doe named Project-098, and they try to find any way they can to survive Simon's security and escape the prison, while freeing whoever they can from it.

* SurvivalHorror: Bambi has ''no'' chance of actually stopping Simon Smythe or his forces. The best he can do when he's spotted by his machines is to just run for his life.

''Project: B.A.M.B.I.'' is what happens when you attempt a DarkerAndEdgier ScienceFiction revival of Creator/WaltDisney's Disney/{{Bambi}}.

* LeanAndMean: Dr. Simon Smythe looks like he could pass for his 20's due to how physically fit he is, even though he's in his mid 50's. And boy, is he mean...