The Walt Disney cartoon—ostensibly about a deer gambolling around an idyllic forest—has traumatised generations of youngsters. What is even more impressive is that the scene doesn't actually exist. Whatever memory viewers might have, the film doesn't explicitly show the death of Bambi's mother.
As they run off, his mother is shot and killed by the hunter, leaving the little fawn mournful and alone. Taking pity on his abandoned son, the Great Prince leads Bambi home as he reveals to him that he is his father.
After being saved from Man's dogs by his father, Bambi learns that it wasn't his mother that he heard, but a tool used by Man to make a deer noise. On their way home, Bambi asks his father if his mother is ever coming back, and the Great Prince sadly answers no, meaning that Bambi's mother is dead.
The death of Bambi's mom is often cited as one of the saddest movie moments of all time, and it's easy to see why. That's a lot of blood for an animated movie marketed to kids! According to this book, even Walt Disney's daughter objected to Bambi's mother dying.
A frightened bird flies away and gets shot. We see the bird fall to the ground. No blood, but shocking. Several animals (including Bambi's mother) are shot by hunters and/or poachers but no blood is shown.
While Faline and Bambi's mom has a presence, there's no happy ending. The old prince takes Bambi under his wing and by the end of the book, Bambi is basically the old prince living alone in the forest.
Bambi II. Bambi in Bambi II. In Bambi II, Bambi is much more distinctly personalized. In this film, which fills in the gap between the death of his mother and when he was next shown as a young adult, Bambi finds himself faced with a number of challenges.
According to all of the research I have done, Bambi's mother is unnamed. Thumper is his rabbit friend, Flower is the skunk and Faline is his childhood friend and eventual mate. Hope this helps.
According to this source, Bambi did not really know or have a relationship with his father until after he had already married Faline. Even then, it was not until the death of Faline's brother, Gobo at the hands of Man that Bambi decided to seek out the Great Prince and become both his friend and his student.
Biography. Little is known about Mena's past, except that she and Bambi's mother were childhood friends who grew up together. After Bambi's mother was shot and killed by hunters, the Great Prince asked Friend Owl to find a suitable doe to raise Bambi, because he was taught that it's the doe's job to raise fawns.
Brian Pemental, who directed the midquel, intended to direct a third film focusing on Bambi's adulthood, but this was shelved when John Lasseter put an end to the company's direct-to-video sequel business.
Eighty years on from the film's premiere in August 1942, there is only one answer: it is the scene in which Bambi's mother dies. The Walt Disney cartoon—ostensibly about a deer gambolling around an idyllic forest—has traumatised generations of youngsters.
How far into the movie does Bambi's mother get shot?
And then, around halfway through, it happened: having escaped the hunters once already, and endured the harsh winter, Bambi's mother has finally led her son to a source of food when the baddies return. Mother and son flee, a shot rings out, and Bambi is alone in a world gone silent.
The film in question is, of course, the 1942 Walt Disney classic “Bambi.” Perhaps more than any other movie made for children, it is remembered chiefly for its moments of terror: not only the killing of the hero's mother but the forest fire that threatens all the main characters with annihilation.
Summary. A dark theory suggests that Gaston from Beauty and the Beast is the mysterious hunter who killed Bambi's mother, adding a layer of depth to Disney's animated universe.
How much time had passed between the scene in which Bambi lost his mother and the next scene, when Bambi is grown up? Neither the movie nor Salten mention a specific time. In the special-documentation Inside Walt's Story Meetings (2005) on the 2005 DVD-Edition of Bambi, there was mentioned at least one year.
After Bambi's mother is shot and killed by hunters, the Great Prince finds Bambi and tells him: "Your mother can't be with you anymore. Come, my son." He then takes a heartbroken Bambi to his den.
Bambi's Mother : Everything in the forest has its season. Where one thing falls, another grows. Maybe not what was there before, but something new and wonderful all the same. Bambi : But I feel so alone.
Bambi learns new words every day. Bird is his first word. He learns butterflies, rain, and meadow. He sees his father (the Great Prince of the Forest) for the first time.
