Presumably, this liberty was taken to make it easier to get expressions out of him. but the midquel shows that he has upper front teeth to clench with, which is something real life white tailed deer do not have-they have teeth on the upper jaw around (but not at) that area, hence why they chew with their cuds side to side.

Bambi's anatomy is mostly accurate to how a whitetailed deer looks even when taking cartoon exaggeration into account, note The animators actually studied real deer, which is very noticeable when compared with the ones in Snow White.

Adaptation Species Change: He's a roe deer in the original books, but was changed to a white-tailed deer in the Disney adaptation due to the setting being moved to America.

The movies make it a mutual romance, and going from the Dell Comic adaptation of Bambi's Children, they still love each other as adults. Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the novel, it's implied that he and Faline are only attracted to each other out of instinct, given he leaves her once mating season ends due to his fascination with learning more about the Great Prince.He gets over it after this change in attitude results in him unwittingly starting a forest fire, prompting him to immediately owe up to the consequences of it. While he's more or less the same character as he is in the movies throughout it, as an adult he briefly gains an arrogant and haughty attitude after defeating Ronno and evading Man. Adaptational Jerkass: Downplayed in the Osamu Tezuka manga adaptation.Adaptational Badass: Much spin off media from the Disney film, including the midquel and some comics and books, amp up Bambi's altruism, and show his physical prowess when he was still a young fawn.The central protagonist of both films and the first novel, Bambi is a deer destined to grow up to become the next Prince of the Forest.

Voiced in Japanese by: Yuu Hayashi (first film/home video baby & young), Akio Tanaka (first film/theatrical version adult), Reita Shibai (Bambi II)

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