Central Theme: The main theme of the film is coming to terms with one's fears, accepting them and overcoming them, and not trying to be something you're not to become better.
Making matters worse is that the Great Prince had actually intended to call off the arrangement, but wasn't able to explain it to him because Bambi was too hurt to listen, making him believe he has to go through with it anyway.īambi: I wish mother was here instead of you! It also makes sense from a narrative standpoint, since Bambi had been spending a good chunk of the film trying to earn his father's approval and finally started to bond with him, only for Friend Owl to break the news to him at the worst possible time.
While the film has its fair share of cutesy moments, its greater focus on Character Development leads to emphasis on the personality flaws of Bambi and the other deer characters in the franchise.
Bambification: Deconstructed even further than the original film.Always Second Best: The midquel retroactively makes Ronno's rivalry with Bambi based on this, since Bambi continuously outperformed Ronno by accident when they were fawns, furthering the latter's hatred of him.Accidental Kiss: At the end of the movie, a porcupine from earlier decides to prick Bambi in the behind (this happened earlier, too), causing him to leap forward and end up smooching Faline.In this film, he's a fully fledged antagonist. Ronno was just a brief rival for Bambi in one scene of the original film and had minimal characterization and No Name Given.The Great Prince also has a bigger role in the film and even has more lines compared to the first film where he only had a handful of speaking lines.Throughout the film, they are constantly searching for their big brother Thumper. In the midquel, Thumper's Sisters end up as supporting characters in the film.
Artistic License Biology: As with the first film, numerous liberties are taken with the animals biology and behavior, although there are a few things they got right sandwiched inbetween.