The Great Prince
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The main characters are Bambi, a white-tailed deer; his parents (the Great Prince of the forest and his unnamed mother); his friends Thumper (a pink-nosed rabbit); and Flower (a skunk);...
- 4 min
- 48K
- Paolo Maggiorelli
- Background
- Appearances
- Trivia
Little is known about the Great Prince's early life except that as a fawn he went to a glade in the forest and met a young doe who would grow up to be Bambi's mother.
The Great Prince is first seen standing on top of the hill watching the forest animals visiting and congratulating his mate and their newborn son, Bambi. After Bambi learns to walk and talk, he tries joining all the other deer running in the meadow, and the Great Prince makes an appearance, causing everyone to stand still in reverence. While walking, the Great Prince stops and takes a moment to look at Bambi, and his ears move forward in curiosity. After he walks away, Bambi asks his mother w...
The midquel takes place after Bambi's mother's death and before Bambi reaches adulthood. The Great Prince takes Bambi to his den after his mother is shot and killed by hunters. Friend Owl visits, and the Great Prince asks him to find a suitable doe to raise Bambi, since he was taught that raising fawns is the doe's job. Friend Owl tells the Great Prince that food is scarce during the winter, and that they can barely feed themselves. The Great Prince then decides to let Bambi stay with him unt...
Other appearances
In Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Great Prince can be spotted during the final scene with the Toons. He is seen peeking his head out of the brick wall along with the other Toons. The Great Prince can be seen alongside his son in a portrait in the Amphibia episode "Fight at the Museum".
In the film, whenever the Great Prince speaks, we never see him actually speak. Either another character is the focus of the shot where he is speaking (usually Bambi) or his back is turned away fro...The Great Prince of the Forest is the only character whose voice actorin the midquel lived during the release of the first film.The Great Prince's age had been stated by his mate to be one of the oldest white-tailed deers living. He has been living longer than other deer over half of the years, possibly reaching over seven...Interestingly, the Great Prince of the Forest is the first character that Patrick Stewart finally voiced after previously turning down the roles of several characters. All of which include King Tri...The Great Prince of the Forest is Bambi's father. He was featured in the 1942 film, Bambi and had a larger role in its 2006 midquel, Bambi II. Fred Shields voiced the Great Prince in the first film and Patrick Stewart voiced him in the midquel. As a fawn, The Great Prince was said to have been a...
In a Maine forest, a doe gives birth to a male fawn named Bambi, who will one day take over the position of Great Prince of the Forest, who guards the woodland creatures and (unbeknownst to Bambi himself) is his father.
In the 1942 original movie, Bambi's mom said, no deer lived half as long as The Great Prince of the Forest. In other words he was more than twice as old as any deer she knew lived long enough to be. That would make The Great Prince much older than she was.
- (12K)
- Animation, Adventure, Drama
- Brian Pimental
- 2006-02-07
Bambi II (also known as Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest) is a 2006 American animated drama film directed by Brian Pimental and produced by the Australian office of Disneytoon Studios as a followup to the 1942 film Bambi.
Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can learn from his spirited young son.
