'The Lion King' is no doubt a more popular film to modern audiences, and it's likely that a child might be familiar with 'The Lion King' before watching 'Bambi,' not the other way around. Some kids may identify the similarities if they've seen both films, and they may even attribute the duplicate narrative in the reverse order. It's not plagiarism when you're copying something from your own studio, it seems. When initially pitching 'The Lion King' in the 1990s - according to the movie's home video bonus material - filmmakers referred to it as 'Bambi in Africa' to help animators wrap their minds around what to aim for (via Forbes). The stories and themes of the two Disney films are strikingly similar, though that's by design. There may come a point while watching 'Bambi' that older viewers gasp and realize Pride Rock totally takes a hint (or two, or three) from the Great Prince of the Forest. It brings to mind a similar gag animated decades later in Pixar's 'Toy Story 2' when Buzz Lightyear's wings pop out upon seeing Jessie performing an impressive stunt. Moderated by Becky Cline, the Walt Disney Archives director, Donnie and Peter share their stories of voicing two of the most beloved Disney characters. Flower's body turns red, becomes stiff, and falls over when he meets his female counterpart, while Thumper's ears point upward and his foot thumps rapidly.

As they do, the visual gags employed by the animators seem to allude to rather adult content for an otherwise tame movie, especially for Flower and Thumper. Though they insist it won't happen to them, Flower, Thumper, and Bambi all soon become twitterpated themselves as they encounter a female skunk, rabbit, and deer, respectively. Then you feel light as a feather and before you know it, you're walking on air.' So basically, 'twitterpated' is when an animal gets, well, excited. Duration 1 min 11 sec Views 5,383 Posted On MaDirector David D. He explains to them, 'all of a sudden, you run smack into a pretty face. Bambi Featurette - Voices of Thumper and Faline (1942) A bonus featurette on the Bambi Diamond Edition DVD which looks at the two children who were the voices of Thumper and Faline. Donnie Dunagan was actually a child star who played in numerous other movies. If only going by Friend Owl's own definition, being 'twitterpated' is strictly a physical fixation and has nothing to do with anyone's actual relational compatibility. At just 5 years old Donnie Dunagan has scored the voice-over of a lifetime, he was cast to play the young Bambi alongside Peter Behn who voiced young Thumper.

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