Faline
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Faline is a female deer in the Walt Disney movies Bambi and Bambi II. Her mother is Eena. First shown as a fawn and later as an adult doe, Faline's role is as Bambi's love interest and friend.
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[edit] Personality
[edit] Bambi, A Life in the Woods
In the original book on which the film was based, Faline had a sickly younger brother named Gobo who died.
[edit] Bambi
Faline is about Bambi's age, give or take a week or two, but in both movies her personality is considerably more mature than his (granted, her first appearance is the exception that makes the rule). It is she, for instance, who always makes the first move, whether in mere play (as a fawn) or in pursuits romantic (as an adult). The way this is so, however, shifts as she grows older. When they first meet, she comes across as a wild, giggly little girl, an image which puts Bambi on the run until he finally manages to get a lock on her location after she steals one kiss too many from him. When we next see her (chronologically speaking) in Bambi II, she seems to have settled down a bit. She still giggles, but not so wildly as before, and she behaves in a manner that differs from that of a sister just enough to maintain the idea of romance.
She still has him on the run, but she's managing to reel him in a bit. A note of interest is that here her coloration is somewhat darker and browner than it was earlier, which seems to reinforce her image of greater maturity. This is conflicted, however, by the fact that she is the only fawn in Bambi II who never loses her spots at any point in the movie. When we see her next, again in the first movie, she is a fully grown and very attractive doe and has progressed to the point where she makes her moves with what comes across as a thoroughly deliberated strategy.
The lighter coloring she showed as a fawn is back and (predictably) she still has Bambi on the run. Luck and love are with her though, and this time she finally manages to catch him.
The only time we see her looking truly calm, in the typical Disney image of an adult female, is when she is seen at the end of Bambi with her and Bambi's twin fawns.
[edit] Bambi II
Faline's overall image is somewhat different in Bambi II. For one thing, she has slightly darker coloring. For another, she is at a rather independent stage. She makes a face at Bambi's attempt at a growl (Bambi was trying to ward off Ronno). The attempt at a growl, according to most viewers, sounds like a bleating lamb, which is probably why it was not very successful for intimidation. That is not enough, however, to alter her preferences; she still clearly prefers Bambi's company to Ronno's, as any sane girl would. Unfortunately, Ronno pays little mind to what Faline thinks, and when he tries to force her to go with him Faline tries to stand up for herself, unlike a similar event in the first movie, when she immediately called to Bambi for help. It is hard to say who is most surprised in this movie when Bambi tells Ronno to leave Faline alone: Faline, Ronno, or Bambi himself.
Unlike in the first movie Faline makes no attempt to steal a kiss from Bambi. However, as her luck would have it, she doesn't need to this time. A grumpy porcupine with a grudge against Bambi takes his revenge by pricking Bambi in the hind legs, making Bambi leap forward and accidentally engaging Faline in a kiss. After a few moments of stunned silence, Bambi stumbles backwards, stuttering uncontrollably (leaving viewers to decide his exact opinion of the incident), wheras Faline unsuccessfully tries to suppress facial expressions of silent joy and happiness.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- The Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters by John Grant.
