Bambi's father

The Great Prince of the Forest was Bambi's Father who appeared in Bambi and Bambi:II. He was voiced by Fred Shields in the first movie and Patrick Stewart in the second movie. He is a stag.

BAMBI (film)

In the beginning of the film as Bambi's mother nessles him in the thicket the Great Prince of the Forest looks on at his mate and new son. Later on in the film Bambi sees the Great Prince of the Forest for the first in the meadow who stops and looks at him for a moment. Bambi asks his mother why everyone was still and he came on the meadow to which his Mother replies Everyone respects him for all the deer in the forest not one has lived so long. He's very brave and very wise. That's why he's know as The Great Prince of the Forest. The Great Prince sinses danger and orders the other deer to run but Bambi can't find his mother and the Great Prince leads him to her and safety where a gunshot is heard and man is in the forest. Later on in winter Bambi and his mother are eating grass and she sinses danger and tells himt to run and he does where gunshots are heard. When Bambi reaches the thicket his mother isn't with him and when he starts searching for her the Great Prince appears telling him that his mother can't be with him anymore as man has killed her and taken her away. The Prince tells his son to come and Bambi follows him sadly. As spring comes Bambi grows into a buck and falls in love with Faline and spends his time with her. One moring Bambi sinses danger and looks out to a campfire and the Great Prince appears saying It is man. He is here again. There are many this time and we must go deep into the forest follow me. Bambi rushes back to get Faline but can't find her and when he does find her she is being chased by Man's dogs but Bambi manages to fight them off so Faline can escape. But a gunshot rings out and Bambi falls down injured. A fire is breaking out but the Great Prince arrives and orders Bambi up and to follow him. Bambi and the Prince go into the water and go over the waterfall and swim ashore where Faline and the others are waiting. In springtime again Faline gives birth to two fawns and Bambi and the Great Prince watch from the hill but the Great Prince soons turns away and leaves to go find his resting place and to leave Bambi to the new role as Great Prince of the Forest.

BAMBI II

In the second movie Bambi is looking for his mother the Great Prince of the Forest telling him that his mother can't be with him anymore as Man has killed her and taken her away. Friend Owl appears and suggests that the Great Prince raises Bambi to which the Old Stag agrees but only if Friend Owl finds a doe by spring to raise Bambi on her own. The Great Prince takes his son and is sotra controling and overprotective of him especially when Bambi thinks a sound that man makes to call deer is his mother speaking to him. When Bambi learns that his dad got a doe to raise him he runsaway mad but later runs into man's dog. When the Great Prince sees his son's courage as a fawn to fight one of the dogs he accepts his son for who he is and stops becoming overprotective and controling of his son.