Bambi's mother

The unnamed deer was the mother of the famous and well beloved Disney character Bambi and the mate of The Great Prince of the Forest. She is featured from the beginning of the film to when she was killed halfway through. When she was alive, she gave birth and raised Bambi when he was a fawn. She was then killed by Man.

Role in Film
Bambi's mother is shown as caring and first appears after the film's opening credits, when Bambi is born. She is shown for the rest of the movie usually showing Bambi the forest. She is also shown to be good friends with Faline's mother.

Death
Bambi's mother then calls her son for grass she had found as there have been a severe lack of it when deers had to eat bark off trees instead. They proceed to eat some, which then Man comes in closer to them. Bambi's mother senses Man and says to Bambi for them to run back to the thicket as Man is near and is going to hunt them. Bambi's mother runs behind Bambi while Man then misses his shots at them. She urges her son to keep on running and not look back. Another gunshot is heard. Which this time, it has hit his mother. While an uninjured Bambi successfully makes it back to the thicket, he calls for her, unaware that she had been shot dead and taken away. He is stated by his father, The Great Prince of the Forest, that his mother cannot be with him anymore and that he would be raised by his father. What happens to Bambi's mother after her death remains unknown.

Other Appearances

 * Although she was killed she was still featured as a guest in Disney's House of Mouse television series, along with many other Disney characters.
 * She and other Disney characters appeared on Who Framed Roger Rabbit film,


 * In The Rescuers during the song "Someone's Waiting For You" she and Bambi are seen eating gress in Devil's Bayou.