Thumper
"It makes ears long and great big feet!"
Thumper is a fictional rabbit character from Disney's animated movie Bambi. He appeared again in Bambi II. He is known and named for his habit of thumping his left hind foot.
The character Thumper first appears in the film Bambi, watching as Bambi is first presented as the young prince to the creatures of the forest. He remarks that Bambi is "kinda wobbly", but is reproved by his mother who makes him repeat what his father had impressed upon him that morning, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."
A few days later a still-wobbly Bambi was out with his mother when they re-encountered Thumper, who took it upon himself to teach the fawn various tricks, notably that of speech. He succeeded in teaching Bambi a few words, notably "bird" and "flower" which Bambi accidentally used to name a young skunk. Thumper tried to correct Bambi but the skunk said, "That's alright. He can call me Flower if he wants to. I don't mind". The three animals go on to become friends and this encounter provides another moral lesson in the virtues of tolerance and an easy disposition.
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Why I love Thumper
I think the question should be, "Why doesn't one love Thumper?" Thumper is a very popular, very cute, very lovable, and very adorable little character. When it comes to Bambi, Thumper is my favorite character alongside Flower. He's cute, and obviously very amusing. It's been this way since I first watched the old Disney classic. In fact, when I was younger, he was one of my favorite Disney characters overall.
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