Thumper (Bambi) over again, irritating Timon. Since many characters, including Simba, Nala, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, Dumbo, Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Peter Pan, etc., join in the bandwagon, Timon passes the remote to Pumbaa to allow him to play the movie over again. "Thumper" is used as a metaphor for a cuddly pet when referring to women. "'Bambi" and "Thumper" are the names of two female bodyguards in the James Bond movie "Diamonds Are Forever". The name "Thumper" is given to a snake that Andy Pipkin gets Lou to buy instead of a rabbit in Little Britain, Season 1, Episode 5, Clip
Bambi 17, 1939, production on "Bambi" began in earnest, but progressed slowly owing to changes in the studio personnel, location, and methodology of handling animation at the time. There were many interpretations of the story. As Mel Shaw claimed Originally the film was intended to have six individual bunny characters, similar to the dwarfs in "Snow White". However Perce Pearce suggested that they could instead have five generic rabbits and one rabbit with a different color than the rest, with one tooth, would have a very distinct personality. This character later became known as Thumper. There originally was a brief shot