A Quaily Trainwreck

"A Quaily Trainwreck" is the second episode of the American animated television series Bambi. It first aired on August 21, 1999, on ABC as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning.

Summary
When Mrs. Quail gets injured trying to protect her chicks after they have been separated, Bambi and Thumper decide to help them feel better by letting her see the sights of the forest and help other forest animals to pass the time for her injuries to heal.

Plot
Mrs. Quail strolls along the forest until a coyote comes and scares her chicks off. She becomes angry at the coyote and tries to fight it off, only to be attacked by it, as her wing becomes injured, leaving her helpless as the coyote gets ready to eat her. Just then, the Great Prince comes to her aid and fights the coyote, making quick work of it, after which, he brings her home, and orders her to rest her wing until it gets better. This makes the quail sad, but she knew it is the only way for her injuries to heal.

Meanwhile, Bambi and Thumper are walking through the forest when they notice Mrs. Quail's chicks running up to them, trying to signal what has happened to their mother. Confused at first, they follow them to find Mrs. Quail, who is recovering her wing and is looking quite sad. Bambi realizes that she injured her wing trying to protect her chicks, and as he and Thumper watch her chicks comfort her for a bit, she then asks what she could do that don't involve her wing until it fully heals. Having been to the meadow several times before, this gives Bambi an idea to show her and her chicks the sights of the forest, and maybe help the other residents along the way. She accepts his offer, and they begin the tour of the forest.

They first stop by Bambi's den, which she and her chicks view as an interesting home to live in, to which both Bambi and Thumper agree. As they reach Thumper's home, they are about to show Mrs. Quail's family the rabbit's home when they hear cries for help, and they turn around to see one of Thumper's sisters holding on to a log for dear life. Mrs. Quail flies over to her with help from Bambi and grabs her by the hand, and tries to get her to safety, only for them to fall down the log and be saved by Bambi just before they get swept away by the river. The sister thanks them for saving her, but Mrs. Quail feels bad, as she still can't fly far and lead others to safety. Bambi and Thumper both decide to continue the tour after Mrs. Quail is set on the deer's back with her chicks near her for comfort.

They soon reach Flower's den, where they find flowers right by it, and Mrs. Quail tries to fly over there, but her wing injuries prevented her from doing so, and as Bambi and Thumper are making sure she's alright, they notice Friend Owl, who is in need of assistance with Flower and his flower gathering. They decide to head over there, and Mrs. Quail tries her best to help out, along with Bambi and Thumper. Eventually, all the flowers have been gathered, and Flower thanks them for doing it, but Mrs. Quail feels like exploring more, so they continued right on ahead. As they continue the tour, it eventually becomes nighttime, and Mrs. Quail decides to sleep with her chicks, The Great Prince and Bambi at his den for the night, as Thumper returns home. However, Mrs. Quail sneaks past Bambi and The Great Prince, with her chicks following her, as she looks up to the night sky, wondering if her wing will ever get better.

The next morning, The Great Prince wakes up, surprised to see that Mrs. Quail and her chicks are sleeping with him and Bambi, and begins to question why they would do they when they are supposed to be in their nest, but she quickly responds by saying that her wing still needs to heal, but it has healed a bit since the previous day so the Prince decides to let it slide, and have her join him and Bambi on his daily patrol. After Bambi, Mrs. Quail, and her chicks are free to do what they want, they go over to Thumper's den, eager to get him to join them in helping other forest animals, but he's nowhere to be seen, concerning Bambi and Mrs. Quail, until they hear a scream. While following the source of the scream, they find Thumper, cornered by Man's Pets, and having injured his foot, as Bambi runs off to get the Great Prince to alert the entire forest, leaving Mrs. Quail behind and worried sick about Thumper.

Even though her wing is still injured, though it has healed slightly during the other day, she decides to risk her life to save Thumper's, and flies opposite the rabbit's direction, while the dogs give chase and her chicks run away from the dogs and towards him to give comfort to the rabbit. She eventually leads them to a dead end where she quickly turns around and The Great Prince appears once again to fight the dogs off, while Bambi and Mrs. Quail gets Thumper to safety. Eventually, The Great Prince manages to get everyone to safety before a single shot from Man can hit, and Thumper thanks Mrs. Quail for saving his life. While Thumper has to rest in his home now to give time for his injury to heal, he decides to invite her and her chicks to his den to sleep for the night, knowing well aware that her wing has now almost fully healed. The next morning, Mrs. Quail appears while Bambi is strolling along the forest, her wing having been fully healed now, and thanks him for showing her and her chicks around the forest before she decides to check up on Thumper and then return to her nest to look over her chicks.

Production
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US

 * Bambi: Season 1, Volume 1 (DVD)

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