Faline to the Rescue

"Faline to the Rescue" is the sixth episode of the American animated television series Bambi. It first aired on September 18, 1999, on ABC as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning.

Summary
Bambi gets into trouble when he gets taken away by sly foxes, so it's up to Faline to rescue him before her future husband is done for.

Plot
In the forest, Bambi is playing with a butterfly and chasing it until he becomes lost in the meadow. Unsure of what to do, he aimlessly wanders until he sees shadows zoom past him. Thinking that they're Man's pets, he tries to run away, but the "shadows" catch up with him as they are revealed to be a group of sly foxes who pretend to be nice and invite Bambi over to their den. He accepts, unaware that deer are the foxes' prey, and goes with them to their den. Meanwhile, Bambi's friends wonder where he went, and assume that Bambi was captured by poachers, but Faline denies that, saying that he probably would've been alerted if Man were to appear in the forest and decides to look for herself.

Meanwhile, Bambi and the foxes arrive at the den, which consists of things that they have stole from Man, as well as a "hot tub", in case they want to warm up during the winter. As the foxes show Bambi around, he is eager to be seeing all the things that Man has and becomes excited when the foxes tell him that they got a surprise for him. This surprise turns out to be an offer for Bambi to become one of them and steal stuff from Man with them, though he appears a bit hesitant at first. Eventually, though, the foxes eventually pressure him into becoming a sly deer, and he actually kind of enjoys stealing stuff from Man. Faline, however, was watching all of this unfold undercover, and concludes that Bambi must've been taken in by the sly foxes, so she decides to wait for the right moment to go into the foxes' den and save Bambi from a potential scary fate. After some time stealing stuff, Bambi comes back with a loose tire, the foxes becoming quite proud of him, and offer him one more surprise. Before he can respond about what the surprise is, however, he gets knocked out by the sly foxes.

Once Bambi regains consciousness, he discovers that the surprise is him, but he's about to be cooked alive by the foxes. Just as the foxes are about to start cooking him, though, Faline shows up to their den and realize that they were behind Bambi's disappearance from the forest, but the foxes try to claim otherwise, as Faline just shrugs it off like it's nonsense. Eventually, she gets chased by the foxes, not knowing how to fight them until she distracts the foxes by making a ruckus with the stolen stuff, causing the foxes to go into the room with the stolen to see what's up, buying Faline time by freeing Bambi from the rope holding him over the "hot tub", which is also revealed to be how they cook their prey. Just as they're about to make an escape, though, they get cornered by the sly foxes, but Bambi fights them off for Faline, while she makes her escape back to the forest, with Bambi soon following her, and the foxes cursing that they've haven't seen the last of them sly foxes.

Back at the forest, Bambi and Faline finally arrived to his father's den safely, where The Great Prince is there looking concerned and a bit upset at his son, but Bambi decides to explain everything to his father, and he reconciles with his son, but tells him to stay out of danger from the foxes next time, as Faline leaves to go back to her den, and Bambi and the Great Prince go to sleep in his den after a long day.

Production
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US

 * Bambi: Season 1, Volume 1 (DVD)

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