Bambi

Bambi is the titular protagonist of the film of the same name and its midquel "Bambi II". A deer living in an animal forest, he's best friends with Thumper (a rabbit) and Flower (a skunk). However, he was closest to his mother, who was shot on his first winter. Raised into a buck by his father, the Great Prince of the Forest, he falls in love with his childhood friend (possible cousin) and love interest, then wife Faline, and they end up, later on, having two fawns - a son and daughter named Geno and Gurri.

Bambi originated as the main character in Felix Salten's Bambi, A Life in the Woods. He has made cameos in several Disney cartoons. In the Disney films, his species was changed from the roe deer to the white-tailed deer, which would be more familiar to American audiences. His image is a Disney icon comparable in recognition factors to Mickey Mouse and he is even shown on Disney stock certificates. He appears as a summon character in Kingdom Hearts, and as one of the guests in House of Mouse. He also makes cameo appearances in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Lion King 1½, plus a brief appearance in The Rescuers.

Bambi was voiced by Bobby Stewart in the first film and Alexander Gould in the midquel as a fawn, and Hardie Albright as a buck.

Trivia

 * Bambi is similar to Simba as both fall in love with their female childhood friends (Bambi with Faline and Simba with Nala) and later have children with them (Bambi and Faline had Geno and Gurri whilst Simba and Nala had Kopa, Kiara and Kion). Both also lose a parent to their film's villain (Bambi's mother is killed by Man whilst Simba's father Mufasa is killed by Scar). They also have a dream/nightmare about their dead parent in their second film.