Beyond the Forest

"Beyond the Forest" is the first episode of the American animated television series Bambi. It first aired on August 14, 1999, on ABC as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning.

Summary
Bambi wants to see the world, only to realize that he needs to be careful what he wishes for when he encounters dangerous obstacles beyond his forest home.

Plot
One day in the forest, Bambi is playing around with his friends when he starts to become tired of this and decides that he wants to see the world, but he can't really do that with the Great Prince under his watch because he might not be able to come back to the forest. Because of this, Bambi decides to sneak away from the forest that night when no one is watching and escape to see the world for himself. He first goes to the town, where he takes in all the wonderous stuff this town has to offer, in spite of all the dogs around. However, it's not long before some humans notice him and begin to freak out, while the hunters got their guns and prepare to shoot Bambi. He quickly escapes from the town and goes into the farm, where he rests for the night.

The next morning, The Great Prince of the Forest wakes up to find that Bambi is gone, leaving him and his friends worried. Meanwhile at the farm, Bambi decides to eat some greens before coming across a bull, who is angry at the deer for intruding on his turf, and chases the deer until he finds himself in the chicken coop, where the chickens also decide to chase him after they become upset they he barged into their pen without warning, too. The deer ends up being chased by all kinds of farm animals, including dogs, which he feared along with many other forest animals. Eventually, he barely manages to get to a safe space where the farm animals decide to just give up and head back. Bambi, however, is now lost, and becomes worried about what might happen to him.

As Bambi continues to think about the uncertainties of what will happen next, Bambi becomes hungry and decides to go search for food when he comes across a cave that is outside the forest and goes inside. He finds some amazing fruits and greens in there, and decides to eat them, but not before he shoos some bats away. While he is eating them, however, a creature slowly creeps up behind Bambi, and by the time Bambi is done eating, a bear is standing right behind him, and he almost immediately runs away from the cave, marking this as the point where he finally decides to return home, where The Great Prince and his friends are waiting for him. The Great Prince is peeved that Bambi was fooling around outside the forest, but Bambi acknowledges that it would be really dangerous to live a life outside of the forest and decides to never venture outside the forest without his permission (or possibly ever) again. The next morning, Bambi, after having a nice, long rest and a stroll with the Great Prince, decides to tell Thumper and Flower all about his escapades outside the forest, and warns them not to explore outside the forest, before they head off for another day of play.

Production
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US

 * Disney's One Saturday Morning Hits Volume 2 (VHS)
 * Bambi: Dangers from the Outside (VHS)
 * Bambi: Season 1, Volume 1 (DVD)

Reception
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