The Great and Almighty Friend Owl

"The Great and Almighty Friend Owl" is the fifth episode of the second season of Bambi, and the forty-ninth episode overall. It first aired on October 14, 2000, on ABC as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning.

Summary
Friend Owl, wishing to be big and huge as he is getting tired and cranky from flying through the forest each day, drinks a potion he finds from the caves, but nothing seems to happen at first. Soon, though, he starts growing and growing, which makes him happy at first, as that meant he can get a better look at the forest without having to fly a lot, and maybe even give his friends a ride! However, things soon start to turn sour, as his size becomes too much for the forest, and he starts to rampage through the forestlands and the surrounding cities, scaring humans as he grows bigger and bigger. It's up to Bambi, the Great Prince, and their friends to return Friend Owl back to his regular size before he becomes too big for Maine, and possibly even the entire planet.

Plot
Friend Owl's feeling very cranky with himself recently. Every day, he has to check over the forest by flying through and over it, making him more and more tiresome, as his wings become weaker. He even gets attacked by the sly foxes at one point, with The Great Prince having to come to his rescue by fending them off. This makes him feel small and "not really almighty".

Having enough of being a small forest animal, he decides to rest in his home, as Bambi comes up to him and tries to cheer him up by telling him how he's a useful owl, but the owl just lets Bambi go as he sulks in anger, until he discovers a map carved into a tree leading to a Magic Cave. Thinking that it may be the key to giving him a better perspective of the forest, he follows the directions to the cave, where inside, he finds a potion that is said to make those who drink it see 'more than what they usually see'. Thinking that he might need the best views of the forest he can get, he drinks all of the potion, leaving nothing behind. However, nothing happens to the owl... At first, although he appears to have grown a bit too much for his home, breaking one of the branches in the process.

The next day, Friend Owl is about Bambi's height, confusing him, until he realizes that he took the potion in order to "feel bigger". Although neither Bambi or The Great Prince believe him at first, Friend Owl tells them that watching over the forest should be easier now that he's bigger, making the two deer believe that Friend Owl is incredibly happy now. At first, Friend Owl is enjoying the feeling of being big, as he has an easier time watching over the forest simply by flying over it and looking around, fending off the sly foxes all by himself, and even giving Bambi and his friends a ride through the forest on his back. He became popular among the forest animals, but the Great Prince begins to miss discussing the current events with the owl.

Soon, however, the owl's size becomes too much, and he's become destructive, causing the other forest animals to flee to a safe place, but not before Bambi asks Friend Owl what he's gonna do with the humans, and discovers that he plans to rampage their homes for revenge, and stomps away from the forest, leaving them to think about what will happen if Friend Owl outgrows the planet, if not the continent, only for the Great Prince to discover that there may be an antidote potion in the Magic Cave where Friend Owl had visited before.

Bambi and his friends head to the Magic Cave, but they realize that the antidote potion is empty, upsetting them. Ever so luckily, it just so happens that there is a plant that can produce an antidote for the 'Growing Potion', as they prepare the antidote for Friend Owl.

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