Faline

Faline is a fictional character in Felix Salten's 1923 novel Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its sequel Bambi's Children, as well as in the Disney animated films Bambi and Bambi II. Her mother is Ena. First shown as a fawn and later as a young adult doe, Faline's role is as Bambi's friend and later mate.

Faline was featured as one of the guests in Disney's House of Mouse.

Appearances

Bambi, A Life in the Woods

Faline, sister to twin fawn Gobo, showed considerably less personality than in the animated films despite an extended role. There was little to indicate romantic ideas in her behavior as a fawn, and when she and Bambi were grown up it was Bambi, not Faline, who was the pursuer and dominant figure in their romance. Also, in the novel, they separated shortly after mating much as real deer do. She was last seen toward the end of the book, old and grey.

Faline and Gobo were also Bambi's cousins in the novel, as it states that Aunt Eena (Ena as she is known in the book) is Bambi's mother's sister. Walt Disney did not include this in the original film because it would have been incest when Faline gave birth to Bambi's twins.