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The owl mopes around and doesn't appear to care for spring, especially when Bambi shows up with his brand-new horns in Chapter 18. Thumper and Flower have grown considerably as well. The owl has to explain about being twitterpated.
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In the scene mentioned above, "Friend Owl" warns the young adult trio of Bambi, Thumper, and Flower about the dangers of being "twitterpated"—an unexplained ...
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Bambi made friends with Thumper and a shy little skunk called Flower. ... twitterpated. That meant they would fall in love. The three friends laughed at the wise old owl and agreed to spend all their time together -- until Flower met a lovely girl skunk and got twitterpated. Bambi knew he would miss Flower.
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2. ...there is a particular scene in Bambi that I think is unfair to the hunter. Near the end of the film, Bambi's father warns him that there are more men in the forest than ever before and shows him their campsite. ... My favorite part: Bambi, Thumper, and Flower get all "twitterpated" (i.e. horny); "Little April Shower" is...
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This has got to be my favourite Disney Movie, a simple movie about an orphaned baby deer, named Bambi, of course :) Its such a sweet movie you cant help falling in love with 'Bambi' and all the other little characters including 'Thumper' the bunny and 'Flower' the shy skunk.
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"Flower!" said Bambi proudly. "M-me?" The skunk's eyes widened. He was interrupted by peals of laughter. "No, no, no, no, no!" gurgled Thumper, rolling around and pounding the ground deliriously. "That's not a flower!
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Flower: [about two birds fluttering around] Well! What's the matter with them? Thumper: Why are they acting that way? Friend Owl: Why, don't you know? They're twitterpated. Flower, Bambi, Thumper: Twitterpated?
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The sequence where Bambi watches his pals become "twitterpated" and abandon him one by one for a mate, behaving differently than he's ever seen them before ... Those scenes topped off with the ending of Faline, Thumper, and Flower with the fruit of their loins reenacting the beginning of the movie. Haunting stuff for a kid.
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Friend Owl warns them that all animals become "twitterpated" during the Spring, and soon his words are proven true as a pretty girl skunk and a lovely little bunny mesmerize Flower and Thumper. Left on his own, the disgruntled Bambi is drinking from the stream when he once again meets Faline.
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