The Enchanted Forest (also known as The Animal Saga and TEF) is a part live action part animated comedy-drama musical dark fantasy series. It was written and directed by Columbia Lego. The series also includes 99 hour long episodes. It debuted in 2009 and concluded in 2019.
The Forest is ruled by The Fox Family
Synopsis[]
A Lion cub - a Unicorn and a Fawn find adventure with a family of Foxes as an evil Deer threatens to take over their mysterious and magical homeland. The story takes place in a 20th century England.
Cast[]
- Michael Welch as Bambi - a deer who was the main protagonist. He is the son of The Great Stag and is friends with Simba.
- Joe Ochman as Jiminy Cricket - the deuteragonist and the narrator. He served as Faline's sidekick.
- Natalie Portman as Faline - a doe who was the tritagonist. She is Bambi's best friend and later love interest. Faline is also friends with Nala and Twilight Sparkle. Soon Faline became the princess of The Forest.
- Domhnall Gleeson as Ronno - a deer who serves as the main antagonist, he served as Bambi's arch nemesis.
- Vincent Tong as Simba - a lion who is the tetartagonist, he was friends with The Fox Family.
- Tom Hanks as Thumper - a rabbit who is friends with Bambi.
- Grey DeLisle as Flower - a skunk who is friends with Bambi.
- Adam Driver as Todd - the former secondary antagonist and the anti hero. He is a member of The Fox Family, his brother was a young fox named Jack.
- Luke Evans as Scar - the tertiary antagonist and Simba's menacing uncle. He is also the first antagonist of the series.
- Frank Welker as The Forest Animals - most of them are friendly as the minor characters, but some of them served as Ronno's followers.
- Moria Kelly as Nala - a lioness who is the pentagonist. She is Simba's childhood friend and a model actress. Nala is also Bambi and Faline's mentor.
- Freddie Prinze Jr. as Copper - the supporting character. He is a hound dog who is Tod's childhood friend since he moved to the south after Todd reformed.
- Trey Parker as Mickey Mouse - the final antagonist, a hunter who tried to hunt down Faline, but being rescued by Bambi.
- Rob Paulsen as Chief - a hound dog who is the former quaternary antagonist. He serves as Copper's adopted father.
- Patrick Stewart as The Great Stag - a deer who is Bambi's father.
- Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle - a unicorn who is friends with Nala and Faline. She served as the adopted owner of Spike the Dragon.
- Bebe Neuwirth as Zira - a lioness and the anti heroine. She served as a childhood friend turned enemy to Nala.
- Andy Serkis as Faline's Father - a deer who is the overarching antagonist. He served as the abusive father of Faline. The wicked deer tried to take his daughter back for himself after she ran away. But he was killed by a hunter. Faline moved in with Bambi and his family.
- Cree Summer as Mena - a doe who is Bambi's adopted mother. She moved in with him and his father after Bambi's mother was killed by a hunter. Mena rescued Bambi in a confrontation between her and Tod the Fox.
Triva[]
- Jiminy debuted in the Simba episode and the Twilight Sparkle episodes. He returned in the Bambi episodes.
- In a deleted scene from the series finale - Ronno's head is mounted on The Green Ranger's wall after he was defeated. Because The Green Ranger realizes that Ronno is the same deer who abuses Faline.
- Columbia Lego produced two prequel films called The Enchanted Forest: The Golden Age and The Enchanted Forest Origins. They took place twenty years before the original series.
- Sam I Am Guy Am I Mike Wazowski and James P Sullivan appeared as the comic relief characters of the series.
- A prequel short film series called The Rise of The Enchantment takes place before the original series. It follows the story of The Fox Family and their relationship with The Animals of The Forest. In the 12th century - The ancestors of Nala Twilight Sparkle and Faline cast a spell on a forest. Centuries later - The Fox Family named it The Enchanted Forest.
- A spin off miniseries called Tank Engine Ride takes place after the events of The Enchanted Forest. In Tank Engine Ride - The Fox Family went on new adventures with The Tank Engines and The Animals on the island of Sodor.
- The complete series was included in the List of The Enchanted Forest episodes.
- A sequel short film called The Enchanted Forest: Nala and Zira takes place a decade after the original series. In the short film - Nala battles Zira. But Zira reformed and joins forces with Nala as they rescued an orphaned lion cub named Kopa from a con artist named Murray Plotsky with help from The Fox Family and Rafiki the Baboon.
- A spin off miniseries called Variety takes place a decade after The Enchanted Forest series. In Variety - The Fox Family went on new adventures with Thomas the Tank Engine and Gordon the Tank Engine. They are also reunited with their friends Bambi Faline and Jiminy Cricket.
- In the series finale - It is revealed that The Enchanted Forest series was dedicated to Ann Gillis.
- The Fox Family are originally the stars of The Enchanted Forest series. But they are replaced with Bambi for the rest of the series. Because in reality - deer are more friendly than foxes.
- In the extended edition of the series - Pinky and The Brain served as Ronno's sidekicks until they reformed and became friends with Bambi and his gang.