Using Bambi's mother as a model for an antelope in LK is not the same as a cameo. In that case...Robin Hood has a Snow White cameo. Beauty and the Beast as a Sleeping Beauty cameo...both had dances originally from other movies. But that's not the case. They aren't cameos. They are just recycling of old animation. Not the same.
I didn't say Bambi's mother has a cameo in The Lion King... I said she is reanimated as an antelope... which she is... whether you are familiar enough with Bambi or not, animator's have stated on commentary that one of the antelopes in the Circle Of Life sequence is actually Bambi's mother reanimated... That's fact...
And I never said you said "they put antelope horns on a deer". In LK, all I see are species of antelope native to Africa. That was all I was saying. If they did use Bambi's mother as a model for one antelope, its not the same as a cameo. But I don't see them even using her as a model. The animation they did for the antelope was fast and easy to do. Unlike the dance sequences, I can see being lazy and using old animation, it required a lot of characters and movement. But an antelope lifting its head in a similar way to Bambi's mother doesn't mean she made a cameo.
Listen to the commentary, read interviews... Watch Bambi again... it's quite clear.
Belle walking down the street in Hunchback, that was new animation. As was Scar's hide in Hercules.
Those a true cameos.
And I have B&B on my comp. I see a deer. Not specifically Bambi's mother. Its like saying, "the bluebird flying by, that one was in Snow White."
Listen to the commentary... If you can't see it, or don't believe it, that's your problem... Disney staff and animators have been quoted as making those statements... So whether you choose to believe the people who did it or not is up to you.
I always find the term "grow up" funny on a Disney forum. Most of us here are adults talking about cartoons. If we all grew up, it would be a boring forum indeed.
I wasn't being condescending in my post before. I simply was asking. You assumed the worst and shame on you. This is a message board, you cannot see facial expressions or hear the tone of someone's voice, so how can you be sure of my tone when I was asking. Try not to assume you know how I am saying it. And yes, now I am being condescending.
You're right... I could have said dumb a*s, b*tch or assh*le instead of condescending, they probably would have worked better and more clearly got across what i was trying to say... Maybe next time.
The point of this thread is to discuss the instances in which characters from one Disney film show up in another Disney film... Whether it be a "true cameo", a direct copy of animation or use of pre-existing animation as a model for the new animation doesn't matter.
I'm sure most people who hear "Bambi's mother was reanimated as an antelope in The Lion King" will find it a fun bit of trivia... Dissecting it (which you have done) is not the purpose of this thread...