Bambi and Thumper are characters in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, portrayed by Lola Larson and Trina Parks respectively. Their names are references to Bambi.

Bambi and thumper in ‘Diamonds Are Forever’.

The two are bodyguards who prevent anyone from seeing the reclusive Willard Whyte. When James Bond enters the house where Whyte is supposed to be staying at, he is seduced by Thumper, but she knees him in the groin and the two of them soon viciously attack him. Bond is even choked by Bambi’s thighs, but soon gets out from that predicament, only to be thrown into an outdoor pool. The two women jump in to finish him off, but Bond is quickly able to turn the tables on them, holding them both underwater while Felix Leiter and his men show up. While Bond repeatedly dunks them for quite a while, he talks amusedly to Leiter, who complains about Bond “giving breaststroke lessons”.

Upon Felix asking about the location of Whyte, Bond says “Haven’t found out yet”. He then brings the two up for air and promptly shoves them down again, saying “Still haven’t found out yet”. The bubbles and struggles of the women underwater indicate that they are just about to drown, when Bond first releases Thumper. She immediately flees to the poolside, while desperately kicking Bambi has to go through several more seconds of being held underwater. Thumper points out the shed below where Whyte is being held, and Bond eventually lets up Bambi, too. Bond, heading for Whyte, leaves behind the exhaustedly coughing women who are presumably arrested.

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