It’s not easy to decide which Disney character is the most repellent, but the New Yorker’s Anthony Lane is obviously no fan of Thumper:

“For every Shere Khan in The Jungle Book (a matchless introduction to malign ennui, and one of George Sanders’ finest hours), there was the dire prospect of listening to Thumper in Bambi, whose tapping hind paw made me think longingly of Lapin de Garenne au Saupiquet (“You must collect the blood of the rabbit in a jug,” my cookbook says. Any time.).”

He’s right. But why stop there? That simpering Bambi would be better roasted, carved and surrounded by potatoes, gravy and parsnips. As for relentlessly perky Jiminy Cricket, one four-letter word in response to his cheery chirping:

R-A-I-D.