He is a bookish and slightly clumsy linguist from Washington DC. She is the stunningly beautiful princess of the lost kingdom of Atlantis. Its science fiction, so of course they fall in love …

It takes nearly destroying another holiday and a dangerous encounter with Oogie Boogie for the Pumpkin King to finally realize his feelings for the patchwork doll Sally; for all others, “it is plain as anyone can see,�? they’re “simply meant to be�?.

Only in nature can you find such pure love … even among the trees.

So enamored of the glamorous tree of his dreams is the Young Sapling, that he fashions a ring for her out of caterpillar. When the Old Stump wants Lady Sycamore for himself, our hero’s love triumphs, saving the forest from fire and reducing his dastardly rival to ashes.

As the opening song states: “Love is a song that never ends�?. Fauns when they first meet, when a grown Bambi lays eyes on the grown Faline, it’s “twitterpatin’�? time. The same goes for Bambi’s pals Thumper and Flower when they meet their feminine matches.

Only in animation can love among inanimate objects be possible … or more romantic.

Johnnie and Alice are two hats who fall in love while on display in a shop window. When they are both sold, the fedora searches in vain for his beloved bonnet. When they are finally reunited, perched atop a pair of horses pulling an ice cart, they “live�? happily ever after.