The character was an important influence upon the development of the movie Bambi which started production with an adult tone which seemed too serious and uncommercial.

[4] A few days later a still-wobbly Bambi was out with his mother when they re-encountered Thumper, who took it upon himself to teach the fawn various tricks, notably that of speech.

[7] The young adult version of Thumper can be seen amongst the crowd of toons during the final scene of the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[10] The name "Thumper" was used by an American B-29 Superfortress during World War II, tail code A21, serial number 42-24623.

Assigned to the 497th Bombardment Group's 870th Squadron,[11] the aircraft featured a painting of the cartoon rabbit on its side, with Thumper shown thumping on a bomb similar to the way his foot is hitting the ground in the film.

[12] The "Thumper" B-29 Superfortress flew 44 missions during the air raids on Japan, participating in the bombing of Tokyo and Nagoya.