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'''Young Nala:''' Yeah, it'd be so weird. }}
* [[Artistic License Astronomy]]: There certainly seemed to be an inordinate number of shooting stars in the sky when Simba began making his triumphant return to the Pride Lands. (A few minutes earlier he ''had'' had a spiritual visitation from his late father, so who knows what to take literally?)
* [[Artistic License: Biology]]:
** Rafiki is a Mandrill with a tail of a Baboon and ''living in savannah instead of in the forest''; Pumbaa is a reddish brown warthog that looks more like a big-headed pig than a warthog and which ''eats bugs'' instead of [[Real Life]] grass; Timon is an always-bipedal meerkat with human-like teeth and that says "Ugh, Carnivores!" even though he belongs to the order Carnivora as well; the Spotted Hyenas (''Crocuta crocuta'') that [[Mix-and-Match Critters|bear some resemblance]] with Striped Hyenas (''Hyaena hyaena''), with grey hair, large shaggy black manes, black ears and low-hanging head. And why are Giant Anteaters present in the "Just Can't Wait To Be King" scene, considered that Pangolins and Aardvarks were available for that (and they are just as amusing to draw?) And what about the Leafcutting Ants? Are all those examples of [[Rule of Cool]], [[They Just Didn't Care]] or (hard to believe) [[Did Not Do the Research]]?
*** As for Pumbaa, warthogs, like any kind of pig, will eat bugs. [[Reality Is Unrealistic]], after all.
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** The Zulu chants provided by Lebo M. certainly count as well.
** Most of the characters' names are Swahili words: Simba ("Lion" or "Courageous Warrior"), Mufasa ("King"; in Manazoto rather than Swahili), Pumbaa ("Simpleton"), Nala ("Gift"), Rafiki ("Friend"), Shenzi ("Savage") and Banzai ("Skulk").
** Banzai counts for it twice as it's also a Japanese word which has different meanings depending on the context of the sentence, but which sometimes translates to "Forever", among other things, again depending on the context in which it's being used.
* [[Biting the Hand Humor]] / [[Self-Deprecation]]: Zazu starts to sing "it's a small world". Scar freaks out and demands him to sing anything else but that. Even funnier, in the Broadway show, Zazu may sing "Be Our Guest" from ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' or "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from [[Mary Poppins|another Disney movie that has become a successful Broadway musical]].
* [[Black and White Morality]]: A Disney hallmark after all...
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'''Simba:''' I was just trying to be brave, like you.
'''Mufasa:''' Being brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble. }}
* [[Disney Acid Sequence]]: "I Just Can't Wait to Be King". Justified this time, because the directors wanted to capture Simba's perspective during the song.
* [[Disney Death]]: Averted. Mufasa is quite definitely [[Killed Off for Real]].
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]:
** Goose-stepping ''[[Those Wacky Nazis|hyenas]]''. The scene was based off of the Nazi propaganda film ''Triumph of the Will'', from the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
*** Besides, in the end of the "Be Prepared" sequence there is a giant ''[[Islam|crescent moon]]'' in the background. [[Unfortunate Implications]] indeed.
** The Japanese TV show ''Janguru Taitei'' "[[Kimba the White Lion]]" has no similarity with the Lion King whatsoever... [[wikipedia:File:Kimbasimba.JPG|None...]]
** [[Hamlet|The king's brother overthrowing (and killing) him, and the prince is persuaded by the ghost of his father?]]
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* [[Prodigal Hero]]: The film follows this with Simba, invoking [[Rightful King Returns]] since he was royalty before fleeing.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Although they have a grudge against the lions, the hyenas are primarily in this just for the food.
* [[Punctuated!
** When he has Simba in a similar situation towards the end of the movie, he whispers "I. Killed. Mufasa."
** Pumbaa's [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]] in response to Banzai calling him a pig. "They! Call! Me! MIS-ter Pig!"
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{{quote|'''Simba:''' You said you'd always be there for me! But you're not. It's because of me. It's my fault. It's my fault.}}
* [[Ragtag Band of Misfits]]: The group to take back the Pride Lands: Simba, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa and eventually [[Sixth Ranger|Rafiki]].
* [[Redemption in the Rain]]: When Simba climbs Pride Rock at the end, it begins to rain. A clear case of the rain being "purifying" and symbolizing new life, as the sequence includes a gazelle's skull being dislodged and washed away.
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[The Resenter]]: The hyenas, toward the lions. Scar also resents his brother.
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* [[And This Is For]]:
{{quote|'''Zira:''' This is for you, ''Scar''!}}
* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: During "Upendi", Rafiki gives Kiara a passionfruit (and tries to give one to Kovu), which she swallows happily. In [[Real Life]] lions are carnivores, and cannot digest fruits.
* [[Avenging the Villain]]: Zira's goal.
* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]: Justified, since the Outlanders are only skinny and sunken-eyed from not getting enough to eat. After being accepted into Simba's pride, they're shown with the same build as the Pridelands' lionesses.
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* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: A mild case in the musical, especially with Rafiki. Nala and Scar get a bit more too. Most of the additions are just songs, though. At one point, Zazu [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|turn his head toward the audience]] and says "[[Lampshade Hanging|That wasn't in the cartoon]]."
** Also, several new songs. Simba and Nala get their own songs; "Endless Night" and "Shadowland" respectively.
* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: While the film itself is rather good about it, the theater adaptation seems to make Shenzi more of a moll to Banzai, despite the fact that hyena packs are well-known matriarchies.
* [[The Caligula]]: Scar's status as this is given [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_nZNfwogE a new song here.]
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Mufasa and Simba, against the hyenas and Scar respectively.
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