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* [[They Copied It, So It Sucks]]: There is much controversy (READ: [[Flame War]]) over whether this film is a ripoff of ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' or not.

** There are several differences, although there are many similarities. Here are the key differences in the narrative:

*** In ''Kimba'', [[Big Bad|Claw]] is a rogue lion who wants to be king with two hyena minions, but is continually beaten down by Kimba after he attempts to take over the jungle when Hamegg kills Caesar. In ''The Lion King'', [[Captain Ersatz|Scar]] is Mufasa's treacherous brother with three named hyena minions and hundreds more nameless ones, so he hatches a plan to become king by organizing the death of Mufasa and Simba. [[Captain Obvious|He succeeds]] at killing Mufasa and scaring Simba away, and is a [[Magnificent Bastard|far]] more [[Complete Monster|effective]] villain than Claw was. In addition, the hyenas in The Lion King were originally planned as African Wild Dogs - they were presumably changed either because African wild dogs aren't as well known as [[The Hyena|hyenas]], or simply because hyenas [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|look more "evil"]].

*** In ''The Lion King'', the circle of life is used to get around [[Carnivore Confusion]]. In ''Kimba'', Kimba decrees that the animals should only eat insects and plants and live in peace with each other; however, this causes quite a few problems, and Kimba has to learn the hard way that [[Knight in Sour Armor|Caesar]] was right about the animals.