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=== Simba ===▼
Characters from ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' include:
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Jonathan Taylor Thomas, [[Matthew Broderick]]}}▼
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* [[Accidental Murder]]: He believes he caused the stampede that killed his father. In truth, he did not. It was Scar the entire time.
* [[The Atoner]]: Spends most of the first film guilt-ridden for his father's death, until he finds out that he's not the one to blame for it at all.
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* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]
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* [[Cain and Abel|Abel]]: To Scar's Cain.
* [[The Ace]]
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* [[Trampled Underfoot]]: Though it didn't help that he had a long fall.
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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: As far as lions go anyway. Also counts as [[Unfortunate Implications]]. Said [[Unfortunate Implications]] are reversed when you realize he's voiced by a white British actor while Mufasa's voiced by an African-American.
** And they're lessened quite a bit when you realize he's just [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|Color-coded for our convenience]]: Given how a lot of other Disney villains wear dark clothing, and lions don't wear clothes...
** Elaborating on that, Scar never had a queen, despite being surrounded by lionesses. Also it's easy to forget, but Simba and Nala had an arranged marriage, which implies that Scar didn't just fail to get a queen, but ''refused'' to get one.▼
** Though we ''do'' find out he had a mate in the sequel, and not having an [[Arranged Marriage]] ''might'' be justified by the fact that he's not first in line.▼
** Busted! In a deleted scene found on the Diamond Edition Blu-Ray, Scar discusses his need to find a queen and then coaxes Nala into becoming just that. Needless to say, she angrily refuses and runs off. The scene would be the set-up for the scene where she finds Simba, but it was cut because it featured really creepy undertones (obviously), according to the commentary.▼
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Though granted, Simba himself had ambition in his mouth.
* [[Badass]]: His scheme took major guts to pull off, and he almost won in the end.
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* [[Cain and Abel|Cain]]: The Cain to Mufasa's Abel.
* [[The Caligula]]: He is an absolutely terrible ruler, and he threatens or intimidates anyone who tries to tell him otherwise. The mere mention of Mufasa is enough to [[Berserk Button|send him into a rage]].
* [[Camp Straight]]: Some believe Scar reflects Gay Male stereotypes [see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS4c05WPyRY here], but most Lion King Media makes him clearly heterosexual.
▲** Elaborating on that, Scar never had a queen, despite being surrounded by lionesses. Also it's easy to forget, but Simba and Nala had an arranged marriage, which implies that Scar didn't just fail to get a queen, but ''refused'' to get one.
▲** Though we ''do'' find out he had a mate in the sequel, and not having an [[Arranged Marriage]] ''might'' be justified by the fact that he's not first in line.
▲** Busted! In a deleted scene found on the Diamond Edition Blu-Ray, Scar discusses his need to find a queen and then coaxes Nala into becoming just that. Needless to say, she angrily refuses and runs off. The scene would be the set-up for the scene where she finds Simba, but it was cut because it featured really creepy undertones (obviously), according to the commentary.
** The aformentioned deleted scene ''was'' included in [[The Musical]] though, and it was also [[Refitted for Sequel|Refitted for Remake]] with Sarabi instead of Nala.
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]
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* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: He smacks Sarabi hard for [[Berserk Button|mentioning Mufasa in his presence]] during an argument, [[Oh Crap|then notices a very angry Simba watching above...]]
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* [[Action Girl]]: She doesn't start off as one, but once she reaches adulthood, yes sirree.
* [[Green Is Blue]]: Her eyes.
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* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: She hooks up with Simba...despite Simba's initial protests.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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* [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]]
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Although his weird antics might just be for Simba's benefit.
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** [[Beware the Silly Ones]]
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Brother Chuck]]
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* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: It's unknown what happened to Sarabi after the death of her voice actress.
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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Timon, mainly because his voice actor is openly gay.
** [[Adaptational Sexuality]]: In the ([[Denser and Wackier]]) [[Timon and Pumbaa|TV Series]], Timon is more [[Ambiguously Bi]] given he has a crush on the Meerkat Colony Princess Tatiana.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Their advice isn't that great, and they're not stereotypically heroic...but they prove themselves to be heroes in the climax.
* [[Anti Role Model]]: They aren't especially negative characters, but their carefree philosophy is wildly at odds with the film's actual moral.
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* [[Only One Name]]: Their last names, Berkowitz and Smith, were actually revealed in ''[[Timon and Pumbaa]]''. (Nowadays, though, [[Canon Discontinuity|Disney pretends they weren't]].)
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]
* [[They Call Me
* [[Those Two Guys]]: They're essentially the good counterparts to Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed.
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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Shenzi And Ed.▼
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* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Shenzi.
* [[Better Living Through Evil]]
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Ed.
* [[Comic Trio]]
* [[The Dragon]]: Shenzi, to Scar.
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: When they find out that Scar was attempting to sell them out to Simba, they waste no time in having him killed.
* [[Ear Notch]]: Ed.
* [[Equal Opportunity Evil]]
* [[Evil Genius]]:
* [[The Hyena]]: Literally.
* [[Leitmotif]]: A high-pitched, string [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dpNGwTf_OM theme] for the chase scenes.
* [[Mook Face Turn]]
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* [[Villain Song]]: They and the other Hyenas act as backup singers for "Be Prepared", though its mostly for Scar. The cut reprise would've been more of a [[Villain Song]] for the Hyenas.
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* [[Accidental Kiss]]: With Kovu.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: "You will never ''be'' Mufasa!"
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* [[Accidental Kiss]]: With Kiara.
* [[Becoming the Mask]]
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* [[Tyke Bomb]]
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* [[Abusive Mom]]: Though when Nuka dies, she shows she really did care about him.
* [[Avenging the Villain]]
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* [[What Have I Done]]: Cruelly subverted. After Nuka's death, she seems to blame herself but then shifts the blame to Kovu.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: "Kovu, what a guy." While Vitani's adoration is genuine, Nuka has a completely dry tone and rolls his eyes.
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* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]
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* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Dark Chick]]
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: The word "vitani" means "war" in Swahilli, however the word also bears a resembalence to "shetani", the Swahilli word for "demon of war".
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* [[Jewish Mother]]
* [[My Beloved Smother]]
* [[Significant Green-Eyed Redhead]]: Timon's mom. Oddly enough, she's the only meerkat with a visible eye color other than [[Black Eyes]].
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
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