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* [[Berserk Button]]: Seeing Scar [[Would Hit a Girl|strike Sarabi]].
* [[Berserk Button]]: Seeing Scar [[Would Hit a Girl|strike Sarabi]].
* [[Big No]]
* [[Big No]]
* [[Brains Evil Brawn Good]]: In his conflict with Scar. Though it's shown in the sequel that, while not perfect, he manages to turn the pridelands around and is a far more competent ruler than Scar, who had no idea what to do with his power.
* [[Brains Evil, Brawn Good]]: In his conflict with Scar. Though it's shown in the sequel that, while not perfect, he manages to turn the pridelands around and is a far more competent ruler than Scar, who had no idea what to do with his power.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Happens to him as a cub at Scar's claws.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Happens to him as a cub at Scar's claws.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]
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* [[Big Good]]
* [[Big Good]]
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: His death.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: His death.
* [[Brains Evil Brawn Good]]: In his conflict with Scar. However, it turns out he's far more intelligent when it comes to ruling the Pridelands than Scar is.
* [[Brains Evil, Brawn Good]]: In his conflict with Scar. However, it turns out he's far more intelligent when it comes to ruling the Pridelands than Scar is.
* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]: He is EASILY the coolest and kindest Disney dad ever written.
* [[Deceased Parents Are the Best]]: He is EASILY the coolest and kindest Disney dad ever written.
* [[Died Happily Ever After]]
* [[Died Happily Ever After]]
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* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Black Sheep]]: We can probably assume that most lions in his family take after his brother, not him.
* [[Black Sheep]]: We can probably assume that most lions in his family take after his brother, not him.
* [[Brains Evil Brawn Good]]: In his conflicts with both Simba and Mufasa. He even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it.
* [[Brains Evil, Brawn Good]]: In his conflicts with both Simba and Mufasa. He even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it.
{{quote| ''"Well, as far as brains go, I got the lion's share, but when it comes to brute strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool."''}}
{{quote| ''"Well, as far as brains go, I got the lion's share, but when it comes to brute strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool."''}}
* [[Cain and Abel|Cain]]: The Cain to Mufasa's Abel.
* [[Cain and Abel|Cain]]: The Cain to Mufasa's Abel.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Pumbaa means "simpleton" in Swahili.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Pumbaa means "simpleton" in Swahili.
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Timon again.
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Timon again.
* [[Only One Name]]: Their last names, Berkowitz and Smith, were actually revealed in ''[[Timon and Pumbaa]]''. (Nowadays, though, [[Canon Dis Continuity|Disney pretends they weren't]].)
* [[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]]
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]
* [[They Call Me Mr. Tibbs|They Call Me Mr. Pig]]
* [[They Call Me Mr. Tibbs|They Call Me Mr. Pig]]

Revision as of 09:43, 7 June 2014


Simba

 Voiced by: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick


 Scar: What are you going to do? You wouldn't kill your own uncle?

Simba: No, Scar. I'm not like you.

Mufasa

 Voiced by: James Earl Jones


Scar

 Voiced by: Jeremy Irons


  • 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 our convenience: Given how a lot of other Disney villains wear dark clothing, and lions don't wear clothes...
  • Ambiguously Gay: See here.
    • 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
  • Badass: His scheme took major guts to pull off, and he almost won in the end.
  • Bad Boss: Lets the hyenas run rampant over the Pride Lands until even they run out of food, casually manipulates all of them into helping his selfish scheme, and ultimately tries to pass the blame onto them when he tries to weasel his way out of justice.
  • Berserk Button: Mentioning how much better of a king Mufasa was than him, probably because he knows it's true. Just using the M-word in front of him by itself sends him into a rage.
  • Big Bad
  • Black Sheep: We can probably assume that most lions in his family take after his brother, not him.
  • Brains Evil, Brawn Good: In his conflicts with both Simba and Mufasa. He even lampshades it.

 "Well, as far as brains go, I got the lion's share, but when it comes to brute strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool."

 The future is littered with prizes

And though I'm the main addressee,

Point that I must emphasize is,

YOU WON'T GET A SNIFF WITHOUT ME! (a random hyena falls into the crack in the ground)

Nala

 Voiced by: Niketa Calame, Moira Kelly


Zazu

 Voiced by: Rowan Atkinson, Edward Hibbert


Rafiki

 Voiced by: Robert Guillaume


Sarabi

 Voiced by: Madge Sinclair


Timon and Pumbaa

 Voiced by: Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella


Banzai, Shenzi and Ed

 Voiced by: Cheech Marin, Whoopi Goldberg and Jim Cummings


Kiara

 Voiced by: Michelle Horn, Neve Campbell


Kovu

 Voiced by: Ryan O'Donohue, Jason Marsden


Zira


Nuka

 Voiced by: Andy Dick


Vitani

 Voiced by: Lacey Chabert, Jennifer Lien


Timon's Ma

 Voiced by: Julie Kavner

Uncle Max

 Voiced by: Jerry Stiller