Simba

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Simba Background information Feature films The Lion King, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Television programmes Timon & Pumbaa (incidentally) Video games Kingdom Hearts Park attractions Actor Actress Animators Voice Jonathan Taylor Thomas (As a cub), Matthew Broderick (As an adult) Performance model Designer Inspiration Awards Character information Other names Personality Confident, caring, understanding, and brave, but at times overprotective and even arrogant Appearance A lion with yellow fur, brown eyes, brown mane (As an adult) Occupation King of the Pride Lands Affiliations Goal To Become the King of the Pride Lands (As a cub), Protect the Pride Lands (After meeting Nala) Home Pride Lands Allies Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, Zazu, Mufasa, Sarabi, Kovu, Kiara Enemies Scar, Zira, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed Minions Likes Going on adventures, playing with Nala, eating bugs, daydreaming about being king Dislikes Having to wait to become king, threats to his family or kingdom Powers and abilities Weapons Fate Quote

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Simba is a lion and the main protagonist of the 1994 Walt Disney animated feature The Lion King.

Contents 1 Personality 2 Relationships 2.1 Nala 2.2 Mufasa 2.3 Sarabi 2.4 Scar 2.5 Kiara 3 The Lion King

[edit] Personality

As a cub, Simba was playful and always ready for an adventure with his best friend Nala. He saw the good in everyone, even his evil uncle, Scar. At times he can be a show-off, and thinks he will be the best king ever. Therefore, he is occasionally overconfident and often got himself into danger. In spite of this, he comes to see the fault in his actions and acts upon the lessons he's learned.

As an adult, Simba was still fun-loving and optimistic, but ashamed of those actions he believed were his fault as a cub. After reuniting with Nala, Simba becomes even more courageous and is determined to protect his family and kingdom, regardless of the cost. Unfortunately, later in life, this defensiveness causes him to become occasionally overprotective and even arrogant to others, even his family. However, he eventually comes to see the light and is successful in saving his pride. Simba is marked by his strong sense of justice.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Nala

As cubs they were nearly inseparable. Unknown to them, they were betrothed at an early age, and both agreed that friends marrying each other was too weird once they discovered this fact. They got into many adventures, but when they were being chased by the hyenas, Shenzi was about to kill Nala, and Simba saved her. Nala was heartbroken when Scar claimed that Simba died with Mufasa in the wildebeest stampede. As adults, Nala was the lion who brought Simba back to Pride Rock, to save them from Scar's tyranny. In the midst of all this, they finally realized there friendship had grown into love, and eventually married as originally intended. As Queen of Pride Rock, Nala often acts as a voice of reason for Simba, trying to get him to see the light when his bad judgment gets the best of him.

[edit] Mufasa

He had a loving relationship with his father. He looked up to him, and after being chased by the hyenas, he said he was just trying to be brave like his father. Mufasa tries to teach Simba the proper conduct in times of danger and as a king, and discourages him from taking foolish risks. Simba spent all the time he wasn't with Nala with his father, and Mufasa showed him how to be a good ruler. When his father was killed in the stampede, he was grief-stricken, believing it to be his own fault. It was Mufasa's spiritual guidance that eventually convinced Simba to reclaim the throne stolen from him.

[edit] Sarabi

Simba and his mother Sarabi loved each other very much. She was proud of her young son and like Mufasa, tried to teach him proper conduct and groomed him for his future as the king. She also was protective of him, ensuring that Simba didn't run off to where he could get himself into trouble. When Scar claimed that Simba died alongside Mufasa in the wildebeest stampede, she was heartbroken. Years later, when Simba arrived to save his home, he watched sadly as Scar berated his mother. When Scar struck her down in a fit of rage, Simba immediately came to her defense and comforted her. She was in disbelief to see him alive, but very relieved. After Scar was forced to confess that he killed Mufasa, Sarabi fought by Simba's side and they managed to save their home. She watched proudly as Simba assumed his throne as intended.

Sarabi was not present in the second film, so it is probable that she has since passed on.

[edit] Scar

At first Simba loved his uncle, and would always tell him of his adventures, but Scar was never interested. After telling Scar about his father showing him the kingdom, he deliberately told Simba of the Elephant Graveyard, hoping that he would get himself killed. He sent Shenzi, Banzai and Ed after him, but this first attempt failed. He led Simba into the stampede, intending to kill him and his father. He only succeeded in killing Mufasa, his brother. He led Simba to believe that it was his fault, and that he should run away. In the later confrontation when Simba had grown up, Scar sadistically told him that he killed Mufasa. Thus, Simba's love for his uncle turned to pure hatred, and he cornered Scar in an attempt to overthrow him. However, not wishing to become the monster Scar was, Simba spared him, telling him to run away, the same words Scar told him. Scar then turned on him, and the fight broke out. Simba pushed Scar into the path of the hyenas, who killed Scar. Simba has not forgotten how Scar destroyed his father's life, and swore to spare the Pride Lands from another such tragedy.

[edit] Kiara

Simba and his daughter Kiara love each other very much, though their relationship has always been under some strain. Simba tries his best to protect his daughter, but had become obsessed with this duty during her childhood. When Kiara met the Outsider Kovu, son of Simba's hated enemy Zira, he immediately disapproved of their friendship and became even more determined to defend Kiara.

When Kiara grew up, Simba promised to let her go on her first hunt alone at Nala's urging. However, he secretly sent Pumbaa and Timon to watch her like he did when she was a cub. Kiara discovered this and became furious with her father, and ran off to the outskirts of the Pride Lands. Simba forbade her to go on anymore hunts when Kiara nearly died in a brush fire st by Zira. When Kovu returned, he kept a close eye on the two friends, but eventually warmed up to Kovu when he proved himself trustworthy. Unfortunately, Zira ambushed Simba in a trap supposedly set by Kovu, when he in fact did it unknowingly and unwillingly. After this incident, Simba forbade Kiara from so much as leaving his sight, and banished Kovu. Heartbroken, Kiara said her father was nothing like the king Mufasa was, shocking Simba. Kiara then ran off to find Kovu.

When Simba fought the attacking Outsiders, Kiara stopped him, with Kovu's help. She finally made him realize that he and the Outsiders were one and the same, finally ending the feud. When Zira attacked Simba in rage, Kiara saved him, and Simba rescued her when she almost fell along with Zira into the raging waters. Finally realizing Kovu was one of them, Simba was finally able to reconcile with his daughter.

[edit] The Lion King

In the opening part of the movie, Simba is born as a prince, and shown to the whole kingdom. Rafiki, the old mandrill, performed a ritual on Simba, and was the one to show him to the kingdom. He grows up into a playfull character, with a rambunctious attitude. After his father Mufasa shows him the kingdom, he tells Scar, his uncle, about it. Taking hold of the cubs naive nature, he tell him what the forbidden place is. It is in fact the elephant graveyard, and scar placed his henchmen hyeanas there to kill the cubs. Mufasa saves them, foiling scars plans. The next day, scar tells simba that his father has a "marvelous suprise for you". He leaves him in a gorge, telling him he will go get his father. Scar had infact told the hyeanas to drive a herd of wildebeest toward simba. The plan went wrong, but Mufasa was killed after saving his son, as scar threw him of a cliff he had just climbed up. He threw him of after saying menacingly "long live the king". Scar banished simba from the kingdom. After being stranded in a desert, he meets Timon, a meerkat, and Pumbaa, a warthog. They teach simba about there life in the jungle, and their motto "Hakuna Matata". Years later, simba has grown up, and after saving pumbaa from a mysterious lioness, he discovers she is his olf friend Nala. She tells him what has happened in scars rule of terror. After a while, they discover their friendship has blossomed into love. Simba runs of to the Pride Lands, and discovered all the animals have deaserted the plains, after all the plants had died. He overthrows his uncle, and recovered his throne.