"The Wisdom of Kongwe" is the forty-fourth episode of the Disney Junior animated series The Lion Guard. It premiered on April 3, 2018 and is the eighteenth episode in the second season.
Plot[]
Simba and Kion are talking to Mufasa about the fact that Scar has returned. Kion admits it's his fault as what brought Scar back was his use of the Roar of the Elders. Mufasa tells his grandson that the Roar can do both good and evil. Simba asks his father how they can stop Scar. Mufasa tells his son that an Evil Lion of the Past is something he has no experience with. However, he also tells Simba that he defeated Scar before and can do it again. They just need to trust in the wisdom of the Pride Lands and themselves. Simba decides his father means that they should get advice from Kongwe, the wisest animal in the Pride Lands. He sends Fuli and Makini to bring Kongwe to him.
Fuli and Makini arrive in the area Kongwe lives and discover that she is a tortoise, to Fuli's dismay. Meanwhile, The rest of the Lion Guard saves a herd of Hyraxes from a collapsing bridge. Beshte then makes a bridge so that they can cross safely. Meanwhile, Fuli, Makini, and Kongwe are heading back to Pride Rock at Kongwe's pace. When a tree falls, they head toward the Back Lands. Meanwhile, the rest of the Lion Guard saves a herd of Elands from a fire.
Meanwhile, Fuli, Kongwe, and Makini have arrived in the Back Lands. Makuca appears and attacks the group. With Kongwe's advice, Fuli defeats Makucha and drives him off. Fuli, Makini, and Kongwe arrive at Pride rock where Kongwe learns of Scar's return. Kongwe tells them that the patient animal tastes the ripest fruit. Fuli tells him she means that they will find a way to defeat Scar if they take the time to find it.
Cast[]
- Landry Bender as Makini
- C.C.H. Pounder as Kongwe
- Max Charles as Kion
- Joshua Rush as Bunga
- Diamond White as Fuli
- Dusan Brown as Beshte
- Atticus Shaffer as Ono
- Rob Lowe as Simba
- Gary Anthony Williams as Mufasa
- Khary Payton as Rafiki
- Steve Blum as Makucha
- Dee Bradley Baker as Male Eland and Hyrax
Song[]
Trivia[]
- Kion gets advice from Mufasa for the first time since "The Rise of Scar", along with Simba, who knows it.
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