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Scar (The Lion King)


"The New Yorker" wrote, "Among the celebrity voices on the soundtrack, two performances stand out," namely, "Jeremy Irons, as the villainous lion Scar" who "does an elegant, funny George Sanders impersonation." (Sanders himself had voiced Shere Khan for Disney in their 1967 version of "The Jungle Book"). Stephen Hunter of "The Baltimore Sun "described Irons's voice as "plummy-rich with rancid irony." Television Without Pitys Ethan Alter admitted to enjoying Scar, praising
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of work that are as deliciously reprehensible and vile as Scar ... heightened by Jeremy Irons' gloriously smug voice work." Nusair also included Irons among the "Top 5 Celebrity Voice Performances in Animated Films", acknowledging the fact that although the actor "has played a lot of villains over the course of his career ... none have had the lasting impact as Scar from "The Lion King"." The "Orlando Sentinel" ranked Scar the sixth "greatest Disney villain of all time". Similarly, Babble.com also placed
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The Lion King


for three seasons and 85 episodes between 1995 and 1999. Ernie Sabella continued to voice Pumbaa, while Timon was voiced by Quinton Flynn and Kevin Schon in addition to Nathan Lane. Disney released two direct-to-video films related to "The Lion King". The first was sequel "", released in 1998 on VHS. The film centers around Simba and Nala's daughter, Kiara, who falls in love with Kovu, a male lion who was raised in a pride of Scar's followers, the Outsiders.
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apart from Rowan Atkinson, who was replaced by Edward Hibbert as the voice of Zazu for this film and its prequel/sequel, "The Lion King 1½" and Jeremy Irons, who was briefly replaced by Jim Cummings as the voice of Scar. In the Pride Lands of Africa, King Simba and Queen Nala's newborn daughter, Princess Kiara, is presented to the assembled animals by Rafiki, a mandrill who serves as shaman and advisor. Simba's father Mufasa proudly watches over the ceremony from the Heavens above. As
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the episode "Too Many Termites", where they attempt to eat a pack of aardwolves, but are stopped by the Lion Guard. In Season 2, they become members of Scar's army. Shupavu's group are a group of skinks who are friends with Ushari and serve as his spies in the Pride Lands. Ushari (voiced by Christian Slater) is an Egyptian cobra who often conflicted with Bunga and would get disturbed whenever the Lion Guard was near him. In "The Rise of Scar", Ushari finally gets
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season, Kion and the guard find out that Scar has returned while they are in the Outlands getting volcanic ash needed to cure Simba from a scorpion sting. Mufasa (voiced by James Earl Jones in the films and Gary Anthony Williams in "The Lion Guard") is Scar's older brother, Sarabi's mate, Simba's father and Kiara and Kion's paternal grandfather who is introduced as the King of the Pride Lands. The name "Mufasa" has an unknown origin, previously attributed to a fictional language called Manazoto
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, "The fact that he may occasionally remind you of Claus, comes from the fact that they both share the same voice box." While recording Scar's song "Be Prepared," Irons encountered challenges with his voice. The actor reportedly "blew out his voice" upon belting the line "you won't get a sniff without me," rendering him incapable of completing the musical number. Consequently, Disney was forced to recruit American voice actor Jim Cummings, who had also been providing the voice of "The
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and "stop Scar and reclaim what is rightfully his." Scar plays a similar role in the video game " "(2000); Simba's climactic "battle with Scar concludes the first six levels of the game." According to IGN, the video game features the voices of the film's cast, including Jeremy Irons as Scar. Voiced by James Horan, Scar appears as a non-player character in "Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure "(2003)" "and "Kingdom Hearts II "as a
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Nala (The Lion King)


by actress Niketa Calame, while singers Laura Williams and Sally Dworsky provide the singing voices of young and adult Nala respectively. Nala is introduced as the childhood best friend of Simba, and ultimately becomes his wife by the end of "The Lion King". Several years after Simba's uncle Scar has killed Simba's father Mufasa and usurped the throne, Nala desperately ventures into the jungle to find help. Upon unexpectedly reuniting with a grown Simba, who she had long been tricked by Scar into presuming dead, Nala encourages him
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it would be "fun" to animate a character voiced by such a prestigious actor. Meanwhile, Minkoff and Allers had already had Deja in mind for animating Scar long before the animator approached the directors about the position. The level anthropomorphism used in "The Lion King" exceeded that of any Disney animated film by which it was preceded. Because Scar is an animal as opposed to a human, Deja and the animators experienced certain challenges and limitations when it came to instilling movement in the character, and thus experimented with manipulating
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film Donald Glover as adult Simba and JD McCrary voices Simba when he is a cub) is the son of Mufasa and Sarabi, Scar's nephew, Nala's mate, and Kiara and Kion's father. After defeating Scar, Simba takes Mufasa's place as King of Pride Rock before marrying Nala and having Kiara and Kion with her. In "", Simba is an overprotective parent of Kiara, and obtains a great hatred of the Outsiders, a group of lions whom he exiled due to their loyalty to Scar,
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; and Rob Paulsen in "Timon & Pumbaa") and Ed (voiced by Jim Cummings) are the three spotted hyenas who make up Scar's henchmen that reside in the Elephant Graveyard. After Scar promises them and the rest of their fellow hyenas that they will have food in return for them helping him get rid of his brother Mufasa and nephew Simba in order to become King of the Pride Lands, the three hyenas trigger the wildebeest stampede which kills Mufasa and then chase Simba out of the Pride Lands on Scar's
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King" franchise. He is a black-maned lion who is Simba's paternal uncle and Mufasa's younger brother. In "The Lion King", by murdering Mufasa and exiling Simba, he becomes "King of the Pride Lands". However, years later, Simba returns to Pride Rock and overthrows Scar to become King of the Pride Lands. Scar survives the fall, but is attacked and killed by the vengeful hyenas. In "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" it is revealed that Scar's
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Goldberg as Shenzi, "The Lion King "has since gone on to be acclaimed as "one of the most impressive arrays of voice talents ever utilized in an animated film." Critics have repeatedly singled out Irons's performance, praising it extensively: Cindy White of IGN called Irons's performance "deliciously smarmy," while Andy Patrizio of IGN wrote that Irons voices Scar "in perfect Shakespearean villain mode." "Rolling Stone"s Peter Travers hailed Irons for "deliver[ing] a triumphantly witty vocal performance that ranks with Robin Williams
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of the Elders which sent them flying to the Outlands' termite mound area which became their base of operations. Zira (voiced by Suzanne Pleshette in "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" and Nika Futterman in "The Lion Guard"), meaning "hate" in Swahili, is the mother of Nuka, Kovu, and Vitani. She is Scar's loyal follower, and plots to avenge Scar's death by forming the Outsiders. However, after taking advantage of Kovu's friendship with Simba's daughter Kiara
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villain who ultimately transforms into a Heartless as a result of the character's own "hatred and jealousy." Scar also makes a brief non-speaking cameo appearance in an episode of "Timon & Pumbaa", despite that he is deceased at that time. Scar is portrayed in paintings throughout season 1 of "The Lion Guard" television series, which explains some of his backstory. When Scar was younger—as per tradition to all second born children of the current reigning "Lion King"—he led the Lion Guard who protected
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's mate, Simba's mother and Kiara and Kion's paternal grandmother. Her name means "mirage" in Swahili. In "The Lion King", she serves as the Queen of Pride Rock. Years after Scar usurps the throne, Sarabi helps Simba fight against Scar and his hyenas. When Simba defeats Scar, Nala becomes Queen and Sarabi becomes the Queen Dowager. She does not appear in "", or the animated series, so it is unknown whether she lived to see the birth of her grandchildren or died
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role to actors Tim Curry and Malcolm McDowell. Chiwetel Ejiofor voices the photorealistic version of the character in the CGI remake of the 1994 film. As a character, Scar has garnered widespread acclaim from film critics, who greeted Irons's vocal performance with equal enthusiasm. However, Scar's violence, dark color palette and allegedly effeminate mannerisms were initially met with mild controversy, perceived by some as racist and homophobic. Nevertheless, Scar continues to be revered as one of Disney's greatest villains by various media publications, topping "The
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by his voice actor Chiwetel Ejiofor as more "psychologically possessed" and "brutalized" than in the original film. Ejiofor said that "especially with Scar, whether it's a vocal quality that allows for a certain confidence or a certain aggression, to always know that at the end of it you're playing somebody who has the capacity to turn everything on its head in a split second with outrageous acts of violence – that can completely change the temperature of a scene". Ejiofor also said that "[Scar and Mufasa
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's clan, Jasiri and her hyena clan respect the Circle of Life and mostly scavenge for food. When Jasiri learns from Kion that Scar has returned, she and her clan form a hyena resistance to aid the Lion Guard and help defeat Scar. Makini (voiced by Landry Bender) is a young mandrill who is Rafiki's new apprentice. She is free-spirited and loves to learn and look up to her mentor. However, she has trouble being calm and she is easy to deceive. Despite this, Makini takes
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specifically Scar's protege Kovu, before learning to let go of his hate, and accepting Kovu as his son in law. In "The Lion Guard", Simba fathers Kion, and at first, refuses to accept Kion's decision to allow non-lion animals into the Lion Guard, but later accepts his proposal. Currently in the show, after a failed attempt on Simba's life, orchestrated by the spirit of Scar, Simba and Kion plot to defeat him once again and for all. Nala (voiced by
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Guard", they are the adoptive uncles of the honey badger Bunga and make their home at Hakuna Matata Falls. Scar (voiced by Jeremy Irons in "The Lion King"; Jim Cummings in "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride"; James Horan in "Kingdom Hearts II", "Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure", and "Sorcerers Of The Magic Kingdom"; David Oyelowo in "The Lion Guard"; Chiwetel Ejiofor in the live action film) is the main antagonist of "The Lion
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the recent trio of Ursula, Gaston, and Jafar," writing, "Scar is a sinister figure, given to acid remarks and cunning villainy." Berardinelli concluded, "The cold-hearted manner in which he causes Mufasa's death lets us know that this is not a lion to be trifled with." A film that features the voices of several well-known A-list actors, namely Irons as Scar, Matthew Broderick as Simba, James Earl Jones as Mufasa, Nathan Lane as Timon, and Whoopi
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, writing that Scar is "voiced with relish by stand-out Jeremy Irons." "The Guardian"s Philip French opined, "Jeremy Irons is excellent as the suavely villainous lion Scar." David Sterritt of "The Christian Science Monitor "exalted Irons's acting, describing him as "positively brilliant." Also hailing the film's cast as "incredible," Desson Howe of "The Washington Post "highlighted Irons as a "standout." Praising the film for successfully combining "grand-opera melodrama and low-
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of the film directed by Jon Favreau. According to Favreau, Jones' lines remain mostly the same from the original film. Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays Scar in the film, said that "the comfort of [Jones reprising his role] is going to be very rewarding in taking [the audience] on this journey again. It’s a once-in-a-generation vocal quality". Sarabi (voiced by Madge Sinclair in "The Lion King" and Alfre Woodard in the live action film) is Mufasa
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The Last Lions


di Tau ("Mother of Lions") as she battles to protect her cubs against the daunting onslaught of enemies to ensure their survival. The underlying message of the film is on the low population of large cats in the world and whether or not Ma di Tau and her cubs are among the last lions. The film is narrated by Jeremy Irons, who voiced Scar in Disney's 1994 animated film "The Lion King". Irons also narrated Eye of the Leopard, a 2006 National Geographic film. Four years earlier
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clouds to help an older Simba return to the Pride Lands and remember who he truly is. In "", he instructs Rafiki to bring Kiara, Simba's daughter, and Kovu, Scar's heir, together to reunite the two lion prides. In "The Lion Guard", Mufasa serves as a spirit guide to his grandson Kion. According to Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, they knew that Jones' voice was powerful and similar to the roar of a lion. Jones reprises his role in the live action adaptation
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comedy hi-jinks," the "Orlando Sentinel"s Jay Boyar concluded that "One reason they work so well together is that even most of the serious sections contain an undercurrent of humor, provided ... by the deliciously droll voice-performance of Jeremy Irons as Scar." Mathew DeKinder of the "St. Louis Post-Dispatch "felt that Irons successfully "handle[s] all of the dramatic heavy lifting." Even film critics who generally disliked the film tended to enjoy Scar's characterization and Irons's performance. Terrence Rafferty of
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of "The Lion King", with people taking sides as to whether such things are good or bad for kids just as they did over the killing of Bambi's mother." Similarly, "Variety" opined, "a generation that remembers the death of Bambi's mother as traumatizing should bear that experience in mind when deciding who goes to "The Lion King"." Film critics and parents alike expressed concern that Scar's violent ways would frighten and disturb younger viewers. Referring to Scar murdering Mufasa, "The
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"The Lion King: Six New Adventures" story "Nala's Dare". He is a young lion who has left his pride to start his own and travels through the Pride Lands during Scar's reign and saves Nala from hyenas before leaving after meeting the rest of the Pridelanders. Kula is a character in "The Lion King: Six New Adventures" story "Nala's Dare". She is one of Nala's friends and one of the cubs of the Pridelanders who lived during Scar's reign. Chumvi is
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to save Kiara, and unknowingly summons Scar after he uses the Roar in anger when Janja threatens his family. Later in the season, Kion and The Lion Guard find out that Scar has returned while they are in the Outlands getting volcanic ash needed to cure Simba from a scorpion sting. Upon returning to the Pride Lands, Kion acknowledges to his team that they have a tough fight ahead, but remains confident that they will be able to defeat Scar. Bunga (voiced by Joshua Rush) is a young honey badger,
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by "The Lion King "co-director Roger Allers and screenwriter Irene Mecchi. American actor John Vickery originated the role of Scar. In one scene in the musical, Scar, during the song "The Madness of King Scar", tries to seduce a young adult Nala and make her his queen and mother of his cubs. Nala however, rejects Scar's advances and leaves Pride Rock. Due to his death in "The Lion King", Scar's appearance and presence in its sequel " "(1998)
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Scar (The Lion King)


Scar is a character who appears in Disney's "The Lion King" franchise. Scar was created in 1989 by screenwriters Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton, and animated by Andreas Deja. The Pride Lands' reclusive heir presumptive, Scar is introduced in the first film as Simba's uncle and Mufasa's younger brother. Originally first-in-line to Mufasa's throne until he is suddenly replaced by Simba, Scar decides to lead an army of hyenas in his plot to take the throne by killing Mufasa
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. According to author Rachel Stein of "New Perspectives on Environmental Justice: Gender, Sexuality, and Activism", Irons relies "on his history of playing sexually perverse, socially dangerous male characters to animate his depiction of Scar." On the contrary, Irons revealed to Connect Savannah that the similarities between the voices of Scar and von Bülow were largely unintentional, explaining, "Whatever voice came was arrived at by looking at the initial sketches, and from the freedom the directors gave me to try anything." Irons concluded
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furiously destroyed them with the Roar. As a result, Scar lost the Roar forever, as it is only meant to be used for good, not evil. Scar appears as a fiery spirit in a volcano in season 2 (voiced by David Oyelowo) starting in the one-hour long special "The Rise of Scar", when Kion unknowingly summons him after using the Roar of the Elders in anger when Janja the hyena provokes him. After being summoned, Scar conspires with Janja and the other animals in the Outlands
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, as a reflection, after Kovu is exiled from the Pridelands. Once again, Scar does not make many appearances in this film nor does he speak. However, once again, his role remains vital, story wise. In the film, Nala mentions Scar when she explains to Timon and Pumbaa why Simba left. Scar makes three cameo appearances at the film's climax. The first cameo is the scene where he backs Simba up against the ledge, right when lightning strikes the base of Pride Rock, at the scene
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and exiling Simba, ultimately blaming his brother's death on his nephew. Loosely based on King Claudius, the main antagonist of William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet", Scar's villainy was additionally inspired by Adolf Hitler. As the character's supervising animator, Deja based Scar's appearance on that of original voice actor Jeremy Irons himself, as well as the actor's Academy Award-winning performance as Claus von Bülow in "Reversal of Fortune "(1990). Before Irons was cast, the directors had considered offering the
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one of the greatest animated villains of all-time. "Entertainment Weekly "included the character in the article "10 Over-the-top Animated Movie Villains", explaining, "you could only expect over-the-top when you pair such a grasping, conniving character with Jeremy Irons' seductive voice." Likewise, "Digital Spy"s Alex Fletcher wrote of Scar in his article "Who is Disney's greatest ever villain?" that "The scene in which he lets Mufasa ... fall into a stampede of
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to take over the Pride Lands and defeat the new Lion Guard and Simba, who were initially unaware that Scar had returned. Later in the season, the Lion Guard finds out that Scar has returned while they are in the Outlands getting volcanic ash needed to cure Simba from a scorpion sting. Upon returning to the Pride Lands, Kion acknowledges to his team that they have a tough fight ahead, but remains confident that they will be able to defeat Scar. In the photo-realistic computer animated remake, Scar is described
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, Simba's daughter. Andy Dick was also confirmed to have signed on to voice Nunka, the young villain-in-training-turned hero, who attempts to romance Aisha. Ultimately, the character was renamed Kiara (after it was discovered that Aisha was the name of a female Power Ranger), and voiced by Neve Campbell, from the "Scream" trilogy. Nunka was renamed Kovu, and voiced by Jason Marsden. Then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner urged for Kovu's relationship to Scar to be changed during
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Rough Guide to Film Musicals". "The Washington Post "felt that "Scar clearly is meant to represent an evil African American because 'while Simba's mane is gloriously red, Scar's is, of course, black." Meanwhile, Scar's mannerisms and voice which, according to "Nightmare on Main Street: Angels, Sadomasochism, and the Culture of Gothic"s author Mark Edmundson, resemble "a cultivated, world-weary, gay man," has been deemed homophobic by some commentators because, according to "
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Beyond Representational Correctness: Rethinking Criticism of Popular Media" that Scar's voice was simply meant "to convey the sort of upper-class snobbishness evinced by George Sanders' performance as Shere Khan in "The Jungle Book"." More recently, the possibility of an incestuous relationship involving Simba, his mate Nala, Scar and Mufasa has surfaced. According to Johnson Cheu, author of "Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability", the fact that Mufasa, Scar,
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' in "Aladdin"." Peter Stack of the "San Francisco Chronicle "commended Disney for "nail[ing] the voice talents," specifically Irons. "The Philadelphia Daily News" Bill Wedo described Irons's voice as "silken," while Graham Young of the "Birmingham Mail "hailed the actor's performance as "magnificent." "Radio Times" Tom Hutchinson wrote, "Jeremy Irons [is] a vocal standout as the evil uncle Scar." Annette Basile of "Filmink "echoed Hutchinson's statement
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(1997) in the form of a limp lion skin coat worn by Hercules, parodying the Nemean lion. This is also likely a reference to Zazu's remark (in the first film) that Scar would "make a very handsome throw rug". Scar's supervising animator Andreas Deja also served as the supervising animator of Hercules. The character appears in the 1994 video game "The Lion King." According to AllGame, Scar appears towards the end of video game as Simba finally "must defeat his Uncle Scar"
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King II: Simba's Pride", Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed were going to return as Zira's henchmen, with Cheech Marin reprising his role as Banzai from the original film. Yet they were cut, presumably due to Scar's death being at the hands of the hyena trio. The fate of the three hyenas is unknown. In "The Lion King 1½" Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed act as the local predators who attacks Timon's meerkat colony before their allegiance with Scar. In "The Lion Guard
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of the Lion Guard and second-born to the throne, Kion is gifted with a power called the Roar of the Elders which when used, causes the great lion spirits of the Pride Lands past to roar with him. Kion has a strong sense of responsibility, and does not want to end up like his great-uncle Scar, who used the Roar for evil and thus lost it forever. Because of this, Kion is mindful not to use the Roar in anger. Sometimes though his emotions get the better of
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the death of Scar and avenging Mufasa, Timon takes them and the entire meerkat colony to the jungle paradise he and Pumbaa discovered. Ma is mentioned several times in "Timon & Pumbaa" and in "The Lion Guard" episode "Beware the Zimwi" by Timon, who claims that her cousin's friend knew an ox that was eaten by the Zimwi. Uncle Max (voiced by Jerry Stiller) is a prominent member of the meerkat colony and relative of Timon and Ma. He has grey head-fur and a
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Disney's Animated Storybook


on, with some plot elements changed or removed from their original counterparts. "Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King" is based on the 1994 Walt Disney Feature Animation film, "The Lion King", which tells the story of how a lion named Simba rose to become king of the Pride Lands, claiming the role from his evil uncle Scar, who manipulated Simba into thinking that he killed his father (and Scar's brother) Mufasa. "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree" is based on the
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Swahili for lion), a young lion who is to succeed his father, Mufasa, as King of the Pride Lands; however, after Simba's paternal uncle Scar murders Mufasa, Simba is manipulated into thinking he was responsible and flees into exile. Upon maturation living with two wastrels, Simba is given some valuable perspective from his childhood friend, Nala, and his shaman, Rafiki, before returning to challenge Scar to end his tyranny and take his place in the Circle of Life as the rightful King. Development of "
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the Roar after using it to destroy the other members of his Lion Guard, as the Roar is meant to be used for good and not evil. In season 2 of "The Lion Guard", Kion unknowingly summons Scar back as a fiery spirit in a volcano after using the Roar in anger when Janja the hyena provokes him. Scar then conspires with the animals in the Outlands to take over the Pride Lands and defeat the new Lion Guard and Simba, who were initially unaware that Scar had returned. Later in the
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protagonist Hamlet while Scar dies "at the hand of his former hyena minions, and not Simba himself." Additionally, the character shares similarities with Iago from Shakespeare's play "Othello"; both antagonists are skilled in exploiting their victims' fears. The original plot of "The Lion King" revolved around a rivalry between lions and baboons. A baboon himself, Scar was their leader. After this plot was abandoned, Scar was re-written into a rogue lion lacking any blood relation to both Mufasa and Simba.
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a reputation for animating Disney villains. Prior to animating Scar, Deja had just recently served as the supervising animator of Gaston and Jafar, the villains in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast "(1991)" "and "Aladdin "(1992), respectively. Initially, Deja had been considering the idea of animating a hero as opposed to a villain for a change, contemplating taking on the task of animating Simba instead. However, Deja soon relented upon learning that Scar would be voiced by Irons, feeling that
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"delectably wicked" villain. Maslin went on to praise Irons's voice acting, writing that the actor "slithers through the story in grandiose high style, with a green-eyed malevolence that is one of film's chief delights." Leah Rozen of "People" described Scar as "a flawless realization of Irons's special talent." Gene Siskel of the "Chicago Tribune" lauded Scar as the film's "best character," jokingly describing him as "Irons' Claus von Bulow with fur." Similarly
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to play Scar. Later on, Alfre Woodard and John Kani joined the film as Sarabi and Rafiki, respectively. On November 1, 2017, and Chiwetel Ejiofor were officially confirmed to voice Nala and Scar with Eric Andre, Florence Kasumba, Keegan-Michael Key, JD McCrary and Shahadi Wright Joseph joining the cast as the voices of Azizi, Shenzi and Kamari, young Simba and young Nala, respectively while Hans Zimmer would return to score the film's music. On November 28, 2017, it was reported that Elton
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comedy" with "Irons ... filling this devious coward with elegantly witty self-loathing." As an animator, Deja believes that "If you have a great voice to work with, your work is half done." Enjoying the way in which Irons "has a way with words and phrasing," Deja deliberately based much of Scar's appearance on the actor himself, specifically the shape of his mouth and facial expressions. Several of the actor's physical attributes were incorporated into Scar's design, with Irons admitting to
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the villain does." Additionally, Scar serves as a departure from previous Disney villains because they "came off at least as buffoonish as they were sinister". Because Scar is the film's main antagonist, supervising animator Andreas Deja believed that "villains work really well when they're subtle", explaining, "to see them think and scheme and plot is much more interesting than showing them beating somebody up." By blaming Mufasa's death on an innocent Simba, Scar ultimately triggers "a cycle of guilt, flight
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Thomas Fritsch (born 16 January 1944 in Dresden, Germany) is a German television and dubbing actor. Fritsch is the son of actor Willy Fritsch. Director and actor Gustaf Gründgens advised the 16-year-old Thomas to enter the profession of actor. He starred voicing Scar in the German dub of "The Lion King", and has voiced many other animated lions as well. He also replaced the late Joachim Kemmer as Lumiere for the "Human Again" DVD feature of "Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)"
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The Pride Lands and defended "The Circle of Life" from all enemies before his great-nephew Kion led the Guard. Like Kion, Scar was also gifted with The Roar of the Elders, which causes the lions of the Pride Lands' past to roar with the user. However, the power went to Scar's head and he vainly believed that with this power, he should be the king instead of Mufasa, but when his fellow Lion Guard members refused to aid him in his plan to dethrone Mufasa, Scar
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Be Prepared (Disney song)


"Be Prepared" is a song written by Elton John and Tim Rice (music and lyrics, respectively) for the Disney animated feature film "The Lion King" (1994). The song was originally performed in the film by Jeremy Irons, with Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings providing supporting vocals; Cummings performed partial material for Scar after Irons' voice gave out. The song is also featured in the 1997 Broadway musical "The Lion King", with John Vickery, Kevin Cahoon, Stanley Wayne
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Serenity" (2005), Solomon Northup in "12 Years a Slave" (2013), Dr. Vincent Kapoor in "The Martian" (2015), Karl Mordo in "Doctor Strange" (2016), Dr. Watson in "Sherlock Gnomes" (2018) and Trywell Kamkwamba in "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" (2019). He voiced Scar in the 2019 remake of "The Lion King" and will be featured in the upcoming fantasy film, "". For "12 Years a Slave
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for a dramatic actor of Irons' caliber to agree to voice an animated character, especially immediately after winning an Academy Award. In fact, the Oscar-winning actor nearly declined because, in fear of jeopardizing his successful career, he was "[h]esitant to jump from a dramatic role to an animated feature." Prior to "The Lion King", Irons was famous for starring as several villains and antagonists in live-action films "geared towards adults." Although he had starred in a children's film before
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Lion King"s laughing hyena Ed at the time, to impersonate Irons and record the rest of the song. Jim Cummings told "The Huffington Post "that "[s]tunt singing" is actually something the actor continues to do regularly, having done the same for American actor Russell Means, voice of Chief Powhatan in Disney's "Pocahontas "(1995). Critics observed that Irons "fakes his way ... through 'Be Prepared' in the grand tradition of talk-singing," drawing similarities between him and American actor James
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Scar squanders the kingdom's resources and allows his army of hyenas to wreak havoc upon the Pride Lands, which turn barren. Meanwhile, an alive and adult Simba is visited by Mufasa's ghost, who encourages him to return to the Pride Lands and take his rightful place as king. Aided by his friends Nala, Timon and Pumbaa, Simba arrives at Pride Rock and witnesses Scar striking his mother Sarabi and confronts Scar, who demands that Simba admit to the pride that he killed Mufasa. As he prepares to throw Simba
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"The Lion King" (1994). The jealous younger brother of Mufasa, Scar was next-in-line to take the throne until his nephew Simba, Mufasa's son, was born, replacing him. Determined to regain his birthright, Scar devises a plan to kill both Simba and Mufasa. Cleverly trapping Simba in a vast gorge, Scar signals his hyena minions, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, to trigger a wildebeest stampede. Although Mufasa saves Simba, the king is weakened, and unable to climb out
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his crimes on the hyenas, unaware that they are listening nearby. Simba ignores Scar and gives him one last chance to run away and never return. When Simba's back is turned, Scar attacks him and they fight. Simba overpowers Scar and throws him over the cliff ledge to the base of Pride Rock. Scar survives the fall, but is attacked and killed by the vengeful hyenas. The success of "The Lion King "spawned a Broadway musical based on the film, directed by Julie Taymor with a book written
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him to become his eventual successor. The Outsiders are a pride of offshoot lions that were loyal to Scar. After a failed takeover following Scar's death, Simba banished them to the Outlands. In "The Lion Guard", they tried to invade the territory that Jasiri's clan lives in. Kion was hesitant to use the Roar of the Elders because of what it did to Scar. After being told by the rest of the Lion Guard that Scar used the Roar for evil, Kion defeated the Outsiders with the Roar
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November 1, 2017 for the role of Scar for the CGI live action remake, "The Lion King" (2019) directed by Jon Favreau, as he had impressed him after watching his antagonistic performance as Baron Mordo in the Marvel film "Doctor Strange" (2016). Ejiofor described Scar as more "psychologically possessed" and "brutalized" than in the original film. Ejiofor said that "especially with Scar, whether it's a vocal quality that allows for a certain confidence or a certain aggression, to always
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Eli Gorenstein


Gronich. Gorenstein has also had a successful career as a voice actor. He often performed the Hebrew voices of Disney villains in Disney Renaissance films such as Scar from "The Lion King", Frollo from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Professor Ratigan in "The Great Mouse Detective" and Jafar from "Aladdin". He has also voiced sidekicks such as Sebastian from "The Little Mermaid", Eeyore in the "Winnie the Pooh" franchise and Lumiere from "Beauty and the Beast". Gorenstein is also
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end of the film, Kovu marries Kiara, Simba's daughter and Scar's great niece, and becomes Simba's son in law and successor, so thus Scar's goal of Kovu becoming King would eventually come through following Simba's death or abdication to the throne, but not avenging his death by murdering Simba. "The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar" reveals that Scar was once the leader of the titular group and, like his great-nephew Kion, once possessed the Roar of the Elders. Scar lost
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Cagney and English actor Rex Harrison. Deja revealed that, during a recording session, Irons' stomach was grumbling. Deja joked, "The growling sound could be heard in his recording, so we had to record that part of his dialog all over again." As a result of Irons' prominent British accent, critics have compared both the actor and Scar to Shere Khan, the villain of Disney's "The Jungle Book "(1967), voiced by English actor George Sanders. Chiwetel Ejiofor was officially chosen on
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... to step up to leadership roles", among them Andreas Deja, who became Scar's supervising animator. Well known for animating several Disney villains, Deja summarized the experience as "more fun than drawing heroes" because "You have so much more to work with in terms of expressions and acting and drawing-wise than you would have with a nice princess or a prince ... where you have to be ever so careful with the draftsmanship". Before becoming involved with "The Lion King", Deja had already developed
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The Lion King


with directors Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, who had just finished "Beauty and the Beast". The script also had its title changed from "King of the Jungle" to "The Lion King", as the setting was not the jungle but the savannah. It was also decided to make Scar and Mufasa brothers since the writers felt that it was much more interesting if the threat came from someone within the family. "The Lion King" was the first Disney animated feature to be an original story, rather than
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off Pride Rock and have him meet a similar fate to that of his father, Scar whispers that he was the one who killed Mufasa, confident that the secret would die along with him. Enraged, Simba tackles Scar and forces his uncle to admit the truth to the pride, initiating a ferocious battle between the pride, Timon, Pumbaa, Zazu, Rafiki and Scar's hyenas. Scar tries to escape, but is cornered by Simba on the top of Pride Rock; Scar begs for mercy and even attempts to blame
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to the top of Pride Rock. Cornered, Scar begs for mercy and attempts to blame the hyenas for his crimes, unaware that they are listening nearby. Simba refuses to believe Scar's lies, but spares his life on the condition that he leave the Pride Lands forever. Scar refuses and attacks Simba, who throws him off the cliff after a brief fight. Scar survives the fall, but is soon surrounded and attacked by the vengeful hyenas. In a minor change to the original ending, Scar initially fights back against
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Scar's facial expressions, specifically the way in which he tilts his head condescendingly, raises his eyebrows and lifts his chin. The animals were each drawn with certain human-like attributes and characteristics in order to help convey emotions and tell the story. Meanwhile, the studio recruited live lions for the animators to study while drawing. As the film's villain, Scar is the only lion drawn with claws. Owen Gleiberman of "Entertainment Weekly "described Scar as "a figure of both pity and evil, and of treacherous
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Hamlet", while both stories revolve around main characters who struggle to come to terms with the reality that they must confront their treacherous uncles and avenge their fathers' deaths. Scar is based on King Claudius. According to "Slate", while Claudius is mostly "a second-rate schemer ... consumed by anxiety and guilt," Scar very much "delight[s] in his monstrosity;" both characters are motivated by jealousy. Meanwhile, "The Week "observed that although both characters ultimately die, Claudius is killed by
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always be there for his son. Later he discusses Simba's behavior with Zazu, who reminds Mufasa that he had the same tendency to get into trouble at Simba's age. Back at the elephant graveyard, Scar tells the hyenas of his plan to kill Mufasa and Simba so that he can become king. He raises an army of hyenas, promising that they will never go hungry again if they support him ("Be Prepared"). Scar takes Simba to a gorge and tells him to wait there. On Scar
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The Madness of King Scar


Ed. The lead vocal for "The Madness of King Scar" spans between Eb4 to G5, with the instrumental including a piano and chords. An "extended character song for the dissatisfied lion monarch", the lyrics revolve around Scar's "paranoid pursuit of the lion throne". The song is primarily composed of dialogue rather than singing, with Rice describing it, along with "Chow Down", as "just potboilers". "The Buffalo News"' Heather Violanti summarized the performance as "five minutes of
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"more Liberace than George Sanders." According to IGN, Scar, Simba and Mufasa have since become "household names thanks to the [film's] enormous popularity ... but back in 1994 who could have predicted that these characters would enter the lexicon of Disney's most popular creations?" Scar is considered to be among Disney's greatest villains. Desmond Ryan of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" reviewed Scar as "the most vivid villain in Disney features in generations." On a broader scale, Scar is often revered as
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, Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's newborn cub to the assembled animals, continuing the circle of life. Florence Kasumba, Keegan-Michael Key, and Eric Andre voice Shenzi, Kamari, and Azizi, three spotted hyenas who are Scar's henchmen. While Shenzi is a character that was featured in the original 1994 animated film, Kamari and Azizi are the respective renames of Banzai and Ed from the original film. The hyenas' characterizations were heavily altered from the original film's, as Favreau felt that they "had to
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in "Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas"). When actor Jeremy Irons, the voice of Scar in "The Lion King", developed vocal problems during recording of the song "Be Prepared", Cummings replaced him on the remainder of the track. Cummings would later be hired as the singing double for Russell Means in "Pocahontas" and Christopher Lloyd in "Anastasia". In 2018, he became the first voice performer of animation to reprise his role(s) for a live-action Disney film,
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Nala (The Lion King)


Nala is a character who appears in Disney's "The" "Lion King" franchise. Introduced in the animated film "The Lion King" in 1994, Nala subsequently appears as a less prominent character in the film's sequels "" (1998) and "The Lion King 1½" (2004), and serves as a recurring character in "The Lion Guard" (2015–). In the original film, the adult Nala is voiced by American actress Moira Kelly. Young Nala's speaking voice is provided
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film. The video received positive reviews from media outlets, who found the animation quality to be on a professional level. "The Madness of King Scar" is one of three original songs that Elton John and Tim Rice had added for the musical adaptation of Disney's 1994 animated film "The Lion King". John had composed the music while Rice wrote the lyrics; the title is a reference to the 1994 film "The Madness of King George". Created to further elaborate the storyline, it is one of two
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's] relationship is completely destroyed and brutalized by Scar's way of thinking. He's possessed with this disease of his own ego and his own want". Among the few changes, Scar is stated to have challenged Mufasa in the past and lost (it is implied he got his scar in the fight), and that both brothers courted Sarabi, who chose Mufasa. He also has to earn the hyenas' trust. During his reign, Scar has a more active hunting role alongside the pack of hyenas, and
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Outlands". She tries to convince Kion that using the Roar of the Elders against her and the other Outsiders would cause him to lose it just as Scar did, and to side with his fellow lions. However, Kion is eventually able to see through her deceptions and drives her and the others off with the Roar. Nuka (voiced by Andy Dick) is the eldest child of Zira and the older brother to Vitani and Kovu. His name means "stink" in Swahili. Jealous of Zira's greater relationship with
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who do not respect the Circle of Life. Starting in season 2, the Lion Guard's mission becomes harder when Scar returns as a fiery spirit with plans to destroy the Pride Lands. The characters returning from "The Lion King" and its sequels and spin-offs appear in this series: The series was announced by Disney on June 9, 2014, on the run up to the first film's 20th anniversary. Disney Junior general manager Nancy Kanter stated: "It's kind of like "The Lion King"
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is limited. Story-wise, however, his role remains vital. Upon (and despite) Scar's demise, a rivaling pride of lions known as the Outsiders decide to remain loyal to him. The pride is led by Scar's wife and most devoted follower Zira. Since Scar had no cubs of his own, Zira's son Kovu is chosen to serve as Scar's heir. Simba banishes the Outsiders to the Outlands, and forbids his daughter Kiara from going there. She goes there anyway, however, and
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The Lion King: The Brightest Star


The Lion King: The Brightest Star is a book and audio cassette tape set based on Disney's "The Lion King". In the book, Mufasa tells his son Simba about Simba's great-grandfather Mohatu, a wise and gentle king. The book is considered to be canon as it does not conflict with the plot in any of the films. In the Disney's Read Along Collection recording of this book, Mohatu is voiced by Avery Brooks. Mufasa and Simba are on the top of Pride Rock on a
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from a flock of vultures. They take him in and bring him to their home in an oasis. Later, after Simba grows up and returns to the Pride Lands to battle Scar, they help Simba stop Scar's tyrannical reign and the two become Simba's royal advisors. Although they are supporting characters in the first two films, they are featured as the main characters in "The Lion King 1½" as well as in the "Timon & Pumbaa" TV series. As revealed in the TV series "The Lion
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Simba, a young lion who must embrace his role as the rightful king of his native land following the murder of his father, Mufasa, at the hands of his uncle, Scar. Plans for a remake of "The Lion King" were confirmed in September 2016 following the success of Disney's "The Jungle Book", also directed by Favreau. Much of the main cast signed in early 2017, and principal production began in mid-2017 on a blue screen stage in Los Angeles. With an estimated budget of around $
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Zazu, now a prisoner of Scar, listens to the king's woes. The hyenas are complaining about the lack of food, but Scar is only concerned with himself and why he is not loved. He is haunted by visions of Mufasa and rapidly switches between delusional confidence and paranoid despair ("The Madness of King Scar"). Nala arrives to confront Scar about the famine and Scar decides she will be his queen and give him cubs. Nala fiercely rebukes him and resolves to leave the Pride Lands to find help
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know that at the end of it you’re playing somebody who has the capacity to turn everything on its head in a split second with outrageous acts of violence - that can completely change the temperature of a scene". Ejiofor also said that "[Scar and Mufasa's] relationship is completely destroyed and brutalized by Scar's way of thinking. He's possessed with this disease of his own ego and his own want". Favreau said of casting Ejiofor, "[He] is just a fantastic actor, who brings
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king Mufasa was. Enraged, Simba reveals himself. Scar forces a confession of murder from Simba and corners him. Believing that he has won, Scar taunts Simba by admitting that he killed Mufasa. Furious, Simba recovers and forces Scar to reveal the truth to the lionesses ("Simba Confronts Scar"). Simba's friends fight the hyenas while Simba battles Scar to the top of Pride Rock. Scar begs for his life, blaming the hyenas for everything. Simba lets him leave out of mercy, but Scar attacks
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to the throne and take his father Mufasa's place as king. Furious by the fact that he is no longer next in line, Simba's jealous uncle Scar refuses to attend the ceremony. While Simba grows into a rambunctious lion cub who frequently boasts about the fact that he will someday rule over the Pride Lands, Scar secretly plots against him. Scar plots regicide and familicide against Simba and Mufasa by luring Simba into a vast gorge, where he triggers a wildebeest stampede. Notified by Scar that Simba is in danger,
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Pride Lands. Aided by his friends, Simba sneaks past the hyenas at Pride Rock and confronts Scar, who had just struck Sarabi. Scar taunts Simba over his role in Mufasa's death and backs him to the edge of the rock, where he reveals to him that he murdered Mufasa. Enraged, Simba pins Scar to the ground and forces him to reveal the truth to the rest of the pride. Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki, Zazu, and the lionesses fend off the hyenas while Scar, attempting to escape,
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where he admits to the murder of Mufasa, before being pinned down by Simba, and defended by the hyenas. He appears again when Simba is chasing him, who is pursued by the hyenas, who later battle Timon and Pumbaa. Scar's final appearance in the film is when he is defeated by Simba and thrown off the edge of Pride Rock into the flames below, where he is betrayed and killed by his own minions; the hyenas. Scar makes a brief cameo in Disney's animated feature film "Hercules"
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which was titled "King of the Beasts" and then "King of the Jungle". The original version of the film was very different from the final film. The plot was centered in a battle being between lions and baboons with Scar being the leader of the baboons, Rafiki being a cheetah, and Timon and Pumbaa being Simba's childhood friends. Simba would also not leave the kingdom but become a "lazy, slovenly, horrible character" due to manipulations from Scar, so Simba could be overthrown after coming of
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again. Simba blocks the attack and Scar falls from the cliff. The hyenas, who heard Scar's betrayal and are still starving, tear him to shreds. With the battle won, Simba's friends come forward and acknowledge Simba as the rightful king. Simba ascends Pride Rock and roars out across the kingdom ("King of Pride Rock"). The Pride Lands recover and the animals gather in celebration as Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's newborn cub, continuing the Circle of Life ("Circle of Life (Reprise
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Modenessi wrote, in his article "Disney's 'War Efforts': "The Lion King" and "Education for Death"; or Shakespeare Made Easy for Your Apocalyptic Convenience" that the song drew close parallels between Scar and a Shakespearean character, and further develops his relationship with the hyenas following his assumption of power. Modenessi identified "The Madness of King Scar" as taking on qualities of a tango. Connecting Scar's behavior with the Argentine tango, Modenessi described his attempts to approach Nala as occurring to "the
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, Simba refuses and storms off. He then encounters Rafiki, who tells him that Mufasa's spirit lives on in Simba. Simba is visited by the ghost of Mufasa in the night sky, who tells him that he must take his rightful place as king. Realizing that he can no longer run from his past, Simba decides to return to the Pride Lands. Aided by his friends, Simba sneaks past the hyenas at Pride Rock and confronts Scar, who was about to fight Sarabi. Scar taunts Simba over his role
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