During the opening scene in the film, Circle of Life, Simba is shown being embraced by his mother as the animals arrive and Rafiki makes his way up to the pridal den. He annoints Simba, then in the iconic moment presents him to the gathering at Pride Rock, where upon sunlight streams down upon the young prince to the awe of the animals present.

In one scene in the movie, Timon and Pumbaa stumble across the presentation of Simba without realising it's anything important.

As a juvenile, Simba is curious, not afraid of breaking the rules, and brave. Early on he is taught about the Circle of Life by his father, before going to talk to his uncle Scar about it. Picking up on what the adult lion says, he then goes off down to find Nala and take her to the Elephant Graveyard. There they encounter three hyenas, Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, and despite Simba's bravery end up corned. Mufasa arrives in time to save the day, then along the way home talks to him about the Great Kings of the Past. The next day, Simba is lured into a gorge and tricked into thinking he set off a stampede. Mufasa rushes in to save him but after getting Simba to safety, he is thrown back in by Scar. Believing he caused his father's death, Simba is persuaded to run away by his manipulative uncle and ends up far in the desert. He is rescued by scavengers by Timon and Pumbaa, who then take him to their jungle home where he then chooses to live.

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Simba is first glimpsed when Timon walks into the finale of I Just Can't Wait to be King, then met properly when he is taken back from the desert to the jungle. He is shown being a very troublesome cub to his poor adoptive parents, often getting into all sorts of trouble and being saved at the last minute, while Timon ends up falling victim to it. He still loves his 'parents', however, as displayed in one of the night scenes.

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Young Simba is present for a flashback/dream of the wildebeest stampede upon first arriving at the Pride Lands world.

Adolescent Simba is shown for a few moments during the 'log scene' in Hakuna Matata.

In his only scene of the film as an adolescent, Simba wakes Timon with the strength of his morning breath, then is soon challenged to a snail-slurping contest when the meerkat finds out that the lion is already holds the record for the longest bug belch, slug swallowing, cricket crunching, grub gulping, and maggot munching. In what I feel is one of the most amusing scenes of the film, with the theme tune for The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly playing in the background, the camera focuses on a large stone 'table' with a mountain of snails upon it. As the two contestants get more and more into things, the snails disappear faster and faster, until there are two left and Timon has no choice but to concede defeat. Simba then swaggers off into the forest, a la the end of Hakuna Matata.

Simba is the true Lion King of the Pride Lands, but has spent most of his life living in exile with his meerkat friend Timon and his warthog companion Pumbaa. One day, his serene life changes when he encounters his old cubhood friend, Nala, and that night they realise their love for each other. But when Simba refuses to go back to Pride Rock and accept responsibility, he has an argument with Nala and storms off away from the jungle. There he encounters the wise mandrill, Rafiki, who reveals to him that his father is not dead, but quite alive in Simba himself. The spirit of Mufasa reveals himself in the clouds to his son and persuades him to return to Pride Rock. There he is joined by Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa, but when confronting Scar in front of the pride, is forced to say that he killed Mufasa. Scar makes the mistake of telling Simba the truth, who then makes Scar tell the lionesses it too. They seperate as a fight breaks out between lion and hyena, but end up fighting at the pinnacle of Pride Rock. Due to his anger, Scar ends up thrown off the rock and to the base, where he is consumed by his erstwhile followers. As the rains set in, Simba ascends Pride Rock as the new Lion King and roars. At the end of the movie he stands on the promontory with his friends, where Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's cub, Kiara.

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The film carries off from where the first began, with the presentation of Kiara. Simba is shown to have grown a lot more mature since becoming king, yet also overprotective of his daughter. Some time between becoming king and Kiara's presentation, he had banished Scar's followers to a place known as the Outlands. When two of the Outlanders trespass onto his territory, he is quick to see them off, despite the fact one of them has become friends with his daughter. Some time later, during his daughter's first hunt, he notices fire rising from the savannah and rushes to her aid. There she finds her with Kovu, but is advised not to run him out by Nala, Rafiki, and Zazu. After finally warming up to Kovu, Simba was ambushed while on a walk with him. Taking it as a betrayal, he exiles Kovu and is later pointed out by Kiara that he will never be his father, no matter how much he tries. Soon the Outlanders are back and marching for war, but despite Simba's attempt for peace he has no choice but to enter battle. Kiara intervenes when he and Zira begin to fight, with the Outlands lioness ending up dead as a result. In the end, Simba and Nala are shown giving their approval for the union of Kovu and Kiara, before the four of them roar from Pride Rock.

Simba's role doesn't deviate from the original movie especially, though there are a few extra scenes with him in, or extensions of existing ones such as Can You Feel the Love Tonight? and the Battle of Pride Rock.

Simba is available as an ally you can summon in battle after receiving the Earthshine Summon Gem from Leon and giving it to the Fairy Godmother. Simba roars as his attack and you have to charge up before using it - the attack at full strength is very powerful, however.

In Kingdom Hearts 2, the Pride Lands is a visitable world based very shortly before Nala goes off to find Simba. A short way through the world, Sora and company goes off towards the jungle and find Simba, who then joins the party. Upon returning to Pride Rock, Simba runs off to challenge Scar while leaving Sora and crew to deal with Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. After defeating them, you join Simba in fighting Scar. The second time Sora returns to the world, Simba has had his will sapped by Scar and you need to kick some sense into him. While off doing a quest for Rafiki, Simba disappears to the jungle oasis wher he is corned by Scar's ghost in a scene similar to the one just preceeding the Battle of Pride Rock in the film. Simba confronts and defeats his fears, before returning to the savannah with Sora to defeat a gigantic heartless formed by Scar. During the end credits, Simba is seen during the presentation of Kiara.

Nala is Simba's best friend and is shown as being not as miscihevous as the young prince, but still enough to prompt her to sneak off to the Elephant Graveyard with Simba. She is disgusted when Zazu reveals that she and her friend are betrothed, yet in spite of this she is shown to care about Simba, perhaps a little more than just friends would. When Scar is giving his eulogy at Pride Rock, she is shown crying and nuzzling into her mother's paw.

Nala has grown up with Scar ruling the Pride Lands, and as she reaches adulthood the twisted ruler attempts to take her as his mate. She gives him the sharp end of her claws, then runs off to find help. Then one day, while hunting a warthog, she encounters her old cubhood friend - Simba. That night they realise their love for each other, but when the rightful king refuses to return to Pride Rock and accept responsibility, they have an argument which culminates in the male striding off from Nala. The next day she looks for Simba, but can't find him and Timon and Pumbaa don't know where he is. Rafiki turns up to inform them that the king has returned. She immediately sets off after her friend and catches up with him in the Pride Lands with Timon and Pumbaa in tow. He orders Nala to go and find his mother and rally the lionesses, reappearing when Simba challenges his uncle. She is shocked to find that the rightful monarch killed Mufasa, then angry to find that it was actually Scar. Following the Battle of Pride Rock, she greets her old friend with a nuzzle when he comes down from his fight with Scar, then roars along with the pride as the king takes his place upon the promontory. At the end of the movie she stands on the promontory with her friends, where Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's cub, Kiara.

The film carries off from where the first began, with the presentation of Kiara. Nala is shown to have grown a more mature since becoming queen, yet is more relaxed than her mate about parenting. When her rival - the leader of the Outlanders - trespass onto the Pride Lands, she turns up to back up Simba. Years later, after her daughter's first hunt, she arrives with Simba to find Kovu with her daughter, then reasons with her mate that they owe him their daughter's life. Kovu is let to stay, but following his apparent betrayal and exile, the Outlanders march for war upon the Pride Lands. In the fight, Nala battles with Vitani, but falls passive when Simba and Zira begin to fight, though due to Kiara's intervention and Zira's hate with the Outlands lioness ending up dead. In the end, Simba and Nala are shown giving their approval for the union of Kovu and Kiara, before the four of them roar from Pride Rock.

Nala's role doesn't deviate from the original movie especially, though there are a few extensions of existing such as Can You Feel the Love Tonight? and when she's trying to explain who Scar is to Timon and Pumbaa.

In Kingdom Hearts 2, the Pride Lands is a visitable world based very shortly before Nala goes off to find Simba. Sora and the gang first encounter Nala being cornered by two Heartless, then after the enemies are defeated, Nala runs off to inform the lionesses at Pride Rock. When they arrive, she takes them to meet Rafiki but they end up cornered by hyenas and Scar. Nala pounces the king, letting Sora get away, then afterwards is amazed to find that they know Simba. She decides to try and find Simba - teaching Sora how to run in the meantime - then finally arrives at the jungle and meets up with her friend, like they do in the film. And like in the film, they split and return to Pride Rock. Scar is defeated almost exactly how he is in the film. The second time Sora returns ot the world, Nala takes on a mostly passive role. During the end credits, she is seen during the presentation of Kiara.

Scar is the brother of Mufasa and the uncle of Simba. Jealous that his nephew has been declared the heir to the kingdom, he doesn't going to the young cub's presentation - much to the annoyance of Mufasa. A few months later when he's skulking around the back of Pride Rock, Simba comes to him and boasts about how he will be king. The manipulative lion then tricks his nephew into going to the Elephant Graveyard, before heading off there himself to alert Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed to his plan. Just as the hyenas are about to devour Simba and Nala, Mufasa arrives to save them. That night, Scar rallies the hyena clan to his side to dethrone Mufasa and kill Simba. The next day he lures his nephew into the gorge and sets of a wildebeest stampede, before running to find Mufasa. He watches from a ledge in the gorge as his brother saved the cub, but when Mufasa tries to climb out himself Scar throws him back in. When Simba is mourning his father, he tricks the cub into thinking it is all his fault, then advises the cub to run away. He sets the hyenas after his nephew but unbeknownst to him, Simba escapes. He returns to Pride Rock and mourns his brother, before declaring himself king and bringing the hyenas into it. During his rule, the land suffers a terrible drought and the rivers dry up, the flora dies, and most of the animals have left. One day, he is surprised by an adult Simba and ends up revealing he killed Mufasa. In the climatic battle, he rushes to the top of Pride Rock and fights with Simba, but ultimately is thrown off the peak. He lands at the bottom and is corned by the hyenas, who then eat him for his treachery.

Scar is present in Simba's nightmare, back in the gorge during the stampede. An adult Simba is trying to save Mufasa, but Scar latches onto his nephew's paw and the king watches as his father falls towards the wildebeest. He looks back at the now laughing Scar, which then morphs into Kovu before throwing Simba off also. Later on, when Kovu is being chased out of the Pride Lands, he pauses in a stream and looks down to his reflection, which ripples and shimmers into one of Scar (as Simba's does into Mufasa in The Lion King), before he puts his paw through it and continues running.

Scar's role doesn't deviate from the original movie, to the point of there not even being any extended scenes involving him.

In Kingdom Hearts 2, the Pride Lands is a visitable world based very shortly before Nala goes off to find Simba. Sora and company are unknowingly saved from being eaten by hyenas when Scar roars, then encounter him after meeting Rafiki, where they are corned by him and the hyenas. Nala pounces the king in order for Sora and crew to get away. When Simba returns to Pride Rock, the events unfold like they do in the film with the exception that after Scar is thrown off the peak, he climbs back up a Heartless. Scar is defeated. The second time Sora returns to the world, Simba has had his will sapped by Scar (who has the ability to appear as a ghost) and as such is causing the pride great worry. While off doing a quest for Rafiki, Simba disappears to the jungle oasis wher he is corned by Scar's ghost in a scene similar to the one just preceeding the Battle of Pride Rock in the film. Simba confronts and defeats his fears, before returning to the savannah with Sora to defeat a gigantic heartless formed by Scar.

Mufasa is the Lion King, mate of Sarabi, elder brother of Scar, and father of Simba. He is the first leonine seen in the film, standing on Pride Rock as he gazes out over the animals gathering for his son's presentation. Later, after the ceremony has come to a close, he comes to find his brother who did not turn up. Annoyed at his defiance to accept that Simba is the rightful heir and future king, he leaves with Zazu. A few months later, he is awoken by Simba and takes his son to the peak of Pride Rock to show him his kingdom, then across the grasslands as he explains about the Circle of Life. Shortly after receiving the morning report from Zazu, he is alerted to hyenas in the Pride Lands and rushes off to clear them out. Later when Simba and Nala in trouble in the Elephant Graveyard, he arrives in time to stop Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed from eating the cubs. As he walks home with his son, he tells Simba about the Great Kings of the Past and how that they will always be watching over him, as will he. The next day he is patrolling with Zazu when Scar comes to tell him that there is a stampede in the gorge and that Simba's down there. Mufasa rushes down to rescue his son but as he's placing the cub on a safe ledge he's pulled back down. Eventually he leaps out and starts to climb the rock face using his claws, but when he reaches a ledge baring Scar his brother sinks his own claws into Mufasa's paws and pulls them away from the cliff, throwing the king to his death.

Mufasa is present in Simba's nightmare, back in the gorge during the stampede. An adult Simba is trying to save Mufasa, but a laughing Scar latches onto his nephew's paw and the king looses his grip, leaving the two lions to watch him fall towards the wildebeest.

Mufasa's role doesn't deviate from the original movie especially, though there are a few extensions of existing such as Circle of Life and with him rushing past a skull that contains Timon and Pumbaa, rushing to defend Simba and Nala from the hyenas.

In Kingdom Hearts 2, the Pride Lands is a visitable world based very shortly before Nala goes off to find Simba. Following Simba's argument with his old friend, as they do in the film after Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, the rightful king walks off further into the jungle and flops down on the side of a cliff. As he laments his lack of being able to change anything, he remembers a similar night shared with his father - the night he was told about the Great Kings of the Past.

After Simba has been taken to the reflection pool by Rafiki and told that his father lives within him, Mufasa's voice rumbles out his son's name and his black silhouette comes striding towards him through the clouds. Steadily he gains form, turning first an indistinct bluish, then becoming more solid until finally he is rich gold and red once more, gazing down at his son and intoning that he needs to take his place in the Circle of Life as the one true king. He parts with the word 'remember' as he disappeares once more into cloud. After the Battle of Pride Rock, once Simba has ascended the promontory, he looks up to see Mufasa's star shining brightly as the deceased king intones once more to remember.

During He Lives in You, Mufasa smiles down at Rafiki while he welcomes the animals to Pride Rock, then down at Kiara when she is presented. Throughout the movie, Mufasa is seen to have some control over milkweed floss, which first circles around during the presentation, then alerts Rafiki in his tree to the Great King's wishes, circling around Kiara and Kovu at the end of Love Will Find a Way, and finally at the end of the film. He speaks only once, rumbling at the end praise to Simba and that they are one.

When Simba stalks away from the jungle and into the grasslands following his argument with Nala, Mufasa's ghost is shown forming within the clouds - however, this is prematurely as the rightful king is just walking off from the jungle as the clouds start to form.

In Kingdom Hearts 2, the Pride Lands is a visitable world based very shortly before Nala goes off to find Simba. Following Simba's argument with his old friend, as they do in the film after Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, the rightful king walks off further into the jungle and flops down on the side of a cliff. As he laments his lack of being able to change anything, he remembers a similar night shared with his father - the night he was told about the Great Kings of the Past. Then, similar to in the film, Mufasa's spirit appears in the sky to tell Simba that he must take his place in the Circle of Life and to remember who he is.

Sarabi is the mate of Mufasa, mother of Simba, and Queen of the Pride Lands. During the opening of the film, she is holding the young prince to her gently before Rafiki takes Simba to be presented. A few months down the line, shortly before the incident in the Elephant Graveyard, she is relaxing while Sarafina grooms Nala when her son comes down. After a brief interrogation, she decides to let Simba take his friend down to a place he tells Sarabi is around the waterhole. The following night Scar gives his eulogy of Simba and Mufasa to the pride, where she has her head bowed deeply in sorrow. Years later, she is called up to answer to their 'king' about the lack of food, then is smacked upon telling Scar that Mufasa would never let this happen. She first mistakes Simba for her mate, then realises he is her son, and is heartbroken to discover that he apparantly killed Mufasa. After the Battle of Pride Rock, she nuzzles into the rightful king as he descends to greet his family.

Sarafina is Nala's mother and sadly has only one line in the film. She is seen relaxing by Sarabi when Simba arrives during the Bath Scene, while giving Nala a good grooming. Later, when Scar is relating what happened in the gorge to the pride, she is seen crying with her daughter cuddled into her leg.

Sarafina is present for Kiara's first hunt, waiting near the bottom of the slope of Pride Rock. When her granddaughter passes by, she comments on how much she's grown.

Rafiki serves as the healer and shaman of the Pride Lands. He is first seen during the opening scene, climbing up Pride Rock where he greets Mufasa, then anoints and presents the infant Simba. A little later in his baobab home, he adds a painting of the prince to one of the trunks. Following Scar's taking over of the Pride Lands, he is shown mourning nearby and then back in his tree, before he wipes Simba's picture away. Years later, he is sitting atop his tree when some milkweed floss comes his way. He plucks it from the air, then descends his tree and pours it into a turtle shell. The mandrill swirls it around before realising what it shows him, that Simba is alive, to which he adds a mane to the smudged picture of the now grown lion. After Simba and Nala's argument, he turns up to talk to the male, then after telling him that Mufasa is alive leads him off through a small jungle. There he reveals that Mufasa is still alive, within Simba, where the Great King materializes in the sky to talk to his son. Soon after, the mandrill convinces the rightful monarch to return to Pride Rock, before informing Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa of where he has gone. During the Battle of Pride Rock, he joins in fighting the hyenas using his staff. When Simba ascends Pride Rock as king, following the battle, the mandrill is greeted with a hug. At the end of the film, he presents Simba and Nala's daughter - Kiara.

As at the start of the first film, Rafiki is first shown presenting a cub - this time the cub Kiara to the eyes of the Great King Mufasa and the Pride Lands kingdom. Several months later, Mufasa reveals to the shaman his plan to bring Kiara and Kovu together, to Rafiki's horror. He greets the princess at the beginning of her first hunt, then shows up to save Kovu from an angry Simba following his rescue of Kiara from the fire. Later, he stops the Outlander from walking off from the princess, then reveals to them the special world of Upendi that lies within their hearts. When he sees Kovu's exile, he is shown sighing. At the end of the film, Rafiki gives his blessing to the union of Kiara and Kovu.

Rafiki makes his appearance shortly after Timon has left the colony, finding the meerkat weeping under his baobab. When the small male explains he's trying to find someone carefree to live, he is instructed to look beyond what he sees to find Hakuna Matata. He takes it literally however, and starts searching for a place by the same name. In the background as Timon and Pumbaa reach Pride Rock, he is shown presenting Simba. Then later on, shortly before the prince is found by the meerkat and wathog, Rafiki explains where Timon has got to to 'Ma'. Years later, after Pumbaa and Nala have left to join Simba in the Pride Lands, the mandrill appears to talk to Timon, but ends up not needing to say a word as the meerkat realises the truth about Hakuna Matata and that he needs to go help Simba. He is last seen after the Battle of Pride Rock, gesturing for the true king to ascend the promontory.

In Kingdom Hearts 2, the Pride Lands is a visitable world based very shortly before Nala goes off to find Simba. Rafiki is introduced to Sora and company by Nala, shortly after defeating two Heartless ganging up on her. He tells the lioness that Sora cannot defeat Scar and thus become king. Later on, he catches the milkweed floss as he does in the film, then after adding to the painting of Simba arrives in the wildebeest gorge, to inform Sora and Nala that it is time. Upon the second return to the Pride Lands, Rafiki is consulted about Scar's ghost and reveals a fair amount to Simba, before directing him to the hyenas in the graveyard. When Simba goes missing, the mandrill reveals that he ran away, then lastly he is shown on the promontory of Pride Rock, pointing out the king's courage. During the end credits, he is seen presenting Kiara.

Timon is half of the group responsible for rescuing cub Simba and raising him to adulthood, but it's also their fault that he never went back to face up to things until Nala come along. He is a loyal friend, however, following Simba back to the Pride Lands. He is then used as bait by dressing in drag and doing the hula, and later runs from the hyena trio before Pumbaa shows up and saves him. At the end he is seen looking on in awe as Simba ascends the promontory, and waving his arms in victory at the end next to the royal family.

In Simba's Pride, Timon is primarily looking out for Kiara as a cub, and looses her when she went to the Outlands. He assists Kiara in teaching Kovu how to have fun, then a few days later helps bring Simba home after he was ambushed. With Pumbaa, he participates in the final conflict against the Outlanders.

In Hakuna Matata, Timon is tired of working in the colony in an endless senseless cycle, so he goes searching for something more to life. Rafiki tells him he is looking for Hakuna Matata - no worries. He then runs into Pumbaa, another outcast, and the two of them triy living in a few places before finding their jungle. Once there, they end up finding Simba and raising him to adulthood. He's then bitter when Nala shows up and ruins their little arrangement, and when Pumbaa decides to follow Simba, he at first decides he doesn't need either of them, but ends up following after Rafiki shows up and reminds him how much he care for his friends. He helps outsmart the hyena trio at the Battle of Pride Rock with the help of his Ma and Uncle Max.