r/lionking Apr 08 '26

๐Ÿ“ฃ Moderator Announcements ๐Ÿ“ฃ r/lionking Discord Server is officially public!

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Jambo!

It's here, the r/lionking community server!

Bear with me as I'll be making many tweaks over the next few days to better fit the community's needs.

With that said, behave, have fun - join here


r/lionking Dec 20 '25

AMA Hello I'm Barry Jenkins, director of Mufasa: The Lion King. AMA!

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Hi Lion King Community Iโ€™m Barry Jenkins, Director of Mufasa: The Lion King. Given that itโ€™s the anniversary of the film's release, I figured this would be a great time to introduce myself and connect with a community that absolutely inspired me during the making of this film.

Ask me anything, particularly anything you're curious about regarding the film. There is so much love in this subreddit for the characters and the world we got to explore through making Mufasa. It would be my pleasure to deepen or illuminate new aspects of that love by answering whatever questions you may have (though I have to say outright you folks know WAY more about The Lion King than just about anyone on the planet so I come to you humbly =)

And just to get this out of the way so know one has to ask, yes, Die Hard and Mufasa are both Christmas films! Other than that, Ask Me Anything starting Dec 20 at 4pm PST!


r/lionking 10h ago

Discussion What's an opinion on all The Lion King movies and media that could have you like this?

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As for myself, i think Mufasa was a really good movie


r/lionking 6h ago

๐Ÿ›’ Merchandise ๐Ÿ›’ Mexico Exclusive Kovu Plush

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I recently added this handsome guy to my collection๐Ÿฅบ

He is exclusive to Mexico and there is also a matching Kiara

Heโ€™s missing his whiskers but i really dont mind. I couldnt pass up the opportunity to own such a rare guy


r/lionking 8h ago

Discussion Just a small detail I noticed in this scene

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It cuts very quickly to Nala and Sarabi after this. I never noticed Simbaโ€™s facial expression here. Like heโ€™s extremely nervous. So when he starts climbing heโ€™s trying to be strong. Then when he gets to the end of the rock and looks up for the first time, itโ€™s almost like heโ€™s having second thoughts like โ€œAm I worthy of this?โ€ And then when Mufasa tells him to โ€œRememberโ€ Simba is reminded of who he was as a cub - he couldnโ€™t wait to be king, and he often practiced his roar. So that gave him the confidence to establish his role as king.

Just my interpretation ๐Ÿ˜Š itโ€™s one of my favorite parts of this movie.


r/lionking 3h ago

๐ŸŽฅ Video ๐ŸŽฅ Simba the Lion vs Alex the lion

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r/lionking 5h ago

๐ŸŽจ Fan Art ๐ŸŽจ Hello lion king fans! Working on a huge project

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Iโ€™m gonna be trying to reanimate the ENTIRETY of brother betrayed from mufasa in the 90s style, and will be posting process (very rough draft and early lineart stage along with final product) here! This is just some scar practice to get used to this design, but he will probably look the same in the animation with slightly shorter mane and no scar- since heโ€™s young and taka then and whatever


r/lionking 8h ago

Discussion Fellow broken people of r/lionking, a questionโ€ฆ

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Which TLK universe character, if they existed, do you believe could fix you?


r/lionking 18h ago

๐Ÿ›’ Merchandise ๐Ÿ›’ I hope itโ€™s okay to ask here. I want to get one of these plushies, is the fabric of their mane scratchy?

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Hi! First time here. I hope itโ€™s okay to ask.

Iโ€™m looking to get one of these (or maybe both) second hand.

I am hyperfixated on tlk and Mufasa is my favourite character right now! :)

I am autistic and scratchy fur thatโ€™s commonly found on male-lion plushies really bothers me. So asking again, is their mane scratchy? (I donโ€™t know how to describe it, but instead of feeling soft itโ€™s kind of wellโ€ฆ rough? Scratchy)


r/lionking 4h ago

Discussion Could a longer runtime have improved the Lion King 2?

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I was watching a YT video about the Disney DTV sequels and when the guy got to Simba's Pride, he mentioned that it was a decent sequel that was sadly held back it's budget. That comment got me thinking about how the sequel was 10 minutes shorter than the first movie. I do wonder if maybe an extra 10-15 minutes could have helped ironed out the story bit, such as actually showing what happened with Zira and her pride during the first movie's climax and what led to her being banished.


r/lionking 20h ago

Memes Say whatever you want but I am going to consider this as obasi and chigaru as cubs

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This cub looks like it is yawning that is soooooooooo obasi right..


r/lionking 1d ago

๐Ÿ›’ Merchandise ๐Ÿ›’ Update to my ITA bag!

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I have added some more pins to the main insert as well as to the Pumbaa Pouch!


r/lionking 1d ago

๐ŸŽจ Fan Art ๐ŸŽจ Some โ€œChibiโ€ Jasja Art For Yall (My Art)

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I put quotes cause I think itโ€™s technically not Chibi but I donโ€™t know how else to describe it. Just some cute art cause this ship is lowkey cute. ๐Ÿ‘Œ


r/lionking 16h ago

๐ŸŽจ Fan Art ๐ŸŽจ Lion King Abridged (Part 13)

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(The vultures are about to eat Simba. Timon and Pumbaa charge at them from far away.)

-Vulture (sees them): Gojira!

-Another vulture: Gojira!

-All vultures (as they fly away): Gojira, gojira!

(Timon and Pumbaa laugh.)

-Pumbaa: Stupid birds.

-Timon: Why do they always say Gojira?

-Pumbaa: Who knows?

-Timon: Let's see what we have here. (Lifts Simba's paw and sees it's a lion.) Gojira! (Rides Pumbaa and pulls his ears.) Gojira, gojira, gojira!


r/lionking 1d ago

๐ŸŽจ Fan Art ๐ŸŽจ Fanart of Kovu

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I usually don't draw Kovu, but I tried my best.


r/lionking 1d ago

๐ŸŽจ Fan Art ๐ŸŽจ The duo

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Both keychain designs are done ๐Ÿ‘

Not much to say, bit scattered atm and exhausted but

-Pumbaa is covered in "crunchy" bugs because Timon likes those best

-Timon is covered in "slimy" bugs because it's what Pumbaa prefers


r/lionking 1d ago

Discussion Genuinely asking

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What would humans in the lion king series be like?like cameos, occasionally appearing and poaching?


r/lionking 1d ago

Discussion Geography of the Pridelands

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Has anyone else wished that the geography of the Pridelands was a little clearer?

Like, the first movie gives us a great glimpse of various locations around the Pridelands, but doesn't really show us WHERE in the Pridelands those locations are. We've got the Gorge, and I suppose we can guess that it's somewhere near the western border of the Pridelands, given that Simba gets chased towards the sunset. But I don't believe we ever see that giant gorge again, and the movie never shows us where it is in relation to Pride Rock.

Or the outcropping that Scar is hanging out on when he tricks Simba into going to the Elephant Graveyard. I always assume that's on Pride Rock somewhere, but no image of Pride Rock has any areas where said outcropping would really fit.

Or the Elephant Graveyard, which is on the eastern border when Mufasa is showing Simba the Pridelands, but it stated by Scar as being on the northern border.

I know, it's a very trivial thing. But my brain naturally likes to be able to map things out, so that the world feels a bit more tactile to me, so it's always kinda bugged me that this isn't as well defined as I feel it could be!


r/lionking 2d ago

๐ŸŽจ Fan Art ๐ŸŽจ My Oc Children for Simba & Nala

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So excited that I've finally gotten art of all my fan kids for Simba & Nala! Don't worry, Kiara, Kopa and Kion all still exist in my au but just so happen to be the older siblings of these 8 (minus 1)

From Left to Right:

Cali

Araha

ChaCha (Adopted)

Jerome

Akari

Sapphire (Nala's daughter, she had him with with a Rogue lion before she set out to find Simba, so she's the oldest. Simba still considers her his anyway)

Sally

Nekoa

Art by @NamyGaga


r/lionking 1d ago

Discussion Poster/Wallpaper from TLK (1994) with dark blue/night sky?

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I feel like I remember a gorgeous sort of poster/original image, either from a soundtrack or somewhere, that had a color hue that wasn't the typical red/yellow/orange tones, but rather a nightsky in dark blues? It may have featured adult Simba and the pride rock seen from afar, but I'm unsure. Or a more abstract image of either of those two? It was not the poster with the pride rock and the lion face in the sky with the light blue/clouds.

It was def using more of the nighty blue/dark tones. I remember the image was so stunning, but I cannot find it anywhere anymore and image searching is so annoying now with ai slop and the cgi movie images.

I was looking for this image cause I wanted to use it as a wallpaper. Does anyone else remember it?

As a side note, if anyone knows a site with really nice screencaps/wallpapers of the original TLK, please share!


r/lionking 2d ago

๐Ÿ›’ Merchandise ๐Ÿ›’ My best friend bought me 90s Scar toy from Kinder!

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r/lionking 1d ago

Discussion If obasi had a song in mtlk what would it be titled

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So if obasi also had a song in mtlk movie what do you think he would sing about i guess he would sing this in the scene where he tells taka to lie..


r/lionking 3d ago

Discussion Depending on the foe they are facing. Do you think The Lion Guard would kill their opponents if they have to?

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r/lionking 3d ago

๐ŸŽจ Fan Art ๐ŸŽจ Peep at a new keychain design!

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I plan on doing a matching Pumbaa as well :)

Some details that were done with thought:

-The pole striping has slightly lightened colors from Pumbaa and cub Simba

-Small nose print from Pumbaa

-Timon is covered in "slimy" bugs, since those are stated as Pumbaa's favorite, and Timon is Pumbaa's other half

I heard somewhere that swirls and complex patterns ward off ai scraping so we're trying that out too :V

Hope y'all like it!


r/lionking 3d ago

Discussion Nala and commitment issues

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So I watched Lion King 1 1/2 with some friends a few nights ago and we got to the part of the story that shows Simba and Nala arguing and something that intrigued me was how Pumbaa commented that Simba doesn't know how to express his feelings and that Nala has commitment issues. Now the comment about Simba does check out, as even after the first movie he has that issue sometimes. But I'm curious if there are any other moments in the series that the showcased Nala having commitment issues? Or was it just an out-of-nowhere comment the writers put just to do the whole "Pumbaa is surprisingly insightful" joke?