History Characters / TheLionKing2019

[-[[Characters/TheLionKingFirstFilm First Film]] ([[Characters/TheLionKingSimba Simba]] | [[Characters/TheLionKingScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/TheLionKingSecondFilm Second Film]] | [[Characters/TheLionKingMidquelFilm Midquel Film]] | ''Characters/TimonAndPumbaa'' | ''Characters/TheLionGuard'' | [[Characters/TheLionKingExtendedMedia Extended Media]] | '''2019 Film'''-]]]]]

* BenevolentBoss: Shenzi appears to treat Azizi and Kamari with a degree of respect, never belittling, threatening or insulting them - even trusting them to make sure Simba is dead. The worst she does is mildly rebuke them for interrupting her.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Ruthless pack leader Shenzi is depicted with a low, raspy voice.

* WellDoneSonGuy: He idolizes his father and is very let down upon having disappointed him by going into the hyenas' den and being scolded by Mufasa after being saved from his reckless stunt. Upon being tricked into believing he caused his father's death and living in exile, Simba refuses to come back to his kingdom out of his guilt and self-loathing until Mufasa appears to him as a spirit and tells him how proud he is of him and how he must take his place the true king of the Pride Lands.

* BassoProfundo: James Earl Jones once again lends his naturally deep, booming voice to the role.

* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Despite being fully aware of Scar's envy and hatred of him, and despite them having clashed over the throne in the past, Mufasa didn't believe his brother to actually be capable of something as heinous as regicide and repeatedly refused to banish him because he's family.

* GoodParents: He and Sarabi loved their cub very much. He admitted (in spirit form) that the thing that he was the most proud of as king, was having Simba as his son.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Despite having clashed with Scar in the past, Mufasa still considers him family and trusts him. He never expected his brother to betray him and take his throne, even when he barely hides his envy and discontent. By the time Mufasa realizes who Scar truly is, it's too late for him.

* NiceGuy: Mufasa is a noble lion and even when being stern towards his brother and son, does so within reason and never with any malicious and abusive intention. He is respectful towards even his prey animals, understanding their importance in the Circle of Life and teaches his son to be a fair and benevolent ruler.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Though Mufasa is a dutiful and responsible king who teaches his son to be like this, he is not above using his authority to make Zazu serve as target practice for Simba and laugh at his expense. Also, he boasts that nobody messes with him when Simba brings up how the hyenas were afraid of him.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Zazu points out to Mufasa, before his scolding of Simba, that he too was once a headstrong, impulsive cub.
* NotSoStoic: Though normally more reserved, Mufasa was extremely worried when he learned his son was in danger at the stampede, as well as when he begged for Scar to save his life. He also was quick to confront his brother about his threatening remarks at the beginning of the movie.

* ThickerThanWater: The reason why he never banished Scar from the Pride Lands despite his brother being ObviouslyEvil. He lampshades it when confiding to Zazu about his brother: he may be difficult and troublesome but he is still family.

** Though still a terrible ruler, he is not as lazy as before, personally hunting alongside the hyenas. A new moment in the story has him [[spoiler: almost foiling Nala's attempt to sneak out of the Pride Lands to find Simba]].

* AdaptationalDumbass: [[DownplayedTrope Relatively minor]], but still counts. While he's not an idiot by any means, he's not as good of a liar as he was in the original movie, as shown by the contradictions in his story about Mufasa's death.

** His sarcasm focus more on malicious remarks this time and he gets a new scene trying to make Sarabi his queen--and punishing all the lionesses when she refuses.

*** However, in the animated movie, Scar simply called the hyenas the enemy. Here he's more brutal when he blames them by calling them revolting scavengers and that he intended to kill them later. Even when he tried telling the hyenas that he only said that to fool Simba, this didn't convince them in the slightest.

* AxCrazy: Aside from his tyrannical rule and sociopathic nature, Scar is just plainly insane and vicious, which is better shown when he kills Mufasa. Though he manages to mask this behavior through most of the movie, he shows his true colors in the climax.

=* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the king of the Pride Lands and the strongest lion around in his time. In this version, he took on dozens of hyenas to save Simba and is implied to have fought Scar for the throne in the past, and won. Notably, his brother had to rely on treachery and a stampede to kill him.

->'''Timon voiced by:''' Creator/BillyEichner

* NumberTwo: He's Mufasa's top advisor.

* AdultFear: As he tells Simba after scolding him, Mufasa is not the fearless father and hero his son sees him as. He has his fears as well--namely, losing his son.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the king of the Pride Lands and the strongest lion around in his time. In this version, he took on dozens of hyenas to save Simba and is implied to have fought Scar for the throne in the past, and won. Notably, his brother had to rely on treachery and a stampede to kill him.

* AdultFear: He's tasked by Sarabi to keep an eye on Simba and Nala on their way to the watering hole, only for Simba to start up "I Just Can't Wait to be King" as a distraction. The choreography in this version is less "borderline DisneyAcidSequence" and more "every species around the watering hole (most of which are much larger than a lion cub) starts ''charging''"; Zazu's lines are delivered with much less composure than the original as he tries to find them again. When he catches up to the cubs, they're almost about to be eaten by Shenzi and her pack. Then the stampede at the canyon happens...

** Though still a terrible ruler, he is not as lazy as before, personally hunting alongside the hyenas. A new moment in the story has him [[spoiler: almost foiling Nala's attempt to sneak out of the Pride Lands to find Simba]]. Though the hyenas still devour him, he goes down with a fight in this version.

* DevouredByTheHorde: Eaten alive by the hyenas after they overhear him attempting to pin Mufasa's death on them. Unlike his animated counterpart, though, Scar more visibly tries to fight back before the hyenas swarm him.

* DirtyCoward: Greatly downplayed and subverted, unlike his original counterpart. As he is not above in begging for mercy after being cornered by Simba or even blaming the hyenas for Mufasa's death, he is more willing to defend himself against others if necessary; this was shown when he forced himself to fight Simba for the fate of Pride Rock, and later did the same against the hyenas when they confronted him for his betrayal.

* RomancingTheWidow: An unsympathetic version of the trope. He wastes no time trying to make Sarabi his queen when she is likely still grieving Mufasa's death, and bluntly tells her to get over it. When she refuses, he punishes her and her pride of lioneses.

* BerserkButton: As noted in BullyHunter, Pumbaa hates bullies and also ''really'' hates being called "chubby".

*** However, in the animated series, Scar simply called the hyenas the enemy. Here he's more brutal when he blames them by calling them revolting scavengers and that he intended to kill them later. Even when he tried telling the hyenas that he only said that to fool Simba, this didn't convince them in the slightest.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the original film, she's just as reckless and curious as Simba when they were cubs. In the remake, Nala is portrayed to be the more cautious and level-minded of the two, wanting to leave the Elephant Graveyard the moment they found it.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Chiwetel Ejiofor has described his version of Scar as more "psychologically possessed" and "brutalized" than his 1994 incarnation, with the added implication that the relationship between he and his brother Mufasa is already "completely destroyed" by the time Scar even comes around to the idea of regicide/fratricide.

Simba's paternal uncle and the main villain of the story.

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!!Pride Lands Lions

!!Other Non-lion Characters

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->'''Voiced by:''' JD [=McCrary=] as a cub, [[Music/ChildishGambino Donald Glover]] as an adult.

* NotSoDifferent: Zazu points out to Mufasa, before his scolding of Simba, that he too was once a headstrong, impulsive cub.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: They're disgusted by Scar's using them as pawns and attempt to throw them under the bus to save his own skin.

* InkSuitActor: He looks like a hornbill version of Creator/JohnOliver.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Not making sure the hyenas killed Simba means his nephew can one day return to challenge him. Also, revealing to Simba that he murdered Mufasa rid him of his guilt and led to the lionesses knowing the truth about him.

* VagueAge: As an adult. At one point, Zazu refers to her as "young lady", however she's supposed to be an adult at the time, which makes it questionable just how old she and Simba are supposed to be[[note]]Beyonce's [[VocalDissonance deep voice]] doesn't help[[/note]].

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: In a stark departure from the animated film, the TerribleTrio dynamic of the hyenas is mitigated due to Shenzi's role as the pack leader. As such, Kamari and Azizi are portrayed as this, while Shenzi acts solely as their boss.

->'''Azizi voiced by:''' Eric André

* BenevolentBoss: Shenzi appears to treat Azizi and Kamari with a degree of respect, never belittling, threatening or insulting them. The worst she does is mildly rebuke them for interrupting her.

* BondVillainStupidity: He sends the hyenas to kill Simba without making sure they succeeded. And then he reveals himself to Simba as Mufasa's true muderer, destroying the guilt he felt for long and giving him renewed willpower to fight back and expose his lies.