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A dim-witted but friendly anaconda.



Ryan's son, an 11-year-old lion cub who wants to find his roar in the wild.



A deranged wildebeest who wants to become a predator by eating a lion.



Kazar's second-in-command, Blag is a wildebeest who loves dancing.



Kazar's minions, led by him to become predators.



Two vultures who work for Kazar to find potential prey.












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* AxCrazy: Kazar is clearly not mentally stable ''at all''. Not only does he show an enjoyment for violence and killing, he actually ''wants'' to eat meat to become a predator.

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* AxCrazy: Kazar is clearly not mentally stable ''at all''. Not only does he show an enjoyment for violence and killing, he actually ''wants'' to eat meat to become a predator. predator, and his end goal is one that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
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* IronicName: Samson's name appears to be a reference to the titular character of ''Literature/SamsonAndDelilah''. Considering the real Samson was a highly powerful figure whose most well-known feat involved slaying a lion, it's an extremely ironic name for this Samson, who is a lion who [[MilesGloriosus tells stories to make himself look like a hero]].

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!!Zoo



[[folder:Samson's Father]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson
The father of Samson, and the grandfather of Ryan.

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[[folder:Samson's Father]]

[[folder:Hyrax]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson
The father of Samson, and
Colin Cunningham
A rude, short-tempered British hyrax
the grandfather of Ryan.
group encounters in Africa.



* AbusiveParents: He is this towards Samson. As when the latter gets taken away, he doesn't show any concern for him.
* HateSink: There is a lot of reasons for the viewers to hate this lion. He forces his son to roar at a mechanical wildebeest, showing zero support when the poor cub is nervous, and when he is unable to, he gets put in a cage. He is also fine with Samson getting taken away to the zoo with zero remorse. All these make that lion even more despicable than Kazar.
* KarmaHoudini: Emotionally abused his son and faces no consequences afterwards.

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* AbusiveParents: He is ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Or "eat me" in this towards Samson. As case. He's shocked, and even ''offended'' that Samson won't eat him despite being a lion.
* BullyingADragon: He repeatedly mocks and insults Samson, a lion who could easily eat him in one bite, and actually gets angry
when the latter gets taken away, he doesn't show any concern for Samson refuses to eat him.
* HateSink: There is a lot of reasons for {{Gasshole}}: He constantly farts, to the viewers to hate this lion. He forces point where Bridget calls him an "olfactory insult". At one point, he farts every time he takes a step.
* {{Jerkass}}: In
his son to roar at a mechanical wildebeest, showing zero support when one scene, the poor cub hyrax is nervous, and when he is unable to, he gets put in a cage. He is also fine with shown to be an extremely unpleasant character who repeatedly insults Samson getting taken away to the zoo and his friends with zero remorse. All these make that lion even more despicable than Kazar.
* KarmaHoudini: Emotionally abused his son and faces
no consequences afterwards.real redeeming qualities.



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[[folder:Galena]][[folder:Samson's Father]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson
The father of Samson, and the grandfather of Ryan.


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* AbusiveParents: He is this towards Samson. As when the latter gets taken away, he doesn't show any concern for him.
* HateSink: There is a lot of reasons for the viewers to hate this lion. He forces his son to roar at a mechanical wildebeest, showing zero support when the poor cub is nervous, and when he is unable to, he gets put in a cage. He is also fine with Samson getting taken away to the zoo with zero remorse. All these make that lion even more despicable than Kazar.
* KarmaHoudini: Emotionally abused his son and faces no consequences afterwards.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EddieIzzard

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EddieIzzard
Creator/SuzyEddieIzzard
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-->'''Kazar:''' I don't think we need dessert... before the main course! ''[tries to bite Ryan]''

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-->'''Kazar:''' I don't think we need dessert... before the main course! BEFORE THE MAIN COURSE!!! ''[tries to bite Ryan]''

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* FeatherBoaConstrictor: While Bridget does not actually use him as a fashion accessory, Larry still brings this trope to mind when being carried on Bridget by rapping around her neck.



* HandicappedBadass: Samson knocks one of his horns off during the final battle. This doesn't slow Kazar down at all, and just seems to make him even angrier as he almost kills Samson several times during their confrontation.

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* HandicappedBadass: Samson knocks one of his horns off during the final battle. This doesn't slow Kazar down at all, and just seems to make him even angrier as he almost kills Samson several times during their confrontation. Not even Kazar’s blind eye hinders him.


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* SeriousBusiness: He takes his dance numbers with the other wildebeest quite seriously. He even chews out Blag for screwing it up when he tripped earlier in the film.


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* HiddenDepths: While Kazar calls Blag a klutz who screwed up his dance number, the DancePartyEnding shows that Blag can actually be a really good dancer when he pulls off some impressive breakdancing skills.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: He changes sides when he and the other wildebeest tell their Kazar that they are tired of his leadership and tired of being something they are not. He also admits that he thought Kazar’s dancing choreography was outdated.
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* MilesGloriosus: Samson tells stories about fighting hordes of wildebeest in the wild, but it quickly becomes apparent that he's out of his depth the instant he goes outside the zoo. He runs from rabid dogs even though he could easily maul or roar at them, he refuses to eat a rude hyrax despite his friends' urgings, and he refuses to fight the wildebeest when he and Ryan end up in the wild.
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* AscendedToCarnivorism: His plan is for wildebeest to become predators. To accomplish this feat, he intends to eat a lion, which will ([[InsaneTrollLogic apparently)]] cause a cosmic shift that will turn wildebeest into predators and lions into prey.

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* AscendedToCarnivorism: His plan is for wildebeest to become predators. To accomplish this feat, he intends to eat a lion, which will ([[InsaneTrollLogic apparently)]] somehow]]) cause a cosmic shift that will turn wildebeest into predators and lions into prey.

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A lion who acts as the leader of the zoo, and Ryan's father. He tells stories about his time in the wild, but, unbeknownst to everyone except Benny, he was actually born in the circus.

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A lion who acts as the leader of the zoo, and Ryan's father. He tells stories about his time in the wild, but, unbeknownst to everyone except Benny, he was actually born in the circus.but it becomes apparent that he's not being entirely truthful.



* BigGuyLittleGuy: He and Benny, serves as this.

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* BecomingTheBoast: Samson tells stories about being from the wild and taking down hordes of wildebeest with his MightyRoar. [[spoiler:It's all a lie, but he does manage to defeat Kazar, a wildebeest, by the end of the movie.]]
* BigGuyLittleGuy: He and Benny, serves as this. Justified in that Samson is a lion and Benny is a squirrel.
* DarkSecret: Samson has a dark secret that no one except [[SecretKeeper Benny]] knows. [[spoiler:He never actually came from the wild, but a circus, and he was so ashamed of that fact that he made up his stories about his time in the wild to hide it.]]



* MightyRoar: Being a lion, he naturally has a very powerful roar.
* PapaWolf: Threaten Ryan at your own peril. When Ryan gets taken away to the wild, Samson goes out of his way to get him back. When Kazar threatens to eat Ryan, Samson roars at him and attacks.
-->'''Kazar:''' Let's eat the brat first.\\
'''Samson:''' Over my dead body! ''[roars]''
* RaisedInCaptivity: [[spoiler:He was born in a circus and never actually set foot in the wild before the events of the movie. He was so ashamed of where he came from and his initial inability to roar that he pretended he came from the wild instead.]]



* BigGuyLittleGuy: He and Samson, serves as this.

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* BigGuyLittleGuy: He and Samson, serves as this. Justified in that Samson is a lion and Benny is a squirrel.
* ButtMonkey: Over the course of the movie, he gets swung around by a little girl and smacked with a handbag into Samson's nose, crushed by Bridget, knocked off a garbage truck, and rolled around by dung beetles (who mistook him for a dung ball).



* UndyingLoyalty: He remains loyal to Samson even after the latter's secret comes out.



* AsideGlance: Does this during "I'm Having a Really Nice Day!", where he turns to the audience saying that the wilderbeests are not bad dancers.

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* AsideGlance: Does this during "I'm Having a Really Nice Day!", where he turns to the audience saying that the wilderbeests wildebeests are not bad dancers.



* GenialGiraffe: She's a bit of a DeadpanSnarker, but otherwise pretty friendly.



* EveryonesBabySister: Benny, Bridget, Nigel and Larry all view him as a little brother, and go out of their way to rescue him when he gets taken to the wild.



* AscendedToCarnivorism: His plan is for wildebeest to become predators. To accomplish this feat, he intends to eat a lion, which will ([[InsaneTrollLogic apparently)]] cause a cosmic shift that will turn wildebeest into predators and lions into prey.



* AxCrazy: Kazaar is clearly not mentally stable ''at all''. Not only does he show an enjoyment for violence and killing, he actually ''wants'' to eat meat to become a predator.

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* AxCrazy: Kazaar Kazar is clearly not mentally stable ''at all''. Not only does he show an enjoyment for violence and killing, he actually ''wants'' to eat meat to become a predator.



* PlotIrrelevantVillain: He has nothing to do with the main conflict of Ryan being accidentally sent to the wild, and doesn't even enter the plot until about halfway through. He's mainly there to make the goal of getting Ryan back home harder.

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* HandicappedBadass: Samson knocks one of his horns off during the final battle. This doesn't slow Kazar down at all, and just seems to make him even angrier as he almost kills Samson several times during their confrontation.
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: He has nothing to do with the main conflict of Ryan being accidentally sent to the wild, and doesn't even enter the plot until about halfway through. He's mainly there to make the goal of getting Ryan back home harder.harder and provide a conclusion to Samson's character arc.


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* WouldHurtAChild: He has no qualms about eating Ryan, a young lion cub.
-->'''Kazar:''' I don't think we need dessert... before the main course! ''[tries to bite Ryan]''

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A lion who

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A lion who acts as the leader of the zoo, and Ryan's father. He tells stories about his time in the wild, but, unbeknownst to everyone except Benny, he was actually born in the circus.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Benny. They're almost never seen apart.



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[[folder: Benny [[folder:Benny the Squirrel]]


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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Samson. They're willing to go to great lengths for each other.

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[[folder: Samson the Lion]]

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[[folder: Samson [[folder:Samson the Lion]]
Lion]]



A lion who



* WhatTheHellHero: He calls Ryan out on endangering everyone in the zoo with the stampede. But, however, he went too far, and Ryan gives him the [[YouAreNotMyFather I Wish You Are Not My Father]] speech.

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* WhatTheHellHero: He calls Ryan out on endangering everyone in the zoo with the stampede. But, however, he went too far, and Ryan gives him the [[YouAreNotMyFather I Wish You Are Not My Father]] YoureNotMyFather speech.




->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/JamesBelushi

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\n->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/JamesBelushiby:''' Creator/JamesBelushi






[[folder: Nigel the Koala]]

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[[folder: Nigel [[folder:Nigel the Koala]]
Koala]]



A koala

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A koalakoala who serves as the mascot of the zoo.



[[folder: Bridget the Giraffe]]

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[[folder: Bridget [[folder:Bridget the Giraffe]]
Giraffe]]



A giraffe, who is the LoveInterest of Benny.

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A giraffe, giraffe who is the LoveInterest of Benny.



[[folder: Larry the Anaconda]]

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[[folder: Larry [[folder:Larry the Anaconda]]
Anaconda]]



[[folder: Ryan]]

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[[folder: Ryan]]
[[folder:Ryan]]



* DistressedDude: He accidentally gets taken away to the wild after stowing away in a shipping container, forcing Samson and the others to save him.



[[folder: Kazar]]

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[[folder: Kazar]]
[[folder:Kazar]]






* DisneyVillainDeath: Towards the end of the movie, he gets crushed to death by the rocks as the volcano erupts.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: DeathByLookingUp: Towards the end of the movie, he gets crushed to death by the rocks as the volcano erupts.
%%* PlotIrrelevantVillain:* PlotIrrelevantVillain: He has nothing to do with the main conflict of Ryan being accidentally sent to the wild, and doesn't even enter the plot until about halfway through. He's mainly there to make the goal of getting Ryan back home harder.



[[folder: Blag]]

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[[folder: Blag]]
[[folder:Blag]]



[[folder: Wildebeests]]

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[[folder: Wildebeests]]
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[[folder: Scab and Scaw]]

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[[folder: Scab [[folder:Scab and Scaw]]



[[folder: Samson's Father]]

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[[folder: Samson's Father]]
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[[folder: Galena]]

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[[folder: Galena]]
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%%* AsideGlanceAsideGlance: He does this moments before his death.


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* ScaryTeeth: Unusually for a herbivorous animal character, his teeth are really misshapen and rotten looking.
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* KarmaHoudini: Emotionally abused his son and faces no consequences afterwards.
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* AllThereInTheScript: Their names are never said out loud in the film.

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* BadBoss: Is this towards Blag and the wildebeests.

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* AxCrazy: Kazaar is clearly not mentally stable ''at all''. Not only does he show an enjoyment for violence and killing, he actually ''wants'' to eat meat to become a predator.
* BadBoss: Is this towards Blag and the wildebeests.wildebeests; he regularly belittles them and at one point ''kicks'' Blag.
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* VileVultures: They are vultures who work for Kazar by acting as his eyes and ears.

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* VileVultures: VileVulture: They are vultures who work for Kazar by acting as his eyes and ears.
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* StatuesqueStunner: An extreme example; Benny finds Bridget so attractive because of how she towers over him.


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* TokenMinority: He is the only reptile in Samson’s friend group and the only non-mammal main character.


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* AnimalsNotToScale: The wildebeests, including Kazan and Blag, are much bigger and way more beefier than any real wildebeest, which makes them more comparable in size to buffalo.


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* TerribleTrio: Scab and Scaw form one with another unnamed vulture when they go out to search for Ryan.
* VileVultures: They are vultures who work for Kazar by acting as his eyes and ears.
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->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/ KieferSutherland

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->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/ KieferSutherland
by:''' Creator/KieferSutherland
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[[folder: Samson Lion]]

->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/KieferSutherland

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[[folder: Samson the Lion]]

->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/KieferSutherland
by:'''Creator/ KieferSutherland



[[folder: Benny Squirrel]]

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[[folder: Benny the Squirrel]]



[[folder: Nigel Koala]]

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[[folder: Nigel the Koala]]



[[folder: Bridget Giraffe]]

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[[folder: Bridget the Giraffe]]



[[folder: Larry]]

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[[folder: Larry]]
Larry the Anaconda]]

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The best-friend of Samson, who has a crush on Bridget the Giraffe.

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The best-friend best friend of Samson, who has a crush on Bridget the Giraffe.









* AsideGlance: Does this during “I’m Having a Really Nice Day!”, where he turns to the audience saying that the wilderbeests are not bad dancers.
* ButtMonkey: suffering a GroinAttack and then getting mobbed by flamingos.

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* AsideGlance: Does this during “I’m "I'm Having a Really Nice Day!”, Day!", where he turns to the audience saying that the wilderbeests are not bad dancers.
* ButtMonkey: suffering Suffering a GroinAttack and then getting mobbed by flamingos.



* TheDitz:

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* TheDitz:
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* AsideGlance:
* BadBoss: Is this towards Blag and The Wilderbeests.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Towards the end of the movie, he gets crushed to death by the rocks as the volcano erupts.



%%* AsideGlance
* BadBoss: Is this towards Blag and the wildebeests.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Towards the end of the movie, he gets crushed to death by the rocks as the volcano erupts.



* TheDragon: To Kazar. Until he, along with the wilderbeests, betray him.
* HeelFaceTurn: He, along with the Wilderbeests, help Samson and Ryan, while standing up to Kazar.

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* TheDragon: To Kazar. Until he, along with the wilderbeests, betray wildebeests, betrays him.
* HeelFaceTurn: He, along with the Wilderbeests, wildebeests, help Samson and Ryan, while standing up to Kazar.



[[folder: Wilderbeests]]

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[[folder: Wilderbeests]]
Wildebeests]]



[[folder: Samson’s Father]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/Kevin Michael Richardson

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[[folder: Samson’s Samson's Father]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/Kevin Michael RichardsonCreator/KevinMichaelRichardson



* AbusiveParents: He is this towards Samson. As when the latter gets taken away, he doesn’t show no concern for him.
* HateSink:

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* AbusiveParents: He is this towards Samson. As when the latter gets taken away, he doesn’t doesn't show no any concern for him.
* HateSink:
HateSink: There is a lot of reasons for the viewers to hate this lion. He forces his son to roar at a mechanical wildebeest, showing zero support when the poor cub is nervous, and when he is unable to, he gets put in a cage. He is also fine with Samson getting taken away to the zoo with zero remorse. All these make that lion even more despicable than Kazar.



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!!Main Characters
[[folder: Samson Lion]]

->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/KieferSutherland

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*BigGuyLittleGuy: He and Benny, serves as this.

*WasTooHardOnHim: He became worried when he drove his son away by scolding him for not being able to roar and endangering everyone in the zoo with a stampede.
*WhatTheHellHero: He calls Ryan out on endangering everyone in the zoo with the stampede. But, however, he went too far, and Ryan gives him the [[YouAreNotMyFather I Wish You Are Not My Father]] speech.

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[[folder: Benny Squirrel]]

->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/JamesBelushi
The best-friend of Samson, who has a crush on Bridget the Giraffe.

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*BigGuyLittleGuy: He and Samson, serves as this.
*SecretKeeper: Earlier in the film, He was the only one who knows Samson's deep dark secret.

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[[folder: Nigel Koala]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EddieIzzard
A koala
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*AsideGlance: Does this during “I’m Having a Really Nice Day!”, where he turns to the audience saying that the wilderbeests are not bad dancers.
*ButtMonkey: suffering a GroinAttack and then getting mobbed by flamingos.
*BreakingTheFourthWall: Does this at the end of the film, where he interacts with the audience.
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[[folder: Bridget Giraffe]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JaneaneGarofalo
A giraffe, who is the LoveInterest of Benny.
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*LoveInterest: Serves this to Benny.
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[[folder: Larry]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RichardKind

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*DumbassHasAPoint: He is normally silly and aloof, but his stroke of brilliance comes when he suggests that [[spoiler:they use their "secret plan" from curling to beat the wildebeests]].
*TheDitz:

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[[folder: Ryan]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GregCipes

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!!Antagonists

[[folder: Kazar]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WilliamShatner

*AsideGlance:
*BadBoss: Is this towards Blag and The Wilderbeests.
*DisneyVillainDeath: Towards the end of the movie, he gets crushed to death by the rocks as the volcano erupts.

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[[folder: Blag]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PatrickWarburton

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*TheDragon: To Kazar. Until he, along with the wilderbeests, betray him.
*HeelFaceTurn: He, along with the Wilderbeests, help Samson and Ryan, while standing up to Kazar.
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[[folder: Wilderbeests]]

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*HeelFaceTurn: They, along with Blag, help Samson and Ryan, while standing up to Kazar.

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[[folder: Scab and Scaw]]

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!!Zoo

!!Others
[[folder: Samson’s Father]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/Kevin Michael Richardson
The father of Samson, and the grandfather of Ryan.

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*AbusiveParents: He is this towards Samson. As when the latter gets taken away, he doesn’t show no concern for him.
*HateSink:

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[[folder: Galena]]

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*MissingMom: She was never even mentioned onscreen and it is thought she died. But she appeared in a deleted scene, where she's worried that her husband and son are in danger and relies on Benny to look out for them both.

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