History Fridge / TheLionKing1994

* This one is minor, and may not even be intentional on the writers' part, but: recall how, in the scene in the dens of Pride Rock, when cub Simba comes in to wake Mufasa for their morning talk, the amusing exchange the king and queen have. "Your son is awake." "Before sunrise, he's ''your'' son." Now flash-forward to the movie's climax: Simba does in fact reunite with Sarabi before taking the throne as king, which means he does get to be her son before acting as Mufasa's.

* The stampede starts right after Simba's roar that manages to scare the lizard. Considering what happens as a result of the stampede, what if Simba thought he had inadvertently caused it? The poor kid already thinks his father died trying to save him, making it his fault. But if the stampede itself was his fault too? Then it's just like the elephant graveyard where his own action caused his father to have to rescue him, only this time it didn't work out as well.

** Returning to face the past is what allowed to truth to come out. Simba internalized guilt that wasn’t his to own, but he would never have known that had he not confronted his uncle. The Aesop is only broken if one presumes reconciling the past means only the person initiating the reconciliation is taking all of the responsibility. Sometimes it can mean challenging others to acknowledge their role in things.

* At the beginning, when Zazu catches Scar playing with a mouse, he asks him "Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?" something you'd expect an adult to tell to a ''child'' not a fellow adult. Given Scar goes from a ManipulativeBastard to a PsychopathicManchild once he obtains power this might actually be an indication he was ''always'' immature and Zazu ''knew'' this so he was making fun of him by comparing him to a child.

* That chameleon young Simba kept growling at couldn't run very fast. Almost immediately after, the a stampede starts. As if there weren't enough horrible (and Fridge-Horrible) things about the the scene…
*** Unlike the lions, the chameleon is tiny. It could easily have hidden somewhere out of the way or perhaps even climbed the walls of the canyon.

* That chameleon young Simba kept growling at couldn't run very fast. Seconds later, there's a stampede...
** And here we all thought there weren't enough horrible (and Fridge-Horrible) things about the stampede ...
*** Unlike the lions, the chameleon is tiny. It could easily have hidden somewhere out of the way.

** Sentient or not, at least you don't have to watch the good guys eat any animals on screen... Unless you see the Broadway musical, where there's [[https://youtu.be/D5oNoa0uXRo a whole song and dance number]] showing Sarabi and the other lionesses hunting down and killing an antelope.

*** True...but since the wildebeest's only screen time was them being chased by hyenas and stampeding, their only sensible line would have been..."OhCrap."

* Why is Zazu trapped in a ribcage Cage in the king's den? It's implied that Scar blamed him for having failed his duty to assist Mufasa in his moment of greatest need and, as a twisted form of punishment, made sure Zazu would have kept a costant eye on the new king at the cost of his freedom.

** Both Simba and Scar have songs that feature them standing high above everyone else. Simba is not as envious as Scar, but at that time he's as immature and naive about kingship.
*** Hell, when you play "I Just Can't Wait to be King" and "Be Prepared" side by side, you can see how they're both basically the same IWantSong, but being interpreted by two very contrasting mindsets. While Simba's "I Just Can't wait to be King" focuses on how a child would interpret what it means to be king, focusing on the [[SugarBowl naïve]], [[{{Utopia}} utopian,]] and [[ShiningCity idealistic]] perception of [[TheGoodKingdom monarchy]]; Scar's "Be Prepared" focuses on how a potential dictator would interpret what it means to be king, focusing on the [[CrapsackWorld brutal]], [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian]], and often [[EvilOverlord more]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen realistic]] perception of [[EvilEmpire monarchy.]]