History YMMV / TheLionGuard

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* BaseBreakingCharacter:
** Kion is the most debated original character by far. Him being a previously unheard-of younger brother to Kiara, and having more than a few similarities to Simba's previous semi-canon son Kopa, has irked fans who see him as an unneeded character. On the other side people think he's a charming and flawed but likable character who's undergone a lot CharacterDevelopment and deserves a chance; plus, they like the concept of Kiara having a younger sibling.
** Bunga is either an annoying Scrappy or actually a funny and likable character.
** Hafifu and Majinuni, the gorilla princes. Some people love them simply for their voice actors while others find them even more annoying than Bunga.

* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TheLionKingScar Scar]], Mufasa's envious younger [[CainAndAbel brother]], is just as vile as he was in [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original film]]. Once the leader of the original [[Characters/TheLionGuardLionGuard Lion Guard]], Scar decides to overthrow and kill Mufasa when the latter playfully nicknames his brother "Scar" when Scar tried to seek praise for killing a traitorous lion and cobra who scarred him--not revealing that he had been perfectly willing to work with them to overthrow Mufasa. When Scar's fellow Lion Guard members refuse to help him overthrow Mufasa, Scar uses the [[MightyRoar Roar of the Elders]] to [[BadBoss kill them]], but ends up losing the Roar in the process. In season 2, years after his initial death, Scar is [[BackFromTheDead brought back as a fiery spirit]] and tries to [[Characters/TheLionGuardArmyOfScar lead the animals of the Outlands]] on a brutal conquest of the Pride Lands, first by cutting off the river and entire water supply of the whole Pride Lands, and eventually simply trying to have them burn the savannah and all its inhabitants. In the [[Recap/TheLionGuardS3E1BattleForThePrideLands season 3 premier]], Scar attempts to burn the new Lion Guard, [[Characters/TheLionKingSimba Simba]], Nala, Kiara, and the hyena clan to death, the latter for one of them considering on defecting to the Pride Lands, before planning on tricking Kion into erupting the volcano with his roar, which will kill everyone in the Pride Lands. When confronted by the Lion Guard, Scar has Ushari scar Kion, with the snake's venom slowly turning Kion evil as Scar declares that Kion will now be just like him. Even after the death of his physical body, Scar remained a hateful creature driven by spite.

*** Fuli's "inaccurate" design is also [[RealityIsUnrealistic not as off-base]] as the critics seem to believe; "king" cheetahs are an an ''unusual'' color morph, but they're hardly vanishingly rare either. Fuli's splotchy coloring and vaguely square patterns are actually a [[TruthInTelevision fairly spot-on representation.]]

** As Kion and Rani bond throughout season 3, this would've made for the perfect opportunity for her open up about her past, including how her parents died and how she got her scar. Unfortunately, neither are explored.

* As Kion and Rani bond throughout season 3, this would've made for the perfect opportunity for her open up about her past, including how her parents died and how she got her scar. Unfortunately, neither are explored.

** In the penultimate episode, Rani asks Kion to become king, saying that as queen, she could use him as a king. She is asking Kion to marry her, even though the word marriage is not used, and both of them are only teenagers at best. This is the first time an overt marriage proposal occurs on a Disney Junior show.

** For some, the fact Simba is making or at least letting his younger son serve as a leader of Lion Guard in the first place brings accusations of Simba forcing his son to be a *ChildSoldier and has earned Simba the reputation as a borderline *AbusiveParent who cares little about his son's safety, despite how protective he is shown to be of his older daughter. This accusation is not helped by the fact he effectively made Kion start leading the guard right after he showed the mark, the guard being composed mostly of children, as well as the Lion Guard's job being constantly shown to be both a massive responsibility and involves the guard being involved in all sorts of dangerous situations. To say nothing of the fact how Kiara, Simba's eldest child, is being given lessons and training before she is allowed to take the throne while her younger brother, almost paradoxically, is having to fulfill a complex and dangerous role when he is only a cub with no preparation beforehand.

* RonTheDeathEater: While she is a genuinely heroic lioness in spite of her initial bad attitude, Rani tends to get this treatment from those who view her as an unwelcoming jerk who is willing to ban Lion Guard from the Tree of Life over a misunderstanding and having only wanted to [[GoldDigger marry Kion for his Roar]].

* RonTheDeathEater: While she is a genuinely heroic lioness in spite of her initial bad attitude towards the Lion Guard, Rani tends to get this treatment from the some who portray her as having only wanted to [[GoldDigger marry Kion for his Roar]] and manipulated him into staying at the Tree of Life.

** So far, Scar has been cool and collected since his revival, and hasn't brought up the fact that [[spoiler: he was mauled to death and eaten by hyenas to Janja's clan.]]

** Kovu is confirmed to have been alive during Scar's reign. Ignoring the fact he was not scene at all during the first movie, along with the rest of the Outsiders, would imply he is a lot older than he appears to be and this should be much more grown. Despite this, he is still the same size as Kiara, who was shown to have been born a long time after Scar was killed.

** Scar killed his own Lion Guard in the past, losing his powers, and somehow not getting exiled and remaining in the Pridelands. The opening narration by Rafiki explains the story, confirming Rafiki knew about it, at least in the present. How Scar got away with apparently murdering his guard, being stripped of his powers (likely by the Great Kings of The Past who gave them to him), and somehow not being found out by Mufasa and the pride or exiled for what he did is not explained. Rafiki seems to know about it in the present but it's not clear when or how he discovered this, or why he did not tell Mufasa of it if he did know. Even more egregious is the fact the Great Kings of the Past are shown to be able to communicate with living lions like Kion, and yet none of them seemed to have bothered to warn Mufasa.

* NeverLiveItDown: Simba is hit with this trope again, similar to the reaction to how he was [[ParentsAsPeople characterized]] in "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride Simba's Pride]]". For the first couple of episodes of Season 1, Simba is shown to be doubtful about whether or not Kion can actually handle the responsibility of being leader of the lion guard, compared to Kiara, who he has complete trust in. And in the pilot movie, Simba initially reprimands Kion for not recruiting an elite team of lions like he was supposed to instead of picking his friends - taking it as a sign that Kion is not taking his duty seriously. Simba and Kion grow beyond this conflict and actually become quite close as a father and son throughout the series, to the point where Simba ironically gives Kion more freedom and support on average than his sister by Season 2. This still didn't stop Simba from being portrayed as a [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]], [[AbusiveParents abusive]] [[FantasticRacism racist]] of a king and father in many Lion Guard fanfics, who would show extreme ParentalFavoritism towards Kiara and easily disown Kion if he did anything taboo like befriending a hyena, driving his son towards the dark side.
* NightmareRetardant: Deliberately invoked. One of the episodes has the animals thinking Beshte is a monster and their descriptions of his antics and their unwitting consequences is meant to be played as nightmare inducing to them, but the audience is just supposed to laugh at it because they know Beshte did not do anything wrong.

** Kion is the most debated original character by far. Him being a previously unheard of younger brother to Kiara, and having more than a few similarities to Simba's previous semi-canon son Kopa, has irked fans who see him as an unneeded character. On the other side people think he's a charming and flawed but likable character who's undergone a lot CharacterDevelopment and deserves a chance; plus, they like the concept of Kiara having a younger sibling.

* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TheLionKingScar Scar]], Mufasa's envious younger [[CainAndAbel brother]], is just as vile as he was in [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original film]]. Once the leader of the original [[Characters/TheLionGuardLionGuard Lion Guard]], Scar decides to overthrow and kill Mufasa when the latter playfully nicknames his brother "Scar" when Scar tried to seek praise for killing a traitorous lion and cobra who scarred him--not revealing that he had been perfectly willing to work with them to overthrow Mufasa. When Scar's fellow Lion Guard members refuse to help him overthrow Mufasa, Scar uses the [[MightyRoar Roar of the Elders]] to [[BadBoss kill them]], but ends up losing the Roar in the process. In season 2, years after his initial death, Scar is [[BackFromTheDead brought back as a fiery spirit]] and tries to [[Characters/TheLionGuardArmyOfScar lead the animals of the Outlands]] on a brutal conquest of the Pride Lands, first by cutting off the river and entire water supply of the whole Pride Lands, and eventually simply trying to have them burn the savannah and all its inhabitants. In the [[Recap/TheLionGuardS3E1BattleForThePrideLands season 3 premier]], Scar attempts to burn the new Lion Guard, Simba, Nala, Kiara, and the hyena clan to death, the latter for one of them considering on defecting to the Pride Lands, before planning on tricking Kion into erupting the volcano with his roar, which will kill everyone in the Pride Lands. When confronted by the Lion Guard, Scar has Ushari scar Kion, with the snake's venom slowly turning Kion evil as Scar declares that Kion will now be just like him. Even after the death of his physical body, Scar remained a hateful creature driven by spite.

** Creator/NikaFutterman's performance as Zira as been criticized for not having gotten Zira's signature voice actress, Suzanne Pleschette, to reprise her role on the show... ignoring the fact that Pleschette passed away in 2008.

** In the episode, Paintings and Predictions Nala's father is revealed to have been saved from the Lion Guard after falling from a tree. In addition, it is implied that Kion bears some resemblance to his maternal grandfather. At first, it would seem like maybe Nala's father would be shown in more detail given the attention his character got in the episode, possibly giving Nala herself more focus; however, he's never mentioned again nor is he even given a name or official appearance.

** It was inevitable but this is pretty common. Fuli and Kion, Zuri and Tiifu, Tiifu and Kion, Zuri and Kion, Jasiri and Kion, etc. Some [[AgeLift age them up]] but some fans like the PuppyLove or rather Cubby Love aspect.

** When Fuli beats Kion in their training, Kion compliments Fuli stating that she is good, and she replies in an actually non-snarky "I know"; however [[MomentKiller the camera cutting away to Beshete and Mtoto ruins us seeing the rest of the conversation]].
** No sooner had Kovu been confirmed to return in the show, fans began shipping him with Kiara ''hard''. Though it's justified given the ForegoneConclusion of the series, the two never interact as cubs outside of their initial encounter.

** Simba and Nala come across as this for putting the task of leading the lion guard onto their son while he is only a cub. Yes, it is a preschool show and the premise is to appeal to younger kids, so the lion guard itself is made up of children. But taking into account that Simba and Nala are putting the massive burden and responsibility of protecting the Pridelands and leading the guard on Kion while he was only a cub, without proper training or preparing him for such a role, does not reflect well on them as parents. Effectively speaking, Kion was stripped of his childhood for the most part, having to focus on his new responsibilities as guard leader. Said role involves him being placed in a ton of life-threatening situations daily(including the various predators he must fight against) and has a mountain of responsibility and pressure put on his back, while he is only a cub. While he has the Roar to aid him in times of need, the fact Simba and Nala are willing to put their young son's life at risk like this routinely is rather jarring, especially given how protective of their daughter the films depicted them to be. Further adding salt to the wound is the fact that, while they are supportive of Kion, they are rarely around to actually help him and are routinely gone whenever danger shows up, and at times effectively outsource some of their own responsibilities to their children. Though much of this is offset by virtue of the fact is it is a preschool-aimed show, the premise of the guard being children would not reflect well on the adult characters if this were looked in a more mature show.

** [[SubvertedTrope Oh, no one doubts it's aimed at children]]. However fans are stumped as to why it's supposedly a preschooler-aimed show. It doesn't really compare to most others and features some material that could be considered mature for the early childhood target demographic. For example, you know what is apparently just fine for preschoolers? A backstory for the show's central concept in which Scar commits ''mass murder'' on members of his own species.

** Majinuni and Hafifu also have their fair share of haters, with many people finding their goofy and careless attitude annoying rather than funny. The fact that they are voiced by [[WebVideo/DanAndPhilGames a pair of internet celebrities]] rather than professional actors also does not help.

* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TheLionKingScar Scar]], Mufasa's envious younger [[CainAndAbel brother]], is just as vile as he was in [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original film]]. Once the leader of the original [[Characters/TheLionGuardLionGuard Lion Guard]], Scar decides to overthrow and kill Mufasa when the latter playfully nicknames his brother "Scar" when Scar tried to seek praise for killing a traitorous lion and cobra who scarred him--not revealing that he had been perfectly willing to work with them to overthrow Mufasa. When Scar's fellow Lion Guard members refused to help him overthrow Mufasa, Scar uses the [[MightyRoar Roar of the Elders]] to [[BadBoss kill them]], but ends up losing the Roar in the process. In season 2, years after his initial death, Scar is [[BackFromTheDead brought back as a fiery spirit]] and tries to [[Characters/TheLionGuardArmyOfScar lead the animals of the Outlands]] on a brutal conquest of the Pride Lands, first by cutting off the river and entire water supply of the whole Pride Lands, and eventually simply trying to have them burn the savannah and all its inhabitants. In the [[Recap/TheLionGuardS3E1BattleForThePrideLands season 3 premier]], Scar attempts to burn the new Lion Guard, Simba, Nala, Kiara, and the hyena clan to death, the latter for one of them considering on defecting to the Pride Lands, before planning on tricking Kion into erupting the volcano with his roar, which will kill everyone in the Pride Lands. When confronted by the Lion Guard, Scar has Ushari scar Kion, with the snake's venom slowly turning Kion evil as Scar declares that Kion will now be just like him. Even after the death of his physical body, Scar remained a hateful creature driven by spite.

* FanPreferredCouple: Kion and Fuli. Despite the former ending up with Rani and the latter getting an ImpliedLoveInterest in Azaad, a lot of fans prefer Kion x Fuli due to them having a bond that evolves over the course of three seasons while their actual love intersts were introduced in Season 3 and thus have less interaction time. Some fans also view [[spoiler: Kion and Rani's marriage as political rather than romantic due to the circumstances and Fuli's attraction to Azaad as complusive due to them being the same species]], and that Kion and Fuli truly love each other but can't be together due to being different species and their respective positions.

* WTHCastingAgency:
** Not casting Cam Clarke as the voice of Simba (who usually voices him outside of the movies) came out of left field for many longtime fans especially since he already did voice work for the series.
** Many complain about Jason Marsden reprising his role as Kovu in "Lions of the Outlands" because he voiced adult Kovu in the sequel. While he has voiced child characters in other animated films and shows, many hoped he would try to emulate young Kovu's voice a bit more.
** Fans were not happy to see that Max Charles was replaced by Aaron Daniel Jacob for singing Kion's final two songs, primarily because Max Charles had shown himself to be an incredibly capable singer in Kion's other songs throughout the show, and especially for the fact it was just two songs near the end of the show.

* CompleteMonster: [[Characters/TheLionKingScar Scar]], Mufasa's envious younger [[CainAndAbel brother]], is just as vile as he was in [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the original film]]. Once the leader of the original [[Characters/TheLionGuardLionGuard Lion Guard]], Scar decides to overthrow and kill Mufasa when the latter playfully nicknames his brother "Scar" when Scar tried to seek praise for killing a traitorous lion and cobra who scarred him--not revealing that he had been perfectly willing to work with them to overthrow Mufasa. When Scar's fellow Lion Guard members refused to help him overthrow Mufasa, Scar uses the [[MakeMeWannaShout Roar of the Elders]] to [[BadBoss kill them]], but ends up losing the Roar in the process. In season 2, years after his initial death, Scar is [[BackFromTheDead brought back as a fiery spirit]] and tries to [[Characters/TheLionGuardArmyOfScar lead the animals of the Outlands]] on a brutal conquest of the Pride Lands, first by cutting off the river and entire water supply of the whole Pride Lands, and eventually simply trying to have them burn the savannah and all its inhabitants. In the [[Recap/TheLionGuardS3E1BattleForThePrideLands season 3 premier]], Scar attempts to burn the new Lion Guard, Simba, Nala, Kiara, and the hyena clan to death, the latter for one of them considering on defecting to the Pride Lands, before planning on tricking Kion into erupting the volcano with his roar, which will kill everyone in the Pride Lands. When confronted by the Lion Guard, Scar has Ushari scar Kion, with the snake's venom slowly turning Kion evil as Scar declares that Kion will now be just like him. Even after the death of his physical body, Scar remained a hateful creature driven by spite.

** This isn't the first time in history that a franchise has consisted of three animated movies and an animated series set between them which includes a whole cast of characters that never appear in said films despite officially all being part of the same continuity. Creator/DreamWorks previously did the same with its ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' franchise.

** Khary Payton was cast as the wise, staff-wielding Rafiki here. A year after the series premiere, he began starring in ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' as the wise, staff-wielding King Ezekiel.
** Christopher Jackson being cast as Shujaa when you consider that the original description for his most famous role, George Washington in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', was described as “John Legend meets Mufasa”.
*** He's also played Simba in ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' on Broadway, and he came back in Season 3 to voice Makini's father Kitendo, opposite Heather Headley (who originated the role of Nala) as her mother Fikiri.

** In Season 3, Kion meets his love interest, Queen Rani, voiced by Peyton Elizabeth Lee. Lee would go on to play an identical character to Kion, a second born member of the throne with a superpower to protect their kingdom, in ''Film/SecretSocietyOfSecondBornRoyals''.