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->''"Welcome one and welcome all! I'm your eccentric fan fiction author, [=ThatPersonYouMightKnow=]! This is the official home of ''The Lion King Adventures''. What's that, you may ask? Well, do you enjoy action-adventure stories in that Disney style we all know and love? If so, then this is the place for you! So start from the first story and work your way up. It's like watching a TV show. Get started, couch potatoes."''
-->-- Creator/ThatPersonYouMightKnow, author

''The Lion King Adventures'' is a series of stories by Creator/ThatPersonYouMightKnow, set in an [[AlternateUniverseFic alternate universe]], chronicling [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Simba and Nala's]] childhood. The two cubs encounter friendship, romance, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick evil wizards, crazy psychopaths and just plain creepy creatures who are trying to constantly kill them.]]

The two were soon joined by a flirtatious cub named Haiba, who is the Prince of the Grand Lands. He's absolutely [[CasanovaWannabe desperate for someone to date.]] In fact, so much [[ExtremeOmnisexual that he has dated a stick and a river.]] Independently, of course.

The series had five seasons--[[InsistentTerminology or series, as the author prefers]]--and ran from September 2011 to April 2013.

After the series ended, a dark, drug-oriented parody called ''Fanfic/TheHaibaMystery'' was created by [=ThatPersonYouMightKnow=] and resulted in a follow-up series called ''Poison''. He has also written many others works on the forum, including the sitcom ''Cheese'' and the SlashFic ''Coming Out'', most of which can be found on the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/forum/The-Lion-King-Adventures-Forum/129016/ fan forum]].

Has a [[Characters/TheLionKingAdventures character sheet.]]


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!! '' The Lion King Adventures'' provides examples of:
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: [[spoiler: No one likes Scar or Hago when they take over the Pride Lands in ''Friends to the End''.]]
** [[spoiler: In the same story, [[EvenEvilHasStandards Hago even thinks Scar's actions are too much.]] This is why he kills him later.]]
* SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon: Not exactly 'cartoon', though the series was created to feel like a cartoon, and did take up exactly 65 stories.
* AGodAmI: Hago believes himself to be the ultimate life form, with the powers of a god.
* AFriendInNeed: Simba risks his life many times in order to protect Nala and Haiba, his best friends.
* AbusiveParents: Tama's parents. [[spoiler: Her own father beat her to a pulp. Three of her brothers were drowned for not being evil and two of them ate each other.]]
** [[spoiler: The hypnotized Sarafina]] in ''Goodbye, Nala''.
** [[spoiler: The possessed Mufasa and Sarabi in Series Four.]]
** Shocker's parents are implied to have been this way as well.
%% * ActionGirl: Nala, as always.
* ActionMom: Sarafina knows how to kick butt, being one of the strongest lionesses in the pride.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Timon and Pumbaa in ''Hakuna Matata'']]
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: ''Sick Simba''.
** ''All Alone''.
** ''Tama's Trouble''.
** [[spoiler: ''Tojo's Tyranny''.]]
* AffablyEvil: King Hapana and [[spoiler: Amri, though only in her first story.]]
* AffectionateParody:
** ''{{Literature/Holes}}'' is lovingly parodied in ''Dig It''.
** The author's favorite game show, ''Series/{{Interceptor}}'', is also affectionately parodied in ''The Interceptor''.
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler: King Hapana begs for his life in ''Desperate Measures'' as the lionesses in his own pride close in on him. They don't listen, and he is supposedly torn open by them.]]
%% * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Shocker.]]
* AliensAreBastards: The [[spoiler: Inque and the Vimelea]]
* AlienInvasion: [[spoiler: The Vimelea in ''The Master Plan''.]]
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:''The Love Triangle'' and ''Dream Away'']]
* AlternateUniverseFic: The series is one of these. This was confirmed very early on in a scene where Hago tells Scar [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 to convince Simba to stand in a gorge while he gets wildebeest to attack, and then push Mufasa down so they'll both die...]] only for Scar to fall over laughing and say that it's the stupidest thing he's ever heard.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: For Simba, saving Nala usually comes before saving anyone else. This is evident in ''King's Ransom'', where he vows to always take care of her.
-->'''Nala:''' You must have really cared about me to hang on for that long.
-->'''Simba:''' I... I guess I do. You are my best friend, after all. I'll always take care of you.
* AndIMustScream: See [[FateWorseThanDeath Fate Worse Than Death]] below.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Hila plans to marry Nala after beating Simba in ''The Royal Challenge''.
* {{Angst}}: There's a lot of this - particularly with Simba - in Series Five.
* AnkleDrag: [[spoiler: Hago attempts to drag Simba into the flames along with him in ''Friends to the End''.]]
%% * AnthropomorphicPersonification: Death.
* AntiHero: Tama could count.
* AntiVillain: Tama and [[spoiler: The Interceptor, both of whom end up changing their ways.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Played with numerous times. Tama and Tojo die in very gruesome ways in Series 5, but unlike the other deaths, theirs remain permanent.]]
* AnythingButThat: Zazu would rather do anything than [[spoiler:be tickled.]]
** Simba says this when a brainwashed Haiba threatens him with the Kiss of Death in ''The Blood Line''.
** Tojo is fine with giving Tama a massage, provided that he doesn't have to go anywhere near her paws.
-->'''Tojo:''' Okay, I'll do it. As long as you don't make me start with--
-->'''Tama:''' Start with the paws.
-->''(Tojo shudders.)''
* ArcNumber: Every story has seven chapters.
%% * ArchEnemy: Hago.
* ArcWords: In Series 3, "Kufa Inawadia" [[spoiler:which translates to "death is coming".]]
** "Kill or be killed" in Series 5.
* ArrangedMarriage: Simba and Nala are betrothed in the series, just like in the film. However, despite both loving each other, they disagree with being forced into marriage.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Kifo Stone, introduced in ''Changes''. It has the power to destroy anything and everything. However, only those with a heart full of evil can use it. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: the Interceptor]] qualifies for that.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Simba's dislike of fruit is portrayed as childish, in the same way a kid hates broccoli. Lions are carnivorous, so they have no business eating the stuff in the first place.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The Uchoyo Diamond has this effect.
* AuthorAvatar: [[spoiler:[=ThatPersonYouMightKnow=] has said that the Writer embodies his dark side]].
* AvengingTheVillain: Mtumwa for Scar. [[spoiler: Despite embodying this trope in the films, Zira has no connection to Scar in the series, being as she is a vampire.]]
* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler: Hago is Nala's father, Mufasa and Sarabi had been dead for months after the Vimelea possessed them, and all the characters were just that, in a story created by The Writer.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Scar after going completely insane in ''Friends to the End''.]]
** [[spoiler: The Writer at the end of ''The End''.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Hago.]] Multiple times.
** [[spoiler:Scar]] in ''Rebirth.''
* BalloonBelly: Any time one of the cubs eats too much, you can be sure they'll develop one of these.
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: [[spoiler: Simba and Hago in ''Friends to the End''.]]
* BearHug: A running gag with Simba and Nala.
* BeautyIsBad: Maji.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite everything she goes through, Nala remains exceptionally beautiful throughout the series.
* BeneathTheEarth: ''The Lost World'', of course.
* BerserkButton: Hago's taunting of Simba in ''The Return of Hago'' prompts Simba to attack him.
** [[spoiler: Similarly, The Writer jokes about Sarafina's death, causing Haiba to lash out.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Simba, Nala, Haiba, and [[spoiler: Tojo.]]
* BigBad:
** Hago was this in Series One.
** Tama in Series Two.
** [[spoiler: Death]] in Series Three.
** [[spoiler: The Vimelea]] and Shocker shared this role in Series Four.
** [[spoiler: The Writer in Series Five, and technically the whole series.]]
* BigScrewedUpFamily: [[spoiler: Simba becomes a murderer in Series Five, his parents are possessed by aliens and his uncle is a psychopath. Not to mention his girlfriend's eyes glow red whenever she's feeling particularly evil.]]
** Tama's family is just as bad. [[spoiler: Her parents are abusive, three of her brothers were drowned and two of them ate each other.]]
%% * BigDamnHeroes: Simba, Nala and Haiba.
* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Simba and Nala finally entering a relationship in ''Friends to the End''.]]
* BigEater: Simba in ''Desperate Measures''. [[spoiler: He grows three times his normal size by eating too much.]]
** [[spoiler: Haiba in ''Changes'', thus creating his alter ego: Don Haiba.]]
* BilingualBonus: A lot of names and such are Swahili. Although, interestingly enough, both Hago and Muerto (Nala's [[spoiler:fake]] dad) are both Spanish words.
* BlackComedy: Much of the series falls under this, at least before Series 5.
* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler: It's pretty obvious that Tojo is going to die when blood starts dribbling from his mouth after Tama stabs him.]]
* BloodierAndGorier: The series became much more violent after Series Three.
* BloodyHilarious: Tara's guts exploding all over Simba, Nala and Haiba in ''My Immortal''.
-->'''Tara:''' Shut... up... you... ''prep!''
-->''(Tara's guts explode over Simba, Nala and Haiba.)''
-->'''Nala:''' Oh... ''gosh''!
-->''(Haiba wipes a fragment of intestine from his muzzle.)''
-->'''Haiba:''' Oh, man! That is the second most disgusting thing I've ever had in my mouth!
-->''(Simba fiddles around with his mouth.)''
-->'''Simba:''' I think I've just swallowed something...
-->'''Haiba:''' You sure it wasn't her kidney?
-->'''Simba:''' Yeah, I think it was her kidney.
* BodyHorror: Nala [[spoiler: being tortured by Hago. We never see what happens, except that it involves her eye and a sharp stick...]]
** Tara [[spoiler: exploding in ''My Immortal''.]]
** Simba, Nala and Haiba finding the mutilated body of Damu in ''Survival''.
** The cubs discovering [[spoiler: Tojo's rotting corpse.]]
%% * BodySnatcher: The Inque.
* BootCampEpisode: ''Dig It'' has Simba being banished to a desolate camp where he is forced to dig holes all day. ''Return to Camp Kazi'' portrayed it as more like a summer camp.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Many characters are brainwashed throughout the series. Simba is particularly prone to this, though. It happens so much that it actually becomes a RunningGag. Even when he finds the Uchoyo Diamond in ''Hypnotic Glint'' and hypnotises the pride, it still turns out the object is controlling him.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happens a couple of times in the series.
** In ''Goodbye, Nala'', [[spoiler: Tama hypnotizes Sarafina and orders her to bring Nala to her.]]
** Nala is [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker kidnapped by Hago and tortured into becoming a killer.]] It ends badly for the villain.]]
** Simba in ''Hypnotic Glint''. He thinks he's controlling the Uchoyo Diamond, but it's controlling him.
** Haiba is brainwashed by the Family of Blood in ''The Blood Line''. It's played for laughs here, though.
-->'''Haiba:''' Quiet, infidel, or I might just have to administer the Kiss of Death!
-->'''Simba:''' Please, no! [[AnythingButThat Anything but that!]]
* BrattyHalfPint: Tara.
* BreakTheCutie: A good few examples.
** Simba is quite devastated after [[spoiler: his parents and kingdom are destroyed by the Vimelea.]]
** Nala temporarily [[spoiler: goes insane after Hago tortures her.]]
** Haiba [[spoiler: after Binamu's death, and later after killing Tama.]]
** Tojo [[spoiler: after being corrupted by Hago's staff.]]
* BreatherEpisode: ''Return to Camp Kazi'' is deliberately more relaxed than the other stories in Series Five. [=ThatPersonYouMightKnow=] deliberately did this in order to give the readers a break from the constant [[spoiler: deaths and tragedies]] that had dominated the preceding stories. It also prepared everyone for the trio of [[WhamEpisode Wham Episodes]] that make up the finale.
* BrutalHonesty: Tojo telling Tama that she's a monster in ''Goodbye, Nala''.
** Haiba lambasting Simba for being evil in ''The Final Task''.
* TheBully: [[spoiler: Anti-Haiba]] in ''The Love Triangle''.
* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler: Shocker.]]
* ButtMonkey: Zazu, and also Haiba in the earlier stories.
%% * CainAndAbel: Hago and Bora as well.
* CallBack: In ''Dig It'' the counselor is said to be looking for [[spoiler: an Uchoyo diamond...]] Something that was introduced in ''Hypnotic Glint''
* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Captain Hook]], [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Kaa,]] and others in ''Darkness Falls''.
%% * CannibalClan: The Scavengers.
* CaptainObvious: Nala in ''The Curse of Death'':
-->'''Nala''': I hate sandstorms. They're really... sandy.
-->'''Haiba''': Well, duh! What did you expect? They're not gonna be banana-y, are they?
* CardCarryingVillain: All the villains are aware and proud of the pain and destruction they cause. They'll often go on hammy tirades about how awesome it is to be evil.
* CasanovaWannabe: Haiba. He flirts with everything on the planet, but rarely is that affection ever returned.
-->'''Haiba:''' Hey, I've tried all my best tricks, but nothing ever seems to work. All I've ended up with is twenty-seven consecutive slaps to the face. I think one of my cheeks is permanently red. I really need to tie their paws together on my next date. It'll save me the pain.
* CerebusSyndrome: The series gradually evolved from a cute, comedic adventure series into a dark, gritty drama.
* CharacterDevelopment: The series chronicles the cubs as they find love and develop into maturity.
* ChekhovsGun: Hago's staff. [[spoiler: It takes five series for Simba to use the staff in order to destroy the force field around the Pride Lands in ''The Final Task''. The staff is then destroyed for ever.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Simba and Nala, just as in the film, but they get together much, much earlier.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Far from it in this series. Aibu, Shocker and Hila are all psychotic cubs who want Simba, Nala and Haiba dead. [[spoiler: Even the main trio themselves have their dark moments in Series Five. Especially Simba.]]
* CirclingVultures: Simba is almost killed by buzzards in ''Growing Pains''.
%%* {{Cliffhanger}}: Almost every story features this.
%% * CloudCuckooLander: Haiba and Pori.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Hago is quite fond of this, as is the Royal Reaper.
* ConcussionsGetYouHigh: Any slapstick moment is sure to result in one of the cubs getting a goofy smile and a dazed expression on their face.
%% * ContinuityNod: Many.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: As opposed to execution or imprisonment, tickling is used as a punishment in the Pride Lands. [[spoiler: Zazu]] falls foul of this in ''The Royal Challenge''.
* CorruptTheCutie: Duni, was just a poor cub, down on his luck. He got struck by lightning and turned into ''Shocker.''
%% * CowardlyLion: Tojo is a literal example.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied in ''Dead as a Dodo''. After Simba and Nala think that they've killed [[spoiler: Zazu]] in a prank that goes wrong, Simba resorts to giving him CPR, by ''punching him in the chest''.
-->'''Simba:''' Live, darn it, live!
-->''(Nala pulls him away.)''
-->'''Nala:''' Simba, Simba! That's not helping!
-->'''Simba:''' No, but it's making me feel better.
* CrapsackWorld: The world is this for Simba, Nala and Haiba in Series Five.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Moto.
* CreatorThumbprint: Creator/ThatPersonYouMightKnow ''floods'' his stories with {{Shout Out}}s, ranging from easy spots such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' to bizarre 80s game shows like ''Series/{{Interceptor}}''.
* CrossingTheDesert: Nala and Haiba have to do this in ''Drought''.
** Simba, Nala and Haiba have to cross a desert in ''The Curse of Death''. [[spoiler: In the middle of a sandstorm, no less.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Zazu getting all the bones in his body crushed, The Family of Blood melting away, Sarafina and Ugaidi having their souls burnt.]]
* CryIntoChest: [[spoiler: Nala cries into Simba's chest when he is presumed to be dead in ''Friends to the End''.]]
* CuriosityKilledTheCast: [[spoiler: In ''The Interceptor's Challenge'', two overly curious cubs called Tuhuma and Mjanja end up being murdered by Shocker when they decide to investigate the resting place of his body.]]
* {{Curse}}: In the aptly named ''The Curse of Death'', [[spoiler: the Hermit of Hekima places a curse on Simba, where he will die if he doesn't change his neglectful ways in three days.]]
* CurseCutShort: In ''Tama's Troube'', Haiba complains about walking through the jungle to find Tama and Tojo. Nala retorts, "I didn't see you complaining when you moved out to Jowai Resort. That's on the edge of the jungle, isn't it? And I didn't see you complaining when you had your paws all over that lioness's—"
* DamselInDistress: Nala is occasionally this. Particularly in ''King's Ransom'' when Scar and Hago kidnap her.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The series started off with an enemy and the cubs getting into a few misadventures, [[spoiler: by the time ''The End'' came out Simba had become murderous, and already killed many, Tojo was stabbed through the chest with Hago's staff, Haiba had murdered Tama by bashing her head in with a rock, and the new member of the group, Ugaidi had been turned crazy when given foresight. As well as the death of Zazu.]]
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: Hago is Nala's father.]]
** [[spoiler: Haiba murdering Tama.]]
* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: [[spoiler: Simba in Series Five. His goal to restore the Pride Lands seems to fade away when he starts killing villains to appear stronger.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: Haiba in ''Haiba's Wish''. Simba and Nala don't even appear.
* DeadlyGame: ''The Interceptor'' revolves around this trope. Doubles as a parody of [[Series/{{Interceptor}} the original game how.]]
* DeadpanSnarker:
** The Interceptor has his moments.
-->'''The Interceptor:''' Oh, I'm so scared of your girly little nails!
** Nala.
-->'''Nala:''' Let's see you come up with something smart, Mister I-Know-Everything-About-Nothing!
** Scar.
-->'''Scar (at the idea of teaming up with Hago again):''' Where did that get us last time? Oh, yeah… it got me exiled to this filthy, infested jungle!
** Zazu.
-->'''Zazu:''' This is getting tiresome. I'd love to stay and chat, discussing how the names of all my family members are ridiculous and all, but I'm afraid your parents have requested that you are present when they leave.
** Simba has a few moments in ''Dead as a Dodo'':
-->'''Simba:''' That would explain why you're no fun.
-->'''Zazu:''' I heard that.
-->'''Simba:''' Yeah, well you were supposed to.
*** And later:
-->'''Nala:''' Now, if we killed somebody - [[spoiler: and we have]] - what would we do?
-->'''Simba (half-heartedly):''' Run around screaming and crying?
** Haiba. Very much so. Here's an example from ''Tama's Trouble'':
-->'''Nala:''' I put my claws around his throat and said something really cheesy. I think I owe him an apology.
-->'''Haiba (to Simba):''' I bet that's all this is about. She just wants to say sorry to the poor kid.
-->'''Nala:''' What? Don't be silly. I just… want to pay them a… visit.
-->'''Haiba:''' Sure. We believe ya.
-->'''Nala:''' Oh, come on. Could one cub lie to another?
-->'''Haiba:''' Only if her mouth was moving.
* DealWithTheDevil: Moto with Hago in ''Miss the Girl''.
* DeathIsCheap: For Shocker [[spoiler:unless it's in boiling lava...]]
* DeathSeeker: Shocker.
* DemonicPossession: Partway through Series Three, [[spoiler: Death]] possesses [[spoiler: Haiba]] as a means of being able to enter the world.
* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler: After Series Two, Tama and Tojo only made fleeting appearances in future stories.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: For a brief time, [[spoiler: Haiba after murdering Tama.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''The End'', after the Writer kills everyone but Simba.]]
* DetectivesFollowFootprints: In his debut story, Shocker leaves paw prints that Simba and Haiba follow to find him easily.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Binamu dies in Haiba's embrace.]]
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: Uzuri, after being raped and murdered by Scar]]
** [[spoiler: Ugaidi after having his soul burnt.]]
* DirtyCoward: Zazu in ''Zazu's in Charge''. He's willing to abandon Simba and Nala in order to save himself from Scar and Hago.
-->'''Hago:''' You can't escape us now.
-->'''Zazu:''' Actually, I could always fly away.
-->'''Simba:''' And leave us behind? You chicken!
-->'''Zazu:''' When things get very serious, I look out for my own best interests. In a situation like this, I find you very irrelevant.
-->'''Nala:''' You ''are'' a chicken! You'd leave us to die just so you could save yourself?
-->'''Zazu:''' I'd love to say no, but unfortunately the answer is yes.
* DisneyDeath: In ''Dead as a Dodo'' [[spoiler: Zazu]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: A few examples: [[spoiler: Hago falls off Pride Rock into searing flames in the Series 1 finale, Mtumwa attempts to kill Nala but ends up sailing past her, Simba battles Hila and kicks him off a cliff much as he did to Scar in the original film, Interceptor throws Shocker into lava in the Series 4 finale, and Virusi falls into the lava pit surrounding Pride Rock in the penultimate story.]]
* DisposingOfABody: In ''Dead as a Dodo'', Simba and Nala think up various ways of disposing of [[spoiler: Zazu's body]], ranging from covering him with leaves to jumping on him until he is flattened.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: This little innuendo pops up in ''Changes'':
-->'''Haiba:''' Nala! Just the pussy I've been looking for!
* DomedHometown: [[spoiler: The Pride Lands are blocked by a force field in ''The Final Task''.]]
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: The Pride Lands in Series 4.]]
* DoomMagnet: Simba, Nala and Haiba. Every time they're around, trouble is sure to occur. [[spoiler: It is revealed in ''The End'' that the Writer actually implemented an attraction to trouble in their character.]]
* DoorstepBaby: Simba and Nala are burdened with an abandoned baby in ''Two Cubs and a Baby''.
* {{Doorstopper}}: The series is huge, at over 750,000 words altogether.
* DoubleEntendre: From ''Dead as a Dodo'':
-->'''Nala:''' Have you got the oranges?
-->'''Simba:''' No, it's just the way my tail pokes out.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:''Life Hurts'' ends with Tayari committing suicide, despite Simba and Nala trying their best to convince her not to do it.]]
** [[spoiler: Series Four ends on a bleak note, with Mufasa and Sarabi dead and the Pride Lands destroyed.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Tayari, despite Simba and Nala's best efforts]]
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Hago absolutely adores being evil.
* DrunkWithPower: [[spoiler:Scar in ''Friends to the End'' and ''Rebirth''.]]
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Shocker is condemned to permanent death and rebirth alone underneath the dirt.]]
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Simba before succumbing to the Kulaani illness in ''Sick Simba'', although he doesn't get to finish it.]]
** [[spoiler: Muerto to Sarafina in ''The Blood Line''. He doesn't get to finish it either.]]
** [[spoiler: Tojo to Tama before his death.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Simba, finally achieving victory over the Writer: "It's the end."]]
* DysfunctionJunction: Series Five is [[spoiler: filled with more character flaws, deaths and tragedies than you can shake a stick at. You need a box of tissues to get through it all.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Haiba doesn't appear until the second story in Series 3.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Oh so very much.
* EasyAmnesia: ''Who Are You?'' has this
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Aibu and King Hapana share this fate. Surprisingly, Scar does not.]]
* EgomaniacHunter: The Interceptor.
* EmptyShell: For a literal example, [[spoiler: Shauri's victims in ''Return to Camp Kazi'' become this,]] and Simba in Series 5 would be this metaphorically.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler: Occurs in ''The End'' after The Writer dies, but since he dies before Simba, the process is miraculously reversed.]]
* EnemyMine: In ''Rebirth'', Simba, Nala and Haiba team up with [[spoiler: Shocker and Interceptor]] to stop [[spoiler: Scar.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Shocker is almost never referred to by his original name of Duni. Even he rejects it.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Hago upon witnessing Scar rape a teenage lioness in the Series 1 finale. When Scar is resurrected in Series 4, even Shocker agrees that he needs to be stopped. In short, Scar may very well be the most evil character in the series besides The Writer.]]
* EvilBrit: Scar and Hago, the main antagonists of Series 1. [[spoiler: Both would be resurrected in later stories, to the delight of fans.]] See [[EvilIsCool Evil is Cool]] on the YMMV tab.
* EvilCounterpart: The King of Dreams is this to Simba. He looks like an older version of him, using his dreams in order to try and turn him evil.
* EvilFeelsGood: Hago certainly thinks evil feels good.
** [[spoiler: Death]] gleefully enjoys being evil.
** [[spoiler: Tojo feels much better about himself when he is under the influence of Hago's staff.]]
** [[spoiler: The Writer]] is evil to the core. And he loves it, too.
* EvilIsBurningHot: [[spoiler: Death]] breathes fire when very angry.
* EvilIsPetty: Froggy is a pretty pathetic villain, never really having any great success.
* EvilLaugh: All of the villains laugh evilly, but Hago and [[spoiler: Death]] are particularly fond of it.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: [[spoiler: Death]] is one ugly villain.
** So is [[spoiler: the Inque, being just an unpleasant black mound of slime.]]
** [[spoiler: The Writer]] in his final form.
* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler: The Writer.]]
* EvilPlan: Most of the villains have one. Shocker, Hago, and Scar all come up with numerous plans in their efforts to destroy the cubs.
%% * EvilSorcerer: Hago
* EvilSoundsDeep: Scar, [[spoiler:The Vimelea, and The Writer.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: [[spoiler: Shocker vs. Scar in ''Rebirth''.]]
** [[spoiler: The Interceptor vs. Virusi in ''The Message''.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The characters from ''[[Franchise/TheLionKing The Lion King]]'' are going on adventures.
** Some of the story titles count as well.
*** ''Sick Simba''.
*** ''The Return of Hago''.
*** ''Shocker''.
*** ''The Interceptor''.
*** ''Shocker's Revenge''.
*** ''Everybody Loves Nala''.
*** ''The Beginning''.
*** ''The End''.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: Haiba. [[NoodleIncident He dated a stick once]]
* {{Expy}}: Hago is one to [[{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}} Jafar]].
** Similarly, Virusi is [[{{Film/Osmosis Jones}} Thrax]].
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Part of Nala's torture in ''The Return of Hago'' involves something being done to her eye with a sharp stick. We never see what it is, however…]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: The Hermit of Hekima is unconditionally accepting of his death, knowing that it will happen.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Virusi:''' So you know why I'm here?]]
-->[[spoiler:'''The Hermit of Hekima''': Of course. You want to kill me.]]
* {{Facepalm}}: Scar facepalms in ''Number One Fan'' in disbelief at Mtumwa's actions.
** Timon facepalms in exasperation at Pumbaa in ''Hakuna Matata''.
** Anti-Haiba facepalms upon witnessing the stupidity of one of his cronies in ''The Love Triangle''.
** Simba does this out of frustration in ''Return to Camp Kazi''.
* {{Fainting}}: Sarabi constantly faints whenever anyone says something in ''The Royal Challenge''.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Many, many examples.
** A complete list:
*** [[spoiler: The murder of the hyenas in ''Friends to the End''.]]
*** [[spoiler: Hago's being stabbed in the chest with his own staff in ''The Return of Hago''.]]
*** [[spoiler: Tara's guts exploding in ''My Immortal''.]]
*** [[spoiler: The Family of Blood melting to flesh and organs in ''The Blood Line''.]]
*** [[spoiler: Wafu's head being bitten off by the creatures and Binamu being impaled in ''Survival''.]]
*** [[spoiler: Aibu getting eaten in ''The Chase''.]]
*** [[spoiler: Tojo's being stabbed by Tama with Hago's staff.]]
*** [[spoiler: Nyoka being stabbed in ''The Evil Serpent''.]]
*** [[spoiler: The slaughter of the hunters by Simba in ''The Lost World''.]]
*** [[spoiler: Tama's head is bashed in with a rock by Haiba.]]
*** [[spoiler: Ugaidi's soul is burnt by the Writer.]]
*** [[spoiler: Zazu has all the bones in his body crushed.]]
*** [[spoiler: Sarafina's soul is burnt.]]
*** [[spoiler: Haiba is impaled by the Writer.]]
*** [[spoiler: Nala's neck is snapped by the Writer]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Features in almost all of the stories.
* FatSlob: [[spoiler: Simba in ''Desperate Measures'', and Haiba in ''Changes''.]]
* FangsAreEvil: The Family of Blood.
* FanService: [[spoiler: Simba and Haiba]] kissing in ''Shocker's Revenge''.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Shocker is buried alive by the Interceptor, choking to death and coming back to life for all eternity.]]
** The vampiric Tama plays with this in ''Night Terrors''.
-->'''Tama:''' Now you are going to help me with my evil plan, or I will personally see to it that you experience a fate worse than a fate worse than death.
-->'''Tojo:''' Don't you mean a fate worse than death?
-->'''Tama:''' ''No''.
** The Hermit of Hekima threatens Simba with this in ''The Curse of Death''.
-->'''The Hermit of Hekima:''' Unless you can redeem yourself before the moon rises three times, then you will suffer a fate worse than death. Some might even say a fate worse than that.
-->'''Haiba:''' [[Series/{{Blackadder}} A fate worse than a fate worse than death?]]
%% * FinaleSeason: Series 5.
* FindOutNextTime: [=ThatPersonYouMightKnow=] often says this at the end of most of the stories.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Kufa Inawadia" in Series Three.
** Mufasa and Sarabi's sinister actions in Series Four.
** The allusions to the "worst monster of them all" in Series Five.
* ForbiddenFruit: Nyoka's apple.
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: [[spoiler: Haiba's murder of Tama.]]
* {{Forgiveness}}: [[spoiler: Haiba struggles to achieve this after he kills Tama.]]
* ForTheEvulz: Hago in ''Tama's Trouble''. In that story, he's basically just being evil for the fun of it. He even gets Tojo to swim in an unclean river just to make him dirty.
* FreakyFridayFlip: ''Switching Places''
* FriendlyTickleTorture: Simba and Nala tickle each other a lot for fun in Series One and Two.
* FromBadToWorse: This is how things usually go in the stories, especially in the final series.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hago didn't even have magic until he had his staff.
* GangOfBullies: TheUnnamed Pride Lands cubs. In the very first story, ''Friend Like Me'', they reject Simba and Nala, making fun of them both.
* GenderBender: In ''Switching Places''.
** Haiba in ''The Chase'':
-->'''Haiba:''' There's something really bad behind us, isn't there?
* TheGhost: Rafiki. He is mentioned a few times in the series, but was never seen. He presented Simba at his birth, and also confirmed that he had the Kulaani illness in ''Sick Simba''. WordOfGod claims he died after Series Three.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: A RunningGag in Series Four. The Interceptor suggests several ideas to Shocker, who then takes credit for them as his own.
* {{God}}: [[spoiler: Appears at the end of Series 3 under the name "You-Know-Who."]]
* GodGuise: Simba is mistaken for a god by the Mungu Pride in ''God of All''.
* GodIsEvil: [[spoiler: Averted with You-Know-Who, the technical 'God' of the universe, but played deathly straight with The Writer.]]
* GodOfEvil: [[spoiler: Presumed to be Death, but in reality, the Writer is this.]]
* {{Gorn}}: [[spoiler: Tara exploding in ''My Immortal''.]]
** [[spoiler: Tojo's rotting corpse is not a pleasant sight.]]
** [[spoiler: Neither is Tama's murder: her head is bashed in repeatedly with a rock.]]
* [[spoiler: HappyEnding: The series ends with the cubs living peacefully as adults. Sarafina married Zazu while Wazimu married Amri, thereby becoming Haiba's stepfather, and Interceptor was rewarded with vast herds of wildebeest to hunt all day long.]]
* GoshDangItToHeck: No one ever swears. The profanity only ever goes as far as "damn" or "hell".
* GrandFinale: ''The End''.
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: The Writer for most of the series.]]
* {{Hallucinations}}: [[spoiler: After Tojo's death, Tama, in her insanity, hallucinates seeing him. It actually helps.]]
* HappilyMarried: Simba and Nala, Mufasa and Sarabi, [[spoiler: Shenzi and Banzai, Zazu and Sarafina, Wazimu and Amri.]]
* HarmlessFreezing: [[spoiler: Hago freezes Nala in ''Magic Mystery Show'', without any notable side effects. It's undone quickly, too.]]
* HatesBaths: Simba, as usual, though it isn't as prominent as in the film and tie-in media. The main example in the series is from the end of ''My Immortal'':
-->'''Simba[[spoiler: (after being covered in Tara's exploding guts)]]:''' I never thought I'd say this, but I want a bath.
** Tama would also be an example, as she only bathes once a year. Her example is notable for being a mild subversion of the trope, where the bath-hater is usually male.
* TheHeart: Nala, who is kind, beautiful, and does her best to hold the trio together.
* TheHeartless: Tama, [[spoiler: despite her [[Main/HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turn]] later on.]]
** According to ''Switching Places'', she is ''physically'' heartless, too.
-->'''Tama:''' I'm probably the only cub without a heart.
-->'''Tojo:''' Oh, come on! ''Everyone'' has a heart, Tama. It's not something you can just get rid of.
-->''(Tama pushes her chest towards him.)''
-->'''Tama:''' Do you want to test that theory, Tojo? The results may surprise you.
-->'''Tojo:''' Okay. Fine. Let's just see if you have a heart or not.
-->''(Tojo places a paw on Tama's chest where her heart should be, and after a few seconds, a look of horror crosses his face.)''
-->'''Tojo:''' Oh, dear.
* {{Heaven}}: [[spoiler: Where good animals go upon death. Simba is offered to enter at the end of ''Darkness Falls'', but he instead asks to have himself and the other characters be resurrected and live their natural lifespans.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Tama at the end of Series 2, and the Interceptor towards the end of the series.]]
* HeldGaze: Simba and Nala have a number of romantic gazes throughout the early series, [[spoiler: as well as at the end of ''Return to Camp Kazi''.]]
* {{Hell}}: The eternal darkness that bad animals get when they die. Even the villains are afraid of it.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Simba in ''The End'', though he comes back along with most of the others.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Simba]] in ''Darkness Falls'' and ''The End''. [[spoiler: He comes back both times.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Simba, Nala and Haiba.
* HitmanWithAHeart: [[spoiler: The Interceptor, towards the end of the series.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The Vimelea are destroyed by their own powers, and Hago is defeated once and for all when his staff turns against him.]]
* {{Homage}}: The scene where Simba and Nala [[spoiler: almost end up falling to their deaths via waterfall]] is a homage to ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
** The Interceptor is a homage to a game show of the same name.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Series 5 repeatedly teases the possibility of the Pride Lands being resurrected.]]
* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: The lions can manipulate objects easily with their paws.
%% * HypnoticEyes: Nyoka.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Simba in Series Five. He's convinced that he's being good by doing bad things.]]
* IAmYourFather: In ''The Return of Hago'' it's revealed [[spoiler: Hago is Nala's father.]]
* ICanRuleAlone: [[spoiler: This combined with [[Main/EvenEvilHasStandards his disgust at Scar's actions]] is why Hago kills Scar.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: "Kill or be killed" are the ArcWords for Series Five. Most of the murders committed by [[spoiler: Simba and the others]] are in the interest of survival.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming:
** ''The Royal Reaper''
** ''The Royal Challenge''
** ''The Return of Hago''
** ''The Love Triangle''
** ''The Prince and the Frog''
** ''The Interceptor''
** ''The Master Plan''
** ''The Beginning''
** ''The Chase''
** ''The Curse of Death''
** ''The Interceptor's Challenge''
** ''The Evil Serpent''
** ''The Lost World''
** ''The Message''
** ''The Final Task''
** ''The End''
* IHaveYourWife: The Royal Reaper breaks this to Simba in quite a chilling way.
-->'''Simba:''' What have you done with Nala?
-->'''The Royal Reaper:''' Oh, she's safe. For now. I'm taking ''good'' care of her. Very good care indeed.
-->'''Simba:''' If you hurt her, then--
-->'''The Royal Reaper''': I'm afraid it's too late for warnings now, Simba. I've already... injured Nala to a certain extent, so she won't be running away from the location where I've held her captive. Was it necessary? Yes. Was it fun? Yes. Will I do it again? Yes.
%%* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler: Tama.]]
* IconicItem: Hago's staff.
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Played straight and subverted with different characters throughout the series.
%%* ImmortalityHurts: Shocker, again.
* ImmortalitySeeker: [[spoiler: Timon and Pumbaa, as well as the Family of Blood.]]
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler: ''Sick Simba'' revolves around this happening to the titular character.]]
* InevitableWaterfall: In ''Hago's Little Puppet'', Simba and Nala almost end up falling down a waterfall, in an homage to ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
* InexplicablySpeaksFluentAlien: There are a few examples.
** Alien parasites the Inque and the Vimelea have no problem communicating with the animals.
** A soul-stealing alien called Shauri not only has dialogue, but is a SurferDude.
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: Zazu and Sarafina]] in Series 5.
* InterruptedIntimacy: [[spoiler: Simba and Nala attempt to make love in ''Dream Away'', only for Haiba to show up and ruin everything.]]
* {{Irony}}: Simba thinks he is still doing good deeds in Series 5, but in reality, it is much the opposite.
* ItGetsEasier: [[spoiler: Simba finds it much easier to murder people after he gets a taste for blood by impaling Nyoka. This begins his descent into evil.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Pretty much all of the villains only care about themselves, and think they are the most important animals on Earth.
** [[spoiler: Simba in Series Five.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: Said a few times throughout the series.
* ItsPersonal: Simba with several of the villains, particularly [[spoiler: the Vimelea and the Writer.]]
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: In the words of [=ThatPersonYouMightKnow=], "I never thought in a million years that this series would become so popular."
* IWasBeatenByAGirl: As in the film, Simba complained about being constantly pinned by Nala in the earlier stories. Of course, he stopped minding after a while...
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tama. Despite being the BigBad of Series Two, [[spoiler: she actually saves Simba from dying of a terminal illness in ''Sick Simba''. She changes her ways in ''Goodbye, Nala'', finally becoming an ally.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: None of the main characters really, but the Haiba in ''The Love Triangle'' definitely falls under this. [[spoiler: Simba in Series 5]] as well.
* JerkassGods: [[spoiler: The Writer is one of the ultimate examples.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Death]] pretty much tortures everyone over the horrible stuff he's done in the past. [[spoiler: Zazu]] is particularly distraught.
** [[spoiler: The Vimelea taunt Simba after they tell him his parents have been dead for months.]]
** [[spoiler: The Writer taunts his characters after revealing that they are all part of his story. He does the same after every murder he commits, too.]]
* KidHero: Simba. [[spoiler: Until he realises that he's [[OlderThanTheyLook actually the age of an adult]] in ''The End''.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Hago falls into searing flames in ''Friends to the End''.]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Mufasa, Sarabi, Pori, Tama, Tojo and Ugaidi.]]
* [[KillerRabbit Killer Critter]]: The wild Mambo beasts are deceptively cute critters who hunger for animal flesh.
-->'''Simba:''' You can't just ''kill'' them. That's way too mean!
-->'''Haiba:''' You've gotta be kidding me! They're wild Mambo beasts! They're vicious killers with a hunger for the fleshy... flesh of cubs like us.
* KissingCousins: Haiba and Binamu. Haiba didn't know, but Binamu is ''furious''.
* KissOfDeath: Maji [[spoiler: disposes of her victims this way.]]
** The brainwashed Haiba in ''The Blood Line'' threatens Simba with this. He's terrified.
* KissOfLife: Nala suggests that Simba gives one to Zazu in ''Dead as a Dodo''. He declines instantly.
-->'''Nala:''' How can we try and bring Zazu back?
-->'''Simba:''' It's simple.
-->'''Nala:''' Mouth-to-mouth?
-->'''Simba:''' Eww! No way! Gross!
* LadyLand: Jowai Resort is ruled entirely by lionesses.
* LaughingMad: Hago loves this trope.
* TheLancer: Nala
* LargeHam: Hago and Interceptor.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In ''Tama's Bet'', [[spoiler: Tama uses hypnosis to erase Simba and Nala's memories of the past three days so she can escape.]]
** In ''Clone Wars'', Shocker erases Tama's memory of creating the clones for him.
* LeaderWannabe: Almost all the villains want to rule the Pride Lands.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: From ''The Curse of Death'':
-->'''Nala:''' That's just the way things happen, Simba. It's not like someone is controlling when and where we go.
-->'''Simba:''' Yeah. That's like saying that there's some guy out there who makes up all those villains we have to fight. What a dumb idea…
* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler: Shocker tries to turn the cubs against each other in ''Shocker's Revenge''. He almost succeeds.]]
* LightIsGood: Simba, Nala, and Mufasa. Basically the same as the film in this regard.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: The Interceptor and Shocker squabble a lot during their partnership in Series Four.
* LiteralCliffhanger: [[spoiler: Simba in ''Friends to the End''.]]
* LocalHangout: The waterhole [[spoiler: for the first four series.]]
* LonerTurnedFriend: [[spoiler: Moto and The Hermit of Hekima would both qualify.]]
* LoonyFan: Mtumwa.
* LovableCoward: Tojo
* LoveHurts: [[spoiler: Tama and Tojo's relationship ends up crumbling. Not only does Tama kill him, but she also goes insane, thus leading to her death at the paws of Haiba.]]
* LoveInterest: Nala, just as in the original film. Tama would count for Tojo.
* LoveTriangle: It's the name of a story.
* LovePotion: In ''Everybody Loves Nala''
* MadOracle: Ugaidi [[spoiler: it's revealed this happens to anyone with this power, and Ugaidi was given it to warn the cubs about the Writer]]
* MadScientist: Wazimu Mwanasayansi. So much it actually means 'Mad Scientist'.
** [[MadScientistLaboratory Mad Scientist Cave]]
* MadeASlave: Tojo, [[spoiler: at least until Tama sets him free and makes him her partner instead.]]
* MamaBear: Sarafina.
* MassHypnosis: In ''Hypnotic Glint''
** MindControlEyes: Along with [[WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey "Pretty, pretty, shiny, shiny."]]
* MagicStaff: Hago has one.
* ManipulativeBastard: The King of Dreams.
** Shocker in ''Shocker's Revenge''.
** [[spoiler: The Writer is the ultimate example. He manipulates everything in the entire universe.]]
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: There are several holes scattered around the area Simba, Nala and Haiba are walking through in ''The Prince and the Frog''. This [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] the sinister Camp Kazi in ''Dig It''.
* MeaningfulName: Many Swahili examples can be found in the series. To name but a few:
** Pori means "wild".
** [[spoiler: Vimelea means "parasite".]]
** [[spoiler: Muerto means "dead" in Spanish.]]
** [[spoiler: Hekima means "wisdom".]]
** Aibu means [[spoiler: "shame".]]
** [[spoiler: Virusi means "virus".]]
** Tuhuma means "suspicious".
** Mjanja means "sneaky".
** Nyoka means "snake".
** [[spoiler: Wazimu Mwanasayansi means "mad scientist".]]
** Amri means "command".
* MentalFusion: One of Haiba's Grand Lands tricks is this. [[spoiler: In ''The Chase'', he uses it to bond with Ugaidi's mind and find out why he's so terrified.]]
* MindRape: [[spoiler: Nala suffers this in ''The Return of Hago''. Her own father is the cause of it, too.]]
** This is the King of Dreams' schtick.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The series follows this format.
* MoodWhiplash: One of the main traits of the series.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: For most of the villains, this is the case.
** [[spoiler: Simba thinks so in Series Five, too.]]
* MurderersAreRapists: [[spoiler: In the Series 1 finale, Scar considers raping Nala to torture Simba, and later ends up raping a teenage lioness instead.]]
* MysteriousPast: Not too much is known about the past of Tojo and Tama when they are first introduced. The whole story is eventually revealed throughout Series Two.
* MythologyGag: In ''Two Cubs and a Baby'', there are many names from cubs not in the first movie.(including Malka, Mheetu, and Kiara) before settling on Kopa.
** In ''King's Ransom'', Hago's initial plan for dealing with Simba and Mufasa is Scar's from the movie (staging a stampede and using it kill them), but Scar shoots it down.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:Death]] and Scar.
* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Scar and Hago succeed in taking over the Pride Lands in the climax of Series 1.]]
** [[spoiler:Death]] very nearly succeeds in taking over the world in [[spoiler:''Darkness Falls''.]]
** [[spoiler:The Writer, being the most powerful foe, almost succeeds as well.]]
* NeckSnap: A common method of death in the series.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Tama never had the chance to say goodbye to Tojo; she did kill him, after all.]]
** [[spoiler: Nala's sudden death in ''The End'' makes this impossible for Simba, too.]]
* NeverMyFault: Simba tries to pin the blame on others a couple of times.
** He does this jokingly to Nala in ''Who Are You?''
-->'''Simba:''' I've never stopped worrying. And really, if you think about it, it's kinda your fault.
-->'''Nala:''' Huh? What makes it ''my'' fault?
** A more serious example occurs in ''The Curse of Death'', where Simba blames [[spoiler: the Hermit of Hekima]] for causing him trouble, despite it being all his fault.
* NightmareSequence: Occurs often in the earlier stories, almost always to Simba.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Nothing is left of [[spoiler: the wild Mambo beasts when light destroys them.]]
** Nothing remains of [[spoiler: Death when he is defeated in ''Darkness Falls''.]]
** [[spoiler: Aibu]] is eaten in [[spoiler: ''The Chase''.]] Obviously, nothing is left.
** [[spoiler: The Writer is wiped from the universe in ''The End''.]]
* NobodyThinksItWillWork: A lot of Simba's ideas are rejected by his friends.
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: In ''Magic Mystery Show'', [[spoiler: Simba thinks that the Jewel of the Macaw is too powerful for anyone to use, so he throws it into a river.]]
* NoNameGiven: The Interceptor's real name is never revealed.
** Neither is the Hermit of Hekima's.
*** Both names are actually given [[http://m.fanfiction.net/topic/129016/92936826/1/The-Hermit here]]
** None of the other Pride Lands cubs are ever referred to by name.
** Sarabi and Sarafina are the only named lionesses in the kingdom, too.
* NoodleImplements: Most, if not all, of Haiba's Grand Lands tricks.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Everyone. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Haiba points out they should already be adults by now.
** In a much darker turn in ''The End'' it's revealed [[spoiler: the Writer had them being kept at that age, as their world wasn't actually real]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Shocker and The Interceptor in their initial stories. This happens with Interceptor again in ''Changes''.]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: Froggy, Mtumwa, Wild Mambo Beasts, and Possessed Tojo.]]
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: The Royal Reaper
* TheNothingAfterDeath: Stated numerous times to be what happens when bad people die.
* NothingButSkulls: In ''Make or Break'', Simba and Nala come across a pile of skulls [[spoiler: in Scar's lair. This is the first indication in the series of his villainous nature.]]
* NothingCanStopUsNow: Said often by the villains.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: [[spoiler: After the destruction of the Pride Lands in Series Four, this is quite apparent.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: It turns out [[spoiler:Pori]]
* ObviouslyEvil: Hago, with his magic staff, cannot be mistaken for being evil.
** Nor can Scar. When he reveals his villainy to a surprised Simba, he dryly comments, "[[Main/DeadpanSnarker Anyone with a brain cell could have figured it out]]."
** [[spoiler: Death]] has jagged claws, red eyes and grey fur. How can he not be evil?
* OddCouple: Tama and Tojo.
* OfficialCouple: Simba and Nala, which goes without saying.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Simba, Nala and Haiba. In ''The End'', it's revealed that they aged and matured like normal lions, but the Writer made sure that their appearance stayed the same. By then, they're actually the age of adults.]]
* OnlyThePureOfHeart: In ''Magic Mystery Show'', only Simba and Nala are allowed to enter the cave.
* OnlySaneMan: The Interceptor thinks he's this.
* OppositesAttract: [[spoiler:Tama and Tojo.]]
* OrphansOrdeal: [[spoiler: Simba struggles with his parents' deaths and leading the survivors of the Pride Lands devastation in Series Five.]]
* OvernightAgeUp: Simba in ''Growing Pains''
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Maji.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''The Blood Line''
* ParentalAbandonment: In ''My Immortal'', Tara's parents find her so annoying that they [[spoiler: leave her in the middle of the desert.]]
* {{Parody}}: Tara is a parody of [[Fanfic/MyImmortal Tara.]]
* PeekABooCorpse: [[spoiler:The cubs encounter Tojo's rotting corpse without warning in ''The Evil Serpent''.]]
** The cubs discovering Damu's mutilated body in ''Survival''.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Simba and Nala, just as in the movie.
* PlayingPossum: [[spoiler:Zazu in ''Dead as a Dodo''.]]
* PopGoesTheHuman: [[spoiler:Tara in ''My Immortal''. Simba, Nala and Haiba bear the brunt of the aftermath.]]
* ThePowerOfBlood: In ''Night Terrors'', [[spoiler: Tama sucks blood in order to turn other animals into vampires.]]
** The Family of Blood, naturally, drink blood to stay alive. Not only that, but it gives them pleasure.
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: How Simba defeats Death in ''Darkness Falls''. According to You-Know-Who, anyway.]]
* PowerSource: Hago's source of power is his staff. Without that, he's quite useless.
* PowerTrio: Of the TwoGuysAndAGirl version.
* {{Pride}}: Aibu has too much pride, making him arrogant. Same with Hila and Usaliti.
** Simba in Series Five.
* ProfessionalKiller: The Interceptor
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Starting with [[spoiler: the deaths of Mufasa and Sarabi in ''The Master Plan'', Simba changes throughout Series Five from a hero into a fearsome killer. It turns out in ''The End'' that the Writer was manipulating everything around him in order to make him evil. However, upon realising this, Simba changes his ways, eventually killing the Writer and saving the entire universe. He goes back to normal from then on.]]
* PsychologicalHorror: The King of Dreams uses this on Simba in both ''Dream Away'' and [[spoiler:''One Bad Night''.]]
* PublicExecution: The Jowai Resort lionesses attempt to execute the trio via a volcano in the beginning of ''The Master Plan''.
%% * PuppeteerParasite: [[spoiler:The Vimelea.]]
* TheQuietOne: Ugaidi. Unless he senses something dangerous nearby...
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler: When Scar does this to a teenage lioness, even Hago is disgusted.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Timon and Pumbaa.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Hago gives one of these to Simba in ''The Return of Hago''.
** Haiba gives one to Simba in ''The Final Task''.
* RecurringDreams: Throughout Series 2 and part of Series 3, Simba has recurring nightmares featuring [[spoiler: Hago. They begin after his death in ''Friends to the End'', and don't stop until ''The Return of Hago''.]]
* RecursiveFanfiction: There is no shortage of fanfiction based on this series written by the fans in the forum.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Nala, ever since ''The Blood Line''. [[spoiler: Though, this seems to have gone away with age.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:In the series finale, everyone assumes Death has been behind everything as an attempt to get revenge. In reality, The Writer is responsible for everything.]]
%% * ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Nyoka.
* {{Revenge}}: A common villain motive, but most prominently seen with Shocker.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Wild Mambo beasts in ''Cute as Can Be''.
* TheRival: Moto serves as a rival to Simba in ''Miss the Girl''.
** [[spoiler: Anti-Haiba]] is Simba's rival - and bully - in ''The Love Triangle''.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Shocker is constantly out for revenge on Simba, Nala and Haiba after his introductory story.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Mufasa and Sarabi, [[spoiler: at least before Series 4.]]
* TheRunaway: Simba and Nala temporarily become runaways after they think they've killed [[spoiler: Zazu]] in ''Dead as a Dodo''.
* RunningGag: Haiba never being able to kiss Nala. Or Simba.
** Haiba being rejected by Sarafina. She finds him sweet, but the age gap is too much.
** The clones constantly spout the word "ever" in ''Clone Wars''.
** Everyone's annoyance at the Interceptor always using his catch phrase: "I like it!"
** Pori constantly getting Zazu's name wrong.
** After [[spoiler: Zazu is tickled for ten hours by monkeys,]] he is often fearful of it happening again.
** A line ending one scene will often be repeated in a different, usually funny way, as the beginning of the next scene. ''Growing Pains'' and ''Tama's Trouble'' contain two examples.
** Shocker stealing the Interceptor's ideas in Series Four.
* RunOrDie: The cubs often have only these two options when fighting.
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: The Writer offers Nala this in ''The End'': let her mother die or give herself to him.]]
* SayMyName: Shocker in ''The Interceptor's Challenge'': "Interceptor..."
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Haiba.
* SeasonFinale:
** ''Friends to the End''
** ''Goodbye, Nala''
** ''Darkness Falls''
** ''The Master Plan''
** ''The End''
* SelfDeprecation: Tojo is often self-deprecating. Especially in ''Tama's Trouble''.
-->'''Tojo:''' The bottom of society? I think I'm already there. I mean, have you seen how underdeveloped these claws are? I wouldn't be able to snap a twig.
-->'''Hago:''' I said enough of the complaining! Now, you useless little thing, I'm going to ask you one question: how much do you value your life?
-->'''Tojo:''' Not much. If I died then no one would even notice.
* SentientPhlebotinum: In ''Tojo's Tyranny'' [[spoiler: Hago's staff]]
* TheSheriff: In The Lost World.
* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: King Hapana wants to kill [[spoiler: Nala]] because she's seen too much.
* ShockAndAwe: Shocker, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as you'd expect]]
* ShoutOut: Enough for its own page.
** In titles alone there's:
*** ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}} Friend Like Me]]''
*** ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Miss the Girl]]''
*** ''[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Be Our Guest]]''
*** ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog The Prince and the Frog.]]''
*** ''[[Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond Everybody Loves Nala]]''
*** ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Clone Wars]]''
%%* SiblingsInCrime: Hago and Bora
%% ** [[spoiler:The Scavengers]]
%% * SirensAreMermaids: [[spoiler:Maji.]]
%% * SlapStick
* SlashedThroat: A vast majority of deaths occur in this fashion.
* SlasherSmile: Hago, Scar, [[spoiler: Death]], the Interceptor and [[spoiler: the Writer]] all love their evil grins of death. Note that all five of them appear in the cover image.
* SleepCute: Pretty much every scene of Simba and Nala sleeping.
* SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat: It goes without saying that some villains are much more threatening than others.
* SomeKindOfForceField: [[spoiler: Blocks the heroes from entering the Pride Lands in ''The Final Task''.]]
* SpiderSense: The Hermit of Hekima can sense presences. [[spoiler:He senses Virusi's presence in ''The Message'', just before his death.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Virusi:''' You thought you could hide all the way out here, huh, hermit?]]
-->[[spoiler:'''The Hermit of Hekima:''' I knew you were coming. I sensed your presence hours ago. Such strong evil is very easy to detect.]]
* SpinOff: Of ''[[Franchise/TheLionKing The Lion King,]]'' naturally.
* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: Scar thinks that tricking Simba into getting caught up in a stampede of wildebeest is the stupidest thing he's ever heard.
* SummoningRitual: In ''Dead as a Dodo'', [[spoiler: Simba and Nala try to summon the Devil. Also, in Rebirth, Shocker succeeds in resurrecting Scar.]]
* SuperMode: [[spoiler:The Writer's final form.]]
* SurferDude: Shauri in ''Return to Camp Kazi''. [[spoiler:When he reveals his true form as a giant green slime monster, this persona disappears...]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: Scar, obviously.
** The Interceptor. He doesn't regard Shocker or Froggy as very intelligent, usually lambasting their plans. Especially the former.
* SymbioticPossession: The Inque in ''My Immortal''.
* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:Nala pulls Simba to safety in ''The Master Plan'', sparing him an unpleasant death by lava.]]
* TakeOverTheWorld: Hago, [[spoiler:the Vimelea]], and [[spoiler:The Writer]] all have this goal.
* TakeThat: Towards ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' in ''Darkness Falls''. Apparently, Death isn't a fan.
-->'''Death:''' It was all me, Simba! I've been laying traps for you all along – ready to bring you to this exact moment! It's brilliant! It's ingenious! Better than when I burned down WesternAnimation/{{FernGully|TheLastRainforest}}! Better than when I crushed the [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]]! ''Better than ripping the heads off of all those annoying, colourful ponies who don't ever shut the hell up!''
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:In ''The End'', Simba jumps to his death, but not before taking the Writer with him. This actually results in him saving the universe.]]
* TalkingAnimal: Every single character.
* TalkingInYourSleep: Simba is often caught talking in his sleep whenever he has nightmares featuring [[spoiler: Hago.]]
* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler: Haiba]] has more than a few remorseful tears after murdering [[spoiler: Tama.]]
* {{Telepathy}}: The Hermit of Hekima possesses this ability. [[spoiler: He reads Simba's mind in order to get an idea of his personality.]]
* TerribleTrio: Shocker, Interceptor and Froggy in Series 4.
** Shenzi, Banzai and Ed.
* [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse They Could Be Anyone]]: [[spoiler: Simba and Nala become paranoid that everyone is out to kill them after they supposedly murder Zazu in ''Dead as a Dodo''.]]
* ThirstyDesert: This is a prominent obstacle for the cubs in ''The Curse of Death''.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: [[spoiler: Death needs thirteen souls to take over the world.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Simba, justifiably, never forgives Scar for his actions in Series One.
** [[spoiler: Similarly, Simba, at first, refuses to forgive Haiba for murdering Tama. He eventually relents.]]
* TickleTorture: All over the place.
* TitleDrop: ''Hakuna Matata'': Timon and Pumbaa use this phrase frequently, being their catchphrase and all.
** ''Who Are You?'': Nala asks this question after [[spoiler: losing her memory.]]
** ''Shocker'' is not only the title of a story, but an actual character. His name is used all the time.
** ''The Interceptor'': Also a character, so his title is used frequently.
** [[spoiler: ''The End'': "It's the end."]]
* ToBeContinued: Appears in ''Army of Evil'' (for the Series 1 finale), and ''The Message''/''The Final Task'' (for the Series 5 finale).
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Mtumwa.]] He ends up [[spoiler: throwing himself off a cliff.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: As the series progresses, Simba, Nala and Haiba gradually became stronger and cleverer when up against the bad guys.
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: Simba in Series Five. It's hard to feel sorry for the guy when he becomes a murderous, arrogant predator.]]
* TouchOfDeath: By [[spoiler: Death]] himself, no less!
* TragicHero: Simba in Series 5.
* TragicVillain: As much of a monster as he is, Shocker's past is rather sad.
* TransformationSequence: [[spoiler: The Writer transforming into a mixture of all the villains.]]
* TreasureRoom: In ''Magic Mystery Show''.
* UltimateLifeForm: Tara, [[spoiler: Aibu, Possessed Tojo and The Writer all believe themselves to be this.]]
* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler: Despite returning from the dead four times, Hago always dies in the same story in which he's resurrected.]]
** [[spoiler: Being immortal, Shocker [[DeathSeeker hungers for death]]. The closest he gets is being buried alive by the Interceptor in ''The Interceptor's Challenge''. This finally stops him for good.]]
* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler: Pori in the Series 4 finale.]]
* TheUnintelligible: Ed, to the surprise of no one.
* UnstoppableRage: Shocker never seems to be able to control his temper.
** Don't mess with [[spoiler: Simba in Series Five.]] His rage is ferocious.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The Writer suffers this in ''The End''. He becomes hell-bent on destroying the cubs - especially Simba.]]
* VillainSong: Hago singing his version of 'You're Only Second Rate'. Note this is the only song in the series.
** Voice actor Anonymous13 B [[https://soundcloud.com/anonymous13-b/youre-only-second-rate-hago performed it]].
* VillainTeamUp: In ''Rebirth'' [[spoiler:Shocker, the Interceptor, and Froggy. They try to get Scar to join, but it doesn't end well.]]
** Scar and Hago in Series 1.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: For the clones, yes. Nala knocks Simba out with a rock just to shut him up.
-->'''Clone Nala:''' And then we can go back to our normal lives. No posers will ever dare mess with us ever again!
-->'''Clone Simba:''' ''Ever, ever''!
-->''(Clone Nala picks up a rock and bashes Simba over the top of his head. He collapses onto his back with a dopey smile.)''
-->'''Clone Nala:''' That'll have him seeing stars for a while.
* ViolentGlaswegian: The Interceptor.
* TheVoiceless: Any large monster such as the dinosaurs or the creatures in ''The Chase''.
* WeakenedByTheLight: [[spoiler: Wild Mambo beasts explode when exposed to direct sunlight.]]
* WeatherDissonance: Shocker gets his powers in a miserable storm, and in his second appearance, Elsa has to suffer through one as well.
* WeNeedADistraction: In ''The Beginning'', [[spoiler: Simba, Nala and Haiba plan a daring robbery to steal food from Jowai Resort. They need a distraction to get inside, so Haiba uses his slovenly alter ego, Don Haiba, to charm two lionesses while they steal the food.]]
* WhamEpisode: Quite a few.
** ''Army of Evil''.
** ''The Master Plan''.
** ''The Lost World''.
** ''The Message''.
** ''The Final Task''.
** ''The End''.
* WhamLine: When [[spoiler:the Vimelea tell Simba that Mufasa and Sarabi have been dead for months.]]
%% **[[spoiler:"I killed Tama."]]
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Said often by the heroes.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:During Series Five, Simba started killing up to the point of not caring who got hurt, as long as it protects himself. ''This includes a pregnant lioness''. This didn't get better until the Writer showed up.]]
* WhenTreesAttack: [[spoiler:The Weeds of Wrath]] in ''Survival''.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler:''Friends to the End'' and ''The End'' both have this.]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Shocker is cursed with immortality. He wants to die more than anything. However, his wish is never fulfilled. The Interceptor buries him alive in ''The Interceptor's Challenge'', leaving him in a permanent cycle of death and resurrection.]]
* TheWildWest: In ''The Lost World'', Simba, Nala and Haiba discover an underground world that is a cross between a dinosaur haven and a wild west town.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Haiba, surprisingly enough. He knows a lot more about legends and myths than Simba and Nala do. It actually comes in handy.
** Simba and Nala themselves would count in some ways.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Shocker, despite being downright evil, has a rather tragic past.
* WorstAid: Simba giving [[spoiler:Zazu]] CPR by ''punching him in the chest''.
* WouldHurtAChild: Almost all of the villains, even the ones who are underage themselves.
* YaoiFangirl: Nala is jokingly implied to be this in ''Shocker's Revenge'', after witnessing [[{{Fanservice}} Simba and Haiba kissing]] in a fake scenario created by Shocker. She ends up ''liking'' it.
-->''(Nala and Shocker watch Simba and Haiba making out.)''
-->'''Nala:''' Simba? And Haiba? They're...?
-->'''Shocker:''' ''Shocking'', isn't it? I never knew two male cubs could... feel so strongly for each other.
-->'''Nala:''' I can't believe them! Next time I see Simba and Haiba, I'm going to give them what they deserve!
-->'''Shocker:''' Excellent. You're finally learning, Nala. Come with me, and I can help you get what you desire.
-->'''Nala:''' Yeah, yeah. Just after I've finished watching this. It's kind of hot.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:After Series Four, the Pride Lands are destroyed, taking the cubs' home away from them. This is eventually rectified by the end of Series Five, however.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:In ''Magic Mystery Show'', this is why Hago kills his assistant, Kitu.]]
** [[spoiler: Aibu kills his assistants for similar reasons in ''The Chase''.]]
%% * YouMonster: Said numerous times by the heroes in varying ways.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Zazu. Apparently, he's barely past his teenage years.
* YoureInsane: The heroes often say this to each other.
* YoureJustJealous: In ''Miss the Girl'', Nala accuses Simba of being jealous when she starts becoming attached to Moto.
* YourSoulIsMine: [[spoiler:Timon and Pumbaa drain the souls of cubs, and Virusi extracts the Hermit of Hekima's soul.]]
* ZanyScheme: In ''Dead as a Dodo'', Simba and Nala's scheme to disguise their supposed murder of [[spoiler: Zazu]] involves ''jumping on him until he is flattened like a pancake''.
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