History Fridge / TheLionGuard

* Mzingo's flock and Janja's clan work several times together. In real life, vultures and hyenas can get along fine and share the same carcasses (as long as there is enough food for all of course). Hyenas sometimes follow vultures to find carcasses (as vultures have a better vision), while the vultures also use the presence of hyenas to locate preys.

* It is established that hyenas and leopards don't live in the Pridelands. These animals are known to compete fiercely with lions over food and territory. So InUniverse, the three species could have settled a pact to stay on their own lands - lions in the Pridelands, hyenas in the Outlands, and leopards in the Backlands. It could explain why Janja and Makucha aren't allowed to hunt within the Pridelands' borders. Cheetahs, on the other hand, are nowhere as powerful or intimidating and frequently lose their kills to the larger predators. Let's just say the lions were generous enough to share their land with them. Meanwhile crocodiles, snakes, and eagles fill in their own ecological niche, and thus the lions allow them to live in the Pridelands.

* Mzingo's flock and Janja's clan work several times together. In real life, vultures and hyenas can get along fine and share the same carcasses (as long as their is enough food for all of course). Hyenas sometimes follow vultures to find carcasses (as vultures have a better vision), while the vultures also use the presence of hyenas to locate preys.

* The galagos are noticeably unwilling to share their tree with Badili in "The Trouble with Galagos". Keep in mind that, although Badili is a friendly leopard, he is ''still'' a predator. And when you consider how leopards store their food, it isn't hard to imagine why the galagos wouldn't want to share a tree with him (besides the obvious fear that they themselves could get eaten).

* "Let Sleeping Crocs" has Makuu and the other crocodiles putting their focus on finding a suitable source of water for them as it is the dry season, but they don't seem to consider food much of an issue (although they settle in a watering hole that would provide enough fish for them to eat). This is because crocodiles can go for ''years'' without eating due their ectothermy.

* "Let Sleeping Crocs" has Makuu and the other crocodiles putting their focus on finding a suitable source of water for them as it is the dry season, but they don't seem to consider food much of an issue (although the watering hole they settle in is said to provide enough fish for them). This is because crocodiles can go for ''years'' without eating due their ectothermy.

* "Let Sleeping Crocs" has Makuu and the other crocodiles putting their focus on finding a suitable source of water for them (it is the dry season, after all), but they don't seem to consider food much of an issue (although the watering hole they settle in is said to provide enough fish for them). This is because crocodiles can go for ''years'' without eating due their ectothermy.

* "Let Sleeping Crocs" has Makuu and the other crocodiles putting their focus on finding a suitable source of water for them (it is the dry season, after all), but they don't seem to consider food much of an issue. This is because crocodiles can go for ''years'' without eating due their ectothermy.

* In "Let Sleeping Crocs", Makuu and the other crocodiles put their focus on finding enough water for them (it is the dry season, after all), but doesn't seem to consider food much of an issue. This is because crocodiles can go for ''years'' without eating due their ectothermy.

* In "Let Sleeping Crocs", Makuu is more concerned about finding enough water and doesn't seem to consider food much of an issue. This is because crocodiles can go for ''years'' without eating due their ectothermy, but because of their ectothermy they need to stay near a water source to keep their temperature regulated.

* Mzingo and Janja's pack work several times together. In real life, vultures and hyenas can get along fine and share the same carcasses (as long as their is enough food for all of course). Hyenas sometimes follow vultures to find carcasses (as vultures have a better vision), while the vultures also use the presence of hyenas to locate preys.

* It is established that hyenas and leopards don't live in the Pridelands. These animals are known to compete fiercely with lions over food and territory. So InUniverse, the three species could have settled a pact to stay on their own lands - lions in the Pridelands, hyenas in the Outlands, and leopards in the Backlands. It could explain why Janja and Makucha aren't allowed to hunt within the Pridelands' borders. Cheetahs, on the other hand, are nowhere as powerful or intimidating and frequently lose their kills to the larger predators. Let's just say the lions were generous enough to share their land with them. Meanwhile crocodiles, snakes, and eagles fill in their own ecological niche, and thus the lions allow them to live in the Pride Lands.

* The galagos are noticeably unwilling to share their tree with Badili in "The Trouble with Galagos". Keep in mind that, although Badili is a friendly leopard, he is ''still'' a predator. And when you consider how leopards store their food, it isn't hard to imagine why the galagos wouldn't want to share a tree with him (besides the obvious fear of themselves getting eaten).

* The galagos are noticeably unwilling to share their tree with Badili in "The Trouble with Galagos". Keep in mind that, although Badili is a friendly leopard, he is ''still'' a predator. And when you consider how leopards store their food, it isn't hard to imagine why the galagos wouldn't want to share a tree with him (besides the obvious fear of getting eaten themselves).

* The galagos are noticeably unwilling to share their tree with Badili in "The Trouble with Galagos". Keep in mind that, although Badili is a friendly leopard, he is ''still'' a predator. And when you consider how leopards store their food, it isn't hard to imagine why the galagos wouldn't want to share a tree with him.

* While he may be a predator, Makucha is known to especially go after okapis due to their rarity and thus would be the representation of an EvilPoacher who targets endangered species.

* Since Nne and Tamo were never seen at the end of Janja's New Crew, after Kion used the Roar on them and its fair to say Janja wont be happy to see them again, what happened to them? The last time we see them is they are engulfed by the dust the Roar kicks up, which raises a disturbing implication: what if Kion killed them by accident?
** If they were killed (even accidentally), it's safe to say Kion would've lost the power of the Roar, in a similar vein to how Scar lost it. They probably just were blown pretty far away, and hightailed it back to the Outlands. Jossed by "Lions of the Outlands", as Rafiki clarifies that Kion won't lose the Roar for using it on hostile enemies of the Pride Lands, and Scar only lost the Roar because he used it in an act of evil (killing off the old Guard).

* The death of every lion males by the paw of Scar is an elegant way to explain the absence of any beta male in the previous films, rather than just saying they're off-screen, while getting over all the incest implications of having only two brother males in the Pride. It also explains why Simba could not find a suitor for Kiara even in her teenage years, before Kovu appeared.
* According to Jasiri, most hyenas are actually good. Taking this into consideration, maybe the only reason the hyenas in the film joined Scar was truely because he promised they would "never go hungry again". They just drank in his every word without thinking further. Note that it would simply turn them more stupid than evil, and admit it, incredibly environmentally irresponsible... just like another [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters notorious species ]]

** In contrast to the protagonists, many antagonists such as Janja are essentially poachers who trespass into the refuge, seeing the abundance of prey as only an opportunity to fill their own quotas without any care for the natural balance. Yet at the same time, they may come off as sympathetic due to their need to eat, similar to how real-life poachers rely on the value of animal parts to provide income for their families.

* The show itself can be viewed as a metaphor for wildlife conservation. The Pridelands is essentially a refuge where animals can live under protection by the royal family, who respect the Circle of Life by hunting only what they need and when they need it. Antagonists such as Janja see the abundance of prey as only an opportunity to fill their own quotas, essentially throwing off the balance. It is best explained in "Ono and the Egg".

* While he may be a predator, Makucha is known to especially go after okapis due to their rarity, and thus he would be the animal equivalent of an EvilPoacher who targets endangered species.

* It is established that hyenas and leopards don't live in the Pridelands. These animals are known to compete fiercely with lions over food and territory. So InUniverse, the three species could have settled a pact to stay on their own lands - lions in the Pridelands, hyenas in the Outlands, and leopards in the Backlands. It could explain why Janja and Makucha aren't allowed to hunt within the Pridelands' borders. Cheetahs, on the other hand, are nowhere as powerful or intimidating and frequently lose their kills to the larger predators. Let's just say the lions were generous enough to share their land with them. Other predators such as crocodiles and eagles fill in their own ecological niche, and thus the lions allow them to live in the Pride Lands.

* It is established that hyenas and leopards don't live in the Pridelands. These animals are known to compete fiercely with lions over food and territory. So InUniverse, the three species could have settled a pact to stay on their own lands - lions in the Pridelands, hyenas in the Outlands, and leopards in the Backlands. It could explain why Janja and Makucha aren't allowed to hunt within the Pridelands' borders. Cheetahs, on the other hand, are nowhere as powerful or intimidating and frequently lose their kills to the larger predators. Let's just say the lions were generous enough to share their land with them.